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Remarks welcoming the Korean Students to Freiburg
12.08.2009 9:30 Rathaus Aula
Welcome to green city, I have prepared some remarks and hope to tell you about our city a little
Scientific analysis has shown that ¾ of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions of the city of Freiburg are caused by the energy sector and approximately ¼ by the traffic.
In 1996 the city council of Freiburg passed a resolution to reduce the CO2 emissions by 25% of the 1992 level by the year 2010, obviously we have not reached that target, so we passed an even more ambitious plan: in 2007 the we defined a new very ambitious long-term reduction–goal for 2030 by 40 %. A recent evaluation for the year 2005 led to the result, that Freiburg reduced its CO2-emmissions by 7.3 % in all and by 13 % per capita.
This means we have to implement a variety of policy solutions:
traffic management and a eco friendly modal split
green energy supply
Co generation
Renovation of existing structures
The traffic concept has two focal points: the local transportation system and the cycle-path policy.
Local public transportation involves the combination of trams, buses and railway. As early as 1984, Freiburg introduced an "Environment ticket", a ticket valid for a month and covering the entire network of local public transportation. In the meantime, the network has grown into a very extensive regional transportation association, which includes the city of Freiburg and two administrative districts (counties), ranging from the French border up into the black Forrest.
If we are to meet our CO2 reduction aims, we will have to build all the proposed tram extensions, that means
Our second focal point, the cycle-path policy. Now we have more than 400 kilometres of bicycle paths or cycle-lanes in Freiburg. One third of all journeys per year are done by bicycle.
In Solar we have a unique concentration of a scientific research institutes, architectural know-how and dozens of prototype and demonstration projects, additionally there are hundreds of projects which are operating profitably
Solar electricity production in Freiburg has increased very fast over the past years. The figures for 2008 are:
photovoltaic systems in Freiburg: total peak power 10 MW
Freiburg has 47,6 Watts of PV installed per inhabitant. This puts Freiburg on a top position in Germany per capita
thermal collectors: 13.600 m²
For those wishing to invest in solar energy systems – for example in private home – there are national subsidy programs and, in addition, our own regional energy supply company offers financial support. (Erneuerbare Energien Gesetz)
Even though Freiburg is the City with the most solar power systems per capita in Germany, only 0,85 % of the city's electricity is produced by such systems in 2007
Cogeneration, means combined heat and power stations produce environmentally-friendly energy and heat.
In cooperation with a large industrial company we have realized a cogeneration plant with 60 MW The heat is used by the company itself, the most part of the electricity is fed to the city's power grid.
This and 25 smaller cogeneration plants in Freiburg generate more about 50% of the total electricity for the city.
Low energy building, remote district heating, rainwater drainage and the connection to the city tramways are a few examples for this kind of sustainable planning. Since the realisation of this first ecological residential area in the 90's, more areas respecting ecological, economical und social needs have been developed.
For the future development of the city, Freiburg has prepared a new zoning plan. With the thoughts of the Agenda 21 in mind, citizens of Freiburg took part in the process of the development of this plan.
Renewing exisiting structures
But we will not be able to achieve our 40% reduction goal if we exclude our existing houses and developments. As a city we already feel the pain strongly: Energy Costs have increased 48% in the last years. This is money we cannot spend on education, youth or other urgently needed projects.
But this is not only a ecological problem, it has social impacts as well: Low income households struggle to spend an increasing amount of their money for heating and electrical power.
This is because we have decided to convert one of the large high-rise residential towers in Weingarten into a Passive house. The effect on the tenants will be that they have a higher rent but pay considerably less on energy and heating in the future.
From next year we will have Peer-to-Peer Advice for low income Households. And train people to go around in their neighbourhoods to give lifestyle advice on how to safe energy.
All new schools and all extensions of schools or renovations of city buildings will be passive houses. That will include our central fire station. This year alone we will spend about 40 Mio. Euros on such projects.
But if you have some questions, I'm hope I can answer those now.
(Thank you to Mr. Wörner from the Enviroment Departement for the figures)
Autor sbamuellerVeröffentlicht am 13. August 2009 Kategorien English Posts, Nachhaltigkeit, PolitikSchlagwörter Freiburg, green city, korean students, sustainability
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'Torture Chamber': Jailed Belarusians Reveal Prison Abuse
By Valery Kalinovsky for AFP
Updated: Aug. 14, 2020
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Emerging from a jail in Minsk with other Belarusians detained in a post-election crackdown, 27-year-old math teacher Yana Bobrovskaya said she never expected to make it out alive.
"We thought we would be buried in here," she said Friday, weeping as she recounted her experience to AFP.
"They can do anything while you have no rights," she added.
Bobrovskaya was one of hundreds of Belarusian protesters and chance bystanders who were being released after they were detained in a crackdown following President Alexander Lukashenko's disputed landslide win on Sunday.
Hundreds of anguished friends and relatives were waiting outside the Minsk detention center, and several ambulances arrived to take injured people away.
Many detainees gave harrowing accounts of beatings, humiliation and torture.
Belarus Sees Walkouts, Protest Calls After 'Bloody' Vote Crackdown
Some women were threatened with rape, while men spoke of being ordered to strip naked and get down on all fours while officers beat them with truncheons, according to Amnesty International.
One man told AFP he was burned with cigarettes, while another said he was given electric shocks and beaten with sticks.
Many seemed unafraid to speak out and some men undressed to show AFP journalists their bruised buttocks and stomachs.
Bobrovskaya said she was detained even though she did not take part in protests and spent three days without food with some 50 women crowded into a cell designed for four.
When they asked for tampons and toilet paper, they were told to wipe themselves with their clothes, she said.
"It's hard to imagine such things in the 21st century," she said, describing Belarus as a "peaceful country."
She said her cellmates were well-educated professionals like her.
"We started joking: 'If you haven't been to jail, you're not a Belarusian."
'We do whatever we want'
Olesya Stogova, a Russian citizen in her 30s, said she received equally inhumane treatment.
She was visiting Belarus from her home city of St. Petersburg and was snatched off the streets in the crackdown.
Stogova said she was kicked and beaten with truncheons and there were almost 40 women in her four-person cell.
When she said she was Russian, guards unleashed an expletive-laden tirade.
"We'll do whatever we want. We'll leave you disfigured — you won't recognize yourself," she said guards told her.
"There was only tap water and nothing else. We were packed like sardines in a tin, all sweating," she told AFP.
"It was a torture chamber," she said.
Male detainees were treated even worse, she said.
Ales Pushkin, a prominent Belarusian performance artist, said he was detained after a protest and beaten until he "turned blue."
"All these days I've been brutalized," the 55-year-old told AFP.
Protester Andrei Yanushka said he had been beaten on the head and body.
Speaking just before an ambulance arrived to take him away, the 35-year-old said Lukashenko should no longer remain at the helm.
"He cannot be president of Belarus," he said.
'Gulag experience'
While many detained protesters are being released under pressure from a growing wave of demonstrations, high-profile Lukashenko critics are still being held in jail.
Vitali Shkliarov, a Washington-based political analyst and strategist who has worked on U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign, was detained while on a visit to his native Belarus.
The 44-year-old, who is a visiting scholar at Harvard University, has been accused of helping plot mass unrest, a charge he denies.
He is being held in a jail in central Minsk where he is experiencing humiliations and pressure, his lawyer Anton Gashinsky said.
Several days ago Shkliarov was strip-searched and put in a standing cell where he spent five or six hours without food or water, the lawyer said.
He also had to sleep with the lights on and listen to Soviet-era propaganda songs.
"He calls this torture," Gashinsky told AFP, adding that his client said his experiences were similar to the Gulag camp memoirs of Russian writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn.
"He is trying to hang on in there," the lawyer said.
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Joe plays guitar and sings at Waxy O'Connors every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights starting at 9pm.
Joe Walmsley started out at age 13 in Liverpool, England, playing in various bands and performing many styles of music as well as writing his own material. He later performed all across Europe, played theatres and has been a guest on numerous radio stations in the UK discussing as well as performing his own songs.
In 2001 he wanted a change from his hectic schedule and after attending some auditions, he accepted a position in the cruise line industry. Joe worked on the high seas for 5 years as lead production vocalist, as well as having his own solo show, and eventually he became Cruise Director, where he managed the whole entertainment department onboard.
One of Joe's many ports of call was Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, FL. This is where he discovered a little Irish bar called Waxy O'Connor's and it became his favorite spot when he had time off of the ship. He became friends with the owners, and after experiencing his musical talent and charismatic personality, they offered him an in house entertainment position at their new place on The San Antonio Riverwalk in Texas.
Joe is based at Waxy O Connors full time, but still has other outside Musical projects and recordings.
In 2007 he recorded a full studio album titled 'BELIEVE' with some fellow San Antonio Musicians, a ten song album of original tunes. He recorded a Live Acoustic album of originals at The Arnesan River Theater in San Antonio which was released on December 5th 2013. Joe also has a Brand New single titled SCOUSER IN THE ROOM (March 2016) which is now available for purchase as single download. The forthcoming album of the same title is also due for release soon. Check out the Purchase tag at the top right hand corner of this site to view all of Joe's available music as well as SCOUSER IN THE ROOM t-shirts.
Go to Joe's website! You can buy his Scouser T-Shirt, CD's and downloads.


As a substantial participant in the motion that assisted develop financial investment crowdfunding with JOBS Act regulation, and also as the CEO of Crowdfunder, I have actually heard there's some confusion out there regarding just what crowdfunding ways these days, what the different crowdfunding websites do, and who they are for.
To improve any kind of confusion, right here's some easy details regarding two popular donation-based crowdfunding sites, and also updates on the state of the brand-new world of financial investment crowdfunding.
Kickstarter as well as Indiegogo, took into consideration the two most prominent donation-based crowdfunding sites, were founded in 2009 and 2007 respectively. They give individuals and creative jobs the chance to increase money using on-line donations or pre-purchasing of products or experiences.
To be clear, these two crowdfunding systems only sustain donation-based jobs. They don't allow contributors to come to be a financier or an investor, as well as do not qualify contributors as accredited financiers to participate in any kind of economic returns. On both Kickstarter as well as Indiegogo, task creators maintain 100% control over their services and products.
If you want a wider sight of the entire crowdfunding landscape, see this recent Forbes piece noting the Top 10 Crowdfunding Websites as well as what each does finest.
It had not been until lately that the JOBS Act was enacted, providing backers the capacity to invest on-line by means of financial investment crowdfunding. And also while the Rulings for the JOBS Act are being implemented progressively, Title II of the JOBS Act has actually simply passed a ballot at the SEC which will enable firms to take part in basic solicitation since September 23rd this year, although only certified financiers will be able to invest.
Anticipate quite of little sound in the investment crowdfunding/accredited investing world as of September 23rd kickoff of Title II as well as the lift on the long time ban on basic solicitation.
Websites like CircleUp, Crowdfunder.com, as well as AngelList are giving opportunities for financial investment crowdfunding (equity, exchangeable notes) as well as will likely participate in permitting select business to normally obtain out on the web, with financial investment deals connected back to their accredited-investor-only investment atmospheres online.
Because its launch, Kickstarter has turned into one of the top gamers in the crowdfunding field and has aided fund over 46,000 effective campaigns. Kickstarter credit scores their success on its strict qualification plan, project curating, and all-or-nothing financing policy.
Catering particularly toward innovative, project-based campaigns, all jobs sent to Kickstarter has to fit within one of the adhering to groups: Art, Comic books, Dance, Design, Fashion, Film, Food, Games, Songs, Photography, Publishing, Modern technology, or Cinema. Just users from the United States, Canada, or the UK could produce tasks, though anybody may donate.
Campaigns for individual interests, charities, or "fund-my-life" tasks are not enabled, as well as projects that do not satisfy Kickstarter's certifications could be denied.
Exactly what projects work best on the Kickstarter system? Any type of task that meets the above requirements as well as cause a details product and services– such as projects that result in a brand-new book, album, or independent movie.
Some businesses have successfully utilized Kickstarter to money expansion projects, establish brand-new applications, and buy brand-new devices. Effective jobs establish an affordable objective, satisfy that goal within the first 30 to 40 days, as well as provide all assured donation perks on time.
Kickstarter Statistics (see their Louisville statistics).
According to Kickstarter, only 10% of projects end having actually obtained no pledges, while "81% of projects that raised greater than 20% of their goal were successfully funded." Projects might compete 60 days, though Kickstarter recommends establishing a due date for 1 Month or much less.
In terms of fees, Kickstarter applies a 5% fee for effectively moneyed projects, while unsuccessful jobs sustain no fees but go through an all-or-nothing plan- which is is exactly just what it sounds like; if a job cannot meet its financing goal, none of the donation commitments made are really refined. Inning accordance with Kickstarter, this policy ensures a level of safety for project makers and also backers.
Indiegogo has much looser standards. They basically permit the crowdfunding of anything– tasks, trips, charities, and individual dreams. Unlike Kickstarter, Indiegogo does not curate campaigns or place constraints on project makers. Any individual with an idea, an economic requirement, and also a valid checking account could produce a campaign. Indiegogo additionally provides even more choices when it involves increasing funds by using Fixed Financing and also Flexible Funding campaigns.
On average, successful Indiegogo projects continue to be open for 47 days. According to data given by a current report published by The Edge, 80% of Indiegogo projects fail to elevate greater than 25% of the complete goal. The website applies a 4% charge to the funds raised for successful projects, making it a somewhat less costly option to Kickstarter.
While the success rate of projects on Indiegogo may be complicated, lots of individuals choose Indiegogo for its choice of Fixed Funding or Flexible Financing options. Flexible Financing allows developers to keep the funds they have actually elevated, for a 9% cost, also if the job is inevitably not successful. Makers are held answerable for delivering all promised donation rewards.
Unsuccessful Fixed Funding projects are not charged any fees, designers are not called for to satisfy any kind of contribution benefits, and also all payments are returned. Although Indiegogo is coming in second to Kickstarter, its staying power, worldwide audience, and inclusive plans have actually verified a great choice for job makers searching for more adaptability.
Raising Investment Online Via Equity Crowdfunding in Louisville KY.
Since the SEC has actually finally passed equity crowdfunding rulings, online financial investment is obtaining massive momentum at websites like CircleUp, Crowdfunder.com and AngelList. The characteristics of financial investment crowdfunding share some similarities with the donation-model, yet it's a different video game entirely.
Equity crowdfunding allows backers to gain ultimate monetary returns on investments, as well as the investment range for companies and also startups is typically much larger compared to donation-based crowdfunding projects. The experience of financing something for $25 to $50 on impulse is substantially different from considering the long-lasting prospects of a business, and investing $1,000 to $10,000, or more.
Numerous of the very same components at play in successful donation-based crowdfunding projects apply to what assists drive investment crowdfunding. Those consist of:.
Social Evidence: Recognizing that backs a project can assist persuade various other potential financiers.
Energy: Preliminary funding could beget even more financing.
Validation: Having actually increased money online effectively could be an evidence point of its very own.
Consumer Involvement: The people that fund you are additionally your clients.
As the total crowdfunding market is anticipated to grow approximately at a rate of doubling year over year, it is readied to rapidly expand with the more immediate starting of Title II (basic solicitation as well as recognized investing activity online).
Title III of the JOBS Act (non-accredited crowdfunding) is probably to be suggested for commenting this Loss as well as propound a ballot by the SEC Commissioners at some time at the end of the year or early 2014.
So remain tuned as the crowdfunding for donation as well as financial investment markets remain to increase rapidly.


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Katy Perry to Reportedly Perform at 2015 Super Bowl Halftime Show
The National Football League might have just gotten their wish for the 2015 Super Bowl Halftime show.
Last night, news broke that Katy Perry would be the Super Bowl Halftime performer, though there has not been an official statement from her or her camp, just a lot of talk from "sources."
The New York Times are citing several sources that "a deal is being hammered out for Katy to play the Super Bowl." But the newspaper isn't the only publication with some sources claiming the same, Billboard has some of their own who are reporting the same.
Originally, the NFL had said that they would be interested in either Perry, Coldplay, or Rihanna performing during football's biggest night, but the response was lackluster.
During an appearance on ESPN last weekend, the pop star told the sports network that she is "not the kind of girl who would pay to play."
Perry's dig was against the NFL and their plan to have the halftime artist "pay to play." Their "request" drew a lot of criticism especially the part which they requested getting a portion of the musician's future profits that they would make from the Super Bowl exposure. As if not getting paid by the NFL wasn't bad enough.
In a twist, we would understand why the Super Bowl would be insistent on having Perry perform at the show. From the three named, she 's the one who has a wider musical appear. To this date Perry has sold 11 millions albums and 81 million singles, worldwide.
If she does become the official 2015 Super Bowl Halftime performer, she will be the third female to do so; Madonna and Beyoncé previously performed.
Last year's performance which featured Bruno Mars and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, briefly, drew 115.3 million people worldwide, more than the actual game which drew 111.5 million.
We're just hoping Perry doesn't play into the NFL's evil plans.
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Indie Supergroup Take on Phil Collins, White Stripes
What happens when you combine members of The Arcade Fire, Bon Iver, and The Strokes and have them perform songs from Phil Collins and fellow artist, Jack White?
You get something call the Pop All Star Band, but don't expect for this supergroup to go on and become a powerhouse of indie players.
Last week, Win Butler and his brother Will were joined on stage by Bon Iver's Justin Vernon and The Strokes' Nikolai Fraiture during a show in Montreal; the Arcade Fire's hometown.
The special one-off performance happened during the halftime show of the Butler brothers' annual Pop vs. Jock charity basketball game (you know, the one that Win always gets way into and does stupid stuff?).
The randomly chosen group, which also included the Arcade Fire's Regine Chassagne took on Phil Collins' "In the Air Tonight" as well as The White Stripes' "Seven Nation Army."
As for the game itself, it looks like the Butler brothers' team won which would explain why there hasn't been any story as of yet of Win throwing a hissy-fit over a bad call.
Check out the video of the supergroup performing both tracks.
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Watch Bruno Mars' Halftime Show
We're you one of the few that didn't watch the only entertaining thing about the Super Bowl last night? Don't sweat it, we have Bruno Mars' full performance right here which includes four of his songs and the Red Hot Chili Peppers performing one of their songs with Mars' and his band's assistance.
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Q: Jupyter notebook does not display output for d3.js visualization I am trying to create a grouped bar chart in d3.js in Jupyter notebook. Jupyter does not display any output, there are no errors, and the console does not show any errors either. I have no idea what is missing or why there is no output, I would really appreciate any help.
Please let me know what is missing in Jupyter, and why the output is empty.
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A: It is possible that the browser itself is not interpreting d3. This solution worked for me when I was faced with a similar issue.
Simply add the following to the beginning of your code:
from IPython.core.display import display, HTML

HTML('<script src="http://d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js" charset="utf-8"></script>')

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The OCC Repertory Theatre Company takes the stage for their summer musical with an epic fairytale about wishes, family, and the choices we make.
Into the Woods tells the story of a Baker and his wife, who wish to have a child; Cinderella, who wishes to attend the King's Festival; and Jack, who wishes his cow would give milk. When the Baker and his wife learn that they cannot have a child because of a Witch's curse, the two set off on a journey to break the curse. Everyone's wish is granted, but the consequences of their actions return to haunt them later with disastrous results.
Check back soon for cast announcements!
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Flowmaster's most recent newsletter mentions that a new Hushpower muffler called the dbX is "set to debut." This is sort of funny because the dbX has been out at least since SEMA (about 4 months ago, give or take) and probably longer. I guess the public still hasn't found out about it.
They meet strict noise regulation requirements. If you live in a place where loud mufflers are verboten – or you aren't the kind of guy or gal who digs a loud exhaust system – the dbX should be on your consideration list.
The external surface runs cooler than most other after-market mufflers, which makes it easier to use them on small cars, run them closer to other components, etc.
No 'fast and furious' fart-can noise that so many sport-compact mufflers and/or mufflers for small displacement engines seem to suffer from. Hushpower doesn't want your small engine to sound like a lawnmower.
The DynoMax "drone free" VT muffler is now available on a wider variety of vehicles, according to the DynoMax website. We profiled the DynoMax VT muffler a few weeks back, so you should check it out if you haven't already. The muffler design is conceptually very simple, and based on some testing we found it seems to work.
Diesel pickup trucks can benefit a lot from exhaust systems. Part of the reason is that big diesel pickups rely upon turbochargers, and turbochargers spool up quicker when they're attached to a low-restriction exhaust system.
Another reason that diesels benefit so much from exhaust system upgrades is that they make a lot of exhaust – especially when they're tuned up with a computer chip or a Banks PowerPack. If you own a 2008-2010 Ford SuperDuty F250 or F350 with a diesel, you want to look into a new exhaust system.
I've never thought of a glass pack as a particularly good thing. First of all, they're notoriously cheap. They don't do much in the way of "muffling" and the popular perception is that the fiberglass packed stuffing inside them (hence the name "glass pack") is only going to burn-up and/or blow out.


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Howey: New law crimping meth production
The dreary reality for the transformation of the Crossroads of America to "Indiana: The Methamphetamine State!" reached its low point in February 2014 when a Washington Post headline stated: "Congrats Missouri, you're no longer the nation's meth-bust capital."
Howey: New law crimping meth production The dreary reality for the transformation of the Crossroads of America to "Indiana: The Methamphetamine State!" reached its low point in February 2014 when a Washington Post headline stated: "Congrats Missouri, you're no longer the nation's meth-bust capital." Check out this story on courierpress.com: https://www.courierpress.com/story/opinion/columnists/2018/02/08/howey-new-law-crimping-meth-production/319454002/
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INDIANAPOLIS – The dreary reality for the transformation of the Crossroads of America to "Indiana: The Methamphetamine State!" reached its low point in February 2014 when a Washington Post headline stated: "Congrats Missouri, you're no longer the nation's meth-bust capital."
That dubious distinction belonged to Indiana where 1,808 clandestine meth labs had been busted. For every one discovered, another three or four existed in the shadows. Even more appalling were the 458 Hoosier kids found living in these toxic cesspools and hovels.
It raised questions at Howey Politics Indiana: How is it OK that Indiana continually leads the nation in clandestine meth labs? Why are hundreds of municipal and state employees being injured at meth labs as firefighters, cops and code enforcers? Why is it OK that in 2013, 458 Hoosier kids were found in contaminated meth labs? Why is it OK that cities and towns are having to mitigate thousands of contaminated homes, cars and hotel rooms? Why, why, why?
And are there solutions to be found in other states? Howey Politics reporter Matthew Butler, now working as a policy analyst for House Republicans, learned that Mississippi, Oregon, Missouri and Tennessee restricted pseudoephedrine sales at pharmacies for people who are not "patients of record." The impacts were dramatic. Mississippi saw meth lab busts decline from 692 in 2009 to eight in 2013. Why shouldn't Indiana follow this lead?
In 2016, a coalition that had been forming included State Rep. Ben Smaltz and State Sen. Randy Head, mayors with Accelerate Indiana Municipalities; the Indiana Prosecuting Attorneys Council; and the Indiana State Police Alliance. The coalition ended up paddling in the same direction, producing Senate Enrolled Act 80.
It was a long slog as the Consumer Health Care Association conducted a statewide radio ad campaign warning consumers they would not find a ready supply of pseudoephedrine products. The legislation was bottled up in committee until House Speaker Brian Bosma intervened, clearing the way for a floor vote.
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In one of the more dramatic presentations in modern legislative history, Smaltz appeared on the House floor flanked by two easels bearing large posters showing how much PSE could be purchased at one time by one individual. "I think that was shocking for a lot of people," Smaltz said. "People could see the obscene amount of Sudafed you could buy. Why do we have to have the gram limit set so high?"
This past week, new Indiana State Police statistics revealed meth lab incidents have fallen 74 percent since 2015 after then-Gov. Mike Pence signed the law, declining from 1,452 in 2015 to 943 in 2016 and 371 for 2017. Even more dramatically, the number of children recovered in meth labs dropped precipitously. After 458 were found in 2013, some 291 were discovered in 2015, and 49 in 2017, an 83% decline.
Smaltz's Senate Enrolled Act 80 maintained rightful patient access to cold medications by empowering pharmacists to use their professional judgment in determining whether there was a legitimate medical need for pseudoephedrine before approving a sale.
Dr. Jennifer Walthall, secretary of the Family Social Services Administration, worked on SEA80 within the Pence administration. "The image that I recall most vividly, was having a room full of people, people talking about the same common goals," she said of the shaping of SEA80. "We've got health, health care finance, state police, the legislative, justice, and executive branches at the table. We asked, 'What are the things we can control right now?' We were all listening to each other."
When Gov. Pence signed the law, he noted, he called it a "common sense solution" that created "new barriers" for meth cooks.
"I think it's going to make a big difference in the number of meth labs in Indiana," State Sen. Randy Head said at the time.
Asked if he has received complaints from consumers and pharmacists about accessing PSE, Smaltz said, "I haven't heard one complaint. I get the thumbs up from pharmacists in my district."
Essentially, SEA80 has crimped the widespread collateral damage with the production of meth. But meth is still readily available. Indiana State Police Sgt. Jerry Goodin observed, "Law enforcement is encouraged about the reduction in the meth labs seized but understand that the fight is far from over and total victory over the problem would be zero meth labs seized. Unfortunately, another reason for the reduction is the increased flow of cheap methamphetamine being funneled into the United States and eventually into Indiana by Latin American criminal gangs. The increase in the rise of heroin use is also a factor and an extremely disturbing fact."
But the fact is, SEA 80 has crimped the collateral damage. "I'm still seeing meth, still seeing people taking meth, but not like I used to," said Smaltz, R-Auburn. "I was seeing hundreds and hundreds in my district. We were seeing the pots along roads, outside my business, in trash collections. That's not how it is today. I'm not seeing kids getting yanked out of these hellholes. You can fight meth and knock it down and we'll turn sights on illegal opioids and we're going to fight that and knock it down and be ready for what else comes."
That "what comes next" is the opioid crisis. I'll write about what comes next on that front in the coming weeks.
The columnist is publisher of Howey Politics Indiana at www.howeypolitics.com. Find him on Facebook and Twitter @hwypol.
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Making and Faking Kinship: Marriage and Labor Migration between China and South Korea
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In the years leading up to and directly following rapprochement with China in 1992, the South Korean government looked to ethnic Korean (Chosŏnjok) brides and laborers from northeastern China to ... More
In the years leading up to and directly following rapprochement with China in 1992, the South Korean government looked to ethnic Korean (Chosŏnjok) brides and laborers from northeastern China to restore productivity to its industries and countryside. South Korean officials and the media celebrated these overtures not only as a pragmatic solution to population problems but also as a patriotic project of reuniting ethnic Koreans after nearly fifty years of Cold War separation. This book shows that the attempt to bridge the geopolitical divide in the name of Korean kinship proved more difficult than any of the parties involved could have imagined. Discriminatory treatment, artificially suppressed wages, clashing gender logics, and the criminalization of so-called runaway brides and undocumented workers tarnished the myth of ethnic homogeneity and exposed the contradictions at the heart of South Korea's transnational kin-making project. Unlike migrant brides who could acquire citizenship, migrant workers were denied the rights of long-term settlement, and stringent quotas restricted their entry. As a result, many Chosŏnjok migrants arranged paper marriages and fabricated familial ties to South Korean citizens to bypass the state apparatus of border control. The book depicts acts of "counterfeit kinship," false documents, and the leaving behind of spouses and children as strategies implemented by disenfranchised people to gain mobility within the region's changing political economy.Less
Making and Faking Kinship : Marriage and Labor Migration between China and South Korea
In the years leading up to and directly following rapprochement with China in 1992, the South Korean government looked to ethnic Korean (Chosŏnjok) brides and laborers from northeastern China to restore productivity to its industries and countryside. South Korean officials and the media celebrated these overtures not only as a pragmatic solution to population problems but also as a patriotic project of reuniting ethnic Koreans after nearly fifty years of Cold War separation. This book shows that the attempt to bridge the geopolitical divide in the name of Korean kinship proved more difficult than any of the parties involved could have imagined. Discriminatory treatment, artificially suppressed wages, clashing gender logics, and the criminalization of so-called runaway brides and undocumented workers tarnished the myth of ethnic homogeneity and exposed the contradictions at the heart of South Korea's transnational kin-making project. Unlike migrant brides who could acquire citizenship, migrant workers were denied the rights of long-term settlement, and stringent quotas restricted their entry. As a result, many Chosŏnjok migrants arranged paper marriages and fabricated familial ties to South Korean citizens to bypass the state apparatus of border control. The book depicts acts of "counterfeit kinship," false documents, and the leaving behind of spouses and children as strategies implemented by disenfranchised people to gain mobility within the region's changing political economy.
Keywords: China, South Korea, ethnic Koreans, Cold War, Korean kinship, political divide, discrimination, ethnic homogeneity, migrant workers, migrant brides


Dale is an internationally licensed Mountain Guide (IFMGA) and Technical Director of the American Mountain Guides Association (AMGA). Never one to focus on a single aspect of climbing, Dale is an accomplished all around climber with high-end skills that cover all disciplines of climbing including; sport, trad, mixed, ice and alpine. His passion depends on the season, feeling equally happy on WI6, M8 or 5.12.
Dale has competed in the invitation-only Ouray Ice Festival, and has climbed routes throughout the lower 48, Alaska, Canada, Peru, Ecuador and Spain.
Whether climbing in Switzerland, climbing his local crags in Eldorado Canyon, tackling long alpine routes in Rocky Mountain National Park, or mastering techniques for classic ice routes in the Canadian Rockies, Dale loves helping both new and experienced climbers to achieve their goals.
Whatever his endeavor, Dale's quiet determination and love of the mountains will generally ensure success with a smile on his face.
The AMGA is excited to introduce Dale Remsberg as the new Technical Director (TD) of the association. The TD is an incredibly important position within the AMGA who serves as the critical link between the technical and administrative branches of the AMGA and assists with the development and execution of the vision and strategic plan for all AMGA programs.
Dale comes to the TD position having been an integral part of the AMGA instructor team for the past five years. The last two years working as the Discipline Coordinator for the Alpine program where he successfully facilitated the implementation of the Ice Instructor Course.
Dale was raised in the North Cascade Mountains in the small mountain town of Winthrop, Washington. He started skiing at age 8 at the Loop Loop ski bowl and his attitude towards the mountains was quickly shaped with an affinity for adventure and exploration. His first climbing experience was a scramble with a high school buddy of Blue Peak in the Washington Pass group, which gave him a glimpse of climbers and their ability to climb the harder terrain. Shortly thereafter a solo of South Early Winter Spire resulted in a respect for that steeper terrain and a trip to the book store to buy all the how to books and guides. Dale started guiding for Cascade Alpine Guides in 1994 and then later for Mountain Madness roaming around the Cascades teaching mountaineering and rock climbing.
In 2002 he moved to Colorado and in the spring of 2003 he took his first AMGA course. AMGA Rock, Alpine and Ski Mountaineering certification quickly became the goals and were realized in 2006. Dale brings well-rounded climbing and guiding experience to the AMGA having guided difficult rock climbs, remote and elusive ice and mixed terrain in Canada as well as climbing and ski expeditions around the world. From 2003 to 2011 he worked at the Colorado Mountain School where he provided leadership as Head Guide for the last two years. Private guiding is now his focus. He runs a month long ice climbing trip to Canada every winter and custom rock, alpine and ski trips wherever the conditions are good. When not climbing or guiding you may find him training his Australian Shepherd or trying to break par on the links.
"It is with great pleasure that I introduce Dale Remsberg as the new Technical Director of the AMGA" says Betsy Winter, Executive Director. "Dale comes to us with a wealth of experience and expertise in the areas most relevant to the needs of the Technical Director position. His experience as AMGA Alpine Discipline Coordinator, AMGA Instructor Team member and AMGA Board Member will be extremely valuable as he works to oversee and lead the technical branch of the AMGA."


You love your pet and you want to give the best for your pet. However, your pet is not able to talk and tell you what type of flooring is suitable for him or her. So, it is your responsibility to install a flooring that is highly pet friendly so that your pet can live safely and healthily at home. Below are three key features to consider in a pet friendly flooring.
While doing shopping for your flooring, always ask yourself what are the health benefits to consider in the flooring products. One easy way is to look for flooring products that are certified eco friendly with credible accreditation such as the Singapore Green Label. This is because such label ensure the flooring product go through stringent standard such as better indoor air quality, less VOC, no harmful materials used in manufacturing and also low formaldehyde emission. Your pet may love to lick the flooring or stay at home most of the time while you are at work, hence the exposure of your pet to the flooring is much more compared to you and your family. Therefore, a pet friendly flooring must have good health benefits.
Your naughty dog poo or urine on the flooring causing stain and stench on the flooring. In the long run, these stains may make your home unhealthy and unpleasant especially to your guests who do not have pets. Therefore, it is important to look for a flooring which is easy to clean, highly stain resistant and most of all, 100% waterproof.
The other key feature to consider is the safety standard of the flooring. Your pet sometimes may run wildly around the house, any broken tiles or wood flooring with splinter will cause cuts on your pet's feet. Other safety feature to look at are high slip resistance, high impact resistance and also heat resistance. With these features, it will double ensure safety for your pet and your family.
In summary, remember the 3 key features to look for when buying a pet friendly flooring for your home. At The Floor Gallery, we have flooring products with these 3 key features.


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DraftWork: Anna Kroll & Stuart Shugg / Jordan Morley – Danspace Project
DraftWork: Anna Kroll & Stuart Shugg / Jordan Morley
Jordan Morley. Photo: Andrew Jordan.
Anna Kroll & Stuart Shugg. Photo: Alexander Ging.
Performances are followed by discussion and a reception with the artists. This weekend's moderator will be Danspace Project Development Associate, Seta Morton.
Stuart Shugg graduated in 2008 from the Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, Australia. In Australia he has worked extensively with Russell Dumas' Dance Exchange and Linda Sastradipradja. He has also appeared in the works of Lucy Guerin, Philip Adams, and Antony Hamilton. In NYC, Stuart has worked with Jon Kinzel and Jodi Melnick, and was a member of the Trisha Brown Dance Company from 2011 to 2016. He has presented his own choreographic work in NYC at the Centre for Performance Research, Gibney Dance Centre, Brooklyn Studios for Dance, in Montevideo, Uruguay at Teatro Solis, and in Melbourne, Australia at The SUBSTATION and Monash University's Museum of Modern Art. Recently he graduated as an MFA in Dance Teaching Fellow from Bennington College, and currently teaches dance technique classes at Sarah Lawrence College and Rutgers University. stuartshugg.com
Anna Kroll is an artist whose work incorporates dance, installations, Instagram feeds, livestreams, flip books, writing, and audio experiences in an exploration of performance and technology. Kroll's work has been shown at Cocoon Theater in Poughkeepsie, NY as well as Philadelphia, PA at theaters, parks and subway underpasses and in the Digital Fringe portion of the Philadelphia Fringe Festival. After receiving her BFA in dance and digital art in 2014, Kroll returned to Bennington College as Digital Arts Technical Instructor in Spring 2017. She is a proud alum of the Headlong Performance Institute.
Jordan Morley is a skinny man with a wide imagination. He works in the field of the body. Creating performance through dance, video, text and puppetry. His work has been shown at various venues. Highlights include REDCAT (Los Angeles, CA), Baryshnikov Arts Center (New York, NY), Abrons Art Center, (New York, NY), STUFFED at Judson Church/Bailout Theater (New York, NY), Triskelion Arts (Brooklyn, NY), The Museum of Moving image(Queens,NY), The Detroit Institute of the Arts(Detroit, MI), and Uferstudios (Berlin, DE). He is a recipient of a New Music USA grant with composer John Glover for their work "Snow". As a dancer he was a member of the original cast of Punchdrunk's Sleep No More (Boston,MA/New York,NY), and has worked with Kyle Abraham/Abraham In Motion, The Bang Group, Keely Garfield, Christopher Williams Dance, Ron De Jesus Dance, Wanda Gala, Mira Kingsley, Jessica Mitrani, Phantom Limb Puppet Company, and Danielle Desnoyers (Montreal,QC). Currently he is working with Tiffany Mills Company. www.jordanmorley.com


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Lithophorus fryi is een keversoort uit de familie knotshoutkevers (Bothrideridae). De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort werd in 1898 gepubliceerd door Antoine Henri Grouvelle.

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In this multi media concert,we celebrate the diversity and power of creativity, presenting vocal and instrumental music from different eras, cultures, and styles. Women in World Jazz presents an educational performance for the whole family featuring an international ensemble of all-female performers showcasing music from around the world. The concert features musical styles from Cuba's cha cha to Cape Verde's Coladeira as well as songs from Israel, Brazil and Japan, mixed in with jazz favorites. The ensembles goal is to give the audience a taste of different cultures from around the globe through the expression of music and dance.
Women In World Jazz is an international ensemble, bringing together some of the finest world and jazz musicians, each with an extensive performing and teaching background in the New England area. The group recently recorded their first album "A Tribute to women Artists". The ensemble consists of Tal Shalom-Kobi (bass, accordion), Candida Rose (lead vocalist), Laurie Goldsmith (guitar, bass), Ririka Tokushige (reeds) and Gillian DeLear (drums). For more on these women, visit their website.


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Success for Randalstown YFC
Members of Randalstown YFC who took part in this year's arts festival competition
Darryl Armitage
Randalstown YFC have had great success in this year's heats of the arts festival competition gaining a place in the arts festival gala in the Millennium Forum in Londonderry.
The cast of 'The School Inspection' took to the stage of Ballymoney High School last Thursday evening, entertaining the audiences and judges with their singing dancing and acting.
Congratulations to all members who took part, a huge thanks to producers Barkley Thompson, Sarah Thompson, Harry Thompson and Gayle Murphy for all their hard work directing and organising the performance and practices.
Thanks to family and friends for their continuous support of the club.
Tickets for the arts festival gala are now available to purchase.
The club will be hosting a table quiz on Friday 23rd February in Randalstown Rugby Club at 7.45pm.
There is an entrance fee of £3 per person with teams of five or six were possible.
This evening is open to all age's groups, for further information contact 0793866138 or see the club Facebook page
Lylehill YFC parent's night


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Thorvald Madsen er en dansk dokumentarfilm fra 1949 instrueret af Jens Henriksen og efter manuskript af Thorvald Madsen og Jens Henriksen.

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Dr. med & jur. Thorvald Madsen, optaget februar 1949 (Statens Serum Institut). En dansk læge og bakteriolog. Madsen var fra 1910-1940 direktør for Statens Serum Institut. Under 1. verdenskrig var Thorvald Madsen i kraft af sin stilling som direktør for Statens Serum Institut stærkt involveret i det humanitære arbejde vedrørende krigsfanger.

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Dokumentarfilm fra Danmark
Danske film fra 1949


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Discovering rotting wood and termite infested wood is never a good feeling. Unlike peeling paint, wood rot cannot be ignored. Even minor damage from termites, ants, and other insects can eventually lead to permanent structural damage of your home if not tended to correctly.
Termites are eusocial insects that are classified at the taxonomic rank of infraorder Isoptera, … known as terminarium or termitaria. In earlier English, termites were known as "wood ants" or "white ants". The modern term was first used in 1781.
Ants vs Termites or Termites vs Ants, that is the question.. There are similarities; there are differences. Let's look at both. Both termites and ants are small with six legs, a head, a thorax, and an abdomen.
Carpenter ants (Camponotus) and termites (Isoptera) share several similarities, not the least of which, is that they both are notorious for causing wood damage in homes.


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Multicultural Center offers Black History Month activities
The Multicultural Center is hosting Black History Month activities.
KOKOMO, Ind. – Music, art and education will highlight Black History Month activities this month at Indiana University Kokomo.
JC Barnett III, director of the Black Student Center, said in addition to providing historical education, the commemoration offers students a sense of belonging on campus.
"It's important for students to have these opportunities, especially at a regional campus like IU Kokomo, because the demographic of this area, the city, and the campus, doesn't always reflect the minority population," he said. "To bring events here, and to start conversations gives our minority students, especially our Black students, an understanding that there is a support system for them."
The month's activities kick off Thursday, February 3, with a lunch and learn that brings the story of former slave and abolitionist Harriet Tubman to life. The event begins at noon in Kresge Auditorium, with Doris Tudor performing a family-friendly reenactment of Tubman's life.
The celebration continues Monday, February 7, with Music Monday. Students can enjoy music provided by a DJ in Alumni Hall, along with coloring sheets and sack lunches, while supplies last.
Black artists will be featured in an art exposition from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, February 15, in the Kelley Student Center, Room 130.
Activities wrap up with a Meet and Greet, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, February 23, in Alumni Hall. It will include a DJ, games, and food.
Senior Tia Chambers is glad to have the chance to learn more by being part of the student organization, housed in the Multicultural Center.
"It makes IU Kokomo a welcoming place," she said. "You gain more knowledge, because a lot of us aren't really educated on Black history. With these events, I hope people learn and use what they've learned in the future. Knowledge and meeting new people will bring more people together."
As a multiracial student, she's appreciated the chance to learn about a side of her culture she didn't know much about growing up.
"It's given me knowledge about the other side of my family, and my other culture, to really figure out who I am as a person."
Barnett said recognizing the month is important, because the contributions of Black people have not always been highlighted.
"We would not be where we are today as a society and as a culture had it not been for the contributions of African American people through our history," he said. "I also believe it's an effort to never forget who we are as a people."
See the complete campus calendar here.
Education is KEY at Indiana University Kokomo.


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Our Community Advisory Committee – providing a voice for the RMH community, consumers and carers
Help to shape healthcare at The Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH) by making a difference to the care provided to patients, consumers and carers.
The Community Advisory Committee (CAC) is a committee that advises the organisation, to ensure that consumer and carer and community views are included into all levels of health service design and delivery.
Members help to improve the way we partner with our patients, consumers, carers and the community in our planning, service delivery and improvement. The Community Advisory Committee is a strong and passionate voice for promoting partnership with the people we are here to serve.
The CAC is chaired by a member of the Royal Melbourne Hospital board and has 12 positions for community members. Members are patients, consumers, carers and community representatives who may be current or future users of the health service.
Applications are now open for committed patient, consumer, carer or community advocates to join our established CAC, to partner with us to help shape health improvements, planning and care services in the diverse north-western metro Melbourne community.
We are seeking people with a range of lived experiences and backgrounds to join our CAC. We are looking for people with patient and carer experience as well as people with community networks and or lived experience in areas including young people and families, people with disabilities, First Nations people, people from diverse cultural backgrounds, and people who are LGBTQI+.
Applications close 25 November 2022.
To find out more, call Jenny or Stacey, Community Engagement Managers on (03) 9342 7760, or email consumerparticipation@mh.org.au.
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Cisco ACI (Application Centric Infrastructure) is basically a solution that has emerged from Cisco. Application Centric Infrastructure is seen by many as Cisco's software-defined networking (SDN) offering for data center and cloud networks. Cisco ACI is a tightly coupled policy-driven solution which further integrates software and hardware. Cisco ACI helps to enhance business agility, reduces TCO, automates IT tasks, and accelerates data center application deployments.
Our Cisco ACI online test is created & validated by experienced subject matter experts (SMEs) to assess Cisco ACI skills of candidates as per industry standards. Online Cisco ACI test helps recruiters and hiring managers to evaluate the expertise of candidates in the field of Cisco networking.
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4. Should be able to monitor network performance and troubleshoot problem areas as needed.
The online Cisco ACI test enables employers and recruiters to identify potential prospects by evaluating working skills and job readiness. For this reason, the emphasis is laid upon evaluating the knowledge of applied skills gained through real work experience, rather than theoretical knowledge.
Our Cisco ACI skills test reports will give a detailed analysis of each candidate and will provide the analytical data which helps you to hire better and faster.
The Cisco ACI test may contain MCQ's (Multiple Choice Questions), MAQ's (Multiple Answer Questions), Fill in the Blanks, Descriptive, Whiteboard Questions, Audio / Video Questions, LogicBox (AI-based Pseudo-Coding Platform), Coding Simulations, True or False Questions, etc.
Q 1. When designing an ACI fabric for a VMWare environment, which two options are supported vSwitch options?
Q 2. You want to satisfy the business, risk, and customer requirements. Which option is a consideration when you select and design an ACI fabric?
Q 3. Before you design an ACI fabric, it is important to understand existing application interactions. If you do not understand them entirely, which approach can you use?
Design a classic routing configuration in which everybody can talk to anybody as the equivalent to a contract called "anyany" that all EPGs provide and consume.
Design around the Cisco ACI whitelist model using the common tenant, where, by default, two EPGs can communicate to each other in the absence of a contract.
Map each EPG to familiar constructs such as VLANs that provide segmentation and will apply policy application interactions.
Leverage advanced orchestration tools like Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud or Cisco UCS Director to document existing application interactions.


Amy is a full-time writer living in the San Francisco Bay Area. She has been selling freelance articles since 2000, inspired by her children, what she reads, and where she goes.
Besides writing about parenting, fitness, travel, and health, Amy is also an experienced technical writer who specializes in software documentation for end users and developers.
A Michigan native, Amy now balances her time between the Silicon Valley, where she's lived with her husband since 1998, and her family's log cabin in Northern California, where she retreats for quiet time among the pines.


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Ding Yanyuhang (, Karamay, Xinjiang, 20 de agosto de 1993) es un baloncestista chino que actualmente se encuentra sin equipo. Con 2,01 metros de estatura, juega en la posición de alero.

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China
Comenzó su andadura profesional en la Temporada 2011-12 de la CBA de su país, con los Shandong Golden Lions, en la que jugó casi por completo como titular, promediando 7,1 puntos y 2,0 rebotes por partido. Pero el salto de calidad lo dio en la temporada 2016-17, en la que lideró a su equipo con unas estadísticas de 24,2 puntos, 5,2 rebotes y 2,5 asistencias por partido, lo que le valió para ser elegido MVP de la CBA.

Al año siguiente mejoró sus estadísticas hasta los 26,0 puntos y 5,2 rebotes por partido, que le hicieron revalidar su título de mejor jugador de la liga.

NBA
En julio de unió a los Dallas Mavericks para disputar las Ligas de Verano de la NBA, en las que jugó un total de once partidos, en los que promedió 6,9 puntos y 2,6 rebotes. El 23 de ese mismo mes firmó contrato con los Mavs. Tras ser despedido cinco días antes del comienzo de la temporada, firmó con el filial de la G League, los Texas Legends.

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Pritzker 2014 goes to Shigeru Ban
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Posted By Editor on Jun 13, 2014 in Awards and Prizes, Contemporary and modern art from Japan and Japanese communities, LISTINGS, People
The 2014 Pritzker Architecture Prize has gone to Shigeru Ban, celebrated for his fusion of contemporary architecture with humanitarian values and innovative use of everyday and found materials.
Shigeru Ban with students at the Kyoto University of Art and Design. Photo: Kyoto University. Kyoto University of Art and Design
Ban, 56, professor at Kyoto University of Art and Design, will receive the award, often equated with the Nobel Prize in the field of architecture, at a ceremony 13 June 2014 at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Kyoto University said the award "reveals Ban's three faces: a world renown architect, a supporter of disaster-stricken areas, and an educator in the university." The university is celebrating the event with a special launch issue of its English-language magazine, Uryu, for global distribution through Amazon and other outlets.
"Shigeru Ban's commitment to humanitarian causes through his disaster relief work is an example for all," said Tom Pritzker, Chairman and President of The Hyatt Foundation, which sponsors the prize. "Innovation is not limited by building type and compassion is not limited by budget. Shigeru has made our world a better place."
Born in Tokyo, Ban has offices in Tokyo, Paris and New York, and is described as "rare in the field of architecture," The Pritzker Architecture Prize said in March. "He designs elegant, innovative work for private clients, and uses the same inventive and resourceful design approach for his extensive humanitarian efforts."
For twenty years Ban has travelled to sites of natural and man-made disasters around the world, to work with local citizens, volunteers and students, to design and construct simple, dignified, low-cost, recyclable shelters and community buildings for the disaster victims.
Shigeru Ban, portrait by Didier Boy de la Tour. Photo via Kyoto University
Reached at his Paris office, Shigeru Ban said, "Receiving this prize is a great honour, and with it, I must be careful. I must continue to listen to the people I work for, in my private residential commissions and in my disaster relief work. I see this prize as encouragement for me to keep doing what I am doing – not to change what I am doing, but to grow."
In all parts of his practice, Ban finds a wide variety of design solutions, often based around structure, materials, view, natural ventilation and light, and a drive to make comfortable places for the people who use them. From private residences and corporate headquarters, to museums, concert halls and other civic buildings, Ban is known for the originality, economy, and ingeniousness of his works, which do not rely on today's common high-tech solutions.
The Swiss media company Tamedia asked Ban to create pleasant spaces for their employees. He responded by designing a seven-story headquarters with the main structural system entirely in timber. The wooden beams interlock, requiring no metal joints.
For the Centre Pompidou-Metz, in France, Ban designed an airy, undulating latticework of wooden strips to form the roof, which covers the complex museum program underneath and creates an open and accessible public plaza.
To construct his disaster relief shelters, Ban often employs recyclable cardboard paper tubes for columns, walls and beams, as they are locally available; inexpensive; easy to transport, mount and dismantle; and they can be water- and fire-proofed, and recycled. He says that his Japanese upbringing helps account for his wish to waste no materials.
As a boy, Shigeru Ban observed traditional Japanese carpenters working at his parents' house and to him their tools, the construction, and the smells of wood were magic. He would save cast aside pieces of wood and build small models with them. He wanted to become a carpenter. But at age eleven, his teacher asked the class to design a simple house and Ban's was displayed in the school as the best. Since then, to be an architect was his dream.
Architecture with heart
Ban's humanitarian work began in response to the 1994 conflict in Rwanda, which cost about a million lives in genocide and threw millions of others into tragic living conditions. Ban proposed paper-tube shelters to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and they hired him as a consultant. After the 1995 earthquake in Kobe, Japan, he again donated his time and talent. There, Ban developed the 'Paper Log House,' for Vietnamese refugees in the area, with donated beer crates filled with sandbags for the foundation, he lined up the paper cardboard tubes vertically, to create the walls of the houses. Ban also designed 'Paper Church,' as a community centre of paper tubes for the victims of Kobe. It was later disassembled and sent to Taiwan, and reconstructed there, in 2008.
Ban works with local victims, students, and other volunteers to get these disaster relief projects built. In 1995, he founded a non-governmental organization (NGO) called VAN: Voluntary Architects' Network. With VAN, following earthquakes, tsunami, hurricanes, and war, he has conducted this work in Japan, Turkey, India, Sri Lanka, China, Haiti, Italy, New Zealand, and currently, the Philippines.
Pritzker Prize jury chairman, The Lord Palumbo, said, "Shigeru Ban is a force of nature, which is entirely appropriate in the light of his voluntary work for the homeless and dispossessed in areas that have been devastated by natural disasters. But he also ticks the several boxes for qualification to the Architectural Pantheon — a profound knowledge of his subject with a particular emphasis on cutting- edge materials and technology; total curiosity and commitment; endless innovation; an infallible eye; an acute sensibility — to name but a few."
The citation from the Pritzker Prize jury underscores Ban's experimental approach to common materials such as paper tubes and shipping containers, his structural innovations, and creative use of unconventional materials such as bamboo, fabric, paper, and composites of recycled paper fiber and plastics.
The jury cites Naked House (2000) in Saitama, Japan, in which Ban clad the external walls in clear corrugated plastic and sections of white acrylic stretched internally across a timber frame. The layering of translucent panels evokes the glowing light of shoji screens. The client asked for no family member to be secluded, so the house consists of one unique large space, two-stories high, in which four personal rooms on casters can be moved about freely.
In Curtain Wall House (1995) in Tokyo, two-story-high white curtains along the perimeter of the house can be opened to let the outside flow in or closed to provide a cocoon-like setting. The 14-story Nicolas G. Hayek Center (2007) in Tokyo features tall glass shutters on the front and back facades that can be fully opened.
Ban used transportation containers as ready-made elements to construct the Nomadic Museum (New York, 2005; Santa Monica, California, 2006; Tokyo, 2007). His design for the Aspen Art Museum is slated to open in August 2014.
His architecture is often called "sustainable," and environmentally friendly, but he says, "When I started working this way, almost thirty years ago, nobody was talking about the environment. But this way of working came naturally to me. I was always interested in low cost, local, reusable materials."
Shigeru Ban served as a member of the Pritzker Architecture Prize jury from 2006 to 2009. He lectures and teaches at architecture schools around the world and is currently a professor at Kyoto University of Art and Design.
Ban attended architecture school first at the Southern California Institute of Architecture (then based in Santa Monica, California), and earned his bachelor's degree in architecture from Cooper Union in New York City in 1984.
Shigeru Ban will be the seventh Japanese architect to become a Pritzker Laureate – the first six being the late Kenzo Tange in 1987, Fumihiko Maki in 1993, Tadao Ando in 1995, the team of Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa in 2010, and Toyo Ito in 2013.
The distinguished jury that selected the 2014 Pritzker Laureate consists of its chairman, The Lord Palumbo, internationally known architectural patron of London, Chairman Emeritus of the Trustees, Serpentine Galleries, former Chairman of the Arts Council of Great Britain, former Chairman of the Tate Gallery Foundation; and alphabetically: Alejandro Aravena, architect and Executive Director of Elemental in Santiago, Chile; Stephen Breyer, U.S. Supreme Court Justice, Washington, D.C.; Yung Ho Chang, architect and educator, Beijing, The People's Republic of China; Kristin Feireiss, architecture curator, writer, and editor, Berlin, Germany; Glenn Murcutt, architect and 2002 Pritzker Laureate, Sydney, Australia; Juhani Pallasmaa, architect, professor and author, Helsinki, Finland; and Ratan N. Tata, Chairman Emeritus of Tata Sons, the holding company of the Tata Group, Mumbai, India. Martha Thorne, Associate Dean for External relations, IE School of Architecture & Design, Madrid, Spain, is the Executive Director of the prize.
The Pritzker Architecture Prize was founded in 1979 by the late Jay A Pritzker and his wife, Cindy. Its purpose is to honour annually a living architect whose built work demonstrates a combination of those qualities of talent, vision and commitment, which has produced consistent and significant contributions to humanity and the built environment through the art of architecture. The laureates receive a $100,000 grant and a bronze medallion.
Kyoto University's Uryu magazine front cover, featuring Shigeru Ban
Kyoto University of Art and Design (KUAD) President Kazuo Oike launched the digital English edition of Uryu worldwide 13 June, 2014.
The English edition features translated articles of Uryu Tsushin, the Japanese edition issued three times a year. This university magazine functions as active learning opportunities for university students who learn editorial skills, photography and editorial design under the guidance by its professor, Keiichi Kadosaki and designer Yusuke Mimasu.
The first English edition is the translation of two feature articles of Uryu Tsushin, Volume 61 issued 3 April, 2014.
The first article in Uryu focuses on Ban and his work as an architect, humanitarian and educator.
The other article focuses on Shimpei Mito, a graduate photographer who recently drew wide attention for his street style shots of models off the runway at Fashion Weeks around the world. More information: http://www.kyoto-art.ac.jp/en/


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Unmanned Aircraft Systems Are Flying High in Oil and Gas
by Emmanuel Sullivan March 5, 2017 November 25, 2017
The oil and gas industry is typically slow to respond to new technology outside of their comfort zone. They're on par with the FAA's inability to quickly create rules regulating unmanned aircraft systems (UAS)— also referred to as drones.
"The biggest surprise was around the very methodical approach this industry as a whole seems to take when it comes to embracing new technology," Todd Chase, a program manager for UAS at Oceaneering, told Inside Unmanned Systems. "I understand where they're coming from though. They're very entrenched in the proven safety processes, which of course isn't a bad thing. They want to stick with tools and processes that they know will work, and when the stakes are as high as they are for many of these organizations, this approach is understandable."
The industry is turning around to embracing the benefits of using UAS in onshore and offshore applications. There are numerous benefits to using UAS technology ranging from safety and cost savings to enhanced data and less personnel.
"In many cases, drones are refining and augmenting something these people were already doing," Chase said. "This technology enhances certain tasks and can eliminate the human footprint in a dangerous area to some extent, or minimizes exposure to risk."
Upstream Use
Offshore operators can utilize UAS technology during design, construction, installation, and operation to ensure their asset performs as intended. There is no longer a need to send personnel out in the field to take measurements to add a new offshore structure. Unmanned aircraft systems have the capability to create a 3D model of the current structure and merge that information with a desktop CAD program that personnel will then use to continue the design of the new structure.
"I can bring in the file and upload it into a CAD-like program and draw the blueprints off that CAD program," Clay Kroschel, CEO of Unmanned Ad-Hoc Industries, Inc., told Inside Unmanned Systems. "That mitigates days of overhead and traveling. Typically, guys would need to fly out to the oil rig and be out there for four or five days. Helicopters are expensive and take up valuable real estate on the rig. I can go out there on a boat and do a 15- or 20-minute flight and get the whole oil rig in a 3D point cloud, then bring that back to the client and put it in a CAD program."
UAS eliminate the need to send workers out into the field, they offer better data, and they reduce the chance of mistakes.
Midstream Use
The use of UAS technology in pipeline inspection has increased the time it takes to collect data and essentially saves oil and gas companies plenty of money. However, the FAA prohibits operators from flying beyond direct line of sight.
That limitation makes this application challenging, Ian Glenn, CEO of ING Robotic Aviation, told Inside Unmanned Systems.
"Helicopters have the authority to fly. They're dangerous and loud and not environmentally friendly, but they have the authority to fly. There's absolutely no reason for them to fly when any of the drones we have would do a better job, cheaper and faster," Glenn said. "We need the ability to fly 150 feet or lower down rights of way so we can better collect the data. It's not a technology challenge; it's purely an airspace access issue. With UAS we can get better data and rapidly push it out to those who need to make decisions based on that data."
Besides the limitations, oil and gas companies are happy with the results UAS provide. They're able to show exactly what the right-of-way looks like, use the technology in harsh weather, and assess wildlife conditions for new pipelines — all without leaving the office.
Downstream Use
UAS technology has been a useful tool for inspecting refinery and chemical plant facilities. Often times when inspecting a flare stack, the operator needs to shut it down. This leads to a loss of productivity when you shut down a major portion of the plant operation.
"Having a flare stack shutdown for manual inspection takes a week or more. It needs to be cooled down, then they have to bring it back up to its operating temperature," David Proulx, VP of product and marketing for Aeryon, told Inside Unmanned Systems. "Then there's the risk of having somebody visually inspect it. If you introduce a small UAS, you can keep the stack operating while you do routine maintenance and inspection of the infrastructure. You can perform the maintenance without having to shut down and without losing profits."
The real value in UAS technology while using it downstream is safety. The technology allows operators to perform tasks without putting personnel in dangerous positions.
Challenges Ahead
Oil and gas companies are still uncertain about the full capabilities that UAS technology can do for their business. Companies are also uncertain about FAA regulations and how to meet legal and safety standards while using UAS technology.
"Most of them are not even thinking about UAS technology, but once we show them what it can do they're just blown away. Especially with the cost savings," Kroschel said. "A lot of them assume we're talking about large military drones, but you can't have a big drone like that around a chemical plant. It has to be a VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) system. You have to get up close and personal, depending on what sensor the UAS is using and what information they need."
The FAA is still writing rules and regulations that will shape the technology for future use. This prevents oil and gas operators from taking on the technology in-house. There are just too many steps and levels of certification and protocol you must follow to make use of the technology. The majority of oil and gas companies are hiring outside vendors to walk them through the technology and facilitate the entire UAS process to maximize its benefits.
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