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Self-Balancing Scooters Ride Better with ST, like the Hublex Gyropod
The Hublex Gyropod is a self-balancing electric scooter for professionals built around ST components to increase its robustness and efficiency. Hence, it serves as a great example of how our entire ecosystem can propel the performance of such vehicle to "higher grounds". Designed by the French company Hublex, its Gyropod assists employees working in vast areas, such as airports, warehouses, malls, etc. As a result, it must be safe, secure, light, and easy to use, regardless of the user's experience level with such a product, or their body size. Hence, the Gyropod can reach 12 km/h, and is 40 cm (1.3 ft) wide, while weighing only 12 kg (26.5 lbs), despite its massive steering rod meant to help riders keep their balance and better control the system.
According to Infiniti Research, the self-balancing scooter market should approximate one billion dollars by 2020. This mode of transportation is increasingly popular with the public, and the emergence of hoverboards heightened its appeal amongst a younger demographic. However, these electric scooters probably have a more significant impact on companies looking to enhance working conditions and improve productivity. The issue is that putting a design together can be extremely challenging. Recent events have shown that an inadequate system can result in explosions, or even vulnerabilities in the firmware, allowing hackers to compromise the entire fleet, as we saw when we delved into securing firmware during the ST Developers Conference 2017. This is why Hublex chose various ST components to tackle these issues head-on!
Optimizing the Heart of the Self-Balancing Scooter
The Gyropod by Hublex
To better deal with the security and efficiency constraints associated with self-balancing scooters, Hublex used an STM32L476RG as its main microcontroller (MCU). Its wide operating voltage range (1.71 V to 3.6 V) implies that it will work with all sorts of batteries, meaning that the same component can fit a multitude of designs. Furthermore, its power consumption of only 120 nA in Standby mode and 30 nA in Shutdown mode leads to a lot of energy savings when idle, which is a common occurrence since the device often just waits for a user to hop on. On top of it, when in use, this STM32L4 offers an average current consumption of only 39 µA/MHz, which led the MCU to reach a score of 220 points in ULPMark, making it one of the most efficient microcontrollers in its category, only to be surpassed by the newly launched STM32L4+.
Another significant advantage offered by the STM32L4 platform is its innate ability to use the CAN protocol. Compatible with the 2.0A and B (active) standards, the MCU's Controller Area Network can reach speeds of up to 1 Mbit/s. This is particularly important for the Gyropod because it means the different components, such as the STM32F0 used in other parts of the design, can communicate with one another without necessarily going through the central processor. Additionally, it simplifies designs by requiring fewer wires between the sensors and their control unit. Ultimately, it offers a swift and efficient way to manage essential functions, which explains why the CAN standard is in every car, and now in self-balancing scooters.
Low Power Can Mean New Possibilities
As we said above, Hublex also uses STM32F0s: two STM32F042C6 to be exact, one for the steering command link, and another for battery management. One of the main advantages of such a component is its ability to offer particular features, like a CAN interface, while giving an outstanding price-performance ratio. The architecture is easy to program, thanks to the use of a Cortex-M0, and it offers enough computing power to perform particular tasks.
For instance, Hublex was able to use it to run its own fuel gauge algorithm to better estimate battery life and offer a more relevant user experience. After all, the Gyropod must do everything it can to ensure it doesn't run out of juice in the middle of a trip, which would defeat its purpose. It must, therefore, alert users early to make sure they recharge their device at the most opportune time.
Beyond the Hardware
The LSM6DSL Accelerometer and Gyroscope
Hublex also decided to use an ST accelerometer and gyroscope, the LSM6DSL. The importance of motion sensing and motion control in a self-balancing scooter is evident, but what is less apparent are the complexities inherent to a device that's prone to massive interferences from the battery and its environment. However, where other lesser competing products might fail, the LSM6DSL thrives in this kind of situation thanks to its resistance to interferences and low-noise mode that provides higher accuracy. This will ensure that the system can offer a smoother ride and more precise adjustments. And all this happens while the sensor consumes only 0.4 mA in normal mode and 0.65 mA in high-performance mode. As a consequence, the board can use smaller and more affordable power supply components.
Finally, the Gyropod makes use of ST's MotionFX library that takes the results from many different sensors and uses fusion algorithms to augment the precision and performance of the final product. The fact that this library, and many others like it, is open, available for free, and well documented, with open source application and example codes, ensures that a company like Hublex can jump-start its development in no time. Being able to rely on ST for such a complex feature means teams can spend more time optimizing other parts of their product to improve it in more ways than one. Ultimately, the Gyropod embodies what makes the ST ecosystem genuinely remarkable: its ability to bring the pieces of a design together to move the final product farther than ever before.
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Central Jakarta Social Sub-dept. has distributed aid for fire victims on Jalan Tanah Tinggi I, RT 01-03, RW 02, Tanah Tinggi Urban Village, Johar Baru. Currently tens of residents are still in shelter.
" We distribute various aid for their temporary needs"
Central Jakarta Social Sub-dept. Head, Susan Budi Susilowati said, her side has distributed aid for fire victims, especially food.
"We distribute various aid for their temporary needs. I hope this can ease their burden," she conveyed, Wednesday (6/27).
Aid her side provided are 150 kilogram of rice, 15 cartons of instant noodles, and 144 food packages. While for shelter, her side provides 55 tarpaulins, 200 sheets of blanket, and 100 mattresses.
"We also provide 32 social packages for children, 18 social packages for elderly, 22 boxes of underwear, 186 elementary school uniforms, 25 junior high uniforms, and 25 senior high uniforms according to urban village request," she said.
There are 50 of 82 fire victim families who are still staying in shelter and Annur Mosque at RW 02. While the others are staying in their neighbor houses or their close relatives.


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A turbulent decade for the post
By Ken Swarner on January 20, 2017
Secretary of the Army Stanley R. Resco welcomes back from Vietnam members of the 9th Infantry Division July 10, 1969. The 9th processed back here in 1969, then returned permanently to Fort Lewis in 1972. U.S. Army photo
Home wasn't much more than a stopover between maneuvers for many 4th Division soldiers during the early 1960s. Division troops were involved in joint exercises with the Navy and Air Force and spent their share of time spitting out sand in the Mojave and Yakima deserts. In 1960 alone, division soldiers were involved in 16 major exercises away from the Evergreen Post.
Following the building of the Berlin Wall in June 1961, President Kennedy ordered a military buildup of Reserve units. Here, the Red Arrow Division, the 32nd from Wisconsin, reported for duty, as did four smaller Guard units from Washington, Utah, South Dakota and California - 19,000 troops in all. They stayed a year.
In 1965, the need for 235,000 more active Army soldiers than the overall troop population the year prior saw the 4th Division expand from five infantry battalions to eight. The unit began receiving basic trainees direct to the unit in a program called "In-Unit Basic Training." By March 1966, 7,000 of these trainees had graduated and remained in the ranks bringing division strength to 15,000.
That population boom, however, pales in comparison to the infantry training center and personnel center established here. Beginning in 1966, at first, Fort Lewis handled only troops headed back and forth to Alaska and Korea, but as the conflict in Vietnam escalated, the center was soon processing 600,000 personnel bound to and from Asia each year. When this center closed in 1972, roughly 2.3 million servicemembers processed through Fort Lewis, half of them to Vietnam.
In June 1966, a basic training center was also opened here with two brigades that grew to three, two months later. This camp schooled 25,000 basic trainees in the first six months. Two hundred drill sergeants were assigned, plus that same year, a drill sergeant school was opened, graduating 350 to 400 drill sergeants annually.
Finally, during this period, Fort Lewis also opened an advanced infantry training school on North Fort, graduating 1,900 men a week.
Rumors that the 4th Division would leave for Vietnam were true - the 2nd Brigade was airlifted to Vietnam in August 1966. A month later, the 4th's other two brigades were gone, too. The 4th Division never returned to Fort Lewis.
Early 1968 brought the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) closer to the Evergreen Post. Participating in a program called Reforger, the post accepted specific units which had stored their equipment and weapons in Europe. Had a conflict arose in Europe, the plan was for those units to deploy quickly. In total, 6,000 Reforger troops stayed here from the 212th Artillery Group and the 3rd Armor Cavalry. That same year, Madigan received the 62nd Medical Group which is still here today as the 62nd Medical Brigade.
McChord
In 1963, the 62nd Wing (Heavy) was responsible for the transport of nuclear weapons and equipment worldwide until early 1971.
In 1968, McChord AFB was relieved of its assignment from the renamed Aerospace Defense Command and was reassigned to Military Airlift Command (MAC) as one of three MAC bases in the western United States operating the C-141A Starlifter, which was piloted by the 8th Military Airlift Squadron.
(The U.S. Air Force contributed to this report)
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The latest estimates indicate that 8300 million metric tons (Mt) of plastics have been produced to date. As of 2015, approximately 6300 Mt of plastic waste had been generated. Despite the efforts of the last 40 years, only 9% of this material is getting recycled. The environmental impact of plastic pollution is wreaking havoc and if smarter decisions are not made regarding how this material is being managed the effects will certainly be catastrophic for the entire ecosystem.
We have a plastic pollution problem, not a plastic sourcing problem. It begins in design, not disposal. Whether the resin is petroleum based or bio-based, if that complex molecule that's been created does not perform in accordance with the common method in which this waste is effectively and customarily managed, especially when the returns contribute to lowering CO2, increasing clean energy recovery and eliminating plastic waste as an environmental pollutant, then the sincerity of the entire sustainability platform should be questioned.
The vast majority of this plastic pollution is coming from FMCG companies that rely on single-use/non-recyclable packaging to deliver goods. The packaging provides unparalleled performance and value in achieving this purpose. However, the post-consumer repercussions are disastrous. Consumers are being used as scapegoats, blamed for low recycling rates and even buying the product in the first place, but most consumers are dutifully ensuring this material is in fact being sent to a managed waste environment. But sustainability professionals within FMCG companies fail to recognize and capitalize on this asset that sits under their proverbial noses.
This problem must be viewed through a different lens and nothing is more critical in accomplishing this then getting a handle on how today's waste is actually managed and the intrinsic value propositions that exist in complying with these infrastructures.
This entry was posted in Biodegradation, Environmental News, Product Innovation, Testing and Data, Thought Provoking and tagged biodegradable plastics, sustainability on August 1, 2017 by paul.wightman.
By 2050, it's estimated there will be more plastic waste in the ocean [by weight] than fish. Perhaps, we should start listening to Mr. Fish.
At the 2017 Waste Management Executive Sustainability Forum a message was delivered by Mr. Jim Fish, CEO of Waste Management (WM), echoing his predecessor, Mr. David Steiner. "The goal is to maximize resource value while minimizing and even eliminating environmental impact, so both our economy and our environment can thrive." In 2016 Mr. Steiner told the National Recycling Conference in New Orleans that coupling landfill gas-to-energy with recycling would provide the "biggest bang for the buck environmentally." Mr. Fish concurs, specifically points out that WM's day-to-day operational technology continues to evolve and it will play an even larger role moving forward, both on the collection and disposal sides of WM's business. And as Mr. Steiner indicated last year, what's most exciting to Mr. Fish continues to be what's happening with the materials that cannot be recycled or composted. "Today, environmentally safe landfills play an important role for materials that don't have viable end markets." Why is this? Because today's modern landfills continue to clear all the hurdles, they work, they're scalable, they're economical and there are policies and regulations in place to support and encourage the developments of next generation alternatives in this space. In short, these facilities are pumping-out clean, inexpensive, renewable energy like no other option!
This is where achieving true Circularity comes into play and it's what most technologies are striving for when it comes to last/best option in handling waste – Energy Recovery. WM spends a great deal of time and expense exploring best possible options. However, one of the major pillars of WM's strategy is adhering to the price discipline that is Mr. Steiner's legacy. "In a business where there is no price elasticity in demand, we must stay dedicated to that discipline" and with the current low energy prices, "nothing can compete with the low landfill pricing." According to Mr. Fish, other options have cost-structures that are at least 3-10 times the cost of landfill air space.
WM remains dedicated to a "sustainable" recycling business. As they should, not only are they the biggest landfill company in North America, they're also North America's biggest recycler – by an even wider margin. In fact, it's one of WM highest returns on invested capital, a business they want to ensure survives and thrives in the future. But Mr. Fish points out that we are in unchartered waters, the changes in products and packaging that are coming into our homes are significantly different and so are the recyclables going out, considerably increasing contamination rates and reducing value. This has led WM to take a hard look at what recycling means in term of environmental benefits.
Mr. Fish goes on to explain that when it comes to the management of organic waste (including packaging) the first priority is in trying to reduce the amount of material from making it this far down the value chain – of course. However, when this waste is collected for recovery (including non-recycled plastics, even the ones that say "recycla-bull") it becomes feedstock for a process and a new product, either compost or an energy product. Anything not designed to comply with either option reduces the quality of this feedstock driving-up cost and threatening the entire process.
Mr. Fish went on to highlight the importance of managing food waste. The main objective here is to reduce food waste and fortunately plastic packaging plays a critical role in preserving our food. Plastic packaging is not food and it should not be expected to perform like food, which would defeat the purpose. Nor should this material be comingled with food waste disposal, elevating the risk of more waste-stream contamination. Besides, industrial composting standards (ASTM D6400) require 90% conversion to gas in 180 days, leaving no nutrient value and losing any ability to capture the gas. In my opinion, compostable standards for packaging, although well-intentioned, simply overshoot any return value. To jeopardize the entire supply chain with inadequate product performance and stability for the least common means of disposal doesn't make much sense to me. Instead, more focus should be on the primary means of disposal (anaerobic) and the proven asset that this environment offers, the recovery of clean renewable energy.
The data provides a clear pathway to achieving our environmental goals. Packaging should have the highest value and minimize environmental impacts in its most common discard method– without compromising the package quality. For the vast majority of packaging this does not equate to recycling, instead the environmental and economical winner is conversion to energy in modern, environmentally safe landfills. This shift in creating science and data driven solutions, rather than basing actions on perception or environmental folklore, is vital in reaching WM's goal to process this material to its highest worth, maximizing the resource value and eliminate the environmental impacts of packaging in a way that's both good for the economy and our planet. Although this message seemed to completely elude the panel of experts that followed, discussing the conundrums of complex packaging, I hope others will begin to take Mr. Fish's advice before we're all swimming in it.
This entry was posted in Biodegradation, Plastic news, Product Innovation, Testing and Data, Thought Provoking, Uncategorized and tagged biodegradable plastic, clean energy, converting landfill gas to clean energy, environmentally-friendly, packaging, sustainability on February 6, 2017 by paul.wightman.
The Top 10 and Not a 1?
This diagram represents the top ten producers of plastic packaging. The vast majority of the plastic applications that are produced by these brands become waste. All the film packaging, pouches, diapers, detergents, hygiene products, wrappers, coffee bags, food containers and much more, that's produced by these 10 companies accounts for an astonishing amount of the plastic waste that is certainly not being reused or recycled in any meaningful way.
We hear a lot that environmental pollution is a consumer problem. We get told how to prepare our waste for recycling. "Put this here and put that there. No! Not that, this. Well, sometimes that, but probably not. Maybe, use water and wash it out. No wait – water..? Take it here or actually take it someplace over there. Otherwise, it may need to be shipped somewhere..?" And when you stop to take a look at the results of all this effort, you're left wondering, are you kidding me, is all this even environmental? Enough already!
News Flash: In the last 50 years, we've invested heavily in how we manage waste and the infrastructures we utilize. They're very impressive works of innovation and they're regulated for environmental efficiency at the highest level. In fact, today 85% of all U.S. municipal solid waste ends-up in an environment that converts biogas into clean energy, generating a valuable alternative resource for our growing energy needs. Some of these companies are actually using the same means to power their own manufacturing facilities! Yet, accountability for this aspect in packaging design is scarce. How is this being overlooked?
We're now dealing with decades of plastic waste that's been left in our environment; we see the devastating repercussions and the projected damage it will cause. Plastic production has surged to 311 million tons and is expected to double in 20 years. Currently, plastic packaging accounts for nearly a third of the total volume of plastics used, and unlikely to be recycled. By ignoring the single most common disposal method of this material, valuable energy is being wasted and continues to compound the environmental problem.
If these 10 companies took one simple step to ensure packaging design for disposal compliance, the impact would provide tremendous and measurable value, for company and community. Getting plastics out of our environment and into the grid falls on the shoulders of producers not consumers.
Ensuring energy recovery should be paramount in packaging design, it's the only opportunity to recoup value and it should be the top consideration in packaging sustainability initiatives. It's the missing link to creating circularity; it's recycling at its highest peak. With an immediate 85% capture rate at the fingertips of corporate sustainability leaders, what are you waiting for?
This entry was posted in Biodegradation, Environmental News, Plastic news, Recycling and tagged biodegradable additives, clean energy, ENSO Plastics, environment, landfill gas to energy, sustainability on September 1, 2016 by paul.wightman.
Sustainability is a driving factor for many companies, however understanding how to measure and achieve sustainability has proven to be extremely complex. In 1994 John Elkington coined the phrase "people, planet, profit" at SustainAbility. This concept of the triple bottom line is now found in nearly all discussions of corporate sustainability. And while the newly commissioned sustainability executive will proudly tout their implementation of "people, planet, profit; I can't help but feel they are missing the real solution.
The triple bottom line follows the belief that a business should account for and take inventory of environmental impacts and social impacts while maximizing financial gains. Inherently there is a constant struggle to justify the financial costs of environmentally sustainable solutions, and improving the community comes at a price as well. Inevitably all sustainability managers find themselves with ideas and solutions to improve people and planet, but without justification to implement these solutions because of the impact on profit.
The problem is that we need a fundamental shift in the understanding of the purpose of business and what "people, planet, profit" really means. Only then can these three aspects work together seamlessly.
Some believe the purpose of business is to make money – profit. The butcher makes money selling meat, the chef makes money cooking meals and the builder makes money buying houses. While each of these businesses could make a profit, this is not the purpose of business. If consumers don't want meat, cooked meals or new homes, those businesses will never survive. The only way a business remains is if it provides a value to the community.
Obviously these are simplistic examples, but the overall perspective is the same. The purpose of business is to provide value. Value to the people, value to the planet.
Profit on the other hand is not a value provided. Profit is what you get in exchange.
The profit is an inherent result of providing value to the people, value to the planet. In a sustainable business, profit should never exceed value, nor should it be less.
Perhaps the solution to the bottom line is simply creating a balance between the value you provide to people and planet, and the value you receive in return as profit?
This entry was posted in Thought Provoking and tagged sustainability, triple bottom line on August 25, 2016 by Teresa Clark.
There's about 78 million tons of plastic waste produced each year that is non-recyclable, non-reusable, already light-weighted and unavoidable. The next feasible option we have to "cycle" this material at its highest level possible is in energy recovery. Fortunately, the vast majority of this material is already entering a waste-to-energy facility and there's no need for infrastructure or behavioral changes. For this to happen, these applications simply need to be designed conducive for anaerobic environments.
The recovery of Landfill Gas-to-Energy provides predictable results and a better value proposition for single-cycle applications than any other disposal method we have available today. As we embark on creating a "Circular Economy" we need to harness the resources available to us. The idea is to recoup, or recover, the greatest value possible within a products life-cycle, including disposal. Plastics cannot be recycled perpetually, it is not an end-of-life solution. In order to get plastics out of the environment and into the grid, it falls on producers, the brands and manufactures, to ensure its applications are designed to comply with this disposal method.
A collaborative approach is vital, yet there are still some companies, even ones who've pledged their commitment to creating a circular economy, that scoff at the idea. Unwilling to design for disposal and dismissing the returns of alternative energy, they stay committed to a recurrent single strategy for nearly half a century. Is it because consumers won't understand? I doubt that, but using consumer comprehension as a litmus test in harnessing innovation may not be the best idea. Besides, as a consumer myself, I'd prefer an honest approach that provides intrinsic benefits, and less of my own involvement, to being misled that anything's really being done at all.
This entry was posted in Biodegradation, Environmental News, Good Causes, Thought Provoking and tagged Alternative Energy, benefiting from landfill gases., biodegradable, biodegradable additives, biodegradable plastics, sustainability on April 28, 2016 by paul.wightman.
Let's look at the issue of plastic waste and how we can use the circular economic model to resolve some of the problems that we face, that's ultimately spilling into our environment. Some 300 million tons of plastic is manufactured globally each year and "plastic packaging" accounts for about 78 million tons of it. That's 172 billion pounds of non-reusable, non-recyclable and unequivocally unaccounted for plastic waste. This includes items such as flexible packaging, films, foamed material, small items, contaminated material, complex/multi-layer applications and anything colored, where recycling and reusability are practically non-existent. These are single use, single cycle, applications. Also, there's unanimous agreement that the vast majority of all these applications are destined for a landfill. And these are not the demonized landfills from days gone by; I'm talking about today's modern landfills that are now energy generating power plants.
This discussion is not for the consumer, this is for the difference makers, the sustainability managers, the leaders that can make a difference. They're the companies that, according to Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), are to be held accountable for the post-consumer aspect of its products and packaging. I'm talking about companies like Kraft, Coca-Cola, Nestle, PepsiCo, P&G, General Mills, Johnson & Johnson, Kellogg, Mars, Unilever and all the brands under them.
We all know, or the data tells us, that this is the single most common disposal method of all this material. It should also be known that waste-to-energy has proven to be one of our greatest resources for alternative energy. Whether it's an anaerobic digester, a bioreactor or today's modern landfills, most plastic packaging is ultimately ending-up in a unique anaerobic environment that is controlling and converting biogas into clean energy. Some of these companies utilize the energy from landfills, yet they haven't put the pieces together to figure out that the very trash that their products produce could be the feedstock for the alternative energy resource they're already harnessing. Too often, the end-of-life aspect is ignored or swept under the rug with theoretical contemplations about disposal methods that simply don't exist and senseless confusion.
Yet, nearly all 50 states include landfill gas-to-energy as part of their green energy portfolios. It's recognized by the United Nations, the EPA, as well as dozens of Fortune 500 companies and government organizations that all utilize energy from landfills. However, the dots just aren't being connected. I recently asked the Director of Sustainability for one of these 10 companies about this topic and they honestly said that they've never heard of such a thing and can't imagine that we'll ever get our energy from slowly decomposing waste. Yet, three years ago this same company won top honors by the EPA as one of the largest on-site green power generators because of its use of Landfill Gas-to-Energy (LGE) to power its manufacturing facilities! Seriously, why the disconnect between what companies are doing and what companies should and could be doing to think more circular? Imagine if you will, this same company implementing landfill biodegradable packaging and then using the energy from landfill gas. This is true circular economy thinking, especially when energy needs will increase 50% in the next couple decades. Without requiring any change to the infrastructures in place today and without modifying consumer behavior, these single use applications can be designed to cycle at a higher level.
I've heard the idea that plastics should be made NOT to biodegrade in a landfill because one day we might want to mine for this material. This is completely asinine and assumes that we'll have a need to mine for this material within the next couple hundred years. The reason being, plastic will eventually biodegrade, we just won't be able to capture the gases produced if we wait too long. Instead, if these applications were designed to biodegrade within the managed timeframe of these anaerobic environments, for every million pounds of plastic waste that enters a LGE facility, it offers the equivalence of over 422,000 pounds of coal, 52,000 gallons of gasoline and more than 1100 barrels of oil, which is used to power homes and factories, as well as fueling vehicles!
The technology is readily available to make most any polymer application anaerobically biodegradable, or commonly referred to as Landfill Biodegradable. The technology does not change any processing parameters, there's no change in any performance characteristics, and it's not expensive. In fact, for about the price of a Tall Cappuccino, tens of thousands of Starbucks Coffee cups can be designed to biodegrade in a landfill. These multi-layer applications are not being reused or recycled, but they are going to a landfill. So what gives, is it because of the misguided concept that landfills are bad? Perhaps it's time to reevaluate the integral role of this disposal method that rely so heavily on; a lot has changed since the 80's. In fact, you could say that we're now diverting 75% of all MSW away from landfills, because the type of landfills that are being vilified are becoming obsolete – quickly.
A single loop system for handling our plastic waste is impractical, circularity does not mean singularity, there's too much at stake, too much potential, and the infrastructure is already in place so there's no need to implement Cass Sunstein's "nudging" tactics to change consumer behavior. Besides, the fact that none of this material can/will be recycled is not because of consumer behavior, its feasibility and market demand, and it's just not there. A company wanting to take accountability for its packaging needs to answer one candid question: What is the common disposal method of the application? Then, do what can be done to take advantage of this fact and understand the value in having our waste integrate into our waste infrastructures instead of working against it. The facts, the science and all the data, prove that there's an enormous opportunity being overlooked. I believe the circular economic model can work for plastics, but not if it's simply a rebranding of the last 40+ years of rhetoric.
This entry was posted in Biodegradation, Compostable Plastics, Environmental News, Recycling, Thought Provoking, Uncategorized and tagged biodegradable additives, biodegradable plastics, clean energy, earth friendly plastics, ENSO Plastics, innovation, landfill gas to energy, plastic packaging, sustainability, technology on April 18, 2016 by paul.wightman.


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It was nice having this cute lady in Kyoto for the photo session. She used to study Japanese in Australia and had experience homestaying for 3months in Tokyo 7 years ago.
It was a short trip this time, but I'm happy it looks like she had nice time with the photo session!!


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Q: java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError with AppiumFieldDecorator - JAVA, Cucumber, Appium Hey all!
I'm trying to set up an automation project using Cucumber & Appium for Mobile apps (iOS and Android both).
I plan to write the project in JAVA and I use Gradle for implementing the desired dependencies.
So I wrote a small project and for some reason it keeps failing with the following error:
java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError

The exception occurs when I'm calling PageFactory.initElements(new AppiumFieldDecorator(driver), this);
This is how I implemented the page object class:
public class OnboardingPageObjects {

    public OnboardingPageObjects(AppiumDriver driver) {
        PageFactory.initElements(new AppiumFieldDecorator(driver), this);
    }

    @AndroidFindBy(id = "com.bupp.wood_spoon_chef.staging:id/orangeBtnBackground")
    public WebElement getStartedButton;
}

This is the tests class where it fails within the @Before hook:
public class FeedSteps {

    public Capabilities cap;
    public OnboardingPageObjects onboardingPageObjects;

    @Before()
    public void setup() throws MalformedURLException {
        cap = new Capabilities();
        cap.preparation("4723", Platform.ANDROID);
        onboardingPageObjects = new OnboardingPageObjects(cap.getDriver());
    }
    ...
}

This is the class where I initialize the AppiumDriver (currently only AndroidDriver, iOS driver is not in use):
public class Capabilities {

    private AppiumDriver driver = null;
    public DesiredCapabilities capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();

    public void preparation(String port, Platform platform) throws MalformedURLException {
        if (platform == Platform.IOS) {
            capabilities.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.PLATFORM_NAME, "iOS");
            //capabilities.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.UDID, "emulator-5554");
            capabilities.setCapability(IOSMobileCapabilityType.BUNDLE_ID, "");
            capabilities.setCapability("instrumentedApp", true);
            driver = new IOSDriver(new URL("http://localhost:"+port+"/wd/hub"), capabilities);
            driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
        } else {
            capabilities.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.PLATFORM_NAME, "Android");
            capabilities.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.UDID, "emulator-5554");
            capabilities.setCapability(AndroidMobileCapabilityType.APP_PACKAGE, "com.bupp.wood_spoon_chef.staging");
            capabilities.setCapability(AndroidMobileCapabilityType.APP_ACTIVITY, "com.bupp.wood_spoon_chef.presentation.features.splash.SplashActivity");
            driver = new AndroidDriver(new URL("http://localhost:"+port+"/wd/hub"), capabilities);
            driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
        }
    }

    public AppiumDriver getDriver() {
        return driver;
    }

    public void stopDriver() {
        driver.quit();
    }
}

The same code works if I change:

*

*The new AppiumFieldDecorator(driver) and instead doing this:PageFactory.initElements(driver, this);

*Change @AndroidFindBy to @FindBy
This is the error I get:
Step failed
java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
    at io.appium.java_client.pagefactory.utils.ProxyFactory.getEnhancedProxy(ProxyFactory.java:53)
    at io.appium.java_client.pagefactory.utils.ProxyFactory.getEnhancedProxy(ProxyFactory.java:33)
    at io.appium.java_client.pagefactory.AppiumFieldDecorator.proxyForAnElement(AppiumFieldDecorator.java:209)
    at io.appium.java_client.pagefactory.AppiumFieldDecorator.access$000(AppiumFieldDecorator.java:61)
    at io.appium.java_client.pagefactory.AppiumFieldDecorator$1.proxyForLocator(AppiumFieldDecorator.java:100)
    at org.openqa.selenium.support.pagefactory.DefaultFieldDecorator.decorate(DefaultFieldDecorator.java:63)
    at io.appium.java_client.pagefactory.AppiumFieldDecorator.decorate(AppiumFieldDecorator.java:147)
    at org.openqa.selenium.support.PageFactory.proxyFields(PageFactory.java:111)
    at org.openqa.selenium.support.PageFactory.initElements(PageFactory.java:103)
    at com.eatwoodspoon.homechefs.pages.onboarding.OnboardingPageObjects.<init>(OnboardingPageObjects.java:12)
    at com.eatwoodspoon.homechefs.stepsdefs.feed.FeedSteps.setup(FeedSteps.java:22)
Caused by: net.sf.cglib.core.CodeGenerationException: java.lang.reflect.InaccessibleObjectException-->Unable to make protected final java.lang.Class java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(java.lang.String,byte[],int,int,java.security.ProtectionDomain) throws java.lang.ClassFormatError accessible: module java.base does not "opens java.lang" to unnamed module @6073f712
    at net.sf.cglib.core.ReflectUtils.defineClass(ReflectUtils.java:464)
    at net.sf.cglib.core.AbstractClassGenerator.generate(AbstractClassGenerator.java:339)
    at net.sf.cglib.core.AbstractClassGenerator$ClassLoaderData$3.apply(AbstractClassGenerator.java:96)
    at net.sf.cglib.core.AbstractClassGenerator$ClassLoaderData$3.apply(AbstractClassGenerator.java:94)
    at net.sf.cglib.core.internal.LoadingCache$2.call(LoadingCache.java:54)
    at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:264)
    at net.sf.cglib.core.internal.LoadingCache.createEntry(LoadingCache.java:61)
    at net.sf.cglib.core.internal.LoadingCache.get(LoadingCache.java:34)
    at net.sf.cglib.core.AbstractClassGenerator$ClassLoaderData.get(AbstractClassGenerator.java:119)
    at net.sf.cglib.core.AbstractClassGenerator.create(AbstractClassGenerator.java:294)
    at net.sf.cglib.core.KeyFactory$Generator.create(KeyFactory.java:221)
    at net.sf.cglib.core.KeyFactory.create(KeyFactory.java:174)
    at net.sf.cglib.core.KeyFactory.create(KeyFactory.java:153)
    at net.sf.cglib.proxy.Enhancer.<clinit>(Enhancer.java:73)
    at io.appium.java_client.pagefactory.utils.ProxyFactory.getEnhancedProxy(ProxyFactory.java:53)
    at io.appium.java_client.pagefactory.utils.ProxyFactory.getEnhancedProxy(ProxyFactory.java:33)
    at io.appium.java_client.pagefactory.AppiumFieldDecorator.proxyForAnElement(AppiumFieldDecorator.java:209)
    at io.appium.java_client.pagefactory.AppiumFieldDecorator.access$000(AppiumFieldDecorator.java:61)
    at io.appium.java_client.pagefactory.AppiumFieldDecorator$1.proxyForLocator(AppiumFieldDecorator.java:100)
    at org.openqa.selenium.support.pagefactory.DefaultFieldDecorator.decorate(DefaultFieldDecorator.java:63)
    at io.appium.java_client.pagefactory.AppiumFieldDecorator.decorate(AppiumFieldDecorator.java:147)
    at org.openqa.selenium.support.PageFactory.proxyFields(PageFactory.java:111)
    at org.openqa.selenium.support.PageFactory.initElements(PageFactory.java:103)
    at com.eatwoodspoon.homechefs.pages.onboarding.OnboardingPageObjects.<init>(OnboardingPageObjects.java:12)
    at com.eatwoodspoon.homechefs.stepsdefs.feed.FeedSteps.setup(FeedSteps.java:22)
    at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:77)
    at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:568)
    at io.cucumber.java.Invoker.doInvoke(Invoker.java:66)
    at io.cucumber.java.Invoker.invoke(Invoker.java:24)
    at io.cucumber.java.AbstractGlueDefinition.invokeMethod(AbstractGlueDefinition.java:47)
    at io.cucumber.java.JavaHookDefinition.execute(JavaHookDefinition.java:64)
    at io.cucumber.core.runner.CoreHookDefinition.execute(CoreHookDefinition.java:46)
    at io.cucumber.core.runner.HookDefinitionMatch.runStep(HookDefinitionMatch.java:21)
    at io.cucumber.core.runner.ExecutionMode$1.execute(ExecutionMode.java:10)
    at io.cucumber.core.runner.TestStep.executeStep(TestStep.java:85)
    at io.cucumber.core.runner.TestStep.run(TestStep.java:57)
    at io.cucumber.core.runner.TestCase.run(TestCase.java:78)
    at io.cucumber.core.runner.Runner.runPickle(Runner.java:75)
    at io.cucumber.core.runtime.Runtime.lambda$executePickle$6(Runtime.java:128)
    at io.cucumber.core.runtime.CucumberExecutionContext.lambda$runTestCase$5(CucumberExecutionContext.java:129)
    at io.cucumber.core.runtime.RethrowingThrowableCollector.executeAndThrow(RethrowingThrowableCollector.java:23)
    at io.cucumber.core.runtime.CucumberExecutionContext.runTestCase(CucumberExecutionContext.java:129)
    at io.cucumber.core.runtime.Runtime.lambda$executePickle$7(Runtime.java:128)
    at java.base/java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:539)
    at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:264)
    at io.cucumber.core.runtime.Runtime$SameThreadExecutorService.execute(Runtime.java:249)
    at java.base/java.util.concurrent.AbstractExecutorService.submit(AbstractExecutorService.java:123)
    at io.cucumber.core.runtime.Runtime.lambda$runFeatures$3(Runtime.java:110)
    at java.base/java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline$3$1.accept(ReferencePipeline.java:197)
    at java.base/java.util.stream.SliceOps$1$1.accept(SliceOps.java:200)
    at java.base/java.util.ArrayList$ArrayListSpliterator.tryAdvance(ArrayList.java:1602)
    at java.base/java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline.forEachWithCancel(ReferencePipeline.java:129)
    at java.base/java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.copyIntoWithCancel(AbstractPipeline.java:527)
    at java.base/java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.copyInto(AbstractPipeline.java:513)
    at java.base/java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.wrapAndCopyInto(AbstractPipeline.java:499)
    at java.base/java.util.stream.ReduceOps$ReduceOp.evaluateSequential(ReduceOps.java:921)
    at java.base/java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.evaluate(AbstractPipeline.java:234)
    at java.base/java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline.collect(ReferencePipeline.java:682)
    at io.cucumber.core.runtime.Runtime.runFeatures(Runtime.java:111)
    at io.cucumber.core.runtime.Runtime.lambda$run$0(Runtime.java:82)
    at io.cucumber.core.runtime.Runtime.execute(Runtime.java:94)
    at io.cucumber.core.runtime.Runtime.run(Runtime.java:80)
    at io.cucumber.core.cli.Main.run(Main.java:87)
    at io.cucumber.core.cli.Main.main(Main.java:30)
Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InaccessibleObjectException: Unable to make protected final java.lang.Class java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(java.lang.String,byte[],int,int,java.security.ProtectionDomain) throws java.lang.ClassFormatError accessible: module java.base does not "opens java.lang" to unnamed module @6073f712
    at java.base/java.lang.reflect.AccessibleObject.checkCanSetAccessible(AccessibleObject.java:354)
    at java.base/java.lang.reflect.AccessibleObject.checkCanSetAccessible(AccessibleObject.java:297)
    at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.checkCanSetAccessible(Method.java:199)
    at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.setAccessible(Method.java:193)
    at net.sf.cglib.core.ReflectUtils$1.run(ReflectUtils.java:61)
    at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:569)
    at net.sf.cglib.core.ReflectUtils.<clinit>(ReflectUtils.java:52)
    at net.sf.cglib.core.KeyFactory$Generator.generateClass(KeyFactory.java:243)
    at net.sf.cglib.core.DefaultGeneratorStrategy.generate(DefaultGeneratorStrategy.java:25)
    at net.sf.cglib.core.AbstractClassGenerator.generate(AbstractClassGenerator.java:332)
    ... 64 more

This is the Gradle build dependencies:
dependencies {
    testImplementation 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api:5.8.2'
    testRuntimeOnly 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine:5.8.2'
    implementation 'io.appium:java-client:8.0.0'
    implementation 'org.seleniumhq.selenium:selenium-java:4.1.4'
    testImplementation group: 'org.testng', name: 'testng', version: '7.6.0'
    implementation 'io.cucumber:cucumber-java:7.3.3'
    implementation group: 'io.cucumber', name: 'cucumber-testng', version: '7.3.4'
}

Please help, I don't know what to do!

A: OK, so I found the problem and a solution!

The problem was with the runner configuration.
For some reason if we initialize the page objects inside the @Before hook of Cucumber it fails but if we do the same within the @BeforeClass hook of TestNG or @Before hook of JUnit it worked flawlessly!
The solution:
I changed the configuration of the runner.
Instead of running the feature file directly, I used @CucumberOptions within a TestRunner class.
Here is my TestRunner class followed by this article: https://www.lambdatest.com/support/docs/running-cucumber-scripts-with-testng-and-selenium/
package com.eatwoodspoon.homechefs.infra;

import com.eatwoodspoon.homechefs.infra.setups.DriverCapabilities;
import io.cucumber.testng.CucumberOptions;
import io.cucumber.testng.FeatureWrapper;
import io.cucumber.testng.PickleWrapper;
import io.cucumber.testng.TestNGCucumberRunner;
import org.testng.annotations.*;

import java.net.MalformedURLException;

@CucumberOptions(features = {"src/test/resources/features"},
        glue = {"com/eatwoodspoon/homechefs/stepsDefinitios"},
        plugin = {
        "pretty",
        "html:target/cucumber-reports/cucumber-pretty",
        "json:target/cucumber-reports/CucumberTestReport.json",
        "rerun:target/cucumber-reports/rerun.txt",
        "json:target/cucumber-reports/CucumberTestReport.json"
        }
)
public class TestRunner {

    private TestNGCucumberRunner testNGCucumberRunner;

    public DriverCapabilities cap;
    public static HomeChefApp homeChefApp;

    @BeforeClass(alwaysRun = true)
    public void setUpCucumber() {
        testNGCucumberRunner = new TestNGCucumberRunner(this.getClass());
    }

    @BeforeMethod(alwaysRun = true)
    public void setUpClass() throws MalformedURLException {
        cap = new DriverCapabilities();
        cap.preparation("4723", Platform.ANDROID);
        homeChefApp = new HomeChefApp(cap.getDriver());
    }

    @Test(groups = "cucumber", description = "Runs Cucumber Feature", dataProvider = "features")
    public void feature(PickleWrapper pickle, FeatureWrapper cucumberFeature) {
        testNGCucumberRunner.runScenario(pickle.getPickle());
    }

    @DataProvider
    public Object[][] features() {
        return testNGCucumberRunner.provideScenarios();
    }

    @AfterClass(alwaysRun = true)
    public void tearDownClass() {
        testNGCucumberRunner.finish();
        cap.stopDriver();
    }
}

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Dallas Symphony Orchestra opens a new era with brilliant Beethoven
Fri Sep 11, 2020 at 1:11 pm
By Richard Sylvester Oliver
Fabio Luisi conducted his first concert as music director of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra Thursday night at Meyerson Symphony Center. Photo: Sylvia Elzafon
Amid the continual evolving threat of Covid-19, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra opened its season Thursday night with an all-Beethoven program.
The concert marked Fabio Luisi's first appearance at the rostrum as the DSO's music director proper. Considering the imposing level of restrictions in programming and performance practices, Luisi's debut was a successful first endeavor.
The event also had some broader historical significance. Thursday night's DSO reopening appears to be the first concert by a major U.S orchestra under its music director since the Covid-19 pandemic and shutdown.
The program ran just over an hour with no intermission, to limit interpersonal interaction. Most crucially, the socially distanced orchestra was spread out on the Meyerson Symphony Center's extended stage. While Thursday night's performance opened to a humble audience of 80—mostly hardy season subscribers and a handful of critics, all adequately spaced and masked—one hopes to see a greater turnout as the season gets underway.
This opening weekend's offering features Beethoven's Eighth Symphony and Piano Concerto No. 2 with guest soloist Yefim Bronfman. (Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 was originally slated before the coronavirus forced orchestral down-sizing to the season's programs.)
Just as well, since Bronfman and the condensed DSO brought an authenticity to the material that was imbued with an early Classical sensibility. With fewer than 40 musicians on stage, the sound was early Beethoven as it's meant to be heard—strings tempered into brilliant clarity with horns and winds.
Photo: Sylvia Elzafon
Bronfman's lyrical phrasing was attractive throughout the concerto, with vigorous trade-offs between the piano and ensemble marking the evolving thematic fragments of the first movement. He was equally adept at laying the broadly flowing melody of the pensive second movement, punctuated with a lovely pianissimo at the coda.
The lively rondo of the finale was executed in close coordination between piano and orchestra by Luisi and his soloist. Here, the composer's characteristic syncopation of the theme was rendered clean and bright by the strings—an effect due, in part, to the open sonorous transparency provided by the necessary reconfiguration.
Often billed as the "little symphony," for its position between his more behemoth Seventh and Ninth, Beethoven's Eighth was completed in 1812 after a summer spent searching in vain for a cure for his worsening deafness. Surprisingly, though, it is full of optimism and playfulness.
Luisi's command and leadership were manifest in this performance. His use of conservative gestures made for an effective use of dynamics while providing an appropriate level of energy. Shifts in tempo at times were less fluid; yet the exchange of the first movement's principal theme between instruments was managed elegantly, with particularly striking coloring in the winds and brass.
Joviality reigned in the lighthearted scherzando of the second movement—replacing the traditional slow movement—and the third movement saw a beautiful rendering of the horns that open the trio section. The finale, which closed out the evening's program, was notably fresh and glittering.
All told, the season opener was a triumph for Luisi and the DSO. However necessitated by social distancing, the inventive retooling of the stage yielded a bright, new brilliance for the Meyerson—showcasing the hall's versatility and mutable sonics. And the expert level of musicianship displayed by the Dallas Symphony members after a six-month hiatus is a glowing testament to the current roster's caliber.
The program will be repeated 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday. mydso.com, 214-692-0203.


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Kladogram enligt Catalogue of Life:

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I can't believe the weekend is already over. These past few weeks have been really busy and honestly pretty stressful. We've been doing our state testing at school, which we will finish up tomorrow (thank goodness), and I have been applying and interviewing for teaching positions. Knowing that there are only EIGHT days of this school year left, and that after that I'll have a big break is one of my biggest motivators at the moment.
My weekend started out pretty rough. When I got hired last July I knew that the teaching positing I'm currently in was just a one year position, and as a new teacher fresh out of college, I was just thankful that I found a job. With that being said, trying to find a new job has been a pretty stressful process. I had an interview last week at the school where I've always pictured myself ending up teaching (I went to school here, did my student teaching here, and my dad taught here before he passed away). I found out on Friday that they decided to go with someone else for the position, and I was pretty devastated. I know that it's all in God's hands and I will end up where I'm meant to be, but it's still been a hard few days.
When I got home from work Friday, I really didn't feel up to doing much. Chase and I got takeout and spent our night just hanging out at home catching up on some of our favorite shows. This was exactly what I needed after the crazy day that I had.
Saturday afternoon Chase and I did some last minute Mother's Day shopping for our mama's and had Mexican for dinner.
Sunday we spent our morning at church and then took our moms out to lunch.
So thankful for my sweet mama and everything she's done for me.
So thankful for my mother-in-law as well.
Sunday afternoon I napped, and spent some time meal prepping for the week.
How did y'all spend your weekend?
On an unrelated note...I am OBSESSED with my leather cuff that I got in the mail last week. I ordered it from Farm Girl Paints Etsy shop and I couldn't be happier with how it turned out. I'm already trying to decide what to order next.
Ugh! What a bummer! Know this.. God has greater plans for you! Trust in his timing! Praying you find the perfect fit for your new teaching position!! Enjoy these last few days! We can make it to the end!!
I am so sorry that you didn't get the position that you wanted. I really hope you find something soon and will love it even more. Sounds like the rest of the weekend was a good one though!
Awe I'm sorry the position you wanted didn't work out! Everything happens for a reason and you will definitely end up where you're meant to! I totally needed to read those verses right now! Thanks for sharing!


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A prova da plataforma 10 m sincronizado feminino dos saltos ornamentais no Campeonato Mundial de Esportes Aquáticos de 2022 foi realizada no dia 30 de junho, em Budapeste, na Hungria.

Calendário
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18. Your entry fee is non- refundable and you will not be able to obtain a refund under any circumstances. You cannot transfer your number to another runner.
For the purposes of this Condition personal information includes medical data collected for health and safety purposes ("Personal Information").
(a) You agree that the Personal Information relating to you can be stored, used by us in connection with the organisation, staging and administration of the event.(b) Medical information may also be used to allow medical assistance to be given to you. (c) You agree that your name, image and contact details can be used by us for the purposes of:- the promotion and marketing of the event; and adding you to a mailing list to keep you informed about any future events and services which we believe you might be interested in.If you would not like us to use the Personal Information other than for purposes related toyou participation in the event, please e-mail us before the event.
You have the right to access your records held on our database subject to anadministration fee.
We reserve the right to change the course, e.g. route, start times or date etc, or make any other amendment to the event that we deem necessary to stage the event at our discretion. Any change to the event will be communicated to you at the event or sooner if practicable.
Should the course distance be reduced in accordance with condition you agree that the event is still deemed to be staged and that we will not be liable to you for any refund.
23. The event may be televised and photographs may be taken which capture your participation in the event. You agree to the free publication of such photographs and broadcasts and their use by us in future publications and publicity. Any audio, visual, or audio-visual recordings that you make of the event or any part of it are for personal use only and cannot be used for any commercial purpose.
The organisers or anyone acting on their behalf will NOT be held responsible for any accident, illness, injury or loss, prior to, during or after the event however such may be caused.
(g) consequential or indirect loss, regardless of whether the loss or damage: would arise in the ordinary course of events; is reasonably foreseeable; or is in the contemplation of the parties, or otherwise.
Nothing in these Terms and Conditions of Entry shall affect our liability for death or personal injury, fraud, or any other liability to the extent it cannot be excluded or limited by law.
The Terms & Conditions of Entry shall be governed by English law, and the parties submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.
If any provision of the Terms of Condition of Entry is invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, the validity of the remainder shall not be affected.
The Terms & Conditions of Entry does not create, confer or purport to confer any benefit or right enforceable by any person not party to it.
You understand that the organisers are within their rights to make alterations to any of any prizes, mementos or other souvenirs offered to participants prior to the event. Although attempts will be made to offer adequate T-Shirt sizes, they will be offered on a first come first served basis and you understand that you may not receive a size of my choosing.
Any prizes awarded will be done so following the event at the prize giving ceremony. In the event of unclaimed prizes, they will be reissued at the organisers' discretion.
There will be unsecured suggested car parking locations for the event but you understand that the organisers or anyone acting on their behalf are in no way responsible for any loss, damage or otherwise either caused or received by you. Any offences you commit including obstruction of the highway are your responsibility alone and the organisers or anyone acting on their behalf are in no way accountable for your actions.
Baggage: You understand that any baggage left in the baggage drop area or the changing rooms at King Edward VI Leisure Centre on race day will be left at your own risk and the organiser, officials and Lichfield Running Club cannot be held responsible for any lose or damage of these items.


Hello and Happy Holidays! For those of you who don't know me yet, I joined Emerald Expositions last August as the VP of Marketing and I am delighted to lead the marketing team for the National Stationery Show®, NY NOW®, American Handcrafted™ and SURTEX®.
Not only is this a very exciting time for me personally, but it's an exciting time for the National Stationery Show. We are all extremely focused on creating the absolute best show experience for both NSS exhibitors and attendees. This February we are expanding on both the buying and selling opportunities with the co-location of NY NOW. We have hundreds of returning exhibitors and more than 100 "Emerging Designers" that have been in business for two years or less and are new to the Show.
Our ongoing commitment to retain all that is special about the NSS community and its unique identity is of the utmost importance to us. We are looking forward to celebrating your success, hearing your ideas, and sharing your market experiences with us. In this issue of Paper Clips, we asked several NSS exhibitors to share their company's New Year's resolutions (see below). Our 2019 resolution for the Show is to make this your best one ever! I look forward to meeting you all in person soon. Until then, I wish you a wonderful holiday season and a Happy New Year.
1. People often ask how I selected the name of my business, primarily because they don't realize that my maiden name is Fingers! And, because of the name, we often get phone requests about tattooing and fingerprinting services. So, the business name came naturally. LOL!
2. We love weddings ... LOVE LOVE LOVE them. But, my favorite invitations to design are first birthdays and milestone adult birthdays. Every experience is completely different, and the excitement surrounding the event is infectious. There is so much fun in creating these!
3. As a designer, it's important to be relevant with regard to colors, because it is such an integraI part when designing. I have taken floral classes to better understand color and depth and to learn firsthand from florists, who have such an amazing eye for colors and for the arrangement of color.
4. We enjoy giving back to the community. We participate in at least two community-based activities a year: breast cancer walks (Team FINGERS IN PINK); and art in schools, where we donate overstock paper and materials to local elementary schools.
5. We truly believe in the #textlesswritemore campaign! Letter writing is truly an art that we can't let die. I am so passionate about it - and that's why my gift of choice to family, friends and clients is personal stationery. This holiday season, I decided that FINGERS IN INK would take on the joy of assisting Santa. We are asking children to write letters to Santa, and Santa's Helper (FINGERS IN INK) will respond to each letter personally. This is being done with the hope of bringing joyful and whimsical delight to the holiday season for children and to encourage them to participate in the snail-mail process.
What New Year's resolution do you have for your company?
"Pukka Pads North America is planning on following in the footsteps of Pukka Pads UK, which has been trading for 20 years and is a key supplier to the stationery industry in many countries. Our 2019 resolution is to offer the North American market the same choices that prove so immensely popular in many European/Asian countries with so many people, and to place that product in retailers looking for a proven winner."
-Martin Uniacke, Executive Director, Pukka Pads of North America, a Philadelphia, PA-based company delivering high-quality, value-based stationery products.
Pukka Pads of North America.
"My New Year's resolution is to devote more time to expanding my greeting card line and developing more product. I also plan on continuing to create oil paintings, keeping in touch with what started this process 21 years ago."
-Stevie Streck, Owner, Stevie Streck Designs, an invitation, greeting card and gift company with a focus on calendars and original designs, based in Kennesaw, GA.
Hand-glittered 2019 desk calendar with easel from Stevie Streck Designs.
"As a brand new company, our top priority for the upcoming year is to develop better systems around all that we do. One of our biggest challenges is inspiring new team members to have a sense of ownership in every task. Consistency in our approach to the marketplace is key. That consistency should inform everything that we do in our growing business. From planning a trade show booth to packing orders, there is a right way and a wrong way. Our New Year's resolution is to make sure our standards are consistent. This MUST be more than a casual statement made on January 1st."
-Melissa McCauley, Founder, Talking Out of Turn, a Dallas, TX-based stationery and gift company obsessed with confetti, roller skates and the color pink.
from Talking Out of Turn.
All that glitters really does to turn to gold when it comes to stationery and giftware! The sparkly stuff can be found just about everywhere these days - adding a sophisticated element to some products, while providing a fun touch to others. Bring a little sparkle and shine to your merchandise mix with glittery items such as these from NSS exhibitors.
Glitter 5/8" tape from American Crafts.
Glitter 12"x12" cardstock from Announcement Converters.
Laser-cut, glittered custom invitation from Lovely Knot.
"Modern Glitter" return address sticker from PrintsWell.
Aaron Hazard, a 10-year veteran sales executive for the National Stationery Show, has been named as Sales Director for the newly repositioned event. Responsible for garnering new exhibitors for the NSS for many years, Hazard now leads a team of talented sales staff, coordinates with a dedicated marketing team and works closely with Emerald Expositions Executive V.P. Kevin O'Keefe in developing strategy to continually improve the NSS event. "Aaron has done an outstanding job of curating the NSS 2019 so that the show presents the best in the market right now, and is adept at identifying what's next in innovative and distinctive stationery. His 'Emerging Designers' initiative of new-to-market rising talent already includes more than 50 fresh stars," states O'Keefe. "To compete, retailers today need to create experience and discovery for buyers in the store - and the NSS is focused on helping them do that. Buyers will love what they find at NSS 2019."
NSS exhibitors have the opportunity to have their products featured in a grand on-site display showcasing the Best New Products in the Show. This year's product categories are: All Things Wedding; Cause-Related; All Things Paper; Life/Style; Craft It Up/DIY; and Let's Celebrate. Category winners as well as a winner for Best of Show will be announced at the NSS. Exhibitors may choose up to two product categories free of charge; each additional category is $15 each. The deadline to enter is Friday, Jan. 4. For full details and to enter, click here.
Pantone has announced that is Color of the Year for 2019 is Living Coral: PANTONE 16-1546, which it describes as a vibrant, mellow color that "embraces us with warmth and nourishment to provide comfort and buoyancy in our continually shifting environment." States Leatrice Eiseman, Executive Director of the Pantone Color Institute, and one of the 2019 NSS's seminar speakers: "Color is an equalizing lens through which we experience our natural and digital realities, and this is particularly true for Living Coral. With consumers craving human interaction and social connection, the humanizing and heartening qualities displayed by the convivial PANTONE Living Coral is a responsive chord."


It isn't classy, it's just different.
YouTube Rewind 2016. Celebrating the videos, people, music and moves that made 2016.
Spider-Man and Iron Man face off against the trickster, Loki, and his mind-controlling scepter!
Gears of War 4 has Nic approved weapons, and disapproved disembowelment.


Big news! I'll be taking a senior level position at the Qatar Foundation to work on the next generation of humanitarian technology solutions. I'll be based at the Foundation's Computing Research Institute (QCRI) and be working alongside some truly amazing minds defining the cutting edge of social and scientific computing, computational linguistics, big data, etc. My role at QCRI will be to leverage the expertise within the Institute, the region and beyond to drive technology solutions for humanitarian and social impact globally—think of it as Computing for Good backed by some serious resources. I'll spend just part of the time in Doha. The rest of my time will be based wherever necessary to have the greatest impact. Needless to say, I'm excited!
My mission over the past five years has been to catalyze strategic linkages between the technology and humanitarian space to promote both innovation and change, so this new adventure feels like the perfect next chapter in this exciting adventure. I've had the good fortune and distinct honor of working with some truly inspiring and knowledgeable colleagues who have helped me define and pursue my passions over the years. Needless to say, I've learned a great deal from these colleagues; knowledge, contacts and partnerships that I plan to fully leverage at the Qatar Foundation.
It really has been an amazing five years. I joined the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI) in 2007 to co-found and co-direct the Program on Crisis Mapping and Early Warning. The purpose of the program was to assess how new technologies were changing the humanitarian space and how these could be deliberately leveraged to yield more significant impact. As part of my time at HHI, I consulted on a number of cutting-edge projects including the UNDP's Crisis and Risk Mapping Analysis (CRMA) Program in the Sudan. I also leveraged this iRevolution blog extensively to share my findings and learnings with both the humanitarian and technology communities. In addition, I co-authored the UN Foundation & Vodafone Foundation Report on "New Technologies in Emergen-cies and Conflicts" (PDF).
Towards the end of HHI's program in 2009, I co-launched the Humanitarian Technology Network, CrisisMappers, and have co-organized and curated each International Conference of Crisis Mappers (ICCM) since then. The Network now includes close to 4,000 members based in some 200 countries around the world. Last year, ICCM 2011 brought together more than 400 participants to Geneva, Switzerland to explore and define the cutting edge of humanitarian technology. This year, ICCM 2012 is being hosted by the World Bank and will no doubt draw an even greater number of experts from the humanitarian & technology space.
I joined Ushahidi as Director of Crisis Mapping shortly after launching the Crisis Mappers Network. My goal was to better understand the field of crisis mapping from the perspective of a technology company and to engage directly with international humanitarian, human rights and media organizations so they too could better understand how to leverage the technologies in the Ushahidi ecosystem. There, I spearheaded several defining crisis mapping projects including Haiti, Libya, Somalia and Syria in partnership with key humanitarian, human rights and media organizations. I also spoke at many high-profile conferences to share many of the lessons learned and best practices resulting from these projects. I am very grateful to these conference organizers for giving me the stage at so many important events, thank you very much. And of course, special thanks to the team at Ushahidi for the truly life-changing experience.
Whilst at Ushahidi, I also completed my PhD during my pre-doctoral fellowship at Stanford and co-founded the award-winning Standby Volunteer Task Force (SBTF) to provide partner organizations with surge capacity for live mapping support. I co-created the SBTF's Satellite Imagery Team to apply crowdsourcing and micro-tasking to satellite imagery analysis in support of humanitarian operations. I also explored a number of promising data mining solutions for social media analysis vis-a-vis crisis response. More recently, I co-launched the Digital Humanitarian Network (DHN) in partnership with a UN colleague.
The words "co-founded," "co-launched," and "co-directed" appear throughout the above because all these initiatives are the direct result of major team-work, truly amazing partners and inspiring mentors. You all know who you are. Thank you very much for your guidance, expertise, friendship and for your camara-derie throughout. I look forward to collaborating with you even more once I get settled at the Qatar Foundation.
To learn more about QCRI's work thus far, I recommend watching the above presentation given by the Institute's Director who has brought together an incredible team—professionals who all share his ambition and exciting vision. When we began to discuss my job description at the Foundation, I was simply told: "Think Big." The Institute's Advisory Board is also a source of excitement for me: Joichi Ito (MIT) and Rich deMillo (GeorgiaTech), to name a few.
Naturally, the Qatar Foundation also has access to tremendous resources and an amazing set of partners from multiple sectors in Doha, the region and across the globe. In short, the opportunity for QCRI to become an important contributor to the humanitarian technology space is huge. I look forward to collaborating with many existing colleagues and partners to turn this exciting opportunity into reality and look forward to continuing this adventure with an amazing team of experts in Doha who are some of the best in their fields. More soon!
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Hi Patrick, as sad as I am to learn that you'll be leaving us in DC, I'm really excited for you. It looks like you'll have the opportunity to do some serious good – best of luck!!!
Thanks Noel! I'm not leaving DC though, just spending part of the time in Doha.
Thank you very much, Saleem!
Perfect! A creative mind and the resources to see creative thought become a reality for good.
Dearest Patrick, I am sad and excited in the same breath. You inspire me and I am honoured to have worked so closely with you at Ushahidi. Fortunately, we will still connect via Crisismappers, Standby Task Force and any other project you co-found or start that I can join (serial volunteer).
You are a mapstar and will be able to affect much change at Qatar. I can't wait to see it.
Thank you for your leadership and for being so supportive of big ideas = change.
Thanks Heather dear, you're the bestest and I'm so thrilled we'll continue working together on CrisisMappers & SBTF etc 🙂 Hugs!
Congratulations on the big decision(s) man! Really can't wait to see what follows.
Thanks man, great to know you're joining Ushahidi to continue the adventure there!
sounds like an amazing opportunity! cognrats!
that was supposed to say congrats, but obviously i was too excited and mistyped.
Huge Congrats Patrick;) Really great meeting you a few weeks ago, and I'm sure I'll see you very soon!
Patrick – Mabruuk!! This is great news. Great for you and great for QF.
Enjoy and inspire, as always dude!!!
Patrick, Congratulations on joining Qatar Foundation. Wish you all the best in your future endeavours.
Thank you very much, Ankit!
Congratulations! Looking forward to big things.
Thanks Chief! Congrats to you on graduating from Berkeley's iSchool!!
Great Patrick! Hats off! Mabrouk (get used to that kind of greetings from now on…)Well done! minds like you are needed in those organizations at senior level.. keep on doing what you are doing with QF power and results will keep on shining as always!
Oh! …you'll be getting free tickets to see the Barcelona FC matches in Spain? :)Let me know i might join you rod a drink or two!
Congratulations! I look forward to seeing the results of "think big" initiative! Hope to see you back in San Francisco on regular basis. Best of luck!
Congratulations, Patrick! Good Luck in your new endeavor.
Hello Patrick. I woul like some advice in time to prepare for Doha conference. Would you be so kind as to email me at the above address. Regarding environmentsl innovation in extractive industry. Thank you.


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 * DeveloperCapes by Jadar
 * License: MIT License
 * (https://raw.github.com/jadar/DeveloperCapes/master/LICENSE)
 * version 4.0.0.x
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package com.jadarstudios.developercapes.cape;

import com.jadarstudios.developercapes.HDImageBuffer;
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import net.minecraft.client.entity.AbstractClientPlayer;
import net.minecraft.client.renderer.ThreadDownloadImageData;
import net.minecraft.util.ResourceLocation;

import java.net.URL;

/**
 * Default Cape implementation
 *
 * @author jadar
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A prominent UCI sign at Crawford Hall, part of the Crawford Athletic Complex. UCI sign at Crawford Hall – the athletic complex.Photo by Allyunion at en.wikipedia [Attribution, CC BY-SA 3.0, GFDL or CC BY-SA 4.0-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0], from Wikimedia Commons.
Evan Leonard's back-to-back 3-point baskets started a run of 12 unanswered points that gave 13th-seeded UC Irvine the lead for good Friday en route to a 70-64 victory over fifth-seeded Kansas State, the Anteaters first victory in the NCAA men's basketball tournament.
Leonard concluded the run by making three free throws to give UC Irvine a 59-51 lead with six minutes, three seconds to play in the South Region game at San Jose.
UC Irvine would lead by at least five points until the Wildcats cut the lead to 63-61 with 3:15 left as Barry Brown Jr. sank a 3-point basket and Kamau Stokes made a jump shot.
The Anteaters regained a five-point lead on Max Hazzard's 3-point basket with 1:26 to play. Kansas State pulled back within two on Cartier Diarra's 3-point basket with 1:03 remaining, but the Wildcats never scored again.
Kansas State missed a chance to at least tie the score when UC Irvine guard Robert Cartwright missed a layup, the Wildcats grabbed the rebound, but Brown threw the ball out of bounds.
Leonard made two free throws with 16 seconds remaining, Brown missed a 3-point shot with seven seconds to play. Leonard came down with the rebound, was fouled and made two free throws for the game's final points.
Leonard and Hazzard each scored 19 points as UC Irvine extended its school-record winning streak to 17 games and improved to 31-5, increasing its school record for victories in a season.
The Anteaters were the lowest-seeded team to win in the first round of the 2019 tournament. They will next play Sunday, facing 12th-seeded Oregon, which upset fifth-seeded Wisconsin, 72-54, later Friday.


The Stook 10 Mile is hosted by Gowran AC and Young Ireland's GAA club to raise funds for their juvenile squads. Since its inaugural outing in 2012, the race has earned a reputation as a tough but enjoyable mid-winter road race that offers a friendly and welcoming community atmosphere. We look forward to attracting runners across a wide range of abilities. We are very popular with runners from running clubs, bootcamps, triathlon clubs – with various clubs in Kilkenny, Carlow, Wexford, Waterford, Laois, Tipperary, Cork, Kildare, Dublin, Wicklow and Meath taking part in 2014.
Since set up we have received great feedback for both the organisation and the route and we hope to further build on this reputation this year.


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This Women's E-Bike Is the Ultimate Excuse-Killer
The Specialized Women's Turbo Vado 3.0 E-Bike Is Smooth, Fast, and GD Fun
With 28mph max pedal assist and up to 75 miles of battery life, this e-commuter will trump your car any day of the week
By Gloria Liu Published: Apr 18, 2018
Courtesy of Specialized
Weight: 53 lb. (S)
Use: City, e-bike
Battery Life: 35 to 75 miles (claimed)
The Specialized Women's Turbo Vado 3.0 is the excuse-killer: When you're wavering between "drive" and "ride," this e-commuter will push you toward "ride." With a smooth pedal assist that will boost you up to 28 mph by adding up to 320 percent to your power output, the Turbo Vado is one of the fastest e-bikes you can buy. (Versions that max out at 20mph are also available.)
Battery life is much improved in this second-generation version of the Turbo Vado, rounding out a smooth and quiet ride that makes it one of the best e-commuters we've ridden. The women's version goes the extra distance to better fit female riders, with a lowered down tube for more standover height, and a women's saddle and grips. At $3,400, the Women's Turbo Vado 3.0 represents our pick in the line for good value for its parts.
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The Turbo Vado Family
The Turbo Vado family includes both men's and women's versions, and starts at $2,700 for the Turbo Vado 2.0, which is a Class 1 pedal-assist bike (up to 20 mph) and has a 9-speed drivetrain instead of the 10-speed drivetrain found on the 3.0 version. On the high end, there's the Turbo Vado 6.0 for $4,800, which comes with an 11-speed Shimano SLX/XT drivetrain and a longer-lasting battery.
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How the Vado Stands Out
Three modes—Turbo, Sport, and Eco—allow you to choose your level of assist and meter out battery life. The 460 W/hr battery has a much improved life in this version of the Vado—Specialized says that it will go 35 to 75 miles on a single charge, depending on the mode you're running. Speaking of charging, the battery is removable. That's a huge benefit, because you don't have to lug the 50-plus pound bike to an outlet to charge it. Specialized's Mission Control app for your smart phone makes the Vado highly customizable, including how assist behaves in various modes.
The Specialized U1-40 battery is integrated with the frame and removable for easy charging.
The bike is fully decked for everyday riding. A taillight and 600-lumen headlight provide plenty of light for fast night riding, fenders block road spray in wet weather, and the bike comes equipped with a rack. Fat, 47mm-wide tires smooth the road, especially at speed, and a suspension fork is a huge plus: When you hit potholes or other blemishes in the road at 28 mph, you'll be glad for the 50mm of travel (many e-bikes come with rigid forks). A large LCD display enables you to monitor battery life and speed.
Ride Impressions
Testers raved about the pedal assist, describing it as smooth, seamless, and natural-feeling. One tester said, "This is the bike that made me realize that e-bikes just take all the good parts of riding and subtract all the crappy parts. It's just g-dang fun. I couldn't stop smiling while I was on it."
Acceleration is smooth and immediate—a key strength for e-bikes. Getting a quick jump from a full stop gives a rider more confidence when riding in traffic. When you're shifting gears or putting more power into the pedals, there's none of the surging that can afflict some e-bikes with a herky-jerky feel. The lack of lag and the smooth ramp-up in power boosts helped the bike fly up hills with a nearly effortless feel (not all e-bikes do this, by the way—on some, hills still feel like work). The bike handles intuitively, without feeling like a behemoth in fast or sharp turns, and feels stable on steeper descents.
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A major competitive advantage of the Vado is its speed. Many e-bike models will provide pedal assist up to only 20 mph, which for some riders is only nominally faster than what you could do on your own. Being able to consistently hold 28 mph on the Vado means that, on local routes, choosing to ride over opting to drive could legitimately be the speedier option. (Plus, it's just really fun to go that fast on two wheels.)
One tester did note that she always felt as if she was riding in her two hardest gears, no matter the terrain or assist level, and that it seemed fairly easy to top out at 28 mph, at which point the assist would cut out. But this happens with all pedal-assist bikes, and the ease with which the Turbo Vado gets up to top speed is also a testament to how quickly it accelerates.
Overall, our four testers unanimously agreed that they'd recommend the Vado, without reservation, to women who are looking to drive less, ride more, and live a bike-powered lifestyle.
Gloria Liu
Contributing Writer, Bicycling & Runner's World
Gloria Liu is a writer-at-large, and formerly the features and gear editor at Bicycling. Gloria's love for cycling spans disciplines from road to gravel to 'cross to mountain. She's written popular features for Bicycling about a wide range of subjects, from the (at times hilarious) self-discovery gained by going #FullEnduro, to the intersection of #MeToo and cycling.
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