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Insider: Colts add offensive pizzazz on Day 3 of draft after building up lines
Nyheim Hines, Daurice Fountain, Jordan Wilkins and Deon Cain will add speed to the Colts' offense
Insider: Colts add offensive pizzazz on Day 3 of draft after building up lines Nyheim Hines, Daurice Fountain, Jordan Wilkins and Deon Cain will add speed to the Colts' offense Check out this story on IndyStar.com: https://indy.st/2FtEI6Q
Stephen Holder, stephen.holder@indystar.com Published 9:30 p.m. ET April 28, 2018 | Updated 9:44 p.m. ET April 28, 2018
Insiders Stephen Holder and Zak Keefer wrap up the final day of the Colts draft. Clark Wade/IndyStar
Indianapolis Colts general manager Chris Ballard speaks with media after a press conference introducing Frank Reich as the new head coach of the Indianapolis Colts, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018.(Photo: Jenna Watson/IndyStar)
INDIANAPOLIS – After months of endless preparation, weeks of meetings that last entire afternoons and three days of strategy, we can say the following about the Indianapolis Colts:
They are tougher. And they are more explosive.
Those were two of this team's stated objectives heading into the 2018 NFL Draft. And, at least for now, it appears they accomplished their goals. We'll have more to base that analysis on later, once the team's 11 draft picks actually have a chance to perform.
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The Indianapolis Colts general manager Chris Ballard recaps the team's picks. Clark Wade/IndyStar
But, for the time being, just know this: A team whose general manager admits it got bullied in the trenches last season doubled down on the trenches the first two nights of this draft. Then, on Saturday, the Colts used Rounds 4 through 7 to add some offensive pizzazz, with two running backs and two wide receivers who all have immediate opportunities to contribute.
Guys like Quenton Nelson, Darius Leonard, Braden Smith, Kemoko Turay and Tyquan Lewis – all picked within the first two rounds – make the Colts tougher.
And guys like Nyheim Hines, Daurice Fountain, Jordan Wilkins and Deon Cain make them faster.
That's the Colts today, a tougher, more explosive football team.
Just like the Colts changed the complexion of their offensive and defensive lines in the first two rounds, they used the latter rounds alter the look of their wide-receiver and running-back units.
Mar 2, 2018; Indianapolis, IN, USA; North Carolina State Wolfpack running back Nyheim Hines runs the 40 yard dash during the 2018 NFL Combine at Lucas Oil Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brian Spurlock-USA TODAY Sports (Photo: Brian Spurlock, Brian Spurlock-USA TODAY Sports)
They came away with a nice haul, headlined by Hines, a player with the fastest 40-yard dash time at this year's NFL Scouting Combine. Hines, picked from North Carolina State with the fourth pick in the fourth round (No. 104 overall), brings with him a very unique skill set that should enable him to be a factor in the offense as both a runner and receiver.
Hines played two years of receiver in college then moved to the backfield after a logjam there cleared prior to his third season. Hines said multiple teams discussed drafting him and making him a permanent slot receiver. That's a strong indication he'll play both running back and slot receiver in Indianapolis, according to coach Frank Reich. Hines isn't exactly a complementary player to second-year back Marlon Mack – who is also something of a scatback – but, together, the two have a chance to do some creative things in Reich's inventive offense.
"I look forward to going out there in the slot and being that mismatch guy like Darren Sproles and Alvin Kamara and Christian McCaffery," Hines said. "Those are the players I'm similar to, so I'm excited to have a chance to do that in Indianapolis."
Coach Frank Reich said of Hines, "When a guy has elite speed like that, it's all about trying to get him the ball in space, on the move."
The Indianapolis Colts grab running back Nyheim Hines from N.C. State in the 4th round. Clark Wade/IndyStar
At pick No. 159, the Colts added Fountain, a receiver from Northern Iowa who won Offensive MVP of the East-West Shrine all-star game. He, like Hines, is a special-teams contributor. The Colts added running back Wilkins from Mississippi with the 169th overall pick, an elusive but sizable runner at 6-1 and 216 pounds.
General Manager Chris Ballard, a longtime Chicago Bears scout, likened his running style to former Bears great Matt Forte.
The Colts don't have anyone who has the look of a certified starting running back, but that's not an issue as far as Reich is concerned.
"I'm very comfortable with the running back-by-committee," Reich said. "I'm very comfortable with (competition)."
Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay says he's happy with the draft. Clark Wade/IndyStar
But one of the day's biggest stories for the Colts came in the sixth round, when they selected Clemson wide receiver Cain at No. 185. Cain is a productive prospect from a top-tier program who inexplicably lingered on the board until the second-to-last round.
A reported failed drug test in 2015 led to a suspension that certainly would have caused concern, but some analysts had Cain pegged to go as early as the second round.
"It was a shocker, but hey, it's always a blessing to get my name called," Cain said. "It feels like I'm the first pick in the first round at this moment. It can't change my spirit right now."
Cain is certainly not the first player to fail a drug test, so it didn't necessarily explain his precipitous fall.
"I was hearing things like off the field issues and things like that," he said. "But I'm still a growing player and growing person. Everybody makes mistakes. I learned from all my mistakes that I encountered in college and as a young man I am still growing. I'm ready to get around my teammates and guys like that so that they can mold me into a better person and a better player, too."
Whatever the case, the Colts are getting an intriguing prospect. His production dipped in his final season, but he was a consistent playmaker when teamed with former Tigers quarterback Deshaun Watson.
With their final two picks – the Colts acquired two additional selections through trades, including one that sent Henry Anderson to the Jets – the Colts added linebacker depth with Matthew Adams of Houston and Zaire Franklin of Syracuse.
Follow Colts insider Stephen Holder on Twitter @HolderStephen.
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Techman Robot TM12 Debutes at Hannover Messe
At Hannover Messe, the world's largest industrial exhibitionis this year's lead theme was "Integrated Industry – Connect & Collaborate". Collaborative robots will lead the intelligent supply chain and emphasize the interoperability of Industry 4.0, which will revolutionize current business models. The world's most intelligent robot, Techman Robot, is riding the crest of the automation wave sweeping the world. The new TM12 Series of high-payload robots made its debut at the Hannover Messe in Germany.
Global Debut for TM12: Large Load Capacity Upgrade
The built-in vision of the Techman Robot makes it suitable for various industrial applications such as uploading and offloading materials. To satisfy the needs of more industries, Techman Robot will be launching a new high-load robot, the TM12 Series that offers greater payload capacities than any other robot with the same arm length currently on the market. With a payload of up to 12 kg, a working range of 1300 mm, and its M models matching high-performance mobile AGVs, this robot is the preferred choice for the semiconductor industry.
TM dual-system enables highly versatile assembly
The Techman Robot features built-in vision recognition, using exclusive precision positioning and coordinated adjustment capabilities patented by TM Landmark. This robot arm has overcome positioning constraints and can freely move around to perform a wide variety of tasks. Even more astoundingly, it enables perfect matching with vision recognition systems to perform tasks requiring dual-machine or multi-machine arm coordination, which makes it flexibly applicable to different industrial processes. In addition, through the TM Plug and Play feature developed and certified by Techman, this robot can connect with grippers from major brands (such as SCHUNK) to perform precise assembly, move trays, and perform other customized motions. Dual-machine or even multi-machine collaboration significantly reduces the need for fixtures, offers great application freedom, and shortens production time. Techman Robot can work independently or together with multiple machines. These versatile robots save costs and raise efficiency, and they also open the gates toward an ever more versatile automation future.
Collaborative robot safety model
The definition of collaborative robots is: Robots that are able to work together with humans on the production line to improve efficiency and all the while meeting safety norms. At at the exhibition, visitors when visitors entered the hazard area, an optical raster automatically detected foreign objects, and the robot slowed down to a safe speed to keep users and visitors safe. Conversely, when the robot exceeds the set safety range, it will also slow down to protect the safety of its human colleagues.
TM Manager for an efficient and smart factory
Techman Robot also offered on-site demonstrations of instant factory connectivity through the TM Manager system. This system can connect and monitor equipment signals and IT databases for communication, supervision, and control. It is also able to find incident patterns in historical data and use big data analysis to predict failures, raise production capacity, and reduce maintenance costs to build the efficient and smart factories of the future where robots and humans work side by side.
Taiwan's leader in smart machinery
Techman Robot is Taiwan's first and only company to launch new smart collaborative robots. From R&D to production and marketing, the Techman Robot brand covers it all in-house. Within the short time frame since its launch, Techman has won domestic and international awards such as Taiwan Excellence, and the iF product design award and also the Reddot design award from Germany. At this year's Hannover Messe, Techman Robot was representing Taiwan's smart machinery at the Taiwanese Pavillion. At a press conference, Techman Robot COO Scott Huang demonstrated how the programming for visual recognition and pick-and-place for this robot takes less than three minutes (which typically takes 1-3 weeks). Mr. Huang says: "The Techman Robot is smart, simple, and safe. It has built-in vision which reduces the cost of fixtures and reduces delay time, it can also self-coordinate and adjust its positioning. It is ready for the "high variety", "high velocity" requirements of Industry 4.0 and will revolutionize the versatile automation of a wide range of industries.
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Losing weight can be a daunting task for people of all ages. In order to lose weight, you must create a calorie deficit either by changing your diet, adding an exercise program or both. Below is an overview of how adding muscle for weight loss can help you reduce your body weight and maintain it.
Larger people have a higher metabolic rate because it takes more calories to move higher body weights than lower ones.
Women typically have a higher body fat percentage and less muscle than men, which means they burn fewer calories.
Your body's metabolic rate accounts for approximately 75 percent of the calories burned each day. The two other factors that affect your metabolic rate are the foods you eat and the type of physical activity you get each day. This is why lifting weights to lose weight is effective. When you add muscle, it causes your body to burn more calories during the day which means you will lose weight over time.
You can use exercise to change your metabolism in a way that may help you lose weight and keep it off. Strength training is one way to add muscle for weight loss that most everyone can do, as long as you workout within your limits. When you are lifting weights to lose weight, you burn more calories than with diet and cardiovascular exercise alone. If you do nothing but cardiovascular exercise and reduce your calories, you may weigh less but you will not have the appearance of a strong, fit body. Strength training is the best way to add muscle for weight loss and achieve the look of heath.
When it comes to lifting weights to lose weight, most people get the most dramatic result by lifting heavy. This means you should use enough weight to make the set hard to complete. However, that does not mean the weight should be so heavy you become injured. You will need to do some trial and error to find a starting weight you can lift and increase it as your level of fitness rises. Cardiovascular exercise such as running, swimming or walking should also be included 3 or 4 days a week. Not only does it get your metabolism buzzing, it strengthens your heart.
Healthy whole grains include whole grain bread, wheat pasta, whole grain cereal and quinoa. Most experts recommend cutting out the refined sugars in white rice, pasta and white bread for best results.
Complex carbohydrates such as sweet potatoes, brown rice and whole wheat pasta are recommended for energy while you are working out to lose weight.
While many people are afraid of fat, eating healthy fats in moderation can help you lose weight. Some good examples of healthy fats include avocado, nuts and extra virgin olive oil.
Protein is the building block of muscle, so you should be eating around 1 gram of protein for every pound you weigh. Lean protein includes lean cuts of beef, fish, chicken and turkey. Beans and lentils are high in fiber and protein, making them a good choice for vegetarians.
Vegetables have a place in any healthy diet. Since they are low in calories, you can eat your fill without worrying about how they will affect your weight. Try combinations of brightly colored vegetables in red, green and yellow for variety. While fruit is healthy, you must eat it in moderation because it contains sugar. Even natural sugar can stall weight loss if you are eating too much of it.
Adding muscle for weight loss is a great way to achieve your ideal body weight. While there is no short-cut to a lean, healthy body lifting weights will help you accomplish your goals when you also include a healthy diet.


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Diego Rodríguez Porcelos (governed 873 – c. 885), was the second Count of Castile, succeeding his father Rodrigo. He did not govern Álava, however, as his father had done, since this responsibility fell on Count Vela Jiménez. Between 882 and 884 and under the mandate of King Alfonso III of Asturias, he was in charge of the repoblación of Burgos and Ubierna.

Shortly before 882, he built a castle in Pancorbo from where he confronted a large Arab army trying to annex the valley of the Ebro in two different military campaigns in 882 and 883. He also created a defensive line along the river Arlanzón, and in 884 founded an outpost that would develop into the city of Burgos. It also appears he restored the episcopal see of Oca (ancient Auca).

His date and place of death are not agreed upon by the chronicles, though 885 is most probable as recorded in the Chronica Naierensis which states that Didacus comes...et interfectus est in Cornuta era DCCCCXXIII, secundo kalendas febroarii, that is, that he was killed in Cornudilla on 31 January, and most likely, in a battle against the Muslim troops faithful to the Banu Qasi.  Nevertheless, other historians, such as Justo Pérez de Urbel give 890 as his decease date. His body, however, was supposedly buried in the hermitage of San Felices de Oca (nowadays Villafranca Montes de Oca). After his death, Castile was divided by his successors into many counties until 932.

Descendants
The name of the mother of his children, who were probably very young when he died, is not known. These were:
 Gómez Díaz, who should not be confused with his namesake, Gómez Díaz count in Saldaña, appears in 932 as the alférez of Count Fernán González whose eldest son, Gonzalo Fernández, married Fronilde Gómez, possibly a daughter of this Gómez Díaz.
 Gonzalo Díaz, who appears on 3 February 921 with his wife María at the Monastery of San Pedro de Cardeña donating some watermills at the Arlanzón River and declaring that he was the son of Count Diego (Gundessalbus, Didaci comite filius).
 Fernando Díaz, count in Lantarón and Cerezo.

Monuments in his memory

In a roundabout near the Museum of Human Evolution in Burgos, there is an equestrian statue in his honour, made in 1983 by sculptor Juan de Ávalos. He is also depicted in a sixteenth century statue in the Arco de Santa María, in the same city.

References

Bibliography

885 deaths
Counts of Spain
9th-century births
9th-century Asturian nobility
People of the Reconquista
Counts of Castile

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Democratic Senators Send Letter Urging Updates to Toy Gun Regulations
By Asher Stockler On 11/21/19 at 2:43 PM EST
U.S. Firearms Weapons Regulations
A trio of Democratic senators sent a letter Thursday to the acting chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) urging the agency to update rules governing the appearance of toy guns and nonlethal firearms, which can be mistaken by law enforcement for deadly weapons.
"It is past time for the Department to revise its toy and imitation gun regulations and for the CPSC to strengthen non-powder gun regulations," the letter says. "It is imperative that the CPSC find a path forward on updating" the standard for non-powder guns.
[Read the full letter below.]
The correspondence followed a June 10 letter that the senators—Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.)—had sent to the commission, an independent agency, and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross about the need to update decades-old regulations concerning toys guns and nonlethal firearms, such as BB guns.
At present, regulations require toy or imitation weapons to be outfitted with a blaze orange plug in the barrel, alternatively allowing for the toy to be brightly colored. Non-powder guns are not currently subject to mandatory regulations.
The June letter noted a litany of studies showing that the current minimal requirements for toy weapons are ineffective for law enforcement in distinguishing them from lethal weapons.
A 1989 study found that FBI recruits were unable to differentiate between fake weapons and actual firearms in real time and "shot" individuals brandishing toys 95 percent of the time in a National Institute of Justice simulation.
Furthermore, a 1990 report from the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics found that police officers thought orange markings were "ineffective," ridiculous" and "won't make any difference."
In 2014, Tamir Rice, 12, was killed in Cleveland after police officers responded to reports of a child brandishing a "probably" fake weapon. Rice, holding an airsoft gun, was shot dead by the officers after they arrived on scene. The officers claimed they thought the weapon was real, and a dispatcher apparently did not inform them the gun was likely a toy.
The CPSC's former acting chair responded to the June inquiry—which was led by Menendez's office—in September, noting that a standards-setting body, ASTM International, had attempted to update standards for non-powder weapons in January. The proposal, which would have called for bright green markings on the muzzle or barrel of such weapons, was voted down.
Menendez was chiefly concerned with implementing new, effective designs that would make it possible to distinguish each category of firearm—real, toy and non-powder.
Both Blumenthal and Markey sit on the key Senate Subcommittee on Manufacturing, Trade, and Consumer Protection, and Blumenthal serves as its ranking member.
Despite their nonhazardous function, toy and non-powder weapons have been involved in fatalities, according to a Washington Post database referenced by the initial letter. Around 166 people wielding toy weapons have been shot and killed by police since 2015, and 10 were children.
The letter noted what it described as a worrying trend among weapons makers that involves the introduction of firearm brands to children through product deals.
"As gun sales continue to fall, firearm manufacturers are looking for new and novel ways to target a younger demographic," the June letter said. "Licensing deals whereby firearm manufacturers allow their products to be reproduced as imitation guns are part of a broader strategy to market their products to children."
The Trace noted that licensing deals are "not uncommon" in the gun industry.
A 2016 report from the Violence Policy Center found that manufacturers were also turning to video games, another product aimed at children, as an avenue for marketing and brand awareness.
"In the competition for the recreation time of youth, video games are seen by the gun industry as both a threat to, and an opportunity for, marketing firearms to youth," the report says.
The CPSC said it would work with ASTM to address the issues raised in Menendez's initial letter, especially the proposal to update non-powder gun standards.
Airsoft rifles used for recreational sport are displayed on April 27 at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis. SETH HERALD/Getty
CPSC 2nd Toy Gun Letter (PDF)
CPSC 2nd Toy Gun Letter (Text)
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Justia › US Law › Case Law › Federal Courts › Courts of Appeals › Fifth Circuit › 1968 › Mississippi Valley Gas Company, Petitioner, v. Federal Power Commission, Respondent
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Mississippi Valley Gas Company, Petitioner, v. Federal Power Commission, Respondent, 398 F.2d 395 (5th Cir. 1968)
US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit - 398 F.2d 395 (5th Cir. 1968) July 16, 1968
John M. Kuykendall, Jr., Jackson, Miss., Peyton G. Bowman, III, Richard M. Merriman, Washington, D. C., Harry A. Poth, Jr., New York City, for petitioner.
Richard A. Solomon, Gen. Counsel, Peter H. Schiff, Solicitor, F. P. C., Washington, D. C., Bennett E. Smith, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., Bernard A. Foster, Jr., Washington, D. C., Anthony J. Davey, New York City, Martin N. Erck, Dillard W. Baker, Houston, Tex., for respondent.
Before TUTTLE and DYER, Circuit Judges, and MEHRTENS, District Judge.
DYER, Circuit Judge:
Urging that the Federal Power Commission's action in this case was arbitrary and capricious and constituted an abuse of discretion, Mississippi Valley Gas Company (Mississippi), a distributor of natural gas, by its petition for review1 challenges the issuance of a certificate of public convenience and necessity2 enabling Humble Gas Transmission Company (Humble), an interstate pipeline company supplying Mississippi, to sell gas directly to Diamond National Corporation (Diamond), a manufacturer located in Mississippi's area of service. We affirm.
Mississippi is exempt from FPC regulations under section 1(c) of the National Gas Act, 15 U.S.C.A. § 717(c),3 but its rates, services and facilities are regulated by the Mississippi Public Service Commission. Humble is a "natural gas company" under section 1(b) of the Act, 15 U.S.C.A. 717(b),4 and is subject to the FPC's jurisdiction.
Diamond, in contemplation of locating a plant in the south, held meetings with Mississippi and various officials and civic leaders of Natchez, which ultimately led Diamond to locate in that area.
Under paragraph 10 of the Humble tariff,5 Mississippi and other customers had to obtain Humble's approval for any industrial sale over 100 Mcf per month. Consequently, coincident with Mississippi's negotiations with Diamond to supply its gas requirements of well over the amount limited by paragraph 10 of Humble's tariff, Mississippi requested Humble's consent to make such a sale. Humble declined to give permission, claiming that it would not be economically feasible under the rate schedule in its tariff to sell the gas to Mississippi for resale to Diamond. Mississippi nevertheless continued negotiations with Diamond without informing Diamond of Humble's refusal. Subsequently, Humble began direct negotiations with Diamond but did not apprise Diamond that it had refused to sell to Mississippi. Both Humble and Mississippi submitted proposed contracts to Diamond. Ultimately Diamond accepted the Humble proposal because Diamond considered it more attractive both as to terms and firm price.
Humble filed its section 7 application6 with the FPC for a certificate of public convenience and necessity authorizing it to construct facilities needed to supply gas to Diamond. Mississippi, Diamond and the Public Service Commission of Mississippi intervened. Mississippi also filed a formal complaint alleging that paragraph 10 of Humble's tariff7 was unjust, unreasonable and unduly discriminatory or preferential under sections 4 and 5 of the Natural Gas Act, 15 U.S.C.A. §§ 717c, 717d. The FPC consolidated Humble's application and Mississippi's complaint. Both the hearing examiner and the FPC approved Humble's request to serve Diamond, but the FPC, unlike the examiner (who had held that paragraph 10 of the Humble tariff was not invalid but was "required and necessary to Humble in its present supply situation"), determined that the provision was unreasonable because it "does not give Humble the protection the provision is supposed to provide, yet it has the potential to thwart the public interest." Thereafter a new volumetric limitation, approved by the FPC, was substituted for paragraph 10.
Mississippi begins its attack by asserting that there is no substantial evidence to support the FPC's exception, based upon unusual circumstances, to its long standing policy of favoring industrial sales by local distributors. Mississippi paints the policy in such cases with too broad a brush. The policy of the FPC in determining whether to authorize a pipeline sale to an industrial customer is accurately stated in this case as follows:
It is the announced policy of this Commission, where an analysis of all relevant considerations does not militate in favor of one of the competing applicants, that service to an industrial customer be made by the local distributor rather than its pipeline supplier. Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company, Opinion No. 510, December 22, 1966. This policy, however, rather than avoiding an ad hoc approach to each comparative proceeding, requires that each case be decided upon its merits. (Emphasis added.)
In Southern Natural Gas Company, 1961, 25 FPC 925, relied upon by Mississippi, the FPC pointed out that it was not holding "that the distributor in all cases, rather than the interstate pipeline, should be permitted to make proposed industrial sales. We shall continue to consider each case on the merits as it arises and make the determinations which are commensurate with the facts and law applicable thereto." Id. at 927. And recently the FPC iterated its policy to permit a local distributor to make sales to industrial customers within its area of service but with the caveat that the policy "is conditional — it does not apply if economic considerations preclude it." Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company, 1966, 36 FPC 1107, affirmed sub nom. Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Co. v. FPC, 3 Cir. 1967, 386 F.2d 607.
Upon the evidence before it the FPC concluded that in the particular circumstances of this case the public interest would be better served by Humble. We find that this conclusion is based upon substantial evidence. Department of Conservation v. FPC, 5 Cir., 1945, 148 F.2d 746, 750, cert. denied, 326 U.S. 717, 66 S. Ct. 22, 90 L. Ed. 424. The usual benefit of industrial sales to local distributors is in their interruptible nature, so that when gas is needed for firm domestic or commercial customers the gas flow of the industrial customer can be interrupted. Diamond, however, required firm gas which could not be interrupted. Furthermore, the FPC found that economic detriment to Humble would be substantial. Humble has three sources for the gas which it sells to Mississippi and other jurisdictional customers at 17.69 cents per Mcf. Most of the gas comes from the Monroe Field which has been in production since 1916 and is now so fully developed that its production cannot be increased. Therefore, the additional gas needed to supply Mississippi's proposed Diamond contract would have to come from other sources, i. e., the Vixen Field. The FPC found, and the record shows, that under either incremental or rolled-in cost computation, the price of the gas necessary to supply Diamond's demands would be more than the rate Humble could charge Mississippi. Thus Humble would lose money on every Mcf supplied Mississippi. The FPC felt, with justification, that this situation might lead to a rate increase request by Humble to the detriment of Mississippi's customers and other gas consumers.
Mississippi next complains that the action of the FPC in permitting Humble to serve Diamond "while at the same time finding the means unlawful by which Humble prevented its local distributor from supplying the customer [paragraph 10 of Humble's tariff] was an abuse of the Commission's discretion and authority" under the Act. Put another way, Mississippi claims that Humble "used" paragraph 10 as a "device" to prevent the sale by Mississippi so that it could sell directly to Diamond. There is simply no support for this in the record. There is no dispute that Humble was entitled to some limiting provision in its tariff to protect it from excessive demands. Fully recognizing this, the FPC directed a revision of paragraph 10 to provide for "suitable volumetric limitations" because, as the paragraph was written, it had the "potential" to thwart the public interest. But there was no evidence upon which the FPC could find that it had, in fact, been so used. On the contrary, it is undisputed that both Mississippi and Humble submitted their proposals to Diamond. Although Diamond knew that Mississippi needed authorization to make the sale, it did not discover, until more than two months after it had contracted with Humble, that permission had been denied to Mississippi. Diamond had sound economic reasons not related to the tariff for accepting Humble's contract and paragraph 10 had no relation whatever to the buyer's selection of his supplier.
Mississippi, asserting that the FPC, in determining the public convenience and necessity of certificate proposals, must consider fundamental national antitrust laws, McLean Trucking Co. v. United States, 1944, 321 U.S. 67, 64 S. Ct. 370, 88 L. Ed. 544; City of Pittsburgh v. Federal Power Commission, 1956, 99 U.S.App.D.C. 113, 237 F.2d 741, points to the recent case of United States v. Arnold, Schwinn & Co., 1967, 388 U.S. 365, 87 S. Ct. 1856, 18 L. Ed. 2d 1249, in which the contractual limitation by a supplier of a distributor's right to resell bicycles was held to be a per se violation of section 1 of the Sherman Act. While not asking this Court to decide that Humble has violated the antitrust laws, Mississippi does suggest that Humble's conduct is so wrongful that it should not enjoy the fruits of its misconduct. We do not agree.
The FPC did not find the restriction in paragraph 10 itself unreasonable, but only the manner in which it expressed volumetric limitations. Nor did the FPC find that the tariff was used to hinder competition between Humble and Mississippi. That finding is well supported by record evidence to the effect that the tariff was not based on predatory motives, but on a valid desire by Humble to protect itself and its customers from unreasonably large demands by one customer which could require such a large percentage of the gas carried by Humble's pipeline that other customers would suffer.8 We have no doubt that the absence of such a tariff provision could hinder rather than benefit competition. We view such a provision as probably no restraint on competition and, in any event, not an unreasonable restraint. It is clear that the FPC in reaching its decision gave no weight to the existence of the contract between Humble and Diamond but found, and we are convinced properly so, that the direct sale by Humble was in the public interest. To have awarded the sale to Mississippi solely because of the existence of paragraph 10, which really played no role in either the contract or the FPC's determination of public convenience and necessity, would have been an abuse of discretion negating the public interest considerations that must be the foundation for the FPC's decision making processes in section 7 certificate cases. Atlantic Refining Co. v. Public Service Commission of New York, 1959, 360 U.S. 378, 391, 79 S. Ct. 1246, 3 L. Ed. 2d 1312.
Finally, Mississippi complains that the FPC relied upon incremental cost evidence in deciding to award a certificate to Humble and argues that this was error and could have a detrimental effect on the future of the natural gas industry generally. Mississippi simply ignores the FPC's finding that "We do not need to decide whether incremental costing is appropriate since we are satisfied that consideration of costs both on an incremental and rolled-in basis requires the same conclusion. * * *" The record fully supports this finding.
The order of the FPC is
Filed under § 19(b) of the Natural Gas Act, 15 U.S.C.A. §§ 717 et seq., 717r(b)
Required by and issued pursuant to the provisions of §§ 7(c) and 7(e) of the Act; 15 U.S.C.A. §§ 717f(c) (e)
See Mississippi Valley Gas Co., 1956, 16 FPC 297
See Humble Gas Transmission Co., 1963, 29 F.P.C. 162
Paragraph 10 stated: "Buyer shall not sell gas purchased under Sellers Rate Schedule G-1 to any one industrial customer in excess of 100,000 cubic feet [100 Mcf] per month except by written consent of seller."
Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act, 15 U.S.C.A. § 717f(c)
See note 5 supra
See United States v. Arnold, Schwinn & Co., supra, 388 U.S. at 375, 87 S. Ct. 1856
of Fifth Circuit opinions.


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The numbers are in, and hospitals showed renewed signs of returning to the bond markets in 2012, but much of the activity was due to hospitals taking advantage of low rates to refund existing debt, rather than issuing new money debt for capital projects.
Refundings were behind much of the volumes as hospitals held back on new money issuance.
The final numbers are in, and 2012 is turning out to be a mixed bag for the healthcare debt markets.
On one hand, the trend that culminated with 2011 registering as the slowest healthcare bond issuance year of the last decade, appear to be reversing: 2012 saw a 25% increase in bond issuance as hospitals and other healthcare providers headed back closer to average bond volumes. Healthcare borrowers sold $33.5 billion in municipal bonds, compared to $26.8 billion in 2011.
On the other hand, much of the increased bond volumes in 2012 was due to refundings -- hospitals are still holding back on funding new projects, at least with bonds. The growth of refundings is not surprising given that the benchmark 30-year "AAA" MMD index dipped to new all-time lows last November and credit spreads (the premiums charged by investors on top of an index to take on a hospital's credit risk) also came down in 2012. Low rates plus + low credit spreads = low coupons, but uncertainty about the industry and the economy is keeping hospitals from borrowing more to fund new projects, low rates or not.
The pace of increased borrowing in healthcare continues to lag most other municipal sectors who saw much greater increases from 2011.
As age of plant ramps up across the country for many facility-based providers, we expect hospitals will stage a gradual return to new money in 2013 and beyond.
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d357r0y3r
Jimmies: Unrustled
"They don't want more "capitalism." They want more "capital." There's a difference. They're poor. They'd like to not be poor. That requires a more even distribution of resources."
I don't think it does require a more even distribution of resources. In classic socialist fashion, you're framing the world as a zero-sum game. We have a fixed set of resources that just have to be split up fairly.
That mindset just doesn't map onto reality. The onus is on you to explain why "late stage capitalism" has resulted in massive reductions in global poverty. If there were any strong evidence that moving away from a market-based system resulted in reductions of poverty, we'd be seeing it everywhere, but there just fucking isn't. All the evidence points to "let the market work as much as it possibly can". This is a pattern easily recognizable in developed and developing nations alike.
"Yes, it is. Their material reality informs their desire to not be hungry and sick. You are making a conscious decision to disregard their material needs and are trying to reverse engineer a moral structure that supports this conscious decision in service of free markets."
There's no evidence that anything other than market-based economies will help the hungry and sick. There are zero examples of centrally planned economies working beyond small communes. I don't have to reverse engineer anything - you come to the conversation with absolutely zero evidence or insight.
JesusHChrist
"If there were any strong evidence that moving away from a market-based system resulted in reductions of poverty, we'd be seeing it everywhere, but there just fucking isn't"
Lol..riiiiiiight.....The American empire has fought entire regions of the world to enforce and maintain current market forces and to reduce the bargaining power of over seas labor for decades....
Every single attempt to move away from "market-based systems" has been met with the full force of imperialism. But somehow in your mind, this is just "bruh, socialism just doesn't work, bruh. We have to have bosses because that's what the market's want, even if that's not what the people want."
God, you would be so much cooler if you were an anarchist instead of a libertarian.
pro-corporation market economies and centrally planned economies are not the only options
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/05/23/opinion/international-world/centrists-democracy.html
"On the right, ethno-nationalists and libertarians are accused of supporting fascist politics; on the left, campus radicals and the so-called antifa movement are accused of betraying liberal principles. Across the board, the assumption is that radical views go hand in hand with support for authoritarianism, while moderation suggests a more committed approach to the democratic process.
Maybe not. My research suggests that across Europe and North America, centrists are the least supportive of democracy, the least committed to its institutions and the most supportive of authoritarianism.
"Well I mean they have nothing in terms of an argument, or a coherent worldview, or a useful praxis, but what they do have is they are speaking on behalf of a hegemonic liberalism that is going to get us all fucking killed. I mean yeah I agree don't talk to them, but because they're a distraction from the real fucking problem which is that fascism arises because of the collapse of institutional legitimacy of liberal institutions.
And that's how we got fucking Trump, it's how we're gonna get what's comin' next after him that's gonna be even worse. Because if you think there's not gonna be more ecological and economic catastrophes in the future that liberalism is wholly unsuited to fucking deal with and that that failure is not going to lead to fascism filling that fucking hole, you've got another thing coming.
And that's what these guys are, these guys who marched in Charlottesville: these are the people who are aware of the unspoken premise of this sort of zombie neoliberalism that we're living in, which is that we're coming to a point where there's gonna be ecological catastrophe and it's going to either require mass redistribution of the ill-gotten gains of the first world... or genocide.
And these are the first people who have basically said: "Well if that's the choice, I choose genocide." And they're gettin' everybody else ready, intellectually and emotionally, for why that's gonna be okay when it happens. Why they're not really people. When we're putting all this money into more fucking walls and drones and bombs and guns to keep 'em away, so that we can watch them die with clear consciences, it's gonna be because we've been loaded with the ideology that these guys are now starting to express publicly.
On the other side of them you have people who are saying, in full fucking voice: "No. We have the resources to save everybody. To give everybody a fucking decent and worthwhile existence. And that is what we want." And that is the fucking real difference between these two. You can tell that to the next asshole who tells you that they're actually two sides of the same coin."
Time to pick a side, centrists.
Nope, I'm just withdrawing even further. Both parties are so wretchedly abhorrent at the moment.
"Both parties are so wretchedly abhorrent at the moment."
Lol did you even read the quoted?
TreeTwista10
Laugh, Think, Cry
epic rant, Matt!
[Edited on October 9, 2018 at 2:31 AM. Reason : horseshoe theory]
10/9/2018 2:30:33 AM
bdmazur
California Dreamin'
"On the other side of them you have people who are saying, in full fucking voice: "No. We have the resources to save everybody. To give everybody a fucking decent and worthwhile existence. And that is what we want.""
I don't believe the Democratic party is representing that viewpoint at all. I truly wish they were, and a lot of them talk like they are, but they aren't. I've always voted for them because at least they aren't taking us closer to an Orwellian dystopia like the rich white Christian conservative stronghold is. But you don't need to look any farther back than the 2016 primaries to see what they're actually willing to fight for.
BridgetSPK
#1 Sir Purr Fan
"theDuke866: Nope, I'm just withdrawing even further. Both parties are so wretchedly abhorrent at the moment."
That's exactly what Republicans want you to do.
Hasn't the Duke said basically he wouldn't ever vote for a Democrat unless they supported all republican policies? Why is he implying he's a moderate/centrist?
when he describes his political beliefs he is inline with pro-business centrist democrats but he would never vote for them because they're socialist sissies
theDuke is just incredibly, steadfastly ignorant. fox news melted his brain 10 years and he's in constant denial.
"I don't believe the Democratic party is representing that viewpoint at all."
the quote is about left vs right. democrats are mostly right-wing.
Interesting house race in the ridiculously gerrymandered NC-9. The middle vs the far right.
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-10-07/midterm-elections-north-carolina-democrat-runs-in-the-center
"Hasn't the Duke said basically he wouldn't ever vote for a Democrat unless they supported all republican policies? Why is he implying he's a moderate/centrist?"
No, I've said I won't vote for a Democrat who favors hard-left redistributionist policy.
...and at any rate, why would I refuse to vote for a Democrat unless they support the policies of...the other party I refuse to vote for? That's nonsensical on its face.
"when he describes his political beliefs he is inline with pro-business centrist democrats but he would never vote for them because they're socialist sissies"
"inline with" is a stretch; I'm more of a Jon Huntsman-type Republican (though not registered GOP and have not been for 2.5 years, and was only nominally a Republican for years before that), but at the moment, the centrist, business-wing Democrats are the closest thing I've got. In fact, Bill Nelson is probably the only reason I'll even bother to vote this November (there's gonna be a lot left blank on my ballot, in races where I can't write in "none of the above.") Even then, it's probably splitting hairs in terms of whether I'm more ideologically aligned (or less opposed) with him or Rick Scott, but I'm not voting for any Republican anywhere on the ballot unless they are actively hostile to Trump/Trumpism.
"theDuke is just incredibly, steadfastly ignorant. fox news melted his brain 10 years and he's in constant denial.
1. Go fuck yourself.
2. I bet I haven't watched a total of 15 minutes worth of Fox news in the last 15 years.
3. You don't have a clue. That was one of the most incredibly, steadfastly ignorant things I've seen you post in at least a week or so.
[Edited on October 11, 2018 at 3:03 AM. Reason : I have exceedingly normal political views, and that is basically wholly unrepresented in gov't now]
your views are not normal
"though not registered GOP and have not been for 2.5 years"
do most people register with the party they associate with? I thought it was normal to register with whatever party gerrymandered your district so that you could vote in the primaries.
NC is one of many states with open primaries
[Edited on October 11, 2018 at 2:08 PM. Reason : NC open for unaffiliated at least]
^^^^Yea you did say you might vote for Bill Nelson.
I guess I just don't know what to say you're for, only what you're against. I got the impression that you're for classical republican policies, just not Trump. But outside of immigration and maybe trade, Trump's policies aren't really that extreme for the republican party. Maybe I mislabeled you, however.
Oh and Clinton wasnt by any means advocating leftist redistribution policies. Her and Obama are super capitalist/fairly centrist
[Edited on October 11, 2018 at 2:15 PM. Reason : E]
[Edited on October 11, 2018 at 2:17 PM. Reason : What about amendment 4, felon voting rights? ]
You believe in systemic oppression, but you don't believe in any measures to fix this, other than putting less minorities in jail.
You don't believe in "progressive redistribution" but you also don't care that wealth has been continuously redistributed from the workers to the already rich.
You want to fix healthcare costs, but definitely not through the system that works in almost every other first world country. In fact you're so against this that you won't even vote for a candidate that supports it!
Your beliefs are self-contradictory, and whenever you're confronted with this fact, you have no response. That's ignorance.
[Edited on October 11, 2018 at 2:26 PM. Reason : .]
I think that most Republicans view any type of tax on the wealthy like what was used to help fund the Affordable Care Act as leftist redistribution policy.
"NC is one of many states with open primaries"
Duke is in Florida IIRC, a closed primary state. NC is only a semi-open primary state, so a registered Republican wouldn't be able to vote in the Democratic primary if they happen to reside in a gerrymandered district where only Democrats stand a chance of winning.
"I thought it was normal to register with whatever party gerrymandered your district"
"a registered Republican wouldn't be able to vote in the Democratic primary if they happen to reside in a gerrymandered district where only Democrats stand a chance of winning"
Important to note that sometimes one party creates lines that guarantees a win for the other party, if in turn it gives them 2 guaranteed districts. Say these 9 areas were to be split into 3 districts:
D D D
D R R
R D R
56% Dem, 44% R
If the columns were made into individual districts, there would be 2-D and 1-R, which is as close to the actual population as you can get and each district would have at least some minority voice. But if the rows were made into districts, you'd have one solidly D with zero chance of any R influence, but 2-R districts, completely misrepresenting the majority of the entire area.
So if you live in that top row, you may have been gerrymandered into a forever-blue district, but you were put there by republicans.
[Edited on October 12, 2018 at 2:23 PM. Reason : -]
No offense man but I think eveyone here understands how gerrymandering works
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egGUqv8LTkw
I actually watched the full video of Kanye's rant and most of his ideas are preexisting Democratic ideas
He wants reparations, to end stop and frisk, he wants prisons to focus on rehabilitation, he wants gov funded arts programs in schools, he wants tax subsidies to build factories in black areas
His most conservative ideas are protectionist trade policies, but he makes some conflicting statements there.
If anything I'd say this demonstrates a lack of marketing by Democrats to get their message out there.
I'd also say it's a failure of the news media that focuses on Kanye's ranting unhinged style rather that showing how at odds Kanye's ideologies are to trump's
^^Sounded like Eleusis thinks if you're in a gerrymandered district it's because the party that controls it put you there, so I was just explaining why that's not true.
You were worried he thought Political parties forced you to live in certain districts?
" register with whatever party gerrymandered your district "
people do this???
[Edited on October 14, 2018 at 9:21 AM. Reason : Wtf]
In addition to Sen Bill Nelson, I may also vote for Jennifer Zimmerman (D). I can't find specifics on her positions on many issues, but the general feel I get is that she's a moderate. Her opponent, Matt Gaetz, is one of the most bottom-feeding dipshits on Capitol Hill. Additionally, if by some miracle she manages to get elected, she'll be gone in 2 years in bright-red FL-1 if she strays far to the left at all.
Mostly I'll just be voting for ballot initiatives. If I vote for any Republicans at all, it'll be for Commissioner of Agriculture or State Chief Financial Officer or something. I hope the earth opens up and swallows the Florida Governor's Mansion shortly after the election, no matter which way it goes.
" If you call yourself a moderate, you're either not paying close enough attention, you're a sociopath, or you're flat-out brainwashed."
hahahahaha, Jesus.
"I've noticed that you've moved considerably to the left on most issues, including economic ones. What pulled you?"
I've noticed and wondered the same thing, having known NyM410 for...20 years now?
I don't know if this should go here or Dem credibility but:
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/10/tribalism-exhausted-majority-centrism-david-brooks-democratic-party.html
Democrat is the centrist party
Opposing Medicare for All is not centrist, it's far right
https://thehill.com/hilltv/what-americas-thinking/412552-majority-of-republicans-say-the-support-medicare-for-all-poll
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In order to discuss transience, we need to start off with the unadulterated notion of Time. If we were to represent its timeline, it would be intrinsically timeless, infinite: imagine a continuous ribbon, i.e. with no beginning and no end. This itself is not easy to figure out as a human being. Our lives are brief (compared to the estimated age of planet Earth), and our biological clock takes us to sleep one third of every day, and in the remaining two thirds we cram activities that are structured around our lifestages and other rites of passage (the different echelons of education, household, work, leisure, travel, socialising, etc). To say that we humans are time-constrained by our frame of reference in relation to time itself is almost an understatement!
Meanwhile the same notion of infinity that applies to time also applies to space above and beyond the solar system, with no beginning and no end either. The notion of infinite is baffling for us mere mortals, it is a dimension all to itself that we cannot apply in our lives because we are by essence finite (at least in our body form).
Now as a human, when you hold a vision for yourself and the world, you need to take into account two fundamentally nonmutable parameters that make you stand right against the test of time: (a) the natural entropy (decay, degenerescence, obsolescence) of inanimate objects and the all-encompassing natural environment, and (b) the mortality of living beings, which occurs as the end point of entropy, the latter manifesting itself through ageing process, health problems, accidents, war and conflicts, etc.
If there is one certainty to expect - and accept - from life it is that, no matter what, we will one day cease to exist (at least in this dimension, under the current set-up). Death is not a probability, it is a certainty, a fact of life, a circumstantial expectancy. Even the wealthiest, healthiest, happiest, kindest person on earth will one day die. Pharaohs understood it, which is why they were very keen on prolonging human life into the afterlife, in order to bridge the finality expressed by death and bring on the idea of immortality to the defunct. More broadly, religion is here to help us accept the end of life and open to the probability of redemption and reincarnation. Because the notion of death as the all-consuming be-all and end-all, anticlimactic grand finale, is perceived by most of us as the ultimate human tragedy, we must therefore believe in the possibility of a follow-up, a continuity of sorts.
Transcending mortality in spirit in order to live on in death is one thing, but you can transcend mortality in more prosaic ways, through transmission; passing on a legacy, heritage to be inherited by your next of kin, local community or to civilisation as a whole (values, skillsets, discoveries, physical assets, material goods, hard cash). Leaving a trace on earth as you pass on is not only an act of philanthropy, it is almost certainly a survival skill, a tangible proof of life ('Hey, I was here, look what I accomplished!'), however discrete. It might sound egotistical, yet essentially this is what we all do, whether consciously or not. Depending upon the individual and the circumstances, leaving something behind (as legacy, heritage) may not necessarily be positive and beneficial. Rather it may be morally and/ or physically nefarious: calomny, debt, detritus, a trail of death and destruction... Think about what Nero or Hitler left behind.
Man standing the test of time in order to defy it has held true from the opening chapter to the History of Civilisation. From those early days on, the visionaries and luminaries of society in their widest scope have made it their goal to channel philosophical ideas, produce material goods and execute architectural constructions that would as beacons of grace and progress collectively advance the human condition and bring progress to society - and have a lasting effect. Think the greats of this world and their accomplishments: The Founding Fathers of America's Constitution, Napoleon's Civil Law Code, Nikola Tesla, Gustave Eiffel, Marie Curie, Louis Pasteur, etc. They materialised a vision for the better good for the now and most importantly for generations to come: legislation, a code of conduct, scientific discoveries. It was part of the organic, natural altruistic evolution of man: to labour for the betterment of oneself and others. Of course this carries on into the present but in Part 2 we shall find out how transience was introduced into our business, production and political model in order to thwart progress, and at the same time unhinge the present into a permanent fixture.


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Eco-Cycle's Bailey Sees Recycling as a Tool
Bailey, who is a 2018 Waste360 40 Under 40 award recipient, spoke to Waste360 about her passion for sustainability work.
Arlene Karidis | Jul 02, 2018
Recycling has evolved dramatically from the days when only people pegged as "tree huggers" talked about it, to a time when consumers are demanding services and states are setting aggressive diversion targets. Nonprofit Eco-Cycle has evolved right along with the growing movement, beginning by recycling in Boulder, Colo., and today helping those around the country and globe reach for what is now commonly known as "zero waste."
Kate Bailey, Eco-Cycle's director of Eco-Cycle Solutions, is leading much of the organization's work. Bailey started at Eco-Cycle in 2003 as a part-time researcher and has since become the nonprofit's zero waste guru of sorts. In her role, she has created national reports, websites, webinars and tools to empower citizens, government staff and elected officials to adopt zero waste practices. And she helps them set up for success.
Bailey, who is a 2018 Waste360 40 Under 40 award recipient, spoke to Waste360 about her passion for sustainability work. She discusses what has changed in the way she thinks of recycling in relation to the larger sustainability picture. And she shares insight on what she thinks counts as zero waste—as well as ideas on how to get there.
Waste360: What does Eco-Cycle do today, and how did it expand from recycling for Boulder into more roles and more locations?
Kate Bailey: Today, Eco-Cycle has two core functions: we are both a recycling business and an advocacy organization.
Running Boulder County's recycling center, we process 50,000 tons of single stream materials a year and market and ship commodities. We also work as a hauling company that picks up recycling and compost from businesses. Additionally, we run a center for 24 hard-to-recycle materials like electronics, mattresses and block foam packaging.
We understand the ins and outs of the entire recycling business. We were always about education of people of all ages, but we began leveraging our knowledge and local experience to do zero waste programs around the country and, to an extent, globally. We also work with local and state governments to advocate for zero waste policies. We use revenue from recycling activities to help fund this advocacy work, which includes projects such as Eco-Cycle Solutions.
Waste360: Tell us more about Eco-Cycle Solutions and your role as director of this program.
Kate Bailey: Eco-Cycle Solutions was built to share Eco-Cycle's experience and knowledge, as well as best practices from around the world, to help community's take action toward zero waste. Me and my small team support communities whether they are ready to move an inch or a mile. Some are considering curbside recycling, and others have established recycling and compost programs. We help them figure out how to go further, looking at reuse and reducing how much waste we produce. We work both with elected officials and the general community.
The foundation of our approach is our Community Zero Waste Roadmap, which is a blueprint of four components: policies, programs, infrastructure and community engagement. Me and my team work with communities to customize a plan or to work on any of the individual Roadmap components. For instance, if you are considering putting in policy, we can do an analysis of options and advise on how to build community and political support.
Waste360: What do you consider zero waste, and what's realistic in achieving it?
Kate Bailey: I support the Zero Waste International Alliance (ZWIA) definition of zero waste, but to me, it's more important to think about zero waste as a journey and vision. Whether you want to call it zero waste, circular economy or closed loop, it's the same vision. It's a goal to use our natural resources as efficiently as possible. I help communities to not get too hung up on "zero," but rather to progress toward significantly reducing and recovering materials. It's something we can do at many levels, including in our own lifestyle, in our communities and in how we design and produce products.
Waste360: I understand that your work not only extends beyond Boulder and other cities, counties and states, but that you travel to other countries. What are you doing as you move around?
Kate Bailey: Eco-Cycle Solutions tracks best practices from around the world, so we spend a lot of time looking at what other communities are doing and how it's working. It's a two-way system: we can share our successes with others, and we can improve our local programs based on what's working elsewhere.
This year, I've worked more at the big city level—first in Boston, and then I spoke in Brazil at the first Zero Waste Cities conference. We get requests from communities, large and small all around, from Nebraska to Nepal. And that's what's exciting about zero waste. Everyone wants to take action, and we are trying to do our part to help.
Waste360: How do you meet the individual needs of each entity you work with?
Kate Bailey: Each community has different stakeholders, decision-makers and geographic challenges. We use our Community Zero Waste Roadmap as a foundation and then engage with each community to customize what works for their needs. We can be experts on zero waste programs, policies and services, but it takes a partnership with local residents and leaders to help customize a plan to fit with their communities and their values and priorities.
We work with them to discover how zero waste can be a solution to their needs. For example, if their priority is reducing greenhouse gas emissions, or local job creation, we try and look at zero waste as a way to support these goals.
And we don't just work with one group; we work with government and community groups. Customizing is about looking at everyone's perspective and values within each community.
Waste360: Are you doing what you thought you'd be doing when you first entered into sustainability work?
Kate Bailey: Early on, I wasn't sure I'd stay in recycling, which I'd worked in during college and since then at Eco-Cycle. I thought maybe I'd want to do broader sustainability work because my background is in environmental studies. I was interested in energy, water and other issues.
Why I continue in recycling is I realized it's not just about trash, and I actually have an opportunity to help communities work on these larger sustainability issues using recycling as a tool. For example, we recycle to save energy when we make new products. This in turn reduces fossil fuel, which in turn reduces carbon emissions, which means our work directly helps reduce carbon pollution. Through recycling, I am making a difference every day in energy conservation, climate change, clean water, protecting ecosystems and building resilient local economies. That's pretty powerful from such a simple action.
Waste360: What do you find hardest in your work?
Kate Bailey: My biggest challenge is working with communities and citizens who are very passionate about zero waste but have little or no support who ask, "how can you help?" I have to find a balance between helping and finding a whole lot of time and money, and it's a constant challenge to find that balance to be able to do as much as we can efficiently with limited resources.
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How Does Drug Pricing Work? Hint: It's More Like Designer Handbags Than Cars
By Selena Simmons-Duffin
The Trump administration has suggested buying a prescription drug is like buying a car — with plenty of room to negotiate down from the sticker price. But drug pricing analysts say the analogy doesn't work.
High drug prices are a hot topic in politics right now. President Trump has made lowering them a cornerstone of his re-election bid and is pushing a variety of ideas to get that done.
But politicians — of either party -- who want to rally the public around this have a challenge: Drug pricing is incredibly complex and convoluted. Just explaining what it is — let alone how to fix it — is really hard.
You know what's great for understanding complicated things? Analogies.
How about: My love for you is like drug list prices — sky high and arbitrary.
OK, here's a favorite of Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar: Drug list prices are like car sticker prices.
Azar is a former pharma executive, and currently the man in charge of executing Trump's proposals to lower drug prices.
"Since 1958, car companies have been required to post their sticker prices," he said in a speech last fall. "People still get discounts when they go to purchase a car, but sticker prices are considered an important piece of needed consumer information. There is no reason it should be any different for drugs."
I spoke to four drug pricing experts from all over the country and nobody liked the car sticker price analogy. In terms of transparency, the comparison fits — knowing a base price is certainly useful. But it overstates the usefulness of that knowledge. It implies that patients have much more power to act — to shop around or negotiate — than they actually do.
To begin with: "You're not going to die if you don't have a car," says Erin Fox, a pharmacist who studies drug shortages at University of Utah Health. "But you could probably die if you don't have your insulin."
Prospective car buyers could always bicycle or take the bus. If they don't like a deal, they can walk away, or try to haggle.
"When you go to the pharmacy you're not negotiating with the pharmacist for the cost of your drugs," says Adrienne Faerber, a lecturer at the Dartmouth Institute.
Then there's the markup.
"When Chevy marks up the price of their car, maybe they're marking it up 10%, or something like that, but many of these drug prices are marked up many times over," says Robert Laszewski, a health policy consultant. "If Chevy jacked their prices up 400%, it might be a good analogy."
It's true that after drugmakers put money into developing, testing and actually making a drug, they can set the list price pretty much anywhere they want — whatever the market will bear.
"The better analogy to think about the pricing of drugs would be really expensive designer handbags," Faerber suggests.
"When you buy a really expensive designer handbag — tens of thousands of dollars — the materials that go into that handbag are not reflective of the actual price. That price that you're paying is because it's desirable, because it has a brand that has a lot of value associated with it, and because it is an indicator of potential scarcity."
But this analogy misses all the other steps drugs go through before you get the price you pay. There are pharmacy benefit managers or PBMs — middlemen that haggle to reduce the price — and take a cut.
Insurers pay PBMs to negotiate with drugmakers over the price, and if you're insured, you pay a slice of that price at the pharmacy. Sometimes it's just a flat $5 copay, but more and more people are paying a lot more.
"You might have a high deductible plan — you may not have a choice, your employer may only offer a high deductible plan," Fox says. "You're going to be faced with full list price of medications until you hit your deductible.
"You can't predict if you're going to get a chronic disease or not. You can't predict if you're going to need an expensive medication or not," Fox adds. "I think that's where these high deductible plans that force patients to pay that full list price all at once are really a disservice to patients."
Fox and many of the others point out that one of the most backward parts of this system is that the people who can least afford high drug prices pay the most.
Even if you have good insurance, says Stacie Dusetzina of Vanderbilt University, you're still paying for high drug prices indirectly.
"People tend to not really think about the premiums that they're paying for their insurance plan, which is really related to what you pay at the pharmacy counter," Dusetzina says. Your copay might be cheap, but you might be paying a lot every month for your premium.
So list price does matter to all consumers — from those with no insurance to those with the very best health plans.
No matter what, you can't see how high those list prices you're paying for actually are, and you can't negotiate a better deal.
Here's one more shot at an analogy.
"Maybe it's a little bit more like your rich uncle buying you a car," Dusetzina says.
So imagine that your rich uncle is the middleman, haggling over the car's price on your behalf. He's doing the negotiations, Dusetzina says, so the ultimate price doesn't really matter to you, because you're not paying for it directly. "But maybe it comes out of your inheritance in the end."
"Not a very nice uncle!" Laszewski says, and laughs.
So — does he have any better ideas?
"I'm hard pressed to find anything in the American marketplace that comes close to this bizarre pricing system," Laszewski says.
Not a handbag, not a car — just a weird, convoluted system that governs how Americans get their prescription drugs.
So, maybe, my love for you is like drug list prices: inexplicable.
Selena Simmons-Duffin
Selena Simmons-Duffin reports on health policy for NPR.
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Q: Find the range of $a$ for the following quadratic equation. $f(x) = x^2 +(a+3)\lvert x \rvert + 4 = 0$
This is the quadratic equation
They have given condition that find the range of $a$ for which the roots are real
So what I did was
$D\geq 0$
Solved the condition and got
$(a+7)(a-1) \geq 0$
So $a \in (-\infty , -7] \cup [1,\infty)$
But the given key is only
$a \in (-\infty , -7]$
Could someone explain where I went wrong so $[1,\infty)$ does not come in the solution

A: $f(x) = x^2 +(a+3)\lvert x \rvert + 4 = 0$
If $\alpha$ and $\beta$ are roots of the equation,
$\alpha + \beta = - (a+3)$
$\alpha \beta = 4$
If $a \gt - 3, $ the quadratic has both negative roots but $|x|$ cannot be negative.
Hence the only solution that works is $a \in (-\infty , -7)$

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April 1, 2017 April 1, 2017 Mosul Eye
A Plea to the Prime Minister
To the Prime Minister and the commander in chief of the Iraqi military forces
We are the citizens of Mosul, writing to you as the commander in chief of the Iraqi military forces that is currently executing military operations to liberate the western bank of Mosul, which they successfully liberated the eastern bank previously. We appreciate and value those efforts and sacrifices given to liberate us of ISIL's terrorism that lasted for two and a half years.
As we support you and the iraqi forces in this historical and decisive battle, we observed, for weeks now, civilians are falling in large numbers as a result of using heavy artillery like battery and aerial bombings that casued hundreds of civilian casualties and tens still alive and trapped under the rubble of their homes at the old neighborhoods of Mosul. Also, the random bombings with mortar shells carried out by the Iraqi Federal Police and the Emergency Rapid Division. More than 200 civilians were killed in a single bombing strike in Mosul Al-Jadida, and today, more than 20 women and children were killed in Al-Zinijilli bue to the random bombings. Another incident at Ragm Al-Hadid killed more tgan 40 civilians, again, due to random bombings, and the incident at Khazraj where more than 73 civilians were killed, most of them were children and women, and similar incidents in Al-Makkawi, Al-Faruq St., Mahallat Bab-Jidid, Al-Thawra and 17 Tammuz, to name just a few.
All those neighborhoods witnessed civilian loses, and the death machine continues in the old city along with the destruction of the infrastructure of the city, while thousands of civilians are displaced escaping war and living in poor conditions at the displaced camps where they are deprived of the basic needs because of the local government's inability to provide the basic services at those camps, and the relief organizations are overwhelmed with the large numbers of IDPs, where there are more than 400 thousands civilians are beseiged inside Mosul, awaiting a catastrophe to happen.
We are aware that ISIL is using dangerous methods against the residents and the liberating forces. Many of the civilian casualties fall because of ISIL. Yet, we are waiting to celebrate our liberation and share this joy of liberation with the liberating forces, but the destruction and the human loses is bigger than expected, especially since you directly asked the people to stay in their homes , which resulted in catastrophes among the civilians.
Therefore, as the Prime Minister and the commander in chief of the Iraqi forces, we demand tge following steps to minimize the loses:
1- To order the forces to stop targeting the civilians through airstrikes, heavy battery, and shelling.
2- To order the military leadership to MUST review and change the military planning of Mosul Liberation
3- Declaring the City of Mosul a disaster zone and urging the security council to conduct an emergencysession to plan a relief for Mosul on its two sides, the eastern and the western banks
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Kennedy Space Center Lanceercomplex 48 (LC-48) is een lanceercomplex op het Kennedy Space Center (KSC). Het is tussen Kennedy Space Center Lanceercomplex 39 en Cape Canaveral SFS Lanceercomplex 41 aangelegd en werd op 22 december 2020 officieel geactiveerd voor gebruik. Het is het tweede lanceercomplex dat op het KSC werd gebouwd en het eerste nieuwe lanceercomplex daar sinds de aanleg van Lanceercomplex 39 in de jaren 1960.

LC-48 is bedoeld voor lichtere raketten. De aanleg is nodig omdat er sinds 2010 een flink aantal nieuwe lanceerbedrijven is ontstaan en de in ongebruik geraakte complexen op het Cape Canaveral AFS bijna allemaal weer in gebruik genomen zijn of worden. In 2017 en 2018 maakte NASA en Space Florida plannen bekend voor de aanleg van twee nieuwe lanceercomplexen LC-48 en LC-49 en landingsplaatsen voor raketten. De bouw van het eerste platform begon in juni 2019 en moest aan het einde van dat jaar klaar zijn.

Het platform wordt een zogenaamde clean pad. Verschillende typen raketten kunnen er met hun mobiele lanceerinstallatie op geplaatst worden. Een zuurstoftank-installatie is er aanwezig maar de brandstofinstallatie moet door de lanceerbedrijven zelf meegenomen worden. Het lanceerplatform is 16,5 bij 13 meter groot bij kan raketten tot 136.000 kg aan.

Klandizie
Aanvankelijk zou Boeing een klant voor LC-48 zijn. Het bedrijf zou er hun XS-1 Phantom Express lanceren. Boeing stopte echter in januari 2020 met de ontwikkeling van de Phantom Express.

Er zijn anno december 2020 geen contracten voor lanceringen vanaf LC-48, maar Astra is een bedrijf dat met mobiele lanceerinrichtingen werkt en zijn lanceersysteem, Rocket 3, na enkele testlanceringen zo goed als klaar heeft om commerciële lanceringen uit te voeren. Ook het doorgestarte Vector Launch zou een geschikt bedrijf kunnen zijn. Voor het faillissement van 2019 was Lanceercomplex 46 enkele kilometers verderop op het Cape Canaveral Space Force Station het complex van hun keuze.

In 2021 maakte ABL Space Systems bekend twee prototype Kuiper-satellieten vanaf LC-48 te lanceren met hun RS1-raket.

Eventueel platform B
Mocht het complex een succes worden dan ligt er een plan om direct ten zuiden van het reeds gebouwde Platform A een tweede lanceerplatform te bouwen. Platform B zou iets uitgebreider moeten worden dan Platform A. Zo zouden er bliksemafleiders rond die lanceerplaats moeten worden geplaatst.

Het complex zou met twee lanceerplatforms op papier 104 lanceringen per jaar kunnen verwerken.

Zie ook
 KSC Lanceercomplex 39C, een multiple user pad voor zeer lichte draagraketten binnen de grenzen van LC-39B
 Spaceport Florida Lanceercomplex 46, een multiple user pad voor lichte raketten op het Cape Canaveral Air Force Station

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Q: How to write a query where the between statement is a select statement from the same table-MYSQL I have a query where I want to write
select * from my_table where updated_date is >= '19/20/12' AND <=max(updated_date)

My table goes like this:
field1| updated_date | field3

So I want all the records from my_table where the max value from the updated_date field is >='19/20/12'
However when I run my command, its says invalid use of group function. I am new to sql and was wondering if anyone had any ideas or suggestions to solve this?

A: From your comments, It seems you need below -
select *
from my_table
where updated_date between '19/20/12' AND (SELECT max(updated_date) FROM my_table)

Or
select *
from my_table
where updated_date >= '19/20/12' AND updated_date <= (SELECT max(updated_date) FROM my_table)

As all others are commenting, Using updated_date <= max(updated_date) is superflous condition coz whatever value you choose, it would always be less than or equals the maximum of the column.

A: If you want rows with a date later than the given date, then use:
select *
from my_table
where updated_date is >= '2019-12-20';

MAX() is an aggregation function and it does not belong in the WHERE clause.  If you needed to filter by it, then you would have a GROUP BY and would use a HAVING clause.  However, it does not seem necessary.


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Coworking has risen from this national change. People who work out of coworking spaces report that they are more engaged, more motivated, more satisfied, and feel more successful. They network organically and meet new friends. Most importantly, 89% surveyed reported that they were happier in a coworking space. Your profession is a large chunk of your life, so where you do it and who you surround yourself with matters.
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When Don James became the head football coach at Kent State in 1971, he enjoyed a homecoming. The quarterback and defensive back at Washington High School in Massillon, his teams winning two state championships, returned and showed all that he had added to the Paul Brown pedigree during the intervening two decades. He played in college at Miami of Florida, then making stops at Kansas, Florida State, Michigan and Colorado, as an assistant coach absorbing lessons from programs reflecting the best ideas of the day, the work of Dietzel, Gillman, Bryant, Blaik and Wilkinson.
James felt ready to lead his own team. As many around these parts know well, he was right. In 1972, Kent won its only outright Mid-American Conference football title. James died last week at age 80, and what he brought to Kent State for four seasons turned into a much longer 18-year run at the University of Washington in Seattle, where I grew up and began a long relationship with the Huskies.
When I got here I couldn�t help but notice the echo, the shared assessment about all that James had meant to his coaches and players. What endures is the rare quality of his leadership, tough-minded and demanding, humble and steady.
His organizational skills are legendary, practices, weeks, seasons charted to the minute, all of it designed to make the most of the time, for attention to detail and exhaustive preparation. One place kicker kids that today in his office, he jumps from his chair at exactly 5 p.m. to attempt 25 field goals from one hash mark and 25 more from the other.
Players still recall the Thursday afternoon speeches James delivered to the team. As he told the Seattle Times, he learned along the way that pregame and halftime talks mean little. For the mental preparation to take, the message requires 48 hours to percolate.
All of that order and discipline had a larger purpose: It liberated the mind, opening the way for creativity. James wasn�t just an organization man. He had a gift for strategy, finding that weak point, arriving at the unexpected, all calculated precisely.
Washington fans have been weighing his top victories. The 1991 comeback at Nebraska, scoring 27 points in the final 20 minutes? Taking down Oklahoma in the 1985 Orange Bowl? Crushing USC 31-0 in 1990? I go back to the first Rose Bowl win in January 1978, a daring triumph over Michigan 27-20.
A James game plan, led by Warren Moon at quarterback, knocked the heavily favored Bo Schembechler and his Wolverines off balance. There were bold, deep passes, stretching things for timely runs. A fake punt even surfaced. It proved just enough, mighty Michigan rallying from a 24-0 deficit. The foundation was set upon which James would build. He would adjust to changes in the game and grasp more firmly the value of listening, his name added to the list of those others seek to emulate.