Working in silence in the remote caves of Lascaux, France, Massive FX Pedals began it's murky and twisted history. In complete isolation while playing the lyre of the day and riffing on some Gregorian Blues, Brother Jordan "Weird Beard" Glass had a vision, a flash of devine revelation. This vision revealed an "amplified Lyre," or what would come to be known as the solid body electric guitar. Contemplating this new Electric Lyre, Brother Jordan drew the Death card from the Tarot deck foreshadowing what was to come.
After many decades of silent and relentless work, the Brothers came up with a primitive Tesla type coil/Variac to maintain a solid 90 "brown" volts for the sole purpose of manifesting this tone Jordan heard in his head. On the 7th day, the Brothers felt satisfied with their labors. The first solid body electric guitar and 100-watt Marsa'le Pluxy SuperLeadUsO'Father full stack, manifested on October 31, 1688. Speculation still persists about what the 4×12 cabs were loaded with, but are widely believed to be hemp Greenbacks. As Jericho before them, they rocked the cave with pure rock fury.
Meanwhile in a near by village, this wondrous sound waxed and waned, reverberating on the walls of the city. A fair maiden by the name of Rosalyn De La Stompus DaB'oxus (known as Rosie – not a particularly small woman) and her friends of the fairer female persuasion, felt moved by this sound. This music, it stirred something inside them drawing them to it's source. Following this beautiful golden fuzz tone, they found the cave from whence it came.
9 months later on a stormy night on the 7th year, of the 7th month, on the7th day a child was born, Jordan Glass II manifested before Rosie's eyes. Like Noah and Adam before, this child lived for the next 300 years perfecting this fuzz craft handed down from his elders. Throughout the early 20th century Jordan Glass II performed in vaudeville while working on his FX Pedals by night. A brief brush with fame came when Jordan appeared on the moronic hit TV show "It's a Wise Child" winning a record 10 consecutive shows, but his focus was singular, a grand Devine guitar tone.
Fast forward to 1968, the Summer of Love. Jordan met Sunshine a hippy Go Go Dancer working at the Whiskey A Go Go in Los Angeles. They dated on and off for the next few years. After living with various musicians in Laurel Canyon, Sunshine ended up at a commune at Spahn Ranch "hanging" there until July of 1969. As she says, "things were getting a bit heavy" so she decided to come East and go to the Woodstock Festival." According to Sunshine on the last day of the festival while skinny dipping in "Leon's Lake, "the immaculate conception" occurred at the climax of the fuzz masterpiece, "Star Spangle Banner," performed by Jimi Hendrix. Unfortunately, shortly after consummating their relationship, in the early hours of August 18th 1969, Jordan "broke on through to the other side," passing on after consuming some bad brown acid.
Upon Jordan Glass II 's untimely death, Sunshine fell on hard times. The newest Glass child, Jordan "Fuzz" Glass III, was brought to family friends in New Mexico and raised for the next 15 years by Thomas Newton and his live-in girlfriend Mary Lou. Studying the cosmos, advanced science, mathematics, astrology, numerology, and electrical engineering, he continued the family pursuit of infinite fuzz tone. On Jordan "Fuzz" Glass III's thirty third birthday, a black SUV arrived at his home driven by 2 very nervous men. They presented Jordan with a box and said that it was found in a vault in the basement of World Trade Center building Number 7. They quickly left and Jordan opened the box. Inside was a partially burned guitar pedal labeled "DallasDevilsPlay," a Black Sabbath debut 8-Track tape and a leather satchel containing some very ancient documents/schematics on some sort of pre-industrial revolution hemp paper. For many years to come Jordan studied these documents and the joyful sound that came from that 8-Track tape.
* Note: Based on facts handed down through the oral tradition.


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East Putney to Battersea Park - travel by train, bus and rail
East Putney to Battersea Park
Start with District line to Embankment
From Saturday 15 January to mid May 2022, the Northern line will be closed between Kennington and Moorgate as part of major upgrade works. During this time, Embankment station is expected to be exceptionally busy between 07:45-08:45 and 16:30-18:45. Please avoid interchanging at this station during these times if possible. For alternative access to the City, consider walking, cycling or taking bus routes 11 or 15.
Change for Northern line to Battersea Power Station
Waterloo Underground Station
Kennington Underground Station
Nine Elms Underground Station
From Saturday 15 January to mid May 2022, the Northern line will be closed between Kennington and Moorgate as part of major upgrade works. During the closure, there will be no interchange from Battersea Power Station to the Bank branch at Kennington. Please consider travelling at the quieter times for a more comfortable journey. If you must travel at the busier times, allow more time for your journey.
Change for Walk to Battersea Park Station
Change for Piccadilly line to Leicester Square
From Saturday 15 January to mid May 2022, the Northern line will be closed between Kennington and Moorgate as part of major upgrade works. During this time, Leicester Square Station is expected to be busy between 07:45-08:45 and 16:30-18:45. Please consider travelling at the quieter times for a more comfortable journey. If you must travel at the busier times, allow more time for your journey.
Charing Cross Underground Station
Change for 156 bus to Battersea Park Station
Lavender Hill Police Station
Battersea Arts Centre
Tipthorpe Road
Queenstown Road / Wandsworth Road
Prairie Street
Silverthorne Road
Queenstown Road Station
Start with Cycle to Battersea Park Station
Return journey: Battersea Park to East Putney
What is the average journey time between East Putney and Battersea Park by London Underground?
The average journey between East Putney and Battersea Park by train is 56 mins
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Kovai People Forum to be launched on August 21
With an aim to bring the City back to its old glory of maintaining peace, unity and communal harmony, a few like-minded political parties and organisations have joined hands and formed 'Kovai People Forum', which will be launched on August 21 here.
After 1990, the city witnessed frequent communal tension, intolerance, murders and violence following animosity between a section of Hindus and Muslims, disturbing peace and communal harmony.
To bring back the glory and maintain peace and unity, leaders of different like minded organisations with Marx, Ambedkar and Periyar ideologies and with democratic and secular credentials, will share the platform on that day, Forum sources said.
Senior CPI-M Politburo member Prakash Karat, DMK MP Kanimozhi, Viduthalai Chiruthaigal founder-president Thirumavalavan, former CPI MP K. Subbarayan, Congress district leader Mayura Jayakumar, MDMK leader R.R. Mohankumar and Thanthai Periyar Dravida Kazhagam general secretary K. Ramakishnan will be among those sharing the dais on that day, they said.


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Olympic Air, announced the launch of its new Athens - Tel Aviv - Athens route from March 9th, 2012. Constantly upgrading its services to meet the needs of passengers, Olympic Air adds Israel to its regular flight schedule, thus, enhancing its presence in the Middle East, and implementing its strategic planning in the Eastern Mediterranean area.
For passengers travelling on the Tel Aviv - Athens leg, Olympic Air offers connecting flights to destinations in the Balkans, Cyprus, Greece, and the Greek islands in a network that no other airline offers.
Travelers from Tel Aviv to Athens may access Greece by visiting the Greek capital, Athens, and onwards to 31 domestic destinations currently served.
Connecting flights to the Greek islands are of special focus as the flow of Israeli tourists to Greece is constantly increasing.
Passengers on the new route will also enjoy the advantage of highly competitive departure and arrival times. Flights from Tel Aviv to Athens will be operated by Airbus A320/A319 four times a week, every Monday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday. Flight time is 1 hour and 50 minutes.
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CommunityInteriorsRenovationSpotlight
Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg – Center for Health Equity
Amanda August 18, 2022
In Malcolm Gladwell's book the Tipping Point he revisits the broken window theory utilized in NYC during the 90's tying visible graffiti and empty buildings to crime and poverty. Can strategic empty building repurposing and subsequent job creation help climb towards an economic development tipping point for St. Petersburg's Black community? South St. Petersburg once had a multitude of Black owned grocery stores and business's prior to de-segregation. Many closed, struggling to compete after de-segregation with larger grocery stores just outside the black community. Many of those larger stores later closed for decades. They are empty reminders of the food desert left behind. Without the Anchor Grocery Stores the supporting retail strips also suffered due to the loss of traffic and exposure.
The foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg chose this site for The Center for Health Equity precisely for this reason. It would become the anchor, bring in traffic, promote it's neighbors and community. The mission of Health equity can't be fully achieved without economic equity. The repurposing of this vacant grocery store simultaneously highlights the past while directly investing in the community's future. Since this building was completed the City has taken steps to repurpose and bring another similar empty retail strip less than a mile away providing additional opportunity. These actions help fill both physical and economic voids in the urban fabric. To see a concept repeated is evidence of its success and potential exponential impact toward a community Tipping point.
Internally the Center for Health Equity convenes the community partners, collects data, and acts as an incubator for non-profits. To do this they need an extremely flexible and convertible space. They may have a conference with both large assemblies and break out groups, but they don't have the luxury to house those programs in separate spaces. One space must convert into multiple spaces within a couple minutes. To complicate the matter the existing retail structure is not sized to allow any significant additional weight such as acoustic partitions. A non-traditional solution was required. The firm also has a focus on entertainment leading Principal Jason Jensen to recommend the use of acoustical curtains. Four 7-layer Acoustical curtains were configured to provide between one and six break out rooms with additional interstitial spaces outside the pods. This curtain manufacturer said they believed this to be the largest installation of acoustical curtains in the world to date. The success of this installation allows the Center to serve a much larger program with half the space. This creative solution made it feasible for this grocery store to be repurposed within the existing structure and within the existing spatial envelope.
Behind the Conference space is a collaborative office space which serves as an incubator for nonprofits. A mix of enclosed office spaces and break out collaboration spaces were designed to create opportunities for cross pollination between organizations.
This was designed within the original back of house store space. We worked within the existing infrastructure, exposing it within the space. Different levels of privacy were provided throughout the collaborative workspace allowing multiple nonprofits to co-habitat within the same space.
As architects we saw the significance of both the location and mission despite inherit structural and spatial limitations that could make this programming problematic. We had to find a path to repurposing. Our task was to find design solutions that worked within the constraints. We used the limitations to fuel innovation with solutions that would not have been implemented in new construction. The Center's flexibility empowers participants to define their space for social, health, and economic development.
Integrated Design Build
This Project was delivered with a truly integrated Design Build process. The Design Team at WJ Architects sit side by side with the construction team WJ Create Led by John Crum. Architect Jason Jensen holds ownership in both the design and build operations. Traditionally Architects have avoided the liability of construction, but we feel this evolution is needed to maintain design values within an expanding design build delivery environment. Three of the construction staff also have both architecture and construction experience. This ensures that the design vision and motivation carried from concept through construction. Renovations require intense investigation and collaborative solutions to be successful and within budget. We collaborated with mechanical solutions that would not overstress the existing solutions and worked together to evaluate the acoustical curtain solution since this was a unique use of the product. The design team also created scripts and dimensioned schedules of the cladding to be integrated into shop drawings ensuring accuracy and expediting the install. This project is an example of how integrated design can be leveraged for innovation and efficiency enhancing the design potential.
Cladding:
Parametric modeling was used to create and schedule the metal panel pattern on the façade. A script was used in Grasshopper and then brought into the Revit model. Since this was design build, we were able to create the shop drawing ourselves and go directly into construction saving substantial time,
The façade metaphorically represents how two different perspectives or colors can come together to create a new pattern.
Repurposing Abandoned Big Box Retail
Brick and Mortar Retail and Grocery stores are continuing to fail in lower socio-economic neighborhoods. We sought to re-program an abandoned store to re-activate a retail strip mall and surrounding neighborhood. This projects ambition is to improve the immediate community, be a spark for social change, and fuel health equity progress. The project is precedence for abandoned Big Box store redevelopment.
Specifically, this project is a Center for Health Equity Conference Center and nonprofit coworking office project which includes extensive interior and exterior renovations to repurpose an existing 1960s shopping center into a collaborative meeting space for organizations across Pinellas County working toward health equity. The new center will serve as a flexible venue, forum, workshop, and office for various community members and non-profit organizations to come together, share resources, develop strategies and carry out initiatives. The Social Change Center will be used to fuel community-led, multi-sector interventions for improvements in health equity for southern Pinellas County.
The architectural concept is closely tied to the client's ethos which focuses on fostering unique solutions for health equity that come from within the community. Honest architecture with flexible spaces has driven the special planning of a clear visibility of all activities within the flexible spaces and several large infographics that explain the mission of the space. This concept of honest architecture with flexible spaces promotes the structural details and electric motors that allow the space to function to be clearly visible and celebrated portions of the details. The partitioning of the spaces was done by using 7-layer acoustic motorized curtains that allow a flexible and fluid space as opposed to the typical operable partition. The curtains in their stacked position also help reduce the reverberation time of the large open space.
The resulting Center is no longer a strip mall but the center of a resilient Community seeking Health Equity.
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I wish we'd stop making so many people to memorialize at the end of May. Regardless of what I think of the country's leadership, I'm still somewhat in awe of those who went face to face with what sacrifice really means.
I've seen it mentioned in multiple places that Memorial Day is not "national barbecue day." Fair enough. I hope we bring the same solemnity to our remembrances on the first Monday in September. Without their sacrifices, we might not even have weekends, let alone holidays.
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It's a good bet the few new neighbors you have come far. Meanwhile, a large share of those who departed didn't venture out of the West.
California is curiously alluring to those east of the Mississippi River.
My trusty spreadsheet tells me that California, when accounting for its nation-leading population, is the worst state at attracting new residents from elsewhere in the U.S, according to newly released 2017 census migration data. At the same time, just Michigan and Texas fared better, proportionally, at retaining their residents than California.
So, from where do these rare Californian newbies hail? And where do the modest number of exits from California go?
It's a good bet the few new neighbors you have come far. Meanwhile, a large share of those who departed didn't venture out of the West. Let my spreadsheet explain.
In 2017, 523,131 people came to California, a tiny 1.3 percent sliver of the state's 39 million residents. All the Texas lovers should note the Lone Star state was last year's top source for new Californians via interstate relocation, with 40,999 making the move West.
New York was the former home of California's second-largest source of new residents (34,278) followed by Washington (33,143); Illinois (27,117); and then a border state — Arizona at 26,907.
As for outflow, 661,026 exited California, a scant 1.7 percent slice of the population. Texas — the second most-populous state — was the top destination for who departed the Golden State: 63,174 left for the Lone State state. Next came west-of-the-Rockies states: Arizona (59,233); followed by Washington (52,484); Oregon (50,109) and Nevada (47,513).
All these ins and outs add up to what's called a "net" migration score. California's total net outmigration — more exits than arrivals — was 137,895 last year or 0.4 percent of the population.
On a state-by-state basis, though, California was looking good to folks east of the Mississippi.
California's largest net in-migration was with Illinois as 11,071 more people came to the Golden State than exited to the Land of Lincoln. Then came New York (9,296); Virginia (6,653); Pennsylvania (5,146); and New Jersey (4,938).
Meanwhile, California's biggest migration deficits had a Western flair.
The No. 1 state for net outmigration was Arizona, which added 32,326 more Californians than those who departed for the Golden State. No. 2 was Oregon where 29,561 more Californians came vs. exits to the Golden State. Next in the rankings came moves between Nevada, with California outmigration of 23,745; Texas (22,175); Washington (19,341); and Idaho (15,746).
California migration is a lot like fashion: What states are hot — and which ones are not — is often in flux.
This popularity measurement, for good and bad, is by no means uniform across the nation. When comparing last year's state-by-state relocation trends with average migration habits for the previous seven years some intriguing patterns emerged.
Take Virginia, for example. It may be for lovers, as its old marketing lingo suggested, and it soon will be home to a new headquarters for retail giant Amazon.
But it's also a hot spot for folks who want to be Californians.
Comparing 2017 migration with 2010-16 trends, California had 3,454 fewer departures to Virginia and 6,073 more arrivals. That adds up to a 9,526 net migration improvement, the largest among the states. By the way, Virginia in '17 was the No. 13 destination for departing Californians, and the No. 9 source for new residents.
California also picked up ground in Illinois, which has long suffered outmigration woes. There was a 6,138 net improvement for California, second-largest: 120 fewer departures to Illinois and 6,017 more arrivals. Illinois in '17 was the No. 12 destination and the No. 4 source for new Californians.
The next three states that California made progress on, migration-wise, might be a bit of a surprise.
No. 3 was Colorado, a 4,628 net improvement — that's 1,924 more departures but 6,552 more arrivals. Fast-growing Colorado was the No. 7 destination and the No. 6 former home state.
No. 4 was economic arch-rival Texas, with a 4,579 net improvement for California. That's 1,976 fewer moves to Texas and 2,602 more arrivals. Texas — the second-most populous state — was No. 1 for both exits and arrivals.
And fifth was Wisconsin, a 4,249 net improvement — that's 991 fewer departures and 3,258 more arrivals. Wisconsin — with one of the nation's most-educated populations — was the No. 33 destination for exiting Golden Staters and the No. 21 source for new Californians.
Of course, other states created noteworthy challenges for California. And that stiff competition is decidedly Western.
Arizona topped the list of folks outhustling California for residents. The Golden State was hit with a 15,419 net migration decline to this eastern neighbor. There were 6,877 more departures to Arizona than the average and 8,543 fewer arrivals. Proximity still matters, though, as Arizona last year was the No. 2 destination but also the No. 5 source for new Californians.
To the north, Oregon was No. 2 with a 14,059 net decline for California: 14,219 more departures far outpacing the 160 extra arrivals. Oregon in '17 was the No. 4 destination and the No. 10 source for arrivals.
Further north was No. 3 Washington, with a 10,050 net decline for California: that's 9,939 more departures and 111 fewer arrivals. Washington in '17 was both the No. 3 state for exits and arrivals.
And then there's tiny Idaho at No. 4, with a relatively stunning 9,362 net decline for California: departures up 9,448 vs. 86 more arrivals. Note that Idaho in '17 was the No. 10 state Californians moved to but just the 27th largest source for newcomers.
Then comes Florida, the third-most populous state. California suffered a net decline of 6,525 residents to the Sunshine State: 7,419 more departures vs. 893 more arrivals. Florida in '17 was the No. 6 destination and the No. 7 source for new Californians.
These migration trends make Florida's growing pull feel like an anomaly because California has a burgeoning attraction to Easterners living in relatively high-cost, urban states … while the Californian relocation preference grows for other more affordable, less-densely populated far Western states.


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Garcetti Opens New Bus-Only Lanes On 5th and 6th Streets Downtown
By Joe Linton
Mayor Garcetti opening the new bus and bike lanes on 5th and 6th Streets. Image via Facebook Live
This morning, via Facebook Live, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti celebrated the grand opening of the city's newest bus-only lanes. The coupled pair of new one-way bus lanes are on 5th and 6th Streets through downtown Los Angeles. Garcetti praised the bus lanes as part of the city's Green New Deal and emphasized their importance for equity in serving people who can't afford a car.
The bus lanes are a joint project of L.A. city and Metro. Much of 5th and 6th were resurfaced under the city's Bureau of Street Services "Streets L.A." ADAPT accelerated repaving program during COVID-19's traffic lull. The bus lanes are the first on-the-ground improvements to come out of Metro and the L.A. City Transportation Department's (LADOT) bus speed working group, established under city and Metro motions authored by City Councilmember Mike Bonin.
Streetsblog reported on the planned lanes in late May and early June and shared photos of the in-process lanes in July.
The new westbound 5th Street bus lane extends 1.2 miles from Central Avenue to Flower Street. The new eastbound 6th Street bus lane extends 1.2 miles from Grand Avenue to Central Avenue. They operate from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on weekdays.
According to Metro, more than 80 buses per hour carrying about 29,000 daily riders currently use either 5th or 6th on weekdays. This doesn't include municipal transit operators Torrance Transit, LADOT DASH and Commuter Express, Antelope Valley Transit, and Montebello Bus Lines.
Responding to a campaign from Skid Row activists led by L.A. Community Action Network (LA CAN), the city also added protected bike lanes on 5th and 6th, but only from Spring Street to Central.
More bus lanes are on the way to downtown Los Angeles. Look for additional bus-only facilities on Aliso Street, Grand Avenue, and Olive Street – as well as a planned queue-jump signal on 5th at Flower. Today, Garcetti pledged to replicate these bus lanes and protected bike lanes in other parts of the city including "in your neighborhood."
Metro map of planned bus-only lanes in downtown Los Angeles – via Metro presentation
Filed Under: bicycle lanes, buses, Downtown LA, Eric Garcetti, LADOT, Metro, Mike Bonin
Metro and LADOT Collaborating To Add New Downtown L.A. Bus Lanes
By Joe Linton	| May 22, 2020
Metro is working with LADOT to implement bus-only lanes on 5th Street, 6th Street, Aliso Street, Grand Avenue, and Olive Street.
Some New Details On New Bus Lanes and Bike Lanes Coming To Downtown L.A.
By Joe Linton	| Jun 10, 2020
LADOT and Metro are adding needed bus and bike lanes on 5th and 6th Streets, with construction starting next week. But some say the bike lanes don't go far enough.
Bus-Only Lanes: Seattle Activism, L.A. City Motion
By Joe Linton	| Aug 23, 2019
Seattle-ites take to the streets to get drivers out of bus lanes. A Krekorian/Bonin motion could expand bus lanes in L.A. City.
Streetfilms Video: Flower Street Bus Lane A Success Story To Spread Through L.A.
By Joe Linton	| Dec 12, 2019
Streetfilms and TransitCenter have a new short video out today highlighting the success of downtown Los Angeles' Flower Street bus-only lane.
Eyes on the Street: Red Pavement Bus Lanes in Downtown L.A.
The red pavement treatment makes the bus lane a bit more visible, a bit harder for drivers to ignore
Eyes on the Street: New Bus and Bike Lanes in Progress in Downtown and South L.A.
By Joe Linton	| Jul 16, 2020
LADOT is striping new bus lanes on 5th and 6th Streets, and new bike lanes on 5th, 6th, Olive Street, and Avalon Boulevard


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Don't Interfere With Iran Talks, Kerry Urges Congress
Jo Biddle
Washington (AFP) — Secretary of State John Kerry will this week defend an emerging deal intended to curb Iran's nuclear ambitions, urging skeptical U.S. lawmakers not to put up obstacles that could scupper the tough negotiations.
"I'll lay out the facts," Kerry told CBS's Face the Nation on Sunday when asked about a different narrative emerging from Iranian leaders about the outlines of a deal agreed in Lausanne, Switzerland earlier this month.
"Everything I have laid out is a fact. And I'll stand by them."
The Lausanne framework marked a major breakthrough in a 12-year standoff between Iran and the West, which disputes Tehran's denial that it is seeking to acquire nuclear bomb.
Global powers must resolve a series of difficult technical issues by a June 30 deadline for a final deal, including the steps for lifting global sanctions imposed on Iran, and lingering questions over the possible military dimensions of its nuclear program.
"I think people need to hold their fire and let us negotiate without interference and be able to complete the job over the course of the two-and-a-half months," Kerry said.
The State Department angered Iran when it released a fact sheet on April 2 about the Lausanne outlines, which appeared to differ from the Iranians' understanding of what had been agreed.
Iran's Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who will have the final say on any deal, plunged the accord into doubt last week suggesting that "nothing is binding" while President Hassan Rouhani demanded that sanctions be immediately lifted when any deal is signed.
Global powers — Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States — have said sanctions will only be gradually eased and want a mechanism to ensure they can be swiftly reimposed if Iran breaks its word.
"We had this same duelling narratives, discrepancies, spin, whatever you want to call it with respect to the interim agreement" reached in November 2013, Kerry said.
But he insisted that Iran had complied with the interim deal freezing parts of its nuclear program in exchange for limited sanctions relief.
Kerry, however, has come under fire from U.S. lawmakers, including his former Republican Senate friend and adversary John McCain who last week said America's top diplomat was "delusional."
"I think you're going to find out that they never agreed to the things that John Kerry claimed they had," McCain told a radio show on Thursday, adding that Kerry was now trying to "sell a bill of goods hoping that maybe the Iranians wouldn't say much about it."
Kerry refused to be drawn into a tit-for-tat argument with McCain.
"What we're looking for is not to have Congress interfere with our ability, inappropriately, by stepping on the prerogatives of the executive department of the president, and putting in place conditions and terms that are going to get in the way of the limitation of a plan," Kerry told NBC's Meet the Press.
But President Barack Obama on Saturday leapt to Kerry's defense.
Suggesting America's top diplomat was "somehow less trustworthy in the interpretation of what's in a political agreement than the supreme leader of Iran — that's an indication of the degree to which partisanship has crossed all boundaries," Obama told reporters in Panama.
Obama said he could understand that people might not trust Iran, which has not had diplomatic ties with the United States since the 1979 storming of the U.S. embassy in Tehran.
But "actively communicating that the United States government and our secretary of state is somehow spinning presentations in a negotiation with a foreign power, particularly one that you say is your enemy, that's a problem. It needs to stop."
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius meanwhile agreed Sunday that "there remains work to do" to reach a final deal after talks in Saudi Arabia.
Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif in Geneva on January 14 for a bilateral meeting to provide guidance to their negotiating teams before their next round of discussions, which begin on January 15.


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Q: Probability of collecting all the sticker types This question is in the context of tuning a training procedure, whereby the learner may receive random stickers for good performance.  I am trying to figure out the probability of any given learner maximizing their reward by collecting every possible sticker type.  This information will be used to adjust the number of sticker types.
A single learner plays 60 games.  Each game has 100 trials.  Every time the learner succeeds in a trial, there is a 4% chance that the learner will receive a random sticker.  There are an unlimited number of stickers, there are $ n $ sticker types, there is a uniform probability distribution for selecting any given sticker type, and repeat sticker types are possible.  (E.g., Bob won two Batman stickers in a row, but he instead wanted a Batman sticker and a Superman sticker.)
Question: Assuming the learner succeeds in every trial, what is the probability that, at the end of the 60th game, the learner will have collected at least one of each of the $ n $ sticker types?
My thinking thus far:

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*The problem is equivalent to a single game with 6000 trials.

*The probability of winning any sticker after one trial is $\frac{1}{25}$, or 4%.

*The probability of winning a specific sticker type after one trial is $ \frac{1}{25n} $, or $ \frac{0.04}{n} $.

*$ p_{max} = 1 - p_{fail} $

*The probability of only getting $ i $ unique sticker types after 6000 trials is $p_{i}$.

*$p_{fail} = \sum_{i=0}^{n-1} p_{i}$

*$p_{0} = 0.04^{6000}$ (the probability of not winning any stickers at all after 6000 trials)

At this point I am not sure how to proceed.

A: As derived e.g. here, the probability to have all sticker types after obtaining $k$ stickers is
$$
\frac{n!}{n^k}\left\{k\atop n\right\}\;,
$$
where $\left\{k\atop n\right\}$ is a Stirling number of the second kind,
$$
\def\stir#1#2{\left\{#1\atop#2\right\}}\stir kn=\frac1{n!}\sum_{j=0}^n(-1)^{n-j}\binom njj^k\;.
$$
In your case, the number of stickers obtained is binomially distributed, with the probability for $k$ stickers being
$$
\binom{6000}k\left(\frac1{25}\right)^k\left(\frac{24}{25}\right)^{6000-k}\;,
$$
so the probability to have all sticker types is
$$
\left(\frac{24}{25}\right)^{6000}n!\sum_{k=0}^{6000}\binom{6000}k(24n)^{-k}\left\{k\atop n\right\}\;,
$$
which we can transform using the definition of the Stirling numbers:
\begin{align}
&\sum_{k=0}^{6000}\binom{6000}k(24n)^{-k}\frac1{n!}\sum_{j=0}^n(-1)^{n-j}\binom njj^k
\\
={}&\left(\frac{24}{25}\right)^{6000}n!\sum_{j=0}^n(-1)^{n-j}\binom nj\sum_{k=0}^{6000}\binom{6000}k\left(\frac j{24n}\right)^k
\\
={}&
\left(\frac{24}{25}\right)^{6000}n!\sum_{j=0}^n(-1)^{n-j}\binom nj\left(1+\frac j{24n}\right)^{6000}
\\
={}&
n!\sum_{j=0}^n(-1)^{n-j}\binom nj\left(\frac{24}{25}+\frac j{25n}\right)^{6000}\;.
\end{align}
If you don't want to compute this sum, you can approximate the number of stickers obtained by the expected number $6000/25=240$ of stickers obtained, yielding an estimate of
$$
\frac{n!}{n^{240}}\stir{240}n
$$
for the probability to have all sticker types.

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Q: Building and packaging a portable ffmpeg Linux program ('GLIBC_2.27' not found) I am trying to build a portable version of ffmpeg to run on major Linux distributions, with the final user only having to extract the distributed targz package to the appropriate directory.
My previous builds on Ubuntu 16.04 worked fine. I upgraded to Ubuntu 18.04 and new builds, when run on Fedora 27 with LD_LIBRARY_PATH=. ./ffmpeg, show errors:
./ffmpeg: /lib64/libm.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.27' not found (required by ./libavfilter.so.7)
./ffmpeg: /lib64/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.27' not found (required by ./libavformat.so.58)

Which i interpret as the libavxxx libraries want to dynamically link against system libraries libc and libm that would have been compiled with GLIBC_2.27, but those libs have been compiled with an older GLIBC version.
Note that the fact the errors show from libavxxx.so is not the point, as if i compile ffmpeg as a fat binary (libavxxx linked statically), i get the same error from ffmpeg.
The only workaround i have found so far is to copy the build system libc.so.6 and libm.so.6 libraries to the directory containing the binaries and make them part of the ffmpeg package.
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Novra Announces Major Novra Group Radio Order and Strong First Quarter Bookings
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LAS VEGAS, April 9, 2018 /CNW/ - Novra Technologies Inc. ("Novra") (TSX-V: NVI) announced today that it has received—through one of its Novra Group companies—two new orders totaling more than $3.2M CAN from a major international radio broadcaster. The orders are for an ongoing network upgrade as well as a technology refresh of satellite uplink infrastructure. Both orders are scheduled for delivery in Q3 and Q4 of 2018.
With these orders, the first quarter 2018 consolidated sales and bookings results for the Novra Group of companies—Novra Technologies, International Datacasting (IDC), and Wegener Corporation—total approximately $6M CAN, of which $4.1M CAN is backlog expected to be delivered in 2018.
Harris Liontas, Novra President and CEO commented, "Strong bookings and sales results for our first quarter demonstrate a vote of confidence by our customers in the strength and stability as well as innovative products and solutions the Novra Group offers. The combination of these three respected companies with complementary expertise and products is progressing well and we're thrilled that industry leaders continue to select us as a technology partner and trusted supplier."
The announcement was made at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) 2018 convention and trade show where Novra Group team members will be staffing booth SU2721, showcasing new products and solutions at the world's largest gathering for broadcast and media technologies.
About Novra Technologies Inc.: Novra (TSX-V: NVI) is an international technology provider of products, systems and services for the distribution of multimedia broadband content. The Novra Group of companies includes Novra, International Datacasting Corporation, and Wegener Corporation. The companies in the group are known for a strong focus on applications including: broadcast video and radio, digital cinema, digital signage, and highly reliable data communications. For more information visit: www.novragroup.com
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Antiulcer properties of Glycyrrhiza glabra L. extract on experimental models of gastric ulcer in mice.
Jalilzadeh-Amin G1, Najarnezhad V1, Anassori E1, Mostafavi M2, Keshipour H3.
Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran.
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Glycyrrhiza glabra L. is used in folk medicine for treatment of stomach disorders including peptic ulcers. The hydroalcoholic extract of Glycyrrhiza glabra L. (HEGG) was evaluated for antiulcerogenic activity and acute toxicity profile in mice. Various doses of HEGG (50-200 mg/kg) were administered orally to animals of different groups. Omeprazole and cimetidine at doses of 30 and 100 mg/kg were used as positive controls, respectively. Stomach was opened along the greater curvature then ulceration index was determined examining the inner lining of stomach. Oral administration of the extract at 1600 mg/kg did not produce toxic symptoms and mortality in mice. 2950 mg/kg was determined as the oral LD50. The HEGG (50-200 mg/kg) showed a significant reduction in ulcer index in HCl/Ethanol-induced ulcer. G. glabra extract (50-150 mg/kg) showed antiulcer activity against indomethacin-induced gastric lesions dose dependently. The extract effectively inhibited formation of gastric lesions induced by ethanol. The extract (200 mg/kg) was more potent than omeprazole (30 mg/kg). HEGG reduced the ulcer index in hypothermic stress induced gastric ulcers in mice and the antiulcer effect was comparable to that of cimetidine. The results indicated that G. glabra hydroalcoholic extract exerted an antiulcergenic effect that could be associated with increase in gastric mucosal defensive factors.


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"The agency is committed to doing everything we can to address drug shortages so that patients can get the medicines they need when they need them," Capt. Valerie Jensen, director of the Drug Shortage Staff at the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, said in an agency news release. "For the past year, the FDA has been working to ensure that supplies of [doxorubicin] were not interrupted."
The new generic version is made by Sun Pharma Global and will be available in 20 milligram and 50 milligram vials. Like brand-name Doxil, the injected drug is administered intravenously by a health care professional.
Generic drugs approved by the FDA have the same quality and strength as brand name drugs, and the generic manufacturing and packaging sites must pass the same quality standards as those of brand name drugs, the agency noted.
In response to the Doxil shortage, the FDA announced in February 2012 that it would allow temporary controlled importation of Lipodox, an alternative to Doxil that is produced by Sun Pharma Global but not approved in the United States.
The FDA also decided to allow the release of one lot of Janssen's Doxil made under an unapproved manufacturing process.
For the time being, the FDA said it will continue to allow the controlled importation of Lipodox. Once there is enough of Sun's generic version to meet projected demand, the FDA will halt imports of any unapproved doxorubicin product.
Shortages of potentially life-saving cancer medications have plagued the U.S. health care system for the past two years.
Speaking at the annual meeting of the American Society for Clinical Oncology last June, Dr. Richard Schilsky, chair of ASCO's government relations committee, told reporters that some shortages had eased, "but there is still an unpredictable availability of many drugs and we are never sure exactly when a generic drug is suddenly going to go out of supply."
According to Schilsky, "that creates a tremendous amount of uncertainty -- anxiety for our patients and great difficulty in planning if you're a physician."
In October of 2011, President Barack Obama signed a special Executive Order demanding action on the issue, which is often caused by interruptions in manufacturing as companies address safety issues.
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Preparing for the 2020 College Football Season: The Weirdest, Wackiest, Most Confusing Season of our Lifetimes
Being a college football fanatic in the midst of a global pandemic has been quite the emotional rollercoaster ride. That ride took a few extra twists and turns last week when the MAC, Pac-12 and Big Ten all announced their fall seasons would either be cancelled or delayed, likely until the spring of 2021. However, the ACC, SEC, and Big 12 chose not to follow along in the footsteps of the other two Power Five conferences, instead making it clear that they planned to go ahead with the 2020 campaign. A number of other smaller conferences appear to be following their lead, at least for the time being, in the Sun Belt, Conference USA, and American Athletic. All this recent movement has left the status of the 2020 season completely up in the air. It seems likely that we will see some FBS football this fall, but how much, and for how long? Will we see a Heisman winner, a National Champion, a College Football Playoff? I decided to take some time to make my best educated guesses on what this season will look like, and break down a few of the storylines to keep an eye on as we work our way through the month of August. Of course, the impact of COVID-19 can change things within the span of hours, and things could be outdated within a few days. That's just the reality we're living in during the year 2020, and this college football season will be no different.
Will the SEC, ACC, and Big 12 Actually Play?: Even with the Big Ten and Pac-12 calling off this fall officially, the other three Power Five conferences are sticking it out. Both the SEC and ACC had previously announced conference-only schedules (ACC also had one non-conference slot on their schedule, which seems highly unlikely now), with the Big 12 set to announce their own schedule at the time of publishing. The commitment to a season makes sense in some ways, and is surprising in others. These conferences all play in geographic areas where college football is more than a sport; it is the lifeblood of the culture down south, and it's also particularly important for local economies, even if fans aren't able to flock to stadiums on Saturdays. The pushback from fans in these respective areas would be tremendous, even if there was an outside hope for a season in the spring. With that being said, it is particularly risky when you consider how this pandemic has hit the areas where these conferences call home. Florida and Texas have been ravaged by COVID-19 over the last couple months, and the situation has not magically improved as of late. Even so, Florida State is scheduled to have a scrimmage this week, and Florida governor Ron DeSantis is pushing for the Florida-Florida State rivalry to be re-scheduled, and played this fall. In the ACC, Clemson was one of the programs hit particularly hard by the virus, as 37 football players tested positive in the month of June. Yet, the ACC's top program has entered into fall camp, and they will be the projected favorites once again when the league does indeed kick back off. All of this creates a very fluid and shaky situation for these leagues. If they can make it work, it will be huge now and in the long-term, for both their finances and their on-field play. If it doesn't it could spell absolute disaster for each of these universities. With so much still unknown, it's anybody's guess on what direction things will go.
Is a Spring Season Even Attainable?: This is an obvious question each of these conferences have had to weigh in their decision-making process these last few weeks. Pushing the season back does make sense in that it gives these universities more time to figure out how they plan to do all this, but I also think it's important to note the negatives here. Perhaps the most obvious is that we simply don't know if the public health situation will actually be better in a few months. There's hope that a vaccine will develop and/or there will be better testing protocols in place, but that's certainly not a given. If things don't get significantly better, there's absolutely zero chance a spring season is a better opportunity. An even bigger issue for me is how the timeline will work for a spring season. Even if some spring football is able to be played, one has to consider what the 2021 season would then look like. Are we going to be forcing these athletes to play two seasons in the span of eight months? If we're going to act like we actually care about the health of these athletes, that seems like an awfully poor way to show it. Another issue on timing is when exactly practices and games would take place. For a spring season, are practices going to be starting in January and February? That would be pretty difficult for northern teams, even with indoor practice facilities. Sure, teams already play in October and November, but the winter months are a whole different animal in the Midwest and Northeast. To me, the idea of spring football is merely a delay tactic, and not a serious possibility for the next college football season. I believe if your team isn't playing football this fall, they won't be playing again until the fall of 2021.
Will There Be a National Championship Game?: We probably should establish we are actually playing a season before the issue of crowning a National Champion is discussed, but this is a legitimate concern. The National Championship race is always debated by college football fans, and can you imagine if a significant chunk of the college football landscape isn't playing? It's hard for me to imagine a College Football Playoff occurring this season. There are just too many moving parts and too many moving questions, and it would be particularly difficult to evaluate individual teams from different conferences when there is no play amongst different leagues. What I think will happen? Each league will play their conference-only schedule and their conference championship game, and then call the season good. I just don't think these conferences are going to be able to figure out a way to do anything more with all these question marks, and that's again making the assumption we see any football at all. With each league crowning their own champion but not moving further, I think the "National Champion" will be up for interoperation, in much the same way it was prior to the BCS era. That's not going to be popular amongst fans, but it seems like the most realistic scenario. Prepare for a whole lot of heated, never-ending debates if this scenario does indeed hold true. If you thought the Alabama/UCF National Champion conversation in 2017 was insufferable, a 2020 debate will be even worse.
What Financial Impact Will a Lost 2020 Season Have?: This is the thing that should really scare fans of collegiate athletics, not just college football. Personally, I can survive a fall without college football, and I think most fans can too. Sure it will be tough, but everybody is being forced to make sacrifices in the year 2020 and giving up one season of football doesn't seem like a major one to make. The real concern is what a lost season would mean financially for all these universities. The amount of money and revenue brought in by football is astronomical when you compare it to other collegiate sports. Just look at LSU as one example (left); only football, men's basketball and baseball brought in money to the athletics department in fiscal year 2019. Football brought in roughly $56 million, while men's basketball was the second biggest earner at just $1.6 million. Outside of baseball, every other sport lost money, and some of these sports saw a relatively significant loss. Now cut out football completely out of that equation; what options does an athletics department have but to cut sports left and right? There's simply going to be no way for athletics departments to survive but slashing a bunch of these programs, and it's going to happen across the country. Look at Stanford, a school that is well-known for boasting a strong athletics program top-to-bottom. They announced they would be 11 varsity sports programs by the end of 2020-21, a list that includes fencing, field hockey, rowing, and more. It isn't just going to be Olympics sports or less-popular ones that are going to be on the chopping block either; you're going to be see football, basketball, and baseball programs cut across the country. It's a particularly concerning time for the life and spirit of collegiate athletics, and it's hard to imagine a lot of these schools or conferences being able to recover.
I understand the frustration of players who are pointing to this season as being "only about the money", I really do. These athletes are essentially being used as guinea pigs in the midst of a global pandemic, in a rigged system that will primarily benefit those at the top of the ladder. But, the reality of college football for a lot of places is that it is all about the money. Football is just such a massive earner, and really is the driving force behind collegiate athletics. It's hard not to realize the devastating financial impact a lost season would have, and it would be foolish to think that isn't on the mind of a lot of college football leadership as they make these difficult decisions.
What About the Smaller FBS Leagues?: This is one of the details getting lost in the shuffle of the Power Five leagues: that smaller conferences are also suiting up to play 2020 as normal (or as close to normal as possible). The Sun Belt, Conference USA and American Athletic Conference will all play a modified schedule, but they are going forward likely to play. In fact, most of the programs in these leagues have already been practicing in fall camp for a couple weeks now, and they are as ready as anybody in the country to play, in terms of on-the-field product. As a fan of college football, I'd love to see any program play that feels like they can do it in a safe way. The case remains the same for these Group of Five leagues; if they figure out a way to do it safely, do it. It will be naturally more difficult for a smaller conference than a Power Five to play, considering they just don't have the resources of the bigger schools. Perhaps that could allow some more creative ways to ensure a safe environment for the student-athletes, which I'm all for.
What Other Long-Term Effects Will the 2020 Season Create (Beyond Financial)?: The good thing about the chaos involving the 2020 season is that it should teach university administrators and presidents some important lessons. First off, it should teach all athletic departments the value of using their money wisely. For years, college football leadership has blown away millions of dollars in facility upgrades, coach buy-outs, and fancy stadium renovations. That's not to say that money has been wasted by any means, but a lot of the spending at the collegiate level has been reckless simply because there is so much money flowing through the sport on a yearly basis. With so many financial questions left to deal with, I think 2020 will teach the college football higher-ups to be a little bit smarter with their money. It should also teach the same higher-ups a valuable lesson about planning. Leadership really had no idea what to do once this pandemic became a part of everyday life, and they instead spent the last few months simply hoping something would change. I think 2020 has taught us all that we should prepare and plan for any circumstance because, as this year has taught us, anything can happen.
The biggest impact the 2020 season will have long-term will likely come on the recruiting front. If the ACC, SEC, and Big 12 can actually make this season work, it's a major recruiting tool. They can essentially tout their commitment to their players, and argue that they are the "true" Power Five leagues. It's a massive recruiting advantage for schools that already have geographic advantages built in when considering college football's talent pool. Those geographic advantages are also going to be even more important in a post-COVID world. More and more, players are going to realize the importance of staying close to home as the fallout from this pandemic continues. I think it's going to create less instances of high schoolers going across the country to play ball, when they could stay closer to home. If you look at the 2021 Class, we already have seen a trend of players staying closer to home in their respective commitments, which could continue into our uncertain future. If it does, this gives programs located in recruiting hotbeds even more distinct advantages than those generally considered outposts or outliers. We'll see if this trend does actually hold, as college football recruiting can change rapidly.
What Now?: These next few weeks have the chance to be some of the most important in college football history. If these conferences can figure out a way to play in 2020 and keep their players as safe as possible, it creates a massive power gap in FBS football. It would put tremendous pressure on the Big Ten and Pac-12, who are already feeling the heat from their decisions to postpone last week. If the ACC, SEC, and Big 12 can't make it work, expect major blowback from fans, boosters and alums, and some serious long-term financial questions that could threaten collegiate athletics as a whole. There is just so much uncertainty and so many questions, but such is the reality of living in the year 2020. Either way, all I can say? Stay tuned.
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Add Iowa the list list of schools cutting programs: Men's gymnastics, men's and woman's swimming and diving, and men's tennis. https://www.startribune.com/iowa-cuts-four-sports-as-pandemic-creates-major-budget-shortfall/572184332/
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Interesting stop, but the middle of nowhere location and sub-par food wasn't worth it. Kids' food was dry and very expensive. Probably a unique stop for adults, but skip it if you want a family friendly meal. Also, they have a gift shop with old-fashioned toys like cap guns and candy cigarettes in their lobby area, so be prepared to either spend a lot of money on novelties or corral the kids away from the displays.
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Police forced youngsters to leave area around Jubilee Park, Ipswich with special powers after anti-social behaviour
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Published: 7:07 AM February 29, 2016
Residents in the Jubilee Park area of Ipswich talk to a police officer during a day of action in January - Credit: Su Anderson
A police power usually called upon to move on drunken revellers from busy town centres has been used to deal with a group of anti-social youngsters in a troubled part of Ipswich.
After reports of the crowd's behaviour in the Jubilee Park area of the town on Thursday evening officers used authority from an inspector to force them to move on.
It comes after a day of action last month in the same borough ward, Westgate, which was aimed at tackling a range of criminal issues.
Julian Gibbs, a councillor representing the area on Ipswich Borough Council, said the sort of behaviour reported was unacceptable but work was being done to improve resilience and relationships within the ward.
Around 6.30pm on Thursday police were made aware of youths behaving anti-socially, including banging on residents' doors, and used powers given to them under a crime-fighting act of parliament.
It meant they could force those misbehaving to leave the area for 48 hours – and if they refused to or returned before then, they would be arrested.
Inspector Garry Miller at Suffolk Constabulary explained how it worked.
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"It's basically to say within this area there is anti-social behaviour causing issues for local residents the police can direct people to leave that area.
"We have one in place every Friday and Saturday night in the town centre area."
Insp Miller said any use of the power had to come from an inspector in writing, adding officers also had the power to take under 16s home to their parents if they did not comply with the order.
"It's a last resort," he said. "When we issue a dispersal order we also support it with some additional resources. We increased the police presence in the area and it seems to have done the trick.
"We have used them there on previous occasions to good effect but primarily we can resolve them with additional police officer presence."
Mr Gibbs said he was made aware of the trouble at a meeting on Friday.
"They did mention there had been an incident at Jubilee Park where there was a group of youngsters who were active which us distressing for residents and it's unacceptable," he said.
"Residents have said this before, people go down there and cause problems.
"It's unfortunate. It's something we have got a lot of work around there and I would not want to see the problems escalate."
Mr Gibbs did add however the problem was not new – meaning they were already working towards solutions addressing anti-social behaviour.
He said: "If it wasn't something we were aware of it would be concerning. "There are a number of youth related organisations we are working with at the moment like St Giles Trust, the YMCA and 4YP.
"These are working with the council and the police to address the issues there.
"It's trying to encourage that resilience, we are building all that up so people are more confident about speaking to us and the police."
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Energy and Water Collisions: Drought Implications
This blog was written by Sara Barczak, former Regional Advocacy Director with the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.
Guest Blog | July 31, 2012 | Energy Policy
As we enter the dog days of summer, much of the Southeast region has once again succumbed to drought conditions, especially Georgia and neighboring Alabama. And nationally, drought is plaguing much of the country and affecting not just the "usual" suspects out West–even presumed "water rich" regions including the Southeast and areas along the East Coast are being impacted by record low rainfalls and blazing temperatures. As we have pointed out before, especially through our recent work with the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) on the collaborative Energy and Water in a Warming World (EW3) initiative, our existing electricity infrastructure is especially vulnerable given it's reliance on the availability of abundant water supplies.
These possible disruptions have been dubbed "Energy and Water Collisions." These collisions have been captured in a new infographic series just released by UCS, which is described in their recent blog post, "2012 U.S. Drought and Heat Expose Electricity Supply Risks."
For example, a repeat example of the water energy collision has been the Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA) three-reactor Browns Ferry nuclear plant in Alabama along the Tennessee River. During three of the last five summers (2007, 2010 and 2011) TVA has had to reduce generation in order to prevent dumping too-hot water back into the river, thus avoiding violating state environmental permit regulations. This energy water collision has also had financial impacts. As reported in the EW3 report, Freshwater Use by U.S. Power Plants: Electricity's Thirst for a Precious Resource, in 2010 this reduction and subsequent need for TVA to replace the lost power cost ratepayers $50 million. TVA has also invested hundreds of millions of dollars in a new cooling tower to help prevent this from happening in the future.
But unfortunately, this situation may occur again, not only at Browns Ferry but potentially also at other existing power plants or those on the drawing board. USA Today reported on a recent study published in Nature Climate Change that highlighted the Browns Ferry problems and also determined that, "The likelihood of extreme drops in power generation from total or partial plant shutdowns will triple in the next 50 years."
Focusing here on the Southeast, thermoelectric power plants in Georgia are already the largest water use sector in the state and this may only get worse if proposals to build new coal and nuclear plants materialize. Both of these technologies can be incredibly water-intensive, with nuclear power generally considered the most water-intensive energy option.
For instance, Power4Georgians proposal to build a new 850MW coal plant in Washington Co. could seriously impact local waterways. A recent press release discussing the drought and implications that poses to our region not only today but in the future stated that:
The Oconee River is running so low, that if the new coal-fired power plant proposed in Washington County, Plant Washington, were up and running it would not be permitted to tap the river for its cooling water. Recent analysis by local water groups concludes that nearly every day in May the plant owner, Power4Georgians, would have had to rely on its "Plan B" – tapping limited precious groundwater because, according to Georgia Environmental Protection Division rules, the river would have been too low to meet the plant's water needs.
Also in Georgia, two new nuclear reactors are proposed for Southern Company's Plant Vogtle in Burke Co. along the Savannah River. As stated in a 2009 report I co-authored with Dr. Shawn Young, these two Toshiba-Westinghouse AP1000 reactors are estimated to use 55-88 million gallons of water per day from the Savannah River with 50-75% consumptive loss, meaning 50-75% of that water is evaporative loss. To put this consumptive water loss in perspective, with average per capita daily water use in Georgia at 75 gallons from surface and ground water sources, this means the two existing and two proposed reactors could use enough water to supply 1.4 to 2.3 million Georgians.
Southern Alliance for Clean Energy recently hosted a media briefing (listen to the audio here) that brought together concerned river groups in Alabama and Georgia along with energy and water experts to discuss these troubling dynamics, while also highlighting another recent report for the River Network that delves into the energy-water connection, Burning Our Rivers: The Water Footprint of Electricity.
All of this attention and collaboration finally being paid to the energy-water connection underscores the need for water and energy planning to go hand-in-hand, along with considering the future implications to both from climate change. John Rogers, a UCS senior energy analyst and co-author of the EW3 report, recently said:
"There are places in which so much water is being removed from rivers and lakes for drinking water, agriculture, and current power plants that if you add in more power plant water demand, something will have to give. Developers, regulators, and investors really need to closely look at how new plants would affect water sources before backing those plants. Even though people think of the eastern U.S. as having plenty of water, current problems and trends in water demand and supply show that energy-water stresses will only increase in lots of places. Research shows that climate change has and will likely continue to increase the frequency of drought in certain parts of the country, including in the Southeast, making low- or no-water options like wind, solar photovoltaics, and energy efficiency even more valuable."
We believe it is long overdue to start planning for tomorrow in order to ensure that future generations not only have clean, safe and affordable energy supplies but also plentiful water resources. Thankfully there are many energy choices available that are less water-intensive and low-carbon emitting including energy efficiency and conservation and renewables, such as solar and wind. And there are technology options available that can reduce water use at existing power plants. Beginning to understand the water-energy connection and committing to work to prevent future energy water collisions from happening is of paramount importance not only here in the southeast, but also across the country and globally. To get involved and learn more, please visit the Energy and Water in a Warming World initiative.
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Samsung Rolling Out Its Own Ethereum-Powered Blockchain, Plans New Token
April 24, 2019 Ali Raza 0
A world leader in the electronics market, Samsung, is not going to be left behind in the blockchain technology space. It now has plans to roll out its own network and even intends to release its own token with time.
Big Move from Samsung
A report from South Korea recently quoting a source knowledgeable about the decisions of Samsung shows that the company is very serious with moves to buy Ethereum (ETH). Samsung seems unstoppable in its drive to become and remain one of the most dominant players in the online trading space. The unit said to be in charge of the blockchain project is Samsung's department of wireless works. It is going on relentless with work on its ethereum-based network. But the report quickly pointed out that the work is still at its early stages. What this signifies is that there is still a long way to go.
Samsung has not hidden its plans to become a leader in various fields of emerging technologies and blockchain technology is definitely one of such. At this stage, it is still not clear whether Samsung is going to make the product private or public or even a blend of both. However, what is sure and certain is that the company is not holding back in its plans.
The same report quoted above shows that by the time Samsung finishes this blockchain project, the next step will even be more interesting. This is going to be the development and release of the company's own token, aptly named Samsung Coin. After this is released, the expectation is for Samsung to hit the market with it. However, the thing is that much of the details are still not revealed yet, but Samsung is clearly thinking ahead.
The possibilities are virtually limited. In a scenario where Samsung is able to launch its own coin for public use, there will be new doors opened. For example, Samsung Coin will suddenly be available on public trading floors and cryptocurrency exchanges. In a matter of time, it is expected that Samsung Coin will be challenging traditional packages like Bitcoin (BTC) and even Ethereum (ETH). But as hinted earlier, Samsung is not going to stop at that as there are other more features available.
The company is also thinking along the line of applying the blockchain technology to its own payment applications like Samsung Pay. There is no official conclusion on this yet but recent development points to its possibility. For the Samsung unit focusing on the blockchain project, the emphasis has been in fulltime work for about 12 months now. This is in addition to a number of other projects that it is also handling.
A couple of months ago, Samsung threw its gauntlet into the blockchain circus with the launch of its super product, the Samsung Galaxy S10. This device has the cutting-edge technology to keep cryptocurrency private keys and other related information like digital signatures on its database. Not long after that, Samsung itself released info on its cryptocurrency wallet – a pointer to a greater future.
About Ali Raza
A journalist, with experience in web journalism and marketing. Ali holds a master degree in finance and enjoys writing about cryptocurrencies and fintech. Ali's work has been published on a number of cryptocurrency publications.
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if [ -z $GOPATH ]; then
    echo "FAIL: GOPATH environment variable is not set"
    exit 1
fi

# Build the lrunner binary to use to test the student's libstore implementation.
# Exit immediately if there was a compile-time error.
go install github.com/cmu440/tribbler/runners/lrunner
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
   echo "FAIL: code does not compile"
   exit $?
fi

# Pick random port between [10000, 20000).
STORAGE_PORT=$(((RANDOM % 10000) + 10000))
STORAGE_SERVER=$GOPATH/sols/srunner
LRUNNER=$GOPATH/bin/lrunner

function startStorageServers {
    N=${#STORAGE_ID[@]}
    # Start master storage server.
    ${STORAGE_SERVER} -N=${N} -id=${STORAGE_ID[0]} -port=${STORAGE_PORT} 2> /dev/null &
    STORAGE_SERVER_PID[0]=$!
    # Start slave storage servers.
    if [ "$N" -gt 1 ]
    then
        for i in `seq 1 $((N-1))`
        do
	    STORAGE_SLAVE_PORT=$(((RANDOM % 10000) + 10000))
            ${STORAGE_SERVER} -id=${STORAGE_ID[$i]} -port=${STORAGE_SLAVE_PORT} -master="localhost:${STORAGE_PORT}" 2> /dev/null &
            STORAGE_SERVER_PID[$i]=$!
        done
    fi
    sleep 5
}

function stopStorageServers {
    N=${#STORAGE_ID[@]}
    for i in `seq 0 $((N-1))`
    do
        kill -9 ${STORAGE_SERVER_PID[$i]}
        wait ${STORAGE_SERVER_PID[$i]} 2> /dev/null
    done
}

# Testing delayed start.
function testDelayedStart {
    echo "Running testDelayedStart:"

    # Start master storage server.
    ${STORAGE_SERVER} -N=2 -port=${STORAGE_PORT} 2> /dev/null &
    STORAGE_SERVER_PID1=$!
    sleep 5

    # Run lrunner.
    ${LRUNNER} -port=${STORAGE_PORT} p "key:" value &> /dev/null &
    sleep 3

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    ${STORAGE_SERVER} -master="localhost:${STORAGE_PORT}" -port=${STORAGE_SLAVE_PORT} 2> /dev/null &
    STORAGE_SERVER_PID2=$!
    sleep 5

    # Run lrunner.
    PASS=`${LRUNNER} -port=${STORAGE_PORT} g "key:" | grep value | wc -l`
    if [ "$PASS" -eq 1 ]
    then
        echo "PASS"
        PASS_COUNT=$((PASS_COUNT + 1))
    else
        echo "FAIL"
        FAIL_COUNT=$((FAIL_COUNT + 1))
    fi

    # Kill storage servers.
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    kill -9 ${STORAGE_SERVER_PID2}
    wait ${STORAGE_SERVER_PID1} 2> /dev/null
    wait ${STORAGE_SERVER_PID2} 2> /dev/null
}

function testRouting {
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    do
        ${LRUNNER} -port=${STORAGE_PORT} p ${KEY} value > /dev/null
        PASS=`${LRUNNER} -port=${STORAGE_PORT} g ${KEY} | grep value | wc -l`
        if [ "$PASS" -ne 1 ]
        then
            break
        fi
    done
    if [ "$PASS" -eq 1 ]
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    else
        echo "FAIL"
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}

# Testing routing general.
function testRoutingGeneral {
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    STORAGE_ID=('3000000000' '4000000000' '2000000000')
    KEYS=('bubble:' 'insertion:' 'merge:' 'heap:' 'quick:' 'radix:')
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}

# Testing routing wraparound.
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    KEYS=('bubble:' 'insertion:' 'merge:' 'heap:' 'quick:' 'radix:')
    testRouting
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# Testing routing equal.
function testRoutingEqual {
    echo "Running testRoutingEqual:"
    STORAGE_ID=('3835649095' '1581790440' '2373009399' '3448274451' '1666346102' '2548238361')
    KEYS=('bubble:' 'insertion:' 'merge:' 'heap:' 'quick:' 'radix:')
    testRouting
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testDelayedStart
testRoutingGeneral
testRoutingWraparound
testRoutingEqual

echo "Passed (${PASS_COUNT}/$((PASS_COUNT + FAIL_COUNT))) tests"


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Home Markets Circuit Assembly & Electronics Enhancement of piezoelectric properties in organic polymers all in the molecules
Enhancement of piezoelectric properties in organic polymers all in the molecules
ferroelectric poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-trifluoroethylene) molecule IMAGE: Modified from Kamal Asadi
The inability to alter intrinsic piezoelectric behavior in organic polymers hampers their application in flexible, wearable and biocompatible devices, according to researchers at Penn State and North Carolina State University, but now a molecular approach can improve those piezoelectric properties.
"Morphotropic phase boundary (MPB) is an important concept developed a half-century ago in ceramic materials," said Qing Wang, professor of materials science and engineering. "This concept has never before been realized in organic materials."
The concept of morphotropic phase boundary refers to significant changes in material properties that occur at the boundary between crystalline structures, and are dependent on a material's composition.
The piezoelectric effect is a reversible process that occurs in some materials. When the material is physically compressed, an electrical charge is produced, and when an electric current passes through it, mechanical motion results.
The researchers looked at ferroelectric poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-trifluoroethylene) — P(VDF-TrFE) — copolymers and found that tailoring the molecules to specific arrangements around chiral, or asymmetric, centers led to transitions between ordered and disordered structures and created a region within the material where ferroelectric and relaxor properties compete. Relaxors are disorganized materials, while normal ferroelectric materials are ordered. In ferroelectric polymers, an MPB-like effect is induced by the molecular chain conformations that are tailored by chemical compositions.
"We studied MPB formation in organic materials using a combined experiment and theory approach — first-principles calculations of possible configurations, synthesis of new polymers and comprehensive characterization of structures and properties," said Wang.
The simulation work was done at North Carolina State University.
The researchers also used a wide variety of methods to investigate the polymer including nuclear magnetic resonance, x-ray powder diffraction and Fourier-transformed infrared spectroscopy looking at the transition area and boundaries.
"Given flexibility in molecular design and synthesis, this work opens up a new avenue for scalable high-performance piezoelectric polymers," the researchers report today (Oct. 4) in Nature.
Also working on this project from Penn State are Yang Liu, a postdoctoral fellow in materials science and engineering; and Haibibu Aziguli, and Wenhan Xu, graduate students in materials science and engineering.
Researchers at North Carolina State University were Bing Zhang, graduate student, Center for High-Performance Simulations; Wenchang Lu, research associate professor of physics; and J. Bernhole, professor of physics.
The Office of Naval Research and the National Science Foundation supported this work.
Read more: Enhancement of piezoelectric properties in organic polymers all in the molecules
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Q: Signing and only signing SOAP body with Transport layer security in IIS I'm trying to sign a SOAP message in an IIS server with C# using X509 Certificates.  I also plan to use transport layer security and doing SOAP encryption, as well, is overkill for my needs.  I want to just sign the message body, a time stamp and a few other elements.
From looking into the configurations, it appears that there is no way to "only" sign a SOAP message, if you get into WS-Security, you end up stuck with both signing and encrypting and the only options available revolve around what you'd like to cover and what order to do the security operations with...
Is that true?  Is there some other way to do this that I am missing???

A: This is feasible in the context of a WCF message contract. Link has the the relevant enumeration. If you're not using WCF, this might still provide you a pointer to the relevant WS- information you're looking for.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.servicemodel.messagecontractmemberattribute.protectionlevel.aspx