As numerous municipalities, trucking companies and bus lines struggle to contain costs and improve margins, an increasing number are discovering the benefits of going green – an approach that can directly benefit not only the environment, but the bottom line as well. The challenges in today's economy are clear: grow sales, contain costs, increase profitability, expand margins and anticipate regulatory changes.
For municipalities, the pressure to "go green" extends well beyond government mandates to also include end users who are demanding that products and services they consume reflect a more eco-centric approach. The good news is that much of the transportation field has already moved in this direction and is proactively taking positive steps to reduce its carbon footprint.
Topping the list is an obvious choice: reducing fuel costs. Small improvements in fuel economy translate into large savings. That's why many municipalities are already embracing a range of tactics including re-designed vehicle aerodynamics, use of more fuel-efficient tires and the adoption of idle-reduction technologies. Collectively, these approaches alone can cut fuel consumption by approximately 20% according to some industry experts.
At the same time, some bus operators have taken energy efficiency to the next level by using Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel (ULSD) or biodiesel and many have purchased cutting edge emissions-lowering technology to substantially reduce particulate emissions. Others have converted to propane – and captured attractive government tax credits in the process. Another rising technology now available is a modified approach to the Global Positioning System (GPS), which permits municipalities and operators to reduce unnecessary idling as well as closely monitor road speed and braking patterns. The net result is that one major operator has already reported a 5% savings on tire wear and an 8% improvement in fuel economy thanks to enhanced GPS.
Opportunities to "go green" and reduce costs in transportation also extend well beyond the vehicles themselves to the very structures which house them and the equipment used in servicing them. The goal, of course, is to improve the conservation of energy, water and materials while simultaneously reducing the level of waste, byproducts and pollution. For example, many maintenance facilities are increasingly using low mercury, high energy-efficient recyclable bulbs. Others are employing special coatings on windows that allow solar energy into building interiors while simultaneously blocking infrared and ultraviolet components that convey unwanted heat. Another innovative approach being used in such locations as New York City harvests rainwater, which is then recycled as "gray water" and used in commercial washers at both bus and subway car maintenance facilities.
At Stertil-Koni, the leader in heavy duty vehicle lifts, we've taken green technology to new heights in both mobile column lifts and in-ground lifts. Our highly regarded EARTHLIFT is the first hydraulic green mobile column lift in the industry. Its columns are made with components that are 98% recyclable and the Active Energy Retrieval System (AERS) allows operators to achieve 35% more lifting cycles at maximum lifting load. What's more, the on-screen display highlights the AERS system, enabling the operator to see savings in real-time. EARTHLIFT also uses a closed hydraulic system that contains bio-degradable oil and the batteries are 100% recyclable.
Many maintenance facilities also utilize in-ground lifts. That's why Stertil-Koni pioneered with the introduction of our ECOLIFT, with lifting capacity up to 90,000 lbs. It is the industry's original ultra-shallow, full-rise in-ground axle engaging lift. In addition, ECOLIFT uniquely combines high pressure, low volume hydraulics and only requires 3.5 gallons of fluid per scissor – and nothing is buried. This lift ensures sizeable cost savings on construction and installation and can be utilized in existing workshop pits and even at locations with high water tables.
In sum, the transportation industry has made tremendous progress in terms of going green. From fuel and vehicles to monitoring, maintenance, facility design and lifting equipment, the progress is substantial and the savings impressive. What's equally exciting is how new and emerging technologies will soon be incorporated into our industry to further support both the environment as well as improve the bottom line.
Dr. Jean DellAmore is President of Stertil-Koni -- the global market leader in heavy duty vehicle lifts. In the United States, under the leadership of Dr. DellAmore, Stertil-Koni USA, Inc. has achieved double-digit annual sales growth every year since its incorporation in Maryland in 1997. Stertil-Koni's breadth of lift products meets all ranges of lifting needs and includes mobile, two-post, four-post, in-ground lifts, parallelogram lifts, half-scissors and the innovative axle-engaging, in-ground, scissor-style heavy duty hydraulic lift configuration. Stertil-Koni is headquartered in Stevensville, Maryland and has a major manufacturing facility in Streator, Illinois, which recently produced its 2,000th vehicle lift manufactured in the USA.
Stertil-Koni is the global market leader in heavy duty vehicle lifts – bus lifts and truck lifts – and is the preferred supplier to the world's leading companies in the truck and bus industries. Stertil-Koni's breadth of lift products meets all ranges of lifting needs and includes mobile, two-post, four-post, in-ground lifts, parallelogram lifts, half-scissors and the innovative axle-engaging, in-ground, scissor-style heavy duty hydraulic lift configuration. In the United States, under the leadership of Dr. DellAmore, Stertil-Koni USA, Inc. has achieved double-digit annual sales growth every year since its incorporation in Maryland in 1997. Stertil-Koni U.S.A. is headquartered in Stevensville, Maryland and has a major manufacturing facility in Streator, Illinois.


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Beauty Blogger's Abuse Video Draws Attention to Domestic Violence
Chongqing-based web celeb Yuyamika has accused her ex-boyfriend of physically assaulting her multiple times during their one-year relationship.
A prominent beauty blogger's post chronicling the abuse she allegedly suffered at the hands of her former partner has once again highlighted the topic of domestic violence in China.
In a 12-minute video posted Monday on microblogging platform Weibo, the blogger — who goes by the name Yuyamika and gained popularity by using makeup to transform herself into famous celebrities — described five instances of physical abuse during the one-year relationship. In surveillance footage included in the video, a topless man in shorts is seen dragging Yuyamika from an elevator as she attempts to free herself.
"We all chose silence, but the domestic violence didn't stop," says a voice in the video, which was posted to raise awareness of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on Monday. "We don't want to see another victim."
Screenshots from Yuyamika's video show a man physically assaulting her. From @宇芽Yuyamika on Weibo
China's first national law on domestic violence came into effect in March 2016, covering physical and psychological abuse against spouses, children, and the elderly. The law allows people to file for personal safety protection orders that prohibit the accused abuser from initiating contact and force them to leave a shared home. However, low public awareness and the need for substantial evidence of abuse discourage many victims from applying for restraining orders.
Between March 2016 and December 2018, Chinese courts granted 3,718 personal safety protection orders to victims of domestic violence, according to the Supreme People's Court.
"He pretended to be warm and kindhearted, with all the merits one could think of," the 27-year-old blogger from the southwestern city of Chongqing said in the video. "But I didn't think of calling the police right after he abused me. I deeply regret that."
The video also contains interviews with three of the man's former partners, including two ex-wives. They recounted several acts of abuse, saying he had handcuffed, slapped, and choked them — and even threatened to kill one of them.
None of the women said, however, why they never thought of reporting him to the police, though one mentioned that the man usually apologized and begged for forgiveness after the violent episodes.
Responding to the accusations, the man posted a photo of another man holding a finger to his lips, which could suggest that he plans to ignore the allegations.
A Chongqing news outlet reported Tuesday that local police are investigating the allegations. Yuyamika also said on Weibo that the police had contacted her but did not elaborate.
Yuyamika's video has gained enormous attention online, with a related hashtag viewed over 2 billion times by Tuesday evening. While many have condemned the abuser, some have said that women should feel emboldened to report such abuses now that there's a law to protect them.
"People who come out to testify are very brave," one Weibo user commented under the beauty blogger's post. "I hope they will look after their personal safety, gather evidence, and report to the police."
"I hope more people can avoid such tragedy," wrote another, using a hashtag that translates to "no longer facing domestic violence in silence."
(Header image: A screenshot from the video in which Yuyamika shared stories of alleged abuse she suffered at the hands of her ex-boyfriend. From @宇芽YUYAMIKA on Weibo)

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Trump's Numbers In First-In-The-Nation Primary State Are Among His Worst. Why?
Posted to Politics May 17, 2019 by Michael Graham
In 2016, Donald Trump came within a whisker of winning New Hampshire, a state Republicans have carried just once since George H.W. Bush's 1988 POTUS win.
Today, New Hampshire is one of Trump's worst-performing states, with a polling performance even below deep-blue Massachusetts and Vermont, a new FiveThirtyEight analysis shows.
Political junkies are familiar with the data showing Sen. Elizabeth Warren's re-election last year was a lousy performance for a would-be POTUS candidate, despite the fact that she won 60-36 percent. When is a 24-point win bad news?
When the partisan lean in the 2018 Massachusetts election is D +36 (and she was running against a weak, under-funded Republican).
Now the numbers crunchers at FiveThirtyEight have applied a similar test to Trump's approval ratings in the 50 states, comparing them to the local partisan lean. By that metric, President Trump's best performance is in the Democratic enclave of Rhode Island. In a state where the partisan lean toward Democrats is a whopping +26, the fact that Trump's only underwater by -22 is actually good news.
But Trump's never going to carry Rhode Island or Massachusetts (where Trump beats the GOP lean by +1), so it's a moot point. New Hampshire, on the other hand, is supposed to be competitive. NHGOP chair Steve Stepanek certainly seems to think so, assuring anyone within earshot that Trump is going to carry the Granite State next year.
Yeah, about that…
According to FiveThirtyEight, New Hampshire is the fifth worst performing state for President Trump in the country. With a partisan rating of R +2, Trump is underwater here by -19, a net performance of -22. It's not bad–it's terrible.
Is this a sign that New Hampshire is simply shifting left, that the number of voters willing to consider voting Republican is shrinking? After all, Trump's national approval rating is around 45 percent, close to his share of the national popular vote in 2016. If that trend held true in New Hampshire, he'd be underwater by a couple of points, not by two dozen.
New Hampshire GOP consultants say the numbers are skewed by the fact that the Granite State is a battleground for the Democratic primary.
"It's pretty simple," GOP strategist Dave Carney tells NHJournal. "New Hampshire's been flooded with the two dozen dwarfs and Sleepy Biden trashing the president every day. Meanwhile, the Trump campaign hasn't begun in earnest, and I doubt they will until after the primary is over."
Veteran GOP consultant Mike Dennehy isn't quite as sanguine. "To state the obvious, President Trump has work to do with the voters of New Hampshire. He needs to come to the state and remind the voters why they voted overwhelmingly for him in the primary and, for the first time in years, came close to turning New Hampshire red in the general."
"And," Dennehy added, "it's important to note that there are 23 Democrats parading around the state beating the pulp out of Trump. That's going to take its toll."
Legitimate points, but those candidates are also campaigning in Iowa and South Carolina. And while Trump is underperforming the GOP baseline in those states, too, (by -7 and -14 respectively), his numbers are far worse in the Granite State.
Longtime GOP insider Tom Rath says it's about New Hampshire as much as it is Donald Trump.
"New Hampshire is not a natural state for Trump. Our natural political orientation is toward the center, not the wings. We produce Judd Greggs, Warren Rudmans, Jeanne Shaheens and John Lynchs.
"These are not in-your-face politicos," Rath says. "And Trump is."
All of which may explain, at least in part, why Gov. Chris Sununu chose to take a pass on challenging Sen. Shaheen. There are plenty of reasons why a successful governor with young children–one who would rather be an executive than a legislator–might decide to run for re-election rather than for the U.S. Senate.
But knowing that the guy at the top of the 2020 ticket is underwater with Republicans by -21 probably helped, too.


LIVE exporter Harmony Foods will ship two loads of live cattle this month but has put its live sheep exports program on hold.
Harmony Foods managing director Stephen Meerwald conceded he had concerns about the shipping of sheep after receiving a letter from Animals Australia.
The letter included a 650-page document on meteorological data and information on the injunction process AA would follow if the company was implicated in any animal welfare situations.
That letter was sent not only to Mr Meerwald but to all of the company's directors including the company's chairman in China, and "it went to him directly", Mr Meerwald said.
The company was to start sourcing sheep for a 13,000-head shipment to Oman which was due next week, but has pulled out of this due to concerns it may end up in a similar situation to Emmanuel Exports, where sheep have been held in quarantine since mid-June.
"We know we could deliver the sheep on our ship to Oman, and we would do it well," Mr Meerwald said.
The company is also not prepared to wear the $40,000 potential cost per day it would incur if a shipment is stopped (for keeping a ship in port and the sheep in quarantine).
The company's board is also reassessing its plans for its new property at Woottating about one hour north-east of Perth, which was bought in September to be a pre-export quarantine facility to feed into Fremantle.
"I'm not sure that is still exactly part of our plan and it might be, but we are not prepared to make that decision until we have a bit more clarity," Mr Meerwald said.
The two cattle shipments will go ahead and are due to leave in the next week, including one ship to China, which gets into port today and loads next week.
The other will berth in Darwin on August 10 and is destined for Indonesia.
Mr Meerwald said the trade to China had been slower than the company had anticipated and hence the decision to service other markets.
"There's a whole range of other activity we are doing as a consequence of having a range of markets and not having a dependence on one particular trade," he said.
Harmony Foods has shipped 12,600 cattle to China since the end of last year.
"The cattle are predominately 600kg, 100-day plus grainfed Angus cattle," Mr Meerwald said.
"We do know it can be done, we do know these cattle travel really well, we do know they kill out really well.
"We've seen them hanging in the chiller through the viewing window … we've seen the quality and colour of the meat and we've seen the quality and colour of the fat.
"We know we can do that, we know that that product has a market in China but it's a new product.
"Not only are we shipping in a way no one's shipped before with an animal that no one shipped before, on routes no one has shipped before other than little dairy heifers, but we are going into a market and putting Australian-produced animal into the Chinese market potentially as a fresh product.
Would be interesting to know if the ACCC would be interested in the actions of Animals Australia as a non profit organisation. They are using frivolous legal action to bully and intimidate to push their own agenda?
I grew up on a dairy/beef property, and I applaud AA's action which seeks only to stop the cruelty inherent in live export. It is more humane to slaughter animals in Australia where the public have some confidence that it will be done humanely by law and animals are not subject to long sea voyages. Live export is a small component compared to the frozen/chilled exports.
All producer organizations must unite in the fight againt AA. They are not there to protect animals. They are there to end all live export, and who will benefit from that? Those who fund AA.


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There are a wide range of musical instruments taught in the School. Currently we are able offer the following instrumental teaching.
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Ed Miliband's nose was looking a little squashed in, as though somebody had been punching it. Who knows? Perhaps Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls has been having a pumpy biff. After all, Mr Miliband's speech yesterday undermined the Balls/Gordon Brown school of politics which has long courted sectional support by splurging taxpayers' cash.
Yesterday Mr Miliband said that could not happen at the next election because the money has run out. Good. It's a start. He was more than half an hour late for his relaunch. Eventually an aide jammed open a door at the far end of the low-ceilinged, white-walled room and we knew that The Presence was about to descend.
First you saw his teeth, gleaming in the gloaming. Then the gait. He walked with a splayed waddle, bottom constipaty, arms not moving much. Accompanying him was Rachel Reeves, a shadow Treasury minister. Of basher Balls we saw no sign. He later popped up on television screens.
Miss Reeves, who smiles in a sinister fashion between phrases, introduced Himself to the crowd of about 150. Perhaps half of those in the audience were activists and party officials. The rest were horrid media.
Miss Reeves, whose voice owes something to a Dogger Bank foghorn, said that 'Ed has got the steely determination' to succeed. This ignited chortles from certain Left-leaning broadsheet reporters.
After Miss Reeves had done her unintentionally comic turn, a 20-year-old chap called Richard was given roughly three minutes to talk about London. A token real person. Then it was Mr Miliband's turn.
He flapped up, feet like frogman's flippers, and snaked an arm round Richard for photographs. Out came the Miliband teeth, spangling in the flashlights. Ouch! Someone pass me the Peters and Lee sunglasses.
Richard was dismissed and Mr Miliband finally started his speech. The venue was below the trendy Oxo Tower near London Bridge. The view was of the Thames and St Paul's Cathedral. Listening to our hero, I contented myself by watching tugs chugging upstream, fighting the choppy swell.
Mr Miliband, too, was soon making heavy weather of things. He kept reminding us that he was Labour leader – 'the Labour Party under me . . . the Labour Party under my leadership' etc – and the more he did so, the more it sounded anxious.
He waved his arms in the air and swivelled at the waist, the better to give photographers in the wings an action shot.
'I want to set out the principles that will guide my leadership,' he said, mouth gaping like a salmon's gill. Hang on. He's been leader for 15 months. Should he not by now have established those 'principles'? Was all this not coming a little late?
When questions from the audience began, his manner altered to one of overdone jocularity with flashes of resentment at reporters who reminded him that his personal opinion poll ratings are a bit spotty.
'I hadn't noticed,' he said, sarcastically. He dismissed talk about his unpopularity and how the Tories allegedly want him to remain in position. That was 'part of the Kremlinology of government'. Tiring of the negative questioning, he invited questions from two chaps who co-wrote his biography.
The longer it went on, the less comfortable he looked. He kept baring his rear gnashers and after the best part of an hour he was getting the sweats.
A factotum lingered in the wings with reserve highball glasses of water. Ed went through three.
Did he do enough to silence his doubters? Probably not. He is as clunky as a clod-hopping clog dancer from Kloosterzande.
But it could have gone worse. And the core concession – a lurch to the Right, in some ways – is welcome.
Later, Transport Secretary Justine Greening gave a Commons statement about her decision to proceed with the madly expensive HS2 railway through some of the Home Counties.
The lass Greening called it 'Haitch Ess Two'. Her pronunciation will only sharpen the fury of southern Tories whose villages may be wrecked by the line.


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I am a fan of Victoria Beckham, and have it on good authority that despite her severe and gruff appearance in pictures she is both funny and a woman's woman. I also like her because she admits to things that many of us think, such as getting annoyed at kids who won't go to bed, to husbands who won't pick up after themselves. Her latest confession that "Being a working mum you feel guilty every time you go out of the door to work," certainly rings bells for me. As does her admission that work and motherhood makes you feel 'torn'. People may say what does she know with all her money and staff but if you listen to her words she's right "It's the same for any working mum out there. You just do your best, but constantly feel guilty. I enjoy being a mum. I love having kids more than anything and I would do anything for them." What I've learnt is that no matter what you do with work and motherhood, you never feel happy with the result. I constantly feel guilty that I don't give my kids enough time and that I am often ratty and snappy on work days as I struggle to make sure I do the school run and cater to work needs. That said, I know stay at home mothers who feel equally guilty about the choices they have made. I think the key with mummy guilt is for all of us to just stop doing it. I notice my husband (and other husbands) aren't wracked with guilt all the time. I know he feels bad for working long hours but it doesn't beat himself over the head with it. His reasoning being "Life is stressful enough without making yourself feel even worse." He's right because mum guilt is one of those emotions that basically isn't rational. All studies show that children of working parents have a normal, healthy development even when both parents work. They are happy, they feel loved so there's nothing to feel guilty about? Right or wrong? What do you think?


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Current: N/W in the morning, N/E at midday, SE/S in the afternoon
Visibility: J, F, M, A: 40 m; M, J, J, A: 35 m; S, O, N, D: 45 m
Temperatures: J, F, M: 24°C; A, M, J: 24–27°C; J, A, S: 27-31°C; O, N, D: 27-24°C
Depth: 100 m
Habili Jaffar is one of the smallest reefs in St. John's. Some call it "the needle", but it also has similarities with a volcano. The abundance of fish is enormous.
Habili Jaffar has a diameter of 15m by 8m at the top. It has two plateau-like reef noses. One starts at 18m and ripples north much more than 50m before plunging in a diagonal sand and rubble slope. The other starts at 15m and runs almost due south, then drops steadily to 45m before fully disappearing into the depths after a small overhang.
Barracudas, snappers, trompet fish, banner fish and angel fish cavort in this reef. Gray, whitetip reef and silky sharks also drop by and at certain times an oceanic whitetip or manta ray may be seen.
The coral growth ranges from leather corals to soft corals in all shades of mint, fire corals and staghorn corals, sporadically in the depths also fan corals.
The reef top is excellent for the end of the dive. There is always current and wave action, but also a lot of fish.
However, the reef can only be approached in good weather, because the reef top is only just under water and therefore a big wave can easily build up. When this is the case, entry and exit becomes difficult or even impossible.
Reef spurs: Both reef spurs of Habili Jaffar are perfect for scanning the waters for grey reef shark, silky sharks or whitetip oceanic sharks and mantas.
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1.Around the reef
Around the reef
As the first boat at the site, you can easily jump off the platform and swim behind the reef to a current-free area. Then continue to the small plateau on the northeast side and wait for sharks. From there, it's best to dive in a spiral around the reef to the top. The upper reef edge and the plateau are insanely beautiful and you can ascend here despite heavy currents and wave action. You can make the safety stop here on the anchor line of the b


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Q: UWP: how to retrieve the size and scale factor of a second window in a separate monitor I have a UWP app that opens a secondary window using AppWindow.TryCreateAsync.
I need to detect the actual size (and possible the scale factor) of the newly created window, as well as a few other details of the monitor that hosts this second window.
Usually, I use DisplayInformation.GetForCurrentView(), but this doesn't work in the following scenario:

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*Main App Window on the first monitor (e.g. resolution 1024 x 768, scale factor 150%)

*Secondary Window on the second monitor (e.g. resolution 1920 x 1080, scale factor 250%)

In this case, DisplayInformation.GetForCurrentView() returns the value of the first monitor, where the Main App Window is hosted.
How can I retrieve the info for the monitor that hosts the Secondary Window?
Specifically, the actual size of the secondary window is the most important information, the others are accessory...
Thank you very much!

A: I don't know how you can get the Scale Factor for an AppWindow placed on a generic monitor.
However, if you create the AppWindow wrapping its content into a Frame, then you can use Frame.SizeChanged event to get the correct size of the secondary window:
UIElement myContent; // Create your content here

AppWindow myAppWindow = await AppWindow.TryCreateAsync();
Frame myContentFrame = new Frame();
myContentFrame.Content = myContent;

myContentFrame.SizeChanged += (object sender, SizeChangedEventArgs e)
        {
            // Here you can get the new size of the Frame
            Size newFrameSize = Encoders.BuildLTSize(e.NewSize.Width, e.NewSize.Height);
            // Update the UI as needed
            UpdateView(newFrameSize);
        };

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Transmissions presents Cruel Intentions
Our month of classics and crowdpleasers continues with one of the most iconic films of the 1990s, the deliciously nasty Cruel Intentions (1999) starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, Reese Witherspoon, Ryan Phillippe, Selma Blair, and Joshua Jackson.
Before there was Gossip Girl, Roger Kumble's scandalous debut set the standard for the young, rich, and beautiful behaving badly on screen.
If you've seen it before you know what we're talking about, if you haven't then run, don't walk to Dalston Superstore and find us downstairs ready to change your life with a film so micro-targeted to gays and gorgeous girlies that it's hard to believe it's real.
Come for Sarah and Selma's infamous kiss, stay for Joshua Jackson's bleach blonde faggotry and a soundtrack including the likes of Placebo, Marcy Playground, and The Verve.
As always, Transmissions is a space designed to be a home to the trans community, and we'll here to welcome you every Monday. So come grab a drink at the bar, meet some regulars (maybe even become one?) and see why Transmissions is one of the best crowds you'll ever watch a film with.
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Golden Gate Bridge suicide barrier could be…
Golden Gate Bridge suicide barrier could be delayed two years
A steel net is supported by struts on the prototype of the Golden Gate Bridge suicide barrier at the barrier contractor's construction yard in Richmond in May. (Alan Dep/Marin Independent Journal)
The span of the Golden Gate Bridge disappears into the fog on June 27, 2014 in San Francisco, California. The Golden Gate Bridge district's board of directors voted unanimously to approve a $76 million funding package to build a net suicide barrier on the iconic span. Over 1,500 people committed suicide by jumping from the iconic bridge since it opened in 1937. 46 people jumped to their death in 2013. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Golden Gate Bridge district general manager Denis Mulligan, left, and district board president Sabrina Hernandez walk under the prototype of the Golden Gate Bridge's new suicide barrier before a press event at the barrier contractor's construction yard in Richmond, Calif. on Thursday, May 16, 2019. (Alan Dep/Marin Independent Journal)
A sample of the steel net used in the Golden Gate Bridge suicide barrier is seen at the barrier contractor's construction yard in Richmond, Calif. on Thursday, May 16, 2019. (Alan Dep/Marin Independent Journal)
Sue Story of Rocklin, left, gets her first look at the prototype suicide barrier for the Golden Gate Bridge in Richmond on Thursday. Story lost her son Jacob, whose photo she holds, to suicide in 2010. (Alan Dep/Marin Independent Journal)
Sue Story of Rocklin, left, gets her first look at the prototype suicide barrier for the Golden Gate Bridge in Richmond, Calif. on Thursday, May 16, 2019. Story lost her son Jacob, whose photo she holds, to suicide in 2010. (Alan Dep/Marin Independent Journal)
Sue Story of Rocklin views the prototype suicide barrier for the Golden Gate Bridge after a press event in Richmond, Calif. on Thursday, May 16, 2019. Story lost her son Jacob, whose photo she holds, to suicide in 2010. (Alan Dep/Marin Independent Journal)
Assemblymember Phil Ting and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi listen as Senator Dianne Feinstein speaks during ceremony marking the beginning of construction of a suicide barrier at the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, Calif. on Thursday, April 13, 2017. (Alan Dep/Marin Independent Journal)
Kymberlyrenee Gamboa holds a photo of her son Kyle, who committed suicide at the Golden Gate Bridge in 2013, as she speaks during a ceremony marking the beginning of construction of a suicide barrier on the bridge in San Francisco, Calif. on Thursday, April 13, 2017. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and bridge board member Dick Grosboll are seated behind her. (Alan Dep/Marin Independent Journal)
Assemblymember Phil Ting and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi listen as Congressman Jared Huffman speaks during ceremony marking the beginning of construction of a suicide barrier at the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, Calif. on Thursday, April 13, 2017. (Alan Dep/Marin Independent Journal)
Manuel Gamboa Jr. and his wife Kymberlyrenee, right, pose for photos with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi after a ceremony marking the beginning of construction of a suicide barrier at the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, Calif. on Thursday, April 13, 2017. The couple lost their 18-year-old son, Kyle, to suicide in 2013. (Alan Dep/Marin Independent Journal)
John (L) and Erika (M) Brooks talk with a pedestrian on the Golden Gate Bridge while holding photograph of their daughter Casey who jumped from the span in January. Brooks and his wife Erika are advocating for a suicide barrier on the span. Taken on the Golden Gate Bridge, near the northern anchorage, on Tuesday, August 19, 2008. (IJ photo/Jeff Vendsel)
By Will Houston | whouston@marinij.com |
PUBLISHED: December 13, 2019 at 7:30 am | UPDATED: December 13, 2019 at 7:37 am
Completion of the Golden Gate Bridge suicide barrier may be delayed by two years to 2023 because of unexpected delays and misleading assurances by a contractor, bridge district officials said.
Denis Mulligan, general manager of the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District, said the project's lead contractor, AECOM, had been assuring them for months and as recently as this summer that the project would still be completed by the early 2021 target.
After pressing the contractors, the district received an updated schedule two weeks ago stating otherwise, Mulligan said.
"Quite frankly, we can't tell from that schedule when they'll be done," Mulligan said. "But we've been looking at their durations and how much access they have and we think they could be as much as two years late."
As to the cause of the delay, Mulligan said the contractor was slow to mobilize as a result of several factors. One prominent factor he cited was that the contractor, Shimmick Construction, was acquired by the multi-national engineering firm, AECOM, a few months after the contract was awarded in early 2017. The $142 million contract was a joint venture with the San Francisco-based Danny's Construction Co.
A spokesman for AECOM refuted the acquisition played a role in the delay.
"The Shimmick-Danny's Joint Venture is committed to working with our client to ensure the successful delivery of this important project," spokesman John Gallagher wrote in an email. "The acquisition of Shimmick Construction Company, Inc. does not have any relevance to project execution."
Mulligan said the acquisition didn't concern the bridge district as AECOM was a "known entity" and a Fortune 200 company that the district has worked with previously.
Other causes of the delay that Mulligan cited include the contractor being slow to sign subcontractors, with some taking six months or up to a year to sign. Design of temporary work access platforms that workers use to work on the underside of the bridge was also slow, taking about a year-and-a-half after the contract was awarded before they were put into place, Mulligan said. In addition, Mulligan said the contractor underestimated the work duration by as much as a factor of two.
"They assured they would bring more resources in and not to worry," Mulligan said.
Staff turnover and leadership changes likely also played a role, Mulligan said.
Advocates of the suicide barrier such as Paul Muller, president of the suicide prevention nonprofit, Bridge Rail Foundation, said a 24-month delay is worrying as the bridge still sees an average of about 30 suicide deaths per year even with increased bridge patrols.
Why the contractors have fallen so far behind schedule leaves a lot of open questions, Muller said, but said the focus now should be to push the contractors to "get their act together and get back on the original schedule if possible."
"But the bottom line for us is we're looking at another 60 preventable deaths," he said.
The delay is not expected to increase the construction cost, Mulligan said. The contract award was set at $142 million, about $32 million less than the only other bidding company. The district is required by state law to go with the lower bidder, Mulligan said. The contractor had filed this year for a $55 million claim for the design of the work platforms, but the district denied it.
If the company underbid, Mulligan said "it's their problem to deal with."
The $211 million project that began in August 2018 seeks to construct 3.5 miles of suicide net placed 20 feet below the bridge railing and 20 feet out on both sides of the bridge. The net is made up of a mesh of stainless steel and is meant to act as both a life-saving barrier as well as a visual deterrent.
A person who jumps would likely injure themselves when landing on the net, with the impact force being strong enough to break bones. While there is nothing to prevent someone from jumping from the net, bridge district officials say individuals who have survived the 250-foot drop into the water stated they regretted the decision shortly after jumping.
While the idea of a suicide barrier dates back to the mid-20th century, it was the Gamboa family that was a driving force toward making it a reality. Kymberlyrenee Gamboa and her husband, Manuel Gamboa Jr, have been attending every board district meeting to advocate for a barrier ever since their 18-year-old son Kyle Gamboa jumped from the bridge in 2013.
An estimated 1,700 people have died after jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge since it opened in 1937, with the first reported incident occurring just a week after its opening, according to the bridge district. An average of 31 people a year have died since 2000 by jumping from the bridge, including 27 people in 2018.
Project delays often can be caused by fabrication setbacks, but the plants in Oregon, Illinois, Missouri, Alabama, and Connecticut have produced 80% of the materials as of Nov. 29, Mulligan said.
As of the same date, construction crews have installed 102 of 369 net supports, removed 1,488 of the 4,100 linear feet of sidewalk railing and installed 1,325 of 4,100 linear feet of new sidewalk railing, according to the district.
The contractors are working double shifts for five days a week, with three lanes being kept open during night construction hours.
The delay is frustrating, Mulligan said, as each suicide not only impacts the lives of Bay Area residents and beyond, but also the bridge employees who work to prevent people from jumping.
"This project is unique because this project is all about saving lives," Mulligan said.
Resources: If you need help, or know someone who does, call Marin's 24/7 suicide prevention and crisis hotline at 415-499-1100. For in-person or telephone grief counseling, call 415-499-1195.
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We provided you a file named "sellermania.zip". You will have to upload it in your module section. To do so, click on the "Add a new module" button.
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You should have downloaded the updated file named "sellermania.zip". You will have to upload it in your module section. To do so, click on the "Add a new module" button.
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Once you will have clicked on the "Install" button, a confirmation message "Module Installed successfully" should appear. You can now click on the "configure" button (on some versions of PrestaShop you will be directly redirected to the module configuration just after installation).
Your browser should scroll automatically to the new module added, and you should see it at the top of your screen. You DO NOT uninstall / reinstall your module.
At last, write "Froggy" in the search field, all Froggy modules will appear. Then click on the "install" button of the module you just uploaded. You will be automatically redirected to the module configuration page.
You can navigate in the module by clicking on the different section name above the documentation link.
1) Use the links which generate the catalog on-the-go and send them to Sellermania.
Advantage: You do not need any help from a technician or your hosting provider, you just have to copy / paste the links to Sellermania.
Disadvantage: Depending when Sellermania collect your catalog, it can slow down your server, especially if it's during a heavy charge of visitors.
2) Use the advanced configuration: set a daily cron task which will generate your catalog every night.
Then give the path of your CSV files for each language to Sellermania (as you can see, path are provided by the module, you just have to copy / paste them to Sellermania).
Advantage: The catalog CSV generation can require some resources of your server, therefore generate your catalog during the night, when your traffic is low, is a good idea.
Disadvantage: You have to set the cron task and it's not easy when you're not a technician. You can either ask your hosting provider to do it for you, or read some wiki to do it by yourself (sometimes hosting provider have an interface which permits you to handle your crontask).
If you want to import Sellermania orders in your back office, you have to check "yes" on the first tab of your module and then fill the fields with the data Sellermania provided you.
You will find the "e-mail" and "token" values in the "SELLERMANIA IDENTIFICATION" section of your Sellermania interface.
It is highly recommanded to use the cron importation method for the reason described in the module.
When you click on the "validate" button a test connection is done to Sellermania. If logins are wrong, you will be alerted by a warning message.
If your logins are corrects, then a confirmation message will be displayed as the date of the last and next order importation.
If you scroll down this page, you will see that you have many configurations available such as marketplaces selection.
For each marketplace, you can choose if you want to import orders or not, or even confirm orders automatically.
If you continue to scroll down, you will arrive on section 3 (options), all features are described in the module directly.
At last, you have the section 4 (carrier and status), where you can set the status you want for you marketplace orders and carrier associated to them.
Now click on the menu "Orders" of your back office. We will see the imported orders in this section.
The marketplace will be clearly tagged with the order status. The marketplace and the order reference will be indicated in the "Payment" column.
The Sellermania module imports 100 orders maximum every 15 minutes. Importation is triggered if an action (any action) is made in the back office.
In others words, if no you're not active on your back office, there will be no orders importation until you become active again.
If you click on an imported order from Sellermania, you will see that the display is different from classic PrestaShop order.
You will have to confirm or cancel each product of the order.
If you cancel all the products, the order will automatically get the "Cancelled" status.
If you cancel only some of the products, the total and the shipping will be recalculated.
You can use the "Confirm all products" or "Cancel all products" button to go quicker. It will only preselect the choice for each product line.
As soon as you will have selected an option for one product line, a new button "Register status" will appear.
If you click on this button, your choices will be sent to Sellermania and a confirmation message will appear.
Case 1: All order lines are cancelled, the order global status will be "CANCELLED"
Case 2: Some order lines are cancelled, others are confirmed, the order global status will be "SELLERMANIA - ORDER CONFIRMED"
Case 3: All order lines are confirmed, the order global status will be "SELLERMANIA - ORDER CONFIRMED"
Now you have to wait a return of Sellermania concerning this order. When the status of your confirmed products will be "To dispatch", then you will be able to fill the carrier name and the tracking number.
Once you will have fill the tracking number and carrier name, the order global status will become "SELLERMANIA - ORDER SENT".
Bulk confirmation and expedition are also available from the orders list.
Sometimes, the module won't be able to import some orders from Sellermania. If it happens, you will see a small warning message appear on the orders list page displaying the number of orders that could not be imported.
You will be able to get more information in the module configuration page.
If you click on "See details", you will be able to see the list of the orders which could not be imported.
Please contact Froggy Commerce technical support with all the details written in this same page.
Since version 1.1.2 of the Sellermania module, you have now a field named "Inventory endpoint" in the module configuration form.
This feature is optional, if you do not fill the "Inventory endpoint" field, stock synchronization won't be enabled.
I installed the Sellermania module and I see a message "Not generated yet" beside the export feed link, what is the problem?
This message means you have not programmed the cron task yet that generate the export feed. However, this is not mandatory, please refer to section #2.
I use direct export direct link and I keep having a blank page with the message "ERROR1", "ERROR2" or "ERROR3"?
This error should never happen, please be sure to copy/paste the full url in your browser.
If you copy/paste the full url and if it ends with "&k=", it means the security token has not been generated. At this point, the only solution is to uninstall and reinstall the module.
If it is still not working, please contact us by using the website contact form. Be sure to send us the export feed link and a screenshot of your module configuration page where the links are displayed.
If you have already imported some orders from Sellermania and have issues with export feed, please do not uninstall your module and contact us directly.	Be sure to send us the export feed link and a screenshot of your module configuration page where the links are displayed.
Why does the merchant e-mail address is associated to the imported orders instead of the customer e-mail?
Many marketplaces provide alias e-mail instead of customer e-mail. If you send e-mail to these e-mail address, it can result with a banishment of your account on the marketplace.
However, you can still use the e-mail alias provided by the marketplace at your own risk, you can find it on the order details screen.
How I can retrieve a PDF Invoice, Delivery document or credit document?
These features are not available in our module yet. We do not have any release date for these features yet.
Why does the customer firstname and lastname are reversed?
The marketplaces send us the firstname and lastname as one field and sometimes the lastname is placed before the firstname.
The module splits the names in two fields to register it in PrestaShop so unfortunately we can do anything about this problem.
It seems that some of my orders are not imported, what can I do?
1) Check that your module is up to date, we are releasing update time to time and it could fix your issue. If not, update your module.
2) Check if the orders are present in the Sellermania interface. If not, the problem is coming from Sellermania, you should contact them.
3) At last, in the module configuration, check if orders importation error are reported (see section 3.3). If yes, send us the report displayed.


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ASHLEY ASKS…… Tom Blomqvist
By ladybug388 on March 2, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )
Tom Blomqvist made the move to the IMSA WeatherTech Championship for 2022 with Meyer Shank Racing, and came out in a big way by winning the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona. The United Kingdom native recently spoke with NEWS FROM THE PITS about his thoughts on the victory, and the rest of this season.
ASHLEY MCCUBBIN: What are your thoughts looking back at the win at Daytona?
TOM BLOMQVIST: Obviously it was an amazing result, but what I think made it so special this year was last year, the team had a challenging time and it was great to start the season that way. Obviously over the off-season the team put in a lot of hard work with two new drivers on-board so they weren't hanging about, and then to have the perfect race as we did was a testament to their hard work put in over the winter.
It was also so great to see the excitement from Mike. Pretty happy about how things went.
© 2022 Chris duMond
ASHLEY: How encouraged are you about the potential this year in seeing the speed shown in Daytona?
TOM: I'm super confident. The team has made some great steps and improved the car and the full package, which is obviously so important with things being competitive this year. Obviously, there's not so many cars but all the cars are fast and competitive. Hopefully we can have another strong result at Sebring and catapult us towards success all season long. We're pretty confident in our chances this year.
ASHLEY: I know you come from a European racing background, but what are some of your initial impressions of Sebring?
TOM: I've driven Sebring before in the past. It's actually a pretty cool track. It's really challenging and super tough – especially the last corner and the first corner. We had a test last week so I was able to get to know the track in the DPi and we were able to work a little bit on the car as it is very unique and bumpy. The track conditions change a lot of with the wind and temperature changes so it's actually a challenging track to get the car to work for you at all times.
So that definitely will give us a bit of a headache in a week's time, but hopefully we know what we need. But I do enjoy the track and the race is always one of my favorite events of the year. The spectators are always out in full force which is nice to see, and we drive into the dark which is always cool.
ASHLEY: You mentioned the size of the field not being big, but the competition being high. Based on what we saw at Daytona, how do you see things shaking out this year with the Acuras up against the Cadillacs?
TOM: It's going to be super tight. It's going to be full of twists and turns. The Cadillacs are very, very quick and I think Sebring is going to be a track that suits them very well. So we just have to make sure that we're in the race. We don't expect to win the race on pace, but with racing in America, strategy has such a big impact on the final restarts. Obviously we had a strong race and were good in the pits at Daytona, and we aim to do that at Sebring.
© 2022 Jake Galstad
It's going to be a tough race, I think, for us. We expect the Cadillacs to be very strong, but that'll be the case all season long. Some tracks will suit them, and some tracks will suit us and we just have to make sure when they suit us that we capitalize and get the most out of it that we can. Sebring is going to be no different.
ASHLEY: How has it been for you adjusting to Meyer Shank Racing this year, and working alongside Oliver Jarvis?
TOM: I've really enjoyed things so far. We've only had one race and a couple tests, but I'm enjoying working with the guys – a bunch of great lads on the team and all super motivated. Mike is very motivated and working with the team to make them as strong as possible. Obviously, we started the season well. We couldn't have asked for a better start to give us a lot of momentum and confidence that we can utilize going into Sebring. I've enjoyed it so far and hopefully we can keep building on it.
There's always room for improvement – there's room for improvement for me with my driving and with the car in all these areas that we can keep working on to get better through the season and win more races.
ASHLEY: Beyond Sebring, what are you most excited for in what's to come this year?
TOM: I enjoy a lot of circuits that we're going to. Road America and Watkins Glen are two of my favorite tracks. Road Atlanta is also pretty cool. The last race of the season is pretty neat in getting to drive again at night – I love that, and the spectators there are always super passionate. I'm really excited for those events. I'm hoping Oli and I can have a super strong season and be the champions at the end – that's the goal.
ASHLEY: With where you are right now in your career, why do you feel the IMSA WeatherTech Championship and SportsCars is the right fit for you?
© 2022 Chris Owens
TOM: The reason I decided to join the team was with the future of SportsCar racing looking so positive and bright. Obviously, I thought it was a great opportunity. I enjoy these types of cars and get along well with these types of cars and can extract some decent performance from the car. I feel like I'm in a good place – I'm confident, I'm happy, which is so important in racing these days. The future of SportsCars is looking super bright with the LMdh coming next year and there's no place that I'd rather be.
The IMSA WeatherTech Championship is such a strong championship at the moment and it's going to be even stronger in the years to come, and I like being competitive. Obviously, last year in Formula E was challenging with the team that I was with but now I'm able to fight for wins and podiums again, so obviously that makes a big difference to the mentality and psychological state for the driver.
ASHLEY: So is there anything outside of SportsCars that you'd like to get behind the wheel of?
TOM: I love racing. I'd drive anything. Obviously, the focus for me at the moment is SportsCar, but I just enjoy driving racecars. I just enjoy driving cars and trying to extract performance from racecars. Even driving a bunch of different things helps you as a racing driver. It helps you adaptation to new cars and makes you better all around driver. So for me it's important to race anything.
It's beneficial in some shape, way, and form, and brings happiness. It's important to see other things that I can do with my SportsCar racing, but my main priority is SportsCars and the IMSA WeatherTech Championship with Meyer Shank.
ASHLEY: Where did that passion for motorsports come from?
TOM: I grew up around the sport. My father was obviously a champion in the 80s and being surrounded by motorsports from a very young age, so I've always been very passionate about the sport. I've been driving cars since I was four or five years old and obviously I started in karting when I was young, and from that moment on, it starts off a bit of fun but I wasn't naïve.
© 2022 Brett Farmer
My father had made a career out of it himself and obviously I knew it was a possibility for myself, too, and thankfully I've been in a fortunate enough position that my talent was good enough to warrant a career from it. I'm very fortunate that I am able to do something that I love so much.
ASHLEY: Based on the career path that you've taken, what's one piece of advice you'd offer to that next karter getting started?
TOM: I think the most important thing is to not lose faith. I had some tough years in my career early on where I didn't think anything was going wrong. But the cream always rise to the top. It doesn't matter how many times you get beaten down, you have to keep chipping away. I left home when I was quite young – I grew up in New Zealand but I left for Europe when I was quite young, but there were many moments I wanted to go home when things weren't going well.
You have to just keep your head on and have full faith, confidence in your ability, and put in the hard work. When you're young, you have to sacrifice a fair bit to focus on your racing so I think it's super important to always be positive and don't give up.
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THE CAPEMAN.
Music by Paul Simon. Book and lyrics by Paul Simon and Derek Walcott. Directed and choreographed by Mark Morris.
Renowned choreographer Mark Morris has taken a lot of flak from theater critics because his Broadway debut as a director, Paul Simon's musical The Capeman about a 1959 gang murder, doesn't have the effervescence and sweeping dances of, say, West Side Story. But longtime fans of the monumentally talented and flamboyantly gay Morris's work in dance and opera may take a different view.
For one thing, The Capeman isn't a mythological love story like West Side Story. The main character, Salvador Agron, is seen at three ages: a dreamy 7-year-old mama's boy in Puerto Rico, a sullen impressionable teenage illiterate lured into proving his manhood with an impulsive act of gang warfare, and a thirtysomething older-and-wiser ex-con. The musical asks: who am I? How do I understand these layers of myself? Am I locked into a destiny, or is redemption possible? (HIV-positives whom protease inhibitors have given "a new lease on life" may feel a similar dislocation of self.) This is unusually somber, philosophical, at times static material for a Broadway musical.
Yet Morris respects the material by not trying to make it into something else. He doesn't make characters dance who shouldn't dance. Charismatic salsa star Ruben Blades cramps his natural grace to truthfully portray a man who's spent the best years of his life in a cell rather than a dancefloor. However, when Puerto Rican teens flirt through "Satin Summer Nights" or slow-dance to the jukebox in "Quality," Morris displays the witty flair for vernacular dance he's shown in dances to pop music (Going Away Party) and in his comic take on The Nutcracker (The Hard Nut). And he brings to Broadway the practically forbidden virtues of understatement and restraint. The Capeman is all about Paul Simon's gorgeous score. Music this good hasn't been so simply and beautifully performed on Broadway since the advent of Andrew Lloyd-Webber's overamplified monstrosities. Blessed by the limpid central performances of Blades, Marc Anthony as the younger Sal, and Ednita Nazerio as his mother (Latino superstars all), The Capeman is, despite what you may have heard, an underrated work of art.
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Q: Finding all neighbors using GeoPandas I am wondering whether it is possible to identify all neighbors to each polygon using only Python (with e.g. GeoPandas) in the same way that can be done with Python in QGIS (Find neighbors polygon).

A: This is a further addendum relating to @Aaron's comment.
If you find 'touches' is failing to find all neighboring polygons like it should this is likely down to the resolution of your polygon borders which may in fact intersect hence 'touches' ignoring them.
I solved this issue using overlaps additionally to touches.
neighbors = np.array(df[df.geometry.touches(row['geometry'])].name)
#overlapping neighbors use if discrepances found with touches
overlap = np.array(df[df.geometry.overlaps(row['geometry'])].name)

neighbors = np.union1d(neighbors, overlap)

A: The following script finds and adds neighbors as a new field value joined by comma.
import geopandas as gpd

file = "C:/path/to/shapefile.shp"

# open file
gdf = gpd.read_file(file)

# add NEIGHBORS column
gdf["NEIGHBORS"] = None

for index, country in gdf.iterrows():

    # get 'not disjoint' countries
    neighbors = gdf[~gdf.geometry.disjoint(country.geometry)].NAME.tolist()

    # remove own name of the country from the list
    neighbors = [ name for name in neighbors if country.NAME != name ]

    # add names of neighbors as NEIGHBORS value
    gdf.at[index, "NEIGHBORS"] = ", ".join(neighbors)

# save GeoDataFrame as a new file
gdf.to_file("c:/path/to/newfile.shp")

A: This is an addendum to @Kadir's answer (which works great).
For one, instead of using not disjoint you can just use touches directly, which does the same thing but is easier to read.
If, as the OP asked, you want to search internally to find all neighboring geometries in a single GeoDataFrame:
for index, row in df.iterrows():
    neighbors = df[df.geometry.touches(row['geometry'])].name.tolist()
    neighbors = neighbors.remove(row.name)
    df.at[index, "my_neighbors"] = ", ".join(neighbors)

For a related capability you may want to determine whether each row of a DataFrame borders some particular other shape, potentially from a different DataFrame or some input value (converted into a GeoDataFrame).
someSpecialGeometry = GEOdataframeRow['geometry'].values[0]
df['isNeighbor'] = df.apply(lambda row: row['geometry'].touches(someSpecialGeometry), axis=1)

This creates a boolean-valued column for whether each row borders the shape of interest.


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Taliku ou Talikou est un khan gengiskhanide qui règne brièvement sur le khanat de Djaghataï à la mort de Kundjuk en 1308 jusqu'en 1309. Devenu musulman dans sa vieillesse, il propage l'islam parmi les Mongols. Sa politique entraîne une révolte et Taliku est assassiné sur ordre de parents de Douwa en 1309. Le fils cadet de Douwa, Kebek, monte sur le trône de Djaghataï. La même année il bat le dernier dernier représentant de la maison d'Ögödei, Djeper.

C'est le frère de Buqa Temür, qui régnera également sur ce Khanat, trente ans auparavant, d'environ 1272 à 1282. Ils sont tous deux fils de Qadaqchi.

Bibliographie
 Histoire de la Mongolie, des origines à nos jours, par László Lőrincz Publié par Akadémiai Kiadó, 1984

Khan mongol
Khanat de Djaghataï
Souverain mongol assassiné
Décès en 1309
Monarque du XIVe siècle en Asie

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reckons its nothing short of a virus that will pass.
comfort to imagine she might be planning to remember me in her inheritance, but a grim thought to consider she might die soon. She's just turned 85.
that death is around the corner.
news. It's a depressing thought.
before her some thirty plus years ago.
My niece on the cusp of forty may be dying from a rare form of cancer and the very idea fills me with grief.
many of them are under forty.
young. Too young to die.
you'll get, the statistics tell us, as if that too might be cause for comfort.
These grim thoughts need an antidote.
walk even under six months.
in my dreams and they tend to fit in and survive. Make of that what you will.
having to suffer the consequences.
or not I pay attention is another matter.


I have been writing about work and worker struggle since 1997 when I lived in South Korea during the East Asian economic crisis, and my research highlights specific pressures workers face in contemporary and historical context. My current research looks at the impact of technology on work from a critical perspective, looking at quantification through wearable tracking and algorithmic decision-making as a set of management techniques where control and resistance emerge as well as new risks of psychosocial and physical violence (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018). My previous work looked at the role of trade unions in international development and poverty policy in relation to International Labour Organization's multilateral relationships (2014); subjectivity and the radical potentials of non-proprietary peer to peer production linking workers across virtual spaces (2009, 2011); and the globalization of worker education from a neo-Gramscian perspective where hegemony is not yet solidified, evidenced through consistent worker uprisings internationally (2005, 2006, 2007).
I carried out a prestigious Research Fellowship at the Weizenbaum Institute, linked with the WZB Berlin Social Science Centre in the Autumn 2018, focussing on artificial intelligence (AI) and work. Outputs include a recorded Weizenbaum Fellow lecture on 'The Search for (Artificial) Intelligence in Work Design History'; one EU Office of Safety and Health at Work report on AI and occupational safety and health at work (launched February 2019); and an essay on the 'Quantified Workplace' for the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) Field Guide to the Future of Work.
Empirical categories: Quantified work: technology and work including wearable tracking technologies and workplace surveillance in human resource processes including algorithmic decision-making, electronic performance monitoring, automation, and people analytics; gig work and crowdsourcing; risks workers face in these contexts of psychosocial and physical violence and harassment.
Workers' resistance and struggles: trade unions, alternative organising.
I am happy to consider applications for PhD research in the areas I research.
Moore, P (2010) The International Political Economy of Work and Employability (Palgrave Macmillan, International Political Economy Series) ISBN 0230517943.
Reviewed in Global Discourse (2011) Volume 2: Issue II: Special Issue Part 2: Review Symposium Examining the Contemporary Relevance of Marxism.
Moore, P (2012/2007) Globalisation and Labour Struggle in Asia: A Neo-Gramscian Critique of South Korea's Political Economy (I.B. Tauris). ISBN 1845113780. Paperback published November 2012 ISBN 1780760337.
Reviewed in Capital & Class (2010) February (34), 144-146.
Moore, P (2018) 'Tracking affective labour for agility in the quantified workplace', Body & Society 24(3): 39-67. This article is part of a range of dissemination from British Academy/Leverhulme Trust funded project where I interviewed employees involved in self-tracking projects organised by employers over the course of one year.
Moore, P and Piwek, Lukasz (2017) 'Regulating Wellbeing in the Brave New Quantified Workplace', Employee Relations 39(3): 308-316.
Akhtar, Pav and Moore, P (2016) 'The psycho-social impacts of technological change in contemporary workplaces and trade union responses', International Journal of Labour Research (journal of International Labour Organisation ACTRAV) issue edited by Anna Biondi and Vera Guseva 8(1-2): 102 – 131.
Moore, P and Robinson, Andrew (2015 DOI, 2016 print) 'The Quantified Self: What Counts in the Neoliberal Workplace' New Media & Society (number 2 journal in Communications) 18(1), 2774 – 2792.
Moore, P (2018) 'The Threat of Physical and Psychosocial Violence and Harassment in Digitalized Work' commissioned discussion paper prepared for International Labour Organization, ACTRAV, to inform new instrument addressing Violence and Harassment against Women and Men in the World of Work.
Moore, P and Piwek, Lukasz (2015) 'Unintended Consequences and Dark Sides of Quantifying Selves'', Sustainable Societies Network commissioned paper, Available online: https://www.academia.edu/15382200/Unintended_Consequences_The_Dark_Sides_of_Quantifying_Selves commissioned paper to advise EPSRC and other funding councils regarding the types of research it should issue a call for around the quantified self and big data.
Moore, P, Upchurch, Martin, Whittaker, Xanthe (eds) (2017) Humans and machines at work: monitoring, surveillance and automation in contemporary capitalism (Palgrave, Dynamics of Virtual Work series) I am first author for the introduction and author of two other chapters.
Moore, P, Bergamaschi, Isalene, Tickner, Arlene (eds) (2016) South-South Cooperation Beyond Myths: A Critical Analysis (Palgrave Macmillan, International Political Economy Series).
Moore, P and Worth, Owen (2009) Globalisation and the New Semi-peripheries in the 21st Century (Palgrave Macmillan, International Political Economy Series).
Moore, P and Pettiford, Lloyd (2003) Foreign Policy of the Great Powers: China and Japan. in Politics and Diplomacy Since World War II, Tauris Guide to International Relations (I.B. Tauris), co-edited with Dr Lloyd Pettiford, ISBN-10: 1860649297.
Moore, P, Piwek, Lukasz, Roper, Ian (2017) 'The Quantified Workplace: a study in self tracking, agility and change management', for Btihaj Ajana (ed.) The Quantified Self: Empirical and philosophical studies of self-tracking cultures (Palgrave Pivot).
Moore, P (2015) 'Tracking Bodies, the Quantified Self and the Corporeal Turn', in Kees van der Pijl (ed) The International Political Economy of Production (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar), 394 – 408.
Moore, P, Upchurch, Martin and Kunter, Aylin (2014) 'Marketisation, Commodification and the Implications for Teachers' Autonomy in England' Sraffa and Althusser Reconsidered; Neoliberalism Advancing in South Africa, England, and Greece, Research in Political Economy Vol 29 (Emerald), 133 – 153.
Moore, P and Dannreuther, Charles (2009) 'Turkey in the World System and the New Orientalism' in P Moore and Owen Worth (eds.) Globalisation and the New Semi-peripheries in the 21st Century (Palgrave Macmillan, International Political Economy Series), 138 – 158.
Moore, P (2009) 'Globalization of the Labour Culture in the Republic of Korea: What 'Tripartite Relations' Mean for Workers' in David Wilson and Rupert Maclean (eds.) International Handbook on Education for the World of Work: Bridging Academic and Vocational Education (Heidelberg, Springer Publishing) ISBN 978-1-4020-5280-4, 673 – 688.
Moore, P (2003) 'Japan/US Alliance and China relations: What future for Asian Pacific Security?' in Phoebe Moore and Dr Lloyd Pettiford (eds.) Foreign Policy of the Great Powers: China and Japan (I.B. Tauris).
Moore, P with Bailey, David (contracted December 2016) 'Extra-capitalist impulses in the midst of the crisis: perspectives and positions outside of capitalism', Globalizations.
Moore, P (2015 August) 'The Future and Praxis of Decent Work', Global Labour Journal.
Moore, P with Karatzogianni, Athina (2009) 'Parallel Visions of Peer Production', Capital & Class 97.
2017: Review of Dawn Nafus (ed) (2016) Quantified: Biosensing Technologies in Everyday Life in Technology, Culture and Society.
2017 fc: Review of John Fox (2015) Marx, the Body, and Human Nature in Body in Capital & Class.
2014 April: Review of Maurizio Atzeni (ed.) (2014) Workers and Labour in a Globalised Capitalism: Contemporary Themes and Theoretical Issues, in Global Labour Journal 5: 2.
2013 Jan: Contribution to the Global Labour Column with my piece 'Where is decent work in DfID policy? Marketisation and securitisation of UK international aid' Available online: http://column.global-labour-university.org/.
2008: 'Global Governance: Lest We Forget' in The International Studies Review 10: 2 (I was commissioned to write this feature review essay on four books about work and globalisation).
2006: review of P. Brown and A. Hesketh (2004) The Mismanagement of Talent: Employability and Jobs in the Knowledge Economy (Oxford, Oxford University Press), British Journal of Industrial Relations.
2001: review of W. Jones (ed.) (2001) Critical theory and world politics (Colorado, Lynne Rienner), in Millennium Journal of International Studies 30:2.
Moore, P (2017) The Quantified Self in Precarity: Work, Technology and What Counts, Advances in Sociology series (Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge).
Moore, P, Upchurch, Martin, Whittaker, Xanthe (eds) (2017) Humans and machines at work: monitoring, surveillance and automation in contemporary capitalism (Palgrave, Dynamics of Virtual Work series).


Faced with such data, state leaders in 2006 began to consider developing standards that would be common among states, not only to reduce variability but also to ensure that the expectations matched the requirements of postsecondary education. The Council of Chief State School Officers and the National Governors Association led the effort, which became known as the Common Core State Standards Initiative (CCSS).
The project, launched in April 2009, was divided into two parts. First, teams would develop anchor standards for college and career readiness in English language arts and mathematics, which would indicate the knowledge and skills students needed at the end of high school. Then a separate team would design grade-by-grade standards in those two subjects that would lead students to the anchor standards. The final set of standards (available at www . corestandards.org/the-standards) was released in June 2010.
From the outset, CCSS leaders designed the effort to differ from the process most states had used to set their standards. Many state standards were developed by teams of educators and community members, using a variety of criteria. In many cases, the process involved logrolling to gain political support; the result was a long list of standards that might or might not have anything to do with college and career readiness.
dards setting in the past.
Will the common core state standards succeed in their ultimate aim of improving the college and career readiness of U.S. students? We won't have the definitive answer to that question until states have implemented the standards and collected evidence to determine whether students who meet them can function successfully in postsecondary education and in the workplace.
Preliminary reviews indicate, however, that the standards at least reflect the expectations of colleges.
to do but still come up short.
force training programs. That is, students who met the standards should be able to enroll in postsecondary education without needing remediation. For college, that meant enrolling in either a two-year or four-year institution; for workforce training, it meant enrolling in programs that prepare students for careers that offer competitive, livable salaries and opportunities for career advancement in a growing or sustainable industry.


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On the fiirst Sunday of Advent, Rev. David Spain will preach "Unwrapping Hope," from Isaiah 2:1-5, as the church lights the candle of hope during worship at 8:40 and 10:45 a.m. The 10:45 service will be livestreamed.
First Congregational Church of Norman, UCC
Sunday, Rev. Robin R. Meyers, Ph.D., wll preach "Holy Envy 5: The Most Dangerous Part of the Trinity" during worship at 4 p.m. at 601 24th Ave. SW. Worship can be streamed on the church's YouTube channel on the FCCN-UCC's FaceBook page. Marilyn Rosfeld and Collin Ellsbury will provide special music for the beginning of Advent. At 3 p.m., Meyers will lead the final section of the book study of Barbara Taylor Brown's "Holy Envy." The congregation can provide Christmas gifts for families at the Women's Resource Center. The church is accepting clean styrofoam for recycling. Volunteers are needed to help resettle Afghan refugees through the Norman Coalition for Refugee Support.
On the first Sunday in Advent, Rev. Carol Waters wll preach during worship at 10:30 a.m., featuring the Advent video series "The Journey," by Adam Hamilton. Sunday school wll be at 9:30 a.m., with child care provided. The church will host an Advent craft festival and tree lighting from 4 to 6 p.m. All ages are welcome.
Goodrich Memorial UMC
Sunday, Rev. Stephen Lashley will preach "From Generation to Generation-There's Room for Every Story," from Matthew 1:1-17, during worship at 9 and 11 a.m. Sunday school wll be at 10. Worship at 11 will be livestreamed on Facebook and YouTube under "Goodrich Memorial United Methodist Church."
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Sunday, Ruling Elder Melissa Gill will preach "Walking in the Light," from Matthew 1:1-17, during worship at 10:55 a.m. Worship will be livestreamed on YouTube.
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
On the first Sunday of Advent, the church will celebrate masses with Father Irwin at 7 and 10:30 a.m. in English and in Spanish with Father Miller at 8:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. All daily masses will be at 12:05 p.m. Tuesday through Friday in the chapel and 8 a.m. Saturday and Monday. The schedule confessions will be at 3 p.m. Saturdays in the main church and at 11 a.m. Tuesday and Thursday, 5 p.m. Wednesdays and 10:30 a.m. Fridays in the chapel's confessional. The church is preparing to celebrate Our Virgin of Guadalupe, beginning with a Novena at 7 p.m. Dec. 3-11 in the church. The church will celebrate the immaculate conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Dec. 8 with masses at 12:05 and 6:30 p.m. in English and 8 p.m. in Spanish and confession at 11 a.m. in the church. Mañanitas will be at 6 a.m. Dec. 12 in the church, followed by bread and hot chocolate at the gym. The Knights of Columbus is accepting donations for the sixth annual Christmas toy drive. Collection boxes are in the church foyer and by the church office. Toys must be new and unwrapped. Deadline for toy donations is Dec. 11. Residents can join Archbishop Coakley at 1 p.m. Dec. 11 at the Bl. Stanley Rother Shrine in Oklahoma City for an outdoor Mass and the blessing of Tepeyac Hill and the images of St. Juan Diego and Our Lady of Guadalupe. The event is open to the public and will feature Mass, entertainment, food trucks and more. For more information, visit rothershrine.org/tepeyac-hill.
St. Stephen's UMC
Sunday, the sermon will be "Who We Find Along the Road," based on Matthew 3:1-12, during worship at 8:30 and 10:50 a.m. Worship will be livestreamed at 11 on the "St. Stephen's UMC, Norman, OK" Facebook page. Visit ststephensnorman.org for links to past worship services.
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On the first Sunday in Advent, the sermon will be "Our King Comes to Visit Us," from Matthew 21:1-11, Romans 13:11-14 and Isaiah 2:1-15, during divine services with communion at 8 and 10:30 a.m. in the sanctuary. The 10:30 service will be streamed at tlcnorman.org. Sunday school will be at 9:15. The Lutheran Hour Ministries Advent Devotionals will be distributed with the theme "A Son is Given." The first Advent Vespers Service will be at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 30, preceded with a soup supper at 6:30. The sermon wll be "O Lord How Shall We Meet You?"
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On the first Sunday of Advent, worship with holy communion will be at 8:30 and 11 a.m. Breakfast and fellowship wll be at 9:30, followed by Christian education at 10. The annual "Sharing the Dream Guatemala" craft sale will be hosted between services. Items are shipped directly from the artisans so profits can go to the workers. Midweek Advent worship at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday will be followed by the inaugural "Advent by Candlelight" event in the fellowship hall. Quiet Christmas music and assorted bite size savory and sweet items will be shared. Styrofoam may be recycled in the Styro-Station weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. from the parking lot on College Avenue behind the church. The church will be closed today.
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Sunday, Associate Pastor Timothy Wheeler will preach "Have Confidence In God," from Hebrews 4:16, at the afternoon service.
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Goga Bitadze () (Saragejo, 20 de julho de 1999) é um jogador georgiano de basquete profissional que atualmente joga no Indiana Pacers da National Basketball Association (NBA).

Ele foi selecionado pelos Pacers como a 18º escolha geral no Draft da NBA de 2019.

Bitadze é membro da Seleção da Geórgia. Ele jogou no EuroBasket de 2017 e estreou nas eliminatórias para a Copa do Mundo da FIBA em 2017.

Início da vida e carreira
Bitadze nasceu em Sagarejo, uma cidade no leste da Geórgia. Seu pai era um jogador profissional de basquete, cuja carreira foi interrompida por lesão.

Embora Bitadze não tenha jogado basquete em sua infância, ele começou a jogar aos 6 anos de idade, porque se considerava "ativo e alto". Ao se envolver no basquete, começou a idolatrar os jogadores georgianos Zaza Pachulia e Tornike Shengelia, além dos craques da NBA, Pau Gasol e Shaquille O'Neal.

Na temporada de 2014-15, sua última temporada no sub-16, Bitadze obteve médias de 23,1 pontos, 16,6 rebotes, 4,5 assistências e 3,8 bloqueios.

Carreira profissional

VITA Tbilisi (2015-2016)
Na temporada de 2015-16, Bitadze jogou profissionalmente pelo VITA Tbilisi na VTB United League. Ele estreou aos 16 anos e, consequentemente, se tornou o jogador mais jovem da história da liga.

Em 6 jogos, ele obteve médias de 2,8 pontos, 1,7 rebotes e 0,7 bloqueios em 13,8 minutos.

Mega Basket (2016–2019)

Sucesso júnior e empréstimo ao Smederevo (2016–17)
Em 2 de dezembro de 2015, ele assinou com o Mega Basket da Liga de Basquete da Sérvia (KLS) e da Liga ABA. Bitadze foi atraído pelo clube porque eles haviam produzido muitos jogadores da NBA como Nikola Jokić e Ivica Zubac, e ele achava que a liga sérvia estava "bem gerida". Ele descreveu a mudança: "Foi difícil para mim por alguns meses. Fiquei muito frustrado, longe da minha família e longe dos meus amigos. Foi difícil, mas então lentamente me acostumei. Você precisa se sacrificar para conseguir algo grande e obter algo ainda maior."

Em dezembro de 2015, Bitadze obteve médias de 7,8 pontos e 4 rebotes para ajudar a equipe júnior do Mega a vencer o Torneo Città di Roma e a se classificar para o Next Generation Tournament (ANGT) de 2015-16. Em três jogos no ANGT, ele obteve médias de 4,7 pontos e 5,3 rebotes.

Temporada de 2016–17
Para a temporada de 2016-17, Bitadze foi emprestado ao clube sérvio Smederevo 1953, que competiu no KLS. Em 19 jogos, ele obteve médias de 10,6 pontos, 4,4 rebotes e 1,2 bloqueios.

Bitadze registrou seu primeiro duplo-duplo em 1 de abril de 2017 contra Dunav Stari Banovci com 18 pontos e 11 rebotes.

Ascensão ao estrelato (2017–2018)
Ele voltou ao Mega no começo da temporada de 2017-18 e jogou principalmente com a equipe sênior.

Em 22 jogos na Liga ABA, Bitadze obteve médias de 11,8 pontos, 6,2 rebotes e 2,1 blocos. Na KLS, ele jogou em 12 jogos e teve médias de 15,9 pontos e 6,7 rebotes.

Ele se declarou para o draft da NBA de 2018 em 12 de abril e foi considerado uma possível escolha de segunda rodada. Ele se retirou do draft em 11 de junho, menos de duas semanas da noite do draft.

Ele continuou jogando no Mega na temporada seguinte. Em um jogo de exibição contra a equipe da NCAA, Kentucky, em 11 de agosto de 2018, Bitadze sofreu uma lesão no final do primeiro tempo e não voltou. Em 30 de setembro, em sua estreia na Liga ABA, ele registrou 24 pontos e 12 rebotes na vitória de 80-79 sobre Igokea.

Em 30 de outubro, dois dias após registrar 26 pontos, 10 rebotes e 3 bloqueios contra Mornar Bar, Bitadze foi nomeado o MVP do mês da ABA League. Em seu jogo seguinte, em 3 de novembro, ele registrou 28 pontos, 11 rebotes e 4 bloqueios em uma derrota por 81-74 para o Partizan. Em 24 de novembro, Bitadze marcou 28 pontos novamente, levando sua equipe a uma vitória de 82-80 sobre Cibona.

Em 11 jogos para Mega, todos na Liga ABA, ele obteve médias de 20,2 pontos, 7,9 rebotes e 2,6 bloqueios.

Emprestado ao Budućnost (2018-2019)
Em 20 de dezembro de 2018, Bitadze foi emprestado ao clube montenegrino Budućnost, que na época competia na EuroLeague. Ele se juntou à equipe pelo restante da temporada.

Refletindo sobre a transição para seu novo clube, Bitadze disse: "Não foi uma situação fácil, principalmente nos primeiros dias. Quero dizer, ainda é difícil agora se acostumar com as coisas. Mas meus colegas de equipe e treinadores me ajudaram."

Em seu primeiro jogo pelo Budućnost, ele registrou 12 pontos e 4 rebotes contra Krka na Liga ABA. Quatro dias depois, Bitadze fez sua estreia na EuroLeague, registrando 17 pontos, 7 rebotes e 4 bloqueios em uma derrota por 93-88 para o Bayern de Munique. Em 3 de janeiro de 2019, ele teve outro desempenho forte na EuroLeague com 23 pontos, 8 rebotes e 3 bloqueios em uma derrota para o Olimpia Milano por 111-94.

Em mais de 13 jogos na EuroLeague, Bitadze obteve médias de 12,1 pontos, 6,4 rebotes e 2,3 bloqueios e ganhou o prêmio de melhor jogador sub-22 da EuroLeague (EuroLeague Rising Star).

Depois que o Budućnost não se classificou para os playoffs da EuroLeague, Bitadze retornou ao Mega para o resto da temporada.

Indiana Pacers (2019–Presente)
Em 20 de abril, ele se declarou para o draft da NBA de 2019. Em 19 de junho, durante a disponibilidade da mídia para o draft, Bitadze apareceu em uma foto viral que o mostrou sendo ignorado pelos repórteres, que cercaram Zion Williamson, a eventual primeira escolha geral, em segundo plano. Vários jogadores da NBA, incluindo Dwyane Wade e Draymond Green, sugeriram que ele usasse a foto como motivação.

Ele foi selecionado pelo Indiana Pacers com a 18ª escolha geral no draft de 2019. Em 15 de julho de 2019, o Indiana Pacers anunciou que havia assinado um contrato de 4 anos e US$13 milhões com Bitadze.

Em 28 de outubro de 2019, Bitadze estreou na NBA em uma derrota de 99-110 para o Cleveland Cavaliers, com dois pontos e um rebote.

Carreira na seleção

Seleção júnior
Bitadze jogou pela Geórgia Sub-17 na Divisão B do EuroBasket Sub-16 e teve médias de 14,2 pontos, 8,8 rebotes e 3,7 bloqueios a caminho do quinto lugar. Ele teve sua melhor pontuação no torneio quando registrou 24 pontos e 11 rebotes em uma derrota de 80-66 para a Suécia.

Na Divisão B do EuroBasket Sub-18 de 2016, Bitadze alcançou médias de 11,4 pontos, 10,2 rebotes e 4,1 bloqueios. Em 6 de agosto de 2016, ele registrou as melhores marcas do torneio com 23 pontos, 9 bloqueios e 13 rebotes na vitória por 103-101 sobre a Bulgária.

Bitadze voltou a jogar na seleção junior em 2017 e teve médias de 10,9 pontos e 6,3 rebotes na Divisão B do EuroBasket Sub-20.

Seleção sênior
Bitadze foi nomeado pela primeira vez para a Seleção Georgiana no EuroBasket de 2017, mas uma lesão no ligamento da panturrilha o forçou a ficar de fora de toda a competição. Independentemente disso, ele "aprendeu muito dentro e fora da quadra" observando seus colegas de equipe veteranos, incluindo Zaza Pachulia e Giorgi Shermadini.

Em 24 de novembro de 2017, Bitadze estreou na seleção nacional sênior contra a Alemanha durante a qualificação para a Copa do Mundo de 2019, marcando 4 pontos em 17 minutos.

Estatísticas da carreira

NBA

Temporada regular

EuroLeague

Seleção

Fonte

Links externos

 Goga Bitadze em aba-liga.com
 Goga Bitadze em draftexpress.com
 Goga Bitadze em euroleague.net
 Goga Bitadze na realgm.com
 Goga Bitadze em Facebook.com

Basquetebolistas do KK Mega Basket
Basquetebolistas do KK Budućnost
Pessoas vivas
Nascidos em 1999
Basquetebolistas do Indiana Pacers
Basquetebolistas da Geórgia


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Georg Wiinblad, född 15 april 1880 i Köpenhamn, död 1965, var en dansk journalist, redaktör, filmkritiker och manusförfattare.

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Danska journalister
Danska manusförfattare
Män
Födda 1880
Avlidna 1965
Personer från Köpenhamn


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