Waiting for 'Superman': Are Teachers the Problem?
In an episode of the 1950s TV show Superman, a school bus full of kids is threatened with disaster as it nearly topples over a cliff, when — whoosh — the Man of Steel flies in and pushes the bus to safety. That was the fantasy that Geoffrey Canada, the South Bronx–bred boy who became a Harvard-trained education entrepreneur, hoped for as a child. All it would take to save schoolkids was muscle and a miracle.
But America can't exist on muscle anymore. With manufacturing jobs a sliver of what they once were, and field-level farming jobs largely stocked with immigrant labor, the coming generation of middle-class and working-class Americans needs not strong backs but educated minds. The titans and geniuses, the Warren Buffetts and Mark Zuckerbergs, will still propel themselves from privilege to power. What we need are people to work behind the counter at Southwest, to keep a million offices purring efficiently, to oil the machinery of civil service. A blue-collar economy is yesterday; a white-collar one is today and tomorrow.
Americans also can't afford the fantasy that we have the world's best educational system. The U.S. is near the bottom of advanced countries in math and reading scores. We may not pass sleepless nights worrying about Finland, but that country's kids get a world-class public-school education, and ours don't. Our problems are bigger and more systemic: that, in the world's richest nation, a seventh of our citizens live in poverty; that the majority of African Americans form a near perpetual underclass; that the nuclear family has detonated into pieces, leaving many children with only one parent, if that, to love, instruct and keep an eye on them; that the culture of instant gratification convinces kids that studying is a bore, while the infinitesimal chance of making millions as a pro athlete or a rap star is worth pursuing. Surely the young deserve full-time parents, more realistic goals and inspiring teachers. But maybe that too is a fantasy.
Waiting for "Superman," Davis Guggenheim's edifying and heartbreaking new documentary, says that our future depends on good teachers — and that the coddling of bad teachers by their powerful unions virtually ensures mediocrity, at best, in both teachers and the students in their care. The movie's major villains are the National Education Association, the country's largest union, and the American Federation of Teachers. Posed against them are the film's heroes: Canada, whose Harlem Children's Zone schools give kids an intense, comprehensive intellectual and social education, and Michelle Rhee, another Harvard grad who as chancellor of the Washington, D.C., public-school system enacted stringent reforms, including firing many principals she thought were substandard. Canada is like the gifted proselytizer who sells a great idea, and Rhee is like the tough sheriff brought in to clean up a bad town.
Guggenheim, who won an Oscar for the Al Gore documentary An Inconvenient Truth, might not have made his new film if, while taking his own children to their private school in Los Angeles each morning, he hadn't had to drive past several public schools that he and his wife had decided wouldn't suitably prepare their kids. What he found in his two years of researching Waiting for "Superman" (with co-producer Lesley Chilcott) was that a lot of schools aren't right for any kids — neither the dull ones who need gentle prods to move competently from K to 12, nor the underprivileged bright ones who could be the Geoffrey Canadas of the future, if only a good charter school had enough slots to accept them all.
The movie concentrates on five of these children: Bianca, in kindergarten, and Francisco, a first-grader, both applying to the Harlem Success Academy; two fifth-graders, Anthony in Washington and Daisy in East Los Angeles; and the lone white child, Emily, an eighth-grader in Silicon Valley. Because the schools they hope to enter choose their new enrollees not by testing but by lottery, the futures of these and hundreds of thousands of other kids — their careers, income levels, social standing — depend on which ball falls into the hole. Pure chance will determine whether the answer is Bingo! or the abyss.
Guggenheim may load his case by concentrating on children who are already passionate about their education; surely the vaster challenge is to enlighten the kids who think school is not paradise but a prison. And charter schools, which are promoted here as the enlightened alternative to the public-school system, have a record more mixed than the film suggests. So it's no surprise that Guggenheim has been the recipient of teachers' dirty looks. (Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, has written about the flaws she finds in the film's generalizations.) But a documentary movie is not a dry treatise; certainly this one isn't. Guggenheim wants to start conversations, debates, elevated arguments — to get people thinking about a crucial problem whose solution has eluded Presidents and parents for the past half-century.
Waiting for "Superman" stirs that discussion, and perhaps moves it to the front of our national concerns, because it is so smartly and feelingly constructed. The five climactic lotteries lend the film a mood of desperate suspense; the five children, especially Bianca and Daisy, give it dollops of heart. This is more than an Important Documentary: it is engaging and, finally, enraging — as captivating as any Superman movie, and as poignant as a child's plea for help.
See photos from inside a public boarding school.
See photos from a Mandarin school in Minneapolis.


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Anti-arbitration Injunction, Russia, Sanctions
All Bark and No Bite? The Russian Supreme Court's Refusal to Grant an Anti-Arbitration Injunction to a Sanctioned Company
Evgeniya Rubinina (Enyo Law LLP)/ July 30, 2021 July 26, 2021 /Leave a comment
In mid-2020, changes were enacted to the Russian Arbitrazh (Commercial) Procedure Code ("APC") which established the exclusive jurisdiction of Russian Arbitrazh courts over cases where a Russian party is subject to sanctions or where the dispute has arisen out of sanctions. This raised concerns that sanctioned Russian parties would be able to easily avoid arbitration clauses they had entered into. However, the Russian Supreme Court has recently found that arbitration clauses with sanctioned Russian parties are only invalidated when sanctions render them incapable of being performed.
Background: The June 2020 Changes to the APC
On 18 June 2020, changes to the APC were enacted allowing sanctioned Russian parties to bring a claim at their place of residence or incorporation, provided that the same dispute had not already been brought before a foreign court or before an arbitral tribunal seated outside of Russia (Article 248.1(3) of the APC). Sanctioned Russian parties were also given the right to apply for an anti-suit injunction – a form of relief previously unknown to Russian law – in relation to such proceedings in foreign courts or arbitrations (Articles 248.1(3) and 248.2 of the APC). Article 248.1(4) of the APC notes that the provisions of this article "also apply" when the arbitration agreement is "incapable of being performed" due to the application of sanctions to one of the parties.
Uraltransmash Case
On their face, the jurisdictional provisions of the amended Article 248.1 of the APC are very broad. The decision of the Russian Supreme Court in the Uraltransmash case confirming the restrictive interpretation of this provision is thus welcome news.
In 2013, Uraltransmash, a Russian company, entered into a contract for the purchase of tramway cars with PESA Bydgoszcz ("PESA"), a Polish company. The Polish-law-governed contract contained an SCC arbitration clause. In May 2019, PESA commenced arbitration against Uraltransmash claiming over EUR 55 million in damages. Having initially participated in the arbitration for over two years, Uraltransmash – whose parent company Uralvagonzavod has since 2014 been subject to EU sanctions – later applied to the Arbitrazh Court for the Sverdlovsk Region seeking an anti-arbitration injunction against PESA.
Uraltransmash argued that the fact that it was subject to EU sanctions was in itself sufficient to grant the injunction under Articles 248.1(3) and 248.2 of the APC. The Arbitrazh Court for the Sverdlovsk Region disagreed, finding on 24 November 2020 that these provisions should be interpreted together with Article 248.1(4) of the APC, and that thus an anti-suit injunction may only be granted when sanctions render the arbitration agreement incapable of being performed.
With this in mind, the Arbitrazh Court noted that, despite the sanctions, Uraltransmash was able to fully participate in the SCC arbitration: it appointed a respected arbitrator, filed a number of submissions, appointed a Polish accounting expert witness and was advised by well-regarded Russian and Polish lawyers. The court was also unconvinced that the sanctions prevented Uraltransmash from paying advances on arbitrators' fees, or from making payments to PESA. It found that Uraltransmash was subject only to fairly limited sectoral EU sanctions and not to more stringent sanctions envisaging asset freezes and travel restrictions. The fact that Uraltransmash was also subject to US sanctions was deemed irrelevant. For these reasons, the court refused to issue the anti-suit injunction.
On appeal, on 10 March 2021 the higher instance Arbitrazh Court for the Urals District upheld the decision of the lower court, agreeing with its reasoning and endorsing its interpretation of Article 248.1 of the APC. The Arbitrazh Court for the Urals District also noted that a contrary interpretation of the APC provisions would render international commercial transactions unstable and unpredictable.
The Russian Supreme Court likewise agreed with this interpretation of the relevant provisions of the APC, rejecting on 28 May 2021 an appeal in relation to the decisions of the lower courts.
While there is no system of binding precedent in Russia, it is nevertheless significant that the Russian Supreme Court adopted this stance in relation to the interpretation of the conditions for issuing an anti-suit injunction in relation to arbitrations involving sanctioned entities.
A Word of Caution: Instar Logistics v Neighbors Drilling
The Russian courts' decisions in Uraltransmash can be contrasted with an earlier decision of the Ninth Arbitrazh Appellate Court of Moscow in the case of Instar Logistics v Neighbors Drilling (Case № А40-149566/2019). In that case, the claimant, who was subject to US sanctions, applied to the Russian courts to amend the ICC arbitration clause in its English-law-governed storage agreement with a US counterparty, citing the impossibility of performance of the arbitration clause due to the US sanctions with which the US respondent had to comply. While the claim was filed before the amendments to the APC had entered into force, the Ninth Arbitrazh Appellate Court on 10 February 2020 agreed with the decision of the lower court and held that the dispute should be heard in Russian courts. This decision was confirmed on appeal by the Arbitrazh Court for the Moscow District on 6 July 2020 and by the Russian Supreme Court on 12 October 2020. The fact that the US-incorporated respondent would have been unable to comply with an arbitral award against it due to US sanctions, somewhat bafflingly, was a key consideration (with the courts thus confusing the enforceability of the arbitration clause and that of the resulting award). In the view of the Russian courts, this created a procedural "imbalance" between the sanctioned Russian claimant and the US respondent. Unlike the courts in Uraltransmash, the courts in Instar Logistics did not undertake a detailed analysis as to whether the sanctioned claimant – who had not attempted to commence arbitration – would have been able to participate in it.
Conclusion and Implications
The Uraltransmash decision of the Russian Supreme Court limits the availability of anti-suit injunctions, as well as the avoidance of foreign arbitration clauses, to situations where the sanctions make the sanctioned entity's participation in the arbitration impossible. This is undoubtedly a welcome development. As confirmed in a joint article by the ICC, LCIA and SCC, sanctions do not prevent sanctioned Russian parties from participating in arbitrations before these institutions. To the extent that the APC provisions dealing with sanctioned entities are interpreted in such a restrictive way, the risk of Russian parties being able to successfully avoid foreign-seated arbitrations and obtaining anti-suit injunctions against them would thus be relatively low.
Nevertheless, the Uraltransmash decision is fact-specific, with the sanctioned entity in question having participated in the SCC arbitration for over two years without any difficulties. A risk remains that, should, for instance, a sanctioned entity claim it is unable to participate in a foreign-seated arbitration at an earlier phase, or should there be any purported enforcement difficulties as a result of sanctions as per Instar Logistics, Russian courts may adopt a less arbitration-friendly approach.
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Darrell Clarke
Full transcript: Darrell Clarke discusses his frustration, Sam Matthews' injury and Tom Nichols' display
Everything The Gas manager had to say after defeat to Portsmouth
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Bristol Rovers lost their third game of the League One season on Tuesday night, going down 2-1 at home to Portsmouth.
Gareth Evans and Ronan Curtis scored for Pompey while Chris Lines had an eventful 10 minutes, coming off the bench, winning and scoring a penalty, and then getting sent off.
After the final whistle manager Darrell Clarke spoke to the press.
Here is every word of what he had to say:
That must have been a difficult watch, what did you make of it?
"It was a difficult watch but I hate hard luck stories as well. I am frustrated and disappointed. "I thought the performance was there if I am honest with you but we were certainly not good enough in both boxes.
"Certainly in the play in the second half we were right on the front foot against a team which has started the season well.
"I am terribly disappointed we didn't get something out of the game.
Bristol Rovers manager Darrell Clarke
Is it more frustrating that your were close, but not close enough?
"I said to the players we need to dust ourselves down but I don't want to be a hard luck story. We need to be more clinical at times, we have to to be better defensively at times, but I don't want people feeling sorry for themselves. I am angry, I am disappointed and we need to bounce back on Saturday.
Is it lapses in defence which has hurt you tonight?
"I think so. It was a great strike for the first one but we have got to deal with that, the run around. We do a lot of work on that, we do a lot of work defensively throughout and certainly we have got to be better in both boxes.
"We have had enough chances to probably win two games and we never took them and the keeper has pulled off a couple of great saves as well. You have got to keep going, keep believing in what you do and how you go about it.
Did it all hinge on Chris Lines' red card?
It certainly didn't help, I haven't seen it back again, I need to look at it, But you just get yourself back in the game and then all of a sudden you are down to 10 men. A lot of things didn't go our way. But like I say that is a hard luck story. The players have got to be better.
Is it a case that the players have got be even more careful now, and be totally in control when tackling?
"I totally agree. It looked like a red card, it looked like he slipped a little bit, but then his other leg came following through but I have not look back at it yet. I am still disappointed and raw about not getting anything out of the game.
But you looked the better team certainly in that second half?
"Yeah it took us a little while to get going, but in the second half we started really well on the front foot creating opportunities, but we have got to take them. In at the death there we were still creating opportunities, hopefully on another day they start hitting the back of the net and we can move forward on a consistent basis.
That midfield looks like it can be good in this league, are you happy with it?
"It is a tough competitive league, we will be competitive again no doubt about it, we will give teams games, but you sell 60 goals out your team in the last 18 months and it is going to be hard to replace that and it is going to take time to replace that."
"You keep working with the boys to work hard and hopefully someone steps up to the plate but the league gets tougher and tougher each season, but no doubt we will be competitive; there are a lot of good signs I have seen in the last three games.
"We will be working hard on the training ground and we will keep working on the mindset as well because it is important we don't lose confidence and dust ourselves down and go again.
With Sam Slocombe going out on loan is goalkeeper a position you are looking to recruit in?
"I am looking to recruit. We are in the process at the moment where we haven't got a lot of money to spend so it will be a case of one out one in.
"I will be looking, I am holding out a little bit, Smith has come in the last couple of games and done alright, you have got to keep hold of that, but I am looking to improve in that area certainly.
Chris Lines of Bristol Rovers is shown a red card - Mandatory by-line: Alex James/JMP - 21/08/2018 - FOOTBALL - Memorial Stadium - Bristol, England - Bristol Rovers v Portsmouth - Sky Bet League One
Are you frustrated at Chris Lines for getting sent off?
"Like I said I need to look at it again so I don't want to speak out of turn, certainly for us it was a key moment of the game, the crowd had lifted and we had just got back into it and we were hoping then to go on a win it. But certainly from our perspective it killed it. I am disappointed.
You had 22 shots in that game, are you disappointed you didn't get few more goal?
"It is another hard luck story though. We have got to start being clincal and defending better, when we start doing that the consistency of our performance will get better.
"You have seen it in this league anybody can beat anybody on their day and we will be competitive again.
"If you are going to to get in the top half of this league you need to put consecutive results together on a regular basis.
A lot of the shots came from outside the box, was the quality of the shots good enough?
"We had a great chance, Sercs had a couple of great chances - he normally hits the back of the net. We had a couple of chances from the edge of the box, we have created chances at the back. How their keeper keeps it out from Benno I don't know? Alex hits it into the ground where we should be clinical; that is in the six yard box. We have had headers in the box as well so I think there is a mixture of ways we could have scored from to be honest.
"Our approach play, we mixed it up, sometime we were wide, sometimes we went through the middle, and for whatever reason it wasn't meant to be tonight.
Tom Nichols of Bristol Rovers shot is saved. - Mandatory by-line: Alex James/JMP - 21/08/2018 - FOOTBALL - Memorial Stadium - Bristol, England - Bristol Rovers v Portsmouth - Sky Bet League One
What did you make of Tom Nichols' impressive performance?
"He was was busy, he was lively, he probably needs a bit of break certainly in front of goal that's for sure. He has been consistent this season but we need players [who can score]. Like I said to you there 60 plus goals I have sold over the last 18 months, and it doesn't happen overnight and players have got to take on that mantle to be that regular goalscorer in the team to get that confidence.
"We had goals in the team last season, we need to get goals throughout the team this year, we need to start hitting the back of the net more often and defending better.
What did you make of Alex Jakubiak's debut?
"He has been working hard in training, I have got four strikers, Gav Reilly was unlucky not to get on as well, we had to make a change with Linesy getting sent off, otherwise Gav would have got on the pitch.
They keep working hard, we keep working hard with the players, there is no magic wand - we are where we are as a football club at the minute. We keep trying to improve, we keep trying to progress, it gets draining at times for myself because I get frustrated and angry because I want success, the fans want success but we keep working hard. That is what we have to do.
What are the details of the Slocombe loan deal?
"It is a full season, with a view to a permanent in January. We are in the case where realistically we have to have players out to get players in.
Why did Sam Matthews miss out tonight?
"He took a whack, he had his glued ankle, but we will see if he is fit for Saturday.
FA CupWork is needed in the transfer window to bring the entertainment back to Bristol CityOur man in the stands delivers his verdict on the 1-0 win over Barnsley and what needs to happen over the next two weeks


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JCDecaux converts British town to NFC advertising
By Sarah Clark • 29 February 2012 5 March 2012 • nfcworld.com
All the bus shelters and outdoor advertising sites as well as all the posters in the town of Reading's main shopping centre are to be NFC-enabled from 5 March, making it the first to be blanketed with NFC advertising.
The town of Reading in the UK's hi-tech M4 corridor is to become the first to have all its bus shelters and poster sites, as well as sites in the city's Oracle shopping mall, converted to enable consumers to interact with advertisers via QR codes and NFC tags.
In all, Reading will have 325 advertising 'Touchpoints' from which shoppers will be able to access exclusive video content from DVDs, preview TV shows, get discount vouchers and enter competitions.
The project is being delivered by out-of-home advertising giant JCDecaux — which has already NFC-enabled 240 sites in Australia — in conjunction with outdoor media agency Kinetic Worldwide and technology provider Zappit.
"We couldn't think of a more perfect place to launch this exciting new service than in the vibrant town of Reading," says David McEvoy, marketing director at JCDecaux UK. "Our research shows that Reading is one of the most tech-savvy towns in the UK with a higher number of mobile phone and smartphone owners than the rest of the country. This puts Reading at the forefront of interactivity at bus shelters and so we really hope people will try it out and enjoy accessing the entertainment and special offers available through their smartphone."
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From new bulletin "RUS-DX" (1 January 2023).
What is heard on LW/MW in Russia?
They write that Mayak is broadcasting on 549 kHz today (December 27).
Source + comments: https://forum.vcfm.ru/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=78&p=164561#p164561
-Kaliningrad Radio Center #5 has prepared a second transmitter and a new frequency for on-air tests: 549 kHz. A few days earlier, short turns were made to test the operability of the restored antenna and the transmitting complex. Tests are carried out with reduced power, at the level of 50-70 kW. The antenna is involved – a mast with a height of 257 meters, previously used in the long wave band (171 kHz)
There are no airing schedules for 549 kHz. Test broadcasting can be carried out on weekdays during business hours (9-17 Moscow time)
Such a conditional schedule is also valid for a frequency of 1143 kHz.
(https://vk.com/public158109176)
Anatoly Klepov, Moscow, Russia (2022-12-30)
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Bicoastal Media is shuffling programming in its Southern Oregon cluster on Sunday, January 8.
The changes are being triggered by the planned sign-off of 1440 KMED Medford. The programming of KMED will move to 106.3 KYVL Eagle Point, while remaining on 99.3 KCMD Grants Pass and KMED translator 106.7 K294AS Ashland.
The flip of KYVL will see its "106.3 The Valley" AAA format move to 106.3 HD2 and translators 105.5 K288CP Ashland and 105.9 K290AF Rogue River.
KMED has operated since December 1926 and operates with 5kW day and 1kW night.
On KMED's website the company wrote, "On January 8th, KMED will be retiring AM 1440 as a broadcast frequency. This change comes in the wake of advanced and more efficient broadcast technologies. KMED will continue to broadcast at 106.7 FM in Medford and 99.3 FM in Grants Pass and on January 8th, 106.3 FM. Although we are retiring AM 1440 KMED will remain on the air in southern Oregon, as it has since 1926. Thank you for your continued support and following of K.M.E.D. on 106.3 FM beginning Jan 8th."
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/246654/kmed-sign-off-to-lead-to-multi-frequency-shuffle/
Morocco on longwave.
Medi 1 is always present on longwave, thanks to its Selouane station, located 18 kilometers south of Nador and west of the Algerian border. It covers Morocco, Algeria and the west of the Mediterranean basin, to the south of France. It uses the frequency of 171 kHz, which had been assigned by the Geneva plan (1975) to Morocco.Radio Méditerranée Internationale Médi 1 was born in 1980: Hassan II decided to create a commercial Franco-Moroccan radio station and entrusted the management of the project to the French company SOFIRAD.
The radio now depends on the SNRT group. Retrofitted in 2010, the transmitter would consist of 4 Thomson Broadcast S7HP 400 kW.
Morocco's second longwave transmitter is located in Démnate, 7 km south of Azilal in the High Atlas. After several failures, the transmitter was out of service since mid-2017.
However, SNRT had not given up on reactivating the station to broadcast its Al Idaa Al Watania program, which is its reference generalist radio.
In 2017, calls for tenders were launched for "the supply, installation and commissioning of an AM/DRM radio transmitter with a power of 800 kW configured in two blocks of 400 kW including its accessories". Another tender notice concerned "maintenance and repair work on the 300m high radiant tower, including its accessories."
Due to the lack of bidders, the bid opening date has been postponed. We ended up believing that the SNRT had given up on its project to rehabilitate its long-wave transmitter center.
In recent weeks several people have been excited to see a new call for tenders for the "supply of modules and spare parts for 2 x 400 kW AM radio transmitters for Thomson S7 HP".
Unfortunately, it is more than uncertain: this tender concerns parts for the 2,400 kW medium wave transmitters at Ait Melloul, south of Agadir, which were installed in 2015 by the Arilis group. The second bad news is that the call for bids, whose opening was to take place on November 15, 2022, was a failure: the deputy director of Operations and Maintenance could only point out that no response was received.
This is a worrying sign, when one knows how difficult it is to still obtain spare parts for high-power transmitters.
Riz, Thomson, Transradio… the European manufacturers of high power transmitters have already disappeared or have been absorbed by companies that are no longer very interested in this range of products. It's not much better in the United States, Radio Romania International regularly pays the price.
In the absence of a manufacturer's delivery, power tubes, power modules and capacitors can be ordered in China, where they are produced by the piece… at exorbitant prices, very long delivery times and often , with a quality that leaves something to be desired.
This does not bode well for the rest of the fleet of seventeen longwave transmitters still in service and medium wave transmitters.
For broadcasters, this is certainly not the time to invest in renovating the installation, turning to Nautel, which has become the largest manufacturer of transmitters of this type.
Zach Liang to WOR iog (022-12-29)
Radio History
"On January 8th, KMED will be retiring AM 1440 as a broadcast frequency. This change comes in the wake of advanced and more efficient broadcast technologies. KMED will continue to broadcast at 106.7 FM in Medford and 99.3 FM in Grants Pass and on January 8th, 106.3 FM. Although we are retiring AM 1440 KMED will remain on the air in southern Oregon, as it has since 1926. Thank you for your continued support and following of K.M.E.D. on 106.3 FM beginning Jan 8th."
KMED is also running this announcement over the air. I wonder what they mean by "retiring". Is the AM going dark, or will some other station or format take its place?
Bruce Portzer to irca iog (2022-12-29)
Imminent Canadian radio MW sign-offs.
A reminder that 540 CBT Grand Falls – Windsor (NL) is due to sign off on Saturday 31st December. It was last heard here on 20th December, but propagation has been poor especially at the LF end of the MW band. The station has a new 100kW transmitter on 93.3MHz FM that began full service on 3rd November.
950 CKNB's simulcast period with 100.7 FM at 5.33kW began officially on 14th November and the station is expected to switch off its AM transmitter around 15th February 2023. It was last audible here on 23rd December – the "95" has been dropped from the station ID which is now "CKNB 100.7 FM Campbellton, New Brunswick".
Andrew Brade to mwcircle iog (2022-12-29)
United AM 1008 closes down the activities for good at 21.00 (UTC?) ij January 1s, 2023..
73 Andree Bollin to A-DX (2022-12-29)
Call for the recording of LW/MW bands on Dec 31st (closure of RTL, Luxemburg)
As RTL will stop LW transmissions on 234kHz, two colleagues and me will make broadband recordings of the full LW (and also MW) bands with high resolution SDRs (PERSEUS, STEMLAB125-14, RSP1A) on Dec 31st before and around midnight CET. However, none of us is located in the main beam direction of Beidweiler, i.e. from Luxemburg towards Paris. I am therefore searching for a volunteer in or close to this area, who is equipped with a suitable SDR (operating down to 150 kHz, >= 12bit resolution, ability to record broadband IQ files), a good antenna and interest to join us. This would be a unique opportunity to conserve the LW band with high quality before one of its most famous transmitters goes off air forever. If possible, even the MW band could be recorded simultaneously thus also including the closing Slovak transmitters at 702 and 1098 kHz.
The files are planned to be made available for the public on COHIRADIA at www.radiuomuseum.org. They can then be downloaded and played back and tuned through either digitally with usual SDR software or also on analogue AM radios when using a suitable hardware (for technical details see https://www.radiomuseum.org/dsp_cohiradia.cfm).
If you are interested please contact me directly by email: hermann.scharfetter@gmail.com.
Hermann Scharfetter (2022-12-28)
A Reminder:
On 31 December 2022, Radio and Television of Slovakia will end the operation of medium-wave radio transmitters:
– NE Košice in the Čižatice location on a frequency of 702 kHz
– NE Nitra in the Jarok location on the frequency 1098 kHz
Both transmitters were used to broadcast the national broadcast of Radio Patria between 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. in the evening. In the night hours, it was supplemented by the broadcasting of the RTVS Rádio Devín program service .
Ydun Ritz (2022-12-28)
RTL on 234 kHz will go dark when December turns over to January.
After that only a handful of stations will be left in the longwave band.
After a few weeks absence, UR-1 is on air at 1278 kHz, but 873 kHz from Chasiv Yar is silent now.
László Tringer (2022-12-28)


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Breastfeeding Mom Claims Mistreatment from Law Firm that's Already Facing Pregnancy Discrimination Lawsuit
by Ronn Blitzer | 2:39 pm, May 18th, 2018
A new mother claims that a major law firm was less than kind to her when she was invited to speak at an event at their San Francisco office. As reported by AboveTheLaw, the woman was a guest at Morrison & Foerster when she needed to breastfeed her child. She likely thought she was in luck, because the firm had a designated "Mother's Room" for this sort of thing.
The woman said in a post in a private Moms in Tech group on Facebook, "I wasn't allowed to use it because 'I'm not one of the attorneys.' I was merely a guest. They were adamant."
Instead of letting the mom use the room that they specifically have for moms, they offered her a bathroom, she said.
A firm spokesperson said in a statement to Law&Crime that the firm would like to apologize to the woman for what happened, and that a a partner with the firm reached out to her to discuss the matter. "We are also looking into the details and will make it right. Morrison & Foerster is committed to providing a workplace that is supportive of all working mothers, including employees and guests, who require access to our mother's room facilities."
Morrison & Foerster, meanwhile, is already facing allegations that they're less than fair to women. The firm is battling a $100 million pregnancy discrimination lawsuit brought by three women who claim that the firm "engages in systemic discrimination based on gender, pregnancy, and maternity." Specifically, the complaint says that women at the firm who get pregnant, have kids, and take maternity leave "are denied opportunities for advancement and higher pay," and that the firm has a practice of holding these women back, regardless of their job performance before or after they take leave.
The lawsuit says that such women are designated to the "mommy track," where they are denied opportunities for promotions or raises that other lawyers have.
The same firm spokesperson said, "Morrison & Foerster has a long and proven track record of supporting and advancing our associates as they return from maternity leave. We vigorously dispute this claim and are confident that the firm will be vindicated."
Note: This article has been updated with statements from a Morrison & Foerster spokesperson.
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Psychonomic Bulletin & Review
The noisy encoding of disparity model of the McGurk effect
John F. Magnotti
Michael S. Beauchamp
Brief Report
In the McGurk effect, incongruent auditory and visual syllables are perceived as a third, completely different syllable. This striking illusion has become a popular assay of multisensory integration for individuals and clinical populations. However, there is enormous variability in how often the illusion is evoked by different stimuli and how often the illusion is perceived by different individuals. Most studies of the McGurk effect have used only one stimulus, making it impossible to separate stimulus and individual differences. We created a probabilistic model to separately estimate stimulus and individual differences in behavioral data from 165 individuals viewing up to 14 different McGurk stimuli. The noisy encoding of disparity (NED) model characterizes stimuli by their audiovisual disparity and characterizes individuals by how noisily they encode the stimulus disparity and by their disparity threshold for perceiving the illusion. The model accurately described perception of the McGurk effect in our sample, suggesting that differences between individuals are stable across stimulus differences. The most important benefit of the NED model is that it provides a method to compare multisensory integration across individuals and groups without the confound of stimulus differences. An added benefit is the ability to predict frequency of the McGurk effect for stimuli never before seen by an individual.
McGurk effect Individual differences Speech perception Multisensory integration
This research was supported by NIH R01NS065395 to MSB. We thank Wei Ji Ma and xaq pitkow for helpful comments.
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Logistic distribution logarithm of cumulative distribution function.
where mu is the location parameter and s > 0 is the scale parameter.
Evaluates the logarithm of the cumulative distribution function (CDF) for a logistic distribution with parameters mu (location parameter) and s (scale parameter).
If provided s < 0, the function returns NaN.
If provided s = 0, the function evaluates the logarithm of the CDF of a degenerate distribution centered at mu.
Returns a function for evaluating the logarithm of the cumulative distribution function of a logistic distribution with parameters mu (location parameter) and s (scale parameter).


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Northwestern-Iowa men's basketball game postponed due to Wildcats' COVID-19 outbreak
Wednesday night's scheduled game will be rescheduled at date to be determined. Iowa resumes play Saturday at Ohio State.
Jan. 17, 2023 10:27 am, Updated: Jan. 17, 2023 3:13 pm
The Northwestern-Iowa men's basketball game scheduled for Wednesday night in Iowa City has been postponed because COVID-19 health and safety protocols within the Northwestern program.
The two schools will work with the Big Ten on rescheduling options. All distributed tickets for the game will be valid if the game is able to be rescheduled.
Northwestern played at Michigan Sunday.
Under the Big Ten's revised forfeiture policy, the conference reviews every game impacted by COVID, then decides whether it can be rescheduled, declared a no-contest or ruled a forfeit. Big Ten rules stipulate teams must have at least one coach and seven scholarship players to play a basketball game.
This is the fourth time in the last four seasons in which a Hawkeyes game was postponed or canceled. The majority of the 2020 Big Ten tournament in Indianapolis was canceled, including Iowa's scheduled game against Minnesota.
In the 2020-21 season, Michigan State's Jan. 14 game at Iowa was postponed because three Spartan players had contracted COVID. It was played on Feb. 2.
The Jan. 24 Nebraska-Iowa game that season was postponed after the Nebraska program had to pause activities because 12 individuals in the program were in isolation or quarantine due to positive COVID test results. It was played on March 4.
Michigan had a two-game pause because of COVID issues early in 2022
Other Division I games have been postponed or canceled because of COVID this season, including Drexel-Fairfield and Milwaukee-Rhode Island men's games, and a Coppin State-South Carolina State women's contest.
Iowa's next game is 1 p.m. (CT) Saturday at Ohio State. The Hawkeyes have a four-game winning streak.
The Chris Street special one-hour documentary that was scheduled to debut on Big Ten Network following Wednesday game will now be shown immediately following the Ohio State/Nebraska men's basketball game on Wednesday at approximately 8 p.m. (CT). Following the documentary, the network will re-air the Michigan-Iowa basketball game from Jan. 31, 1993.
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A fresh look at interesting and engaging ways to revamp your new hire orientation program. Thoughtfully designed orientations ultimately help engage, energize, and retain new employees.
Every organization wants to avoid having its front door become a revolving door. We invest so much time, effort, and resources into recruiting, we want—and need—new hires to become engaged and productive as soon as possible.
To accomplish this, you might want to take a hard look at improving your new hire orientation program.
"New employees who attended a well-structured onboarding program were 69% more likely to remain at the company up to 3 years," according to a study by the SHRM Foundation. More specifically, organizations with a standard onboarding process enjoy a 50% greater new hire retention rate.
Meanwhile, engaging orientation experiences offer bottom-line benefits, too. An improved onboarding program at Texas Instruments enabled new hires to achieve full productivity 2 months faster than those in the previous program, according to a report titled "Successful Onboarding: How to Get Your New Employees Started Off Right."
Clearly, your new hire orientation—that first impression—is important. It can convert a new hire's anxious energy into a positive force that allows them to contribute sooner and longer. But you have to connect quickly, engage immediately, and make sure each hire knows they matter.
Today's new hires want a sense of shared experience and a sense of belonging. It's vital that the orientation experience be as consistent as possible from location to location—even for remote employees. Themes give your training a consistent look and feel while uniting all participants with a common experience.
Today's remote employees want to feel as connected and valued as those attending in person. You can achieve this by supplementing in-person activities with engaging or interactive asynchronous activities. Create opportunities where remote employees can video conference into the event to make them feel like they're part of it or connect them one-on-one with another new hire or speaker.
Today's new employees want to know why they're important to your organization. Rather than having new hires do standard introductions or uncomfortable ice-breaker games, find collaborative activities that give employees the opportunity to highlight their skills and strengths, while showcasing the qualities they'll be adding to your company.
Today's new hires want as much information as they can get, as quickly as they can get it. So, don't bore them into stupors by spieling on and on about your company's culture and history and what makes it stand out from the competition. Turn to videos instead. They allow you to craft your message, and showcase your culture, in a more captivating way that lasts.
Today's new hires want a sense of community. Encourage it by involving employee mentors. Mentors provide low-pressure access to the "inside scoop" for everything from, "Where can I get a pen?" to "Where is the cafeteria?" to "What does this acronym mean?". Better yet, a mentorship program tells new employees that you care about your people in general and about them in particular. You can also employ bonding exercises. Try splitting the class into smaller groups and have them do scavenger hunts with the content that's going to be covered for the day. Or create pairs, have them get to know each other, then have them introduce each other to the group, centering introductions around the orientation's theme.
Today's new hires not only want to feel as if they matter to leadership, but that leadership is accessible, too. Having participation from C-Level personnel creates connections to leadership, allows visibility and transparency to the highest levels, and sends a clear message that leadership has an interest in all employees. To ease the burden on any individual, rotate involvement among several leaders. And make sure senior leadership is represented in the video, just in case no one is available to attend a given orientation.
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Karen Keegans Joins Rockwell Automation as Senior Vice President, Human Resources
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Karen Keegans has joined Rockwell Automation as senior vice president, human resources, reporting to Chairman and CEO Blake Moret. Keegans will provide strategic vision, operational excellence, change leadership and development and implementation of the company's people programs, and lead cultural transformation for Rockwell Automation to support its delivery of the Connected Enterprise.
Karen Keegans, senior vice president, human resources, Rockwell Automation (Photo: Business Wire)
"We strive to be a place where everyone can and wants to do their best work, and I'm confident that with Karen's leadership, we will make great strides on this journey," said Blake Moret, Rockwell Automation Chairman and CEO.
Keegans brings extensive global human resources and high-tech industry experience to Rockwell Automation. Most recently, she was Chief Human Resources Officer at Pentair and previously held several senior leadership roles at Praxair and Monsanto. At these large, public companies she led culture change and successfully navigated organizations through complex partnerships, acquisitions and divestitures. She successfully led the strategy for employee engagement, recruiting, and development of employees and leaders.
Keegans holds a bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of Western Ontario.
Rockwell Automation Inc. (NYSE: ROK), the world's largest company dedicated to industrial automation and information, makes its customers more productive and the world more sustainable. Headquartered in Milwaukee, Wis., Rockwell Automation employs approximately 23,000 people, serving customers in more than 80 countries.
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I'm going to start off being direct. I think our obsession with getting to destination happiness can be toxic and unhealthy. Feeling happiness is so addicting that we often ignore the rest of our emotions in hopes of getting a direct flight straight to happy island.
Why is happiness the destination emotion?
A lot of people think happiness is the most important thing in life. A life without happiness isn't a life. I don't want to say what I think but I think happiness is meant to be felt just like all the rest of our emotions. It comes and it goes and comes back and goes again. I don't think we're meant to hold happiness hostage forever.
I do think we feel happiness just a little bit differently than our other emotions. Happiness isn't always just a simple emotion. It's a coping mechanism, a reaction, and in from my perspective, possibly a whole experience. I know I have the potential to feel happiness for prolonged periods of time, multiple times in my life, but I don't think happiness is consistent and constant. Unfortunately, I don't have the power to harness happiness full-time. Sometimes, I'm just not happy. And that's okay with me.
Is life more valuable if it's a happy one?
I can't speak on the value of anyones life, but I think we can all decide what makes our life valuable to ourselves. I'm sure many of you will include happiness in your life's values because happiness just feels so good.
Ultimately, I think the end goal for many people, including myself is to find success and happiness.
Can we reach happiness without success? Can we reach success without happiness? I think things are a little more complicated to provide an answer to these questions. Happiness is a universal and beloved emotion. Happiness as a purpose in life solely depends on the individual.
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package ca.tannerrutgers.Warpy.dialogs;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.app.AlertDialog;
import android.app.Dialog;
import android.app.DialogFragment;
import android.content.DialogInterface;
import android.os.Bundle;
import ca.tannerrutgers.Warpy.R;

/**
 * Created by Tanner on 2/9/14.
 */
public class DiscardImageWarningDialog extends DialogFragment {

    /**
     * Interface that hosting activity must implement in order
     * to handle the result of selecting to discard/keep image
     */
    public interface DiscardImageWarningDialogListener {
        public void onDiscardImageSelection(int requestType);
    }

    private int requestType;

    public DiscardImageWarningDialog(int requestType) {
        this.requestType = requestType;
    }

    DiscardImageWarningDialogListener mListener;

    @Override
    public void onAttach(Activity activity) {
        super.onAttach(activity);
        // Verify that the host activity implements the callback interface
        try {
            mListener = (DiscardImageWarningDialogListener) activity;
        } catch (ClassCastException e) {
            // The activity doesn't implement the interface, throw exception
            throw new ClassCastException(activity.toString()
                    + " must implement DiscardImageWarningDialogListener");
        }
    }

    @Override
    public Dialog onCreateDialog(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        // Construct image selection dialog
        AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(getActivity());
        builder.setMessage(R.string.dialog_discard_image)
                .setPositiveButton(android.R.string.ok, new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                    public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int id) {
                        mListener.onDiscardImageSelection(requestType);
                    }
                })
                .setNegativeButton(android.R.string.cancel, new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                    public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int id) {
                        DiscardImageWarningDialog.this.getDialog().cancel();
                    }
                });
        return builder.create();
    }
}

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The Christian Approach to the Jews
04.09.1948 Ecumenical First Assembly of the World Council of Churches
The Assembly, held at Amsterdam from 22 August to 4 September 1948, received the report of Committee IV 'Concerns of the Churches' with its chapter 3.
THE FIRST ASSEMBLY OF THE WORLD
COUNCIL OF CHURCHES
The Assembly, held at Amsterdam from 22 August to 4 September 1948, received the report of Committee IV "Concerns of the Churches" with its chapter 3,
"The Christian Approach to the Jews".
A concern for the Christian approach to the Jewish people confronts us inescapably, as we meet together to look with open and penitent eyes on man"s disorder and to rediscover together God"s eternal purpose for His Church. This concern is ours because it is first a concern of God made known to us in Christ. No people in His one world have suffered more bitterly from the disorder of man than the Jewish people. We cannot forget that we meet in a land from which 110,000 Jews were taken to be murdered. Nor can we forget that we meet only five years after the extermination of 6 million Jews. To the Jews our God has bound us in a special solidarity linking our destinies together in His design. We call upon all our churches to make this concern their own as we share with them the results of our too brief wrestling with it.
1. The Church"s commission to preach the Gospel to all men
All of our churches stand under the commission of our common Lord, "Go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature." The fulfillment of this commission requires that we include the Jewish people in our evangelistic task.
2. The special meaning of the Jewish people for Christian faith
In the design of God, Israel has a unique position. It was Israel with whom God made His covenant by the call of Abraham. It was Israel to whom God revealed His name and gave His law. It was to Israel that He sent His Prophets with their message of judgment and of grace. It *4~s Israel to whom He promised the coming of His Messiah. By the history of Israel God prepared the manger in which in the fullness of time He put the Redeemer of all mankind, Jesus Christ. The Church has received this spiritual heritage from Israel and is therefore in honour bound to render it back in the light of the Cross. We have, therefore, in humble conviction to proclaim to the Jews, "The Messiah for Whom you wait has come." The promise has been fulfilled by the coming of Jesus Christ. For many the continued existence of a Jewish people which does not acknowledge Christ is a divine mystery which finds its only sufficient explanation in the purpose of God"s unchanging faithfulness and mercy (Rom. 11:25-29).
3. Barriers to be overcome
Before our churches can hope to fulfill the commission laid upon us by our Lord there are high barriers to be overcome. We speak here particularly of the barriers which we have too often helped to build and which we alone can remove. We must acknowledge in all humility that too often we have failed to manifest Christian love towards our Jewish neighbours, or even a resolute will for common social justice. We have failed to fight with all our strength the age-old disorder of man which anti-semitism represents. The churches in the past have helped to foster an image of the Jews as the sole enemies of Christ, which has contributed to anti-semitism in the secular world. In many lands virulent anti-semitism still threatens and in other lands the Jews are subjected to many indignities. We call upon all the churches we represent to denounce anti-semitism, no matter what its origin, as absolutely irreconcilable with the profession and practice of the Christian faith. Anti-semitism is sin against God and man. Only as we give convincing evidence to our Jewish neighbours that we seek for them the common rights and dignities which God wills for His children, can we come to such a meeting with them as would make it possible to share with them the best which God has given us in Christ.
4. The Christian witness to the Jewish people
In spite of the universality of our Lord"s commission and of the fact that the first mission of the Church was to the Jewish people, our churches have with rare exceptions failed to maintain that mission. This responsibility should not be left largely to independent agencies. The carrying on of this mission by special agencies has often meant the singling out of the Jews for special missionary attention, even in situations where they might well have been included in the normal ministry of the church. It has also meant in many cases that the converts are forced into segregated spiritual fellowship rather than being included and welcomed in the regular membership of the church. Owing to this failure our churches must consider the responsibility for missions to the Jews as a normal part of parish work, especially in those countries where Jews are members of the general community. Where there is no indigenous church or where the indigenous church is insufficient for this task it may be necessary to arrange for a special missionary ministry from abroad. Because of the unique inheritance of the Jewish people, the churches should make provision for the education of ministers specially fitted for this task. Provision should also be made for Christian literature to interpret the gospel to Jewish people. Equally, it should be made clear to church members that the strongest argument in winning others for Christ is the radiance and contagion of victorious living and the outgoing of God"s love expressed in personal human contacts. As this is expressed and experienced in a genuine Christian fellowship and community the impact of the Gospel will be felt. For such a fellowship there will be no difference between a converted Jew and other church members, all belonging to the same church and fellowship through Jesus Christ. But the converted Jew calls for particular tenderness and full acceptance just because his coming into the church carries with it often a deeply wounding break with family and friends. In reconstruction and relief activities the churches must not lose sight of the plight of Christians of Jewish origin, in view of their special suffering. Such provision must be made for their aid as will help them to know that they are not forgotten in the Christian fellowship.
5. The emergence of Israel as a state
The establishment of the state "Israel" adds a political dimension to the Christian approach to the Jews and threatens to complicate anti-semitism with political fears and enmities.
On the political aspects of the Palestine problem and the complex conflict of "rights" involved we do not undertake to express a judgment. Nevertheless, we appeal to the nations to deal with the problem not as one of expediency--political, strategic or economic--but as a moral and spiritual question that touches a nerve centre of the world"s religious life. Whatever position may be taken towards the establishment of a Jewish state and towards the "rights" and "wrongs" of Jews and Arabs, of Hebrew Christians and Arab Christians involved, the churches are in duty bound to pray and work for an order in Palestine as just as may be in the midst of our human disorder; to provide within their power for the relief of the victims of this warfare without discrimination; and to seek to influence the nations to provide a refuge for "Displaced Persons" far more generously than has yet been done.
We conclude this report with the recommendations which arise out of our first exploratory consideration of this "concern" of the churches. I
1. To the member churches of the World Council we recommend:
-- that they seek to recover the universality of our Lord"s commission by including the Jewish people in their evangelistic work;
-- that they encourage their people to seek for brotherly contact with and understanding of their Jewish neighbours, and cooperation in agencies combating misunderstanding and prejudice;
-- that in mission work among the Jews they scrupulously avoid all unworthy pressures or inducements;
-- that they give thought to the preparation of ministers well fitted to interpret the Gospel to Jewish people and to the provision of literature which will aid in such a ministry.
2. To the World Council of Churches we recommend:
-- that it should give careful thought as to how it can best stimulate and assist the member churches in the carrying out of this aspect of their mission;
-- that it give careful consideration to the suggestion made by the International Missionary Council that the World Council of Churches share with it a joint responsibility for the Christian approach to the Jews;
-- that it be resolved:
that, in receiving the report of this Committee, the Assembly recognize the need for more detailed study by the World Council of Churches of the many complex problems which exist in the field of relations between Christians and Jews and in particular of the following:
(a) the historical and present factors which have contributed to the growth and persistence of anti-semitism, and the most effective means of combating this evil;
(b) the need and opportunity in this present historical situation for the development of cooperation between Christians and Jews in civic and social affairs;
(c) the many and varied problems created by establishment of a State of Israel in Palestine. The Assembly therefore asks that these and related questions be referred to the Central Committee for further examination.
* From: The First Assembly of the World Council of Churches, official report, New York, Harper & Bros, 1949, pp. 160-164


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John is a National Teaching Fellowship and a member of the editorial board for Journal of Political Science Education and Learning and Teaching. He previously has taught at the University of Leeds, Teesside University, University of Huddersfield, and the Open University, and served as Head of Social Sciences and Senior Director (Education and Research), at the Higher Education Academy.
He is co-chair of the Teaching and Learning Network of the Political Studies Association. He chaired the AQA Access to Higher Education Quality Assurance committee (2009-12) and C-SAP Subject Centre Board (2010-12). More recently he has served as a member of the High-Level Strategy Group for Quantitative Skills (convened by the British Academy), the QAA Review Group for the Criminology Subject Benchmark Group and the Advisory Group for BERA-RSA Inquiry on Research and Teacher Education.


My problem with GE Spectra XL44 gas range/oven is that I cannot raise the temperature setting to higer than 350 degrees. The digital control for raising ("+" button) numerical settings doesn't seem to be working, either for clock adjustment or for raising temp setting. When I press "BAKE" button to use the oven, I see the temp setting at 350 degrees. As I press "+" button to raise the temp setting to say 400 degrees, The "+" button simply does not cooperate and I cannot raise the temp setting. I have no problem lowing the temp setting by pressing "-" button, though. In short, the "+" button seems to be DEAD!!
After "SF" apeared, I pressed broil pad, expecting to see C or F. However, I saw no response (No C or F).
I think I have the unresponsive "+" pad problem resolved. I figured that I had little to lose in applying some physical force(bump) to "+" pad.
gave a little punch to the end of the marker with the heel of my palm. And Voila!
The numbers started going up !!!
Thank you Mr. Catriver for all your attempt at helping me, and finally inspiring me to punch the key!! BINGO!!! Good News! I think I have the unresponsive "+" pad problem resolved. I figured that I had little to lose in applying some physical force(bump) to "+" pad. So I touched "+" pad with permament marker, and gave a little punch to the end of the marker with the heel of my palm. And Voila! The numbers started going up !!! Thank you Mr. Catriver for all your attempt at helping me, and finally inspiring me to punch the key!!
I replaced the temp sensor less than a year ago because the temperatures were way off. Everything worked fine. Now when I turn on the oven it will only get to about 180 degrees. Could it just be another bad sensor or could it be something in the ecr/clock? I replaced the temp sensor less than a year ago because the temperatures were way off. Everything worked fine. Now when I turn on the oven it will only get to about 180 degrees. Could it just be another bad sensor or could it be something in the ecr/clock?
Puzzeled, usually when there is a stuck or shorted keypad there will be an error code. First let's see if we can tell if we are in Centigrade or Ferenhiet. Press the bake and broil button together for 2 or 3 seconds. SF should appear in the display. Press the broil pad again and C or F will be displayed. Toggle to F and press start. See if that was the problem. If not try to increase the speed of the + and - keypads. Press bake and broil together for 2 seconds until SF displays. Press the + keypad increase the speed of the control. It should toggle from 1 to 5, 5 being the fastest. Press start and see if that works. If niether works..then have someone remove the keypad ribbon cable from the control board and clean the ends with an eraser. See if that solves the issue...Catriver..post back and let me know.
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My GE Profile Convection Microwave Oven will beep and display a F2 for no apparent reason. What is this?
If it is a ge it would have a glow bar ignitor, either a flat rectangle shaped or a round ignitor. That is want the problem is 95% of the time. It is pretty easy to do. The floor of the stove will come right out and it probably has two screws in the back corners you can see. Remove them and the floor will lift out and you can see the burner and the ignitor.
you need to calibrate the oven.
GE XL44... Oven does not work. It was working just fine one day & then would not work. Everything else works fine. Stove has electric ignitiion. Could it be it is not working on the oven? Any ideas?


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Q: Bitbucket git push ssh "conq: invalid repository syntax." I cannot git push to my Bitbucket for some reasons. It used to work but it do not work anymore and I can't figure why.
$ git push ssh://git@bitbucket.org:MyUser/MyGit.git
conq: invalid repository syntax.
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

Please make sure you have the correct access rights
and the repository exists.

I generated a ssh-key, added it to gitbucket. Identified my ssh-agent as such:
$ ssh-agent /bin/bash
$ ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa
$ ssh-add -l
  #2048 14:41:6f:c9:06:54:88:6c:89:e2:ba:24:6c:36:10:78 /Users/SomeUser/.ssh/id_rsa (RSA)

Also checked my login
ssh -T git@bitbucket.org
logged in as MyUser.

You can use git or hg to connect to Bitbucket. Shell access is disabled.

Here are the details:
$ ssh -T -v git@bitbucket.org
OpenSSH_6.6.1, OpenSSL 1.0.1f 6 Jan 2014
debug1: Reading configuration data /home/vagrant/.ssh/config
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
debug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 19: Applying options for *
debug1: Connecting to bitbucket.org [131.103.20.167] port 22.
debug1: Connection established.
debug1: identity file /home/vagrant/.ssh/id_rsa type 1
debug1: identity file /home/vagrant/.ssh/id_rsa-cert type -1
debug1: identity file /home/vagrant/.ssh/id_dsa type -1
debug1: identity file /home/vagrant/.ssh/id_dsa-cert type -1
debug1: identity file /home/vagrant/.ssh/id_ecdsa type -1
debug1: identity file /home/vagrant/.ssh/id_ecdsa-cert type -1
debug1: identity file /home/vagrant/.ssh/id_ed25519 type -1
debug1: identity file /home/vagrant/.ssh/id_ed25519-cert type -1
debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0
debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_6.6.1p1 Ubuntu-2ubuntu2.2
debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version OpenSSH_5.3
debug1: match: OpenSSH_5.3 pat OpenSSH_5* compat 0x0c000000
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received
debug1: kex: server->client aes128-ctr hmac-md5 none
debug1: kex: client->server aes128-ctr hmac-md5 none
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REQUEST(1024<3072<8192) sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_GROUP
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_INIT sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REPLY
debug1: Server host key: RSA 97:8c:2b:f4:6e:14:6b:5c:3b:zc:va:47:48:74:7c:40
debug1: Host 'bitbucket.org' is known and matches the RSA host key.
debug1: Found key in /home/vagrant/.ssh/known_hosts:1
debug1: ssh_rsa_verify: signature correct
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received
debug1: Roaming not allowed by server
debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_REQUEST sent
debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey
debug1: Next authentication method: publickey
debug1: Offering RSA public key: /home/vagrant/.ssh/id_rsa
debug1: Remote: Forced command: conq username:MyUser
debug1: Remote: Port forwarding disabled.
debug1: Remote: X11 forwarding disabled.
debug1: Remote: Agent forwarding disabled.
debug1: Remote: Pty allocation disabled.
debug1: Server accepts key: pkalg ssh-rsa blen 279
debug1: Remote: Forced command: conq username:MyUser
debug1: Remote: Port forwarding disabled.
debug1: Remote: X11 forwarding disabled.
debug1: Remote: Agent forwarding disabled.
debug1: Remote: Pty allocation disabled.
debug1: Authentication succeeded (publickey).
Authenticated to bitbucket.org ([131.103.20.167]:22).
debug1: channel 0: new [client-session]
debug1: Requesting no-more-sessions@openssh.com
debug1: Entering interactive session.
debug1: Sending environment.
debug1: Sending env LC_ALL = en_US.UTF-8
debug1: Sending env LANG = en_US.UTF-8
logged in as MyUser.

You can use git or hg to connect to Bitbucket. Shell access is disabled.
debug1: client_input_channel_req: channel 0 rtype exit-status reply 0
debug1: client_input_channel_req: channel 0 rtype eow@openssh.com reply 0
debug1: channel 0: free: client-session, nchannels 1
Transferred: sent 3752, received 3400 bytes, in 0.1 seconds
Bytes per second: sent 61887.6, received 56081.5
debug1: Exit status 0

My git remote -v
$ git remote -v
MyGit   git@bitbucket-MyGit:MyUser/MyGit (fetch)
MyGit   git@bitbucket-MyGit:MyUser/MyGit (push)

My ~/.ssh/config
Host bitbucket-MyGit
  HostName bitbucket.org
  User git
  IdentityFile /home/vagrant/.ssh/id_rsa
  IdentitiesOnly yes

I have looked around but I can't find what I have done wrong. Any suggestion?

A: This is incorrect
$ git push ssh://git@bitbucket.org:MyUser/MyGit.git

This is correct
$ git push ssh://git@bitbucket.org/MyUser/MyGit.git

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