South Korea trumps Japan and Germany in robotics, with the US also lagging behind in the top 10. Meanwhile, China is on the march. Bad news for the UK, says IFR. Chris Middleton reports.
China may be automating faster than any other nation, but South Korea is easily the most automated country on earth, according to the International Federation of Robotics.
Video: Watch robots ski at the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea.
South Korea has by far the highest robot density in manufacturing, according to the IFR's latest figures. It boasts 631 robots per 10,000 employees, which is eight times the global average.
The figures suggest that if each industrial robot can do the jobs of more than 15 full-time human workers, as some reports have estimated, then robots in South Korea are already doing nearly as much work as the entire human workforce.
Meanwhile, the Korean Railroad Research Institute is turning the entire national railway system into a smart, sensor-filled, connected network, which gathers data about every journey and how efficiently the system is running.
Singapore, Germany, and Japan follow South Korea in the world automation league, says the IFR, with robot densities of 488, 309, and 303, respectively. The US has 189 robots per 10,000 employees, placing it seventh.
In recent years, the US has been investing heavily in automating its automotive manufacturing sector. However, despite US car makers deploying 60,000 industrial robots in 2016 – almost as many as China purchased in the same year – they created tens of thousands of new human jobs in the sector at the same time.
The figures demonstrate that automation isn't a zero sum game when it comes to employment.
Despite its expertise across many areas of robotics and AI, the UK lags behind other developed economies in 22nd place, with a robot density of just 71. That's below the global average of 74, and well behind Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Italy, Spain, and France, among others.
In fact, the UK is the only G7 nation with a robot density below the global average. Even Belgium is automating faster than the UK, and is ninth in the global league.
The only good news is that the UK is still one place above China. However, China has a human population of well over one billion people, and a strategy to push into the automation top 10 by 2020. It will doubtless succeed.
Meanwhile, Japan is investing £161 billion by 2020 to build what it calls a "super-smart society". By contrast, the UK is investing just £200-300 million in the same timeframe – a sum that is 500 to 800 times smaller than Japan's.
And there's worse news for Britain: 85 per cent of that investment comes directly from the EU, according to Parliament's own figures (quoted in the small print of the RSA's Age of Automation report last year).
The IFR had this to say of the UK's plight: "General industry is highly in need of necessary investment in order to modernise and increase productivity. The low robot density rate is indicative of this fact.
• Honda is one of several companies threatening to leave the UK, post-Brexit.
While UK policymakers grumble about what kind of society they don't want, post-Brexit, there is precious little vision about what they do want to create. Meanwhile, countries like China, Japan, Germany, and most of Britain's European allies, have set out clear visions for a high-tech future. South Korea is already there.
The UK hosts world-leading research and expertise in robotics, AI, and autonomous systems, and the government has identified these as being among the 'Eight Great Technologies' that will be critical to economic prosperity. And yet it is investing chickenfeed in making it happen, a lamentable state of affairs.
If the UK is to convince both high-tech companies and researchers to remain in the country, it will urgently have to raise its game in a sector that could be worth anything up to $4 trillion worldwide over the next decade, by some estimates.


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Editorial: A Different Show
For obvious reasons, the Direct Marketing Association's fall conference will be quite different this year.
Specifically, security will be tighter, especially with former President Bush giving the keynote address Oct. 29. Though I've carped before about what famous people have to say on direct marketing besides the throwaway line, "My wife is one of your biggest fans; she buys from all the catalogs," this will be the show's can't-miss event. What will Bush say about direct marketing? I don't care. What will he say about the country and the situation we face? I care a lot.
Many session speakers are rewriting their speeches to address marketing challenges — challenges that change by the minute — in this new climate. At this point, I have no idea how many people will attend the show. In between rumors that the DMA would cancel it altogether last week came others that some exhibitors had dropped out at the last minute. Want my guess? See me on Sunday.
Amid all this, the anthrax threat has gripped our nation and set the very lifeblood of this industry in its crosshairs. The attacks forced mailers, agencies and lettershops to immediately alter the way they do business. Some postponed their mailings or added cover letters in hopes of salvaging the efforts. Others turned to postcards and e-mail.
Nissan scrapped the rest of a mail drop touting its Altima model because of the nature of the piece while product mailing scares hit Procter and Gamble and Publishers Clearing House. Agencies said clients didn't want to halt their efforts, even in the business-to-business world.
Others predicted far-reaching changes overall.
"The era of a mail piece in a simple white envelope with no logo on it is gone," Mailnet Service's Thomas J. Herrmann said at last week's fall National Postal Forum in Denver.
The DMA also cautioned against that as it issued a set of guidelines to help marketers allay public fears.
One thing's for sure: This overreaction will tax a postal system that was already in financial trouble.
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Only 3 returning big network shows see rise in live viewers
by: DAVID BAUDER, Associated Press
This image released by ABC shows a scene from the series "A Million Little Things." The sophomore drama, reality show "Shark Tank" and the Fox first-responders drama "9-1-1" are the only three of 49 prime-time shows returning to the ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox fall schedules that have a bigger audience on the night they originally air than they did last season, the Nielsen company said. (David Bukach/ABC via AP)
NEW YORK (AP) — ABC's sophomore drama "A Million Little Things," reality show "Shark Tank" and the Fox first-responders drama "9-1-1" have something in common that they can take pride in.
Over the first three weeks of the television season, they are the only three of 49 prime-time shows returning to ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox fall schedules that have a bigger audience on the night they originally air than they did last season, the Nielsen company said. Sports shows aren't included.
A decade or so ago, such a statistic would prompt audible wailing from network executive suites. The nature of television has changed so much that it's too early to tell if viewers are bored with the offerings or if those numbers reflect that more people are watching on their own time and making their own schedules.
Networks will have a better idea on how the shows are doing after a month, when delayed and digital viewing is figured in.
One quick example: Last season NBC's "This is Us" averaged 8.3 million viewers on the night an episode first aired, Nielsen said. After 35 days of digital and delayed viewing was added, the typical episode of the show reached 19.9 million. It grew further to 21.7 million viewers after 100 days, meaning a minority of viewers actually watched it live.
Producer Dick Wolf likely isn't panicking that his dramas "Chicago Fire" and "Chicago Med" are down 8% in live viewership this season. He isn't alone.
The live numbers shouldn't be ignored, though. The 45% drop in live viewership for Fox's "Empire" isn't likely to improve that much. Similarly, NBC might want to keep an eye on the comedy "The Good Place" and medical drama "New Amsterdam," both of which are down 28%.
So far this season, the most popular scripted program in live viewing is a dependable one, CBS' "NCIS," and it is down only 2% from last year.
CBS won last week in prime time, averaging 6.6 million viewers. NBC was second with 6.4 million, Fox had 6 million, ABC had 4 million, Univision had 1.3 million, ION Television had 1.12 million, Telemundo had 1.06 million and the CW had 1.03 million.
ESPN was the week's most popular cable network, averaging 3.03 million viewers in prime time. Fox News Channel had 2.72 million, TBS had 2.22 million, MSNBC had 2 million and TLC had 1.25 million.
ABC's "World News Tonight" topped the evening newscasts with an average of 8.1 million viewers. NBC's "Nightly News" was second with 7.4 million and the "CBS Evening News" had 5.1 million viewers.
For the week of Oct. 7-13, the top 10 shows, their networks and viewerships: NFL Football: N.Y. Giants at New England, Fox, 16.26 million; NFL Football: Pittsburgh at L.A. Chargers, NBC, 14.89 million; "60 Minutes," CBS, 12.41 million; NFL Football: Cleveland at San Francisco, ESPN, 11.56 million; "Sunday Night Pre-Kick," NBC, 11.54 million; "NCIS," CBS, 11.21 million; "Football Night in America, Part 3," NBC, 9.73 million; "Thursday Night Pre-Kick," Fox, 9.34 million; "FBI," CBS, 8.7 million; "The Voice" (Tuesday), NBC, 8.55 million.
ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Co. CBS is owned by CBS Corp. CW is a joint venture of Warner Bros. Entertainment and CBS Corp. Fox is owned by Fox Corp. NBC and Telemundo are owned by Comcast Corp. ION Television is owned by ION Media Networks.
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Q: virtualbox - ubuntu server website not working I am running VirtualBox with Ubuntu Server 16.04 and Windows 10 as a host. However after setting everything up, database tables, webmin works absolutely fine, in Apache I have set up a path to my laravel which is /var/www/fyproject/public but when I put IP address into a browser I get:
192.168.1.105 The server refused the connection.

I can ping my Ubuntu server from Windows and it works fine so why that doesn't?
Output from sudo netstat:
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Make one of these casseroles and you're set for breakfast for the week!
When you're trying to rush out the door or steal every possible moment in your bed or shower instead of in the kitchen, a healthy breakfast can be a challenge. One of the most frequest requests I get is for easy breakfasts that can be prepped ahead of time.
We've tried a few different variations over the years in Cooking Club and I have to admit that while I'd eat the various egg dishes we made (and I even posted one recipe here a few years ago), I wasn't in love with any of them. The texture after a day or two just turned me off.
I am NOT a morning person. I'm always running late, I'm usually cranky… and I'm hungry. I had a Costco order coming from Instacart so, on a whim, I added 3 dozen eggs (it *was* Costco ;)) and decided to figure out something to do with them for breakfast for the week.


Arborio rice is a short-grain variety that is very plump and contains more starch than many other types of rice. The starch is an important component for creating creamy dishes, such as risotto, so it is important not to rinse the rice before cooking or else much of the starch can be washed away. Besides risotto, Arborio rice is used in dishes such as stir-fried rice, sushi, pudding, and recipes where rice is molded into shapes.


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Pak violates ceasefire along IB in Jammu
Jammu, 12 July (PTI): Pakistani troops today fired on Indian forward posts along the International Border in this district of Jammu and Kashmir, a BSF officer said.
Pak Rangers fired on Border Out Posts along IB in Pindi forward area along IB of R S Pura belt of Jammu district around 0935 hours, the officer said.
The small arms firing went on for a brief period, he said, adding that Border Security Force (BSF) troops guarding the border fired back, resulting in exchanges.
However, there was no loss of life or injury to anyone in the firing, he said.
Pakistani troops had violated ceasefire along the Line of Control on June 26 by resorting to unprovoked firing for nearly 30 minutes in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir.
There were five ceasefire violations by Pakistan in the last month.
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'Why Do I Put My Life on the Line?' Pandemic Trauma Haunts Health Workers.
Stateline Article March 15, 2021 By: Christine Vestal Read time:
Dr. Brittany Bankhead-Kendall scrubs her arms and hands at Texas Tech University Medical Center. Nationwide, doctors and other health professionals have been called on to work double duty during the pandemic.
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Brittany Bankhead-Kendall, 34, was a newly minted surgeon when the COVID-19 pandemic began. At first, like thousands of other health care professionals, she worked tirelessly in crisis mode.
But by last fall, she was experiencing random and repeated physiological symptoms, including a racing heart and dimmed vision. She diagnosed herself as suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.
The worst of the pandemic may be behind the country. But for frontline health workers such as Bankhead-Kendall, the psychological scars from the chaos and uncertainty they've lived through, and the suffering and death they've witnessed, may take much longer to heal.
Health care workers across the country say they feel underappreciated by their employers and disillusioned with the medical profession, according to ongoing research at the University of Washington in Seattle.
More than half of the 300-plus doctors, nurses and other frontline health workers who participated in the study said the pandemic has decreased the likelihood they will remain in their profession.
Nationwide, psychiatrists who specialize in trauma-related mental conditions say they're seeing increasing numbers of health professionals with work-related depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, substance use disorders and insomnia—and they expect to see even more in the months ahead.
A provision aimed at addressing the mental distress of health care workers is included in the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package President Joe Biden signed last week. Named for Dr. Lorna Breen, an emergency physician who died by suicide after caring for COVID-19 patients in New York City at the height of the first surge, the initiative will provide $40 million in grants providers can use to promote mental and behavioral health among their workers.
The provision also includes $80 million to train health care and public safety professionals in strategies to reduce suicide, burnout and mental and behavioral health conditions, and $20 million for a federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention awareness campaign to encourage health care workers and first responders to seek treatment for their own behavioral health concerns and identify and respond to risk factors in themselves and others.
A medical team helps turn over a COVID-19 patient inside the intensive care unit at Kent Hospital in Rhode Island. Nationwide, an increasing number of health care workers are experiencing mental health symptoms related to the trauma of caring for COVID-19 patients.
David Goldman The Associated Press
Bankhead-Kendall took a brief break from the hospital and her home life, went to a wellness retreat, and said in a recent interview with Stateline that she feels replenished. She's back at her post as a trauma surgeon at Texas Tech University Medical Center in Lubbock. And as an associate professor at the university, she says she encourages the resident physicians she works with to take time off if they need it.
"When I see that look in their eyes, I tell them, 'It's okay to feel that it's not okay,'" she said.
Before the pandemic, one doctor died by suicide every day in the United States, the highest rate of any profession including the military and twice the rate of the general population, according to a review of research presented at the 2018 annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association. Part of the reason, researchers found, was untreated depression. According to data from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, 28% of medical residents experience a major depressive episode compared with 7%-8% of similarly aged people in the general population.
"Health care workers already were on the edge of burnout and exhaustion before the pandemic," said Dr. Megan Ranney, an emergency physician and public health professor at Brown University in Rhode Island. "Now, many of us are physically and emotionally exhausted. We've never seen as much consistent death and hopelessness as we have in the past year."
But that's only part of it, Ranney said. "There's also a feeling that the system has failed us and our patients. With the lack of personal protective equipment in the early months, it felt like we were being asked to go out and sacrifice ourselves."
Those feelings of disillusionment and abandonment were compounded, Ranney said, by political divisions over COVID-19 data and the refusal by many Americans to comply with public health restrictions. On top of that, pandemic-related financial problems in the medical industry forced layoffs, pay cuts and the closure of many rural and safety net hospitals.
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"All of that together has created a sense of moral injury that goes beyond depression and exhaustion," Ranney said. "Many of us are asking, why do I put my life on the line, deal with death and dying every day and feel I can never do what I want to for my patients? Why would I do that to myself?"
During the pandemic, nearly one-quarter of all health care workers surveyed by researchers at Yale University reported signs of probable post-traumatic stress disorder and 43% had probable alcohol use disorder, according to a study published in February.
Psychiatrists interviewed by Stateline said they anticipate that even more health care workers will experience mental and behavioral health symptoms related to the pandemic in the coming months, and they expect many to seek treatment.
"The invisible wounds don't show up until after you come off the battlefield," said Dr. Christopher Bundy, a professor of clinical psychiatry at the University of Washington and president of the Federation of State Physician Health Programs. "Once the war is over with COVID, that's when health care workers are going to start showing up with their mental health concerns."
Trauma and Repetition
For Bankhead-Kendall, a Texas native who moved to Boston in 2019 for a one-year fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital, the symptoms of her post-traumatic stress disorder didn't emerge until months after her first stint in a COVID-19 ward.
Instead of honing her surgical skills, Bankhead-Kendall was enlisted to care for the critically ill COVID-19 patients who kept streaming into the hospital after the virus slammed Massachusetts and other Northeastern states early in the pandemic.
"I could see the fear in their eyes. They were dying and none of us knew how to treat them," she said.
After Massachusetts schools shut down, she spent her time off helping her sons with remote learning and reading everything she could to understand how to treat the new virus.
"As soon as I walked through the doors of the COVID unit in Texas and saw people dressed in those white bunny suits, my heart started racing and my eyes glazed over. I just couldn't face it again."
Dr. Brittany Bankhead-Kendall, trauma surgeon Texas Tech University Medical Center
Since her husband was also working as an emergency physician treating COVID-19 patients, the couple decided to send their children back to Texas for four months to live with their grandparents.
"I got through it," she said. "In surgery training, we're taught to just move on and power through. So, I did."
By the summer, Boston's surge had eased and Bankhead-Kendall's fellowship had ended, and she prepared to return to Texas with her husband to start her first job at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.
As Bankhead-Kendall settled in Texas in the fall, her home state and much of the rest of the Southwest was hit hard by COVID-19. "Here I am in a new job and I think I've gotten through the COVID demons during my fellowship. But I didn't really have a chance to recover over the summer. And that's when it hit me," she said.
"As soon as I walked through the doors of the COVID unit in Texas and saw people dressed in those white bunny suits (protective gear), my heart started racing and my eyes glazed over," she said. "I just couldn't face it again."
Dr. Brittany Bankhead-Kendall in a protective face shield.
During her wellness retreat, Bankhead-Kendall said she read a couple of books about post-traumatic stress disorder and learned that the set of symptoms she had been suffering is often triggered when a person is subjected to repeated trauma with no way to escape. "It was that repetition, day after day after day, that got to me," she said.
"And then, just walking into another COVID ward set off a powerful visceral reaction."
Health care professionals are trained to see themselves as self-reliant. But even for those who recognize their own mental distress, finding a trusted mental health professional is not easy.
Barriers to mental health care for medical workers are worsened by concerns that their professional licenses could be revoked if they seek mental health or substance use treatment. In fact, many state medical license applications include a question about past mental or behavioral health conditions, and sometimes the answers to those questions have professional consequences.
Dr. Jessica Gold, a clinical psychiatrist and professor at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, said penalizing doctors for mental health issues "is not legal, but they do it anyway." Health care professionals who deal with high-stress, high-stakes, life-and-death issues every day arguably need mental health services more than most people, she said.
On top of their professional concerns, health workers have had to worry about their personal safety and that of their households. As a result, many have chosen to live separately from their families, Gold said. "On top of all that, like everyone else, many of us in health care have lost colleagues, friends and family to COVID. We still haven't had time to breathe and deal with that grief."
"Trauma doesn't follow a straight line," Gold added. "It's not like, 'Oh, the pandemic's over, we're all good.' The emotional wounds will still be coming out months and years from now."
At the University of Washington, Dr. Rebecca Hendrickson, a clinical psychiatrist and lead researcher on the school's health care worker study, said the correlation between the intensity of COVID-related care and the severity of mental health symptoms echoed studies of veterans' mental health.
"What was striking to me was that the level of distress in health care workers was quite similar to what I'm used to seeing from combat veterans."
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"There needs to be a real conversation about valuing the roles of caregivers."
Overall, she said the distress level reported was higher than expected. It also was strongly tied to the intensity of a subject's COVID-related trauma—the amount of time spent caring for COVID-19 patients and the number of patients who died, for example. There is a similar connection between the duration of battlefield experience and psychological trauma.
The study found that the three biggest factors affecting health care workers' mental health status were the volume and intensity of their COVID-related work, the level of fear about their safety and the extent of their demoralization, Hendrickson said. "But demoralization mattered most."
"The study makes it clear that the health care system they worked in had a huge impact on the level of trauma they experienced," she said.
Hendrickson said she was hopeful that the enormity of the trauma affecting health care workers in the pandemic will spur health care employers to realize that if they can do a better job of supporting their workers—with more time off, adequate protective supplies and better leadership and communication—they could avoid losing talent.
Many health workers in the study said they were afraid to talk to their supervisors about their safety concerns for fear of reprisals. Similarly, physicians, nurses and other frontline health care workers often are reluctant to admit they're suffering from a mental health condition and seek help. In some cases, they can't afford help, don't know where to find it and don't have the time to receive it.
State-sponsored mental and behavioral health screening and referral services known as physician health programs can be a starting point for some. "Many think that physician health programs are only for doctors who are in trouble, but, in fact, they can be a helpful, confidential resource for health care workers seeking support, even when mental or behavioral health impairment is not a concern," said Bundy, president of the programs' association. "We are an anonymous, trusted source that medical professionals in every state can call on if they want to talk or get a confidential referral."
In St. Louis, Gold said the clinical psychiatry department where she practices at Washington University has more than doubled its capacity to treat medical professionals and their families since the pandemic began. And at Johns Hopkins University Medical Center in Baltimore, a peer support program run by the psychiatry department is expanding to meet demand and teaching other hospitals how to develop similar programs, according to George Everly, a professor at the university's Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Ranney, of Brown University, said that unless more hospitals, medical practices and insurers start recognizing that investing in their providers by eliminating unnecessary administrative work, allowing more workers to take sick and personal time off and offering confidential mental health services, the number of people willing to work in medical professions will continue to shrink.
The Association of American Medical Colleges, a nonprofit organization that serves medical schools, predicted in June that the nation would experience a severe shortage of physicians in the coming years. The pandemic has only worsened those prospects, the group said.
"So many horrible things have come out of the pandemic," said Bundy. "But a potential silver lining is that it could change the dialogue around our own vulnerability and wellness and the need to seek help and to change our practice environment so that's its sustainable for ourselves, the profession and the patients," he said.
"If that doesn't happen, I worry whether I'm going to have somebody to take care of me when I get older."
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PopUps: Lana Del Rey Responds to College Paper Over Mesh Mask
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Not long after Lana Del Rey made headlines for telling off a fan who suggested she voted for Donald Trump during the 2020 presidential election, the "Ride" singer is again garnering attention — this time, for responding to a college newspaper over her choice of face mask.
In October, Del Rey came under fire on Twitter after photos surfaced of her at a book signing event where she wore a mesh face mask, similar to the one that she wore on the cover of Interview magazine where fans called her out, Page Six notes.
Del Rey broke her silence on Tuesday, responding to a tweet from The Michigan Daily, the newspaper for University of Michigan, which published a story called "Lana Del Rey wore a mesh mask. Now What?" about the singer being "canceled." In her tweet, she said her mask had plastic on the inside.
"Great article. The mask had plastic on the inside. They're commonly sewn in by stylists these days. I don't generally respond to articles because I don't care. But there ya go. Same goes for everyone's masks in my video. I'm lucky enough to have a team of people who can do that," she tweeted.
She then went on to address other controversies, including her song lyrics as well as who she voted for.
"Again not that I believe it's anyone's business at all-but I made it clear who I voted for. And I don't glamorize tough relationships. Relationships can just be tough. Period. Every other singer sings about the same damn thing. Always have, Probably always will. Thanks stay tuned."
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Hawaii shoppers lined up Wednesday for the opening of Hawaii's first Daiso store at the Pearl City Shopping Center.
Shoppers wait for the first Daiso Hawaii store to open at the Pearl City Shopping Center.
Several hundred people lined up this morning to be the first shoppers at Daiso's first Hawaii store at the Pearl City Shopping Center.
The 5,000-square-foot Pearl City store is the first of three or four planned on Oahu by HouseMart, the parent company of Ben Franklin Crafts and Ace Hardware, which has an exclusive licensing agreement to open Daiso stores in the islands.
Another store in Honolulu is slated to open early next year, and at least one location on each of the major neighbor islands is also in the works, said Wayne Kamitaki, CEO of HouseMart.
The Japanese discount retailer opened at 11 a.m. after a blessing, taiko drum performance and speeches by co-owner Kamitaki and the Consul General of Japan Koichi Ito.
The company sells everything from beauty products and household goods to Japanese snacks and stationery. While known as the "Japanese dollar store," Daiso products cost $1.50 to $3.


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They lifted the whole city up in the air.
Between four and fourteen feet. Buildings, streets and all. Straight up, using hydraulic jacks and jackscrews.
It was a titanic feat of engineering, imagination and sheer moxie. And it might just say a lot about that early Chicago character.
In the middle of the 19th century, Chicago was not the shining, modern metropolis it is today. The city was only 4 feet above Lake Michigan at most, built on a swamp. The powers that be hadn't really thought about how to ensure water and sewage drained properly. So, it didn't.
The streets turned to mud, stranding horses, carriages and humans alike. Pools of standing water formed all over the city. The environment caused hygiene and health problems, including an 1854 cholera outbreak which killed 1 in 20 residents. The marsh on which the city was built was trying to claim back its territory.
After a number of failed attempts to fix the problem (including planking the streets with wood), the city decided the only long-term solution was to install a sewer and stormwater system.
But in Chicago, that was no easy feat. Sewers need to go underground, and they drain down. Chicago was barely above the water table, and underground sewers couldn't work at that level.
Do you just abandon the city and start again on more practical ground? Not if you're Chicago. City of the Broad Shoulders. No, you commit, and you adapt.
You raise everything up to make room for the sewer system.
The plan was to install the sewers under the streets. By raising the streets a few feet, they'd have the room to add the sewers. So far, straightforward enough.
But by increasing the height of the streets, suddenly the buildings around them would be half-buried—or, at least, you'd need to step up to the street from your front door.
That wouldn't do. Which is why they lifted all the buildings as well.
Over the next couple of decades, buildings were lifted up using jackscrews and the occasional hydraulic lift. And we're not just talking houses. Entire masonry buildings were raised in the air. Eventually, they even figured out how to raise an entire block at once. They placed 6000 jackscrews under the one-acre block between Lake, Clark and LaSalle streets, estimated at 35,000 tons in weight, and raised the whole thing over four days—buildings, sidewalks and all. The process was gradual enough that business continued in the buildings throughout.
Not every building went through the process. Not because it was too difficult, but because some of the buildings no longer fit with where the city was going. But waste not, want not. They put these old wooden buildings on rollers and drew them by horse to the edges of town. Of course, the enterprising owners of businesses operating in these buildings didn't want to miss out on business, so many continued to serve customers even as the buildings were rolling down the street.
The plan, which would seem bold and daring in many cities even today, was a success. They pulled themselves up by their bootstraps and rose from the mud.
Sadly, the buildings they lifted would not survive for long—not because of any deficiencies in the lifting process, but because of the Great Chicago Fire. The entire downtown was destroyed only 16 years after the plan was decided.
But as you wander that downtown, look at all the incredible feats of engineering in the buildings around you. The many bridges across the Chicago River. The rise of North Michigan Avenue. The underground highways of Lower Wacker. There are many reasons why Chicago is a hotbed of architectural and engineering triumphs. But maybe, just maybe, that audacious plan back in the 1850s paved the way for the city of today.
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New Hofeller Documents Show Senior Census Bureau Official Discussed Citizenship Question with Him in 2015
New evidence filed in the District Court of Maryland in Kravitz v. Commerce, a challenge to the addition of the citizenship question to the census, brings to light documents that show contact between Dr. Thomas Hofeller, the Republican redistricting expert, and Christa Jones, a senior official at the Census Bureau. As stated in the filing, "these documents show that Christa Jones, now Chief of Staff to the Director of the U.S. Census Bureau, communicated directly with Hofeller from her private email address in 2015—earlier in the same year as Hofeller's CVAP [Citizen Voting Age Population] study—concerning issues related to the citizenship question." In his 2015 study, Hofeller showed how the use of CVAP data in redistricting would dilute Latino political representation, saying that such a scheme would benefit "Republicans and Non-Hispanic Whites." The plaintiffs in Kravitz are asking the court to set aside its final judgment in favor of the government on their discrimination and conspiracy claims, brought under the Equal Protection Clause and 42 U.S.C. § 1985, respectively, and to instead enter judgment for the plaintiffs. At a minimum, alternatively, the plaintiffs are asking the court to re-open discovery on these claims, which allege that the Trump Administration added the citizenship question to the census with discriminatory intent, to allow the court to reconsider its ruling. A copy of the filing is attached.
The plaintiffs in Kravitz v. Commerce are supported by the National Redistricting Foundation, a 501c3 affiliate of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee. This new evidence was uncovered through discovery in the state-based partisan gerrymandering challenge to North Carolina's state legislative districts, Common Cause v. Lewis -- a case that is also supported by the National Redistricting Foundation. The evidence uncovered in the Hofeller files has now led to filings made in the Southern District of New York over the Trump Administration's motive for adding the citizenship question to the census and a recent filing in North Carolina that shows Republican legislators made false statements to a federal court in a racial gerrymandering case.
On February 13, 2019, the plaintiffs in Common Cause v. Lewis issued a third-party subpoena to Stephanie Hofeller Lizon, the daughter of the late Dr. Thomas Hofeller, a Republican redistricting expert known as the "Michelangelo of the modern gerrymander." The subpoena requested, among other things, "[a]ll documents of, created by, or held by Thomas Hofeller . . . relating to or concerning the redistricting of the North Carolina State Senate and State House in 2011 or 2017…." Ms. Lizon complied with the subpoena, turning over hundreds of thousands of documents stored on four external hard drives and 18 thumb drives.
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The American and Japanese Auto Industries in Transition: Report of the Joint U.S.–Japan Automotive Study
Robert E. Cole and Taizo Yakushiji, Editors
University of Michigan Press, 1984
This report was prepared for the Policy Board by the U.S. and Japanese research staffs of the Joint U.S.–Japan Automotive Study under the general direction of Professors Paul W. McCracken and Keichi Oshima, with research operations organized and coordinated by Robert E. Cole on the U.S. side, in close communication with the Taizo Yakushiji on the Japanese side. [preface]
In view of the importance of stable, long-term economic relationships between Japan and the United States, automotive issues have to be dealt with in ways consistent with the joint prosperity of both countries. Furthermore, the current economic friction has the potential to adversely affect future political relationships. Indeed, under conditions of economic stagnation, major economic issues inevitably become political issues.
With these considerations in mind, the Joint U.S.–Japan Automotive Study project was started in September 1981 to determine the conditions that will allow for the prosperous coexistence of the respective automobile industries. During this two-year study, we have identified four driving forces that will play a major role in determining the future course of the automotive industry of both countries. These are: (1) consumers' demands and aspirations vis-à-vis automobiles; (2) flexible manufacturing systems (FMS); (3) rapidly evolving technology; and (4) the internationalization of the automotive industry. [exec. summary]
The American Automobile Industry: Rebirth or Requiem?
Robert E. Cole, Editor
Library of Congress HD9710.U52A65 1984 | Dewey Decimal 338.4762920973
Amid the gloom, indeed the despair, that prevailed among auto industry spokesmen during early 1981, the University of Michigan held the first U.S.-Japan Auto Conference. With all the uncertainty that accompanies a march into new territory, the conference very much resembled a call to arms as industry, union, and government officials sought to comprehend and respond to the Japanese challenge. In the subsequent two conferences in 1982 and 1983, the concerned parties displayed an impressive willingness to roll up their sleeves and get on with creating the conditions for a renewal of the industry. Yet success seemed to elude their efforts, and frustrations mounted as the national recession lengthened and deepened.
It was not until the March 1984 conference that definite change in tone became apparent. By this time, it was clear that the industry was beginning to reap the fruits of its efforts. As Paul McCracken notes in his remarks, the market for new cars was manifesting its traditional high-geared response to improved business conditions, and the voluntary trade restraints were contributing to the ability of the industry to take advantage of this renewed prosperity. In addition, those who know the industry well knew that the major improvements in quality and productivity had been made, and many of the changes responsible for these improvements seem unlikely to be reversed. All this was much on the minds of speakers and participants during the March conference. The various speakers presented an image of people who thought that they were pretty much on the way toward addressing successfully their internal problems of productivity, quality, and marketing. All that remained was to dispose of the external factors that prevented the, from competing on that well-known if elusive "level playing field." [ix]
Automobiles and the Future: Competition, Cooperation, and Change
Library of Congress HD9710.U52A826 1983 | Dewey Decimal 338.4762920973
At the time of the U.S.-Japan auto conferences in March 1983, the hoped-for economic recovery as manifested in auto sales had revealed itself quite modestly. Three months later, the indicators were more robust and certainly long overdue for those whose livelihood depends on the health of the industry--some of whom are university professors.
With Japanese import restrictions in place until March 1984 and drastically reduced break-even points for domestic manufactures, rising consumer demand holds great promise for the industry. The rapidly rising stock prices of the auto-makers captures well the sense of heightened optimism, as do the various forecasts for improved profits.
While the news is certainly welcome, it nevertheless should be greeted with caution. As Mr. Perkins noted at the conference, "we have a tendency to forget things very quickly. If we have a boom market this year, there is a good chance that a lot of things we learned will be forgotten."
To put the matter differently and more bluntly, with growing prosperity there is the risk that management will fall back into old habits, making impossible the achievement of sustained quality and productivity improvement. Similarly, the commitment to develop cooperative relations with workers and suppliers will weaken. The union will be under membership pressure to retrieve concessions rather than to take the longer-term view. This longer-term view recognizes that "up-front increases" and adherence to existing work rules increasingly come at the sacrifice of future job security. Government policymakers will turn their attention away from the industry. This may not mean a great deal given how weakly focused their attentions has been during the last three years and how mixed and contradictory government auto policies have been for over a decade.
Industry at the Crossroads
Library of Congress HD9710.U52I52 1982 | Dewey Decimal 338.4762920952
The mood of the first U of M U.S.-Japan Auto conference in January 1981 could only be described as electric. People wanted to know what our problems were and how we could begin to solve them. Inherent in the latter issue was the questions, what could we learn from the Japanese? One left the conference with a sense that there was a call for action, a mandate to address the problems facing industry.
The mood, about a year later, at the March 1982 U.S.-Japan Auto Conference was far more subdued. While undoubtedly this reflected the stream of statistics confirming the continually depressed state of the industry, another dynamic was possibly operating as well. Whereas the 1981 conference was "electric," a state of mind which flowed from a certain frustration at seemingly overwhelming difficulties and often vague expectations of what we might learn from the Japanese, the 1982 conference was more "workmanlike" in the sense that speakers discussed specifically what progress was being made in addressing problems. This more subdued, pragmatic approach continued throughout wand was reinforced by workshops held the day after the main conference.
Instead of discussing the virtues of the Just-In-Time system in Japan, speakers addressed the practical problems of introducing such a system in the U.S. firms. Instead of railing about the benefits or failings of regulation of the industry, they discussed what we could reasonably expect from regulation. Instead of exhorting the industry to adopt Japanese practices willy-nilly, they focused on some of the limitations of the Japanese model in a range of different areas. Instead of trying to identify some magic key to Japanese success in the automotive industry, they discussed the interrelationships among various factors. At the same, they continued to explore the basic issues transforming the auto industry worldwide. In this connection, they sought to unravel some of the complexities associated with the internalization of the auto industry and trade obligations under the GATT.
The Japanese Automotive Industry: Model and Challenge for the Future?
Library of Congress HD9710.J32J37 | Dewey Decimal 338.4762920952
As the University of Michigan Center for Japanese Studies reflected on the deteriorating position of the domestic auto industry in the fall of 1980, and the strong competitive threat being posed by the Japanese automakers, we were struck by the extraordinary low quality of the public discussion of these critical issues. The national importance of the issues seemed only matched by the superficiality of the analyses being offered. The tendency to think in terms of scapegoats was particularly evident. The Japanese as the basic cause of our problems has been a particularly notable theme. To be sure, cooperation with the Japanese in formulating a rational overall trade policy may be an important part of the solution. It has also been fashionable to blame it all on American auto industry management for not concentrating on the production of small cars when "everyone knew" that was the thing to do. Alternatively, government meddling was blamed for all our problems. Clearly, the complex problem we faced required more penetrating analyses. It seemed therefore, that the time was ripe for a public seminar which moved beyond the rhetoric of the moment and probed some of the deeper causes of our problems and possible directions for future policy.
In holding the January 1981 auto conference, the Center took it as their task to begin addressing the critical issues facing the industry, with particular, but not exclusive, attention to examining the role of the Japanese auto industry. They had in mind not to simply conduct a rational discussion of the trade issue but to probe the sources of Japanese competitive strength, especially those features whose study might profit them.
In these proceedings, they bring those discussions to a wider audience. Question and answer sessions at the conference were necessarily short and a few speakers delivered abbreviated remarks; this volume restores a number of omissions, and provides additional answers to some pertinent questions put by the audience. The Center hopes to encourage the serious problem-solving these complex issues demand. Far too much time has been spent trying to fix the blame. [intro]
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Ymagis Group has acquired Berlin-based Christa Kistner Synchronproduktion, one of Germany's leading dubbing companies for the cinema and television industries. Under the terms of the agreement, Ymagis SA, through one of its wholly owned German subsidiaries, becomes the sole shareholder of Christa Kistner Synchronproduktion. Christa Kistner remains in her functions as its managing director.
"We are privileged to have such a highly-respected professional as Christa Kistner bring her expertise to Eclair's creative versioning and accessibility services," said Jean Mizrahi, chairman and chief executive officer of Ymagis Group. "Kistner's reputation, production expertise and experience will expand Eclair's services portfolio in Germany, which already includes post-production, theatrical delivery and versioning and accessibility solutions delivered from both Karlsruhe and Berlin locations. In addition, we are investing in Berlin with the upcoming opening of Eclair's first sound studio facilities. Three new auditoriums – two recording studios and a Dolby Atmos mixing stage – are currently under construction just minutes from our offices in the city's historic Gebauer Höfe district."
This new venture with Christa Kistner allows the Group to offer German cinema and TV filmmakers a comprehensive portfolio of MPAA-compliant content services from a single location in Berlin: project management, picture and sound editing, color grading, versioning, voice-over, subtitling, audio description, closed captioning, ADR, content delivery and storage/content management.
"My long-term vision has been fulfilled by taking this step to become part of the Eclair family," said Kistner. "These beautiful new, state-of-the-art sound facilities will allow us to keep delivering first-class narration and dubbing recordings, subtitles, and mix-downs to producers and distributors. It provides the opportunity to grow in a culture similar to ours, well known for quality, creativity and timeliness. Our immediate focus is on international and independent projects with a strong artistic approach toward the cinema and TV industries."
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Rooted in the genius loci of Moscow and the site, the Zaryadye Park is designed as an urban ecosystem that provides multiple eco-services to the city and people. By overlaying the richness of site's historical layers, the Park becomes a living puzzle that locks together the city's memory, culture, ecology and people, which reveals the memory of the past and makes a prophecy for the future.
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Zaryadye Park – the Blue Circle of Moscow – is an integration of 4 layers. Firstly, it is a system of Designed Natures. It is composed of 5 major landscape elements that represent Russian vernacular landscapes – them being, the monastery gardens, meadow, constructed wetland, reflection pond and birch forest.
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The Rocketeer Saves Three Sailors
By LaDonna | September 24, 2012 | Buzzards Bay, MA | 0
Billy Campbell at the helm of his new Lunenburg Schooner, Martha Seabury, which he named after his grandmother.
Martha Seabury
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Film and television actor Billy Campbell, perhaps best known for playing the title role in the '91 film The Rocketeer, is officially a hero for helping to save the lives of three sailors earlier this month. On September 10, Campbell and his crew were on the maiden voyage of his new 50-ft David Westergard-designed wooden schooner Martha Seabury, which had been launched in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, in August. They were bound for the Newport Boat Show and were about four miles off Cuttyhunk Island in Massachusetts when, around 7:30 p.m., a crewmember spotted three men clinging to an overturned 15-ft sailing dinghy. Skipper Michael Moreland doused sail, started the engine and went to their aid.
"The three victims were in their 20s," he said in a report. "Two were in PFDs but one was not. It was quickly apparent that all three were hypothermic and low on strength and energy." After the crew pulled the three men, who were apparently out for a daysail, from the water, they wrapped them in wool and sleeping bags. They were later transferred to a Coast Guard cutter and are reportedly no worse for wear.
The traditional 50-ft schooner is a beauty.
As for the schooner, she was conceived as a collaboration between Lunenburg master shipwrights. According to their site, the New Lunenburg Schooners — Martha and her 'twin sister' — were "built in the tried and true, time-tested way with stout wooden planks on heavy double-sawn frames, the same techniques that created the famous 'Fast and Able' North Atlantic fishing schooners Bluenose and Bluenose II of Lunenburg and the great schooners of Gloucester, but using only the very best materials and finest durable timbers sourced from around the world."
For his part, Campbell says he's thrilled with Martha's performance. "She's a dream . . . better than I ever imagined or hoped for."
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The St. Augustine Regional Council (StAR) will have a Meet & Greet on Thursday, October 14, 2010 at Regions Bank on US1 next to Target from 5 - 7 p.m. Regions will provide beverages and Susie Sullivan with Simply Susie will provide light snacks.
StAR is a newly formed group of professionals dedicated to promoting the St. Augustine community to individuals outside of the region. The purpose is to encourage individuals to move to the St. Augustine area in northeast Florida. Too many people are not aware of St. Augustine when making their decisions to move to Florida. Please attend tonight's Meet & Greet to learn more. Please invite your co-workers and friends. The StAR Council is open to all who are interested in promoting St. Johns County and communicating with people that are thinking about moving to Florida.
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Or maybe just a fart app.
Maybe try this? Needs a virtual keyboard but I don't mind working it if there's any interest.
A podcatcher to stream and download audio podcasts would be a great addition, too.
Personally, I'd like to see emulators for the console systems that are capable of using the GCW's Rumble feature. I'm not sure if this is possible for each emulator to communicate with the motor, but it would add a nice touch to the games that use it.
*Listen music while you?re playing a game on the gcw zero.
I'm to busy now, but I want to finish.
Something like "EmulationStation", one app for all the emulators.
An e-mail client would be cool.
I agree that a PSX emulator is sorely needed. It's the only feature I miss on the console, specially since other open consoles do emulate the system.
Howbout an XBConnect like tool only for emulators instead of consoles? i.e. search from within Zero via "GCWConnect"(running on a machine on the same network) other players of the same emulator/rom for netplay? Or host games on it?
Basically a netplay middleware for GCW emulators?
one app that would be nice to have is one that was meant to be integrated at some point, an app that links to a up to date database to make it easier to prevew, install, keep apps up to date like I'm so used to on the Pandora..
Or maybe just have the games listed in a games repo so we can maybe use(in the interim) CLI aptitude/apt-get?
A client for downloading software is not a problem. The problem is designing a solid repository system. Clients that just wget and parse a HTML page are a bad idea, since if one thing changes in the website layout - they stop working. The client<->repo system needs to be resilient to changes in the website structure and must guarantee that the end user won't run into any issues obtaining software from it. GCW Zero/OpenDingux is a small project - a single annoyed person can easily affect the entire community. We can't afford stupid mistakes.
I think what purewickedau was driving at is where is this "solid repository system" and the app that goes along with it?
GCW Zero/OpenDingux is a small project - a single annoyed person can easily affect the entire community. We can't afford stupid mistakes.
Why would anyone other than the maintainer of the repository have access to it to the point where it affects the entire community to begin with? Isnt there a due process for these kinds of things in the first place?
I fully agree with this suggestion. Something like this would be great for organizing all of my emulators. Choose a game and it boots up.
Dingoonity is the place to be!


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I am a visual storyteller and environmental portrait photographer based out of Salt Lake City, Utah. I am passionate about capturing powerful, intimate images in moments of real, sometimes messy, but always beautiful life.
My work can be seen in the permanent exhibits at the Natural History Museum of Utah. Also, In 2012, I traveled with the Museum to document the techniques and lives of Navajo Basket Weavers in south-eastern Utah, for a special exhibit entitled, Weaving a Revolution. Images were utilized in large exhibit form in the traveling space at the Natural History Museum of Utah, as well as a large coffee table style book, both designed by the team at the museum, documenting the Renaissance that these incredible Navajo artists started in the Monument Valley region.
Additionally, I was commissioned by the Natural History Museum of Utah to create thousands of portraits for the Genetic Trait Tree, the local aspect to the special exhibit developed and produced by the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History entitled Genome: Unlocking Life's Code.
I have also had the honor of traveling with the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals Champions Ambassador Tour for the past 3 years; documenting the Champions as they meet with their state representatives, celebrities, corporate sponsors, and even President Obama and First Lady Michele Obama. Events included: ceremonies on stage, concerts, fund raising, and behind the scenes relationships to provide an overall feel of the exciting and high energy trip.
My Education: I have an Associates Degree in Photography, and a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Visual Communications from Weber State University. Working towards a Masters Degree in the near future.
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Yesterday I wore my Levi's bootcut skinny jeans to the Junction Flea. The bootcut skinny is perfect paired with flats for exploring the city on a Sunday afternoon. I went for a 70's bo-ho look, inspired by Stevie Nicks. Floral top is from Skylark (my favourite store on Abbott Kinny); lace vest is from H&M, hat is by Goorin Bros., and my bag is vintage coach. Sunglasses are from Opticianado (best eye wear store in Toronto).
The Junction Flea is Toronto's newest outdoor antique market that happens monthly at Dundas and Keele. It's similar to the Brooklyn Flea and features a mix of antique decor, handmade jewelry, vintage clothing, and delicious food. It's fab! You should definitely check it out if you like markets.
We haven't done a Friday post in a while, so it feels kinda funny, but feels good too. I don't want this summer-time weather to leave us…it makes outside outfit shoots a real pleasure.


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Statewide, black, Latino, special-education and low-income students – who on average still trail the overall graduation rate – posted higher-than-average growth during the past two years. The graduation rate for black students, for example, rose from 70.7 percent in 2016 to 71.5 percent last year, while the graduation rate for students with special needs reached 59.4 percent in 2017, up from 58.1 percent the year before.
The nation's high-school graduation rate was 84 percent for the 2015-16 school year, the most recent data available.
Broken down by gender, the statewide rate was 82.6 percent for females and 76.3 percent for males. Those rates are up slightly from 2016, when they were 82.4 percent and 76 percent, respectively.
Among racial subgroups, Asian students had the highest graduation rate at 87.5 percent, though that was down from 88.6 percent in 2016. The American Indian/Alaskan Native rate also declined, from 60.6 percent in 2016 to 60.3 percent last year.


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#pragma once

#include <vespa/searchlib/fef/blueprint.h>
#include <vespa/searchlib/fef/table.h>
#include <vespa/searchlib/fef/itermdata.h>
#include <vespa/searchlib/fef/itermfielddata.h>

namespace search::features {

/**
 * Implements the executor for looking at term field match data
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class TermFieldMdExecutor : public fef::FeatureExecutor {

    typedef std::pair<fef::TermFieldHandle, query::Weight> Element;
    std::vector<Element> _terms;
    const fef::MatchData *_md;

    void execute(uint32_t docId) override;
    void handle_bind_match_data(const fef::MatchData &md) override;
public:
    TermFieldMdExecutor(const fef::IQueryEnvironment &env, uint32_t fieldId);
};

/**
 * Implements the blueprint for the term field md executor.
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class TermFieldMdBlueprint : public fef::Blueprint {
    const fef::FieldInfo * _field;
public:
    TermFieldMdBlueprint();
    void visitDumpFeatures(const fef::IIndexEnvironment & env, fef::IDumpFeatureVisitor & visitor) const override;
    fef::Blueprint::UP createInstance() const override;
    fef::ParameterDescriptions getDescriptions() const override {
        return fef::ParameterDescriptions().desc().field();
    }
    bool setup(const fef::IIndexEnvironment & env, const fef::ParameterList & params) override;
    fef::FeatureExecutor &createExecutor(const fef::IQueryEnvironment & env, vespalib::Stash &stash) const override;
};

}

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Stock Update (NASDAQ:INSM): Insmed Incorporated Announces Worldwide License Agreement with AstraZeneca for Oral DPP1 Inhibitor
Corey Williams- October 5, 2016, 8:05 AM EDT
Insmed Incorporated (NASDAQ:INSM) announced a licensing agreement with AstraZeneca (NYSE:AZN) for global exclusive rights to AZD7986, a novel oral inhibitor of dipeptidyl peptidase I (DPP1, also known as cathepsin C). DPP1 is an enzyme that catalyzes the activation of neutrophil serine proteases (NSPs), which play a key role in pulmonary diseases such as non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis (non-CF bronchiectasis).
Insmed has renamed the compound INS1007 and will pursue an initial indication of non-CF bronchiectasis, a rare, progressive, neutrophil-driven pulmonary disorder in which the bronchi become permanently dilated due to chronic inflammation and infection. Symptoms include chronic cough, excessive sputum production, shortness of breath, and repeated respiratory infections, which can worsen the underlying condition. The estimated global prevalence of non-CF bronchiectasis exceeds 2 million, of which at least 110,000 cases are in the United States. There is currently no cure for non-CF bronchiectasis.
Bronchiectasis increases susceptibility to nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) lung disease, and up to 50 percent of patients with bronchiectasis may also have an active NTM infection. NTM lung disease is a rare and often chronic infection that is capable of causing irreversible lung damage and can be fatal. Insmed is currently advancing a global phase 3 clinical study of ARIKAYCE (liposomal amikacin for inhalation) in NTM lung disease. Insmed has also completed a phase 2 study of ARIKAYCE for the treatment of chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in non-CF bronchiectasis.
"With this transaction we have added a highly complementary therapy that aligns perfectly with our established expertise in rare pulmonary diseases," said Will Lewis, president and chief executive officer of Insmed. "Because NTM lung disease and bronchiectasis often co-exist, we can readily leverage our existing relationships with physician experts around the world who are eagerly awaiting new treatment options. We continue to expect patient enrollment in our phase 3 study of ARIKAYCE to conclude later this year and to report top line data in 2017. We expect that when approved, ARIKAYCE and INS1007 will allow us to provide great value to the patients who are living with NTM lung disease and bronchiectasis, as well as the physicians who treat them."
"We are pleased to be working with Insmed on this program from our early stage respiratory portfolio, which represents a novel approach to treating bronchiectasis," saidMaarten Kraan, head of the Respiratory and Inflammation Innovative Medicines Unit at AstraZeneca. "Insmed has the expertise and experience required to take AZD7986 forward in this important indication and bring about results that we hope will benefit patients in the future."
In a phase 1 study of healthy volunteers AZD7986 was well tolerated and demonstrated inhibition of the activity of the NSP neutrophil elastase in a dose and concentration dependent manner. In preclinical studies, AZD7986 was shown to effectively and reversibly inhibit DPP1 and the activation of NSPs within maturing neutrophils. Insmed is completing its plans for a phase 2 study in non-CF bronchiectasis. The study is expected to begin in 2017.
Under the terms of the agreement, Insmed will pay AstraZeneca an upfront payment of $30 million. AstraZeneca will be eligible to receive future payments totaling $120 million in future clinical, regulatory, and sales-related milestones. AstraZeneca would also be entitled to receive tiered royalties ranging from a high single-digit to mid-teen. In addition, the agreement provides AstraZeneca with the option to negotiate a future agreement with Insmed for commercialization of AZD7986/INS1007 in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or asthma.
Insmed recently closed a $55 million debt agreement with Hercules Capital, Inc., which refinanced the company's existing debt and will add $30 million of new debt to fund the upfront payment. The company confirms its cash operating expense guidance for the second half of 2016 of $62 to $72 million. Going forward the company remains committed to maintaining a disciplined use of capital that ensures key corporate activities pertaining to its priority ARIKAYCE and INS1007 programs are fully resourced. (Original Source)
Shares of Insmed closed yesterday at $14.56. INSM has a 1-year high of $21.14 and a 1-year low of $9.02. The stock's 50-day moving average is $13.72 and its 200-day moving average is $12.10.
On the ratings front, Insmed has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. In a report issued on August 19, Piper Jaffray analyst Joshua Schimmer reiterated a Buy rating on INSM, with a price target of $24, which implies an upside of 65% from current levels. Separately, on August 5, Cowen's Ritu Baral reiterated a Buy rating on the stock .
According to TipRanks.com, which ranks over 7,500 financial analysts and bloggers to gauge the performance of their past recommendations, Joshua Schimmer and Ritu Baral have a total average return of -0.7% and 17.4% respectively. Schimmer has a success rate of 45% and is ranked #3324 out of 4193 analysts, while Baral has a success rate of 49% and is ranked #75.
Insmed, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing inhaled therapies for patients battling serious lung diseases that are often life threatening. The company is focused on the development and commercialization of ARIKAYCE or liposomal amikacin for inhalation (LAI), for at least two identified orphan patient populations: patients with nontuberculous mycobacteria lung disease and cystic fibrosis patients with Pseudomonas aeruginosa lung infections.
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January 11, 2023 Diocese of Orange
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Welcome to another episode of Orange County Catholic Radio, featuring host Rick Howick. On this week's show, Rick welcomes Megan Morris to the program.
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Downtown Craig features artistic variety leading up to Valentine's Day
Cherish the Little Things, Art Walk, Taste of Chocolate, holiday dance next week
News | February 5, 2016
Craig Daily Press Staff Report
Couples sway to the music during Downtown Business Association's 2015 Valentine's Dance at the local Elks Lodge. This year's dance will take place at Center of Craig Feb. 13, concurrent with Cherish the Little Things Art Show, Art Walk and Taste of Chocolate.
Year after year, downtown Craig becomes a hub of activity in mid-February as multiple events provide a place to delight the senses.
Next week will be a busy one as four favorite events come up: the 21st annual Art Walk, 10th annual Taste of Chocolate, fifth annual Cherish the Little Things Art Show and second annual Valentine's Dance.
Little masterpieces
Connections 4 KidsConnections 4 Kids, the early childhood council for Moffat and Rio Blanco counties welcomes the community to attend the yearly display of artwork at the Center of Craig, 601 Yampa Ave. About 300 pieces of art from local students of all ages will be on display, though Coordinator Betsy Overton said this year will have a slightly different look in its setup., the early childhood council for Moffat and Rio Blanco counties welcomes the community to attend the yearly display of artwork at the Center of Craig, 601 Yampa Ave. About 300 pieces of art from local students of all ages will be on display, though Coordinator Betsy Overton said this year will have a slightly different look in its setup.
Connections 4 Kids, the early childhood council for Moffat and Rio Blanco counties welcomes the community to attend the yearly display of artwork at the Center of Craig, 601 Yampa Ave. About 300 pieces of art from local students of all ages will be on display, though Coordinator Betsy Overton said this year will have a slightly different look in its setup.
The show is open to the public Feb. 11 to 13, kicking off with a special, invitation-only preview event for the families of the 20 children whose work is selected as the cream of the crop, all of their art pieces eventually appearing on the organization's calendar. As in previous years, attendees can vote for the artwork that will be featured on the calendar's cover by donation.
Additionally, funds from this year will go toward a new project: a parent education center, which will be further highlighted during the first day open to the public.
"It's the first time we've earmarked (money) for something like this," Overton said. "We're glad to get it off the ground."
What:What: Fifth annual Cherish the Little Things Art Show Fifth annual Cherish the Little Things Art Show
What: Fifth annual Cherish the Little Things Art Show
Where:Where: Center of Craig, 601 Yampa Ave. Center of Craig, 601 Yampa Ave.
Where: Center of Craig, 601 Yampa Ave.
When:When: 3 to 7 p.m. Feb. 11, 2 to 6 p.m. Feb. 12 and 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Feb. 13 3 to 7 p.m. Feb. 11, 2 to 6 p.m. Feb. 12 and 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Feb. 13
When: 3 to 7 p.m. Feb. 11, 2 to 6 p.m. Feb. 12 and 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Feb. 13
Cost:Cost: The show is free, but votes by donation for winning artworks are welcome and will support a new parent education center. The show is free, but votes by donation for winning artworks are welcome and will support a new parent education center.
Cost: The show is free, but votes by donation for winning artworks are welcome and will support a new parent education center.
For more information:For more information: Call 970-824-1081. Call 970-824-1081.
For more information: Call 970-824-1081.
A lovely downtown stroll
The day before Valentine's Day will be a time for good taste — in more ways than one.
The Art Walk and Taste of Chocolate will see multiple downtown businesses open their doors Feb. 13 to local artists of all media, including painting pottery, photography and more.
The space of downtown will be stretched out as much as possible, said Downtown Business AssociationDowntown Business Association member Nadine Daszkiewicz. member Nadine Daszkiewicz.
Downtown Business Association member Nadine Daszkiewicz.
Stations will be set up on the 400 and 500 blocks of Yampa Avenue, going as far north as Cherish the Little Things and as far south as Gretel's Hair Studio, 449 Yampa Ave., and new business Bound By Ink, 406 Yampa Ave. Victory Way establishments Cramer Flooring and The Jungle Pet Shop will also be open for display.
Yampa Valley Young Professionals will host a fire pit in Alice Pleasant Park for people to warm up by as they hit the sidewalks.
The Art Walk is entirely free, but Taste of Chocolate, a sampling of multiple local confectionary talents is $12 apiece. And, with a firm 125 maximum in tickets, you'd better get yours before they sell out altogether.
However, though only one vote can be cast per ticket, multiple people can share in the flavor of each sample of chocolate.
"You can pick up a box and cut them all in half and certainly share the goodies," Daszkiewicz said.
Daszkiewicz added that there is still time to sign up to provide chocolate dishes, the main requirement making enough to serve 125. Artists of all types are also welcome.
"You can never have too many artists or musicians or chocolate," she said.
What:What: 21st annual Art Walk and 10th annual Taste of Chocolate 21st annual Art Walk and 10th annual Taste of Chocolate
What: 21st annual Art Walk and 10th annual Taste of Chocolate
Where:Where: 400 and 500 blocks of Yampa Avenue, part of Victory Way 400 and 500 blocks of Yampa Avenue, part of Victory Way
Where: 400 and 500 blocks of Yampa Avenue, part of Victory Way
When:When: 5 to 8 p.m. Feb. 13 5 to 8 p.m. Feb. 13
When: 5 to 8 p.m. Feb. 13
Cost:Cost: Art Walk is free to view. Tickets for Taste of Chocolate are $12 apiece and available at The Kitchen Shop, KS Kreations Craft & Bakery and Favorite Things. Supplies are limited. Art Walk is free to view. Tickets for Taste of Chocolate are $12 apiece and available at The Kitchen Shop, KS Kreations Craft & Bakery and Favorite Things. Supplies are limited.
Cost: Art Walk is free to view. Tickets for Taste of Chocolate are $12 apiece and available at The Kitchen Shop, KS Kreations Craft & Bakery and Favorite Things. Supplies are limited.
The final event of the weekend is in its infancy, but given the time of year, it will no doubt become a tradition as the years pass.
After viewing various artworks and sampling sugary delights, drop by the Center of Craig, the upper level of which will be dedicated to the Valentine's Dance, returning after its first year in 2015.
"I'm thrilled that the DBA is hosting another dance this year," said Craig Daily Press Editor Noelle Leavitt Riley, an organizer for the dance who volunteers with the DBA. "It's just so much fun for community members to have a place to dance cheek to cheek with their loved ones."
What:What: Second annual Valentine's Dance Second annual Valentine's Dance
What: Second annual Valentine's Dance
Where:Where: Center of Craig second floor, 601 Yampa Ave. Center of Craig second floor, 601 Yampa Ave.
Where: Center of Craig second floor, 601 Yampa Ave.
Cost:Cost: Admission is free. Admission is free.
Cost: Admission is free.
For more information:For more information: Call 970-824-7898. Call 970-824-7898.For more information: Call 970-824-7898.
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WCAS Capital Partners IV, L.P.
C/O WELSH, CARSON, ANDERSON & STOWE
320 PARK AVENUE, SUITE 2500
Paycom Software, Inc. [ PAYC ] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
Director X 10% Owner
Form filed by One Reporting Person
X Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Common Stock 11/24/2015 S 6,158 D $41.75 53,828 D(1)(2)(3)(4)
Donovan Michael
C/O WELSH, CARSON, ANDERSON AND STOWE
REGAN BRIAN THOMAS
Ecock Anthony F
Solomon Christopher
Lee Eric J.
MACKESY D SCOTT
RATHER JONATHAN M
Scully Thomas
TRAYNOR SEAN
1. The securities reported as directly beneficially owned by the designated Reporting Person may be deemed to be indirectly beneficially owned by each of the Reporting Owners listed below, each of whom is a managing member of the sole general partner of the designated Reporting Person. Pursuant to Instruction 4(b)(iv) of Form 4, each such individual has elected to report as indirectly beneficially owned the entire number of securities owned by the designated Reporting Person, however each of them disclaims beneficial ownership of any securities, and any proceeds thereof, that exceed his pecuniary interest therein and/or that are not actually distributed to him.
2. Each Reporting Owner listed below also indirectly beneficially owns 5,065,436 shares of Common Stock held by Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe X, L.P. Such individuals are managing members of the sole general partner of Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe X, L.P. Pursuant to Instruction 4(b)(iv) of Form 4, each such individual has elected to report as indirectly beneficially owned the entire number of securities owned by such entity, however each of them disclaims beneficial ownership of any securities, and any proceeds thereof, that exceed his pecuniary interest therein and/or that are not actually distributed to him.
3. Each Reporting Owner listed below also directly beneficially owns the following shares of Common Stock: Patrick J. Welsh - 215,270; Russell L. Carson - 179,801; Bruce K. Anderson - 215,270; Robert A. Minicucci - 303,551; Anthony J. deNicola - 443,410 (also indirectly beneficially owns 71,877 shares held by deNicola Holdings II LLC, but disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein); Paul B. Queally - 421,846 (also indirectly beneficially owns 93,441 shares held by The Queally Family LLC, but disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein) ; Sanjay Swani - 221,036 (also indirectly beneficially owns 50,134 shares held by The Swani Family LLC, but disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein); (continued in Footnote (4)).
4. Eric J. Lee - 43,855; D. Scott Mackesy - 221,350; Jonathan M. Rather - 59,998 (also indirectly beneficially owns 15,548 shares held by JMR4 Holdings LLC and 56,055 shares held by WCAS Management Corporation, of which he is the controlling stockholder, but disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein); Thomas A. Scully - 66,649; Sean M. Traynor - 75,191 (also indirectly beneficially owns 26,954 shares held by The Traynor Family LLC, but disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein); Michael E. Donovan- 40,740; Tony F. Ecock - 22,619; Brian T. Regan -8,771; and Christopher W. Solomon - 3,089.
Remarks: Form 2 of 2
/s/ David Mintz, Attorney-in-Fact 11/24/2015


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