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Are smartphones and tablets ready for prime time (in the DC)?
David Maloney
With the explosion in the use of smartphones and tablets, it was probably only a matter of time before these devices found their way into the distribution center. For workers who have eagerly embraced these technologies in their daily lives, bringing them into the workplace wouldn't seem like much of a stretch. "People are more connected today," says Jim Plas, vice president of Xplore Technologies, a manufacturer of rugged tablet computers. "We have a younger generation of workers who are used to being digitally connected."
But it's not just a matter of familiarity. Cost enters into it as well. While industrial-grade handhelds and tablets have been available for years, they're much more expensive than their mass-market counterparts. So it's not surprising that companies would be tempted to try using off-the-shelf technology—the kind of stuff that can be purchased at the local Best Buy or Walmart—in their distribution operations. But is that a smart strategy?
Well, it depends on how and where they're used.
For example, take a supervisor who works mainly in an office but occasionally carries a tablet out into the warehouse to deal with a problem on the spot. In that case, a consumer tablet would probably fill the bill nicely.
It's a different story for workers whose duties take them outdoors or who spend much of their day on the dock or in the aisles of a DC. If the devices they use will routinely be exposed to heat, cold, rain, vibration, dust, drops, or in the case of cold storage facilities, condensation, companies should steer clear of consumer-grade electronics. They simply won't stand up to the punishment, experts say.
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Consider, for example, the tablet computers used by forklift operators. Although mass-market tablets might be able to provide the necessary computing power and functionality, it's doubtful they could survive the day-to-day rigors of the distribution environment. For one thing, the vibration caused by travel over uneven concrete surfaces—or the jarring that occurs when lift trucks are driven from docks into trailers—would likely damage their delicate electronics. For another, if the trucks encounter wide variations in temperature—say, when moving in and out of coolers or air-conditioned buildings on a hot summer day—the resulting condensation is liable to cause the unit to fog up or stop working entirely.
That's why in applications like these, an industrial unit would be a more suitable choice. There are forklift-mounted "ruggedized" tablet on the market that are designed specifically to work where they'll be exposed to potentially damaging conditions. Most can withstand not just vibration but also drops from at least six feet. They are also sealed against humidity and moisture, eliminating the risk of condensation.
These industrial units have other advantages as well. Many tablets are built to be hot-dockable, meaning that the worker can remove the device from the truck and carry it over to the product for scanning or data entry. The tablet can then be snapped back into place on the lift truck.
Most also feature large touchscreens, which give drivers an easier way to enter data than tapping on a small keyboard, says Xplore's Plas. They're designed to be more readable, too. "The screens are very bright and sunlight viewable, so they are easier on the eyes," he adds.
The screens themselves differ from those found on most consumer tablets. The industrial versions use a resistive screen, meaning they're designed to respond to the pressure of a finger. Consumer products typically use a "capacitive" touchscreen that responds to the heat of the user's finger. The problem with heat-based touch is that it's not very effective in cold work environments, such as a freezer, or in applications where workers wear gloves.
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So what about smartphones? Like tablet devices, today's smartphones boast a large amount of computing capability. Most consumer smartphones compare in form factor with established handheld warehouse devices like bar-code readers, and they can even be outfitted with add-on scanners. But when it comes to their suitability for use in DCs, it's pretty much the same story as with tablets. That is to say, while these devices have their supporters—mostly for their convenience and low initial cost—many observers dismiss them as being too fragile to handle the vibration, falls, and other impacts that are part and parcel of warehouse operations.
Physical conditions aren't the only factor to come into play. There's also performance. Generally speaking, the scanners that are available as add-ons to smartphones are rudimentary in design and are better suited for the occasional swipe than for high-volume scanning operations. On top of that, most of these add-on scanners have a limited read range, so a user must be positioned right next to a bar code to read it. Consumer devices also have a limited life cycle of support and function, while most industrial devices offer a life of five to 10 years.
"Smaller companies may take the risk of using a consumer device, but the cost of a failure can be significant," warns Mark Wheeler, director of industry solutions at Motorola Solutions. "If you have to do scanning on a regular basis, for instance, then it's better to have a device designed for scanning. Performance is really the factor."
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In the meantime, technologies continue to emerge that have the potential to completely alter the equation. Motorola, for instance, has introduced a new ruggedized handheld computer that offers the familiarity of a smartphone. The new device, the MC40 enterprise mobile computer, works on the Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system.
Other companies, such as Honeywell, are trying to bridge the gap between industrial and consumer products. The company is introducing a skid, or protective package, for the iPad that will make up for some of its shortcomings in industrial use. The protective skid will include a case with a built-in bar-code reader.
In addition, Honeywell this summer will introduce a ruggedized smartphone that is waterproof and comes with a built-in scanner. It will be priced lower than industrial tablet devices and is designed to work on a Wi-Fi network, eliminating the need for costly cell service.
And the trend shows no sign of slowing. Doug Brown, vertical marketing manager for warehouse, supply chain, and healthcare at Honeywell, believes that users' familiarity with consumer devices will only push the market to design more similar devices for the industrial workplace. "There is a hunger for these devices at a lower price point in this industry," he says. "We will see more adoption—maybe 20 to 25 percent will be using this class of device within the next five years."
Tablets find a home in receiving
Chemical management company Haas Group is convinced the third time will be the charm, at least where its receiving technology is concerned. The West Chester, Pa.-based company, which specializes in the handling, storage, and delivery of hazardous and other chemicals on a just-in-time basis, has long struggled with the question of how best to collect data on incoming items at its DCs. The various chemicals have different handling and storage requirements, and receiving must "qualify" the products as they come in, making data collection a time-consuming process, explains Stephen Skidmore, business systems manager at Haas.
Over the years, Haas has experimented with different methods of data collection. Initially, workers recorded the necessary information with pen and paper, but that proved cumbersome and slow. Then, the company shifted to PCs on carts, but these got dirty and failed. Now, the company is about to go mobile. Next month, it will begin piloting the use of ruggedized tablet computers for critical receiving tasks.
The new units are enterprise-ready Motorola ET1 tablets that run on a souped-up Android platform. Unlike the PCs, the new tablets do not have a keyboard to get dirty and no carts are required. Their portability is an added plus, according to Skidmore. "Our workers will now be able to take the tablet to the work instead of leaving the work to go to a PC and back," he says.
In the first phase of the project, Hass will deploy 10 tablets to handle the receiving functions in its Boston-area DC. Phase two calls for the rollout of 100 tablets at seven large distribution facilities around the country.
Software is now being written to walk the worker though the receiving process. Basically, an associate will read the incoming item's bar code using the tablet's built-in scanner and then take a photo of the item using the tablet's camera. He or she will then carry out the remaining steps via the tablet's touchscreen.
Skidmore says one of the tablet's main selling points was its large screen and scanning capability. "That made it a winner for us," he says. It also helped that the devices are intuitive and user-friendly, he adds. "It is absolutely necessary for success that our users adopt them," he notes. "We imagine that eventually they'll be knocking down the door with ideas for applications where the tablets can be used to solve problems elsewhere."
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Expiring Stock Options: What Can the Employer Do?
By Darren Goodman, Megan Monson, and Taryn E. Cannataro
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Darren Goodman, Megan Monson, and Taryn E. Cannataro of Lowenstein's Executive Compensation & Employee Benefits Group discuss what companies can or should do if stock options are about to expire, which is a particular concern in today's uncertain economic climate.
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Megan Monson, Partner, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
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Taryn Cannataro: Welcome to the latest edition of Just Compensation. I'm Taryn Cannataro, an associate in the Executive Compensation & Employee Benefits Group. And I'll turn it over to my colleagues to introduce themselves.
Darren Goodman: Darren Goodman, a partner in the firm's Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Group.
Megan Monson: And I'm Megan Monson, a partner in the same practice group as Darren and Taryn.
Taryn Cannataro: Today's discussion will be focused on stock options that are approaching their expiration date and how to deal with this. Typically, stock options expire if they're not exercised within 10 years from when they're granted. Many companies have an exit within 10 years or go public. However, some companies are staying private for longer, particularly in the current economic climate. As a result, early employees may have outstanding stock options that are nearing their expiration date. We frequently get asked what can or should companies do in this situation, which we will discuss today. What is the standard term for a stock option?
Darren Goodman: So Taryn, as you said, in general, it's 10 years for an option, that's an incentive stock option. The 10-year deadline is required by the Internal Revenue Code. It's actually a five-year deadline to grant an incentive stock option to someone who's a 10% stockholder. For non-qualified stock options, 10 years is not required by the Internal Revenue Code, but it's almost universally the maximum term that you see. And the longer term could present bad optics for investors because often when investors are making an investment in the company, they're expecting to have a liquidity event within less than 10 years. And if you have a term that's more than that, you're signaling that the investor could be waiting a long time to get liquidity for their shares.
Taryn Cannataro: So what happens at the end of the term if the options are not exercised?
Megan Monson: The options would expire pursuant to the terms of the underlying option agreement. And typically, any expired options would return to the pool of shares available under the company's equity plan. Although we would suggest checking the terms of your option plan to make sure that's how it works.
Taryn Cannataro: Can you extend the term of an existing stock option?
Darren Goodman: So this is a question that we get all of the time, and the answer is normally no, you cannot. And the reason for that is that under Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code, if you extend the expiration date for a stock option, if that option is in the money, meaning the stock is now worth more than the exercise price, which is almost always the case for an option that's been outstanding for almost 10 years, if the option's in the money, extending the 10-year expiration date automatically triggers a 409A violation, which means that the option becomes taxable even though it hasn't been exercised. And not only is it taxable, but the option holder faces a 20% penalty tax plus interest. So a very terrible outcome for the option holder. There's a very narrow exception to those rules when an exercise would be prohibited by law. It almost never is the case that that exception applies.
Taryn Cannataro: That does sound terrible. It seems like this should come up all the time.
Megan Monson: It's really less common than you would think. As Darren mentioned earlier, most companies are going to have an exit within that 10-year period or go public. And so for this situation to arise, one, the company would've had to not have been sold for at least 10 years and an employee would have to stick around and still be with the same company through that period of time. So you're having to reach an alignment of all of those factually for this to even be an issue. Also, when employees terminate employment, they typically have a 90-day post-termination exercise period during which to exercise their options. And if they fail to do so, those options would expire.
So again, that's another scenario where options are going to be expiring for a short period of time after somebody leaves. If a company does undergo a sale, this doesn't come up because options are typically cashed out or canceled. And if the company goes the IPO route, it's non-issue because the employee can exercise, and then sell shares to pay the taxes. That said, most of the time this doesn't come up just again for the factual reasons I mentioned. It does come up from time to time, and so companies should be aware of what happens and what their options are when this arises.
Taryn Cannataro: So what can a company do with respect to expiring stock options?
Darren Goodman: There's no silver bullet here. The first thing is that a company can do nothing. They can take the view that 10 years is an awfully long time to decide whether or not you want to exercise. And if someone has elected not to exercise, that's their decision. Sometimes it's just not practical as a business matter. The options might be held by a key employee, for example. And often this issue arises for the earliest employees who often are key employees. If a company does want to do something, they can make it easier for someone to exercise. For example, allowing a net exercise where the person doesn't have to pay the exercise price and the company simply issues shares with a value equal to the spread on the options. It's easier to exercise that way because the person only has to come out-of-pocket for the tax bill rather than the exercise price.
A company could loan the option holder the money to pay the exercise price or even to pay the taxes as well. If someone has incentive stock options, a company needs to be careful because a modification of those options will convert it from an incentive stock option to a non-qualified stock option. So depending on the situation, you could be increasing the tax burden there. It's a case-by-case analysis to decide are you better off having someone exercise an incentive stock option or helping them exercise and converting it to a non-qualified stock option. Another option would be if a company has a lot of people in this situation, a range for cashing out these options. A company itself, if it has a lot of cash, could offer to cancel options in exchange for cash payments. An outside investor could make the same offer if it's making an investment in the company. In the current market, I'm not seeing that much, but it is something that we do see, especially over the past couple of years before the downturn in the tech markets.
Taryn Cannataro: What tools are available should a company want to try to make an employee whole for an expired option?
Megan Monson: So as Darren mentioned, companies are not under any obligation to do anything. But that said, there could be a number of business reasons that a company may choose to try to make somebody whole. In particular, if it's somebody who's been with a company for a long period of time or who is really a key employee that they want to continue to incentivize and compensate them for the expired equity. So there's not going to be any perfect fit or fix. That said, there are some alternatives companies can consider in an effort to give somebody something in lieu of the option that expired. As Darren mentioned, there could be some secondary offering, and they're being paid some value for the options that were otherwise expired.
If the equity plan allows for it or if the company chooses to amend it to allow for it, the company can grant restricted stock units usually with some double trigger vesting and whereby they're given vesting credit for any time-based vesting, but that would also only ultimately vest if there's a subsequent sale of the company. Another alternative would be granting in the money stock options. And that can be a little bit complicated from a tax perspective as you're required to comply with the 409A rules related to that. But that's something that you can utilize as a tool if you're trying to give somebody a new option with an exercise price that's less than the current fair market value. Another alternative would be to grant new options at today's fair market value. But again, they're losing out on the benefit of the value that the company has grown over the past number of years. And another alternative that I tend to see companies utilize is also offering some cash bonus or phantom equity arrangement that intends to mimic the economics that a stock option would've had.
Taryn Cannataro: Are there any other considerations?
Darren Goodman: So one thing to keep in mind is if a company helps one person, it could set a precedent where a company may feel that it should help others as well. And people talk, right? If an employee hears that someone else was helped out if their options were about to expire or there was something done for them, as Megan just talked about, after their options did expire, it can create an expectation that everyone will be treated the same way. It's a complicated topic, and there's no one size fits all answer here. If an employee learns about this, they may decide, "You know what? I want to exercise before the 10 years." Depending on the situation, one of the solutions that we were talking about may make sense. But in general, I'd say it's important for companies to be consulting with outside counsel when this question comes up and for option holders to be consulting with their own tax advisors as to what makes sense for them.
Taryn Cannataro: Thank you very much for joining us today. We hope you found this discussion useful and provided some food for thought as it relates to stock options approaching their expiration date. We look forward to having you back for our next episode of Just Compensation.
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require 'chef_helper'

RSpec.describe 'gitlab::remote-syslog' do
  let(:chef_run) { ChefSpec::SoloRunner.new(step_into: %w(runit_service)).converge('gitlab::default') }
  before do
    allow(Gitlab).to receive(:[]).and_call_original
  end

  context 'creates service' do
    before do
      stub_gitlab_rb(
        remote_syslog: {
          enable: true
        }
      )
    end
    it_behaves_like "enabled runit service", "remote-syslog", "root", "root"
  end

  context 'when remote logger is enabled' do
    before do
      stub_gitlab_rb(
        remote_syslog: {
          enable: true
        },
        logging: {
          udp_log_shipping_hostname: "example.com"
        }
      )
    end

    it 'creates the remote_syslog config' do
      expect(chef_run.node['gitlab']['remote-syslog']['enable']).to eq true
    end

    it 'creates remote-syslog config file with correct log directories' do
      expect(chef_run).to render_file('/var/opt/gitlab/remote-syslog/remote_syslog.yml')

      # Checking if log_directory of both type of services - those accessible
      # via node[service] and those via node['gitlab'][service] are populated.
      expect(chef_run).to render_file('/var/opt/gitlab/remote-syslog/remote_syslog.yml').with_content(/- \/var\/log\/gitlab\/redis\/\*.log/)
      expect(chef_run).to render_file('/var/opt/gitlab/remote-syslog/remote_syslog.yml').with_content(/- \/var\/log\/gitlab\/nginx\/\*.log/)
      expect(chef_run).to render_file('/var/opt/gitlab/remote-syslog/remote_syslog.yml').with_content(/- \/var\/log\/gitlab\/gitlab-rails\/\*.log/)
      expect(chef_run).to render_file('/var/opt/gitlab/remote-syslog/remote_syslog.yml').with_content(/- \/var\/log\/gitlab\/postgresql\/\*.log/)
      expect(chef_run).to render_file('/var/opt/gitlab/remote-syslog/remote_syslog.yml').with_content(/- \/var\/log\/gitlab\/sidekiq\/\*.log/)
      expect(chef_run).to render_file('/var/opt/gitlab/remote-syslog/remote_syslog.yml').with_content(/- \/var\/log\/gitlab\/gitlab-workhorse\/\*.log/)
      expect(chef_run).to render_file('/var/opt/gitlab/remote-syslog/remote_syslog.yml').with_content(/- \/var\/log\/gitlab\/gitlab-pages\/\*.log/)
      expect(chef_run).to render_file('/var/opt/gitlab/remote-syslog/remote_syslog.yml').with_content(/- \/var\/log\/gitlab\/gitlab-kas\/\*.log/)
    end

    it 'creates the remote-syslog sv file without setting hostname' do
      stub_gitlab_rb(
        remote_syslog: {
          enable: true
        }
      )
      contents = <<~END
      #!/bin/sh
      exec 2>&1

      exec /opt/gitlab/embedded/bin/remote_syslog --no-detach --debug-level DEBUG -c /var/opt/gitlab/remote-syslog/remote_syslog.yml
      END
      expect(chef_run).to render_file('/opt/gitlab/sv/remote-syslog/run').with_content(contents.chomp)
    end

    it 'creates the remote-syslog sv file with setting hostname' do
      stub_gitlab_rb(
        remote_syslog: {
          enable: true
        },
        logging: {
          udp_log_shipping_hostname: "example.com"
        }
      )
      contents = <<~END
      #!/bin/sh
      exec 2>&1

      exec /opt/gitlab/embedded/bin/remote_syslog --no-detach --debug-level DEBUG -c /var/opt/gitlab/remote-syslog/remote_syslog.yml --hostname example.com
      END
      expect(chef_run).to render_file('/opt/gitlab/sv/remote-syslog/run').with_content(contents.chomp)
    end
  end
end

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The ongoing controversy over the celebrity-endorsed Brazilian Blowout and similar keratin hair smoothing treatments that are used to tame frizzy hair intensified this week, when U.S. health officials issued a hazard alert warning about dangerous formaldehyde levels found in some of the products.
State OSHA offices in California and Oregon began investigating the Brazilian Blowout and other hair smoothing products several months ago after a host of complaints from salon workers and clients reporting headaches, nosebleeds, blisters, burning eyes, vomiting, asthma attacks and other respiratory problems. Several state-level agencies -- including those in California, Oregon and Connecticut -- issued warnings about the products. Health Canada issued an outright ban. The solutions used in the brand-name Brazilian Blowout, in particular, contained formaldehyde -- which is a known carcinogen -- at an amount "42 times the acceptable limit," Canadian officials said.
On April 6, the California attorney general filed a motion in Alameda County Superior Court requesting a preliminary injunction against GIB LLC, the company that makes the brand-name Brazilian Blowout. It is the first enforcement action the state has taken under the California Safe Cosmetics Act.
The company's chief executive, Mike Brady, takes issue with the findings and questions the government agencies' testing methods. In December, GIB LLC sued Oregon OSHA over its testing, although the suit was later dropped.
Brazilian Blowout solutions have "never emitted any unacceptable levels of anything that I'm aware of per OSHA testing," Brady said in a phone interview Wednesday.
It's not only government agencies that are questioning the safety of products used in keratin smoothing treatments.
In a report called "Flat Out Risky," the Environmental Working Group, a nonprofit organization that lobbies for health and environmental protections, raises concerns about the treatments and the comparatively slow response of the U.S. government to complaints.
"Hair straighteners based on formaldehyde have been recalled in six countries -- Australia, Ireland, Canada, France, Germany and Cyprus, but are still widely used in American salons," the report said.
Stacy Malkan, author of "Not Just a Pretty Face: The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry," and co-founder of the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, which is leading an effort to pass the Federal Safe Cosmetics Act, cites the hair-smoothing issue as a perfect example of why the U.S. needs a better product safety system. "It's shocking the reports that have gone to the FDA regarding people who have been harmed from these products. They need to be pulled from the market," Malkan said.
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Berrien Springs Council OKs buying TV ads
By DEBRA HAIGHT - HP Correspondent
BERRIEN SPRINGS — Community development was again on the minds of Berrien Springs Village Council members Monday night. Members approved measures designed to beautify and improve local parks, extended a moratorium on downtown building demolitions and agreed to buy advertising with WNIT publi…
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Cutting state taxes is not the path to prosperity
By ROBERT L. BURGESS - HP Opinion Maker Columnist
The economic recovery from the Great Recession, which ended in 2009, is now the second longest economic expansion in United States history. This is longer than the economic growth of the Kennedy/Johnson presidencies of the 1960s. If the economy continues to grow through next July, the current expansion will surpass the 10-year internet expansion from 1991-2001 and become the longest in history, according to a CNN Money article from May 2018.
Remember what happened in the decade after 2001? Michigan lost hundreds of thousands of manufacturing jobs. The rise of the internet, robotics and other technological advances may have fueled an economy which brought rise to companies such as Google, Amazon, Facebook, etc. but it also disrupted, as it continues to do today, older sectors of the economy: manufacturing, retail stores, etc. Back when I first moved to Berrien County in 1993, Orchards Mall and many other malls across the country were thriving. Now? Malls are struggling to remain relevant. In the 1980s, Sears, K-Mart, Hudsons and other traditional mall anchors dominated retail. Now, apparently Americans really do think that online retailers have "just what I need."
While the economy has expanded and dramatically changed because of technology, something else has happened. Michigan was once a national leader in education from kindergarten through college. Now? Michigan ranks 35th in fourth-grade reading skills and 38th in fourth-grade math, per Bridge Magazine, April 10, 2018.
According to Michigan State University, it now costs an incoming freshman almost $25,000 a year to be a full-time Spartan. Why is college so expensive? Maybe because in 2010-2011 Michigan invested nearly one and a half billion of its general fund dollars in higher education. The budget for 2018-2019 states that Michigan's general fund commitment to higher education for 2018-2019 will be $400 million LESS than eight years ago, per the Senate Fiscal Agency on June 29, 2018.
It is true that during that same time, Michigan's Legislature increased the school aid fund's spending on higher education from $300,000 to $500 million. Money that used to be spent on K-12 is now diverted to higher education. Michigan's public schools would have $330 more per student if that fund had not been hijacked to band-aid the higher education budget. $330 per student may not sound like much, but for districts like St. Joseph or Lakeshore, that equates to a loss of about $1 million per year.
Not that higher education has reaped a great windfall. Michigan's total spending from all sources on higher education in 2010-2011 was $1.6 billion. In 2018-2019, it is budgeted to be $1.7 billion – an increase of less than 6 percent over eight years. Certainly, not keeping pace with inflation.
Getting back to Michigan's economy. Last fall, M-Live reported that "Michigan ranks 33rd in median household income." Half of Michigan's households make less than $52,492 annually. Berrien County is less than Michigan as a whole. Berrien County's median income was slightly more than $47,000 in 2017. For the United States as a whole, the median income was just over $59,000. Michigan and Berrien County have quite a way to go to catch up to the rest of the nation.
We all know that Michigan's roads are in bad shape. Our water and sewer infrastructure may be worse. Parchment residents are now drinking bottled water because of PFAs. Ask Flint residents if they still have concerns about water quality. The floods in Berrien County this past year show that our drains and sewers are not up to the task of dealing with significant rains or snowmelts.
The good news is that Michigan's economy has strengthened. Help wanted signs are plentiful at retail, manufacturing and other establishments across the area. Our state's unemployment level has improved, but remains worse than the national average. Per June 2018 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 39 states had lower unemployment rates than Michigan.
How should Michigan regain its status as THE once economic powerhouse in the United States? Some folks in Lansing or aspiring to be in Lansing would lower taxes. Some have gone as far as suggesting that we eliminate the state's personal income tax.
This is crazy talk. Michigan has disinvested in public schools, higher education, roads, and our water infrastructure for the last eight years. More of the same will not return our state to the economic powerhouse it was in the 1960s. America's economy has changed. Michigan needs to invest for the future to pace with the changes.
Robert L. Burgess, a Michigan native, has lived in Lincoln Township since 1993. His email is: robert_l_burgess@sbcglobal.net.
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The Massive Soviet Sub That Inspired 'Hunt For Red October'
Massive and oddly innovative, yet at the same time totally antiquated by western standards, the Soviet built ballistic missile nuclear submarine, code named "Typhoon" by NATO, was in many ways a perfect metaphor for the USSR's military capability during the 1980s and thus the perfect fodder for informed fiction.
Built primarily for long missions under the polar icecap, the sheer size of the Typhoon, known indigenously as the Akula Class, was simply mind blowing. She was half the length of an Nimitz class aircraft carrier and about 2/5ths its displacement. A submerged Typhoon was said to reach 48,000 tons, while its western equivalent, the almost as long Ohio Class "boomer," displaced "just" 19,000 tons.
The Typhoon's massive tonnage comes from the fact that they were basically two Delta Class submarine hulls mated together and built outward from there. They could carry 20 R-39 SLBMs, each with 10 multiple reentry vehicle (MIRV) warheads. In other words, this sucker could rain two hundred nuclear warheads down on western cities and military installations in a single barrage. Seeing as the ship was designed with arctic patrols in mind, she could break through the ice and fire all of her missiles while surfaced if need be. Additionally, she possessed six 533mm tubes that were capable of launching Type 53 torpedoes and SS-N-15 "Starfish" cruise missiles, although these were tertiary capabilities in comparison to her primary mission as a nuclear "second strike" deterrent.
What made the Typhoons even more threatening was that they were among the quietest vessels ever built by the USSR, and they were fast, capable of hitting around 28 kts underwater. In effect, tracking these suckers was a top priority for NATO, and especially the US, and it was not that easy for America's silent service to do so. Additionally, these ships were prime targets on America's nuclear hit lists while in port as they could launch their missiles even while tied up to the dock if the orders to end the world as we knew it were ever given.
Strangely, Russia promoted the titanic Typhoons as representing a sort of "new level of comfort" in submarining in an attempt to show off the "bigger is better" functionality of these massive and costly boats. There were expansive (everything is relative on subs) recreational and dining lounges on-board, including what looks like the saddest state produced video game, and a prison like swimming pool for sailors to "enjoy." Some of the propaganda reels from the day almost make the sub appear like some type of militarized and deep diving "Love Boat." None-the-less, the Typhoons are still luxurious when it comes to submerged livability even by today's standards.
The Soviet built Typhoon Class super-sub was also the F-14 Tomcat's submersible mil-tech superstar equivalent on the silver screen. As the inspiration for Tom Clancy's novel "Hunt For The Red October," she was featured in the blockbuster screenplay adaptation with that same title (and with Sean Connery!). In the movie the big sub had some farcical modifications such as a shadowy "caterpillar drive," which used an inapplicable magnetohydrodynamic propulsion concept.
In the end just six Typhoons were built during the 1980s, and most were withdrawn from service within a decade and a half of their christening. Today a single boat, the first of her class, the Dmitriy Donskoy, is still in service, acting partially as a missile development test boat as she was updated and converted to carry the newest Russian SLBM, the RSM-56 "Bulava."
The two other remaining Typhoons that were still in Russia's reserve inventory are being scrapped as the cost of refitting and operating them is deemed too high. In their place, the more streamlined, efficient and cost effective Borei Class, and its second generation derivative, which were designed around the RSM-56 SLBM, will solidify its grim role as Russia's primary second strike nuclear deterrent.
Interestingly enough, before the final decision was made to scrap all but one of the remaining Typhoons, the shipyard that originally built them was floating some pretty wild concepts in an attempt to see that they were refurbished and put back into active service. Some of the ideas proposed were to refit the ships as natural gas, oil and cargo transports capable of delivering large quantities of stores to Russia's most northern outposts.
Although the Typhoons are truly relics of the Cold War, and are almost ridiculous in their proportions, one has to marvel at the concept and aspirations behind such a unique, colossal, and costly design…
For a look inside a dilapidated Typhoon, check out this dude's recent tour of one!
Check out this tour of a Typhoon during its operational heyday:
See the massive Typhoon doing its thing set to cool music:
This modern documentary on the Typhoon is pretty awesome too:
Photo credits: Russian Navy, public domain.
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We were lucky enough to have a one-on-one phone interview with Amy Acker earlier today, and here's what she told us.
Now that Finch has stepped back a bit, is Root the new leader of the Machine gang? Is she calling the shots now?
Well, I think she's definitely the Machine's champion, so at least now while everybody's in hiding, and just starting to figure out the Machine's still aware and still has a plan, I think she's there to make sure everyone knows that we have the Machine, and we still have to fight for her.
Is her relationship with the Machine evolving? Is she still her own person, or is she just becoming an extension of the Machine?
It's interesting, because I think you can see that we've all had to lay low for a little bit, and I think that it's exciting to find out what's Root having to do without having all of the information she was once given. She's having to make decisions on her own as well, so how does that shape up?
She still has the Machine in her ear, right? She still hears it talk to her all the time.
Yes. She's still implanted with the Machine.
So obviously the Machine went too far for Finch when it said they had to kill a Congressman. Could it ever go too far for Root? Could it ask her to do something she's not willing to do?
You know how it seemed like, with the speech that I gave [Finch] at the beginning of the season... I do believe that life is worth fighting for. But also, I keep telling him that sacrifices have to be made if we're going to win this. There's really no other choice. So I think that would be an exciting thing to explore, as the season goes on — if something were to happen that made Root question that. But as of now, she's staying strong [and believing] that the Machine can do no wrong.
In fact, the Machine had to pull Root back, when it put her in the mental institution and tried to teach her that killing is wrong.
There was a turning point, probably around episode 17 last year, when she has to decide between stopping Decima and saving a guy's life, and she ultimately chose to save the guy's life. And I think any time before that, that would not have been the choice she made. And I sort of was talking about [Root's past, and how she's] definitely done bad things... So I think now that [Root's] thinking about not killing, that's a big difference.
So in the season premiere, we met Martine Rousseau, the blonde woman who seems to be working for Samaritan. Is she the anti-Root? Are you guys going to meet at some point?
I hope so, yeah. From what I have gathered, especially from what she did in the pilot, it seems like she is sort of the one-man army of Samaritan right now. She is Samaritan's eyes on the ground, and the human activities of Samaritan seem, at this point, to have been passed over from Greer to her.
So you don't know if Root and she are going to meet?
It seems like they should. I hope so. [Laughs] I feel like they'd have a good conversation, unless one of them kills the other one first.
Does Root still have her own gang, like with the hacker she rescued and stuff? Are they still out there?
We haven't talked about them yet this season, but it seemed like at the end of last season, they were being sent somewhere to make sure they were safe. So if we needed them at some point, they would be available. So I hope they come back. That was really fun, having all those different characters.
Is Root going to keep going to the make-up counter to get makeovers from Shaw? Or is Shaw done with the makeup counter now that she's a criminal?
I think we have some more makeup coming. Yeah. And [Shaw]'s at work, so she can't leave when I come to get her.
It seems like it's gotten more and more flirtatious every time you guys are on screen together.
We have had a lot of fun with it. Even during that first scene where we met, where I'm like holding an iron to her, and we were like, "How did this turn into a flirty sexual thing?" I don't know — we made it happen, or it was directed that way. So then, it's been a fun thing to play with the characters... Especially for me, getting to flirt with Shaw, because I know that she hates it, or there are times when it seems like she almost wants to laugh, but she can't because she's Shaw. It's just a fun dynamic to play with.
Do you guys ever worry about going too far with the romantic/sexual tension and having to be pulled back? Do you ever get told to dial it back?
No... A lot of times, we'll do [a scene] a couple of different ways. And it seems like they usually go with the flirtatious [version]. They make that their choice.
Are you going to be back on Agents of SHIELD at some point?
I have no idea. They haven't reached out to me. But I obviously love all those people, so that would be fun.


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Q: How to mix select and delete in a Slick transaction Why does it not work to combine a SELECT and a DELETE statement in a Slick query? as in:
 val query = (for {
     item <- SomeTable
     _ <- OtherTable.filter(_.id === item.id).delete
 } yield ()).transactionally

"Cannot resolve symbol 'transactionally'"

(without .transactionally, it is a Query[Nothing, Nothing, Seq], if that helps)
while the two actions work separately:
 val query = (for {
     item <- SomeTable
 } yield ()).transactionally

,
 val query = (for {
     _ <- OtherTable.filter(_.id === 2).delete
 } yield ()).transactionally

A: OK so this is a classic example of mixing DBIO with Query.
In your first case:
val query = (for {
     item <- SomeTable // this is `Query`
     _ <- OtherTable.filter(_.id === item.id).delete // this is `DBIO`
 } yield ()).transactionally

Obviously for DML you can use only actions (Query is for DQL - being simply SELECT).
So first thing is - change your code to use only DBIOs. Below example is incorrect.
val query = (for {
     item <- SomeTable.result // this is `DBIO` now
     _ <- OtherTable.filter(_.id === item.id).delete // but this won't work !!
 } yield ()).transactionally

OK, we are nearly there - the problem is that it doesn't compile. What you need to do is to be aware that now this part:
item <- SomeTable.result

returns Seq of your SomeTable case class (which among other things contains your id).
So let's take into account:
val query = (for {
     items <- SomeTable.result // I changed the name to `items` to reflect it's plural nature
     _ <- OtherTable.filter(_.id.inset(items.map(_.id))).delete // I needed to change it to generate `IN` query
 } yield ()).transactionally


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Li Auto Sets Hong Kong Offering Price at HK $118
Beijing-based EV firm Li Auto has priced its upcoming Hong Kong offering at HK$118 ($15.16) per share, according to an official company announcement on the evening of August 6. Class A ordinary shares in the company are scheduled to begin trading on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Thursday.
The company will issue up to 10 million Class A ordinary shares in Hong Kong at this time, representing 10% of the total number of such shares initially available under a global offering. According to the announced issue price, it is estimated that Li Auto will raise up to HK$11.8 billion in the process.
On July 30 of last year, Li Auto went public on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol "LI." Within one year, the company started to plan for another listing in Hong Kong. This also will make the firm just the second domestic carmaker to successfully double-list, following Xpeng Motors.
The prospectus shows the total net losses of Li Auto was 4.483 billion yuan ($692 million) from 2018 to the first quarter of 2021. In 2020, its gross profit turned positive. The latest data shows that the net losses attributed to the parent company owner in the first quarter of 2021 expanded to 360 million yuan, 4.7 times the loss in the same period last year.
The company believes the losses mainly stemmed from investment in R&D and autonomous driving schemes. Additionally, self-built factories and greatly increased marketing expenses also have affected their business performance.
SEE ALSO: Li Auto Passes HKEX Hearing, Opening Door for Dual Listing
The company started the mass production of its Ideal ONE model in November 2019, and launched the upgraded version of Ideal ONE 2021 on May 25 this year. As of June 30, 2021, the sales volume of Ideal ONE reached 63,000 vehicles. In July this year, the company delivered a total of 8,589 Ideal ONE vehicles, up 251% year-on-year and 11% quarter-on-quarter. This achievement took the monthly sales crown away from NIO and Xpeng .
In addition, the company plans to launch a brand-new "X" platform in 2022, on the basis of which it intends to develop a full-sized luxury extended-range electric SUV in the same year. In 2023, it plans to launch two high-voltage pure EVs. Under this plan, the company will launch at least two new pure EVs every year.
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Li Auto Seeks to Raise $1.9 Billion in Hong Kong Offering
Chinese electric vehicle maker Li Auto said on Tuesday that it plans to sell 100 million shares at a maximum offer price of HK$150 per share.
Auto Aug 03 August 3, 2021
Li Auto L9 to Be Released on June 21
Li Xiang, CEO of Chinese car manufacturer Li Auto, said on Saturday that the official release date of the L9 model will be June 21.
Auto Jun 06 June 6, 2022
Li Auto's L9 Test Car Suspected of Air Suspension Breakage
The latest flagship L9 SUV from Chinese new energy vehicle firm Li Auto has not yet been delivered, but its test cars have apparently been exposed to hardware problems, triggering hot debate among web users and questions from industry insiders.
Auto Jul 18 July 18, 2022
Leapmotor Listed in Hong Kong, Unveils C01 EV Model
Chinese electric vehicle startup Leapmotor was officially listed in Hong Kong on September 29, with an opening price of HK$41 ($5.22) per share, 14% lower than its issue price of HK$48 ($6.11).
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From the Desk of Francis French: Finding Apollo
Apollo Pilot: The Memoir of Astronaut Donn Eisele (January 2017) is the newest book in the popular series, Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Spaceflight. Francis French is the director of education at the San Diego Air and Space Museum and the coauthor of Into That Silent Sea: Trailblazers of the Space Era, 1961–1965 (Nebraska, 2007). Below French discusses finding Donn Eisele's story.
It almost sounds too good to be true: an unpublished memoir written by an astronaut who piloted the very first Apollo flight, sitting in a pile of papers in his widow's closet. And yet that's exactly what I came across when I was looking through the many boxes of space memorabilia and lifetime memories at the home of Susie Eisele Black, the widow of Apollo 7 astronaut Donn Eisele.
Donn Eisele had always been an enigma to me and many others interested in NASA's Apollo space program. He passed away in the 1980s, too early for me to have the opportunity to meet him. From what I had read about him, he was considered lighthearted, easygoing, and often so innocuous that he faded into the background of some of humankind's greatest moments of exploration. I knew this could not be the full story, however, as he had also been in the center of two tumultuous and controversial events.
The first was the Apollo 7 flight, the crew of which—by some accounts—had had unprecedented disagreements with Mission Control. I had read of testy radio exchanges and vows by mission planners that none of the crew would ever fly in space again. None of them did. I had also read about how Donn Eisele had, without wishing it, become the test case for how much astronauts would be allowed to veer away from their media image as all-American space heroes who lived the ultimate in stereotypically wholesome lives. Divorce, in that climate, was unthinkable. And yet Donn chose to divorce and to try and remain an astronaut. This easygoing man chose to pit himself against the unwritten rules his bosses had made very plain to him.
Donn later remarried and retired from NASA but died suddenly of a heart attack in 1987 while on business in Tokyo. Years later I met Donn's widow, Susie Eisele Black, who granted me access to Donn's papers and notes. When I came across a stack of typewritten, translucent onionskin sheets in a closet, I found many of the answers to my questions. Written not long after he had left NASA, these words represented a man with a new mission—he wanted to tell his story and explain what had happened to him. He was unsparing in some of his criticisms of his managers. He also told, in beautiful detail, what it was like to journey into space on the first flight of the Apollo spacecraft, the vehicle that would take humans all the way to the moon on the very next mission. He was immensely proud of what he had accomplished. However, he did not live long enough to add more to his memoirs. With Susie's permission, I began turning Donn's writings into a manuscript.
Once I had carefully edited the numerous drafts into one, Susie Eisele Black read it and told me that it was as if her late husband was still alive, speaking directly to her. I hope this is a sensation every reader feels as they experience this long-overlooked memoir, vividly telling us all what it was like to journey into space aboard an Apollo, with all its glory and frustrations. Dry technical reports could never capture the feeling of being in the heart of the space program; for all of the program's engineering triumphs, this is a very human story.
November 22, 2016 November 21, 2016 univnebpressApollo 7, Apollo mission history, Creative Writing, memoir, NASA, new books, Outward Odyssey series, space, space history
4 thoughts on "From the Desk of Francis French: Finding Apollo"
Angela Joyce says:
It is a marvelous read. Beautifully done. I will be recommending it.
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gleopold says:
Donn Eisele was a member of the first Apollo crew until he was injured in a training accident. His was a heavy burden after the Apollo 1 crew died in a launch pad fire nearly 50 years ago. Eisele had a hard time reconciling what had happened to his Apollo colleagues: What was the rush? he rightly asked the Apollo managers who should have known better than to seal three men in a spacecraft pumped full of pure oxygen. This (auto)biography will help set the record straight. Donn Eisele and his family are indeed fortunate to have the distinguished space writer/editor/curator Francis French at last tell this good man's story.
Thank you for sharing and making this book available for all to read. Bravo!
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How the Tech Sector Is Leading The Green Revolution
The tech sector is quickly becoming one of the most important sectors in the green revolution. From smartphones to laptops, this sector has brought about major changes in how we work, learn, and play. But with these many advancements comes a threat to the environment – wasting energy and resources. In order to combat this problem, technology is now being designed to be greener and leaner on resources on a large scale – with no shortage of examples out there!
What is the Green Revolution?
The Green Revolution is a term used to describe the dramatic increase in the use of sustainable practices in the world's technology sectors. The increase has been driven by a number of factors, including the recognition that sustainable practices can be more cost-effective and environmentally friendly than traditional methods, and a growing understanding that technology can be used to improve environmental conditions.
The benefits of the Green Revolution are clear: it has helped to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve air quality, and reduce energy consumption. In addition, it has helped to create new opportunities for growth in sectors such as information technology and clean energy technologies.
The Green Revolution is still going strong, and there is much progress yet to be made. It will continue to play an important role in helping to address global environmental challenges, and we urge everyone involved in the technology sector to continue leading the way forward.
How the tech sector can lead the revolution
The tech sector has been leading the charge when it comes to being environmentally conscious. Many companies are taking measures to reduce their environmental impact, and some are even developing new technologies that can help reduce pollution. Here are five ways the tech sector is helping lead the green revolution.
Companies are investing in renewable energy sources. Several major tech companies, including Google, Facebook, and Apple, have invested in renewable energy sources like solar and wind power. This helps reduce their environmental impact by using fewer fossil fuels.
They're developing new technology to reduce pollution. Some tech companies are working on new technology that can help reduce pollution from industrial facilities and vehicles. For example, Apple is developing a car that runs on hydrogen fuel cells, which would make it easier to reduce emissions from cars.
They're advocating for green policies. Several tech companies are lobbying for green policies that will help reduce their environmental impact. For example, Google has advocated for policies that would increase renewable energy use in the US.
They're educating consumers about environmental issues. Many tech companies are working to educate consumers about environmental issues and how they can be affected by them. For example, Apple has partnered with Conservation International to educate consumers on the impact of their consumption.
They're working to protect natural resources and biodiversity. Some big tech companies are working hard to protect the environment, often resulting in major fines from governments. For example, Apple was fined over $14 billion when it was discovered that it had taken advantage of a tax loophole in China Investigating Amazon's Environmental Record.
The Impacts of the Green Revolution
The tech sector is leading the green revolution. In recent years, this industry has made a concerted effort to reduce its environmental impact. A number of companies have developed innovative ways to reduce their energy consumption and emissions.
Some companies are working to develop greener technologies in order to reduce their environmental impact. They are also working to increase awareness of the importance of environmentalism within the tech sector and beyond.
Innovation is key to the success of the green revolution. Companies that can come up with new and more efficient ways to produce goods and services will be winners in this market trend.
The tech sector is leading the way when it comes to adopting sustainable practices, and this trend is only going to continue. By investing in green technology, companies are able to improve their bottom line while also reducing their impact on the environment. This shift away from traditional methods of production has never been more important, and the tech sector is leading the way by setting a strong example for other businesses. We also recommend our recommended dedicated server adopt the latest IoT technology.
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