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Hairdresser Moriah Chase welcomes clients to her new salon, Mossy Maple Hair Studio at 10th Avenue and Roger Street. FACEBOOK PHOTO
BUSINESS BEAT: New board room at Steampunk Café has nautical flair
Teresa Bird writes about business happenings once a month in the Alberni Valley News
Feb. 20, 2019 3:00 p.m.
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Looking for a small meeting space with food and flair? Steampunk Café and Coffee House on Third Avenue has finished the renovations of their conference room and it is ready for rentals.
The room can accommodate up to eight people and food service is available from the café. Rental rates are $20 an hour and $125 a day, from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. to book or learn more call Steampunk Café at 778-421-3000.
Buy-Low Foods on lower Johnston Road has also been renovating. New display cases in the deli section at the front of the store and refrigerated dairy and meat sections at the rear of the store expand those spaces. Deli staff also have more room to move around now.
The Golden Dragon has a new management team operating the restaurant, and that means a new team in the kitchen too. The Golden Dragon has new buffet menus with a new weekend brunch buffet on Saturdays and Sundays from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Lunch buffet is Monday to Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and the dinner buffet with 22 items is every night from 4:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Local hairdresser Moriah Chase has opened her own salon, Mossy Maple Hair Studio. Chase was raised in Port Alberni and did her training here in the Valley as well. She has worked in two local salons, but opened her own shop January 17.
"We are a Matrix-focused salon, meaning we only carry Matrix products," says Chase, who is also a Matrix educator. Mossy Maple Hair Studio is located at 10th Avenue and Roger, in the previous Clip 21 location. Appointments for haircuts only can be booked online at www.mossymaplehair.com or on the Facebook page. Or call 1-778-419-1999 for an appointment or consultation.
D'sign Guy sign company has a new name and new owners. Bill and Sandy Scott purchased the company last month from 14-year owner Gary Ruissen and renamed it D'sign Guy & Gal. The have also changed location, moving further down 10th Avenue to 4348 – 10th Ave. (closer to Roger Street). The business is a new venture for the couple who have lived in the Alberni Valley for several years. They can design almost any cut vinyl signage.
"Our service is fast and friendly," says Sandy Scott. The shop is open Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Find them on Facebook or call 250-724-4342.
Teresa Bird is the Alberni Valley News publisher. Pass your business tips along to her at publisher@albernivalleynews.com or call her at 250-723-6399.
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Michigan DUI OUIL Drunk Driving Laws
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Summary of Michigan DWI Laws/ UBAL / OUIL / OWI / OUIN Laws
The following charts show the penalties for Michigan drunk driving and license suspension violations in Michigan.
Crime 1st Offense 2nd Offense
OUIL / UBAC / OUID
§625(1) Misdemeanor
Fine/Jail/Comm Svc:
1 or more of the following:
Up to 93 days jail; $100 - $500 fine; up to 45 days comm svc
Licensing: 30/150 days susp./rest.
Plate conf: None
Immob: Permissive up to 180 days
Reg Deny: None
Forf: None
$200 - $1000 fine And one or more of the following: 5 days to 1 year jail; 30-90 days comm svc.
Licensing: minimum 1 year revocation/denial
Plate conf: Required
Immob: Required 90 to 180 days unless forfeited.
Forf: Permissive
1st Offense 2nd Offense
Up to 93 days jail; up to $300 fine; up to 45 days comm svc.
Licensing: 90 days rest.
Immob: Required 90 to 180 days unless forfeited
Up to $250 fine OR up to 60 days comm svc, or both.
Immob: None
One or more of the following: up to 60 days comm svc; up to $500 fine; up to 93 days jail.
Licensing: 90 day susp OR if prior §625 then minimum 1 year revocation/denial
Licensing: 90/90 susp./rest.
$500 - $5000 fine And either of the following: 1-5 years prison; probation with 30 days to 1 year jail AND 60-180 days comm svc.
Endangerment - Zero Tolerance w/occupant < 16
One or more of the following: up to 60 days comm svc; up to $500 fine; up to 93 days in jail.
Plate conf: see 1st, 2nd offense
Immob: see 1st & 2nd
Licensing: revoke
.04 CDL Commercial Drivers License
§625m(1) Misdemeanor
Up to $300 fine OR up to 93 days jail, or both
Licensing: CDL - 1 year susp., OPR 90 days rest., HAZ - 3 year susp.
Up to $1000 fine OR up to 1 year prison, or both
Licensing: CDL - minimum 10 yr rev., OPR 1 yr rev./den.
Immob: Required 90 to 180 days
Drug Law Violations Misdemeanor
Licensing: 30/150 susp./rest.
2003 Changes to Michigan's Drunk Driving Laws
( DWI / UBAL / OUIL / OWI / OUIN )
In July of 2003, the Michigan legislature passed and the Governor signed into law two bills designed to bring Michigan into compliance with the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration's requirement that all states adopt a blood alcohol threshold of .08% for drunk driving offenses. Although the amendments make this change, they includes a number of other significant changes to the existing law. The following are some of the more significant changes.
OPERATING WHILE INTOXICATED
The legislation changes the name of the offense from Operating Under the Influence of Liquor to Operating While Intoxicated. That offense includes both operating with a blood alcohol level of .08% or more, as well as operating while under the influence of alcohol, a controlled substance, or a combination of alcohol and a controlled substance.
OPERATING WHILE IMPAIRED
The legislation retains the offense of Operating While Visibly Impaired. However, there is no longer a blood-alcohol threshold used to prove OWI.
PRESUMPTIONS GONE
Under the prior statue, a person was presumed OUIL if he or she had a BAC of .10% or greater; OWI if he or she had a BAC of greater than .07% but less than .10%; and not impaired if he or she had a BAC of .07% or less. Those presumptions are gone from the new legislation. While it is unlawful to drive with a BAC of .08% or more, there is no longer a presumption that a person is not impaired with a BAC of .07% or less. Thus, it is possible for a prosecutor to charge impaired driving even if a person has a BAC level of .07% or less.
NEW OFFENSE OF DRIVING WITH ANY AMOUNT
OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
Bound to be one of the most controversial aspects of the new legislation, the statute now includes the offense of Operating with Any Amount of a Schedule 1 Controlled Substance (opiates, opium derivatives, hallucinogens, marijuana, GHB, and ecstasy) or cocaine in the blood stream. This part of the new statute has nothing to do with keeping impaired drivers off the road since most of these drugs can be found in the blood stream days after they were taken while the impairment is usually gone in hours. In fact, with a hair test, it is possible to find these substances in a person's body up to 90 days after the fact. Since the new statute prohibits a person from operating a vehicle if "the person has in his or her body any amount" of a controlled substance, this is presumably not limited to breath, blood or urine. The new offense is treated the same as Operating While Intoxicated in terms of jail time, fines, costs, community service, and licensing sanctions.
IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICES
The new statute allows the court to require the installation of an ignition interlock device as a condition of probation for both driving while intoxicated and driving with any amount of a controlled substance. Thus, while an offender may have only a six month license suspension from Secretary of State, the court can require the ignition interlock device installed throughout the term of probation (up to two years).
COURT CANNOT ALLOW PLEA TO ZERO TOLERANCE IF ORIGINALLY CHARGED WITH GREATER OFFENSE
The new legislation slightly changes the rules regarding pleas to zero tolerance offenses. Where the old statute allowed the court to accept a reduced plea from another alcohol offense to a zero tolerance offense with agreement of the prosecutor, the new law only allows the court to dismiss the original charge on motion of the prosecuting attorney. Thus, reduced pleas to zero tolerance offenses, while still possible, will be more cumbersome.
PRESUMPTION REGARDING BAC AT TIME OF DRIVING
The new statute slightly changes the presumption regarding a person's blood alcohol level at the time of the offense. The old law allowed, but did not require, the fact finder to presume that a person's BAC at the time of testing was the same as it was at the time of driving. The new law makes that presumption mandatory. While the presumption-like any other legal presumption-may be overcome, it now appears to be the defendant's burden to disprove the assumption by affirmative evidence.
IMPLIED CONSENT SUSPENSION LENGTHENED
The new law lengthens the time of implied consent suspensions to one year for a first implied consent refusal and five years for all subsequent implied consent refusals within a 7 year period.
MINOR TRANSPORTING ALCOHOL - IMPOUNDING OWNER'S VEHICLE
Within 30 days of a minor's conviction for transporting alcohol in a motor vehicle, the arresting officer may make a complaint against the owner of the vehicle to show cause why the vehicle should not be impounded. If the court determines that the vehicle was being driven with the express or implied consent of the owner (whether or not the owner knew the minor was transporting alcohol), and if the court determines that the vehicle is not needed by the owner in the direct pursuit of the owner's employment, the court may order the vehicle impounded for a minimum of 15 days and a maximum of 30 days.
CHANGES TO SENTENCING GUIDELINES OV-3 AND OV-18
The new law changes the sentence guidelines scoring to reflect the new lower .08% BAC threshold. Thus, OV-3 includes 50 points for death resulting from a drunk driving offense where the offender had a BAC of .08% or more. Similarly, OV 18 does away with the 5 points for a BAC of .07% or more but less than .10%, and folds all offenses with a BAC of .08% or more but less than .15% into the 10 point category.
EFFECTIVE DATE AND SUNSET PROVISION
The new statute takes effect September 30, 2003. For some reason, it includes a sunset provision, making the new .08% BAC threshold expire on October 1, 2013, at which time the BAC threshold reverts back to .10%.
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First District Rules that State Lands Commission's Approval of a Land Exchange Agreement Not Exempt from CEQA; Exhaustion Requirement Did Not Apply.
The First District, in Defend Our Waterfront v. California State Lands Commission (Sept. 17, 2015) ___Cal.App.4th___, Case Nos. A1496 & 141697, upheld the trial court's grant of a petition for writ of mandate challenging a land exchange between the City and County of San Francisco and the project applicants for the 8 Washington Street Project.
The 8 Washington Street Project is a plan to develop waterfront land near the San Francisco Ferry Building. The project site includes the "Seawall Lot 351" parcel, which is currently owned by the City and County of San Francisco through its Port Commission (the City), subject to the public trust for uses benefiting the people of California. The public trust restriction on the use of the Seawall Lot 351 is inconsistent with the development proposed by the 8 Washington Project. To remove this inconsistency, the applicants and the City proposed to transfer Seawall Lot 351 out of the public trust and replace it with a different parcel of property pursuant to a land exchange agreement with the State Lands Commission (SLC). In August 2012, SLC approved the land exchange agreement, finding, among other things, that the agreement is a statutorily exempt activity under CEQA.
Defend Our Waterfront (DOW), argued that SLC abused its discretion in determining that the land exchange agreement was exempt from CEQA. SLC, the City, and the project applicants argued that DOW had not exhausted its administrative remedies on this issue. The trial court held the exhaustion requirement was inapplicable because there was no effective notice of a public hearing on a CEQA matter prior to the SLC ruling. The Court of Appeal affirmed. The appellate court explained that the only notice provided by the agenda for the SLC meeting was that the SLC was considering a land exchange agreement proposed by the City. The agenda made no reference to CEQA.
The applicants argued that although the agenda itself did not specify that staff considered the project exempt from CEQA, the staff report, which was available online through a link provided in the agenda, set forth this information. The Court of Appeal held, however, that the staff report did not provide legally sufficient public notice of SLC's CEQA decision for two reasons. First, someone would have to take the additional step of clicking on the agenda's link to the staff report to learn that a CEQA issue would be decided at the SLC meeting. Second, the hyperlink to the staff report was added after the 10-day notice requirement under Government Code section 11125, subdivision (a), so could not provide adequate notice.
The applicants alternatively argued that DOW had actual notice that the SLC was going to consider the CEQA exemption at the meeting. To support this argument, the applicants pointed to an e-mail from a member of DOW that referred to the staff report. The e-mail, however, did not mention CEQA, so the court refused to assume that the e-mail's author had read the section of the staff report regarding the CEQA exemption. Furthermore, even if the e-mail's author had read the entire report, the staff report still did not provide adequate notice because it was not provided until after the 10-day notice period, discussed above.
Moving to the CEQA issue, the Court of Appeal agreed with the trial court that the land exchange agreement was not exempt from CEQA review. SLC had found that land exchange agreement was statutorily exempt under Public Resources Code section 21080.11, which states: "This division shall not apply to settlements of title and boundary problems by the State Lands Commission and to exchanges or leases in connections with those or leases in connection with those settlements." Applying principles of statutory construction, the Court of Appeal held that the statutory exemption for "settlements and title boundary problems" did not apply as a matter of law because there was neither a title or a boundary dispute nor settlement of any such dispute relating to Seawall Lot 351. Instead, the express purpose of the exchange is to further the 8 Washington Street Project. In reaching this conclusion, the Court of Appeal declined to defer to the public agencies' interpretation of Public Resources Code section 21080.11.
RMM Attorneys Whit Manley, Chip Wilkins, and Chris Stiles represented Real Parties in Interest in the matter.
Tags: exemption, Exhaustion, Notice
Third Appellate District requires preparation of an EIR for approval of a tentative subdivision map
Rominger v. County of Colusa (Sept. 9, 2014), Case No. C073815
This case originates from an application for approval of a tentative subdivision map filed with the County of Colusa. The application proposed dividing four existing parcels into 16 parcels. The proposed parcels ranged in size from about 1 acre to 30 acres. The existing site consisted of agricultural use and light industrial uses related to agriculture. The application indicated no specific plans for expansion were available, and the present intention for the parcels was for their existing uses to continue.
The County prepared an initial study in June 2010 to determine if approval of the proposed tentative subdivision map could have significant environmental impacts. The initial study identified potentially significant impacts to cultural resources but determined these impacts could be mitigated to less-than-significant. Therefore, the County proposed adoption of a mitigated negative declaration for the project.
During the public comment period on the MND, the Romingers submitted comments suggesting an EIR was necessary for a variety of reasons. As a result of these comments, the County determined a water supply assessment was needed and cancelled the public hearing on the MND. Thereafter, a revised initial study was completed in August 2011. The revised initial study concluded that the project could potentially have significant impacts on air quality, cultural resources, and hydrology/water quality. Again, the initial study determined these impacts could be mitigated to less-than-significant and that an MND would be appropriate. The Romingers renewed their complaints during the public comment period for the updated MND. The County approved the MND in spite of these objections, and the Romingers filed a petition for writ of mandate asserting that an EIR was necessary. The trial court rejected the petition, concluding that approval of the tentative map was not a "project" for the purposes of CEQA. The Romingers appealed.
The Appellate Court's Decision
On appeal, the Romingers argued that the County was barred from asserting that the proposed subdivision was not a CEQA project or that the project was exempt from CEQA based on the common sense exemption. The Romingers reasoned that the County could not make these arguments because the County treated the proposed subdivision as a CEQA project at the administrative level and approved an MND. The appellate court did not find this reasoning persuasive. The court's task under CEQA is to review agency actions for compliance with procedures required by law. The County reasoned preparation of the MND was entirely voluntary and not required by law in the first place. Therefore, it would be a waste of judicial resources to review the adequacy of the voluntarily prepared MND. The appellate court agreed and allowed the County to argue no environmental review was required in the first place. However, the court disagreed with the County that approval of the tentative subdivision map was not a project under CEQA. Public Resources code section 21080 specifically provides that an approval of a tentative subdivision map is a project subject to CEQA.
The appellate court also concluded that the "common sense" exemption did not apply to the County's approval. The County argued the map approval, in this specific case, fell within CEQA's common sense exemption in the CEQA Guidelines section 15061(b)(3). The County reasoned that the action only established new parcel lines and that there was no possible effect on the environment as a result. But the appellate court noted that, in the application, the real parties stated the objective for the subdivision was to facilitate "future expansion where separate financing may be needed." Therefore, the record demonstrated the purpose of the subdivision was to make development on the parcels easier. Under the common sense exemption, the agency must show, based on evidence in the record, that there is no possibility that the action may result in a significant effect on the environment. Here, the reasonable possibility that creation of smaller parcels could lead to development that might not otherwise occur pushed the project beyond the confines of the common sense exemption.
On the specific challenges to the MND, the appellate court sided with the project opponents on only a single issue. The appellate court determined substantial evidence in the record supported a fair argument that the project may have significant traffic impacts. In this case, a traffic engineer submitted a comment letter suggesting the County relied on unrealistically low trip generation estimates. This comment letter cited specific evidence, such as the proximity of a major interstate, and the potential for the light-industrial uses to be redeveloped as more traffic-intensive uses. In light of this, and other evidence, the traffic engineer suggested that the County should use the general trip generation characteristics from categories in the authoritative trip generation source reference Trip Generation, 8th Edition. Based on these trip generation numbers, the project could potentially have a significant traffic impact on an intersection of a county road and State Highway 99. This evidence in the record supported the fair argument made by the Romingers. In protest, the County pointed to substantial evidence supporting a contrary conclusion. But the appellate court explained that pointing to contrary evidence was insufficient to defeat the fair argument. Therefore, the appellate court concluded that the county prejudicially abused its discretion when it failed to prepare an EIR addressing the potentially significant traffic impact.
Also of note, the appellate court concluded that the County did not entirely comply with the requirement to provide a full 30-day review period for the MND. The Romingers complained that the review period was only 29 days long. But the appellate court reviewed the record and determined that this error did not preclude informed decisionmaking or informed public participation. Since the error was not prejudicial, the error could not provide a basis for relief.
Conclusions and Analysis
The opinion adds to the litany of cases which accept a broad definition of "project" for the purposes of CEQA. This is especially true where the statute explicitly identifies the action as an example of a project. The opinion treads over fresher ground in CEQA law where the appellate court approaches the fair argument standard in a detailed and thoughtful manner. The opinion recognizes that the fair argument must be supported by substantial evidence in the record. The court rejects numerous attacks on the MND in this case where the arguments constituted vague criticisms unsupported by any specific facts. At the same time, the opinion demonstrates the perils of relying on a negative declaration. Because the petitioners supported a fair argument that the project may have a significant traffic impact, the County will be required to prepare an EIR analyzing the traffic impact.
Tags: Mitigated Negative Declaration, Notice, Prejudice, Standard of Review


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New York Rangers possible post-trade deadline call-ups
Brian Paget
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Whether or not serious noise is made at the NHL trade deadline, the New York Rangers call-up options are aplenty.
The NHL trade deadline is quickly approaching, which means that change is coming for the New York Rangers. A year later, Jeff Gorton is right back in the hot-seat, as the Broadway Blueshirts are prepared for an encore of last year's sell-off.
The 2018 trade deadline meant the departure of Rick Nash, Ryan McDonagh, Michael Grabner, J.T. Miller, and Nick Holden. Feb. 25, 2019, will likely result in the loss of fan-favorites Mats Zuccarello and Kevin Hayes, as well as a goodbye to veteran defenseman Adam McQuaid.
Outside of the aforementioned trio, everything is up in the air. Because of the Rangers' rebuilding state, almost everybody is up for grabs. Even a guy like Chris Kreider could be pried away from the Blueshirts if a team is willing to pony up and pay a fair price.
Don't forget about players like Vlad Namestnikov, Jesper Fast, Jimmy Vesey, and Ryan Strome who could all serve as quality depth pieces on a contending team. There are also the big names signed to big contracts: This group consists of Kevin Shattenkirk, Brendan Smith, and Marc Staal. Finally, there are slumping youngsters such as Pavel Buchnevich, Neal Pionk, and Tony DeAngelo, a group whose futures are still up in the air.
When it's all said and done, the post-deadline Rangers are going to look a lot different than the current squad. Similarly to last season, you can expect the Boys in Blue to plummet down the standings in the final 20 games of the season, as they will trot out a young, inexperienced, and less talented group.
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This year's trade deadline fire-sale is set to open up a plethora of roster spots, and the Blueshirts will fill these voids by making some call-ups from their AHL affiliate: The Hartford Wolfpack. Today, I look at which prospects could be getting a chance to prove themselves with the big club at the tail-end of the 2018-19 campaign.
Vinni Lettieri
With the passing of the trade deadline, Vinni Lettieri will likely get another chance to prove that he's an NHL-caliber forward. This could serve as Lettieri's last chance to convince the coaching staff that he is more than a fringe NHLer.
Lettieri is a really hard guy to figure out because he's a very skilled player, but he's also not a top-six forward. Lettieri is a third or fourth line player, yet he's not a grinder, in reality, he is a point-producer. This is why he has been unable to stick in the NHL, as he has not been suited to properly play his role as a checking-line winger.
The 24-year-old has tallied 28 points in 30 games with the Wolfpack this season. He has five points in 37 career NHL contests over the last two years. This is Lettieri's final chance to prove himself. We'll see if he can take advantage of it.
Lias Andersson
Lias Andersson's next NHL stint is a big one. The seventh overall pick in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft has yet to become a full-time NHL player. Andersson was called up after the trade deadline a season ago, and impressed, despite scoring only two points in seven games.
Andersson surprisingly failed to make the team out of training camp this summer, as his solid performance was overshadowed by the team's other young centermen: Filip Chytil and Brett Howden. Andersson started the season in Hartford until he was promoted to New York, where he played 21 games and scored a mere four points while serving as the Rangers' bottom-line center. The 20-year-old was then demoted back to the AHL, where he has played ever since.
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Unfortunately, Andersson has also struggled in the minors, as he has notched only 19 points in 34 games thus far. These are disappointing numbers from such a highly-touted prospect. The doubts are starting to rain down on the former top-10 pick. If the Swedish center wants to bring back the hope that Rangerstown once had for him, he must silence the doubters at the end of this season.
Ville Meskanen
Another prospect, this one much lesser known, could be on his way to the Big Apple in a couple of weeks: Ville Meskanen. The 23-year-old winger was brought in from Finland last summer, and he has performed nicely in his first season in North America.
Meskanen ranks third among Wolfpack forwards with 29 points in 52 games. The young Finn projects to be nothing more than a third-line forward, but his early success in the AHL warrants a tryout with the Blueshirts for a couple games at the end of this season.
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Ryan Lindgren
After playing three strong games with the Rangers earlier this season, it would make sense to recall Ryan Lindgren again after Jeff Gorton clears up his team's logjam on the back-end. The 21-year-old blueliner is not a flashy player, but he is a fiery and fearless stay-at-home defenseman.
The Minnesota native and former second-round draft pick paired nicely with Kevin Shattenkirk, as his game perfectly complemented number twenty-two's offensive style. Lindgren has posted eight points in 46 games with the Pack and was pointless in his three games on Broadway. Despite his lack of production, Lindgren certainly makes an impact on the ice. In fact, David Quinn's squad won all three matches in which the young defenseman participated.
John Gilmour is in a situation similar to Vinni Lettieri. He is tearing it up in Hartford; however, he has not quite proven to be an NHL defenseman just yet. Following his call-up after last year's trade deadline, the 25-year-old has five points in 28 games.
Gilmour is very similar to Tony DeAngelo and Neal Pionk in that he is undersized, an elite skater, and offensive-minded. He now needs to prove that he can be as effective defending in his own end of the ice as he is when it comes to breaking out of pressure. If Gilmour plays well enough, he could earn some consideration to become a future member of New York's defense-core. The time is now for the young Canadian, this is his last chance to show that he can play at the highest level.
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Initially, I didn't feel like writing about this. It's only when I couldn't get it out of my head after more than a week, I thought writing might help me process the experience better….
But first I have to get there. Everything was ready and on time when we were boarding the Jakarta plane. Approaching the take-off strip and as we're getting speed the plane releases ground and gets into the air. The moment where everyone's heart skips a beat… Then when the plane just released ground there was a sudden explosion sound and a light flash. Did this really just happen or was it my imagination??
She kept talking to us trying to keep everyone calm even though she was still crying. Quite an unprofessional sight but apparently human emotions are unstoppable when things get serious. I was worried and I was not the only one… After some time the stewardess informed everyone that there is a "technical problem". She told us to leave all personal belongings behind if there is the need for an emergency landing.
Everyone was on the tip of their chair waiting for more information, except for some Indonesians who were sleeping. I even heard them snoring, can you imagine??
Finally, the stewardess announced we're going back for a normal landing. At this point, we were already in the air for about 40 minutes. After turning back and clearing the landing strip we got to ground normally and came to a stop right after. All engines off and two fire trucks showed up immediately. It still wasn't clear if there was a fire or not. After clearance of the fire brigade, a special truck pulled the airplane to the terminal and everyone got off board safely.
At least it makes the journey even more of an adventure and it makes all coming moments worth twice as much!
Glad we still have you guys with us!
Scary moments… I can imagine.. Glad that you are ok!


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The Danger of the State as a Substitute for Conscience
CP Opinion | Wednesday, April 01, 2009
By Richard D. Land, Christian Post Executive Editor | Wednesday, April 01, 2009
You have heard it said: "You can't legislate morality."
My response: One of my personal heroes was Martin Luther King, Jr. I am grateful his morality was legislated on George Wallace and Lester Maddox.
But what happens if religiously informed moral values are excluded from public policy debates?
The alternative is allowing only those who have secularly informed moral values to make the decisions—or else we have a government that doesn't make decisions based on any moral values at all. We eliminate questions of right and wrong from the government's decision-making process. We don't want a government that looks like that.
Moreover, as political philosophers have shown, the elimination of moral judgment from legislative deliberation is in many important cases literally impossible. If you are a person who holds religiously informed moral values, you have a right to be on the playing field—but not only that, you have an obligation to be on the field. That is part of what it means to be "salt" and "light" in the world.
Those offering the best arguments will usually rally the support of the majority of the American people. Is our society better off because of Dr. King and his convictions for justice and equality? Are we better off because our nation was 'forced' to have a moral discussion in which people of religious values prevailed and we ended segregation? Of course we are. Is this country better off because we eliminated slavery? Of course it is. The best team won. Their moral arguments prevailed with the American people.
Founding father and second U.S. president John Adams cautioned that the United States has a government designed "only for a moral and a religious people." It is "wholly inadequate" for the government of an amoral or irreligious people. The government's commitment to freedom is based on the assumption that the majority of the American people will voluntarily obey the law and seek to do the right thing. If the majority are not moral and religious, there are not enough government constraints to ensure order, public decency, and freedom.
In other words, what we had in the formation of our country was an attempt to wed Judeo-Christian values with Enlightenment theories of self-government. Adams warned us that one won't work without the other. Without an underlying base of moral values, self-government will descend into a morass of self-seeking immorality and chaos.
If the law is not obeyed voluntarily, we will need a much larger and more intrusive government apparatus to try to ensure public order and safety. Without self-government, moral values will be oligarchic impositions resented by the people and perceived as quenching the freedom that is the birthright of every divinely created human being. Government will present itself as a substitute for conscience, and we will end up with George Orwell's nightmare vision of Big Brother.
In a country as religious as America, if faith-based values are excluded from public policy, a significant number—if not the majority—of Americans will be blocked from bringing their convictions to public life. Excluding the rich mine of moral and spiritual wisdom that can be provided by people of religious faith is too high and too dangerous a price for insisting on a secular public square.


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The grand prize includes one million American Airlines award miles. If I am the grand prize winner, it is my intent to donate those miles to the Wounded Warrior Project (http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/). My hope is that these miles could be used by families to visit a loved-one while he or she goes through the treatment, recuperation and rehabilitation process.
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Bill Zortman: Dr. Dennis Miller and Dr. Lou George with us from Siouxland Oral Surgery. Gentlemen, good morning.
Dr. Denis Miller: Good morning.
Bill: So, when do you call in an oral surgeon? Is there a team that you work with? How does that come together?
Dr. Miller: That's a great question, and the way we run our practice is it's a collaborative effort — a team approach with our referral base of dentists. And luckily in our region, we're blessed with just a tremendous cadre of really good dentists, both technically and from an experience standpoint and knowledge base. So, when you come out of dental school, you're given a toolset of different things that you're really good at and you're trained and competent in, and that grows over the years. And in our referral network and our collaborative team approach, we get called in when a general dentist looks at a case and says this is something that belongs in the focus of a specialty where we've gotten additional training. Typically, that occurs with the more difficult wisdom teeth, with dental implants, and then with some of the facial reconstruction surgeries and grafting that occurs, because that's where our focus is for four years after dental school.
Dr. George: And also, Bill, we always want to be a support system for all of our referrals, and they know that. And those referrals, who know us very well, know that they could call anytime, and we would gladly work with them and work with their patient to make sure that they get an expedient resolve with us.
Dr. Miller: And I just want to add on to that. One of our fortes is to take care of patients that need emergency treatment — somebody who has a big infection, they're in pain, a broken tooth that happened yesterday — and both Dr. George and I, we really want to take care of those people because nobody wants to be in pain or infected and be told, "Oh, I'm sorry we're too busy to take care of you." We go the extra mile, we stay the extra hours, we'll work through lunch to take care of that patient pool in specific. And that's I think how we really support our referrals and the dentists we work with, and that's kind of our block, our plugin, as part of the team approach.
Dr. George: And this is always very consistent; this isn't anything that's new, Bill. This is something that has been part of our practice philosophy for well over a decade, so we're very happy to be able to be those people that folks know they can call.
Bill: Collaborative effort – it's what you not only do for those that call, but you offer training for those and that can come together with you to learn and talk as a group.
Dr. Miller: Yeah, and we do that specifically within our study club. We meet once a month, seven times out of the year. It would be nice to meet 12 times out of the year, but let's face it, there's Christmas holidays and summer. Seven months out the year is plenty, and we talk about different topics, not only in dentistry but a lot of them in medicine. We have lectures on cancer treatment and how the dental field fits in with that. We have lectures on anesthesia. We have lectures on ER medicine and general medicine, cardiology, and then, of course, we have lecturers come in from around the region that talk to us about all the different disciplines of dentistry, so we all learn together.
Bill: The IV sedation is something that your office has worked very hard at and offers in a way that people should know about.
Dr. Miller: The IV sedation is an integral component of oral surgery, so when you come out of dental school, you're trained as a general dentist, and if you'd like to provide anesthesia services, and some general dentists do, you go on to different additional training, and that allows you to offer light to moderate sedation in the office for dental procedures. In our world, we're trained under the anesthesiologist in the residency setting, and we could go a little further into the deep sedation area, and it has to do with different levels of being able to support the airway. But again, oral surgery by its very nature is invasive, so we need that extra tool in our kit to be able to take care of patients in a safe and, for lack of a better term, humane manner to make it as comfortable as possible.
Bill: The background that you both have as dentists, and then getting specialty training, puts you in a position you know what the dentists are going through or have. And now you have additional education, additional training, and experience to serve the customers.
Dr. Miller: Yes, I think both Dr. George and I, we went for additional training after dental school, and we did a lot of things that a general dentist would do. So we didn't just come out of dental school and into oral surgery and "voom" started doing oral surgery. We know the ramifications of what oral surgery does to the dentists. Let's say if you're removing a lot of teeth and doing some bone smoothening work, we know how to do that and as we do it how it's going to turn out and what impact that will have on the dentist making the dentures. And that's a whole different scenario versus someone who comes right out of dental school and goes right into oral surgery. They've never really had to make, let's say, dentures out in the real world and deal with some of the problems that can occur if these things aren't done right. So that's why having that additional training after dental school I think makes us better oral surgeons.
Bill: Your experience, Dr. Lou, you got some big communities involved — Philadelphia, Temple. We don't normally think of those as the prairie of South Dakota. You've seen lots of things in your side of it that you bring to the table that a lot of times people from this part of the world will never see. That's part of your experience.
Dr. George: Yes, Bill, that is very true. Where Dr. Miller and I both trained for oral surgery was Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia, which is a very, very busy level 1 trauma center. We deal with trauma from all over the region there. So in terms of managing traumatic injuries and reconstructive procedures, our training, we feel, is not only beyond adequate but exemplary for what we've had to face and encounter out there. We like to bring our knowledge of dealing with different, let's say, urban problems that we were able to manage appropriately there, back here to our area. So seeing a lot of the patients that we encounter here, let's say, it's — nothing really stifles us or kind of throws us for a loop.
Bill: You've been there done that.
Dr. George: Yes sir, that's not any way to puff out our chest or anything in that manner at all. We just feel very comfortable with what we're doing after having been through a very rigorous residency program like we both attended.
Bill: So if I've got a need for Siouxland Oral Surgery, how do I get started?
Dr. Miller: One really good way to get started is to visit us on our website at siouxlandoralsurgery.com and take a look at the different services that we offer. We've got a number of nice videos and explanations — you get to meet both of us — and then give us a call: 335-1080.
Bill: Dr. Lou George, Dr. Dennis Miller, thanks for joining us.
Dr. George: Thank you, Bill.


Peppermint Chocolate Oreos | An easy seasonal treat!
I love eating minty treats in the winter time. These Peppermint Chocolate Oreos are like the perfect winter dessert in my book. They're super easy to make and are perfect for the holidays too.
Line a cookie sheet with either wax paper or parchment paper or a silicone baking sheet.
Using a double boiler, melt the white chocolate. Stir occasionally to help it melt faster.
Once the white chocolate is melted, add the peppermint extract and mix.
Using a fork, dip in the oreo and flip the cookie over so that it is completely coated.
Using the fork, lift the cookie up and lightly tap on the side of the pot so that the excess chocolate can drip off.
Place the cookie on the cookie sheet to harden. Repeat the previous steps with the remaining cookies.
Once the cookies completely hardened, using the green icing, pipe the lines for your tree.
Using the brown icing, pipe a line on the bottom for the tree stump.
Using the red icing, pipe dots scattered on the tree. You're making ornaments, so decorate accordingly!
Place a yellow star sprinkle on the tip of the tree's top.
Wait 30 minutes to allow the icing to dry before enjoying!
These Peppermint Chocolate Oreos look like you spent hours decorating them when in reality it didn't take you long at all! I love when I can "cheat" on decor for the holidays like this. Spending less time in the kitchen means I can spend more time enjoying my friends and family for the holidays, and no one ever regretted that.
A great treat craft for the holidays. I love those little Christmas trees and everyone loves oreos. I will keep this on hand as a fun activity with my kids.
I MUST make these! Oreos topped with all that minty deliciousness sounds perfect to me!
What a delicious holiday treat idea! Yours look especially festive and great for gift giving too.
Oh my goodness! These look and probably taste amazing! Better grab my glass of milk!
Oreos are my weakness! These are to die for! We have to make these for Christmas!
Now these sound like such a festive treat, it is amazing the sort of things you can do with Oreos, I need to give it a try!
All the holiday treats! It's my favorite time of year because of the holiday treats. Your OREOs look so perfect for cookie swaps (or keeping for myself).
Chocolate covered Oreos are the best. Making them peppermint flavored is a genius idea!
I love easy cookie recipes like this one! It's definitely something that the kids will enjoy too since we're all huge fans of oreos! I think it's a must try!
Those are beautiful and not nearly as difficult a I would have thought! I would definitely do this at home and take to my in-laws for the holidays! Thanks for this idea!
Love how simple and festive these cookies are. What a creative way to add a festive touch to holiday dessert table.
These are so cute! I am not very creative so I am always jealous of the cute holiday snacks people make, but I think I could pull this off. I will have to give these a try.
Oh my goodness, these look incredible! I really hope I can find time to make these myself!
Wow! These chocolate oreos looks so delicious! Oreos are really the best so i think this one is so good too.
Thank you for sharing this lovely recipe. It would look so nice on the dessert table! My nephews, nieces and all the grandchildren would be swarming around it wanting to have a cookie!
Super, duper adorable! I am a sucker for Oreos that are holiday designed!
Easy, yummy, and adorable! It has everything you need from a Christmas treat and more! I really love how it turned out, it's so cute!
These are so cute! I've never made chocolate covered oreos before, but it looks and sounds delicious! I would love to try it sometime.


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NASA's Earth Observing Data and Information System – What challenges for the Near Future?
Since the 1990s, a common set of data exchange and access principles created by the Canadian, Japanese, European and U.S. International Earth Observing System (IEOS) partners has fostered NASA to develop a free, open and non-discriminatory data and information policy regarding its Earth observation program. NASA's Earth Observing System (EOS) Data and Information System (EOSDIS) has been a central component of this program.
EOSDIS manages data covering a wide range of Earth science disciplines including cryosphere, land cover change, polar processes, field campaigns, ocean surface, digital elevation, atmospheric dynamics and composition, and inter-disciplinary research, and many others. One of the key components of EOSDIS is a set of twelve discipline-based Distributed Active Archive Centers (DAACs) distributed across the United States.
Managed by NASA's Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS) Project at the Goddard Space Flight Center, these DAACs serve over 4 million users globally. The ESDIS Project provides the infrastructure support for EOSDIS, which includes other components such as common metadata and metrics management systems, specialized network systems, standards management, and centralized support for use of commercial cloud capabilities.
Given the long-term requirements, and the rapid pace of information technology and changing expectations of the user community, EOSDIS has evolved continually over the past three decades. However, many challenges remain. Challenges in three key areas (managing volume and variety, enabling data discovery and access, and incorporating user feedback and concerns) were addressed by Jeanne Behnke, Andrew Mitchell and Hampapuram Ramapriyan in the paper titled NASA's Earth Observing Data and Information System – Near-Term Challenges. Data Science Journal.
The authorso fthe paper provided a summary and conclusions about each of these categories of challenges:
1. Managing volume and variety
In the early days of EOSDIS, the scientific community responsible for the data products was reluctant to accept the need for comprehensive metadata to ensure the discovery, access and understanding of their products by users. Also, given the diversity of disciplines dealt with by the EOSDIS DAACs there were several "standards" used for providing metadata. Today the importance of metadata is well understood. The challenge of multiple standards has been dealt with by developing a Unified Metadata Model (UMM) providing for easy mapping from one standard to another without needing to go through an expensive conversion of older metadata into the recent ISO standards. A Common Metadata Repository (CMR) has been developed to manage a database of over 420 million individually addressed granules (files). Open source versions of the CMR software are available along with programming interfaces that allow anyone to access the repository. Keywords, important for proper discovery of data, are managed by the GCMD Keyword Management System, which uses the Simple Knowledge Organization System (SKOS) concepts. The ESDIS Project has used an independent review committee composed of metadata professionals to ensure that inconsistencies in metadata are detected and corrected. Like many other space data archives, EOSDIS is proceeding towards the use of the commercial cloud for data storage and services. Examples of advantages of the cloud are: use of only as much as needed of compute resources while the load fluctuates – as in the case of reprocessing of data products over an entire mission from its beginning to the current date; access to computing on petabytes of data close to where the data are stored obviating the need for large data transfers; and ease of preparation for high-data-rate missions such as SWOT and NISAR expected to be launched in the early 2020s.
2. Enabling data discovery and access
Migration of most of the EOSDIS archives to online storage since 2006 has provided easier and faster access to data and also has enabled the users to request services such as subsetting, reformatting and reprojection conveniently prior to downloading. However, with very high data rates (and volumes) expected from the upcoming missions, new challenges arise, which might be best addressed by providing near-archive computation resulting in reduction in network loading. We have started examination of analysis-ready data concepts. Several efforts are in progress by other groups in this area, especially with respect to remotely sensed land imaging. EOSDIS provides "visualization-ready" data through its Global Image Browse System (GIBS) for nearly 800 different types of data that can be represented as images. However, defining analysis-ready data for different disciplines and preparing the data to meet their diverse needs would take significant effort. Ensuring access to data decades into the future is a challenge that is being met by developing a preservation content specification for use by NASA's earth observing missions, as well as participating in the development of international standards for preservation of data and metadata.
3. Incorporating user feedback and concerns
There are several ways the ESDIS Project receives feedback on EOSDIS from the user community. These are discussed in detail in Ramapriyan and Behnke (2019). One of the mechanisms for feedback is an annual survey of users to derive the "American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI)". While the ACSI is a number indicating how satisfied the users are, the survey also includes several questions for which users provide free-form answers. The free-form answers provide important information about user needs and assist in planning on improvements to the system. Given NASA's free and open data policy, until 2012, it was felt that there was no need for keeping track of users through a registration process. This led to not being able to obtain accurate metrics and the inability to contact users to new datasets or services offered by EOSDIS that were relevant to specific user groups. A registration system has been in use since 2012 with minimal information being collected from users. The need for better metrics and services to users is balanced relative to privacy rules.
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10 Database 'Must-Haves' for Microservices in 2019
By Oren Eini on	 January 13, 2019 Containers, Microservices
Over the last few years, microservices has increasingly become a major market trend, made popular by big names such as Google and Netflix. Looking to 2019, there's no slowing down. According to IDC, 90 percent of new applications will be built with the new microservices architecture in 2019.
Composed of several independently deployable services, microservices architectures were built to help businesses overcome scalability challenges. Beyond that, they are characterized as being distributed and highly available, making them one of the most agile options out there for developers looking to operate on many different levels at once.
However, as with any new technology, microservices comes with its challenges – most notably how to support it from the back-end. When getting started, it's important to ask, "how is the database going to run this new architecture?
With multiple different services to address, it's important to choose the right database characteristics for each. Below are 10 database "must-haves" for any organization looking to successfully incorporate microservices into their IT strategy.
1. Operate with open source
A monolith application can have one database for all functions; however, in a microservices architecture, different services can each operate within its own separate database, which can lead to a dramatic increase cost. An open source database gives users the chance to download a free copy, play with the database and see if it is a right fit before making a major financial commitment. Thanks to the flexibility open source options offer, it's no wonder Gartner predicts open-source-based database products will account for more than 20 percent of total database revenue by 2020. To ensure success, the key is to make sure the open source option is top quality, reliable, and validated by an industry leader.
2. Make it multi-model
While microservices lets users employ different databases, languages and even different operating systems, why add to the complexity of the system? At the end of the day, it will only cause more headaches. With a multi-model database, one database can do the job of five, running as a Document Database, Key-Value, Graph, Distributed Counters, Time Series and more.
3. …And multi-platform too
With a multi-platform approach, each service team can use whichever platform and language that is best-suited to their service, accelerating their infrastructure innovation and helping to avoid any potential skills gap issues. To accommodate the new flexibility of microservice-based applications, the database must be prepared to understand and work in C#, Node.js, Java, Python, Ruby, Go and more. In today's market, this is one of the only ways to run multiple services using multiple clients on multiple instances.
4. Simplify set-up
In a microservices environment, there are many microservices, each with attendant databases. To avoid wasting precious time and resources on set-up, the database should be easily downloaded, installed, and secured, taking no more than a matter of minutes.
To maintain maximum simplicity – and avoid piling in a bunch of other add-ons – a database should carry everything it needs to run inside of it from the get-go, such as MapReduce, Full Text Search and Graphical User Interface (GUI). Every additional function it requires increases the level of complexity users have to manage. If the database runs silently, doing everything it needs to do, the rest is a piece of cake.
5. Set and forget it
Can a monolith application that employs 15 developers and two database administrators (DBAs) expect to increase its staff to 150 developers and 20 DBAs because the new version now runs 10 microservices? Assuming IT departments won't be budgeted more money to do the same project, it's unlikely. As a result, the DBA now has to know the ins and outs of multiple databases without an increase in staff. As such, the database must require as little overhead as possible, adapting to whatever environment it's running on. If the database isn't "hands-off" for the DBAs to manage effortlessly, it's going to make the entire microservices deployment a challenge.
6. Minimize the learning curve
The motto for any database in a microservices world is keep it simple. Otherwise, users will quickly become overwhelmed by the massive number of services its need to address. The database must come equipped with clear documentation, lots of instructional videos and a great support team to minimize the time spent learning how to use the new architecture. When there are questions or concerns, there should be an easily accessible link, document or help line that can give a clear and thorough explanation of what is wrong how to fix it.
7. Speak the same language
Polyglot persistence is now something users can use within new microservices applications. After a decade of fighting, now relational and nonrelational models are friends. Teams can use both ways of managing data, albeit on different services. Minimizing the languages databases need to speak reduces complexity by making it easier to understand what is going on as developers and operations teams are shifting work between services.
8. Scale up and out easily
Instant failover and high availability are the new standards for microservices. The beauty of microservices is that one service can go down and the others will still keep going. Taking it one step further, users should be able to create copies of each service and have it available if a node goes down, keeping every function of the application on at all times. As such, the database must offer the same. A distributed database enables rapid scalability making new nodes on demand. Real-time replication gives users multiple copies of their database for an always-on approach.
9. Extract, transform and load (also known as ETL)
In a microservices architecture, separation of services is the standard. Everything needs to be independent from one another, but should still share data. ETL is an easy way to have the database infrastructure take care of that. An ETL acts as a runner, signaling the next service to start executing. It also enables the application to be robust, distributed and fault tolerant.
10. Gather the data
The end product of a microservices system is a jigsaw puzzle of various sets of data being generated by its own, independent service that needs to be put together in real time. Data management strategies must incorporate technology and tools that put the data together to produce the metrics decision-makers need on an ongoing basis. At the end of the day, the head of an organization and the manager of the application must be able see all the data in one place. This data aggregation should be able to answer questions such as:
How are the analytics as a whole for the day? The month? Even the hour?
Is the return on investment positive for the current quarter?
Is there justification for a features upgrade over the next 6 months?
The right database with the right characteristics can help to take an organization's microservices efforts to the next level. Before setting out on your next microservices adventure, be sure to consider each of these 10 traits to take advantage of the latest technology trend and keep the best of features in the hands of your users at all times.
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Гераклі́ди () — численні нащадки Геракла, насамперед ті, які за підтримкою дорійців претендували на володіння Пелопоннесом. Гераклідами переважно називали рід Гілла. У міфі про Гераклідів знайшло своє відображення осмислення греками дорійського вторгнення. Одна із гілок Персеїдів.

Тевкри/дорійці, а також скіфи/арії, вважали Геракла своїм прабатьком. Відомий знавець античності А. Погодін стверджував, що Геракл належав до служителів сонячного Бога Аполлона. Також існують легенди, що Геракл народився в Криму (м. Пантікапей/Керч).

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Згідно з переказами, невдовзі після смерті Геракла його синів почав переслідувати Еврістей. Геракліди залишили Трахін (за іншими версіями, Аргос і Мікени) та рушили до Афін шукати захисту в Тесея. Еврістей з військом гнався за ними і біля Скіронських скель загинув від руки Гілла (або Іолая). Геракліди намагались повернутися до Пелопоннесу, але налякані чумою, яка там лютувала, рушили через Афіни до Фессалії, де Егімій віддав Гіллові третину свого царства. Через три роки геракліди пішли до морського перешийка, щоб звідти вторгнутись у Пелопоннес. Ця подія пов'язана з тим, що дельфійський оракул нібито наказав їм очікувати третього плоду, після чого йти на Пелопоннес. Геракліди зазнали невдачі, причому Гілл загинув у двобої з аркадським володарем Ехемом на кордоні між Коринфом і Мегарою. Перед поєдинком геракліди дали обітницю, що коли Гілл загине, вони не будуть нападати на Пелопоннес протягом ста років. Однак син Гілла Каладей та Каладеїв син Арістомах намагалися нападати на Пелопоннес і загинули в боротьбі з сином Ореста Тісаменом.

Сини Арістомаха, тобто третє покоління («третій плід») після Гілла, — Темен, Кресфонт, Арістодем разом із племенем дорійців удерлися до Пелопоннесу. Вони зазнали поразки, Арістодем загинув. Тоді, нарешті, оракул пояснив гераклідам свій перший вислів, кажучи, що «третій плід» означає третій напад і порадив вибрати триокого вождя. Геракліди вибрали етолійського володаря Оксіла, що зустрівся їм верхи на одноокому коні, і під його проводом перемогли Тісамена. Темен одержав Аргос, Кресфонт — Мессенію, сини Арістодема Прокл і Еврістей — Лакедемон. Оксілові віддали Еліду, а інший нащадок, Алет, дістав Коринф. У цій оповіді помітна тенденція подати завоювання дорійцями Пелопоннесу як повернення гераклідам їхньої власності. Македонські владарі теж пов'язували свій родовід з Теменом, бажаючи довести еллінське походження. Лідійська династія гераклідів виводила свій рід від ассирійського царя Сандона, якого греки називали Гераклом. Деякі римські родини, наприклад Фабії, також видавали себе за нащадків Геракла.

Евріпід запозичив міф про нащадків Геракла для трагедії «Геркаліди».

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Див. також
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Kia's latest Sorento could be a future favourite.
Need to look for a premium seven-seater SUV that is not from a mainstream brand? Here's something you can look forward to – The 2020 Kia Sorento has made its debut featuring an all-new design, increased dimensions, refinement and a comprehensive list of new tech. The fourth-generation Kia Sorento is far from its utilitarian beginnings and upping the ante from the outgoing version.
The 2020 Kia Sorento sits at the centre of Kia's reinvigorated global SUV line-up including the Seltos, Stonic, Telluride and Sportage. As reported in February, the all-new Sorento is 10 millimetres longer, while the wheelbase is extended by 35 mm (2,815 mm). And despite being 10mm taller, Kia has lengthened the bonnet and pulling the A-pillar 30mm further back from the front axle.
Built on an all-new platform, the Kia Sorento sees a 4% average increase on tensile strength through its structure which results in reduced Noise Harshness Vibrations (NVH), aided by the Kia Sorento's heavily revised independent suspension system. The revisions include new suspension geometry and components, which also help to improve the SUV's body control and steering responses under cornering.
Besides the new tiger-nose grille design and LED headlamps, the Sorento features new vertical tail lamps inspired by the Telluride, which wraps around the sides of the body. The Sorento will be available in Europe with a choice of 10 paint finishes, and the option of 17-, 18-, 19- and, 20-inch aluminium alloy wheels.
Nevertheless, the 2020 Sorento's interior is what Kia's flagship SUV is all about. Kia says that the Sorento's cabin is a step-change in quality and design from all of its vehicle range. Even by looking at the images, the interior is – according to Kia – furnished with quality materials, moreover, the quilted and perforated seats are the cherry on the proverbial cake.
With that said, the cabin highlights a blend of metallic trim, leather and embossed satin-effect surfaces, which appears to be a growing trend in modern interior designs. For European markets, the Kia Sorento is offered with a choice of black cloth, leather (grey or black single-tone, or black-and-grey two-tone), or black quilted Nappa leather.
Judging from the photos provided by Kia, the 2020 Kia Sorento's dashboard is evident of the mid-size SUVs rise in refinement. Standing in front of an audience of two, the Sorento's twin digital displays consists of a 12.3-inch digital instrument cluster and paired with a 10.25-inch touchscreen infotainment and navigation system, depending on specifications.
An 8.0-inch display audio system is also available as standard, while all infotainment systems enable full, smartphone integration with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.
In addition, the vertical ventilation stack's chrome elements surround adds up the upmarket feel in the Sorento. Many of the Kia Sorento's functions are accessed with new haptic buttons on either side of the screen which blends seamlessly with the digital screens. The haptic buttons are also found on the Kia Sorento's automatic air conditioner interface and lower centre console. Also, gone is the automatic gear lever, and in with the rotary dial drive selector reminiscent in many Jaguar-Land Rover vehicles.
And being in tune with the times, the Sorento comes with mood lighting as well beneath the dashboard and door trim. But the Korean carmaker did not disclose the number of colours available. Moreover, a wireless smartphone charger is accessible at the base of the centre stack. Sound reproduction comes from a Bose surround sound system which is likely to come optional or available in higher trim levels.
Now with a hybrid powertrain option available, the Sorento's all-new platform accommodates the Sorento Hybrid's battery pack under the floor of the cabin. This allows the SUV to sit up to seven people as well as boasting a class-leading boot capacity of 821-litres for the seven-seater variant and 910-litres for the five-seat models.
With only 89-litres in between the five- and seven-seater versions, the latter sees an increase of 32% compared to the predecessor. Moreover, the new platform now provides more room in terms of head, leg and shoulder room for all three rows.
In terms of powertrain, Kia's newest Sorento will come with diesel, hybrid and plug-in hybrid powertrains. Boasting 227 bhp and 350 Nm of torque, the hybrid powertrain consists of a turbocharged direct-injection petrol 1.6-litre T-GDi engine with a 59 bhp electric motor. Electric energy is stored in a 1.49 kWh lithium-ion polymer battery pack.
The new 2.2-litre Smartstream diesel engine is also available for European customers, producing 199 bhp and 440 Nm torque. The new diesel engine weighs 19.5 kg lighter thanks to its new aluminium block than its predecessor. Moreover, it's 38.2 kg lighter compared to that in the third-generation Sorento. The diesel engine is connected to Kia's new eight-speed wet double-clutch transmission.
The drive from the hybrid power unit is translated through a six-speed automatic transmission via transmission-mounted electrical device (TMED). As described in Hyundai Motor Company's patent, TMED help reduce the vibrations when the engine is switched off and allowing the engine full power and motor to be transferred with minimal loss of energy. Thus resulting in reducing the acceleration response time at any speeds.
The Sorento Hybrid Powertrain will go on sale in selected European countries from launch, while other markets will follow later in 2020. Likewise, the plug-in hybrid version will come in late 2020. Fuel efficiency and emissions data for the Sorento's new powertrains will be announced closer to the car's European on-sale date later in 2020.
Like the previous generation, the new Sorento will be built for Europe and many other markets at Kia's Hwasung manufacturing facility in Korea. The car will also be built for North America at Kia's West Point, Georgia, USA production plant.
Kia says that European sales are due to commence in the third quarter of 2020, while the flagship mid-size SUV will be available to order in most of Kia's global markets slated by the end of the year.
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In Chicago, Throwing Down the Gauntlet
Todd Gitlin: In Chicago, Throwing Down the Gauntlet
Todd Gitlin ▪ January 26, 2012
Crossposted from the Occupied Wall Street Journal:
Eyewitless News prattles on that this is the Occupy movement?s winter of discontent. Weather, evictions, dissension, perplexity?yadda yadda. Those are facts, but they are not facts that speak for themselves. Facts need interpreting. This is also the run-up to spring. Spring means flowerings, cleaning, revitalization.
This past fall, Occupy transformed the political landscape by seizing a ripe moment?by putting righteous anger together with high spirits, by dramatizing new possibilities?by existing, enduring, and symbolizing. The occupations cleared spaces for public life, for mutual education and controversy. From them came all kinds of direct actions that carried symbolic weight. From them also came the marches of tens of thousands where the inner movement of the encampments was joined by the outer movement of the membership organizations?the unions, progressive groups, and so on. That was when the movement broke through to the public?by looking like the 99 percent.
In house occupations and anti-foreclosure actions, the movement began to deliver palpable results?real families in real homes. And despite ample provocation by paramilitarized police, the movement occupied the moral high ground by keeping almost wholly nonviolent. Now, ready or not, here comes the election cycle of 2012, putting pressure on the movement to keep up the vital tension between self-maintenance and growth, between challenging the whole plutocratic political economy and upping the odds of real reforms that can arrest and reverse it.
And, right on cue, here come the city governments of Chicago, Tampa, and Charlotte, readying noxious rules and massive armament to corral the likely thousands of demonstrators who will gather, in the Occupy spirit?though not necessarily with any official imprimatur?to greet the G8 and NATO in May, the Republicans in August, and the Democrats in September, respectively.
In Chicago, for example, at the behest of Mayor Rahm Emanuel, the City Council on January 18 passed a stupendous ordinance, requiring, among other things, that all applicants for permits (1) supply at the time of application ?a description of the size and dimension of any sign, banner or other attention-getting device that is too large to be carried by one person,? and (2) that they obtain $1 million insurance coverage to ?indemnify the city against any additional or uncovered third party claims against the city arising out of or caused by the parade, and agree to reimburse the city for any damage to the public way or city property arising out of or caused by the parade.? (If all that weren?t tragic and farcical enough, it now also becomes mandatory that the applicant submit ?a list identifying the type and number of all animals that applicant intends to have at the parade.?) The minimum fine for a violation jumps to $200; the maximum is $1000 and/or ten days in jail.
The local press treated the final version of the ordinance, as Emanuel spun it, as a back-down after critics assailed an earlier version. It is not a back-down. It is full frontal abuse of the First Amendment. As I write, Chicago?s applicants are scrambling to file their applications before the new regulations take effect on January 28. And even then, the Feds may end up preempting the city by imposing their own still more stringent national security laws.
Plastic netting, penned-up ?free speech zones,? pepper spray, and tanks?these are officialdom?s bankrupt notions of how a democracy ought to confront ?the right of the people peaceably to assemble,? in the words of some eighteenth century document. These are slaps in the face of the people?s rights to govern themselves as much as the Citizens United decision and the billion-dollar campaigns that line the pockets of the oligarchs who hold licenses to operate TV and radio stations on the public airways?licenses for which these haughty broadcasters do not pay a single dime. Talk about the rights of the plutocrats to lawful usurpation.
The authorities in Chicago, Tampa, and Charlotte hope to scare Occupiers away. They?ve thrown down their gantlets?show up at your peril and stay offstage, boys and girls. These are flagrant insults. And very likely, some who show up to stand for economic justice and decency will react not only with indignation and mockery (eminently called for) but in-your-face breakage and belligerence. No matter whether it?s the riot police or the agents provocateurs or the ?black bloc? who cast the first stones. Under Chicago?s new ordinance, vandals?call them the black bloc, as Europe does?hijack the demo, damage property, and the city could legally force the organizers to pick up the tab. The black bloc would not only get to crash the party but arrange that the peaceable partygoers pay for the privilege.
It?s not hard to imagine scenarios in which windows are smashed and heads clubbed. What happens then?regardless of who started it, regardless of the assemblies? nuanced arguments about the true meaning of violence?is that the image of the protest becomes just that?violence. Which offends people in living rooms everywhere, some of whom sympathize with the thrust of Occupy. They cringe and pull back. What moves to the forefront of their minds is an association between Occupy and a symbolic amalgam of disruption, inconvenience, and the privileged frolic of rich kids. Panicky about the loss of law-and-order, they?re more likely to vote for take-no-prisoner politicians whose idea of reform is a reformatory.
I was on the streets of Chicago in August 1968 when provocative disruptors among overwhelmingly nonviolent protestors were infiltrated by provocateurs and beset by rampaging police, producing a televised spectacle that had the perverse effect of encouraging a disengaged public to side with the police against what they thought were dangerous and frivolous revolutionaries?even as the Vietnam war declined in popularity. Let there be no romanticizing of those who ?upped the ante? toward militancy, indifferent to the fact that 95 percent of America was politically on their right?or of the few hundreds whose stagy vandalism (?Days of Rage?) a year later sounded the death knell for a mass student movement.
The Occupy movement rightly understands nonviolence not as a negation, the absence of destructiveness, but as a creative endeavor?a repertory for invention. But Occupy has been reluctant to be more explicit about it. The movement should overcome its reluctance. Occupy should define itself, explicitly, as a movement of strategic nonviolent direct action, in the words of an ?Open Letter to the Occupy Movement: Why We Need Agreements.? It should renounce violence against persons or property, in no uncertain terms. It should take note that, in effect, a failure to renounce violence shoos away the disabled and people of color, who have good reason to fear special injury from the police. It should do everything it can to isolate those who seize the spotlight by smashing things. When the media move them to the front of the parade, together they trample the ethos of a brilliantly leaderless movement.
The Occupy movement has been, so far, a seedbed of creativity. Now it needs to amp up its declaration of values.
Photo by Mat McDermott, 2011, via Wikimedia Commons


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