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The World at Risk under Trump
by Heribert Prantl
Monday Sep 18th, 2017 6:06 AM
The US president sounds like a warmonger. When will the inflammatory words trigger a nuclear chain reaction? The Roman emperor Caligula could help in understanding Trump. He allegedly awarded his horse a permanent seat in the Senate. As an extreme narcissist, Trump calls every meeting with a foreign leader a "home run" and thought July 4 was about himself.
[This article published on August 13, 2017 is translated from the German on the Internet, http://www.sueddeutsche.de.]
The US president sounds like a warmonger. When will the mass of inflammatory words be so critical they trigger a nuclear chain reaction?
When I heard Donald Trump's latest threats against North Korea and his words about "US weapons loaded and ready to fire," I took Ludwig Quiddes' renowned book "Caligula" from my book shelf. This "study about the Roman Caesar mania" was published in 1894. This was the most successful political book in the Wilhelmian Empire and went through 31 editions up to 1926. Quidde, a German historian and journalist, received the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1927 for his pacifist engagement. In his Caligula book, he wrote about the Roman emperor and his atrocities behind which the theatrical megalomaniac German emperor Wilhelm II could be easily recognized.
As the elements of the Caesar mania, Quidde counted the theatrical appearance, the sudden craving for military triumphs and a proclivity for a persecution complex. The "Caligula" book may be helpful in understanding Trump.
Many stories have been handed down about the whims and extravagances of the Roman emperor Caligula, his crazy ideas and mad ruminations. The story about his favorite horse Incarnates is the best known story. He allegedly wanted to promote the horse to his consul and awarded it a permanent seat in the Senate – to demonstrate his decision-making power. The US president Donald Trump has not gone that far.
According to the Roman writer Sueton, Caligula governed in an orderly way in the first six months. That cannot be said of trump. Grotesque incidents that call to mind Caligula's late crazes occurred in the first days of his administration. Caligula, it was reported, collected sea shells on the beach that – as exotic spoils – should suggest the success of the unsuccessful Britannia expedition to the Roman public. Caligula supposedly recruited Gallic gladiators who with red-colored hair were shown to the Romans in a triumphal procession as German war prisoners. This was the production of Fake News in Roman antiquity.
One could smirk about the old and new bragging… The US president sounds like a warmonger. He speaks more provocatively than any past US president. The world is at risk under him. Does madness have a method? When will the inflammatory words be so critical they trigger a nuclear chain-reaction? That fear accompanies us these days and weeks.
US vs. North Korea – An Inferno Envisioned
For decades, strategists have thought about scenarios for a conflict with North Korea. The rhetorical escalation of the last days suddenly gives the unthinkable the aura of reality.
The German election campaign or non-election campaign that now supposedly enters its heated phase with demonstrations and poster and letter campaigns seems like a pure idyll. With all criticism, people like reflecting and writing on the German election campaign to recover from the Trump news. In reading Ludwig Quidde's treatise about the Caesar mania, the frightening idea occurred to me that Trump could be the first postwar president to drop a nuclear bomb – and that his whole smear campaign is focused on this.
In the Senate, Caligula's successor Claudius declared all the government measures of his predecessor null and void, destroyed all writings about his government, rescinded his statutes and withdrew all coins with the image of Caligula from circulation. So the damnation memoriae appeared at that time, the damnation of his remembrance. How will people deal with the remembrance of Trump in a few years? What will the damnation memoriae look like in the 21st century? It will be fine if Trump is only remembered as a joke, a laughing stock and a lout!
The Militarization of Foreign Aid
The "International Day of Humanitarian Assistance" that will be celebrated next Saturday deserves a different international situation that is not as alarming, depressing and worrying. This world day deserves more attention than it has received up to now. Every second day is a day of remembrance for something. On August 19, a diabolical event in Iraq is recalled. On August 19, 2003, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Brazilian Sergio Vicira de Mello and 21 of his colleagues were killed in a car bomb attack at the UN headquarters in Baghdad. Therefore the day of remembrance honors the work of the humanitarian helpers who often risked their lives during their engagement. It would be good if people spoke and wrote much less about Trump's war preparations and much more about civilian prevention and peace promotion, stability and peace.
In the EU, there is an "instrument for stability and peace." A budget of nearly 2.5 billion euros for peace work and humanitarian assistance is earmarked for the time from 2014 to 2020. This is really marvelous. However, an impudence should be denounced on the International Day of Humanitarian Aid. The EU Commission wants to misappropriate the funds earmarked for peace promotion and redirect them to finance so-called measures of "physical training or fitness."
This means armies in third states should be trained and armed in the future with EU peace money. That is the EU Commission's goal. The development and foreign aid committees of the European Parliament have already given the green light – for using development funds for military purposes! The German government is pressing ahead with this. It has already established a national committee for the "physical training and fitness" of partner armies and wants this financed from EU funds. "Bread for the World" has sharply criticized this as an "affront to peace policy."
Is this a fraud or deceptive labeling when civilian funds of the EU budget are used for military purposes? The militarization of development assistance and peace work is a terrible mistake. The European Parliament could correct this error. The final vote is scheduled for the second week in September in a plenary assembly.
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According to the Pew Research Center, approximately 66 percent of college graduates are Christian. Many of these students may attend a secular college without realizing the benefits that come through Catholic colleges and similar higher learning institutions. Here are five reasons why you should attend a Catholic college.
Catholic Values
A faith-based university will foster spirituality and relationships with God. While most secular colleges maintain high ethical values and codes of conduct, they cannot control all students who want to engage in illegal, unsafe, unsavory and lascivious behaviors. These colleges often encourage the party scene and aggressive athletics in order to attract the best students. However, these places may accelerate the loss of values and disorientation of beliefs. A Christian or Catholic college will surround students with students, staff and faculty who share positive values. This is critical for young adults who are becoming independent and self-reliant.
High Educational Values
Catholic colleges, like Christian universities, are often stigmatized as offering degrees that are heavy in indoctrination and light in academic quality. This is not true because they must maintain the same academic caliber and educational merit of similarly accredited schools. It is true that there are some high priced Catholic universities and Christian colleges, but the higher tuition costs are usually justified. Georgetown University, Boston College and the University of Notre Dame are some of the best institutions of learning in the world, so they consequently come with steeper price tags.
Expanded World View
Religious critics claim that Catholic universities and Christian colleges will narrow perspectives and stifle diversity. On the contrary, the Catholic Church is extremely diverse. That is, mainstream Catholics may doggedly follow the Vatican Pope, but a Filipino, Hispanic and Spanish Catholic will embrace local saints. The Vatican has issued warnings against the U.S. Catholic Nuns' Group for promoting empowerment and feminism. Clearly, the Catholic Church includes very diverse beliefs and world views. A Catholic higher education will expand one's world view, introduce different lifestyles and maintain a fundamental spiritual view.
Support and Guidance
Secular colleges offer student and academic guidance, but Catholic and Christian universities are identically tasked with fostering student development, personal growth and academic success. The Bible teaches values like honesty, integrity, hard work and communal responsibility. The staff and administration of Catholic universities will most likely embrace a mission that demands accountability to both God and contractual commitments. This means that faculty are motivated to help students stay on academic track, keep a God-based attitude and successfully overcome the challenges of learning and college. Students will receive both spiritual and educational guidance.
Exemplary Lives
According to the U.S. Department of Education's Campus Safety and Security program, over 84,000 criminal offenses were reported in 2005. In the year 2014, there were 3,400 robberies, 4,600 assaults, 9,000 rapes and 4,000 cases of sexual harassment. Colleges that are physically large with massive student populations and limited security resources are havens for malicious and harmful behaviors of only a few students. Catholic universities minimize these statistics through hosting and sponsoring safe activities and fun social events. These enjoyable activities are open and welcome to students of all faiths.
Catholic colleges help students properly prepare for their careers in a world of secularism by teaching them spiritual tools, values and knowledge. Scholarly statistics and scientific facts prove that the college experience has a profound affect on students, so the school choice of attendance shouldn't be lightly made.
See also: 60 Most Affordable Accredited Online Christian Colleges and Universities 2016

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For more than a decade we have supported PAL programs including their youth center, boxing and automotive restoration programs. This is one of the many ways we give back to the community which we have the opportunity and pleasure to serve. stated Scott Weldy, General Manager and Vice President of Ranchos Water.
Apple Valley Police Department created PAL, a nonprofit organization, to help unite community and law enforcement. PAL programs are for at-risk youth between ages 13 and 17. The programs are designed to combat negative influences youth face in today's society particularly drugs, gangs, teenage pregnancy and more.
Much of our charitable giving and community involvement is centered on youth. Our future relies on them, Weldy further stated.
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Burma does not have a deep-sea port, a modernized rail network and a mass transit system in its largest city, Yangon. Burma. Myanmar Highway Police Headquaters, Lewe, Mandalay, Burma. Trilateral Motorway India-Myanmar-Thailand (IMT) is a motorway under construction that will connect Moreh, India, via Myanmar, with Mae Sot, Thailand. Burma is the source of a third of India's imports in pulses and a fifth in wood.
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Yangon-Mandalay Expressway is being questioned by transportation and logistic firms because it is costing a lot of life and is costing a lot of work. Mr Paul Apthorp last months rode up and down the Yangon-Mandalay Expressway, a four-lane motorway connecting the two most important citys. However, as vice-chairman of the GMS Freight Transport Association, a local government alliance of transportation operators, everything Apthorp could see was a lost chance.
Aptorp is one of the leading companies in Myanmar's logistic and cargo industries demanding the opening of the highway to lorries - a step that would increase transportation efficiencies, lower shipping cost and help preserve life. Last year, the Asian Development Bank estimates that the registration of lorries on expressways would immediately cut annual shipping cost by 110 million US dollars - more than 10 per cent of overall truck shippingcost.
This number could increase to 200 million dollars with some extra investments in the roads, according to a communication for the Ministry of Transport and Communications. Not surprisingly, the opening up of the motorway to lorries was the first priority in their guide. The same result was found in a poll by the Japan International Cooperation Agency for the 2014 National Transport Development Plan, which recommended opening the highway to lorries before 2018.
In Myanmar, the insufficient use of the highway is particularly noticeable, as the state does not have a high-quality traffic infra-structure. In 2016, the ADB said that 45 to 60 billion US dollars would have to be spent on transportation over the next 15 years. Apthorp and other supporters find it child's play to register lorries on the highway.
The prohibition means that a large part of the country's lorry fleets, which transfer 90 per cent of their cargo, are located on the Yangon-Mandalay Highway, just tens of kilometers eastwards of the highway. For example, the journey back usually lasts about three working nights, where it can be carried out in one single working afternoon on the dual carriageway.
The hauliers are convinced that there is no need to limit goods traffic to the old motorway if the newer express road is not used to capacity. ADB agrees with its 2016 announcement that there is "no good reason" to limit lorries to the old motorway, "which is longer and in worse condition".
Adrien Veron-Okamoto, a South East Asia transportation expert at ADB, affirmed that the ADB was not known to restrict HGVs on the highway. "There is definitely a good enough excuse to open the highway to trucks," he said. Mr Veron-Okamoto said ADB was in discussions with the federal administration about the policies and funding of security enhancements to the highway.
Industrial resources said one of the reasons was that lorries would be damaging the highway, but there is little proof of it. According to a December 2010 New Light of Myanmar state highway withstands 80 tons. It is also open to fast coaches that can transport more loads per wheeled vehicle than a 22-wheel semi-trailer with a total mass of 48t.
Construction Ministry Principal U Kyaw Naing said the cause was security. He said the highway was a hazardous street, and if big lorries were registered, there could be more traffic-failures. As the old motorway is smaller, lorry operators cannot overspeed the limits. It also said that lorries containing perishables or time-critical goods, such as fruits, veggies and papers, are authorised on the motorway with advance authorisation.
Yangon-Mandalay Express Way is often called the " Highway of the Death" because of the high number of deadly crashes. But hauliers are insisting that the old motorway is more hazardous to drivers because it is smaller, in worse shape and runs through densely built-up areas. Numbers show that the number of highway fatalities is decreasing, possibly due to security consciousness campaign.
Between January and the end of October this year, 99 persons were killed on the highway, compared to 134 in the same time frame last year, according to the highway police. Veron-Okamoto of the ADB said that it would be safe for drivers if lorries used the highway instead of the motorway.
The heads of state and government of the transportation sector assume that the Ministry of Construction protects the interests of those businesses that levy toll fees on the old motorway. There are seven firms - orientental Highway (formerly Asia World), Max Myanmar, Shwe Than Lwin, Shwe Taung, Kanbawza, Yuzana and Thawdawin - controlling the construction, operation and transmission agreements (BOT).
Government press coverage suggests that in the early 2000s privately owned enterprises began to expand the motorway. An August 2002 paper reported that Shwe Than Lwin, Asia World, Olympic (a predecessor of Shwe Taung), Kanbawza, Yuzana, Hong Pang and Dagon International were among those participating. The Max Myanmar website states that it started charging toll fees for the Taukkyant to Bago section on 1 April 2008.
The ADB states that most Motorway Transportation Services (BOT) agreements have a 40-year term. Yoma Fleet's Davidson said Frontier had informed his assistant head of building that there was "an agreement" with the road haulage companies that lorries should not change to the highway.
The CEA Logistics Councillary Director John Hamilton said the Department had also said that there was "understanding" between the authorities and the tolls. "He said, "I don't know how much these motorway hauliers have been paying for these licenses, but the authorities are obviously concerned about taking the lorries and the cash from these tolls.
The Ministry of Construction Ministry Manager Kyaw Naing said there was no formal agreement with motorway drivers. In addition, he affirmed that the contract does not provide for lorries to stay on the old motorway. However, the fact that businesses are considering a significant upgrade of the old motorway indicates that the revenue from the motorway tax will still be flowing.
SMEC, the Australia based consulting engineers, has been commissioned by "a privately held company" to examine the viability of security enhancements on the Yangon-Mandalay Highway. Jonathan Carroll, SMEC Myanmar waters infrastructures management, said the effects of opening the highway to lorries were not part of the work. Daw Thazin, Assistant Construction Ministry Minister, said any decisions to add extra traffic are a matter for the tolls.
U Aung Zaw Naing, Shwe Taung CEO said the old highway operators are gradually moving from two to four Lane, if possible. "Cause it' s an old highway, some of the areas we can't expand because of the homes, so some are three-lane," he said.
It confirms that there is nothing in the contract of contract with a truck that stops on the motorway. "We would be very pleased if lorries were registered on the motorway as long as[politics] supports the economic development by reducing logistics overhead. However, another motorway operator was less enthusiastic about the concept.
Kanbawza Group CEO U Moe San Aung said in an e-mail that lorries "should not be registered on the motorway". Both Yoma Fleet and CEA Logistics have prepared a draft for the approval of articulated lorries on the express road, but only if they fulfil certain conditions. The lorries would be limited to the entrance and departure in Hlegu in the Yangon region, Nay Pyi Taw and Mandalay.
Throughout Germany, the Group rents around 600 lorries, among them concrete platforms, liner vehicles and a range of two-ton lightweight lorries. A lorry of his firm in October slaughtered a motorbike driver on the old motorway; the driver tried to pass and crashed head-on into the lorry. On the autobahn such incidents are far less likely, he argument.
Howard Seargent, CEO of the storage and transport firm Kospa, said the ban on lorries off the motorway was a missed chance.
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On February 9, 2011, Robert Norman and his family lost their apartment in a fire. Smoke and flames poured from the building and Indianapolis firefighters battled frigid temperatures and frozen hydrants while trying to fight the blaze. There were no injuries, but the unit was totally destroyed in the fire.
On February 14, 2011, Monteal May and Kevin Donnelly lost their home to a fire. The couple and their three small children were able to escape unharmed, but they lost all of their possessions in the fire.
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How to handle Escape Sequence to let php script download the image properly.
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The URL from DB show path properly, where as same url when out put from PHP does not show path at all. Also the length of url gets reduced when output from PHP.
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A: You could use good old base64encode to encode the url and before you store in the database, if you have access to that code. Uses 33% more space, but helps with escape headaches. PHP - Base64 Encode

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Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer is a book by C. S. Lewis, published posthumously in 1964. The book takes the form of a series of letters to a fictional friend, "Malcolm", in which Lewis meditates on prayer as an intimate dialogue between man and God. Beginning with a discussion of "corporate prayer" and the liturgical service, Lewis goes on to consider practical and metaphysical aspects of private prayer, such as when to pray and where, ready-made prayer, petitionary prayer, prayer as worship, penitential prayer, and prayer for the dead. The concluding letter discusses "liberal" Christians, the soul and resurrection.

Letters to Malcolm is generally thought to be one of Lewis's less successful books and differs from his other books on Christianity in that it poses a number of questions which Lewis does not attempt to answer. Lewis moreover shows a reluctance to be as critical of radical theologians such as Alec Vidler and John Robinson as his imaginary friend Malcolm wants him to be.

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A computer technician has skipped the cardboard boxes and built his toddler an incredible simulation of the cockpit of a spacecraft.
When it comes to make-believe, kids are pretty canny -- a simple refrigerator box can fly them to the moon. But inspired by physicists and educators Neil deGrasse Tyson and Carl Sagan, one dad has gone above and beyond in getting his son into space.
Before Noah was born, Daniel Sherrouse was already planning the spaceship simulator he would build to instill in Noah a love of the stars. "When my wife told me she was pregnant, I slammed my fist down on the table and said 'Gosh darn it, my kid is going to have a better life than me!'"
He started with a 5x8-foot enclosed trailer to make the cockpit, then set about decking it with dashboards, controls, HUDs, and equipment -- mostly secondhand gear donated by friends and family. Most of the buttons, switches, and dials don't really do anything, but one of the screens can be used to play Pioneer Space Simulator (with the option to play more complex games as little Noah gets older), operated with a keyboard, mouse, and USB number pad. The other screen shows a system startup video created by Sherrouse, and a radar screensaver.
The whole thing tops off with a stellar paint job, making the cockpit look like the sort of aged rust bucket in which a space veteran would feel most at home. The entire thing has taken about 10 months to build, but it's going to be an ongoing project, growing and evolving with Noah.
"I have always been interested in space, and I believe our survival as a species requires us to one day reach the stars," Sherrouse told CNET Australia. "As funding for the sciences and NASA drop further and further, I worry that we are giving up on and betraying that destiny. We must inspire the next generation to reach for the things we have not had the courage to invest in."
So long as there are dads like Sherrouse in the world, we reckon things are going to be all right.


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America has gone through prosperity and depression as a country, but we overcome and grow and learn from our history to shape our future. During the course of 1965, Lyndon B Johnson set the stage for three years of legislation that completed the Domestic transformation of the United States which began three decades earlier with FDR's New Deal, but would be overshadowed by an aggressive foreign policy driven by his support of containment and the domino theory. LBJ's presidency underwent evolution as it progresses beginning as an extension of John F. Kennedy's presidency and evolving into an aggressive, legacy of destruction and violence.Early in Johnson's foreign evolvements he encounters many difficulties and lack of progress partially due to a confused and ineffective government in South Vietnam. Just like Kennedy, who was determined to pursue the fight against Communism around the globe and promising to "pay any price, bear any burden", so was Johnson determined to accomplish his predecessor's objectives stating: "let us continue" in Vietnam. Therefore, it is no surprise that "Johnson pledged to carry out the policies of the Kennedy administration". Realizing the vast commitment needed to win the war Johnson searches for excuse to openly attack North Vietnam and not lose his elections in 1964. The answer: the Tonkin incident of August 1964, which he is able to exploit and convince congress to pass the Tonkin Resolution on August 7th giving him full authority and a blank check to wage war against North Vietnam. The Tonkin resolution marks the beginning of the Americanization of the war in VietnamThis "murky crisis", where an attack on an American destroyer war reported, provided Johnson with the opportunity of convincin…
…ffirms the commitments made by the US and to the degree the nation is credible for those commitments. At first, Johnson continues Kennedy's foreign policies concerning Vietnam, similarly supporting the idea of containment just as Kennedy did. However, after realizing the vast commitment it is going to take to win the war and being encountered by numerous difficulties and lack of progress, he eventually causes the U.S. involvement to become much deeper. Johnson was able to achieve this through the Tonkin Resolution, which gave him the power for operations such as "Rolling Thunder" and eventually an open-ended military commitment towards this conflict. The resulting domestic backlash originating by the war can still be seen today in the protests against the diminishing war in the Middle East baring reference to the foreign policies adopted by Lyndon B. Johnson.
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It's 4 weeks now since I set off from Sheffield on this journey. In that time I have had lots of time for reflection, and I reckon that one of the reasons that travelling by bicycle is so good is that it allows you to experience huge extremes, which makes you appreciate things even more. When climbing a big hill the most noticeable thing is that you get very hot, and then when freewheeling down the other side the sweat chills you and you very quickly become cold. After a long day pedaling the biggest thing on your mind will almost certainly be food, to fill the empty stomach, and after gorging on as much as you can possibly squeeze in, to provide the energy for the following day, the feeling of a bloated stomach contrasts that of the empty one just a short while ago. This morning I awoke to a wet tent in a waterlogged campsite where I had to walk through about a half inch of water sitting on the surface of the ground, and I am now sat in a motel room, with a microwave oven and many other mod cons, having dried everything out, and making the most of all the facilities before going back in the tent again tomorrow night - which is where I would rather be!
A waterlogged tent in the morning.
As you can see, the day didn't get off to a perfect start, although I had slept well last night. After packing the tent away wetter than it has ever before been, and using the shelter of the shower block to make the important first cup of tea of the day and eat breakfast, I was on the wildly wet and windy road by 0830.
Apart from a couple of hours stopped in Lincoln City in the middle of the day to chat with a great service station manager whose name has slipped through the grey cells, to sort out why I couldn't upload pictures, and then eat in a 60's style burger joint because I was too cold and hungry to do anything else, nothing much happened until I arrived in Pacific City.
Pacific City sounds like a big place (being a city), but a quick look on my map shows the population to be 1,027 (although it will be 1,028 tonight) - the sort of town i've come to like stopping in, where most people know most people, and they're mostly friendly and interesting people. I've also taken the opportunity of being in a motel to pack up a few surplus items for posting back home, not many, but i've not used them in the last month and can't see that i'll need them yet.
Drying out at the motel, during a brief break in the bad weather.


If you've ever done a booking on Askable, Lauren knows about it. She's the one making sure everything is running smoothly for everyone.
Jonathan (often referred to as Jona on the streets) believes every UX designer should be using Askable, and he's quite vocal about it.
Marcio's first words as a baby were: "Outbound marketing!". He lives and breathes to help people discover Askable online.
Apart from loving UX and all things usability, Viv's main strength is being able to drink 2 litres of steaming hot water every day while actually enjoying it.
Let's face it, this guy loves web and mobile technology. When it comes to developing a rock solid platform, 'San Fran' is aiming for nothing short of the world's best.
Nic develops stuff that people love. In fact, in his spare time he once built a drawing platform that nearly broke the internet – 250,000 drawings were created in 4 hours.


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LETTERS: Readers react to news Anne of Green Gables musical on hiatus
Contributed | Posted: Nov. 29, 2022, 6 a.m. | Updated: Nov. 28, 2022, 5:35 p.m. | 3 Min Read
Anne Shirley, left, played by Katie Kerr, and Diana Berry, played by Jessica Gallant, smile as streamers are dropped to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Anne of Green Gables - The Musical in 2014. - Contributed
Anne decision doesn't make sense
As someone who has made my living in the entertainment industry, across the country, for well over 50 years, I feel compelled to comment on the most ridiculous decision by the Charlottetown Festival to cancel Anne of Green Gables.
Both the CEO and Adam Brazier do not understand the meaning of The Guinness Book of records and what a selling power the play has. Also, the fact that now local Maritime theatres and schools can put on the play, no one will need to visit the Island to see the world class show that was. That is why there was an exclusivity clause in the contract. The board obviously has no idea of how the business works. When I held the rights, there was a 500-mile zone that was enforced by Samuel French, the agent.
The board, Charlottetown Chamber of Commerce and the P.E.I. department of tourism should demand the reinstatement of Lund's production and demand both Brazier and the CEO's resignations. There is precedent for withholding funding and resignations, having been used to replace Walter Learning.
Anne has saved the centre's seasons several times over the years when the other productions flopped. With Brazier's abysmal record of poor-quality shows, the centre will be forced to close early or go into debt. The centre's mandate is to foster, nurture and develop new Canadian musicals. Brazier and the CEO's plans will turn the theatre into a booking house for touring shows, which requires neither of them. Let's not forget Brazier was the first artistic director in years to be hired on a full-time, year-round contract. He has cancelled the Christmas shows that bolstered community spirit. I would love to debate these two to justify their motives behind this move. Why is the media not questioning this decision? It has huge implications on tourism.
Paul Smitz,
Brookvale, P.E.I.
Seeing Anne an annual tradition
My husband and I have been coming to P.E.I. for the past 20 years. We fell in love with this charming Island the minute we set foot on it. We bought a beautiful waterfront home and have hosted guests from around the world every summer with the exception of 2020 and a portion of 2021. A favourite tradition is bringing our guests to see Anne of Green Gables each year. We are very disappointed in the decision to eliminate it in 2023. We have supported the Confederation Centre and the Maude Whitmore scholarship program. We will not be supporting the Confederation Centre for the Arts going forward. We have seen a major change in the types of shows being performed there recently and have been growing increasingly dissatisfied with the performances. This is the last straw.
Unbeknownst to me, my husband also expressed his feelings after learning about the programming change. He commented on the article: "Big mistake! Anne is a gem of a musical! It is a masterpiece that makes you laugh, cry and experience the best that theater has to offer! It is hard to 'imagine' that less of Anne leaves us with more!"
His comment may be more poignant. Anne represents the essence of P.E.I. to us and put P.E.I. on the global map.
Big mistake, folks.
Kathy and Dino DelGaudio,
Vero Beach, Fla.
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CALGARY, Alberta and SAN DIEGO, Nov. 12, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oncolytics Biotech® Inc. (Nasdaq: ONCY) (TSX: ONC), currently developing pelareorep, an intravenously delivered immuno-oncolytic virus, today announced financial results and operational highlights for the quarter ended September 30, 2018. All dollar amounts are Canadian unless otherwise noted.
Established plans with pelareorep to advance the phase 3 metastatic breast cancer program and for expansion into combination trials with checkpoint inhibitors to enlist pelareorep's immune effects and to seek validation of key therapeutic and prognostic biomarkers.
° AWARE-1 window of opportunity (WOO) study with pelareorep in combination with Roche's Tecentriq® in breast cancer.
° Pelareorep plus Merck's anti-PD-1 checkpoint inhibitor Keytruda® in pancreatic cancer.
° Pelareorep plus Bristol-Myers Squibb's anti-PD-1 checkpoint inhibitor Opdivo® in multiple myeloma.
° Pelareorep plus Merck's anti-PD-1 checkpoint inhibitor Keytruda in multiple myeloma.
Announced a Master Clinical Supply Agreement with F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd (Roche) to supply Tecentriq for use in the company's clinical development program.
Presented positive phase 2 clinical trial results for pelareorep in the treatment of patients with KRAS mutant metastatic colorectal cancer at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) 2018 Congress. Thirty-six patients received treatment with FOLFIRI/B (irinotecan, fluorouracil, leucovorin, plus bevacizumab) and pelareorep. The six patients receiving treatment with the recommended study dose had progression free survival of 65.6 weeks and an overall survival of 107.5 weeks. Study results exceeded expectations when compared to analogous historical data.
Announced a publication demonstrating that intravenously delivered oncolytic viruses, including pelareorep, effectively target tumors even in the presence of neutralizing antibodies. A publication in Cancer Immunology Research showed that pelareorep, a systemically delivered oncolytic reovirus, can destroy tumor cells via a monocyte-mediated process even after the virions have been exposed to antibodies designed to neutralize the reovirus.
Entered into a common stock purchase agreement for up to US$26.0 million with Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC.
Announced a US$30.0 million At-the-Market facility with Canaccord Genuity.
Initiate a phase 2 study with pelareorep in combination with Merck's Keytruda in advanced pancreatic cancer in Q4 2018*.
Initiate a phase 1 study with pelareorep in combination with Bristol-Myers Squibb's Opdivo in multiple myeloma in Q4 2018*.
Initiate AWARE-1, a phase 1b WOO study with pelareorep in the neoadjuvant breast cancer setting in Q1 2019.
Initiate a phase 1b study with pelareorep in combination with Merck's Keytruda in multiple myeloma in Q1 2019*.
Data from AWARE-1 study with pelareorep in breast cancer mid-2019.
Initiate registration study with pelareorep in mBC – guidance to be provided after AWARE-1 data is available.
Preliminary data from MUK eleven study with pelareorep in multiple myeloma mid-2019*.
At September 30, 2018, the company reported $16.2 million in cash and cash equivalents.
As at November 8, 2018, the company had an unlimited number of authorized common shares with 17,059,123 common shares issued and outstanding, 16,443,500 warrants exercisable into 1,730,894 common shares with a $9.025 strike price and 1,093,407 options and share units.
Operating expense for the third quarter of 2018 was $1.5 million compared to $1.3 million for the prior year period. R&D expense in the third quarter 2018 was $1.9 compared to $1.7 million for the third quarter of 2017.
The net loss for the third quarter of 2018 was $3.3 million or $0.20 per share compared to a net loss of $3.0 million or $0.20 per share for the period one year ago, on a consolidated basis.
Oncolytics management will host a conference call for Analysts and Institutional Investors at 8:30 a.m. ET today, Monday, November 12, 2018. The live call may be accessed by dialing (888) 231-8191 for callers in North America. Overseas callers should contact investor relations for the toll-free dial information for their country. A replay of this call will be available approximately two hours after the call is ended at 855-859-2056, using the replay code 6463668 and will be available for six months.
A live audio webcast of the call will be accessible on the Investor Relations page of Oncolytics' website at www.oncolyticsbiotech.com and will be archived for six months.
To view the Company's Fiscal 2018 Third Quarter Consolidated Financial Statements, related Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements, and Management's Discussion and Analysis, please see the Company's filings, which will be available at www.sedar.com, www.sec.gov and on Oncolytics' website at http://www.oncolyticsbiotech.com/investor-centre/financials/.


Ludwigsburg is a hop, skip and a jump away from Stuttgart, and when I was there I got bitten bit the palaeo-bug. I met Rainer Schoch, but despite his passion, he wasn't the one to get me going. Rather, the passionate collectors Richard Leheis, Hubert Dona and others. Next to fantastic plants and archosaurs, one of the cooler finds in the area is Gerrothorax. A very cool new paper has gotten me all nostalgic, and nostalgia is best shared. Let me know what you think, keeping in mind that this image is from … 2009.
Here's a preview of an animation for the project I'm working on… one of the branch layers seems to have gotten doubled up.
Too garish, I know. Scribbled in ~2 minutes while watching documentary.
I'm digging the modo's real-time preview. It's like auto pixelart. I should make a movie rendered in it.


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'FIFA 18' Nintendo Switch Will Be Missing Game Modes? Won't Run On Frostbite Engine
By Phillip Martinez @Phill_Martinez 06/05/17
FIFA 18 Buy Now $59.99
'FIFA 18' will release September 29 EA Sports
The release date for FIFA 18 has been announced with a brand new trailer showcasing cover athlete Cristiano Ronaldo and some of the new modes and features for this year's installment but the Nintendo Switch version seems to be missing of these modes.
According to an EA press release -- via Nintendo Everything – FIFA 18 will release for the PlayStation and Xbox consoles, PC and Nintendo Switch on Sept. 29 but a disclaimer that some eagle-eyed fans found in the trailer put doubt to how much Switch owners will get.
Take a look at the trailer for FIFA 18 and see if you can spot the disclaimer.
The disclaimer seemingly confirms that game modes may not be available for the Nintendo Switch.
"Frostbite Game Engine Technology and the Journey: Hunter Returns Mode are available on Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC platform versions ONLY," the disclaimer noted. "Not all features available on all platforms."
FIFA 18 on the Nintendo Switch won't be using the Frostbite engine and Nintendo Everything surmises that the Switch version will be more in line with the PS3 and 360 versions. This also confirms that at least one game mode won't be available on the Switch.
EA Sports is one of many third-party developers that will be bringing games to the Nintendo Switch. This is the first news regarding the EA Sports slate and its ties to the Switch, but with E3 around the corner, more information will likely be announced.
We have reached out to EA for clarification and we will update as soon as we learn more.
FIFA 18 will release for PS4, PS3, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PC and Nintendo Switch on Sept. 29.
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So what do you think of the new trailer for FIFA 18? Are you disappointed that the Nintendo Switch version will likely be of lower quality and may miss some game modes? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.
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Broadway Star Ashley Brown Guests with Susan McCray on "Getting To Know You" Tues Feb 9 on KSAV.org
Ashley Brown, known to audiences for originating the title role in Broadway's "Mary Poppins", as well as for her esteemed portrayal as Belle in "Beauty and the Beast" is Susan McCray's guest on Getting To Know You, Tuesday, February 9th on KSAV.org
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Feb. 5, 2010 - PRLog -- Broadway star Ashley Brown will be Susan McCray's special guest on internet radio show "Getting To Know You" on Tuesday, February 9th at 6:30 p.m. PT/ET on KSAV.org.
Ashley Brown is known to audiences for originating the title role in Mary Poppins as well as for her esteemed portrayals as Bell in "Beauty and the Beast" and Kristen in "On the Record."
She has performed with major orchestras including the New York Pops (twice), the Boston Pops, the Cincinnati Pops, the Indianapolis Symphony, and the Pensacola Symphony.
Ashley's debut album "Speak Low" is now out. It is a collection of exciting new arrangements of American Songbook classics. Featuring the arranging work of jazz luminaries, Lee Musiker (Tony Bennett) and Yaron Gershovsky (Manhattan Transfer). Susan McCray will be playing a selection from the CD during Tuesday's interview.
Ashley will talk about her background and about her companion, Eddie Elizabeth, a theatre fanatic who waits faithfully in her dressing room every evening and sings while waiting. You don't want to miss this tidbit.
A beautiful lady with a beautiful voice - Ashley Brown on Getting To Know You with host Susan McCray - Tuesday, February 9th airing at 6:30 p.m. PT/ET on KSAV.org.
To hear previously aired "Getting To Know You" shows, they are located on Susan McCray's website listed on the Archive Page at: www.susanmccray.com
Susan McCray and KSAV welcomes your comments and requests on the KSAV.org "Comments and Requests' page located on the station's website: www.ksav.org.
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About "Getting To Know You" hosted by Susan McCray
An internet radio show hosting celebrities and successful people from all walks of life. The show also has special shows paying tribute to composers, musicians and playing their music. "Getting To Know You" with Susan McCray is a half hour weekly show airing on KSAV.org at 6:30 p.m. pacific and eastern time.
All shows are archived and available on Susan McCray's website: wwwsusanmccray.com. "Getting To Know You" is Podcast via iTunes.
KSAV.org is radio the way it used to be. It has music from the 40's,50's and 60's, celebrity interviews and more. Susan McCray has the best of it all on her show. Featured episodes include; Patti Page, Shirley Jones, Brenda Lee, Buddy Greco, Merlin Olsen, Gogi Grant, Ernest Borgnine, Melissa Gilbert. Susan's special tribute shows include Guy Lombardo, Boots Randolph, The music of Gershwin, Henry Manciini, Julie London, Page Cavanaugh, Spike Jones, and many more.
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Item Description: Letter dated 9 March 1865 to Archibald Henderson from his servant (or slave) Henderson. It seems that Anderson was a slave belonging to Archibald Henderson who was hired out to a Mr. Wilkins in Wilmington.
Item Citation: Folder 37, John S. Henderson Papers, #00327, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Master__ I have just arrived here from Weldon where I saw Master John and delivered the articles entrusted to my care. Master John is well and in fine spirits and sends you all his love.
As I cannot get transportation for my horse + wagon, I will leave here in the morning, driving to Raleigh where I will again try to get transportation and if I do not succeed will pursue my journey home the best way I can.
This entry was posted in Southern Historical Collection and tagged Anderson Henderson, Archibald Henderson, hiring out of slaves, John S. Henderson Papers, Raleigh N.C., travel, Weldon (N.C.). Bookmark the permalink.
I think I am too trapped in the 21st century to understand this. He is looking for transportation for his horse and wagon. I thought those were transportation. Does he want to move them by rail? Is the horse or wagon or both not travel ready?


Nuclear operator Bruce Power assured today that the abrupt dismissal of dozens of contract workers at its nuclear plant near Kincardine, Ont., had nothing to do with nuclear safety or station security.
The company said the workers, who were not direct employees of Bruce Power, were found to have violated its code of conduct through inappropriate use of computer equipment, including e-mail and Internet use.
Spokesman Ross Lamont would not confirm how many workers were affected, but said the action stems from an earlier internal investigation.
"None of the information that we're dealing with here is business-related. There are no trade secrets, and absolutely no impact on operations, on security, on safety. It was just inappropriate behaviour," said Lamont.
Lamont explained that a few isolated code violations triggered a larger investigation that included more widespread monitoring.
"Any significant company has some monitoring of their systems," he said. "We're not confirming numbers, but it's significant enough for it to be alarming."
Earlier reports suggested that as many as 100 workers had been turned away from the Bruce work site, and that the police had been notified.
Lamont, however, told the Star that there has been no interaction between Bruce Power and the police and that he's not aware of any suspected criminal activity related to the dismissals.
One fired worker who spoke to the Star on the condition of anonymity said his dismissal took him "completely by surprise."
"It's just bizarre," said the former employee who has worked at Bruce Power for more than 20 years.
He acknowledged that some employees had been reprimanded in the past and some even received three-day suspensions for inappropriate Internet use, but says he was never warned personally about his own Internet use.
When asked if he remembered reading the company's code of conduct pertaining to Internet use – which states all Internet use should be for company business only – the former employee said he did not.
Both the Power Workers' Union and the Society of Energy Professionals said none of their members were affected. A spokesman for the Canadian wing of the Building and Construction Trades Department, a group of 15 affiliate unions representing everyone from bricklayers to metals workers, declined comment.
"We're not going to get involved with this one," he said.
Privately owned Bruce Power operates a nuclear plant three hours northwest of Toronto that supplies up to 4,700 megawatts of power to Ontario's electricity system. The company is in the process of restarting two older reactors, a multibillion-dollar project that will contribute another 1,500 megawatts to the provincial grid.


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Born Aug. 9 (22), 1912, in the village of Orekhovo, in present-day Volgograd Oblast. Soviet sculptor. People's Artist of the USSR (1963); member of the Academy of Arts of the USSR (1954). Became a member of the CPSU in 1963.
Kibal'nikov was the chairman of the governing board of the Moscow section of the Artists' Union of the RSFSR from 1963 to 1966. His works, which include monuments and portraits, are distinguished by psychological expressiveness. Kibal'nikov has done portraits of N. G. Chernyshevskii (bronze, 1948; State Prize of the USSR, 1949), J. V. Stalin (plaster of paris, 1950; State Prize of the USSR, 1951); V. V. Mayakovsky (bronze, 1954); and P. M. Tret'iakov (marble, 1962)—all are in the Tret'iakov Gallery. He created a monument to N. G. Chernyshevskii in Saratov (bronze and granite, unveiled in 1953), a monument to V. V. Mayakovsky in Moscow (bronze and granite, unveiled in 1958; Lenin Prize, 1959), and the memorial complex Brest Hero-fortress in Brest (with the sculptor A. O. Bembel' and others, the architect V. A. Korol' and others; concrete, stone, and metal; unveiled in 1971). Kibal'nikov has been awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor and several medals.
Tupitsyn, I. Kibal'nikov. Moscow, 1958.


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Capture Carbon in Concrete Made With CO2
Researchers vying for a $7.5 million Carbon XPrize will demonstrate their system in Wyoming
Maria Gallucci
Pre-cured blocks of carbon-sopping concrete coming off production line
Photo: UCLA/CO2Concrete
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On a vast grassy field in northern Wyoming, a coal-fired power plant will soon do more than generate electricity. The hulking facility will also create construction materials by supplying scientists with carbon dioxide from its exhaust stream.
A team from the University of California, Los Angeles, has developed a system that transforms "waste CO2" into gray blocks of concrete. In March, the researchers will relocate to the Wyoming Integrated Test Center, part of the Dry Fork power plant near the town of Gillette. During a three-month demonstration, the UCLA team plans to siphon half a ton of CO2 per day from the plant's flue gas and produce 10 tons of concrete daily.
"We're building a first-of-a-kind system that will show how to do this at scale," said Gaurav Sant, a civil engineering professor who leads the team.
Carbon Upcycling UCLA is one of 10 teams competing in the final round of the NRG COSIA Carbon XPrize. The global competition aims to develop breakthrough technologies for converting carbon emissions into valuable products. Four more finalists are demonstrating projects in Wyoming, including CarbonCure, a Canadian startup making greener concrete, and Carbon Capture Machine, a Scottish venture focused on building materials. (Five other teams are competing at a natural gas plant in Alberta, Canada.)
Worldwide, hundreds of companies and research groups are working to keep CO2 out of the atmosphere and store it someplace else—including in deep geologic formations, soils, soda bubbles, and concrete blocks. By making waste CO2 into something marketable, entrepreneurs can begin raising revenues needed to scale their technologies, said Giana Amador, managing director of Carbon180, a nonprofit based in Oakland, California.
The potential global market for waste-CO2 products could be $5.9 trillion a year, of which $1.3 trillion includes cements, concretes, asphalts, and aggregates, according to Carbon180 [PDF]. Amador noted the constant and growing worldwide demand for building materials, and a rising movement within U.S. states and other countries to reduce construction-related emissions.
Cement, a key ingredient in concrete, has a particularly big footprint. It's made by heating limestone with other materials, and the resulting chemical reactions can produce significant CO2 emissions. Scorching, energy-intensive kilns add even more. The world produces 4 billion tons of cement every year, and as a result, the industry generates about 8 percent of global CO2 emissions, according to think tank Chatham House.
A concrete block made using UCLA's carbon-to-concrete system. Photo: UCLA/CO2Concrete
The cement industry is one that's really difficult to decarbonize, and we don't have a lot of cost-effective solutions today," Amador said. Carbon "utilization" projects, she added, can start to fill that gap.
The UCLA initiative began about six years ago, as researchers contemplated the chemistry of Hadrian's Wall—the nearly 1,900-year-old Roman structure in northern England. Masons built the wall by mixing calcium oxide with water, then letting it absorb CO2 from the atmosphere. The resulting reactions produced calcium carbonate, or limestone. But that cementation process can take years or decades to complete, an unimaginably long wait by today's standards. "We wanted to know, 'How do you make these reactions go faster?'" Sant recalled.
The answer was portlandite, or calcium hydroxide. The compound is combined with aggregates and other ingredients to create the initial building element. That element then goes into a reactor, where it comes in contact with the flue gas coming directly out of a power plant's smokestack. The resulting carbonation reaction forms a solid building component akin to concrete.
Sant likened the process to baking cookies. By tinkering with the ingredients, curing temperatures, and the flow of CO2, they found a way to, essentially, transform the wet dough into baked goods. "You stick it in a convection oven, and when they come out they're ready to eat. This is exactly the same," he said.
Carbon Upcycling UCLA takes carbon dioxide directly from a coal plant's exhaust stream and transforms it into concrete building blocks. Illustration: UCLA/CO2Concrete
The UCLA system is unique among green concrete technologies because it doesn't require the expensive step of capturing and purifying CO2 emissions from power plants. Sant said his team's approach is the only one so far that directly uses the flue gas stream. The group has formed a company, CO2Concrete, to commercialize their technology with construction companies and other industrial partners.
After Wyoming, Sant and colleagues will dismantle the system and haul it to Wilsonville, Alabama. Starting in July, they'll repeat the three-month pilot at the National Carbon Capture Center, a research facility sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy.
The UCLA team will learn in September if they've won a $7.5 million Carbon XPrize, though Sant said he's not fretting about the outcome. "Winning is great, but what we're really focused on is making a difference and [achieving] commercialization," he said.
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Harry Solomon 09 Sep, 2021
Follow-up: The company rebranded as CarbonBuilt (https://www.carbonbuilt.com/), and they did win the Carbon XPrize.
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Smart image analysis algorithms, fed by cameras carried by drones and ground vehicles, can help power companies prevent forest fires
Vikhyat Chaudhry
The 2021 Dixie Fire in northern California is suspected of being caused by Pacific Gas & Electric's equipment. The fire is the second-largest in California history.
The 2020 fire season in the United States was the worst in at least 70 years, with some 4 million hectares burned on the west coast alone. These West Coast fires killed at least 37 people, destroyed hundreds of structures, caused nearly US $20 billion in damage, and filled the air with smoke that threatened the health of millions of people. And this was on top of a 2018 fire season that burned more than 700,000 hectares of land in California, and a 2019-to-2020 wildfire season in Australia that torched nearly 18 million hectares.
While some of these fires started from human carelessness—or arson—far too many were sparked and spread by the electrical power infrastructure and power lines. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) calculates that nearly 100,000 burned hectares of those 2018 California fires were the fault of the electric power infrastructure, including the devastating Camp Fire, which wiped out most of the town of Paradise. And in July of this year, Pacific Gas & Electric indicated that blown fuses on one of its utility poles may have sparked the Dixie Fire, which burned nearly 400,000 hectares.
Until these recent disasters, most people, even those living in vulnerable areas, didn't give much thought to the fire risk from the electrical infrastructure. Power companies trim trees and inspect lines on a regular—if not particularly frequent—basis.
However, the frequency of these inspections has changed little over the years, even though climate change is causing drier and hotter weather conditions that lead up to more intense wildfires. In addition, many key electrical components are beyond their shelf lives, including insulators, transformers, arrestors, and splices that are more than 40 years old. Many transmission towers, most built for a 40-year lifespan, are entering their final decade.
The way the inspections are done has changed little as well.
Historically, checking the condition of electrical infrastructure has been the responsibility of men walking the line. When they're lucky and there's an access road, line workers use bucket trucks. But when electrical structures are in a backyard easement, on the side of a mountain, or otherwise out of reach for a mechanical lift, line workers still must belt-up their tools and start climbing. In remote areas, helicopters carry inspectors with cameras with optical zooms that let them inspect power lines from a distance. These long-range inspections can cover more ground but can't really replace a closer look.
Recently, power utilities have started using drones to capture more information more frequently about their power lines and infrastructure. In addition to zoom lenses, some are adding thermal sensors and lidar onto the drones.
Thermal sensors pick up excess heat from electrical components like insulators, conductors, and transformers. If ignored, these electrical components can spark or, even worse, explode. Lidar can help with vegetation management, scanning the area around a line and gathering data that software later uses to create a 3-D model of the area. The model allows power system managers to determine the exact distance of vegetation from power lines. That's important because when tree branches come too close to power lines they can cause shorting or catch a spark from other malfunctioning electrical components.
AI-based algorithms can spot areas in which vegetation encroaches on power lines, processing tens of thousands of aerial images in days.Buzz Solutions
Bringing any technology into the mix that allows more frequent and better inspections is good news. And it means that, using state-of-the-art as well as traditional monitoring tools, major utilities are now capturing more than a million images of their grid infrastructure and the environment around it every year.
AI isn't just good for analyzing images. It can predict the future by looking at patterns in data over time.
Now for the bad news. When all this visual data comes back to the utility data centers, field technicians, engineers, and linemen spend months analyzing it—as much as six to eight months per inspection cycle. That takes them away from their jobs of doing maintenance in the field. And it's just too long: By the time it's analyzed, the data is outdated.
It's time for AI to step in. And it has begun to do so. AI and machine learning have begun to be deployed to detect faults and breakages in power lines.
Multiple power utilities, including Xcel Energy and Florida Power and Light, are testing AI to detect problems with electrical components on both high- and low-voltage power lines. These power utilities are ramping up their drone inspection programs to increase the amount of data they collect (optical, thermal, and lidar), with the expectation that AI can make this data more immediately useful.
My organization, Buzz Solutions, is one of the companies providing these kinds of AI tools for the power industry today. But we want to do more than detect problems that have already occurred—we want to predict them before they happen. Imagine what a power company could do if it knew the location of equipment heading towards failure, allowing crews to get in and take preemptive maintenance measures, before a spark creates the next massive wildfire.
It's time to ask if an AI can be the modern version of the old Smokey Bear mascot of the United States Forest Service: preventing wildfires before they happen.
Damage to power line equipment due to overheating, corrosion, or other issues can spark a fire.Buzz Solutions
We started to build our systems using data gathered by government agencies, nonprofits like the Electrical Power Research Institute (EPRI), power utilities, and aerial inspection service providers that offer helicopter and drone surveillance for hire. Put together, this data set comprises thousands of images of electrical components on power lines, including insulators, conductors, connectors, hardware, poles, and towers. It also includes collections of images of damaged components, like broken insulators, corroded connectors, damaged conductors, rusted hardware structures, and cracked poles.
We worked with EPRI and power utilities to create guidelines and a taxonomy for labeling the image data. For instance, what exactly does a broken insulator or corroded connector look like? What does a good insulator look like?
We then had to unify the disparate data, the images taken from the air and from the ground using different kinds of camera sensors operating at different angles and resolutions and taken under a variety of lighting conditions. We increased the contrast and brightness of some images to try to bring them into a cohesive range, we standardized image resolutions, and we created sets of images of the same object taken from different angles. We also had to tune our algorithms to focus on the object of interest in each image, like an insulator, rather than consider the entire image. We used machine learning algorithms running on an artificial neural network for most of these adjustments.
Today, our AI algorithms can recognize damage or faults involving insulators, connectors, dampers, poles, cross-arms, and other structures, and highlight the problem areas for in-person maintenance. For instance, it can detect what we call flashed-over insulators—damage due to overheating caused by excessive electrical discharge. It can also spot the fraying of conductors (something also caused by overheated lines), corroded connectors, damage to wooden poles and crossarms, and many more issues.
Developing algorithms for analyzing power system equipment required determining what exactly damaged components look like from a variety of angles under disparate lighting conditions. Here, the software flags problems with equipment used to reduce vibration caused by winds.Buzz Solutions
But one of the most important issues, especially in California, is for our AI to recognize where and when vegetation is growing too close to high-voltage power lines, particularly in combination with faulty components, a dangerous combination in fire country.
Today, our system can go through tens of thousands of images and spot issues in a matter of hours and days, compared with months for manual analysis. This is a huge help for utilities trying to maintain the power infrastructure.
But AI isn't just good for analyzing images. It can predict the future by looking at patterns in data over time. AI already does that to predict weather conditions, the growth of companies, and the likelihood of onset of diseases, to name just a few examples.
We believe that AI will be able to provide similar predictive tools for power utilities, anticipating faults, and flagging areas where these faults could potentially cause wildfires. We are developing a system to do so in cooperation with industry and utility partners.
We are using historical data from power line inspections combined with historical weather conditions for the relevant region and feeding it to our machine learning systems. We are asking our machine learning systems to find patterns relating to broken or damaged components, healthy components, and overgrown vegetation around lines, along with the weather conditions related to all of these, and to use the patterns to predict the future health of the power line or electrical components and vegetation growth around them.
Buzz Solutions
Buzz Solutions' PowerAI software analyzes images of the power infrastructure to spot current problems and predict future ones
Right now, our algorithms can predict six months into the future that, for example, there is a likelihood of five insulators getting damaged in a specific area, along with a high likelihood of vegetation overgrowth near the line at that time, that combined create a fire risk.
We are now using this predictive fault detection system in pilot programs with several major utilities—one in New York, one in the New England region, and one in Canada. Since we began our pilots in December of 2019, we have analyzed about 3,500 electrical towers. We detected, among some 19,000 healthy electrical components, 5,500 faulty ones that could have led to power outages or sparking. (We do not have data on repairs or replacements made.)
Where do we go from here? To move beyond these pilots and deploy predictive AI more widely, we will need a huge amount of data, collected over time and across various geographies. This requires working with multiple power companies, collaborating with their inspection, maintenance, and vegetation management teams. Major power utilities in the United States have the budgets and the resources to collect data at such a massive scale with drone and aviation-based inspection programs. But smaller utilities are also becoming able to collect more data as the cost of drones drops. Making tools like ours broadly useful will require collaboration between the big and the small utilities, as well as the drone and sensor technology providers.
Fast forward to October 2025. It's not hard to imagine the western U.S facing another hot, dry, and extremely dangerous fire season, during which a small spark could lead to a giant disaster. People who live in fire country are taking care to avoid any activity that could start a fire. But these days, they are far less worried about the risks from their electric grid, because, months ago, utility workers came through, repairing and replacing faulty insulators, transformers, and other electrical components and trimming back trees, even those that had yet to reach power lines. Some asked the workers why all the activity. "Oh," they were told, "our AI systems suggest that this transformer, right next to this tree, might spark in the fall, and we don't want that to happen."
Indeed, we certainly don't.
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Home / Shows / Shocker! Manu Punjabi And Swami Om Exit Bigg Boss!
Shocker! Manu Punjabi And Swami Om Exit Bigg Boss!
By asavvari on 4th December 2016
Bigg Boss is one of the most controversial shows on Indian television, and naturally so is every season of the show and the contestants participating in it. The latest buzz is that two of the most controversial contestants of the current season – Manu Punjabi and Swami Om Ji have made a shocking unexpected exit from the Bigg Boss house.
However, it has been reported that both the contestants have left the Bigg Boss house due to personal reasons and have not been eliminated. Their exit will be telecasted soon.
If reports are to be believed, Manu Punjabi's mother passed away quite unexpectedly and hence he had to make a hasty exit from the house. Manu had not been informed of his mother's death when he was told to exit by Bigg Boss.
On the other hand, Swami Om Ji had been issued a non-bailable warrant and summoned by the Delhi HC. It is to be noted that Swami Om has many pending cases filed against him. He has been charged in cases of theft, trespassing, illegal possession of arms and of blackmailing women with obscene pictures. December 3 was the date fixed for hearing and Bigg Boss makers had no choice but to comply by the orders and release Swami Om out from the house.
However, fans of the show need not fret! Both Manu and Swami Om will return back to the house after taking care of their urgent matters outside. If reports are to be believed, Manu's fiancee Priya Saini has confirmed that he will be returning to the house after completing his mother's last rites.
In the last season of Bigg Boss, contestant Keith Sequiera had to exit midway when his brother passed away unexpectedly. In a previous season Karishma Kotak had to make a hasty retreat as her father breathed his last outside.
We are sure fans of both Manu and Swami Om are eagerly waiting for their return and to spice things up further in the house.
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Making Sense of Complex Controls
Car designers have recognized the challenge of keeping vehicles' controls up to date in an era when technology evolves far more quickly than automakers can move.
LOOK inside the 2011 Ford Fiesta and you will see dashboard controls that have been modeled after the keypad of a cellphone. In some ways, that makes perfect sense: Ford's market research suggested that young buyers were more attached to their mobile phones than to their means of mobility.
But by the time the new Fiesta arrived in American showrooms this summer, the phone that Ford had chosen as its model looked old-fashioned alongside the latest Apple iPhones and Motorola Droids — and so did the dashboard controls.
Those outdated buttons are a glaring reminder that mobile electronics evolve much faster than automobiles. In fact, Ford had already recognized the challenge of keeping its vehicles' controls and instruments up to date and in 2006 began to address the situation.
Ford's goal in establishing a set of design principles for automotive interfaces that would be consistently applied to all models was to improve what it called the cabin experience. The program was given the internal code name HAL.
The company sought advice from Ideo, the design consultancy known for developing the original Apple computer mouse and shaping interfaces for Palm and other high-tech companies. Ideo's co-founder, Bill Moggridge, now the director of the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York City, was one of the early prophets of what he called interaction design.
The guidelines that resulted from the program, a sort of universal logic for all the cars' switches and systems, helped shape the dashboard controls in the redesigned Ford Edge and Explorer. The standards will apply to future Ford models around the world.
"We wanted to get outside the bubble," said Jennifer Brace, a user interface design engineer at Ford. "We wanted an instruction-by-instruction DNA for vehicle interiors."
Ideo said that its methods were built on research and making prototypes for fast feedback. Its work began with interviews of a broad cross section of people — not just seasoned drivers, but also airplane pilots and A.T.M. users. This is called ethnographic research; similar work from Ideo helped in the development of the SmartGauge in the Ford Fusion Hybrid, a display of green leaves that coaches drivers to drive more efficiently.
"We found we learned the most not from the average driver, but from the extreme cases," said Iain Roberts, head of the interface group in Ideo's Chicago office, who led the team working with Ford. "We want to get to the ends of the bell curve."
Stepping beyond the focus groups and drivers that Ford had traditionally used for research, Ideo went to raw novices. Some teenagers, Ms. Brace said, had no idea what the tachometer was or why it was there. Getting rid of the tachometer had not been seriously considered by Ford.
Ideo also went to extreme experts, Mr. Roberts said. One was a member of an Internet forum of audio tinkerers pioneering the use of the MP3 format music in cars. These users had addressed many of the interface issues that concerned Ford, developing their own ways to combine audio, video and other entertainment streams.
"About six users represented 80 percent of the problems," Mr. Roberts said. "They were early adopters of technology who put 15-inch screens on the console and huge disk drives in the trunk."
New ideas were tested on drivers. Ideo teams quickly mocked up ideas, often using little more than sticky notes, cardboard and modeling clay.
For this project, a PlayStation 2 game console and a dashboard from an older Ford Edge were pressed into service, Ms. Brace said. For a driving simulator, the group used a projector showing the video game Gran Turismo 3. The controls — pedals and steering wheel — were worked up from controllers intended for racing video games.
The rules for design drawn from the research were so fundamental as to border on cliché: Be attentive. Be approachable. Be clear. Be connected.
But from these arose useful specifics: Just because you can doesn't mean you should.
"When you have an eight-inch touch screen, you think of all the things you can do," Mr. Roberts said. "But then you remember that people have to drive while doing it."
Drawing cautionary lessons from the needlessly complex interfaces of competitors' vehicles, the development team created guiding statements: To disappoint is worse than never making the promise. And: Unmet expectations negatively impact people's perceptions.
Also important, according to Ms. Brace, was the idea that tried and true does exist. "Some conventions are worth respecting and don't need to be reinvented," she said.
For example, rather than develop a proprietary controller like the multifunction knob of BMW's iDrive, Ford chose familiar input devices similar to those of TV remote controls and iPods.
One is the five-point controller — four directional arrows with a central button — on the steering wheel. Used on many electronic gadgets, it had roots in the points of the compass. Five-point controllers on the steering wheel are easily operated with the thumb, which lets drivers keep their eyes on the road.
A central eight-inch screen is organized around four corners and four colors: yellow-orange for the phone, green for navigation, blue for climate control and red for entertainment. There are, mercifully, large knobs for volume and fan speed.
The design that grew from the team's work was simple. Information and controls for the car are on a screen to the left of the speedometer, while those for the driver (including the climate control, audio system and navigation unit) are on the right.
The system is intended to be flexible for the designers. The Mustang version could look sportier, while the Lincoln version, offered on the 2011 MKX, included sliders, a presumably more elegant and upmarket mode of touch control.
Part of the idea of the DNA is to make customers loyal to Ford. Given its partnerships with Sony and Microsoft, it is no surprise that Ford does not offer dedicated connections for Apple's iPhone or iPod.
While Ford has received more attention for the voice recognition features of Sync, the automotive software developed jointly with Microsoft, its comprehensive redesign of the tactile controls is likely to have at least as much importance for drivers. The touch screen and the steering wheel buttons are now plausible alternatives to the voice controls.


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Ronald Álex Gamarra Herrera is a Peruvian politician and lawyer specializing in human right issues. During 2008 to 2010, Gamarra was Executive Secretary of the Coordinadora Nacional de Derechos Humanos (National Coordinator for Human Rights of Peru) and one of the lawyers representing the civil parties -the families of the Barrios Altos and La Cantuta victims- in the proceedings against former president Alberto Fujimori. Between 2001 and 2004, he served as Ad Hoc Deputy Attorney General for corruption cases and human rights violations attributed to Fujimori and his principal adviser, Vladimiro Montesinos. Gamarra also participated in the process of extraditing the former president back to Peru from Chile. From 1988 to 2000, he directed the Justice Program at the Instituto de Defensa Legal (Legal Defense Institute). Gamarra Herrera writes a weekly column in the Lima daily La República and teaches at Universidad Mayor de San Marcos.

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Bad Customer Service, Standpoint
Media-Unfriendly Hospitals
It is not to justify colleagues in media. Admittedly, some members of the press are lacking some discipline but it doesn't mean all are the same.
Prominent government officials and celebrities who are being hospitalized, are of course, newsworthy for media people. Reporters may tried to ignore it but since public figures are involve, they have no choice but to cover it.
I started covering hospitals or I can call it as "hospital beat" when the former President Gloria Arroyo were confined at St. Luke's Medical Center- Global in Taguig City. Then followed by the coverage at The Medical City because the impeached Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona was also stayed there for several days.
Now, the medical condition of Philippine Comedy King Dolphy Quizon is being monitored by the media at the Makati Medical Center.
There are big differences between the three big hospitals when it comes to treating media. St. Luke's maybe strict but they provided area for the covering press members, and the doctors of Arroyo give regular updates. And so, the media are contented with that kind of more organized and win-win set-up.
Worst are The Medical City and Makati Medical Center. Almost treating media as suspected criminals with their huge number of security guards preventing the reporters, cameramen and photographers to at least come nearer to the main entrance. They not even allowed reporters to go to the restroom inside the building? How the guards pushed away media into the street are uncalled for? It was like a long waiting game without the assurance that someone would talk to the media for updates.
Media entities would understand the dilemma and concerns of the hospitals, they did not want to scare or give inconveniences to other patients and visitors. But can they set-up a system to accommodate media coverage, especially that having prominent patients on their hospital is inevitable?
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The College of Engineering at UCSB is noted for its excellence in teaching, research, and service to the community. The college has an enrollment of approximately 1,550 undergraduate students and 800 graduate students with a full-time, permanent faculty of 143. This results in an excellent student to faculty ratio and a strong sense of community in the college.
Our laboratory facilities, both departmental and in our research centers, are state-of-the-art, and most are available to undergraduate as well as graduate students. UCSB has an unusually high proportion of undergraduates who are actively involved in faculty-directed research and independent study projects. The college offers the bachelor of science degree in five disciplines: chemical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, and mechanical engineering. Graduate degree programs are available in: chemical engineering, computer science, electrical and computer engineering, materials, mechanical engineering, and technology management. The undergraduate programs in chemical, computer, electrical, and mechanical engineering are accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, http://www.abet.org. The computer science bachelor of science program is accredited by the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET, http://www.abet.org.
The curriculum for the bachelor of science degree is designed to be completed in four years. Completion of the four-year program provides students with the background to begin professional careers or to enter graduate programs in engineering or computer science, or professional schools of business, medicine, or law. Our curricula are specifically planned to retain both of these options and to assure that our graduates are equally well prepared to enter industry and graduate study. The college and the university offer a wide variety of career counseling and job placement services.
The Office of Undergraduate Studies in Harold Frank Hall, Room 1006, provides academic advising for all undergraduates in the college. Faculty and academic advisors for the individual majors are also provided by the respective departments. The College of Engineering General Engineering Academic Requirements (GEAR), which contains detailed information about the various programs and schedules, is published yearly and is available on the web at: engineering.ucsb.edu/undergraduate/academic-advising/gear-publications.
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\section{Héritage (4 points)}

Après de longues négociations, il a été convenu que Léa héritera de deux quinzièmes de la fortune de son oncle du bout du monde ; Florian, d'un cinquième de cette fortune ; Jean et Justine se partageront équitablement le reste.

\begin{questions}
	\question[2] Quel part de l'héritage sera partagée entre Léa et Florian ?
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		\begin{eqnarray*}
			\dfrac{2}{15} + \dfrac{1}{5} &=& \dfrac{2}{15} + \dfrac{1 \times 3}{5 \times 3} \\
			\dfrac{2}{15} + \dfrac{1}{5} &=& \dfrac{2 + 3}{15} \\
			\dfrac{2}{15} + \dfrac{1}{5} &=& \dfrac{5}{15} \\
			\dfrac{2}{15} + \dfrac{1}{5} &=& \dfrac{1}{3} \\
		\end{eqnarray*}

	A eux deux ils se partagent $\frac{1}{3}$ de l'héritage.
	\end{solution}

	\question[2] Quelles seront les parts respectives de Jean et Justine ?

	\begin{solution}
		Jean et Justine se partageront $\frac{2}{3}$ de l'héritage, ils auront donc $\frac{1}{3}$ chacun.
	\end{solution}
\end{questions}

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