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May 29, 2016 turnoverarocktoday Justice & the Penal Systems
An unsolicited email received from Yasir Naqvi and dated May 11 invited submissions for the "Comprehensive Review of Segregation" Ontario's Community Safety & Correctional Services is undertaking. This has been in the works since the media began heavily criticizing federal and provincial governments and our penal systems for its overreliance on the use of solitary confinement, and the resulting damages of the practice.
The invitation came about because of letters sent to Minister Naqvi over time questioning the operation of this province's jails. However, the deadline for submissions was May 15, too late for us to offer an opinion. It's never too late though to argue a position. We've published our letter to Mr. Naqvi here, and have copied five stakeholders as listed.
There is a reference in the letter to the Globe and Mail's Tuesday, April 26 editorial, "Solitary Confinement: Stop the torture", and copies were attached to the addressees. Copyright prevents our reproducing it here, but we can quote from it.
Firstly, the title is definitive. The editorial begins, "What does it take to get governments to pay attention to crises of their own making? In the case of the cruel overuse of solitary confinement…….., the answer would appear to be that there is nothing at all that can move authorities to action." It continues, "….only Ottawa has made a firm commitment of any kind to ban long-term solitary confinement in federal prisons…", and concludes, "Solitary confinement, when misused the way it too often is in Canada, is torture. Only the 14 governments that oversee it can fix this. That only one has made a commitment to do so is shameful."
The Honourable Yasir Naqvi,
Minister of Community Safety & Correctional Services,
18th Floor, George Drew Building.
25 Grosvenor Street,
Toronto, ON M7A 1Y6
Re: Comprehensive Review of Segregation
Dear Minister Naqvi:
I thank you for your May 11 email requesting submissions around a review of segregation policies in the province's jails, but your May 15 deadline left me unable to contribute. Nonetheless, I will comment.
First, I would recommend the Globe and Mail Editorial from Tuesday, April 26 of this year, entitled "Solitary Confinement: Stop the torture", copy attached.
Reform evasion: Correctional Service of Canada has attempted to pre-empt federal reforms to segregation by voluntarily revising its use of solitary confinement, but only by improving procedural policies. Practices don't change. Likewise, CSCS is using SHU (Special Handling Unit) ranges to move inmates out of segregation into an environment which can easily be as bad, or worse, than segregation, primarily because of incessant lockdowns. When staff shortages arise elsewhere in an institution, guards are pulled from SHU ranges and inmates there are simply locked down, sometimes for days. But, technically, the SHU is not 'segregation' and not subject to the review you are undertaking.
Compliance: Your office and CSCS management presume policies, practices and procedures in force within our provincial institutions are followed as a matter of course. I don't doubt they are, to a large degree. However, there isn't an inmate or inmate support who doesn't understand best practices are at times compromised as "suggestions", while relevant documentation will conform to the management model all the same. CSCS has not thus far guaranteed safeguards to independently scrutinize compliance.
Inmate Remedy: Provincial inmates have no substantive resource to challenge a segregation placement, or any institutional decision for that matter. Internal options are weighted against a complainant. Most external choices manage broad mandates which can leave jail inmates in a priority margin. Not only that, but even if an inmate is able to access the Inmate Information Guide for Adult Institutions (September 2015), pages 10 to 15, and can obtain assistance from staff, the complexities of the process can seem daunting, be discouraging, and too often regarded as futile, particularly where there are financial considerations.
There is no Utopian solution, but a major move in the right direction would see Ontario establish a dedicated destination solely for prisoner petitions, similar to the federal Office of the Correctional Investigator. An important distinction between the federal OCI and an Ontario equivalent though would have the provincial office submit its annual report directly to the legislature, rather than through CSCS or the Attorney General.
Whatever changes your office proposes, the objective must be a level playing field, both in substance, and with the perception, of fairness, legitimacy and impartiality, backed by an at-arms-length enforcement component.
Charles H. Klassen
Margaret Welch, Associate Deputy Minister, Correctional Services, MCSCS
Christina Danylchenko, Assistant Deputy Minister, Institutional Services, MCSCS
Paul Dubé, Ombudsman, Office of the Ombudsman of Ontario
Human Rights Legal Support Centre,
Honourable Glen Murray, Ministry of Environment & Climate Change
Note: Glen Murray is our local MPP
A badge but no gun?
May 22, 2016 turnoverarocktoday Policing
Comedian Chris Rock once suggested we should outlaw bullets, not guns. But, either way, guns and bullets are a lethal combination.
"If we keep enabling deadly police confrontations, we will be forced to keep justifying deadly outcomes."
This is from Desmond Cole's Toronto Star column of December 3rd last year, "Time to disarm the police". He's become a weekly contributor to the newspaper's op-ed page, his work centering on racial, policing, and social justice issues.
Desmond argues that Toronto police are too quick to resort to deadly force, resulting in multiple fatal shootings. He makes an unfavourable comparison with Montreal's more progressive police service when dealing with people in mental health crises, citing examples which "proved that police often do put their lives on the line, and can do so without needlessly jeopardizing the lives of the people they serve."
The Toronto Police Accountability Coalition, http://www.tpac.ca, goes even further in its Bulletin No. 95 of March 21 this year. Noting not only the number of police shootings, plus the budgeting for a "substantial number of new weapons", and the increasing use of CEW weapons (tasers), the TPAC concluded that "it is time to talk seriously of taking weapons out of the hands of rank and file constables."
One telling observation came out of the trial of Constable James Forcillo, who was convicted of attempted murder in the death of Sammy Yatim, one of Toronto's more infamous police shootings. Sammy Yatim died on an empty Toronto streetcar on the evening of July 27, 2013. He was in mental distress and carrying a small knife when confronted by several police officers at a distance who were outside the vehicle.
One, James Forcillo, fired nine rounds within seconds of coming on the scene, hitting his target eight times. The first three shots were fatal, the other five were for what, "good measure"? Not only that, another officer subsequently tasered the prone and almost dead man.
After the trial, CBC's Metro Morning's Matt Galloway briefly spoke with a British police officer who had reviewed the evidence. Under similar circumstances in Britain, he said, the police there would probably not have deployed weapons.
The police in Britain would probably not have deployed weapons.
Where are the angry lawyers?
A social/legal worker who frequently visits Ontario's provincial jails to assist inmates with navigating our courts arrived at an institution one evening for an 8pm appointment. The meeting was to finalize a court-ordered report which would expedite an inmate's release. But, time was short, and a deadline loomed.
After signing in, shown into an interview room, and then waiting twenty minutes, a staff member told this worker that the inmate had refused the meeting. This wasn't true, the worker knew that, but said nothing, and left the institution.
Why would the worker be told what all involved knew was a lie, and why would the worker not protest? Why would one of your public servants interfere?
Well, perhaps a guard was angry with the inmate for some reason, or annoyed with the worker. Maybe no guard wanted to escort the inmate to the meeting. Perhaps available guards just couldn't be bothered. The possibilities are aplenty.
Doesn't happen? Really? Then you need to speak to an officer of the court, a social/legal worker, a lawyer…..or, perhaps a jail guard.
Why wouldn't the worker complain? Because, quite simply, a complaint would make later work more difficult in any provincial jail.
Doesn't happen? Really? Then, you need to speak to an officer of the court, a social/legal worker, a lawyer…..or perhaps a jail guard.
Why not post names, dates, places, more complete details? Well, if the HonourableYasir Naqvi, Ontario's Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Service, thinks all is right with the world, then more information puts people at risk…….from our own public servants.
One other example, but with a another inmate. A lawyer arrived at an institution to meet a client, and was subsequently told the visit was refused. And to repeat, this was a lawyer trying to confer with a client. Of course the inmate had not refused, the lawyer knew this and perhaps wasn't compliant and humble, so when the same lawyer arrived at another time to meet with the same client, the lawyer was told the client had been moved to a different institution. The lawyer went to the other location only to learn no such transfer had taken place. Again, identifying details only jeopardizes the lawyer/client relationship…..again, from our own public servants.
Doesn't happen? Really? Then you need to speak to an officer of the court, a social/legal worker, a lawyer….or perhaps a jail guard.
Granted, this isn't part of the daily routine and the frequency with which it occurs is a subject for speculation, but that it happens at all is unacceptable. This is but one of a few shortcomings within our provincial penal system that confounds the administration of justice and which prompted this letter to the Criminal Lawyers Association:-
Anthony Laycock, Executive Director,
Criminal Lawyers Association,
189 Queen Street East, Suite #1,
Toronto, ON M5A 1S2
Re: Ontario's provincial jails
Dear Director Laycock:
For the last twenty-five years or more of observation and tapping into the first-hand experiences of others, the penal institutions operated by Ontario's Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services posit one omni-present question.
Why are you putting up with the conditions under which you and your clients suffer?
Set aside how widely known to the public the circumstances in our jails are, certainly every person walking the corridors of any Ontario provincial courthouse is aware of a high degree of ethical and moral corruption among some front-line uniformed jail workers. At the very least, this is costly to you, the people you represent, and the operation of our courts. At worst, it 'brings our system of justice into disrepute.'
Bottom line: this would be better if it didn't stink!
Remedies? MCSCS management and their political masters do their jobs, insisting that policies, procedures, best practices……and the law, are not only followed, but that compliance and accountability are watchwords throughout the ministry. A responsible, progressive, responsive government sets up an inmate-exclusive resource like the federal Office of the Correctional Investigator.
Reform is unlikely though until you, your organization, lawyers, their firms, and the courts prod, provoke and challenge the status quo. Change cannot come soon enough.
Pepper spray……yes, it burns.
May 8, 2016 May 8, 2016 turnoverarocktoday Justice for Brennan Guigue
Pepper spray, or OC spray (from "oleoresin capsicum"), is a lachrymatory agent, a chemical compound irritating the eyes to cause tears, pain, and temporary blindness. Considered a less-than-lethal control option, it has been deadly in rare cases.
According to Dr. Gregory Smith, Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology, UNC School of Public Health and Chair, NCMS Occupational and Environmental Health Committee:-
"The ill effects of OC. Dermal exposure to OC spray causes tingling, intense burning pain, swelling, redness, and, occasionally, blistering (capsaicin alone causes redness and pain, but not vesiculation). A severe dermatitis, called "human hand", is found in people who process chili peppers in Mexico. Capsaicin amplifies inflammation by releasing substance P from the skin and nasal mucosa. Multiple exposures of skin or mucous membranes over a period of seconds or minutes exaggerate the response. Capsaicin augments allergic sensitization and worsens allergic dermatitis. Exposure may diminish sensitivity to heat-or-chemical-induced pain, thus increasing the risk and severity of skin burns. Capsaicin powerfully stimulates heat receptors, causing reflex sweating and vasodilation, and activates hypothalamus-mediated cooling; this dual effect increases the risk of hypothermia if victims are decontaminated with cold water on cold days"
http://web.archive.org/web/20000817004624/http://www.ncmedicaljournal.com/Smith-OK.htm
These effects assume pepper spray is used as recommended by the manufacturer. Brennan on the other hand was attacked by a group of guards using a concentrated form of OC (see Just Another Day on the Range? The Guigue Summary posted Sept. 26/14). These men didn't use hand-held dispensers, but instead a heavy canister with a hose and spray nozzle. The entire rear of his naked body was "painted", and the aerosol spray in the air came into contact with much of the rest of his unprotected skin.
If any of us were to do this, we'd be charged with a number of indictable Criminal Code offenses, possibly even attempted murder. Be reminded that Brennan Guigue cannot be the only victim of such treatment by our public servants for one, and two, we are responsible for their behaviour.
Last month's April 17th posting, "…now we have the names", under the Justice for Brennan Guigue banner was important, given how much the forty pages of printed material submitted by Correctional Service of Canada reveals, and in spite of how much more was withheld (see Material/Evidence Requested from CSC, Nov. 2/14), and for which we continue to press CSC to release.
Toronto police – mercenaries?
May 1, 2016 turnoverarocktoday Policing
Why shouldn't the police who patrol our neighbourhoods live where we do, or at least in the same communities?
And, why do our police officers 'cocoon' in their cars, isolating themselves further from the people they "serve and protect".
This has been on our radar for decades, but it's recently come to the front burner in the United States where tensions between police and racial groups draws attention to the demographic composition of police departments across the country.
Now, the Toronto Star's Betsy Powell brings this issue home with, "Many new cops don't live in Toronto", from the paper's Friday, February 12 edition. And, there is no difference in Vancouver, Montreal, Calgary and other Canadian cities.
Peter Sloly, a former Toronto deputy chief, estimated that 80 to 85 per cent of Toronto's cops don't live in the city. Only 21 of 44 recent recruits call Toronto home. Police union leaders claim Toronto is too expensive for many on the force, but this argument ignores that today's police earn a lot more than the average Torontonian.
"I think you can be committed to a neighbourhood, committed to community safety, do your job, and sleep somewhere else," is how former Toronto police chief Bill Blair defended an out-of-town workforce.
But, Mariana Valverde, a criminologist at the University of Toronto disagrees. "Where you live and what you think of a good place to live, does have a bearing on how you do your job as a police officer. We care more about people who live like us…..it's basic psychology." She believes this should be included in the debate around police reform and our perspective for controlling the force's $1-billion budget.
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Assembly Fails to Override Controversial Christie Veto of Gun-Safety Legislation
Posted by Essex County Politics 1sc on December 04, 2015
John Reitmeyer | December 4, 2015
Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto
After failing yesterday in its attempt to join the Senate in overriding Gov. Chris Christie's veto of a bill that would have made it harder for people with a history of mental illness to buy a gun, the Democrats who control the state Assembly are vowing to try again in the coming weeks.
The bill was originally requested by state court officials concerned about public safety. It passed the state Legislature unanimously before Christie vetoed it, saying he wanted it combined with more mental-health reforms.
The measure seeks to make it tougher for someone with a history of psychiatric commitments to have their record expunged by a judge so they can buy a gun. In order to override the governor, two-thirds of the members of each house must vote in its favor.
Last month, Democrats in the Senate convinced three Republicans to join them in voting for what would be the first successful gubernatorial override in nearly 20 years.
Democrats -- who also control the Assembly but don't have a veto-proof majority -- needed seven votes from across the aisle yesterday. But most Assembly Republicans reversed their original position on the measure. Once it was clear that the override would fail, Democrats pulled it back before it was officially recorded. Doing so left open the option of posting the override for a vote again.
Now, Democrats say they will keep the pressure on their Republican colleagues. Attention to mass shootings and other gun violence has ramped up in recent weeks in the wake of several massacres, including the latest, which took the lives of 14 people in San Bernardino, CA, on Wednesday.
"I will put this bill back up again and again," said Assembly Speaker Vince Prieto (D-Hudson). "The Republicans who flip-flopped on this commonsense public safety bill should be ashamed and need to look in the mirror, if they can stand it."
The stakes are high for Christie, who has never been successfully overridden since taking office in early 2010 and has bragged about that perfect record as a presidential candidate. It's been nearly two decades since a New Jersey governor has suffered a successful override in both houses of the Legislature.
But Democrats are also under pressure because there are only a few weeks left in the current legislative session to secure an override for a measure they view as critical to public safety. An override of Christie's veto has already prevailed in the Senate, which is also controlled by Democrats.
Even though the Democrats' margin in the Assembly will widen by four seats in a new legislative session that begins on January 12, failing to score an override in the next few weeks will mean having to start the legislative process for the bill over again.
Lawmakers need 54 votes in the 80-member Assembly to register a veto override, but there were only 51 yesterday. All 47 Democrats in attendance voted in favor, but only four of the chamber's 32 Republicans did so: Assemblymen Chris Brown (R-Atlantic), Jack Ciattarelli (R-Somerset), and Jay Webber (R-Morris), and Assemblywoman Amy Handlin (R-Monmouth).
"Shame on them (meaning the majority of Republicans who reversed their original vote in favor of the bill, but now would not vote to override)," Prieto said, adding he will likely post the override next on Dec. 17. "Hopefully, the next time I get 54 votes," he said. "Get 54 and get it done."
The original legislation that Christie rejected over the summer seeks to update a New Jersey law enacted in 2013 that requires the state to provide mental-health records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System. The system is used by firearms dealers to verify whether someone is eligible to buy a gun.
A previous hospitalization in a mental-health institution can be grounds to find someone ineligible to purchase a gun. But New Jersey's judges can also remove or "expunge" the record of a mental-health commitment from the background-check system if that person is later deemed to be "unlikely to act in a manner dangerous to public safety."
The measure came out of a state Judiciary recommendation to link judges with police departments, who typically know more about a person's recent criminal history and whether they have any pending charges. The bill would trigger automatic notification of law enforcement when someone is seeking to have their mental-health record amended for the purposes of buying a gun.
Christie's conditional veto came just months after the official launch of his presidential campaign, and he's faced criticism from some in the Republican Party who consider any limitation on gun ownership an infringement of the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
A spokesman for Christie yesterday pointed to comments the governor made in the wake of the Senate's successful override vote in October, including calling for "a broad solution" to the mental-health issue.
During a debate that lasted more than an hour yesterday, many Republicans said they were reversing their votes on the measure because they believed Christie's approach is more comprehensive and more sensible. They also accused Democrats of playing politics with the override by trying to land a damaging blow to Christie's reputation in the heat of the presidential election.
"What are we doing here today? Are we really trying to protect and ensure public safety with this particular bill?," asked Assemblyman Scott Rumana (R-Wayne). "I would urge everybody to just take a step back."
"We all want to prevent dangerously mental ill people from getting guns," added Assemblyman Declan O'Scanlon (R-Monmouth). "This bill will not do that. This isn't the step forward you all want."
But Assemblyman John Wisniewski (D-Middlesex) said it was unfair for Republicans to press for the changes Christie called for in his conditional veto since many were only loosely defined and none had been vetted through the full legislative-hearing process like the original bill.
Other Democrats raised the issue of Wednesday's mass shooting in California, as well as the looming three-year anniversary of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut that left 26 dead, including 20 children.
"I didn't come here for a moment of silence," said Assemblyman Reed Gusciora (D-Mercer). "I came here for a moment of action."
And Assemblywoman Pamela Lampitt (D-Camden) said the bill could go into effect immediately if an override prevails, something that could prevent a future shooting by keeping a gun from getting in the wrong hands. What if a shooting happens in New Jersey under circumstances that could have been prevented by requirements in the bill, she asked.
"It's on all of us," she said. "I don't want to go to bed at night and put my head on my pillow thinking it's on me."

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I found out about this visual effect called optic flow and how it helps a Honey bee (aka honeybee) determine it's speed and relative position to objects. This all makes sense….the faster you are going, the faster objects near you move by. That sensation is called optic flow and there are all kinds of mathematical formulas developed to measure that. But researchers wanted to see how a Honey bee figures out it's place in space (there's an interesting place called the All Weather Bee Flight Facility at the Australian National University). You know, you can fool these insects if you mess with their surroundings. If you put a Honey bee in a solidly painted room, it can't figure out if it's really near anything when it flies. Nothing is moving by it so it will fly into the wall thinking it's just in open space. What a dirty trick! Apparently Honey bees don't have sonar.
In this book I'm reading called, The Eye – A Natural History by Simon Ings, this Honey bee researcher wanted to know how a pilot knows how to land a plane as the plane is aiming down at the runway. The pilot said he looks at a point and then when the ground "explodes" you flatten out. I remember that effect. My CFI (certified flight instructor) demonstrated the landing technique to me and I thought we were going to explode in a metal carnage on the runway but right before that he leveled the plane for a smooth landing. I bet a Honey bee never worries about a crash landing. They're pretty light weight anyway so bumping into a wall might not be carnage for them….just a slight brain bruise. We humans sure do need a lot of nurturing and mind control before attempting strange things like flying a small plane.
When you're driving down a highway with stripes on the road or if you're a passenger, those white lines move by at a certain rate which I'll figure out for you. We're not landing on the road with a plane but as you're driving down the road those stripes are flowing by at a certain pace like….optic flow. I found out that the distance between them is supposed to be 30 feet and the length of the stripe is 10 feet. I used a chart from an Indiana state drivers manual (in case you want to see what Indiana says about driving) to calculate how fast your car would have to go to make each stripe go by once per second. That would be about 24 mph. That's pretty slow. If you were going 72 mph (3 times as fast) then 3 stripes would go by each second. Since those stripes would go by that fast it's easy to see how one might think the stripes were closer together than they really are. But who uses stripes to estimate speed when we've got it easy by looking at a speedometer? Maybe I'll try it and see how close I can guess how fast I'm going by timing the stripes next time I'm flying down the freeway (in a car).
Going back to the exploding view that a pilot has when headed towards the runway I wonder how else we use optic flow or if we're even aware of it. I think it's more of a subconscious calculation like our little Honey bee friends use when they're flying around….subconscious except only when you're in the front seat of a small plane headed towards concrete for the first time!
A little interesting short article about nerve cells and optic flow from Max Planck Institute.
This picture was taken out of the book I mentioned in this article.
Crowd sourcing citizen science is awesome! Scientists need you to help them figure things out and it's very easy and free and fun. Do you realize how much data they are collecting and how little time they have to analyze what they've collected? Take this for example….how many galaxies there are in the visible universe……billions. You'd think a computer could be programmed to decipher what's what but the human ability to make judgment calls seems to work best. There are some citizen science projects that might cost a little money and I'll mention one of those that I just found out about later.
First, let's go over a very cool project analyzing galaxies. By looking at the images made from telescopes you can determine if the galaxy is new, old or ever disrupted from colliding with another galaxy (sorry to say but the Milky Way will be "colliding" with Andromeda…many billions of years from now). Astronomers will be able to analyze huge samples of what people like you and me analyze from identifying individual galaxies. The main study of these galaxies started with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey in the year 2000 and used a 126 megapixel camera. I analyzed some of the galaxies not too long ago and it's very easy. The website provides a lot of information about the project to help you appreciate what they're trying to do. Go here to help or find out more.
The galaxy project is to investigate the very large and far away but there is another project to investigate the very small and earthly bound organisms. You want to help scientists know what the ecology is of our oceans? I'm not sure if I learned this in school but plankton aren't just one little species of sea creature. There are thousands of different types and if you've ever seen some of those weird creatures that live deep in the water, these are pretty fascinating and weird too. So I've classified some of them and again, interesting and fun. Here's where you can find that study.
I might as well tell you that this one website lists all of those and more so maybe you can find something interesting there to entertain yourself and maybe learn a little about some of the research that's ongoing. The website is https://www.zooniverse.org/. What a great website!
What if you like to watch birds? There's the backyard program for that. I wish my backyard was bigger and had more trees but even if you don't have a backyard, the area around you is backyard enough. Go here to learn about this study.
I have an app on my iphone that I use to take pictures of the sky when a couple of satellites fly overhead daily. It's a free app and after you take the picture of the sky and another one of your surroundings you submit it and later you get a picture back from the satellite that just went overhead. I don't know if there's an app for android or not but you can check. The name of the IOS app is Satcam. How cool is that to get an image back on your iphone of what the satellite saw when it passed overhead?
Do you know about the morphology of proteins? Proteins have to wrap around in all kinds of shapes to be effective at what they do but if a particular protein isn't in the right shape it can be the cause of a certain disease. In this crowd sourced study the only thing you need to do is download their program to your computer which is used for solving the proteins shapes and folds. This is also like the SETI at home project which analyzes radio signals from space. You can also try folding proteins from this website, http://fold.it/portal/ which lets you…..fold the protein.
Oh, the water analysis project…I almost forgot. I haven't read much about this and not sure exactly how and when this takes place. Sometimes these studies end so if you're reading this and find out a study ended, let me know so I can post an addendum about that.
And the one that I just found the other day that does cost a little is a very cool idea. Right now it's a kickstarter campaign so if this doesn't get enough participants then it may not happen. But the main goal is to see if you can find a new antibiotic. Yep, that's right. A lot of antibiotics are probably still undiscovered and they could possibly be in a plant growing in your yard. You can find out more about this project here.
That should keep you busy during the upcoming Christmas/holiday break if you're looking for something different to do! Crowd-sourced citizen science!


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Q: Error in sensitivity::fast99: " 'what' must be a character string or a function" I'd like to perform sensitivity analysis on a model with three uniformly distributed parameters:
install.packages("sensitivity")
library(sensitivity)
params <- c("param1","param2","param3")
x <- fast99(model = myModel, factors = params, n = 1000, q = list("qunif","qunif","qunif"), q.arg = list(list(min=10, max=200), list(min=0.1, max=0.9), list(min=0.1, max=0.9)))

However, this gives me the following error:
Error in do.call(q[j], c(list(p = g), q.arg[[j]])) :
'what' must be a character string or a function
This is the function myModel:
myModel <- function(X) {

#input parameters: convert from data frame to matrix.
X <- data.matrix(X)
#vector that holds the response values.
y <- vector()
#loop over the rows of X.
for (i in 1:nrow(X)) {
   #get the i-th row as parameter vector (string).
   params <- paste(X[i,],collapse=" ")
   y[i] = shell(paste("C:\\Users\\name\\someApp.exe", params), intern = TRUE)
}
return(y)
}

What am I doing wrong?
Note: I've looked through this similar question, but didn't find a solution to my problem.

A: I'm the one who asked the question and I finally found the solution:
fast99 requires the parameter q to be a vector of character strings. The error was caused because I specified qas a list.
So this causes the error:
x <- fast99( ..., q = list("qunif","qunif","qunif"), ...)

And this works:
x <- fast99( ..., q = c("qunif","qunif","qunif"), ...)

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Russia has taken an unprecedented move in the fight against online crime and raided an office in Moscow belonging to BitTorrent website Interfilm.
This is said to be the first raid of its kind, and quashes any rumours that Russia is a soft touch for illegal file-sharers.
Even though the website's main server was based in Moscow, and several people were arrested, the raid failed to shutdown the site.
According to TorrentFreak, the website is now working from the Netherlands.
Two people that were arrested in the raid were known in the online community as 'Ripper' and 'Nadezhda' and are said to be the founders of Interfilm.
The website is notorious for leaked movies, especially 'cammed' ones – those filmed illegally via a video camera.
Russian media is reporting that the founders could face up to six years in jail, a sentence that if given dwarfs the one given out to the founders of The Pirate Bay in April of this year.


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It takes a lot of juice to grow pot indoors, so Sacramento's major electric utility is gearing up for the heavy demands of recreational marijuana growers come January.
That's when growing cannabis for non-medical purposes becomes legal in California, though cities and counties retain some control.
Sacramento city officials have moved quickly to welcome the new industry by accepting dozens of applications and issuing permits for pot farms in warehouses citywide.
The Sacramento Municipal Utility District is getting ready, too, by doing research it hopes will conserve energy and reduce the load on aging infrastructure. SMUD researchers are testing LED lighting and air-conditioning systems in cooperation with the city's current crop of legal, medical pot producers.
Recreational marijuana is just "another commercial industry for us," said Matthew McGregor, a SMUD project manager who's been assigned full-time to work with cannabis cultivators. "We saw a data-center rush a few years ago. It's a similar experience.
Like data centers, growing cannabis indoors is an energy-intensive enterprise.
A report issued by the state Public Utilities Commission earlier this year said that legal, indoor medical cannabis cultivation was responsible for about 3 percent of California's electricity consumption – the same as a million homes.
That figure was from 2012, years before voters legalized recreational marijuana through Proposition 64 last November. The ballot measure takes effect at the start of 2018, and many individuals and companies are scrambling to profit from the change or cope with its downsides.
One effect, already evident, is that sale prices and rents for warehouses in some areas of Sacramento have soared as growers compete to find suitable spaces and win city approval.
The city is a magnet for cannabis growers because it moved the fastest, among the state's large urban areas, to establish a legal framework for the growers' operations while making plans to collect fees and taxes from them.
SMUD officials see potential benefits and drawbacks to the city's embrace of pot planters.
The industry promises to be a lucrative source of income for the public utility, using far more electricity than the traditional occupants of warehouse spaces. SMUD spokesman Christopher Capra said the new revenues could "put downward pressure on rates" for homeowners and other SMUD customers.
The increased demand, however, could tax some of SMUD's older substations and electric lines, requiring costly upgrades.
That's why SMUD is working with growers to compare low-wattage LED lighting to the high-pressure sodium lights, similar to street lamps, that cultivators traditionally prefer.
Parks said SMUD is also working with growers to reduce electricity demand from air conditioning and related systems.
Results of the tests are expected by the end of this year or in the early part of 2018, researchers said.
Hezekiah Allen, executive director of the California Growers Association, said cannabis cultivators welcome collaborative research projects such as those proffered by SMUD – but have their own way of doings things.
It's true, for example, that LED lighting saves energy, but it doesn't produce as much pot as high-pressure sodium lighting, he said. One option is to use LED lighting through part of a crop's growth cycle and then switch to sodium lights, he said.
Allen said the bigger concern is the potential to overload electrical grids by drawing down large amounts of power.
As recreational pot becomes legal, many growers will move from smaller operations to large-scale production and may not understand the impact of their operations on substations and other parts of the grid, he said.
Allen said it's good that SMUD employees are thinking proactively about the issue. "That's where SMUD is really shining here," he said.
During the last five years there's been a lot of discussion throughout the state about water consumption and contamination by cannabis growers, Allen said.
"I think during the next five years, we're going to see a lot of conversations about the energy impacts of the industry," he said.


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Forecasting realistic fuel consumption and spend should now be more achievable for fleets and motorists following the introduction of new European tests
Attempting to achieve an average combined miles per gallon or 'MPG' figure closely resembling the one published by a car's manufacturer has historically felt like a tall order that actually seems impossible for certain makes and models. With economy an important influencing factor for many motorists these days, plenty are left irked by the seemingly unfathomable discrepancy between fuel consumption figures quoted in marketing material and the real-life performance of a wide range of cars.
Voices from or specialising in the automotive industry have typically pointed to the unrealistic way in which cars are tested as the culprit, the official New European Driving Cycle (NEDC)1 test that was introduced in 1970 essentially taking place in laboratory conditions that don't reflect real life out there on the open road.
VDA, which is basically Germany's equivalent of the SMMT, calls the NEDC test 'obsolete', stating that the city driving element is overly long with too few acceleration events, the speed parameters are considerably disproportionate, topography doesn't feature in the equation, and commonly-used functions such as air conditioning, infotainment and heated seats aren't considered.
All the chatter these days surrounds Euro 6 emissions standards, with Euro 1 having debuted back in 1992 under the 'Euro-norm' banner. According to VDA, CO2 reduction technologies developed over recent years such as start-stop have a disingenuously strong effect on the test bench compared to on the road, by as much as 10 per cent.
UK media publications such as The Telegraph have regularly commentated on motorists' frustrations, describing the reasonable-enough-sounding theory behind NEDC tests as flawed because they cover woefully short distances, don't take temperature changes and weather conditions such as headwinds into consideration, and acceleration to 31mph is set to 26 seconds – a far cry from real life.
Has anything been done to address the issue?
A number of initiatives have been made over the years to try to enable motorists to obtain a more accurate picture of various cars' real-world fuel consumption figures, a prime example being Real MPG from Honest John3. In 2013, two years after the platform's launch, it cited that UK drivers were losing £4.45 billion in fuel due to overstated official mpg figures. Tens of thousands of motorists from around the UK have inputted their fuel economy findings into the Real MPG website, often based on detailed spreadsheet calculations reflecting actual forecourt visits compared against mileage records plus tank and fuel consumption observations.
In June 2016, Emissions Analytics4 launched a rating scheme called the EQUA Index with the aim of providing private and fleet motorists along with operators of buses and other large vehicles with transparency surrounding true outputs of polluting nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions by using their own portable emissions measurement systems (PEMS).
Nitrogen oxide emissions came to the fore in recent times when various manufacturers were found to have published questionable figures, and the link to public health and complaints such as asthma has placed just as much importance on reducing NOx levels as those of CO2.
The first round of EQUA Index results proved eye-opening with several well-regarded cars boasting Euro 6 compliant engines surprisingly ending up in the dirtiest 'H' bracket5. Data from this particular transparent emissions platform actually started pointing to Euro 6 petrol engines as being cleaner than their supposedly more desirable diesel counterparts, giving fleet managers and motorists an added decision to make.
Things look decidedly rosier from this month onwards
Some positive moves have just been made, though. Although implications further down the road of Brexit are unknown, the arrival of September brought with it some welcome news for motorists, which is of particular benefit to fleet managers and the drivers under their care. Environmental and financial constraints and goals increasingly govern the choice of vehicles offered to company car drivers and it's fair to say that the sometimes significant difference between published and achieved fuel consumption has given some fleet managers a headache when they come to analyse vehicle performance and fuel spend.
Two new tests were introduced on September 1st to replace the NEDC. The first is called the Worldwide Harmonised Light Vehicles Test Procedure (WLTP for short) and, like its forerunner, is conducted in a laboratory. This isn't cause for dismay, though, because such tests are identically repeatable in a controlled environment, ensuring that all vehicles are subjected to the exact same parameters. The WLTP also promises to resemble real life driving conditions more closely with faster speeds, sharper acceleration and more abrupt braking, and testers will fit cars with an abundance of likely optional equipment in order to present potential drivers with a better indication of worst-case figures.
The European automotive industry commendably appreciates that consumers and indeed businesses have become increasingly sceptical and wary, so the second new test to run in parallel to the WLTP is called Real Driving Emissions (RDE), bringing that previously missing element of credibility to the emissions-testing party. RDE tests will be undertaken using portable equipment fitted to vehicles and the routes driven will encompass a set range of variables no matter where they are carried out in the world.
French titan Groupe PSA has also just announced the development of its own real-world fuel consumption test protocol in partnership with T&E, FNE and Bureau Veritas. They've overseen the analysis of 60 vehicles in 430 different tests over eighteen months, culminating in the publication of a detailed and candid report containing the findings. With a margin for error of just 3%, PSA is confident that its own test protocol is robustly reproducible, and its internal data will continuously be compared alongside figures submitted by PSA customers as well as fuel economy information sent to public websites like Spirit Monitor in Germany. PSA's efforts have identified an average difference of 1.74 litres per kilometre between their test results and NEDC figures.
When will the new tests' figures be noticed?
All cars registered from September 2019 onwards will come with RDE figures, but this measure has already started to be applied to new models at the Type Approval stage. Meanwhile, WLTP data will also be provided as default for car types approved from this month onwards, but most existing models will cite figures based on the old NEDC regime, meaning there could be some crossover and confusion for a while.
Eventually, once older models are phased out and the processes settle down, Trak Global Group is optimistic that these two new tests will make it easier for fleets managers to more accurately identify vehicles that meet their criteria in terms of emissions and also fuel economy.
As a leading telematics solutions pioneer, we see first-hand how driver behaviour also plays a significant role in achieving fuel consumption figures as close as possible to those published by cars' manufacturers. Reminding company car drivers that driving smoothly boosts not only safety but also efficiency is a worthwhile addition to organisations' training endeavours or fleet handbooks. Refraining from driving erratically will also keep vehicles in better condition, reducing servicing and maintenance costs as a result.
Thinking back to the whopping sum of money quoted by Honest John as being lost by motorists in relation to overstated mpg figures, this should almost certainly become a diminishing issue for fleet managers over coming months and years thanks to the new tests and other endeavours.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/10304877/Why-you-cant-match-your-cars-claimed-fuel-economy.html
https://www.honestjohn.co.uk/topten/top-50-real-mpg-models-of-2013/
http://www.nextgreencar.com/news/7606/new-equa-nox-emissions-rating-launched/
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A Craigslist post advertising bundles of Modern Warfare 2 has led private investigators to arrests of thieves and pirates.
On October 29, someone posted an ad selling the Modern Warfare 2 bundle of console and game for $500, over ten days before the game officially comes out. Activision Blizzard spotted the ad on Craigslist and called in IPCybercrime.com, a Dallas P.I. firm, to track down the sellers. Through a series of undercover calls to the number listed, IPCybercrime nabbed the seller, but not before he completed a few transactions. One of the buyers was found to be an Xbox modder, who was later tracked down in Miami, Fl, poised to sell thousands of pirated copies of Modern Warfare 2. The pirate is now in custody.
It was quite a week for Rob Holmes, owner of IPCybercrime, which lives up to its moniker by concentrating in online investigations. "It all happened very fast," he said. "If these guys get their stuff out, then they can do some major damage to sales and spoil it for everybody. We plug leaks every day, but this was one of the biggest ones of the year."
The initial seller was found to be a kid who worked in the warehouse of a major retailer and somehow squirreled away a crate of the MW2 bundles without his supervisor catching wind of the theft. When IPCybercrime called posing as buyers, the perp quickly gave out an address and was seized without incident. I can only assume that he was a minor because his name wasn't leaked and he was transferred to the loss prevention divsion of the retailer instead of being arrested outright.
Reaching the pirate took a little more doing, but honestly these guys are not super hard to find if you are looking in the right place. Interest was piqued first when Activision Blizzard saw a post by "cedelamo" on xbox360iso.com asking for donations so that he could buy the bundle posted above and crack it. IPCybercrime decided to search Facebook for the email address listed and they found a page offering modding services and a phone number. Calling the number, and again posing as a customer, agents were able to get a business address belonging to a computer store owned by Hiram Del Amo. The investigators went to the address and determined that the pirate was 18-year-old Christian Del Amo, who was set to make a killing with pirated MW2 discs printed with the real artwork and a hologram to appear legit. Rob Holmes then called in the Miami-Dade police department, who made the arrest.
The bad news is that even though IPCybercrime worked quickly, pirates can work even quicker. It is assumed that Del Amo, posting as cedelamo, claimed that he cracked the game on Monday. Not so coincidentally, a pirated Modern Warfare 2 saturated torrent sites on the same day, potentially costing Activision Blizzard millions.
The good news is that for once, authorites might have actually caught the guy who did it.


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Whisky Taster
This tour plan takes on a Whisky Tasting Tour around Scotland's famous Speyside distilleries.
There's not too much driving on this tour as you need to allow time for tasting some of the exceptional whisky on offer at distilleries such as Aberlour, Macallan, Glenfarclas, Balvenie, Glenfiddich, Glenlivet and Strathisla.
Speyside distilleries feature prominently in the itinerary, but you can also sample Highland malts and take in the scenery, castles and history that make Scotland so magical to visit.
Allow a minimum of 4 days to drive this tour route.
The guide contains extra day trip suggestions for extending the tour to 7+ days
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Core Route Mileage:
Approximately 316 miles / 508 Km
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Explore Edinburgh -
Edinburgh is a compact city and easy to explore on foot. We provide directions for 3 walking routes that show you different sides of the Capital city; a walk down the historical Royal Mile, a riverside path to the Botanic Gardens that escapes the hustle & bustle of city life and a more energetic hike to Arthur's Seat with the option to continue to a pub with lots of history.
To get into the spirit of your Whisky tour, we steer you to a selection of our favourite traditional Edinburgh pubs where you can drink in the atmosphere and enjoy some good Malts.
The guide also includes options for day trips around the surrounding area by car, bus or train.
The day trips by car include the option of a tour around West Lothian where you can sample the produce of Glenkinchie distillery a-t its source.
Stopover in Edinburgh
Edinburgh to Pitlochry -
From Edinburgh, you start with a drive across the new road bridge over the Forth estuary. Along the way, you'll get views of the Forth Rail Bridge, an iconic symbol of Scotland.
We guide you north to Perth but give you the option to extend the drive with a visit to the pretty village of Falkland where Mary Queen of Scots had her favourite palace. The village has also featured in the filming of the "Outlander" TV show.
From Perth to Pitlochry, we suggest a back road route that visits Scone Palace, the ancient crowning place of Scottish Kings, and the romantic ruins of Dunkeld Cathedral.
The drive is short so you can spend a full afternoon in the Pitlochry / Aberfeldy area where there are three whisky distilleries that you might wish to consider visiting for a tasting tour..
Driving Distance:~60 miles
Short tours around Pitlochry: If you arrive early in Pitlochry, or wish to stay for several nights, you will enjoy the 2 short tour options supplied in this guide. These tours cover the grand Blair castle as well as less obvious places such as a deserted Blackhouse village.
Stopover in Pitlochry / Aberfeldy area
Pitlochry to Speyside -
The next leg of this Scotland tour explores the Speyside Whisky Trail.
We guide you north, past the highest distillery in Scotland, to pick up the path of the River Spey near Kingussie. Whisky distilleries are prolific along this route into Speyside, but we also guide you to a variety of other attractions such as Blair Castle, the Highland Folk Museum, the Speyside Steam Railway and the Rothiemurchus forest.
We recommend a few distilleries for special tasting tours that the whisky connoisseur will appreciate, and also suggest good bars where you can continue the whisky sampling into the evening.
Driving Distance: ~100 miles
Stopover in Moray (Speyside) Area
Speyside to Royal Deeside -
Today you traverse the Cairngorm mountains via one of the highest roads in Scotland.
It is not a long drive so you have time to fit in a few distillery tours along the Speyside Whisky Trail, or you can visit some of the grand castles of Royal Deeside. The famous distilleries along this route are Aberlour, Glenfarclas, Glenlivet and Royal Lochnagar, the distillery that supplied whisky to Queen Victoria.
Once in Royal Deeside, you can follow our short driving tour suggestion for a visit to Balmoral castle (open April - July) and exploration of the beautiful mountain and forest scenery that has attracted to the Royal Family to holiday here continually since the 1850's.
Driving Distance: ~50 miles
Stopover in Braemar / Ballater / Aboyne area
Royal Deeside to Edinburgh -
For the last leg of your whisky tasting tour, we provide 2 route options:
The shorter route takes you south from Braemar to Perth via the old military road that climbs through Glen Shee. This is seldom a busy road, but it has some twisty sections where it closely follows the same path as the original road built by the "Redcoats" in the 1700's. The rugged landscape of Glen Shee gives way to the fertile farmlands of Perthshire. You then pick up the same road that you earlier took when traveling north to Perth.
The longer route starts with the same drive over the Glen Shee pass, but then turns west to guide you back towards Pitlochry where you pick up the fast main road that leads to Stirling. On the way to Stirling, you might want to make a journey break at Gleneagles hotel where golf enthusiasts can get a souvenir at the clubhouse. You might also like to stop here for "High Tea", but it isn't cheap!
We give directions for a visit to Stirling Castle and the Wallace Monument before joining the motorway for the last leg back to Edinburgh.
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The Clinical Law Review will hold its annual Clinical Writers' Workshop on Saturday, September 21, 2019, at NYU Law School.
The Clinical Law Review Writers' Workshop provides an opportunity for clinical teachers who are writing about any subject (clinical pedagogy, substantive law, interdisciplinary analysis, empirical work, etc.) to meet with other clinicians writing on related topics to discuss their works-in-progress and brainstorm ideas for further development of their articles. Attendees will meet in small groups organized (to the extent possible) by the subject matter in which they are writing. Each group will "workshop" the draft of each member of the group.
Participation in the Clinical Law Review's Workshop requires the submission of a paper because the workshop takes the form of small group sessions in which all members of the group comment on each other's manuscripts.
As in the previous Clinical Law Review Workshops, participants will not have to pay an admission or registration fee but participants will have to arrange and pay for their own travel and lodging. To assist those who wish to participate but who need assistance for travel and lodging, NYU Law School has committed to provide scholarships of up to $750 per person to help pay for travel and lodging. The scholarships are designed for those clinical faculty who receive little or no travel support from their law schools and who otherwise would not be able to attend this conference without scholarship support. Applicants for scholarships must submit a mini-draft of or prospectus for the article they will workshop a proposed budget for travel and lodging, and a brief statement of why the scholarship would be helpful in supporting their attendance at the Workshop.
To register for the Workshop without seeking a scholarship, please fill out and submit the Registration Form along with a mini-draft or prospectus, roughly 3-5 pages in length, of the article you intend to present at the Workshop.
To register and also seek a scholarship, please fill out and submit the Registration Form with Request for Scholarship Assistance, along with a proposed budget for travel and lodging, a brief statement of why the scholarship would be helpful in supporting your attendance of the Workshop, and a mini-draft or prospectus, of roughly 3-5 pages in length, of the article you intend to present at the Workshop.


Today Pete Jr. is frost seeding clover on our fallow field. The repeated freezing and thawing towards the end of winter will cause the clover seed to fall into the cracks of the soil. The clover seed will then germinate and grow a protective covering for this field once the weather warms up. This field will rest for three years and after the two years, it will be used again for vegetable production.
The fantastic Stoneledge Farm Crew from the 2018 season. From l to r Back row: Julian Sr., Nicolas, Geo, Juan, RolandoMiddle row: Julian Jr., HarryFront row: Pete Sr., Deborah, Candice, Grace, Peter Jr.Missing Malachi and Waren.


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Ōshima (jap. , -machi, dt. "große Insel") ist eine Kleinstadt in der japanischen Präfektur Tokio. Sie umfasst die gesamte Insel Izu-Ōshima, die größte der Izu-Inseln. Die Gemeinde gehört administrativ zur Unterpräfektur Ōshima.

Geographie

Izu-Ōshima liegt im Pazifischen Ozean südlich der Sagami-Bucht und östlich der Izu-Halbinsel. Der höchste Punkt, der Gipfel des aktiven Schichtvulkans Mihara, liegt 764 m über dem Meeresspiegel.

Der größte Ortsteil Motomachi befindet sich an der flacheren Nordwestseite der Insel, eine weitere größere Siedlung, Habu, liegt am Ryūōzaki (, "Drachenkönigkap") an der Südostspitze der Insel.

Geschichte
Zeugnisse menschlicher Besiedlung lassen sich auf Ōshima lassen sich auf die Zeit vor über 7.500 Jahren zurückverfolgen. Im japanischen Mittelalter waren die Izu-Inseln formal in die Feudalstruktur der japanischen Hauptinseln eingebunden und gehörten zur Provinz Izu.

In der Meiji-Zeit erhielt die Insel eine moderne Infrastruktur: 1872 eröffnete eine Grundschule, 1875 ein Postamt. Außerdem wurden planmäßige Schiffsverbindungen mit dem Festland aufgenommen. Neben der geografisch näher liegenden Izu-Halbinsel intensivierten sich in dieser Zeit die Handelsbeziehungen mit den bedeutenderen Häfen Tokio und Yokohama. Seit 1878 gehörte Ōshima zur Präfektur Tokio. Erst 1908 wurden auf den Izu-Inseln moderne Gebietskörperschaften eingeführt, auf dem Gebiet des heutigen Ōshima entstanden sechs Dörfer. 1933 wurden diese durch eine erste Straße für den Automobilverkehr insbesondere zum Gütertransport verbunden. Eine Telefonleitung verband Ōshima ab 1934 mit den Hauptinseln.

Im Pazifikkrieg diente Ōshima als Zwischenstation für militärische Nachschublieferungen zu den Ogasawara-Inseln. Die Kaiserlich Japanische Marine nutzte den Habu-Hafen als Anlegestelle für ein Schnellbootkommando. 1944 wurden in Vorbereitung auf einen möglichen Kampf um die Hauptinseln rund 10.000 Truppen stationiert. Im Juni 1945 wurde ein Befehl zur Zwangsevakuierung erlassen; allerdings reichten die Transportkapazitäten nicht für eine vollständige Evakuierung aus. Nach Kriegsende unterlag Ōshima 1946 vorübergehend alliierter Hoheit. 1950 und 1951 erzeugte ein großer Ausbruch des Mihara einen neuen Krater ().

1955 entstand die Kleinstadt (machi) Ōshima durch den Zusammenschluss der Dörfer (mura) Okada (, -mura), Motomura (), Senzu (, -mura), Nomashi (, -mura), Sashikiji (, -mura) und Habuminato (, -mura). Ein Großbrand vernichtete in der Nacht vom 11. auf den 12. Januar 1965 ca. 1,6 ha in Motomachi. 408 Haushalte waren betroffen, der Gesamtschaden belief sich auf über 2 Mrd. Yen. 1986 musste beim größten Ausbruch des Mihara in über 200 Jahren die gesamte Insel für einen Monat nach Izu und Tokio evakuiert werden.

Im Herbst 2013 führte der Taifun Nr. 26, international Taifun Wipha genannt, zu schweren Erdrutschen vor allem in Motomachi, die zahlreiche Häuser verwüsteten und in Ōshima 39 Menschen töteten (inkl. vier Vermisste).

Demographie
Die Bevölkerungszahl Ōshimas ist seit Jahrzehnten rückläufig: Von über 10.700 Einwohnern Anfang der 1980er Jahre sank sie bis 2005 auf unter 9.000 Einwohner. Zum 1. April 2008 waren von 8.945 Einwohnern 2.668 65 Jahre oder älter, 968 waren unter 15.

Wirtschaft
2006 waren insgesamt in 723 Betrieben 4106 Beschäftigte angestellt. Davon waren knapp 700 im Einzelhandel und je über 500 im Hotel- und Gaststättengewerbe sowie in Medizin und Sozialwesen tätig. Bedeutendster Wirtschaftsfaktor in Ōshima ist der Tourismus: 2007 kamen 233.753 Besucher, die Übernachtungskapazität lag bei insgesamt über 4.500.

Verkehr

Im Nordwesten der Insel liegt der 1964 eröffnete Flughafen Ōshima, von wo regelmäßige Direktflüge nach Haneda, Chōfu und nach Hachijōjima verkehren.

Von zwei Häfen, dem Motomachi-Hafen im Westen und dem Okata-Hafen im Norden der Insel, existieren planmäßige Fährverbindungen nach Tokio, Yokohama, Atami sowie zu weiteren Izu-Inseln. Am Ryūōzaki an der Südostspitze der Insel liegt der Habu-Hafen, ein ehemaliger Vulkansee, der durch einen Tsunami im Jahr Genroku 16 (1703) mit dem Meer verbunden wurde und in der späten Edo-Zeit zum Hafen ausgebaut wurde und von Schiffen der Hochseefischerei genutzt wird. Drei weitere kleinere Fischerhäfen befinden sich im Norden, Westen und Süden von Ōshima.

Mehrere Buslinien, die von der Schifffahrtsgesellschaft Tōkai Kisen K.K. betrieben werden, dienen dem Personennahverkehr innerhalb Ōshimas.

Sehenswürdigkeiten

Größte Sehenswürdigkeit Ōshimas ist der Krater des Mihara, um den ein Panoramaweg angelegt ist. Die Aktivität des Vulkans versorgt auch mehrere heiße Quellen (Onsen). Im Südwesten tritt die Schichtstruktur des Vulkans an die Oberfläche; die "Baumkuchen" (baumukūhen) genannte Formation dokumentiert Ausbrüche der letzten 1,5 Millionen Jahre. Einige kleine Museen befinden sich in Ōshima, darunter ein Vulkanmuseum und ein Heimatmuseum (kyōdo shirōkan). Mehrere Schreine liegen rund um den Mihara und dokumentieren die jahrhundertealte religiöse Bedeutung des Vulkans.

Von Januar bis März findet im "Präfekturpark Ōshima" (toritsu Ōshima kōen) das Kamelienfest (tsubaki-matsuri) statt, wenn dort die rund 5000 Kameliensträuche blühen.

Der Habu-Hafen wurde durch den 1923 veröffentlichten Schlager habu no minato (Musik: Nakayama Shimpei; Text: Noguchi Ujō) landesweit berühmt.

Einzelnachweise

Weblinks

Ort in der Präfektur Tokio
Ort mit Seehafen
Izu-Inseln

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Wahl Professional is transforming the industry's barber battle events by crowning the top 3 winners of a first-of-its-kind online battle.
And on Tuesday, September 19th, they changed the life of Benny Machado (@mr_executive_barber) when Wahl Education and Artistic Team (W.E.A.T.) member Rick Morin surprised him as the Wahl Online Barber Battle Grand Prize Winner at his barbershop in Newport News, Virginia.
Social media played a large role in spreading the word of the digital battlefield, with entrants hearing about it on Twitter, Facebook, and particularly, Instagram.
Benny's historic win and highlights from his video were broadcast to Wahl Professional's Instagram and Facebook followers on Friday, September 22nd, garnering thousands of views for the conclusion of the historic competition.
Benny took home more than the full 5-Star line of clippers and trimmers from Wahl Professional. Most importantly, as Grand Prize winner, he will have an honorary one-year position on the highly coveted W.E.A.T. beginning in January 2018.
In fact, the grand prize was a common reason for entrants."I chose to participate in this battle because I have the desire of becoming an educator and inspiring others," Machado said.
Second-place winner Andrew Rosario (@andyfademaster) received three Wahl clippers and three Wahl trimmers, while third-place Jose Montejano (@cant_be_faded) won the 5-Star Barber Combo from Wahl Professional.
The accomplishments of Rosario and Montejano were announced on Wahl Professional's social media channels and Ambassador Program. Short vignettes from their submission videos accompanied the announcements to cement their worthiness of the honor.
All three winners received a Wahl prize pack, a Cordless Magic Clip skateboard, and an exclusive commemorative clipper to cement their status within the barbering industry.
Each contestant was allowed 15 minutes to create a video showcasing their mastery of three cuts: a Classic Pompadour, Bald Fade and a Creative Cut that was entirely up to the barber or stylist's vision.
The battle also allowed each entrant to showcase what they're most known for. Rosario deftly demonstrated his famous skin fade. Montejano perfected the Pixie. And Machado created an over-the-top custom cut.


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