We saw this coming. It's like when you start sniffing and coughing and you know the real flu is coming. And you know you cannot do anything about it, because even if you take a very strong aspirin, it is too late and you will get sick for at least a couple of days.
We saw this coming: the truth is that the consequences of Typhoon Yolanda are not only the one that we see on TV every day, but they are virtual, and the worst of those virtual consequences is coming.
The Digital Humanitarians (or the Volunteer Technical Communities, as you want to call them) came to be out of an amazing change in the world we live: the internet and mobile phones, with which now you can help, and talk, and share with anyone in the world. And you don't need to have money or to be a professional to provide support to affected communities. You can give your contribution and you help just by sitting behind your desk in your comfy sofa. But is that true? Does "the crowd" knows what to use and how to use it in a humanitarian crisis, and does it know what are the consequences of its actions? The answer is that no, most of the people in the crowd do not know what they are doing. But they are doing it anyway.
People want to help, and they can help, but they are not necessarily professionals, they have not done this before. Most of the times they do not know what the "do not harm" principle is and means in a practical way, and most importantly, they do not see the consequences of what they do.
This is not a new thing though: we have seen this in Haiti, in Pakistan, in Chile, Libya and we are starting to see this in the Philippines. And because Internet has not been restored entirely in the country yet, the magnitude of what it is gonna happen in the Philippines is still unknown.
You don't trust me? Want some examples?
This messages was posted in Facebook (I added the black lines to cover the information) and then reposted by several people – I counted 64, but only the re-posts from one account. Which means that I don't know how many others have reposted it from their accounts. To some of you this may look like heartbreaking (and it is in fact) and you may think that it is very nice for people to share this story so that maybe someone will help this family. The problem that I have with this is that whoever re-posted this did not knew that he was basically saying to whoever has bad intention: "Hey, here there is a young woman with two little kids, and two wounded people with her. Here is her location, and she is scared and alone, with no means to get for help". This is more or less like to tweet that you have a million dollars in your house and that you are gonna go out for a drink and leave the door open.
This post, also on Facebook, has already 4000 shares and 5000 likes. The black boxes to cover the children faces were added by myself – here. The post has also 820 comments, a lot of those asking the organization that posted this to delete it, denying what they claim (that they will take all the children under 18 in the Philippines to the US for adoption). But there are also a LOT of comments asking how people can apply to adopt those children – some people even choosing which one they want from the picture. If any of the readers of this post have been to Haiti, they have seen this kind of things before.
Now, this company is not doing anything illegal, and they are just offering a very good service to send blast SMS to multiple people in little time – a very good and interesting solution. The problem is, is that a coincidence that I received this just when the Typhoon happened? and that other 10 different companies sent me an email with very similar products or offers?
On Twitter and on several online volunteers Skype chats, I have also seen people already talking about how to set up SMS system to send messages to the people in the Philippines, how to set up a Text2Tweet account, how to harvest requests for help and geo-locate them on line, etc.
Now, don't get me wrong: information sharing, and the use of technology to provide people with the information they need, when they need it, it is absolutely fundamental! This is why I work for an organization like Internews. Because information is KEY and can save lives. But it can also destroy lives if it is not treated properly and handled with cautions.
In Haiti we saw a proliferation of SMS services, requests for help spread on the internet with sensitive data in it, and multiple people organizing their own "shipment" of goods to the country – not knowing if anyone really needed that. A lot of the people behind those projects REALLY MENT WELL and learned their lessons the hard way. Humanitarian Organizations and NGOs were not immune to this "multiplication" of digital information systems. The real victims though, Haitians people, were the once left to deal with it: misinformation, frustration, and sometimes much more serious consequences.
Let's be clear here: I am not writing this post to 'demonize" online VTC or DH communities and individuals. This is not the case. I am myself the co-founder of an organization that does that, the Standby Task Force. This is in of the reason why 3 years ago with some colleagues we created this organizations: to be ready, but most of all to educate people, and to be able to support humanitarian organizations during a crisis, while making sure we can help people not to harm others. This is why we have codes of conduct and CDAC trainings for our volunteers.
But the truth is that the beauty of the internet, in humanitarian crisis, is also its curse: everyone can do everything and does not need to be "trained" or to be a "professional", or to be part of a formal organization.
B. Contact the relative NGO working on the ground in the Philippines – use this resource here to find out who does what.
C. If you think that the message is really urgent, and that someone CAN do something about it, look for a hot line number – the government in the Philippines is setting those up for the municipalities locally. See here.
2. If you want to help in any way, contact an NGO, or a humanitarian organization and ask them. If you don't find anyone, email me(I am at anahiayala@gmail.com or @anahi_ayala). I swear, I will make time to answer to you. DO NOT DO ANYTHING ON YOUR OWN INITIATIVE IF YOU HAVE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE. You can also join one of the many online communities that have been doing this for some time, see here a list.
3. Do not try to send information to the local communities online unless you are SURE that the information you are giving is correct. If you see a request for help, use the internet wisely: search for a governmental agency, local or international NGOs, UN agencies that are working in that area, see if they have a contact information.
4. Use this resource to find out what is being done and how.
5. Think before you do. I know, we are emotionally touched by what happened and is happening, but the fact that you are online does not means that the people in the Philippines are virtual. Everything you say or do has consequences in their real life.
6. Do not create new software, technologies an other techie stuff to help the humanitarian community without talking to them first. Here is why and how you can do that.
7. If you hear something that sound crazy, probably it is crazy. Do not report/share or re-tweet it automatically, but try to figure out from other sources. Do your homework!
8. And for the love of god, DO NOT SET UP YOUR FREAKING SMS SYSTEM!!!!!! Unless you are the PH Government, or a coordinated effort from all the RESPONDENTS on the ground. Really, just don't do it.
The Internet is a powerful tool, use it wisely and think twice. You are not in an emergency, so you can take the time to do that. Keep willing to help, contributing to the community and make your a contribution to a better world, just make sure you don't screw up.
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Masterful discussion of when the crowd forgets Mary Anderson–and what to do about it.
Elegant post on the dark side. I re-posted it in my class blog. The combination of being careless with personal information, scams, and the proliferation of SMS make it difficult to see clearly what is happening on the ground and to be able to respond in a timely fashion.


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>    type of microphone? Or used any other tricks of the trade?
>    Thanks in advance for any help!
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Get An Exclusive Look At Netflix's New Warrior Princess Kids' Show 'Maya & The Three'
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On Oct. 22, Netflix will premiere an exciting new mini-series called Maya and the Three, a supernatural adventure story from the imagination of Jorge R. Gutiérrez, creator of El Tigre and The Book of Life. Maya and the Three takes place in a fantasy world inspired by a whimsical blend of Aztec, Maya, and Inca mythology and contemporary Caribbean culture with a cast of memorable, heartfelt, and humorous characters.
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Sounds exciting, right? Check out Romper's exclusive sneak peek below, in which Maya and Rico meet Cabra Can (Dany Trejo), god of earthquakes, and Cipactli (Rosie Perez), goddess of alligators.
The nine-episode series features a celebrity-packed cast, including Zoe Saldaña, Allen Maldonado, Stephanie Beatriz, Gabriel Iglesias, Diego Luna, Queen Latifah, Wyclef Jean, Rita Moreno, and many more. In an interview with Collider, Gutiérrez likened Maya to The Lord of the Rings – one cohesive story told in pieces — but inspired by cultures and mythologies that are not often explored in realms found in the fantasy genre, which tend to be modeled after Medieval Europe.
"I always kept going, 'Man, if the camera would go south, I bet it would get to people that look like us, right?'" he told Collider. "All those kingdoms, all that magic, all those mythologies are right there and we never get to see them. So for me, it was 'Wow. If we don't tell these stories, if we don't tell these tales, it's like we don't exist. And if we don't exist in fantasy, then there's no magic in us.' So that became a motivation."
Recently, at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Gutiérrez described the series as "hyper, hyper, hyper love letter to Mexican culture and to the ancient culture of Mesoamerica, the Caribbean and a little bit of South American culture."
Maya and the Three, rated TV-Y7, will premiere on Netflix on Oct. 22.
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from yell import Notification, notify

class DecoratedNotification(Notification):
    func = None
    """
    The function that has been decorated.
    """

    def notify(self, *args, **kwargs):
        return self.func(*args, **kwargs)

def notification(name=None, backends=None):
    """
    Decorator to simplify creation of notification backends.

    :example:

    ::

        from yell.decorators import notification
        from yell import notify

        @notification('like')
        def like_email(user, obj):
            send_mail("%s liked %s" % (user, obj), "No/Text", "noreply@example.com",
                [obj.user.email])

        @notification('like')
        def like_db(user, obj):
            DBNotification.objects.create(user = user, obj = obj, type = 'like')

        @notification('like')
        def like(*args, **kwargs):
            pass

        # Use all backends
        notify('like', user = user, obj = obj)
        like.notify(user = user, obj = obj)

        # Only use the email backend
        like_email.notify_once(user = user, obj = obj)

    """

    def wrapper(func):
        def funcwrapper(self, *args, **kwargs):
            """ Wrapping the notification function so it doesn't receive `self` """
            return func(*args, **kwargs)

        NotificationCls = type('%sNotification' % name.lower().title(), (DecoratedNotification,), {
            'func': funcwrapper,
            'name': name
        })

        def notify_all(*args, **kwargs):
            """
            Sends this notification off to every backend with the configured name.
            """
            return notify(name, *args, **kwargs)

        def notify_once(*args, **kwargs):
            """
            Sends this notification off only to the current backend.
            """
            return notify(name, backends=[NotificationCls], *args, **kwargs)

        func.notify = notify_all
        func.notify_once = notify_once

        return func

    return wrapper

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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What is Vertigo and How Does it Affect You ?
Dr. Jane Lea, MD, FRCSC, Otologist/Neurotologist, Paediatric Otolaryngologist discusses diagnosis and symptoms of vertigo.
What is Vertigo and How Does it Affect You ? Dr. Jane Lea, MD, FRCSC, Otologist/Neurotologist, Paediatric Otolaryngologist discusses diagnosis and symptoms of vertigo.
Featuring Dr. Jane Lea, MD, FRCSC, Otologist/Neurotologist, Paediatric Otolaryngologist
Duration: 2 minutes, 18 seconds
Vertigo is an illusion of movement in the environment, either of one's self, so the person can think they are spinning, or they feel like the environment is spinning.
It's not always a spinning sensation; it could either be a rocking or a tilting sensation. But it's any unusual sensation of movement that patients experience, despite being perfectly still.
Vertigo has such a long differential, meaning there's so many different things that can cause it. The ear is only one part of that. And, within the ear, there's more than 20 different diagnoses that can cause vertigo.
The most common one is something called benign paroxysmal positioning vertigo. That's when little stones get lost in the ear. And, essentially, what it does is it tricks your brain into thinking you're moving when you're not.
Patients will typically have a sensation of spinning that lasts several seconds, less than a minute, and it's usually provoked by certain movements, such as rolling in bed, reaching up to grab something from a cupboard, or bending down to pick something up.
Vertigo is often interpreted by people in different ways. So most patients will come in, complaining of dizziness. When you actually get to the root cause of what dizziness means to them, it's a million different things, from lightheadedness; it can be a spinning or tilting sensation; sometimes, it's a drunk sensation or a tilting sensation.
You really have to get to the heart of the matter to know if it's actually coming from the ear or not. On most occasions, we can tell, based on what the patient tells us or just on history in talking to the patient, whether it's actually coming from the ear or not.
There are so many different causes of vertigo that are related to the ear. A couple of common examples is Ménière's disease; there's also something called labyrinthitis; vestibular neuritis; superior canal dehiscence; there's also migraine-associated dizziness, which is a new entity; and then some rare things that can cause it, such as a perilymphatic fistula.
Vertigo and dizziness can be caused by more serious things. Some of it is central, such as a problem in the brain. Sometimes, it's actually related to the heart, and a cardiologist is best to see you.
If you do have symptoms of dizziness or vertigo or any hallucination of movement, it's important you see your family physician.
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Presenter: Dr. Jane Lea, Otolaryngologist, Vancouver, BC
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At a time when new technology and new ideas are constantly being put into practice, it is extremely important that everyone within a company is always learning and keeping up-to-date, because if you aren't, your competitors definitely are. There are many outlets that give tips, tools and techniques that can help employees enhance their performance and businesses increase their revenue, but most of the time, articles are read and seminars are attended and that is where the learning stops. It's not a mistake that the saying goes, "Old habits die hard." The key to successful learning is training reinforcement.
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It does not make a whole lot of sense to spend so much money on a seminar when people are going to forget what they learned weeks later. Somebody needs to be in charge when it comes to helping employees remember what they learned, and that is where managers come in.
By asking these questions, managers can get a real look at how effective all the training and time put into teaching has been. If it was truly beneficial to the sales reps, then a manager should be able to see and to measure the results. Before training even begins, managers should set benchmarks and attainable goals for their employees, that way they can actually justify the money and time they spent. When there is proof that there is progress, then higher-level management will be more likely to continue giving the tools for success.
To create a sustainable learning environment, managers need to step up and get involved with reinforcement training. Hold group meetings so that everyone can share what they learned that week or what they did to improve their bottom line. Another technique that works is one-on-one coaching. By sitting down with an employee, a manager can see exactly what their issues are, coach them through their problems and keep track of any problems or setbacks the employee has. Furthermore, one-on-one meetings allow for instant feedback so that the sales rep is not continuing their bad habit over weeks or months. You can also set up peer-to-peer coaching sessions. This lets employees talk freely, and they can learn from one another. Not only does this type of coaching encourage communication but it also builds teamwork.
In the end, it is important that businesses provide employees with the opportunity to keep learning and improving in their field, and it is even more vital that they continue that teaching back in the workplace. Companies and managers should engage in post-training and reinforcement in real world situations.
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Avatar The Way of Water Opening Review
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Avatar The Way Of Water is releasing on 16 December
The film is estimated to earn $100 million in its opening weekend in China alone
It is Disney's biggest global release ever. It has taken more than a decade to make this film
James Cameron's sci-fi adventure film. It is set to release on 16 December
As per Dateline's report, 'The film has 38 million real bookings in the US, which is more than Top Gun Maverick.
Although it is less than Black Panther Wakanda Forever and Doctor Strange Multiverse of Madness
It is also being estimated that Avatar The Way of Water can earn more than 350 million in overseas
At the same time, $ 100 million can be earned from China
The reason behind this is that theaters have started opening again in China recently after Corona
At the same time, the embargo has been removed from the review of the film. The film premiered in Hollywood on Monday.


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October 10, 2022 by Cinema Femme 0 comments
Cinema Femme will soon have festival coverage of Sarah Polley's "Women Talking" at the Chicago International Film festival with an interview and a review. In the meantime, we are ecstatic to share the film's trailer, featurette and new stills. The film opens nationwide this December. […]
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Some say change is good, some say a new beginning or a fresh new start is great…but all at the same time! I love a challenge, especially weaving my characters in and out of various fictional plots. But weaving my time in and out of various projects has been a challenging task unto itself. After publishing my forth and final novel of The Simon Tetralogy, I immediately began a new series, starring Maxine Ford as the female protagonist. Some of you may remember that Max was introduced in the second novel, Noble's Quest, and has become a beloved character by many. It only seemed fitting that she should have a stage of her own, starting with Climatized, the first in a series of Max Ford Thrillers.
In the midst of my writing, I also managed to sell, buy, and move into a new home in the States, while orchestrating the modifications and a move in Italy, a radio interview on America Out Loud, a book signing at Barnes & Noble, a TV interview on Home & Castle, traveling three quarters of the way around the world to return to Italy via San Francisco and Hong Kong, and redesigning a new website…Whew! But enough about me, Max has been busy too!
After resigning her post at the States Intelligence Agency, Max declares her independence as she bursts onto the Washington scene as a private investigator. She displays her usual no-holds-barred style showing no obeisance to the elite politicians. Right out of the starting gate, she finds herself in the cauldron of mystery, murder, and mayhem. All of her clients are warned to prepare themselves for the truth…at all costs.
In Climatized, Max is hired by the wife of a prominent senator to determine the cause of his untimely death. It leads her to discover that three world-renowned scientists had been killed days before they were scheduled to testify before the late senator's investigative committee. Meanwhile, a fourth scientist has gone missing. Max determined he is the key to unearthing the motives behind the deaths. Following the many twists and turns, Max and her associate, Jackson Monroe uncover a powerful organization responsible for the killings. The challenges to the global warming "cottage industry" heats up putting into question the alleged science behind the widely accepted climate change dogma. Cogent evidence is provided to the president, forcing him to make a crucial decision—to cover up a diabolical plot—or bring down a multi-trillion-dollar world-wide industry.
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Monday: The Kardashians have filed for a trademark on their children's names: Saint, North, and Chicago West, True Thompson, and Stormi Webster, as well as "Stormiworld," the theme of Stormi's birthday party and a spiritual successor to her dad Travis Scott's Astroworld.
The application indicates Kim, Kylie, and Khloé, the mothers of the five kids, want to use their children's names to promote products including "a clothing line, toys, and skincare products." (buzz had predicted a North West anti-aging line.) Considering each of the sisters already have their own eponymous fashion and beauty empires, it's only fair that their kids get in on the action early. Kim and husband Kanye West already waded, somewhat tentatively, into this sphere with West's Yeezy kids line, the Kids' Supply , as well as the custom-made Yeezy pieces North has worn.
However, as The Fashion Law points out , such trademark applications are pretty regularly unsuccessful. Many celebrities have attempted to register a trademark for their child's name to protect it from being exploited by outsiders. "You don't want anybody trying to benefit off your baby's name," Jay Z told Vanity Fair in 2013. But a trademark application must actually be able to point to specific examples of use—which is why Jay Z and Beyoncé's registration for Blue Ivy Carter (and, later, Sir and Rumi) was declined, and which is why TFL predicted the Kardashian family's new filings will also be turned down. If they do genuinely mean to use the kids' names for merchandising, they'll need to prove it.
But of course, there is an already existing Stormiworld merch , albeit with a pretty limited stock, perhaps that will work in Kylie Jenner's favor as she attempts to secure trademark registration for her daughter's name. Stormiworld merch for all.
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After an unbroken 10-year streak, Singapore has lost its coveted status as the world's easiest place to do business in, an annual World Bank study showed.
In the latest Doing Business report, Singapore was ranked second, behind New Zealand. The report tracks regulatory changes in 190 countries for businesses throughout their life cycle — from the ease of business start-up regulations and getting credit, to property rights.
The World Bank took new factors, including gender, into consideration for its latest report, and based on the new methodology, Singapore would have come in third instead of first in last year's study.
While the report did not find significant differences between the genders when it comes to doing business in Singapore, the Republic's scores were dragged down by factors such as cost and red tape.
The World Bank cited reductions in labour-related taxes and new regulations that make paying taxes easier as key reasons for moving New Zealand to the top spot from its previous runner-up position.
However, money-laundering experts warned that the honour masked the darker side of the Pacific nation's vulnerability as a channel for illegal funds. "Anyone who wants to … hide dirty money, just needs a local director, a physical address and NZ$45 (S$45), and in a few minutes they've got just what they need to do it with," said Mr Ron Pol, Wellington-based head of anti-money laundering firm AML Assurance.
On Singapore's performance in the report, economists noted that the cost of acquiring space and doing business in land-scarce Singapore is invariably high. However, there is a trade-off between cost and Singapore's edge in areas such as the legal system and governance, they pointed out.
Among other things, the World Bank report found that the cost required to complete procedures to build a warehouse — measured as a percentage of warehouse value — was more than three times higher in Singapore compared with other high-income nations in the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
Businesses also have to wade through more procedures when registering a property in Singapore, compared with other East Asia and Pacific economies. The cost associated with border compliance in exporting goods from Singapore — US$335 (S$465) — is more than double that in OECD high-income nations (US$150), while such costs to import goods into the country is nearly twice (US$220) that in other OECD high-income nations (US$115).
For imports into Singapore, border compliance (35 hours) and documentary compliance (three hours) also take longer than in New Zealand, where it takes 25 hours and one hour, respectively.
CIMB Private Bank economist Song Seng Wun said paying for space is always a premium in a tiny city-state like Singapore and businesses would consider other advantages when setting up shop here, such as the country's legal system. On the more complex process to register a property here, compared with OECD high-income countries, he alluded to Singapore's size and the authorities ensuring that they know who owns property and for what purpose.
OCBC Bank head of treasury research and strategy Selena Ling said this was probably the result of an "inadvertent" rise in bureaucratic processes, such as in building safety.
She felt that the longer time taken for border and documentary compliance on imports reflected the need to "balance safety and regulations with the ease of doing business".
"Security is a very big concern, so … maybe that contributes to some slowdown in terms of time and (higher) cost," she said.
Mr Inderjit Singh, who is the chief executive of consumer-electronics firm Solstar International, had frequently spoken about rising business costs when he was a Member of Parliament between 1996 and last year.


Discussion in 'Jobs & Careers' started by kazleejim, May 15, 2008.
I have just been reading job vacancies for carpenters in Brisbane and they all say that you need a licence and tickets . does anybody know what this means and how you get them.
A licence is required if an individual or company wants to carry out or supervise building work over the value of $1,100 (including labour and materials).
If you are going to work on ANY construction site you will also need to obtain a Construction General Induction Competency certificate, also known as a "Construction Blue Card". This is a legal requirement and affects Builders, Bricklayers, Electricians etc.


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In early May, I joined the Garden Bloggers Fling in Austin, TX for 3 days of fun, gardens and awesome people. I had a great time, and took a ton of pictures. I've loved seeing everyone else's posts come up in the 2 months since!
Now that it's two months later (oops - bad blogger!), I've finished looking at all my pictures, and it's too hot during the day to garden, I figured it would be a good time to go back to Austin and look at what I saw, learned and took home with me.
There are lots of garden-specific posts available on the Fling website, and all those people did a much better job than i ever could of capturing what made each garden so special. For my blog, i wanted to start with an overview of everything we saw, and then look at some specific things I learned, and then plants i now want (of course!) and some special vignettes from all three days. So it will be a bit random, and a bit long, but hopefully it will help me remember all the fun from those 3.5 days!
The whole itinerary is here. After a great dinner and intro at the Library on Thursday, we started on Friday at the Lady Bird Johnson Wild Flower Center.
so cool to see this tower in person!
If it seems that that i have a lot of pictures under a threatening sky, but mostly dry, that would be because i was very bad and wandered around the garden before the rain started, and missed the group photo! The rain started in earnest after i wandered around for about 30 minutes, which was a whole different kind of cool for this Californian... i saw more water fall out of the sky this day then i had in years!
not that i would let the rain stop me from finding Willie Nelson's guitar!
From the Natural Gardener, we went off to Mirador Gardens, which was stunning!
Mirador also had the most impressive (and gorgeous!) water harvesting system I've seen in a while. And it was working very well that afternoon!
There's not enough words to describe how great Jenny's garden is, and seeing it in person was inspiring. A great way to end the first day!
Pam's garden as seen at Digging is one of the gardens that first got me interested in gardening in the heat. Seeing it in person was awesome! And she fed us tacos!
Up next was Colleen Jamison's garden - very different, and gorgeous as well.
the shade was starting to be welcomed!
this one was the cutest, i think!
They also fed us lunch, before sending us on to Tanglewild, the last garden that day.
Sunday started with more great weather, and Lucinda Hutson's gorgeous garden.
featuring her giant gingko tree - one of the first in Austin!
We left Lucinda's colorful paradise for Ruthie Burrus's purely Texas garden.
along with a whole host of other gorgeous plants!
including their prehistoric garden, which was awesome.
Once again, the shade was very welcome. Thankfully, Tait Moring's garden offered shade, a gorgeous view, and an even more gorgeous pool to cool off in!
Then we were off to the last garden - that of Kirk Walden. This was a garden that captured my imagination in an unexpected way.
We finished the day (and the Fling) at Articulture where we got dinner and drinks, and music!
And then it was back to the hotel for a night cap with new friends, and a very early wakeup time. I had a great time at the Fling, and really have to thank all the organizers and sponsors that made it happen!
After this overview post, i'll be diving deeper to remind myself of what i saw and learned, and want to take to my own garden. I'll be collecting all my posts here. If i have to hide from the heat outside, thinking about the Austin Fling is definitely the way to do it!
I like the way you've organized your impressions of the fling -- sorry for the heat but I'm glad for your blogging opportunity!
Thanks! The heat comes every year, and after 12 years out here, I've finally figured out what to do inside during the summer!
I still have a lot of my own Fling photos to sort through. I'd planned to hold some posts until the heat hit as well but the heat plague hasn't started here yet (thank goodness!); however, I'm wondering if my memory will still be functioning when I get around to them?
I liked going through the photos again - there's so much i forgot already that going through the photos was a good reminder! i hope the heat stays away from you for a while longer!
One of these days I'll get through all my Fling photos, and complicating the issue is the fact that I have visited another 8 or so gardens since returning from Austin. I have a touring hiatus in July, so maybe I'll actually get caught up ! I like a broad retrospective like this-it's helps me remember where I've been.
That's part of why i did it! Just looking through the pictures reminded me of so much... Amazing how things can seem both long ago and not really!
This is a nice little overview. It sounds like you had a good time. I remember wanting to cover everything on my first Fling, but it was overwhelming. So many gardens, so many new ides, and so many new people!
The fling was great, but yes, a bit of an overwhelming experience. I was most worried about the people, but in the end, that was one of the best parts. Which, duh, i should have known gardening people would be nice!
Great overview! And your photos...the yuccas, the ginkgo, etc all so good. I'm planning to post on what I never got to...the *2013* fling...never too late!
It's never too late to post about gardens... although i'm hoping to see lots of your new garden this summer!
I look forward to hearing and seeing more of your impressions, R!
Thank you Pam, and of course, a huge thanks to you and the team for organizing it! I decided to organize my impressions by what i learned, so we'll see how that goes!
I'm sorry I didn't attend the flng this year and even sorrier to have missed meeting fabulous garden bloggers like you! Thanks for this overview post, it really helps put together the posts I've been reading about individual gardens.
There's always next year! :) Putting together this post helped me to remember what all we saw - there was so much!
I'm so glad you decided to attend, and most importantly that you enjoyed the experience. I look forward to reading your future posts but until then I have to ask... how hot is it?
Ha! Stupid hot. 93 deg F right now, with less than 20% humidity and 20 mph winds (not gusts!). Gotta love summer! Next weekend it will be 104 deg F... Thinking back on the fling and all the people i met and gardens i saw is way better than thinking about our weather!
That is an excellent overview, and great photos.
My house tends to get really, really clean when it's very hot outside, and very dusty when it is mild. Funny how that happens.
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The 19 Worst All-Stars In NBA History
19. Mark Eaton
The 7-foot-4 Eaton stood tall as one of the league's premier shot blockers for over a decade. In totality, Eaton wasn't much more than a big center who could protect the rim. Having never averaged double-digits in scoring over a full season, Eaton may hold the mantle as the least impressive scorer in All-Star Game history. Playing alongside Hall of Famers Karl Malone and John Stockton certainly helped his case.
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18. Dale Davis
A crucial player in Indiana's rotation for nine seasons, Davis elevated from his role player status in 2000 when he was selected by the coaches to represent the Eastern Conference in the All-Star Game. Davis was a hard-nosed grinder who made winning plays, but hardly flashed the skill-set of a premier big man. In the ensuing offseason, the Pacers traded their All-Star for a promising power forward named Jermaine O'Neal.
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17. Tyrone Hill
1995 was a strange year for All-Star participants. Michael Jordan's foray in the baseball world left a spot open in the East, likely filled by lifetime journeyman Dana Barros who boasts career averages of 10.5 PPG and 3.3 APG (20.6 PPG and 7.5 APG in 1995). Second-year studs Penny Hardaway and Vin Baker, and eventual 1995 Rookie of the Year Grant Hill also made their first appearances in February's big game. The East's fifth first-time inclusion was Cleveland's Hill, who left plenty to be desired in the statistical department. Hill did average career highs in points and rebounds in 1995, but 13.8 points with 10.9 rebounds is nothing to write home about.
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16. Lionel Hollins
The former Grizzlies and Nets head coach was the starting point guard for the Portland Trail Blazers the year the franchise captured its lone NBA title. Playing alongside Bill Walton helped elevate the 24-year-old Hollins into the spotlight. Following the championship run, Hollins went on to make the All-Star team the very next year. Although Hollins eventually made two All-Defensive teams over his career, he enjoyed a rather pedestrian playing career which saw him traded from Portland just two years after helping them secure a championship.
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15. Kevin Willis
Willis was a serviceable NBA rotation player for a remarkable 23 seasons. Willis was drafted in the same year as Hakeem Olajuwon and Michael Jordan, and retired the year prior to Greg Oden and Kevin Durant being selected. Talk about longevity. Willis had a few good seasons mixed in his tenure, including his All-Star year which he averaged 18.3 points and 15.5 rebounds for a middling Atlanta Hawks squad. It was nice to see the career journeyman get some recognition, but Willis' career was far from outstanding.
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14. BJ Armstrong
A three-time NBA champion, Armstrong was indisputably the most athletically-gifted point guard to play in a backcourt with Michael Jordan. That didn't translate to on-court production. Jordan could have carried two dozen different point guards to NBA Finals appearances during his era. Armstrong scratched his only All-Star squad in 1994 during Jordan's run with the Chicago White Sox of the MLB. With notable snubs such as Mark Price and Kenny Anderson left off the roster, Armstrong's inclusion is even more puzzling.
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13. Brad Miller
Miller burst onto the scene in 2003 when he made his first All-Star team as a member of the Indiana Pacers. Making it as an All-Star in the East is one thing, but Miller bested himself the very next year when he made the squad yet again playing for the Sacramento Kings. Miller was a solid big who could pass the rock, though the only reason he was thrust into a starting role was due to the injury of All-NBA forward Chris Webber. When you consider Miller was playing 36 minutes a night, his 14.1 PPG and 10.3 RPG looks far less imposing.
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12. Theo Ratliff
Let's be honest here, the only reason Ratliff ever made an All-Star team was because he played with Allen Iverson. 2001 was the peak of Iverson's time in Philadelphia. The 76ers were the top-seed in the Eastern Conference, and eventually made it all the way to the NBA Finals where they ran into the juggernaut Los Angeles Lakers. During that season, Ratliff made the East roster as a reserve. He wasn't much more than a shot blocker who fed Iverson on the offensive end. A key player, but hardly All-Star caliber.
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11. Antonio Davis
The All-Star Game is a polarizing event for many of the NBA's stars. While it's reassuring to know the fans, your peers, and the coaches respect your place among the league's best, the weekend of festivities can be a bit tiring in the middle of the long season. Players pull out of the game all the time due to injuries, which opens up spots for guys who didn't originally make the cut. In 2001, an astonishing four All-Stars were replaced due to injury. Davis made the cut due to his role on one of the league's most fascinating teams (Vince Carter's Toronto Raptors). He received the least amount of fan votes among every player who played in the All-Star Game that year.
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10. Roy Hibbert
For a brief moment, Indiana's Hibbert appeared to be ascending the ranks of top NBA centers. It was a dark time for the position, as Dwight Howard was really the only sure-fire Hall of Famer among all centers in the league. Hibbert's relevance stemmed from the Pacers being one of the best teams in the league, and the lone competitor to LeBron James' Heat in the Eastern Conference. The 7-footer averaged just 6.6 RPG when he made the All-Star squad in 2014. Just three years later, he was completely out of the league.
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9. Kevin Duckworth
Duckworth somehow made two All-Star appearances as a member of the Portland Trail Blazers. He was a solid offensive player who could score from the post, but lacked the defensive and rebounding ability to truly make him a star. Truth be told, the only reason he even made the team in 1991 was because Hakeem Olajuwon was forced out due to injury.
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8. Rickey Green
Green's 1984 All-Star season is certainly nothing to scoff at. The savvy point guard posted solid numbers, averaging 13.2 points, 9.2 assists, and a league-leading 2.7 steals. What keeps Green on this list is everything he did for the rest of his career. Green was reduced to a bench role just four seasons after making his lone All-Star appearance, and boasts a career-high average of just 14.8 PPG. Considering the Utah Jazz didn't start peaking until after Green left and John Stockton took over, it's difficult to exclude him from the ranking.
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7. Jamaal Magloire
Years from now, we will have to explain to our grandchildren just how Magloire made an All-Star team in a Western Conference which featured Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett, Dirk Nowitzki, Shaquille O'Neal, Karl Malone, Pau Gasol, Chris Webber, and Carmelo Anthony. Yes, Magloire enjoyed a career year in 2004, acting as a space-eater and pick-setter for a promising young star in Chris Paul. He also sports career averages of 7.2 PPG and 6.5 RPG – those are numbers Shaq, Timmy and KG could put up in a quarter.
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6. Bill Cartwright
Cartwright is the only player featured on this list to have made an All-Star team in his rookie season. The 7-foot-1 California native was a big deal coming out of the University of San Francisco. He was picked third by a reeling Knicks team – whose coach at the time was Hall of Famer Willis Reed. Cartwright played well in his first year, averaging an impressive 21.7 PPG and 8.9 RPG. That's where the good times stopped. Cartwright would go on to feature to win three titles as a member of the Bulls, but he wasn't much more than a decent player who put up good stats on a bad team.
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5. Christian Laettner
At one time the most hated player in basketball, the former Blue Devil was once a highly-touted prospect who featured on the 1992 Olympic 'Dream Team'. Laettner was selected third overall in 1992, and came out of the gates strong averaging 18.2 PPG and 8.7 RPG as a rookie. In 1997, as an Atlanta Hawk, Laettner finally broke through and secured an All-Star spot. It was all downhill from there, though. He was traded to Detroit in 1999, and missed almost the entire season due to injury that year. Laettner went on to average just 9.3 PPG and 5.5 RPG over the next eight seasons until he made a quiet exit from the league. After winning two NCAA titles, it's safe to say Laettner peaked in college.
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4. Jayson Williams
Williams' career arc is incredibly tragic. After being selected in the first round of 1990, Williams failed to find his spot in the league. The original team who drafted him, the Philadelphia 76ers, gave up on the 7-foot center just two years into his career. It wasn't until 1998, Williams' age-29 season, when he finally started to put things together. Williams was second in the league in RPG that year (13.6) and helped the Nets increase their win total from the previous year by 17 games. He made the All-Star team alongside teammate Jason Kidd. Unfortunately, Williams would only play one more year in the league before being sent to prison for manslaughter. With career averages of 7.3 PPG and 7.5 RPG, it's difficult to not include Williams on this list.
3. Don Buse
For anybody unfamiliar with Buse, an apt comparison would be former Ohio State guard Aaron Craft being given the keys to an NBA team. Buse was an energizer on the defensive end, and really dug in on opposing guards. He averaged 4.1 steals per game in his final year in the ABA. However, he lacked the supreme talent one would expect from a professional point guard. Buse had the ball in his hands nearly every play, and still managed to score just 8.0 points per game during his All-Star season in 1977.
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2. Chris Gatling
Gatling's career is the classic tale of a 'flash in the pan'. After flaming out with the Warriors early in his career, Gatling landed on an awful Dallas Mavericks team where he managed to average 19.0 PPG and 7.9 RPG. Gatling was traded to New Jersey the very next year, and managed to start only 26 more games over the rest of his career. The Old Dominion product averaged just 9.8 points and 5.1 rebounds over his last five seasons.
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1. James Donaldson
Donaldson's career in the NBA was so unremarkable, it's a miracle he was able to even generate enough hype to be selected as an All-Star. He wasn't a particularly bad player, but certainly boasted a skill-set unbecoming of an All-Star level talent. In 1988, the coaches picked Donaldson to represent the Western Conference with averages of 7.0 points and 9.3 rebounds. Those are backup numbers in today's league. Sorry James, but what exactly were the coaches thinking?
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Women's History Month: Etta James - Security
A favorite performance from the greatest female vocalist of all time...
By Josh Hathaway on March 7, 2019 4:31 PM |
It's nigh impossible to get consensus on The Greatest Of All Time in any discussion of music and that's just the arguments I have with myself. There are a few where the question has been settled. One of those concerns the greatest female vocalist of all time. There are scores of qualified applicants for that particular title but no one has ever done it better than the legendary Etta James.
Etta James is likely best known for her incomparable command of torch songs like the perfect and impossibly gorgeous "At Last." That's where she shined brightest and her complete command of those beautiful ballads of the mysteries of love are enough to put her among the greats but she did so much more. She was a brilliant song interpreter and could move from blues, R&B, and jazz, and soul as well as injecting new life into timeless standards. There are many greats but no one ever did it better.
I nearly turned this into a playlist rather than highlighting a single song but geography helped me narrow down her canon. I went to college at UNA in Florence, Alabama and it's there I learned the deep, beautiful musical heritage of Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Many of the greatest artists and bands who ever lived came to northwest Alabama to tap into the local talent who worked behind the scenes on some of the most revered records of all time.
James came to Muscle Shoals to work with Rick Hall in 1967 backed by some of the great Shoals sidemen who helped create and define that inimitable sound. Those sessions produced the 1968 hit album Tell Mama and James proved she could stretch beyond lush string arrangements and carefully manicured vocals and sing piercing Soul and funk-infused R&B with the best of them. The entire album is magnificent and one of my favorite tracks is "Security."
"It was written and recorded by Otis Redding in Memphis for his debut Pain In My Heart backed by the legendary Stax house band featuring Booker T. & The MG's, one James turned into a Top 10 R&B hit. The rhythm track managers to be tight as a tick without strangling any of the groove. The horn chart is magnificent while keyboard, organ, and slinky guitars are the glue holding together the musical foundation for one of James' sassiest, most fiery vocals.
Etta James,
Women's History Month 2019
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DeepSoul: Otis Redding and Carla Thomas - "New Year's Resolution"
DeepSoul: The Emotions - "What Do the Lonely Do at Christmas?"
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Posted by George G 1/7/19 based on emails from Keith N and Jim Greenlee.
Jim Greenlee is the speaker contact and will introduce her that day.
GG 1/28 updated after getting speaker confirm.
GG 1/7/19 - just blocking this day for now until I figure out what we are actually doing that day.
Posted by George G 1/8 based on Keith N e/m. KN is the contact.
Posted 1/21 by George G in response to speaker contact Karen Williams email.
Posted by GG 1/25 per email from speaker contact Ted Moore.
GG 1/28 per email from speaker contact Keith Nesbitt.
Posted by GG 1/9 based on email from Susan Willson.
GG 1/28 based on email exchanges with Dave.
Submitted by Fred Vitas 2/26/19.
GG 1/25 based on this date being identified in list from Fred V email attachment.


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Modern Shipping Container Loft Trades for $5.25 Million
Hidden in plain sight above FLOR in Lower Pacific Heights, the former Chinese Laundry/Tooth Powder Factory at 2230 Bush Street was turned into a designer 3,600-square-foot loft by Jeff Wardell and Claudia Sagan to showcase their urban art collection and aesthetic nearly a decade ago. Two stacked shipping containers... Read More »
The Story behind This $350K Over Asking Sale in West Oakland
Built as a duplex in the early 1900s, the two-story West Oakland building at 960-962 16th Street was subsequently converted into the House of Prayer Church of God with a parsonage on the second floor. Purchased for $367,000 in April 2014, the then-church was re-converted into a two-unit residential... Read More »
Battle over Mid-Market Building and Evictions Heats Back Up
The ongoing battle between the remaining residential tenants of the seven-story Sterling Building at 1049 Market Street, which was illegally converted to "live-work" spaces over a decade ago, back when Mid-Market was a lot less desirable, and the building's owners, who have been trying to evict the rent-controlled and... Read More »
Million Dollar Cut for This Noe Valley Landmark
Purchased by a tech entrepreneur for $5.55 million in the fourth quarter of 2013, the converted Noe Valley Firehouse at 3816 22nd Street returned to the market at the end of 2015 listed for $6.898 million, touting a "once-in-a-lifetime opportunity" (for the third time in five years). Withdrawn from... Read More »
North Beach Restaurant in Play with Plans to Apartmentize
The required variance to convert the second and third floors of the North Beach restaurant at 1268 Grant Avenue, which is currently doing business as Tamarind Hall, into four apartments with a garden roof deck has been approved. And with the paperwork to secure the building permits for the conversion... Read More »
Grand Plans to Redevelop Historic Art Deco Garage Delayed
While plans for a six-story hotel to rise behind the historic Art Deco façade of the Central SoMa structure at 224 Townsend Street were drafted and formally proposed last year, the owner of the building is now seeking permission to permanently continue its operation as a parking garage, the... Read More »
Plans for Historic Tech Space on Howard
Plans to convert the two-story warehouse building at 1076 Howard Street into 15,000 square feet of open tech space are in the works, which includes an expansion of the building's mezzanine level and the addition of a new roof deck and stairwell. While historic designations can hinder development, in... Read More »
A Collective of Jackson Square Sleeping Rooms as Proposed
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Q: How do I configure the usb to function as com3? I am new to Linux and am using Ubuntu 17.04. I have installed a windows program using wine and it is installed OK. The program is a Pro Chrono digital that uses an USB to emulate a com port.
My question is "How to set up the com port in Ubuntu?"
I have tried to install drivers for this device using wine but although it seems to work the usb dongle is not recognized when I plug it in. Everything works in a windows machine and the program will function with ubuntu except the program will not talk to the Pro Chrono.
bill@bills-lap-top:~$ lsusb -t
/:  Bus 07.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=uhci_hcd/2p, 12M
    |__ Port 1: Dev 2, If 0, Class=Hub, Driver=hub/4p, 12M
        |__ Port 2: Dev 3, If 0, Class=Chip/SmartCard, Driver=, 12M
/:  Bus 06.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=uhci_hcd/2p, 12M
/:  Bus 05.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=uhci_hcd/2p, 12M
    |__ Port 1: Dev 2, If 0, Class=Human Interface Device, Driver=usbhid, 12M
    |__ Port 1: Dev 2, If 1, Class=Human Interface Device, Driver=usbhid, 12M
    |__ Port 1: Dev 2, If 2, Class=Human Interface Device, Driver=usbhid, 12M
    |__ Port 2: Dev 3, If 0, Class=Vendor Specific Class, Driver=ftdi_sio, 12M
/:  Bus 04.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=uhci_hcd/2p, 12M
/:  Bus 03.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=uhci_hcd/2p, 12M
/:  Bus 02.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=ehci-pci/6p, 480M
/:  Bus 01.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=ehci-pci/4p, 480M

(Port 2: Dev 3, If 0, Class=Vendor Specific Class, Driver=ftdi_sio)--This is the dongle, so Linux is seeing it but the program is not.

A: I got the dongle talking by linking ttyusb0 to com 1-(sudo ln -s /dev/ttyUSB2 com1). To keep my answer short I searched for similar questions and found question labeled  "Ubuntu+wine, USB COM port issue. Simbolic link question ".
With this as a guide  I was able to get my problem fixed.

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One of the hardest things you have to face as a pet owner is when your dog or cat gets injured or falls sick and needs to have surgery. At South Eastern Animal Hospital we know that at times like these your anxiety levels soar and there are many questions or concerns you may have.
We've taken some time to compile a list of the most commonly asked questions about pet surgical treatments and have answered them here. We hope you find the following information helpful in easing some of the anxieties you're feeling.
What types of pet surgical treatments are available at your typical Melbourne veterinary hospital?
How safe is anaesthesia for my pet?
Before a procedure can be performed or anaesthetic administered, our expert team will conduct a comprehensive exam on your pet to ensure that they can cope with the stresses of an operation. Be assured that anaesthesia used today is both safe and reliable for effective use on animals.
Will my pet experience pain?
As with any type of surgical procedure there is generally some degree of pain involved. Our vets will do everything possible to reduce the level of pain and discomfort your pet experiences including administering injection pain medications.
Will my pet need stitches?
This depends on the surgical treatment involved. Usually for minor procedures absorbable stiches are used that will dissolve on their own. Surgical procedures such as removing tumours may need skin staples or stitches that are removed between 10 and 14 days after treatment.
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Samsung's Reported BlackBerry Bid Not Seen Raising Security Concerns
August 9, 2016 sristy Blackberry 0
A possible bid for BlackBerry by Samsung Electronics Co Ltd would be unlikely to raise Canadian government security concerns, sources familiar with Ottawa's thinking said on Wednesday.
"I don't imagine that there'd be any security roadblocks," the source said, reacting to a Reuters story that Samsung had recently approached BlackBerry Ltd about buying the smartphone maker.
A second source familiar with government thinking said previously expressed concerns about a Chinese firm possibly buying BlackBerry would almost certainly not apply to South Korean companies.
Any foreign bid for BlackBerry would automatically have to be reviewed by the federal Industry Department to determine whether it is of net benefit to Canada, and it would ultimately go to cabinet for approval.
The sources made clear that the fact that Samsung was South Korean should not in and of itself be an issue.
"There's never been any suggestion that South Korea would be an obstacle," the first source said. "I don't think anybody would question Samsung."
In 2013, the Conservative government had strongly hinted to BlackBerry that any sale to China's Lenovo Group would be rejected due to security concerns, sources told Reuters at the time.
Canada has had a fractious trade relationship with China but there are no such problems with South Korea, which Ottawa sees as a key partner and a gateway to Asia.
A free trade agreement with South Korea – the first of its kind between Canada and an Asian-Pacific nation – came into effect on Jan 1 this year.
"With this landmark agreement now in force, our government is committed to supporting our companies as they seek to boost their exports to South Korea and throughout Asia," Trade Minister Ed Fast said on January 1.
Fast will lead a trade mission to South Korea – one of Canada's priority markets – from Feb 8 to 13.
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News > Nation/World
Secret Report Rebuts Hanford Dose Study Hanford Radiation Releases May Have Been Much Worse Than Thought
By Karen Dorn Steele karend@spokesman.com
The federal judge handling the huge Hanford downwinders' lawsuit is keeping secret a report that sharply criticizes a $27 million, taxpayer-funded study of past radiation releases from the nuclear reservation.
The study is flawed and may underestimate radiation doses to people living near Hanford, according to the courtappointed scientist who wrote the critique.
U.S. District Judge Alan McDonald of Yakima sealed the report by Thomas Pigford before it was submitted to the court last month.
Pigford is a nationally known nuclear engineer and retired professor at the University of California at Berkeley. He sits on three National Academy of Sciences panels studying post-Cold War nuclear issues.
Pigford was hired as a special "scientific master" to help the court determine whether the Hanford Environmental Dose Reconstruction study is valid to use in the downwinders' litigation.
Thousands of people are suing Hanford's past contractors, claiming radiation releases caused their health problems.
Pigford's conclusions, reviewed by The Spokesman-Review, cast doubts on the dose study's reliability for the lawsuit in McDonald's court.
Attorneys for both sides in the Hanford case chose Pigford last year as a neutral scientist.
Under McDonald's order, the attorneys are prohibited under threat of contempt from discussing Pigford's report.
Pigford said Thursday he didn't know his report was sealed.
"I wish I could talk to you about it, but I'm supposed to follow the rules of the court," he said from his home in Oakland.
McDonald would not explain why he is withholding the report. His order to seal it, issued last April, said it "eventually" would be made public.
"The judge cannot make any comment at this time," said his clerk, Tom Monaghan.
McDonald's order is improper, said a prominent Seattle environmental lawyer not associated with the Hanford case.
"The judge is behaving despicably in this case. This is a very critical report on the most important toxic tort issue in the United States," said Leonard Schroeter, a senior partner in Schroeter, Goldmark and Bender.
Schroeter, a founder of the national public interest law group Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, has been briefed on the contents of Pigford's report.
"I can't conceive of any societal interest that is served by keeping this secret," he said.
Pigford's critique may have implications for another federal study of thyroid disease among people exposed to the Hanford releases.
If the estimated Hanford doses are inaccurate, it would throw off the results of the Hanford Thyroid Disease Study, said Scott Davis, an epidemiologist at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle.
The study is trying to find out whether there is a higher-thannormal incidence of thyroid disease among people exposed to radioactive iodine 131 from Hanford.
"If the doses are really wrong, we are going to come up with the wrong conclusions," Davis said.
The dose study's major findings were released last April after seven years of work.
The study concluded that people living within 20 miles of Hanford got less radiation than previously estimated. But it revised upwards exposures to people living farther away in a 75,000-square-mile area - including Spokane and North Idaho.
Battelle's Pacific Northwest Laboratory at Hanford conducted the study. It was directed by an independent panel of scientists not associated with Battelle, a nuclear contractor.
The judge must use the dose study, the first of its kind at a U.S. weapons site, to assess whether people who lived near Hanford deserve compensation for health problems.
In addition to problems with the iodine dose estimates, Battelle's computer models don't account for radiation "hot spots" caused by topography, Pigford's report concluded. The study also ignored the impact of "hot particles" emitted from Hanford, it said.
Scientists conducting the dose study have asked for more federal money to pursue those issues, said Mary Lou Blazek of Salem, Ore., the chairwoman of the panel directing the study.
"We are aware of the Pigford report, but we haven't seen it yet," Blazek said.
The federal government admitted in 1990 that the Hanford radiation releases were large enough to cause health damage.
Less than a month later, the first lawsuits were filed against the contractors who ran Hanford for the government since 1943.
Since then, thousands more have filed suit, contending their health was damaged by the chronic radiation releases from 1944 to the '60s.
Defendants in the lawsuit include General Electric Co., Atlantic Richfield Hanford Co., Rockwell Hanford Co., United Nuclear and Du Pont.
As a result of a government agreement to pay the legal bills of its nuclear contractors, the Hanford case already has cost taxpayers at least $29.6 million to defend.
Judge McDonald dismissed Westinghouse Hanford Co. from the case last month, in part because of Pigford's report.
"Pigford concluded that since 1973, there have been no releases from Hanford that could have harmed anybody," said Bob Dutton, Westinghouse corporate counsel.
Westinghouse has been Hanford's major site contractor since 1987.
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Rick Lane Appointed CEO of Trading Technologies
After serving as CTO since March 2012 Mr. Lane has now been promoted to Chief Executive Officer. Harris Brumfield, majority
Avi Mizrahi | Executive Moves ( Executives ) | Thursday, 06/02/2014 | 13:13 GMT+2 2014-02-06T11:13:41+00:00 2014-02-06T11:13:41+00:00
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Trading Technologies International, Inc., a Chicago-based global provider of institutional trading software, announced today that Rick Lane, who has served as Chief Technology Officer since March 2012, has been named CEO effective immediately.
Harris Brumfield, the majority owner and CEO for the past 11 years, will remain with the company as Chairman of the Board, according to the announcement.
Mr. Lane first joined the firm in June 2010 when TT acquired the company he co-founded, TickIt Trading Systems. After leaving for Google in 2011, he returned to TT in March 2012 as CTO. At TickIt, Lane was the architect of Algo Design Lab, a visual programming platform. Lane graduated with a Bachelor of Science in computer science from Georgia Tech in 2003.
"Rick is a leader with the unique combination of exceptional technology expertise, a keen understanding of trading, and most importantly, a genuine commitment to our people and clients," said Mr. Brumfield. Adding, "As we prepare to celebrate our 20th anniversary in May, I believe Rick is the right person to lead us to the next level."
Mr. Lane commented on the announcement: "Harris is a trading visionary who is incredibly passionate about the futures markets and the economic value they provide. He has set a very high bar with respect to integrity, commitment to excellence, and devotion to our end-user results. I'm honored to have the opportunity to lead this company."
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SB 5493: Establishing a board of advisors to provide local guidance to community services offices operated by the Department of Social and Health Services
First reading, referred to Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation on 1.23.19.
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation on 2.5.19.
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation on 2.12.19; 1st substitute bill passed and referred to Ways & Means.
Not yet scheduled for a hearing.
As of mid-March, the bill is dead. However, it could "come back" during the 2019 session as an amendment on another bill or other mechanisms, or next year (since bills technically stay alive for the full 2019-20 biennium).
(updated 1.9.20)
This act establishes a board of advisors to provide local guidance to community services offices which are operated by the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) by amending RCW 74.04.005 and adding a section to RCW 74.04.
SB 5493 determines that a board of advisors must be established to provide advice to the operations for each local community services office and to coordinate collaborations with community partners.
The board of advisors would include membership consisting of:
§ 1 representative of each county and city government;
§ 1 representative from a local human services or housing nonprofit organization;
§ 1 representative from the local business community;
§ 1 client of the community services office with lived experience of homelessness or insecure housing;
§ 1 local representative from the market rate housing developer community;
§ 1 representative of a local behavioral health provider;
§ State legislators who service the community services office as ex officio members; and
§ The administrator of the community services office as a nonvoting member
Furthermore, each board of advisors may:
§ Provide input into community service office operations;
§ Enhance community connections between community services offices and relevant sectors of the community;
§ Improve local accountability for the delivery of human services; and
§ Promote innovation.
RCW 74.04.005 is also amended to define "community services office" as a local office within a region defined by the DSHS which processes applications for public assistance.
Further, the regional administrator for the DSHS must meet monthly with each board of advisors to present local data, trends, and recommendations.