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Joanna Turpin
In an era where a press release about the next green product arrives faster than we can say "sustainable building practices," we wondered how many manufacturers are walking the walk in their own operations. These stories represent a sampling of companies who are greening the industry from the inside out.
Manufacturers in all sorts of different industries are advertising their green offerings these days - products that help the enduser save energy, lower emissions, reduce waste, etc. Nowhere does that make more sense than in the HVAC industry, where high-efficiency heating, cooling, and ventilation products are in great demand by building owners looking to cut energy costs and lessen their impact on the environment.
This plethora of green products comes at a good time, as ASHRAE recently announced that it is partnering with the DOE to increase building energy efficiency standards for the year 2010 by 30% over 2004 standards. This partnership will involve the two agencies working to "improve the efficient use of energy and the viable and widespread use of renewable energy sources and to minimize the impact of energy use on the environment."
While many HVAC manufacturers can offer highly efficient products to help building owners meet the new ASHRAE/DOE objectives, several are going even farther by turning their own facilities into models of sustainability and environmental responsibility.
In celebration of Earth Day 2007, Melink doubled the size of the photovoltaic system at its Cincinnati headquarters. With this addition, Melink's solar panels produce roughly 20 kW of power.
Melink Goes For The Gold
Green has quickly become a way of life at the Melink headquarters in Milford, OH. The company manufactures Intelli-Hood® commercial kitchen ventilation systems and provides HVAC testing and balancing services to restaurant and retail chains around the U.S.
The reason for the switch to green can be attributed to company president and CEO, Steve Melink, P.E., who had an epiphany while attending a green building conference in 2004. "The conference opened my eyes to the fact that sustainable design was a real movement and the biggest thing to happen in our industry in my professional career. We decided we wanted to be a leader in this emerging energy age."
After the conference, Melink embarked on an ambitious quest to design and build the first LEED® Gold-certified building in the state of Ohio. The company's new headquarters, which was completed in December 2005, consists of 30,000 sq ft of manufacturing and office space and incorporates myriad green features, including:
Dedicated outside air unit with ERV
Electric lighting controls (occupancy, photo-cell, three-stage)
Indirect lighting fixtures
Operable windows for individual comfort control
Solar PV system on roof (20 kW) with net meter
VSDs for water pumps
Heat pump water heater
Dual-flush toilets
Water-free urinals
Faucets with aerators and infrared sensors
Approval was also obtained to install a 10 kW wind turbine up to 130-ft in height to further reduce energy costs. In fact, Melink's goal is to make the headquarters a net zero energy building in five years. To achieve that goal, more solar PV panels will be added to the roof, a solar thermal system will be installed on the second water heater, and the wind turbine will complement the solar PV during the winter and at night.
The company is also in the process of implementing a load shedding strategy, due to current electric bills of which 40% is demand-based. "We want to get our utility bill to zero, and the only way to do that is to get better control of the demand," said Melink. "We're going to minimize our demand through load shedding strategies, then we'll procure what we need from renewable energy technologies such as solar and wind."
And what was the price tag for the company to go green? Melink estimates it cost approximately 10% of the total building cost, or about $250,000, to incorporate all its current energy-saving features. However, utility costs for the new headquarters are less than $0.60/sq ft/yr compared to a conventional office building in the U.S. that, according to BOMA, averages closer to $2/sq ft/yr. Melink figures the payback on the initial investment will be in the range of five to eight years.
While it was extraordinarily rewarding to create the first LEED Gold-certified building in Ohio, Melink stated the whole process has affected him in ways he hadn't anticipated. "Going green has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my career. I believe the culmination of my work experiences has put me in a unique position to positively influence the green movement. It is very empowering when you come to work and know you have something more important to sell than another widget for another dollar."
Johnson Controls outgrew its four headquarters buildings in downtown Milwaukee in the late 1990s. A new 130,000-sq-ft facility called the Brengel Technology Center opened in 2000 and was among the nation's first to be certified Silver under the LEED program.
Johnson Controls On A Green Roll
Johnson Controls is well known for its BAS and controls solutions, which improve the performance of facilities and positively impact the bottom line of the organizations that operate them. What some may not know about the company is that it recently designed and constructed a high-performance, or green, building at its Building Efficiency group headquarters in Milwaukee.
The 130,000-sq-ft Brengel Technology Center (BTC) was built for a cost just under $17 million, which puts it in line with the market average construction cost of $125/sq ft. The new building was one of the first to be certified Silver under the LEED program, and it is the first to be re-certified from Silver to Gold. The company's headquarters building is also part of the LEED for Existing Building's (LEED-EB) Pilot Program, and together, the 460,000-sq-ft headquarters complex features numerous energy-saving features.
"This process began as a labor of love by a few very passionate people, like our facility director, Ward Komorowski, who invested a great deal of personal energy into developing one of the first green certified buildings. The results have been so rewarding that they've allowed us to substantially reduce the energy and environmental footprint of our buildings," said Gerrit Reinders, director, global energy and sustainability for Johnson Controls.
Reducing the impact of its environmental footprint is apparent throughout BTC, as evidenced by the following:
Compared to 1999 preconstruction levels of energy consumption, the following emissions were prevented since additional fuel was not required: 2,201,200 lbs of carbon dioxide; 13,940 lbs of sulfur dioxide; 5,500 lbs of nitrogen dioxide; and 180 lbs of carbon monoxide.
The facility consumes just 0.86 W of electricity per sq ft due to a state-of-the-art lighting system and the effective use of daylighting. This is significantly less than the state energy code requirement of less than 1.2 W/sq ft. Daylight accounts for 10% of the building's potential energy use and allows perimeter light fixtures to be dimmed.
Although the facility added 130,000 sq ft to the headquarters complex, not a single maintenance person was added as a result of the innovative practices used.
Total square footage for the complex increased nearly 45%, yet total energy costs increased just 17% in the first year. Overall energy consumption increased only 15% over the same period and actually decreased 20% when expressed as Btu/sq ft.
The building is realizing more than $76,000 in energy savings annually and a 35% reduction in operating costs. Energy and operational savings for the entire complex are more than $333,000 annually, which will equate to more than $4.2 million over 10 years.
"We learned through the experience with BTC that green buildings are very cost effective," said Reinders. "Those savings have been so compelling that we when we recently remodeled our Johnson Controls Inc. corporate headquarters building in Glendale (WI), we designed it to the highest level achievable under the LEED rating system, by going for LEED-Platinum. We are also in the design stages of another building for our Power Solutions business, which will also be built to LEED Platinum standards."
WaterFurnace's headquarters includes 41 geothermal systems, and at the time it was constructed, it had the largest geothermal pond loop system in North America to provide heating and cooling for the building.
WaterFurnace Is Green Before Its Time
The geothermal heat pumps that WaterFurnace manufactures are some of the most efficient heating and cooling systems available. They're so efficient that the company decided to install 41 of its own systems when it built its 115,000-sq-ft headquarters in Fort Wayne, IN in 1990.
"Our story may be a bit different from many other manufacturers," said Bruce Ritchey, president and CEO of WaterFurnace International. "Geothermal technology is inherently, significantly more energy efficient than conventional, fossil-fuel based heating and cooling technology, and the reservoir of available geothermal energy is vast and renewable. So, our product was green long before green was fashionable and before all the emphasis and urgency on green and sustainable construction practices. So, we didn't go green, per se; we've always been green."
When WaterFurnace constructed its new building, the goal was for the headquarters to be a model for commercial geothermal applications worldwide. That involved installing what was, at the time, the largest geothermal pond loop system in North America to provide heating and cooling for the building.
A combination of WaterFurnace geothermal units and water-to-water units were installed. The system consists of horizontal units conditioning various zones within the two-story office space and seven large capacity horizontal units that total 70 tons conditioning the manufacturing area. The total capacity of the system is 153 tons, with 134 tons installed in 1991 and 19 more in 1995. The 168 tons of lab support equipment uses the pond loop as a tempering medium when lab requirements fluctuate outside of specified limits. A high-tech BAS helps to substantially reduce operating costs while providing higher levels of safety, comfort, and convenience for the occupants.
Energy savings have more than offset initial costs. Ritchey estimated the energy savings at the headquarters facility to be 25% to 40% with the use of geothermal heating and cooling vs. a conventional system.
WaterFurnace is proud of its green reputation and is continually looking for ways to reduce its carbon footprint and create a positive environmental impact. The company has issued a list of its own environmental impacts and practices, which include the following:
An initiative across all office areas to eliminate the use of paper wherever possible.
Help for employees to install geothermal heating and cooling units in their homes. The program so far has reduced carbon consumption by 33 metric tons per year, or the environmental impact of taking 100 cars off the road permanently.
All high-efficiency fluorescent lighting in the plant and office, which saves 50% on electrical consumption for lighting.
Geothermal heating and cooling equipment used to heat, cool and provide hot water for the office and manufacturing facility, reducing carbon emissions by 70 metric tons per year (the environmental equivalent of taking 140 cars off the road permanently).
"Since our product is inherently green, we tend to have a green 'mindset' and culture around here. It's who we are and what we do," said Ritchey.
Echelon's headquarters utilizes over 1,100 smart devices in order to optimize its energy efficiency.
Echelon Is Clean, Not Green
When Echelon Corp. built its 80,000-sq-ft headquarters in San Jose, CA in late 2001 the LEED certification program was not yet well known. But the manufacturer of LonWorks®-based networking technology knew it wanted to create an energy efficient facility that integrated all the key building systems, including security, lighting, elevator, and HVAC, using LonMark®-certified devices from multiple manufacturers.
While the total integration of systems provided the ability to monitor and control almost every function in the building, it also resulted in an incredible amount of energy savings. "When we built the new headquarters, we didn't know much about LEED, but we were paying attention to the rolling blackouts that were taking place throughout California," said Steve Nguyen, director of corporate marketing for Echelon. "As a result, the building was constructed with a high degree of integration on the control side, with the idea of customizing and optimizing energy efficiency to control our operating costs."
That customization and optimization comes courtesy of 1,100 smart devices and 16,000 I/O points located throughout the company's headquarters. The devices represent over 16 suppliers that use LonWorks device networking technology in the heating, air conditioning, lighting and other building control systems. Through this precise control system, the company has been able to reduce demand significantly; indeed, it can drop electrical demand by 30% within three minutes of an energy demand notification from the local utility without affecting the work environment.
Even though the company's headquarters uses 70% less energy than a comparably sized Class A office building in its area and its comprehensive controls system saves approximately $30,000/yr in energy costs, some would argue that it's not truly a green company, because it does not have LEED certification.
"Our feeling is that green is really about energy efficiency and the processes that provide the ability to control a building to make it 'actively' green," said Nguyen. "Still, we're green in the sense that we do a lot of recycling, we're located near a light rail stop, we offer showers and bicycle storage facilities, we have a bus stop right in front of our building, we offer employee incentives and paybacks for taking public transportation, and we meet with the facility manager on a quarterly basis to try and find new ways to save energy through our smart building system. We haven't gone through the LEED qualification process yet, so in that sense, we're clean, as opposed to green."
The company is working on it, though, and Nguyen hopes they will be able to obtain the LEED Existing Building certification in the near future. "The controls systems and the strategies we have in place give us about 75% of what's needed for certification," said Nguyen. "So right now we're a clean tech company, providing technology that enables a lot of green activity in the form of efficiency. We'd like to get green from a building sense as well, so obtaining the LEED certification would be nice."
All Danfoss factories and certain other facilities have environmental management systems that are certified under ISO14001. The system provides objectives, structure, and methods that are audited both by
local employee-auditors and external auditors.
Danfoss Goes Green Globally
Danfoss has a presence in just about every corner of the HVAC industry. The Denmark-based organization supplies mechanical and electronic components for air conditioning systems, commercial and industrial refrigeration systems, and electronic controls for supermarket applications. In addition, the company produces compressors and condensing units, appliance thermostats, and industrial controls.
Danfoss has always felt the need to be green, primarily due to the fact that the products it manufactures promote energy efficiency. "It is the right thing to do, and it fits with Danfoss's business of providing energy-saving solutions to our customers," said Robert Wilkins, president of Danfoss Inc. (U.S. and Canada). "We are a leader in VFDs, which improve performance and reduce energy in many applications, and our air conditioning and refrigeration controls and compressors are contributing to much higher energy efficiency in those applications than was thought possible only a few years ago."
To keep with the overall vision of reducing the company's consumption of energy, water, materials, and the cost of disposing of waste, all Danfoss factories (and certain other facilities) globally have environmental management systems certified under ISO14001. The system and certification ensure that steps are taken to manage the use of resources responsibly, comply with laws, and minimize impacts on the environment.
In Danfoss's North American offices in Baltimore, for example, the system has helped the company find ways to reduce consumption of electricity relative to the level of activity; reduce waste that would normally go into the county landfill, relative to the level of activity; and increase the percentage of waste that is recycled. Wilkins noted that the company has more than doubled the percentage of its recycled waste between 2002 and 2007.
The company's factories show similar reductions in the use of energy, water, chemicals, and heavy metals, and thereby show reductions in the disposal of undesirable substances. While incorporating these green strategies makes the company's 20,000 employees feel like they're making a difference in the environment, it also makes good financial sense.
"Saving energy saves money. Reducing landfill waste saves money. And it costs less to dispose of special materials," said Wilkins. "This has been a win-win for Danfoss. Overall costs have declined significantly, and it fits nicely with providing energy and environmental solutions for our customers."
While each of the manufacturers discussed here opted for different energy-efficient solutions in their quests to green their own facilities, their ultimate goals were the same: Save energy, reduce waste, encourage others to become environmentally responsible, and become role models for other manufacturers to join in the green movement. Kudos to these HVAC manufacturers for walking the walk and showing others in the industry how easy it is to be green.ES
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Saints Stay Hot in Series Win Over Mayville State
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By John Froese
The Presentation College Saints baseball team had an excellent few days at Ronken Field in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, as they were able to keep their winning ways going with a 3-1 series win over Mayville State University and improve to 6-2 in North Star Athletic Association conference play.
The Saints were able to secure a 9-4 game one victory thanks to an excellent performance by Junior pitcher Chris D'Amico and a fifteen-hit performance by the offense that included five members of the batting order that recorded multiple knocks.
Senior first basemen Anthony Guzman got the hitting started early with an RBI single in the second. Mayville was able to tie the game up in the third and it stayed this way until the sixth, when two Saint errors allowed the Comets to put up 3 unearned runs that knocked D'Amico out of the game and gave Mayville a 4-1 lead.
The Saints answered in a huge way in the bottom half of the inning, as senior outfielder Jesse Spangler led off the inning with a solo blast to center that proved to open the floodgates for the PC offense. Guzman got himself another RBI single that ended up scoring two runs and put himself on second thanks to an error by the Comet leftfielder.
Senior infielder Matthew Schooler followed that up with an RBI single that gave Presentation the lead and junior outfielder Zane Hunt added to it with an RBI single two batters later which gave PC a 6-4 lead.
The hitting barrage carried over to the seventh as senior second basemen Eric Hernadez started the scoring with an RBI groundout that was followed with RBI singles by Schooler and freshman third basemen Gilbert Aguilar. D'Amico finished the day with 5 2/3 innings pitched, allowing four runs (only one earned) on four hits while striking out six.
The winning pitcher, however, was junior lefty Brendan Delgado. Delgado was outstanding in relief, as he finished with 3 1/3 innings pitched, surrendering only two hits and no runs while striking out four.
A big third inning led the way to the day one sweep, and 8-4 victory in game two for the Saints. Hunt blasted a solo homerun, his first of the year, to start the scoring in the third. Next the Saints were able to rally off four more runs, all with two outs, thank to RBI singles off the bats of Hernandez and sophomore catcher Kyle Angielski that both brought home two runs.
The comets were able to get three of those runs back in the top of the fourth, but once again the Saints had an answer in the bottom half of the inning, as the Saints scored a pair of runs thanks to a two-run double by senior catcher/designated hitter Jace Wyatt.
The two teams also exchanged runs in the sixth inning as Wyatt was able to secure himself another RBI with a single to left. Junior Colin Crandall started the game for the Saints and turned in another quality performance, going six innings while allowing four runs on eight hits while striking out three.
Sophomore Dryden Kaczmar pitched a 1-2-3 seventh with a strikeout to close out the game for the Saints.
The third game of the series brought trouble for the Saints, as they were unable to rally out of an early deficit and fell to the score of 7-3. The Saints were down 4-0 before they were able to scratch out a run in the fourth on a RBI single by Wyatt.
PC was able to get the deficit down to two runs after giving up one and gaining two in the sixth on an RBI double by Spangler and yet another RBI single by Wyatt, making the score 5-3. Two more runs scored by the comets in the eighth however was enough to rain on the Saints thoughts of a comeback.
Junior Joey Wollman started the game for the Saints and struggled, going 3 2/3 innings while allowing four runs on nine hits and a walk while striking out four. Spangler then came in to relieve Wollman and held his own, going 4 1/3 innings while giving up three runs on five hits and striking out four.
The bright spot for PC pitching in this game was the work of Junior CJ Canfield, as he pitched a spotless ninth while recording two strikeouts.
The Saints were able to secure the series victory in game four by the score of 4-1 thanks to some timely hitting and yet another outstanding start by freshman phenom BJ Wyche.
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The Saints were able to give themselves a little bit more breathing room in the fifth thanks to an RBI single by Hunt and a sacrifice fly by Wyatt. The comets were able to score one off a solo shot in the seventh, but it didn't matter as the four runs were plenty enough for the PC pitching staff.
Wyche finished his day going 6+ innings and allowing one run on seven hits and striking out one. Canfield followed and was able to lock down the save for PC by pitching another scoreless inning.
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Charity Wambui Chege at a Nairobi court on June 21, 2016 where she was charged with manslaughter. PHOTO | PAUL WAWERU
A woman who stabbed her husband to death two years ago in Starehe, Nairobi, after he accused her of infidelity has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of manslaughter.
Charity Wambui Chege confessed to killing Peter Kinyanjui on May 29, 2014 in Huruma, Kambi Moto.
The court heard that the husband returned home drunk and claimed that a man had been answering her phone when he called.
The woman is said to have picked up a kitchen knife and followed him into the bedroom, where she stabbed him in the back.
Ms Chege's lawyer told the court that the mother of three is remorseful having spent two years in remand.
The lawyer said the accused had also graduated with a diploma in Theology and Counselling. She will be sentenced on July 5.
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Ari Shavit is a leading Israeli columnist and writer. Born in Rehovot, Israel, Shavit served as a paratrooper in the IDF and studied philosophy at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. In the 1980s he wrote for the weekly magazine Koteret Rashit, in the early 1990s he was chairperson of the Association for Civil Rights in Israel, and in 1995 he joined the newspaper Haaretz, where he serves on the editorial board. Shavit is also a leading commentator on Israeli public television and the author of My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel (Spiegel & Grau, 2013).
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Watch: Golden Retriever jumps into his owner's arms every day to greet him
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Riley loves nothing more than playing catch with his owner whenever he seems him. Except Riley makes sure that it's him that his owner has to catch in his arms.
By Zoë Monk
Riley is a six-year-old Golden Retriever who lives with his owner Nick Kime in Richmond, Virginia.
He is a very affectionate dog and always makes sure he greets his owner with a cuddle. But as a montage of clips shared on Instagram reveals, Riley doesn't just settle for a pat and a stroke.
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Collections Industry Sees Significant Split Between Large and Small Firms' Investments in Customer Contact Channels
By: TransUnion via Globe NewsWire
CHICAGO, Dec. 07, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- More than one in three (37%) collections firms are now using text/SMS messaging — a modest increase from last year when 31% were utilizing this communications channel with consumers. A different story emerges when broken out by large firms (100k or more accounts) and small firms (fewer than 100k accounts). While more than half (56%) of large firms now utilize text/SMS messaging, only 17% of small firms have adopted the channel.
The findings were revealed today in the fourth annual industry report by TransUnion (NYSE: TRU) and Aite-Novarica, "Charting the Course and Steering Toward Success: The Collections Industry in 2022." The report examines overall collections industry trends, challenges and opportunities and is informed by a survey of 140 third-party debt collection professionals conducted in Q2 and Q3 2022.
The report found that large firms continue to invest in solutions that create efficiencies within their compliance efforts for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Regulation F requirements. Meanwhile, small firms, likely constrained by budgets, are lagging this trend.
"The slow adoption of texting and SMS messaging was somewhat surprising, given the limitations Reg F placed on outbound calling and American consumers' clear preference for text as a communications channel," said Jason Klotch, vice president of third-party collections in TransUnion's diversified markets business. "In general, the success of companies in this space will be dependent upon their adoption of digital solutions that create efficiencies and cost savings."
Despite slower momentum in adoption of digital solutions, the industry appears to recognize the importance of utilizing new solutions and approaches. Overall, 34% of companies plan to add text/SMS messaging—among other tools—to their communications channels within the next two years. Again, this looks different when broken out by firm sizes. Larger firms appear poised to accommodate consumers' preferences for communications channels, as well as their desire for on-demand, self-service capabilities.
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Machine-learning on the horizon
Further down the list of priorities are machine-learning technologies. Currently, 31% of large firms are using an in-house or outsourced machine-learning solution, while 45% are considering one or the other. This tool will likely grow in popularity as the supply of data scientists improves, the technology is further developed, and regulation surrounding its use is shored up.
The primary reasons companies want these solutions are the ability to predict the communication channel most likely to get a consumer's response; evaluate an account's past activities to prescribe a next course of action; and to answer inbounds and take the consumer as far as possible.
"Right now less than a quarter of the collections industry is using some type of machine-learning solution, which makes sense because it's a considerable investment," said Klotch. "However, given this technology's ability to help firms maximize efficiency and increase revenue, we'll likely see it become an essential tool in the near future."
A changing workforce
In line with this focus on new technology and solutions, collections firms indicate resources will shift accordingly. The survey found 55% agree or strongly agree that they plan to invest in agentless contact strategies, such as chatbots and text messaging. Relatedly, 53% agree or strongly agree that consolidation and technology innovation will lead to fewer jobs in the collections industry over the next year.
While the cause is not clear, nearly 80% of respondents agreed or strongly agreed that hiring is much harder than it was two years ago. A small silver lining: slightly less (67%) agreed or strongly agreed that retention is much harder than it was two years ago.
"This report really demonstrates a sea change as the industry evolves to meet regulators' demands and consumers' preferences. Larger firms will be able to more broadly leverage emerging technologies that reduce their reliance on direct contact by collections agents, while smaller firms will need to judiciously choose solutions that best augment their strengths for right-party contacts," concluded Klotch.
About the report
Insights on the challenges, trends, and innovations occurring in the third-party collections industry are informed by a quantitative survey of 140 third-party debt collection professionals conducted late Q2 and early Q3 2022. Survey results are representative of the market at a 95% confidence interval with an 8-point margin of error. Any differences noted between survey respondents, such as breakouts by company size, collection footprint, or changes in year-over-year survey results, are significant at an 85% confidence interval. This is the fourth annual survey of the third-party collections industry conducted by TransUnion and Aite-Novarica Group. The full report is available here.
About Aite-Novarica Group
Aite-Novarica Group is an advisory firm providing mission-critical insights on technology, regulations, strategy, and operations to hundreds of banks, insurers, payments providers, and investment firms—as well as the technology and service providers that support them. Comprising former senior technology, strategy, and operations executives as well as experienced researchers and consultants, our experts provide actionable advice to our client base, leveraging deep insights developed via our extensive network of clients and other industry contacts. Visit us on the web and connect with us on Twitter and LinkedIn.
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A leading presence in more than 30 countries across five continents, TransUnion provides solutions that help create economic opportunity, great experiences and personal empowerment for hundreds of millions of people.
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Dressed in a characteristic green sweater and dark slacks, Gates took the stage to tell a packed house about his company's latest innovations and the exciting opportunities that await students in the field of computer science.
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Gates was on campus to receive the Goff Smith Prize from the College of Engineering (CoE) and deliver the annual Goff Smith Lecture. His talk to U-M students, faculty and staff, as well as a contingent of high-achieving high school juniors and seniors invited by the University, kicked off a three-day university tour of some of the nation's best science and engineering departments.
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He said Microsoft is working on a writing tablet that someday might make paper textbooks obsolete, and predicted that high-definition TV and video will be everywhere in the coming years. The key to all of the new technology will be software.
Microsoft hires approximately 30 people from U-M every year, Gates said, and he hopes the strong relationship will continue. He encouraged students to find an area they enjoy and also to experience many things.
The Goff Smith Prize and Lecture is the highest external honor bestowed by CoE, given for outstanding achievement in science and engineering. The award was established by alumnus Goff Smith, who retired as chairman and CEO of Amsted Industries in 1982.
CoE Interim Dean Ronald Gibala presented Gates with the Goff Smith Prize and told the audience that Gates had donated the $10,000 honorarium to students who were displaced by Hurricane Katrina and are attending U-M.


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Dr. Andrew Ropicki
Dr. Ropicki is an assistant professor specializing in marine resource economics. He holds an extension and research appointment and is the Florida Sea Grant marine economics specialist. His research interests include socioeconomic analysis of fisheries management and governance, social network analysis of natural resource management issues, the economics of marine aquaculture, and evaluating the economic impacts of marine industries. Dr. Ropicki provides educational programs and applied research results concerning marine economics to various marine stakeholder groups in Florida. Audience groups include aquaculturists, commercial and recreational fishers, state/federal marine resource agencies, seafood dealers, marine-related business owners, and interested general public. Information provided to these groups assists in making business-related and resource management decisions that provide for the sustainable use of Florida's marine resources.
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(EVANSVILLE, Ind.) — Florence, Alabama, jail employee Vicky White and murder suspect Casey White were apprehended in Evansville, Indiana, on Monday, ending a 10-day manhunt, Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton announced.
After Inmate Casey White, 38, and Lauderdale County Assistant Director of Corrections Vicky White, 56, were spotted at a hotel, Casey White and Vicky White led police on a car chase in that ended with a wreck, Indiana authorities said. Vicky White, who was driving the Cadillac, has been hospitalized with "very serious" injuries from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to the Vanderburgh County, Indiana, sheriff's office.
"Can't clarify how long they have been in Evansville … lucky we stumbled upon them today," Vanderburgh County Sheriff Dave Wedding said Monday.
He said the pursuit only lasted a few minutes.
"We got a dangerous man off the street today," Singleton said.
Casey White and Vicky White, who are not related, fled the Lauderdale County Jail on April 29.
Authorities said they believe Vicky White willingly participated in the escape, which took place on her last day before retirement.
The duo fled Alabama in a Ford Edge and ditched the car in Williamson County, Tennessee — about a two-hour drive north of Florence — just hours after the jail break.
On Monday, U.S. Marshals said investigators were in Evansville, Indiana, following up on a tip after a 2006 Ford F-150 believed to have been used by Casey White and Vicky White was found abandoned at a car wash on May 3. Police were alerted to the vehicle on Sunday.
At the time of his escape, Casey White was facing two counts of capital murder for allegedly stabbing a woman to death in 2015, according to the U.S. Marshals Service.
Vicky White has been charged with forgery and identity theft for allegedly using an alias to buy the Ford Edge used to facilitate the escape, according to the Lauderdale County Sheriff's Office. A warrant was also issued for Vicky White charging her with permitting or facilitating escape.
No one was injured as a result of the escape, Singleton said.
The pair will be brought back to Lauderdale County to be arraigned, Singleton said.
"He's not getting out of this jail again," Singleton said. "I assure you that."
ABC News' Victoria Arancio contributed to this report.
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Except the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) timely resists a new threat by the CMA CGM over its alleged decision to unilaterally impose $400 dollars on every shipment to the two major ports of Lagos, and subsequently deter any other international shipping line wishing to similarly introduce arbitrary charges at ports, Nigeria will soon be hit by another round of spiraling inflation.
The CMA CGM had in an email sent to importers and clearing agents at the weekend, allegedly announced that effective from October l5, 2OI8, cargoes from any part of the world on (EMA CGM ships will attract extra "USU 400 / EUR 850 per 202 Dry and Reefer and USD 400 / EUR 350 per 402 Dry and Reefer".
An industry watcher, Samuel Boluwatife Egbewole who made the observation in Ibadan on Tuesday, specifically noted that gains to be so made if the company is allowed to get away with the imposition would be a sufficient attraction for other shipping companies to instantly copy the idea.
"It would change the ports' financial climate. It means a mere clearing of 10,000 containers will freely and cheaply earn you an extra $4m, which directly implies a whooping N1.4billion. So, why would the others fold their arms and watch? Obviously, every other foreign shipping company would join; a spiraling inflation would be ignited, things would get harder for the masses, and that would not be in the best interest of the good work that President Buhari is doing!
"If NPA allows it, then, it would either be that the Authority lacks foresight or has lost interest in the protection of Buhari's political interest!" he concluded.
Speaking in the same vein, an importer, Tony Emeordi who described the CMA CGM alleged imposition as mere "kite flying" also, said he was still waiting to hear what the Nigerian Shippers Council would do in respect of the threat.
"I see it as genuine kite flying. I also believe they may not be alone in this kite flying. The idea is probably, 'CGM, you try it first, and if it works, we join! But, if they shout; we dismantle the idea and explore new avenues'. They are flying a kite and I would be glad to know what the Nigerian Shippers Council is doing about it", Emordi stated, emphasizing the need for the Nigerian authorities to however, adopt new workable measures capable of effectively eliminating the reasons for the $400 surcharge.
Meanwhile, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has given indication to resist it, threatening to sanction CMA CGM over the decision for a unilateral imposition of $400 dollars surcharge on shipments to Apapa and Tin Can Port, in Lagos.
The NPA assured that the sanction would also be extended to any other international shipping line that may introduce such arbitrary charges at ports. It is however yet to indicate what nature of sanctions Nigerians should expect.


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From a Deceased Woman's Transplanted Uterus, a Live Birth
A woman who received a uterus transplanted from a deceased donor has given birth to a healthy child, researchers in Brazil said on Tuesday. It is the first such birth to be reported.
Uterine transplants from living donors have succeeded; at least 11 babies have been born this way since 2013. But a viable procedure to transplant uteri from deceased women could drastically increase the availability of the organs.
"We talk about lifesaving transplants. This is a life-giving transplant, a new category," said Dr. Allan D. Kirk, the chief surgeon at Duke University Health System, who was not involved in the research.
"Biologically, organs of the living and the dead aren't all that different," he added. "But the availability of deceased donors certainly could open this up to a much broader number of patients."
The operation, detailed in a case study published in The Lancet, followed 10 other attempted uterus transplants from deceased donors in the United States, Turkey and Czech Republic. It was the first successful uterine transplant in Latin America.
Infertility affects more than one in 10 women of reproductive age worldwide. The subject in this study, born without a uterus, received the canadian pharmacy online organ from a 45-year-old woman who had delivered three children naturally. The donor had died of a stroke.
Seven months after the 10-hour transplant surgery — after menstruation began, and once it became evident that the patient's body had not rejected the organ — doctors implanted the uterus with one of the patient's own eggs.
A six-pound baby girl was delivered through cesarean section, according to Dr. Dani Ejzenberg, a gynecologist at the Hospital das Clínicas at the Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil, who led the research.
In the future, patients may be able to turn to organ banks instead of searching for volunteers, and living donors could avoid risky complications such as infections or serious bleeding.
In time, researchers hope to decrease side effects and costs by lowering the amounts of immune-suppressing drugs that recipients must take. But more cases will be needed to assess whether long-term outcomes differ between living and deceased donors.
One of the greatest challenges ahead, Dr. Kirk said, will be understanding the social perceptions of the new option.
"People don't identify themselves by their kidneys," he said. "But we've learned that transplanting faces and hands feels different to people. Is the uterus very personal, or is it just another organ?"
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package com.jimmoores.quandl.tests;

import org.testng.annotations.Test;

import com.jimmoores.quandl.DataSetRequest;
import com.jimmoores.quandl.HeaderDefinition;
import com.jimmoores.quandl.MetaDataRequest;
import com.jimmoores.quandl.MetaDataResult;
import com.jimmoores.quandl.MultiDataSetRequest;
import com.jimmoores.quandl.MultiMetaDataRequest;
import com.jimmoores.quandl.QuandlCodeRequest;
import com.jimmoores.quandl.Row;
import com.jimmoores.quandl.SearchRequest;
import com.jimmoores.quandl.SearchResult;
import com.jimmoores.quandl.util.QuandlRuntimeException;

import java.util.List;

/**
 * @deprecated this test covers the deprecated API.
 * Unit tests testing null checking.
 */
@Test(groups = { "unit" })
public class NullTests {
  // CHECKSTYLE:OFF
  @Test(expectedExceptions = QuandlRuntimeException.class)
  public final void testDataSetRequest() {
    DataSetRequest.Builder.of(null).build();
  }

  @Test(expectedExceptions = QuandlRuntimeException.class)
  public final void testDataSetRequestStartDate() {
    DataSetRequest.Builder.of("Hello").withStartDate(null).build();
  }

  @Test(expectedExceptions = QuandlRuntimeException.class)
  public final void testDataSetRequestEndDate() {
    DataSetRequest.Builder.of("Hello").withEndDate(null).build();
  }

  @Test(expectedExceptions = QuandlRuntimeException.class)
  public final void testDataSetRequestFrequency() {
    DataSetRequest.Builder.of("Hello").withFrequency(null).build();
  }

  @Test(expectedExceptions = QuandlRuntimeException.class)
  public final void testDataSetRequestSortOrder() {
    DataSetRequest.Builder.of("Hello").withSortOrder(null).build();
  }

  @Test(expectedExceptions = QuandlRuntimeException.class)
  public final void testDataSetRequestTransform() {
    DataSetRequest.Builder.of("Hello").withTransform(null).build();
  }

  @Test(expectedExceptions = QuandlRuntimeException.class)
  public final void testHeaderDefinition() {
    HeaderDefinition.of((List<String>) null);
  }

  @Test(expectedExceptions = QuandlRuntimeException.class)
  public final void testHeaderDefinitionVarArgs() {
    HeaderDefinition.of((String[]) null);
  }

  @Test(expectedExceptions = QuandlRuntimeException.class)
  public final void testMetaDataRequest() {
    MetaDataRequest.of(null);
  }

  @Test(expectedExceptions = QuandlRuntimeException.class)
  public final void testMetaDataResult() {
    MetaDataResult.of(null);
  }

  @Test(expectedExceptions = QuandlRuntimeException.class)
  public final void testMultiDataSetRequest() {
    MultiDataSetRequest.Builder.of((List<QuandlCodeRequest>) null);
  }

  @Test(expectedExceptions = QuandlRuntimeException.class)
  public final void testMultiDataSetRequestVarArgs() {
    MultiDataSetRequest.Builder.of((QuandlCodeRequest[]) null);
  }

  @Test(expectedExceptions = QuandlRuntimeException.class)
  public final void testMultiDataSetRequestStartDate() {
    MultiDataSetRequest.Builder.of(QuandlCodeRequest.allColumns("Hello")).withStartDate(null).build();
  }

  @Test(expectedExceptions = QuandlRuntimeException.class)
  public final void testMultiDataSetRequestEndDate() {
    MultiDataSetRequest.Builder.of(QuandlCodeRequest.allColumns("Hello")).withEndDate(null).build();
  }

  @Test(expectedExceptions = QuandlRuntimeException.class)
  public final void testMultiDataSetRequestFrequency() {
    MultiDataSetRequest.Builder.of(QuandlCodeRequest.allColumns("Hello")).withFrequency(null).build();
  }

  @Test(expectedExceptions = QuandlRuntimeException.class)
  public final void testMultiDataSetRequestSortOrder() {
    MultiDataSetRequest.Builder.of(QuandlCodeRequest.allColumns("Hello")).withSortOrder(null).build();
  }

  @Test(expectedExceptions = QuandlRuntimeException.class)
  public final void testMultiDataSetRequestTransform() {
    MultiDataSetRequest.Builder.of(QuandlCodeRequest.allColumns("Hello")).withTransform(null).build();
  }

  @Test(expectedExceptions = QuandlRuntimeException.class)
  public final void testMultiMetaDataRequest() {
    MultiMetaDataRequest.of((List<String>) null);
  }

  @Test(expectedExceptions = QuandlRuntimeException.class)
  public final void testMultiMetaDataRequestVarArgs() {
    MultiMetaDataRequest.of((String[]) null);
  }

  @Test(expectedExceptions = QuandlRuntimeException.class)
  public final void testQuandlCodeRequestAll() {
    QuandlCodeRequest.allColumns(null);
  }

  @Test(expectedExceptions = QuandlRuntimeException.class)
  public final void testQuandlCodeRequestSingle() {
    QuandlCodeRequest.singleColumn(null, 1);
  }

  @Test(expectedExceptions = QuandlRuntimeException.class)
  public final void testRowBothNull() {
    Row.of(null, null);
  }

  @Test(expectedExceptions = QuandlRuntimeException.class)
  public final void testRowValuesNull() {
    Row.of(HeaderDefinition.of("one", "two"), null);
  }

  @Test(expectedExceptions = QuandlRuntimeException.class)
  public final void testRowHeaderNull() {
    Row.of(null, new String[] { "one", "two"});
  }

  @Test(expectedExceptions = QuandlRuntimeException.class)
  public final void testSearchRequest() {
    SearchRequest.Builder.of(null).build();
  }

  @Test(expectedExceptions = QuandlRuntimeException.class)
  public final void testSearchResult() {
    SearchResult.of(null);
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}


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Home » Culture and history » Russia's oldest actor Zeldin passes away at 101
Russia's oldest actor Zeldin passes away at 101
Soviet and Russian stage and film legend, Vladimir Zeldin died early on Monday at the age of 101.
Zeldin died in Moscow's Sklifosovsky Institute of Emergency Medicine. He was hospitalized there on October 29 after undergoing treatment in a military hospital for three weeks.
"Vladimir Mikhailovich died early in the morning. I received a phone call from the clinics where he had stayed recently. He had been in intensive care for more than three weeks, but unfortunately, this was unsuccessful," his wife Ivetta Kapralova told TASS.
Zeldin had been acting since 1935 after graduating from the Mossovet Theatre's school in Moscow. Until recently, he remained a leading actor at Moscow's Central Academic Theatre of the Russian Army where he started working in 1945.
Born on February 10, 1915 in Russia's Tambov Region, Zeldin won nationwide acclaim following his iconic role in a 1941 film 'The Swine Girl and the Shepherd.' In this famous pre-war Soviet musical comedy Zeldin, an ethnic Jew, appeared as a hot-blooded Dagestani shepherd Musalib Gatuev, who falls madly in love with Glasha Novikova, a Russian girl from a northern rural village, during a brief meeting in Moscow at the All-Union Agricultural Exhibition (currently VDNKh). Zeldin's acting was so emotional and true-to-life that every single viewer was certain the actor was an ethnic Dagestani, born in the North Caucasus.
Although to a large extent Zeldin owes his popularity to roles played on screen – and he boasts over 60 roles in films and TV series – he invariably remained committed to his career in the theatre. Russian culture experts unanimously refer to him as the 'Patriarch of the Russian Theatre.'
In October 2013, the actor took part in the Olympic torch relay race in Moscow for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics.
Zeldin will be buried in Moscow's famous Novodevichy Cemetery on November 3. The lying-in-state ceremony will take place in the Theatre of the Russian Army, a theatre's representative told the Regional News Agency of the Moscow Region.
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Univision Extends CEO Randy Falco's Contract Through Early 2018
The former NBC executive has led the Spanish-language media giant since 2011.
By Georg Szalai, Hilary Lewis
January 29, 2015 6:43am
Univision Communications said Thursday that it has extended the employment agreement of president and CEO Randy Falco through January 2018.
"Since taking the helm in 2011, Randy has successfully guided Univision through a period of exceptional growth and innovation, adeptly navigating a climate of unprecedented industry change and positioning the company for the future," said Univision Communications chairman Haim Saban.
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He added: "Under Randy's leadership and vision, the company has meaningfully increased earnings and accelerated its transformation from a niche broadcast network to a multimedia powerhouse, with platforms across the spectrum of traditional and new media that appeal to the diverse U.S. Hispanic audiences like no other media company can. By being nimble and opportunistic — internally and externally — and making smart investments, Randy and his team have set Univision apart from its peers, making our company an invaluable partner to marketers and distributors, providing our audiences more and better content than ever before, and creating opportunities for our talented employees."
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Falco joined Univision in early 2011 and was initially the company's COO and executive vp. He succeeded Joe Uva, who left Univision in March 2011, as CEO. His promotion came in mid-2011.
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Univision Communications is the leading media company serving Hispanic America, with 16 broadcast, cable and digital networks; 61 TV stations; 67 radio stations; various online and mobile apps and products; and content creation facilities in Miami, New York and Los Angeles. During Falco's tenure, Univision launched new networks focused on sports, telenovelas and news as well as the joint venture Fusion with ABC and created UVideos, the first bilingual digital video network, and introduced Uforia, a digital music service.
The Univision network is the most-watched Spanish-language broadcast television network in the country, reaching 95 percent of U.S. Hispanic television households, and one of the top five networks in the U.S. regardless of language.
Univision has also been looking for over-the-top opportunities, such as OTT network Flama. "We're looking at over-the-top in an opportunistic way," Falco said late last year. "It's another distribution platform that we have to look at very seriously."


There's no doubt that there's a huge cloud over Birmingham City; The Two Unfortunates described it as "at ticking time bomb".1 But I caught a glimpse of the silver lining at the game yesterday.
I was encouraged by our team's performance against a better team and even more encouraged by the crowd's reaction. There were more fans there than I expected as it is summer holiday time; home attendance was only 444 less than last season's opener against Charlton.2 The minute's silence before the game, in remembrance of Chucho, was respectfully observed. During the game, the crowd was supportive; there were some decent renditions of Keep Right On and many stood to applaud at the end of the game. It felt as though our crowd, our team and our manager were all on the same side and that felt very good.
It's much harder to find a silver lining for Coventry City fans. They are down in League 1, have a 10-point deduction, will be playing their home games in Northampton, and had a pitch invasion during their 3-2 loss at Crawley.3 One bright spot for them is the support they are getting from supporters of other clubs and from Supporters Direct.4 SD has helped so many supporters and its growing influence is the upside of the disgraceful state of football governance in this country. As more clubs go through crises, there is a growing movement among supporters to reclaim the people's game.
When the storm clouds gather, we fans need to stick together.
Attendance this year 18,830 (2,701 Watford). Attendance at last year's first league home game 18,210 (1,637 Charlton).


If you have decided to spoil your wife this year for Christmas, you probably want to take a look at this fabulous Cartier watch. Cartier is a premier watch maker and has been so for nearly 150 years. As the jeweler to Kings, Cartier watches remind us of royalty and luxury.
The Cartier Watches La Dona Women's Timepiece # W660012I has to be one of the most interesting and beautiful designs in their collection. The La Dona has a unique structure. Created after the celebrated Mexican film star, Maria Felix, the La Dona collection is curvy and feminine. This model has a Swiss Quartz movement and is battery operated. The silver guilloche dial is embellished with the traditional black Roman Numerals that Cartier is famous for. Of course, Cartier used a sapphire crystal to cover the dial and encased the watch movement in stainless-steel. The case back is a screw down style, helping to keep the La Dona Women's Timepiece # W660012I totally water resistant to 99 feet. The unusual dial shape and bracelet design are what sets the La Dona apart from the rest. Both the bezel and bracelet are polished to a high shine finish and closed with a deployment clasp.
The Cartier Watches La Dona Women's Timepiece # W660012I…the perfect way to indulge her this holiday.


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Foyle's Queue
26 October, 2010 Gibson Square	3 Comments
For 100-odd years Foyle's the eponymous bookshop in London's Charing Cross Road employed a system of book purchase that only served – if that is the correct word- to waste customers time and add another two layers of bureaucracy to the simple act of purchasing an item.
Once you'd selected the book you wanted, you had to queue to hand it to an assistant, who would put your book into a bag, place the bag under the counter and give you a chit to take to the cashier.
Next you'd have to queue at the cashier's kiosk, where after paying you'd be given a receipt to take back to the first assistant.
Then you'd have to queue a third time to hand over your receipt and collect your book, simply because sales staff were not allowed to handle cash.
Foyle's proprietor Christina Foyle, daughter of founder William, allowed the shop to stagnate, with little investment and poorly paid staff that could be fired on a whim.
[S]he also refused to install any modern conveniences such as electronic tills or calculators; nor would orders be taken by phone. Equally mystifying to customers was a shelving arrangement that categorized books by publisher, rather than by topic or author. In the 1980s, rival bookshop, Dillons, placed an advertisement saying "Foyled again? Try Dillons" in a bus shelter opposite Foyle's. After the death of Christina Foyle in 1999 and the passing of control to her nephew Christopher Foyle, he has now brought the bookshop into the 21st century and in the last 10 years Foyle's have been the recipient of many awards.
Continuing this fine tradition of multi-layer bureaucracy and distrust of their customers the national census is due to take place on 27th March 2011 but it could be the last of its kind.
The census as we would understand it has been conducted every 10 years since 1801, apart from during World War II, and it has proved to be a valuable resource for historians, genealogists and planners. But now the government is examining other ways of measuring population and other statistics than the compulsory survey of all homes every 10 years.
The 2001 census was the first year in which the government asked about religion and perhaps because this was seen as too intrusive 390,000 people entered their religion as Jedi, hardly surprising after the Nazi occupation and genocide of minority religions in Europe, they just felt it was none of the authorities business.
Next year's census, sent to every household, will cost an estimated £482 million and again the bureaucrats are going way beyond what is reasonable to ask in a survey. They will ask for detailed information including nationality, religious faith and marital status, including new ones about citizenship and how well people can speak English? . . . Very well, well, not well or not at all. They will demand to know the date overseas nationals have entered the UK and the length of time they intend to stay. Citizens will no longer be asked if they have access to a bath or shower but will be asked how many bedrooms their property has and types of central heating in homes. According to a specimen 2011 census on the Office for National Statistics website, they will also ask about 'same sex civil partnership status' for the first time. The specimen census also asks 'how would you describe your national identity?' offering English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish, British or 'other', with space to write in. The section on ethnic groups has also been expanded from 2001, with separate categories for 'Gypsy or Irish Traveller' and 'Arab' for the first time.
Those who do not complete the census risk being prosecuted.
Not trusting our honesty and finding that many people only partially fill in the census or do not return the form, the Government have said it was 'examining' whether changes could be made but no decision had yet been reached.
One suggestion is that in future the bureaucrats could gather the data from records held by the Post Office, local government and credit checking agencies – thought to be more effective- and of course far more intrusive.
The Office for National Statistics claims to have carried out extensive consultations and testing over a number of years to ensure that the questions are justified, both in terms of the need for the information and public acceptability. Well, we shall see next year, I predict there will again be protests about the degree of intrusion into our daily lives.
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SilverTiger says:
When I was a lecturer in a London polytechnic I used Foyles a lot. The computing section was particularly good because the assistant knew his stuff and could always tell you where all the books were on a particular topic, even though they were dotted about under the names of publishers.
New books tended to be shelved in front of old ones and once, looking at a book on photography, I found the prices decreased as one went further back on the shelf! I bought the cheapest one, right at the back.
I well remember the payment booths and having to go back with the receipt to collect the book. Despite these perceived annoyances, Foyles did a roaring trade because of its unparalleled range of books. I recall the late lamented Books etc opening across the road from Foyles and I used to go there first in the hope of finding the book I wanted to save braving the eccentricities of Foyles. Dillons may have been a much loved rival to Foyles but Foyles has had the last laugh.
The census is one of those things that people hate at the time, regarding it as "intrusive" etc., but love later on when it proves a valuable source of historical and social information. We don't mind peering into the lives of others but resent others peering into our lives. Isn't that a little inconsistent?
I remember one protest against the census some years ago when a group invited people to gather with sandwiches and flasks of hot drinks to spend the night outside. The idea was that as they were not at home at midnight on the date in question, they needn't fill in the census form as this was required to be filled in by people resident at a particular address. I somehow doubt whether they got away with that but it was an interesting attempt.
I don't think people stated their religion as Jedi in order to draw attention to the absurdity or intrusiveness of asking people about their religion. Just before the census was issued, a rumour went around that if a certain number of people stated a particular religious affiliation, the government would have to accept this as an established religion and a movement gathered to fool the government into accepting Jedi as a real religion. In fact, the proposition in the rumour was incorrect and Jedi was never established as a real religion but a lot of people claimed it as their faith in the census. I don't doubt that many will do so again this time.
cabbieblog says:
The more intrusive the questions on the census the less likely are people to return their forms, thereby reducing the value of this resource to historians and researchers.
3D Inspection systems says:
I had never heard of this shop before but it does sound fairly scary! It seems like an incredibly long winded process just to buy a book!