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General Counsel and Head of HR
Carolyn is Vice President and General Counsel of 174 Power Global
She has over 18 years of experience in corporate, M&A, venture capital, and litigation areas of law and was previously in charge of legal and regulatory affairs for Hanwha Solar America, Hanwha Q CELLS USA Corp., and Hanwha Q CELLS America dealing with PV Research & Development, Corporate Development, Module Sales, EPC, and Project Development and Financing.
Carolyn manages a team of 6 attorneys, and they have successfully closed the project acquisition, development, and financing of over 1 GW of solar projects within the last 3 years. In 2015, she was also responsible for supporting the Hanwha Q CELLS America module sales team's successful negotiation of a 1.4 GW, $900 million module supply agreement, the largest single deal of its kind in the history of the US solar industry. Carolyn holds a B.A. in Political Science and M.A. in Sociology from Stanford University and a J.D. from Cornell Law School.
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Senior Director of Project Development, Western U.S. Markets
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Senior Director of Project Finance
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Hao Wang
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↑ rhs ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Galling guilds associated with Acacia dealbata and factors guiding selection of potential biological control agents R. J. Adair, 2008 List of Trees 461 532757 Under glass grow in ericaceous or loam-based compost (JI No.2) in full light. Acacia dealbata not really suitable for outdoors other than in the mild South West; RHS site recommends an unheated greenhouse. 8-12 metres, Ultimate spread Suggested uses. 1211648 England Out of stock. Acacia 'Kambah Karpet' Acacia dealbata 'Kambah Karpet'. Acacia dealbata is a beautiful little evergreen tree from Australia commonly known as Silver Wattle with fearny, feathery blue-green foliage. Search by plant name, key attributes or both to find plant details and a list of Acacia dealbata can be raised from seed but, because this is a seed triggered by fire in its native habitat, boiling water has to do the trick here. Acacia dealbata, as a legume with an ability to seed prolifically and to produce root suckers, is often among the first to colonize cleared land, which has led to it becoming a weed in many countries. They are: This plant will provide nectar and pollen for bees and the many other types of pollinating insects. RHS Enterprise Ltd, 80 Vincent Square, London SW1P 2PE. Leaves: Compound and bipinnate with leaflets borne along the pinnae. It is a declared weed (category 1) in the Western Cape and a … Media in category "Acacia dealbata" The following 69 files are in this category, out of 69 total. Acacias are attractive trees and shrubs grown for their sweetly-scented, tiny yellow flowers. How and … English: Acacia dealbata (aka: mimosa; silver wattle; blue wattle) in the Royal Horticultural Society garden at the RHS Hyde Hall, in Rettendon, Essex, England. Resents hard pruning, Propagation How Hardy Is Acacia Dealbata Acacia Dealbata is hardy in warmer parts of the UK such as coastal areas. The selection was made by Mr.R.B. ORIGIN: Acacia 'Kambah Karpet' was selected from a mature plant growing in a garden bed near the Health Centre in the Canberra suburb of Kambah. RHS members can get exclusive individual advice from the RHS Gardening Advice team. Containers, Beds and borders, Cottage/Informal, City, Wallside and trellises. Find out how to manage cookies. It was the only prostrate plant amongst a number of plants of this species in the planting. Acacia dealbata characteristics. A. dealbata is an evergreen shrub to 10m or more, with finely divided grey-green leaves and fragrant yellow flowerheads, borne in terminal clusters, Plant range ACACIA DEALBATA SEEDS (Silver wattle, Blue Wattle, Mimosa) - Plant World Seeds. Acacia: pruning. see more; Synonyms Racosperma dealbatum Acacia decurrens var. Andrew McIndoe talks to Shoot Gardening about Acacia dealbata 'Gaulois Astier'. Acacia dealbata is the hardiest, best known and most widely grown in the UK of these Australian plants. Our Botanical team are working hard to increase the number of plants with detailed information. AGM plants have been through a rigorous trial and assessment programme. 2.5-4 metres, Time to ultimate height C This article has been rated as C-Class on the project's quality scale. Cultivation. Acacia can be deciduous or evergreen trees, shrubs or climbers, with alternate, pinnately divided leaves or simple modified leaf-like stalks (phyllodes), and tiny, sometimes fragrant, flowers in short spikes, or in racemes or spikes of spherical heads, Details Hi All, I have recently purchased 2 Mimosa acacia dealbata shrubs, I have to say they look very delicate and at the moment and i have them on my utility room window sill as i am unsure where to keep them. dealbata. Acacia dealbata, the silver wattle, blue wattle or mimosa, is a species of flowering plant in the legume family Fabaceae, native to southeastern Australia in New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, and the Australian Capital Territory and widely introduced in Mediterranean, warm temperate, and highland tropical landscapes. This beautiful small evergreen tree from Australia is smothered with masses of exceptionally fine silver-grey, delicate foliage which is topped with fluffy, pale lemon, sweetly scented flowers in late winter and early spring. see more; Synonyms Racosperma dealbatum Acacia decurrens var. Propagate by seed or semi-hardwood cuttings, Suggested planting locations and garden types Acacia dealbata (the Mimosa sold by florists)is a larger plant bearing 9 in. Fabaceae, Genus Mon – Fri | 9am – 5pm, Join the RHS today and support our charity. 461 532757 The flowers resemble small, fluffy spheres and they are golden yellow in colour; they are highly fragrant and their sweet scent can be a … We have combined these two powerful search tools into a single Find a Plant service searching over 250,000 plant records. Plant outdoors in neutral to acid soil in sheltered frost-free location. Evergreen - fern-like 2-pinnate, hairy leaves, 12cm (5in) long, each with 40-80 linear, glaucous to silvery leaflets.Yellow the RHS today and get 12 months for the price of 9, Other common names times, Need more criteria? 1211648 England VAT Registration No. In mild parts of the UK, Acacia dealbata plants can be grown outdoors, making a brilliant specimen for sheltered borders. Genus Acacia can be deciduous or evergreen trees, shrubs or climbers, with alternate, pinnately divided leaves or simple modified leaf-like stalks (phyllodes), and tiny, sometimes fragrant, flowers in short spikes, or in racemes or spikes of spherical heads If you need to prune your Mimosa, follow the RHS instructions for Early flowering evergreen shrubs (pruning group 8) – prune after flowering. Yellow scented flowers. long feathery fronds. It is included in an evolving list of plants carefully researched and chosen by RHS experts. Position: full sun Soil: moderately fertile, neutral to acidic soil Rate of growth: fast-growing Flowering period: January to April Hardiness: half hardy - will need protection in winter Fluffy yellow, lightly scented ball-shaped flowers cover the ends of the branches from winter to spring. Join the RHS today and support our charitable work, Keep track of your plants with reminders & care tips – all to help you grow successfully, For the latest on RHS Shows in 2020 and 2021, read more, RHS members get free access to RHS Gardens, Free entry to RHS members at selected times », Reduced prices on RHS Garden courses and workshops, General enquiries If you select any attributes with or without a plant name, you will see a much narrower selection of results taken only from the old RHS Plant Selector database. Acacia dealbata is also known as the Silver Wattle or Mimosa, and is native to south-eastern Australia. Acacia dealbata subspecies 'Subalpina', which grows at higher altitudes, is a bit hardier than the wild type and said to be worth seeking out: at the time of writing it is stocked by Shoot. Pruning and caring for Acacia dealbata Lightly cut back branches that have born flowers.As soon as they appear, pinch off suckers that shoot out at ground level, because these will weaken the rest of the tree.If your Acacia dealbata is grafted, remove any suckers that emerge from the root stock. Suggested uses. VAT Registration No. Suits urban gardens or milder south west localities, may need winter protection elsewhere. All sales help fund the charitable work of the RHS. Acacia dealbata. If you continue to use this website then we will assume you consent to the use of cookies for this purpose. The RHS has given Acacia Dealbata the Award of Garden Merit AGM for its attractive nature and reliability. Family Fabaceae . The "leaves" are dark green and the scented flower-heads appear in late spring. This plant/cultivar has been awarded the RHS Award of Garden Merit because it has proved to be reliable in appropriate conditions and a good performing plant. Join Acacia dealbata will naturally form a single stemmed tree, but may be cut back while young to produce a multi-stemmed specimen for training against a warm, sunny wall. The flowers are yellow, fragrant and copious. The Acacia is a fast growing, small, evergreen tree, the classic Mimosa with the ferny leaves. Patio & Container Plants City & Courtyard Gardens Cottage & Informal Garden, Pruning Pruning group 8 or pruning group 13 for wall-trained specimens, Pests Can get glasshouse red spider mite, fluted scale and mealybugs, Diseases Acacia dealbata (Mimosa/Silver Wattle) seeds. ... RHS Enterprise Ltd, 80 Vincent Square, London SW1P 2PE. 020 3176 5800 It is the same one which is often seen by the side of the road in the south of France. Acacia dealbata provides a vibrant burst of sunshine during the winter months as its highly distinctive flowers appear in January. Flower borders and beds Wall-side Borders All contents copyright © 2020 Excellent for ordinary use in appropriate conditions. Acacia dealbata, the silver wattle, is one of the easiest to obtain and easiest to grow in this country. Acacia dealbata is within the scope of WikiProject Australia, which aims to improve Wikipedia's coverage of Australia and Australia-related topics.If you would like to participate, visit the project page. Reg No. Margaret Morgan September 20, 2006 at 3:32 am Permalink | Reply. In order to keep up with demand, we've introduced a daily limit on the number of orders that we can process. Racosperma dealbatum Acacia decurrens var. I don't know if it is depth of cold, or prolonged cold, that does the damage. 2 litre pot (bush) £27.99: 2 litre pot (bush) £27.99: Quantity: available to order from spring 2021. email me when in stock. Although it has rarely flowered (and then only with cream pom poms - instead of the yellow) it has suddenly gone brown as if dead. 0. A fragrant plant ideal for Spring. Camera: Canon EOS 6D with Canon EF 24-105mm F4L IS USM lens. 10-20 years, Cultivation Acacia dealbata 'Gaulois Astier' (Mimosa 'Gaulois Astier') will reach a height of 25m and a spread of 7m after 20-50 years. However, the amount of pollen this tree produces may trigger an allergic reaction in asthma sufferers. Acacia dealbata mimosa. suppliers. dealbata, Family It will not thrive in consistently colder winds or more northern areas of the UK. We aim to enrich everyone's life through plants, and make the UK a greener and more beautiful place. blue wattle mimosa, Synonyms Our website uses cookies. RHS Garden Hyde Hall Spring and Orchid Show, Free entry to RHS members at selected Containers, Beds and borders, Cottage/Informal, City, Wallside and trellises. Cultivation. A. pravissima, A. baileyana and A. rhetinodes are not far behind it in hardiness and will grow exponentially in a warm sunny situation with protection from cold winds in much of the south of England. Its common name -- silver wattle -- comes from its silvery grey leaves. These plants will have a lot more details displayed including an image. Divided into 3 groups these lists, linked below, are maintained by a team of RHS staff and are reviewed annually. Every purchase supports the work of the RHS. Reg No. Virtually all of the features of the old searches are still available and in addition we have added several new features to create a more comprehensive and user friendly search experience. £1.95 Quantity. Minimum temperature ranges (in degrees C) are shown in brackets, Ultimate height The Royal Horticultural Society is the UK's leading gardening charity. Requires full sun and reasonably well drained soil. 222879/SC038262, If you enter just a plant name, you will see results from the old RHS Plant Finder and Selector databases. I would appreciate help and advice on what type of soil to plant up and where to position in my garden. Acacia armata is the best-known type of this outdoor plant, growing about 3-4 ft high. Masses of fragrant yellow flowers in spring. Hadlow of the staff of the Australian Botanic Gardens in 1982. Fingers crossed, it may come back from the bottom. Commonly known as mimosa or wattle, mature plants need minimal pruning, but young plants need more care to establish an attractive shape. Acacia dealbata is a hardy, fast-growing evergreen tree that produces lovely, fragrant yellow flowers. In frost free areas, grow in neutral to acid soil in a sheltered, sunny site. Tasmania, Australia, All ratings refer to the UK growing conditions unless otherwise stated. Up with demand, we 've introduced a daily limit on the 's. 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Our View | Did SUSD Play Politics on Release of STA Letter?
By The Signal Editorial Board
This one doesn't pass the smell test.
On the week before Tuesday's election, The Signal became aware of the existence of a "cease and desist" letter from the Saugus Teachers Association's attorney to the Saugus Union School District.
The letter involves a dispute between SUSD board President Chris Trunkey and STA President Deborah Rocha, who accuses Trunkey of trying to dig up "dirt" on her after the STA endorsed another candidate —Sharlene Duzick — for his Area 5 seat.
When we first heard of its existence, sources told us the nature of the letter, but we needed to see it to confirm its contents before reporting the details.
So, we asked for a copy. It's a letter from the STA to the district, and as far as we know there would be no reason to believe it wasn't a public record.
But the SUSD said we couldn't have the letter, at least not right away. Upon our original request, made under the California Public Records Act on Nov. 1, the response we received from the SUSD was that the letter could not be made available until Nov. 9.
For those keeping score, that would be three days after the midterm election in which Trunkey was seeking re-election.
The law does allow a public agency up to 10 days to respond to a Public Records Act request. So, the district's response to our request did not violate the law. However, the district's refusal to release the letter before the election seems shady to say the least.
As it turned out, the district released the Oct. 26 letter sooner than they said they would, but still not before the election. It was released on Wednesday, after all the ballots were cast.
That's a head-scratcher, isn't it?
The letter was addressed to Board Clerk Paul De La Cerda and signed by Richa Amar, an attorney for the teachers association. It details the STA's allegations that the school board violated the Educational Employment Relations Act and Trunkey violated the board's Governance Standards and Code of Conduct.
The letter outlines all of the accusations and closes by saying "if the complained-of conduct persists, STA may bring legal action against the board and seek appropriate relief."
We asked the district for a reason that the letter was being withheld until after the election. We were given none. And, as far as we know, there is no valid reason for it to be withheld. But we're open-minded — if the SUSD wants to offer up a valid reason for withholding the letter, we'll listen.
Superintendent Colleen Hawkins, Trunkey and De La Cerda have declined comment on the letter, and that is understandable. There could be litigation in the future between the teachers association and the district, so their legal counsel is probably advising them that the less said, the better. The board held a closed-session meeting Oct. 30 to discuss the district's "significant exposure to litigation," according to the agenda for that meeting.
But no one has explained the delay in releasing the letter, and on its face, the reason seems obvious: Politics.
The election was Tuesday. The SUSD withheld the letter until Wednesday, after Trunkey had apparently won re-election by just 144 votes over Duzick — the official outcome, of course, being subject to any shifts that may occur as provisional and late mail-in ballots are counted.
Why didn't the district release the letter before the election? It's a public record. It's three pages long. If the office copy machine at SUSD headquarters was on the fritz, the total cost of a photocopy would be about 39 cents at one of your better office supply stores.
Or, they could save a tree, scan the letter and email us a pdf. Total time invested: maybe five minutes.
Turns out, they did send it as a pdf. On Wednesday. You can view the whole letter online at: bit.ly/2DtycAb
So, why was the answer "not until Nov. 9" when we first asked for a copy of a three-page public record? Why was it withheld until one day after the election?
What EVER could the reason be? It couldn't possibly be that the district office, a public agency, was manipulating the timing of the release of a public record in order to protect a board member's re-election hopes, could it?
Nah, it can't be. They wouldn't do such a thing.
Would they?
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The Impact of Reduced-Intensity Conditioning Regimens in Transplant Outcomes
Blood and Marrow Transplantation Reviews: Volume 22, Issue 1
Reducing Intensity Does Not Necessarily Mean Reducing Potency
by Maxim Norkin and John R. Wingard
Pre-transplant conditioning can significantly influence post-transplant outcomes. A strong anti-tumor effect achieved by myeloablative conditioning (MAC) is frequently counterbalanced by higher morbidity and non-relapse mortality, particularly in older adults. On the other hand, reduced intensity conditioning (RIC) is associated with lower post-transplant mortality, but may not be sufficient enough to prevent relapse, particularly in patients with persistent and aggressive malignances.
The role of RIC transplantation for patients with acute leukemia (AL), myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) and lymphoma was addressed in the satellite symposium held in February 2013 at the Tandem BMT meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah. Dr. Forman focused on patients with AL and MDS. He reviewed studies suggesting that RIC can be as effective as MAC in patients in certain subgroups, particularly older adults with AL and MDS. Importantly, RIC was shown to be a reasonable alternative to MAC even in patients with poor risk myeloid malignances and in patients with Philadelphia chromosome-negative acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), in whom MAC historically considered the standard of care. However, across all studies, the relapse rate following RIC transplant remains unacceptably high, particularly in patients with poorly controlled or advanced disease. Dr. Forman reviewed multiple attempts that are being evaluated to enhance the anti-leukemic potential of RIC without increasing its toxicity. Integration of targeted radiation (radioimmunoconjugates and intensity modulated radiation therapy) or clofarabine can augment the anti-leukemic activity of RIC. The relapse rate after RIC transplant can be further reduced by post-transplant maintenance therapy with hypomethylating agents (in patients with myeloid malignances) or tyrosine kinase inhibitors (in patients with Philadelphia chromosome-positive ALL). Adoptive T-cell immunotherapies with chimeric antigen receptor transduced T cells or bispecific T-cell engaging antibodies also have shown promising activity in decreasing the relapse rate following RIC transplants. Dr. Champlin focused on RIC transplants in lymphoma. RIC transplants are widely used in lymphoid malignances and often considered preferable to MAC regimens, particularly for patients with indolent lymphomas or relapsing after an autologous transplant. However, in the presence of chemoresistant or bulky disease the relapse rate following RIC continues to be high. Addition of rituximab or radioimmunotherapy to the RIC can improve post-transplant outcomes by minimizing risk of relapse via variety of mechanisms, including direct anti-tumor activity or enhancement of the graft versus leukemia effect.
RIC transplantation makes many elderly and less fit patents eligible for this potentially curative procedure. The controversy remains regarding the role of RIC transplant in younger patients who are eligible for MAC. Retrospective analyses comparing RIC vs. MAC are universally flawed by significant selection bias. Prospective studies evaluating MAC vs. RIC in younger patients with acute leukemia, MDS and lymphoma are urgently needed. A large prospective study comparing RIC vs. MAC in AML and MDS patients is currently being conducted by Blood and Marrow Transplant Clinical Trials Network. Ongoing research to enhance anti-tumor potency of RIC without worsening of organ toxicity has great potential to further improve outcomes of RIC and if successful potentially make MAC obsolete.
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import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
import React from 'react';
import { connect } from 'react-redux';
import { withTheme } from '@material-ui/core/styles';
import withWidth, { isWidthUp } from '@material-ui/core/withWidth';
import CircularProgress from '@material-ui/core/CircularProgress';
import ClickAwayListener from '@material-ui/core/ClickAwayListener';
import GridList from '@material-ui/core/GridList';
import Paper from '@material-ui/core/Paper';
import NotificationGridItem from './NotificationGridItem';
import { markAllNotificationsAsRead } from '../../actions/notificationsActions';

export class NotificationsDropdown extends React.Component {
    constructor(props) {
        super(props);
        this.handleViewAll = this.handleViewAll.bind(this);
    }

    handleViewAll() {
        if (this.props.onNavigate('/notifications')) {
            this.props.history.push('/notifications');
        }
    }

    render() {
        const { colors } = this.props.theme.eventkit;
        const { width } = this.props;

        const styles = {
            root: {
                position: 'absolute',
                top: '80px',
                left: isWidthUp('md', width) ? '-2px' : '-67px',
                width: isWidthUp('md', width) ? 'auto' : 'calc(100vw - 6px)',
                zIndex: '100',
                transition: 'transform 0.25s cubic-bezier(0.23, 1, 0.32, 1), opacity 0.25s cubic-bezier(0.23, 1, 0.32, 1)',
                transformOrigin: isWidthUp('md', width) ? '37px -21px' : '101px -21px',
                ...this.props.style,
            },
            pointer: {
                position: 'absolute',
                top: '-12px',
                left: isWidthUp('md', width) ? '25px' : '89px',
                width: '25px',
                height: '25px',
                background: colors.white,
                transform: 'rotate(-60deg) skewX(-30deg) scale(1,.866)',
                borderTopRightRadius: '3px',
            },
            paper: {
                width: isWidthUp('md', width) ? '633px' : '100%',
                paddingBottom: isWidthUp('md', width) ? '24px' : '18px',
                color: colors.black,
            },
            header: {
                display: 'flex',
                alignItems: 'center',
                padding: isWidthUp('md', width) ? '28px 28px 20px' : '18px 18px 18px',
            },
            headerTitle: {
                fontSize: '22px',
                textTransform: 'uppercase',
                flex: '1',
            },
            headerLink: {
                fontSize: '14px',
                color: colors.primary,
                cursor: 'pointer',
            },
            gridList: {
                width: '100%',
                padding: isWidthUp('md', width) ? '0 18px' : '0 4px',
            },
            gridItem: {
                padding: '10px',
                boxShadow: 'none',
                borderBottom: `1px solid ${colors.secondary}`,
                borderRadius: '0',
            },
            noData: {
                textAlign: 'center',
                fontSize: '18px',
                color: colors.text_primary,
            },
            viewAllContainer: {
                marginTop: isWidthUp('md', width) ? '24px' : '18px',
                textAlign: 'center',
            },
            viewAll: {
                color: colors.primary,
                fontSize: isWidthUp('md', width) ? '22px' : '18px',
                textTransform: 'uppercase',
                cursor: 'pointer',
            },
        };

        const maxNotifications = isWidthUp('md', width) ? 10 : 8;
        const notifications = this.props.notifications.notificationsSorted.slice(0, maxNotifications);

        let body = (

                {"You don't have any notifications."}

        );
        if (this.props.loading) {
            body = (

                    <CircularProgress
                        color="primary"
                        size={35}
                    />

            );
        } else if (notifications.length > 0) {
            body = (
                <GridList
                    className="qa-NotificationsDropdown-Grid"
                    cellHeight="auto"
                    style={styles.gridList}
                    spacing={0}
                    cols={1}
                >
                    {notifications.map((notification, index) => (
                        <NotificationGridItem
                            key={`Notification-${notification.id}`}
                            paperStyle={{
                                ...styles.gridItem,
                                borderTop: (index === 0) ? `1px solid ${colors.secondary}` : '',
                            }}
                            notification={notification}
                            history={this.props.history}
                            onView={this.props.onNavigate}
                        />
                    ))}
                </GridList>
            );
        }

        return (

                <ClickAwayListener onClickAway={this.props.onClickAway}>
                    <Paper style={styles.paper}>

                                Notifications

                                Mark All As Read

                        {body}

                                View All

                    </Paper>
                </ClickAwayListener>

        );
    }
}

NotificationsDropdown.propTypes = {
    style: PropTypes.object,
    notifications: PropTypes.object.isRequired,
    history: PropTypes.object.isRequired,
    onNavigate: PropTypes.func,
    loading: PropTypes.bool.isRequired,
    markAllNotificationsAsRead: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
    onClickAway: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
    theme: PropTypes.object.isRequired,
    width: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
};

NotificationsDropdown.defaultProps = {
    style: {},
    onNavigate: () => true,
};

function mapDispatchToProps(dispatch) {
    return {
        markAllNotificationsAsRead: () => dispatch(markAllNotificationsAsRead()),
    };
}

export default withWidth()(withTheme(connect(null, mapDispatchToProps)(NotificationsDropdown)));


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Beistel a linchpin in Heath's defense
Bulldogs senior has two interceptions this season
Beistel a linchpin in Heath's defense Bulldogs senior has two interceptions this season Check out this story on newarkadvocate.com: http://ohne.ws/1rVpjEj
Henry S. Conte, Gannett Ohio Published 6:45 p.m. ET Sept. 9, 2014
Heath's Bill Beistel makes a touchdown-saving tackle against Utica in 2013. (Photo: Brad Tucker/The Advocate )Buy Photo
HEATH – Late in 2013, Billy Beistel got a bit of seasoning.
So far this year, that experience has paid off.
Beistel has two interceptions in two games. One came in Week 1 against Bloom-Carroll — to go along with three touchdown-saving tackles — and the other was in Week 2 against Granville, when he also batted down three balls in big situations to help stymie the Blue Aces' passing game.
He is one of the reasons — along with the rest of the secondary that includes Carlos Rencher and Isaiah Young — Heath's defense is revered instead of run through.
"I just think we play a lot harder in general," Beistel said. "We tackle better. This season, we have only missed a few tackles in our two games.
"In the secondary with Rencher and Young (who also has an interception), they have improved, too. We are definitely stepping up in the secondary."
The secondary was the best part of the defensive effort against Granville, and will have to be again Friday against Licking Valley.
"Valley may be the best team we have played," coach Mark Collier said. "Everyone kind of went crazy after their loss to Tri-Valley. But Tri-Valley was a really good team last year and almost the entire team is back. They are monsters up front."
Beistel and the rest of the Bulldogs will need to be at their best in Week 3 to make it to 2-1.
Those batted balls against the Blue Aces seem to be what Beistel does best. Collier knows when the ball goes up to his side, he is a player on which the team can count.
"He is a kid that does a great job getting his hand between hands," Collier said. "He swipes the ball out of there. He also had a hit that jarred a ball loose. He is doing the things we have taught him to do."
Against Granville, Collier said Beistel was "on an island" — man-to-man coverage taking up an entire side of the field — several times. He always got the job done.
The humble Beistel wouldn't accept praise for doing his job.
Instead, he focused on the team and the need to improve from Week 2 to Week 3.
"We didn't have much of a jump from Week 1 to Week 2. We had the lead in both games. This week, we just need to try and stay in the lead," Beistel said.
"Our plan this past week was to try and shut down the run and make them pass, but it went the opposite way."
Heath took a 12-0 lead and had a chance to make it larger, but the Blue Aces scored 21 unanswered points to win.
"When I went back through the stats, I think we ran the ball more effectively than I thought we did during the game," Collier said. "We got away from that too soon.
"We are not as good as what we needed to be. We had about eight chances to win the game."
hconte@newarkadvocate.com
Twitter: @henrysconte
Aug. 29: Heath 31, Bloom Carroll 30
Sept. 5: Granville 21, Heath 12
Sept. 12: @Licking Valley, 7 p.m.
Sept. 19: Licking Heights, 7 p.m.
Sept. 26: @Lakewood, 7 p.m.
Oct. 3: Newark Catholic, 7 p.m.
Oct. 10: @Utica, 7 p.m.
Oct. 17: Watkins Memorial, 7 p.m.
Oct. 24: Johnstown, 7 p.m.
Oct. 31: @Northridge, 7 p.m.
Don Edwards hosting Bison tryouts, fall ball
'Cats, Johnnies take first steps toward kickoff
Bryn Du series break from high-mileage running
Church-Smith wins North Newark HR Derby
Summer is no break for collegians at Showtime
Coshocton, Utica legions need complete games


Nobody cares but me, but I ebayed a playstation game I didn't know existed until recent like...and now, I am the proud owner of Lemmings & Oh No! More Lemmings!
I ♥ lemmings. It's a fun puzzle game, and it has good nostalgia value for me. I first came across the game in middleschool, where I found it on the computer lab computers. We (the lab boys) removed it from public access, chiding the person who installed it publicly...and of course, in the spirit of things, moved it to a private directory where the lab techs could play it when we so choose. :) And boy did we ever.
Whee, Lemmings. I remember Lemmings. We had the Sacred Page of Lemmings Level Codes kept near the computer at all times. Good stuff.
and umm its like trying to tell someone about gopher .. but anyway ..
You weren't in college in 1994, were you?
i keep forgetting that though you are the same age as my brother ... your one grade ahead... its weird ..
isn't it fun to relive your younger geek days?
The nes and snes zeldas were all outstanding, if memory serves me correctly. The gameboy...enh...hit and miss. Depeneds on the iteration of it..and somewhere in there I stopped keeping up.


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The Papua New Guinea women's national under-18 basketball team is a national basketball team of Papua New Guinea, administered by the Basketball Federation of Papua New Guinea "BFPNG".

It represents the country in international under-18 (under age 18) basketball competitions.

See also
Papua New Guinea women's national basketball team
Papua New Guinea men's national under-18 basketball team

References

External links
Papua New Guinea Basketball Records at FIBA Archive

Basketball in Papua New Guinea
Basketball teams in Papua New Guinea
Women's national under-18 basketball teams
Basketball
Women's sport in Papua New Guinea

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What are the benefits of testosterone replacement?
Testosterone replacement for the right individual enhances energy, mood, libido, sexual function, vitality, memory, strength of muscle and bones.
It has been shown to be good for the heart, cholesterol -- and may allow men to actually live longer.


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Световното първенство по футбол 2018 е двадесет и първото издание на Световната купа. Това издание на турнира се провежда в Русия през 2018 г., след като е избрана измежду кандидатурите на Испания-Португалия, Белгия-Холандия и Англия на 2 декември 2010 г. Това е първото световно първенство по футбол, което се провежда в Източна Европа.

Избиране на домакин
ФИФА решава, че изборът на домакин на Световното първенство по футбол, което ще се проведе през 2018 година, ще бъде направен съвместно с този за 2022 година, на 2 декември 2010 година по време на заседанието на Изпълнителния комитет на организацията, проведено в швейцарския град Цюрих.

Австралия, Белгия заедно с Холандия, Испания заедно с Португалия, САЩ, Англия, Индонезия, Япония, Мексико и Русия представят през февруари 2009 г. намеренията си да участват в подбора на двата щаба на Световното първенство през 2018, така както през 2022. На страните от Африка и Южна Америка им е било забранено да участват след въвеждането на нов критерий за континентална ротация. От първоначалните осем кандидатури, Мексико се оттегля рано, Индонезия е отхвърлена поради непоказани минимални гаранции, докато другите неевропейски страни се оттеглят няколко месеца преди решението да се съсредоточи върху избора за домакин на Световното първенство по футбол 2022.

Резултати от гласуването (нужно мнозинство от 12 гласа)

Квалификации

С изключение на , която се класира автоматично като домакин, всички останали членки на ФИФА имат право да участват в квалификациите.

 спечелва делото за отмяна на забраната да участва в квалификациите, след проблем с публиката по време на квалификациите за Световното първенство през 2014, като те ще играят домакинските си мачове извън държавата. На 12 март 2015, отбора на  е отстранен от участие в квалификациите, поради натрупани задължения към треньора си.  са наказани и след това отстранени от турнира след като правителството на държавата оказва натиск върху футболния съюз.

Жребият за квалификациите се провежда на 25 юли 2015 г. в Константиновския дворец в Санкт Петербург. Квалификациите в зона Азия и КОНКАКАФ започват през март същата година.

На 13 май 2016  и  стават официални членки на ФИФА и получават право да участват в квалификациите.

Класирани отбори
32-та класирали се отбора, заедно с мястото им в ранглистата на ФИФА за октомври 2017:

Стадиони
Русия съобщи, че Волгоград, Екатеринбург, Казан, Калининград, Краснодар, Москва, Нижни Новгород, Ростов на Дон, Самара, Санкт Петербург, Саранск и Сочи ще са домакини на мачовете за Световната купа. Всички тези градове се намират в европейската част на страната, с изключение на Екатеринбург, който е в Азия и е на изток от Урал. На 29 септември се обявяват окончателните стадиони.

Съдии
Избрани от ФИФА съдии за мачовете от световното:

АФК
 Алиреза Фагани
 Мохамед Абдула
 Наваф Шукрала
 Равшан Ирматов
 Реиджи Сато
 Фахад Ал Мирдаси

КАФ
 Бакари Гасама
 Бамлак Вейеса
 Джани Сиказве
 Джихад Гриша
 Маланг Диеду
 Мехди Шариф

КОНКАКАФ
 Джеър Маруфо
 Марк Гайгър
 Джон Пити
 Рикардо Монтеро
 Сесар Рамос
 Хоел Агиляр

КОНМЕБОЛ
 Андрес Куня
 Вилмар Ролдан
 Енрике Касерес
 Нестор Питана
 Сандро Ричи
 Хулио Баскунян

ОФК
 Матю Конгър
 Норбер Хауата

УЕФА
 Антонио Матеу Лаос
 Бьорн Кайперс
 Дамир Скомина
 Джанлука Роки
 Джунейт Чакър
 Клеман Тюрпен
 Милорад Мажич
 Сергей Карасьов
 Феликс Брих
 Шимон Марчиняк

Състави

Отборите първо обявяват предварителен състав от 30 състезатели. Окончателният състав включва 23 играчи, от които трима са задължително вратари. В случай на контузия, играчите в окончателния състав могат да бъдат заменени не по-късно от 24 часа преди първата среща на съответния отбор в турнира.

Мачове
Графикът за мачовете е обявен на 24 юли 2015 г. в централата на ФИФА в Цюрих. На 20 март 2015 г. комитетът на ФИФА обявява началните часове на двубоите. Мачът на откриването се играе на 14 юни 2018 от 18:00 ч. българско време. Мачовете от груповата фаза се играят между 15:00 и 21:00 ч. българско време. Осминафиналите и четвъртфиналите започват в 17:00 и 21:00 часа българско време. Полуфиналите и мачът за третото място се играят от 21:00 ч. българско време. Финалът на 15 юли 2018 г. се играе на стадион "Лужники" от 18:00 ч. българско време.

По време на световното първенство часовата зона на България е UTC+3 (лятно часово време), като повечето мачове ще се играят в часовата зона на столицата Москва UTC+3. Единствените места с часова разлика са Калининград (UTC+2), Самара (UTC+4) и Екатеринбург (UTC+5). Всички часове по-долу са в българско време. БНТ ще предава първенството, като почти всички срещи ще бъдат излъчени на живо, с изключение на тези, които се засичат и Перу–Дания.

Групова фаза
Първите два отбора от всяка група продължават в осминафиналната фаза. Класирането на отборите се определя по следните критерии:

1. точките спечелени от мачовете в групите.
2. голова разлика от всички мачове в групите.
3. вкарани голове в груповата фаза.

Ако два или повече отбора са с еднакви показатели от първите три критерия, класирането им се определя по следните допълнителни критерии:

4. спечелени точки в мачовете между отборите с равни показатели.
5. голова разлика в мачовете между отборите с равни показатели.
6. вкарани голове в мачовете между отборите с равни показатели.
7. точки спечелени в класацията за феърплей:
 първи жълт картон: минус 1 точка
 индиректен червен картон (втори жълт картон): минус 3 точки
 директен червен картон: минус 4 точки
 жълт картон и директен червен картон: минус 5 точки
8. теглене на жребий от ФИФА.

Група A

Група B

Група C

Група D

Група E

Група F

Група G

Група H

Елиминационна фаза

Осминафинали

Четвъртфинали

Полуфинали

Мач за трето място

Финал

Световен шампион

Индивидуални и колективни отличия

Идеалният символичен отбор на първенството

Източници

Футбол в Русия


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White House clears three FDA guidances focused on drug importation, shortages and container labeling
FDA Today | By ALEXANDER GAFFNEY, MS, RAC | May. 11, 2022
The White House has just cleared three pharmaceutical-focused guidance documents that the FDA sent it for review last week – an unusually rapid review that indicates the imminent release of the guidance documents.
The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) is a subdivision of the White House's Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and acts as a sort of regulator of regulators. It is charged with reviewing all major regulatory actions prior to their release by an agency, often to ensure that they are consistent with the President's vision and preferences of the Executive Branch of the U.S. government.
In recent years, the FDA has begun to send certain guidance documents to OIRA for review – typically those documents that would have a significant economic impact on a particular sector or require the implementation of specific systems (such as those to facilitate the collection of electronic information).
In practice, OIRA's reviews typically take between a few weeks and a few months to complete. Key variables typically include the complexity and length of the document, the type of action (regulations take longer than guidance to review), and any controversial aspects associated with the regulatory action (most often social or economic effects). Very often, OIRA's final review will result in relatively minor changes to the final document ("consistent with change"), and FDA generally publishes the document within 1-2 weeks after receiving OMB's permission.
A trio of new guidance documents
On May 4, FDA sent three documents over to OIRA for its review.
The first is a guidance document on " Safety considerations for container labels and carton labeling design to minimize medication errors." The document would be a final version of a guidance that came out in April 2013 in draft form. The 26-page draft guidance talks about requirements for drug labels, including that they be "legible, readable and easy to understand," and that good design can reduce the risk of medication errors and clarify critical safety information. Based on the length of time the guidance was under review, it's not clear if the guidance will be substantially revised compared to prior versions. The guidance did receive a substantial number of industry comments (27), most of which offered advice on specific labeling recommendations in the guidance. In one illustrative comment, someone asked the FDA to pay close attention to date conventions (JUN022013 could be confused with June 22, for example) and label strengths ("should not be reported with ending zeroes after a decimal point). Many other comments asked for FDA to clarify certain terms, such as "adequate white space."
The second is a guidance document on the FDA's regulation on the importation of prescription drugs. The guidance (technically a compliance guide) is specifically focused on the impact of the rule on small entities and is set up as a Q&A document. This document hasn't been released before by the FDA, so it's unclear what its exact focus will be. Industry trade groups, notably including PhRMA, are currently suing the FDA over the legality of the final rule. However, FDA recently met with states regarding their implementation of the final rule.
Finally, FDA is sending a draft guidance document to OIRA on "Risk Management Plans to Mitigate the Potential for Drug Shortages." This seems related to authority the FDA received under the CARES Act of 2020, which included a provision directing FDA to require each drug manufacturer and Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) manufacturer to "develop, maintain and implement, as appropriate, a redundancy risk management plan that identifies and evaluates risks to the supply of the drug, as applicable, for each establishment in which the drug or API of the drug is manufactured." An FDA webpage on the CARES Act, last updated on May 5 2022, indicates that "FDA plans to issue guidance on risk management plans," which appears to be this draft guidance. Based on the language of the notice, which says that it is also a "proposed collection" of information, this guidance is likely to call for the submission of such plans.
Now those three guidance documents are poised for immediate release by the FDA.
On May 11th, OIRA updated its website to indicate that it had concluded its review of the three guidance documents, with actions that were "consistent without change." The designation means that OIRA did not make any changes to the FDA's documents, which perhaps led to the unusually rapid review time of one week.
Because there was no change made to the guidances, the FDA is likely able to publish them very quickly – even within the next few days, if it is so inclined. However, in practice the agency will sometimes delay the publication of documents to allow for coordination between the release of the documents and other public information, either by FDA or the White House. As a hypothetical example, it's possible the drug importation guidance could be held to ensure its provisions parallel other Executive Branch actions related to drug pricing, which would delay its release.
To contact the author of this analysis, please contact Alec Gaffney ( [email protected])
Importation of Prescription Drugs Final Rule Questions and Answers; Small Entity Compliance Guide
Safety Considerations for Container Labels and Carton Labeling Design To Minimize Medication Errors; Guidance for Industry
Risk Management Plans To Mitigate the Potential for Drug Shortages; Draft Guidance for Industry; Availability; Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request


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Welcome to your 20's, Sex and the City
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Gossip Girl, Pretty Little Liars, Dynasty, are part of the plethora of television shows NYgals of all ages tune into on a daily. Although these shows contain interesting story lines along with characters who inspire women, the show that takes the cake home every year is Sex and the City as it is considered to be the show that's shaped and inspired women all over the world to be career oriented, fashion forward, dating savvy, and so much more.
The show will make its 20 year debut this year as it aired on HBO back in June 6 of 1998. Even though Sex and the City will be two decades old, women all over the country watch re-runs of episodes and put both movies on repeat, especially the first movie that appeared on the big screen in 2008. With that being said, the big 2-0 needs to be celebrated and what better way to celebrate Sex and the City's 20th than by watching a 3-day marathon on television?
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Sex and the City Makes History
On June 6 of 1998, characters Carrie Bradshaw, Samantha Jones, and Miranda Hobbes stepped out of their apartments in search of the two L's: Labels and Love. When women in Manhattan needed advice on relationships, friendships, and careers, Sex and the City was their salvation. Carrie, Miranda, and Charlotte were in their mid-thirties as Samantha was in her forties throughout the series.
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Regardless of their different natures and continuously changing sex lives, the girls remained inseparable and trusted one another with every secret in their book. The romantic-comedy series had a variety of ongoing storylines which engaged in important as well as modern social issues such as sexuality, safe sex, promiscuity, and femininity, while it delved into the differences between friendships and romantic relationships. The four characters' past was intentionally omitted from the series as the show's writers found it better to explore the social life, sex, and relationships each woman experienced, as they all had different yet individual perspectives.
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Celebrate with E!
Grab your best gal pals, get your Manolo Blahniks and little black dresses on, and make some cosmos or simply pop the bubbly because watching Carrie, Samantha, Miranda, and Charlotte that whole weekend will excite you yet get you emotional. The 3-day marathon will be aired through E! and will begin on June 8, two days after it's 20th anniversary. The episodes will air in chronological order, all the way from Episode 1, Season 1 to Season 6, Episode 20. This simply means that there won't be any interruptions from other shows part of the E! network throughout that whole weekend.
"Twenty years ago, shoes were slightly cheaper, dating didn't involve apps, and smoking was allowed in bars. A lot can change in 20 years, but we still love Sex and the City," noted E!'s promo.
E! will air the Sex and the City marathon on June 8 which will begin at 7:30 p.m. ET and will end on June 10 at 7 p.m ET.
Want a peek of the promo? Watch the video below.
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My people used to say, "if you want to figure out where you are going, it's helpful to know where you've been." Pentecost gives us a chance to reach back over the ages to the fiery and blustery beginning of the church and our ancestors who were "amazed and disturbed" by the surprising breaking in of God's Spirit.
For the Jewish community Pentecost happens five weeks after the Passover meal. It is a Festival of Weeks, a harvest festival, and a time for Jewish people from all over the world to gather and celebrate. For people of the way, as the early Christians called themselves, it became a moment of transformation and a "radioactive" revelation that God was ever present, ever relational, ever creating and inviting us to imagine what wonders lie ahead for all of us.
Pentecost invites us to uncharted territories of visions and dreams…wind, fire, breath. Where is the Spirit driving us now? Let's see what happens on Sunday…plan to be amazed and disturbed!
Is a great excuse to wear our gaudiest hats, eat pork tenderloin, eat mashed potatoes, and have our annual cheesecake bake off!!
"For we are God's masterpiece. Created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things that God has planned for us long ago." - Ephesians 2:10.
As we come before you as individuals, and as one body in this short time of prayer help us to remember that we are your masterpiece.
In the times that we feel insignificant, let us remember our value to you, that we are created in your image, and called to be your ambassadors upon this earth.
In the times that you call us forward to speak out against injustice in the world, and stand for what is right: help us to remember that you planned our works for us before the foundation of the world - and that you know us intimately in all of our complexity, weakness, and strength.
And in the times that we feel alone in the wilderness, instill in us your peace that transcends all understanding, that we may cry with boldness and passion "Prepare the way for our God".
Prayer submitted by Lachlan Boeree, Crave MCC, Australia.
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Since I started participating in the conversation about money, I've paid off student loans and car loans, saved up an emergency fund, maxed out my retirement accounts, save up for two down payments for homes, and left my corporate career to start two businesses. I want you to have the same results that I have had. That means you need to start getting in on the conversation. To make it easy, I want to bring more conversations about money to you. So here's what I'm doing. I'm starting a new podcast show called Masters of Money where I interview the people of FinCon, the event I run for financial nerds, and get them to open up about: their financial turnaround, the goals they've achieved, what they still struggle with, the tools they use, their plans for the future, and more... My hope is that these open and honest conversations will inspire, educate, and entertain. My goal is usefulness.
These were outstanding. Bring more.
PT is very easy to listen to as he interviews. Love his style and the types of questions he asks. Love hearing what the guests are doing personally on the financial front, not just what they do for a living. Great mix of guests with very different backgrounds. One of my favorite podcasts now.


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Home/Technology/Mark Zuckerberg showed these prototype headsets to build support for his $10 billion metaverse bet
Mark Zuckerberg showed these prototype headsets to build support for his $10 billion metaverse bet
The company formerly known as Facebook said in February that it expects to spend at least $10 billion this year on research and development on virtual reality and augmented reality technologies, including computerized glasses or headsets.
On Monday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg showed off how much progress the social media company has made toward that goal by revealing many of the unfinished headset prototypes the company has built in its labs.
Zuckerberg has bet the future of the social networking company he founded on virtual reality, which immerses users in a computer-generated world, and augmented reality, which superimposes computer-generated objects over the real world.
Last year, the company changed its name to Meta to highlight the company's new emphasis on the metaverse, a virtual world where Zuckerberg imagines people will spend increasing amounts of time — ideally, through advanced computerized glasses.
If Zuckerberg succeeds in making head-worn computers mainstream, then Meta would have a new revenue stream of hardware sales, and it would control its own hardware platform, which would make it less susceptible to platform changes from other companies. For instance, on its last earnings call, Meta said that recent privacy changes Apple made to the iPhone could cost it $10 billion in foregone revenue this year, as it hampers the company's ability to target ads to precise audiences.
The VR market is currently small, and there are questions about how big it could get. Meta currently dominates headset sales, with its current $299 Quest 2 accounting for 78% of all headset sales in 2021, according to an estimate from IDC. But there were only 11.2 million VR headsets sold total during the year — a far smaller number than smartphones or PCs.
Meanwhile, investors are skeptical about Meta's pivot away from its core business of ads and apps. The stock has fallen more than 53% so far in 2022 on fears of growing expenses, light growth forecasts, increased competition from TikTok, and effects from Apple's iPhone privacy change that hampered mobile ads.
Monday's demonstration did little to calm those fears — Meta's stock closed down more than 4% on Tuesday, despite a broader rally in tech stocks. U.S. markets were closed Monday for the Juneteenth holiday observation.
What Zuckerberg showed
Meta is developing next-generation virtual reality displays designed to provide a realistic enough experience for users to feel like they're in the same room with other virtual people, Zuckerberg said during his demonstration. Current displays have low resolution, display distortion artifacts, and can't be worn for long periods of time.
"It's not going to be that long before we can create scenes in perfect fidelity," Zuckerberg said on a call with media about the company's virtual reality efforts. "Only instead of looking at them on a screen, you'll feel like you're there."
"The issue today is that the vividness of screens that we have now compared to what your eye sees in the physical world is off by an order of magnitude or more," Zuckerberg said.
For the past few years Meta has regularly shown its progress working on virtual reality headsets and augmented reality glasses to partners and the press, to encourage investors to regard the project as worthwhile, and to help recruit highly paid developers and executives with experience in VR and AR.
In these roundtable presentations, Meta regularly shows off unfinished prototypes for use in research, which is unusual in consumer electronics. Gadget companies like to complete products and figure out how they are going to be manufactured before talking about them with the press. For example, Apple, which is working on headsets of its own, never shows off prototypes.
"These prototypes, they're custom and bespoke models that we built in our lab, so they're not products that are ready to ship," Zuckerberg said.
Here were the prototypes he showed:
Butterscotch. Butterscotch is designed to test higher-resolution displays that have pixels small enough that the human eye can't tell them apart. Butterscotch has a new lens Meta developed that limits the headset's field of view, making it possible to present fine text and display increased realism.
However, Meta says the prototype was "nowhere near shippable" because of how heavy and bulky it is — plus, the prototype still has exposed circuit boards.
Half Dome 3. Meta has been working on Half Dome headsets since at least 2017 in order to test a kind of display that can shift how far away the focus point of the headset's optics is. With Half Dome's technology, Meta says, the resolution and image quality could improve enough for users to create giant computer monitors inside a headset to work on. The newest version, 3, replaces mechanical parts with liquid crystal lenses.
Holocake 2. Meta says this is the thinnest and lightest VR headset the company has made and that it's fully capable of running any VR software if it's hooked up to a PC. However, it requires specialized lasers that are too expensive for consumer use and require additional safety precautions.
"In most VR headsets, the lenses are pretty thick and they have to be positioned a few inches from the display so they can properly focus and direct light directly into your eyes," Zuckerberg said. In Holocake 2, Meta uses a flat, holographic lens to reduce bulk, in addition to the lasers.
Starburst. Starburst is a research prototype focusing on high-dynamic range displays which are brighter and show a wider range of colors. Meta says HDR is the single technology that's most linked to additional realism and depth.
"The goal of all this work is to identify which technical paths are going to allow us to meaningfully improve in ways that start to approach the visual realism that we need," Zuckerberg said.
Mirror Lake. Meta also showed off a concept design called Mirror Lake for a ski-goggle style headset. Mirror Lake is designed to combine all the different Meta headset technologies it's developing into a single, next-generation display.
"The Mirror Lake concept is promising, but right now it's only a concept with no fully functional headset yet built to conclusively prove out the architecture," Meta Reality Labs chief scientist Michael Abrash said. "But if it does pan out, it will be a game changer for the VR visual experience."
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Ratings: 7.81/10 from 32 users.
From every cell phone call to every credit card swipe, we leave an electronic trail. But at what price?
Explorer takes viewers into the disturbing world of surveillance technology and scans the latest and future technologies used to even spy on the private lives of citizens.
From London's CCTVs to infra-technology equipped helicopters that search the streets of New York City, the documentary shows the inner workings of these surveillance systems.
In today's information-overloaded and fear-driven society, surveillance technology seems to be deployed almost everywhere - and a surveillance mind-set is just as ubiquitous.
This program introduces the concept of a "surveillance society" and shows how cutting-edge tools are being developed to identify, monitor, and track both people and objects.
Viewers are empowered to explore the central paradox of surveillance technology, that it seems to bring advantages, making us safer and our lives more convenient, but at what cost to privacy and individual freedoms?
Idiots that are not old enough to see the change in lost of liberty. Why did we rather have if not freedom ( give me death or freedom. FDR said the enemy has won if we live in fear. Our government has spread more terror than the so called enemy! In the early 1980's we could walk our family to the boardinding of the plain, 1970 you could walk to the plain. We are controlled by fear!
The cctv that never works when a "terrorist" event happens.
Even though the documentary is ten years old at the moment of watching, it shows how much the government and it's organs can do in terms of surveillance and tracking. You can imagine what the technology is look at the technological improvement in the same ten year time period.
This type of surveillance will not help prevent crime. Criminals will be forced to find loopholes in the surveillance system. Even a simple disguise would work. It also makes room for a new type of crime: hacking. Hacking isn't new at all, but this sure is a perfect environment for them.
Whether this type of surveillance is a tool of high positioned maniacs or not, is for you to decide.
If they really want to stop criminality for the good of their people, they would've spend the research and production money on the prevention of crime rather than arresting and punishing.
No CCTV/stills have ever been released of the group of 7/7 bombers. All pics published in the press, made available in the Public Enquiry, and therefore used in this documentary that show the group of men were from the 'dummy run' they did the week before. Rather odd that innit? Also, it's odd that no attempt was ever made to track the black car clearly seen on CCTV on both the dummy run and on 7/7 that accompanied the alleged bombers' car to the Luton car park, (that CCTV, of their car, was released...but oddly none showing any identifiable faces...despite several cameras at that station.
The CCTV cameras in the UK are not, therefore, being used to 'fight the crimes' that this documentary suggests!
The documentary's main topic was about surveillance and explained the technology the surround constantly from the simple CCTV cameras we see place edge to street pavements to the most technologically advanced 3D face recognition software used to track 100 to thousands of people a once. Personally the most interesting technology of them all was the Back- scatter and the Iris recognition. The Documentary, while spoke of many of the technological advance that have lead to many advantages such as alienating issue with security the enforcement of rules and laws, often times that the technology has been found to provide minor changes, no changes or even misused for a companies gain, and governments to abolish the factors of privacy. The technology that we currently use today and that will advance in the future were portrayed in the documentary accurately, from explaining incidence where it proves surveillance has being at a disadvantage and other scenarios where they prove to bestow advantages to citizens and government that see the need to use surveillance.
The issue of surveillance is thoroughly explained, and shown in this documentary, especially with Technology such as the 3D-Imagery and 3D-Facial Recognition, Back-scatter, Infrared Cameras in Vehicles, the ID Implants, and the Iris Recognition. Yes they all have positives motives by the government in search of the best possible ways to suppress crime, but we have to look at facts. Like they say, statistics and facts don't lie. as the documentary said on multiple occasions, the amount of CCTV cameras in London has not stopped crime, it helps solve it but there is no prevention, there still is a lack of security despite the fact that people see them as tools of security. Also most of the new technology doesn't come cheap, it will cost a lot to have an effective amount. When it comes to the point where many people will have the RF-ID chips inserted into them, the person no longer has any privacy, although everything that is on the chip is the persons own intellectual property, whats to stop someone from using that information. In a world where everyone knows everything about everyone else, there is nothing to hide, nothing to gain, i can't even imagine a world like that. Where people even know when I'm at the cinema, or in a restaurant. Also globalization could even occur at a faster rate, when its possible for everyone to see what someone in Mongolia is doing, or what someone in the US is doing, some people would try to copy famous people, and there wont be anything different about us, about our culture. In the documentary, there was a case when the police officer continued using the infrared camera's and surveillance to watch a famous director do something privately, that is something that everyone prefers to keep to themselves, rather than have it on the news, its wrong, this is when reliability and trust come into the equation, should we trust the government and police with this type of technology? In the book 1984 by George Orwell, he has predicted that the world would come to a stage in which the government would be unstoppable, they would have absolute power over everyone, they could dictate what we believed, and when to believe it or when to forget it, and there was no way out, other than death. As time goes on, the similarities between the setting of the book and the world increase.
In conclusion i believe that this is the wrong way forward for our society and world, but i still believe that we can't prevent it, they should have listened to Orwell earlier.
The most interesting piece of technology in this video would be the 3-D face recognition. The second would be the RFID implants. This video conveys he surveillance used today and for the future.
It conveys the different ways to identify each person, individually. The documentary shows how the CCTV cameras monitor every single person in the UK. It does have problems with privacy since it watches everyday lives, and it actually isn't able to completely stop crimes. If a hacker hacks into the cameras, he/she could stalk people and know a lot about the person's average day and activities. The facial recognition could identify specific people, but the camera needs a good angle of the person. If it doesn't have the 8 key points of the face, the facial recognition can't identify the person. That is the reason that the 3D facial recognition has been created. It is a 3D facial image of a person and can be used to identify people at the different angles, but it isn't used fully, yet.
Out of all the aspects covered by the Science of Surveillance documentary, i believe that the most interesting one would be having the chip injected into your body acting as a type of identification card. i personally would never have a chip injected into my body because this limits all sorts of privacy. Also, you can never be sure of what this chip contains and who is watching your every move.
I think that having surveillance cameras comes with a few advantages and also some disadvantages. Its great for catching criminals which makes a safer atmosphere, but also, it invades peoples privacy. especially in London, there are CCTV cameras literally everywhere. this gives people no privacy and it makes people insecure knowing that someone is watching their every move. also, surveillance cameras may sometimes get hacked by criminals and peoples information can be leaked, leading to many sorts of crimes.
The following video definitely introduces how surveillance is used today and how it will be used very soon as well, it shows many disadvantages as well as its advantages so it is not coming from one point of view alone.
Its hard to accept how CCTV's and security cameras are beginning to capture all of our movements, where we go, when and with who etc. As much as this concept is alarming one must remember that it is not as bad as it seems as there are 7 billion people on the planet,governments can never possibly be watching us on a 24/7 basis and be analyzing our actions, displacements etc as individuals. This is why I believe that as much as this affects one's privacy governments don't really care about what you're doing at home or whether you're going to the supermarket at 12:00pm. They put surveillance for these reasons: Security, making statistics and studies about people's actions (which is the one that is alarming), and catching terrorists. The problem is that the government will never ask for your permission to be watched, we are all being watched, heard against our will and we have no authority over that. George Orwell's (the author of 1984) predictions are starting to show in this very generation.
I believe that this documentary has done a fantastic job at outlining the benefits and drawbacks of the technology which has been implemented in the society we live in today, especially when it comes to surveillance.
Of course, it is reassuring to know that these systems have been put to use in order to ensure public safety.
This being said, is this a benefit which totally outweighs the numerous drawbacks which are brought forth as a result of the implementation of these systems? The methods of surveillance which were outlined in this documentary can, in some cases, be seen as downright invasions of privacy which cannot be excused no matter what the reason for surveillance is in the first place.
Finally, something which I have noticed in this documentary is that this particular system leads to what I perceive to be the dehumanization of society. Surveillance systems store information on different people in society, where they become just another record in a database.
Surveillance has many advantages and disadvantages.
Nowadays, we can find CCTV cameras can be found in bus stops, restaurants, ATMs, shops, streets, banks, etc. These cameras are monitored by real life security personnel in order to deter crimes and rapidly identify offenders. So if a crime occurs in an establishment that has installed CCTV surveillance, investigation will be aided by the video. Unfortunately, CCTV doesn't always work. Even if the cameras are positioned correctly, there is no guarantee that the cameras will catch any crime or unwanted behavior done on the property.
However, now we know that we've been been captured by a surveillance camera somewhere along the way. This invades the understanding of privacy with constant video monitoring. Employees under constant surveillance by CCTV cameras often oppose such monitoring of their daily behavior.
After watching the documentary I still support surveillance as Its original use is to stop crimes before happening and identify the criminals. However as the means of surveillance advance it leads to privacy issues as it could be used for other purposes. In the end it all depends on the agencies using it.
I think that the idea of surveillance in general is useful becauses it truly does benefit the society by keeping them safe. The extent to which we are being watched right now has gone too far. It is a huge invasion of privacy. The media is under full control by these same people who set up all these surviellance eqquipment and the fact that we are allowed to watch such a documentary implies the scary, highly possible idea that intelligence agencies such as the MI6 and the CIA have much more powerful technologies to keep us watched 24/7 in extreme detail. It is naive to think that the NYPD and the CIA use the same technonlgy for national security.
I support surveillance in some way, for example, to catch criminals that harm the community and to keep illegal immigrants from coming into the country, but i also find it intruding if they use it to spy on us wherever we go such as private places such asthe bathroom for example.
Soon before we know everybody in this world can be tracked and identified. Everyone will be identified with the camera's in the streets and also the RFID chips that might be installed in every human. This would have its advantages and disadvantages. An advantage would be reducing crime rate by a huge rate. An disadvantage would be invasion of privacy because everyone can be tracked and actions can be monitored.
In my opinion, surveillance is an important measure in order to ensure safety and security of the public, however as many before me said, it isn't the surveillance that is in question, however it is the authorities that are using the surveillance systems, and what boundaries they draw for themselves. If the system is used for its original reason, that is, capturing criminals, then that should be the only reason they are used. It shouldn't be used to invade other people's privacy, for example the incident with the surveillance helicopter capturing a video of a private terrace is an unethical use of the system.
Despite the fact that such outstanding technologies have various drawbacks and positives, the technologies may also be horrific in the sense that your privacy and security are in high risk. That being said, I believe that we need to implement such large concepts, or systems however, the issues mentioned regarding privacy and secuirty are merely a result of today's society and is in no way the IT system's issue. After all, any IT system, or anything in general may be misused. I believe that we should not only go ahead with such technologies, however, we must strive to create more innovative systems for today's society yet we must never forget to prevent aspects such as hacking, data matching, data mining, identity theft and more.
Take the time to check out who actually owns national geographic tv. The same individuals and corporations that are 'watching us' are also the ones controlling the media --- including this documentary. Viewer discretion and research advised. Perhaps it is a fair warning or a just slap in the face. not sure.
....Just finished watching and now feel that we are being conditioned whether we like it or not. ...Long ago, sitting by a river with your loved one, watching the slow moving river glide along, no cameras, a world of horse and carts, maybe a prying eye of someone hiding behind a bush at you both, ...today you sit by that river with your loved one, you are seen from the sky, seen from almost every horizontal position by CCTV, your ever conversation is heard, (secretly) from the implanted chip in your brain.
….Sitting by that river in 100 years time, you received your pass from the authorities in having your permitted time to sit by that river, your implanted chip will notify you 5 minutes prior to your expiry time of the ending of the river session, upon the ending of the session, you will carry out the other schedule timed activities that you input into the government futuristic biological monitor from your sent brain chip readings, (this is all in accordance to law) these activities are carried out in the zone you were entitled to, (yellow zone in this case.) The days of getting away from the world will be well and truly over, the future, there will be no "getting away", your children will be content with the world as it is, and there is no need to get away, for getting away means independent thought which will be removed to pave the way for the ultimate goal of a planned 'hive society", that is planned for your children before they are born, quite simply, your children will be your children, but their mind will serve the 'hive!"
This is very scary. Big brother is here. George Orwell wasn't too far off with his vision of the future.
Th attack in London was a 'false flag"" and the bombers I believe thought they were taking part in an exercise. later The same day four people were shot at canary warf in London-were these the same suspected bombers?
This whole event gave the government the excuses they needed to step up surveillance, all in the name of 'terrorism". This documentary sounds like it actually is some kind of public PR for this technology and to make it more acceptable to the masses. It is not acceptable at all.But it's too late, we have all been led a lie.There is nothing we can do to change things -it's too late.
This is Civilian-level Training for the Police State we are more and more becoming, and made less for the information than for the attitude and intimidation it provides.
Everything I've seen here is hideous.
Communications are no longer safe. TV and the satellites that enable their communication can be hacked by demonic paranoid governments and we've witnessed a lot of this since 9/11. It'll get worse but I'll have shoved off at that stage (I hope).
OF course if Jon Corzine et al is tracked by 1 million cameras they still won't be caught and fined/jailed.
i live in the uk,i feel more uneasy now there is CCtv as when there wasnt,right outside my house,standing on my doorstepi see 2 immediate CCTV,i walk 50 years ,or 1 minute walk i will of been in view of over 15 to 20 CCTV!
Who is going to protect us from them ?????????
Interesting technology to be sure. With great power comes great responsibility though.
The regular garage hackers of the world (free software hackers) will always have and create tools to keep the source code in public hands. Transparent code that anyone can use.
But, Surveillance is used as much more of a Military term. To spy, collect intel on the enemy for fear and paranoia. This IS a bad thing.
The Internet is making everything transparent more and more BOTH ways... Public EYE looking at Govt ... and Govt spying on Govt radicals.
Is this propaganda supposed to convince me that this mad surveillance is ok? that police states are cool? lol this surveillance is only one of many tools criminal elites use to protect themselfs.
Surveillance is not mad by itself, it's only as good or bad as the people using it. It can also be totally ineffective as it was on 9/11.
Does it help when a good part of the country, for political capital or stupidity, are demanding to know why George W. Bush did not act on a terribly vague PDTB and expected the government to have a "pre crime" force ready to stop 9 /11 as it happened?
Seems to me they are only acting to fulfill the expectations of unreasonable critics.