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Stony Pointe: Rochester, MI
Stony Pointe homes for sale in Rochester, MI are located north of Parkdale Rd and east of N Main St. The subdivision is in 48307 zip code. There are 171 homes in the subdivision and most of them are colonial in style with full brick exteriors. Homes feature extensive hardwood on main level, library with French door and built-ins, formal living and dining rooms, two-story great room with fireplace. Kitchens have granite counters and upscale appliances. Sumptuous master suites have tray ceiling, large walk-in closets and private bath. Professionally daylight lower levels feature recreation area, custom entertainment center, wet bar with slate floor, half bath and or wine cellar in some homes. Stone patios overlook lovely yard with lush landscaping and perennial gardens. Homes offer 4 bedrooms, 2-5 baths and 3-car attached garages. The subdivision is close to downtown and schools. Nearby communities are Stony Pointe North and Mill Stream Village.
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Stony Pointe Subdivision Location
Homes for sale in Stony Pointe, Rochester Hills, MI are located north of Parkdale Rd and east of N Rochester Rd.
Downtown Rochester is 1.8 miles west. It is home to more than 350 hops, restaurants, salons and professional service businesses. Downtown Rochester's natural beauty is attributed to the waterways that surround the city and the abundant green space that three parks and two winding trails offer.
1.5 miles west is North Hill Plaza Shopping Center. Stores here are Dollar Tree, Christopher's Flooring and Benjamin Moore Shelby Paint & Decorating. Hollywood Markets grocery is also here. Restaurants here are Golden Eagle Bar & Grill, Jet's Pizza, Mezza Mediterranean Grille and George's Coney Island & Family.
Rochester Hills Plaza Shopping Center is 3.5 miles southwest. It is a small shopping center with less than 10 tenants. Dining options here are Subway, Rochester Diner & Grill and Bruegger's Bagels.
Crittenton Hospital is next to Campus Corners Shopping Center. It is a general medical and surgical hospital with 254 beds. It was accredited by Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF). Beaumont Medical Center is a short walk. It provides outpatient services including dialysis, laboratory services, physical therapy and radiology.
Rochester Municipal Park is 1.5 miles west. The park is home to a winding creek, pond, paved walkways, as well as tennis and volleyball courts. The park offer tranquility on a crisp fall or sunny afternoon with stunning scenery with plenty of places to rest. It also offers a big play equipment for kids and several benches overlooking the pond for relaxation.
Stony Creek Metropark is 4 miles north. It's a man-made lake built by damming Stony Creek, a tributary of the Clinton River. The park offers a vast amount of trails. Amenities are snowboarding, sledding & tobogganning hills, 2 beaches on Stony Creek lake, Picnic areas with basketball courts, baseball fields, playgrounds, and beach volleyball courts. There's also a nature center, ice skating rink, boat launch, cross country skiing trails and ski rentals. Other rentals are rowboats, paddleboats, canoes, and kayaks. The park also has a golf course. It's a 26-hole, 6,928-yard, par-72 course gives an "up north" feel with separated, heavily wooded fairways. Water hazards add to the challenge.
3 miles south is Winchester Shopping Center. It is located at the corner of SWC Rochester and Avon Rd. Winchester Shopping Center has 15 stores with more than 1,700 parking spaces. Some of the major stores here are Bank of America, Old Navy, Marshalls, PetSmart and Michaels.
Stony Pointe Subdivision Freeway Access
Homes for sale in Stony Pointe, Rochester Hills, MI are located 5 miles north of M-59. The subdivision has convenient access to restaurants, malls and major roads & freeways.
7.5 miles south is Troy and 7 miles west is Auburn Hills.
6 miles west of Stony Pointe is Oakland University which is the 3rd top employer of Rochester Hills. FANUC Robotics is 7.5 miles southwest which is also included in the top 5 employers of Rochester Hills. 8 miles southwest is Technology Drive. Accurate Gauge Manufacturing, Smc Corporation of America and Eagle Ottawa are located here.
Stony Pointe Subdivision School District
North Hill Elementary School School 1.5 miles west. It has a rating of 8/10 by greatschools.org and has 616 students enrolled. Hart Middle School is 1 mile north. It is rated 6/10 and has 1,133 students. Stoney Creek High School is next to Hart Middle School. It is rated 10/10 by greatschools.org and has 1,645 students enrolled. It's a silver awardee of US NEWS Best Public High Schools. The GreatSchools Rating is a simple tool that helps you compare schools based on test scores and other available data, including student academic growth and college readiness.
Living Word Lutheran School is 4.5 miles north. The school was founded in 1997 and accepts grades PK-8. It's a co-ed school with 130 students enrolled. Student: Teacher ratio is 1:10.
Rochester Hills Christian School is 6 miles south. It has 293 students enrolled and accepts grades PK-12.
Oakland Christian School is 6.5 miles west. It is accredited through the North Central Association (NCA) and through the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI). The school offers a co-educational program for students in preschool through 12th grade. High school program is predominately college preparatory with a vocational technology component available through Oakland Technology Center.
Rochester College is 3.5 miles southwest. It is a 4-year liberal arts college founded by the Church of Christ in 1959. It is a primarily undergraduate school with very few graduate courses.
Oakland University is 6 miles west. This school was established in 1957, and it offers 132 undergraduate and 124 graduate academic programs. It is also a doctoral research university. There are approximately 19000 students enrolled and average tuition fees are $9,280 for freshmen and sophomores; $10,142 for juniors and seniors. Oakland University does not charge any fees.
9 miles southwest is Oakland Community College. This school was established in 1957, and it offers 132 undergraduate and 124 graduate academic programs. It is also a doctoral research university. There are approximately 19000 students enrolled and average tuition fees are $9,280 for freshmen and sophomores; $10,142 for juniors and seniors.
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S. Parvez, R. R. Gerona, C. Proctor, M. Friesen, J. L. Ashby, J. L. Reiter, Z. Lui, and P. D. Winchester, "Glyphosate exposure in pregnancy and shortened gestational length: a prospective Indiana birth cohort study," Environmental Health, 17:23, March 9, 2018, DOI: 10.1186/s12940-018-0367-0.
BACKGROUND: Glyphosate (GLY) is the most heavily used herbicide worldwide but the extent of exposure in human pregnancy remains unknown. Its residues are found in the environment, major crops, and food items that humans, including pregnant women, consume daily. Since GLY exposure in pregnancy may also increase fetal exposure risk, we designed a birth-cohort study to determine exposure frequency, potential exposure pathways, and associations with fetal growth indicators and pregnancy length.
METHOD: Urine and residential drinking water samples were obtained from 71 women with singleton pregnancies living in Central Indiana while they received routine prenatal care. GLY measurements were performed using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Demographic and survey information relating to food and water consumption, stress, and residence were obtained by questionnaire. Maternal risk factors and neonatal outcomes were abstracted from medical records. Correlation analyses were used to assess relationships of urine GLY levels with fetal growth indicators and gestational length.
RESULTS: The mean age of participants was 29 years, and the majority were Caucasian. Ninety three percent of the pregnant women had GLY levels above the limit of detection (0.1 ng/mL). Mean urinary GLY was 3.40 ng/mL (range 0.5–7.20 ng/mL). Higher GLY levels were found in women who lived in rural areas (p = 0.02), and in those who consumed > 24 oz. of caffeinated beverages per day (p = 0.004). None of the drinking water samples had detectable GLY levels. We observed no correlations with fetal growth indicators such as birth weight percentile and head circumference. However, higher GLY urine levels were significantly correlated with shortened gestational lengths (r = − 0.28, p = 0.02).
CONCLUSIONS: This is the first study of GLY exposure in US pregnant women using urine specimens as a direct measure of exposure. We found that > 90% of pregnant women had detectable GLY levels and that these levels correlated significantly with shortened pregnancy lengths. Although our study cohort was small and regional and had limited racial/ethnic diversity, it provides direct evidence of maternal GLY exposure and a significant correlation with shortened pregnancy. Further investigations in a more geographically and racially diverse cohort would be necessary before these findings could be generalized. FULL TEXT
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QUESTION: What percent of birth defects are observable by doctors while a newborn is still in the hospital or birth center?
About two-thirds, and the percent is likely falling. In the Garry et al. (2002) study of herbicide-induced birth defects in the Red River Valley, medical records and birth certificates accounted for only 60% of total birth defects at the end of a child's first year of life. About one-third were diagnosed at three years of age or older.
The percent of total birth defects diagnosed later in life is likely rising as a result of trends in autism, ADHD, and a host of other neurological and reproductive system birth defects.
Access state-specific birth defect registries supported by the CDC.
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QUESTION: Historically, what is the most widely used pesticide ever in both the U.S. and globally?
Measured by pounds of active ingredient applied in any given year, glyphosate herbicide (aka Roundup) has been for a decade now the most heavily applied pesticide ever (for the details, see Benbrook, 2016).
The introduction of genetically engineered, herbicide-resistant corn, soybeans, cotton, and canola dramatically increased glyphosate use from 1996 to 2006. The rate of increase has slowed in recent years, and overall use may have peaked in 2016.
QUESTIONS: #1. In the 1980s through the mid-1990s, what forces or institutions played the biggest role in driving change in corn and soybean weed management systems?
#2. In the decade ahead, what forces or institutions will likely play the biggest role in driving change in corn and soybean weed management systems?
ANSWER: In the 1980s through the mid-1990s, the three major drivers of change in corn and soybean weed management were:
1.	The herbicide-biotechnology-seed industry.
2.	Farmers looking for simpler, more effective solutions to tough weed control challenges.
3.	University weed management scientists and extension specialists.
In the decade ahead, the three major drivers of change in corn and soybean weed management are likely to be:
1.	Consumers and citizens worried about the collateral damage stemming from more intensive herbicide use.
2.	Food companies, through supply-chain interventions.
3.	Farmers choosing to reduce reliance on herbicides by adoption of multi-tactic, "many little hammer" weed management systems.
QUESTION: Which two corn and soybean herbicides will account for most of the increases in the next 5-10 years in overall herbicide use and risks across the Midwest?
The Answer – 2,4-D and dicamba, because of recently approved genetically engineered corn and soybean varieties resistant to these herbicides, as well as combinations of glyphosate, glufosinate, and the "fop" herbicides.
By 2020 according to Monsanto and Dow AgroSciences, most conventional corn and soybean seed will carry either the 2,4-D or dicamba resistant trait, increasing the combined use of these two relatively high-risk herbicides on these two crops by around 30-fold compared to 2010.
QUESTION: Before the widespread planting of genetically engineered, herbicide-resistant corn and soybeans in the Midwest, which birth defect was linked to glyphosate (Roundup) herbicide use?
ADHD (Garry et al., 2002b)
QUESTION: Why are physicians and risk assessment scientists so concerned over the impact of newly approved, 2-4-D and dicamba resistant corn and soybean varieties?
Four primary reasons:
1. Dramatic increases in the acres planted to these new GE-HR varieties, and sprayed with these two herbicides.
2. Much higher average rates of application and more applications per acre.
3. The much longer time period over which herbicides will be sprayed (~4 months instead of 1.5), increasing the number of conceptions and pregnancies that will coincide with the heavy herbicide spray season.
4. Substantial evidence from past research and animal studies that 2,4-D and dicamba exposures can trigger adverse birth outcomes and a host of health problems later in life.
QUESTION: For the three major herbicides (glyphosate, 2,4-D, dicamba) that will dominate use in the coming decade on GE herbicide-resistant corn and soybean fields, in which decade was most of the toxicology studies carried out that support EPA's evaluation of each herbicide's toxicity to humans?
The 1980s.
This is one key reason why scientists have recently called for a thorough re-assessment of glyphosate's mammalian toxicity (see Vandenberg et al., 2017 or Myers et al., 2016).

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This site is just some info cobbled together from a few sources around the web.
In the year 2000, I was a freelance website designer working in Kensington, West London for a company called Foresight. A dark-haired man called Richard, who regularly wore a black leather biker jacket sat next to me. We became work friends.
For some reason, he seemed to have a lot of new music and promos. He lent me 2 CDs, Parachutes by Coldplay and Mistakes and Regrets by ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead. I put these in my Technics portable CD player and went to lunch, the sun was shining. These two CDs could not have been more different.
Parachutes had an obvious hit with 'Yellow', but 'Don't Panic' was much better, the rest I forget, but it was fairly obvious that Coldplay would become quite big (how big, Who knew!). But Mistakes and Regrets totally blew my mind, I loved it. I was 28 and I had seen the future. A few days later, Trail of dead were going to be appearing/playing at the Barfly in Camden Town, London on the 21st August, so off we went. The Barfly is/was a tiny venue, I stood by the bar, but near the back of the gig and could almost touch the band. There was so much noise, energy and anticipation in the room. Some bands are better live, lots are worse. Trail of Dead were fantastic, the best thing I had seen in ages. It was summer and it was hot, my beer was cold. The place was full. The songs were great, the band moved around the set swapping jobs, amazing.
So, I decided to buy a domain name and find some info on the web that might be of some use to your average Trail of Dead fan. Hopefully, this site will make it easy to find the stuff you are looking for. Who knows how many hours I have spent on this site, none of them have been wasted.
This site is a simple UK '...And you will know us by the Trail of Dead' fan site and resource. We have discography, songs, tour dates, lyrics, guitar & bass tabs, music videos, stuff to buy, useful links, free music downloads, pictures etc. all within a few sections that may interest you.
Album, single, EP and Soundtrack information, including track listings, lyrics and links to places you can get the songs, be it in Traditional Long Playing Vinyl, futuristic Compact Disc, or even this crazy thing called an MP3.
We have just added a new FREE LIVE MUSIC section to our Music category, where you can download legal live recordings of various Trail of dead gigs from the past few years. Raw, high or low-quality versions are available for every type of listener.
All the Official Trail of Dead videos in one place, all loving supplied by YouTube.
A list of upcoming Trail of Dead tour dates, and soon an archive of past dates too!
We have some nice gig shots, taken by Richard Parsons (BlackPixel).
Richard is the resident in-house photographer of the Camden Electric Ballroom.
You can also get limited edition prints of these shots, just click here to submit a request.
Band members present and past with a few easy links to their various web presences.
A few pictures of gig posters that are more than the usual fare.
A page full of places where you can find out more info about the band, including; websites, books, clothing, music, posters, memorabilia and the like.
These links are all pretty good, so have a look.


For travelers who want to take in the sights and sounds of Targu Jiu, Pension Casa Cartianu is the perfect choice. From here, guests can enjoy easy access to all that the lively city has to offer. With its convenient location, the hotel offers easy access to Targu Jiu must-see destinations.
The facilities and services provided by Pension Casa Cartianu ensure a pleasant stay for guests. Swiming pool, SPA, restaurant, bar are just a few of the facilities that set Pension Casa Cartianu apart from other hotels in the Targu Jiu area.
Balconies overlook either the garden or pool and all have cable TV and a minibar. Private bathrooms come with a shower and free toiletries.Breakfast is served each morning and traditional dishes are available at the restaurant, which is connected to a terrace.
The historic landmark Casa Cartianu is just 70 metres from the guest house and free parking is provided. The property is within 8 km from the Village Museum of Curtisoara, The Sculptural Ensemble of Constantin Brancusi, and the Defileul Jiului National Park.
All guest accommodations feature thoughtful amenities to ensure an unparalleled sense of comfort. The hotel offers many unique recreational opportunities such as table tennis, fishing, sauna, hot tub, children's playground. Pension Casa Cartianu is a smart choice for travelers to Targu Jiu, offering a relaxed and hassle-free stay every time.
"Casa Cartianu" Pension is trying to revive the charm of Casa Cartianu (Manor Cartianu), rustic style and architecture of the pension keeps the lines of this superb example of old Romanian architecture. The building, which occupies a picturesque position on the Cartior River, was built in 1760 by Cartianu family as old documents show.
Casa Cartianu is one of the few examples of old architecture which stories can still direct descendants of those who built it. The house currently operates an ethnographic collection and a collection of documents on Cartianu family history. This museum is overseen by family descendants Cartianu and they are guides for the visitors (they provides not only simple information about this house but also family anecdotes that give the home atmosphere).


A new report from Bloomberg today reiterates what we've been hearing about Apple's timeline for adopting the next generation of cellular connectivity, 5G, by suggesting the first compatible iPhone won't come before 2020. Earlier rumors and reports pointed to the 2020 iPhone as the likeliest candidate to add 5G support, even though mobile carriers and Apple's Android rivals are going to be rolling the new technology out all through 2019.
Citing multiple sources familiar with Apple's plans, Bloomberg suggests that Intel is the most likely candidate to provide the 5G modem, as has previously been reported. That makes sense in light of Apple's ongoing dispute with Qualcomm, the leading designer and maker of modem chips, and rivalrous relationship with Samsung and Huawei, two other semiconductor giants who are investing heavily in 5G but happen to have their own smartphone lineups competing against the iPhone.
Before 5G, Apple was also slower than the broader phone market in adopting 4G, which has proven to be a good decision for the company. While other major brands forced 4G LTE components into their devices as early as possible — compromising on both size and battery life in the process — Apple waited until the technology was more mature and thus made a seamless transition. There are no guarantees that the market will be as patient in waiting for 5G, though if there's one thing the iPhone has proven over the years, it's the resilience of its popularity even when it's not on the cutting edge of every possible spec.


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You're making an assumption that the LLVM 3.7-3.9 patches are ready-to-take.  Last time I worked with them I had some issues with the patches on systems other than Debian.  At the time, we were attempting to wrap up a _very_ long development cycle with final bug fixes and regression testing.  We decided it was more important to get the release out.  The LLVM patches were pushed to the next release (aka 0.101).
• System-installed LLVM (support limited to LLVM 3.6 at this time, although Debian has had success with a set of patches that enabled support up to 3.9).
And why not _at least_ take these successful and ready-to-take patches and merge them by the clamav team into the official clamav upstream sources to _at least_ officially support LLVM up to version 3.9?


In How I Get My Bilingual Son to Talk His Head Off in the Minority Language, I shared a fun activity for encouraging a child to talk non-stop in the target language.
Well, just this morning a related idea arose with my daughter. In fact, I've pursued this idea in the past, but today I realized that I should probably make it a more conscious tactic in my never-ending quest to increase the time my kids spend using the minority language.
After breakfast, my kids still had a little time before they left for school and they were sitting in the living room with my wife. I was in the kitchen, still eating (I read aloud to them while they're eating), and half-listening to Lulu tell a long story, in Japanese, to her mother and brother.
Because Lulu was spinning this story with such glee, and Roy and Keiko were giggling along, I grew curious and called her back into the kitchen after she finished her telling in Japanese.
"What were you talking about?" I asked.
Lulu then launched into the same story, this time in English—a narrative of the dream she had last night.
In this dream, Lulu said that we went to an aquarium not far from Hiroshima and that my wife and I had allowed them to each choose a creature to take home.
Lulu herself chose a small fish, which she would carry home in a plastic bag, but Roy had his heart set on a baby whale shark. Of course, a baby whale shark would soon grow enormous, and we naturally pointed this out to Roy, trying to steer him into accepting a small fish, too, but he burst into tears and wouldn't listen to reason.
Fortunately, the aquarium staff came to our rescue and offered Roy a different sort of creature: a fuzzy baby chick, which for some reason was larger than an elephant.
I'm not sure why Keiko and I agreed to adopt the monster chick, but we did. And so we headed for home, the chick crashing along in front.
But Roy survived, apparently, and we somehow rolled the chick up the hill and over to our house. It wouldn't fit inside, though, so we had to put it in the yard.
It helps, naturally, if you take the lead and try recounting one of your own dreams first. This may jog your children's memories and make them more eager to share a dream of their own. And even if the dreams they offer are embellished in the telling—or are outright inventions (like "made-up memories")—it hardly matters because the aim of the activity is still fulfilled: sustained oral interaction in the minority language.
So try making your family's nightly dreams a more conscious part of your daily lives. You'll likely find, as I was reminded this morning with my daughter, that dreams can be a great source of content—and one that continuously replenishes itself—for engaging bilingual kids in narratives and related conversation.
How about you? Do you ever discuss dreams with your kids? What if you made this a more conscious tactic?
Galina, I'm glad to hear your son enjoyed sharing his dream with you. This morning my own kids said they couldn't remember their dreams from last night and so I started telling them one of mine—but I was really just making it up. The cool thing is, my obviously made-up dream seemed to inspire them to invent dreams of their own. So even when real dreams can't be remembered, the same benefits can be gained by being playful and making up whatever comes to mind!
I tell my dreams to my kids every morning. Well sometimes my dreams are too scary or topics for grown ups. So I make it up. And my little girl usually comes out with her own story, a mix of reality and my tales and Walt Disney cartoons. I don't know if a 3 y.o. girl can remember dreams. Anyway I just listen to her carefully and she's so satisfied. It's overwhelming the feeling that I have while she puts a lot of effort into expressing herself.
Kiara, yes, these are marvelous moments—times to treasure—when small children try so hard to express themselves.


If Obj1 detects obj2 with sonar, determines the distance as 220m with a pulse returning .294s. The returning frequency has increased by 1.32%. Is there a way to determine the speed of obj2 with only this information?
If either the observer and/or the sound source are moving, the frequency heard by the observer differs from that when both are stationary; this is the Doppler Effect.
If the observer and source are stationary, f = v/λ, where v is the speed of sound.
Case 1: Observer moves with velocity u toward a stationary source: f'=f (1 + u/v).
Case 2: Observer moving with velocity u away a stationary source: f' = f(1 – u/v).
Case 3: Source moving (u) toward a stationary observer: f' = f / (1 – u/v).
Case 4: Source moving (u) away from a stationary observer: f' = f /(1 + u/v).


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If you think 600,000 podcasts sounds like a big number, imagine what number you get when you look at individual episodes of podcasts? Millions, to be sure.
While that's an arguably large number, it's not big in the world of datasets. Take the data set of "everything on the internet" (of which podcasts are a small but significant portion) where a variety of AI and well-trained humans work behind the scenes to flag content across the good-bad spectrum.
I look to the future on this episode, looking at a world where podcast content - episodes, artwork, and copy - are evaluated in a similar light, using Google's Search Quality Evaluator Guidelines as my guide.
Spoiler: if you're a business podcaster, you've got it easy. Unless you did some silly things. But you've time to fix it.


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"Our quest has always been to deliver a better, safer and more connected world," said Chuck Harrington, Parsons' chief executive officer. "As connectivity increases, geopolitical conditions shift and near-peer threats loom – all powered by a technology revolution that isn't slowing down – we are embarking on a journey with our customers to confront the challenges of tomorrow in every domain: land, sea, air, space and cyber."
That question's driving power is embodied in the company's new "Quest Mark," which transforms the P from our classic wordmark with a clean, angular design. The angles represent our ability to look at challenges from different perspectives, the gap in the P signifies our status as a disruptor, and the green-to-blue gradient indicates our leadership across domains.
In 1944, Parsons began with eight employees and an ambition to make the world a better place. Today, we are a global technology company with more than 16,000 team members and some of the brightest minds in cyber and intelligence, missile defense and C5ISR, space and geospatial, and connected communities.
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1999 note: I wrote this essay some 13 years ago. I still agree with most of it, but have some changes in my own knowledge and thinking over the years. But, I've decided to leave the essay as it originally appeared in The Haiti Project Newsletter where I published this.
The question I am asked most frequently is: WHY IS HAITI SO POOR? This is a difficult thing for people to understand, especially for those of us living in a country as rich as the United States. There are some very obvious conditions to note in Haiti's case: the long history of political oppression, soil erosion, lack of knowledge and literacy, a large populace in a small country. But a question of CAUSES for such poverty is extremely complex. I have tried to respond to the question in a manner that points up this incredible complexity. Nonetheless, to stay in the confines of paper that could be read at one sitting, I have had to highlight, condense and simplify.
This issue is a difficult one for you the reader. I urge you to stick with it, to wade through. Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. The Haitian masses suffer some of the most debilitating and depressing misery of any people in the world. Yet, virtually all that misery is human caused, in most cases, by a tiny minority inside and outside Haiti who have the wealth and power to control.
HOPE AMIDST THE MISERY
The story of Haiti is- heavy and depressing. Yet I see hope too. To know the causes of Haitian poverty is to clarify the problem. It helps people like us to know where to focus our energies, our work and our wealth in attempting to lessen this misery.
Not only is this a difficult issue, but a controversial topic as well. I've tried to reflect the various thrusts of the argument as I've encountered them. But, ultimately I've had to decide where the evidence seemed strongest. I'm sure some will disagree and do so with vehemence. I urge you to reply. One of my central aims is dialogue, because it is in dialogue that we grow.
I. Root, but Less Visible Causes of Haitian Misery
The ultimate causes of Haiti's misery are human. They are rooted in greed and power. Both the international community and Haiti's rulers have continuously assured the destruction of Haiti's colonial wealth and the creation and continuance of her misery.
The international community's role.
French colonial contribution.
The international boycott of the new nation of 1804.
The French debt of 1838.
The United States Occupation, 1915-1934.
Post World War II United States domination.
The role of Haiti's rulers.
Slave-like labor systems in the early republic.
The elite's protection of its wealth.
Haitian corruption.
Human rights violations as a tool of oppression.
II. Secondary, but Immediate Causes of Haitian Misery
The international and national political climate of Haiti has assured her misery. But, little by little these forces have caused other factors to emerge that assure the continuance of Haitian misery even if Haiti were to secure good local government free from international intervention. (An unlikely prospect in either instance!) Some of the most noticeable secondary causes of Haiti's poverty are:
Language as an oppressor.
Ignorance and illiteracy.
The system of education (or miseducation).
Soil erosion.
Export crops vs. local food crops.
The lack of a social infrastructure: inadequate roads, water systems, sewerage, medical services, schools.
Unemployment and underemployment.
Underdevelopment in an age of international economic competition.
Haitian self-image.
III. A MYTH AND TWO PUZZLES
As well as arguing why Haiti is so poor, I address two factors which are often claimed to be causes of Haitian poverty. One category I will call MYTH. The contention that the Voodoo religion is a serious factor in causing the misery of Haiti is a myth, and an exceptionally pernicious myth at that.
The second category I term PUZZLES. These are areas which are not clear to me. They may or may not be causes of misery. In this section I will try to point out the complexities of two cases: foreign investment in manufacturing and overpopulation.
HAITI: THE JEWEL OF THE ANTILLES
Haiti, once called The Jewel of the Antilles, was the richest colony in the entire world. Economists estimate that in the 1750s Haiti provided as much as 50% of the Gross National Product of France. The French imported sugar, coffee, cocoa, tobacco, cotton, the dye indigo and other exotic products. In France they were refined, packaged and sold all over Europe. Incredible fortunes were made from this tiny colony on the island of Hispaniola.
How could Haiti have once been the source of such wealth and today be the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere? How could this land that was once so productive today be semi-barren? How did "The Jewel of the Antilles" become the Caribbean's hell-hole?
ROOT CAUSES: A. INTERNATIONAL FORCES
THE FRENCH COLONIAL CONTRIBUTION.
One of the primary reasons that Haiti was such a productively rich land was because of slave labor. When people are willing to put productivity above all other values, then productivity is likely to soar. Not only did the slaves work long days under tremendously unsafe conditions, with little or no technology beyond hand labor, but Haiti's slave system was the most brutal in the Caribbean. Many documents of Western slavery explain that the ultimate threat to a recalcitrant slave was that he or she would be sold to Haiti.
Unfortunately for the masses of Haitians, slavery did not die with French rule. Rather, the basic concept of forced cheap labor was passed on to the emerging native Haitian elite. The French system allowed for some slaves to earn their freedom by exceptional work. This system worked well to get more productivity from the slaves, and the system was tough enough that very few slaves were able to earn their freedom. Thus slave owners got increased productivity with little loss of slaves through freedom.
A second group of slaves who became free were the mulattos, the children of white masters and slave women. These children were in a middle ground, uncomfortable to both slaves and whites. The slaves never knew how the white man would respond to his child, but often the slave owner didn't want to be reminded of his paternity. Thus mulattos were not welcomed in either community. Many mulattos received their freedom and formed a special middle class in the colonial period.
A special class of freed slaves emerged. About 1/2 of them were freed black slaves and about 1/2 of them were mulattos. They could receive some education, operate businesses, own property and in general imitate the French.
This imitation of the French became the hallmark of these freedmen. They wanted a clear separation from their slave backgrounds. Thus they imitated the whites. They adopted their religion, language, dress, culture, education and ways. But, most importantly for this story, they learned the value of slave labor. The colonial French heritage carried on in the Haitian elite's imitation of the French labor system. This is an important factor in Haiti's later misery.
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Toward tiny, solar-powered sensors
New ultralow-power circuit improves efficiency of energy harvesting to more than 80 percent
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The latest buzz in the information technology industry regards "the Internet of things" -- the idea that vehicles, appliances, civil-engineering structures, manufacturing equipment, and even livestock would have their own embedded sensors that report information directly to networked servers, aiding with maintenance and the coordination of tasks.
Realizing that vision, however, will require extremely low-power sensors that can run for months without battery changes -- or, even better, that can extract energy from the environment to recharge.
Last week, at the Symposia on VLSI Technology and Circuits, MIT researchers presented a new power converter chip that can harvest more than 80 percent of the energy trickling into it, even at the extremely low power levels characteristic of tiny solar cells. Previous experimental ultralow-power converters had efficiencies of only 40 or 50 percent.
Moreover, the researchers' chip achieves those efficiency improvements while assuming additional responsibilities. Where its predecessors could use a solar cell to either charge a battery or directly power a device, this new chip can do both, and it can power the device directly from the battery.
All of those operations also share a single inductor -- the chip's main electrical component -- which saves on circuit board space but increases the circuit complexity even further. Nonetheless, the chip's power consumption remains low.
"We still want to have battery-charging capability, and we still want to provide a regulated output voltage," says Dina Reda El-Damak, an MIT graduate student in electrical engineering and computer science and first author on the new paper. "We need to regulate the input to extract the maximum power, and we really want to do all these tasks with inductor sharing and see which operational mode is the best. And we want to do it without compromising the performance, at very limited input power levels -- 10 nanowatts to 1 microwatt -- for the Internet of things."
The circuit's chief function is to regulate the voltages between the solar cell, the battery, and the device the cell is powering. If the battery operates for too long at a voltage that's either too high or too low, for instance, its chemical reactants break down, and it loses the ability to hold a charge.
To control the current flow across their chip, El-Damak and her advisor, Anantha Chandrakasan, the Joseph F. and Nancy P. Keithley Professor in Electrical Engineering, use an inductor, which is a wire wound into a coil. When a current passes through an inductor, it generates a magnetic field, which in turn resists any change in the current.
Throwing switches in the inductor's path causes it to alternately charge and discharge, so that the current flowing through it continuously ramps up and then drops back down to zero. Keeping a lid on the current improves the circuit's efficiency, since the rate at which it dissipates energy as heat is proportional to the square of the current.
Once the current drops to zero, however, the switches in the inductor's path need to be thrown immediately; otherwise, current could begin to flow through the circuit in the wrong direction, which would drastically diminish its efficiency. The complication is that the rate at which the current rises and falls depends on the voltage generated by the solar cell, which is highly variable. So the timing of the switch throws has to vary, too.
Electric hourglass
To control the switches' timing, El-Damak and Chandrakasan use an electrical component called a capacitor, which can store electrical charge. The higher the current, the more rapidly the capacitor fills. When it's full, the circuit stops charging the inductor.
The rate at which the current drops off, however, depends on the output voltage, whose regulation is the very purpose of the chip. Since that voltage is fixed, the variation in timing has to come from variation in capacitance. El-Damak and Chandrakasan thus equip their chip with a bank of capacitors of different sizes. As the current drops, it charges a subset of those capacitors, whose selection is determined by the solar cell's voltage. Once again, when the capacitor fills, the switches in the inductor's path are flipped.
Additional background
ARCHIVE: Radio chip for the "Internet of things"
http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2015/low-power-radio-chip-internet-of-things-0222
ARCHIVE: Cochlear implants -- with no exterior hardware
http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2014/cochlear-implants-with-no-exterior-hardware-0209
ARCHIVE: Medical devices powered by the ear itself
http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2012/biological-battery-1107
Abby Abazorius
abbya@mit.edu
@MIT
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice
Symposia on VLSI Technology and Circuits
MULTIMEDIA/NETWORKING/INTERFACE DESIGN
SUPERCONDUCTORS/SEMICONDUCTORS
http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2015/solar-powered-sensors-0623
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Nobody likes to spend any more time than necessary in the dentist's chair but having to wait days for a crown is cruel punishment. D4D Technologies, based in the Dallas area, provides state of the art 3D dental imaging system that offers dentists and their patients the convenience of creating permanent crown on demand. This innovative system employs lasers, custom optics, 3D rendering, real-time computing and robotics. It is being utilized by dental practices worldwide, including in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and will be launched in Europe.
E4D system consists of three elements. First, a mobile device with an intraoral scanner (IOD) presents the treatment room. The IOD is an included high-speed computer with proprietary software and a 17 LCD. The dentist uses a tool to draw around a crown preparation necessary to create accurate, real-time digital later for optimum fit.
Next, the digital image of the tooth is sent wirelessly and securely to the job server – a desktop computer that computes a tool path from the scanned data. Finally, the tool path data file is transferred to a milling unit that interprets the image and mills the crown.
The critical link is the wireless connection between the IOD and the job server. A dental office typically has a lot of digital "noise" including electronic equipment, physical obstructions and other interference that can hamper the signal and slow or stop communications. Dentists prefer the IOD unit to be wireless so it can easily be moved throughout the office. D4D requires a powerful, yet reliable wireless solution to assure the system runs smoothly and without interference.
"You can design a beautiful tooth, but if you can't get it to the job server the whole process is moot," said Mark Lazarow, IT manager of D4D Technologies. Mark consulted with Jeff Romick, Vice President of HBR Technologies, a D-Link reseller also in the Dallas area that specializes in security, mobility and healthcare solutions.
Another key component of the D4D imaging system is providing outstanding customer support. It is critical for the company to be able to access its dentist's computer via the Internet to monitor in real-time and troubleshoot problems. "We needed a router that would maintain a signal and be reliable so we can access our customer's computers at any time," Lazarow said.
"The D-Link routers provide us with a more reliable signal and the transmission speeds are three to four times faster than before," he said, adding that they have deployed more than 700 D-Link router/adapter combos in dental offices worldwide.


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Q: Is it possible to programmatically hide Vuetify data-table items? I'm wondering if there is a way to hide a whole row/item in a vuetify data-table. I've read threads about hiding columns but not data-table items.

A: As per my understanding, You want to hide the specific rows from the <v-data-table>. If Yes, you can achieve that by using v-slot and manipulate the template.
Demo :

new Vue({
  el: '#app',
  vuetify: new Vuetify(),
  data () {
    return {
      headers: [
        {
          text: 'Dessert',
          value: 'name'
        }
      ],
      items: [
        {
          name: 'Frozen Yogurt',
          show: true
        },
        {
          name: 'Ice cream sandwich',
          show: false
        },
        {
          name: 'Eclair',
          show: true
        },
        {
          name: 'Cupcake',
          show: false
        }
      ]
    }
  },
})

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://unpkg.com/vuetify@2.6.6/dist/vuetify.min.css"/>
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  <v-app id="inspire">
    <v-data-table
      :headers="headers"
      :items="items"
      class="elevation-1"
    >
      <template v-slot:item="props">
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    </template>
</template>
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A: I think passing an empty array to your :items would fix your problem. or you can do this one :items="defaultVales || desserts".

A: In my opinion, the best way to handle this is to add a show property to your objects and use a computed property to hide and show items
Working example
Here it will hide column on click

new Vue({
  el: '#app',
  vuetify: new Vuetify(),
  computed:{
    showItems(){
      return this.desserts.filter(x => x.show)
    }
  },
  data() {
    return {
      headers: [
        { text: 'Name', value: 'name' },
        { text: 'Score', value: 'score' },
      ],
      desserts: [{
          name: "Frozen",
          score: 66,
          show: true,
        },
        {
          name: "Tom",
          score: 100,
          show: true,
        },
        {
          name: "Eclair",
          score: 100,
          show: true,
        },
        {
          name: "Frozen",
          score: 89,
          show: true,
        },
      ]
    }
  },

  methods: {
    hideColumn(col){
      col.show = false
    }
  }
})
<link rel='stylesheet' href='https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/vuetify@2.3.4/dist/vuetify.min.css'>

  <v-data-table
    :items="showItems"
    :headers="headers"
    @click:row="hideColumn"
  >

  </v-data-table>

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Time frame of story (known/surmised): Unclear. Dates disguised by Watson for confidentiality. Most likely late 1880's.
H&W living arrangements: H&W at 221B. Note: When Watson finally wrote this story, Holmes had retired to bee-keeping upon the Sussex Downs.
Opening scene: The Prime Minister Lord Bellinger, and the European Secretary Trelawney Hope, called upon H&W.
Crime or concern: Disappearance and presumed theft of a letter from a foreign potentate, that if made public would likely lead to war. Murder of one of the suspects, Lucas the blackmailer.
Villain: The European Secretary's wife, who had a beautifully coloured exquisite head, stole the treaty and gave it to another villain, Eduardo Lucas, who was blackmailing her over an indiscreet letter from her past.
Motive(s): European Secretary's Wife: to avoid exposure. Blackmailer Lucas, aka M. Henre Fournay: foreign intrigue, sell the letter. Lucas' wife from Paris, where she was known as Mme. Fournaye: frenzied jealosy (she was a hot-blooded Creole).
Logic used to solve: Holmes knew who the big-time spies were, and named the only 3 men in London capable of playing so bold a game. Watson sees in the paper that one of the three had been murdered that very night, so Holmes concentrates on him, noting that the odds of it being a coincidence are so enormous no figures could express them.
The chairs in the murder room were all swept over yonder, and the floor under the carpet blood-stain was not stained, however, the floor under the opposite corner was.
Policemen: Inspector Lestrade who took SH into his confidence on the murder of Lucas. Constables Barrett and MacPherson.
Holmes' fees: "If by the aid of the powers which you are said to possess you can find such an envelope as I describe with its enclosure, you will have deserved well of your country, and earned any reward which it lies in our power to bestow." – Lord Bellinger, Premier of Britain, spoken to SH.
Holmes may have lost his chance at a very big fee by pretending the letter had never really disappeared in the first place.
Transport: H&W put on their hats and and strolled down together to Westminster.
Food:	In the 2 days following the murder, SH devoured sandwiches at irregular hours.
Vices: After the initial interview, the 2 officials left, and SH lit his pipe and sat lost in deepest thought. In the 2 days following the murder, SH smoked incessantly, while not eating sandwiches.
Other cases mentioned: ABBE, and the woman at Margate.
Other interestings: This was Holmes' most important case. He prevented a war. It certainly represented the crowning glory of his career.
Remarkable similarity to the story and plot of NAVA.
Lestrade and the police were investigating the murder of Lucas, but they did not know about the more serious problem, the theft of the letter and the international threat.
When all was said and done: Mrs. Hope gave the letter to Lucas, and saw where he hid it. Then Lucas' hot-blooded wife showed up from Paris and killed him. Holmes realized from the stains that Constable MacPherson had let someone to the crime scene, and confronted Mrs. Hope. She gave SH the letter, and he hid it back in Hope's box, implying it had been there all along. The Prime Minister could tell something fishy had happened, but was so relieved to get the letter back, he let it go.


Los Angeles. Traffic. The carpool lane. This is something we all know far too well. So when James Corden of The Late Late Show made carpooling fun again with celebrities such as Madonna, Stevie Wonder, Mariah Carey and Michelle Obama singing along with him in the front seat, we knew this was a viral sensation that we had to try for ourselves.


Putin: Downing of Warplane "A Stab in the Back"
Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused Turkey of being accomplices of terrorism for shooting down a Russian warplane in Syria, warning of "very serious consequences" for relations.
During the talks with Jordanian King Abdullah in Sochi, Putin said "we won't allow such crimes to take place."
He added "We received a stab in the back from accomplices of terrorism."
Putin noted the Russian Su-24 warplane was attacked 1 km from the border with Turkey and crashed 4 km away, saying "the Russian pilots and the warplane in no way threatened Turkey."
Turkey said two F-16 jets shot down a Russian warplane that violated its airspace near the border with northwestern Syria earlier on Tuesday, marking the first direct clash between foreign powers embroiled in Syria's civil war.
Russia's Defense Ministry denied the plane had ever crossed the border and said it may have been hit by ground fire.
Turkey's action is the first time in decades that a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization has downed a Russian military aircraft.
Ambassadors of the 28 NATO member states will soon meet in Brussels at Turkey's request to discuss the incident.


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Expected returns and risk
Creating a Portfolio
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This course integrates all the learning from the first three courses and guides the learner about ways of building a portfolio of strategies and integrating the same into a hedge fund. In the first part of the course, you will be taught ways of measuring the contribution of a strategy to a portfolio in terms of risk and return. You will be able to appreciate the consequences of including a strategy to a new as well an existing portfolio. Next, you are taught various ways of conducting the tilting analysis in order to determine the optimal weight to be placed on each strategy. After this you will learn to develop techniques for minimizing overall portfolio risk. You will also get a basic overview of the regulatory framework that is applicable to hedge funds. You will know about different types of investors and the expectations of each type of investors.
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In this module you will lean how to perform style analysis and performance attribution. You will also learn some facts about the mutual fund performance and timing measurement. In the second half of the module you will learn how to calculate the expected returns and risk. The module ends with an understanding of the utility theory.
Expected returns and risk6:09
Utility theory5:46
Investment Choices and Portfolios5:52
Capital Allocation6:48
Risky portfolios6:49
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Learning outcomes. After completing this video you should be able to calculate the holding period return of a security, explain risk using standard deviation, calculate the expected return and risk of a security. Expected returns and risk. In this video, we will define what expected return and risk are and the relation between the two. Let's look at how you would calculate the return on an investment in a stock. Say you pay $50 to buy one share in a stock today. After a year, the stock price is $55. During the one year you hold the stock, it pays you a dividend of $1. So what return have you earned from holding the stock for a year? There are two parts. One is the income from the dividend, which is $1, and the other is a change in price from $50 to $55. You earned a profit of $6 on an initial investment of $50, which means your holding period return over the one year is 6 divided by 50, which is 12%. We can write a general formula for holding period returns as follows P sub 1- P sub 0 + D sub 1/P0. In this example the ability to calculate the holding period return depends on knowing how much dividend will be paid while you hold the stock, as well as what the stock price will be after a year. However, we almost never know what these future numbers will be. So all we can do is to estimate what the return over the next one year will be. The return hence is a random variable that is characterized by its possible outcomes and the probabilities associated with each outcome. We can then estimate an expected return of an investment using the possible outcomes and their probabilities. This expected return Is what we use as the discount rate when we calculate present and future values. Now let's turn to risk. What most people think of risk as being a bad thing, they relate it to the likelihood of losing money. Risk is actually the uncertainty of outcomes, both good as well as bad. In the context of investments, the risk is the uncertainty of future returns. This is usually measured using either the variance or standard deviation of returns. The larger the variance or standard deviation, the larger is the risk. Now let's see how expected return and risk are related. You have $100 and two investment choices to make. The first investment will give you $105 guaranteed after one year. Since there is no uncertainty or risk in this payoff, this is what is called a risk-free or riskless investment. The second investment will pay you either $150 after one year with a 60% probability or $80 after one year with a 40% probability. This investment is risky, as your future payoff is uncertain. The question is which investment should you invest in? To answer this question we need to compute the expected return and risk of the two investments. For the first investment the expected return is 105- 100, which is 5%. There is no uncertainty in the investment and hence its risk is 0. For the second investment, we have to compute the expected return for both possible payoffs. When the future return is $150, the expected return is 150- 100/100, which is 50%. When the future payoff is $80, the expected return is 80- 100/100, which is a -20%. With this investment, now there is a 60% chance of a 50% return, and a 40% chance of a -20% return. So its expected return is 0.6 x 50% + 0.4 x -20% = 22%. Clearly, the second investment seems more attractive, given its higher expected return. However, what is its risk? Its variance is 0.6 x 0.5- 0.2 to the whole squared + 0.4 x -0.2- 0.2 to the whole squared, which equals 0.1176. The standard deviation is simply the square root of variance. The square root of 0.1176 is 34.29%. The second investment has a return that is 17% higher but also has a risk that is 34.29% higher. As an investor, is the additional 17% return appropriate for the 34.29% risk? The answer is that it depends on two things. One, the investor's attitude towards risk, which is the domain of utility theory. Two, models that help compare the risk and return of different investment choices. These models are called asset pricing models. We will answer the question as to which investment is better after we've discussed utility theory next time.


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Congress failed to reauthorize the U.S. Export-Import Bank last month, which proponents say will hurt domestic businesses as well as global trade partners.
The bank finances loans to subsidize the exports of domestic companies, making them more competitive with foreign competitors. It also provides credit insurance against the failure of foreign buyers and its closure on July 1 marks the first since its operations begun 81 years ago.
The renewal failed after many conservative members of Congress opposed it on the basis that it created too much government intervention in free markets. Although there has been much discussion on whether the bank's expiration was good or bad for U.S. companies, there has been little attention paid to the impacts on the bank's foreign partners. Moreover, the bank's failure will have direct impacts on U.S.- Africa economic relations, especially on President Obama's PowerAfrica initiative.
PowerAfrica is a program launched in 2013 that seeks to improve access to electricity in the sub-Saharan African region, beginning in partner countries Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, and Tanzania. To achieve their goal of universal energy access in the region by 2030, the U.S. has committed over $7 billion in support to several programs. Unlike past aid initiatives, the PowerAfrica program is not a direct aid-based program, but rather incentivizes local investment from private companies to develop infrastructure and technology. The Overseas Private Investment Corporation, Millennium Challenge Corporation, U.S. Trade and Development Agency, U.S. African Development Foundation, and the Ex-Im Bank have all committed different amounts of investment and assistance, in addition to U.S. private investors. Five billion dollars of the $7 billion committed came from Ex-Im Bank in the form of support for U.S. exports focused on regional power and infrastructure projects.
The failure of Congress to reauthorize the Ex-Im Bank has serious impacts, both domestically and internationally, and PowerAfrica is just one of many casualties. PowerAfrica seeks to address a critical and fundamental need in Africa - one that is needed as a base for further economic development. Of the $5 billion allotted for the PowerAfrica initiative, only $132 million has been approved. This means that the bank cannot approve the rest of the pending PowerAfrica projects, leaving them vulnerable to foreign competition and investment, especially from China.
One of the most important functions that Ex-Im Bank provided in support of U.S.-Africa economic relations was taking on the risk of emerging markets, in inherently high-risk environments. Many sub-Saharan African companies are operating in climates of risk, with poor governance practices, infrastructure, and weak institutions. The continued development of infrastructures that benefits businesses relies on the continued funding of programs like PowerAfrica through the Ex-Im Bank. Business owners and investors in Africa are dependent on better access to energy and development resources.
Opponents of the bank have celebrated its closure, calling it "corporate welfare," and "crony-capitalism." Supporters argue that it benefits U.S. small business owners and levels the international playing field. It also takes on the risk of international agreements. Andrew Liveris, chairman and CEO of The Dow Chemical Company, argues that "Congress has raised the hurdle for U.S. companies even higher" by allowing the failure of the bank.
Last year, the bank provided $20.5 billion in financing, creating more than $674 million in profits from international transactions without any cost to U.S. taxpayers. Aside from domestic benefits, the bank's partners also profit from the relationship. The sub-Saharan African region is a priority for Ex-Im bank due to its congressional mandate.
According to Amadou Sy from the Brookings Institution, in the first seven months of the 2014 fiscal year, "the Ex-Im Bank authorized $1.1 billion for sub-Saharan Africa, amounting to over $5 billion over the last five years." There is no doubt that the economic relationship between the U.S. and sub-Saharan African countries has benefited enormously from the strength and development of the Ex-Im Bank.


Now in its 14th year, BC's Top Employers is a special designation that acknowledges British Columbia employers that lead their industries in offering exceptional places to work. Capilano University is extremely honoured to be recognized as one of the best workplaces in the province.
To be named as one of BC's Top Employers, organizations are evaluated based on the following criteria: Physical Workplace; Work Atmosphere & Social; Health, Financial & Family Benefits; Vacation & Time Off; Employee Communications; Performance Management; Training & Skills Development; and Community Involvement. Employers are compared to other organizations in their field to determine which offer the most progressive and forward-thinking programs.
Congratulations to all of CapU's faculty, staff and employees who have contributed in making CapU such a great place to work! We're constantly striving to build capacity and look after ourselves in order to support our employees.


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Klaipėda (Memel sau Memelburg în germană, Kłajpeda în poloneză) este capitala județului Klaipėda din Lituania și singurul port al țării la Marea Baltică.
La 22 martie 1939, în urma unui ultimatum, Lituania a cedat Germaniei portul Memel (Klaipeda), el revenindu-i în momentul în care URSS a înaintat spre est și a înființat RSS Lituaniană.
Orașul are o populație de 192.954 de locuitori.

Istorie
Klaipėda a fost fondată de triburi baltice în secolul al XII-lea. Pentru mult timp, orașul a fost parte din Prusia de Est, cunoscut sub numele Memel.

Persoane faimoase
 Simon Dach, poet
 Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander, astronom
 George Adomeit, pictor
 Andrei Ciofu, fotbalist

Orașe din Lituania
Porturi la Marea Baltică
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When using the breath to positively influence psychological states of being, we're also working with brain wave patterns. Our 9 to 5 mind is operating with the brain wave pattern called Beta. That's the one you're using to read this article. A little bit slower is called Alpha waves. This is the creative wave pattern involved in "overall mental coordination, calmness, alertness, mind/body integration and learning." Slower than that is called Theta waves when you're not fully awake or asleep. It's the perfect space to learn new concepts if you can stay awake. The slowest is Delta waves which happen during sleep when the brain is repairing itself from our day and organizing itself for tomorrow (Brainworks, n.d.).
Think of the breath-based warm-up as moving from Beta to Alpha. We're integrating the body and mind for healthful action throughout our entire workout. With "planned, structured and repetitive" breathing techniques within the workout, we can transform the old feedback loop from that of stress-based induced exercise to one of balance and neuroplasticity.
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Q: Miracast with Miraclecast with Ubuntu 17.04 I am trying configure and use Miracast on my XPS 15 with Ubuntu 17.04. I came across this project https://github.com/albfan/miraclecast. I have followed the building steps and installed it. Now the documentation is not very clear (at least to me) on what to do next. It says the following:
$ sudo kill -9 $(ps -ef | grep wpa_supplican[t] | awk '{print $2}')
# now you can use `res/kill-wpa.sh`

>Remember to save your config to use with `res/normal-wifi.sh`
>it will be easily located with `ps -ef | grep wpa_supplicant` on `-c` option.

When I ran this in the terminal my wifi turned off. Then it says:
$ sudo miracle-wifid &

Here I get the error

command not found

A: Try running the command from the src folder.
Once you build miraclecast using make, the executables will be generated in the corresponding directories, then copied to system directories when you run make install
so try this:
cd /<miraclecast_directory>/src/wifi/
sudo ./miracle-wifid --log-level 7 &

--log-level 7 will enable trace level logs


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Worthplaying | PC Review – 'Blacksad: Under the Skin'
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The Blacksad series of graphic novels has a very interesting multinational story behind it. From the minds of a writer and artist duo in Spain, it is a series written initially in French about America in the 1950s, but anthropomorphic animals take the place of humans. Having been translated into several different languages over multiple volumes, the series is highly regarded, as evidenced by the several Eisner Award nominations and wins it has garnered over the years. Thanks to corporate ownership, Microids was able to convince the comic publisher to do a game adaptation, and with the help of Spain's Pendulo Studios, Blacksad: Under The Skin was born.
Blacksad is set in some time after the second volume, and you play the role of John Blacksad, a troubled youth and former soldier in World War II who's now working as a private detective. The game opens with you being ambushed by a rhino that's trying to get back at you for taking pictures of his affair with another woman. After that confrontation is over, you're met by Sonia Dunn, the daughter of boxing gym owner Joe Dunn. It turns out that Joe hanged himself at his own gym, and the gym's top prospect, Bobby Yale, has gone missing. It's only two days before the scheduled fight in Madison Square Garden, and the gym faces closure if they forfeit. Your primary goal is to find the whereabouts of Bobby in time for the fight, while your secondary goal is to learn if Joe was a victim of foul play.
If you're already a fan of the graphic novels, the game is considered non-canonical. Even though the writer/artist duo of the series was involved in the game's plot, everything here has no connection to anything after the series' second volume. The story is good due to the characters involved. Most of the cast is original, and they're believable in their roles, while the comic mainstays play out as authentically as possible. The story may take on familiar twists, but everything comes together well enough that you'll be compelled to go through the game's double-digit running time multiple times to see all six endings.
Blacksad may be classified as an adventure game, but it isn't played out like the typical point-and-click adventure. Instead, the core mechanics are something of a modification of the Telltale formula but with an emphasis on interaction over cut scenes. You can directly move Blacksad to an area, and that's the only way to interact with things. The actions are context-sensitive, so the game automatically knows what to do with something once you choose to interact with it. The title is very light on puzzle elements, so there isn't a proper inventory system, but there's an emphasis on dialogue and dialogue choices.
As with the Telltale system, you have plenty of chances to choose a response or a question, but there's limited time to do so. Early on, you learn that each choice ultimately affects the rest of the game. Denying the rhino's request to keep mum about his infidelity leads to you getting beaten up later on. Comply with his wishes, and you'll get a reprieve when the time comes. Aside from quick time events for some actions, the game also provides a chart about whether your Blacksad character is clumsy, nimble, silent or talkative. Unfortunately, that's only good for your own enjoyment, as there's no way to compare your version of the detective against others online.
One new additional wrinkle is the deduction system. Almost every interaction with objects or people yields a new mental clue, and once you're prompted, you can delve into Blacksad's mind to see if the clues link together. Failed links don't do any harm, but successful ones open up more avenues for questioning and puzzle solutions. Nothing is too obtuse, so you'll feel smart for figuring out the solution without a guide.
The systems lay the groundwork for an adventure game that feels different but new, but there are some design decisions that do a better job of dampening the game's overall fun. The first has to do with the tendency to take things too slowly. There's no run button, so Blacksad is always walking at a leisurely pace. Some locations have long patches without anything of interest, so this can feel tedious. The same goes for some conversations, where there are long pauses before a new dialogue choice appears or before you can put down the clue you're analyzing to move on to the next point of interest. This laid-back pace can make the game feel like a slog, which is tough in a genre that's already slow.
The other issue stems from the hotspot detection system. At least half of the time, the prompt to examine something appears right away. That works for larger areas, but for smaller ones, the game requires precision for those areas to activate. Move a step away from where the game wants you to, and the hotspot disappears. A number of these smaller areas contain something vital, so you'll spend a great deal of time trying to get a prompt to appear rather than doing something more important for the case.
On a side note, Blacksad is packed with tons of collectible stickers. They're neat since you can see the animals participating in pro sports, but they're only good for achievement hunters and collectors, since they don't have any real effect on the game. That also means you might be annoyed by their presence due to the aforementioned delicate hotspot detection system, so it can be annoying to fiddle around in an area to get another sports sticker.
Graphically, the game looks fantastic at first glance. The environments pop out wonderfully, with tons of details scattered throughout. The game always seems to have something floating in the air, whether it's dust, leaves or smoke, and it works well for atmosphere, even though it seems like the team wanted to show off. The character models also look rather nice, provided you're already good with the comic's art style. Some of the people look quite odd with this style, especially most of the felines. The models lose their luster once they speak because the mouth either isn't animated, or the movements don't match the dialogue — even for the main character. Also, the game seems to have issues with the frame rate. A 30fps cap is disappointing, especially for those running with above-average hardware, but it's a shame that the frame rate can sometimes dip lower than that.
Like the graphics, the audio is mostly good. This is the first time that the characters have voices, and most of them seem to fit pretty well. There are a few odd choices, but nothing is too off-putting, and the performances are done well enough that you'd like to see the same cast return if a future game is made. The music fits in with the detective noir style, while the title screen's more grandiose track sounds so good that you won't mind that it doesn't fit well with the other pieces. The sound effects get disappointing, as they either don't play or lack the expected impact. For example, during the first scene you get beat up in, the sound of the club hitting your face isn't there, while the sounds of a boxer hitting the bags later on is muffled.
There's a shimmer of something good in Blacksad: Under the Skin. Even though it is standard detective noir material, the story remains engaging enough that newcomers to the series might be encouraged to seek out the original graphic novels afterward. The core gameplay mechanics work well, since they feel like an upgraded version of the formula established by Telltale Games. Issues like slow movement, pregnant pauses, and finicky hotspot detection deflate any enthusiasm the game may foster. If you can live with this sort of thing, then Blacksad is a good adventure game, but others who mind these issues might want to wait for future patches to address these concerns.
Score: 6.5/10
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The Top Ten Product Marketers to Follow On LinkedIn
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Keeping up with peers or influencers on social media has become as important as doing the job itself. Leaders are disrupting the market with powerful innovations and their insights can do wonders in developing strategies for your success. Here is a list of our top ten Product Marketers we found very useful to follow on LinkedIn.
Michael Berger
With over two decades of experience in the field, Mike Berger is touted as one of the best Product Marketers out there today. Currently the VP, Product Marketing at Momentive, Mike has also served in leadership Marketing positions at Gainsight and Marketo. Mike is known to be highly effective at breaking down complexities and distilling product messaging, value propositions simple and easy to comprehend.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mberger/
2. Dave Gerhardt
Currently the Chief Marketing Officer at Privy, Dave Gerhardt was previously the VP of Marketing at Drift, one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies of all-time. Dave believes that marketing isn't about tools & technology or the latest growth hack — it's about copywriting, storytelling, and understanding people. Dave has emerged as one of today's top marketing leaders.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/davegerhardt/
3. Rosie Pongracz
Rosie Pongracz is the Head of Technical Marketing for Data Science and AI for IBM. She is a Versatile and results-oriented technical marketing leader with deep experience in enterprise IT, platform, and developer marketing. Over her two decade long career, Rosie has launched over 40 products and companies including early stage products and re-positions.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rosiepongracz/
4. Jessica Webb
Jessica Webb, a Senior Product Marketing Manager at Trello has a proven track record in product marketing. She specializes in high-velocity growth marketing, cross-functional relationship building, diverse hiring, and managing effective teams. In a short span of time, Jessica has emerged to be one of the most influential leaders of the marketing world.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicawebbica/
5. Bob Gibbert
Bob Gibbert is currently the Vice President of Go-To-Market Strategy and Chief Evangelist at Netskope. Bob is passionate about building world-class teams in order to launch highly successful products. He is a prolific speaker and product demonstrator, reaching live audiences in more than 45 countries over the past decade. Having spent 25 years in Silicon Valley, Bob is definitely a leader to follow in the product world.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobegilbert/
6. Yossi Zohar
Currently the director of product marketing for Cloud CRM solutions, Yossi Zohar has spent three decades in product marketing. He spent 15 years as the Senior Director, Head of Product Marketing at Amdocs where he led key strategic product initiatives in the CRM group. Yossi believes that brands must find a way to articulate a compelling story that stands out from the competition.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/yossiz/
7. Scott Shapiro
Scott Shapiro is a Senior Product Marketing Manager at Qualtrics. Its CustomerXM product, sees 75% YoY growth, with more than 450 of the world's largest companies using it to power their customer experience programs. Before Qualtrics, Scott spent 5 years at Microsoft doing scotProduct Marketing for Office, working across B2C, B2B, and EDU audiences. Scott is known for his humor and obsession with all things comedy from stand-up to memoirs and satire.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/scotthshapiro/
8. Shimrit
Currently the Growth & Product Marketing at Nextdoor, Shimrit has many years of experience in growth tactics and consumer-focused marketing strategies. With experience in Silicon Valley, London, and Tel Aviv, and a strong entrepreneurial mindset, Shimrit has been helping startups across industries grow for the past 13 years. She is a highly analytical, experimental and creative problem-solver whose insights continue to be instrumental in shaping multiple companies.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/shimritshiran/
9. Scott Lang
Currently the Vice President, Product Marketing at Prevalent, Scott Lang is a top marketing leader and contributor to bottom-line increases. His specializations include product positioning and messaging, marketing development and execution, and global internal and external customer support. Scott is passionate about introducing innovative products to the market that address tangible customer needs. Prior to Prevalent, Scott was the Senior Director, Product Marketing at BeyondTrust where he established BeyondTrust as the leading provider of privileged access management solutions
https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottthomaslang/
10. Ryan Bonnici
Ryan Bonnici is the Chief Marketing Officer at Whereby. He was awarded 26th place on World's Most Influential CMOs by Forbes in 2020 and 41st place in 2019. Ryan is an incredibly energetic, passionate and self-directed marketing leader with fortified marketing, management and organizational skills. Prior to Whereby, Ryan was the Chief Marketing Officer at G2, a community where users submit reviews on business solutions to help professionals make more informed purchasing decisions. Ryan loves to share his experience on inbound marketing, SaaS, how to attract and hire great employees, and all things digital.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanbonnici/
These were our favorite picks among leaders you just can't afford to miss following on LinkedIn. If there's someone we've missed, write to us!
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myclickforum United Nation Jobs November 12, 2021
Position Title : Head of Sub-Office (3 Positions)
Duty Station : Multiple Duty Stations
Classification : Professional Staff, Grade P2
Type of Appointment : Special short-term graded, six months with possibility of extension
Estimated Start Date : As soon as possible
Closing Date : 23 November 2021
IOM is committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment. Read more about diversity and inclusion at IOM at www.iom.int/diversity.
Applications are welcome from first- and second-tier candidates, particularly qualified female candidates as well as applications from the non-represented member countries of IOM. For all IOM vacancies, applications from qualified and eligible first-tier candidates are considered before those of qualified and eligible second-tier candidates in the selection process.
For the purpose of this vacancy, the following are considered first-tier candidates:
Candidates from the following non-represented member states:
Antigua and Barbuda; Aruba (Netherlands); Botswana; Cabo Verde; Comoros; Congo (the); Cook Islands; Cuba; Fiji; Gabon; Guinea-Bissau; Guyana; Holy See; Iceland; Kingdom of Eswatini; Kiribati; Lao People's Democratic Republic (the); Latvia; Libya; Luxembourg; Marshall Islands; Micronesia (Federated States of); Montenegro; Namibia; Nauru; Palau; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Samoa; Sao Tome and Principe; Seychelles; Solomon Islands; Suriname; The Bahamas; Timor-Leste; Tonga; Tuvalu; Vanuatu
Second tier candidates include:
All external candidates, except candidates from non-represented member states.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Haiti is currently implementing a variety of projects through its Sub-offices of Les Cayes, Jeremie, Nippes -Miragoane, following August 14th Earthquake. Activities include: • Camp Coordination and Camp Management (CCCM); • Non-Food Items (NFI) distribution; • Displacement Tracking; • Return Intention Surveys; • Shelter construction; • Community profiling; and • Climate change induced displacement.
Under the direct supervision of the Chief of Mission and in coordination with the Senior Program Coordinator and other Projects Managers; the successful candidate will work in close coordination with the Port-au-Prince-based Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) Coordinator and Information Management Unit to be responsible for the daily supervision of the activities implemented in the Sub-Office as outlined above. In particular, the Head of Sub-Office will be responsible for:
Ensure the implementation of all activities pertaining to humanitarian assistance in the area of responsibility.
Supervise the day-to-day operations of Sub-Office, including overseeing the preparation of operational advances, accounting documents, overview of office maintenance, procurement and logistic needs, administrational management of the overall sub-office.
Participate and represent the sub-office in interagency coordination mechanisms, particularly the CCCM, NFI, and Shelter sub-cluster.
Supervise the DTM activities, ensuring validation and triangulation exercises are strictly adhered to and timing of DTM rounds are enforced.
Ensure data cleaning and supervision of data entry and management.
Support and execute registration, profiling and other data collection exercises if and as required.
Provide analytical reporting, including context-related verification of DTM reporting in close coordination with Central based teams.
Keep abreast of any security developments and ensure close coordination with the Chief of Mission of any required adjustments.
Support and implement NFI distribution in close coordination with the NFI coordinator.
Support the development of a context-based community profiling methodology which will be directly implemented, overseen and analyzed.
Supervise all sub-office staff.
• Master's degree in Data Management, Project Management, Reporting or a related field from an accredited academic institution with two years of relevant professional experience; or
• University degree in the above fields with four years of relevant professional experience.
• Professional experience in programme coordination and managerial responsibilities specifically around population tracking, data analysis and project management
• Experience in fieldwork in a challenging environment.
• Experience in implementing projects in fragile and post-conflict political settings.
• Must be familiar with the UN security system;
• Strong and proven, analytical skills;
• Willingness to travel up to 60% of the time to very remote and isolated field locations and work in a diverse multi-cultural environment.
IOM's official languages are English, French, and Spanish.
External applicants for all positions in the Professional category are required to be proficient in English and have at least a working knowledge of one additional UN Language (French, Spanish, Arabic, Russian or Chinese).
For all applicants, fluency in English and French is required (oral and written). Working knowledge of Haitian Creole and/or Spanish is an advantage.
Duty stations will be Les Cayes, Jeremie, and Miragoane.
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• Inclusion and respect for diversity: respects and promotes individual and cultural differences; encourages diversity and inclusion wherever possible.
• Integrity and transparency: maintains high ethical standards and acts in a manner consistent with organizational principles/rules and standards of conduct.
• Professionalism: demonstrates ability to work in a composed, competent and committed manner and exercises careful judgment in meeting day-to-day challenges.
• Teamwork: develops and promotes effective collaboration within and across units to achieve shared goals and optimize results.
• Delivering results: produces and delivers quality results in a service-oriented and timely manner; is action oriented and committed to achieving agreed outcomes.
• Managing and sharing knowledge: continuously seeks to learn, share knowledge and innovate.
• Accountability: takes ownership for achieving the Organization's priorities and assumes responsibility for own action and delegated work.
• Communication: encourages and contributes to clear and open communication; explains complex matters in an informative, inspiring and motivational way.
Managerial Competencies – behavioural indicators level 2
• Leadership: provides a clear sense of direction, leads by example and demonstrates the ability to carry out the organization's vision; assists others to realize and develop their potential.
• Empowering others & building trust: creates an atmosphere of trust and an enabling environment where staff can contribute their best and develop their potential.
• Strategic thinking and vision: works strategically to realize the Organization's goals and communicates a clear strategic direction.
IOM's competency framework can be found at this link. https://www.iom.int/sites/default/files/about-iom/iom_revised_competency_framework_external.pdf
Internationally recruited professional staff are required to be mobile.
This selection process may be used to staff similar positions in various duty stations. Recommended candidates will remain eligible to be appointed in a similar position for a period of 24 months.
The list of NMS countries above includes all IOM Member States which are non-represented in the Professional Category of staff members. For this staff category, candidates who are nationals of the duty station's country cannot be considered eligible.
Appointment will be subject to certification that the candidate is medically fit for appointment, accreditation, any residency or visa requirements, and security clearances.
Interested candidates are invited to submit their applications via PRISM, IOM e-Recruitment system, by 23 November 2021 at the latest, referring to this advertisement.
Requisition: SVN 2021 271 Head of Sub-Office (3 Positions) (P2) Multiple Duty Stations, Haiti (57257869)
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Cambridge-based FlexEnable and Grenoble-based ISORG, specialists in flexible organic electronics and organic photodetectors and large area image sensors, have revealed technology which could enable flexible biometric sensors to be deployed on totally new surfaces.
Describing it as the "the world's first large area flexible fingerprint sensor on plastic designed for biometric applications", the firms say the tech could enable "new generation biometric solutions", for instance a fingerprint sensor wrapped around a car steering wheel.
With a thickness of 0.03cm, an 8.6 x 8.6cm active area, 84µm pitch and 1024 x 1024 pixel resolution, the sensor is said to operate in visible and near infrared up to wavelengths of 900nm. The technology is also capable of measuring not only the fingerprint, but the configuration of veins in the fingers as well, providing additional security versus that of a surface fingerprint alone.
This has been achieved by deposition of ISORG's organic printed photodetectors (OPD) onto FlexEnable's plastic organic thin-film transistor backplane to create a flexible fingerprint sensor that is light, robust and lensless. The companies claim that the sensing area can be applied to almost any surface, such as a credit card with integrated biometric detection that does not compromise current form factors.
The companies said that the cost advantages of flexible plastic fingerprint sensors to area manufacturing are due to the low temperature and printing process on plastic rather than silicon. Moreover, fingerprint sensors made of plastic have similar optical performances to conventional optical fingerprint sensors such as sensitivity, linearity, and low noise, but without the need for expensive and bulky optics.


The Soul has actually been a strong seller, a brand name ambassador, and a visual example for Kia, however as the present model has actually continued, the numbers have actually dipped. In 2016, the company moved 145,000 of the softly geometric runabouts, a number that reduced by 30,000 for the '17 model year in a more significant decrease than the industry-wide disintegration of sales in the very same duration. We 'd like to blame the absence of an au courant Hamstar Edition, however the truth is that the present Soul is aging– a procedure sped up by the arrival of lots of new rivals in its sector. As much as Kia would have you think that the new Stinger sport tourer is its image leader, in the meantime, that title still comes from the fun-signifying Soul. Making the next model much more attractive to clients is critical.
The 2019 Kia Soul will share a platform with the soon-to-arrive Hyundai Kona and the Kia Stonic. The latter, like other B-segment utelets, provides a more standard take on the sector than the upright Soul, however we, like Hyundai-Kia, figure that will not matter much. With Scion and its xB having actually gone the method of the dodo, and Nissan's Cube eliminated to some Picassofied unbalanced limbo, there are however 2 choices for those who jones for a Soul-like item: the Soul and the airier (within), more gelatinous (outdoors) Fiat 500L, and we're sorry we raised the latter.
Kia presently uses a naturally aspirated 130-hp 1.6-liter inline-four, a 2.0-liter 4 draining 161 horse power, and a turbocharged 1.6-liter 4 great for 201 horse power, in addition to the electrical Soul EV. Considered that Hyundai is prepping an electrical variation of the Kona, the Soul EV's ongoing presence is essentially ensured. The internal-combustion powertrains are where things get intriguing. Sources recommend that, while the Kona/Stonic will provide a mechanical AWD system, the Soul might feature rear wheels driven by means of electrical motor. It might be comparable to what Kia used in the Trail' ster idea car it showed in 2015, and would imply including a hybrid or plug-in hybrid variation to the range.
Hyundai's Kona will get here with your option of a 2.0-liter inline-four or a turbocharged 1.6-liter 4, and as such, we anticipate the Soul to hang onto its 2.0 and 1.6 turbo. Kia will desire the base Soul to stay competitively priced, which likely demands the retention of the naturally aspirated 1.6 at the bottom of the line. We would not be shocked to see the six-speed automated continue its pairing with the naturally aspirated engines, while the 1.6 turbo is a lock for the dual-clutch system that is presently discovered in the Soul Turbo. The accessibility of a manual transmission on the next Soul is something of an open concern, however we 'd a minimum of anticipate it to be offered on the 1.6.
We prepare for that the 2019 Kia Soul will make its launching at the Los Angeles auto show late this year and go on sale right after. We do not anticipate the Soul's base cost to move much at all. The present car begins at $17,095.
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