Welcome to the Region 13 Referee webpage! We have one of the largest and best-supported referee programs in the nation consisting of over 500 highly motivated and dedicated volunteers. Each year, many men, women and youths join the referee ranks in Region 13 and begin to share in one of the most exciting and rewarding experiences they will have in AYSO. With over 200 teams making up the 8 age divisions in Region 13, volunteers at all levels including coaches, assistant coaches, team managers and referees are needed in order for our program to succeed. Volunteers, such as yourself, are the cornerstone of the AYSO program and are the keys in promoting a FUN, FAIR and SAFE soccer experience for our children. All of us on the Referee staff look forward to an exciting season and would be happy for you to join us on the field and volunteer as a referee this year.
To Referee, you must Register as a volunteer, complete referee training for the age divisions your child will play, complete Safe Haven training, and complete concussion awareness training.
Even if you have registered in the past, registration is required every year to ensure you are covered under AYSO's insurance.
When you volunteer as a Coach, Referee, or Team Manager, you must register or re-register as a volunteer every year regardless of how long you have been a volunteer.
For more information on the steps to be a referee, click here.
Referee training and Safe Haven training are provided at our Clubhouse. Please see our referee training information on this page.
Enter your AYSO ID and last name.
After you complete the course, double check that the certification is reflected on your eAYSO record. To do so, log in to your account at www.eayso.org and click on "View certification".
AYSO offers unrivaled comprehensive training for referees. Because the training is focused on the kids, referee training is more than learning the rules of soccer – it's a multi-dimensional experience. The U8 Official and Basic Referee courses, which are required elements for all those individuals new to refereeing, emphasize the fundamental elements of the Laws of the Game, namely getting the match started, stopping and restarting play.
For those interested in joining the referee ranks, the required training consists of either a basic, half-day course for those wishing to referee in the U6/U8 division, or a full-day course that is designed for individuals refereeing in the U10 division or higher. Both of these course offerings are held at many convenient opportunities during the year. No advance preparation is required and all course materials will be provided on the day of the class. Refreshments will be provided, along with lunch at the all-day classes.
Completion of the U8 Official course certifies that you may officiate any match at the U6/U8 level. Completion of the Basic Referee course certifies that you may referee at any AYSO soccer match; however, nearly all of our new volunteers begin refereeing games at either the U6/U8 or U10 level. Every volunteer who acts as a center or assistant referee takes the same course, providing Region 13 with one of the best trained referee corps anywhere! Specialized instruction for assistant referees is included in the full-day course. In addition to our on-the-field mentoring program for new referees, we hold workshops and clinics during the regular season for those who wish to hone their skills and referee at a higher level later on.
The Referee Instruction Staff has prepared a training schedule of update classes for returning referees. All returning referees who will be serving at the U10 or higher level need to take one of the Laws Update workshops that are offered. There is a refresher course for returning U6/U8 refs, as well as a "U10 Transition" course designed for those U6/U8 referees who are moving on up and will now be officiating matches at the U10 level for the first time. See the Upcoming Referee Events page for further information.
For those experienced referees seeking to upgrade their badge to either the Intermediate or Advanced level, we encourage you to take one of the Intermediate or Advanced Referee courses that are typically offered within Area 1C. Periodically check www.eayso.org for details of these course offerings or ask anyone on the Referee Staff for information about attending one of these classes.
We also hold our annual Referee and Coach Kick Off dinner which offers workshops focusing on special topics of interest to all referees (and coaches). This year's dinner will be on Wendesday, August 28th. You may sign up by visiting our calendar and clicking on the dinner event.
In AYSO there is no out-of-pocket cost in becoming a referee. We only ask that you invest your time to help promote a FUN, FAIR and SAFE environment for our kids. Once you have completed the U8 Official or the Basic Referee class, you will be provided a complete uniform and accessory kit needed in order to get you off to the right start in your first match.
Once again, thank you to all who volunteer to be a referee. We appreciate your commitment to our kids and the AYSO program and we will do whatever we can to make this experience as enjoyable and as rewarding as possible. See you on the field!
Referees are encouraged to check the web site frequently for updates, announcements and other information.
In AYSO, we have the Player Referee Organization (PRO) program, in which we encourage players (or volunteers U19 age or younger) to be referees. We have a PRO referee coordinator, and want our PRO referees to contact the coordinator so that we can be aware of them and support them. If you are a PRO referee, send an email to referee@ayso13.org to let us know.
A youth volunteer may become certified as a referee at age 10 (or older). A youth referee must be at least 2 age divisions higher than the players officiated (unless the youth referee has Intermediate (or higher) referee certification — in which case the Regional Referee Administrator or Regional Commissioner will consider an exception).
Care must be taken to ensure that a youth referee is not asked to officiate a level of game at which he/she is not comfortable.


Would you ever believe that those pink skies were photographed from my little home village in Scotland! I wouldn't if I didn't take the photo it looks like a famous Perth sunset. I remember taking my dogs for a walk along the beach with my friend and this was the sky so beautiful!
Anyway I was thinking about how I've lived in Glasgow now since March and I've not been home since. I want to go home and see my family but at the same time I've found a home here in Glasgow even though it is just one small room which my boyfriend and I rent from an older couple its our little home.
We have been lodging since we moved and the couple we live with are so lovely and we often sit around and chat about our days over dinner. I can't believe that they offered us such a warm and big welcome into their home even when we were strangers to them. I feel grateful everyday when I wake up in a warm cosy bed with my boyfriend beside me!
It got me thinking about how much we have accomplished since we moved and how much of a community we have built around our little home. My boyfriend has completed and passed a music production course that was 8 weeks long and he has come so far in his music production and I am so proud of him. We both found jobs within a week of moving. He left his job for another one and I have just found another job which is actually jump starting my career.
I think I have mentioned before that as of September I will be studying floristry and just last week I got a job in a florist! and not just any florist a very fancy one who does such amazing work and is very talented. I am so happy with this new job as I get to be creative and I'm learning something that actually interests me. Im not interested in working in bars where the management is rude and I get treated with no respect, its not good for the mind, I am all about being positive and spreading positive energy so when I walk into my work place and I feel like a cloud of negativity is about to pour down over my head I instantly feel worthless. Nobody wants to feel that way. So right now I'm spending a lot of time looking for another part time job, even in a cafe would be so much better.
I am so happy that I got this floristry job and I have a massive feeling of relief now because I know this is what I want to do.


I read our local paper today, expecting to find angry letters to the editor at their treatment of Sir Roger Gale last week and I wasn't wrong.
Given the Thanet Gazette had at least two clear days to discover what our Member of Parliament had actually said in the Westminster gay marriage debate, rather than act as a proxy for the frequently unprintable opinions of Cllr Ian Driver, it's hardly surprising that people were upset. After, all, I sent the editor the clarification that appeared on Thanet Life hours after Sir Roger had written it but did any part of it appear in print locally? Of course it didn't.
And what's with the week in, week out, 'Mr Angry' letters to the paper from Mr Muir of Westgate that have appeared as long as I can remember? The common theme, is a sardonic and visceral dislike of our Thanet North MP, which implies a festering personal grievance, going back many years. So why print these unless the editor is very short of material or has a personal or indeed political motive. This may be connected to the fact that our local paper, having a duty to report news, fairly and impartially, is both distrusted and disconnected from the political process at the highest levels. As I've written before, that's not good for local politics and it's certainly not good for Thanet.
This month, one can't avoid being left with a sense that the wheels are rapidly falling-off Clive Hart's political bandwagon at Thanet District Council.
Other than Royal Sands and a troubled-looking Portas Pilot making the news, we have Cllr John Worrow, who 'may or may not' have resigned or 'may or may not' have received a death threat from an anonymous address in Medway. There's Cllr Ian Driver, on a personal crusade and creating anarchy within the Council at a speed not witnessed since the glory days of Militant, of which he is a former member.
It's been a wild week in local politics for my opposite number, the political driving-force behind Clive Hart's Labour administration, Cllr Alan Poole, who having managed to successfully shoot himself in both feet simultaneously in front of the BBC then repeated the trick as an encore, at a public meeting on the Royal Sands development in Ramsgate. This time he was reportedly wearing a blindfold and a pair of lovingly hand-embroidered, red laughing trousers, supplied for the occasion by his inseparable colleague, Cllr Michelle Fenner.
One really has to admire Alan's political courage, dry wit and unique gift with words; a politician of the old school, who really knows how to work a difficult audience.
Over on the north side of the island, Tony Flaig has also spotted that the 'Scobification' of the Mayoral process in Margate, is somewhat irregular, as the talented young 'Dave' is suspected of unfairly leveraging an office, which has been strictly apolitical for a century, to further his aspirations as a Labour County Council candidate in May. In fact, the political manoeuvring is so shameless , as Labour's own 'faites accompli', stealth youth opportunities scheme, it's quite breathtaking. However, the real casualty in this argument, has to be confidence in the office and political independence of the role of Mayor, which still needs to completely recover from the earlier scandal, associated with the prosecution of Ted Watt Ruffell.
There's rather more I could write about too, on another public meeting last week and the bizarre behaviour of another cabinet member; it's on an embarrassing par with Cllr Poole's legendary sense of tact but I'm saving this for a rainy day!
"Under a loophole in EU immigration rules, Big Issue sellers can claim 'self-employed status', thereby gaining a National Insurance number and, with it, an instant legal foothold in the British labour market."
I note that there were five letters for Roger Gale and one against. If Mr Robert Muir's dissenting letter is the best the IOTG can do to show balance then the people of Thanet are a wise bunch of people.
While immigration is a "Big Issue" there can only be so many Big Issue sellers, unless the distribution is that of the Sun. Nevertheless it is a major worry that when I visit Cliftonville I hear many languages spoken, none of them English.
Mr Muir has been writing to the Gazette for the best part of 20 years now. I remember his letters appearing when Mike Pearce (hardly a renowned pinko) was editor.


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Buttered buns and biryani buckets to beat the lockdown blues
Let's face it. It is going to be a while before you manage to score an invite for an elaborate wedding lunch.
Fortunately, despite the pandemic, popular city cooks have been able to cater to enthusiastic diners via delivery apps. In Chennai, of course, biryani is an emotion. It's Friday office bonding, teamed with chicken 65. And Sunday family lunch. It comes in sleek packs as well as in plastic buckets. There is rarely a consensus on what the city's "best" version is. Basmati or seeraga samba? Ambur or Awadhi? Mutton, chicken, prawn or fish? At least we agree on tea time: bun-butter-jam FTW.
Sahibs
The man who refereed the city's biggest biryani wars has jumped into the fray.
M Mohamed Ali, who runs the Food Consulate in Velachery, has hosted a face off between the city's most popular biryani brands for the past five years. Last year, 10 top contenders made mutton biryani, which was then judged by an audience of almost 1400 people at a buffet. This year, he launched Sahibs.
"We make Chennai wedding style dhum biryani," says Mohamed, explaining that they deliver it in packs of 2.5 kilograms, which can serve up to five people. Sahibs currently makes three types of biryani — chicken (₹2,000), mutton (₹2,500) and prawn (₹3,000).
The pack also includes raita, brinjal thokku and bread halwa. Using long grain basmati rice, this version of the iconic dish is inspired by Mohamed's hometown, Patemanagaram, which is about 30 kilometres away from Thoothukudi.
There is a focus on sourcing quality spices. Mohamed says that after a lot of research, he realised that high quality ingredients and simple, but responsible, processes are the best way to maximise flavour. "Our spices are carefully sourced. We use three kinds of chillies: one for colour, one for heat and one for body. Everything is stone ground in a traditional mill," he states.
Of course, launching during a pandemic means that there is a special focus on hygiene. "Our kitchen looks like a surgery theatre, with all the cooks in PPE." The packaging may look "rather industrial," he states, adding however that the food is delivered hot, safe and sealed.
Sahibs delivers lunch on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Orders need to be given by 5 pm, a day ahead. Call +91 89992 66662.
Pumpkin Tales
Pumpkin Tales focusses on tomato tales this month. Chindi Varadarajulu has been using the lockdown to explore indigenous produce, and is thrilled about recently discovering heirloom Kasinapatnam tomatoes, which she is using in salads. These bright, knobbly tomatoes come from seeds preserved by tribes in Andhra Pradesh's Arauku valley, she says, adding that she plans to visit them as soon as it is safe to hop on planes again.
Inspired by seed saver and agriculturist Prabhakar Rao, of Bengaluru-based Hariyalee farm, Chindi is using this downtime to learn about local, underused vegetables so she can incorporate them in her menus. "To me it is a history, an heirloom we have saved," she says. Adding that she really enjoys the flavours, she admits that it could also be influenced by the awe of being able to taste decades of history.
Undoubtedly, these vegetables have more character than generic supermarket produce. Besides, bio-diversity makes food so much more interesting. While you wait till it's safe to eat out again, this could be a good time to experiment with growing heirloom seeds in your kitchen garden: the internet is rife with suggestions on how to get started.
Also, if you're sick of cooking dinner, Pumpkin Tales just released a range of preservative-free food to stock your freezer. There are chicken and vegetable pot pies, made with puff pastry and as well as lasagne and wheat enchiladas. While cooking can be fun, sometimes it's a relief to do nothing more than defrost and bake for a hot meal.
Gopaul dairy
For decades Gopaul dairy (9952954965) has had a cult following, despite its tiny space in Parry's Corner, because of the buns generously filled with Uthukuli butter.
The butter, which arrived on the night train, now travels by lorry so that there is no glitch in the mechanics set in place in 1953. Gopaul is currently run by 66-year-old V Krishnaraj, whose grandfather started the business, and his 29-year-old son, Pramoth.
Lockdown hit them hard — Pramoth says they used to serve 300 to 400 buns everyday. Now they make about 150, most of which are sold via delivery apps. I get mine via Dunzo, thanks to an alert friend, who manages to snag some before they sell out.
The buns, which have always been sourced from the same cottage industry in Mylapore, are tasty, but it is the white butter that is the star. Whipped till fluffy, it is generously slathered between the bread along with a quick smear of regular Kissan jam.
They're delicious, and deceptively light. Eat these fresh, as soon as they arrive. Each bun, priced at ₹25, is endearingly wrapped in butter paper and then newspaper, all tied together with twine.
One of the few surprises of 2020 that is all joy.
This weekly column tracks the city's shifting culinary landscape. Heard of a new food venture? Tell me: shonali.m@thehindu.co.in
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Results Video and Photos
May 15, 2018 /in Blog /by Formula Hybrid
Watch the 2018 Formula Hybrid results in video form! Or browse the photo set linked below. See also the official results news release.
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Dartmouth & Georgia Tech Take First Place at Formula Hybrid Competition
May 8, 2018 /in News /by Formula Hybrid
For the first time in 12 years of competition, Dartmouth Formula Racing (DFR) completed all events at Formula Hybrid including being the only car this year to finish all 44 laps of the Endurance Event. DFR also took first in the hybrid category for Engineering Design, Acceleration, and Autocross. The HyTech Racing team from Georgia Tech secured a first place finish in the electric category with high scores in Project Management, Design, and the Endurance Event.
Held from April 30–May 3 at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, the competition drew 23 teams from across the US, as well as Canada, India and Turkey. During those four days, the undergraduate and graduate engineering student teams, along with the high-performance hybrid and electric race cars they built, endured all kinds of weather—wintery cold, spring rain, summer heat, and even a few thunderstorms.
Founded and run by Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth and similar to Formula SAE®, Formula Hybrid requires teams to adhere to strict safety standards but leaves them free to innovate on everything from the car's frame to its powertrain.
With their car weighing in at 672 pounds—almost 200 pounds lighter than last year—DFR drivers Leina McDermott '19 and Allie Stasior '20 logged 75 meter acceleration runs ranging from 6.5 to 5.1 seconds. "For perspective," said Raina White, Thayer Lab Instructor and DFR team advisor, "a few production cars warmed up the track with acceleration times of 4.7 for a Tesla and 5.2 for a Bolt." Princeton, with an all electric vehicle, logged the fastest Acceleration Event time at 4.9 seconds.
"Although not as fun to watch, but more exciting in my opinion," added White, "is that Dartmouth placed first in the design event, where industry experts evaluate the quality of their engineering work. Students are asked questions regarding their design decision making, supporting analysis and validation, and general understanding of the vehicle behaviors."
For many of the students, getting to see the cars they've built on the racetrack is only a small part of the Formula Hybrid experience.
"The thing that's really cool to me, that I wouldn't have expected, is the willingness of all the teams to help each other out," said Max Schwegman, a Princeton senior. "It's a lot more of a 'we're all in this together' atmosphere than I would have thought. The amount of camaraderie here is pretty remarkable."
In addition to getting a unique teamwork and hands-on learning experience, students can also find themselves landing a job. Top automotive companies sponsor the competition and many send recruiters.
Formula Hybrid challenges students to hone skills they will need in the real world, says Mike Chapman '76 Th'77, a senior program manager at Intralinks in Waltham, Mass. Chapman served as a judge for the Project Management event, which requires students to present a project plan, including scope, goals, and change management plans. "It's the real thing," said Chapman. "I do program management for a living and this is the stuff we do every day, so after they leave here, these students can at least say they're familiar with it."
"[Formula Hybrid]'s not only job skills and personal skills, but it's also seeing it all put together," said George Spearing, a first-year student at UVM. "It's so much different than seeing it as a model on a computer. Everything you worked on is all together and working in front of you. It's a beautiful experience. Seeing the application of so much that I'm learning in automotive, it's actually solidified this as as a potential direction I want to go. There are so many different opportunities and fields, and then, wow, here's a race car. I didn't think of this as a direction to pursue before."
2018 OFFICIAL RESULTS
(Scores and times available here.)
Hybrid Category Top Six
Dartmouth (Dartmouth Formula Racing)
RV College of Engineering (Ashwa Racing)
Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT Hot Wheelz)
Milwaukee School of Engineering (Mozee Motorsports)
University of Victoria (UVic Hybrid)
Lawrence Technological University (Blue Devil Motorsports)
Electric-Only Category Top Six
Georgia Tech (HyTech Racing)
Princeton University (Princeton Racing Electric)
University of Vermont (UVM AERO)
Lafayette College (Lafayette Motorsports)
Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT Motorsports)
Tufts University (Tufts Electric Racing)
2018 SPONSORED AWARDS
Test Equity / Keysight Technologies Hit The Ground Running Prize
First Place: University of Vermont (UVM AERO)
Second Place: Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT Hot Wheelz)
General Motors Spirit of Formula Hybrid Award (Trophy & $1,000.00)
General Motors Best Engineered Propulsion System Award (Trophy & $1,000.00)
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Innovation Award ($1,000.00)
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Industrial Design Award ($1,000.00)
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Gracious Professionalism Award ($1,000.00)
IEEE Engineering the Future Award (Trophy)
IEEE Excellence in EV Engineering Award (Trophy)
2018 Competition Photos & Videos
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Day 4 Wrap-Up
May 3, 2018 /in Blog /by Formula Hybrid
This year New Hampshire Motor Speedway brought all kinds of weather to Formula Hybrid—wintery cold, spring rain, summer heat, and today some thunderstorms!
Five teams were ready bright and early to take a shot at today's Endurance Event:
Dartmouth Formula Racing
Princeton Racing Electric
Ashwa Racing
UVM AERO, and
Lafayette Motorsports.
Hytech Racing got on the track after lunch and after passing a rain test and was able to complete over 20 laps. Lawrence Tech also got some track time although they were ineligible to earn points.
Endurance is the most challenging of the dynamic events where the cars must prove their durability over a distance of 44 kilometers which includes two climbs per lap totaling more than 72 feet. All vehicles begin with fully charged accumulators (batteries or capacitors). Hybrids are given an additional allocation of liquid fuel so that all hybrid vehicles start with the same amount of energy. Electric-only vehicles must complete Endurance with the energy contained in their accumulators.
RIT Hot Wheelz also passed the rain test and tried hard to get to the track but had to stop after mechanical problems arose at the brake test. (They can still stand proud with a first place finish in the Project Management competition!)
Dartmouth Formula Racing was the only team this year to complete all 44 laps of the Endurance Event and also came in first in the hybrid category for Design, Acceleration, and Autocross. It's the first time Dartmouth has ever completed all events at Formula Hybrid!
Dartmouth Formula Racing in the Endurance Event
Ashwa Racing (RV College of Engineering) was very excited to finish a total of 41 laps in Endurance!
And a few things the cameras don't always show:
"The thing that's really cool to me, that I wouldn't have expected, is the willingness of all the teams to help each other out. It's a lot more of a 'we're all in this together' atmosphere than I would have thought. The amount of camaraderie here is pretty remarkable." —Max Schwegman, Princeton senior ME major
"[Formula Hybrid]'s not only job skills and personal skills, but it's also seeing it all put together. It's so much different than seeing it as a model on a computer. Everything you worked on is all together and working in front of you. It's a beautiful experience. Seeing the application of so much that I'm learning in automotive, it's actually solidified this as as a potential direction I want to go. There are so many different opportunities and fields, and then, wow, here's a race car. I didn't think of this as a direction to pursue before." —George Spearing, UVM freshman EE major
Final competition results are being posted HERE. Meanwhile, be sure to check our Flickr album for new photos! (Videos coming soon…)
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Day 4 Winds Down
Congratulations to RIT for completing 31 endurance laps (electric-only):
RIT on the endurance track
Dartmouth and Princeton got out on the track, but weren't able to keep their cars running.
Be sure to check out new photos on Flickr!
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University of Idaho (261.70)
Lawrence Technological University (253.63)
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (251.35)
Dartmouth (513.88)
University of Vermont (451.34)
Carnegie Mellon University (288.72)
Congratulations University of Idaho!
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Two notable analyst firms have moved around the Analyst Cycle this month: Current Analysis has become part of Progressive Digital Media Group, while Yankee Group has been integrated into 451 Research.
When 451 Group bought Yankee last year, we said the brand wasn't worth saving and should be fully integrated into the 451 brand. 451 Group has announced exactly that, and some changes which aim to give the firm a structure that helps buyers and sales people to connect. It also eases the concerns of clients of the high-value Yankee MAPS service.
In a nutshell, Yankee is now a fifth practice inside 451, named 451 Research Mobility Practice. The one 451 mobility analyst joins the practice, which will continue to be led by Brian Partridge (who led Yankee since the departure of CEO Terry Waters).
Flowing from this, 451 now has 14 channels of research (two from the Mobility practice, alongside four from Infrastructure, one from Information Security, three from Data & and four from Applications and Services). Yankee and 451 have been publishing research under these headings since February.
Finally, there's now an integrated dashboard for 451 clients allowing them to access research across these different channels. In an early demo of the new dashboard last month, it seemed to be simpler and more clearly organised than other firm's portals. This focuses the reader on key content. We didn't see the sort of features that power users might expect, but it's reasonable to assume they will follow.
Current Analysis will have an interesting future inside Progressive, the firm of frugal Datamonitor founder Mike Danson (The firm is currently attempting to hire analysts and senior analysts on just 20k-30k in Bolton, a dour and inexpensive post-industrial mill town). Progressive is rolling up and rolling out: it already owns Kable, Pyramid, and Strategic Defence Intelligence. It's now spreading out its sales and marketing efforts globally. I guess that Current Analysis analysts might be spreading out their CVs globally as well.
Hyoun – I guess it depends on your definition of analyst (there is a wide range of skills and experience out there). But either way, yeah, 20K pounds is just a bit outside the strike zone.


The report, Understanding and Addressing Principal Turnover: A Review of the Research, was released today in Washington, D.C., at the 2019 NASSP Advocacy Conference and is the first release of an intensive project by the two organizations to explore the causes of and solutions to principal attrition.
Providing high-quality professional learning opportunities, both initial preparation and in-service, in order to give principals the necessary skills and competencies for school leadership.
Improving working conditions to foster principals' satisfaction with their role.
Ensuring adequate and stable compensation for principals, commensurate with the responsibilities of the position, to value principals' contributions and to attract and retain effective leaders.
Supporting decision-making authority in school leadership to allow principals to shape decisions and solutions to address the specific needs of their staff and students.
Reforming accountability systems to ensure that incentives encourage effective principals to stay in challenging schools to support teachers and improve student learning.
The brief notes that several studies have found a clear relationship between principal turnover and student test score losses across grade levels and subjects. This relationship is stronger in high-poverty, low-achieving schools—the schools in which students most rely on education for their future success.
While the national average rate of principal turnover is approximately 18 percent, turnover is higher in schools with high concentrations of students living in poverty (21 percent). In Miami-Dade County Public Schools, for example, 28 percent of principals in the highest-poverty schools leave each year compared to 18 percent of principals in the lowest poverty schools; and in Philadelphia, 33 percent of principals working in the highest-poverty schools leave each year compared to 24 percent of principals in the lowest poverty schools. While the bulk of turnover is due to voluntary retirements or such factors as principals seeking less-challenging schools, better prepared principals (including those who have had internships and/or mentors) are better-equipped to manage challenges and stay longer, even in under-resourced schools.
The brief was released as more than 350 principals from across the country prepared to meet with members of Congress in Washington, D.C., at the 2019 NASSP Advocacy Conference and 2019 NAESP National Leaders Conference. This first brief provides direction for more intensive research, which will take place through fall 2019. The second brief will be released in summer 2019, coinciding with the 2019 National Principals Conference, July 18–20 in Boston. Additional original quantitative and qualitative research will be conducted throughout 2019, and a third brief and final report are scheduled to be released in the fall.
Principals play a central role in creating schools in which students thrive academically and the teaching staff is strong, stable, and supported. This report analyzes the research on quality preparation and professional development programs for principals, highlighting examples of effective programs and providing guidance for policymakers.
Principals are essential to improving student achievement and narrowing persistent achievement gaps. The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) provides opportunities for states to use federal funds to invest in developing and supporting effective school leaders, such as supporting their recruitment, preparation, and training using the optional state set-aside under Title II. This brief summarizes the evidence about the importance of principals, describes research-based practices in leadership development, and outlines promising, evidence-based investments from submitted and draft ESSA state plans.
Turnover accounts for 90% of the demand for new teachers, exacerbating shortages and undermining academic progress. This brief summarizes research on the important role that principals can play in reducing the steady churn of teachers and highlights actions states and districts can take to strengthen school leadership.


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Eduard Karl Wilhelm Prinz von Sachsen-Altenburg1
M, #110951, b. 3 July 1804, d. 16 May 1852
Eduard Karl Wilhelm Prinz von Sachsen-Altenburg was born on 3 July 1804 at Hildburghausen, GermanyG.1 He was the son of Friedrich Herzog von Sachsen-Altenburg and Charlotte Georgine Luise Herzogin von Mecklenburg-Strelitz.1 He married Amalie Antoinette Prinzessin von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, daughter of Karl Anton Friedrich Fürst von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and Antoinette Marie Murat, Princesse Murat, on 25 July 1835 at Sigmaringen, Baden-Württemburg, Germany.1 He married Luise Caroline Prinzessin Reuss zu Greiz, daughter of Heinrich XIX Fürst Reuss zu Greiz and Gasparine Rohan-Rochefort, Princess Rohan-Rochefort, on 8 March 1842 at Greiz, Sachsen, GermanyG.1 He died on 16 May 1852 at age 47.1
He gained the title of Prinz von Sachsen-Altenburg.1
Children of Eduard Karl Wilhelm Prinz von Sachsen-Altenburg and Amalie Antoinette Prinzessin von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Therese Amalie Prinzessin von Sachsen-Altenburg1 b. 21 Dec 1836, d. 9 Nov 1914
Antionette Charlotte Marie Jospehine Karoline Frida Prinzessin von Sachsen-Altenburg+1 b. 17 Apr 1838, d. 13 Oct 1908
Ludwig Joseph Karl Prinz von Sachsen-Altenburg1 b. 24 Sep 1839, d. 13 Feb 1844
Johann Prinz von Sachsen-Altenburg1 b. 8 Jan 1841, d. 25 Feb 1844
Children of Eduard Karl Wilhelm Prinz von Sachsen-Altenburg and Luise Caroline Prinzessin Reuss zu Greiz
Albrecht Heinrich Joseph Prinz von Sachsen-Altenburg+1 b. 14 Apr 1843, d. 22 May 1902
Marie Gasparine Prinzessin von Sachsen-Altenburg1 b. 28 Jun 1845, d. 5 Jul 1930
[S12] C. Arnold McNaughton, The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy, in 3 volumes (London, U.K.: Garnstone Press, 1973), volume 1, page 272. Hereinafter cited as The Book of Kings.
Amalie Antoinette Prinzessin von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen1
F, #110952, b. 30 April 1815, d. 14 January 1841
Amalie Antoinette Prinzessin von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen was born on 30 April 1815 at Sigmaringen, Baden-Württemburg, Germany.1 She was the daughter of Karl Anton Friedrich Fürst von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and Antoinette Marie Murat, Princesse Murat.1 She married Eduard Karl Wilhelm Prinz von Sachsen-Altenburg, son of Friedrich Herzog von Sachsen-Altenburg and Charlotte Georgine Luise Herzogin von Mecklenburg-Strelitz, on 25 July 1835 at Sigmaringen, Baden-Württemburg, Germany.1 She died on 14 January 1841 at age 25 at Sigmaringen, Baden-Württemburg, Germany.1
Children of Amalie Antoinette Prinzessin von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and Eduard Karl Wilhelm Prinz von Sachsen-Altenburg
Antoinette Marie Murat, Princesse Murat1
Antoinette Marie Murat, Princesse Murat was born in 1793. She was the daughter of Pierre Murat.2 She married Karl Anton Friedrich Fürst von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, son of Anton Aloys Prinz von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and Amalie Prinzessin von Salm-Kyrburg, in 1808.3 She died in 1847.2
She was created Princesse Antoinette Murat on 28 January 1808.
Children of Antoinette Marie Murat, Princesse Murat and Karl Anton Friedrich Fürst von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Karoline Prinzessin von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen2 b. 1810, d. 1885
Karl Anton Fürst von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen+2 b. 7 Sep 1811, d. 2 Jun 1885
Amalie Antoinette Prinzessin von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen+1 b. 30 Apr 1815, d. 14 Jan 1841
Friederike Prinzessin von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen+2 b. 24 Mar 1820, d. 7 Sep 1906
[S16] Jirí Louda and Michael MacLagan, Lines of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe, 2nd edition (London, U.K.: Little, Brown and Company, 1999), table 148. Hereinafter cited as Lines of Succession.
[S16] Louda and MacLagan, Lines of Succession, table 145.
Luise Caroline Prinzessin Reuss zu Greiz1
F, #110954, b. 3 December 1822, d. 28 February 1875
Luise Caroline Prinzessin Reuss zu Greiz was born on 3 December 1822 at Greiz, Sachsen, GermanyG.1 She was the daughter of Heinrich XIX Fürst Reuss zu Greiz and Gasparine Rohan-Rochefort, Princess Rohan-Rochefort.1 She married, firstly, Eduard Karl Wilhelm Prinz von Sachsen-Altenburg, son of Friedrich Herzog von Sachsen-Altenburg and Charlotte Georgine Luise Herzogin von Mecklenburg-Strelitz, on 8 March 1842 at Greiz, Sachsen, GermanyG.1 She married, secondly, Heinrich IV Prinz Reuss zu Köstritz, son of Heinrich LXIII Fürst Reuss zu Köstritz and Eleonore Gräfin zu Stolberg-Wernigerode, on 27 December 1854 at Greiz, Sachsen, GermanyG.2 She died on 28 February 1875 at age 52 at Ernstbrunn, AustriaG.1 She was also reported to have died on 28 May 1875.
Children of Luise Caroline Prinzessin Reuss zu Greiz and Eduard Karl Wilhelm Prinz von Sachsen-Altenburg
Children of Luise Caroline Prinzessin Reuss zu Greiz and Heinrich IV Prinz Reuss zu Köstritz
Heinrich XXIV Prinz Reuss zu Köstritz+2 b. 8 Dec 1855, d. 2 Oct 1910
Eleanore Caroline Gasparine Louise Prinzessin Reuss zu Köstritz3 b. 22 Aug 1860, d. 12 Sep 1917
Helene Prinzessin Reuss zu Köstritz b. 1864, d. 1876
Elisabeth Prinzessin Reuss zu Köstritz2 b. 2 Jan 1865, d. 5 Apr 1937
[S12] C. Arnold McNaughton, The Book of Kings, volume 1, page 338.
Heinrich XIX Fürst Reuss zu Greiz1
M, #110955, b. 1 March 1790, d. 31 October 1836
Heinrich XIX Fürst Reuss zu Greiz was born on 1 March 1790 at Offenbach, GermanyG.2 He was the son of Heinrich XIII Fürst Reuss zu Greiz and Luise Prinzessin von Nassau-Weilburg.2 He married Gasparine Rohan-Rochefort, Princess Rohan-Rochefort, daughter of Charles Louis Gaspard Rohan-Rochefort, Prince Rohan-Rochefort, on 7 January 1822 at Prague, Czech RepublicG.2 He died on 31 October 1836 at age 46 at Greiz, Sachsen, GermanyG.2
He gained the title of Fürst Reuss zu Greiz.1
Children of Heinrich XIX Fürst Reuss zu Greiz and Gasparine Rohan-Rochefort, Princess Rohan-Rochefort
Luise Caroline Prinzessin Reuss zu Greiz+1 b. 3 Dec 1822, d. 28 Feb 1875
Elisabeth Prinzessin Reuss zu Greiz+2 b. 23 Mar 1824, d. 7 May 1861
Gasparine Rohan-Rochefort, Princess Rohan-Rochefort1
F, #110956, b. 27 September 1800, d. 27 July 1871
Gasparine Rohan-Rochefort, Princess Rohan-Rochefort was born on 27 September 1800.2 She was the daughter of Charles Louis Gaspard Rohan-Rochefort, Prince Rohan-Rochefort.2 She married Heinrich XIX Fürst Reuss zu Greiz, son of Heinrich XIII Fürst Reuss zu Greiz and Luise Prinzessin von Nassau-Weilburg, on 7 January 1822 at Prague, Czech RepublicG.2 She died on 27 July 1871 at age 70 at Greiz, Sachsen, GermanyG.2
She gained the title of Princess Gasparine Rohan-Rochefort.1
Children of Gasparine Rohan-Rochefort, Princess Rohan-Rochefort and Heinrich XIX Fürst Reuss zu Greiz
Sophie Prinzessin zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg1
Sophie Prinzessin zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg was born on 18 September 1809 at Prague, Czech RepublicG.2 She married Heinrich XX Prinz Reuss zu Greiz, son of Heinrich XIII Fürst Reuss zu Greiz and Luise Prinzessin von Nassau-Weilburg, on 25 November 1834.2 She died on 21 July 1838 at age 28 at Bubentsch.2
Therese Amalie Prinzessin von Sachsen-Altenburg1
F, #110958, b. 21 December 1836, d. 9 November 1914
Therese Amalie Prinzessin von Sachsen-Altenburg was born on 21 December 1836. She was the daughter of Eduard Karl Wilhelm Prinz von Sachsen-Altenburg and Amalie Antoinette Prinzessin von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen.1 She married August Bernadotte, Prince of Sweden, son of Oskar I Bernadotte, King of Sweden and Joséphine Maximiliane Eugénie Napoléone de Beauharnais, on 16 April 1864 at Altenburg, GermanyG. She died on 9 November 1914 at age 77.
She gained the title of Prinzessin von Sachsen-Altenburg.1
Ludwig Joseph Karl Prinz von Sachsen-Altenburg1
M, #110959, b. 24 September 1839, d. 13 February 1844
Ludwig Joseph Karl Prinz von Sachsen-Altenburg was born on 24 September 1839.1 He was the son of Eduard Karl Wilhelm Prinz von Sachsen-Altenburg and Amalie Antoinette Prinzessin von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen.1 He died on 13 February 1844 at age 4.1
Johann Prinz von Sachsen-Altenburg1
M, #110960, b. 8 January 1841, d. 25 February 1844
Johann Prinz von Sachsen-Altenburg was born on 8 January 1841 at Sigmaringen, Baden-Württemburg, Germany.1 He was the son of Eduard Karl Wilhelm Prinz von Sachsen-Altenburg and Amalie Antoinette Prinzessin von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen.1 He died on 25 February 1844 at age 3.1


Our story begins on 25 August when Captain Cook, with his famous sense of adventure, set sail from Plymouth on the HM Bark Endeavour. What stands out from the first leg of his journey towards the South Seas?
Newly promoted to commissioned rank as a Lieutenant, Endeavour was an unusual command. Here was a ship that could be managed by a crew of 20 with an additional 90 people packed in like sardines! Perhaps most challenging of all was a disparate collection of nine civilians and a couple of greyhounds on board, led by Joseph Banks who was of a rank and wealth way beyond Cook. In fact, all of the crew were his superior in polite education, but they understood that Cook was in charge.
The search for a reliable way to calculate longitude had lasted decades, but by the 1760s it had almost been solved. The first stop on the journey was Madeira where the crew stopped to take on food and water as it was common practice to do this at every reasonable opportunity. Cook left Plymouth on 25 August and reached Madeira on 13 September. Had he not stopped to top up at Madeira, he would have been nearly three months at sea before reaching Rio, and it could have taken him even longer to get to the passage of the Atlantic.
The Navy had learnt through bitter experience that if crews were to stay healthy, they had to have fresh food and water. So Cook stopped at Madeira for five days where he took on board 3,032 gallons of Madeira wine, 10 tonnes of water, 270 pounds of fresh beef, a live bullock, and fresh vegetables, including enough onions to issue 30 pounds for each man. The wine was paid for by a bill of exchange drawn on the Admiralty.
During the expedition, Cook lost a master's mate who got tangled up in the buoy rope and was carried overboard and drowned. He also punished a seaman and a marine with 12 lashes each for refusing to take their allowance of fresh beef.
The second stop was Rio de Janeiro, which was then governed by Portugal, on 13 November. Britain's relationship at that moment with its 'oldest ally' was not at its best and the Governor of Rio de Janeiro was deeply suspicious of Endeavour, so she was placed under restriction. She wasn't a naval vessel so she must be a spy-ship! Banks sneaked ashore in disguise to explore the native plants, while Cook wrote pompous letters to the Governor protesting this insult to his Britannic Majesty. The Governor was quite right though – Cook sent home drawings of the forts and facilities in Rio, as any naval officer would be expected to do!
It was during this leg of the journey that Banks and his party were caught in an unexpected snow storm on the shore, during which two servants died of exposure and the rest of the party were lucky to survive. Despite the tragedy, in January 1769, Cook rounded Cape Horn in good order, entering the Pacific phase of his outward voyage, with promise of further adventures to come.
As Cook's voyage unfolds, be sure to revisit our blog for updates on the expedition.


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'IS THE PHONE LISTENING?': Channing Tatum believes astrology app hears his conversations
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Channing Tatum finds there are similarities between his actual conversations and the notifications on his astrology app, and it's making him paranoid, RadarOnline.com can report.
The Magic Mike star took to Instagram on Friday afternoon to express his sentiments about The Pattern- a free social media app that launched in 2017.
In his rant, he questioned whether his conversations were being heard through the phone by the app's developers, and casually revealed he has been going to the therapy.
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"I was just in therapy yesterday. Yeah, I'm in therapy, whatever. Everybody should be in therapy – and I just get a notification on my phone this morning … using the exact words we were using in therapy," the actor said on his Instagram.
"Is the phone listening? Are you listening through my phone and then just regurgitating the stuff that I'm afraid of?," he inquired.
The 39-year-old was so eager to have his questions answered, he called for the company to contact him with some responses.
"How do you know what you know about me Pattern?" Tatum asked.
"People of the pattern, people that use the pattern, you need to DM me right now and tell me how you know this stuff. I don't even know if I want to know this stuff. I don't know if anybody should know this stuff!," he shouted.
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The Pattern's official Instagram account eventually reached out to the Step Up star to let him know he "crashed" their servers and insinuated he'd they'd respond to his inquiries.
"Hey @Channing Tatum!," they wrote. "Thanks for letting us know you planned on crashing our servers today. We'll be sliding in your DMs shortly."
His girlfriend, Jessie J, also joined the conversation, joking she was actually "the pattern."
As Radar previously reported, Jessie J and Tatum's relationship has been heating up, triggering talks of starting a family together.
As readers know, the pop star has opened up about being told she'd need a hysterectomy and won't be able to have children. Despite the bad news, she refused the procedure and all medications and has remained hopeful that with natural medicine and diet changes, she can still become a mother.
Jessie J has also been warming up to her role as a stepmother to Tatum's daughter Everly with estranged wife Jenna Dewan.
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The Tennis Tutor tennis ball machine can simulate the strokes and spin of a beginner, intermediate, and advanced player. See your game improve dramatically.
When I head out to the tennis court to practice, I always like playing with someone that's better than me. A better opponent challenges me to pick up my game to their level. That's really the only way you can get any better. Unfortunately, I can't always find someone, not because I'm so good that nobody at my club is better than me. That's far from the case. It's usually because the guys I like to play with are busy or are already scheduled with someone else.
So, when I've got free time and no opponent, I usually pull out the ball machine. And one of the major factors that I look for in a tennis ball machine is the ability to simulate a real opponent. That means getting balls hit to me from side to side, front court and back court, and with topspin – the more difficult the shot, the better, because that is what helps me improve. Not many ball machines on the market offer this. The Tennis Tutor Plus Player Model is one that does.
The Tennis Tutor comes in a Standard, a Plus, and a Plus Player version. Each version offers additional features for a higher price. The Standard Tennis Tutor is about $1,000, the Plus is around $1,250, and the Plus Player is around $1,650. I recommend going right up to the Plus Player version because the extra features are definitely worth it. Here's what you get at each level.
All of the Tennis Tutor models come as battery powered machines with the option to order them with AC power if you want. The heavy duty battery gets about 4-6 hours of playing time and you can upgrade to an optional external battery pack if you want to get even more playing time. 4-6 hours of battery time is really good for a ball machine. The Tennis Tutor also has an indicator light that shows you how much battery charge is left and it will beep you when there's only a half hour left on the charge. It usually takes about 12 hours to fully charge it up.
All of the Tennis Tutor models hold 150 tennis balls. Economy tennis ball machines will hold 50 balls, whereas ball machines in high usage situations, such as clubs or tennis camps can hold up to 300 balls. 150 balls is about 2 full ball hoppers worth. Running through 150 balls will give you a pretty good workout before you need to start picking them up.
All of the Tennis Tutor machines offer random and horizontal oscillation, which means the machine fires balls randomly back and forth at one depth setting, such as the baseline. To get random vertical oscillation, in which the machine fires balls short and long, you need to upgrade to the Plus model. You can of course adjust the Standard machine to fire only close or only far, just not alternating.
The Standard model also comes with a 2 line function that will fire balls at two court positions. You can practice alternating forehand and backhand shots using this feature. If you are a tennis coach giving a group lesson you can also set up two lines of students and have them practice shots using this feature. You can also set the two-line feature to fire balls narrow or wide. Those wide shots will really make you stretch.
You also get elevation control on the Tennis Tutor Plus. Using this feature you can practice overheads as well as scooping up those net skimmers that can be so hard to play. You get 10 different elevation settings to choose from by simply pushing the elevation setting button on the control panel. The Tennis Tutor Plus is the only ball machine on the market where you can adjust the elevation right from the control panel. With most machines you have to adjust the height manually using some type of prop, which can be kind of a pain. The Tennis Tutor Plus makes this a real snap.
All models of the Tennis Tutor machine fire tennis balls between 10-85 mph (16-137 kph). This is a very good speed range and offers a lot of variety for all ability levels. Children and beginners can easily practice with balls coming at 10 mph, and more advanced players will definitely feel challenged by balls firing out at 85 mph.
The Tennis Tutor also offers the widest feed rate range out of all the ball machine I've looked at. The feed rate is how fast the machine will fire balls at you. You can set the Tennis Tutor to fire a ball every 1.5 to one ball every 10 seconds. Setting the machine to feed you a ball every 1.5 seconds is fantastic for practicing rapid fire volleys at the net. Scaling it back to fire a ball every 10 seconds is great for beginners who need time to set up or good for a group setting where people need to hit and then move to the back of the line. A slower feed rate is also good if you want to incorporate some sprinting or shuttle running between shots to help build up your quickness.
You get all of the cool features of the Standard model plus ball spin with the Tennis Tutor Plus. Most ball machines only offer top spin. The Tennis Tutor Plus offers top spin and under spin. So you can practice not only the booming topspin forehands that you can expect from a really strong opponent, but also the slicing backhands and touch shots you'll see from finesse players at the highest level.
To control the degree of topspin or under spin you just turn a little dial on the control panel of the Plus model. If you put the dial to the middle, the ball comes out flat. I have to say, turning the dial all the way up on the topspin side you'll get a big kick on the ball. Man, those shots are tough! But great practice.
As I mentioned, the best ball machines are the ones that best simulate a real opponent. The Tennis Tutor Player Model takes that to a whole new level. Tennis Tutor's patented Player Mode technology is really amazing. If you didn't see the suitcase sized machine on the other side of the court you'd swear that there really was another guy or gal over there hitting balls back to you.
To get this mode going, just select your ability level on the control panel. You can choose Beginner, Intermediate, or Advanced. If you're a beginner, you need shots hit to you pretty easy, with very little spin on the ball. The Tennis Tutor does just that, with easy shots in the middle of the court so you can hit it back and get the basics of your ground strokes down.
As you move up to the Advanced Level, the shots become more difficult, moving from side to side, changing depth and spin levels. So as you get better you'll still be challenged by the Tennis Tutor Plus Player model. The thing that makes this Player Mode feature so cool is that each level will simulate how someone of that ability level actually hits the ball. It is not just a random pattern, but actually uses a computer to simulate shot patterns.
You can also customize the standard settings by increasing or decreasing the spin, elevation, and speed levels, so you can never get bored hitting against the Tennis Tutor.
Light weight and easy to move around – As you can see from the picture, the Tennis Tutor looks like a small suitcase, something you could even fit in the overhead compartment on an air flight. It's got wheels and a nice handle to roll it around and it only weighs 46 pounds so you can easily pick it up and put it in the trunk of your car.
2 year warranty – Most machines only come with a one year warranty so it's good to see 2 years from Tennis Tutor.
Easy to use control panel – The control panel has very simple and clear buttons and knobs to control all of the settings. It's very self explanatory and you won't even need to look at the owner's manual.
Will improve your game – There were numerous owner reports talking about how the Tennis Tutor Plus Player model helped boost their games. With so many options, I don't see how it couldn't, especially if you get in a couple of hours of practice time with it each week.
A ton of variety – With Player Mode and all of the customizable settings and shot options, you'll never run out of drills to do with this machine. It's really an outstanding machine for players of all ability levels.
Some feeder jamming reports – There were a couple of reports from owners of the balls getting jammed in the feeder. This tends to happen with any tennis ball machine, especially when you try to fill the bucket to capacity. The good thing is though that there don't seem to be more reports with it happening with the Tennis Tutor than with any other brand. I'd recommend not putting the max 150 balls in container if you start having this problem.
You have a lot of options with the Tennis Tutor. You can get just the ball machine and nothing else or you can upgrade with the following options, all of which cost extra.
Multifunction wireless remote – matches the control panel exactly and gives you control over all of the features from across the net.
Everyone seems to love how easy to use this machine is. They also like all of the different control options. Many customers like the different spin and oscillation settings and feel that their games have improved as a result of the variety. Everyone loves the Player Mode and say it's great for all ability levels. The feedback is also good about the multifunction remote control. Customers that have purchased this option feel that it's worth the investment as it makes practice time more efficient with less time spent running back and forth to change settings.
Taller players (6'2″ and above) may have to stoop down a bit when towing the Tennis Tutor machine as the tow handle may not be long enough, and the wheels are small and bumpy on sidewalks. Some reviewers mentioned the ball hopper flaps cracking if struck solidly by a tennis ball. Sports Tutor will replace these if the machine is under warranty. Some jamming may occur when packing a full 150 balls into the machine, even though Sports Tutor says the machine has an anti-jamming feature. One user said he found this to occur 1-2 times for every 100 balls.
Where Can I Learn More About the Tennis Tutor Plus?
Where Can I Buy the Tennis Tutor Plus Ball Machine?
The Tennis Tutor tennis ball machine is produced by Sports Tutor which is one of the most popular and best selling tennis ball machine manufacturers in the world. They produce six tennis ball machine models, the Tennis Twist, the Tennis Tutor Prolite, the Tennis Tutor, the Wilson Portable, the Tennis Tower, and the Shotmaker. For more information on Sports Tutor tennis ball machines, see my Sports Tutor tennis ball machine page.
If you have tried out Tennis Tutor yourself, let us know. You can write a review in the comments section and give it a rating below.


The work carried out under the Coastal Area Management Programme (CAMP), which is coming to an end in France's Var département, has produced tools that can be used today by local and Mediterranean stakeholders involved in managing coastal areas.
The results of the Coastal Area Management Programme (CAMP), launched in the Var in 2015 in association with the MAP (Mediterranean Action Plan), are starting to be assessed. "The aim," as the Plan Bleu's programme officer Antoine Lafitte reminds us, "was to assist local authorities in implementing the Protocol on Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) in the Mediterranean in the Var area. Several schemes had already been set up by various stakeholders and the CAMP provided these with positive synergies."
Lasting thirty months, the CAMP resulted in the setting up of three working groups on the themes of pleasure boating, archipelagos of excellence and erosion and submersion. In addition to mapping in detail the zones along Var coast at risk from the effects of climate change, several projects were launched, including the MOCOMED (MOving COast in the MEDiterranean) online platform (www.moving-coast-med.fr). Dedicated to coastal erosion and marine submersion, the portal provides educational resources for the general public as well as acting as an aid to decision-making for elected representatives and experts.
A specific study was made of onshore boat storage facilities, of which there are many in the Var. Led by the French coastal agency Conservatoire du Littoral, in partnership with the local authority, the Communauté de Communes du Golfe de Saint-Tropez, the study enabled the drafting of a method for inventorying and monitoring these facilities, which was then made available to the local authorities in charge of the Schémas de Cohérence Territoriale (SCOT) planning schemes.
"The replicability of the initiatives is essential to the CAMPs' approach," maintains Antoine Lafitte. The cross-border Maregot project underlines this. The Franco-Italian project, bringing together the Var, Corsica, Tuscany, Liguria and Sardinia, aims to promote the joint development of a cross-border strategy for monitoring and managing erosion and submersion. Between 2017 and 2019, studies are due to be undertaken and experiments carried out that will lead to the drafting of a joint intervention plan.
Another international project underway involving the Western Mediterranean (France, Italy, Spain and Malta) is SIMWESTMED, which focuses on maritime spatial planning, with the aim of avoiding territorial inequalities in matters of environmental protection by standardizing data. The Var département is due to host one of the SIMWESTMED pilot projects, providing an opportunity to make use of the results obtained in the CAMP Var.
French experience in adapting the CAMP should also benefit other regions hosting coastal management programmes for better integrated management of their coastal zones. Bosnia-Herzegovina, which is yet to sign the ICZM Protocol, is a leading contender.


Below you can find the Chris Ingram Show from Monday, December 3, 2018.
Chris discussed former President George H.W. Bush's death, the radio station that banned "Baby It's Cold Outside", Alexandria Ocasio Cortez and her latest comment that exposes her stupidity and more!
Listen to the Chris Ingram Show every weekday from 10-noon on AM 820 News Tampa Bay and 98.3 FM in Pinellas County.


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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Android ICS support for Tamil and Indic	languages
On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 11:28 AM, Ravishankar <ravidreams(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Only few years before even PCs supported all of these and it will take more years to get this in all gadgets. So, the only expectation now is to at least display the characters well. Input is the next priority which can be solved by 3rd party apps for time being once the display issue is solved.
Linux distributions have had the underlying codebase infrastructure to "support" Indian languages for close to 8 years now. Admittedly, the frameworks have changed/improved and, the resultant APIs have evolved. But the definition and scope of support put forth in my original mail has existed for that period of time. So it is certainly not a "few years". "Displaying the characters well" is a very broad based statement and, I'll provide an example from the 4.0.3 build - I see Bengali rendered with some degree of accuracy when using the Gmail app, the same cannot be said when using the Twitter app for Android. Which brings out the notion that the ability to build up and use the existing underlying frameworks is not very well baked in. The other bit that will be useful to create a set of publicly available standard test pages for Indic text. Paragraphs which have sufficient complexity being handled via nearly all conjunct combinations and so forth would actually help testing the mobile app to the fullest. Input and, primarily input methods are desired to be some form of standardization or, at least a reference implementation. In the early days of Linux (and, very recently during the stage with the 'Rupee' symbol), a lot of 3rd party application developers and ISVs came up with their own implementation of input methods and layout. The resultant effect was a large corpus of document which needed some form of 'translation' into Unicode-compliant form. Punting on ISVs to fix the input issue is a bad bet fraught with dangers. I am not suggesting that the ISVs will go out and deliberately muddy up waters. But the nature of the business and, the precedent leaves no doubt of such a situation repeating itself. -- sankarshan mukhopadhyay <http://sankarshan.randomink.org/blog>


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Q: cracking sound sine tone in pyaudio I am using python and pyaudio to stream a pure sine tone using a callback method, in order to later modulate the sound via user input. Everything is fine except that when i run the code, i get 1-2 seconds of a cracking-buzzing sound associated to the warning message
ALSA lib pcm.c:7339:(snd_pcm_recover) underrun occurred
After that, the sine tone is streamed correctly. Any hints about how to remove the initial popping sound?
here is the code that stream the sound for one second
import pyaudio
import time
import numpy as np

CHANNELS = 1
RATE = 44100
freq = 600
CHUNK = 1024
lastchunk = 0
def sine(current_time):
    global freq,lastchunk
    length = CHUNK
    factor = float(freq)*2*np.pi/RATE
    this_chunk = np.arange(length)+lastchunk
    lastchunk = this_chunk[-1]
    return np.sin(this_chunk*factor)

def get_chunk():
    data  = sine(time.time())
    return data * 0.1

def callback(in_data, frame_count, time_info, status):
    chunk = get_chunk() * 0.25
    data = chunk.astype(np.float32).tostring()
    return (data, pyaudio.paContinue)

p = pyaudio.PyAudio()

stream = p.open(format=pyaudio.paFloat32,
            channels=CHANNELS,
            rate=RATE,
            output=True,
            stream_callback=callback)

stream.start_stream()
time.sleep(1)

stream.stop_stream()
stream.close()

Cheers

A: PortAudio (the library behind PyAudio) allows you to specify a block size, which is typically called CHUNK in the PyAudio examples. If you don't specify one, the default is 0, which in PortAudio terms means that the block size will be chosen automatically and will even change from callback to callback!
To check that, try printing frame_count (which is another name for the block size) within the callback. I suspect that PortAudio chooses a too small block size in the beginning and when that causes underruns, it increases the block size. Am I right?
To avoid this, you should specify a fixed block size from the beginning, using:
stream = p.open(..., frames_per_buffer=CHUNK, ...)

... where frames_per_buffer is yet another name for the block size.
This also makes more sense since up to now you use length = CHUNK in your code without knowing the actual block size!
If this still leads to underruns, you can try further increasing the block size to 2048.
Finally, let me take the liberty to make a shameless plug for my own PortAudio wrapper, the sounddevice module. It basically does the same as PyAudio, but it's easier to install, IMHO has a nicer API and it supports NumPy directly, without you having to do the manual conversions.

A: The accepted answer still didn't give perfect audio quality. Judging from what I heard (didn't measure) there are sometimes drop outs and/or phase jumps in the sine.  Based on the code in the PyAudio examples and what can be found here I came to this solution :
"""PyAudio Example: Play a wave file (callback version)."""

import pyaudio
import time
import math
from itertools import count
import numpy as np

RATE = 96000

# More efficient calculation but period = int(framer... causes high granularity for higher frequencies (15kHz becoming 16kHz for instance)
# def sine_wave(frequency=1000, framerate=RATE, amplitude=0.5):
#     period = int(framerate / frequency)
#     amplitude = max(min(amplitude, 1), 0)
#     lookup_table = [float(amplitude) * math.sin(2.0 * math.pi * float(frequency) *
#                                                 (float(i % period) / float(framerate))) for i in xrange(period)]
#     return (lookup_table[i % period] for i in count(0))

def sine_wave(frequency=440.0, framerate=RATE, amplitude=0.5):
    amplitude = max(min(amplitude, 1), 0)
    return (float(amplitude) * math.sin(2.0*math.pi*float(frequency)*(float(i)/float(framerate))) for i in count(0))

sine = [sine_wave(150), sine_wave(1500), sine_wave(15000)]

# instantiate PyAudio (1)
p = pyaudio.PyAudio()

# define callback (2)
def callback(in_data, frame_count, time_info, status):
    wave = sine[0]
    data = [wave.next()]
    for i in range(frame_count - 1):
        data.append(wave.next())
    ret_array =np.array(data).astype(np.float32).tostring()
    return (ret_array, pyaudio.paContinue)

# open stream using callback (3)
stream = p.open(format=pyaudio.paFloat32,
                channels=1,
                rate=RATE,
                frames_per_buffer=1024,
                output=True,
                stream_callback=callback)

# start the stream (4)
stream.start_stream()

# Insert your own solution to end the sound
time.sleep(3)

# stop stream (6)
stream.stop_stream()
stream.close()

# close PyAudio (7)
p.terminate()

This should be able to play the sine until your hardware dies or the next power outage... But I only tested for half an hour ;-)

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Brendan Rodgers: Leicester manager distances himself from 'disrespectful' Man Utd speculation
Leicester boss Brendan Rodgers has been linked with the Manchester United job, amid uncertainty over the future of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer; Rodgers is keen to stop the rumours having a destabilising effect on his squad, calling the speculation 'disrespectful' and 'not real'
Thursday 18 November 2021 16:41, UK
Brendan Rodgers says speculation he could replace Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as Manchester United manager is 'not real' and is 'disrespectful' to the Norwegian
Brendan Rodgers has distanced himself from speculation linking him with the Manchester United job and branded the rumours as "disrespectful" to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
The Leicester manager has been linked with the Old Trafford post, with United boss Solskjaer under intense scrutiny in recent weeks following comprehensive defeats by rivals Liverpool and Manchester City.
However, Rodgers says there is no truth to suggestions he would be prepared to swap Leicester for United and says his only focus is on preparing Leicester for their next game - at home to Chelsea on Saturday.
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Addressing the speculation, Rodgers said: "There's two things. Firstly, it's really disrespectful for you to ask the question when you have a manager [Ole Gunnar Solskjaer] in place, a good manager and a good man, who is working for the club.
"Secondly, I can't really comment on it because it is something that is not real. I am here as the Leicester City manager, I'm proud to be here, privileged to be here and fully committed to the players, the club, the ownership.
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"That's about it really. All the other noise around that is something that we can't control. I've focused, like I have done in my career, so the only club I'm thinking about is Chelsea and getting ready for that."
Rodgers appeared less concerned about the impact speculation has had on him than what rumours could do to both the Leicester fans and his players, who are potentially more vulnerable to being unsettled by outside noise.
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"It's obviously frustrating I would say for supporters and also my players, if anyone is to read anything that maybe has been out there, then, of course, that can destabilise," Rodgers added.
"It's something that, certainly from a personal perspective, is in the modern game, and even much more so now - lots of speculation, lots of gossip.
"It is all part of the game but it is something that I have got no focus on whatsoever."
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Surely, you need to find one reliable and proven pharmacy in which you can regularly make purchases of medicines at a bargain price, and get them to your house threshold via fast delivery. How to do it? What should you pay attention to when choosing a pharmacy on the World Wide Web?
Check the address bar of the website. You should see "https" there, not "http". The "https" wording means that an SSL certificate is installed on the site and all information is transmitted via a secure protocol. SSL-certificate does not allow fraudsters to intercept or replace personal data of customers: contact information, bank card numbers, logins, passwords, email addresses, etc.
If you see http, it means that, firstly, the pharmacy cuts corners on installing a relatively inexpensive SSL certificate (or lacks basic knowledge), and secondly, your personal data, including financial ones, may not be secure.
Look at the range of products that online pharmacy offers. If you see well-known brands (or generics), the logos of official manufacturers, such as Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline plc., AbbVie pharmaceuticals, Bayer, Johnson & Johnson, this is a good sign. If you see drugs with unknown / incomprehensible names there, they may be poor-quality surrogates.
Reliable pharmacy is characterized by the availability of complete and comprehensive information on any of the available drugs. For example, you are looking for a drug to treat erectile dysfunction (Levitra) or a remedy for diabetes (Januvia). In a good drugstore, you will be offered complete instructions for use with indications and contraindications, a description of compatibility with other meds / substances / food products and other information that every patient who is taking this drug should know.
The pharmacy that values its reputation has a consultant (consultants) ready to advise the client on any issue related to the delivery of drugs, etc. If you have received an unintelligible answer, you may need to choose another Internet pharmacy. In addition, web chemist shops usually post all the detailed instructions and FAQs on their portals so that any person can quickly understand the intricacies of making an order. Informativeness matters.
Go to the order page of a particular drug and see what payment methods are available. You can also see a separate section "Payments" or something like that on the site. Such methods as American Express, VISA, MasterCard, eCheck, or even Bitcoin (BTC) along with classic payment methods show that the pharmacy prefers legitimate payment methods. However, if you see, say, only anonymous cryptocurrencies (for example, Monero) as a method of payment, it most likely means that there is something wrong with this pharmacy.
Reliable online pharmacies usually respect the privacy of users and do not send annoying spam emails. They do not transfer data to third parties, do not receive third parties' data from hackers, and do not use unfair advertising methods. Therefore, if some online pharmacy constantly bothers you with spam emails, you probably should not use its services.
If the information on the site has not been updated for a long time, there are no new articles on the blog, perhaps the owners simply bailed on this online pharmacy. Accordingly, one should not expect high quality service from it (or probably the website is simply deserted and doesn't work).
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Los del Río ( für "Die vom Fluss") ist ein spanisches Musikduo, das ab 1992 mit Macarena einen internationalen Hit hatte.

Geschichte

Frühe Jahre
Bereits in den 1960er Jahren schlossen sich die beiden in Dos Hermanas, einer Stadt in der Nähe von Sevilla ansässigen Andalusier Rafael Ruiz Perdigones (* 1949) und Antonio Romero Monge (* 1947) zu einem stilistisch vom Flamenco beeinflussten Duo mit Gitarre und Gesang unter dem Namen Los del Río ( für "Die vom Fluss") zusammen. Als gefragte Interpreten traditioneller und populärer spanischer Musik, meist Rumbas und Sevillanas, spielten sie im Laufe der Jahre über 30 Alben ein. Mit ihrer 1991 veröffentlichten Version der Rumba Sevilla tiene un color especial des Komponisten Romero San Juan (eigentlich Rafael Hornero Romero de la Osa, 1948–2005), die 1992 zur offiziellen Hymne der Weltausstellung in Sevilla wurde, fand das Duo erstmals auch Beachtung außerhalb Spaniens.

Das Lied Macarena

Während eines Privatkonzerts in Venezuela im Jahr 1991 inspirierte angeblich ein Auftritt der in Caracas lebenden Flamenco-Tänzerin Diana Patricia Cubillán Herrera die beiden Musiker zu der zunächst spontan improvisierten Textzeile , die im Nachhinein zur Grundlage einer Rumba wurde, die im August 1993 in Spanien veröffentlicht wurde. Nachdem die erste Refrainzeile in Rücksicht auf den Reim zunächst zu Dale a tu cuerpo alegría Magdalena verändert wurde, wurde der Titel letztendlich als Macarena veröffentlicht, um eine Verwechslung mit dem im gleichen Jahr erschienenen Lied Magdalena des mexikanischen Sängers Emmanuel zu vermeiden, des Weiteren ist der Titel ein Verweis auf die Herkunft der beiden Künstler aus der Provinz Sevilla.

Das Lied handelt in der ursprünglichen, 1993 veröffentlichten Version von einer ebenso rebellischen, wie lebenslustigen jungen Frau, die davon träumt, sich im El Corte Inglés nach der neuesten Mode einkleiden zu können, in New York leben möchte und lieber einen Freund hätte, der sich nicht über fragwürdig gewordene patriotische Tugenden definiert. Der zum internationalen Hit avancierte "Bayside Boys Remix" übernimmt nur den spanischen Refrain und ersetzt die Strophen durch einen Inhalt, der dessen ursprüngliche Aussage ins Gegenteil verkehrt, da die Protagonistin nunmehr als vergnügungssüchtige und amoralische Hedonistin erscheint.

Der Titel wurde in Spanien schnell populär, doch erst in den Jahren darauf war der Song auch in Lateinamerika zu hören. Von dort erreichte er über die spanischsprachigen Radiostationen den Süden der USA. 1995 entdeckte das Produzenten- und Remixer-Duo Carlos Alberto de Yarza und Mike Triay aus Miami das Stück und machte aus den traditionellen Gitarrenklängen mit spanischem Gesang und rhythmischem Klatschen eine diskotaugliche Version mit elektronischen Klängen und weiblichem Chor sowie englischen Textstücken. Ihr "Bayside Boys Remix" hatte in den USA sofort Erfolg. Im Juni 1996 belegte der Macarena-Remix 14 Wochen Platz eins der amerikanischen Billboard-Charts und eroberte weltweit zahlreiche Chartspitzen. Das Lied wurde mehrfach mit Goldenen und Platin-Schallplatten ausgezeichnet und war der Sommerhit des Jahres. Weltweit waren es über elf Millionen verkaufte Singles. Infolge des Remixes erreichte auch das Original Rang 23 der US-Charts. Zahlreiche Coverversionen, Übersetzungen in andere Sprachen und instrumentale Versionen folgten, und bis heute ist das Lied ein beliebter Stimmungshit.

Passend zum Lied gibt es einen Modetanz, der in einer spanischen Tanzschule entstand und für das zugehörige Musikvideo erweitert wurde. Dabei schlägt man die Hände in einer bestimmten Abfolge, stemmt sie in die Hüften, dreht die Hüfte, geht in die Knie und dreht sich dann in einem Aufwärtsschwung seitwärts mit einem leichten Sprung um 90 Grad.

Spätere Karriere
Für Los del Río war es erwartungsgemäß schwer, diesem Ausnahmeerfolg etwas folgen zu lassen. Eine Weihnachtsversion namens Macarena Christmas erreichte zwar zum Jahresausklang noch einmal die Charts, abgesehen davon blieben sie aber ein internationales One-Hit-Wonder.

Ende der 1990er feierten sie ihr 30-jähriges Bühnenjubiläum und bis heute haben sie zahlreiche weitere Alben veröffentlicht, in denen sie sich wieder ihren musikalischen Wurzeln angenähert haben. Die Musiker leben weiterhin in ihrer Heimat in Dos Hermanas bei Sevilla.

Diskografie

Alben

Singles

Auszeichnungen für Musikverkäufe

Weblinks

 MySpace-Seite von Los del Río
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Einzelnachweise

Weltmusik-Band
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Duo (Musik)
Partytanz
Comet-Preisträger (Deutschland)


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A new way to use CRISPR
UD engineers develop methods to use CRISPR technology for conditional gene regulation
IMAGE: Wilfred Chen (left), the University of Delaware Gore Professor of Chemical Engineering, and graduate student Ka-Hei Siu designed structures for targeted gene regulation in E. coli bacteria. view more
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A team of engineers at the University of Delaware has developed a method to use CRISPR/Cas9 technology to set off a cascade of activities in cells, a phenomenon known as conditional gene regulation. Their method, described in the journal Nature Chemical Biology, introduces a new functionality to CRISPR, one of today's most-talked-about technologies.
Gene editing with CRISPR technology has been called "one of the biggest science stories of the decade" for its applications to medicine, agriculture and much more. CRISPR allows scientists to precisely target and edit DNA within living cells, which could help them correct anomalies that cause inherited diseases. The first clinical trials in humans are underway in China.
However, until now, scientists hadn't figured out how to program their CRISPR systems to target DNA while integrating information from within the cells they were studying.
At UD, Wilfred Chen, the Gore Professor of Chemical Engineering, and graduate student Ka-Hei Siu designed structures -- dubbed toehold-gated gRNA (thgRNA)-- for targeted gene regulation in E. coli bacteria.
Traditionally, in CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing, scientists use a single-stranded piece of ribonucleic acid (RNA) to guide the Cas9 enzyme to the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) they want to target. Instead, Chen and Siu installed a hairpin-like structure that blocks part of the RNA from recognizing the DNA. Only a small part, called the toehold, is exposed and capable of binding to other RNA. Then Chen, and Siu used RNA from within the cell as a trigger to open up their blocking mechanism, activating the Cas9 protein so that it could then bind and regulate the DNA.
"The key thing is that we wanted to use some native cellular information," said Chen. "We wanted to be able to use this native cellular response as a way to modulate the CRISPR/Cas9 protein functions and basically develop a controlled mechanism so that we could modulate cellular functions accordingly."
This technology offers a versatile, "plug and play" design that could be used to induce gene editing and regulation in a variety of systems, says Chen.
"Moving forward, the idea is to be able to use, ideally on paper, any kind of cellular messenger RNA as an activation or deactivation device," he said. "You can imagine that we can activate something based on whether the cells are growing on glucose or starving for phosphate or exposed to high-temperature conditions or low-pH conditions."
This work was supported by grants from NSF (MCB1615731 and MCB1817675).
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Logistics Market Update 13.01.2022
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Shipping companies globally expect steeper rises in shipping and logistics contract rates next year after supply-chain costs skyrocketed in 2021. The Logistics Managers' Index, which analyses total logistics pricing such as transportation, warehousing, and inventory prices, settled by 3 percent in December after setting a record high in November and an increase of 14 percent year on year.
Shipping companies are looking for significant price hikes while renewing their contracts in 2022. This indicates that the inflationary pressure caused by high demand and limited capacity in freight markets in 2021 is likely to endure. With increased shipping demand still outweighing limited capacity in the freight sector, industry analysts believe shipping companies have the bargaining power to hike rates when negotiating new contracts.
Contract rates are expected to climb by high single-digit to mid-double-digit percentages in 2022, with prices expected to stabilize later as transportation demand eases and businesses restock depleted inventory. However, it is unlikely to happen before 2023. A capacity-constrained industry with inflationary pressure and substantial equipment and government interruptions is projected to continue in 2022. Earlier this month, the spot price to ship a 40-foot container from Shanghai to Los Angeles was 75% more than last year. Similarly, the contractual fee for sending a 40-foot container from Asia to the West Coast of the United States might quadruple next year to between $6,500 and $7,000. In 2019, businesses paid around $1,500 to ocean carriers for the same service.
In addition to the rising shipping cost concerns, shipping companies in the United States are concerned that an empty container fee may soon be adding to their increasing costs. The Los Angeles and Long Beach ports formally authorized the idea to collect penalties on long-dwelling import containers to minimize the number of containers at the docks. The port of Los Angeles expects to collect the $100 tax established in October for every empty container on the grounds for nine days or longer beginning on January 30. Every day until the package departs the port; the cost will be increased by $100.
In Asia, the situation is not different as the rates from China to North Europe are expected to rise somewhat ahead of the Chinese New Year vacation, which takes place in the first week of February. However, fresh lockout problems due to increased COVID cases may result in container and transportation bottlenecks.
Meanwhile, the uncertainty in the maritime freight market appears to have enhanced shippers' and carriers' willingness to exchange FFAs (Freight Forward Agreements).
The air capacity from Asia and globally continues to face a struggle. Just when the air cargo operations started to normalize and the load of the holiday season started getting cleared, hundreds of flights were cancelled in China's key hubs, including Shanghai, Beijing, and Shenzhen, in the last week of December due to increasing COVID cases. Hong Kong also confronts stringent quarantine restrictions, which has resulted in "very complex logistics patterns."
In mid-December, the government established a rigorous lockdown and has since cut off most transportation to the city, including flights. Following an epidemic of COVID in the city of Xi'an, China's ninth-busiest cargo airport is still seeing a high number of flight cancellations.
And the following eight weeks are anticipated to witness significant disruption in China: not only will the country's "zero-COVID" policy result in local restrictions, but with both the New Year's interlude and the Beijing Olympics beginning next month, the government is likely to clamp down on transportation.
The last-mile parcel shipping rates are growing fastest in over a decade. As the demand pattern shifts significantly, the pricing power of carriers has increased significantly. FedEx and United Parcel Service said that their prices would rise at an average of up to 6 percent across most services in 2022. This is the first time that either business had annual hikes over 4.9 percent in about eight years.
The prediction for increased rates in transportation for next year follows a substantial increase in the contract costs that firms negotiate with trucking companies and freight brokers. According to the online freight marketplace DAT Solutions, the average contract fee reached a record $2.51/mile, excluding the fuel cost. To avoid competing for constrained trucking capacity on the open market, several retailers and manufacturers are extending current contracts with carriers beyond 2022 in exchange for modest price hikes.
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Imports into the UK from the EU must be handled through the Goods Vehicle Movement Service (GVMS) as of January 1. However, carriers have reported multiple issues, such as shipments not loading on the system and rejected reference codes.
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Within a short period of time, Nia Abdallah has been able to touch a multitude of listeners with appearances on several top radio shows in the Houston area and in the country. Her busy schedule this week included three appearances on three different radio show within a few days span. What's fueling her passion? To get the truth out about the injustice she faced in the Olympic trial match against Diana Lopez.
First on Wednesday, July 16th she joined Robert Muhammad in the KPFT 90.1 studio for an interview on his show Connect The Dots. Bro. Robert was very familiar with the plight of Nia, being that he had watched the fight several months ago. Nia discussed her years of experience, training regime, and the controversial outcome of the fight against Lopez.
"Since 2004, people have been talking about the Lopez family making history. They would be the first family to have three siblings in the Olympic so basically I was in the way of that story", said Abdallah. "I went into the fight saying I was not going to let her hit me and it worked. It was like the world against me and I did everything I could have imagined to do but they wanted her to be in and not me."
"I'm being an objective interviewer but I honestly saw the fight three, four, five times before they [USOC] took it down off of the Internet", said Muhammad. "Watch the the fight for yourself. Comment for yourself and judge for yourself."
"I think America deserves to know the truth. I don't want them [Lopez family] to just go to China and everyone there to think that they made a great story, when they really didn't. I think great stories happen out of truth and fairness. I don't want this to happen to anybody else."
On Friday, July 18, Abdallah's message touched the hearts and ears of listeners in the Baltimore and Washington, DC area. She was a guest on the show Listen Up Baltimore on WEAA 88.9FM hosted by Bro. Farajii on the campus of Morgan State University. Thousands of listeners tuned in as she was also joined on the show by a 2nd Degree Black Belt Master William Muhammad of Houston and a renowned Baltimore track coach. All three gave insight into the injustice done to Abdallah for the sake of making the Lopez family into a "marketing machine". Several callers voiced their opinions and listeners were driven to view the fight for themselves as well as call the We Support Nia campaign to get involved further.
Later, that evening Nia was on the campus of Texas Southern University to make a live in studio appearance on the Hip-Hop show. Led by DJ Crazy Dredz, the interview had the phone lines buzzing immediately as people called in to voice their support for Abdallah and their disgust with what was done just so the Lopez family could make history. In amazing fashion, the YouTube sudden death clip between Abdallah and Diana Lopez received over 4,000 hits alone during the show!
"You won the fight hands down and you should be going to Beijing", said DJ Dredz to Abdallah. "We had to bring you own so everyone will know the truth."
"I want to help change some things in Tae Kwon Do because I love this sport. I beat Diana Lopez and they know it so we are letting the whole entire world know what was done to me", said Abdallah. "We came up with a new term that if you get cheated in something that means you got 'Lopezed', because they have a history of receiving favoritism."
The show also ended with everyone agreeing that the Lopez family is faking history, not making history.


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Carlos Andres is working with indigenous populations in Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia to understand the well-being and mental health effects of disconnecting from traditional agroecosystems and Mother Nature as seem from the ecocentric perspective of Andean cosmovision. Considering that outmigration, agrobusiness, and increasing ecological pressures are defining the demography and landscape of the Andean region, this research aims to bring a new understanding to connections between nature and mental health among populations that are typically overlooked by research focused in urban Western societies.
Carlos Andres has an interdisciplinary profile, with more than a decade of experience in fieldwork, research, and dissemination. He has worked in applied research with community leaders, governments, non-governmental organizations and in partnership with international organizations in Ecuador, Australia, and the U.S. He holds academic affiliations in the Institute for Research in Health and Nutrition at Universidad San Francisco de Quito, and the E3 Nutrition Lab in the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis. He has published in various venues, including scientific journals and has coauthored a book, a book chapter and two social marketing manuals.
Carrasco-Torrontegui, A. M., Gallegos-Riofrío, C.A., Delgado-Espinoza, F., Swanson, M. Climate change, food sovereignty and ancestral farming techniques in the Andes, Current Developments in Nutrition, nzaa073.https://academic.oup.com/cdn/article/doi/10.1093/cdn/nzaa073/5818756
Gallegos‐Riofrío, C. A., Waters, W. F., Salvador, J. M., Carrasco, A. M., Lutter, C. K., Stewart, C. P., & Iannotti, L. L. (2018). The Lulun Project's social marketing strategy in a trial to introduce eggs during complementary feeding in Ecuador. Maternal & child nutrition, 14, e12700. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/mcn.12700
Waters, W. F., Gallegos, C. A., Karp, C., Lutter, C., Stewart, C., & Iannotti, L. (2018). Cracking the Egg Potential: Traditional Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices in a Food-Based Nutrition Intervention in Highland Ecuador. Food and nutrition bulletin, 39(2), 206-218. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0379572118763182
Gallegos, C.A., Waters, W.F. & Sebert Kuhlman, A.K., (2017). Discourse versus practice: are traditional practices and beliefs in pregnancy and childbirth included or excluded in the Ecuadorian health care system? International Health, 9 (2), 105–111. https://academic.oup.com/inthealth/article/9/2/105/2713134
Iannotti, L., Lutter, C., Stewart, C., Gallegos-Riofrío, C.A, Malo, C., Reinhart, G., Palacios, A., Karp, C., Chapnick, M., Cox, K., Waters, W., (2017). Eggs early in the complementary feeding period reduces stunting in an Andean population of Ecuador: a randomized, controlled trial. Pediatrics, 140 (1), doi: 10.1542/peds.2016-3459. https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/140/1/e20163459?sso=1&sso_redirect_count=2&nfstatus=401&nftoken=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000&nfstatusdescription=ERROR%3A%20No%20local%20token
Areas of Expertise and/or Research
Indigenous people, well-being and mental health, agroecosystem and biocultural landscape, public health nutrition, culture and collective action, social marketing
PhD, Social Work, Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis
MS, Applied Anthropology and Participatory Development, Australian National University
BA, Psychology, Universidad San Francisco de Quito
Carlos Andres Gallegos Riofrio CV.pdf
c.a.gallegos@uvm.edu
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