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The city of Murmansk was founded in 1916. Nowadays, it is the biggest city in the world situated beyond the Arctic Circle.
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The city of Murmansk was founded in 1916. At present Murmansk is the largest city situated above the Polar circle.
Murmansk is situated on the shores of the Kola Bay. Its population amounts to approximately 300 000 inhabitants. It is the administrative center of Murmansk region.
Due to the influence of warm Atlantic stream winter in the city is relatively mild. Temperature difference within the city boundaries and several dozens kilometers into the continent may be about 20 degrees. Summer is short and cool.
The polar night, i.e. the period when the sun doesn't ascend above the horizon more than for one day, lasts from 02 of December till 11 of January. The polar day, i.e. when the sun shines the whole day, lasts from 22 of May till 22 of July. The period of polar nights when the sun may hide beyond the horizon but continues to light the atmosphere lasts from 30 of April till 15 of August.
The main tourist attractions of the city are the following:
1. A memorial to Defenders of the Soviet Arctic.
It was erected in 1974, the height of "Alyosha" monument is 35,5 meters. The memorial complex is situated on a hill named Green Cape. The complex includes the monument, the Eternal flame, memorial pyramid, avenue with memorial plates with names of hero-cities and two anti-aircraft guns. There is a nice view on Murmansk from the hill.
2. "Lenin" nuclear icebreaker.
It is the first nuclear-powered icebreaker in the world. The icebreaker was launched in 1957 and made many arctic trips including convoying on the Northern Sea Route. In 1989 the icebreaker was decommissioned. At present the ship belongs to "Atomflot" federal state unitary enterprise and is idle. Its nuclear reactor was dismounted. Onboard the ship the museum is functioning devoted to the history of the icebreaker and the history of Arctic investigation.
From our point of view "Lenin" icebreaker is one of the most interesting tourist attraction in Murmansk.
Address: Portovy Passage, 25. Excursion schedule (subject to change): Wednesday, Thursday, Friday – 12:00. Saturday, Sunday - 12:00, 13:00, 14:00, 15:00.
3. Memorial complex "To sailors died in piece-time".
The complex is situated between the avenue of Heroes of the White Sea and Chelyuskintsy Street. The main part of the complex is a tower made in the form of a lighthouse. On its inner walls memorial plates are placed in commemoration of sailors died at sea in piece-time. Next to the lighthouse a part of the cockpit from the lost "Kursk" submarine is installed. Not far from it there is functioning church of the Savior on the Waters (sanctified in 2002).
4. Murmansk museum of regional studies.
The museum was founded in 1926. Its exhibitions are devoted to the nature of Kola Peninsula, history and culture of Saami – aboriginal population of the region, history of Peninsula's development in middle ages and nowadays, defense against interventionists and defense during the WWII.
In our opinion special attention should be paid to the exhibitions devoted to Saami and minerals.
Address: Lenin Avenue, 90. Opened daily from 11.00 till 18.00. Days-off: Thursday, Friday.
5. Navy museum of the Northern Fleet.
The Museum was founded in 1946. Museum's exhibitions are devoted to the various periods of Navy's development in the North of Russia beginning from1693 till present time.
Address: Tortseva Street, 15. Opened daily from 9.00 till 17.00 (lunch from 13.00 till 14.00), except Tuesday and Wednesday.
6. Oceanarium.
Oceanarium was founded in 1996. In the Oceanarium water-circus performances are being held with participation of aquatic mammals – Greenland seal, grey seal, ringed seal and bearded seal. Oceanarium also conducts research activities on examination of Arctic seals and educational programs for school children and students.
Address: the Avenue of Heroes of the White Sea, 4. Performances: from Wednesday till Sunday: 11:00, 15:00, 17:00; Days-off: Monday – Tuesday.
7. Northern lights.
Many visitors of Murmansk are eager to see the Northern lights (Aurora Borealis). This natural phenomenon is sometimes observed in polar and subpolar latitudes approximately from the end of August till the beginning of April. But the possibility to observe the Northern lights in the city itself is often limited by the city lights and influence of the Sea. In case of favourable forecast in the region and high solar activity it could be expedient to go outside the city to observe the Northern lights.
Murmansk City Tour
Approx. 4 hours
Half-day Murmansk sightseeing tour
Explore the World's biggest Arctic city
Visit «Alyosha" WWII memorial
Visit "Lenin" icebreaker or another museum
Private transport and English-speaking guide
Murmansk Region Tours Sightseeing
Northern Lights from Murmansk
Evening tour out of the city
English-speaking guide
Pick-up and drop-off at your hotel
Operated from September till April
Murmansk Region Tours Northern Lights
Discover the Kola Peninsula
Multi-activity break in the Kola Peninsula
Dog and reindeer sledding
Discover Murmansk
Snowmobiling in Khibiny Mountains
Russia Arctic Trips Murmansk Region Tours Sightseeing Northern Lights Dog Sledding / Trekking Reindeer Sledding Snowmobiling / ATV Fishing
Adventure Holiday in the Kola Peninsula
Go to Kola for winter activities and the Northern Lights
Stay in the guesthouse located in the wilderness
Experience dog and reindeer sledding
Taste local food including game and fish
Good chance for the Northern Lights
Russia Arctic Trips Murmansk Region Tours Northern Lights Dog Sledding / Trekking Reindeer Sledding Snowmobiling / ATV
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Other sights in: Murmansk Region
The White Sea
Teriberka
Khibiny Mountains
Kandalaksha Bay
Lovozero
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Re-Imagining The Monsters Of Dungeons & Dragons | Birth.Movies.Death.
A couple of artists tackle a new Dungeons & Dragons monster every week. The result is surprisingly delightful.
When I was a young man I would spend hours poring over the Monster Manual and the Fiend Folio; it wasn't just the huge diversity of the monsters of Dungeons & Dragons that intrigued me but the images. I love the old illustrations from the original editions of those books; unpolished and sort of amateur, they were a reminder that this was a low tech game you played mostly in your head.
Over the years the monsters of D&D have been drawn, painted, rendered, made into toys and even put into one of the worst live action movies I have ever seen. Now two artists are re-imagining them in a fun, loose style that's one part dweeby and one part begging to be an art print. Every Sunday artists Blanca and Joe pick another monster and illustrate it and write a little bit about it on their site Dungeons and Drawings. And with the weird diversity of D&D monsters they have a huge number from which to choose.


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Witchford girls kwik cricket team marches on to national finals
A team of Under 11 girl kwik cricketers from Witchford will represent Cambridgeshire at this year's national finals.
These will be held at Essex County Cricket Club Ground in Chelmsford later this month.
The Rackham Church of England Primary School won all the matches in their section at the district tournament.
They then had a near perfect record at the county finals.
Sid Wales, cricket coach and retired Rackham headteacher, said: "We are so proud of what they have achieved. It's a magnificent success story by an enthusiastic group of girls."
Kwik cricket is a high-speed version of cricket aimed mainly at encouraging children to take part in the main sport, with an emphasis on participation and enjoyment.
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Driverless technologies are not to be coddled or promoted. Their development should be slow and sober. If the evidence warrants, it should be stopped altogether. We are weaponizing our cars and trucks for use against us. It's madness.
Unless you've been vacationing on Saturn, you know that driverless vehicles are the next Big Thing. Almost every major car company (General Motors, Ford, Toyota, Mercedes) has a program, often in cooperation with tech firms. A few of those, Google being a prominent example, have their own prototypes. In a recent study, Navigant Research -- a consulting firm -- counted 18 projects.
To be sure, the appeal of driverless cars is powerful. In 2015, 35,092 people died in road accidents nationwide, says the Department of Transportation. It attributed more than 90 percent of the crashes "to human choice or error." If these people had been riding in driverless cars, many of these accidents would not have occurred, the argument goes. The hazards of drinking, texting, speeding and other driving dangers would have been sharply reduced.
The broadest case for driverless vehicles is that they would allow us to recapture the many hours we spend sitting in traffic, fuming and wasting time. Instead, we'd program our vehicle with the destination. It would drive, while we snoozed, streamed TV shows and movies, attended to work, read a book or gazed at the scenery. Billions of hours would be recovered.
There are some obvious obstacles to this seductive future. Under favorable circumstances, it would take years to materialize. There are roughly 250 million cars and other light-duty vehicles (pickups, SUVs) on the road. In a good year, the industry sells 17 million vehicles. Even if, beginning in 2018, all these were driverless, it would be 15 years before today's fleet is replaced.
And these assumptions are, of course, unrealistic. "Some people actually like driving," says economist Benjamin Leard of the think tank Resources for the Future. Most won't be customers for driverless vehicles. Neither will many Americans who don't trust the reliability of self-driving vehicles. That's about 60 percent of the public, reports an opinion survey conducted by Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle of Sustainable World Transportation, a research group at the University of Michigan.
Still other potential customers may be deterred by the high costs of all the needed sensors, cameras, computer chips and software. With present technology, this could add $10,000 to the cost of new vehicles, though that is expected to decline with time, says Leard.
Even those who expect to benefit from driverless vehicles may be disappointed, notes Sivak. True, typical drivers spend an hour a day on the road, which seems an ample period for other uses. But there's a catch. "The fact [is] that current trips in light-duty vehicles average only about 19 minutes -- a rather short duration for sustained productive activity or invigorating sleep," he says.
The Journal story focuses exclusively on cybercrime: for example, locking a car remotely and refusing to open it until a ransom is paid. If millions of vehicles were shut down simultaneously, the ransom paid by car companies could be staggering.
But the real threat is not ordinary crime. It's cyberwarfare: attacks by terrorist groups or hostile nations, intent on sowing panic and social disorder. Imagine the chaos if some adversary immobilized 10 percent of the light vehicle fleet, leaving about 25 million cars and trucks sprawled randomly along roads from Maine to California.
Do our enemies have this capacity, or could they develop it? We don't know. What we do know is that we have consistently underestimated the dangers posed by the misuse of cyber technologies -- the latest examples being Russian interference with the 2016 election and the massive hack at the credit bureau Equifax.
There is a disturbing relationship here. The more we depend on digital technologies for everyday business and pleasure, the more we become vulnerable to potentially catastrophic disruptions. Cars and trucks are but the latest examples.


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London stabbing attack kills one, injures several others
Christoph Meyer, dpa
A woman was killed and up to six other people were injured in a mass stabbing attack in central London late yesterday, police said.
The attack occurred in London's Russell Square near the British Museum, London Metropolitan Police said in a statement.
A suspect was arrested after police discharged a Taser at him, according to the police statement.
The suspect's mental health "appears to be a significant factor" in the stabbing incident, police said.
The woman was treated at the scene but pronounced dead soon after.
Details of the other victims' conditions were not immediately known.
"Terrorism is one possibility being explored at this stage," the police statement said.
Additional police units were deployed to the area.
Yesterday, London police had announced that it would deploy armed police in London due to the threat of terrorist attacks.
British police are generally not armed.
- dpa


You are here: Home / Facility Maintenance / How much is ineffective maintenance costing hospitals?
How much is ineffective maintenance costing hospitals?
Every dollar a hospital's maintenance organization spends on unnecessary labor, equipment or processes erodes their service, reputation and bottom line.
Here's one example of how things can unravel.
A major hospital's facilities maintenance group lost control of its refrigeration shop Preventive Maintenance (PM) backlog. The PM schedule was out of balance with shop capacity, forcing the supervisor to cherry-pick the jobs he thought he could complete. No one paid attention to the metrics that showed a rising PM backlog, a low PM completion percentage and poor schedule compliance. As a result, the hospital incurred huge overtime and had to outsource support to bring the shop and the PMs under control.
Hospital managers have a lot on their plates. However, with looming imperatives to find efficiencies and improve service across the board, the maintenance process is no longer an "I know it's important but we have other priorities" decision.
Performance metrics for hospital facilities maintenance are typically gathered via some type of Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) that tracks work orders, projects and may also track labor and materials.
Have you collected your data? Dug into it? Acted upon it? How does your hospital measure against the following benchmarks*?
Is your maintenance operating cost per gross square foot (no utilities or environmental services included) close to the national mean of $5.04? If you're too low you may be missing critical work that can cost you a lot later on. Too high and you may be throwing money away.
Does your total cost of facility operations (maintenance, utilities and environmental services) per gross square foot average between $9 and $13? Are you higher or lower?
How committed is your hospital to preserving its capital assets? Have you calculated your Facility Operating Current Replacement Value (CRV) Index? According to the National Research Council, it should be between 2 and 4%.
What's your key performance metric? Do you have a benchmark to compare against? How has this helped you control costs and improve service? Share your experiences with us and our followers in the comments below.


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Q: Does 'option accept-invalid-http-response' work in HAProxy 1.7.12? The server I am connecting to is returning what looks like an invalid Date header and I want HAProxy to ignore the error.
Unfortunately I have no control over the server, I am using a third party tool.
I have tried 'option accept-invalid-http-response' in both the backend and defaults sections, with the same result.
The invalid header isn't being ignored,
my client always gets a '502 Bad Gateway' response.
From 'shows errors'
[21/Dec/2020:14:40:59.197] backend <BACKEND> (#3): invalid response
  frontend <FRONTEND> (#2), server <SERVER> (#1), event #5
  src <IP>:46508, session #6, session flags 0x0000008e
  HTTP msg state MSG_RQBEFORE(0), msg flags 0x00000000, tx flags 0x08600000
  HTTP chunk len 0 bytes, HTTP body len 0 bytes
  buffer flags 0x80008021, out 0 bytes, total 50 bytes
  pending 50 bytes, wrapping at 16384, error at position 50:
  00000  HTTP/1.1 204 OK\r\n
  00017  Date: Mon Dec 2020 14:40:58 GMT\r\n

Or maybe there is something else wrong with the response header.
Any help would be appreciated.

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New Music Releases
Rare Prince cassette tape The Versace Experience (Prelude 2 Gold) officially released: Stream
Featuring unreleased music from Prince's Gold Experience-era
Prince's The Versace Experience (Prelude 2 Gold), photo via Discogs
Alex Young
September 13, 2019 | 9:23am ET
Today brings another peak inside Prince's legendary vault with the digital release of a long lost cassette tape dating back to 1995. As Pitchfork points out, as a preview of his album The Gold Experience, Prince gifted a limited number of cassette tapes to attendees of the Versace collection at Paris Fashion Week.
Entitled The Versace Experience Prelude 2 Gold, the 15-track tape features edits and remixes of tracks from The Gold Experience, some of which were released anywhere else, as well as rare or unheard material from New Power Generation, Madhouse and The NPG Orchestra.
In the years since, The Versace Experience has become a highly sought after collector's item. At one point, it was the most experience tape ever sold on Discogs, going for over $4,000. Now, you can listen to it for the price of a streaming music subscription down below.
This is just the latest archival release from the Prince Estate. Earlier this year, a deluxe reissue of the musician's seminal album 1999 was announced.
What's more, Prince's long-in-the-works memoir, The Beautiful Ones, will finally see release in October.
Rock Music News
Unreleased Music
IDER Announce New Album shame, Share "Cross Yourself": Stream
Quicksand Unveil "Inversion", First New Song in Three Years: Stream
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Colonel William Frederick Donohoe, 85, of Evans, WV, passed away October 24, 2018, at his home following an extended illness.
Service will be 1 p.m. ~ Saturday, October 27, 2018 at the Casto Funeral Home, Evans, WV, with W.V. State Police Chaplain Jimmy Mitchell and Pastor Allen Stewart officiating. Burial with full military honors will follow in the Elk Hills Memorial Park Cemetery, Big Chimney, WV. Visitation will be from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Visitation will also be one hour prior to service time on Saturday at the funeral home.


those measly wins you have to ask for.
you've got him on the ropes.
early bird specials at Golden Corral.
And all for just staying alive!
will ward you off these places, advising healthier options.
and don't spring back anymore.
who just want to call a truce with the world?
how to give myself away.
"Selfie" wasn't even a word.
It's the details that fascinate.
peasant blouses—all the rage for half a minute.
same as the rest of the herd.
red satin sheets. Good god.
A really ugly desk lamp.
Sometimes while shopping, I experience a flush of satisfaction as I cruise past the items that don't pertain to me: baby food, condoms, curling irons, hair coloring kits. Ignoring all that energy and advertising confers what feels like power. I also snub the cosmetics, aisle after aisle of them (though I do brush a little color on my cheeks each day to appear more alive). I did use makeup when I was a young woman—mascara, eye liner, eye shadow, lipstick—the whole mob; even streaked my hair. Ironic that now, with my shrinking eyebrows and gray hair, I have turned my back on the props.
In a culture that values youth and beauty, aging is not easy, particularly for women. As toddlers we begin to perceive the sovereignty of Barbie and Cinderella, and woe to little girls who are not conventionally pretty, who will be molded by this knowledge in ways they will not understand. I like to think that compensation awaits these girls, that having less to lose, getting older will be a bit easier.
Stopped in traffic one time, I looked to my left, at an elderly woman behind the wheel of a Mercedes coupe. For a moment our eyes met and she tried to smile—perhaps she thought she managed it; what I saw was a grimace, the skin so taut it appeared to be covered with cellophane. Her eyelids were drooping under the weight of false lashes, her mouth was a fire red gash and her hair—the color of cantaloupes—was elaborately rigged on top of her head. She was fierce, this woman. She had time in a stranglehold and she was not giving up an inch. She was losing, she knew it, but she was not giving up.
I don't have that kind of fight in me, don't want to battle the years I have left. As far as I'm concerned, the only practical response to aging is forgiveness, excusing each new erosion as it appears. What can we do with our body but love it, love it all the more for its diminishing street value.
In arming themselves for public view, women in the United States spend more money than any country in the world, yet rank 23rd in the "Satisfaction With Life Index." Japan comes in second in cosmetics spending, with a satisfaction ranking of 90. Two countries that spend the least on cosmetics and hair care — Netherlands and Sweden — have the best rankings in the SWLI.
From an early age, we receive the message that we are not good enough, and the volume only increases as we get older. Accepting this notion, we harness our lives. We spend our days hiding from ourselves and each other, never imagining there might be a better way to live. The cost of accepting our natural selves? Nothing. Nor does it take any time. Wake up, slip on some love, and walk out the door.
Recently I watched a video, a movie my brother-in-law made of a family reunion three decades ago: my sisters and I, along with our partners. The video lasted about an hour. I did not take my eyes off it.
I had never seen myself from such a distance. There I was, along with my beautiful sisters, young again. Our hair! Our skin! Along with the physical disparity between my former and present self, I was struck by the tension in my movements and expressions: the diffidence of youth at odds with its daring.
Women at thirty are powerful. We have not yet reached the zenith of our bloom and we are aware of this. The mayhem of our teens and twenties is over, and even if we have not fallen in love for keeps, or made much money, there is time enough ahead. The best is yet to come, we are sure of it. Old age is out there, inevitable but not pertinent.
Ironically, this faith in the future makes us vulnerable to the present, unable to claim it. The feeling that we are unworthy, unready, seeps in like smoke. We spend our days trying to hide our fears, from ourselves and everyone else. We can't be blamed for these doubts, or for squandering those precious years with bad bets and detours. Youth has its price.
Examining the girl I was in that video made me more compassionate than nostalgic, and I felt kindhearted toward my sisters as well. I've been practicing tough love on myself a long time now, forgiving my body's cave-ins at the rate they appear. As our spiritual leaders tell us, pain is resistance. The bloom is off the rose, time to tend other parts of the garden.
When the video ended I felt altered, agitated, a confusion that lasted all evening. I was not the woman, I was not the girl; I was caught somewhere between the two and uncertain how to proceed.
I've always thought of memory as a portal. Nudged by a thought, a scent, an image, we can reenter the past, if only for a second. This fusion is unmistakable, delightful, reminding us that time is only a construct, a handy device for organizing our lives. The truth of our existence lies in these fleeting junctures, when we are back at a place we never actually left.
It wasn't until the next day that I understood what had happened to me, why I felt so lost after seeing my younger self. I had not stayed on nodding terms with that girl, had all but abandoned her, figuring we had nothing left in common, nothing of any use. What a surprise to see her again, not behind me but beside me.
As if I could have managed without her.
You know you're aging well when you look back on your most treasured moments not with mourning but with gratitude.
A friend of mine is turning sixty, and she is not having an easy time of it. I want to give her a birthday card that will lift her spirits, remind her of the blessings that come with age. Looks like I'll have to create one myself.
If I were searching for something crass and mocking, I'd have no trouble at all. There is a plethora of cards that poke fun at getting older, most of them illustrated with repulsive photos or cartoons. Somehow it's easier for us to laugh at old age than to say anything nice about it. I do have a sense of humor, and there is no denying that laughter is good medicine. I just wonder why the difficult and tender process of growing older has become a joke.
"I hope I become a sweet old lady," I once told a friend, "and not a cranky one." He looked at me and shrugged. "You'll just become more of what you are." I've thought often about that remark and I believe he is right. How we grow is up to us. We bestow on ourselves our own largess or meanness, and we are all, every moment, setting an example.
There are elderly people who routinely disparage their lot, reminding anyone who will listen that being old is a cruel affliction filled with pain and devoid of pleasure. Is there anyone at any age who wants or needs this message? Isn't the expression of these thoughts a cruelty in itself? If we can't serve as inspirations, might we at least offer comfort?
"Dirty Harry" was once a favorite movie of mine. Now it is far too brutal. My friends tell me that they have become similarly sensitive. As our actual skin thins, so does our emotional armor. This keen awareness of the suffering of others strikes me as something of value.
It's not so easy, in our days of youth and vigor, to experience this sort of empathy. Compassion seems to require a certain number of years. From it flows kindness, another gift of age. With these two qualities, the world around us expands, becomes suffused with a sudden heart-breaking beauty for which we are inexpressibly grateful. Compassion. Kindness. Gratitude. For some people, these hard-won talents are all the compensation they need.


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Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast
by Chris Smit | Nov 20, 2021 | Business
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COLORWHEELS MOBILE ART ROOM
Ms. Betsy, Founder
Hi! I'm Betsy Etchart, and like most of us, I wear many hats.
Here's a look at the top of my hat pile:
Mom Hat
 Teacher hat
Artist Hat
Writer Hat
ColorWheels is so cool because in ColorWheels, I wear all the hats at once.
How did ColorWheels come to be?
ColorWheels originated in a panic response to my four-year-old's first show-and-tell.
As a professional writer, I'd kept my artist hat stuffed in my back pocket, neglected and largely forgotten since I'd earned a degree in art and art history from Mount Holyoke College a long, long time ago. But as a new preschool mom who didn't know I could pretty much reach under the sofa and pull out anything that would be great for preschool show-and-tell, I reached into that back pocket for the artist hat. I built a "robot" out of household recyclables. It almost made us late to school, but it was fun, my boys immediately wanted to make more, and when these homemade toys broke, I could fix them. Very empowering. And, did I mention, FUN?
Since then (2012), I've brought the Recycle Robot League to schools and festivals in the West Valley of Phoenix, where I help kids (and grown ups!) build their own (often kinetic) sculptures out of the recycle bin.
Snuggling into the artist hat, I said YES! when West Valley Arts Council and Estrella Mountain Community College offered me a position as Master Artist for Gallery 37 in 2015. Galley 37 is a national program that unites teenage artists with established artists to create public works of art. I worked with another Master Artist and mosaic expert Leslie Scott, helping her lead 20 high school students design and build "Chelonia," a large-scale mosaic for the new splashpad in Avondale's Friendship Park. SO FUN.
I led the program again in 2018, this time teaming with another local artist and teacher, Lichen Frank, to renovate a section of the Elsie McCarthy Sensory Garden for the City of Glendale, AZ, scheduled for installation in December 2018.
The Garden was a multi-sensory project, including tactile, motion, sound, and smell in addition to visual elements. FUN, FUN, FUN.
In between, I found myself teaching elementary art at a local charter school, which taught me that I love teaching young students how to use their hands (they're not just for swiping!) and how to see the world around them in a new way. (That is NOT an old yogurt cup. It is a ROBOT!)
From there I moved on to founding my own visual arts program, ColorWheels Mobile Art Room, which allows me to teach at a variety of local schools. I love to introduce students to tools and techniques, and then basically ride shotgun while they take the wheel of the artmobile.
In my classroom, students can't say, "I CAN'T." It's kind of the opposite of Yoda's philosophy, "Do or do not. There is no try." ColorWheels's philosophy is more like, "If you try not, there is no do." Bottom line: "I won't do it for you. You want your cereal box body to balance on your toilet paper roll legs? You learn to make a flange. Which is just a fancy-schmancy word for foot. All you need is scissors. Not even grown-up scissors. Little kid scissors.
Simple stuff like a flange is magic.
And when students do it themselves, and their robot stands up, what follows? PRIDE. CONFIDENCE. And the impetus to discover more.
Recycle robots are still a favorite ColorWheels activity each semester. (In the words of a third-grader: "I feel so creative when I'm sitting in front of a pile of trash!") But as you see from the Student Gallery, that's just one small part of what I do these days.
In addition to the ColorWheels after-school art program, I lead professional development classes for art teachers through the West Valley Arts Council, host the occasional art party for kiddos or adults, and provide private art classes. Because sharing art and art ideas is never old hat!
Here's the emergency velociraptor hat I whipped up for a friend's five-year-old son just in time for Halloween. Repurposed toy fire helmet, cardboard, tin foil, tape, Activa RidgedWrap plaster cloth, foam sheet, paint, and love.
What hat are YOU wearing today?


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Lord Waldegrave, the last Conservative MP for Bristol West, has been announced as the speaker at the flagship summer event of Bristol West Conservatives. Conservative members and activists citywide are invited to the exclusive Clifton Club for the dinner and drinks on Friday 8th July.
We are coming to the end of the pilot for the Kingsdown Residents Parking Zone (RPZ) which has been in operation since the 4th January this year. Letters have been sent by the council to all residents within the RPZ asking for their views and to areas adjacent to the RPZ. Unsurprisingly the early indications are that those inside the RPZ believe that it is better but for those outside there are indications of significant impact with parking made worse and less safe with illegal parking on the increase.
I have lived in Clifton East for 15 years and care deeply about a very beautiful part of Bristol. I seek to conserve Clifton for the benefit of the residents and have run a number of campaigns to object to Planning Applications which are out of character for Clifton. I think that in these times of fiscal hardship we need to prioritise what we spend money on and top of that list is Education and Care, not Hydrogen-powered ferries, electric car sockets or bus corridors.
Charles cares for Clifton. He will prioritise resolving the residents parking issue, increase refuse and recycling provision to include plastic bottles, and improve the appearance of Clifton by keeping the streets clean, safe and well lit. In addition to fighting the Liberal Democrats policy of selling off the parks and green spaces, Charles wants to create better facilities within the green spaces in Clifton and improve family play areas.
Clifton Conservatives have joined the No2AV battlebus on the Bristol leg of its tour of Britain. The bus, branded with the No2AV campaign logo and slogan is visiting every major British city to explain why voters should reject the alternative vote in Thursday's national referendum.
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A man started shouting about government corruption and the Internal Revenue Service before pulling out a knife and slashing his wrists outside the "Today" show in Rockefeller Plaza Thursday morning.
The "Today" show crew gave multiple updates on Twitter and addressed the incident on the program. At about 8 a.m. Matt Lauer tweeted that "There was an incident out on the plaza."
The man reportedly approached fans and said that the IRS "ruined his life." He shouted about peppermint tea and tried to get bystanders to read a pile of documents before throwing them and threatening to cut himself.
He produced a pocket knife and used the blade to hack his wrists. He was wrestled to the ground, but produced a second knife to cut the other wrist.
A widely circulated amateur video captured by an apparent bystander, identified as @SirAnduck, shows the man being tackled by police on the plaza.
NYPD and plaza security restrained him while waiting for emergency medical personnel. The man, who is in his fifties, is expected to recover.
Fans and tourists were shocked by the scene, saying there was blood everywhere. An outside segment was cancelled due to the incident, and security cleared the plaza as custodial crews powdered and mopped the blood and gore.
About an hour later host Matt Lauer tweeted, "All secure on the plaza after a scary incident. Thanks to our security team and the NYPD."


The U.S. Commodities Futures Trading Commission said Friday that it has revoked the registration of Charlotte-based Prestige Capital Advisers.
Its owner, Toby D. Hunter of Waxhaw, has been accused of bringing in $4.7 million to invest in commodities and futures, then posting false results and returns for current customers and future investors to see.
Friday's announcement is the latest step in the winding legal process that began in 2011, when he was originally charged in federal court in Charlotte.
In July 2013, Hunter was ordered to pay $11.7 million in restitution and fines. The next month, the CFTC said it intended to revoke the firm's registration.


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Commentary: Honor yesterday's Roosevelt High School heroes by giving today's students the modern high school they deserve | LA School Report
By Maria Brenes on May 07, 2018
Students from Roosevelt High School in Boyle Heights recently took to the streets to demand action on gun control and to challenge the criminalization of youth of color. They want to study at school free from the threats of gun violence and want positive school climates that uplift them.
A march led by Roosevelt High students is not unusual. The school has a rich history of activism. On March 6, they commemorated the 50th anniversary of the 1968 Walkouts, which marked an important moment in the history of Chicanos in Los Angeles.
The fighting spirit of Roosevelt is a source of community pride. It is as if the past, present, and future live in these students. Not the concrete buildings, nor the stairs and hallways, but in the young people themselves as they fill the classrooms and take to the streets. The spirit lives in the young people inside those facilities, who come to school to learn and grow.
This seems obvious, but their right to a long-overdue quality school facility is being challenged and hangs on a crucial vote Tuesday by the LA Unified school board. Students and parents are the most important voice in this debate over the school's future, and we hope the board listens to their input when making the final decision tomorrow. We urge LAUSD to move forward with modernization plans for the campus without further delay.
Recently, the school's Comprehensive Modernization Plan, which has been under review for several years, encountered unexpected opposition from some school alumni and specifically from the LA Conservancy, expressing concerns about the school's rich history.
Let's be clear, it is about one building in the school's complex.
They oppose the demolition of the R Building, where the auditorium and numerous classrooms are housed. It was from this building that Roosevelt students walked out in 1968 – along with students from Garfield, Wilson, and Lincoln high schools. The groups opposing demolition want to significantly change the renovation plans in order to have the R Building considered a historic landmark that should be preserved.
There is absolutely no question that 1968 was a critical moment in the history of the Mexican-American community. Those students sparked a movement that forced the closure of the LA Unified School District and led to the creation of Chicano Studies as well as bilingual education. They demonstrated their power to have a role in the transformation of education policy. The "Blowouts" of 1968 launched a legacy of struggle for education justice that inspired the Chicano/Chicana student movement across the Southwest.
That is the history.
Today's students also want to learn and continue with the proud tradition, although their educational opportunities are limited by damaged and old buildings which do not have the infrastructure that current education demands in order to prepare them for their future. Roosevelt High's structure limits the school in fulfilling the mission inspired by students 50 years ago to provide an excellent education for all.
The Comprehensive Modernization Project of Roosevelt High is meant to address this problem by allocating $173 million from a bond approved by voters. The plan is to build six new buildings that provide safeguards that buildings from the 1920's simply cannot offer and to provide state-of-the-art facilities for 21st-century learning.
In today's world, education is inseparable from technology. Terms like "connectivity gap" and the "digital divide" capture the deep divisions between schools, a gap that disadvantages higher-need students. The bandwidth and capacity needed in technology infrastructure are key factors in the ability of students to access data, advance academically, and prepare for the jobs of today and the future.
The only way to create this necessary infrastructure at Roosevelt High is to build new buildings specially designed to enable this model of technology.
The plan also includes constructing a large wellness center offering medical, dental, and mental health services as well as providing space for community meetings. This ensures that the students and their families will have medical attention when they need it. At the same time, the center will become a vital point of integration between the community and the school. In order to do this, the plan calls for demolishing 11 old buildings and 17 temporary facilities. The R Building is included as part of this demolition. Simply upgrading the building would be extremely impractical, and it would reduce the number of classrooms that could be created.
The project does take into consideration the historic significance of the school. There are a set of specific proposals to honor the legacy such as incorporating some of the characteristics that reflect the historic period and its cultural identity.
It is completely understandable that there are individuals who want to save the building's exterior and the stairwell because of what occurred in this structure. But Roosevelt High is more than a memory.
It is a school with students who deserve to have the opportunity to learn and grow with the best tools that education can provide. We want more Roosevelt students to be part of the statistics reflecting academic success.
The students think so as well. That is why a strong majority of the school's students, teachers, and administrators, those who use the facilities day in and day out, support the complete renovation of the school. Over 700 students and parents signed a petition in favor of wanting Roosevelt High to have the tools necessary for its students to succeed academically and professionally without delay.
The students who walked out 50 years ago demanded a better education, facilities that could support their learning, and greater integration with the community. The fully renovated Roosevelt High could achieve the demands of the youth of 1968 and support the students of today. To support the present with a look to the future is the best way to honor the past.
Maria Brenes is executive director of InnerCity Struggle, a nonprofit advocacy organization that since 1994 has worked with youth and residents of Los Angeles's Eastside to promote safe, healthy, and non-violent communities.
Source: http://laschoolreport.com/commentary-honor-yesterdays-roosevelt-high-school-heroes-by-giving-todays-students-the-modern-high-school-they-deserve/


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IN-CJ Discussion – Motherhood and Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice, Discussion, Podcast
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How does being a mother affect women's experience of criminal justice, and how can research and practice respond to the challenges of working a system which is often impervious to, and uncaring about, the issues and facts about women and their children? In this IN-CJ roundtable discussion, Dr Lucy Baldwin spoke about her research with criminalised mothers, and her ongoing work with prisons and probation in the UK. Lucy's research focusses on the importance of recognising maternal trauma, maternal identity and maternal emotion for mothers either in prison or under supervision. Lucy shared her insights from the Sodexo 'Motherhood Project', a project that seeks to improve care and conditions for imprisoned mothers and grandmothers.
The panel members took up this discussion, sharing practical advice from practice and more general policy observations.
The event was chaired by Sonia Flynn, Executive Director, Chief Probation Officer and Women, Ministry of Justice, UK
Key Speakers included:
Lucy Baldwin – Senior Lecturer, De Montfort University.
Mary Rogan, Associate Professor, School of Law, Trinity College, Dublin.
Bev Stephens – Womens Policy Lead Sodexo, England: Serving HMP Peterborough and HMP Bronzefield (the largest women's prison in Europe). Bev is responsible for overseeing policy and practice development within both establishments and work closely with grassroots staff, residents and senior leadership to ensure that women in our care receive good quality, consistent and safe care.
Sari Lönnberg – Expert on working with criminalised women, Finland: Sari Currently works in two projects specialising on supporting women in prison and after the release. The See the Women project offers individual counselling and support in mental health issues, substance abuse, emotional, behavioural or identity challenges in which counselling is offered by a professional or an expert by experience. The Väkevä project focuses on developing a rehabilitation program for criminalised women with behavioural problems, like violent behaviour or severe emotional difficulties, working with a psychologist to help with rehabilitation.
Anastasia Lapintie – Team leader, Family Work, Finland: Anastasia's Family Work supports offenders and their families and loved ones, especially in the crisis caused by crime and imprisonment, in which one-on-one support is offered, for example, to strengthen parenthood, adjustment to the situation, and to mitigate the negative impacts of parental imprisonment. Family Work organise camps for prisoners and their families, intensive family and couples counselling, peer-support groups for children with a parent in prison, as well as support for parents of prisoners, in addition to developing tools and training for professionals who engage with these families.
Chelsey Narvey – Assistant Professor, Sam Houston State University:
Issues questions covered:
Values and ethics of use of prison for women and mothers – are services child prepared?
What does the research tell us?
Why are male dominant models still applied in our systems?
Are there positives for future services?
Where will practice take us in the coming years?
What should researchers be thinking about now?
Criminal JusticeMotherhoodPrisonsPublic PolicyReform
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IN-CJ Live Discussion – Where are ICT and Criminal Justice Headed Post-Pandemic?
IN-CJ Newsdesk – Migration and Refugees in Trinidad and Tobago


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Top Black female politicians to watch in 2018
by Micah Davis
Photo Credit: Twitter – @KamalaHarris
There's no doubt that women are winning this year, especially Black women in politics. Here are the top female politicians to watch in 2018.
Photo Credit: keishalancebottoms.com
Keisha Lance Bottoms
Keisha Lance Bottoms was the second Black female to be sworn in as the mayor of Atlanta after defeating Mary Norwood in December 2017. Before becoming the 60th mayor of the city, Bottoms served on the city council representing Southwest Atlanta. In January, the mayor announced her transition team, which included Atlanta natives T.I. and Killer Mike, who will assist her in tackling education, public safety, and housing initiatives.
Mayor Aja Brown (Photo Credit: City of Compton)
Aja Brown
Aja Brown made history as the youngest person to be elected mayor of Compton, California, in 2013 at age 31. In June 2017, Brown was re-elected for a second four-year term. The Compton mayor is committed to improving her community through economic development, gang intervention and reduction initiatives and strategic partnerships. The 35-year-old is currently running to represent the 44th District in Congress.
Senator Kamala Harris official (Photo Source: US Senate website)
Before becoming Sen. Kamala Harris, the California native served as a district attorney in San Francisco and then as attorney general of California. Harris isn't a stranger to being the first to do her job. Not only was she the first woman but also the first person of color to serve in those positions. She is also America's first Indian American to become a senator as well as the first Black senator of the state. Harris continues to be an advocate for undocumented immigrants currently living in the U.S., including those who have been protected by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
Photo Credit: Twitter – @LaToya_Cantrell
LaToya Cantrell
Although Mayor-elect LaToya Cantrell did not grow up in New Orleans, she considers the Crescent City her home. The Xavier University graduate was elected as a councilwoman in 2012. Cantrell is committed to ensuring that New Orleans offers opportunities, growth and prosperity to all of its residents. In her transition plan, she laid out a framework of committees. She says the "transition plan provides "an overview of both the priorities of the next administration, and the ways that I intend to fulfill those priorities." There will six co-chaired committees, 19 subcommittees, and 12 working groups that will explore key city agencies, including the New Orleans Police Department, the Sewerage & Water Board, the Regional Transit Authority and the New Orleans Recreation Development Commission.
She adds "with the engagement of my team, these citizens will help to create actionable steps that we can take to improve our government." Inauguration day is May 7, 2018.
Photo Credit: Twitter – @staceyabrams
Stacey Abrams
On May 22, Stacey Abrams will take one step toward possibly becoming the first Black female governor in U.S. history. This comes after previously getting nearly rejected at the doors of the governor's mansion as a teenage guest who was being honored as one of Georgia's high school valedictorians. A moment that could have stunted her growth ended up launching her even further into a world she was told she did not belong in. Now Abrams has become the first Black woman to lead in the House of Representatives and the first woman to lead either party in the Georgia General Assembly.
Tags: Aja Brown, Atlanta, black female politicians, kamala harris, Keisha Lance Bottoms, LaToya Cantrell, Stacey Abrams
Micah Davis
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Micah Davis March 21, 2018
T.I., Trap Music Museum bring Cardi B, Nicki Minaj together in new exhibit
A.R. Shaw January 17, 2020
Billy Porter describes night out at Atlanta strip club with Tiffany Haddish
How Atlanta's urban music elite helped YouTube Music honor L.A. Reid, Babyface
Rich Homie Quan wows Pandora music lovers, vows he 'won't stop'
N. Ali Early January 16, 2020


A sustainable, efficient and elegant design for a challenging site in Chiswick that demonstrates the collaborative approach within the Useful Simple Trust companies.
Useful Studio worked with Expedition Engineering on the design of a new footbridge linking Chiswick Business Park to the west and the Colonial Drive Residential Development and Chiswick Park Underground Station to the east.
Sustainability, efficiency and elegance drives the design, which is composed on three arches that increase in height from west to east, in-line with the significance of the spans. The graceful arches present a natural form in their surroundings and the earthy tones provided by the weathered steel and hardwood timber deck complement the adjacent nature reserve and park.
The arched proposal is a highly efficient form that maximises off-site fabrication, minimises disruption during construction and reduces material use and waste to ensure minimal environmental impact. This design ethos has been carried through from conception and into the design considerations for construction and demolition.
Construction was carried out in 2018 and the bridge opened in January 2019.


Consider these statistics: 52% of persons polled said their impression of a company is more positive after receiving promotional products. Additionally, 50% of persons who receive promotional products use them in their daily life. Custom promotional products are a powerful marketing platform that give a business repeat exposure for comparatively low cost.
One of the goals of any business is to increase the brand recognition of the company. Thereby keeping the company's name and products in the potential customer's mind as long as possible. One cost effective way to do this is through promotional products. Promotional products allow a business to apply their logo on to an item their customers will use everyday; thereby, keeping the business at the top of their customer's mind.
Compared to other forms of marketing, promotional materials are a relatively small price tag. Mass media can run into the tens of thousands of dollars per month and at the you are not sure of the effect. Promotional products on the other hand have a lasting impact, the customer will use it daily in their lives. Thus, reinforcing the benefits of the brand. If one has a retail business, small items can even be given at checkout for a fun takeaway, or certain custom products can be sold at retail.
Business cards will always be needed by a commercial firm; but without the right hook, they can soon be forgotten or lost. By combining the business card with your own branded products, any potential customer will surely remember the experience. Thus, giving the branded promotional product a far higher ROI than simple business cards, postcards or flyers.
In the business of drawing customers to your firm, repeat exposure is absolutely necessary for the growth of any business. How can you keep your business consistently in front of your customer without spending a lot of money? Think. What type of items will the customer keep around with them on a daily basis? Seeing your brand everyday, in an object they use, will reinforce your message without annoying your customer.
The depth of various branded promotional materials allows you to vary the marketing your customer will receive, thus giving the customer options. This will greatly increase the chance the customer will actually use the object, remember your brand and return.


Like most other mints, the Bergamot Mint, the plant Mentha Citrata, originated in central and southern Europe. However, the only present day cultivation of the plant and distillation of oil of commercial importance is carried out in the far western United States, particularly in the states of Oregon and Washington and India also.
Mentha citrata oil is a pale yellow or pale olive to almost water white liquid of a sweet herbaceous, somewhat fruity fresh odor.It resembles bergamot, but is distinctly more harsh in its terpene topnotes, less rich in body and without the oily sweet, candy like backnote of good bergamot oils. On the other hand, mentha citrata oil presents a certain bergamot note without the citrus notes. This makes the oil more interesting in the lavender fougere field. Its dryout has some resemblance to clary sage, but lacks the richness of that oil.


As an MS1 considering neurosurgery, I was wondering if current neurosurgeons were worried about encroachment from other fields and ending up in a state similar to CT surgery now.
Will this significantly impact demand for neurosurgeons in the future?
Maybe, but not as much as the other way around.
Interventional radiologists need the nerosurgeons to take care of the patients. They can do the procedure but have no desire to take care of the patient before and after nor can they handle some of the complications. The number of interventionalists coming through neurosurgery (who are trained in both endovascular and open methods) is growing quickly; it's quickly becoming the most popular fellowship choice. This is becoming a part of the neurosurgeon's skill set (this is where the CT surgeon's made their error in not training in endovascular procedures...they could and in some regards SHOULD be the ones doing both the open and endovascular work).
Twenty years ago most neurosurgeons did very little spine practice and now it is the majority of their work. No worrries in that regard. There is consideration of having spine surgery as a completely separate entity with it's own board. With Obamacare on the horizon, spine surgeons may be forced to limit some of their current elective practice.
Radiation oncologists do not do procedures apart from giving radiotherapy. Ablative procedures with radiotherapy are few and none work very well. Neurosurgeons are usually involved anyways because of frame placement, some of the dose planning, an more importantly, the referrals. Not too many PCPs will refer direct to a rad onc for trigeminal neuralgia. Some anesthesiologists are doing pain procedures. This is a very limited set of procedures and not in the the scope of most neurosurgeon's practice. Many neurosurgeons would be happy to be rid of it. On the other hand there are many pain procedures that would only be in the realm of the neurosurgeon (DREZ, myelotomy, cortical stimulation, etc.) so this is not going to be taken over by other specialities.
Just like all specialists, just adapt to what is going on and you will be in demand.


Medicare Part D Cost | What additional costs come with Medicare Part D? Medicare Part D Cost | What additional costs come with Medicare Part D?
Part of Medicare Part D Plan cost is any deductibles required to be paid prior to prescription drug coverage paying for these costs. The out of pocket deductible paid before Medicare advantage Prescription Drug Plans begin paying their share of the cost will vary between plans. There are plans that may have no deductible.
Always pay close attention to the details and speak with a qualified insurance agent.


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Goldfish Belong in Fish Tanks, Not Fish Ponds
Illegally introduced goldish in the pond at Hailey's Heagle Park were eradicated using rotenone in September 2020. COURTESY: Idaho Fish and Game
Who let the goldfish out?
Or, rather, put them in?
That's the question Idaho Fish and Game officials are asking after someone illegally introduced goldfish to the popular Castle Rock State Park Pond.
Idaho Fish and Game will have to close the fishing pond to the public beginning Jan. 20 to apply a substance that will kill all fish in the pond, as a result. Fish and Game officers will apply rotenone—something they had to do to the Heagle Park Pond in Hailey in 2020 after someone illegally introduced goldfish there.
The Castle Rock State Park Pond will be reopened to the public in early May, and hatchery fish stocking will resume then.
"It is unfortunate that we have to close public access," said Tucker Brauer, regional fishery biologist with the Magic Valley Region. "This is our only recourse to reset the pond to support sport fish that anglers love to catch."
Rotenone is a plant-derived fish toxicant that is widely used for fish control projects throughout the United States," said Terry Thompson, Idaho Fish and Game's regional communications manager. It is used to address illegally introduced fish that can cause serious damage to natural ecosystems. Such fish are extremely difficult to remove once established.
Individuals who transplant fish where they don't belong can be held legally responsible for the financial costs to restore the fishery to its prior conditions. These costs can add up to hundreds of thousands of dollars. Such individuals can also be charged with a felony.
Questions? Call the Magic Valley Regional Office at 208-324-4359.


in my log window allowed ip connections don't stop no matter how many i permanently block i'm bloking 989,756,267 ip connections now and still doesn't stop please tell me is that normal or is this because of spyware or something else.
hmm, well if you are using a browser or trying to connect to the internet in any way there will be IPs being allowed and logged unless you tell PeerBlock to block every range or also if you just disconnect your internet, then you wouldnt see any allowed IPs either.
just surfing the web and wondered about that thanks.


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Faculty | Ron King | WashU Olin Business School
Ron King
Emeritus Professor of Accounting
Teaching and learning, and the role of the modern business school.
"Financial Reporting - First Take", with E. Spiller, 2017
"The PCAOB Meets the Constitution: The Supreme Court to Decide on PCAOB's Conformity with the Separation Powers Doctrine & Appointments Clause", Accounting Horizons(Working Paper), 2010
"Mandatory Disclosure of the Engagement Partner's Identity: Potential Benefits and Unintended Consequences", Accounting Horizons, with S. Davis, N. Mintchik, 2012
"Why Care About China's Reporting System", with M. Ren, 2012
CPA, (Missouri - Inactive)
Awards/Honors:
EMBA Reid Teaching Award, Washington University, 2013
Founder's Day Distinguished Faculty Award, Washington University, 2012
BSBA Reid Teaching Award, Washington University, 1987
Personal Interests:
Professor King enjoys backpacking, listening to heavy metal music, tennis, and bicycling. He is married to Monica and they have two children, Bracken and Tyler (both Washington University alums).<br>
Ron is an Emeritus Professor of Accounting at Washington University. While at Washington University he has taught accounting courses in the Undergraduate, MBA, and Masters of Accounting Programs. He now focuses his teaching at the Executive MBA level. His current research interests are in the area of teaching and learning. He has held various administrative positions including Senior Associate Dean of Faculty, Senior Associate Dean of Programs, and the Director of the Center for Experiential Learning. Ron received the Distinguished Faculty Award at Washington University's Founder's Day in 2012.
Ron is active in the St. Louis start-up community. He is an angel investor and has served as a board member for several companies.
Ron received his PhD from the University of Arizona.
Ron King's Curriculum Vitae
Email: rking@wustl.edu
PhD 1986, University of Arizona


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Business News Robotics Space
Welcome to the Age of Garage Robotics
Oliver Mitchell April 21, 2016
A couple of weeks ago, Chris Dixon of Andreessen Horowitz published a blog post about his most recent investment in Comma.ai, a new AI/autonomous mobility company. Comma.ai is the genius of hacker extraordinaire George Hotz, who built his own self-driving car in his garage that was featured on Bloomberg News below (Chris actually rode shotgun!).
Chris remarked that George's self-driving car is similar to what happened with social media leapfrogging telecom, as stated, "WhatsApp was able to build a global messaging system that served 900M users with just 50 engineers, compared to the thousands of engineers that were needed for prior generations of messaging systems. This 'WhatsApp effect' is now happening in AI. Software tools like Theano and TensorFlow, combined with cloud data centers for training, and inexpensive GPUs for deployment, allow small teams of engineers to build state-of-the-art AI systems…I came away convinced that George's system is a textbook example of the 'WhatsApp effect' happening to AI."
However, Chris was only partially right, the WhatsApp effect is happening across the robotics spectrum as well. As Rodney Brooks predicted years ago, we are entering the age of personalized robotics, with tinkerers and hackers becoming founders of the new autonomy economy. Earlier this week the Wall Street Journal ran a front page article about high-tech farmers upgrading their tractors with autonomous features.
Matt Reimer, in the spirt of Hotz, modified his eight-year-old John Deere tractor with drone parts, open-source software and a Microsoft Corp. tablet to create his own, home-built, autonomous combine. While John Deere has been selling autonomous equipment for tens of thousands of dollars for over a decade, Reimer's investment was a fraction of the cost, roughly around $8,000. He said that's about how much he saved on wages for drivers helping with last year's harvest.
Mr. Reimer's alterations, which he hopes to replicate for other farmers this year, are part of a technology revolution sweeping North America's breadbasket. Farmers, many of them self-taught, are building their own robotic equipment, satellite-navigation networks and mobile applications, moving their tinkering projects out of machine sheds and behind a computer screen.
This homespun hacking—which sometimes leapfrogs innovations by big equipment companies like Deere & Co. and navigation specialists like Trimble Navigation Ltd.—reflects dwindling farm incomes, the low price of electronic hardware and, sometimes, off-season boredom. Such projects could eventually compete for farmers' dollars in the farm-technology market, which generates an estimated $2 billion in annual sales, according to data and research firm IBISWorld.
"Even if they release [autonomous tractors] next year, it's probably going to be 15 years before that technology trickles down to every farm," said Mr. Reimer, referring to the big farm-equipment companies. What's more, his version would be "a lot cheaper than if somebody's got five to 10 engineers working full-time on something like this," he said. He added that his system doesn't require altering Deere's own software or coding.
The engineering-school dropout says he picked up programming from online forums and coursework archived on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's website, though he said he didn't complete that program either.
Technology is already firmly rooted in modern farming, allowing a shrinking number of farmers to oversee more acres. Advances like auto-steering tractors have freed some farmers to trade futures contracts and gripe about the weather on their smartphones from inside a tractor cab, pausing only to turn and stop their machines. Defectors from Silicon Valley powerhouses like Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc. are building software to analyze soil and manage fertilizer use.
A three-year slump in major crop prices, however, threatens the big bet on farm technology by companies like Deere, Monsanto Co. and DuPont Co., which have sunk hundreds of millions of dollars into precision-guided planters and algorithm-powered advice on managing crops—plus cloud-based systems to manage the data. Sliding prices for everything from meat to melons has U.S. net farm income on pace to fall to $54.8 billion this year, down 56% from 2013 and the lowest level since 2002, according to government forecasters.
Kinze Manufacturing Inc., an Iowa-based farm-equipment maker, is working on driverless tractors, including a system that allows several to load grain on the same field. Kinze continues to invest in the research, but Phil Jennings, service manager at the company, said turning a profit from such cutting-edge machinery gets harder when the price of corn, the most widely grown U.S. crop, is at less than half its summer 2012 peak.
With less money to spend, some farmers say they can build their own tools, suited to their farms, at a lower cost.
"Poverty is the mother of invention," said Jim Poyzer, 65, who returned to farming six years ago after a few decades in computer programming. During the winter months four years ago Mr. Poyzer began tinkering with a microprocessor, eventually developing a system to monitor and adjust how many seeds his planter places in his fields near Boone, Iowa. The system tailors the flow of seeds to the soil's ability to produce healthy crops.
Matt Reimer, whose farm is south of Killarney, Manitoba, checks the control box for his autonomous tractor. He estimates the system's cost at about $750, versus commercial versions that retail for around $5,000, and says it helped him save about $1,000 a year on seeds. "That's not much, but farmers are trying to optimize everything," he said.
Now, Mr. Poyzer is working on other projects, like a solar-powered sensor to monitor soil temperature that he says could help him get a jump on planting.
Some companies, including Deere, have taken steps to prevent anyone from modifying the software that runs their equipment, and also warn that altering a tractor's systems could put farmers and workers at risk. Deere uses copyrights and other intellectual-property measures to protect its software.
"We always have producers wanting to build on top of those solutions. I think it's a great thing," said Cory Reed, head of Deere's intelligent solutions group. But when it comes to Deere's software, Mr. Reed said, "there has to be a limit, both for regulatory safety and for proprietary reasons.
Deere doesn't object if farmers create their own systems to work with Deere equipment, without altering the company's embedded software, so long as these meet industry standards, he said.
Some farmers-turned-techies aim to reap profits on their innovations. Dirt Tech, a startup run by two farmers and two software engineers, is developing a range of mobile applications that help map soil fertility across farmers' fields, or mark rocks to avoid damage to machinery or allow for yanking them out. The Elbow Lake, Minn., company's apps have been downloaded more than 4,500 times.
"We really enjoy solving these problems," said Ben Brutlag, a co-founder of the company who raises corn, soybeans and sugar beets near Wendell, Minn. But, he said, "we're definitely trying to make some better money at it."
The democratization of technology is not limited to farming, last year a dutch engineer made big waves by building his own drone that is capable of carrying a human short distances (see above test flight). In this new age of the commercialization of space and the X-Prize, the sky is no longer the limit.
A Scandinavian inventing shop called Copenhagen Suborbitals is taking the WhatsApp effect to the extreme level by building a single person bullet (drone) aircraft missile at a cost of of $70,000 vs. $350,000,000 (by NASA) to enter the space tourism market. They are even running successful test-flights over the Baltic Sea with crash-test dummies, proving you do not need a Richard Branson like budget to be successful. Sit back, relax, as the next decade takes off into the stratosphere.
Andreessen HorowitzChris DixonComma.aidronesFarmingGeorge HotzRichard BransonVirgin GalacticX-Prize
Neurorobotics, Robot Mice, and Brain Implants
Elder Care: The Killer Robot App


Denzel Washington is helping to launch "Be Great, Graduate" — an initiative from the Boys and Girls Clubs of America to increase graduation rates among troubled or at-risk youth.
The high school drop-out rate is low across the country, but organizations like the Boys and Girls Clubs work to lower those rates. Alumni of the Clubs graduate or get GED equivalencies at a rate of 90 percent, as compared to 70 percent of high schoolers nationwide. The numbers are most grave in the black and Latino community – nearly 1 in 2 black and Latino boys drops out before graduation, although some do go on to get a GED equivalency.
Denzel is the official spokesperson for the Clubs, and his childhood experience in the Mt. Vernon Boys Club is prominently featured in their recent ad campaign. Starting as a member at age 6, by 13 he was a counselor, and hails the Club in laying the foundation for his success as an adult. Many prominent leaders in sports, politics, and business, as well as everyday heroes like teachers, can trace their self-determination and self-confidence back to afternoons and weekends spent playing and doing homework at the Boys and Girls Clubs.


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Korrespondenskommittéer (engelska: committee of correspondence) var skuggregeringar organiserade av ledarna för de tretton kolonierna, på tröskeln in i den amerikanska revolutionen. Genom att sprida sina planer mellan kolonierna samordnades aktioner mot Storbritannien och genom kommittéerna höll man varandra och utländska regeringar ajour angående Storbritanniens förehavanden. Man samlade oppositionen under gemensamt baner och la upp planerna för kollektiva aktioner. År 1774-1775 ersatte dessa skuggregeringar de koloniala lagstiftarna och kungliga tjänstemännen. Marylands korrespondenskommitté var viktig för skapandet av den första kontinentala kongressen som möttes i Philadelphia.

Kommittéerna bildade ett nätverk som sedermera kom att bli en formell politisk samordning mellan kolonierna.

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USA under 1700-talet
Amerikanska revolutionen

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What else happened in 2018?
I was honoured to feature on the Benjamin Bloom Podcast recently – take a listen below! We talked for an hour about Tubular Bells Live, all things Mike Oldfield, the Exorcist, Virgin, Richard Branson….and Back To The Future! I hope I'm not rambling too much!
Click below to buy tickets for the Saturday 14th November!
Actually – I saw THE Back to the Future Delorean but I've not seen one driving around yet!
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