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Tesla Won't Launch New Models In 2022, Entry-Level EV On Hold, Full Self-Driving Capability Coming Soon
During the announcement of the fourth-quarter results for Tesla, Elon Musk said that the company won't be launching any new models this year due to the semiconductor shortage, which means there will be no Cybertruck before 2023. He also revealed that the $25,000 Tesla project is not something they are working on at the moment and that he expects full self-driving capability in Teslas to be offered in 2022.
No New Teslas In 2022
More specifically, as reported by CNBC, Musk said that even if they had introduced a new car last year, the total vehicle output would have been the same because of the constraints caused by the chip shortage, concluding that "We will not be introducing new vehicles this year. It would not make any sense".
Musk confirmed that Tesla is continuing the development of the Cybertruck, the Semi, and the Roadster, but before any debuts, they are focused on increasing capacity at their current factories (California, US / Shanghai, China) while starting production in new their new premises (Texas, US / Berlin, Germany). They will also optimize the use of semiconductors since there is a limited supply of chips that operate basic vehicle functions (like electric seats and electric windows) while continuing the development of the Tesla robot that will be called the "Optimus".
The Cybertruck was introduced in concept form back in November 2019 with production initially planned for 2021 and a targeted starting price of $39,900. The latest reports are suggesting a delayed market launch in the first quarter of 2023 which sounds more in line with Tesla's new strategy. While Musk didn't go into specifics, he said that a new product launch is dependent on when Tesla will be able to produce more vehicles.
Speaking about the upcoming electric pickup, Musk said that they are struggling to make it affordable with all the technology it incorporates: "There's a lot of new technology in the Cybertruck that will take some time to work through. And there's the question of what's the average cost of Cybertruck and to what degree that is affordable."
Rivals of the Cybertruck including the Ford F-150 Lightning and the GMC Hummer EV are already available for sale, while the Chevrolet Silverado EV is coming next year. Tesla hopes to be able to achieve a production volume of 250,000 Cybertrucks per year eventually.
This is a speculative illustration for a compact Tesla model made by Jean Francois Hubert/SB-Medien for CarScoops that is neither related to nor endorsed by Tesla.
Compact EV Project On Hold
As for the much anticipated $25,000 Tesla that was officially announced back in 2020, Musk revealed that this project is currently on hold: "We're not currently working on the $25,000 car. At some point, we will. We have enough on our plate right now. Too much on our plate, frankly."
This means that the compact EV won't be arriving by 2023 as it was estimated by Tesla's CEO in his initial – and quite optimistic – statement two years ago. The "baby Tesla" would make a direct rival to the Nissan Leaf and the VW ID.3, reportedly offering more range at a lower entry price.
Autonomous Tech Comes Into Focus
While Tesla won't be launching new products soon, Musk suggested that the autonomous driving technology that is still under development will help increase sales and meet the optimistic volume targets with the existing range. Musk suggested that Tesla vehicles will have full self-driving capability in 2022: "I would be shocked if we do not achieve full self-driving, safer-than-human this year". In this context, he said that robotaxis will reduce transportation costs in a better way than a cheaper electric car.
As reported by Automotive News, there are currently nearly 60,000 Tesla owners in the US who use the Full Self-Driving Beta feature. However, the system is still in a testing phase and requires a human driver to sit behind the wheel at all times. While Tesla has been toying with the idea of Level 5 autonomy since 2020, the most advanced system that is currently available in production vehicles is offering Level 3 autonomy and comes from Mercedes-Benz.
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Apple tied to new privacy website, suggesting future security marketing
The iPhone maker, which makes privacy a selling point for its devices, appears to be gearing up for another marketing push with PrivacyIsImportant.com.
Ian Sherr
March 5, 2019 6:35 p.m. PT
James Martin/CNET
The tech industry's already-boiling privacy debate may get even hotter soon.
Apple appears to have purchased the web address PrivacyIsImportant.com, which according to public registration records, was bought on March 4. Currently, the site is just a blank white page. MacRumors was fist to notice the domain purchase. Apple didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
If indeed Apple is planning something, it'd fall in line with the company's ongoing marketing over its products like the iPhone and its Mac computers. During CES in Las Vegas in January, Apple put up a billboard promising "What happens on your iPhone, stays on your iPhone."
Apple's moves come at a time when privacy issues are squarely in the public debate. Governments are attempting to force, through potential legislation and court battles, access to encrypted messages on WhatsApp, Signal and other apps. They've argued, in effect, that privacy is not absolute. Meanwhile, Facebook's poor handling of user data landed CEO Mark Zuckerberg and COO Sheryl Sandberg in congressional hearings.
The debate has divided the tech industry as well. On one side are companies like Google and Facebook, which make almost all their money from tracking users and showing ads to them. On the other said are companies like Microsoft, whose CEO Satya Nadella says "privacy is a human right."
Apple has gone up against Google and Facebook too. Last year, for example, the company said its Safari browser would prevent companies like Facebook from tracking users without their knowledge.
Apple CEO Tim Cook, in pushing on privacy issues, echoed Nadella's sentiment when he spoke at Apple's shareholder meeting last week.
"We've always viewed privacy as a human right," Cook said. "And in this country, we view it that it's ingrained in the Constitution."
Originally published March 5, 2:32 p.m. PT.
Update, 3:47 p.m.: Includes more details.
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Road to State: Dawson – Eagles Soaring to State? [LISTEN]
Danny Mata
The Dawson Eagles seemed destined to win the state title in 2012. Lake Travis, the team they couldn't overcome, moved up to 5A. Manvel, the team that took the district from them in 2011, also moved up to 5A. James White was the guy at running back, the defense was solid, and they had two solid quarterbacks. Then, the Nederland game. The Eagles uncharacteristically shot themselves in the foot and went home early.
All of that seemed secondary when they lost teammate Folabi Akanbi in February. Akanbi collapsed and died during a pickup basketball game. His death was tragic. A young man with so much promise had his life cut short. His teammate's won't allow his memory to fade. They are playing the season in his honor and have a greater appreciation for each other. Coach Eric Wells says the chemistry this team has already garnered is unlike anything he's seen.
There's plenty of talent on the roster. Ross Wicklund is the new quarterback, but he led the JV team to an unbeaten season. Brett Winnegan is the new running back, and he is a track star, finishing second at the world youth championships in Chicago. Tony Upchurch will do great things at LSU once he graduates. For now, one of the area's best wide receivers will again terrorize opposing defenses.
On defense, they're in good shape. Eric England and Brett Johnson command the line. Alan Galloway is a fantastic linebacker with great range and defensive back Josiah Cooks is one of the most underrated players in the city.
District 24-4A is loaded. Texas City and Dawson are both legitimate state championship contenders. Winning this district will not be easy and we are set up for an amazing game on October 4th, when they play in the game that will likely decide the district championship.
No matter who comes out on top, both teams have everything they need to go all the way.
The Dawson Eagles are on the Road to State!
Road to State: Dawson – Eagles Soaring to State? [LISTEN] was originally published on news92fm.com
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Digital publishing will bring us one very significant step closer to the reality of David Weinberger's notion of filtering on the way out rather than on the way in.
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Hi everyone! It's Walter here to tell you about a great give away we won a few weeks ago. Gizmo had a whole week of giveaways to celebrate his Gotcha Day and Millie and I won 3 bags of Zuke's Lil' Links.
Gizmo got his own set of 3 bags of Zuke's treats and then was able to give away another 3 bags and we won!
First I had to check out the box just like Gizmo. They smelled great even before mom opened any bags.
Mom decided to use my Halloween costume photo shoot to see how good the Zuke's were. If you look close you can see the bag is open but I was focused on mom because she had some treats in her hand.
I can't resist any longer!
OMD! These treats are fantastic! They are about an inch long and soft so mom prefers to break them into smaller pieces when she gives them to us. I don't really care how she gives them to me as long as she gives me some!
There are three flavors Pork & Apple, Chicken & Apple and Rabbit & Apple and they are all my favorite! If you are looking for a great healthy treat to use for training you can't go wrong with these. Thanks again Gizmo for having all those giveaways during your Gotcha Week! We sure are a couple of lucky pups!
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You are such an adorable bumblebee, Walter!
I've never heard of these, but they sound like yummy dog treats!
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Oh, oh, oh! The Rabbit & Apple are my all-time favorite Lil' Links flavor!! Congratulations on your pawesome win!
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They look yummy. Great posing Walter!
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Will India Become a Caste Society if Caste is Counted?
क्या जाति-आधारित गणना से भारत जातिगत समाज बन जाएगा?
Why is there so much opposition and anxiety among some sections of the Indian elite – particularly among its upper-caste intellectual class – on the question of enumeration of caste in the Census of India 2011? My answer is simple: India would legally become a caste society. The formal recognition of caste as a national category implies that the Indian state is going beyond the constitutional recognition of caste as a category to measure disability (i.e., untouchability, atrocity, and social backwardness). The Indian constitution views caste as a source of disability or discrimination, and laid down a set of clauses to root out these practices of inequality. It assumes that caste is an exception to Indian social life and will fade away. In other words, the constitution conceives the Indian citizen to be a casteless individual and it bars acknowledgment of ascripitive ties. Though the constitution is categorical about eliminating disabilities caused by caste, it is vague about the status of the caste groups in Indian social life. However, the decision to enumerate caste would mean a legal acceptance of caste groups – especially lower caste groups such as Other Backward Classes (OBC) – as legitimate political actors. This implies that India would legally become a caste society; the Indian elite are shocked by this implication and the larger social transformations that might follow this legal acknowledgment of caste.
The view that Indian society is a caste society is not a new perception. The Dalit and other anti-caste social movements asserted the centrality of caste in Indian society. It was Phule and Ambedkar, the two prominent voices in the colonial period, who argued that caste determines status, wealth, knowledge, and power in Indian society. It was again in the post-emergency period, that a new generation of dalit writers, critics, scholars, and activists not only reiterated that India is a caste society but also articulated a new notion of caste. They critiqued and rejected the elite view of caste as a singular entity that causes divisions in society and advanced a new concept of caste as a source of everyday experience of violence as well as an identity for mobilization. In fact, the tremendous pressure to recognize caste as a national category begins with the rise of the contemporary Dalit movement in the context of mass killings of Dalits in the 1970s and 1980s. In the context of atrocities on Dalits, the Congress Government enacted the Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. This Act signaled an important change in the legal view of caste. While the Untouchability (Offences) Act, 1955 recognized "untouchability" – not caste – as a cause of disability, the SC/ST Act, 1989 identified "caste" as a cause of atrocity, and caste related atrocities as national crimes. The Supreme Court also came under public pressure during the Mandal agitation during the period of 1991 to 1993, and accorded legal sanction to the category of caste as a national entity (Indra Sawhney vs. Union of India, 1992). Therefore, the demand for enumerating caste in the Census 2011 is a demand of the Dalits and the OBCs who are consolidated as social groups and operate as a force in contemporary society.
The Indian elite are defending the idea of India as a homogeneous entity and neutral space beyond ascriptive identities. They represent themselves as a special group of Indian citizens ("meri Jaati Hindustani"). This group is a small minority of English-educated urban elite – mostly upper caste intellectuals and some politicians – who view caste as divisive and evil. This group includes yet another small section of liberal and left-oriented intellectuals who advance the view that enumeration of caste in the Census will prevent a meaningful and complete transformation of India as a democratic society. They view the debate on caste only as an issue relating to reservations or other policy issues related to SC/ST/OBCs. Both of these sections of the elite represent themselves as casteless people (i.e., true Indians) and stigmatize Dalits and OBCs as caste people. They never concede that the recognition of different castes and therefore, the existence of different social groups in the country is an important decision in and of itself.
One must take note of the Dalit critique of the dominant conceptions of caste. The literary and activist writings and academic scholarship of Dalits underscore the view that caste is a source of everyday discrimination, brutal forms of violence, dehumanization, and inequality. This scholarship, drawing on experience, simultaneously brings to light the role of caste as a marker of privilege, caste arrogance, social worth, and power, and dismantles the view that secular/modern Indian citizens are casteless. It also challenges the dominant singular view of caste as only an instrument of social divisions and also the perception that caste identity is only an identity of the lower castes. To the surprise of academic pundits, caste is mobilized as an identity of assertion in the public sphere as well as in the electoral domain. These innovative ways of invoking caste raise the question of conceptualizing caste as a critical concept and as a key category to comprehend and assess social change in India.
Given the symbolic and political significance of a national census and lack of data on caste, a demand for inclusion of caste was raised in 2001. The then-National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Government rejected this demand. This time, the oppressed caste groups are determined to challenge the homogeneous and monolithic view of India in our Census and argue for recognition of the existence of diverse social groups in India. The Census constructs aggregate national categories and therefore, the production of caste as an aggregate category and the redefinition of India as a caste society are politically significant. The Dalit and other oppressed caste groups realized the importance of engaging with the institutions of a modern liberal democracy like India and therefore, the demand for caste census is a strategic position. They would certainly welcome a revolution, a land distribution program, or even a new paradigm of enumeration. But they have no luxury to wait for these larger social transformation projects nor do they have the power to completely restructure this wholeenumeration process right now.
The enumeration of "the caste of each member of the household" – not only OBCs – in the Census would make India a caste society and open up a number of new questions. The Census may provide data to make visible the privileged status of certain caste groups and their numbers. The comprehensive caste data may activate demands for increasing the percentage of reservation to each category of the SCs, STs and the OBCs, and the reservation percentage – currently at a ceiling of only 50 percent – may be challenged. The new caste groups may demand more than reservations and welfare schemes and raise fresh questions of redistribution of land, wealth, and power. There may be many Mayawatis who master the game of numbers and change the national election scene completely. The most significant process that the caste census would churn out is the de-essentialization and politicization of caste through a meaningful public debate beyond the academic domain. This process may involve caste tensions, the rise of new ruling classes (including the OBCs), and the total displacement of the existing ruling sections of the Indian elite. This process of democratization will be full of contradictions and surprises; the Indian elite are not yet ready to experience this transformation.


John Lindberg is a Swedish nobleman long associated with the League of Nations and now with the United Nations.1 (…) Himself a Manichean resigned to the ordinary necessity of rule by myth and lie, Lindberg argues in his concluding chapter that the new conditions of global inter-communication2 compel us to scrap the rationalist Manichean hypothesis in favor of a plunge into faith and the City of Love. His march towards this city of the future is headed by a banner quote from Bergson's Two Sources of Morality and Religion: "The essential function of the universe which is a machine for the making of gods."The revolutionary situation which faces us would appear to have suggested to Lindberg that the man-made machine is the new universe for the making of gods. And whereas the machine of Nature made whatever gods it chose, the machines of man have abolished Nature and enable us to make whatever gods we choose. Perhaps a better way of saying this would be to suggest that modern technology is so comprehensive that it has abolished Nature. The order of the demonic has yielded to the order of art.
Lindberg speaks as one who has spent his life inside the great god-making machines of the modern world. He speaks also from inside the great classical tradition of European rationalist culture and scholarship. He does not write as a Christian. But Lindberg does write as a pagan for whom the Christian doctrine is now, for the first time in history, a plausible and even indispensable hypothesis for social survival. As an analysis of the pagan theology underlying dominant political theory since Plato, Lindberg's testimony is of first importance. Most readers would find Fustel de Coulange's classic, The Ancient City, a valuable preface to Lindberg's book. Jane Harrison's Themis and Rachel Levy's Gate of Horn are likewise filled with detailed information about the pagan theory of the universe and the city as a machine for the making of gods. And Lindberg assumes to some extent a reader who is at home in pagan ritual and theology.
So far as these concern politics, he also provides a good deal of information himself. For example, most of the first chapters are taken up with a discussion of vertical and horizontal conditions of society. The golden age of primitive man is horizontal socially because there are no institutions. Men are related laterally by kinship but there are no hierarchies and no authority. Moreover the horizontal metaphor (which provides the sleeping giant Finn McCool of Finnegans Wake) indicates a state of collective consciousness. A state of homogeneity and non-differentiation which in pagan theory proceeded the fall of man. Vertical man, self-conscious man, rational and civilized man is in this view the result of a spiritual fall. Lindberg agrees with Karl Marx that this fall resulted from the first attempt to transfer or exploit a food or property surplus for private purposes. Horizontal man, pre-historic man, in this view, was innocent of "mine" and "thine." He was without individual self-consciousness. Technological man or post-historic man is rapidly approximating the same state. Instantaneity of global communication plus the abundance of mass-produced goods has created a situation of mental and social collectivism.
It is to tracing the social and political consequences of the "fall" that Lindberg devotes much of his book. Paradoxically, the fall brings about the rise of individual reason and the invention of the instruments of culture and civilization. Reason, the tool-making faculty, is the fruit of evil. And reason is the myth-making power which produces the ruler.The ruler rules by the myth or lie which intimidates men to the point of social obedience. It is important to grasp Lindberg's idea of myths and norms since they have characterized all civilization till now. But henceforth they must have new functions. Myths are for Lindberg the traditional religions imposed on men. They are products of reason. They are expedient lies. They are the means of curbing the monsters bred of men's passions. Norms or moral conventions, on the other hand, are merely a cinematic projection on the screen of the city of the passions and preferences of men. Myths are vertical affairs imposed by ruling authority on the ruled. Norms are horizontal developments spreading outwards in accordance with men's desires. Myths are static. The authoritarian myth-built city is local, brittle, easily susceptible of shock. If one myth falls, all will tend to fall. But the norm-structured society is open, elastic, malleable, receptive of change. Under current conditions of communication the static, myth-built cities of the Western world are doomed, says Lindberg.
The foundations of social survival are, however, to be found in a switch from reason to passion, from fear to love. And the possibility of the switchover resides in our capacity today to discover the creative dynamics of norm-making. Norm, the region of passion and flux, was no basis for any past city. But norm seen as a product of an individual and collective creative activity may be a clue to a new social dynamics. If we can discover by observation of many societies past and present the principles of creativity in morals, we shall have the master-clue to all future government of huge inter-cultural associations of men.
It is the conviction that such a possibility is realizable today that prompts Lindberg to espouse the idea of Christian charity in a spirit of positivism. Not belief but necessity urges him to a Christian idea of society and government. It is the same conviction which leads him to abandon the Manichean principles of realpolitik.
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DCF Reaches Settlement In Bell Killings
Health News Florida | By News Services of Florida
Published October 5, 2015 at 8:48 AM EDT
Department of Children and Families
The Florida Department of Children and Families and two private companies have agreed to pay $750,000 to settle legal claims resulting from a mass killing in Gilchrist County last year.
Don Spirit, 51, murdered his daughter, Sarah, and her six children --- who ranged in age from 2 months old to 11 years old --- before committing suicide.
DCF will pay $450,000, while the Partnership for Strong Families and Devereux, two companies that help the state manage child-welfare cases, will pay $250,000 and $50,000, respectively, as part of the settlement. The money will go to the victims' estates.
According to the department, the family had been involved in 18 child-protective investigations from February 2006 to Sept. 18, 2014, the day of the killings. Don Spirit was involved in six of the investigations and was alleged to have been the perpetrator in three, including a 2008 incident in which he was arrested for physically abusing his then-pregnant daughter.
The murders prompted questions about whether the department and private providers could have done more to protect the children.
According to what is known as a Critical Incident Rapid Response Team, DCF and the Gilchrist County Sheriff's Office had visited the family's home as recently as Sept. 2, 2014, but the report said a case note indicated that the children were not "in imminent danger of illness or injury from abuse, neglect or abandonment."
In response, DCF Secretary Mike Carroll ordered the retraining of staff in the department's nearby Chiefland office and a review of all open investigations involving children 3 years old and younger in Gilchrist and Dixie counties. He also ordered training for 1,600 child protective investigators and supervisors statewide, and increased the implementation of a process known as the "Rapid Safety Feedback" system, which allows quality-assurance specialists to oversee a child-protective investigation in real time.
"I have been with the department for 25 years," Carroll said at the time. "And I thought I had seen it all until this tragedy occurred."
The settlement was first reported by FloridaPolitics.com.
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These are the victims of the Highland Park parade shooting
by: Alonzo Small, Marisa Rodriguez, Glenn Marshall, Associated Press, Erik Runge
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Coroners identify 7 victims killed in parade shooting
HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. — Seven people were killed and at least 30 others wounded after a 21-year-old man opened fire on an Independence Day parade in Highland Park on Monday morning.
The attack happened around 10:10 a.m. after shots were fired near Central Avenue and 2nd Street. At a news conference, Lake County Major Crime Task Force spokesman Christopher Covelli said it appeared the gunman opened fire on parade-goers from a rooftop using a high-powered rifle that was later recovered at the scene.
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An hourslong manhunt ensued during which residents hunkered down in businesses or received police escorts to their homes. That ended with a traffic stop and brief chase Monday evening, when authorities detained a man they described as a person of interest.
Highland Park police chief said a police officer pulled over Robert E. Crimo III about 5 miles (8 kilometers) north of the shooting scene, several hours after police released the man's photo and warned that he was likely armed and dangerous.
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Five adults were pronounced dead at the scene and another person, whose age was not given, died at the hospital, the Lake County Coroner said. A seventh person died Tuesday, authorities confirmed.
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Nicolas Toledo, who was 78 and visiting from Mexico, was shot and died at the scene. A GoFundMe page created in his honor describes him as "a father of eight and grandfather to many."
Nicolas Toledo (Family photo)
Jacki Sundheim, 63, of Highland Park, a lifelong congregant and "beloved" staff member at nearby North Shore Congregation Israel, was also killed. The congregation announced her death on its website. Sundheim's nephew described her as being one of the kindest people you'd ever meet.
Jacki Sundheim (North Shore Congregation Israel)
Katherine Goldstein, 64, of Highland Park
Irina McCarthy, 35, and Kevin McCarthy, 37, of Highland Park
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Stephen Straus, 88, of Highland Park
Eduardo Uvaldo, 69, of Waukegan
Eduardo Uvaldo (Photo credit: GoFundMe)
Police have not provided a motive for the attack.
Lake County State's Attorney Eric Rinehart, a Highland Park resident, announced Monday that Crimo is charged with seven counts of first-degree murder. Additional charges are pending. If convicted, the alleged gunman faces life in prison without the possibility of parole.
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MASS. COMMISSION AGAINST DISCRIMINATION v. FRANZAROLI
MASSACHUSETTS COMMISSION AGAINST DISCRIMINATION vs. GEORGE FRANZAROLI & another.
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Frederic R. Kellogg, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, for the petitioner.
Present: WILKINS, C.J., SPALDING, KIRK, SPIEGEL, & REARDON, JJ.
SPALDING, J.
This case arises out of a petition brought in the Superior Court by the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (commission) seeking enforcement of its order in a case of an alleged unlawful refusal to rent an apartment because of race or color in violation of G.L.c. 151B, § 4.
A complaint charging the respondents with a violation of G.L.c. 151B, § 4, was filed with the commission by Mandred Henry of Worcester on November 8, 1967. In his complaint, Henry, who had answered the respondents' newspaper advertisement for an apartment in Roslindale, alleged that the respondents refused to rent it to him because of his race and color. After an investigation and finding of probable cause pursuant to c. 151B, § 5, the commission ordered a hearing on the complaint. Following the hearing the commission rendered a decision entitled "Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Orders." The commission found that the respondents had refused to rent an apartment to Henry (a Negro) because of his race, and that as a result of this refusal, Henry was caused mental suffering and was forced over a period of eighty-four days to commute from Worcester, where he lived, to Boston where he worked. In addition to ordering the respondents to cease racial discrimination in connection with the rental of housing accommodations, the commission ordered them to pay Henry damages totaling $844.50. These damages consisted of the cost of commuting and finding other housing ($94.50), his loss of time ($500), and $250 for mental suffering from the "considerable frustration, anger and humiliation" caused him.1
Thereafter the commission brought this petition for the enforcement of its order. The respondents did not seek review of the award of damages under c. 151B, § 5, third paragraph, nor did they seek review of the commission's order under c. 151B, § 6. A decree was entered enforcing the order by commanding the respondents to cease racial discrimination in the rental of housing accommodations. The decree, however, did not order the enforcement of the award of damages. Because of the court's refusal to include damages in its decree, the commission appealed.
The commission contends that the Superior Court (1) did not have the power to refuse to order enforcement of the award and (2) that the award was one the commission was empowered to make.
The authority of the Superior Court with regard to the commission's orders derives from G.L.c. 151B, § 6. The commission "may obtain an order" for the enforcement of its orders by initiating a proceeding in the Superior Court. In such a proceeding "the court shall have power ... to make and enter upon the pleadings, testimony and proceedings set forth in such transcript [of the commission's action] an order or decree enforcing, modifying, and enforcing as so modified, or setting aside in whole or in part the order of the commission."
The commission argues, however, that because c. 151B, § 5, provides for a separate review of damage awards, the Superior Court is precluded from setting aside or modifying orders of the commission awarding damages. Under § 5, a person aggrieved by an award of damages, "notwithstanding the provisions of section six," within ten days of notice of the award, may seek a review in a District Court. The District Court "shall hear witnesses, review such action, and determine whether or not upon all the evidence such an award was justified and thereafter affirm, modify or reverse the order of the commission. The decision of the court shall be final and conclusive upon all the parties as to all matters of fact."
We think that the commission's contention conflicts with the plain meaning of § 6 and the provision in § 5 that the review there granted is "notwithstanding the provisions of section six." The statute contains no language indicating that § 5 is the exclusive avenue of review of damage awards. Rather, the conclusion is unavoidable that the Legislature has chosen to provide two avenues for review of damage awards by the commission. The District Court review of the issue of damages was designed to afford an aggrieved party a simple, expeditious review of a damage award where only that portion of an order was challenged. Moreover, the statutory scheme assures that in cases like the present, where the respondents are unable or unwilling to seek review under § 5 or § 6, the propriety of a damage award will still be reviewed by the Superior Court. We hold that the Superior Court's power under § 6 to modify or set aside "in whole or in part," the commission's order includes the power to refuse to enforce a damage award, notwithstanding the respondents' failure to seek review under § 5.
The commission's contention that its award of damages was proper must be sustained. Section 5 explicitly empowers the commission to award "damages not to exceed one thousand dollars, which damages shall include, but shall not be limited to, the expense incurred by the petitioner for obtaining alternative housing or space, for storage of goods and effects, for moving and for other costs actually incurred by him as a result of such unlawful practice or violation; provided, however, that such damages shall not include attorney's fees" (emphasis supplied). We find nothing improper in the commission's exercise of that authority. Its order awarding damages was supported by substantial evidence and was not tainted by error of law.1a The court below could not properly disregard this portion of the order. There was evidence that the expenses incurred by the complainant in seeking other housing and in commuting were a direct consequence of the respondents' action. There was similarly a basis for the commission's finding that the complainant suffered frustration and humiliation as a result of the respondents' discrimination. In view of the statutory power of the commission, and the recognition in our cases that damages for mental suffering may be recovered in appropriate cases, Meagher v. Driscoll, 99 Mass. 281 (wrongful removal of a child's body from its grave), Fillebrown v. Hoar, 124 Mass. 580 (wrongful eviction), Lombard v. Lennox, 155 Mass. 70, 71 (discharge from employment), an award by the commission of $250 for mental suffering was not improper. The court below should have entered a decree incorporating the damages awarded by the commission. The decree is to be modified by adding a provision ordering the payment of the damages awarded by the commission, and, as so modified, is affirmed.
1. Because the respondents had paid to the complainant the sum of $175 pursuant to prior conciliation proceedings (see § 5), this amount was deducted from the award of damages, making the total $669.50.
1a. Section 6 provides that the "order or decision of the commission shall be reviewed in accordance with the standards for review provided in paragraph (8) [of G.L.c. 30A, § 14]."


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http://store.steampowered.com/news/?appids=393380 Squad FULL STORIES HEADLINES Aug 6 Alpha V7 Release! Community Announcements - Chuc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n861O8U38Bk Hi Squaddies, The day is finally here. Vehicles have arrived. It has been a long road for everyone on the development team, and especially you, the player. But finally one of our long awaited features is ready to roll out. Besides this, our programmers, production artists, mappers, testers and support staff have all been hard at work producing other content that will certainly make Version 7 one of our biggest and most ambitious patches yet. Version 7 is now available via Steam and below is a full changelog. For a quick summary of the major changes, please read our previous news post HERE. Changelog Gameplay Vehicles have been added to the game. Please familiarize yourself with what you will encounter on the battlefield. Starting map tickets have been increased across the board by about 150-200 tickets. This gives more room for a comeback and to accommodate vehicle losses. Vehicles have a respawn timer from 3-6 minutes from the time that the vehicle is lost. Vehicles with weapons on them have a respawn timer of 6 minutes. Note that some vehicles on some maps have no respawns and are a one time use only. Losing a vehicle will result in a potentially heavy ticket loss (4-30 tickets!!). Protect and repair your vehicles! If a vehicle flips over, it will catch on fire to get it off the map. This will take a while, and your team will be without an asset for a while. Pay attention to where you drive. New System: Vehicle Claiming Overview: The squad vehicle claiming system in its first iteration will function primarily as a way to strengthen the role of the Squad Leader and eliminate the ability of players to go rambo and take a vehicle without any responsibility for its usage. The system is entirely passive but also considered an advanced system. Only SL will interact and be notified as to the claim states.Only a Squad leader may claim a vehicle. The SL claims the vehicle by attempting to enter the vehicle or by approving a vehicle claim on his minimap made by members of his Squad. He will get one of several messages depending on the vehicles current claim condition. "Only Squad Leaders may enter unclaimed vehicles." - You are not an SL.. Nice try! "You must have the Squad Leader role to claim a vehicle." - Go get an SL kit "Must have at least 3 members in your Squad to claim vehicles." 3 members - 1 vehicle can be claimed 6 members - 2 vehicles can be claimed 8 members - 3 vehicles can be claimed "Must have at least 2 squad members nearby to claim a vehicle." Much like our FOB and Rally Point systems you need to have your Squad with you to claim a vehicle. (2 additional members) Vehicles can also be approved for claim by approval on the minimap by a Squad Leader "Unable to enter due to another Squad's claim on this vehicle." This vehicle is already claimed. Please try a different vehicle or radio for a ride. "Vehicle Claimed." - Great Job! Your Squad can now enter the vehicle and have a happy battle! In addition, a squad leader can claim a vehicle by approving a claim made by his Squad members. If 3 squad members are near an unclaimed vehicle and the Squad has claimed slots available they can request a claim by attempting the enter the vehicle.They will be notified to Radio their Squad Leader for approval. Squad leaders can open their minimaps and approve the claim. (provided they have a claim slot available) Active VS Passive claims and how it affects your Squad. The system maintains a chain of possession of claimed vehicles through Active Claims (You have a squad member actually in the vehicle) and Passive Claims (Your squad claimed and used the vehicle but currently have no members of your squad occupying a vehicle seat)Active Claims always give you complete control over the vehicle seats and the driver position. Players not in your squad cannot enter the driver seat of your actively claimed vehicle (but they can enter the other seats). In order to maintain an active claim you must have a squad member somewhere in the vehicle.Any Squad member may also bump a friendly from an occupied seat by switching to that seat. (via the F keys) Passive Claims are maintained even when the vehicle is not manned. Your Squad members can enter and exit the vehicle freely and the driver seat will still remain locked to the owning Squad. However.. A passive vehicle can be claimed by another Squad Leader provided he has the ability to do so. (This can be done in person via attempting to enter the vehicle or remotely via a group of 3 squad members) We all know there are good reasons and bad reasons for losing and/or choosing to lose a vehicle. We want to reward the good reasons and punish the bad ones. Here are some messages relating to dropping off your vehicle you will encounter.Additional Mechanics: There may be a good reason to want to unclaim a vehicle and we are providing a number of methods to do that. Drop off the vehicle at a FOB. Drop off the vehicle at a Main Base. Coordinate another Squad Leader to take over your claim. As with any experimental system.. A lot will be changing as we get testing feedback and we will continue to refine and improve it. Spawning, Supplies and Logistics Rally Point cooldown timer is now 2.5 minutes. 2 minutes if placed too close to enemies. Rally Point needs a fellow squad member within 8m to place (was 5m). Forward Operating Bases no longer have an active spawn point when initially deployed. Forward Operating Bases gain an active spawn point after having been placed for 5 minutes. (Unless visited by a friendly supply truck Losing a Forward Operating Bases Radio now results in a 20 ticket penalty (was 10). Passive supply rate has been lowered to 1 per second. A FOB can now hold a total of 2000 Supplies and 1000 Ammo. Forward Operating Bases get an active spawn point if a friendly (loaded) logistics vehicle comes close to the radio. Bypassing the 5 minutes of waiting time. Bringing a loaded logistics truck to a Forward Operating Base and unloading supplies near the FOB radio will deposit 1000 supply points and 1000 ammo points to the base. Logistics technical will supply a base with 500 of each rather than 1000. You will need to press the "Unload Supplies" button (Default "Q") to unload supplies. Once a logistics vehicle has unloaded its supplies at a FOB the space in the graphical representation of the supplies goes away. You will need to restock the vehicle again to perform another resupply action. Drive to your main base supply depot to pick up new supplies. Kit Changes Binoculars removed from all medic kits. Change to the rate that Fire Support kits unlock at. They now unlock one slot for each 3 squad members you have. Was 2 slots at 4 and an additional at 8. Riflemen classes should be a bit more frequently seen now. US medic kit now has an M4 with a red dot sight. US LAT kit now has an M4 with a red dot sight. US ironsights rifleman now has a foregrip on his M4A1. Marksman kits with SVD now has 6 magazines instead of 4. Russian kits that previously had the AKS-74M now has the AK-74M. Insurgent RPG Gunner kit now has the AKMS instead of the AKS-74U. Russia and Militia gets access to an additional scoped rifleman at 8 squad members. Adjusted the limits of the AK74 Fighter kit for insurgents. Now limited to 2 rather than 3. Reduced the number of colored smoke grenades carried by the Squad Leader kits. Now has 1 of each color rather than 2. Still carries 2 white smoke grenades. Added HEAT rounds to all RPG-7 kits and adjusted the number of Fragmentation rounds as well. Militia and Insurgents carry 2 Fragmentation rounds and 2 HEAT rounds. Russia carries 1 Fragmentation and 2 HEAT rounds. Added Designated Marksman kit for the US Army. The kit has the M110 DMR and an M9 with an additional pistol magazine like the other DMR kits. Kit unlocks at: 5 squad members and 10 team members, limited to 1 per squad. Added Scout kit for Insurgents and Militia. The kit contains SKS as the primary weapon and also has a set of binoculars. This kit is perfect for scouting and directing fire. Kit will get more toys in the future Kit unlocks at: 3 squad members and is limited to 1 per squad. Added a limited alternative Fighter kit for Insurgents. The kit contains a AKS74 with 1p78 optic. Kit unlocks at: 8 squad members and is limited to 1 per squad. Added limited alternative Fighter kit for Insurgents. The kit contains a G3A3 as the primary weapon. This rifle has better range and more stopping power than your standard AK rifles. Kit unlocks at: 4 squad members, and another one at 8. Added alternative Squad Leader kit for Insurgents. The kit contains a G3A4 as the primary weapon. This rifle has better range and more stopping power than your standard AK rifles. Kit unlocks at: 6 squad members. Added Raider class for Insurgents. The kit contains the PPSH-41 as the primary weapon and RKG-3 anti tank grenades. This kit is perfect for causing mayhem up close. Kit unlocks at: 6 squad members and is limited to 1 per squad. Weapon Handling Weapons now move more dynamically when you perform rapid twists and turns. This makes sight alignment take ever so slightly longer. Weapons with a foregrip have less vertical recoil than weapons without (M4 variants, PM md. 63 and AMD-65). Additionally it also has a faster sway pattern to simulate the pressure applied.Lastly they have an ever so slightly quicker ADS time than a weapon without. Weapons with underslung grenade launchers similarly have less vertical recoil due to the added weight out front. Furthermore these front heavy weapons have slightly more sway. Minor tweaks to M4 recoil to compensate for the very high rate of fire. RPG-7 and M72 has lowered deviation to make hit percentages similar to real world expectations. HMGs such as the M2 and Dshk are now able to sustain fire for a longer time without overheating, but cools off at a slower rate. Deployables Added vehicle repair depot deployable. Costs 400 supply points and slowly and passively repairs vehicles in a radius around it. Hesco/sandbag bunkers are now reduced to 300 supply points. Hesco walls are now reduced to 200 supply points. Single hescos are now 50 points. Sandbag walls now cost 50 supply points rather than 100. Added C sandbags to Insurgents and Militia. 50 points. Added a new Pillbox-style Sandbag Wall that has firing ports. Sandbag Walls are now stackable again. Razor wire now cost 25 supply points. M2A1 on tripod is now 350 supply points. Dshk heavy machine gun on tripod is 350 supply points. Concrete barriers are now 50 supply points. Vehicles Not all weapons will be able to damage all vehicle types. Most vehicles in the game will be able to take about 2 hits from an RPG-7 HEAT round, M72 LAW or RKG-3 grenade. The exceptions are the technicals who can take about 1 and a few bursts of rifle fire to top it off. The other exception is the BTR that will be able to take roughly 3 rocket hits. The BTRs main 14.5mm cannon will be able to easily chew through all vehicles before it. The gun has Magnification that can be switched with the 1 and 2 Number keys. Heavy machine guns such as the M2 and the Dshk will be able to damage all current vehicles fairly easily. Some vehicles are more resistant than others, expect anywhere from a 1/3rd to almost a full belt of .50 cal ammo to be needed, depending on the vehicle you are firing at. Rifles and infantry weapons are split into three categories. 7.62 Caliber weapons will be able to damage bring down soft skinned vehicles such as the technicals and trucks. Expect to spend up to several hundred rounds to reduce a healthy vehicle to a useless hunk of metal. Weapons in this category include everything from 7.62x39, such as the AKM, up to the 7.62x54R of the SVD. 5.56/5.45 Caliber weapons will be able to do light, and significantly less damage to technicals and trucks. You will need the determination of your entire squad to take down a fresh vehicle with just your hand weapons. Examples of these calibers are the M4 and the AK74 series of rifles. Pistol calibers have no effect on a vehicle's health whatsoever. Conserve this ammo for self defense. Fragmentation grenades. Hand grenades, the RPG-7s fragmentation grenade and the GP-25s fragmentation grenades do little to no damage on vehicles. They are only able to slightly damage unarmored technicals and trucks. Use the proper explosives for the job! There is one exception to the fragmentation grenades. The US 40mm grenade launcher utilizes the HEDP rounds which are somewhat effective vs soft skinned vehicles. They will be able to damage all vehicles in the game, but at a significantly reduced rate as the armor of the vehicle increases. There are currently no indicators of your vehicle's current health in the field. So keep track of what you have been fighting and return to base or a FOB to get fixed up and rearmed at a repair depot.Keeping your vehicle operational will give you a great advantage. Damage Effects Unlike most games, vehicle damage effects are not tied to a specific % of health. In Squad, effects such as a vehicle being on fire, doesn't necessarily mean that the vehicle is about to die. Several weapons have a chance to light vehicles on fire. As a vehicle is closer to getting on fire, the vehicle will start smoking in an increasingly more dramatic way. Once a vehicle is on fire (visible flames) the vehicle as well as all of the occupants will take a light amount of damage every second until the flames die out by themselves or the vehicle is destroyed. The TL:DR version of the weapons that adds chance for a vehicle to catch on fire is as follows (in descending order): (Most Powerful) RPG-7 HEAT rounds / M72 LAW / RKG-3 14.5mm Armor Piercing Incendiary rounds from the KPVT on the BTR-80 US 40mm HEDP rounds from the M203 M2 and Dshk HMGs Penetration First step on a long road ahead for projectile penetration! Depending on what weapon you are using and what vehicle you are shooting at, there is a possibility that your rounds can penetrate the hide of the vehicle and damage the passengers inside, at a greatly reduced level. The higher the caliber of your weapon, the more damage you will do to the occupants of the vehicle. If you can penetrate it in the first place. Vehicles such as the HMMWV and the BTR-80 are immune to all infantry firearms and can only be penetrated by .50 cal or larger. The remaining vehicles can be penetrated by infantry rifle calibers. Systems Players now move slower when moving along inclines and up stairs. The speed reduction is governed by the type of material you are traversing. Acceleration into a full sprint has been decreased by half. Addition of a Walking Animation while ADSing. Addition of a prone movement animation while moving around in Prone. UI Order and Enemy markers will appear in 3D space for a brief amount of time when initially placed to the Squad of the Squad Leader who placed it. Order markers (Construct, Move, Defend, Scout, Attack, etc) can now only be seen by the squad. Enemy Spotted markers (vehicles, infantry, etc) can be seen by the team. Each squad is allowed 1 action marker and 3 spot markers at a time. As you place new markers the older ones will be removed. Crowdfunding backers have now been added to the credits list. When creating a squad, the SL will be given a squad leader kit. They will then be taken to the Roles screen so they can exchange it for another version of the SL kit. When joining a squad, the player will be taken to the Roles screen so they may choose their kit. Updated the map flags to be higher quality and new designs for the Militia and Insurgents. Kits are now grouped in appropriate sub groups at the ammo crate. Redesigned the FOB Status Widget and fixed a few cases where it wouldnt show up when it should. The ammo counter widget now displays a rough estimate of the rounds you have in your magazines, including the one in the gun. Art Added PPSH-41 submachine gun. Added G3A3 battle rifle. Added G3A4 battle rifle. Added SKS semi-automatic carbine. Added RKG-3 anti-tank grenade. Added M110 SASS designated marksman rifle (rifle has placeholder optics). Added PG-7V HEAT anti-tank rounds to the RPG-7 launcher. Added Dshk heavy machine gun emplacement for Insurgents and Militia. Added the AKMS back to the game. Removed the AKS-74M. Updated textures on base AK-74 models. Added M1151 HMMWV Added Technical Added M939 transport and logistics truck Added Ural 375D transport and logistics truck Added BTR-80 APC Maps Added new map Yehorivka to the map rotation. Added Night version of Chora Added Infantry layers for most maps Added Dusk version of Gorodok Added more details to Sumari Bala Added one of each vehicle type and variation to Jensens Range. All of them are enterable with no requirements. 30 second respawn timers on them. Added a racetrack to Jensens Range Modding Added a function to the Radial Menu, IsMarkerVisible, that can be overriden and used to hide markers Moved Ragdoll behavior to a component on Soldier and added a number of methods to control the ragdoll state. This should allow modders to put the soldier into a ragdoll state at any time, rather than only when incapacitated. SQPawn now switches the team of MapIconWidgets, so the team state should always be correct. Added new Ruleset function VehicleDestroyed. Before we sign off, there's one last thing we want to share. We are extremely excited to be able to share the first trailer for Post Scriptum: The Bloody Seventh. The first full scale conversion for Squad under development currently. Congrats to Periscope Games for taking this huge step into the public. We are very proud of your work so far and look forward to lending our support. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W24njMwPkCM Offworld Out.