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Stray Bullets Release Single and Head to Converse Rubber Tracks Studio
October 10, 2016 October 14, 2016 Jacob Wake Up! Bands, Interviews, Tunes
"Tsunamis born of ripples from the pebbles that we've thrown,
Ignoring every warning just to cast another stone."
This summer, Boston punks Stray Bullets dropped a new single out of the blue. "Already Dead" delivers what fans know and love: a ripping guitar lick, skankable verse, and a chorus to scream at the top of your lungs. The lyrics are loaded with a laundry list of humanity's problems capped with a brief plea for course correction at the end.
We caught up with frontman Jon Cauztik to talk about the song, it's release, and what else was in store for the band. I saw Stray Bullets perform "Already Dead" at Thunder Road earlier in the summer and he revealed it was recorded quite some time ago. Why release it now?
We recorded it, along with five other tunes, in January 2015, two of the tunes were gonna go on a split 7-inch with The Warning Shots, which has since evolved into a 4 way split LP with Warning Shots, Duck and Cover, and Blood Stained Brindle, which, if my information is correct, is being pressed right now. We sat on most of the tunes for a while, but I figured it wouldn't hurt to drop this one now to drum up interest in the split.
So the good news is that there's more music on the way! This is just to whet your appetite.
We asked for further explanation on the lyrics but the enigmatic Cauztik just redirected us to Bandcamp where the lyrics are posted in full. The interpretation is intentionally left up to you. Listen below.
Returning to the Studio
Later in the summer we learned that the band was headed into the new Converse Rubber Tracks Studio, located at Converse HQ near TD Garden.
What can fans expect from this amazing opportunity? Cauztik was kind enough to reveal their recording strategy.
We're gonna be in Rubber Tracks for a day, so I wouldn't expect a new record out of that. Our deal has always been to get a batch of like 3-6 tunes together, book studio time, and record them while they're still fresh and nobody's bored of playing them yet. Then do it all again with the next batch. Sometimes we put them all together and release a full length. The deal with Rubber Tracks is that you apply to record there and if they pick you you can go in there for a day for free. Which is cool.
I'll be very curious to follow up with the band after the session and hear more about it. It was exciting to hear about the studio's creation, but it became much more real to learn that a band I followed would be recording there.
If you haven't already, do yourself a favor and soak up the band's 2014 full length release Ghost Town Rockers.
FURTHER READING: Vanyaland takes a look inside Converse Rubber Tracks Studio in Boston.
And h/t Vanyaland for the timelapse video below.
Converse Rubber Tracks Stray Bullets
MUSIC VIDEO: The Doped Up Dollies – "Be Free" Featuring Coolie Ranx
Throwback Thursday: The Slackers On a Boat


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Is Netflix failing in India?
Is Netflix profitable in India?
Is Netflix worth in India?
Is Netflix better than Amazon Prime in India?
Is Netflix going broke?
Why is Netflix so cheap in India?
Which country has cheapest Netflix?
Is Netflix free with Jio?
How did Netflix start?
Is Prime better than Netflix?
Who has more subscribers Amazon or Netflix?
Is Netflix better than Hotstar?
With hundreds of original TV series in its content base, Netflix is yet to be successful in India and is in fact, far behind its competitors like Hotstar, Hooq, Amazon Prime, and Voot. Here is what you need to know regarding its failure in India.
Netflix India revenue FY 2018-2020
Streaming giant Netflix entered Indian market as part of its global rollout in 2016, and recorded a revenue of over nine billion Indian rupees in fiscal year 2020. Netflix's global net income saw increasing revenues in recent years.
Nope, It's not worth considering pricing in India. Nextflix contents in India again limited to what you get outside of country. If you were to buy single screen you have to shell out 500 who they are kidding, which is major reason Netflix failed in india. They 1 or 2 screen share isn't.
Which one is cheaper Netflix or Amazon Prime? Amazon Prime is cheaper compared to Netflix. Amazon Prime monthly subscription is available at INR 199 whereas for Netflix subscription price ranges between INR 199 – INR 799. Amazon Prime also provides way cheaper student subscription.
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The streaming giant borrowed over $16 billion in less than a decade as it built out its content library. The strategy prompted criticism that the company was unsustainable. Netflix has reached a financial milestone: It no longer needs to borrow money.
The primary reason is the spending capacity of the people. In the US, mean average salary of a person is $4458, which is around Rs 3.3 lakh, but in India, it's just $145, which is Rs 11,000. This is the primary reason why the monthly subscription of Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+Hotstar is so less in India.
The basic Netflix plan in India, of Rs 499 per month, is the third cheapest in the world. It is the cheapest in Brazil with BRL 21.90 (Rs 292) per month. A standard plan in India costs Rs 649 every month, which is again the third cheapest, while a premium plan worth Rs 799 a month is the second cheapest in the world.
Jio Postpaid plus plans with streaming benefits range between Rs 399 to Rs 1499. If customers have an existing Netflix account, it will be linked to the free subscription offer from the postpaid plans.
As previously mentioned, Netflix was founded in 1997 in Scotts Valley, California. It was originally a rent-by-mail DVD service that used a pay-per-rental model. Users would browse and order the films they wanted on their website, put in an order, and Netflix would post them to your door.
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The bottom line. What does Prime Video offer that Netflix doesn't? In short, all the perks of an Amazon Prime membership. But if you compare them only on their streaming merits, it's no competition: Netflix has better original content, a better user experience and a better overall library of movies and TV shows.
After five years and an estimated Rs 1,500 crore in revenues, Netflix controls a huge 45 per cent of the subscription video business. But on the number of subscribers, Disney+ Hotstar (26 million) and Amazon Prime Video (17 million) look way more impressive than Netflix's 4.6 million.
Netflix originals is one of the best in class compared to other two platforms, most of the Netflix originals are great to watch and keep yourself into the screen. While seeing generally, if you are looking for more content and entertainment, you can go for Hotstar.
Is it legal to keep rabbit as pet in India?
Frequent question: Did US support India during Kargil war?
Which place is most coldest place in India?
Which is lowest rainfall in India?
Which energy source is largest source in India?
Is Microsoft a good company to work for in India?

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I'd like to compliment you on this outstanding calendar. I can see that a lot of time and work has been put into this calendar, by seeing all the features it offers, all I can say is: incredible!
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For all y'all stone playas keepin' it real in tha office. H-dog OUT.
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Historical Writers' Association Crown Awards 2018
10 November 2018 By Editor
Press release: Historian and broadcaster Kate Williams presented the Historical Writers' Association Crown Awards for 2018 at a party at Swedenborg Hall in Bloomsbury on 7 November, 2018. The winner of the Debut Crown for 2018 was Estoril by Dejan Tiago-Stankovic; the Non-fiction Crown was awarded to Leanda de Lisle for White King: Charles I […]
HWA Announces New Awards!
6 January 2017 By Editor
The Historical Writers' Association has announced that they will be awarding two new Crown awards to outstanding historical writers in 2017, alongside the already established HWA Debut Crown. The HWA Endeavour Ink Gold Crown will be awarded to the best historical novel of the year, and the HWA Non-fiction Crown is for the best popular […]


ORB Factory, the masterminds behind smash hits like Glitter Petz, Pixel Pops, and Stick'n Style, rang in the new year of 2016 with their next big hit – Fuzzeez. The idea? A stuffed animal that kids can build at home. But with industry powerhouses like Build-A-Bear Workshop, how could Fuzzeez ensure that kids would want to take the toy-making home with them?
The DR industry may be chock full of kids products, but Mojo always knows how to make them stand out. From our gorgeous designs, to our easy-to-use checkout process, and our quick turnaround, Mojo's web platform gives clients and customers alike a streamlined, pleasant experience every time. When we help products like Fuzzeez rise to the top, it gives us a warm and fuzzy feeling inside.
With the Mojo platform, Fuzzeez are able to easily sell their products in both the US and Canada. Our system allows them to control one country's website without affecting the other. This makes it much easier to separately track analytics, change pricing, include different offers, and much more!
To help streamline the order process, Mojo was able to include an Offer Selection section on the homepage of the Fuzzeez site. This makes it easier for the customer to see their options immediately. We find that this can help increase conversion rates and reduce abandoned orders.


Finding the right web company can be harder than you think! If you've ever jumped on Google and done a search to find a local web developer you may have experienced a moment of overwhelming uncertainty where to start. Or, some would ask 'who even needs a web developer these days?' Given there are many platforms such as Wix, Weebly and Squarespace to put the web design power in the hands of anybody.
Using a 'DIY' web platform such as Squarespace or Wix looks great especially when you might have been lured in by them advertising 'Free' along with it. The truth is these builders to use, at a professional level require some sort of ongoing financial contract just as you would using a website design company to host and manage your website. One important thing which is often glazed over is the terms and conditions these platforms carry. In a nutshell you do not really own your website with these platforms, as long as you pay to use their service your website runs the moment you break your contract the website is suspended. This doesn't mean using a web design company will act any differently though, it is important to ask about website ownership and transfer conditions. With en-gn we use WordPress and Joomla which are both opensource content management suites. You have to ability to run a backup at any given time which could be used to transfer to another developer or host if that need arises.
Depending on which platform we are talking about they all offer a huge amount of flexibility and functionality. You'd really have to shop around to make sure all your needs will be achievable with an online web platform. I always talk about immediate needs, long term needs and then the 'maybe' needs. It's usually looking further down the track where you might need to add something really complex to your website such as an integration with another platform. In a lot of cases this is outright just not possible with services such as Squarespace unless they explicitly support it. An example of this is a recent project went from a simple e-com shop, then to a dealer portal and then a fully fledged CRM (Customer Relationship Manager) and all of these needed to access the same database of information! Luckily WordPress allowed for such a big integration as we owned and manage the database and of course we had access to adding extra code/plugins in as we needed.
If you have time and a bit of tech in your blood why not give a platform such as Squarespace a try? Especially if you have a handle on all your digital goals with the project remaining relatively simple. To get the best out of it it requires a bit of time and determination, usually a small bit of tech nous to battle through with domain dns changes but you may end up with a pretty good website! Using a developer such as us, well…. You do what you do best and leave all this digital design stuff up to us.
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1 October , 2017 – Deloitte has appointed Andrew Pimlott as Partner to lead its Forensic Technology practice, and promoted two new partners in a further expansion of its Financial Advisory business in the Middle East. Joining the partnership are Scott Whalan and Azhar Hussain. Scott is a Valuations and Modelling Services specialist, based in Dubai and Azhar, a Transactions Services specialist based in Riyadh.
Andrew joins Deloitte as partner, specializing in eDiscovery, cyber-crime and data analytics. He has led many data driven investigations including fraud investigations, sanctions, anti-money laundering and dispute work, in over ten jurisdictions including the US, Africa, the Middle East and Europe.
Based in the Dubai office, Andrew will be responsible for leading the Forensic Technology practice in Financial Advisory across the Middle East. The team of highly qualified and experienced specialists, includes EnCase Certified Examiners, Brainspace Certified Users and Relativity Certified Administrators including a Relativity Master. Relativity is an industry standard eDiscovery global data discovery platform used by organizations in litigation, regulatory inquiries, internal investigations and information governance.


The weekend was a blur! I guess Sunday was when I was my sickest, and yesterday things seemed to be winding down but things were still bad. Then I slept for most of the evening yesterday, but then woke up at night and couldn't sleep at all the whole rest of the night.
I ended up watching episodes of Adventure Time on YouTube.
After that super nap though, I think I felt a bit better! No more, as my mother would call it, "poo drop like rain." Still feeling kinda weird, though, but maybe I'm just about better now. Now I feel like eating at a cool restaurant! Rawr I want to eat.
And then of course I saw an article this morning about Congress voting to ax a Bad Stuff in Food screening program. THANKS GUYS MY HEROES.
But bad stuff in food makes poop drop like rain! Isn't that THE BEST THING EVER?
I'm glad you're feeling better! I've finally got my appetite back as well.


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Who Are Your Teachers?: Cecil McDonald, Jr.
Tempestt Hazel
September 13, 2018 · Art Design Chicago, Artists, Interviews
I met Cecil McDonald, Jr. at the same time that I met Dawoud Bey–which was during the Photo I class at Columbia College Chicago that I didn't need to take…
I met Cecil McDonald, Jr. at the same time that I met Dawoud Bey–which was during the Photo I class at Columbia College Chicago that I didn't need to take but wanted to as a fan of both of their work. Since that day, I never imagined that Cecil would be the kind of person who would continue to offer me some of the most exciting and terrifying growth opportunities that I would have in my recent career. First, he asked me to write about his series Domestic Observations & Occurrences for the 2014 Contact Sheet, which is also known as the Light Work Annual. This marked my first piece of writing published on a renowned and national platform. I was terrified and honored–which I can feel between the words whenever I read back on that essay.
Then, years later, when Cecil was working on his new monograph, In the Company of Black, he asked to use that essay for the foreword of the book, but I insisted on writing something new. After knowing him for several years, I trusted myself to write something that would speak more deeply to what these photographs meant to me, rather than maintaining the academic tone of the first essay. It's still one of my favorite writing experiences to date–and that's because I was able to work with and write for someone who gave me complete autonomy and the freedom to follow my own response and impulse.
Here is what he says of the teachers who have been important for him throughout his life. This response has been edited for clarity and length.
Me reading my foreword at the book release of In the Company of Black at Filter Photo in April 2017. The image shows me standing at a table, looking down, reading to an audience of people standing, facing me. Photo courtesy of Filter Photo.
Cecil McDonald, Jr.
There are many teachers who stand out, but I can speak at length about two men. Eric Werner and Jeffery Relf.
I met Eric when I was looking for a place to develop my darkroom skills as a photographer. Back then you could not call yourself a photographer if you didn't know how to print. I landed at a photo club at Tulley Park in Chatham on the south side. Right off the bat he and I hit it off –he was a task master, who scared off many a student. He had a keen intellect and a sharp wit. Eric taught me so much–from how to print to how to conduct myself as an artist and a professional. I knew that I had gained his confidence when he started to pass assignments on to me that he was unable to take himself. I miss him dearly and there aren't many days that go by that I don't think of him, quote something he said, or share one of his stories.
Jeffery was younger than me and the first gay man that I called my friend–that was still unsual in the late 80s particularly coming out of the AIDS crisis. Jeffery and I were in the fashion business he taught me how to work a sales floor, dress windows, merchandise a store, and how to own my personal style. Whenever we hit the clubs, he had such confidence and always encouraged my to be fearless and take risks. Jeffery taught me that "style IS substance!"
Cecil McDonald, Jr., me, and Avery R. Young on stage at Chicago High School for the Arts, speaking on a panel about the collaborative process of this project. Photo by Whitney Bradshaw.
This article is part of a larger article called Who Are Your Teachers?: After Richard Hunt at the Koehnline Museum of Art, which features several Chicago artists and workers who have been influential in the life and work of Sixty co-founder Tempestt Hazel.
This article is presented in collaboration with Art Design Chicago, an initiative of the Terra Foundation for American Art exploring Chicago's art and design legacy through more than 30 exhibitions, as well as hundreds of talks, tours and special events in 2018. www.ArtDesignChicago.org.
Featured Image: In the Company of Black, first edition, published by Candor Arts, 2017. Photo courtesy of Candor Arts. The image shows the book opened to its title page, against a white background. The left page is a deep golden yellow with the words "In the Company of Black," Cecil McDonald Jr, and other text. The right page is a photograph of an outdoor scene of people in the front yard of their house, with the house in the background.
Tempestt Hazel is a curator, writer, and co-founder of Sixty Inches From Center. Her writing has been published by Hyde Park Art Center the Broad Museum (Lansing), in Support Networks: Chicago Social Practice History Series, Contact Sheet: Light Work Annual, Unfurling: Explorations In Art, Activism and Archiving, on Artslant, as well as various monographs of artists, including Cecil McDonald, Jr.'s In the Company of Black published by Candor Arts. You can also read her writing in the upcoming Art AIDS America catalogue for Chicago and the online journal Exhibitions on the Cusp by Tremaine Foundation. Find more of her work at tempestthazel.com. Photo by Darryl DeAngelo Terrell.
Through Time and Taproots with Erol Scott Harris
by Tempestt Hazel
A conversation on internal worlds, materials, ancestral archives, and the value in leaving and returning.
Artists, Interviews
How Does It Feel?: Movements, Moments, and Questions of Enduring Change in the Arts
An editor's letter that asks what change in the arts might actually feel like, and the essays and reflections by Kate Bowen, Onyx Montes, and Lauren Williams that attempt to address that thought. Writings originally published on MDW Atlas in August 2022 and edited by Mairead Case of MDW Fair.
Projects + Collaborations
Love Notes to Chicago's West Side with Jonathan Kelley, Jay Simon, and Steven D. Booth
A look into the work of Lawndale Pop Up Spot, The Blackivists' Diamond in the Back community archiving project, and the importance of West Side residents being the keepers and caretakers of their histories.
Artists, Diamond In The Back, Interviews, On Archives
Figures in the Landscape: Pao Houa Her's Paj qaum ntuj / Flowers of the Sky
by Ruby Jeune Tresch
Through still and moving images, Pao Houa Her prods at the boundaries between landscape and portraiture, identity and place, human and earth.
Essays + Reviews, Exhibitions
The Last Walk: A Tour Through Washington Park, Chicago
by Edvetté Wilson Jones
The right walk through a park can be beautiful and historical. This photographic walk shows us harmony in between.
Archives, Art Design Chicago
Washington Park Camera Club Celebrates Olmsted 200: South Park Then & Now
by Jen Torwudzo-Stroh
The Washington Park Camera Club revisits the history of Jackson Park, Washington Park, and Midway Plaisance in a contemporary context with a series of walking tours and photo essays.
Art Design Chicago, Interviews


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Coronavirus update: 290 million students now stuck at home
The global scale and speed of the current educational disruption is unparalleled Audrey Azoulay, Director-General, UNESCO
Disadvantaged children are the worst-hit by the emergency measures, declared UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay: "While temporary school closures as a result of health and other crises are not new, unfortunately, the global scale and speed of the current educational disruption is unparalleled and, if prolonged, could threaten the right to education."
A further nine countries have implemented localized school closures: UNESCO estimates that, if these countries close schools nationwide, a further 180 million children will be prevented from attending school.
Official UNESCO figures show that the vast majority of learners affected are in China (over 233,000,000), followed by Japan (almost 16,500,000), and Iran (more than 14,500,000).
'Continuity of learning' call
The agency warns that school closures are problematic for several reasons. They negatively impact learning achievement; decrease economic productivity, as parents struggle to balance work commitments with childcare; and compound inequality, as disadvantaged families tend to have lower levels of education, and fewer resources to fill learning gaps.
Other negative consequences include poor nutrition (many children rely on free or discounted school meals), unintended strains on health-care systems (women represent a large share of health-care workers in many countries, and often have to miss work when schools close, in order to take care of their children), and lead to higher school dropout rates (it is a challenge to ensure children return to school following closures).
Ms. Azoulay said that UNESCO is working with countries to ensure continuity of learning for all. The agency is helping to implement large-scale distance learning programmes and plans to convene an emergency meeting of education ministers next week.
Pull out all the stops
"This is not a drill. This is not the time to give up. This is not a time for excuses. This is a time for pulling out all the stops".
During his COVID-19 update to the media, Tedros Adhanon Ghebreyesus, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) warned that some countries are either not taking the outbreak seriously enough, or have decided that there is nothing they can do to stop it.
Tedros insisted that the epidemic can be pushed back, but only if there is a "collective, coordinated and comprehensive approach that engages the entire machinery of government".
Noting that countries have been planning for similar health scenarios for some time, the WHO chief called on them to activate their plans, and for "leadership from the top, coordinating every part of government", including security, diplomacy, finance and transport.
Over the latest 24-hour reporting period, China reported 143 new cases, most of them in Hubei province. Outside of China, 2,055 cases were reported in 33 countries. This brings the total number of global cases to 95,265, with 3,281 deaths.
115 countries have not reported any cases.
Lower food prices linked to virus
Concerns surrounding the spread of COVID-19 were partly responsible for world food prices falling in February, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Thursday.
According to the UN body, food commodity prices dropped by one per cent last month, the first downward shift in four months, driven by a sharp fall in the export price of vegetable oils, whose index saw a more than 10 per cent reduction from January.
In other food sectors, cereals saw price falls of just under one per cent, meat was down two per cent, but dairy products rose by more than four points amid reduced output in Australia.
By contrast, milk powder prices suffered owing to slowing demand in China, the world's largest milk powder importer.
Go to our special page for full coverage of the coronavirus outbreak


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Q: Adding 4-bit numbers to 16-bit shift register I am trying to find a way to add four 4-bit binary numbers to a 16-bit shift register, one(group of 4 bits) by one. This way I can store 4 decimal numbers(0-9) in the register, adding them by pushing 1 of 10 buttons labeled from "0" to "9"(simple push buttons).
I thought of something but I think it's wrong:
Step one: load 4-bit data

Step two: shift them four times

Step three: load 4-bit data again

But the simulator say it does not know the values of the shifted bits.
Another way would be adding the numbers bit by bit, using only the "shift" and the "input pin", but it won't be easy since there's a clock.
What is the best way of doing it?

A: The LOAD DATA input isn't just loading the high 4 bits, it's loading all 16. Since you have no inputs connected to the other 12 bits, the stored values are going to the unknown or 'x' state.
You can easily fix this by just using 4 4-bit shift registers. If the LOAD DATA input only controls one of the four, the other registers won't be affected when you load the first one.

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Home / Companies / Duwamish Shipyard Asbestos Exposure Lawsuit
Duwamish Shipyard Asbestos Exposure Lawsuit
The Duwamish Shipyard was a shipbuilding and repair facility located in Seattle, Washington. During its peak years, it employed hundreds of employees. Although this shipyard had many successful years in shipbuilding and repair, it also exposed thousands of workers to dangerous asbestos-containing products.
Duwamish Shipyard began as a repair and maintenance facility after it opened in 1941. But it was not until the 1970s that the facility grew into a shipyard, but that work did not last long. At its peak, it employed 200 workers that did jobs such as pressure washing, pipe fitting, grit blasting, steel fabrication, and ship machinery work.
While the shipyard did have a graving dock and two dry docks, building ships proved to be too difficult with so much competition. The facility later went back to mostly ship repair and restoration work. (mesothelioma.net)
Asbestos Exposure at Duwamish Shipyard
Workers at this shipyard were regularly exposed to asbestos, as well as petroleum hydrocarbon and arsenic metals. Most shipyards exposed workers to asbestos and toxic metals for decades before the EPA started to enforce tough restrictions.
Asbestos was mixed into hundreds of products used at Duwamish Shipyard, including insulation piping, electrical cords, machinery and paint. It was used because asbestos is highly resistant to heat, fire and chemical reactions. While asbestos has positive qualities, it is dangerous because inhalation of asbestos fibers can cause mesothelioma and asbestosis.
At the shipyard the following ship parts had asbestos in them for years:
Electrical and plumbing insulation
Steam pipes
Floor and ceiling tiles
Companies that shipped asbestos-containing materials to Duwamish Shipyard have faced hundreds of personal injury or wrongful death mesothelioma lawsuits. Most employees did not sue the shipyard. They filed asbestos lawsuits against the companies that provided and shipped the products that contained asbestos.
One of the biggest ways that workers at this shipyard were exposed to asbestos was overhauling barges, as well as the restoration of vessels. Most ships were built with asbestos-containing materials. When employees of the shipyard restored parts, they needed to cut through parts of the ship that released invisible asbestos fibers into the air. Workers breathed in and inhaled these fibers and some became ill with mesothelioma.
Duwamish Shipyard Cleanup
In 2010, the Washington State Department of Ecology made an agreement with the shipyard to clean up the site of asbestos and other dangerous materials. Duwamish Shipyard agreed and took responsibility for a comprehensive cleanup according to the Model Toxics Control Act.
The Duwamish Shipyard agreed to perform a remedial investigation that would collect data needed to determine the level of contamination in soil, groundwater, sediments, and stormwater.
Next, it agreed to conduct a feasibility study that used the results of the remedial investigation to propose cleanup alternatives for the shipyard.
Studies Confirm Shipyard Workers Have Higher Health Risks
The Ulster Medical Society in 2008 released a study called Asbestos and Ship Building: Fatal Consequences. It showed that workers in shipyards have a higher death rate from asbestosis that is 16 times higher than other occupations. (NIH.gov). Many of these deaths from asbestosis were on the coasts of the US, where most shipbuilding and repair is done.
The number of shipbuilding workers declined after World War II, falling from approximately 1.7 million to 200,000 in the late 1970s. Asbestos use also began to decline in the 1970s.
Clinical studies also show that military veterans have been hurt by being exposed to deadly asbestos. It is believed that 30% of all largest mesothelioma lawsuits for asbestos cancer are filed by veterans. Many of them were employed at shipyards such as Duwamish Shipyard.
Shipyards Subject of Many Mesothelioma Lawsuits
Facilities such as Duwamish Shipyard have been the subject of many mesothelioma lawsuits over the years. Some former workers of shipyards also filed lawsuits against the companies that supplied the shipyards with asbestos products.
For example, a former shipfitter in Virginia was awarded $25 million in a mesothelioma lawsuit against Exxon after he developed mesothelioma after years of work at a Virginia shipyard. He worked at a shipbuilding site in Newport News and also on many Exxon oil tankers in the 1960s and 1970s. He claimed the shipyard and Exxon were aware of the risks of asbestos but did not tell him. Exxon's neglect resulted in one of the biggest jury verdicts in state history.
SEE ALSO: Timeline on Asbestos Death Claims Payout
Another shipyard lawsuit was filed by a career naval machinist who died from mesothelioma in the early 2000s. He was a worker at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Washington, not far from Duwamish Shipyard.
His family was awarded $5.2 million after it was found that Foster Wheeler Corp did not tell workers about the risks of asbestos exposure. The worker spent most of his career at the shipyard and was required to take out asbestos insulation from boilers manufactured by Foster Wheeler. (asbestos.com)
Workers who were employed at Duwamish Shipyard who develop mesothelioma may have been exposed to asbestos decades ago. If so, they may consider talking to a mesothelioma attorney in their area; they could be entitled to compensation in a mesothelioma lawsuit.


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Madness! Sheer Trademark Madness!
Posted by Dave Purdue
And so it is March. Flowers will bloom, trees will bud, and collegiate titans will clash in the NCAA men's and women's basketball tournaments. Perhaps you have heard of March Madness. If you have not, then this tidbit might not be for you. If you have, then you know that March Madness is the moniker used by and registered, in various forms, to the NCAA for college basketball tournaments, trinkets, soft drinks, basketballs, etc.
If you work, you likely have been invited to fill out an NCAA tournament bracket for a chance to win… something. The odds of picking a perfect bracket are staggering. For someone who randomly picks winners, the chance of picking a perfect bracket is about 1 in 9.2 quintillion to score a perfect bracket. Someone who knows more than I do about college basketball might get the odds down to about 1 in 100 billion.
The NCAA aggressively enforces March Madness trademark rights. Think Super Bowl. Think Olympics. Think Big Money. Many that have tried to cash in on the cache of the tournament have drawn the wrath of the NCAA. However, the wrath of the NCAA has not been reserved for blatant rip-offs. In fact, some enforcement efforts are truly puzzling. Tip of the hat to Jason Gay, sports editor of the Wall Street Journal, for exposing two rather perplexing, even troubling, enforcement decisions.
Let's start with an NCAA statement from two weeks back. "Like all organizations, the NCAA must protect its trademark interests or [it] risks losing them. The NCAA is working collaboratively with the Big Ten Conference and USA Gymnastics to find a solution that affords each organization the ability to carry out its activities in a manner that does not have an adverse effect on NCAA members." Huh? A solution to what?
The Big Ten applied to register "March is On!" for sports entertainment services. The application was examined in the Patent and Trademark Office, approved, and published for opposition. Three weeks ago, the NCAA filed a notice of opposition and the matter went to the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Basically, the NCAA has taken the position that March is On so resembles March Madness that people are likely to be confused. I admit to being confused. At the request of the parties, the Opposition proceeding was suspended this week pending settlement negotiations.
Last year, USA Gymnastics applied to register "Final Five" for sports entertainment services. The application was examined in the Patent and Trademark Office, approved, and published for opposition. In January, the NCAA requested and received a ninety day extension of the deadline to file a notice of opposition. One might presume that the NCAA believes that Final Five so resembles the NCAA's "Final Four" that people are likely to be confused. I admit to being confused about this one too.
What gives? March Madness and Final Four are strong marks that immediately bring to my mind the NCAA men's and women's basketball tournaments. Neither March is On, nor Final Five, bring to my mind the NCAA basketball tournaments. Maybe it's time for the NCAA to lighten up a bit.
Maybe it's time for the NCAA to come up with a new trademark to replace March Madness. This year, the men's Final Four semi-final games will be played on April 1 and the championship game will be played on April 3. Madness!
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Camgian's Egburt is an end-to-end IoT software platform specifically designed to intelligently manage complex sensing and processing operations at scale. Specifically, this includes processing requirements where large volumes of multi-source sensor data must be efficiently processed with low-latency. As such, Egburt leverages an edge computing architecture where the first level of processing and data management is performed in-situ on an embedded middleware application.
Camgian is an award-winning developer of advanced sensing and information processing platforms that deliver real-time, actionable intelligence. Leveraging innovations in the areas of multi-sensor signal processing, data analytics and information fusion, Camgian is pioneering a new generation of intelligent decision support products that address key needs in the industrial, defense and national security markets.
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I have been dealing with a shoulder injury for the last few months. I experienced limitations in my range of motion in my left arm, specifically when reaching up high or behind me, along with pain when I tried to move it in these directions.
For the first time in my life I was prescribed a course of Physical Therapy. I was pleased not only to be getting help with my condition, but also to gain some firsthand experience of what so many of my own Alexander Technique students go through.
Luckily my diagnosis of a possible rotator cuff tear was quickly downgraded to "just" a frozen shoulder, as I responded so quickly and well to the therapy.
Knowledge and evaluation tools to assess exactly what muscle group/s are affected.
A whole range of exercises targeting specific muscle groups to aid movement and flexibility and/or strengthening.
Manual manipulation techniques to encourage, and indeed force, movement.
I felt, however, that a truly holistic approach to how the part (in my case the left shoulder) functions in relation to the whole was missing. I also would challenge what seemed to be a basic assumption that the patient could more or less accurately follow the instructions for specific exercises, especially when given a home program with no supervision.
It is in these two areas that I believe Alexander Technique has a lot to offer, and is likely one reason I made such good progress.
The Alexander Technique is all about HOW we do what we do. It helps us do any activity as efficiently as possible, with good balance and coordination, and using the least amount of tension necessary.
As you become skilled in applying the Alexander Technique in your life, you gain a more accurate awareness of how you use your body, and learn ways to consciously stop the poor habits of movement, posture and tension that we develop over the years.
This helped me immensely in my approach to my exercises, and also enabled me to release tension during the more forceful and/or painful moments of the manual therapy, which allowed it to be more successful.
I shudder to think how I might have coped with some aspects of Physical Therapy in my "pre-Alexander" days. In fact, while some people benefit greatly from Physical Therapy, I know others who have given up on it as it didn't seem to be working, or worse still, have had their problem exacerbated by it. I can only guess that this, in many cases, was at least in part due to unconscious habits of poor posture and excess tension that they brought to the therapy and the exercises.
As with any profession, not all Physical Therapists are created equal, and different approaches, philosophies and trainings abound. I can only speak of my own experience, which I would categorize as a competent example of "standard" Physical Therapy practice. Being able to apply the Alexander Technique while undergoing Physical Therapy proved to be a winning combination for me, and I believe would help almost anyone make the most of their treatment.
If you've had Physical Therapy, what was your experience?
And if you're also a student of the Alexander Technique, did that help you?
Great post Imogen! When I recently underwent a few months of p/t for the torn meniscus in my knee, I did feel that the combination of p/t and AT was a win win situation…as you describe. I was lucky in that I had a marvelous physical therapist and I adored working with her. Being well organized in the AT sense sure helped me along. However, when I had p/t after my neck surgery, in my pre-AT days, it was not successful, even though my therapist at that time was also impeccable. The unrelieved pain is what led me to my first AT lesson. My therapist marveled at the fact that a month of AT lessons could effect a change so quickly in me, whereas over two years of physical therapy did not.
Wow – you were lucky to have those surgeons!
Great article and making the most of your experiences too.
I too have had PT for past injuries but I was fortunate to have a PT who was also a Feldenkrais practitioner and I know that this was very helpful. She was also aware of the benefits of Alexander Technique and we worked together to find how I needed to think of the exercise in order to do them in the most beneficial way. I have watched friends do their PT prescribed exercises at home and witnessed that the exercises were undoubtedly not being done in the same way they were done when the PT was there to direct the patient.
Thanks for sharing your experiences, Kit. You sound like you had a wonderful PT that really helped you work in a mindful, holistic way. I think that doing exercises without supervision is one of the most common ways for people to encounter problems.
I too have had the "ADVANTAGE" of being able to utilize the Alexander Technique for 14 years and continue to learn through life applications. In January of 2013 I had to relearn everything! I had a very bad Multiple Sclerosis exacerbation that hit my voice, ability to walk and keep my balance. I give great weight to the Alexander Technique for giving me the right thinking processes to get to restoration!! Today my singing voice is almost to 3 octaves again. I have mobility back. I never take anything for granted, and allow myself the time to think things through before commencing the movement required to complete the task at hand. BRAVO IMOGEN!
Hi Barbara, Thanks so much for sharing your story. What a wonderful testimonial to the power of the Alexander Technique!
Imogen, great point. I believe what you say about PT is applicable to most other disciplines too. Knowledge of the AT allows you to make better use of any advice given by any type of movement specialist.
As an AT teacher, I always ask my pupils to show me the exercises their physio (if they have one) has asked them to do. We then explore the exercise and "bring the AT to it" to encourage further mobility and often better coordination. One lady recently had been getting PT for two years for a smashed up shoulder (horse riding accident) and after her first lesson with me her physio asked "What have you been doing?" Her shoulder rotation had improved by 20% simply by inviting release in the shoulder. The PT had been using a protractor to measure mobility on an ongoing basis, so this was an objective measurement. As I often say, improve whatever you are doing with Alexander… Said Lady is now very happy to be able to touch the top of her head so she can put her hair up!
That's fabulous, Sarah! I also often work with my students on their PT exercises, so it was fascinating for me to experience it from the other side of things. Applying the Alexander Technique to the exercises can indeed make a huge difference in their effectiveness, and I benefited from this myself.


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Q: Migrating Data from Remote MySQL server to Rails App This is a follow up question to "How to create a ssh tunnel in ruby and then connect to mysql server on the remote host" from 5 years ago.
I'm trying to create an SSH tunnel in Ruby and then connect to a remote MySQL database. I'm doing this because I need to move some legacy data from an older version of my app, so I don't need ActiveRecord, migrations, etc.
I'm using the NetSSHGateway gem and the MySQL2 gem.
Here's my Ruby code (run in rails console):
gateway = Net::SSH::Gateway.new('old_remote_server.com','server_username')
port = gateway.open('127.0.0.1', 3306, 3307)
client = Mysql2::Client.new(
  host: "127.0.0.1",
  username: 'database_username',
  password: 'database_password',
  database: 'database_name',
  port: port
)

After the last line, the console hangs for about 2 minutes, and then gives me the error:
Mysql2::Error: Lost connection to MySQL server at 'reading initial communication packet', system error: 0

I am able to SSH into the remote server, and execute MySQL commands that way, so I'm not sure what the issue is here.

A: After some thought, this isn't likely the best way to migrate data, for a few reasons.
In the end, I simply dumped my legacy MySQL database, moved it to my new app's environment, and used the MySQL2 gem to build rake tasks to translate and move the data into my new app.


SHANGHAI, Nov 14 (Reuters) - The outlook for copper demand in the mid to long term remains healthy despite current trade friction between China and the United States as a renewable energy revolution will require vast amounts of the metal, industry executives said on Wednesday.
Delegates at the Asia Copper Conference in Shanghai noted recent Chinese indicators showed the real impact on demand for copper-intensive goods as the country's economic growth cools.
For air conditioning and automobiles, "the current situation is becoming weaker," said Pan Hong, senior copper analyst at BGRIMM Lilan Consulting Corp, although she noted infrastructure investment was improving and set to be the biggest contributor to Chinese copper demand growth next year.
China's fixed asset investment is "showing tell-tale signs of stimulus," said Mao Yiwei, deputy CEO of Jiangxi Copper International Trading Co., who expects more stimulus to improve domestic consumption, and for there to be some changes in the recent "pessimistic sentiment" on the market.
Copper prices have fallen by around 17 percent year-to-date on fears the trade row will hurt demand for industrial metals.
Copper is playing a greater role in the move towards renewable energy because it is the most conductive metal.
Jerry Jiao, vice president of China Minmetals Corp, said he sees clean energy lifting copper demand by 2.4 million tonnes by 2030, helping sustain demand growth of 3 percent per year.
Of that, solar power will account for an additional 1.48 million tonnes, wind for 570,000 tonnes and nuclear power 330,000 tonnes.
Furthermore, at least 20 percent of China's car fleet is set to be replaced by electric vehicles by 2030, Jiao noted. That is equivalent to 47 million cars, or 2.8 million tonnes of incremental copper demand based on a requirement of 60 kg per car, he said.


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    echo "libuserspace.a already built in $buildDir/user_lib"
    exit 0
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    then
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I got here at 0630 and there were already 60-70 people in line.
It's nuts. They won't begin till 0730 and only what 15 can ride on the smaller shuttle?
Yeah,this shuttle service not working too well. Just got overwhelmed imo.
Idrove over via US2 and arrived about 5minutes after the FIRST shuttle.
Left Logan pass at 0940. Arrived here at the chalet just now at 1420. Saw bighorn rams and two nice goat billys. Got good video and pics of one billy.
Windy and still hazy but didn't rain.
Gonna check in and chill for a while.
too funny you were only 5 minutes behind them. Glad you are able to get out there. Sounds like smoke isnt too bad in the Park, hope it isnt too bad where you live.
So you had about 100 miles more of driving than you wanted but you were able to hike without rain. Not all was bad.


Please distribute this bulletin widely among colleagues in the media.
Today, on International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists, the IFJ and its affiliates across the world have called for change and action to guarantee the safety of journalists worldwide.
Launching the global campaign, the IFJ called for its initiative for a UN Convention on impunity to be endorsed and supported by organisations and governments, taking a stand to stamp out impunity.
As part of the global campaign, the IFJ highlighted the state of impunity in some of the most dangerous countries including: Afghanistan, Malta, Mexico, Yemen, Democratic Republic of Congo.
According to IFJ figures, 75 journalists have been killed in 2018, 30 of which took place in the Asia Pacific region. Afghanistan is the deadliest country, with 16 journalists and media workers killed this year.
At the IFJ-SEAJU Journalism Under Threat meeting in Bangkok, the IFJ and South East Asia Journalist Unions (SEAJU) launched the preliminary findings from the regional survey on safety, impunity and working conditions for journalists. The findings highlighted that 1 in 2 journalists feel insecure because of their work, 44% say media freedom has further declined in their country and 55% said impunity was a major problem or epidemic in their country. The survey findings are part of a wider project, and the full results will be launched on December 14, 2018.
Just days before International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists two journalists were brutally killed in India, raising serious concerns about government efforts to guarantee the safety of the media.
On October 30, videojournalist Achyutananda Sahu was killed as he covering preparations for upcoming state elections in Chhattisgargh. Sahu was part of a media team from government-run Doordarshan, embedded with local police. He was killed from crossfire when the group came under attack from a Maoist militant group.
Chandan Tiwari, a journalist with Aaj News was last seen on Monday, October 29 in the Chatra district of Jharkhand. Early on Tuesday, Tiwari was found unconscious in the jungle and rushed to hospital where he was declared deceased. According to investigations Tiwari had lodged two police complaints over threats he had received with police.
On October 24, Japanese journalist Jumpei Yasuda was released, three years after he was abducted in Syria. Jumpei Yasuda was abducted in June 2015, after travelling from Turkey to Syria to report on the country's civil war. According to BBC, Yasuda was held by the al-Qaeda-linked group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, which was once known as al-Nusra Front. He was released on Wednesday, October 24 and arrived back in Tokyo on Thursday. He returned to Japan to celebrations from his family, but was also widely criticised online for his reckless behavior.
Newsrooms of the state-owned media in Sri Lanka were targeted and editorial staff harassed following the controversial appointment of former president Mahinda Rajapaksha as the new Prime Minister by President Maithripala Sirisena on October 26, 2018.
According to reports, a group of SLPP loyalists within ANCL barged into the layout section of the Daily News on October 26 night and changed the layout telling that they were acting under orders from the PM's office. Similarly, the staff at the Sunday Observer, were pressured to publish a story of Rajapaksa being sworn in, and warned not to report any stories regarding Wickremesinghe. Senior journalists at the paper had tweeted protest against it.
Indonesialeaks, an online collaborative whistleblower platform, has been accused of publishing a non-credible report and one of the founders, president of the Aliansi Jurnalis Independen (AJI) has had a criminal case brought against him.
Following the publication of the reports, news quickly spread on social media, with many trying to discredit the investigation. Some of the media outlets have DDoS (denial of services) attacks on websites, taking them offline for several hours.
On October 23, a criminal report was filed against Abdul Mannan under the Indonesian Penal Code and remains ongoing.
Pakistani journalist Sohail Khan was shot and killed just days after filing a story about drug mafia on October 16, 2018. Sohail had just left the District Police Office (DPO) in Haripur district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa when he was shot at several times. He died at the scene. He was at the DPO filing an application for protection after receiving multiple death threats following his report on drug mafia in Pakistan.
As Afghanistan prepares to go to the polls on October 20, concerns have been raised about the access that provincial journalists will have at polling stations. Several provincial journalists have raised concerns with AIJA as IEC have refused to distribute 'coverage cards' for the elections on Saturday, October 20. AIJA investigations found that not only have several local journalists not been granted cards, but that IEC officials had misbehaved towards local media. IEC officials had told the journalists to go to the IEC in Kabul to get their coverage cards, which is not a feasible solution.
Indian journalists speaking out against sexual harassment have reignited India's #MeToo movement. Accusations have been levelled at reporters, senior editors and public officials over sexual misconduct on social media in the past week. At least two newspapers have launched investigations, while Hindustan Times' chief of bureau and political editor Prashant Jha stepped down from management roles after screenshots of alleged text messages with a colleague were posted online.
The Bangladesh Government has endorsed the Broadcasting Bill in a cabinet meeting on Monday, October 15, raising concerns over restrictive provisions. Under the draft legislation, media outlets that publish material deemed to be 'harmful to the country's history and image, public interest or law and order' will be punished with a maximum of seven years' jail and a fine of BDT 50 million (USD 588,000). Under the draft legislation, a broadcasting commission would also be established to help 'regulate the electronic media in keeping with the international practices and standard for ensuring objectivity, neutrality and accountability of mass media'. The broadcasting commission would be responsible for licenses for private media outlets, and under the proposed bill, airing materials that may pose threat to national security and sovereignty or may appear satirical to national ideology will be prohibited.
In August, Mallet chaired a luncheon at the Hong Kong FCC which included a speech by pro-democracy activist Andy Chan. The Hong Kong and Chinese governments attempted to intervene and have the talk cancelled, but the FCC went ahead.
Police officers searched the Eleven Media offices on October 9 searching for three journalists over incitement charges. 12 police officers from Tarmwe Township Police Station arrived at the Eleven Media newsroom at 7pm. According to Frontier Myanmar they were looking for Ko Nayi Min and Ko Kyaw Zaw Linn, both editors in charge, and senior editor Ko Phyo Wai Win. The journalists were not at the office at the time and police waited almost two hours. They told the publishers that they would return at 10am on Wednesday.
Tarmwe Township Police denied knowledge of the incident. Local media reported that the charges were related to a story published on October 8, about controversial business ventures of Yangon Region Chief Minister U Phyo Min Thein.
Francisco Simões Belo, news editor of GMN received a letter from GMN information director Francedes Sun on September 27 stating that he was dismissed from his position because his role with the Press Council did not benefit GMN. The letter also said that Francisco could not concentrate on the GMN newsroom, while he was representing journalists at the Press Council.
Francisco was elected by TLPU members to represent TLPU on the Press Council. He has registered his case and mediation is due to begin on October 29, 2018.
A notice by PTI's Chief Administrative Officer MR Mishra (dated Saturday, September 29), read: "The following employees whose names appear in the list displayed with this notice have been retrenched from the employment of the PTI with immediate effect." The laid off staff are non-editorial and the management claimed that their posts - transmission supervisors, engineers, assistants and attenders, have become redundant.The Press Trust of India is regarded as India's top news agency, run by an elected board of directors consisting of the country's top media house owners. The decision to retrench employees came immediately, rather the same day after a change in the PTI Board, with Mr N Ravi, former Editor of the Hindu, taking over as its Chairman.
While there are encouraging signs that the media world is taking note of the groundswell of opinion against workplace harassment, there is a greater need to discuss how the complaints will be handled, the transparency with which procedures will be laid down and the secure environment in which the complainants will be given an opportunity to depose, writes Geeta Seshu.
A Free Speech Impunity Indicator put together by FreeSpeechCollective, an initiative of journalists, lawyers and human rights activists to monitor freedom of expression in India, tracks the status of investigation in each case. It is also a grim reminder of the tortuous, but dogged, resistance to the silencing of free speech, put up by families, friends and colleagues.
In other words, only one case has gone to trial…for the last 17 years. In three cases, the accused are either not arrested, or the main accused are absconding or are arrested but out on bail. In one instance, the main accused have been arrested.


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L06 Hockley Valley Trail Guide
Trailhead - 002 | 0.3 kmThis hike takes you through three loops in the Hockley Valley Provincial Park. From the parking lot, turn right and walk along the north side of Hockley Road for about 250 m to reach the trailhead. Follow the trail uphill past a large boulder in the middle of the trail. The intersection with the Tom East Side Trail [which goes straight ahead] is soon reached (002).
002 - 003 | 2.5 kmTurn left keeping on the main Bruce Trail (white blazes). The trail curves around climbing to a hikers' rest bench with great views of the valley before entering a hardwood bush. The trail begins to head downhill along the top of a ridge through an area of young coniferous and deciduous growth. The trail gradually descends through an area of young beechwood into the ravine and continues winding ahead through the woods. At a Y-intersection keep to the right on the main Bruce Trail as the trail to the left is closed for regeneration. The trail winds and undulates through the woods and trillium fields. At a curve to the right, you can see and hear the roar of the water flowing in a branch of the Nottawasaga River in the ravine below. The trail follows the edge of the ravine and descends passing through an area of cedar growth before reaching a more open meadow area with abandoned orchard trees. Through a darker area closed in by coniferous trees, the trail arrives at the intersection with the returning Tom East Side Trail (003).
003 - 004 | 3.3 kmFollow the main Bruce Trail off to the left. The trial descends a slope and heads to the right as it follows along the creek through an area of fallen trees and brush. Soon the trail crosses a sagging wooden plank bridge with a railing over the river. The trail swings left crossing two more bridges over the creek and begins to climb a steep slope and continues along the top edge of the ravine before making a U-turn heading down a series of log berm steps to follow along a lower level of the ravine. The trail crosses a longer wooden plank bridge and swings left to climb a hill. Watch for a deep hollow beside the trail known as a dry kettle which was left in the glacial moraine by a large melting block of ice centuries ago. The trail soon meets the Glen Cross ST (004).
004 - 005 | 4.1 kmKeep on the main Bruce Trail to the left. The trail climbs a curving slope reinforced with logs and swings around the edge of the ravine before beginning a descent on a series of log bermed steps as it heads downhill towards the creek. Another wooden bridge crosses a fast flowing small creek before swinging right and climbing a set of log berm steps. At the top there is another large bed of white trilliums in Spring. The trail heads downhill before a long gradual climb where we again meet the Glen Cross Side Trail (005).
005 - 006 | 4.3 kmKeep to the left on the main Trail. In a short distance the start of the Snell Loop is reached at a Y-intersection (006).
006 - 007 | 6.4 kmLeave the main Bruce Trail and head left on the Snell Loop. The trail begins a gradual descent through the woods towards a creek. The trail turns right and winds through a mixed woods. Robins swoop and the sound of the creek below can be heard. At the edge of the creek there are a number of fallen logs which make for a good place to sit and have lunch and listen to the bubbling creek as it flows by. The trail wanders along the creek before crossing a wooden plank bridge and climbs a slope and continues along the other side. A gradual but long ascent reaches the top of a hill.
The trail now winds through a regeneration area of sumac. At a wide grassy farm road turn right and head downhill towards the pond where a chipmunk darts across the path. Keep on the grassy path past the pond where it turns right on a narrow land bridge between a swampy pond and a ravine. The trail turns right and heads into the woods. The trail wanders through the woods and gradually climbs a slope arriving at a more open area and a grassy hill trough an abandoned orchard. The Snell Loop now rejoins the main Bruce Trail (007).
007 - 005 | 7.0 kmTurn right and follow the main Trail heading downhill. Keep on the main Trail passing the Snell Loop Entrance and arriving at the Glen Cross Side Trail (005).
005- 004 | 10.0 kmTurn left on the Glen Cross ST which winds downhill before swinging right and climbing a slope and then following a ridge between two ravines. The trail gradually descends to the valley bottom and swings left. The trail climbs to the far side of the valley and circles around to the top of another ridge. Below to the left you can hear the water flowing in the creek as you descend. A small plank bridge crosses the fast flowing creek where the trail enters an attractive open meadow area before heading back up the slope covered in wood chips for erosion control and swinging right into the woods. Passing through a cedar woods and up a slope, the trail follows a ridge between ravines on both sides. The trail descends to the creek once more passing through an area of hemlock. The trail descends a series of earth and log berms to reach an open grassy area heading further downhill towards a rusted metal drum. The remains of an old stone house can be seen.
A gravel stone and wooden stairway leads down to the creek through an area of very dense cedar growth great for mosquitoes. A small wooden bridge crosses the fast flowing creek. The trail climbs another set of log berms past cedar and pine and into a more open beech area. The trail enters a more dark coniferous area as it gradually descends part way down the ravine. At the bottom a side path to the creek is interesting to explore. Continue on the main Trail. Wooden boardwalks cross some wet areas and the trail enters an open sumac area before entering a cedar and pine woods. Another open field appears with more sumac before reaching some wooden boardwalks over wet areas and a wooden plank bridge over the creek. The trail climbs some log steps with a wire cord and rubber hose for support on this strenuous climb. The trail follows the edge of the ravine as it wanders through the woods reaching the end of the Glen Cross Side Trail and the main Bruce Trail (004).
004 - 003 | 10.9 kmTurn left onto the main Trail heading downhill. Descending to the creek, the trail crosses the creek on a wooden bridge and then climbs the wooden berms and the long gradual slope along the creek. Through a series of switchbacks and berms the trail descends the ravine and crosses the three bridges over the creek. Turn left leaving the creek and head uphill. The trail arrives at the intersection with the Tom Cross Side Trail (003).
003 - 002 | 13.4 kmTurn left onto the Tom Cross ST. The trail crosses a platform over a small creek and follows along this creek to the right. The trail veers away from the creek but continues parallel to it. The trail swings right away from the creek and climbs a long gradual hill. Following a long straight pathway along a wooden farm fence, the trail eventually turns left over a stile into a farmer's field. Follow the blue blazes up the hill past the old orchard trees on the right. The trail passes through the cedar woods and continues straight ahead at a trail crossing. After some undulations, the trail crosses another stile and heads left. After more undulations, the trail passes more trillium fields along the bottom of the ravine. After another long hill climb and a gradual slope, the trail descends through fields affording good views across the valley before arriving back at the main Bruce Trail (002).
002 - Trailhead | 13.7 kmContinue straight ahead on the main Trail to Hockley Road and the trailhead. Turn left along the road to the parking lot (001). Enjoy the hike and the day!
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In Minneapolis, talk of changing PD means taking on union
by: AMY FORLITI, Associated Press
FILE – In this July 30, 2018 file photo, Minneapolis Police Union President Lt. Bob Kroll speaks during a news conference regarding the release of body camera footage in the police shooting death of Thurman Blevins, at the Minneapolis Police Federation headquarters in Minneapolis. Kroll has been steadfast over the years in defending officers' conduct. And in a letter to members in June 2020, he blasted state and city leaders for failing to support the Minneapolis Police Department following George Floyd's death. (Elizabeth Flores/Star Tribune via AP)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The fiery leader of Minneapolis' police union has built a reputation of defying the city, long before he offered the union's full support to the officers charged in George Floyd's death.
When the mayor banned "warrior training" for officers last year, Lt. Bob Kroll said the union would offer the training instead. When the city restricted officers from wearing uniforms at political events, he had T-shirts made to support President Donald Trump. He commended off-duty officers who walked away from a security detail after players on the state's professional women's basketball team, the Minnesota Lynx, wore Black Lives Matter T-shirts. And after Floyd's death, he didn't hold back as he called unrest in the city a "terrorist movement."
As Minneapolis tries to overhaul its police department in the wake of Floyd's death, city leaders will collide with a pugnacious and powerful union that has long resisted such change. But that union and Kroll are coming under greater pressure than ever before, with some members daring to speak out in support of change and police leaders vowing to negotiate a contract tougher on bad cops.
Other unions have publicly called for Kroll's removal, while public opinion polls show more Americans are shifting their views on police violence and believe offending officers are treated too leniently.
"People recognize that this just can't just be half-baked measures and tinkering around the edges in policy reform. What we're talking about right now is attacking a full-on culture shift of how police departments in Minneapolis and around the nation operate," Mayor Jacob Frey said.
Floyd, a handcuffed Black man, died May 25 after Derek Chauvin, a white officer, used his knee to pin Floyd to the ground. Chauvin has been charged with second-degree murder, third-degree murder and manslaughter. Three other officers were charged with aiding and abetting both second-degree murder and manslaughter.
All four officers were fired, but Kroll issued a statement saying they had the union's full support and warned against rushing to judgment.
The Minnesota AFL-CIO and some of the state's biggest unions called for Kroll to quit. Kroll, whom the Star Tribune reported is planning to step down when his term ends in 2021, hasn't responded to interview requests.
Floyd's death sparked outrage in Minneapolis and beyond, as protests erupted around the world amid emphatic calls for police reform. In Minneapolis, the first steps are being aimed at the union, long seen as a barrier. Chief Medaria Arradondo said he would withdraw from union contract negotiations to consider structural changes, and Frey is calling on state lawmakers to fix an arbitration process that he said reverses roughly half of police terminations in the state.
In an interview Sunday on "60 Minutes," Arradondo said Kroll is "absolutely … an influencer."
"He and others are going to have to come to a reckoning that either they are going to be on the right side of history or they're going be on the wrong side of history… or they will be left behind," the chief said.
One of the union's victories happened in 2007, when it persuaded the city to curtail the power of the Minneapolis Civilian Review Authority by shielding from public view a finding that a complaint had been sustained against an officer.
The union's power has consistently stymied change, community leaders say.
"It makes it very hard to implement reforms if … the federation is in the background saying, 'Don't worry about this, we'll file a grievance,'" said Steve Fletcher, one of nine City Council members who pledged to revamp the police department. "That sends a strong signal that you can just ignore leadership. That has, over time, created a culture that is very resistant to change."
When the City Council declined last year to put additional officers on the street, Fletcher described police pushback as a "protection racket." He said business owners began calling him to complain that officers were slowing response times or not resolving issues, and telling businesses to call their council members.
Police unions across the country are seen as just as powerful, enshrining protections for officers who have been accused of crimes, including such special privileges as allowing them to wait 24 hours to be interrogated. They also have fought against making public misconduct claims, and traditionally lawmakers have been reticent to battle them over fears of being seen as anti-police.
There are signs that the power of police unions may be eroding. In New York, lawmakers passed on party lines a reform bill for the nation's largest department and others that makes major changes to officer security reviled by the union.
In Minneapolis, 14 officers signed an open letter condemning Chauvin, saying they "stand ready to listen and embrace the calls for change, reform and rebuilding." The move was seen as a big deal for a police department where such public dissent is rare.
A recent poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that when compared with five years ago, more Americans believe police brutality is a very serious problem that unequally targets Black Americans. The poll also found that Americans are far more likely now than they were five years ago to say that police officers who cause injury or death in the course of their job are treated too leniently by the justice system.
Allen Berryman, a retired police sergeant and president of the union for most of the 1990s, said the union is doing its job.
"People like the idea of due process for themselves when they get arrested … or anything like that, but they don't seem to like it" for officers, he said, adding that a lack of progressive discipline by management is part of the problem.
In answers to emailed questions from The Associated Press, Assistant Chief Mike Kjos said issues involving discipline are complex and the union's involvement is just one piece. One hurdle, he said, is that discipline handed out in past cases may be used as precedent for present cases that results in light punishment.
"It's not impossible, but it does present challenges for increased levels of discipline when previous administrations may have operated from a different lens on accountability," he said.
Michael Friedman, who chaired the Civilian Review Authority for three years, said the union's history of supporting officers "without any common regard for community standards for what policing should be" is a problem "that rightfully frustrates many."
"But it's also very convenient for others to say, especially right now, 'Hey, it's a union problem,'" Friedman said. "And say if we change the union, or get rid of the union, or remove a right or two, that changes everything."
Associated Press writer Doug Glass contributed.
SAN DIEGO (AP) — In the days before Joe Biden became president, construction crews worked quickly to finish Donald Trump's wall at an iconic cross-border park overlooking the Pacific Ocean, which then-first lady Pat Nixon inaugurated in 1971 as a symbol of international friendship.


text: Q: if $L/F$ a field extension, if b is algebraic over $F(a)$ and $b$ not algebraic over $F$, then $a$ is algebraic over $F(b)$. Example? I learned today that if $L/F$ a field extension, if b is algebraic over $F(a)$ and $b$ not algebraic over $F$, then $a$ is algebraic over $F(b)$. I wanted to find a small example to illustrate this. So I thought of $\sqrt{2}+\sqrt{3}$ which is algebraic over $\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{2})$ (I think it is the root of $x^2-2 \sqrt{2}x-1$. I think that $\sqrt{2}+\sqrt{3}$ is not algebraic over $\mathbb{Q}$ (how do I show this?). So $\sqrt{2}$ is algebraic over $\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{2}+\sqrt{3})$? Are there more easy examples?


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Q: How can I load an image into tkinter? I'm trying to load an image into tkinter, to use as a background image. The image is a GIF (originally JPG, but I heard that tkinter doesn't support that format) with the same dimensions as the window. Anyway, when I ran my code, it ran, but the tkinter window was empty! Here's my code for the window:
class Window(Tk):
    def __init__(self):
        super().__init__()
        self.geometry("700x600")
        self.resizable(False, False)

    def background_img(self, img_path):
        background_img = PhotoImage(file=img_path)
        background_img_label = Label(self, image=background_img)
        background_img_label.place(x=0, y=0)

window = Window()
img_path = "background.gif"
window.background_img(img_path)
window.mainloop()

Can you please tell me what I'm doing wrong? Thanks in advance.

A: As TDG said, the names background_img (function) and background_img (tkinter.PhotoImage) override each other. You should rename one.


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**ABOUT THE AUTHORS**

GLENN KARDY is the founder of Japanime, an award-winning creative agency and publisher of Manga University's acclaimed lineup of educational materials. He lives in the Tokyo suburb of Kawaguchi City with his wife, their daughter and a collection of Oakland A's bobblehead dolls.

CHIHIRO HATTORI has been the featured artist in all nine volumes of the _Kana de Manga/Kanji de Manga_ series, and she also illustrated Manga University's _Manga Cookbook_. Chihiro, her husband and their son and daughter live in Yokohama, where they enjoy fine food, fast cars and high chairs.

Cover illustration by Chihiro Hattori
Introduction by Edward Mazza
Project coordinator: Kanako Umehara
Translator: RyoRca
Copy editors: Mari Oyama, Akio Omomo
Editorial assistant: Miyoko Fukushima

## Kanji Index

開 : Open

味 : Taste

新 : New

集 : Collect

有 : Have

以 : By All Means

医 : Medicine/Doctor

意 : Mind/Meaning

急 : Hurry/Sudden

院 : Institution

員 : Member

動 : Move

映 : Reflect

写 : Copy

英 : Superb/English

駅 : Station

終 : End

起 : Rise

送 : Send

教 : Teach/Religion

主 : Main/Master

重 : Heavy

親 : Parents/Relatives

界 : World/Bounds

貸 : Lend

通 : Pass

体 : Body

借 : Borrow

代 : Substitute/Price

漢 : Chinese

館 : Building

究 : Exhaustive Study

業 : Work/Industry

着 : Wear/Arrive

銀 : Silver

研 : Grind/Research

験 : Test

試 : Try

事 : Charge/Affair

転 : Turn

去 : Leave/Go Away

質 : Quality

品 : Article/Quality

死 : Die

図 : Drawing

住 : Live/Reside

族 : Family

注 : Pour/Concentrate

題 : Title

建 : Build

旅 : Trip/Travel

使 : Use

仕 : Serve/Do

度 : Degree/Time

問 : Question

堂 : Hall

特 : Special

習 : Learn/Custom

飲 : Drink

場 : Place

計 : Plan/Calculate

運 : Carry/Move

始 : Begin

発 : Start/Emit

不 : Not/Un-

服 : Clothes

真 : True

待 : Wait

自 : Self

飯 : Cooked Rice/Meal

用 : Use/Errand

持 : Hold

者 : Person

物 : Thing/Figure

屋 : House/Small Shop

安 : Peaceful/Cheap

病 : Illness

世 : World

曜 : Day of the Week

私 : I/Private
**Manga University presents ... Kanji de Manga Vol. 3**
By Glenn Kardy and Chihiro Hattori

Published by Manga University under the auspices of Japanime Co. Ltd.,
3-31-18 Nishi-Kawaguchi, Kawaguchi-shi, Saitama-ken 332–0021, Japan.

www.mangauniversity.com

Copyright © 2005 Japanime Co. Ltd.

This Overdrive version copyright © 2011 Japanime Co. Ltd.

ISBN 978-4-921205-04-1
ISBN 978-4-921205-53-9 (ebook)

All rights reserved. Reviewers may reproduce the cover and/or a two- to four-page selection from the interior of the book. Otherwise, no part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information or storage and retrieval system without written permission from Japanime Co. Ltd.

"Manga University" and "Japanime" are registered trademarks of Japanime Co. Ltd.

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Employee Survey fatigue? On a scale of 1 to even, I can't.
If you've attended a communication conference in the last few years, you'd assume that survey fatigue is a global epidemic affecting corporate workers everywhere — small companies, big companies, wherever. But I wonder, who's actually fatigued?
Who is suffering from survey fatigue inside the organization?
Based on what I hear at conferences, I'm guessing a lot of you are thinking B — that's what your employees are telling you. Some communicators might recognize they are the problem, and choose A. Those who like to spread the blame around would have picked C.
All reasonable answers, but they're all wrong. It's D, none of the above. Employees aren't suffering from survey fatigue. And neither are communicators. If there's any suffering it's from sharing and taking awful surveys.
Case in point: the annual employee engagement survey. It's a good idea to get employee feedback on the business, leadership and priorities. What's not a good idea is to save these questions up for a one-a-year (if even that often) survey that has 60, 90, a bajillion questions asking feedback on a 1-5, tend-to-not-agree type scale. Yes, this is what we do to employees. It's like we're punishing them as a thanks for providing feedback.
On a recent Chuck Chat, I asked Mike Klein whether he thought the annual employee engagement survey was still relevant. His answer? It never was. Engagement can't be refined to a single score or on a 1-10 scale.
1. You do not need to ask every employee every question for each feedback request. New research by Santa Fe Institute Professor Mirta Galesic and her colleagues from the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin came to the conclusion that larger crowds do not always produce wiser decisions.
2. Ask the right feedback to the right audience at the right time. Communicators should know the value of relevant content to employees; surveys shouldn't be any different. We know the way we do business can change quickly. What's the point of asking employees questions where the feedback takes months and months to dissect and analyze? We're all about instant gratification. Show live feedback.
3. Only ask what you can act upon. Julia Markish, from Medallia, shared this advice at an event last spring. And it's super smart. Let's talk about about another F word - frustration. This is what employees are experiencing when they get asked to provide feedback, provide their ideas but then nothing changes.
4. Pulse surveys are a step in the right direction. BUT they aren't a cure-all. They can still be poorly-worded, irrelevant and non-actionable. But at least employees aren't feeling like they are wasting time answering them. So how long should pulse surveys be? Let's not focus on the number of questions, but instead on how long it will take employees to finish it. To me, a minute or two feels right. Take it yourself. If you're bored completing it, that should tell you a lot.


Everything seems to be there (except the windows) and the rust looks minor. Sounds like it has been garaged for the last 35 years. No reserve too. Please circulate to those who may be interested. Minimum bid is $1,000 but I think its worth it. I would be interested but I have two Studebakers that I'm working on and my plate is full.
If it was Adolph's, I believe it was parked nose in, in an open shed, and that the bed contained a LARGE model/carney ride train of some sort.


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Q: Fetching data via two dates in php sql This dates get method to get date another page
$fromdate = $_GET[fromDate];//14/10/2021
$todate  = $_GET[todate];17/10/2021
$collect_Amt = $conn->query("SELECT  lvlCol_amt,lvlCol_type,lvlCol_directEarn_perct,lvlCol_directEarn_amt,lvlCol_associateId,lvlCol_collectId,lvlCol_dateTime from  `t_lvl_collect` where lvlCol_dateTime  between '$_GET[fromDate]' AND  '$_GET[todate]' AND lvlCol_associateId = $MemberId ORDER BY lvlCol_dateTime DESC");

but return data is 15/10/2021,15/10/2021 And 16/10/2021
17/10/2021 not disply please
help?

A: If youe date is not in Y-m-d H:i:s format please add # before data
please check below w3school link for more ref.
https://www.w3schools.com/sql/trysql.asp?filename=trysql_select_between_date&ss=-1
so your query like
SELECT  lvlCol_amt,lvlCol_type,lvlCol_directEarn_perct,lvlCol_directEarn_amt,lvlCol_associateId,lvlCol_collectId,lvlCol_dateTime
from  `t_lvl_collect`
where lvlCol_dateTime  between **#date_1** AND  **#date_2** AND lvlCol_associateId = $MemberId ORDER BY lvlCol_dateTime DESC

NOTE: replace date_1 and date_2 with your variable. add d/m/y and m/d/y both formate will work.


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Police Respond to Shooting Victim in Bloomfield
Incident Type: Shooting
Pittsburgh Police from Zone 5 responded just before 1:30 a.m. for reports of a gunshot wound victim who had arrived at a local hospital by private means.
Once at the hospital, officers learned a male victim in his 30's had received a gunshot wound to the leg. He had arrived in stable condition. He told police he and his girlfriend were inside a residence on the 4500 block of Friendship Avenue when a male came to the door. Once inside, the victim says there was an altercation and the male suspect shot him in the leg. The relationship between the suspect and the victim is not known.
The victim's girlfriend says they quickly left the house and she drove him to the hospital.
Out of an abundance of caution, SWAT unit members were called to ensure that the suspect was not still inside the residence.
Once the residence was deemed safe, members of the Crime Scene Unit arrived to process the scene.
GVI detectives will continue the investigation.


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Q: Changing page mapping for a user process in the linux kernel So lets say I have access to a process and its mm_struct, is there a way that I can change one of the mappings or remove a mapping and create a temporary one so that I can allocate an amount smaller than a page and have memory written to that?
For instance, process write faults on an ADD instruction. I can get the address and size of the fault with relative ease. I allocate 8 bytes locally (largest single instruction size) and mess with the mappings so that the virtual address that faulted points to the first byte of those 8 bytes. Then single step the instruction to get the data that was intended for another page and then restore the original page back to the mapping. I'm just curious as to whether something other than a page can be used in the virtual memory area for a process.

A: The underlying architecture of your computer defines what you can and can't do with virtual memory.  You haven't specified your architecture, but I'm pretty confident that it won't allow you to manage a unit any smaller than a page.
But to address a larger issue, why does the memory size matter?  You need this allocation once per thread, only if its is faulty, and it will be allocated for a single user-space instruction.  Just use a new, clean page to temporarily map into your process to get the written value.  It's probably easier to write, and it has better security:  it will avoid exposing kernel data to an untrusted (and obviously faulty) application.