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Low Carbon Concrete – Starting from the Ground Up
By Joe Emerson
Concrete! It has been used since before 6,500 BC, most extensively in the Roman Empire, and then forgotten until it's resurrection in Europe around the 15th century. Today it's the most prevalent man-made material on the planet — used for homes, high rises, roads, bridges, and parking lots — and for good reason. It provides strength, flexibility, and durability in construction that is matched by few if any other building materials.
The Number One Source of Embodied Carbon in Buildings
The cement used in concrete is produced by burning limestone in kilns at very high heat (2,300° to 3,000° F) usually using powdered coal or natural gas as fuel, wasting a great deal of energy and releasing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the combustion. The chemical reaction involved in making cement releases more CO2 as a byproduct. Producing one ton of Portland cement produces one ton of CO2 emissions. Seventy-nine percent of concrete's CO2 emissions come from the cement even though it is only 13% of the material – the rest is sand, aggregate, and water.
It's not surprising that concrete is the number one source of embodied carbon in buildings – accounting for up to 55%. And it's responsible for 8 to11% of global CO2 emissions. If it was a country, the concrete industry would be the third-highest emitter of CO2 after China and the United States. Yet it's the "foundation" of homes, buildings, cities, and transportation systems throughout the world and its use is growing fast. Worldwide demand for concrete is second only to water.
How can we continue to take advantage of the strength, flexibility, and durability benefits of concrete while reducing its CO2 impact? And more importantly how can CO2 be used in concrete production to turn one of the worst sources of carbon emissions into a method to lock up carbon for the long term?
Using Rather than Storing CO2
CO2 capture and storage is the old way of thinking. The technology for sequestering (capturing and storing) CO2 from gas-fired power plants, cement, and fertilizer manufacturing is well established, but until now there have been few economic uses for the resulting product. Most of the focus has been put on underground storage. But to cost effectively meet important climate goals, we must move to CO2 "capture and use" – and, with recently available technology, concrete now provides a prime opportunity. CO2 from producing cement, or from other industrial processes, can be captured and added to ready-mix concrete or to its components, where it is converted to a mineral that can never be released as CO2. The resulting concrete is often stronger and uses less cement.
Green Concrete Technologies and Their Availability
Several companies currently use CO2 and/or reduce CO2 emissions in their products in different ways to produce "green" concrete products that range from somewhat lower carbon, to zero carbon and carbon negative. CarbonCure Technologies, a company based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, invented a process that involves removing CO2 from the creation of cement and injecting it into concrete during mixing. This takes some of the CO2 out of the air and permanently embeds it in the concrete and strengthens it – reducing the amount of cement needed. So far, CarbonCure concrete achieves a net carbon reduction of only 5 to 7%. Its strongest advantage is its widespread availability throughout North America. See their map of CarbonCure producers and ask your local supplier for it.
Blue Planet, based in Los Gatos, California, uses carbon dioxide collected from the exhaust stack of power plants to produce synthetic aggregate that can be used to create concrete. The captured CO2 from flue gas does not require purification, which is an energy and capital intensive process. As a result, Blue Planet's method is extremely efficient, and results in a lower cost than traditional methods of CO2 capture. CO2 from flue gas is converted to carbonate (CO3), which locks up the carbon forever. The result is low carbon, carbon neutral, or carbon negative concrete, with the same structural integrity as conventional concrete. By offsetting the carbon footprint of the cement, the carbon sequestered in Blue Planet's synthetic aggregate more than compensates for the cement component's carbon footprint, making the combination net carbon neutral or negative. The process also reduces the need to further mine sand and limestone aggregates which are the major components of concrete and the cause of significant environmental impact. Although Blue Planet is still piloting its technology, Central Concrete in California, part of Texas-based U.S. Concrete, has already used Blue Planet aggregate in concrete poured at San Francisco International Airport. Blue Planet's aggregate should be available to concrete producers by 2022. Check in with Blue Planet for availability updates.
CarbiCrete uses a process called carbonation activation that eliminates the need for cement in concrete by replacing it in the mix with ground slag, a waste by-product of steel-making. The concrete mix is poured into molds just like conventional concrete and is then cured using CO2 captured from industrial sources. During curing, the gas becomes a solid, binding together the slag granules, and giving the concrete its strength. The process can be implemented in any precast concrete manufacturing plant, but is not yet available for poured concrete applications. CarbiCrete's process eliminates the CO2 emissions associated with cement production and then injects CO2 recovered from other industries into its products. Because more CO2 is consumed than emitted during the process, it is carbon-negative concrete. CarbiCrete masonry products should soon be available through Patio Drummond in Quebec and they will be expanding distribution in future years. Its ready-mix concrete product is still in development and may not be available for a few years. But it is worth checking in with CarbiCrete to access this carbon negative solution as soon as it is available.
United States Concrete uses several methods to lower the carbon footprint of its concrete — from using CarbonCure, to using high strength aggregate that lowers the need for cement, to incorporating fly ash from burning coal or steel slag into cement. Incorporating steel slag reduces Portland Cement usage by as much as 50%. It also can produce aggregate from slag. This reduces the amount of slag that becomes landfill waste and reduces the need to mine raw materials. U.S. Concrete has outlets on the east and west coasts, as well as in Texas. If one is near you, ask them if they have any of these low CO2 concrete options available. Or reach out to their California office for more information on their low CO2 concrete options.
Solidia Technologies in Piscataway, New Jersey uses a lower temperature, lower energy process, resulting in 30 to 40% less CO2 emissions during cement manufacture. In addition, it cures their concrete with waste CO2 instead of water, permanently trapping CO2. It claims a 70% overall reduction in CO2 emissions compared to standard precast blocks and conserves a great deal of water. Solidia concrete cures in less than 24 hours compared to 28 days for traditional concrete. Solidia's low carbon concrete is available in pavers and blocks today in North America from EP Henry for landscaping, retaining walls, driveways, sidewalks, and patios. Solidia's ready-mix will substitute some of its low carbon cementitious material for ordinary Portland cement and lower the carbon footprint of ready-mix by 30%. That should be available within the next two years. Check for availability with Solidia.
Geopolymer cement has been available for years. Rather than sequestering CO2, it uses no Portland cement at all, resulting in a very low carbon profile as well as having superior durability. Geopolymer Solutions in Texas makes a heat-free, geopolymer concrete that combines recycled waste from fly ash, ground granulated blast-furnace slag, and other naturally occurring minerals in place of using Portland cement. It has a carbon footprint that is about 10% that of Portland cement, is acid resistant, is much more durable and long lasting (up to 1,000 years according to the company) than standard concrete, and uses less water and virgin natural resources. The resulting cement is of higher quality than Portland cement and can be used at standard ready-mixed concrete facilities. It's more expensive than standard concrete – but its benefits to the environment are many. Builders interested in using their product should call them directly or request that their concrete supplier call them.
The cement industry is promoting a lower CO2 cement – Portland-limestone cement (PLC) which is a blended cement that incorporates between 5 and 15% limestone as an ingredient, lowering the amount of cement used in concrete and reducing its CO2 footprint by about 10%. Lehigh Cement of Canada produces concrete mixtures that incorporate EcoCemPLC which reduces the CO2 emissions by as much as 10%. You can locate North American Lehigh Cement suppliers here.
Posted by Joe Emerson Tuesday, November 17, 2020 9:00:00 AM
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San Francisco is unlike any other city in California. San Francisco has an energy about it that makes you feel like it's not real life, even the houses look like they are perfectly crafted for a scene in a movie. It's refreshing to see couples walking to a restaurant on Union or people riding bikes through the Presidio, the sound of the city buses grinding up and down the hills actually sounds soothing at night, the fog horn gives me chills because it's unlike any sound I've ever heard, and the Golden Gate Bridge stops you mid sentence every time you see it. It's a city that I will never get enough of.


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Extending these vision correction options to seniors, a ruling announced by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) provides Medicare recipients a wider range of vision correction options and financial assistance than were previously available under the plan.
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I can never seem to get enough OpenStack networking information. I have been collecting various notes in Evernote for 2 years now on OpenStack networking. Having built and destroyed OpenStack Diablo, Essex, Folsom, and now Grizzly at Gap with much pain, I decided to share my notes in a consolidated format. My hope is this will help make OpenStack Quantum network design more tenable for folks trying to be planful with their network design and OpenStack. You can see the full presentation embedded from scribd below or you can access it here.
I'm tired of the word cloud. It is so hackneyed at this point that uttering it out of my mouth feels like a "poser" skateboarder in the late 80's wearing Vision Street Wear and holding a pristine Gator pro model with rails, copers, and a nosegaurd. Sigh. However, for over a year now I have had to ensure that all my peers at Gap and those upstream of me understood the differences between "true" cloud and virtualization. Infrastructure architectural designs and discussions had to be framed in such a way to avoid people (even smart people) from being sucked into broad misinterpretations of technology implementations.
Back in July of 2011, my buddy Chris Buben and I sat in the Gap cafeteria frustrated on how to get everyone on our teams aligned on how to properly consume "cloud". We wasted so much time in team meetings correcting people's widespread misuse of the term that we were determined to fix the vernacular. One of the biggest impediments to successful technology projects is clear communications. Specifically, the need to align everyone on the terms. This means you need everyone from technology VP down to analyst saying the same things the same way. We needed a clearer way to mass communicate virtualization versus cloud. So, we came up with a simple way to quickly and easily differentiate a lot of big infrastructure architectural differences with cloud and pure virtualization. We started describing two different architectural zones: One zone we called High Availability Virtualization or HAV and another just called cloud.
We wanted to draw a distinction between the two to avoid having people think that we can simply shove every application we have at Gap into what we considered real cloud architected infrastructure. The reality is that you cannot. Not every app is architected and has code that is amenable to real cloud computing. The sad truth is that many commercially sold applications are not optimized for real cloud. Case in point: many Oracle e-business apps (In fact, Oracle seems to go out of their way to make applications difficult to run on anything but Oracle platforms and software… but I digress). So, we needed a way to give ourselves breathing room to host some apps in a virtualized environment to reap some modern architectural benefits without being caught up in the "cloud" term abuse game. HAV became our mantra for everything non-cloud. You might ask, what and why are you drawing a distinction? The answer is that we had our own clear viewpoints about what cloud really was versus just virtualization. For purposes of this analysis we are using OpenStack as our cloud (IaaS) platform. To understand our position, I put together a breakdown for HAV versus Cloud. Understand that some features are continuously being developed and improved in the cloud arena (especially in the networking area) so this chart is changing as I type.
Other hypervisors may be supported, but we didn't want to use them (esxi).
So, why go to all this trouble to break these out? Because, when trying to properly place applications in the most appropriate environment for deployment, you need to take all these factors into consideration. You may have an application that does not tolerate network address translation, or does not work well in a load balancer design, or needs ultra-high IOPs. In such a case, you may be better served deploying such apps in HAV architected infrastructure zones. However, if you have a modern, truly service oriented architecture (SOA) app that doesn't require ultra high IOPs, and is designed from ground up to be stateless and has built in failure detection then cloud architected zones may be perfectly appropriate.
The point is: Don't just try to shove every app (commercial or homegrown) into cloud architected zones without understanding the implications for doing so. You may have undesired performance or reliability headaches. Our goal is to move as much or our application workload to OpenStack based cloud infrastructure zones as possible. However, on the journey to that nirvana, we have a lot of legacy app crud that just isn't optimized for true cloud infrastructure. For these apps, we have opted for a one-two hop using just an HAV infrastructure zone on the way to cloud. This will buy us time to either re-architect those apps or simply replace them. This brings up a larger discussion about proper cloud application design. In the next post, I will cover months of work by our internal architects and app dev teams at Gap for what comprises "cloud architected" application best practices.


Formerly known as the One Hectare Telescope (1hT), was a joint effort by the SETI Institute and the Radio Astronomy Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley to construct a radio interferometer that is dedicated to astronomical observations and a simultaneous search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
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1.Measure the magnetic fields in the Milky Way.
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Government Considering Selling Or Shutting Down Malaysia Airlines
Filed Under: Malaysia
Malaysia Airlines has been struggling financially for many years, but things got significantly worse when the airline lost two 777s just weeks apart about five years ago.
The airline has restructured… sort of, but not really. The problem is that the airline can't seem to decide on a strategy and actually execute it. Malaysia Airlines decided they'd bring a 747 back into their fleet. They spent the money to reactivate it, only to never fly it.
Then the airline decided they'd retire the A380… then they decided they wouldn't.
The list of things they've changed their mind on goes on and on. On top of that, the airline has seen significant management changes:
The airline hired Christoph Mueller as the turnaround CEO, and he quit after just over a year to go work for Emirates
The airline then hired Peter Bellew as the next CEO, and he quit after just over a year to go work for Ryanair
The airline then hired Izham Ismail as the next CEO, and he's still the current CEO
I have a lot of respect for the current CEO. He's a local, and he has been at the airline his entire career. At the same time, I also think that's a liability, because I imagine he has a harder time making tough decisions, given that he views the entire airline as being his "family."
Anyway, the airline has been aiming to return to profitability, but that hasn't happened. Bloomberg reports that Malaysia's prime minister has now said that he's studying options for Malaysia Airlines, including investing more funds, selling it off, or even shutting down the airline. Mahathir Mohamad has said:
"It is a very serious matter to shut down the national airline. We will nevertheless be studying and investigating as to whether we should shut it down or we should sell it off or whether we should refinance it. All these things are open for the government to decide. We have to decide soon."
The airline has been taken private after Khazanah Nasional Bhd poured 1.5 billion USD into the airline in 2014 in hopes of turning the airline around and making it profitable (and I should say "sort of private," since this is the sovereign wealth fund of the government of Malaysia) . They're now demanding the airline come up with a strategic plan for profitability, which is easier said than done.
The added challenge at the moment is that the wealth fund that owns Malaysia Airlines reported a loss of over 1.5 billion USD last year, and Malaysia Airlines accounted for about half of those losses.
With Malaysia Airlines continuing to lose money with no end in sight, it sure seems like their current plan isn't sustainable. So while some drastic measures need to be taken, my guess is that the government will just pour more money into the airline and maintain the status quo.
I just don't see Malaysia letting their national airline go out of business. At the same time, I also don't see the airline undertaking a real turnaround plan. Goodness knows that if they haven't been able to do so in the past five years, the next five years are unlikely to be any different.
What do you think will happen to Malaysia Airlines?
The Airlines & Countries Grounding The 737 MAX (Updated List)
Early Sunday morning an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX crashed shortly after takeoff, making it the second 737 MAX to crash during the initial phase of flight in the past several months (a Lion Air 737 MAX crashed after takeoff last October). As I addressed…
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What President Trump Has To Say About Airline Safety
Over the past 48 hours we've seen a growing number of countries and airlines ground the 737 MAX. At this point the US and Canada are exceptions in not having announced any sort of grounding of the aircraft type. The FAA has issued a continued airworthiness…
Review: Malaysia Airlines Business Suite A350 Kuala Lumpur To Tokyo
I boarded through the forward door, where I could immediately tell it would be a great flight. I was greeted by Helena, the inflight supervisor, who just had the biggest and most genuinely smile on her face. Upon verifying my boarding pass she showed…
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After checking out the business class section of the Malaysia Airlines Golden Lounge, it was time to check out the other section of the lounge. I'm not sure exactly what the other section of the lounge should be called, though. Malaysia Airlines recently…
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Review: Malaysia Airlines Golden Lounge Kuala Lumpur Airport
My Malaysia Airlines flight to Tokyo Narita was departing at 9:40AM, though I ended up heading to the lounge around 3AM. That's because I was staying at the Sama-Sama Express Hotel located within the terminal, and when I woke up in the middle of the…
Introduction: A Detour Across The Pacific
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Emirates First Class Mistake Fare Not Being Honored, But…
So far I'd say it has been a pretty spectacular year for first class mistake fares. Cathay Pacific published $800 roundtrip first class fares from Vietnam to North America. They honored them. Cathay Pacific published $1,500 one-way first class fares…
Filed Under: Emirates, Malaysia
Sad: Malaysia Airlines Rethinks 737 Flat Beds
Malaysia Airlines has been through a lot in the past several years. The airline was already struggling financially, and then they lost two of their 777s just months apart. This shocking chain of events caused a lot of people to avoid the airline, adding…
raksiam says:
that's a lot of money to lose. What are they doing wrong? Running lots of unprofitable routes? Fares too low? Not enough cargo? Too many aircraft? Labor costs? Just mismanagement like THAI?
A crucial point is that previous bailouts happened under the old government with lots of entrenched interests and corruption. The recent general election and actual first transfer of power brought in a much more reform-minded government that might have the political will to take radical action.
Malaysia Airlines must be having too many internal problems that prevented them being profitable. Ps: if Mahathir Mohamad is serious about shutting the airline down, this will leave a huge black hole in Southeast Asia (CX only runs one fifth freedom between BKK-SIN), even though alliances is now less important.
Dt says:
They did have a good idea where Airasia and MAS would be owned by common shareholders. Idea being that the back end could be shared to drive operational efficiency. But in the end politics got on the way. Mixed feelings as there would then be a very powerful monopoly for airlines in Malaysia, which isn't good for consumers either.
Fundamentally MAS is not run well. Website still shows routes that have been cancelled. I've seen more than one instance where almost all seats were blocked, when the plane was actually almost empty. There's no real pressure to perform.
Saket says:
On precisely what grounds do you say you have 'lot of respect' for the current ceo? What exactly has he done to get the airline towards profitability? Or are you simply respecting someone because they spent several years with one company? (That would be plain stupid.)
also, what data / references do you have to support that you think he views the airline as his 'family'?
Flew with them in the mid-2000s and they are/were a brilliant airline. Can't say what they're like now as things have changed. I really hope they turn it around. It won't be shut down – it's a national airline. But certainly profitability and a strong sense of direction will make it an excellent airline again.
Also should add that I think Malaysia should work to boost their tourism again. There are a lot of places like Langkawi and Borneo that are very appealing (for Europeans for example). Having stronger tourism movement would give the airline a boost.
This airline has undergone crazy cost cutting to the point tech crews were leaving and management faced manpower shortage. Their financial problem has be a mixture of many. Malaysia itself as a country is loosing out yielding premium passengers. Malaysia Airlines itself is also loosing on the connecting flight demand as their network has shrunk a lot. Brought on by poor currency exchange losses and weakening purchasing power, locals generally dont travel with Malaysia Airlines unless corporate travel or there's no choice especially if AirAsia cant provide.
Recently as well Malaysia traffic as a whole has been mostly budget casual travelers from North Asia. I used to remember seeing loads of Aussies and Europeans visiting North Borneo of Sabah. Nowadays they're all PRCs. You also have recent government change so stock devaluation will take time to recover and this has burden the Forex exchange rate for airlines in Malaysia to stay afloat. Even Airasia is feeling the heat.
FNT Delta Diamond says:
Malaysia is a very good airline with a good geographic footprint. It should be able to make money, especially with considerably lower labor costs than neighboring Singapore. Unfortunately, the airline has been a political arm of the government in the past and, as you can imagine, the pensions, the high salaries and the duplication in hirings is insane.
Super VC10 says:
I remember when MSA – Malaysia Singapore Airlines came into being in 1966 (and flew the very cool-looking Comet 4), and how six years later the governments of Malaysia and Singapore decided to split the company into two independent carriers. Singapore Airlines has been a decades-long success story, while poor Malaysian Airlines seems dogged by bad luck – and bad management.
Malaysia is part of oneworld and losing them would be a loss for the alliance. However, I think a shutdown is unlikely. Hopefully, the carrier can turn around. Thai seems like they are in a worst spot IMO
Marcus Leather says:
I think the main problem is the brand itself.
A start would be perhaps to rename the airline as their name is infamous.
Perhaps Malay Air?
Anyone who has been to KLIA 2 knows that Air Asia is the real airline of Malaysia. The sooner that is recognized the better it will be for Malaysia.
Not everyone has forgotten the MH370 tragedy and the Malaysian Government fiasco which followed of contradictory information, poor search coordination with other countries, refusal to release military tracking radar and all the rest of it.
It should be sold and rebranded.
Malaysia Inc is not doing well. Khazanah has been given the message from the PM that they should go back to their original mandate. As a result many of the state owned companies are being rationalized.
I totally believe that Mahathir is willing to pull the plug on this one.
And no, the current CEO has not shown much.
KUL is such an annoying airport – I avoid it at all costs. That's not the airline's fault per se, but I'd pay extra to NOT have to transit there.
Dangerous Dave says:
I agree with some others here – the airline needs a rebrand. I have friends who still wouldn't consider flying MH because of safety.
Always good award availability in J though!
Mak says:
The non-local CEOs didn't leave because they got better offers but because their hands were tied and were unable to make necessary changes to a political sacred cow – the only reason why this airline exists in 2019 at all. I rather doubt that Mahathir is going to be the man to shut MH down and admit defeat and will instead keep plowing Malaysian taxpayer's money into it to keep his political allies employed. Malaysia would no doubt be much better off in a world were there was no MH and it could not longer crowd private and more skilled operators — but of the wrong ethnic and political background — like AirAsia out of the market.
Is Malaysia increasingly Islamic now like Indonesia, might be putting off Western and liberal first world tourists.
@Michael, what makes KUL so annoying to you? In my experience it's one of the more user-friendly airports with a lovely design to boot.
The best cabin crew in the air. At least from my travels with them in the early 2000.
Lucky, have you flown them recently?
cahpek says:
If the new Malaysian government were to decide to close down Malaysia Airlines, it would be the "right" decision, in my view. Whether it will is still uncertain.
When Malaysian Airlines was "born", it was the result of the split up of the bi-national Malaysia-Singapore Airlines (MSA). MSA was the original airline who has the world-famous sarong kebaya uniforms, the same ones which are still worn by Singapore Airlines today. It was also the airline which provided the "DNA" for fantastic cabin service, which has been seen on Singapore, and to a degree on Malaysia Airlines.
When MSA was split into Malaysia Airlines and Singapore Airlines, Malaysia Airlines had the unfortunate luck that it was under the "clusp" of the extremely corrupted Malaysian government. They used the airline as its "national toy" whereby profitabillity was secondary to "national pride". Some local Malaysians have criticised Malaysia Airlines as the "poorer" twin of Singapore Airlines, being more inefficient.
It was used by government ministers to fly to different parts of the world at taxpayers' expense, usually in first or business class. Malaysia Airlines was forced by the government to fly routes, both international and domestic , which were loss-making, just for prestige.
Soon after the two unfortunately incidents when not one, but two Boeing 777's were lost, and the airline was on "death bed", the Malaysian public were clamoring for the airline to be closed as it would have been a waste of taxpayers' money to prop it up. Instead, the then "corrupt" government insisted on pumping in more money though its sovereign fund. It even did a very poor version of "Sabena/Brussels Airline switch" or "Swissair/SwissAirlines switch", closing the old airline and starting a new one overnight. The thing was, it was more a technicality . The old Malaysia Airlines (MAS) and the new Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB) had the same aircraft livery, same uniform, same logo. It felt to the public that hardly anything had changed, eventhough management would argue otherwise.
Even then, the then Malaysian government continued to interefer in the airline and putting its "grubby fingers" into its interest. This included the past Prime Minister (who is being charged for being allegedly involved in major financial corruption cases that nearly brought the entirely country down) , When he visited the US to see Donald Trump, some suggested that he pressured Malaysia Airlines to sign an MoU for several Boeing Dreamliners, which the airline did not really want. It was alleged it had done for political reasons to get the then PM into the good books of the US President. Malaysia Airlines then was more interested in the Airbus A350 and A330 to renew their long-range fleet, and it was not so keen on the Dreamliner.
After having had two expatriate CEO's come and go, and now a Malaysian CEO at the helm, its timetable to achieve profitablity from 2018 slipped to 2019. Now, it looks like it may never be profitable ever. Just more excuses come forward for missing the target.
This is probably why the new Malaysian government,and which were voted into government in 2018, decided enough is enough. Since they have toppled the old regime of 60 years, in the last election of 2018, they want to get rid of anything related to that regime.They may also feel Malaysia Airlines was somewhat too closely linked linked and too tainted with the fingerprints of the old corrupt and inefficient regime , and as they wanted a "clean-start" for the country, they may also welcome a new national airline starting with a clean-slate.
The new Malaysian government may also feel that if a new flag carrier is to be started in place of Malaysia Airlines, it could be in the form of a private enterprise like AirAsia (which is also Malaysian in origin) but operating as a full-service carrier instead of being a budget airline.
Time will tell to see if the current Malaysia Airline survives, or a new airline will take over its place.
No Name says:
Problem with Langkawi is the short length of the dry season, and 2,400 mm/94 in of rain annually.
Thailand is far enough north and Bali far enough south that they have longer dry seasons.
Alvin says:
As a Malaysian, I am certain MAS will never be sold or legitimately privatized. There are too many govt officials who make an earning from its fiscal inefficiency.
The current administration / Mahathir is keen to threaten the old bureaucracy, and state enterprises are a way to send messages to the people. Both sides are tied to state funding, though.
For fully privatized options and bona fide investors, there's AirAsia and Malindo.
An internal report from Khazanah Nasional lists the airline as a national asset. With certainty, the airline will not be shut down.
Asian Miler says:
If they *did* shutdown, that'll mean most ripe opportunity for Philippine Airlines to take its place in oneworld as the lone (and growing) Southeast Asian carrier. And that idea wouldn't be so farfetched; there've been many rumors of Cathay being willing to sponsor the airline, so Malaysia Airlines disappearing will inevitably leave a gaping hole in access in, to and around Southeast Asia.
Melv says:
@Marcus Leather: Malay Air would never fly (pardons he expression). Malay is one of the races in multicultural Malaysia and to name the national airline after one of the races (albeit the majority races) would be politically incorrect.
@Cal: Indonesia is much less fundamentalist Muslim than Malaysia. Indonesia has the world's largest Muslim population but the brand practiced there is more liberal in nature than in Malaysia these days.
I for one have about five flights booked with MH at the end of the year, so for me and everyone else with flights booked that'd be a whole heap of money being paid back and me not able to get around Malaysian Borneo!
I could see a sale, but really hope it won't be shutdown as that is a drastic even more loss making move
Sugath Rajapakse says:
Simply put, there is a weakness in Strategic Marketing Planning and that torpedoes Revenue Management. Revenue Management, understanding how the EMSR moves with time in different market segments is the key to success of perishable assets.
Marketing Plans must be built on the Blue Ocean Strategy and not just on SWOT, SPIN and all that. Often airlines talk of "out of the box" little realising that box is also part of the churning Red Ocean. As long as you are in the churn of red ocean no way out.
Qwerty says:
A nation runs by Fascistic Malay Supremacism governance only good at corruption & using their "ketuanan Malay / bumiputera" status quo to hog for privileges &
Prestigious position.. instead of by merit & capability, what do you expect?
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Many baseball player prints in the Supplement...
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 3, 1890 The most desired item in this issue is the four page supplement which is entirely taken up with the: "Opening Of The Base-Ball Season of 1890 - The Leading Players and Their Positions." Included are 29 illustrations of the better players of the era, including A.C. Anson, John M. Ward, William Ewing, Timothy J. Keefe, John G. Reilly, Charle... See More
Map on the capture of Jackson, Mississippi... Baseball during the Civil War...
NEW YORK HERALD, July 23, 1863
* Jackson, Mississippi captured
* Nice front page civil war map
* Early baseball reporting
The front page is dominated by a detailed Civil War map headed: "THE CAPTURE OF THE CAPITAL OF MISSISSIPPI. The Defeat of the Rebel General Joe Johnston & His Evacuation of the City."
The front page column heads include: "Capture Of Jackson, M... See More
Naturalization document from 1810...
A great part-printed/part-manuscript document from the state of New York, noting that Duncan McGregor from the United Kingdom has been "...admitted a citizen of the United States of America...". The document is dated at Johnstown, Montgomery County, New York, June 15th, 1810.
With a signature and covered red wax seal. Measures 7 1/4 by 11 1/4 inches, very nice condition. Nice for displa... See More
Proclamation by Confederate President Jefferson Davis...
CHARLESTON DAILY COURIER, South Carolina, May 16, 1862
* From the origin of the Civil War
* President Jefferson Davis proclamation
This was one of just a few newspapers which printed: "Confederate States Of America" in the dateline.
Pages 1, 2 & 4 have various war reports with heads including: "From Richmond--Repulse of the Terrible Iron Clad Gunboats...Our Men in ... See More
The will of Stephen Girard...
NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER Baltimore, Oct. 19, 1833 Among the many articles are: "Festival of Vine Dressers" "Steamboat Disasters" "Lander's Second Voyage Up the Niger"; a report from a famous Indian language newspaper: "From the Cherokee Phoenix" "Stephen Girard's Will" which takes almost 4 pages.
Girard personally saved... See More
Very significant baseball print...
FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED NEWSPAPER, New York, July 1, 1865 Perhaps the best & most desired print is the very nice half page vertical print captioned: "Grand Match Between the Athletic Base Ball Club of Philadelphia, & the Resolute Club of Brooklyn, N.Y....at the Union Ground, Brooklyn.". This shows a baseball game in progress, including the full panorama of the field ... See More
Mauch Chunk... Alaska...
FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, Oct. 12, 1878 The full ftpg. is a political cartoon showing Ben Butler. Among the prints within are: "Mauch Chunk, Pa." "Pennsylvania--An Autumn View of Mauch Chunk, the 'Switzerland of America' & its Attractions". This town would be re-named "Jim Thorpe". The doublepg. centerfold is a group of 9 prints of: &... See More
Early baseball championship series in 1872...
THE WORLD, New York City, September 18, 1872
* Early baseball (game 8)
* Brooklyn - Philadelphia - New York
* Championship series
The back page has small one column headings: "The Ball Field" "The Mutuals Again Victorious--They Defeat the Athletics Easily After a Fine Game--Score 10 to 3" with box scores (see photos).
Other news and advertisements of the day. Complete ... See More
First Hebrew political society in America, with Grant's "Jew Order" connection...
NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 2, 1868 Page one includes: "Hebrew Grant and Colfax Campaign Club", which, as noted within the text: "...headquarters at No. 7 Delancy Street. It held its first regular meeting last evening...This claims to be the first Jewish political club organized in this country. According to its circular it was formed to demonstrate that the Hebrews of this city,
Famous Tom Sayers & John Heenan boxing match...
NEW-YORK TRIBUNE, April 30, 1860
* John C. Heenan vs. Tom Sayers
* Famous boxing match - fight
Appearing at the top of the first column on pg. 6 are headlines reporting one of the most famous boxing matches of the nineteenth century involving John Heenan, the American champion, and Tom Sayers, the English champion.
In the third column under "The Great Fight" is a detailed a... See More
Mutuals win the championship... Each inning telegraphed to other cities....
NEW-YORK TIMES, Sept. 23, 1870 Page 3 has: "The Championship Contest--Mutual vs. Atlantic--The Mutuals Win the Championship Pennant--Score 10-4." It begins: "The Fall campaign of the ball-playing season...culminated yesterday in the signal success of the Mutual Club, in their home-and-home game with the noted Atlantics, the holders of the whip-pennant. The event has been an
1898 James J. Jeffries boxing...
THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, March 23, 1898
* James J. Jeffries vs. Peter Jackson
* Heavyweight boxing fight - match
The front page has a one column heading: "PETE JACKSON WHIPPED" with subheads. (see) This was prior to Jeffries gaining the World heavyweight title. Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues th... See More
Baseball report in a sporting newspaper, before the Civil War...
THE NEW YORK CLIPPER, June 4, 1859 The front page features a print of the: "Royal YHacht Squadron Club House, Cowes."
Page 3 has most of a column headed: "Ball Play" with much detailed reporting of games, including 4 box scores.
This was a sports-themed newspaper with a wealth of reporting on various games, etc.
Eight pages, old mends near the spine and on page 2, othe... See More
War news from this Confederate newspaper...
CHARLESTON DAILY COURIER, South Carolina, July 11, 1864
* From the origin of the American Civil War
This was one of just a few newspapers which printed "Confederate States of America" in their masthead.
Front page reports include: "From Gen. Lee's Army" "From Richmond - Operations in the Valley" "Later Yankee News" "Siege of Charleston&... See More
A review of Beethoven's new work, & critical of the waltz...
THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London, April, 1813
* Ludwig Van Beethoven
Under: "Review of New Musical Publications" is: "Twelve Waltzes, for the Pianoforte, composed by L. Van Beethoven." The review includes: "...While we are recommending these pleasing compositions to our musical readers, let no one suppose that our commendation extends to the disgusting ... See More
Ludwig van Beethoven and Handel...
THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London, March, 1813
* George Frideric Handel
* Early 19th century music
Under: "Review of New Musical Publications" is: "Mary's Warning: an Arietta, composed with an Accompaniment for the Piano-forte, By Lewis [sic] van Beethoven." The review includes: "We are much pleased with this song. The vocal melo... See More
THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London, March, 1813 Under: "Review of New Musical Publications" is: "Mary's Warning: an Arietta, composed with an Accompaniment for the Piano-forte, By Lewis [sic] van Beethoven." The review includes: "We are much pleased with this song. The vocal melody is elegant & pathetic; the accompaniment is tasteful & ingenious...Beeth... See More
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Lincoln formalizes Thanksgiving Day as a national holiday...
NEW YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, October 5, 1863
* President Abraham Lincoln proclamation
* America's national day of Thanksgiving begins
Although almost every President since George Washington has issued a proclamation for a "day of thanksgiving", typically celebrated in November but at other times of the year as well, it was Abraham Lincoln who formalized Thanksgiving Day to be... See More
Electric baseball "scoreboard" for remote "viewing"...
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, January 24, 1891 An inside page has novel new invention headed: "Electrical Sporting Bulletin" which has about half a page of text and two illustrations, one captioned; "Electrical Base Ball Bulletin" and the other: "Diagram of Mechanism & Electrical Connections of the Base Ball Bulletin--Plan View of Double Relay". A portion o... See More
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, Jan. 24, 1891 An inside page has novel new invention headed: "Electrical Sporting Bulletin" which has about half a page of text and two illustrations, one captioned; "Electrical Base Ball Bulletin" and the other: "Diagram of Mechanism & Electrical Connections of the Base Ball Bulletin--Plan View of Double Relay".
A portion of ... See More
Popular for the 1894 colorful political cartoons...
PUCK, New York, July 11, 1894
* Color political prints
Puck was America's first successful humor magazine of colorful cartoon caricatures and political satire, publishing from 1871 until 1918. It was also the first to successfully adopt full color lithography printing for a weekly publication. The color prints are very desired for their displayability. This issue has as its politic... See More
The beginning of ski-jumping in America...
FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, Feb. 2, 1893 A great issue for skiers as the full ftpg. shows: "Winter Sports in the West--Flying On Skis--Thorger Hemmestvedt's Great Jump of 103 Feet at Red Wing, Minnesota". Red Wing is the birthplace of America ski-jumping.
Inside has an interesting full page: "Shall We Restrict Immigration? Specimen Types of Constantly Arrivi... See More
Early print of Sitka, Alaska...
SATURDAY EVENING POST, Philadelphia, Dec. 1, 1855
* Rare Sitka, Alaska view illustration
The front page has a nice print captioned: "Sitka, The Russian Possession on the North-West Coast of America". This is a very early newspaper print of this Alaska town, from 12 before America would purchase it from Russia.
Four pages, large folio size, never bound nor trimmed, 3 folds wi... See More
Cheyenne and Arapahoe Reservation... Memphis...
FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, May 19, 1892 The front page features four photos of "Renegade Republican Candidates for the Democratic Presidential Nomination" with text.
A half-page: "Some of the Principal Features of Omaha" has several illustrations. A full page: "The 'Run' for the New Oklahoma in the Cheyenne and Arapohoe Reservation - Striking Scenes... See More
Pennsylvania oil region...
LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, Jan. 17, 1885
* Pennsylvania oil fields
* Texas Cowboys
The full front page shows: "The Roller-Skating Craze.--The Critical Moment in the Experience of an Amateur". Inside prints include: "World's Fair and Cotton Centennial Exposition at New Orleans..." "Pennsylvania - Scenes in the New Oil Region at and Around Phillips ... See More
Terrific golf print for any golfer...
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Oct. 12, 1895
* A.B. Frost golfer illustration
* Louis Pasteur death w/ print
This issue features a very nice fullpg. print by famed artist A.B. Frost titled: "Golf" which includes 13 illustrations of golf shots, most of a comic theme.
The full front page is a political cartoon by W. A. Rogers: "Mr. Croker's Busy Season Begins". Inside... See More
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Spanish-American War comes to an end...
THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Aug. 13, 1898
* Spanish-America War ends
* Independence of Cuba
* William McKinley declareS
The front page has a one column heading: "THE PROCLAMATION" with subheads. The proclamation is signed in type: William McKinley. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are no... See More
1899 Wisconsin Badgers football victory...
THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Nov. 30, 1899
* 1899 Wisconsin Badgers college football
* Victory over the Michigan Wolverines
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "CHAMPIONSHIP GAME" with subheads. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile from this era ... See More
1899 James J. Jeffries heavyweight boxing...
THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Nov. 4, 1899
* James J. Jeffries vs. Tom Sharkey
* Heavyweight boxing championship
* 1st ever on film - motion pictures
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "A TERRIFIC BATTLE" with subheads. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not tota... See More
The Centennial Exposition... Baseball...
LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED NEWSPAPER, New York, May 20, 1876 Featured are several prints of the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition, the ftpg. showing the "Great Corliss Engine" & an expansive doublepage centerfold of the: "Scene on the Grand Plaza...". More as well.
The back page has a nice print of a baseball player in uniform, in a "Base Ball Goods" adverti... See More
Special "English Extra" on the Heenan Sayers fight...
WILKES' SPIRIT OF THE TIMES--ENGLISH EXTRA, London & New York, April 28, 1860
* First World boxing championship match
A quite rare edition put out specifically for the famous boxing match between Heenan and Sayers, the American champion versus the British champion, in what was billed the first "world title" boxing match, which lasted 2... See More
Much on Lewis & Clark & their exploration to the Pacific...
NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Aug. 26, 1807
* Lewis and Clark expedition - Pacific
The back page has a very lengthy: "Proposals...For Publishing LEWIS and CLARK'S Tour to the Pacific Ocean, through the Interior of the Continent of North America..." noting the details that will be in "Volume First" as well as "Volume Second". And this is fol... See More
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Oct. 12, 1895 This issue features a very nice fullpg. print by famed artist A.B. Frost titled: "Golf" which includes 13 illustrations of golf shots, most of a comic theme.
The full front page is a political cartoon by W. A. Rogers: "Mr. Croker's Busy Season Begins". Inside has: "Representative Bishops of the Protestant Episcopal Ch... See More
Popular for the colorful political cartoons...
PUCK, New York, April 26, 1893 Puck was America's first successful humor magazine of colorful cartoon caricatures and political satire, publishing from 1871 until 1918. It was also the first to successfully adopt full color lithography printing for a weekly publication. The color prints are much desired for their displayability. This issue has as its political cartoons:
front page: &quo... See More
Report here is a focus of a Smithsonian Channel episode...
DAILY RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, March 5, 1864
* Colonel Ulric Dahlgren Affair
* Failed raid on Richmond
* Secret papers found on Dahlgren's body
* American Civil War - Jefferson Davis
There is an intriguing story within the front page reports recently brought to fore in an episode of "America's Hidden Stories" on the Smithsonian Channel.
The intrigue is about ... See More
Rare issue from Weaverville, California...
WEEKLY TRINITY JOURNAL, Weaverville, California, May 20, 1876 A rare issue from this Northern California town and uncommon to find from the 19th century. The Weekly Trinity Journal gives an inside peek to daily life 100 years after the founding of The United States of America. Quirky and fascinating headlines include: "A MIGHTY LIVELY RAT HUNT", "CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS" a... See More
Sinking of the U.S.S. Maine...
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 5, 1898
* USS Maine sinking disaster
* Spanish-American War prelude
* Havana Harbor, Cuba
The front page has a full page illustration of" "Washington's Birthday Celebration at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia".
Two full pages includes 16 photos of: "Destruction of the U.S. Battleship 'Maine in Havana Harbo... See More
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, February 26, 1898
Full ftpg. is a photos of "Capt. Charles Sigsbee, U.S.N.".
Good text with 14 related photos on: "Loss of the U.S. Battleship Maine in Havana Harbor". Fullpg. with 5 photos of: "With the Cuban Insurgents". Nice fullpg. illus... See More
Spanish-American War... Raising the flag over Hawaii...
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 10, 1898 Full front page illus: "With Our Troops in Puerto Rico." Inside has two full pgs. of illus. of "With Our Troops in the Philippines." Full pg. illus. of "The Homecoming of the 71st Annual New York Volunteers, August 29, 1898. Full pg. illus. of "Montauk Point - Visitors in Camp." Full pg. illus. of "Hosp... See More
Item from Catalog 326 (released for January, 2023)...
The riding hall at Fort Myers, Virginia...
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 2, 1898 There is a full front page illustration of "Los Fosos--'The Ditches'" which is a Havana, Cuba, scene. Fullpg. with 8 photos of "Distribution of American Relief in Cuba'". There is a nearly half page illustration by Remington called: "Hurdling on Three Horses" plus there is a Remington doublepage centerfold... See More
Early full page golf print...
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 29, 1898 Full front page illus. of "In a Puerto Rican Prison." Inside is a full pg. illus. of "The President's Western Trip - Scenes along the Route." Full pg. illus. of "President McKinley's Visit to the Trans-Mississippi Exposition at Omaha, October 12, 1898." 1/2 pg. of illus. of "The Scene of the Illinois L... See More
A.B. Frost prints... Color Ivory Soap advertisment...
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, November 12, 1898 Full ftpg. by A.B. Frost shows a man having fallen off his bicycle. Doublepage centerfold: 'With our Troops in the Philippines--Before & After the Fall of Manila'. Halfpg: 'In & About Havana'. Displayable A.B. Frost hunting print: 'Rail Shooting' shows shooting a bird from a boat. Also includes a full page... See More
Winslow Homer: "On The Beach--Two Are Company, Three Are None."
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Aug. 17, 1872
* One of Winslow Homer's most popular
The full front page is a Thomas Nast political cartoon: "Will the Senator From Massachusetts Do This to Make His Words Good?", plus there is another Nast cartoon inside: "Romish Politics--Any Thing To Beat Grant" & yet another Nast, this one a doublepage centerfold: "Sat... See More
Great fire department illustration... F.S. Church print on Thanksgiving...
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Nov. 30, 1872 The full front page is a dramatic print: "Boston--Into the Jaws of Death", a dramatic scene showing fireman battling a large fire.
Inside has 3 full pages of scenes of the Boston fire, plus a great doublepage centerfold showing: 'Bird's-eye View of Boston Showing the Burned District', being a great overview of the city. Also... See More
Confederates abandon Brownsville, Texas...
ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, England, Jan. 9, 1864 This famous British newspaper formatted much like Harper's Weekly has a print on the American Civil War.
Inside has a half page print captioned: "The War In America: The Confederates Quitting Brownsville, Texas, on Hearing of the Approach of Federal Transports" with a related article on the next page.
Complete in 16 pages, very n... See More
Robert E. Lee featured on the front page...
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, England, June 4, 1864
* General Robert E. Lee engraving
* American Civil War
Most of the front page is taken up with a great, full-figure print captioned: "General Robert Edmund Lee, Commander-in-Chief of the Army of the Confederate States of America" with a lengthy page 2 article on him taking over a full column.
Perhaps not surprising that thi... See More
Abraham Lincoln's assassination....
ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, England, April 29, 1865 Page 2 has an historic report headed: "America - Murder of President Lincoln and Attempt on the Life of Mr. Seward" with the text beginning: "The war news, important as it is, containing notice of the surrender of General Lee, pales before the painful interest of the intelligence brought by the Nova Scotia on Wednes
Terrific & displayable baseball print...
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 8, 1886
* Collectible 19th century baseball print
The full ftpg. shows: "Some Setters & Pointers at the Dog Show" with a related article inside. Other prints include: "The Canoe Exhibition", a Thomas Nast political cartoon: "The Root Of The Matter"; a doublepage centerfold of: "Trinity Church, Boston"; and a... See More
NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Oct. 2, 1807
* Lewis and Clark expedition
Page 3 has a very lengthy: "Proposals...For Publishing LEWIS and CLARK'S Tour to the Pacific Ocean, through the Interior of the Continent of North America..." noting the details that will be in "Volume First" as well as "Volume Second". And this is followed by another d... See More
Desirable baseball issue... Cricket... "A Tale of Two Cities"...
* Centerfold print of a baseball game in progress
Half of the double page centerfold is a terrific illustration of: 'A Base Ball Match at the Elysian Fields, Hoboken' showing a game in progress. A very displayable print, showing almost the entire field. The other half shows a cricket match.
The frontpage shows: 'A German Beer Garden i... See More
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A couple of years ago, Chris and I were blessed with a trip to Italy with my family. Several of you know the story - we left one of our bags in Rome by accident...the bag with my birth control...and we came home with a permanent souvenir...Mason! Well, I was quite determined that the same scenario would not occur this time. So, being extra careful, I thought it through and decided that the best place for my birth control was in the diaper bag, because I always have that with me. I wouldn't have to worry about losing it that way. So I put it in the side pocket and forgot all about it. I briefly toyed with the idea of taking another set and putting it in the suitcase - just in case, but quickly dismissed that idea as ridiculous and put it all from my mind. Chris was on call the night before we left, so I was busy all day trying to get the last minute things packed and ready to go. When he got home, we had several hours before we had to leave, so he was going through some things, making sure that everything was ready. He decided that we had too many carry-ons and that we should put some together in an effort to save room, etc. So we hurriedly transferred everything from the diaper bag to a larger bag...everthing, that is, except the contents of the side pocket. After we got to the airport, we had a very uneventful check-in (except that the lady helping us check in didn't know how to do an infant in lap ticket, so it took like an hour!), but security went very smoothly. I decided travelling with two parents is soooo much easier than by myself. Much more preferable, for sure. So we were at our gate with plenty of time. Chris took Grant over to see the planes, and I entertained Mason for a while. While we were sitting there talking, I had a terrible revelation and began chuckling...I, once again, despite my attempts at great responsibility, was missing my birth control. Oh, brother! If this is any indication of the trip to come, we're in trouble! We both laughed about our mishap for the rest of the week. I can assure you, however, we have no souvenirs this time except the ones we bought!!


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Q: Django Database Query I have a Model in Django.  It has a Group and inside the group are Cameras.
class Groups(models.Model):
    groupName = models.CharField(max_length=255)

class Cameras(models.Model):
    group = models.ForeignKey(Groups)
    cameraID = models.IntegerField()

When I try to remove a Camera or set of cameras in the model.
camera = Cameras.objects.filter(cameraID=int(camID))
camera.delete()

It removes any camera with an ID Greater than 0.  But If I have a camera ID of '0' It fails to remove.  Any ideas why this would be.

A: When you are using filter, you can get 0 or multiple objects returned, unlike get which will only return 1 object, or cause errors.
If you want to delete every objects which is returned from a filter, you can iterate over it like so:
cameras = Cameras.objects.filter(cameraID=int(camID))
## let's say this returns [<Camera:1>,<Camera:2>]

for camera in cameras:
    camera.delete()
    ## this loop will delete each object in the query

A: Try use camera = Cameras.objects.get(pk=camID) then you know for sure you've only got one object. You can then camera.delete()
You also don't need all the ';' characters in your code.

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Frank Dasso
Pacific Coast League Padres ~ Index to Players
Frank Dasso, pitcher
Padres: 1942-44 Fireballing Frankie Dasso set the Pacific Coast League season strikeout record when he whiffed 253 batters in 1944 while registering a 20-19 record with the last place Padres. He played two years for the Cincinnati Reds, but is remembered as a very prominent pitcher in the Coast League with Hollywood, San Francisco, and San Diego.
[Mel Mazzera interview by Bill Swank, 28 January 1995, transcript notes; background information from David Hasemyer.
San Diego sold me to the Chicago White Sox in '42, but I turned it down because Chicago wouldn't give me what I was making in San Diego. I'd get a bonus from the Padres for hitting .300 or getting 100 RBIs and the White Sox wouldn't give me that much. San Diego was mad, because they had to return whatever they got for me, if they got anything, so I decided to fold it up. It wasn't worth it, so I became a policemen. San Diego told me later that if they knew I wanted to become a cop, I could have joined San Diego PD and played for the Padres, too.
As things worked out, I rejoined the club in '44 when they would play in Sacramento, Oakland and San Francisco. I'd take vacation from the Stockton PD and go play ball for the Padres when they'd come up here.
I really enjoyed playing ball in San Diego. We sometimes wondered if we'd have been better off staying there. Eddie Pellagrini and I really enjoyed it in San Diego. They even had a special day for me. The fans were good.


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In my free word press site theme shuttershot, it only supports 1 theme menu. I am a photographer and would like to have multiple galleries with different photos in each gallery. Can I do this with Raw folio themes.
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One of the improvements made in AS3 is how you load external content into your application. Some of the new changes make it easier for you to initiate and measure the progress of a download - something which was always a bit of a challenge in the AS2 world.
In the above example, when you run, an image stored in the same folder as the SWF is loaded and displayed. I know it is hard to see that, but don't worry, for you will be able to display this very quickly on your own computer very quickly.
First, create a new Flash CS3 application and save this application as loadimage.
For this article, the size of your stage, the background color, etc. are not that important, so feel free to leave everything at the default settings if you want.
Once everything is set, press OK to close this dialog and to create your new ImageClip movie clip symbol.
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myTrip wins UK App Awards 'Travel App of the Year'
"myTrip definitely hits the mark as a travel app, with its overall mission, holistic approach to implementation and focus on accessibility".
UK public transport app and website provider Passenger celebrates another milestone achievement for its myTrip app as it's named 'Travel App of the Year' at the 2021 UK App Awards.
myTrip definitely hits the mark as a travel app, with its overall mission, holistic approach to implementation and focus on accessibility
UK Bus Awards 2021
myTrip, an affordable digital ticketing and bus tracking app solution for smaller bus operators, was up against five other finalists in the prestigious awards, which celebrate and recognise excellence in UK apps. Following a robust judging period by an influential panel of industry experts, myTrip was announced as the winner during the virtual ceremony streamed on Wednesday 3rd November.
The win comes following a strong 12-month period for myTrip, as it signed up 50 bus operators across the UK within the space of nine months, driving total ticket revenues of over £600,000 and seeing over 50,000 monthly active users – a figure which is increasing by 22% month-on-month.
Passenger CEO Tom Quay said "We're thrilled to have been awarded 'Travel App of the Year' at the UK App Awards for myTrip. After launching a little over a year ago, myTrip has proven a lifeline for many smaller bus operators who have been hit hard by the pandemic, providing a simple, affordable way to upgrade their services and make them appealing to today's modern traveller.
This award is a testament to all the hard work our brilliant team has done to make myTrip into the success it is today. We look forward to building on myTrip's exceptional performance in the new year and introducing more operators to its game-changing benefits."
Operators signed up to myTrip include A2B, Bristol Community Transport, Compass Bus and Coastliner. D&G Buses, which signed up to myTrip in December 2019, dubbed the platform as "the multi-operator solution that smaller bus operators have been waiting for."
For further information about myTrip, visit https://mytrip.discoverpassenger.com/.


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A carefully crafted menu will be created for the evening based on Ascot Food Store's key principles of sustainable, ethical and seasonal foods.
This will be a special community evening with surprises for food lovers.


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Awesome '80s Celebrated on Shannons Legends of Motorsport
Bartlett, Longhurst and Mezera special guests on next episode of hit new 7mate motorsport series
SHANNONS Legends of Motorsport continues on 7mate this weekend with a special focus on the amazing decade that was the 1980s.
A period that saw Australian touring car racing move from local Group C rules to an international Group A formula, the decade was one characterized by the rise of turbo-charging, technology and the hero drivers of the day.
Neil Crompton is joined on this week's episode by former Australian Drivers Champion Kevin Bartlett and 1988 Bathurst winning combination Tony Longhurst and Tomas Mezera to take a look back at the decade that delivered some of the best racing ever seen.
The Shannons Legends of Motorsport team has dug deep into the Seven archive to illustrate the period with a wide range of material ranging from some old favourites to some forgotten gems.
Mark Oastler returns to take an up-close look at Bartlett's Nine Sport Chevrolet Camaro Z28 that took pole position at Bathurst in both 1980 and 1981.
Co-host and researcher Aaron Noonan also returns with some more golden vision from the vault, much of it unseen in many years and unearthed from deep in the Seven Sport library.
There's plenty of familiar old vision as well as some rare gems so tune in for the series that celebrates Aussie motorsport's golden era this Saturday, September 6 on 7mate.
The sixth episode in a 12-part series celebrating Australian motorsport was filmed in front of a live audience at Shannons Auction Centre in Melbourne, Victoria.
Saturday September 6 on 7mate
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In this week's Ridgefield Press
Published 10:00 am EDT, Thursday, November 2, 2017
Here's a look at some of the headlines from this week's Ridgefield Press:
Halloween and Election Day are two staples of the fall season but both holidays took a back seat to Tropical Storm Philippe this week. Cleanup crews were in town for the first three days this week and school was cancelled Monday and Tuesday. And that wasn't even the worst part: 2,000-plus homes were without power at some point during the storm and a dozen and a half roads were blocked off from fallen trees and wires. The storm tested everyone's patience.
Accidents also made headlines this week: First, there was a four-car accident on Route 7 Monday, and then there was a one-car on Nutmeg Ridge Tuesday night involving a 17-year-old Ridgefielder who was trapped underneath his car after he tried stopping it from going down a hill.
Naturally, the upcoming municipal election did takeover this week's paper. Voters can read The Press' Election Day advance to find out where to vote — and for who. There's also a sample ballot inside — and instructions on how to watch HAN's election night show.
Speaking of the election, the Democratic Town Committee sponsored a forum about opiate addiction Saturday. The Press attended and heard personal accounts from three residents, all of whom have been impacted by the ongoing epidemic in Fairfield County and beyond.
It's not the only story that had a scope beyond the friendly confines of Fairfield County: Stolen cars have tripled this year from the previous three years combined, and Ridgefield police believe it has something to do with a group based out of Waterbury.
Looking for something fun to do this weekend? How about checking out the fourth annual Health and Wellness Expo at the rec center? The Chamber of Commerce promises the event will have something for everyone: from yogis to tea drinkers.
In sports, Ridgefield prepares for the postseason. FCIAC playoffs started late last week and continued yesterday. After the conference games are played, most of Ridgefield teams will advance to state tournaments. Will any take home a state championship this year? You'll have to check out next week's Press
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Leão II (), papa de 17 de agosto de 682 a 28 de junho de 683, era siciliano de nascimento.

O seu antecessor Agatão fora representado no sexto concílio ecuménico (de Constantinopla em 680), onde fora anatematizado o papa Honório I pela sua posição na controvérsia monotelita, como favorável da heresia; e o único facto de interesse histórico do pontificado de Leão II foi a aprovação da decisão do concílio de condenar Honório, a quem considerava como "profana proditione immaculatem fidem subvertare conatus est". Para a ponderação sobre a questão da infalibilidade papal, estas palavras provocaram considerável atenção e debate, dando-se importância ao facto de que no texto, em grego, da carta ao imperador, da qual consta a frase acima transcrita, se usa a expressão "subverti permisit" mais leve do que "subvertare conatus est".

Foi durante o pontificado de Leão II que a dependência da sé de Ravena da de Roma foi estabelecida definitivamente por um edito imperial.

Santos da Itália
Sicilianos
Papas da Itália
Papas sepultados na Basílica de São Pedro
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Santos do Império Bizantino
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package quasar.qscript.analysis

import slamdata.Predef._
import quasar.contrib.pathy._
import quasar.qscript._

import org.specs2.scalacheck._
import pathy.Path._
import scalaz._, Scalaz._

final class ShapePreservingSpec extends quasar.Qspec with QScriptHelpers {

  implicit val params = Parameters(maxSize = 10)

  import qstdsl._

  "ShapePreserving QScriptCore" >> {

    def sr(id: IdStatus) = free.ShiftedRead[AFile](rootDir </> dir("db") </> file("zips"), id)
    val count = free.Map(free.Unreferenced, func.Constant(json.int(1)))
    def mkSubset(src: Option[IdStatus], from: FreeQS) = Subset(src, from, Take, count)
    def sp(qs: QScriptCore[Option[IdStatus]]): Option[IdStatus] =
      ShapePreserving[QScriptCore].shapePreservingƒ(qs)

    "Subset preserves shape" >> {
        sp(mkSubset(None, sr(ExcludeId))) must_===(ExcludeId.some)
        sp(mkSubset(None, free.Hole)) must_===(None)
        sp(mkSubset(IncludeId.some, free.Hole)) must_===(IncludeId.some)
    }

    "Union preserves shape" >> {
        sp(Union(None, sr(ExcludeId), sr(ExcludeId))) must_===(ExcludeId.some)
        sp(Union(None, sr(ExcludeId), sr(IncludeId))) must_===(None)
        sp(Union(IncludeId.some, free.Hole, free.Hole)) must_===(IncludeId.some)
        sp(Union(None, free.Hole, free.Hole)) must_===(None)
    }
  }
}

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Is T-Mobile Still the Best Phone Carrier for US Travelers?
Last Updated: 3/20/21 | March 20th, 2021
A long time ago in a state far, far away (Massachusetts), I used AT&T as my cellphone service provider. When the iPhone first came out, I bought it because I could remove the original AT&T SIM card, insert a local SIM while on the road, and still have a handy-dandy smartphone to tweet from.
So I unlocked my phone and off around the world I happily went.
Flash forward to the end of 2012, when Verizon announced that their iPhones would come automatically unlocked for international travel. I needed a new iPhone at that point, AT&T had awful customer service and high fees, and since the new phone would already be unlocked, it would save me some hassle. It was the excuse I needed to leave AT&T.
Flash forward again to the end of 2013, when T-Mobile announced it was giving all their users free international data and text messaging in over 140 countries — plus all calls while in those countries were 20 cents a minute.
Since then, I've been using T-mobile as my service provider.
But are they still as good as they used to be?
Not really. Let me explain why.
First, here's a table of international fees I pulled together from each carrier's website so you can compare:
T-Mobile AT&T Verizon
Data $0 $0 $70 per month for 500MB
Texting $0 $0 100 free texts; $0.05/text after
Calls 25 cents a minute 35 cents a minute 100 minutes free ($0.35/min after)
As you can see, T-Mobile comes out slightly ahead. Its Magenta Plan offers free data and texting abroad for $70 USD per month. AT&T's Passport Plan is also $70 USD per month and includes free data and texting and just slightly more expensive calls. Verizon is still lightyears behind both.
Now, historically, T-Mobile has had a reputation for having terrible coverage. And, for a number of years, they did — but thanks to the money they received after the failed merger with AT&T, they heavily invested in their network and began offering 4G and LTE speeds. Now, their coverage map is almost as good as the other carriers (it still doesn't have Verizon-level coverage but they cover 96% of the country).
With their plans starting at $60 USD per month, they are also the clear winner here too.
Domestically, the service has improved over the years. I have 4G or LTE wherever I go, and I haven't had any dropped calls. I only have a few instances of "no service" in a few rural areas, but that usually only lasts a few seconds. However, that used to happen with Verizon too, so, while annoying, it's not a deal-breaker for me.
I am thrilled that T-Mobile — with its contract-free (and cheaper) plans, free international data, and better customer service model — is out there. I never again have to worry about buying foreign SIM cards and coverage again. There are no more additional costs in my travels. I know what my phone bill is going to be every month, and I get to keep the same number worldwide.
But their service has become hit or miss.
It's easy to call and text overseas and it's true that they do have free data but it's 3G and, depending on the country, sometimes 2G. That makes it easy to load some stuff but it makes anything that is data-heavy a pain. I don't mind it since there's Wi-Fi everywhere these days but the data isn't as fast as it used to be.
If you're a short-term traveler, it might not matter.
But, if you're a long-term traveler, it might and there are few instances where you should NOT get T-Mobile:
First, if you're traveling for more than a month, it's worth it to get local SIM cards. T-Mobile is great for people who bounce in and out of the country frequently (like myself). It's not good for people who are doing multi-month trips. Get a local SIM card. It's cheaper.
Second, if you need fast Internet. They throttle your coverage to 2G most of the time and it can be painful if you need faster speeds for something important. You can upgrade to faster speeds for an added fee but then you're not saving much money.
Finally, in the years since T-Mobile came out with their plans, Google Fi has been introduced and this is often a better, faster, and cheaper alternative to T-Mobile. If you aren't hooked on your iPhone, consider getting Google Fi as an alternative that still allows you to roam the world with the same number.
So, should you get (or people who are just fed up with the fees and services of the other carriers), make the switch to T-Mobile? Maybe. I love it for my short-term trips but when I go places for months at a time, I switch to a local sim card.
That said, they are still the cheapest option in the states!
Update 1/15/19: In 2018, T-Mobile has decided that all accounts have to be in the USA for "the majority of their usage." What that means is hard to decipher, but some accounts have been suspended for being away for more than 3 months in a row. So while T-Mobile is still great for the average travelers, long-term travelers may need to re-evaluate their plan. (Long-term travelers should be using local SIM cards anyway because that's going to be much cheaper!)
Note: I know people will wonder, so I want to say that no, T-Mobile didn't sponsor me or ask me to write this post. I pay my own monthly bill, switched years ago, and have been very happy with the service since. I'm just here preaching about something I believe can help other travelers.
The Ultimate Guide to Using a Phone Overseas
My Step-By-Step Guide to Backpacking Europe


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