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VN enterprises need support from State management agencies: VCCI
Frog meat is processed for export at Tan Thanh Loi Company Limited in Long An province. State management agencies need more practical solutions to help enterprises in dealing with difficulties. — VNA/VNS Photo Danh Lam
HÀ NỘI — The increasing number of businesses becoming operational again since the beginning of this year indicates positive economic development prospects, said Vũ Tiến Lộc, chairman of the Việt Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI).
However, Lộc said, there are still many firms facing difficulties and obstacles due to institutions and overlapping legal systems.
In the first half of 2019, there were 67,000 newly registered enterprises nationwide and 21,600 enterprises resumed operations, but in general, growth has tended to slow. It is forecast that the overall growth rate will decrease in the last months of the year.
Although several new-generation free trade agreements like the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) have encouraged domestic institutional reforms, many businesses said progress still lags behind expectations, and overlapping or conflicting regulations and jurisdictions of State management agencies, and different laws such as the Investment Law, Land Law, Construction Law and Environment Law, have hampered their operations, he said.
According to the monthly report of VCCI summarising the implementation of the Government Resolution 35/NQ-CP on supporting and developing enterprises by 2020, up to 48.57 per cent of businesses expressed satisfaction with answering the petitions of the ministries, branches and localities; 14.29 per cent responded as very satisfied and 31.43 per cent answered unsatisfied. Particularly, 5.71 per cent of enterprises did not participate in the evaluation.
"This result shows that the State management agencies need more practical solutions to meet the aspirations of enterprises in dealing with difficult practices," Lộc said.
He also confirmed that the chamber will continue to implement a number of solutions to accompany and support businesses, especially small- and medium-sized enterprises better compete in the context of deep global integration.
Assessing the current situation of domestic enterprises, Nguyễn Đình Cung, Director of the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM) said that the management capacity of Vietnamese enterprises is not good compared to enterprises in Southeast Asian countries.
The World Economic Forum 2018 ranked Việt Nam at the bottom in the corporate governance index of listed companies in six ASEAN member states. Meanwhile, the competitive capacity of Vietnamese firms was placed 104th among 140 economies in the region. This means the Vietnamese business community needs more assistance to improve their competitive edges, thus better integrating into the global economy, he stressed.
"As the CPTPP, EVFTA and many other free trade agreements offer good opportunities for Việt Nam to open to international trade, VCCI will help local firms take full advantage of the pacts," Cung said.
"VCCI will continue national programmes on supporting businesses to enhance their capacity to compete, integrate into the global economy, and develop sustainably," he added.
It will also accelerate the implementation of bilateral cooperation agreements in trade and commerce with strategic partners, while improving the quality of business forums with key markets. — VNS
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I read the Divergent series last year when they were published. I love post-apocalyptical plots, so when I saw it featured last year on Amazon I snapped it up on my Kindle. Today, I saw that Hulu had a trailer for the movie's release next year in early 2014. I loved the books so I hope they do a decent job on the movies. Have you read the books? Are you excited to see the movie?
Last week I went to the range with a friend and I learned how to shoot 2 pistols and a shotgun. Going to a range was something on my bucket list, so I felt the need to document this glorious event.
My bucket list has been a recent topic among some of my friends. There seem to be two camps, one that agrees with my organised plan on how to live a full live. The other camp disagrees, and thinks that I should just live the life that happens, and live spontaneously.
What do you think? Do you have a bucket list? What is on it? Anything I should add to mine?
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Before going to bed and as the first thought that comes to mind in the morning, an overweight person only hopes and prays for a miracle. A simple 'boom' that would convert his body into a fit one and he could finally bid farewell to the negative health implications of obesity too. This wish doesn't only belong to overweight individuals but it is commonly made by people who work hard to keep their body fit. While there is no miracle potion that can slash the weight digits, there is always a support solution such as CapsiFit.
This is a potent dietary formula that is geared toward helping people shed the extra pounds. It is the work of a professional doctor who has been working to the end of weight loss for a long time. However, it is only years of patience, frustration, and dedication that he finally found a breakthrough formula.
CapsiFit is a fat burning system that speeds up a person's metabolism to get rid of the fat reserves. The formula's main aim is to help a person bring his weight digits under control. The composition is entirely natural, so that it is safe to take.
The formula is based on extensive research and is the work of a professional, Dr. Zane Sterling. He has both experience and expertise backing him. The supplement is presently available at a discounted price. It has its root in both science as well as time. Such a factor speaks volumes about its effectiveness.
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CapsiFit is a formula that has seen the light of the day after substantial efforts on the part of Dr. Zane Sterling. He has about 33 years of experience and is a practicing doctor. His journey to find the right solution to stubborn fat cells and obesity was dotted with challenges.
The expert noted that most of his tons of patients who complained about joint ache, fatigue, and chronic pair were obese. Once he realized this, he was under the perception that it could be easy to get his patients on the track to fitness. For quite some time, he was of the view that a diet plan and work out could solve the problem.
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Dr. Sterling learned that chili peppers work to help get rid of the fat reserves in the body. These reserves sit proudly on the body in the form of pounds. On the inside, the fat cells keep collecting and expanding in size.
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Beyond promotion of the programs in the school system, Glass tries to offer her help to language and arts teachers to provide content for their classes and program activities around themes they are teaching. This year, the library received a Big Read grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. They are putting together a citywide program on The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and partnering with the schools where teenagers are reading the novel in English classes.
And there's still more to come. At 2 pm Friday, Aug. 9, teenagers can print their own T-shirts at the Sheldon Branch Library. Summer will end on a high note with the most popular program: "Eugene's Got Talent!" Usually attracting up to 40 groups of kids ages 7 to 17, the talent show will have them compete against each other during three-minute acts at 5 pm Thursday, Aug. 15, at the downtown Eugene Public Library. Auditions are scheduled the day before at 4 pm.
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International Crane Foundation
Posted on Last updated: March 24, 2022
Location: Wisconsin, United States.
Founded: 1973 by Ron Sauey and George Archibald.
Species: Black Crowned Crane, Black-necked Crane, Blue Crane, Brolga, Demoiselle Crane, Eurasian Crane, Grey Crowned Crane, Hooded Crane, Red-crowned Crane, Sandhill Crane, Sarus Crane, Siberian Crane, Wattled Crane, White-naped Crane, and Whooping Crane.
What is the International Crane Foundation?
International Crane Foundation's Mission
Conserve Cranes
Collaborations with Other Crane Conservation Organizations
Conserving Crane Habitat
International Crane Foundation is a leading conservation organization dedicated to protecting the world's 15 species of cranes and their habitats. International Crane Foundation (ICF) has been active in crane conservation since 1973.
The Foundation works with many governments, other non-governmental organizations, and private partners around the world.
International Crane Foundation collaborates on regional and landscape-scale conservation initiatives—to protect old-growth forests, nature trails, freshwater streams, grassland conservation efforts, and wetlands habitat for cranes while restoring degraded landscapes where possible.
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The foundation's mission is to protect the world's 15 species of cranes and their habitats. International Crane Foundation collaborates on regional and landscape-scale conservation initiatives.
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The foundation has collaborated with many organizations such as International Center for Cranes and International Migratory Bird Day. They have also partnered with the Crane Specialist Group to provide resources for research into whooping cranes and other species of cranes.
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They have hosted International Migratory Bird Day events in various places like the International Crane Foundation Education Center, White Oak Plantation Audubon Preserve, and Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge.
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Q: Reading SMART Data - What does it mean? I have this drive attached to a raspi that, all of the sudden, became extremely slow. On another site, someone recommended to run smartctl -a /dev/sdc but I don't know what I'm looking at and how to fix it (if possible at all)
$ sudo smartctl -a /dev/sdc
smartctl 6.6 2016-05-31 r4324 [armv7l-linux-4.14.62-v7+] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-16, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family:     Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 (AF)
Device Model:     ST2000DM001-1E6164
Serial Number:    W1E66VJ8
LU WWN Device Id: 5 000c50 03d263f01
Firmware Version: SC48
User Capacity:    2,000,398,934,016 bytes [2.00 TB]
Sector Sizes:     512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical
Rotation Rate:    7200 rpm
Form Factor:      3.5 inches
Device is:        In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is:   ATA8-ACS T13/1699-D revision 4
SATA Version is:  SATA 3.0, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 3.0 Gb/s)
Local Time is:    Wed Sep 12 23:34:28 2018 CEST
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled

Read SMART Data failed: Connection timed out

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART Status command failed: Connection timed out
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: UNKNOWN!
SMART Status, Attributes and Thresholds cannot be read.

SMART Error Log Version: 1
ATA Error Count: 620 (device log contains only the most recent five errors)
        CR = Command Register [HEX]
        FR = Features Register [HEX]
        SC = Sector Count Register [HEX]
        SN = Sector Number Register [HEX]
        CL = Cylinder Low Register [HEX]
        CH = Cylinder High Register [HEX]
        DH = Device/Head Register [HEX]
        DC = Device Command Register [HEX]
        ER = Error register [HEX]
        ST = Status register [HEX]
Powered_Up_Time is measured from power on, and printed as
DDd+hh:mm:SS.sss where DD=days, hh=hours, mm=minutes,
SS=sec, and sss=millisec. It "wraps" after 49.710 days.

Error 620 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 37859 hours (1577 days + 11 hours)
  When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.

  After command completion occurred, registers were:
  ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
  -- -- -- -- -- -- --
  40 51 00 ff ff ff 0f  Error: UNC at LBA = 0x0fffffff = 268435455

  Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
  CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC   Powered_Up_Time  Command/Feature_Name
  -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --  ----------------  --------------------
  25 00 08 ff ff ff 4f 00      00:28:57.935  READ DMA EXT
  25 00 08 ff ff ff 4f 00      00:28:49.641  READ DMA EXT
  25 00 08 ff ff ff 4f 00      00:28:49.021  READ DMA EXT
  25 00 08 ff ff ff 4f 00      00:28:48.238  READ DMA EXT
  25 00 08 ff ff ff 4f 00      00:28:48.084  READ DMA EXT

Error 619 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 37859 hours (1577 days + 11 hours)
  When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.

  After command completion occurred, registers were:
  ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
  -- -- -- -- -- -- --
  40 51 00 ff ff ff 0f  Error: UNC at LBA = 0x0fffffff = 268435455

  Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
  CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC   Powered_Up_Time  Command/Feature_Name
  -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --  ----------------  --------------------
  25 00 08 ff ff ff 4f 00      00:28:57.935  READ DMA EXT
  25 00 08 ff ff ff 4f 00      00:28:49.641  READ DMA EXT
  25 00 08 ff ff ff 4f 00      00:28:49.021  READ DMA EXT
  25 00 08 ff ff ff 4f 00      00:28:48.238  READ DMA EXT
  25 00 08 ff ff ff 4f 00      00:28:48.084  READ DMA EXT

Error 618 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 37859 hours (1577 days + 11 hours)
  When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.

  After command completion occurred, registers were:
  ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
  -- -- -- -- -- -- --
  40 51 00 ff ff ff 0f  Error: UNC at LBA = 0x0fffffff = 268435455

  Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
  CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC   Powered_Up_Time  Command/Feature_Name
  -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --  ----------------  --------------------
  25 00 08 ff ff ff 4f 00      00:28:49.641  READ DMA EXT
  25 00 08 ff ff ff 4f 00      00:28:49.021  READ DMA EXT
  25 00 08 ff ff ff 4f 00      00:28:48.238  READ DMA EXT
  25 00 08 ff ff ff 4f 00      00:28:48.084  READ DMA EXT
  25 00 08 ff ff ff 4f 00      00:28:48.083  READ DMA EXT

Error 617 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 37859 hours (1577 days + 11 hours)
  When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.

  After command completion occurred, registers were:
  ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
  -- -- -- -- -- -- --
  40 51 00 ff ff ff 0f  Error: UNC at LBA = 0x0fffffff = 268435455

  Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
  CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC   Powered_Up_Time  Command/Feature_Name
  -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --  ----------------  --------------------
  25 00 08 ff ff ff 4f 00      00:28:49.641  READ DMA EXT
  25 00 08 ff ff ff 4f 00      00:28:49.021  READ DMA EXT
  25 00 08 ff ff ff 4f 00      00:28:48.238  READ DMA EXT
  25 00 08 ff ff ff 4f 00      00:28:48.084  READ DMA EXT
  25 00 08 ff ff ff 4f 00      00:28:48.083  READ DMA EXT

Error 616 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 37859 hours (1577 days + 11 hours)
  When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.

  After command completion occurred, registers were:
  ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
  -- -- -- -- -- -- --
  40 51 00 ff ff ff 0f  Error: UNC at LBA = 0x0fffffff = 268435455

  Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
  CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC   Powered_Up_Time  Command/Feature_Name
  -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --  ----------------  --------------------
  25 00 08 ff ff ff 4f 00      00:27:28.523  READ DMA EXT
  25 00 08 ff ff ff 4f 00      00:27:25.103  READ DMA EXT
  25 00 08 ff ff ff 4f 00      00:27:25.102  READ DMA EXT
  25 00 08 ff ff ff 4f 00      00:27:25.102  READ DMA EXT
  25 00 08 ff ff ff 4f 00      00:27:25.101  READ DMA EXT

SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
No self-tests have been logged.  [To run self-tests, use: smartctl -t]

Selective Self-tests/Logging not supported

pi@soul:/media/d $ sudo smartctl -t /dev/sdc
smartctl 6.6 2016-05-31 r4324 [armv7l-linux-4.14.62-v7+] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-16, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

=======> INVALID ARGUMENT TO -t: /dev/sdc
=======> VALID ARGUMENTS ARE: offline, short, long, conveyance, force, vendor,N, select,M-N, pending,N, afterselect,[on|off] <=======

Use smartctl -h to get a usage summary

sudo smartctl -x /dev/sdc
smartctl 6.6 2016-05-31 r4324 [armv7l-linux-4.14.62-v7+] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-16, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family:     Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 (AF)
Device Model:     ST2000DM001-1E6164
Serial Number:    W1E66VJ8
LU WWN Device Id: 5 000c50 03d263f01
Firmware Version: SC48
User Capacity:    2,000,398,934,016 bytes [2.00 TB]
Sector Sizes:     512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical
Rotation Rate:    7200 rpm
Form Factor:      3.5 inches
Device is:        In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is:   ATA8-ACS T13/1699-D revision 4
SATA Version is:  SATA 3.0, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 3.0 Gb/s)
Local Time is:    Wed Sep 12 23:39:37 2018 CEST
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled
AAM feature is:   Unavailable
APM level is:     128 (minimum power consumption without standby)
Rd look-ahead is: Enabled
Write cache is:   Enabled
ATA Security is:  Disabled, NOT FROZEN [SEC1]
Wt Cache Reorder: Unavailable

Read SMART Data failed: Connection timed out

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART Status command failed: Connection timed out
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: UNKNOWN!
SMART Status, Attributes and Thresholds cannot be read.

General Purpose Log Directory Version 1
SMART           Log Directory Version 1 [multi-sector log support]
Address    Access  R/W   Size  Description
0x00       GPL,SL  R/O      1  Log Directory
0x01           SL  R/O      1  Summary SMART error log
0x02           SL  R/O      5  Comprehensive SMART error log
0x03       GPL     R/O      5  Ext. Comprehensive SMART error log
0x06           SL  R/O      1  SMART self-test log
0x07       GPL     R/O      1  Extended self-test log
0x09           SL  R/W      1  Selective self-test log
0x11       GPL     R/O      1  SATA Phy Event Counters log
0x21       GPL     R/O      1  Write stream error log
0x22       GPL     R/O      1  Read stream error log
0x80-0x9f  GPL,SL  R/W     16  Host vendor specific log
0xa1       GPL,SL  VS      20  Device vendor specific log
0xa2       GPL     VS    4496  Device vendor specific log
0xa8       GPL,SL  VS     129  Device vendor specific log
0xa9       GPL,SL  VS       1  Device vendor specific log
0xab       GPL     VS       1  Device vendor specific log
0xb0       GPL     VS    5176  Device vendor specific log
0xbd       GPL     VS     512  Device vendor specific log
0xbe-0xbf  GPL     VS   65535  Device vendor specific log
0xc0       GPL,SL  VS       1  Device vendor specific log
0xc1       GPL,SL  VS      10  Device vendor specific log
0xe0       GPL,SL  R/W      1  SCT Command/Status
0xe1       GPL,SL  R/W      1  SCT Data Transfer

SMART Extended Comprehensive Error Log Version: 1 (5 sectors)
Device Error Count: 620 (device log contains only the most recent 20 errors)
        CR     = Command Register
        FEATR  = Features Register
        COUNT  = Count (was: Sector Count) Register
        LBA_48 = Upper bytes of LBA High/Mid/Low Registers ]  ATA-8
        LH     = LBA High (was: Cylinder High) Register    ]   LBA
        LM     = LBA Mid (was: Cylinder Low) Register      ] Register
        LL     = LBA Low (was: Sector Number) Register     ]
        DV     = Device (was: Device/Head) Register
        DC     = Device Control Register
        ER     = Error register
        ST     = Status register
Powered_Up_Time is measured from power on, and printed as
DDd+hh:mm:SS.sss where DD=days, hh=hours, mm=minutes,
SS=sec, and sss=millisec. It "wraps" after 49.710 days.

Error 620 [19] occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 37859 hours (1577 days + 11 hours)
  When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.

  After command completion occurred, registers were:
  ER -- ST COUNT  LBA_48  LH LM LL DV DC
  -- -- -- == -- == == == -- -- -- -- --
  40 -- 51 00 00 00 00 3c 6c 41 40 00 00  Error: UNC at LBA = 0x3c6c4140 = 1013727552

  Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
  CR FEATR COUNT  LBA_48  LH LM LL DV DC  Powered_Up_Time  Command/Feature_Name
  -- == -- == -- == == == -- -- -- -- --  ---------------  --------------------
  25 00 00 00 08 00 00 3c 6c 41 40 40 00     00:28:57.935  READ DMA EXT
  25 00 00 00 08 00 00 3c 6c 41 40 40 00     00:28:49.641  READ DMA EXT
  25 00 00 00 08 00 00 3c 6c 41 38 40 00     00:28:49.021  READ DMA EXT
  25 00 00 00 08 00 00 3c 6c 40 68 40 00     00:28:48.238  READ DMA EXT
  25 00 00 00 08 00 00 3c 6c 40 60 40 00     00:28:48.084  READ DMA EXT

Error 619 [18] occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 37859 hours (1577 days + 11 hours)
  When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.

  After command completion occurred, registers were:
  ER -- ST COUNT  LBA_48  LH LM LL DV DC
  -- -- -- == -- == == == -- -- -- -- --
  40 -- 51 00 00 00 00 3c 6c 41 40 00 00  Error: UNC at LBA = 0x3c6c4140 = 1013727552

  Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
  CR FEATR COUNT  LBA_48  LH LM LL DV DC  Powered_Up_Time  Command/Feature_Name
  -- == -- == -- == == == -- -- -- -- --  ---------------  --------------------
  25 00 00 00 08 00 00 3c 6c 41 40 40 00     00:28:57.935  READ DMA EXT
  25 00 00 00 08 00 00 3c 6c 41 40 40 00     00:28:49.641  READ DMA EXT
  25 00 00 00 08 00 00 3c 6c 41 38 40 00     00:28:49.021  READ DMA EXT
  25 00 00 00 08 00 00 3c 6c 40 68 40 00     00:28:48.238  READ DMA EXT
  25 00 00 00 08 00 00 3c 6c 40 60 40 00     00:28:48.084  READ DMA EXT

Error 618 [17] occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 37859 hours (1577 days + 11 hours)
  When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.

  After command completion occurred, registers were:
  ER -- ST COUNT  LBA_48  LH LM LL DV DC
  -- -- -- == -- == == == -- -- -- -- --
  40 -- 51 00 00 00 00 3c 6c 41 40 00 00  Error: UNC at LBA = 0x3c6c4140 = 1013727552

  Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
  CR FEATR COUNT  LBA_48  LH LM LL DV DC  Powered_Up_Time  Command/Feature_Name
  -- == -- == -- == == == -- -- -- -- --  ---------------  --------------------
  25 00 00 00 08 00 00 3c 6c 41 40 40 00     00:28:49.641  READ DMA EXT
  25 00 00 00 08 00 00 3c 6c 41 38 40 00     00:28:49.021  READ DMA EXT
  25 00 00 00 08 00 00 3c 6c 40 68 40 00     00:28:48.238  READ DMA EXT
  25 00 00 00 08 00 00 3c 6c 40 60 40 00     00:28:48.084  READ DMA EXT
  25 00 00 00 08 00 00 3c 6c 40 58 40 00     00:28:48.083  READ DMA EXT

Error 617 [16] occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 37859 hours (1577 days + 11 hours)
  When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.

  After command completion occurred, registers were:
  ER -- ST COUNT  LBA_48  LH LM LL DV DC
  -- -- -- == -- == == == -- -- -- -- --
  40 -- 51 00 00 00 00 3c 6c 41 40 00 00  Error: UNC at LBA = 0x3c6c4140 = 1013727552

  Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
  CR FEATR COUNT  LBA_48  LH LM LL DV DC  Powered_Up_Time  Command/Feature_Name
  -- == -- == -- == == == -- -- -- -- --  ---------------  --------------------
  25 00 00 00 08 00 00 3c 6c 41 40 40 00     00:28:49.641  READ DMA EXT
  25 00 00 00 08 00 00 3c 6c 41 38 40 00     00:28:49.021  READ DMA EXT
  25 00 00 00 08 00 00 3c 6c 40 68 40 00     00:28:48.238  READ DMA EXT
  25 00 00 00 08 00 00 3c 6c 40 60 40 00     00:28:48.084  READ DMA EXT
  25 00 00 00 08 00 00 3c 6c 40 58 40 00     00:28:48.083  READ DMA EXT

Error 616 [15] occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 37859 hours (1577 days + 11 hours)
  When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.

  After command completion occurred, registers were:
  ER -- ST COUNT  LBA_48  LH LM LL DV DC
  -- -- -- == -- == == == -- -- -- -- --
  40 -- 51 00 00 00 00 3c 69 fa 70 00 00  Error: UNC at LBA = 0x3c69fa70 = 1013578352

  Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
  CR FEATR COUNT  LBA_48  LH LM LL DV DC  Powered_Up_Time  Command/Feature_Name
  -- == -- == -- == == == -- -- -- -- --  ---------------  --------------------
  25 00 00 00 08 00 00 3c 69 fa 70 40 00     00:27:28.523  READ DMA EXT
  25 00 00 00 08 00 00 3c 69 fa 70 40 00     00:27:25.103  READ DMA EXT
  25 00 00 00 08 00 00 3c 69 fa 68 40 00     00:27:25.102  READ DMA EXT
  25 00 00 00 08 00 00 3c 69 fa 60 40 00     00:27:25.102  READ DMA EXT
  25 00 00 00 08 00 00 3c 69 fa 58 40 00     00:27:25.101  READ DMA EXT

Error 615 [14] occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 37859 hours (1577 days + 11 hours)
  When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.

  After command completion occurred, registers were:
  ER -- ST COUNT  LBA_48  LH LM LL DV DC
  -- -- -- == -- == == == -- -- -- -- --
  40 -- 51 00 00 00 00 3c 69 fa 70 00 00  Error: UNC at LBA = 0x3c69fa70 = 1013578352

  Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
  CR FEATR COUNT  LBA_48  LH LM LL DV DC  Powered_Up_Time  Command/Feature_Name
  -- == -- == -- == == == -- -- -- -- --  ---------------  --------------------
  25 00 00 00 08 00 00 3c 69 fa 70 40 00     00:27:28.523  READ DMA EXT
  25 00 00 00 08 00 00 3c 69 fa 70 40 00     00:27:25.103  READ DMA EXT
  25 00 00 00 08 00 00 3c 69 fa 68 40 00     00:27:25.102  READ DMA EXT
  25 00 00 00 08 00 00 3c 69 fa 60 40 00     00:27:25.102  READ DMA EXT
  25 00 00 00 08 00 00 3c 69 fa 58 40 00     00:27:25.101  READ DMA EXT

Error 614 [13] occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 37859 hours (1577 days + 11 hours)
  When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.

  After command completion occurred, registers were:
  ER -- ST COUNT  LBA_48  LH LM LL DV DC
  -- -- -- == -- == == == -- -- -- -- --
  40 -- 51 00 00 00 00 3c 69 fa 70 00 00  Error: UNC at LBA = 0x3c69fa70 = 1013578352

  Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
  CR FEATR COUNT  LBA_48  LH LM LL DV DC  Powered_Up_Time  Command/Feature_Name
  -- == -- == -- == == == -- -- -- -- --  ---------------  --------------------
  25 00 00 00 08 00 00 3c 69 fa 70 40 00     00:27:25.103  READ DMA EXT
  25 00 00 00 08 00 00 3c 69 fa 68 40 00     00:27:25.102  READ DMA EXT
  25 00 00 00 08 00 00 3c 69 fa 60 40 00     00:27:25.102  READ DMA EXT
  25 00 00 00 08 00 00 3c 69 fa 58 40 00     00:27:25.101  READ DMA EXT
  25 00 00 00 08 00 00 3c 69 fa 50 40 00     00:27:25.100  READ DMA EXT

Error 613 [12] occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 37859 hours (1577 days + 11 hours)
  When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.

  After command completion occurred, registers were:
  ER -- ST COUNT  LBA_48  LH LM LL DV DC
  -- -- -- == -- == == == -- -- -- -- --
  40 -- 51 00 00 00 00 3c 69 fa 70 00 00  Error: UNC at LBA = 0x3c69fa70 = 1013578352

  Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
  CR FEATR COUNT  LBA_48  LH LM LL DV DC  Powered_Up_Time  Command/Feature_Name
  -- == -- == -- == == == -- -- -- -- --  ---------------  --------------------
  25 00 00 00 08 00 00 3c 69 fa 70 40 00     00:27:25.103  READ DMA EXT
  25 00 00 00 08 00 00 3c 69 fa 68 40 00     00:27:25.102  READ DMA EXT
  25 00 00 00 08 00 00 3c 69 fa 60 40 00     00:27:25.102  READ DMA EXT
  25 00 00 00 08 00 00 3c 69 fa 58 40 00     00:27:25.101  READ DMA EXT
  25 00 00 00 08 00 00 3c 69 fa 50 40 00     00:27:25.100  READ DMA EXT

SMART Extended Self-test Log Version: 1 (1 sectors)
No self-tests have been logged.  [To run self-tests, use: smartctl -t]

Selective Self-tests/Logging not supported

SCT Status Version:                  3
SCT Version (vendor specific):       522 (0x020a)
SCT Support Level:                   1
Device State:                        Active (0)
Current Temperature:                    45 Celsius
Power Cycle Min/Max Temperature:     40/47 Celsius
Lifetime    Min/Max Temperature:     18/58 Celsius
Under/Over Temperature Limit Count:   0/0

SCT Data Table command not supported

SCT Error Recovery Control command not supported

Device Statistics (GP/SMART Log 0x04) not supported

SATA Phy Event Counters (GP Log 0x11)
ID      Size     Value  Description
0x000a  2          911  Device-to-host register FISes sent due to a COMRESET
0x0001  2            0  Command failed due to ICRC error
0x0003  2            0  R_ERR response for device-to-host data FIS
0x0004  2            0  R_ERR response for host-to-device data FIS
0x0006  2            0  R_ERR response for device-to-host non-data FIS
0x0007  2            0  R_ERR response for host-to-device non-data FIS

A: Seeing a lot of "Read SMART Data failed: Connection timed out" messages, that might be unusual. Doesn't look like the -A, --attributes are getting read, for some reason.
Anyway, instead of digging through all the numbers yourself, you could try a GUI like gsmartctrl a "graphical user interface for smartctl." It's got some features like:

*

*automatically reports and highlights any anomalies;

*performs SMART self-tests;

*displays drive identity information, capabilities, attributes, device statistics, etc...;

*can read in smartctl output from a saved file, interpreting it as a read-only virtual device;

*has extensive help information.

smartctl's man page has some info about the SMART attributes, it looks like the raw values may not always correspond directly to the attribute in an obvious way, here's an excerpt:
          Each  Attribute  has  a  "Raw"  value,  printed  under  the  heading
          "RAW_VALUE",  and  a  "Normalized"  value  printed under the heading
          "VALUE".  [Note: smartctl prints these values in base-10.]   In  the
          example  just  given,  the "Raw Value" for Attribute 12 would be the
          actual number of times that the  disk  has  been  power-cycled,  for
          example  365 if the disk has been turned on once per day for exactly
          one year.  Each vendor uses their  own  algorithm  to  convert  this
          "Raw"  value  to  a  "Normalized"  value in the range from 1 to 254.
          Please keep  in  mind  that  smartctl  only  reports  the  different
          Attribute types, values, and thresholds as read from the device.  It
          does not carry out the conversion  between  "Raw"  and  "Normalized"
          values: this is done by the disk´s firmware.

          The  conversion  from Raw value to a quantity with physical units is
          not specified by the SMART  standard.  In  most  cases,  the  values
          printed  by  smartctl  are  sensible.   For  example the temperature
          Attribute generally has its raw value equal to  the  temperature  in
          Celsius.   However  in  some  cases vendors use unusual conventions.
          For example the Hitachi disk on my laptop reports its power-on hours
          in  minutes,  not  hours.  Some  IBM  disks track three temperatures
          rather than one, in their raw values.  And so on.

...
          Please note: the fact
          that an Attribute is of type 'Pre-fail' does not mean that your disk
          is about to fail!  It only has this meaning if the Attribute´s  cur‐
          rent Normalized value is less than or equal to the threshold value.

...
          If the Attribute´s current Normalized value is less than or equal to
          the threshold value, then  the  "WHEN_FAILED"  column  will  display
          "FAILING_NOW".  If not, but the worst recorded value is less than or
          equal  to  the  threshold  value,  then  this  column  will  display
          "In_the_past".   If the "WHEN_FAILED" column has no entry (indicated
          by a dash: ´-´) then this Attribute is OK now (not failing) and  has
          also never failed in the past.

...
          So to summarize: the Raw Attribute values are the  ones  that  might
          have  a real physical interpretation, such as "Temperature Celsius",
          "Hours", or "Start-Stop Cycles".  Each manufacturer converts  these,
          using  their detailed knowledge of the disk´s operations and failure
          modes, to Normalized Attribute values in the range 1-254.  The  cur‐
          rent  and worst (lowest measured) of these Normalized Attribute val‐
          ues are stored on the disk, along with a Threshold  value  that  the
          manufacturer  has determined will indicate that the disk is going to
          fail, or that it  has  exceeded  its  design  age  or  aging  limit.
          smartctl does not calculate any of the Attribute values, thresholds,
          or types, it merely reports them from the SMART data on the device.

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Do residences have their own kitchens?
How many homes will be in Gainesville Cohousing?
What is the legal status of a typical community?
When will the homes be ready to move into?
Who decides what will be included in the Common House, or the home designs, or anything else about the community?
What is a Common House?
Do members share meals together?
Can I just wait until it's done and join then?
Do I need to attend the meetings?
Do I get free day care, elder care, or help if I get sick?
How much work and meeting time are involved in cohousing life?
Is it like a commune?
Do I have to like everyone?
Do cohousing communities incorporate green design and materials?
Are cohousing homes more affordable than other types of housing?
What is your participation policy?
Do I own my back yard?
What do the monthly fees cover?
Sounds great, how can I move in?
Can I have a cat or dog?
How did cohousing get started?
What makes cohousing function well?
What if I want to sell my home after completion?
How were the home prices determined?
Why don't you build the housing units first and wait until you have more money to build the Common House?
Will there be space for a common vegetable garden?
Would residents be able to share vehicles and other resources?
Do you vet prospective members?
What if someone comes in who tries to control everything or won't allow the community to move because they block everything?
Yes. We intend to use individually titled homes with a homeowners association due to legal considerations of condominiums and Florida law.
We project prices from $146,000 to over $274,000, for our smallest (772 square feet) to our largest (2344 square feet) homes, comparable to market prices.
Gainesville Cohousing is currently a limited liability corporation (LLC).
We anticipate completion in late 2017.
Con: missed opportunity for early shared governance and getting to know each other. Con: if it is sold out, you may go on a waiting list.
Pro: no meetings or decisions to make, along the way.
Meetings are typically once a month in cohousing communities. During development of the project, it varies from weekly to every 2 weeks.
Everyone is a volunteer. We serve on committees (legal, finance, sustainability, marketing, membership), and individuals take responsibility for other needed task. Once built, we will add new committees (landscaping, common house, and so on). We hire electricians, plumbers, treeworkers, and so on, as needed. If the community wants things done that no one is qualified for and willing to do, we hire them out, or they don't get done.
Yes, individuals decide which committees and projects to work on.
No. It is like a homeowners association run solely by members. Cohousing, however, engineers the neighborhood design in specific ways to make it vibrant and social. Cohousing offers more fun and also more privacy. Because the common areas make it so easy to socialize, homes can be more of a private space to retreat to.
Currently we intend to have solar power, energy-efficient homes and appliances, passive solar designs, water-conservation techniques, and a community garden.
Overall, cohousing can be more expensive because of the common facilities and green building practices. This is why we work hard to decide what common facilities and which green building practices we can afford.
Gainesville Cohousing's policy is that each able-bodied member contributes one hour a week to the community, or pays a nominal fee. The hour can also be paid forward.
Yes, a small back yard is considered private space.
Household maximum is four (4) cats or dogs in any combination. Combined weight of the four (4) animals must not exceed 160 pounds. Any deviation must be addressed by the Pet Committee. Only indoor cats are allowed. Dogs must be on leash when outdoors. We are 24 homes on a small footprint, so many households choose not to have pets. Otherwise we'd have 96 pets (3,840 pounds of pets) on our 5 acres.
Resident participation. We expect every member to serve 1 hour a week to get work done in the community. Also we will have shared meals at least one or two times a week. Rotating cooking and cleaning will likely be part of membership requirements, though this rule has not been decided by the community yet. Sharing the work within the community helps keep costs down and enhances accountability. New members will become informed of their eventual responsibilities early in the membership process, so they understand how cohousing works best and what their obligations will be.
We have what's called a "right of first refusal," which means we have the opportunity to buy your house first. So if you wish to sell, an independent appraiser comes out and we cut you a check within 30 days. If the community does not buy your home, you are free to sell after the 30 days are up. By owning the outgoing homes, the community can find young families to keep the age range more diverse. Many established communities have mentioned that when members leave and sell on the open market, the new owners are less invested and involved in being part of a cohousing community and the strength of the cohousing community is diluted.
Usually this question is paired with a comparison to much cheaper apartments of comparable size. And believe us, we all wondered about this, too! There are several parts to this answer. First, we are building new homes. New construction involves current prices for materials and labor: while housing prices have gone down considerably in the last 5 to 6 years, the prices of materials and labor have held up or increased. In addition, we will be building greener homes than most homes on the market. Green building is not cheap, but we want to be as green as we can afford. Finally, we are building a substantial Common House, nearly 2500 square feet. It will be furnished extensively to support a wide variety of activities. The Common House will be the equivalent of building about 2 extra homes, and its cost is spread across the cost of all the units. All things considered, we realized the cost of our new housing is not really out of line.
Absolutely! Many of us love gardening and look forward to creating a beautiful bountiful common garden.
Various upgrades will be available at extra charge. But you'll want to be a full member in time to be part of deciding which upgrades we want to accommodate.
Some members will be able to have backyard sheds as storage. Some homes may have garages.
Since potential members ($250) work and play alongside equity members for 2 to 3 months or longer, there is ample time to assess whether they are a good match. When potential members move toward being equity members ($7500), the membership team solicits input from members. An exploration meeting is held in which the prospective member has an opportunity to explore cohousing issues in depth with a group of full members. The membership team makes a recommendation to the full membership group, who then decides whether to accept the potential member into the community. A vote is then held. Each individual in the community votes and the decision must be unanimous.
Consensus (100%) is reached on the first vote.
Consensus is not reached on the first vote. The no votes will then provide more evidence before a second vote and consensus is reached.
Sometimes personalities conflict. We use group-process and nonviolent-communication training to reduce potential acrimony among members.
1 Oakleigh Meadow Cohousing (OMC), Eugene, Oregon.
2 Good Tree Village, Washington DC metro area.
3 White Hawk EcoVillage, Ithaca, New York.
4 LaQuerencia Cohousing, Fresno, California.
5 Monterey Cohousing Community (Mococo), Minneapolis, Minnesota.


When we think of the Progressive Era we usually think of Theodore Roosevelt, Robert LaFollette, muckrakers and the like. This book reminds us that Woodrow Wilson was among "the like." Just at the time when the Republican Progressives were "purged" in the 1910 elections, Woodrow Wilson was establishing a reputation as a progressive Governor of New Jersey. "Woodrow Wilson and the Progressive Era" begins with a comparison of and contrast between Theodore Roosevelt's New Nationalism and Wilson's New Freedom, followed by an in-depth study of the Wilson program.The 1912 election was a four way contest between Progressives Roosevelt and Wilson, Conservative, but self-proclaimed progressive, President William Howard Taft and Socialist Eugene V. Debs. Author Arthur Link does a good job in examining the voting patterns which showed that the one party that gained votes was the Socialist, which reached its electoral high water mark. The conventions of both traditional parties were struggles between conservative and progressive elements, with the conservative Taft prevailing in the GOP but the progressive Wilson winning an extended contest in the Democracy.Once in the White House, Wilson shepherded a legislative program that included establishing the Federal Reserve System, which Prof. Link demonstrates as a negotiated compromise between the Hamiltonian Bank of the United States tradition and the Jacksonian anti-bank position.The chapters that I found to be most surprising, and therefore most interesting, were those dealing with foreign policy, particularly the intervention in Mexico. I had always thought that Gen. Pershing was sent after Pancho Villa in response to his border raids into Texas. As this book clearly establishes, the Wilson Administration had been deeply involved in trying to broker and pick winners in the civil war then tearing Mexico apart. I was shocked to learn how deeply the U.S. was entangled in that morass. These sections generate comparisons in the reader's mind to later interventions in Korea, Vietnam and current ones in Iraq and Afghanistan. At times it appeared likely that there would be a second Mexican War, which would have impacted American involvement in World War I, either because of resources committed South of the Border or by forcing an earlier mobilization that may have given America a more decisive impact when it did go "Over There." In the context as outlined in this book, the Zimmerman Telegram, in which Germany offered to aid Mexico in regaining its "Lost Territories", is seen as a logical extension and exploitation of a festering wound rather than a gratuitous invitation for Mexico to become involved in a struggle not its own. The rise of the Progressive Pacifists, for a time allied with Wilson, in opposition to Progressive Interventionists sheds light on the bitter conflict between Wilson and TR."Woodrow Wilson and the Progressive Era" is well organized and skillfully written. It is an in-depth study written in popular language, enhanced by appropriate pictures and editorial cartoons. I have made a point of studying the Progressive Era and find this work to be a valuable resource in that pursuit.
A self-righteous restatement of the liberal conventional wisdom from 1954. A basic "progressive good, conservative bad" book. Since no reasonable person could disagree with Progessivism there's no reason to examine both sides of an issue too closely. Good people think one way, bad people think another and who cares what the bad prople think? The author writes in the spirit of a joyous pom-pom girl at a homecoming game, although at some points I think he may have gone into a swoon over his hero.
Arthur Link's history presents a somewhat satisfying explanation for America's entry into WWI using a "traditional" methodology. By studying the foreign policy of the Wilson administration within the context of its domestic policy, Arthur Link explains why official America was so hesitant to embark on a war in Europe. The Progressive movement, which Link demonstrates often moved ahead of the president, stood for social reform at home but was divided between Theodore Roosevelt's Republican Progressives and Wilson's Democratic wing. Electing a Democratic Progressive candidate in 1912 and 1916, the American populace expected domestic reform and in the latter case abstention from Europe's conflicts. Link concentrates on periodical literature to glean the texture of popular sentiment. For official policy, he makes extensive use of source materials but does not refer extensively to the opinions of other historians. The former tends to neglect the intellectual and cultural context of popular sentiment, the later has the weakness of glossing over interpretive controversies. Concentrating on Woodrow Wilson and his circle of advisors presents a limited view of American entry into the war, but these are the most significant figures in the long run. Despite recent criticism, the history of high politics is still the stuff of American foreign policy and diplomacy. A traditional approach to the history of America's response to the Mexican Revolution and entry into WWI still has much to offer.
This 1954 history goes in depth on the politics of Wilson's first term as president, and then a couple months later into the decision to go to war on the side of the Allies. As late as January, 1917, it was plausible that things might have been different, and Wilson could have found himself pushing to join the German side in WWI. Link, writing at a time when these events were in living memory, follows the twists and turns of political fortunes and Wilson's mindset. The many progressive accomplishments in that first term were a result of fulfilling campaign promises used to beat Roosevelt in 1912 (when Wilson was gifted with a huge Democrat majority in both houses of Congress) and a veer leftward to help win re-election in 1916. I never realized that the graduated income tax really took effect only in an effort to pay for war preparedness. I wasn't at all aware of the constant fluctuations in the Mexican revolutions of that period - just a vague sense that they happened and that Germany was interested in joining with Mexico against the U.S. Wilson did not seem to be planning for war while running as a peace candidate (something different from Franklin Roosevelt's later policies in a similar situation) and the country was going through a wild series of angers and calmness during the first three years of the Great War. Fascinating to compare this with the book I read a couple weeks ago on a similar time period, which included much more sociology and culture discussions, and way less detail on the politics.
Arthur S. Link - A graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Arthur Stanley Link was a longtime historian specializing in Woodrow Wilson and the Progressive Era. Link taught for most his career at Princeton University, with the exception of an 11-year interval he spent at Northwestern University. The author of 30 books, he is most notable for writing an incomplete multi-volume biography of Wilson and editing the 69-volume Papers of Woodrow Wilson.


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Annals of Jerry Brown, Chapter 36: The sudden reappearance of Jerry Brown's famed 1974 Plymouth at his reception during the state Democratic convention recalled an episode of abiding mystery involving his iconic auto.
It happened on April 17, 1980, 29 years almost to the day before the car's cameo at Brown's party last week; the Plymouth suddenly disappeared from the Capitol, shortly after Sacramento County sheriff's deputies were dispatched to seize it, following a legal dispute that involved eight hundred bucks in unpaid medical bills.
The shaggy car story actually began in August 1979, when then-Gov. Brown vetoed $390,000 worth of small claims against the state that had been approved by the state Board of Control and the Legislature. Among them was a bill for $808 for un-reimbursed MediCal expenses, filed by Barton Memorial Hospital in South Lake Tahoe three years before.
Stiffed by Brown, the hospital went to court in El Dorado County and won a judgment for the money, giving them the "right to attach tangible property" owned by the state of California.
"I couldn't think of any property more tangible than the governor's Plymouth," hospital administrator Ron Newton told a reporter at the time.
But someone from the local sheriff's office leaked word that deputies were on their way to arrest the car, which was spotted leaving the building's underground garage just before the lawmen arrived. The governor himself had an alibi: he was in L.A. that day, tooling around in a second, state-owned Plymouth, and bureaucrats from a host of agencies proceeded to engage in round of finger pointing about who was responsible for producing Moonbeam Plymouth I.
The kerfuffle ended up back in court – more work for lawyers! – and the intriguing mystery of who drove it away, one step ahead of the posse, remained unsolved. Brown, now California's Top Lawman, presided over a reception last Saturday promoting his bid for a second turn as governor, where the Outlaw Plymouth sat on brazen display in the driveway of the historic Governor's Mansion, its greatest secret still intact.
Epilogue: Brown suffered a bit of karmic justice this week, when someone stole two tires from his hybrid in Oakland.
category: California Democratic Party, California Politics, Jerry Brown
There are 9 comments for this post
It was his Chief of Staff, Gray Davis, who after combing the seat cushions for spare change drove Cybill Sheppard to Tahoe for the weekend.
Bill Bradley says:
On that cover of Andy Warhol's Interview, Jerry Brown — who turned down Warhol when he wanted to do his official gubernatorial portrait — looks a lot like … Gavin Newsom!
Reviewing hours of footage I've shot of Gavin, he kinda sounds like Jerry.
I bet he picked up a lot sitting on Jerry's knee back in the day.
Incidentally, Gavin's father and grandfather were both Brown family retainers …
Proving once more: 'Murphy' operates best during state capital crimes, but also in Oakland! 😉
What say yee [self-proclaimed] "APOSTLE of COMMON SENSE"?
JERRY! JERRY!! JERRY!!! JERRY!!!!
ChartWestcott says:
I wonder what Gavin Newsome would be driven around in if he were governor.
Hint: Custom Made Hybrid Bentley Continental w/ 22 inch rims.
juliana inman says:
Please check your math. 1980 to 2009 is 29 years, not 19! I'm confused, though – at the notion that a personal debt can or should be "paid" by a lien on government property. Isn't the car California State property?
Roberts and Trounstine says:
thanks — we fixed our bonehead math
Juliana,
At least half of us covered this story live at the time; reconstructing the details of what happened from a published account at the time, it appears there was a dispute about who owed the $808 – the individuals who were treated or Medi-Cal, and the hospital went after the deep pockets. Gov. Brown, in one of his fiscal conservative incarnations, refused to pay a whole batch of small claims of which this was just a tiny, tiny, portion. As they say in baseball, you could look it up…
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The 8 best public courses that GOLF staffers played for the first time in 2019
By GOLF Editors
Pacific Grove Golf Links in Pacific Grove, Calif.
There's nothing like playing a course for the first time and being truly wowed. And when that course just so happens to be publicly accessible, cue the trumpets! Once you've found a gem like that, you blessedly don't have to wait for an invitation or special connection to play it again — you can go back as many times as your budget and schedule will allow.
Below are the eight most impressive public courses that our staffers played for the first time in 2019, and if you start feeling a little jealous of their rounds, remember that you, too, are only a tee time away from the same experience.
Is another major championship in Chambers Bay's future? Time will tell.
Kohjiro Kinno
Chambers Bay Golf Course, University Place, Wash.
In my first visit to the property, we had a slight breeze and 50 degrees on Halloween day. It was perfect. The course has a really great set of tee boxes (who ever says that?) that can test some of the best players in the world and also drop down and offer some birdies for the rest of us. Also, they've fixed their greens issues from the 2015 U.S. Open. It's again a must-visit. —Sean Zak
Carlton Oaks has a great weekday deal on green fees.
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Carlton Oaks Country Club, Santee, Calif.
Carlton Oaks is a Perry Dye design just east of San Diego that plays a lot like the best of Pete Dye. It's inland, in an unglamorous location. But the bones of the course are, in my opinion, the best of any public course in the San Diego area. They used to host all kinds of qualifiers there, but conditioning became an issue so it lost some of its luster. You can still get some bare patches and some scruffy bunkers. But the course plays firm and fast and there's really not a bad hole. Ok. Maybe one; the slightly goofy par-4 8th. Greens fees are just over $40 on weekdays, making it a steal in an area where better-known layouts are not as good and do not come cheap. —Josh Sens
Want to play a late-evening round? Alaska is the place to do it.
Dyland Dethier
Homer Golf Course, Homer, Alaska
Homer Golf Course is a nine-hole par-3 course on the southern tip of the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska. I got the privilege of trekking to the 49th state for a mini-doc and a magazine feature this summer and I was wowed by this little slice of heaven. It's owned and operated by a young couple, Scott and Esa Woodland, as a labor of love. I played the course in mid-May, right after it opened, and even in the early season it was light enough to play past 11 p.m. I arrived at 8:15 p.m. and played 18 holes looking out at sunset on the Kachemak Bay with glaciers spilling into the distance. It's on the short list of places I'm dying to get back to. —Dylan Dethier
Pacific Grove Golf Links is the (worst-kept) best secret on the Monterey Peninsula.
Alan Bastable
Pacific Grove Golf Links, Pacific Grove, Calif.
Just as the Masters doesn't start until the back nine on Sunday, the majesty of Pacific Grove Golf Links doesn't start until the back nine on a clear, still evening in mid-June. Or at least that's when I experienced it with a few colleagues during U.S. Open week — and, oh, what fun it was. That stretch of holes, which crisscrosses a rambling parcel just up the coast from Pebble Beach, is the (worst-kept) best secret on the Monterey Peninsula. For as little as $39, you can be transported to southeast Scotland — the land is that linksy. There's also an inland front nine that serves as a respectable, if unmemorable, opening act, but if you're strapped for time or daylight's fading on you (as it was for us), try to weasel your way to the 10th tee. That's where the real magic begins. (You can read more about our round here.) —Alan Bastable
Sweetens Cove exceeded already-high expectations.
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Sweetens Cove Golf Club, South Pittsburgh, Tenn.
After hearing rave reviews about it for the better part of a year, I recently played Sweetens Cove, a 9-hole course near Chattanooga, Tennessee. The place exceeded my already-high expectations. The entrance is nothing more than a single-lane dirt road and a battered wooden sign that says "Sweetens Cove Golf Club," and the entire vibe at Sweetens is minimal, low-key and welcoming. The first thing you see when you pull in is a huge practice putting green with dramatic mounds and a shack that serves as the pro shop. This pro shop is decked out with products from a wide variety of my favorite brands — Jones, Seamus and Imperial, just to name a few. A Sweetens tradition says that all first-timers must take a shot of whiskey, and that whiskey is often supplied by return visitors. After taking a swig we walked out to the first tee, which plays directly over the ninth green. The 3,300-yard track packs a punch with fescue-lined fairways, gorgeous trees and dramatic green complexes. Sweetens charges visitors $100 for unlimited golf all day, and since each green has two hole locations we had no interest in stopping after nine. A new deck that overlooks the course is the perfect spot for a post-round meal. But remember, since Sweetens offers only the essentials — great golf, a welcoming atmosphere and shots of whiskey — you'll have to order your food from a local restaurant when you get to the sixth tee box if you want it waiting for you when you're done. We called a nearby Domino's, and after a day of hoofing, that pizza never tasted better. —Ashley Mayo
Ballyreagh was a breath of fresh air for a group of staffers in Portrush, Northern Ireland.
Ballyreagh Golf Course, Portrush, Northern Ireland
I only played one public course this year that I had not played before, Ballyreagh Golf Course, down the road and the beach from Portrush. As it happens, it was the most enjoyable round of golf I had all year, if nine holes, all short par-3s, played nearly at night in 45 minutes with borrowed clubs can be considered a "round." The Ballyreagh greens are tiny and slow, and the course has no bunkers that I can recall. The ground is spectacular, a green field gently sloping to a cliff. You're hitting your ball through sea air. The grass has some life in it. You have the Atlantic on one side of the course and dinner on the other. Plus, good company, three others in the typing trade. Good times. —Michael Bamberger
Rush Creek provides exceptional shot values for a reasonable price.
Josh Berhow
Rush Creek Golf Club, Maple Grove, Minn.
I finally played Rush Creek in the northwest suburbs of Minneapolis, and it was every bit as good as advertised. It's a public course with a private feel — minus all the stuffiness. It's beautifully manicured and makes you hit all of the shots, although some aren't that easy to pull off. And when you're not dealing with narrow driving windows, slopey greens with tight run-off areas or the several holes with water staring you in the face, you're often trying to manage the tricky wind situation. But it's an amazing experience and comes at a pretty good price (anywhere between $59-119) for golfers looking to play 18 different and enjoyable golf holes. Better yet, it also has a short course, The Mac Nine, which is still less than 10 years old. —Josh Berhow
The 17th hole at Cape Wickham in Australia.
Gary Lisbon
Cape Wickham Golf Links, Wickham, Tasmania, Australia
Cape Wickham, King Island, Australia. Not only the best public course I played this year, but maybe the best course I've ever played, public or private. Absolutely epic, and it now stands as one of the game's ultimate pilgrimages.
—Alan Shipnuck
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Arne Duncan, the former Secretary of Education under President Obama, will share his new book How Schools Work: An Inside Account of Failure and Success from One of the Nation's Longest Serving Secretaries of Education at a National Press Club Headliners Book Event on Thursday, September 20 at 10:00 a.m. in the Club's conference rooms.
In How Schools Work, Duncan calls on his nearly three decades of experience working in education to demonstrate how and why our education system has remained broken for so long, and calls parents, teachers, and students to action to demand more of America's public schools.
This event will feature a discussion with the author, an audience question-and-answer session, and a book signing. Complimentary coffee and pastries will be provided for attendees. Tickets are $5 for National Press Club members and $10 for the general public. When purchasing tickets for this event online, buyers will also have the option of purchasing copies of the book at check-out.
Books will also be available for purchase at the event. Proceeds from book sales will benefit the non-profit affiliate of the Club, the National Press Club Journalism Institute, so we kindly ask that you leave all outside books and memorabilia at home.
Arne Duncan served as the Secretary of Education from 2009-2015, making him one of the longest serving members of President Barack Obama's cabinet. He has spent nearly three decades across all levels of education, from his mother's afterschool program on Chicago's Southside to CEO of the Chicago Public Schools. He currently sits on the board of Communities in Schools.
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Procurement leaders "facing ne...
Procurement leaders "facing new challenges and need new approach"
Procurement leaders are facing new challenges and must change their approach accordingly, an industry expert has claimed.
Gerard Chick, chief knowledge officer at Optimum Procurement, believes this is necessary if the function is to play an important strategic role in modern business.
Writing for Procurement Leaders, he said the increasingly complex nature of the B2B environment means procurement is required to optimise the balance between risk and cost. However, the expert warned that contractual arrangements cannot be expected to be sufficient in the face of all eventualities and circumstances.
"Both of these issues - risk and cost - are business-critical and procurement must play its part in the emerging debate on risk and cost management by means of the implementation of relational mechanisms, which will operate alongside traditional contractual mechanisms to support them," Mr Chick said.
He added that many business purchases are now bespoke and this means procurement must adopt different skills and competencies. Mr Chick claimed a performance mindset is required to allow the function to spread risk and reward sharing throughout the supply chain network.
"Contemporary procurement demands that procurement activity is freer, less proscriptive and restricted, more interactive and certainly much more about the long term," the industry expert stated.
Mr Chick claimed traditional approaches to procurement have done little to introduce new practices. He claimed the function now needs to move away from a pure focus on compliance and instead look towards long-term innovation and a closer strategic relationship with the supply base.
According to recent research from IBM, the best chief procurement officers (CPOs) should aim to become 'procurement role models'. The organisation found these individuals tend to prioritise revenue growth, competitive advantage and innovation and are more in tune with their constituents. It also said the best CPOs are able to draw on automation and analytic insights when assessing the performance of their function.
IBM found these procurement role models have a proven track record that can be measured in improved revenue and profit figures.
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I can't believe how long it's been since my last Friday Favorites post. Santa was very good to us this year so here are five favorites we've been enjoying since the big day.
Happy Friday – and Happy New Year!
Stella and Dot's Sutton Necklace. I've never been to a Stella & Dot party but I saw the Sutton necklace online, Pinned it and knew I had to have it. I've never spent $128 on a necklace before so I balked at the idea of buying it for myself, but when hubby asked what I wanted for Christmas, I sent him the link and smiled sweetly. Now that I have it in hand (err, on neck – I'm actually wearing it right now), I can say this is worth the price. You can wear the Sutton in six different ways to change up your look and style. It really is several necklaces in one, is absolutely gorgeous and comes in several color combinations including the original mixed metals, a pure silver version, a gold version, and several with pretty colored stone accent necklaces. You're going to have a hard time deciding. Alas, the Stella & Dot site gives you no guidance whatsoever as to how to wear it differently, but YouTube has a ton of demo and how-to videos. When I first got my Sutton, I loved it on sight but had no clue how to wear it or change it up. Thank heaven for YouTube. Here are the options: wear it all together as a short necklace, wear it all together with the thick silver chain in back as a long necklace, remove the sparkly strand and wear that on its own as a short necklace, wear it long with the thick silver chain in back but without the sparkly strand, wear it as a short necklace but without the sparkly strand, and wear the sparkly strand solo (short) plus the rest of it (long) for a two-necklace, layered look. Trust me, it's amazing however you wear it. Truly the best necklace ever.
Yogibo Caterpillar. If you told me this time last year that I'd end up buying an 8-foot, snakelike full-body pillow for our family for Christmas and it would be the hit of the holidays, I'd have thought you were nuts… but that's what happened. I've blogged about our wonderful Yogibo beanbag chair/beds before, because they are truly amazing products backed by a cool company with stellar customer service. For Christmas, I decided to splurge on their caterpillar pillow as a nice accompaniment to our two existing Yogibo bean bag chair/beds. It came as a gift from Santa to our whole family – but it ended up being my daughter's favorite gift and the one she played with the most that day and since! This thing truly is awesome – you can form it into so many shapes, lie down on it, curl it around you and pretend its a giant snake or elephant trunk or any number of other creative things. It's a blast! No one in our house will watch a movie without the caterpillar, and the nice thing is that it's big enough for multiple people to use it at once.
Dream By the Fire tea from the Republic of Tea. Along with the usual sweet treats, E put fancy, fabulous tins of tea in my stocking this year and I cannot rave enough about this one. I've always loved a nice rooibos tea, but this one comes straight from heaven. They paired a little cinnamon and vanilla with the usual gorgeous rooibos red flavor, gave it a romantic name, and I am smitten – hook, line and sinker. Never underestimate the power of great marketing when it comes to tea (I'm a sucker for great marketing in general). But seriously, this tea will warm, charm and soothe you. It will not make you gain weight or caffeinate you. If you love tea as I do, this is a must-have for your collection. You can find it on Amazon, but unfortunately not with free Prime shipping.
Kidoozie Foam Pogo Jumper. Here's one for the kiddos – of all ages. A gift from our Cali cousins, this pogo jumper toy is super fun for Zoe and parents up to 250 lbs can use it, too. What a fun way to jump around, take turns seeing who can go the longest, and get all ages – including adults – involved in a kid-focused, physical activity. We have loved this ever since it arrived at our house and I'll be giving them as gifts to many birthday boys and girls on our list this year. Highly recommend this one!
Carter's fleece footed PJs. If there's anything cuter than a little one in super-soft, cozy, footie PJs, I haven't seen it. We got Z these PJs because she truly needed something warm to noodle around the house in, but these are more of a gift for us than for her. She loves wearing them, but we love seeing and cuddling her in them even more. She may be a big almost-five year old, but in these PJs she reminds us of the soft, cuddly baby she once was. I think footed fleece PJs will be a must-have for Christmas for as many years as I can find them to fit her. And come to think of it, I may need a set myself next year!
So, there you have it – some of our favorite Christmas finds and gifts this year. What did Santa leave under your tree – got any new favorites or things you'd recommend? As always, I'd love to hear from you in the comments below or on Facebook.


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The Classical Association Blog
Spring Books 2019
by Philip Hooker
Once again, we have studied The Bookseller's Buyers' Guide and picked out some of the new books on classical themes which publishers believe will be of interest to the general reader. We have called in a few more from elsewhere.
The one highlighted work is Daisy Dunn's Pliny: Life, Letters and Natural History in the Shadows of Vesuvius, a literary biography based on the letters of the younger and the natural history of the elder. Armand D'Angour's Socrates in Love: The Making of a Philosopher may be more notable; it focuses on his little-known early life as a heroic warrior, an athletic wrestler and dancer, and a passionate lover – and it identifies 'Diotima' in the Symposium as Aspasia of Miletus, the consort of Pericles.
Among works of fiction, Natalie Haynes is back with A Thousand Ships, an all-female retelling of the Trojan War, the latest in a long line of recent feminist fiction - "This is the Women's War". In contrast, Harry Sidebottom's The Lost Ten is very much a boy's book. "A Crack Squad. An Impenetrable Fortress. A Desperate Mission" behind enemy lines in Mesopotamia, with a traitor in the group. "Bravo Two Zero in Ancient Rome" the publisher shouts. There are also numerous additional volumes of historical fiction set in classical times by other established authors, too many to mention.
A new one, which promises to be entertaining, is J M Alvey with Shadows of Athens, about a comic playwright who finds a murdered man outside his front door. "A new detective in the Agora – move over Falco". Lindsey Davis, meanwhile, has A Capitol Death, the seventh tale featuring Falco's adopted daughter in the time of Domitian. More intriguing is David Barbaree, a Toronto lawyer, with his second work, The Exiled. It is AD79, ten years after the fall of Nero, there is trouble in Parthia with someone claiming to be Nero, Pliny the admiral is sent out – and then Vesuvius erupts.
Among books for children, we note Andy Stanton's The Paninis of Pompeii, the first in a new series by the author of Mr Gum, and Gary Northfield's Grapple with the Greeks! (which follows Rumble with the Romans!) – both for the 7-9s. For the 9-12s, we have Maz Evans with Against All Gods, number four in the Who Let the Gods Out series, and Nicholas Bowling with In the Shadow of Heroes, about a 14-year old slave who travels the Roman world at the time of Nero in search of the Golden Fleece.
Jonathan Bate has a major work: How the Classics Made Shakespeare, which shows how steeped Shakespeare was in the classics, notwithstanding Ben Jonson's gibe that he had "small Latin and less Greek". Violet Moller's The Map of Knowledge describes how the works of Euclid, Ptolemy and Galen survived, focusing on seven cities in the Mediterranean, centres of scholarship in the post-Roman world. Simon Critchley, moderator of the New York Times philosophy blog, has Tragedy, the Greeks and Us, arguing that ancient Greek tragedy holds a mirror up to us. David B Small's Ancient Greece: Social Structure and Evolution applies social scientific theories from Minoan and Mycenean times all the way to the middle years of the Roman Empire. Vassiliki Panoussi has Brides, Mourners, Bacchae: Women's Rituals in Roman Literature, and Soultana Marie Valamoti presents Cooking with Plants in Prehistoric Greece: An Archaeobotanical Exploration of Ancient Cuisine, complete with recipes.
Chris Carey has written Thermopylae for an OUP series on Great Battles, Barbara Graziosi has provided Homer: A Very Short Introduction, and Catherine Wilson tells us How to be an Epicurean. Books for a classicist's next Christmas stocking include Alexander Tulloch's It's All Greek: Borrowed Words and Their Histories, Peter Parker's A Little Book of Latin for Gardeners and Philip Matyszak's 24 Hours in Ancient Athens, describing the life of 24 ordinary Athenians over the course of one day, which follows a previous work on Ancient Rome.
Among more substantial works, we note The Cambridge Grammar of Classical Greece by Evert van Emde Boas and others, The Cambridge Companion to Roman Comedy, edited by Martin T Dinter, Army of the Roman Emperors by Thomas Fischer and M C Bishop (lavishly illustrated), and two from the Metropolitan Museum, New York: Art of the Hellenistic Kingdoms from Pergamon to Rome, edited by Sean Hemingway and Kiki Karoglou, comprising 20 essays following its 2016 exhibition, and The World Between Empires: Art and Identity in the Ancient Middle East by Blair Fowlkes-Childs and Michael Seymour.
There are also several new translations and texts. How to Think About War: An Ancient Guide to Foreign Policy is a selection from Thucydides translated by Johanna Hanink. How to Keep Your Cool: An Ancient Guide to Anger Management is a selection from Seneca translated by James Romm. The War for Gaul is a new translation of Caesar by James O'Donnell. Ancient Peoples in Their Own Words is a highly-illustrated guide by Michael Kerrigan, based on ancient writing from tomb hieroglyphics to Roman graffiti. Ancient Philosophy: A Companion to the Core Readings by Andrew Stumpf is a complementary undergraduate guide to the texts. There are three new Cambridge Green and Yellows: Plato/Xenophon's Apology of Socrates, edited by Nicholas Denyer, Lucan's Civil War Book 7 edited by Paul Roche, and Seneca's Selected Letters edited by Catharine Edwards. Aris & Phillips have Minor Greek Tragedians, Volume 1: The Fifth Century, a collection of fragments edited by Martin J Cropp. The latest Loebs are Fragmentary Republican Latin Oratory (three volumes) edited by Gesine Manuwald and Menander Rhetor. Dionysus of Halicarnassus, Ars Rhetorica edited by William H Race.
Philip Hooker is the Hon. Treasurer of the Classical Association, and writes regularly for the CA Blog on Classics in the Media.
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Q: makefile: compile files with the output in other directory I try to compile many files and put the output in other directory. I have this Makefile
CC = gcc
BINDIR = bin
SRCDIR = src

SRCS = $(shell find $(SRCDIR) -name *.c)
BINS = $(patsubst $(SRCDIR)/%, $(BINDIR)/%, $(SRCS:.c=.exe))

all: $(BINS)

$(BINS): $(SRCS)
        @mkdir -p $(BINDIR)
        $(CC) -o $@ $<

clean:
        rm -rf bin

and this directory structure
├── Makefile
└── src
    ├── bye.c
    └── hello.c

when I use make, I get this
$ make
gcc -o bin/bye.exe src/bye.c
gcc -o bin/hello.exe src/bye.c

why the both times use src/bye.c as source file?
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and how I can compile any file?

A: Because your rule uses $<. As explained in https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Automatic-Variables.html:

$<
The name of the first prerequisite. If the target got its recipe from an implicit rule, this will be the first prerequisite added by the implicit rule (see Implicit Rules).

And src/bye.c is the first element of $(SRCS).


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California gas prices will probably rise after attack on Saudi oil plant
California gas prices could go up 10 to 25 cents a gallon within a week or two, an analyst said Monday.
(Julio Cortez / Associated Press)
By Samantha MasunagaStaff Writer
California gas prices will probably rise gradually after the weekend attack on an oil processing plant in Saudi Arabia, an analyst said Monday.
Within a week or two, prices at the pump could be up 10 to 25 cents per gallon, said Patrick DeHaan, head of petroleum analysis at Gas Buddy, a company that tracks real-time gas prices. They could jump even higher if the Saudi plant cannot resume operations as quickly as expected, he said.
The drone attack on Saudi Arabia's Abqaiq oil processing facility halved the kingdom's oil production, according to Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, slashing it by some 5.7 million barrels per day. Bloomberg reported Monday that Saudi Arabia could restart a "significant volume" of the halted oil production within days, though full restoration could take weeks.
If resuming operations takes months, though, "then it will be something more significant and a real supply crunch," said Denton Cinquegrana, chief oil analyst at Oil Price Information Service.
Benchmark U.S. crude oil futures jumped more than 14% on Monday, as did Brent crude, the international standard. Changes in oil prices can be reflected a few days later in gas prices, DeHaan said.
Nevertheless, the effect on U.S. gas prices is expected to be minor, DeHaan said. That's because the United States' domestic oil production has grown in recent years, making the nation less reliant on imports from Saudi Arabia. And because Americans' demand for gasoline is lower now than during the summer vacation travel season, he said, the pain will be less than it could be.
The average price of a gallon of regular gasoline in California was $3.631 on Monday, almost exactly the same as a week earlier and a year earlier, according to AAA. In the Los Angeles-Long Beach area, it was $3.672, also nearly unchanged from a week earlier and a year earlier.
The West Coast relies more on Saudi oil than other parts of the country do, which means California could see an extra increase of a few pennies per gallon of gas, DeHaan said. But the state does not rely on Saudi crude oil as much as it did 10 to 15 years ago.
"It doesn't mean that you're in dire straits," he said.
California's special blend of clean gasoline can be made with oil from a variety of places, Cinquegrana said.
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IBM receives Swiss Tell Award for investment in new nanotechnology center
Switzerland recognizes IBM's contribution to research and innovation in Zurich with the Binnig and Rohrer Nanotechnology Center
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New York, USA, and Zurich, Switzerland, 8 March 2013—Yesterday the Switzerland Trade and Investment Promotion, the Swiss federal agency that assists companies expanding internationally, bestowed its annual Tell Awards to IBM (NYSE: IBM) , Intermune, Kayak, Maxwell Technologies and Procter & Gamble. The awards, named for legendary Swiss hero William Tell, honor U.S. companies for significant recent investment projects in Switzerland. IBM received the award for the Binnig and Rohrer Nanotechnology Center.
Inaugurated on 17 May 2011, the Binnig and Rohrer Nanotechnology Center is the latest extension to IBM's research lab in Zurich. The facility is the centerpiece of a 10-year strategic partnership in nanoscience between IBM and ETH Zurich where scientists research novel nanoscale structures and devices to advance energy and information technologies. The building represents an investment of $60 million in infrastructure costs and an additional $30 million for tooling and equipment which, including the operating costs, are shared by the partners. As the laudation states: The center demonstrates IBM's "magnitude of innovation and reinvestment in Switzerland".
Dr. Matthias Kaiserswerth, Director and Vice President of IBM Research – Zurich, who received the award at Bloomberg's headquarters in New York yesterday said, "IBM's investment in the Binnig and Rohrer Nanotechnology Center is based on open collaboration. Partnerships with leading organizations, including ETH Zurich and the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa), are at the foundation of our success today and in the future."
With this new facility, IBM strengthens its commitment in Switzerland to foster leading talent and promote innovation in nanotechnology.
The Binnig and Rohrer Nanotechnology Center offers a cutting-edge, collaborative infrastructure for advancing nanoscience. It is part of IBM Research – Zurich, which was opened in 1956 as IBM's first research laboratory outside the U.S. The nanotechnology center features a cutting-edge exploratory 950 m2 cleanroom fabrication facility and six uniquely designed so-called "noise-free labs" which shield extremely sensitive experiments from any disturbances, such as mechanical vibrations, electro-magnetic fields, temperature fluctuations and acoustic noise.
The center is named for Gerd Binnig and Heinrich Rohrer, the two IBM scientists and Nobel laureates who invented the scanning tunneling microscope at IBM Research – Zurich in 1981, thus enabling researchers to see atoms on a surface for the first time. In 1986 Binnig and Rohrer received the Nobel Prize in Physics for this achievement, widely acknowledged for laying the foundation for nanotechnology research.
In the facility, scientists and engineers from IBM,ETH Zurich and Empa will pursue joint and independent projects, ranging from exploratory research to applied and close-to-market projects. Three ETH professors and their teams have already moved into the new building and will conduct part of their research in nanoscience on a permanent basis. In addition, recently IBM and Empa have partnered on a new, state-of-the-art transmission electron microscope (TEM), which will be installed in the noise free labs in the coming months. The TEM will be the first of its kind in Europe.
*This investment figure is based on an average conversion rate with Swiss Francs (CHF) between April 2008 - April 2011.
About the Tell Award
Dating from 2004, the Tell Awards program is sponsored by Switzerland Trade and Investment Promotion, the Swiss federal agency that assists companies expanding internationally, including American companies evaluating Switzerland's competitive advantages and navigating the setup process. Previous Tell Award winners include Abbott, Bombardier, Sigma-Aldrich, Disney Research, Yahoo!, Medtronic, Autodesk, Electronic Arts, Microsoft, eBay, and Google.
For further information about the Tell Award please refer to the original press release by the Switzerland Trade and Investment Promotion agency.
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