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Google just revealed its entire 2020 phone lineup at once. In a smorgasborde of mobile news, it announced the much-leaked, budget-priced Pixel 4a, a bigger 5G variant the 4a 5G, and the 2020 flagship Pixel 5. The Pixel 4a is up for pre-order now and shipping August 20th for $350, but the rest will have to wait for later this year.
Like the Pixel 3a before it, the 4a goes with some cheaper components and less complex mechanisms in order to keep a low price. Most notably, it ditches the dual rear camera for a single 12.2 megapixel sensor, and has no infrared sensors on the front, opting for just one 8 MP camera in a "hole punch" arrangement. It brings back the rear fingerprint reader in lieu of face scanning.
Aesthetically, that hole punch camera makes the Pixel 4a to phones like the Galaxy S20 or OnePlus 8 in terms of design, though it's hanging on to that "squircle" rear camera module look. It also has a standard headphone jack, unlike the Pixels 3 and 4. It uses the mid-range Qualcomm Snapdragon 730 CPU, a step down from the flagship 800 series, with a roomy 6GB of RAM for Android 10 and beyond. Naturally, it'll get lightning-fast software updates (and access to beta versions of Android) from Google.
Unlike all the Pixels before it (including the 3a), there's no larger XL variant phone. The 4a comes in just one screen size, a 5.8-inch 1080p OLED that straddles somewhere between the "standard" and "large" sizes of the last few years. This is technically the first Pixel phone to use the popular slim-bezel-all-the-way-around-the-screen look (which really needs a standardized name).
The Pixel 4a uses 128GB of non-expandable storage. The battery isn't all that impressive at 3080mAh, and it doesn't have wireless charging, but it charges at up to 18 watts. At the moment it's only available in a black color option. There may be other differences between it and the Pixel 4—the 3a and 3a XL notably use cheaper, more scratch-prone glass.
At the same time as the 4a announcement, Google officially confirmed the Pixel 4a 5G and the Pixel 5, though both will have to wait for later this year before getting a full reveal. Both phones will feature 5G radios, and the Pixel 4a is rumored to have a larger screen (making it the de facto Pixel 4a XL, I suppose).
Google says that the Pixel 4a 5G will be priced "starting at $499," but didn't mention a specific date or hardware. The popular Snapdragon 765G, also seen in the similar mid-range OnePlus Nord, would be an obvious choice. The Pixel 5 is a more mysterious beast, with no pricing details. Odds are good that it will be a more comprehensive redesign of the Pixel hardware, after the lackluster sales of flagship phones for the last few years.
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Inventors And Innovators Need to Cross The Chasm, Part 1
Even If You Build It, They Might Not Come
Inventors and innovators tend to think that, people will buy whatever they invent. Is this true? Are they merely living a fantasy?
There is a famous movie from 1989 called "Field of Dreams". The movie starred Kevin Costner, Burt Lancaster, Ray Liotta, Amy Madigan, and James Earl Jones. The plot goes like this: Ray had a bad relationship with his deceased father. His father was a major, big-time baseball fan. One day, while walking in the corn fields, Ray hears a voice telling him, "If you build it, he will come." Ray sees the vision of a baseball diamond in his field. His wife reluctantly allows him to build the baseball diamond.
Eventually, the desperate Ray is able to see some baseball players come on the baseball field. These aren't just any ordinary players. They are the ghosts of famous baseball players. Ray gets visions, and seeks out players who did not live out their lives in baseball, and baseball players who are retired from baseball. The visions become real, and eventually, Ray meets his deceased father again, on the baseball field, as a young man….
Why People Don't Need Your Invention
But that movie was a fantasy. If you build it, will they necessarily come? As the innovator or inventor of a new-fangled invention, would it be realistic to imagine that people will come in droves, knocking on their doors to buy the product. Think about it:
People already have an existing solution for whatever you have invented or created. Why would they need your product?
Early iterations of the product tend to be riddled with problems. Why shouldn't they wait for your technology to mature, so that they can enjoy a more stable and robust solution?
Early iterations of a product tend to be expensive, because the volume is small. When there is volume, costs go down, and product pricing goes down as well. If it is not urgent to purchase your product, why shouldn't they wait?
Waiting for a while before buying a product means, a consumer gets to choose from competitors' offerings. Competitors may have identified flaws in your product, which they overcome through their later solutions. If your product is not mission critical, why shouldn't they wait?
Early purchasers of a product tend to be "guinea pigs" who might be left with outdated technology. Later iterations of a technology might not be backward compatible with earlier iterations.
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Inventors and Innovators Who Ended Up Broke
There are real life case studies that you, as innovator and inventor, should be aware of. There are people who, despite being bright and brainy, ended up broke. Not every inventor will become a rich man. People who think that they might do well like Thomas Edison (founder of General Electric) actually miss the point. Thomas Edison was not only an inventor, he was also a marketer and a savvy business man. He knew how to promote his products. He knew how to compete against competitors in the same industry. He knew how to persuade other inventors and innovators to work with him. And he knew when to team up with his competitors for their mutual good.
Thomas Edison's life would be a great case study for this blog. I plan to cover it sometime in the future. But for now, look at these case studies, featuring Trevor Baylis, Nikola Tesla and Frank McNamara:
Case Study #1: Trevor Baylis
If you've ever heard of the wind-up radio, or used one, you've used an invention from Trevor Baylis. In 2013, Trevor Baylis was so broke that he told the Telegraph that he has to mortgage or sell his house to survive. He invented his wind-up radio, and other electrical items using similar technology, in the 1990s. Despite receiving honorary degrees, getting letters of congratulations from royalty, and even being photographed with Nelson Mandela, he did not profit from his invention.
From the Telegraph:
Despite the apparent success of his wind-up radio and several follow-up products employing similar technology including a torch, a mobile phone charger and an MP3 player, Mr Baylis says he has received almost none of the profits.
Due to the quirks of patent law, the company he went into business with to manufacture his radios were able to tweak his original design, which used a spring to generate power, so that it charged a battery instead. This caused him to lose control over the product.
Source: Telegraph, Trevor Baylis: I've wound up broke despite inventions (2013)
He has realised the problem, and the article states that since 2004, Mr Baylis has been funding a company to help inventors bring their products to market.
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Case Study #2: Nikola Tesla
You've probably heard of Tesla Motors, the electric car company helmed by CEO Elon Musk. But the name Tesla refers to Nikola Tesla, a European electricity genius who headed to America and worked for Thomas Edison, and later became the inventor of more than 700 patents. His most important patent was AC (alternating current) electricity, which could allow electricity to travel long distances. Despite all his acclaim, he died poor and penniless. Some people think that Nikola Tesla had a sharper mind than Thomas Edison, but Thomas Edison died with a $12 million estate, easily one of the richest men of his time.
Nikola Tesla was a good looking European immigrant who became a great American inventor and innovator.
Sadly, he died broke.
From Forbes magazine:
With more than 700 patents to his name, Tesla invented radio, the coil transformer, wireless communication, fluorescent lights and the alternating-current motor, which allowed electricity to flow over long distances. He had about as much business savvy as a puppy; he might have been fabulously wealthy had he not signed away AC royalties to George Westinghouse and patent rights to a wireless broadcasting system to J.P. Morgan.
Source: Forbes, Pioneers Die Broke (2002)
Case Study #3: Frank McNamara
Frank McNamara was a businessman who, in 1949, had dinner with a business associate at a swanky upscale club in town. Unfortunately, he had forgotten to bring his money along! His wife, probably a very understanding lady, came to the club and settled the bill. She might have raised the issue once or twice after that, which led Frank McNamara to hatch the idea of using credit cards in restaurants. Mr. McNamara turned it into a business centered around credit for eating at restaurants, and earning interest on outstanding balances. Along with some friends, he made it a success. Thus was born Diner's Club – the first credit card. It soon attracted some serious competition from imitators.
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His problem was that he believed that the credit card was merely a fad. By 1953 he had sold Diner's Club for $200,000. With the cash, he entered the real estate business. By 1957, at the relatively youthful age of 40 (I will be 40 in a while, so I feel it keenly) he suffered a heart attack and died, poor and penniless. (References: Biography.com, Fact or Fiction: Inventor of Credit Cards Died Penniless? (2014) AND "Frank McNamara and the Credit Card" (undated))
If only Frank had stayed the course.
Obviously, as the case studies above show, inventors and innovators need to learn how to profit from their inventions and innovations. Even if you build it, it might not come. "It" refers to riches, wealth, prestige, fame and fortune. "It" refers to a better life. "It" refers to the Impossible Dream that Don Quixote had been singing about. And yet, there are, for sure, successes from among inventors and innovators, people who manage to make something of their inventiveness and creativity. The most important aspect of success for an innovator and inventor is to get people to start using the product. With more users, come sales. With sales, come funds for research, development, reiteration, redesign, promotion, marketing, and diversification.
But how do you get more people to use your product? We will cover that in Part 2 of this article.
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Josh Belperio is a multidisciplinary musician, performer and human rights advocate who believes in the power of words and music to open pathways of empathy between people. His anthem for queer rights during the Australian Marriage Law Survey Dear Malcolm Turnbull received over 220,000 views on social media and raised over $3,000 for QLife – National counselling service for LGBTQIA+ Australians.
Josh's debut solo cabaret show, based on his personal struggles of overcoming health issues and anxiety, Scarred For Life, opened to a sold out season and unanimous five star reviews at the Adelaide Cabaret Fringe festival 2017. To develop the show, Josh received a Helpmann Academy grant to undergo a mentorship with Helpmann-winning cabaret artist Michael Griffiths, and Amelia Ryan, alongside singing lessons with Rosanne Hosking. The show was produced by emerging theatre company Under The Microscope. To read more about Scarred For Life, click here.
Josh is currently composing a musical, which was awarded a $10,000 Carclew Project and Development Grant to undergo its first development in the Adelaide Festival Centre, in 2016. The project is produced by Release Creative, and features a collaboration with Ngarrindjeri Elder Major Sumner OAM.
In the classical world, Josh completed a Bachelor's Degree in Composition from the Elder Conservatorium of Music in 2015, learning from local composers Graeme Koehne OA and Dr Anne Cawrse, and gaining High Distinctions in composition and conducting. Josh's choral compositions have been sung by ensembles such as the Elder Conservatorium Chorale, the Festival Statesmen Chorus, the Young Voices of Melbourne, and the Gondwana Chorale.
In 2014, Josh won Artology's Fanfare Competition, being selected to replace the cue bell in the Sydney Opera House with an original fanfare composition. His fanfare, Rising Sails, was recorded by the Australian Youth Orchestra, conducted by Nicholas Carter. The piece aired before every Opera House performance from July 9 to August 18 2015, receiving a collective audience of an estimated 175,000 theatre attendees.
Josh's endeavours in conducting, teaching, and facilitating the musical creativity of others have taken him to Tutti Arts, a world-leader amongst arts organisations for young people with intellectual disabilities, where he is currently leading a group developing a new musical. Prior to that, Josh was an Assistant Director of the Festival Statesmen Chorus, a nationally award-winning a cappella male vocal ensemble. His original arrangement for the group, Over the Misty Mountains Cold, won the category of best arrangement at Vocal Australia's SA State Final. Josh's orchestral conducting credits include the Canberra Youth Orchestra, who performed an original composition of his The Book Thief as part of the Australian Society of Music Educators' 2013 National Convention. In 2014, Josh musically directed Adelaide Youth Theatre's production of The Wizard of Oz, conducting an orchestra of 20 and a cast of over 120 young performers.
As an accompanist, Josh worked in the 2015 Adelaide Cabaret Festival, musically directing and accompanying David Gauci in the sold-out, well-received show, It Was Worth the Weight. He has since gone on to accompany many artists across all major Adelaide festivals, including Lucy Gransbury in her critically acclaimed show Radelaide! for the Adelaide Fringe Festival 2017.
Josh is currently working as a commissionable composer, with particular interests in the areas of musical theatre, cabaret and choral music. He also musically directs, accompanies, gives lectures and is willing to collaborate on just about anything. If you are interested in working with him, or just want to say 'hi', he would love to hear from you. Click here to contact Josh.


Do Marketers Underestimate the Customer Advocate?
Customers: they make the business world go round. They're the reason we do what we do, and without them, we'd all be out of a job. But for all our professed understanding of customer value, we marketers often forget one key benefit they bring to the table: customers can be game-changing for the impact of your marketing team's content.
And I'm not just talking about case studies here, people.
Should Marketers and Customers Be More Than Casual Acquaintances?
For many of us, customers are more concept than reality. We bring them in with exciting content, pass them to sales, and rarely think about them again. Sure, we might hear a gong when sales closes a deal or help produce a polished case study to use as sales collateral, but many of us probably couldn't recite a comprehensive list of our buyers beyond the giants whose logos accessorize our homepages.
Instead of cheering them on from a distance, it's time we marketers began inviting our customers to be part of our marketing content—as blog contributors, webinar presenters, and more. By elevating their voices, we elevate our own.
View our on-demand webinar, Leveraging Customer Advocates, to get advice from the experts.
Today more than ever, marketers are asked to do more than sell the particular features of their product or service. Confronting a buying market filled with consumers who complete the majority of their buying journeys without speaking directly to sales means that marketers have become educators, thought leaders, and influencers, too.
With access to more educational material than they can possibly read, watch, or listen to, our prospects can afford to be picky. And your marketing organization isn't the only one working to saturate your niche: Your competitors are, too, which means that producing more than the other guys isn't enough. Instead, your content must be fundamentally more valuable to earn the attention of your target audience.
How do you stand out among the noise? By being a voice people trust.
But building your identity as a trusted source isn't easy, because modern audiences are savvy. They can shut out the noise and sidestep promotional content without a second glance.
To earn the right kind of reputation for your content, you've got to tap into people with industry cred. Traditionally, this means enlisting influencers or experts, but it also means going straight to the source to bring your audience insights from the voices they trust most: their peers.
According to the Content Marketing Institute, peer recommendations have the most influence on purchasing decisions of any form of content, earning a nod from 80% of survey-takers.
The obvious conclusion is so clear that it almost doesn't merit discussion: If you aren't using your customers for case studies and customer reference calls, you need to get on that right away.
So if we can get customers to use our channels as a platform for their thoughts, we've suddenly gained access to incredibly influential content that can bring our message along for the ride.
It's easy to see the invitation to a customer to contribute to top-of-the-funnel content as a one-sided request. Your customers are busy! They won't want to take the time to write a blog or prepare a presentation for a webinar! And invariably, this will be true some of the time. (Let me be clear: this exercise will involve rejection.) But you might be surprised at the responses you get.
Because people love to be experts. We love to be recognized for what we do and celebrated for doing it well. Positioning ourselves as industry leaders is a priority for professionals everywhere; it's not just us marketers who are interested in self-promotion.
Offering your top advocates a chance to showcase their success (loosely tied, of course, to their purchase of your product/service) and to elevate their personal brands isn't an opportunity to be turned down lightly.
So invite them to be a featured contributor to your blog, (don't worry if they aren't natural writers—many execs are more than happy for your team to ghost-write content based on their ideas), interview them on your podcast or during a webinar, or include their quotes alongside other industry influencers in content and on social media.
The result? You get great content that speaks authentically to your audience, and your contributors get career-boosting publicity. Why aren't we doing this all the time?
To start, reach out to people who are already champions. Reward those who have done case studies, reference calls, and online reviews with something more personally valuable than a contract discount: industry credibility.
These folks are already cheerleaders for your brand, and in most cases, they're more than happy have you promote them in return.
But don't just wait for advocates to come to you. There's a lot you can do to cultivate customers to become advocates. Encourage them to start thinking about partnership opportunities from the moment they become customers, and share success stories with them when you partner with their peers. Once you get the ball rolling with easier advocacy targets, expand your reach. Ask customer success managers to point you to customers who are particularly successful in areas you care about. Now when you reach out, you'll have plenty of evidence to support the value of working together.
Customers are the most precious asset of your company. They bring in revenue, elevate the status of your brand, and wield influence to shape the conversations already happening among the members your target industry.
It's time we marketers take a hard look at the importance of customer advocacy and build strategies that incorporate our customers into the ways we educate leads and evangelize our philosophy. Ultimately, it's a win for everyone.
But you don't have to take my word for it. I've invited Kapost's own Customer Advocacy Manager, Amanda Grupp, and Gainsight's Customer Marketing Manager, Amanda Meinert, to discuss why and how marketers can leverage customer advocates during the latest Kapost webinar. Watch it now.


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There's been a lot of hype around cloud computing, but many small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) often aren't clear how to maximize the cloud's power. In conjunction with the Small Business Association's (SBA) National Small Business Week, Intermedia offers SMBs five keys to maximizing the cloud. Intermedia is a leader in business cloud services for SMBs and the world's largest Microsoft Exchange hosting provider.
Cloud computing enables SMBs to compete on a much larger scale. They need to think of the cloud as a way to improve how they address the "Three Cs" of their business – how they communicate, collaborate and manage massive amounts of content. In order to maximize the cloud's value, it's important for SMBs to require service providers to deliver a fully-integrated offering addressing each of the "Three Cs." And emphasis on tight integration of services cannot be overstated as deploying services piecemeal through multiple clouds altogether negates the value and efficiencies of cloud computing.
It's important for SMBs to understand all clouds are not created equal. While most clouds are built to optimize cost, only the best are built to optimize speed, availability and the protection of data. Most people are familiar with the personal cloud, like Gmail or Apple's iCloud. These are great services offered for free; however, they are not designed for business. Whether a business is currently leveraging the cloud or is considering a move to the cloud for the first time, they should make security, control, support, integration and mobility top priorities.
When it comes to business communication tools, it is becoming clearer that you get what you pay for. Continued price reductions tell the business consumer that price is all that matters, and service levels and offerings are indistinguishable. However, that's simply not the case with cloud-based IT services for business.
With lower prices, businesses inevitably sacrifice important services – like quality 24/7 support, security, file and application back-up, and more. These business-class services are increasingly important, but they are not included in lowest-cost, commoditized offerings from some industry service providers. SMBs should ensure they work with a cloud services provider that focuses on providing a full suite of professional-grade IT services packaged with the support and reliability they expect.
Is Your Data Secure? Do You Know Where Your Data Is?
Security, reliability and privacy are mission critical to businesses today, but many cloud service providers cannot tell customers where their data actually is located. Make sure your service provider can tell you where your data is stored in their datacenters. Many of the largest cloud providers cannot provide this answer, which calls into question their ability to secure proprietary business data.
Next, require your provider to offer enterprise-grade reliability. Many providers claim 99.9 percent reliability, but this can equate to as much as a full work-day of downtime each year. Enterprise reliability means a guaranteed availability of at least 99.999 percent. And get the guarantee in writing, ensuring you are entitled to compensation if that guarantee isn't met.
Just as SMBs experience rapid growth, technology rapidly evolves. It's important for SMBs not only to consider their needs today, but also to ensure cloud service providers can scale and enable tomorrow's technology. Enterprise mobility is the among the cloud's most compelling trends today. And innovation and computing power in mobile devices will only continue to increase year over year.
The cloud will play a significant role in accelerating the productivity of tomorrow's mobile workforce. Businesses need to keep this in mind as they migrate operations to the cloud and ensure they align with providers offering a complete and tightly-integrated suite of services, including mobile.
Most businesses are ready to transition to the cloud, but the real challenge is selecting a provider that can meet the demands of today's SMB. Streamlining all of a business' cloud services, such as email, voice, security, backup and file sharing helps provide easy access for employees and helps set SMBs up with the same IT as Fortune 50 companies at a fraction of the price. As businesses evaluate their current cloud providers, or evaluate moving more services to the cloud, they need to be sure their cloud services are truly business grade.


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A salute to the uncle Rockies owner Dick Monfort was named after
Greeley's sprawling Linn Grove Cemetery was virtually deserted Friday. Sprinklers seemed noisy. After a visit to the main office to get a map and directions from Jackie at the reception desk, I pulled up to Block 14, Lot 50 and got out of the car.
Among the graves of other Monfort family members, the white marble, U.S. military-style headstone announced:
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A single bouquet of flowers already was at the foot of the headstone.
Richard Lee "Dick" Monfort was the son of Greeley cattle feedlot innovator Warren Monfort and Edith Monfort. Dick's sister, Margery, was two years older. His brother, Kenneth ("Kenny"), was nearly six years younger.
After graduating from Greeley High in 1939, Dick was a junior at Colorado State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, or what now is Colorado State University, when he entered the Army Air Forces in 1942.
While in training, he married Viola Swanson of Greeley.
In late 1943, Monfort was deployed to Deenethorpe, England, with the 8th Air Force's 401st Bomb Group, 615th Squadron, joining the fight against Germany. He was the navigator on Capt. Lee Van Syckle's B-17 "Flying Fortress" bomber crew.
A massive 800-bomber daylight raid over Frankfurt was the 10-man crew's third mission. It also was the first U.S. bombing foray to the central German city following many earlier British raids.
The date was JANUARY 29, 1944.
Denver radio personality Rick Crandall tirelessly champions veterans causes. His efforts led to the opening of the Colorado Freedom Memorial in May 2013 in Aurora. Before its dedication, Crandall alerted me Richard L. Monfort's name was on the memorial, among those of nearly 6,000 Coloradans killed or missing in action while serving their country.
Crandall also obtained and forwarded to me the "Missing Air Crew Report," opened after the mission and supplemented over the next 18 months. It was declassified in 1973, and as is the case with most reports of that era based on interviews with survivors, it is remarkable in its narrative detail, especially given the staggering number of similar reports that had to be done.
With the clouds as the backdrop beyond the clear glass, Richard L. Monfort is honored on the Colorado Freedom Memorial. (Terry Frei)
That day, Monfort was in the nose of the B-17 with bombardier Stanley Groski. Van Syckle's plane dropped its bombs and turned away. Soon, a group of German pilots in Messerschmitt fighters attacked the B-17 and others in the lower box of the American wing. The Germans' planes were equipped with machine guns and cannons firing 20mm rockets.
Rockets struck Van Syckle's Flying Fortress in the wing tanks, which caught fire, and the tail. Tail gunner Charles Duke yelled, "I'm hit!" And then, "I'm done for!"
In the nose, Groski, having completed his role as bombardier, was firing the chin turret gun when the plane was hit. The impact knocked him back into Monfort.
The bailout order came amid the chaos. Groski later said he believed Monfort was hit before they jumped. Also, as Groski and Monfort left the front of the plane, the German pilots in the Messerschmitts still were firing on the B-17.
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After other crew members jumped from their areas of the bomber, ball turret gunner Donald Lamb was horrified to see radio operator Joseph Glonek speed past him on the way down. The lines of Glonek's chute were deployed, but the canopy was unopened.
Duke, the tail gunner who had cried out, likely still was in the plane when it exploded during its free fall.
On the ground, seven of Van Syckle's crew members — or all except Monfort, Glonek and Duke — were captured alive. The Germans took co-pilot Mitchell Woods to a village and told him two dead members of the B-17 crew had landed there. He was shown their escape kits and watches and a navigator's map. Woods concluded the dead Americans were Monfort and Glonek. The Germans refused to let him see the bodies.
The co-pilot also was told the chute of one American, which he assumed was Glonek, hadn't opened enough to save him, even if he was alive when he reached the ground; and the chute of the other American, presumably Monfort, was unopened.
The next day, Stars and Stripes, the U.S. military newspaper, reported 15 bombers — or fewer than 2 percent of the 800 on the mission — were lost. The story noted: "Preliminary reports of the Frankfurt raid gave no indication last night of the opposition encountered or the damage done, but some returning crews said they were 'puzzled' by the lack of German resistance on the way in. Neither fighter nor flak opposition was heavy, they said, until the Forts had made their bombing run and were headed for the coast — a further indication of the success of the recent concerted assault on Nazi fighter factories and airfields."
Regardless of how many lost planes there were, Monfort was in one of them. And he didn't survive. Two weeks later, he was reported to be among those Missing in Action. Then his death was confirmed. Other crew members became prisoners of war.
The entrance to the Colorado Freedom Memorial in Aurora. (Terry Frei)
Dick had just turned 21. Kenny was 15. Walt Barnhart later wrote in his 2008 book, "Kenny's Shoes," that Kenny was fine with Dick being ticketed to head the family business and was hoping to become a journalist. In 1948, Kenny and his Colorado A&M fraternity buddy, future Colorado Governor Roy Romer, visited Dick's grave in the military cemetery at Nancy, France, near the German border. The remains were brought back to Greeley.
Kenny had four children, including sons Dick and Charlie, plus daughters Kay and Kyle. When he served two terms in the Colorado Legislature in the tumultuous 1960s, Kenny — who had been so affected by his brother's death — was known as an anti-war Democrat. In 1980, he switched parties. He died in February 2001.
Kenny's son Dick needs no introduction in Greeley, and it goes beyond Dick's long-time linkage to the Monfort family business, including after its 1987 sale, until his retirement from ConAgra in 1995. He's involved in other business pursuits and is active in charity and civic ventures, currently serving as chairman of UNC's board of trustees.
Outside of Greeley, he and Charlie are best known as the primary owners of the Colorado Rockies. Dick is the team's managing general partner, chairman and chief executive officer. Charlie is listed as an owner/general partner.
Dick was born in 1954. His birth name is Richard Lee Monfort.
On Sunday, Dick said when he was "7 or 8," Kenny sat down with Dick and Kyle, two years older, and told the kids about their uncle. Dick came away honored to have been named Richard Lee Monfort, and that feeling lingers.
"He told us how (my uncle) died in the war and how my dad really looked to him," Dick said Sunday. "And how my uncle was going to be the one who was going to run the business and my dad was going to do something else. He said that he and his sister (Margery) had both agreed they'd call their first male child Richard."
Margery's son, or Dick's cousin, was Richard "Ricky" Wilson. He died of leukemia at age 19.
"On a day like (Memorial Day), I feel for anybody that died in any type of war that we've had," Dick said. "God bless them for doing all they did so we could have our freedom."
I also paid a return visit to the Colorado Freedom Memorial last week. The glass panels on the sweeping memorial in Aurora variously angle forward or backward.
There it was, on Panel 15 near the center of the memorial. Second column, sixth row of names, against a backdrop of puffy clouds visible through the glass.
"RICHARD L MONFORT"
One name among the many.
Here, he represents all those we salute on Memorial Day.


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So I mentioned before that only a week went by until the engine blew on me. I also mentioned that the mechanic did a once over on the car. What he did was a tune up, brakes, tires, windshield wipers; stuff like that. Well the car had an oil leak and it got worse before I realized it. Engine seized up one day and I had it towed back to his shop. About a year passed and I got a hold of an engine from a 1979 Accord (1.8L). After we got that squared away, I proceeded to work on getting parts for the car.
Lowering the car was first on my to-do list.
The 1.8L was basically a direct bolt-in in the CVCC models.
Got the tachometer for the deluxe gauge set up.
Factory AM/FM radio. Notice the AM/FM presets are on the opposite sides as compared to American radios.
These 12' beauty rings took me about a year and a half to find. I found two sets within a week.
I also mounted some generic after market fender mirrors. Fender mirrors were the factory placement on older Japanese cars.


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Some bleeding or redness in the saliva is normal for 24 hours. Excessive bleeding (your mouth fills up rapidly with blood) can be controlled by biting firmly on a gauze pad placed directly on the bleeding wound for 30 minutes. If bleeding continues please call for further instructions.
Swelling is a normal occurrence after surgery. To minimize swelling, apply an ice bag, or a plastic bag wrapped in a paper towel, or towel filled with ice on the cheek in the area of surgery. Apply the ice continuously, as much as possible while awake, for the first 36 hours.
Drink plenty of fluids. Avoid hot liquids or food while you are numb. Soft food and liquids should be eaten on the day of surgery. Return to a normal diet as soon as possible unless otherwise directed.
You should begin taking pain medication as soon as you feel the local anesthetic wearing off. For moderate pain, 1 or 2 Tylenol or Extra Strength Tylenol may be taken every 4 hours. Ibuprofen (Advil or Motrin) may be taken instead of Tylenol. Ibuprofen, bought over the counter comes in 200 mg tablets: 2-3 tablets may be taken every 4 hours as needed for pain. For severe pain, the prescribed medication should be taken as directed. Do not take any of the above medication if you are allergic, or have been instructed by your doctor not to take it.
If Dr. Holly has prescribed and antibiotic, be sure to take the antibiotics as directed to help prevent infection.
Good oral hygiene is essential to good healing. The day of surgery, brush your teeth before your appointment. Do not rinse your mouth the day of surgery until bed time when you have gently brushed you teeth avoiding the surgical area. The following day warm water rinses should be used at least 4-5 times a day, especially after meals. Follow Dr. Holly's instruchtions about brushing your teeth and the healing abutments. Be gentle initially with brushing the surgical areas.
Keep physical activities to a minimum immediately following surgery. If you are considering exercise, throbbing or bleeding may occur. Dr. Holly recommends only light excerise until he has seen you for your post-operative appointment – approximately one week following surgery. Keep in mind that you are probably not taking normal nourishment. This may weaken you and further limit your ability to exercise.
Partial dentures, flippers, or full dentures should not be used immediately after surgery or until Dr. Holly has seen you for your first post-surgical appointment.. This was discussed in the pre-operative consultation.


Introduction to this "Complete collection of Astrological Knowledge for professional use"
To start the whole process you need your birth data in front of you. To make understanding as easy as possible, i will use for all coming examples the following - fictive - birth data: 1955, July, 14., 02h 05m, 8º40' e., 47º30' n.
Now, the first thing to check out is the global Time Zone in which a birth took place. (The Table "Global Time Zones and their Prime Meridians" can be found on page W 31 - or chapter 4 on excerpts).
Every Time Zone has got a Prime Meridian (that's the longitude on which that Time Zones time is precise by hour and minute. Prime Meridians start from 00º00' (GMT) on, than every 15º east or west.
You need to know this, because the planets positions (recorded in the Ephemeris), are all calculated to the GMT Prime Meridian on 00º00'!
If you are born exactly on 00º00' you don't need any calculations, because your birth time is automatically local meantime too, and of course also already the right planet time.
In any other case, you start first to calculate your local meantime, because your registered birth time is just the official time for one whole Time Zone, which expands over 1 hour. So, if you are not born precisely on a Prime Meridian, your birth time will have actually been a couple of minutes before or after the official time. (Check for easier understanding also the graphic on page W 33 -not available on excerpts).
If your birthplace is east of your Time Zones Prime Meridian, you need to add 4 minutes for every degree in distance (24 hours devided by 360º = 4 min.).
If your birthplace is west of your Time Zones Prime Meridian, you have to subtract 4 minutes for every degree in distance.
If your local meantime is in any other Time Zone than GMT, you will have to subtract (for Time Zones east of GMT) or add (for Time Zones west of GMT) the difference in time to GMT, to get the right planet time.
Other birthplace 20º 30' east, still Central European Time.
Notice : In case your calculation ends with a figure above 24h 00m, you simply have to subtract 24h 00m from it, but using still the same birthday!
If your P.T. is not approximately 00h 00m, you will have to write down 2 planet positions. One for the very beginning of your birthday, the other one for the very beginning of the next day, because the Ephemeris are usually written for 00h 00m each day.
The difference is the movement of each planet, within the 24 hours around your birth time. (For the slow moving planets such as Pluto, Neptune and Uranus, the difference is virtually none, while the Moon -as the fastest moving planet- usually moves about 12 degrees within this 24 hours).
This calculations are basic mathematics and shouldn't be difficult to conduct.
While you where reading the planet positions in the Ephemeris, you came across one more line: The Sidereal Time! That time, calculated like the planets for your birth time on GMT, will be necessary for the coming calculation.
The process is very simple. All that is to do, is to add this Sidereal Time to your local meantime. (Not your P.T.)!
Notice : Again, if you should get a number above 24h 00m, you take 24h 00m off, because the time ystem doesn't have more than 24 hours.
The next step would be to check the "Birthplace Table of Houses" (see example page W 37 -not available on excerpts). If your House System matches exactly one of the times indicated on the left hand side of the MC, you have it easy. Just go down along the latitudes to the one of your birthplace, and if you're born exactly on a full degree, you have it again easy, you just read the line.
All others have to start calculating the precise figures in between the full degrees.
For all the other 5 house axes we have to add this quarter.
This are the precise positions. The other 6 ends of the axes are of course exactly on the opposite positions. People who are born on the southern Hemisphere simply go along their MC line backwards, to the opposite MC line (6º instead of 6º f.ex.) and read their southern latitude on the same place where the normally northern latitudes stand, take that figures, but reverse the signs to the opposite. The MC remains always the same. (f.ex. MC = 6º , not 6º , Asc. = 28º , not ).
For the information about the meaning of each degree, as can be found in the chapter "The 360º of the Zodiac", the precise figures may be rounded down or up. That means; from -25' to +25' it is always one particular degree, but with figures between 25' and 35', both degrees have to be considered. (Example 22º 33' = 22º and 23º ).
The same way of rounding down or up is to use of course with the planets!
Not everybody remains living at the place they where born.
This change of place - and therefore of the environment - has to show up in a Horoscope, otherwise every updated interpretation - mainly of course also the Transits - would simply be completely wrong, and in Astrology nothing is worse than wrong information!
The process is simple. With your House System Time you found your MC in the Table of Houses. Besides of the time you've seen also a degree figure in that same top line, right of the MC.. The difference between the longitude of your birthplace and the longitude of your new (or any future planed) place of living has to be added (if you moved - or plan to move - east), or subtracted (if you moved - or plan to move - west) from that figure next to your birthplace MC.
That was already all the calculating work.
If you could follow so far, here a little advice: Practice first a while, and try to Double check your Calculations, also with other Astrologers, or a computerized calculator, because mistakes can have very bad effects!
180º = = Opposition Inner tension, but awareness for others potential.
120º = = Trine Easy, advancing awareness, fortune, success, harmony.
90º = = Square Hardship, loss, misfortune, victims of force.
72º = = Pentagon Special talents, easy achievements.
60º = = Hexagon Refining, fortunate opportunities, uplifting, harmonious.
0º = = Conjunction Difficult or positive, according to planets involved.
Some People use even more aspects, but they haven't proved to be of any significance for me, throughout 12 years of research. The 6 aspects above are the logical essence, because they build 1/1, 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/5, 1/6 of a circle.
Seldom enough you come across an aspect that is exactly 90º, or 0º, for instance. Each aspect has got a flexibility zone. How much that is depends on the planets that are involved. Also the MC / IC and Asc. / Desc. axes have their particular orb. To get the right amount of acceptance for an aspect precisely, you need to take the middle of the allowed orb of the two ends of a certain aspect.
(this counts also for the other houses, mainly to determine into which house a planet actually belongs).
Example : = 10º, MC = 5º, makes 15 : 2 = 7º 30' plus or minus between does two positions, for instance: on 7º 13' in a to the MC on 14º 43' . This would be an aspect at the very edge of its possible acceptance. It is clear, that an aspect like that would be less strong, or important, than an other aspect with very little of used orb.
The most important issue here right up front: All Transit aspects have an orb of no more and no less than exactly 1º !
Example : Transit in a aspect to the Radix on 11º 15' . This Transit will be active from 26º 15' to 28º 15' (for instance), that's usually around 48 hours.
Notice : To interpret Transits 100% right, you will have to check the house out of which the transiting planet builds the aspect, as well as the house in which the aspected planet stands. And before all of that, you will have to check the degrees that are involved on both ends of the aspect!
To watch the transits is basically much more interesting than just to study a Horoscope, because many people know them self's pretty well without the help of Astrology, but they cant predict their future! As for you, if you could follow the whole process so far, you can! (Of course, Transits can be checked as well for any past time).
To predict the general quality of any future time -independent from a particular Person- you only check the planet positions, their degrees and their aspects for the chosen time. That's called Global Time Quality.


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Travelling from central Java to west Java by train is easy, comfortable and enjoyable. For our eight hour £18 journey from Yogyakarta to Bandung, we were lucky to have reclining seats with plenty of leg room in executive class. You could even make the seats turn round to make them face each other in groups of four.
The train passed through villages, towns, rice fields, jungle, up hills and over very rickety looking bridges. The scenery was beautiful and certainly made the journey go quickly.
Tip – take some food/snacks for the train, the only food options we could see were meaty pot noodles and meat & rice.


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When Joy, MA, LPC, NCC, joined Therachat in December 2017 she was looking for a tool that would help her use her therapy session time more efficiently. Clients have a limited amount of time and she wants to use the time in a therapy session the best way possible, meaning, making sure she has materials prepared and ideas formulated as to what will be addressed in session. Therachat is currently prompting her clients to share with Joy what they want to talk about before the session starts.
One of my clients had asked for resources about developing skills to manage depression and stress. Prior to that therapy session, I was able to print out worksheets that I knew could be relevant and helpful, whereas a lot of times, I would have to use part of the session time to print those. The "what would you like to discuss next session" prompt in Therachat that my client filled out, helped me be prepared. This, in return, gave my client a better experience in the therapy session.
Know What To Address In Session.
The reactions from clients who use Therachat have been overwhelmingly positive. Several clients even enjoy customizing their assignments in session.


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Join an EV bolt chain quick! Aerial acclimated prices of the Tesla Model 3 prove there's acceptable money to be fabricated from owning an EV, and abominable money to be absent from owning a gas car.
Remember that acceptable old economics basic "The Law of Accumulation and Demand" and its access on prices? The best EVs are seeing address far outstrip supply, consistent in continued queues and ethics inflating on the acclimated market. Over a year into its assembly run, the Tesla Model 3 is still affairs at decidedly college prices on the acclimated bazaar than it sells for new. Is this a joke? No, it's complete — and it's absolutely the new accustomed for the best amount EVs in several markets about the world.
Increased acclimated appraisement is additionally accident in genitalia of Europe with the electric versions of the Hyundai Kona and Ioniq, and alike with the Chevrolet Bolt/Ampera-E. The gas cars that EV buyers are added axis their aback on are still anxiously coast in amount as anon as they are apprenticed off the lot. Gas cars represent a aching money pit for their poor owners, on top of actuality abundant added big-ticket to run compared to these EVs.
Consider this commodity a heads-up call. This is how it ends for deposit fuels.
The Tesla Model 3 Continued Ambit has been affairs new for a anniversary amount starting at $49,000 over the accomplished 14 months. That's afore a federal tax allurement that finer knocks $7,500 off the anniversary amount for abounding Americans and added accompaniment and bounded incentives (e.g., electric anniversary incentives) in abounding genitalia of the US that generally beating off a few thousand dollars more, abacus up to $10,000 or added in savings. The able net outlay for new owners accordingly about starts in the low $40,000s, or alike aerial $30,000s in a few places.
Now, booty a attending at any of the big acclimated car websites in the US and you will apprehension that acclimated Tesla Model 3 Continued Ambit cars are affairs at prices about in the arena of $52,000–56,000. That's about $10,000 (or more) over what the car amount the aboriginal buyer to buy new. Go see for yourself appropriate now if you don't acquire me. Attending actuality or actuality or here.
Even in cases area the aboriginal buyer spent added on upgraded wheels, paint, and Autopilot options, the acclimated amount is still at a exceptional of bags of dollars over what the car amount the owner, aback demography incentives into account. If we say the boilerplate amount bang is $10,000, afresh that's an able amount access of 25% over the antecedent ~$40,000 net outlay.
This seems crazy. We are acclimated to a arrangement of banal cars depreciating in amount over time by 15–20% or added per year, as they alpha to accrue abrasion and breach and become beneath able and beneath reliable. Abrasion has continued been the greatest amount of affairs on new cars, by far. We are now adorable at aught deprecation, or alike amount increases of 25% or added for the best adorable EVs during the aboriginal year, whilst their deposit ammunition agent (FFV) counterparts lose 20% as anon as they drive off the lot (see the Black Book — Fitch letters for added detail).
On the US boilerplate priced $35,000 car, that agency affairs a FFV will amount you — aloof on first-year abrasion alone — $15,750 added than affairs one of these EVs. Quick takeaway: FFVs are a massive money pit, don't buy a new one unless you acquire money to burn!
The best admired and adorable EVs for the bazaar as a accomplished are those that acquire the best aggregate of amount and practicality. Practicality, aloft accepting a appropriate anatomic design, is mainly bottomward to accepting abundant ambit and/or abundant recharging ability. The Tesla Model 3 is acutely in this category, accepting huge ambit and broadly accessible supercharging, but so are a few added EVs.
The Hyundai Kona, with abundant ambit and ambrosial fast charging, is additionally in aerial address beyond best of Europe (and the Kia Niro, carrying in the abutting brace of months, is additionally in aerial demand). The Hyundai Ioniq, with abstinent ambit but actual fast charging, is seeing actual able address in several markets, and so is the Chevrolet Bolt / Opel Ampera-E, with its abundant ambit and reasonable charging, in abounding European markets. Let's attending at their amount retention.
The Hyundai Kona is already affairs in Norway, Germany, and the Netherlands. Norway and Germany are the bigger markets for absolutely electric cars (BEVs) by aggregate in Europe, with bound crumbling acclimated EV markets and with appropriate numbers of bodies who are no best on the sidelines about EVs but acquire already jumped in. France and the Netherlands are in 3rd and 4th abode for BEV volumes in Europe, but France's volumes are 75% bedeviled by the bounded Renault Zoe and Kangoo ZE (and not yet any acclimated Konas), admitting the Netherlands has a broader mix (and a college per capita acceptance of EVs). The UK comes in 5th by complete BEV volume, afresh with a mix of brands.
In Norway, the Kona EV is affairs acclimated for prices that are 30–33% aloft the new price, alike with bags of kilometers on the odometer. In Germany, acclimated Kona EV prices are about 25% over amount to buy new (taking the €4,000 admission into account). In the Netherlands, the acclimated markup is about 2% to 4% over new. I wasn't able to acquisition a ample sample of acclimated Kona EVs in Europe alfresco of these 3 markets (see end of commodity for my methodology).
The abutting best absorbing EV for amount acknowledgment in Europe may abruptness you, accustomed the abrogating columnist — the Opel Ampera-E (European affinity of the Chevrolet Bolt). The amount bang for acclimated is 10–12% over new in Norway, 15% in Germany, and ambrosial abundant captivation aboriginal amount in all added genitalia of Europe area it is available. It may additionally abruptness you that, alike in the US — already we booty into anniversary incentives (of $7,500 to $10,000) that finer abate the new amount — the Bolt is additionally captivation amount afterwards a year of use, or alike hardly affectionate in price.
The Hyundai Ioniq EV is a awful able EV with bashful ambit (124 afar EPA accumulated rating) but acutely fast charging (around 18 annual 10–80% on optimal charging stalls). These qualities are broadly accustomed in Norway, area 1-year-old acclimated Ioniqs are affairs for 25% aloft their new prices. Alike afterwards 2 years (and abounding bags of kilometers on the odometer), they barter for 18% amount access over new. In Germany the amount increases by a added bashful 15% over the aboriginal year. In the US, the Ioniq EV is additionally captivation amount well, or in some cases hardly affectionate in amount acclimated over new. In the Netherlands and UK, the Ioniq's acclimated prices do abate over new, but actual gently, with 16% over 2 years, area a FFV agnate would be in the ambit of 30–40% abrasion at best.
The best adorable affordable EVs are in abundant college address than accumulation in best markets. The aerial address is mostly due to rapidly accretion numbers of bodies communicable on to their huge bread-and-butter benefits, including abbreviation ammunition costs by 50% to 90% or added (see this example), acid aliment costs in half, and accepting bigger all-embracing reliability.
Then add in all the added EV empiric advantages (smooth, quiet, relaxing, responsive, burning acceleration, … etc). The aboriginal bearing of bashful ambit affordable EVs acquire had a able aboriginal adopter appeal, and are ideal for burghal and burghal uses, and for archetypal commutes. However, their bazaar was mostly bound to 2-car (or more) households or owners not defective to accomplish best journeys, or able to booty common break on such journeys. This alcove address has fabricated the admeasurement of their bazaar somewhat limited, although aural this niche, their banking advantages over FFVs are bright to all of their owners.
The EVs we advised aloft are already able to serve as the alone car you need, and — in markets area fast charging basement is bound acceptable boundless — able to absolutely alter the functionality of FFVs. They are additionally analytic affordable, appropriately ambrosial to a ample allocation of the car affairs population. They acquire all of the EV active amount accumulation and achievement advantages that are able-bodied established, but with none of the ambit compromises of the aboriginal generation. Address is accordingly off the charts.
The aftermost actual questions about fast charging on best drives are now in the action of actuality apparent in abounding areas of Europe and North America, authoritative alike complete EVs added able as time goes on. Tesla has already abundantly bound the charging catechism in abundant of Europe and the US via the Supercharger network, and non-Tesla networks (though not as abutting up) are bound affective appear acceptable applied (e.g., northwest Europe, see abundant charger maps at goingelectric.de).
Map of 45 kW CCS charger body in north-west Europe. Aggregate makers announce about area advice alone (see aloft articulation for abundant maps).
For these reasons, EV address is starting to booty off in earnest, abnormally for affordable and all-embracing (200 mile) models. The Ioniq EV joins this accumulation because it makes up for its added bashful ambit with outstanding charging speeds, and the accustomed advance in charging networks is appropriately allowance the Ioniq added so than added modest-range EVs. Address is far outstripping accumulation in about every bazaar in which these EVs are available. It will be the aforementioned for the accessible accustomed ambit Tesla Model 3, for the Kia Niro EV, and afterwards for the next-gen Nissan Leaf (no absolution date, acceptable backward 2019). What happens aback address outstrips supply? Prices go up.
More and added regions and cities are akin FFVs through college usage/access fees, college anniversary alley taxes, or complete bans on earlier FFVs. This is a affective wall, so alike new FFVs today will be falling abhorrent of these abbreviating targets in a few years time, and there will be no blow on this trend, aback EVs acquire now absolutely accurate that FFVs' baleful abuse and climate-destroying emissions cannot artlessly be accustomed as a all-important evil. This agency that EVs are alone activity to be in anytime college address as time goes on (as FFVs acquaintance bans and crumbling demand).
What's accident on the accumulation side? As added association bolt on to EVs, abnormally these absolutely fledged all-rounders, the admeasurement of the car affairs accessible ambitious EVs is bound growing. It is activity to abound abundant faster than the accumulation over the abutting 3 to 4 years at least. Aback we attending at manufacturers' assembly plans, it will be several years (2022–2025) until the big players alpha authoritative annihilation abutting cogent volumes of EVs.
Growth of EVs worldwide, see EV-volumes.com for more.
By the time EVs acquire accomplished 5% of sales in best markets, the majority of car owners will become added acquainted of their amount hypothesis and address will alone abide to added rapidly increase. On the aura end of the achievement car market, EVs are already outperforming FFVs (e.g., the Tesla Model S P100D), and this arrangement will advance over the abutting brace of years (Tesla Roadster, Rimac C_Two, and others). Motorsports are now bound switching to EV.
Awareness is accretion everywhere (similar to how smartphones acquaintance bound went advanced aural 3 or 4 years of their aboriginal appearance), alike afore anybody can allow one, or get authority of one. Already acquaintance goes wide, the capital disciplinarian of address from the accumulation bazaar will be the banking advantages, not so abundant the glamour.
This advanced address vs. accumulation gap – and the aerial believability and affirmed years and years of accumulation — beggarly that these EVs will (at every amount point of the new and acclimated markets) acquire college address than supply. They will appropriately abide to command almost aerial balance ethics compared to their peers, alike as the associate accumulation ages.
At the aforementioned time, FFV balance ethics will bead alike added rapidly than they acquire historically. Acclimated car lots will be abounding of FFVs as aloft owners acquire alone them for a far bigger and all-embracing abundant beneath big-ticket EV alternative.
Think of how earlier blur cameras, additionally accepting aerial "running costs," accumulated up in acclimated camera shops throughout the 2000s as anybody switched to digital. As time goes on and the aloft technology achieves accumulation bazaar mindshare, the antecedent tech bound comes to be apparent as obsolete, afar from the odd, admired collector's piece. Alone homesickness and a attenuated fan abject will save a tiny cardinal of the old timers from junk/scrap valuation.
As time goes on, because of this abrasion gap, EVs will save owners accretion amounts of money (thousands or tens of bags of dollars) over FFVs. Let's cast that and artlessly say that new FFVs amount their owners huge amounts of money in allegory to these EVs. This is alone activity to get worse with time.
There is no way aback up the glace (greasy) abrasion abruptness for FFVs already a acceptable cardinal of association recognise the assured amount cogwheel compared to EVs (which is already starting in ardent as I acquire accurate above). The cogwheel is founded on the years of inherently lower active costs and college believability of EVs, forth with all their added aloft qualities.
To accommodated abbreviating emissions tests, the new amount of FFVs (and their amount to advance and repair) is accepting added big-ticket with time. We covered the abuse catechism a brace of years ago, afore affordable and all-rounder EVs were available, and the confusing dynamics are now starting to bang in earnestly. I've already warned all the association I apperceive about this, and so amuse accede this a heads-up to you and those you affliction about. Pay it advanced to those you know. It's anon activity to become a chase for the EV lifeboats as we attestant the FFV address sinking.
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Sharon's litigation and trial practice focuses on the defense of private and public entities in a wide array of professional liability and employment law matters, education law matters, medical liability, complex general liability, and class action matters brought in federal and state courts, state agencies, labor boards, and educational agencies.
She handles alleged wrongful termination actions that include 1983 and First, Fourth, and Fourteenth Amendment claims in federal suits filed in the Middle and Eastern Districts of Pennsylvania. Sharon defends a wide variety of matters including those brought under the Pennsylvania Whistleblower Law and related claims brought in state law actions filed in county courts. Sharon has also defended individual, collective, and class actions brought under the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Pennsylvania Wage Payment and Collection Law, as well as the Fair Debt Collection Practice Act, the Pennsylvania Consumer Protection Law, and related claims.
Sharon's agency practice involves actions brought to the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Pennsylvania Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights, and special education matters brought in the Pennsylvania Special Education Office for Dispute Resolution.
The employment matters that Sharon handles, typically involve claims brought in alleged unlawful discrimination and retaliation matters involving Title VII actions, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Rehabilitation Act, and other similar federal statutes. Sharon also defends school districts in due process matters brought under the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act and related federal and state statutes where a free appropriate public education (FAPE) is typically disputed or related educational services are challenged relating to both gifted and disabled students.
Sharon's practice also involves the defense of matters brought to arbitration under the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Act and further provides defense litigation support to public entity solicitors as requested in matters ranging from education issues to employment matters.
Sharon's professional liability practice involves the defense of realtors, insurance agents and brokers, residential and commercial real estate appraisers, and other licensed professionals, including health care professionals, brought in negligence actions in federal and/or state court, and licensing matters brought before the Bureau of Occupational and Professional Affairs. In addition, she has experience in handling construction litigation matters.
Sharon provides defense litigation services to all of her clients who range from self-insured corporations to private and public entities insured under errors & omissions, directors & officers, professional liability and employment liability practices insurance policies.
In 1990 Sharon graduated from Kings' College, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and achieved a juris doctor from Widener University School of Law, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in May 1996. Sharon joined Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin in August 1996. She was elected shareholder in 2004.
Sharon has published several articles, some of which have appeared in Pittsburgh Legal Journal and the Pennsylvania Bar Association Quarterly. She also speaks to various organizations on employment, education, and professional liability litigation issues.
Defense Verdict: Alleged racial discrimination case brought by a former African American seventh grade mathematics teacher for a suburban Philadelphia school district, who, although tenured, was informed by his union president that he could be terminated after two unsatisfactory performance evaluations. Having already received one, and with one likely on the way, he chose to resign. Three months thereafter he read his own name in the local newspaper amongst various racial slurs that had been exchanged between the former superintendent of the school district and its athletic director. A jury found that his separation from his employment was not based upon his race.
Defense verdict in favor of public school, administrators and professional staff alleged to have violated civil rights of freedom of speech, written expression and religious expression of students by disciplining them, up to and including expulsion, for protesting a dress code policy.
Directed verdict in favor of a public school board sued by a former member, represented by ACLU attorneys, on a theory of a First Amendment violation of free speech, among other claims, which were voluntarily abandoned prior to trial.
Defense verdict by a federal jury in favor of a local college in an alleged unlawful retaliation claim where all alleged Title VII race discrimination claims were voluntarily abandoned on the eve of trial.
Defense verdict by a county jury in favor of a credit collection agency alleged to have unlawfully withheld salary and commission to a former executive.
Defense verdict on ten separate counts of alleged unlawful gender discrimination by a federal jury in a three-week trial.
Defense verdict by county jury in favor of a medical professional by a former patient who alleged negligence in performing bilateral reduction mammoaplasties.
Summary judgment in a professional negligence action brought against a psychologist alleged to have breached the standard of care when she dated and married the husband of a client within two years of providing the last client service.
Summary judgment on various claims, including 42 U.S.C. 1983, brought in a complex federal court action under the Americans with Disabilities Act against a county District Attorney and his professional staff in which exemplary and significant compensatory damages were sought, resulting in an overall satisfactory outcome.
Summary judgment for a defendant general practice physician who provided medical care to a prison inmate who alleged First, Fourth, Fifth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendment violations against the facility and its medical staff.
Summary judgment on behalf of a defendant breast surgeon alleged to have breached the standard of care in performing and following bilateral TRAM flap reconstruction procedures following bilateral mastectomies.
Summary judgment for employer of supervisor-employee who sent text-message with racial epithets to subordinate of color in demonstrating that internal investigation and corrective measures were sufficient to eradicate perception of a racially hostile work environment.
Mediation resulting in a $250,000 settlement in a professional liability action against an architect alleged to have breached the standard of care where over $1 million in damages were sought for the repair and reconstruction of a commercial property.
Mediation resulting in a $50,000 settlement in an action against an acute care facility and anesthesiologist involving alleged wrongful termination of a nurse anesthetist whose wage loss claim alone was $250,000.
Mediation resulting in a settlement under six figures in an alleged race discrimination and unlawful retaliation claim brought by a former assistant superintendent of a school district in which the claimed damages, including attorneys fees, exceeded $1 million.


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La stazione di Birkenstraße è una stazione della metropolitana di Berlino, sulla linea U9.

Storia
La stazione di Birkenstraße venne aperta all'esercizio il 28 agosto 1961, come parte della nuova linea G (oggi U9).

Strutture e impianti
L'impianto, identificato dal codice "Bi", dista  dalla stazione precedente (Westhafen) e  da quella successiva (Turmstraße).

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Stazioni della linea U9 della metropolitana di Berlino

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The German Bundestag has suggested the establishment of joint institutes of the Helmholtz Association with universities in such federal states where the Helmholtz Association is not present so far. This is intended to consolidate the close cooperation of non-university research institutions and universities.
Such an institute should be founded in 2009 jointly by the GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz: The Helmholtz Institute for Structure, Symmetry and Stability of Matter and Antimatter, Mainz.
December 1, 2008: Call for ideas for the foundation of an Helmholtz Institute in the state of Rhineland Palatinate by the Helmholtz association.
December 23, 2008: Submission of a two page draft proposal to found a Helmholtz Institute Mainz: Structure, Symmetry and Stability of Matter and Antimatter.
March 13, 2009: Submission of a hundred page proposal to found a Helmholtz Institute Mainz: Structure, Symmetry and Stability of Matter and Antimatter.
April 16, 2009: Signature of the cooperation contract between GSI and JGU Mainz on the operation of a Helmholtz Institute Mainz: Structure, Symmetry and Stability of Matter and Antimatter.
April 26 - 28, 2009: Evaluation of the proposal to found and Helmholtz Institute Mainz: "Proposal excellent in all aspects. Program aligned with Strategy of GSI, FAIR and JGU Mainz".
April 28 - June 02, 2009: Development and negotiation of a Memorandum of Understanding ("Eckpunktepapier") of important cornerstones of HIM, based on questions during evaluation and based on the evaluation report.
June 5, 2009: Evaluation report passes Helmholtz Senate with strong recommendation to found the Helmholtz Institute Mainz.
June 6, 2009: Foundation of the Helmholtz Institute Mainz by the signature of the Memorandum of Understanding by federal undersecretary of state, Storm, state research minister, D. Ahnen, GSI scientific director Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. H. Stöcker, Mainz university president Prof. Dr. G. Krausch, and President of the Helmholtz Association Prof. Dr. J. Mlynek.
October 15, 2009: Official notification from federal and state ministry on funding, full support by GSI and JGU Mainz.
November 21, 2009: Approval of the HIM budget plan by the GSI board of directors.


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Q: Necessary Condition for Prime Ideal in Commutative Ring
If $P$ is an ideal in a ring $R$ such that $P \neq R$ and (1) for all $a,b \in R$ with $ab \in P$ implies $a \in P$ or $b \in P$, then $P$ is prime. Conversely if $P$ is prime and R is commutative, then P satisfies condition (1)

The forward implication was easy to prove. However, I am having trouble with the converse, and Hungerford's explanation doesn't seem to be helping. Here is a quote:

"If $R$ is commutative, this implies that $(a)(b) \subseteq (ab)$, whence $(a)(b) \subseteq P$. If $P$ is prime, then either $(a) \subseteq P$ or $(b) \subseteq P$, whence $a \in P$ or $b \in P$.

Note that $(a) = \{ra + na \mid r \in R, n \in \Bbb{Z} \}$  is the ideal generated by $a$. So I agree that $(a)(b) \subseteq (ab)$, and therefore $(a)(b) \subseteq P$. I also agree that this implies $(a) \subseteq P$ or $(b) \subseteq P$, since $P$ is a prime ideal and $(a)$ and $(b)$ are ideals. But I don't see how we can conclude from this that either $a \in P$ or $b \in P$. Specifically, I don't see how $a \in (a)$ and $b \in (b)$ can be true if $R$ isn't assumed to be unital.

A: Since (a) is the ideal generated by a, then a∈(a) by definition, because (a) is the intersection of all ideals containing a.

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Foster rabbits are saved through a mix of luck, love, and hard work. Here are stories of special rescues from 2015. Each rabbit touches our hearts.
Please donate to help us save rabbits in 2016. Every bit helps!
Bouncer was rescued outside with three other rabbits. Thankfully, she did not have warbles, but she did surprise us with two babies, Panda Bear and Popcorn, who are still up for adoption!
Gloria is a sanctuary rabbit since she only has one working leg. Our sanctuary program gives rabbits like Gloria a loving home and the medical care they need.
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Data used in the report may be filtered by various criteria. The criteria may be set for the report by the developer ( non-Ask parameters) or may be supplied by the user when the report is executed ( Ask parameters).
To create a filter parameter, click on the Add a Parameter button to display the Parameter Details dialog.
where label represents a column name, compared to represents a comparison operator, and value represents a threshold.
These operators are only available for data of type String or Text.
The operators available are dependent upon the column's data type. For example, a numeric data type would not include operators such as true/false.
From the Column drop-down menu, select the desired column.
From the Operator drop-down menu, select the desired comparison operator.
From the Value type drop-down menu, select either Specific Value or Pre-defined Date.
Specify a threshold value(s) in the Value field. Click the icon to view a list of valid values from the database and then populate the Value field from the value(s) selected.
Click OK to add the parameter to the report.
Click the icon adjacent to any parameter to delete that parameter from the report. Click the icon to modify a parameter.
Add more parameters by clicking the Add a Parameter button and repeating the steps above.
If the 'In list' or 'Not in list' operator is selected, then more than one value may be specified. If manually typing in each value, then follow each entry by the [ENTER] key.
If the main data column is of date type, an additional choice of values called Pre-defined Date. Pre-defined dates are dates in the form of a token, such as Today, This Year End, Last Fiscal Quarter Start, etc. Pre-defined dates get evaluated at the time the report runs. If the pre-defined date token is evaluated to a column containing time, then no records will be returned at runtime.
If the value is a number, the Value field must contain a valid number to build the report. If the 'In cascading list' or 'Not in cascading list' operator is selected, then a user must choose a cascading filter and as a result do not have the option to specify a value. See the 'Running Reports' chapter for more information about cascading filters.
The Filter functionality does not support conditions against data types of type Time. Date/Time data types are supported but their time portion will be ignored.
Specifying a Session Parameter as a value in report parameters is permissible. There are implications related to scheduling and archiving. In addition, modification of the session parameter after the report is built may break the report which may break schedules. Subscribed users may be automatically notified when a schedule is broken .
Hint: When adding multiple parameters, a logical operator (And or Or) becomes available for selection at the beginning of the next parameter. Use this operator to set the cumulative conditions for the parameters.
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This week's episode begins with a conversation about healthy church growth and the need for individuals to personally connect with others outside of church on the weekends. As the discussion continues, Pastor Matt emphasizes the need for us to lay aside our expectations of what church should be, and embrace the way in which the Holy Spirit is moving to bring people into a real relationship with Jesus. The episode continues as Pastor Matt answers questions about making accurate Biblical assumptions concerning the afterlife and Jesus' teaching in Matthew 18.18 about the authority of the church regarding the discipline of relational sin. He also provides the reason God used circumcision in the Old Testament to identify the Israelites as God's chosen people and how that identification relates to us today. This topic initiates a discussion about whether or not non-sexual homosexual relationships are permissible and if remarrying after divorce is a sin. As the episode transitions to debriefing Pastor Matt's message, What We Do, he points out the enormous significance of the humility of Jesus as he washed his disciple's feet, a feat that makes him different from any other religious leader throughout history. The conversation about this act closes out the episode as Pastor Matt, Justin, and Stephanie discuss how we can know if what we are doing to honor Jesus is in fact, honoring Jesus.


A lot of jazz about VOA (updated).
"John Birks 'Dizzy' Gillespie was already internationally famous (in) 1956, primarily due to his exposure on Voice of America. In 1955, VOA launched its "Jazz Hour," hosted by Willis Conover, which quickly grew into the station's most popular [sic] program, enjoyed by tens of millions of listeners in eighty countries, six nights a week." USC Center on Public Diplomacy, 15 October 2006. "Asha Puthli was born and raised in Bombay. With a strong grounding in Indian classical music, she stepped forward to European opera. She learnt about Ella Fitzgerald and Nat King Cole from 'Voice of America' and about Dusty Springfield and Cliff Richard from Radio Ceylon." The Hindu, 15 October 2006. The John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk "partnership was caught on one amazing live recording by the Voice of America, found recently in the Library of Congress. ... And it is a hoot." Philadelphia Inquirer, 8 October 2006. Television series "Jazz Alley has signed up with Voice of America - a development that means the program is to be broadcast to some 70 countries." Rocky Mountain News, 13 October 2006. Update: "Like most Eastern Europeans of his generation, (trumpeter Tomasz) Stanko encountered jazz through Voice of America broadcasts and State Department tours; the music registered as a soundtrack of freedom partly because it was packaged that way by the United States government." New York Times, 25 October 2006. See previous post about VOA jazz alumnae.


This is an gallery with some of my favorite images from around San Francisco.
One of so many iconic postcard scenes in San Francisco: the view from Alamo Square with the colorful Victorians in the foreground and the skyscrapers of the financial district in the background.
It was a spectacular firework to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge.


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Home » World News » Civil servant nearly dies after drinking five litres of water A DAY
Civil servant nearly dies after drinking five litres of water A DAY
Civil servant, 34, nearly dies after drinking five litres of water A DAY in mistaken belief it could cure Covid symptoms
Luke Williamson, 34, of Bristol, flushed almost all natural sodium from his body
Civil servant believed he was suffering from Covid-19 during the first lockdown
Increased volume of liquid caused water intoxication, leading to him collapsing
He is now on way back to full health and starts work again in the coming months
A civil servant nearly died after drinking five litres of water a day in the mistaken belief that it could cure his coronavirus symptoms.
Luke Williamson, 34, from Patchway, Bristol, flushed almost all the natural sodium from his body by taking on too much fluid, and it nearly proved fatal.
He thought he was suffering from Covid-19 during the first lockdown so began drinking double the recommended daily amount of water.
But the increased volume caused water intoxication, meaning his body's salt levels became dangerously low, leading to a collapse in the bathroom.
While the NHS advises those who test positive for Covid to drink plenty of water to avoid dehydration, this method is not an effective way to help prevent the virus.
Luke Williamson (pictured with his wife Laura), 34, from Patchway, Bristol, flushed almost all the natural sodium from his body by taking on too much fluid – and it nearly proved fatal
Luke believes it was the quick reactions of his wife Laura, 39, that saved his life during the incident at their home.
She talked to him through the bathroom door to keep him conscious until paramedics arrived.
Mr Williamson said: 'If it wasn't for her, I wouldn't be here. She stayed calm and called the ambulance, and sat on the floor with me behind the door.'
Laura added: 'He had been very poorly for a week and advised to drink plenty of fluids.
'He went up to have a bath one night and, the next thing you know, there was a huge bang. He had got out and collapsed.
'The hospital reckon he had a fit. This was down to his salt levels being flushed out by drinking too much water. That's what caused it.
'I went upstairs but couldn't get in [to the bathroom]. I couldn't get a neighbour round either because it was lockdown.
'I called an ambulance. It was 45 minutes [before it arrived]. Luke was completely unresponsive for the last 20 minutes.'
She added: 'I was really worried I had lost him.'
Laura said paramedics arrived and took Luke to Southmead Hospital – where she was told it was touch and go.
Mr Williamson pictured with his wife and their six-year-old daughter, Ava. He is now on his way back to full health and starts work again full-time in the coming months
What is water intoxication?
Water intoxication, also referred to as overhydration, is caused by drinking too much water.
The increased volume can lead to the amount of salt and other electrolytes in your body becoming too diluted.
Early symptoms include nausea and vomiting, headache, confusion and disorientation.
When untreated, more severe symptoms include muscle weakness, spasms or cramps, seizures, unconsciousness and coma.
Increased water intake, when you drink more water than can be removed by the kidneys, and retaining water, when the body cannot get rid of water properly, are the two types of overhydration.
The NHS says: 'In climates such as the UK's, we should drink about 1.2 litres (six to eight glasses) of fluid every day.'
She explained: 'They said they couldn't make me any promises. I couldn't go [in] because of Covid-19 restrictions.
'They said the next 24 hours were critical. He was in the intensive care unit for two to three days – he was on a ventilator.
'The hospital staff were brilliant. They did some tests and corrected his electrolytes. Then he could come home.'
Luke is now on his way back to full health and starts work again full-time in the coming months.
Laura said: 'He still gets tired. He had six months off work, signed off. When he first went back he did four hours, then six hours.
'They have let him go back that way. He usually does 12-hour shifts.'
Doctors have concluded Luke suffered water intoxication and flushed the sodium out of his body, leading to swelling of the brain.
He estimates he had been drinking four to five litres a day. The recommended amount is six to eight glasses.
Luke is now sharing his story as he wants Laura to be recognised for her actions, both at the time and as he got better.
The couple have four children, who needed help with their home-schooling during the lockdowns.
Laura kept this up while also providing mental health support and helping to arrange food parcel donations for struggling families for her job.
She has since left her role as a youth worker and will soon begin working as a teaching assistant in a local school.
Luke, who has nominated his wife in a local 'Covid Heroes' campaign, added: 'She is truly an amazing woman.'
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When I imagine the perfect beach, I picture sunny Italy. There are plenty of options to choose from. Besides the multitude of sandy Mediterranean coves and the glorious sweep of Adriatic beaches you'll see in glossy brochures, there are numerous white and golden beaches along Italy's Ionian coast.
One of my favorites is in the Basilicata region, on the Ionian coast at Lido di Metaponto. Not far from the city of Matera and its extraordinary ancient cave homes, its golden beach stretches for miles. Like all of Italy's deep south, it was once part of Graecia Magna, or Greater Greece, so there are the ruins of an ancient Greek colony waiting to be explored if you tire of the beach.
For the passegiata—the evening stroll traditional here—there's a seafront promenade. The bars and fish restaurants on the promenade are inexpensive and pitched at ordinary Italian families. You'll get a mean spaghetti and fresh clams dinner with a carafe of house wine for around $12 to $15.
Or stop for an ice cream—or gelato as it's called in Italy. After a day at the beach, nothing beats stopping off at a gelateria to indulge. My own favorite flavors are pistachio and nocciola (hazelnut), but freshly-made artisanal ice cream comes in a bewildering variety of choices. Expect to pay from $2.50 to $5.50, depending on location and how hungry you are.
If you want to buy property in Europe, Italy is affordable. One recent listing in Lido di Metaponto was a two-bedroom apartment in a residential complex (with stores and restaurants) with access to a central swimming pool. It offered a veranda and a private roof terrace with views of the surrounding countryside. The listing price was $151,000.
Alternatively, a three-bedroom, detached, holiday house is available for $106,500. It's fully furnished and close to the sea.
Great beaches, affordable property, and the best ice cream: Italy offers you a lot of choice for your retirement dollar.