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Writing Radio's Wrongs
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Self Inflicted Injuries…
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Valentine in the Morning
MYfm, Los Angeles
Our thoughts on the MYfm morning show.
Bob Christy:
I listened like a listener this morning at 6:20. I poured my third cup of coffee, turned on the radio and the first thing I heard was Valentine having a long conversation with a woman trapped in an unhappy marriage. Valentine let her talk, she got into what a nice and good man her husband is, but she just isn't in love with him. Valentine got too close to being an amateur psychologist, but he didn't push it. He didn't make fun of her predicament. Valentine ended it nicely, and I came away thinking "Wow, he isn't an asshole!" Good start.
George Johns:
I agree, Bob, he's warm, friendly, and very female-oriented. The problem I had with Valentine's topics when I listened, was none of them had a killer close. Nothing he did stuck, so there was no way I could go to work and say, "Hey did you hear what Valentine said this morning?"
Bob Christy
From that nice, first class start, MYfm went to a massive bunch of commercials. The third or 4th spot was very low. Almost, inaudible. Traffic was read at high speed, it sounded like one long sentence without punctuation. Brutal. If you're going to do traffic, why throw it away? I'd bet even the most hardcore Valentine listeners tune in KNX or somewhere else for traffic, what they get from MYfm is useless.
The thing about the morning show, is true of the rest of MYfm, they're not balanced. They clump all the talk together and then cluster the music too. If I was doing it, I would put the topic, the spots and a tune all together in a segment and then continue around the clock the same way.
After a few tunes, more calls on relationship problems. One woman sounded like she was making shit up. Valentine handled her well. I found myself thinking this guy is good. Valentine is the always hard to find " nice guy on the radio". Too many morning guys sound like the kind of person, who if they sat next to you at a bar, you'd move.
Geo Johns:
"Nice guy sounding" is Valentine's gift, he need not work on that, but what he does need to work on, is making me see what he says. Seeing, as 85% of communication is done with the eyes, broadcasters and authors have to paint pictures. Valentine doesn't do that at all, so no radio hall of fame for him.
Cakes came out on the porch just as one of the calls ended. Valentine's sidekick Jill was doing the ever present "woman/girl on the radio laugh". Cakes said "Why do they always do that stupid laugh?" I don't know, Honey.
I think the giggle chick sidekick era is over, Bob. Valentine needs to use his staff as more than his in studio audience. He should be interviewing things out of them, asking them the things he can't say because of his image. He's the one wearing the white hat the rest don't have to.
Valentine's show could be so much better. He needs to be in a better environment. You don't need to do music sweeps in AM drive. Let Valentine be Valentine. That's on the PD or Brand Manager, not Valentine. Here's another thing. The Dodgers won the NL West for the 6th straight year. Never mentioned! Rain in the forecast for the first time in months and months. Never mentioned! And sweet sleeping Jesus, slow the traffic woman down!
The only thing local on the morning show Bob is the traffic, but it goes by so fast that you don't really hear it. The show is pleasant enough, but great morning shows are only understood by the listeners who live in that town. You could drop Valentines show into any town.
We we talking the other day about the great radio CEO and innovator George Wilson. When George went to rehab at Hazelden outside of Minneapolis, he said he was excited to be able to listen to WCCO. CCO had been dominate in the Twin Cities since the station signed on in 1921. Wilson said he turned it on one morning and he didn't understand what Boone and Erickson were talking about. WCCO was all about Minneapolis and St. Paul. The only thing George recognized on the station were the sportscasts, because he knew the names of the teams. When he got out of rehab he beat his Bartel GMS and PDS into making their stations local, local, local and then more local. Wilson got dry at Hazelden and got religion about being all about your market. HIs "Q" stations all had the same format, but they all sounded different because they were targeted right at their market.
Too bad Wilson had to learn how radio worked by going to rehab. You and I learned how radio worked from what caused George to go there. All that counts is being local. In fact, when I first moved to San Diego, I didn't understand the jargon. They referred to areas as PB, TJ, the Strand, OB, the Murph, the Gaslamp District, Etc. You had to live there to understand what it meant. If you didn't use those terms you were from out of town. Most of the LA stations got into San Diego loud and clear but nobody listened to them They didn't talk about San Diego.
George, we've both been around morning shows running as many as 21 units in an hour, we somehow figured how to make the show sound uncluttered. MYfm needs to decide whether they are going to be a personality driven show from 6 to 9 or keep trying to split the baby. It's schizophrenic.
Yeah, it doesn't really matter what the unit count is Bob, you have to figure out how to balance it. In fact all you need is the formula that movies, TV sitcoms, broadway plays and all the guys I was lucky enough to work with who are in the radio hall of fame use. Attention getting opening, a little drama and a killer close. All Valentine has is a little drama which is the least important part.
The way I've always taught it Bobby, break by break is;
1. What's it like outside.
2. What's going on in the area.
3. What's the station or one of it's staff members doing.
4. Your own topic
5. Start over at #1
I'd love to hear Valentine working on a show formatted for his strengths. You and I have discussed many times how you can you use the various elements to punctuate, bits, phone calls. He could set up a call from Jody in North Hollywood this way:
"I've got Jody on the phone, she lives in North Hollywood, Jody what's going on?"
"My neighbor's cat jumps across to my balcony to poop."
"What?" Jill says (no laughing, btw)
"Have you talked to your neighbor about it?" Valentine asks.
"She doesn't believe me."
"Probably doesn't want to. (Jill could say, "I wouldn't want to know either.") Have you got her number?"
"Give it to me while we check traffic, I'll call her for you, Okay?"
"Great. It's a nice cat named Fritzie and I love cats, but…."
"We'll make that call for you Jody, it's 7:18, sunny with a high of 78 today in the valleys, cooler on the beaches. Air quality is supposed to be good. It's Valentine in the Morning on MYfm, we'll be back to solve Jody's kitty troubles after a check on traffic."
It would be really nice if the traffic person could mention Jody's cat problem, too.
The perfect way to get rid of a few spots and the traffic and get the listener to hang on.
How would you handle it, George?
That works for me Bobby. All the morning folks I ever worked with, use the spots as a rim shot for a good punch line. It can even save some very bad, corny ones.
The PD or Brand Manager or who ever needs to sit down with Valentine every day and go through, at least one thing, good or bad. I remember when you got your hands on a script from the Letterman Show, all of the seemingly ad libbed material was scripted word for word.
Great morning shows can't just wing it 20 hours a week. Valentine is good, with the right direction, he could be a great morning talent.
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Bruce Buchanan says:
Never liked the female laugh track. Why do so many stations have them?!!! Loved your blog.
writingradioswrongs says:
Most likely, they don't know what else to do or don't think about it. Too busy managing a "Brand"
Cochrun Thomas says:
georgejohnsradio says:
Hey, when Tom "Mr.Awards" Cochran likes something that gets my attention. Thanks, Tom.
Bob Foster aka Bob Richards says:
A one time Indy 500 Radio Network announcer once told me covering racing was all about, "Who won, how fast, was anybody hurt." Anything further was fleshing out the coverage. Your four points are good reminder of what really matters. I do sports talk radio in the morning and have been looking for a good way to seem to focus and freshen my act. Tnx.
Yes, now get back to arguing about analytics in baseball! BB analytics (research) and the reliance on analytics in radio is a good comparison because when everyone is using analytics who wins? Comes down to individual performance right? In last years World Series, Darvish pitched well below his numbers and Janson threw one bad pitch.
baseball is the worst for analytics and statistics. The worst. Give me audio and interviews with participants. Forget the second guessers.
That said, I'd be up for a Dodgers/Red Sox World Series. The last time they played each other in the World Series in 1916, the Dodger were named the Brooklyn Robins and they lost to the Sox 4 games to 1. There's some dusty stats for you.
Will use that, if it happens. In the meantime, MLB is finished here when the Cubs are done playing, according qualitative research. With no NFL or NBA teams in Iowa, we devote 3 minutes every half hour to national sports. The rest, outside of relatively short newscasts, focuses on local teams. The station has overtaken the News-Talk station in the market and is closing in on a couple of the FM music stations with men 35-54, which is our primary target demo.
Doug Chappell says:
George knows me, I am a record guy but love radio. The one thing that jumped out at me was your comment on the speed and "one long sentence" of the traffic reports. To me almost every station has that problem and it confuses me that the one major thing that concerns your in car listener is the road report. Why do it all if you leave the listener without the information they need, it only makes them angry at the reporter and station? Most traffic reports I hear are jumbled and I have difficulty processing what they have said. This is a major tune out factor for me.
Thanks Doug, Traffic sucks, people who commute daily knows it sucks and where it sucks because it never changes. What commuters need to know is the unusual situation like a truck on fire that has the 405 backed up from LAX to Long Beach.
No sense in rattling all of the same old shit, report after report.
Agreed. When I was a traffic helicopter reporter, we had four rules: 1) Tell people where you are; 2) Tell them what you see; 3) Tell them where/if there is a problem and what to do to avoid it; 4) Throw it back to the anchor talent.
Or just throw hundred dollar bills at them Bob, you were good at that. 🙂
When I first met you in Toronto Doug, all the stations had choppers in the sky and the reporters in them were stars because they were characters. None of them motor-mouthed it but I bet they do now.
Rick Ruhl says:
Geo Johns:: "use the spots as a rim shot for a good punch line"
YES YES YES!. Duck under a spot or a jingle, no need for a rimshot
Just give it about half-a-second, so the punch line is not buried. CBS Sports Radio "Sports Flash" has a great jingle for this.
Geo: Wow, thanks for all the great comments guys.
Paul Cavenaugh says:
Don't get me started on traffic reports! The worst one I've heard was in Miami last week… British accent with rapid delivery? I didn't understand a single word she said. Nor did I find out why I was stopped on I-95 for almost 15 minutes. My only clue to an accident up ahead was the sign on the 'express lanes' that suddenly went from $1.50 to 7 Bucks! 10 second report with 20 seconds for the 10 second spot! AHHHHHHGGGGGG!!!
You were the all-time best Paul. I understood and could see what you were talking about.
Bobby, maybe we should listen to Boston next week and see how the music stations are handling the red-hot Sox, the, looks like they're back again Patriots, not to mention the Bruins and Celtics who both look like contenders this year. What a town for sports talk huh, but even the folks who don't give a shit, give a shit.
XREY® says:
I worked cor Hefrel/HBC/Univision Radio here in Dallas, then LA for ten (13) years. During that time KLVE a:nd KSCA toggled the #1 spot 12+ for a reason: guidance from David F. Gleason, Bill Tanner, Pio Ferro, Maria Nava, and visits from Valerie Gellar. "Cucuy" and "Piolín" on KSCA "La Nueva 101.9" had traffic girls. They were an integral part of the show, often being the butt of their jokes. Unlike other morning shows they were not a laugh-track. KLVE is the biggest secret in LA: it's been AC in English then Spanish since the it was KPSA in the early 70's. 98% of the "gringos" here have never heard of them. Along with Classical KUSC, they have both had the same calls and basic formats for *decades*. No one else can say that.
Also a note to Bruce.B. (formerly Jim E. in another life) re: audio processing…in my 13+ years in Hispanic radio, we spent maybe 5 minutes discussing audio processing with Dr. Gleason & Bill Tanner in our shop in Dallas the day our new Orban Optimod 8200 arrived. "You know what you're doing. Make us sound good so it isn't fatiguing and won't run off our cume and AQH listeners". I put these boxes on several stations, set them up, and walked away. Unlike DFW radio with illegal overmodulation and all the stations squashed like an armadillo on a farm road, LA historically has sounded very good, yet competitive, and never fatiguing. All are FCC-legal. There were always way too many more important things we'd discuss, fight over, or obsess about, but audio proceasing was never one of them. Now in general market radio here, a certain mid-dial FM might go back and corth for days arguing, and achieve no discernable result other than waste valuable time.
GO DODGERS!!!!
Hoping for a Red Sox-Dodgers World Series!
My Spanish sucks, (I read it better than speak it) What I have noticed about the stations you mentioned here in LA is they sound like they are having fun on the radio and they are laser focused on their audience. Hmm, is there a lesson there?
Half your dream has come true Bobby, the Sox are in. Go Bo-Sox!


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A SUSPECTED car thief was picked up in Muswell Hill after a police helicopter spotted him running through a golf course.
Police were called at 2am on Tuesday morning last week after a vehicle was taken without the owner's consent in Willoughby Lane in Tottenham.
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Jonathan Gruber, Who Claimed "Lack of Transparency" Was Critical to Passing Obamacare, Now Says the Republican Strategy is to "Confuse" People About the Law
Peter Suderman | 11.12.2014 11:05 AM
Earlier this week, video surfaced of Jonathan Gruber, one of the authors of and key influences on the Affordable Care Act, explaining that "lack of transparency" was "critical" to passing the health care bill.
The bill, he explained, was written in a "tortured" way to avoid a Congressional Budget Office score that would have revealed its true costs, and policy consequences that were sure to be disliked were masked in order to hide them from the public.
"Lack of transparency is a huge political advantage," he said, "And basically, call it the stupidity of the American voter or whatever, but basically that was really really critical for the thing to pass." Although he said he wished that the law and its passage could have been transparent, he preferred the lack of transparency to the alternative, which would have been for the law to not pass.
Essentially, Gruber said that the public was knowingly misled in order to achieve his preferred policy ends, and that this was both necessary and acceptable—a statement that was especially revealing given his flip-flopping interpretation of a provision of the law detailing the treatment of its insurance subsidies.
But Gruber now insists that Republican critics of the law are the ones whose "master strategy" is to "confuse people" about the law and its effects.
In a follow-up appearance on Boston TV station WGBH-TV yesterday, Gruber went on to accuse Republican critics of the law of attempting to tear down the law through public obfuscation. Confusing people about the law, he said, was part of the Republican "master strategy." Here's the bit, via RealClearPolitics:
WGBH-TV HOST: All the talk, you've heard more of it than I did over the past two years, about what was going to happen when we finally got a Republican Congress. Will they try to dismantle this?
GRUBER: They will not try to dismantle the fundamental core, which is the three pillars on which it stands. They will try to go after these peripherial pieces, but I think that the much bigger risk is the Supreme Court case than the Congress at this point.
HOST: Are they hearing from constituents? They must be. There must be people who wouldn't have any healthcare were it not for this?
GRUBER: I think that this comes to the master strategy of the Republican party, which is to confuse people enough about the law so that they don't understand that the subsidies they're getting is because of the law.
Perhaps surprisingly, Gruber is not supportive of this purported strategy, even though confusing people about the Obamacare's effects in order to pass the law is a tactic he previously endorsed. His enthusiasm for non-transparent political processes apparently does not extend to his opponents.
Peter Suderman is features editor at Reason.
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Broadcast Television Is About to Go the Way of AM Radio
By Kevin Maney On 10/25/14 at 2:36 PM EDT
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Tech & ScienceTelevision Tv Cable Cable Companies
The new streaming offerings from HBO and CBS are early signs that regular television is the new AM radio.
TV is changing for a bunch of pressing reasons: We like to have more control over what we watch and when; streaming over the Internet works well now; we hate paying cable company prices. But more profoundly, television is changing for big, mega-trend reasons. The forces at work, driven by the Internet and data, add up to a giant generational shift toward a 21st century, free-form, urban, mobile lifestyle and away from the schedules, structures, suburbs, offices and marriages of the post-World War II era.
In this new environment, the old model of broadcast TV will last about as long as an ice cube in a freshly poured glass of bourbon. "Our job is to do the best content we can and let people enjoy it in whatever way they want," CBS CEO Leslie Moonves said on October 16 when announcing CBS All Access, the network's subscription Internet service. "The world is heading in that direction." Which is true, except that for anyone under 30, it's already there.
Before World War II, life for most people was dominated by time-sucking work in agriculture, factories or small businesses like the local mill or general store. Nobody had much leisure, and even time was a bit arbitrary. As Steven Johnson writes in his book How We Got to Now, before railroads standardized time at the end of the 1800s, every town had its own time. Even if TV had been around then, it wouldn't have fit with that universe.
TV grew up as soldiers returned from World War II and created a new lifestyle built on military-like precision. That generation invented a middle-class, male, white-collar worker who arrived at the office at 9 a.m., ate lunch at noon and left at 5 p.m. to drive home to a newly minted suburb. It was a scheduled, structured existence, giving people a "life" cleanly separated from work. News came in newspapers playing to that schedule, thrown on the porch in the morning before work or in the early evening, before dinner.
TV was made for that lifestyle: soap operas for the wife during the day; evening news when the husband got home; prime-time shows starting at 8, when the kids were in bed and the parents were ready to relax with a highball—all served up on one shared screen in the living room. This new video entertainment was so exciting and so fit for the times that everybody rushed to get it. in 1950, 9 percent of U.S. homes had a TV. Only 12 years later, it hit 90 percent.
Now, technology is atomizing the postwar lifestyle, especially for the generation that was born after about 1985—half the global population—and grew up with personal computers and, a little later, the Internet and mobile phones. Today's technology is killing the office and obliterating the line between work and life. A Herman Miller research project concluded: "Long-established workplace norms are giving way to disruption and uncertainty." The new generation doesn't care all that much for marriage or home ownership, surveys show. They're rejecting suburbs and moving to city centers.
The home, the family and the office are all getting blown into tiny fragments that you can reassemble any way you want. Life's old schedules are gone. We work everywhere and all the time, and enjoy entertainment everywhere and all the time. TV has changed to try to accommodate that, adding hundreds of niche channels and DVRs, but it still relies on schedules and structures like cable bundles, and remains centered on a wired single-purpose screen in a fixed place.
In October, Apple introduced new iPads and Samsung brought out large new phones, all with stunning screen resolution. These are better TVs than TVs, and they're completely portable. The new generation can't figure out why video entertainment was ever confined to the den or living room. An immovable TV connected by wire to a cable company feed seems as outmoded as a rotary-dial phone screwed into the kitchen wall.
Meanwhile, members of exploding social networks want to share entertainment across geographies and time zones, virtually resurrecting the feel of millions of people sharing the same prime-time show at the same time. The old TV industry can't cope with that.
Another big blow to traditional TV is data. Netflix and YouTube proved the value of having a direct digital relationship with viewers: You get data about them, and the data lets you cater to them and tailor advertising to them. In every industry in the 21st century, whoever has the best data wins. CBS started to discover that as it tested streaming earlier this year. CBS Chief Research Officer David Poltrack told Variety the network found it can charge 10 percent to 20 percent more for targeted ads on streaming shows versus broadcast ads on traditional TV.
For programmers like HBO and CBS, a middleman—i.e., the cable company—is in the way of connecting directly to viewers and getting their data. That's turning into a pain point for these content owners, especially since said middleman, with its overpricing and Soviet-style customer service, has a long-standing lousy relationship with consumers. From all sides, cable companies have become about as welcome as a wart.
In the grand scheme, TV is like a toucan in a mowed-down rain forest, left vulnerable as its habitat gets obliterated. HBO one day; CBS the next. The other content holders will follow, quickly. TV will transform into a collage of subscription services, pay-per-view offerings and ad-supported free stuff, all available over any network on any device at any time.
Change happens much the way Ernest Hemingway described the onset of bankruptcy inThe Sun Also Rises: gradually and then suddenly. The forces that would break TV built up little by little for decades. Now comes the suddenly part.


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Is the Google Pixel less impressive than the iPhone X?
Is the presentation style and delivery of the Google phone products less impressive (and a knock-off) of Apple and its famous product announcements?
However, did Pixel Buds by Google just give the giant search engine company a leg up on the beloved tech company concerning the most innovative headphones/earbuds from Silicon Valley?
For traveling in foreign lands, the Google Pixel Buds are a game-changer…sort of.
The presentation in the video above seems to infer that both parties need a Google phone and its accompanying Pixel Buds. That might become problematic, since I know nobody in the consumer-centric city of Columbus, OH who even owns a Google phone, let alone the far reaches of the globe. Regardless, innovation has never been and will never be a one-stop destination. Over time, the Pixel Buds (the tech, not necessarily the name) could evolve as the leading mobile tech device for bridging the language barriers of people from all over the world in quick conversational moments.
And the key phrase there is "could evolve." If the right company with a wider net of smartphone customers is able to take the impressive tech from the Pixel Buds and advance the features in such a way that it becomes marketable (ie-practical) for the general public to purchase and use, then that's when the game-changing moment will occur in the travel sector and beyond. If only Google could utilize their search engine base (almost everybody) and partner with a rival that is the king of smartphones as well as introducing game-changing portable technology?
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By Australian Prayer Network 07/01/2020 Australian Newsletter
We will not be providing a running commentary on the bushfires or drought situation in our nation as the wall to wall media coverage means that all aspects of the situation is covered better than anything we can provide. We will however pass on any reports we receive that give greater spiritual understanding of what God may be saying to us through the current crisis we are experiencing. We will also endeavour to provide any statements issued by Christian leaders or articles that are considered of interest and relevancy to Christians as we focus on and pray into the current and ongoing crisis.
In response to our recent article on the bushfires we have been inundated with dozens of emails, each suggesting what God may be saying to us as a nation, however there has been no single theme that has come through. The Australian Prayer Network does not pass on prophetic words from individuals but rather waits on God until several confirmations are received from a number of sources before going public. Our earlier article conveyed the word received by thousands of individuals who sought the Lord for 40 days on the matter. Nothing has yet come through that surpasses or challenges what we believe is the accuracy, relevance and timeliness of that word.
As well as praying for all in any way affected by the bushfires we also suggest prayer for our Prime Minister, State Premiers, State Emergency Service Commissioners and all in positions of authority and leadership, that they would be given wisdom to make right and impactful decisions that will address the individual and corporate needs of the people of our nation at this critical time. Pray too that they will not be diverted from their task nor personally impacted by criticism, and that their marriages and families will be protected given the amount of additional time that they will be required to commit to the recovery task ahead.
Below are some organisations and initiatives that have specifically been operating to provide support to bushfire victims throughout the eastern states of Australia. Give what you can, your generosity could make a world of difference to those who have been hardest hit.
List of Organisations Dealing with Disaster Relief
(click on the name of the organisation for more information)
Information supplied by Rev Fred Nile – NSW Member of Parliament
Donations to the NSW Rural Fire Service directly benefit the volunteer firefighters on the frontline. You can donate by contacting your local fire service or by clicking the link above and following the instructions.
Geoffrey Keaton, Andrew O'Dwyer and Samuel McPaul Family Support
You can also donate to the young families of Geoffrey Keaton and Andrew O'Dwyer, who were killed during the Green Wattle Creek fire, and Samuel McPaul, who was killed at the Green Valley fireground.
The Salvos have launched a disaster appeal to support the communities affected by the devastating bushfires. To donate to the disaster appeal, you can call 13 SALVOS (13 72 58), donate at any Woolworths checkout, or follow the link in the name above.
Australian Red Cross
The Red Cross has specialist emergency volunteers who are providing psychological first aid, working at evacuation centres and helping people to get in touch with their loved ones. You can help by clicking on the link above.
The St Vincent De Paul Society
The St Vincent De Paul Society is running a bushfire appeal to help those affected rebuild their lives with food, clothing, furniture, other essentials, and funds to pay bills. They explain exactly where your money might go:
• $50 "can provide food for a family who have been evacuated from their home."
• $150 "can help with bills and unexpected expenses for a household recovering from a bushfire."
• $300 "can provide clothing for a family who've had to leave their belongings behind."
• $1,100 "can help those whose homes have been damaged or destroyed to set up again with bedding, furniture and appliances.
Givit
Charities like Givit specialise in goods, where the exact items people need are listed via charities and the public can match that or register the items they have, in case someone has use for them. Givit is currently running two specific campaigns supporting NSW and Queensland bushfire victims.
Foodbank is delivering emergency food relief and water to East Gippsland, helping firefighters and local communities caught up in the bushfires. It is fundraising to send about 5,000 food relief hampers in the coming days.
Gippsland Emergency Relief Fund
The Gippsland Emergency Relief Fund was established in 1978, and is operated by local volunteers for Gippsland communities affected by natural disaster events. Donations can be made via Paypal at gerf.org.au or at any branch of the NAB across Australia, or in person at Alan Wilson Insurance Brokers at 40 Argyle St, Traralgon.
Bendigo Bank Bushfire Disaster Appeal
Bendigo Bank have partnered with The Salvation Army to establish an appeal that will raise funds for fire affected communities including East Gippsland, Hume, southeast New South Wales and Adelaide Hills.
Airbnb for NSW and the Victoria
Airbnb have set up pages to share free accommodation for people who are evacuating the fire zones. Find emergency housing or list your property via the NSW or Victoria page.
To help the NSW wildlife victims, you can donate to the NSW Wildlife Information, Rescue and Education Service (WIRES) by clicking the name above.
Port Macquarie Koala Hospital
More than 2000 koalas are feared to have perished in NSW since September. The Port Macquarie Koala Hospital have raised money for the wildlife affected in that area, with the initial aim of using the money to distribute automatic drinking stations in the burnt areas to help in koala and wildlife survival. The organisation are now sharing the funds with other wildlife organisations in the fire affected regions across NSW.
Kangaroo Island Wildlife Emergency Fund
Kangaroo Island is well known for its thriving koala population however over 150,000 hectares has been lost due to recent events, this will affect our koala population dramatically. The Fund is working around the clock with a highly experienced, qualified and dedicated team of volunteers including qualified vets, vet nurses and wildlife carers to rescue, rehabilitate and care for all of the animals coming in from the bushfires.
MogoZoo
Raising money to aid Mogo Zoo Foundation Fire Recovery and to provide care for injured, sick and displaced wildlife. Through the overwhelming commitment of staff all 400 Zoo animals were saved. The Zoo staff and vet will assist injured wildlife and will play a vital role in getting Mogo and the surrounding towns on their feet in the coming weeks and months.
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MANCHESTER BY-THE-SEA — Chief Edward Conley is very pleased to announce that Manchester's newest police officers have graduated from the police academy and have joined the department as sworn police officers.
Officers Andrea Locke and Jennifer Gilson were were sworn in by Town Clerk Christina St. Pierre Thursday morning after they successfully completed the 29th Municipal Police Training Committee Reading Police Recruit Academy.
Academy Director Daniel May commented to Chief Conley that this class had the highest overall grade point average, across all training components, when compared to the past 11 academies.
Officer Locke was a reserve police officer and full-time dispatcher at MPD. She has a bachelor's degree from Curry College and is a licensed Emergency Medical Technician.
Officer Gilson was a reserve police officer, part-time dispatcher and Animal Control Officer at MPD. She has a bachelor's degree from the University of Massachusetts Boston and a law degree from Suffolk University Law School. She is a licensed Emergency Medical Technician and admitted to the Massachusetts Bar.
Officers Locke and Gilson are the first full-time female police officers in the 121 year history of the Manchester Police Department. They were selected following an open and competitive exam process administrated by Police Exam Solutions, Inc. of Arlington. A total of 44 applicants sat for the written exam. Following the exam, which also awarded bonus point to veterans, emergency medical technicians, those with higher education and for past employment history, Gilson and Locke finished first and second on the hiring list.
Officers Locke and Gilson will now spend several weeks in a field officer training program in the community before they begin working regular shifts.
Hit and run operator causes significant damage to Singing Beach bathhouse.
MANCHESTER BY-THE-SEA — On May 10 at about 5:30 p.m., an off-duty firefighter observed a motor vehicle strike the Singing Beach bathhouse and leave the scene. Manchester Fire Lieutenant James Doucette was near Singing Beach when he observed a white Volvo sedan collide with the historic building and drive away. He was able to see a partial license plate and contacted the Manchester Police Department. Responding officers were unable to locate the fleeing vehicle.
The next morning Officer Ryan Machain and Detective Chris Locke continued the investigation and were able to identify the vehicle's owner as Eileen Hughes of Trumansburg, New York. After being contacted about the incident the owner responded to the Manchester Police Department where she admitted to striking the building.
Repair costs are estimated to be more than $10,000. Eileen Hughes has been cited for Leaving the Scene Property Damage (MGL c.90 s.24) and will be summoned to Salem District Court at a later date.


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Bellarmine was named after the 15th Century handmade jugs used to carry wine from oak casks to the dining table. Bellarmine vineyard is 20 hectares in size. Varieties planted include Riesling, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Noir, Shiraz, Merlot, and Petit Verdot. The vines sit on an elevated site 220 metres above sea level.
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Parties -- What Are They Good For?
asked a similar question about war and he then provided the answer, Absolutely Nothing!
The same answer has some initial appeal here, but I'd not go quite so far with regard to political parties. Several useful services that political parties provide are mentioned in an earlier article. The most important service of having two dominant political parties -- at least for a country that uses plurality voting - is to winnow down the field of candidates so that the final election has the luxury of deciding between just two candidates. That is important because plurality voting is incapable of making reasonable decisions when there are additional candidates.
But political parties also provide connections and guidance to prospective candidates and are sometimes even helpful in providing funding for them. Unfortunately, with just two significant political parties, these two dominant parties become centers of great power themselves and we are reminded of the adage that power corrupts. To paraphrase that saying a bit, we might add that great power corrupts greatly. Our two major parties persist in their status as great powers much as a dominant corporation retains its power. Once established, a powerful entity remain powerful, simply by virtue of being powerful. Being powerful enables it to undermine and eliminate less powerful competitors.
Most of this series of articles has focused on how we might end the two-party duopoly. This may eventually happen but the prospects of such a development soon seems remote. But that raises the question of whether there is some way we could better accommodate the widespread use of plurality voting.
In theory, we have at least the potential for elections involving many candidates. Occasionally it even happens. In 2016 it happened in the early Republican primaries and in 2000 it happened in the early Democratic primaries. Iowa and New Hampshire can often choose between a wide range of possibilities but candidates tend to steadily withdrew as their funding and media attention dwindles. Many voters, perhaps most, find only two or three candidates on their ballots to choose from while the media assures them that only one or sometimes two that have any chance of winning nomination.
Moreover, even those states with early primaries find themselves voting with a deeply flawed system, plurality voting. Even though voters in these states can often choose from many candidates, they have to depend on a voting system that is supremely unsuited even for a voter to accurately express an opinion of more than one candidate. With several candidates to choose from and only the ability to indicate a first-choice, the voter's ballot cannot indicate what is often a much more complex combination of judgements about the various candidates. In 2016 the final choice for president was between two candidates, both of whom were opposed by a majority of voters. This may seem shocking but it is not at all a surprising outcome when in the primaries, those voters never had a way to do much more than fret about their opposition to one or another candidate.
Is there any reason not to experiment with using alternative voting systems in some state primaries? That is where we do often see multiple candidates and where the need for a better voting system is more apparent. It seems clear that plurality voting served the Republican Party poorly in the 2016 primaries so one might think they would feel motivated to consider a better way of voting. But the Republican Party is our conservative party and following tradition is a core value to conservatives. They would for this reason seem unlikely to be the party to forge an experiment in better voting.
One has to look a little harder at the 2016 Democratic primaries to understand that Democrats too might have fared better in the general election if they had used a balanced voting system in the primaries. They too nominated a candidate with significant opposition from what would otherwise be their base. More importantly, Democratic primaries often involve more than just two candidates; 2016 was more the exception in this respect than the rule.
There is some hope of change coming from the major parties, but that does not really seem particularly likely. Perhaps it will be the major party primary elections where we see some experimentation with better voting systems, but even the more progressive of the major parties suffers from the inertia that makes it averse to risking the power it now has.
But let me suggest yet another possibility and that is to establish a new party -- the name does not really matter, but lets call it the Open Election Party. As that name implies, the OEP would be open to whoever wants to throw their hat into the ring and run for the OEP nomination. The OEP might just bypass the government sanctioned primaries altogether and use mail-in ballots or some other approach to allow any citizen to vote in a series of elections (using balanced voting systems) to select a single candidate to become the nominee of the OEP. The series of (perhaps only two or three) elections could be along the line of the two suggested in an earlier article.
Compared to the other parties, the novel openness of the OEP and its approach of giving the entire voting public help decide its candidate, might just give it a real chance to compete against the existing major parties. But even if not, even if the OEP does not gain ballot access in many states, it could become an important player in elections. Candidates for nomination in other parties could run for the OEP nomination with the understanding that if the candidate wins in both the other party and in the OEP elections then OEP would withdraw from the general election but would instead endorse the candidate for its election as the other party's candidate. Presumably this could become an important endorsement that would encourage even the major-party candidates to run for the OEP nomination.


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The more browser brands, versions, and operating systems you wish to support with your DHTML applications, the greater your challenge to write one code base that works with them all. Before undertaking any project intended for more than a single browser, you must make difficult decisions about not only which browsers to support but also how users of other browsers will be treated by your site. Consumer-oriented e-commerce sites, for example, can rarely afford to turn away even a small percentage of potential customers because the visitors' browsers don't measure up to a lofty design. Specialized sites that are not as concerned about competitive pressures may choose to require browsers of a certain minimum functionality to pass beyond the home page.
Another important question to ask yourself about your design goals is whether the DHTML features of your site add value to the content that is otherwise accessible to all, or those features are essential to the site design. For example, a DHTML-assisted hierarchical menu system adds value by speeding direct access to a nested area of your site, yet users of DHTML-challenged browsers can still reach those areas (albeit with more clicks and intermediate stops en route), and search engine web crawlers will pursue the links. Conversely, if navigation absolutely requires DHTML powers, some visitors will be locked out. Similarly, search engine web crawlers, which don't execute scripts, will not know to follow links that are rendered only by script. This could reduce the chances that deeper pages of your site will be catalogued and indexed.
Regardless of the approach you use to accommodate multiple browsers, it will at some point entail code branching or other equalization tricks that are dependent upon the scriptable features of the browser. Back when the matrix of browser versions was small, it was common practice to use browser "sniffing" with the aid of information gleaned from the navigator.userAgent and related properties. But with the matrix growing ever larger, it's time to examine object detection as a more workable solution.
Hereafter, various functions would branch their code, with browser-specific code in each branch. Unforeseen at this time, subsequent versions of Netscape abandoned the layer object—usually the primary need for branching in the first place. As a result, Netscape 6 (whose appVersion reports 5) attempted to execute code that it could not handle. On the IE variable side of things, two potential problems loomed, depending on how much IE4-ness the author ascribed to browsers following that branch. For one, the Macintosh does not implement most IE/Windows-only features. Second, the default preference settings of the Opera browser cause it to identify itself as IE, yet this does not assure compatibility with IE scripts.
Trying to compensate for all browsers past, present, and future requires a huge version sniffing library plus a crystal ball about future browser version numbering and naming. Even attempting such forecasting won't take into account new browsers that crop up, some of which will be built upon very capable existing engines, such as the Mozilla engine. Building branched code based on browser version is a losing battle. A better approach is to branch based on the capabilities of the browser. That's what object detection does.
All object models that implement img elements as objects support the document.images array. In older browsers, the expression document.images evaluates to undefined, which causes the if condition to fail, so the nested statements don't run. Thus, the scripter is freed from worrying about which browser supports the image object.
A local variable, elem, is initialized as a null value. The if/else construction looks for the two element reference types that I know have a chance of supporting the style property. The test for document.all is like the earlier example of document.images. Less well-known is that object methods are exposed in most browsers as properties, whose existence can be tested in a similar fashion.
A value of null does correctly evaluate to false for all browsers, so the first test is fine the way it is. If elem exists, the string returned by the typeof operator gets compared against undefined. If the data type is anything other than undefined, processing continues (the test for fontWeight is not shown here for the sake of brevity).
The typeof operator also helps in those cases when a property exists and its value (perhaps its default value) is either an empty string or zero. Both of these values would cause the conditional expression to evaluate to false, even though the property exists. By making sure the property value is either a particular data type or anything other than undefined, your condition more accurately reports the presence of the property.
Whether you elect to use object detection, browser version sniffing, or the mix of the two, you have a choice of several cross-browser deployment strategies: page branching, internal branching, common denominator design, and custom API development. Additional choices you'll make include whether you wish to deny page access to older browsers, provide multiple paths for browsers of different capabilities, or provide just one path that enhances the experience for DHTML features of your design yet degrades gracefully for those browsers without the latest doodads. The following sections describe some of the more popular strategies for accommodating multiple browsers.
Web pages that use absolute-positioned elements degrade poorly when displayed in older browsers. The positioned elements do not appear where their attributes call for them, and, even worse, the elements render themselves from top to bottom in the browser window in the order in which they appear in the HTML file. Also, any elements that are to be hidden when the page loads appear in the older browsers in their source code order. To prevent users of older browsers from seeing visual gibberish, you should have a plan in place to direct users of non-DHTML-capable browsers to pages containing less flashy content or instructions on how to view your fancy pages. A server-side CGI program can perform this redirection by checking the USER_AGENT environment variable sent by the client at connect-time and redirecting different HTML content to each browser brand or version.
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The script portion of Example 2-1 provides three possible branches, depending on the browser level. If the browser version supports even the simplest W3C DOM feature (referencing elements via the document.getElementById( ) method), the user is immediately directed to a new start page that assumes that minimum capability. Using location.replace keeps the index page out of the browser history so the Back button works as expected. For a browser lacking the W3C DOM support, but fitted for image objects, the script directs that user to a start page that is wired for image rollovers as the maximum amount of DHTML. Notice the check for W3C DOM support is nested within the document.images check. This sequence offers a bit of insurance against the oldest scriptable browsers that might choke on a test for an undefined expression and also lack the typeof operator. Any other scriptable browser navigates to a start page that knows at least simple scripting that is completely backward-compatible.
Example 2-1 is an extreme example. It assumes that the web application has as many as four different paths for four different classes of visitor. This may seem like a good idea at first, but it seriously complicates the maintenance chores for the application in the future. Modified with fewer branches, the technique of Example 2-1 provides a way to filter access between W3C DOM DHTML-capable browsers and all the rest.
As an alternative to the page-branching technique, you can use the iframe element and CSS features of recent browsers to replace the regular HTML content of a page with the content from an entirely different page. With this technique, the address and document title of the original page remain visible in the browser. A search-engine robot arriving at the page can read and analyze the same barebones content that visitors with non-DHTML browsers see. But visitors with DHTML-enabled browsers (or whatever filter mechanism you desire) see only the enhanced page. Bookmarks and page pointers passed around the community refer to a single URI.
Example 2-2 demonstrates what you need to add to an existing page to overlay an enhanced page for W3C DOM-capable browsers.
When a page containing the Example 2-2 enhancements loads into a W3C DOM-enhanced browser (that is, one that knows the document.getElementById( ) method), a script writes a two-rule style sheet for the page. The first rule erases all margins and scrollbars from the body element; the second rule prevents the span element that wraps all regular body content from rendering itself. The same browser versions that write the new style sheet rules also add an iframe element to the page. Attributes of the <iframe> tag assure that it fills the entire content region of the browser window (with the exception of Opera, which leaves a harmless blank area along the right edge).
The iframe acts as a self-contained window for a separate page containing the DHTML-enhanced content. You can decide whether links from this page should target the same frame (the default action) or replace the original page (by targeting _top).
You have two HTML pages to maintain with this scheme. But it also means that you have a static page to fall back on while you experiment with DHTML features. Plus, the search engines will still find your key data, while your DHTML-enhanced page can use all kinds of dynamic content creation techniques if you like.
This is an example when browser sniffing is appropriate.
From a maintenance point of view, the ideal DHTML page is one that uses a common denominator of syntax that all supported browsers interpret and render identically. You can achieve some success with this approach if you target W3C DOM-capable browsers, but you must be very careful in selecting standards-based syntax that is implemented identically in all such browsers. Because some of these standards were little more than working drafts as the supposedly compatible browsers were released to the world, the implementations are not consistent across the board.
DHTML feature sets that you can use as starting points for a common denominator approach are the standards for CSS1 and CSS-P. Tread carefully in CSS2, unless you are targeting only the latest browsers and have verified support for your features in those browsers. When you peruse developer documentation from browser vendors, it is often impossible to gauge whether a feature is a company's proprietary extension that adheres to the spirit, but not the letter, of a standard. Just because a feature is designated as "compatible with CSS" does not mean that it is actually in the published recommendation. Refer to the reference chapters in Part II of this book for term-by-term browser and standard support.
You are likely to encounter situations in which the same style sheet syntax is interpreted or rendered slightly differently in various browser versions, especially those prior to IE 6 and Netscape 6 when the page's <!DOCTYPE> points to a recent DTD (as explained in Chapter 8). This is one reason why it is vital to test even recommended standards on as many browser platforms as possible. When an incompatibility occurs, there is probably a platform-specific solution that makes the result look and behave the same in both browsers. To achieve this parity, you'll need to use internal branching for part of the page's content. This is still a more maintainable solution than creating an entirely separate page for each browser.
Thanks to the similarities in syntactical support for scripted CSS properties in both the IE 4 and W3C DOMs, scripts that must support the basics of these two DOMs need to reconcile only the element-reference and event-model idiosyncrasies. Scripters who also lived through the Navigator 4 DOM era experienced a far more difficult time reconciling the differences. The more DHTML DOMs you wish to support, the greater the need to use internal branching—preferably through object detection—for your application to work seamlessly across platforms.
The getStyleObject( ) function of Example 2-3 is an all-purpose function that returns a reference to the style property of an element object that is passed originally as either a string of the object's ID or a ready-to-go object reference. When the incoming object name is passed as a string, the string becomes an argument for document.getElementById( ) or an index to the document.all array, based on which form is supported by the browser. A browser that supports both reference types executes only the first. In contrast, when the incoming parameter is already an object reference, it goes through one more validation to guarantee that it has a style property before that property is retrieved. Notice that for a string value, browsers that don't support either of the preferred element referencing methods assign null to the value to be returned; the same goes for an incoming object value that doesn't have a style property. This null value plays a role in every function that invokes this getStyleObject( ) function.
The shiftTo( ) function in Example 2-3 doesn't have a lot to do. But by invoking getStyleObject( ) and validating the existence of the element object it is called upon to move, it helps other browsers, such as Navigator 4, degrade gracefully when it reacts to events triggering the element move. It's true that Navigator 4 can move an element (via different syntax for both the layer element reference and the movement action), but this API chooses to bypass support for that browser version.
Building an API along these lines lets you raise the common denominator of DHTML functionality for your applications. You free yourself from limits that would be imposed by adhering to 100% syntactical compatibility. In Chapter 4, I present a more complete custom API that smooths over potentially crushing CSS-P incompatibilities (including backward compatibility with Navigator 4 to assist readers who adopted the API from the first edition).


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It has long been thought that alternating jets are responsible for a genuine frenzy whipped up in the depths of Saturn, one of our Solar System's four gas giants, but now the jets have been preliminarily mapped.
A new lab-tested atmospheric model - a highlight of a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - suggests that a hexagon-shaped vortex that has been raging near Saturn's north pole goes very deep into its "crust", possibly thousands of kilometres beneath.
The finding could help explain why the turbulent vibrations have remained quite stable since we first took note of the storm during the 1981 Voyager mission.
© NASA . CassiniSaturn's "eye" is hexagonal in shape due to differences in air speed between layers of the clouds.
Saturn's "eye" is hexagonal in shape due to differences in air speed between layers of the clouds.
© NASA . Cassini
After the landmark Cassini probe, from 2004 to 2017, yielded a detailed front-row view of Saturn, the ringed planet's zonal jets were found to retain their strength down to altitudes where the pressure could reach well over 100,000 bars.
Just to compare, light penetrates not much deeper than a single bar on Saturn, which means the vortices are deeper and more stable than one of the previously voiced hypotheses suggested - that the storms may have formed from shallow, alternating jets in the giant's atmosphere.
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Simulating the deep convections in a rotating spherical shell, researchers at Harvard University believe they now have a plausible explanation for why Saturn's hexagonal flow pattern exists.
The team started by working out a 3D model demonstrating deep thermal convection in the outer layers of gas giants, which can all of a sudden trigger giant polar cyclones, fierce alternating zonal flows, and a high-latitude eastward jet pattern.
In their simulations, a massive cyclone arose clinging to the north pole, while several smaller cyclones formed a strong eastward jet a bit north of the equator.
"A similar scenario can be imagined for Saturn where the hexagonal shape of the jet is sustained by adjacent six large vortices, which are hidden by the more chaotic convection in the shallower layers", the authors write.
This might be why some other models and earlier observations imply a more shallow jet presence in some parts of Saturn's hexagon, while, in fact, the truth lies much further down, the researchers believe. Much more atmospheric data is needed to underpin the conclusions about the cyclone formation and the shape of the vortices on the ringed gas mammoth.


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Tom Cruise has confirmed that he will film the next two Mission: Impossible movies back-to-back, ahead of releases in 2021 and 2022.
On Monday (14Jan18), it was reported that Christopher McQuarrie, who wrote and directed the fifth and sixth instalments, 2015's Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation and 2018's Mission: Impossible – Fallout, had signed on to continue as writer and director of the seventh and eighth chapters, which would be shot back-to-back and be released in the summers of 2021 and 2022.
McQuarrie also confirmed his returning roles by tweeting, "Missions: Accepted #MissionImpossible" and sharing Cruise's post.
The news comes six months after the release of Fallout, which made more than $790 million at the global box office, a franchise best, and was the best-reviewed instalment so far.
McQuarrie, who won an Oscar for writing 1995 movie The Usual Suspects, will now set to work on developing the script while Cruise finishes shooting Top Gun: Maverick, in which he reprises his role of Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell more than 30 years after his original outing in 1986's Top Gun. The sequel is set for release in June 2020.
Bosses at Paramount Pictures used to switch up directors of the Mission franchise with each installment, but seemed to have settled on McQuarrie since 2015. He has also worked closely with Cruise at other points in his career – writing and directing his 2012 movie Jack Reacher and serving as scribe for his movie The Mummy, Valkyrie and Edge of Tomorrow.
According to Variety, Mission: Impossible is likely to begin filming later in 2019. It is not yet known if franchise regulars Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames and Rebecca Ferguson will return.


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The unprecedented 2017 storm dumped more than 50 inches of rain on the Houston area but as rain events and flooding become the new normal, new research is needed to respond.
If you are disabled and live in the Houston area, we'd love to hear your story
The Kinder Institute for Urban Research is launching a new survey to better understand housing and neighborhood challenges faced by those living with disabilities in Houston.
Kinder Institute Research
: Jan 22, 2020
Housing, Hurricane Harvey, Transportation, Urban Disparity
How Houston has changed — and stayed the same — in the past 10 years
It's been a decade since the Kinder Institute for Urban Research was formed at Rice University. During that time, a lot has changed at the institute and in the Houston metropolitan area. In 2020, the Urban Edge will feature a number of stories related to the 10-year anniversary of the institute. To kick things off, let's compare the Houston area of 2010 with the city today.
: Jan 7, 2020
Demographics, Health, Hurricane Harvey, Immigration, Transportation
2019's most-popular stories: Dockless scooters, the I-45 expansion and more
The most-popular Urban Edge stories from the past year ranged in topic from dockless scooters and the growth rate of Dallas to the unequal distribution of trees in the city and the Opportunity Zone program. But the most popular topic of 2019 was TxDOT's enormous I-45 expansion plan.
Urban Edge: Dec 24, 2019
Demographics, Elections, Housing, Hurricane Harvey, Transportation, Urban Disparity
Lessons from Harvey: Crisis Informatics for Urban Resilience
This report suggests that public agencies work closely with social media companies and the operators of crowdsourced sites to install plans to incorporate these systems into the disaster recovery process.
Governance, Hurricane Harvey
Rethinking Disaster Recovery and Mitigation Funding in the Wake of Hurricane Harvey
This research brief provides context about how the recovery process is unfolding in the Hurricane Harvey-affected region and how the area can prevent a similar situation from happening again.
Research: Jul 18, 2018
Building a More Resilient Housing System Event Report
This report by the Houston office of Local Initiatives Support Corporation and the Kinder Institute for Urban Research highlights key learnings and strategies from the "Building a More Resilient Housing System" event held on March 27, 2018.
Research: Jun 27, 2018
Housing, Hurricane Harvey, Urban Disparity
Ed Emmett
Senior Fellow and Professor in the Practice
Expertise: Transportation Policy & Community Resilience
ed.emmett@rice.edu
Director, Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Research Oversight Committee, Urban Data Platform
Research Fellow, Development, Transportation and Placemaking, Kinder Institute for Urban Research
john.park@rice.edu
Kyle Shelton
Deputy Director, Kinder Institute for Urban Research
kyle.k.shelton@rice.edu
Director of Research Management, Kinder Institute for Urban Research
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Pedro Martínez Montávez (Jódar, provincia de Jaén, 30 de junio de 1933-Madrid, 14 de febrero de 2023) fue un arabista español.

Biografía
Tras realizar su licenciatura en filología, fue entre 1958 y 1962 director del Centro Cultural Hispánico (actual Instituto Cervantes) de El Cairo, y al mismo tiempo director de la Sección de Español en la Facultad de Lenguas de la universidad cairota. Se doctoró en filología semítica por la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, donde fue profesor entre 1962 y 1969.

Obtuvo la cátedra de Historia del Islam en la Universidad de Sevilla, donde ejerció entre 1970 y 1971, para trasladarse luego a la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, donde ha desarrollado toda su carrera docente e investigadora. Fue Rector de la UAM entre 1978 y 1982. Fue, además, Decano de la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Director del departamento de Árabe e Islam y Director del Instituto de Estudios Orientales y Africanos, entre otros numerosos cargos y distinciones a lo largo de su vida.

Fue miembro de la Academia de la Lengua Árabe de Amán y ha sido presidente de la Asociación de Amigos del Pueblo Palestino.

Su trabajo se ha centrado en el campo del pensamiento y la literatura árabe contemporáneas, terreno en el que ha sido precursor dentro del arabismo español, más centrado hasta entonces en el estudio del legado andalusí y en la lengua árabe como lengua clásica. Pedro Martínez Montávez ha sido crucial para dar a conocer al público hispanohablante a autores contemporáneos como Naguib Mahfuz, Nizar Qabbani, Mahmud Darwish y otros muchos. Es autor, entre otras obras, de Poesía árabe contemporánea (1958); Poemas amorosos árabes, antología de Nizar Qabbani (1965); Poetas palestinos de resistencia (1974); Perfil del Cádiz hispanoárabe (1974); Exploraciones en literatura neoárabe (1977); Ensayos marginales de arabismo (1977), El poema es Filistín. Palestina en la poesía árabe actual (1980), Introducción a la literatura árabe moderna (1985) o Literatura árabe de hoy (1990).

Fue Hijo Predilecto de Jódar desde 1983 por un acuerdo unánime del Ayuntamiento, así como Escudo de Oro de la ciudad de Jódar, su calle natal, la antigua Vistahermosa, lleva desde 1987 su nombre, así como el Aula Magna del Instituto de Bachillerato "Juan López Morillas" de Jódar. Gracias a la Asociación Cultural "Saudar" fue conocido por sus paisanos su trayectoria, al ser la primera entidad local que le tributó un reconocidísimo homenaje al nombrarlo "Socio de Honor" de la misma en 1983.

Fue miembro del Consejo Asesor de la Casa Árabe.

En el año 2010 recibió la Medalla de Oro de Andalucía, concedida por la Junta de Andalucía.

Obras (libros)

 Introducción a la literatura árabe moderna. Madrid: Revista "Almenara", 1974. ISBN 84-400-6990-1
 Perfil del Cádiz hispano-árabe. Cádiz: [s.n., 1974]. ISBN 84-500-6306-X
 El mawwál egipcio: expresión literaria popular. Serafín Fanjul García, Pedro Martínez Montávez. Madrid: Instituto Hispano-Árabe de Cultura, 1976. ISBN 84-600-0693-X
 La controversia ideológica nacionalismo árabe nacionalismos locales. Oriente 1918-1952: estudio y textos. Carmen Ruiz Bravo-Villasante, Pedro Martínez Montávez. Madrid: Instituto Hispano Árabe de Cultura, 1976. ISBN 84-600-6934-6
 Ensayos marginales de arabismo. Madrid: Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 1977. ISBN 84-600-0967-X
 Exploraciones en literatura neoárabe. Madrid: Instituto Hispano-Árabe de Cultura, 1977. ISBN 84-85290-01-1
 El Islam. Barcelona: Salvat, 1981. ISBN 84-345-7952-9
 Ensayos de crítica literaria: Taha Husayn, Pedro Martínez Montávez, Aurora Cano Ledesma. Madrid: Instituto Egipcio de Estudios Islámicos, 1983. ISBN 84-500-8817-8
 Escritos sobre literatura palestina. Madrid: Tiempo de Ediciones, D.L. 1984. ISBN 84-7582-011-5
 Poesía árabe actual: (antología de poemas). Pedro Martínez Montávez (trad.), Rosa Isabel Martínez Lillo (col.), Carmen Ruiz Bravo-Villasante (col.), Miguel Rodríguez Acosta (il.). Torremolinos, Málaga: Revista Litoral y Madrid: Visor Libros, 1985.
 El Islam. Barcelona: Salvat, [1985]. ISBN 84-345-7851-4
 Introducción a la literatura árabe moderna. Madrid: CantArabia, 1985. ISBN 84-86514-00-2
 Mi experiencia poética. Abd al-Wahhab Al-Bayati, Carmen Ruiz Bravo-Villasante, Pedro Martínez Montávez. Madrid: CantArabia, 1986. ISBN 84-86514-02-9
 Mahoma (Washington Irving). Biblioteca Salvat de Grandes Biografías. Madrid: Salvat, 1986. ISBN 84-345-8212-0
 15 siglos de poesía árabe: poesía clásica oriental, poesía arábigo andaluza, poesía árabe actual. Pedro Martínez Montávez (trad.), Miguel Rodríguez Acosta (il.), Rosa Isabel Martínez Lillo (col.). [Málaga]: Litoral, 1989. https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000082014
 Literatura árabe de hoy. Madrid: CantArabia, 1990. ISBN 84-86514-13-4
 El Islam. Barcelona: Salvat, D.L. 1991. ISBN 84-345-4110-6
 Gacela de Al-Andalus: (textos contemporáneos traducidos del árabe). Rosa Isabel Martínez Lillo, Pedro Martínez Montávez. [Málaga]: Ateneo de Málaga, 1992.
 Al-Andalus, España, en la literatura árabe contemporánea: la casa del pasado. Málaga: Arguval, D.L. 1992. ISBN 84-86167-64-7
 Al-Andalus, España, en la literatura árabe contemporánea: la casa del pasado. Madrid: Fundación MAPFRE, 1992. ISBN 84-7100-399-6
 Introducción a la literatura árabe moderna. Granada: Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad, 1994. ISBN 84-338-1904-6
 Pensando en la historia de los árabes. Madrid: Cantarabia, 1995. ISBN 84-86514-33-9
 El reto del islam: la larga crisis del mundo árabe contemporáneo. Madrid: Temas de Hoy, 1997. ISBN 84-7880-861-2
 Mundo árabe y cambio de siglo. Granada: Universidad de Granada, 2005. ISBN 84-338-3224-7
 Pretensiones occidentales, carencias árabes. Madrid: CantArabia, 2008. ISBN 978-84-86514-52-5
 Significado y símbolo de Al-Andalus. Almería: Fundación Ibn Tufayl de Estudio Árabes, 2011. ISBN 978-84-936751-7-2
 En las fronteras del prólogo: ver lo árabe a través de otros ojos. Pedro Martínez Montávez; Rosa Isabel Martínez Lillo (pr.). Madrid: CantArabia, 2017. ISBN 9788486514686

Referencias

Arabistas de España del siglo XX
Catedráticos de la Universidad de Sevilla
Catedráticos de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Doctores honoris causa por la Universidad de Jaén
Doctores honoris causa por la Universidad de Granada
Rectores de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Nacidos en Jódar
Fallecidos en Madrid

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Originally inhabited by the Creek tribes, it was at different times "discovered" by the Spanish, French and English. The Georgia colony was established by King George and led to the creation of rice and cotton plantations. The African slaves that were brought over to work them developed their own unique culture, the Gullah community, which is still present today. There are reminders of the island's history, including a colonial fort and antebellum plantations. Visitors can play 99 holes of golf, relax on beaches and ride miles of bike trails.
Whether a peaceful sunrise walk, a sunny afternoon building sandcastles, or stargazing at nighttime, St. Simons' beaches are a must-see. The East Beach is a favorite, and many of the island's beaches are pet-friendly.
As one of only five surviving light towers in the state, St. Simons Lighthouse Museum has been restored with its original Fresnel lens. It continues to be a navigational aid to incoming ships. Visitors can climb the 129 steps to the top and wander the museum in the Keeper's Quarters, which details the lighthouse's history.
Cannon's Point Preserve is a 600-acre green space on the north end of the island that features native species, maritime forest and miles of marsh linked to the Altamaha River Delta. Artifacts have been found dating back to 2500 BCE as well as from a 19th century plantation.
The newly opened World War II Home Front Museum focuses on the island's history as the site of a Coast Guard Station during World War II. The interactive exhibits are housed in the station that was used by the servicemen and women starting in 1937.
There are more than 20 miles of paved bike paths on St. Simons, many of which will take you around to different beloved restaurants, attractions, and historic sites. Borrow a bike from one of the shops around town or bring your own.
Find all of the St. Simons Island Tree Spirits, which are a number of oak trees with whimsical faces carved into them. They were carved in the 1980s by artist Keith Jennings, inspired by the mythology surrounding sailors lost at sea. The Golden Isles Welcome Center has a map that shows you where to see them.
On the site of Christ Church Frederica, John Wesley of England helped found the Methodist church. The oak-lined area's first church was built in 1820 but was damaged during the Civil War. The current building was built in 1884 and is open for tours. The grounds contain the graves of famous Georgians like Eugenia Price.
Fort Frederica National Monument is a colonial site dating back to the 18th century where a boundary was established between British in South Carolina and Spanish in Florida. The fort was established in 1736 by James Oglethorpe. The Spanish were thwarted and the garrison disbanded, but it remains an archaeological site today, protected by the National Park Service.
The iconic Avenue of the Oaks that marks the entrance to the Sea Island Golf Club is one of the most beautiful landmarks on the island. Available to guests of the Cloister and Sea Island members, these majestic trees were first planted by Anne Page King.
The historic King and Prince Beach & Golf Resort has rooms with ocean views, patios and balconies. They also have multi-room houses and villas, five oceanfront pools, two tennis courts, massages, a golf course and a restaurant with the island's only oceanfront dining.
Countless publications have celebrated the Village Inn & Pub, which is nestled into live oak trees near the historic village. The 1930s-style inn features uniquely decorated rooms. There's also a cottage, an English pub and daily continental breakfast on the sun porch.
St. Simons' newest hotel, Home2 Suites, features all suite rooms with separate living areas, full kitchens, sleeper sofas and work areas. Guests also have access to free WiFi, free daily breakfast, a business center, fitness center, laundry facilities, an outdoor pool and outdoor grills. They're also pet-friendly.
Step back in time at the Strachan Carriage House, a cozy space that can accommodate up to 16 people. They have a private pool, hot tub, outdoor shower, living and dining areas, and a professional-grade kitchen. Guests also have access to free WiFi and a library of beach reads.
The Grey Owl Inn offers five suites with private baths. Enjoy daily breakfast, afternoon high tea, and evening wine and cheese hour. Best of all, it's a short walk from the beach, lighthouse and village.
The Inn at Sea Island is on St. Simons but feels like an island within itself. With mid-priced accommodations, guests have access to the resort's amenities, including three championship golf courses, the restaurants at the Cloister, and the award-winning spa.
Relax in your own space with Hodnett Cooper Vacation Rentals, which can help you find the right space for your group. The company has more than 400 rental homes and condominiums in its inventory.
For such a small island, there is no shortage of delicious places to eat on St. Simons Island.
Georgia Sea Grill opened in 1997 near the pier and is known for its seafood. They open daily for dinner in their main dining room, but they also have a wine bar and regular bar. Reservations are recommended.
If you're in search of wild Georgia shrimp, look no further than Iguana's Seafood Restaurant. The island-inspired eatery at historic Pier VIllage has a diverse menu, but save room for complimentary soft-serve ice cream for dessert.
Part store and part restaurant, Golden Isles Olive Oil Wine Bar at Redfern Village is an essential stop for home cooks and foodies. They have more than 60 flavors of infused olive oils and balsamic vinegars, as well as cheeses, charcuterie, pestos and tapenades. The wine bar has a menu of light bites and offers wine tastings.
Bring your friends and family to Tramici, the island's best Italian restaurant. The neighborhood restaurant has a brick oven used to make the perfect pizzas, along with menu highlights like spaghetti, lasagna and other Italian dishes.
Five-star chef John Belechak is at the helm of Palmer's Village Cafe, a relaxed eatery that features Southern coastal dishes. The restaurant is open for breakfast and lunch throughout the week and dinner on weekends.
Porch serves all sorts of Southern fare but is known for Nashville-style hot chicken, catfish and wild Georgia shrimp. Cool off with one of their drinks like craft beer, wine and frose (frozen rose).
Named one of the best barbecue restaurants in the country, Southern Soul Barbeque is an essential stop, featuring pork, turkey and brisket smoked for more than 12 hours. Don't skimp on the four homemade sauces and sides like hoppin john, collard greens and Brunswick stew.
There's always something going on in St. Simons Island.
The Georgia Sea Islands Festival in June celebrates the African American musical traditions, crafts and food of the barrier islands. The Georgia Sea Island Singers perform and have been a highlight since 1977.
Celebrate the Fourth of July with the annual St. Simons Island Sunshine Festival at Pier Village. A tradition for more than 60 years, the event includes fireworks, an arts and crafts show, a 5K and fun run, and other family-friendly festivities.
Golf fans flock to the island for The RSM Classic, which joined the PGA Tour in 2010. Held at the Seaside Course at Sea Island Golf Club, the November event also raises money for local charities. Come see why it was a favorite of Georgia golf legend Bobby Jones.


This issue of "Wireless Pages" 04/14 talks about connector surface material, why it is so important for PIM. It also offers hints how to treat low PIM components without damaging them. Three complementary ways of testing low PIM installations and components are provided. Click here for the pdf publication.
Connector surfaces look nice and smooth. The picture changes however dramatically under the microscope. Also, at high frequencies virtually all of the current density happens in the plating of a connector. The conductor core is basically current free. Click here for article.
Wrong handling of low PIM components can lead to performance degradation of even permanent damage. This article provides some tips how to treat them and prevent issues. Click here for the article.
Often neglected but of utmost importance to maintain full performance of PIM equipment, the connector saver. The article explains why it is so important. Click here for the article.
Testing thoroughly for PIM issues requires three PIM tests: Static Test, Wiggle Test and Tap Test. The article explains how it is done and what issues every test will uncover. Click here for the article.
The publication explains differences between forward PIM and reverse PIM. Examples are given when to use reverse PIM, when it is beneficial to measure both, reverse and forward PIM. Furthermore, the publication explains the function of a PIM analyzer of and discusses residual PIM. Click here for the publication.
Minimizing PIM Generation from RF Cables and Connectors. Clear and helpful introduction to PIM. Click here for the whitepaper.
Briefing on PIM for hands-on crews. Explaining PIM and how to avoid it. Click here for the paper.
The tables show intermodulation products IM3, IM5, IM7 and IM9 of different carriers. The coloring represents intermodulation products that fall either in the proprietary band or in another band. The latter can be a serious issue with neutral host systems. Click here for the tables.
Whitepaper on coaxial connectors and passive intermodulation (PIM). Coaxial connectors are frequently the dominant contributors to passive intermodulation distortion. The paper reports modelling PIM in microwave networks. Click here for the white paper.
A Santron engineer is giving one of their cables a hard time. Measured with AWT PIM test system. Click here for the YouTube video clip.