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Home Grain Handling New-found freedom
New-found freedom
By Alexis Kienlen
Some farmers in the Prairies have decided to build their own grain handling systems. These systems have come in handy in the past two years, when tough grain has become more common.
Ron Cloutier farms oilseeds and cereals with his father near Donnelly, Alta. He has a grain handling system with a dumping station and with wet bins that he can access when he comes into the yard.
"Those wet bins feed the grain dryer. From the grain dryer, I've got a discharge auger that supplies a bunch of bins. It's nothing super complicated. I do have the ability to mix different moistures of crops," he says.
Cloutier has three wet bins, and as the grain dries up during the day, he can change bins and blend. He purchased his dryer in 2018, and it's big even in comparison to dryers at local elevators.
"I don't have to wait for any kind of natural drying," he says. As long as the combines can separate it, I can haul it into my yard and can handle extremely tough crops. That said, we have to be able to unload it. We draw the line when we have to start shoveling out trucks. Then we shut it down. We don't push that hard."
Cloutier said being able to manage the toughness of his grain, prevent spoilage and control his grain quality are a few of the perks of his setup.
His system combines old school technology with new technology.
"Some of the big operations now, they've got all these grain pumps and ability to recirculate. I do have the ability to recirculate if it gets too tough … with an auger," he says. "I do have one grain leg that because of the dryer's capacity, it's a lot taller than what I had before. There's no grain auger that could reach that now."
Cloutier started farming with his father in 1998, and they've had grain dryers on their farm ever since.
"My dad redesigned the grain yard in 1998. He had the grain bin circle concept and turned it into a full circle," he says. Basically, I have a surge bin behind the dryer that is kind of the outer perimeter of the circle. From there, I go to the outer perimeter of the circle and I've got a larger, seven-foot auger. I still have a bit of capacity."
Cloutier used to have a smaller dryer, but that system worked better when he was working with one combine. He now has two Class 9 and one Class 8 combine and is thinking about adding another combine if he gains a few more quarters. Currently, he's very happy with the dryer he has now, and how it works with his combines.
"This dryer has the capability of following those machines," he says. "I dried twice through the night, and I've never taken off tough crop like I did last year."
The dryer can do about 3,000 bushels an hour, and its capacity has allowed Cloutier to sleep better at night.
"Most operations with smaller dryers have no choice. They need to run through the night when the combines are shut down. Because otherwise, the mountain of tough grain builds up," he said.
If a farmer doesn't have the storage or can't get to their grain, the grain can start to heat up.
"In the morning, the first thing we do is fire it up," he said. On a typical harvest day in the Peace Country, most people don't start harvesting until around noon, so the dryer has lots of time to dry between 3,000 to 6,000 bushels.
"I get those three to four extra hours in the morning," he said.
Another key piece of his grain handling setup that Cloutier enjoys is how it affords him the ability to work on his own schedule and not that of the elevator.
"This year, we didn't move much until November," he says. "Whenever a grain elevator can get me to haul, the guys in the driveway are always so thankful I'm hauling because I've got a few extra points and it gives them blending power. I tend to want to say that I get favoured a little bit more when it comes to contracts and grain deliveries."
Long-term storage is another huge advantage. Cloutier doesn't worry about spoiling. If he doesn't like the price, he can just hang on until a better price comes along.
"At the end of the day, my product is extremely safe and it could stay there for two years if it had to."
Cloutier said his dryer was a great investment and it's been worth it financially because of money he has saved from spoilage and downgrading.
Les McGrath farms with his family near Humboldt, Sask., and grows canola, barley, wheat, flax and peas. He said he used to have a small grain dryer. But as acreage grew, the family decided they needed a larger grain handling system.
In 2011, the McGraths upgraded their setup.
"We looked at our farm and the size of our farm and our harvest ability and how many combines we had and how much grain we could harvest in a day," he says. "At the end of the day, we decided we wanted a grain dryer that could keep our harvest flow operating. So, we chose the size of dryer we did. It's not small and it wasn't cheap. It's a piece of machinery on our farm that gets used every harvest."
His dryer dries 1,500 or 1,600 bushels of grain an hour in general. The dryer generally runs 24 hours a day. He has 16 bins that hold 40,000 bushels of grain each. The leg behind his dryer moves wet grain to the dryer and pushes dry grain out. Under one bin is a blowing system that does the rest.
"I can dry about 6,000 to 7,000 bushels of grain and blow it into the big bins without touching it," he says.
The entire system is sized to handle the volume of grain that is being put through it. Pipes from the top of the leg can direct the grain into different bins. He can even load a Superbee in 15 minutes.
"I can just push a lever and change to different bins, so I don't mix grain," he says. "Every time you have to handle grain, it costs you time and money.
"It comes through the system, we auger it once and it's then in a bin in storage after that. I can dry it, aerate it, but I don't have to touch it myself."
McGrath says it's a system that he can use in many different ways with multiple crops, all at the same time.
"We try to equate it with the size to keep our harvest machinery moving," he says about the handling system. "Two years ago, we dried 1.2 million bushels of grain, and I never dried in the winter time. This year, we dried 6,000 to 7,000 bushels. Three to four days after we were done combining, we were done drying."
McGrath said his system, especially the dryer, has become a necessary tool on his farm and it's allowed him to create his own schedule and not be as reliant on the local elevators.
"Every year, there are more and more guys doing the same thing we are," he says. "We've had more guys come to our place and see how we have incorporated the wet storage and the dry storage into the grain handling system that we have on our farm. It's less labour. It puts a flow to harvest because of the situation where the dryer is and where the storage is and how we can move grain out after that,' he says.
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Jay Milder: Broadway Nonstop: Subway Paintings from the 1950s and 60s
April 1 – May 14, 2022
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Jay Milder (1934-)
Subway Runner BMT, 1963
oil and volcanic ash on canvas
69 1/4h x 86w in
175.90h x 218.44w cm
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Red Subway Runner, 1964
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Lime Subway Runner, 1962-63
Turquoise Runner, 1963
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Blue Face Runner, 1962
Subway Runner #13, 1958
91.44h x 91.44w cm
Subway Woman #2, 1964
Subway Runner (Spray 4), 1960
oil, spray paint and volcanic ash on canvas
Subway Runner, 1964
Subway Runner (Pink), 1964
Jay Milder: Broadway Nonstop Subway Paintings from the 1950s and 60s Eric Firestone Gallery
40 Great Jones St. | New York, NY
Eric Firestone Gallery is pleased to announce the exhibition "Jay Milder: Broadway Nonstop, Subway Paintings from the 1950s and 60s," on view from April 1 - May 14, 2022 at 40 Great Jones Street. This will be the first solo exhibition of Milder's early work in New York City in several decades. Milder made New York City subway riders his subject; his paintings are characterized by their wildly impasto surfaces and expressionist paint handling. Faces and limbs are outsized, filling the canvases in ways that call attention to emotion and psychological connection. Carter Ratcliff termed Milder an "urban visionary." The people in his paintings become intense, tempestuous characters that prefigure the "Cartoon Noir" style of Joyce Pensato or the experiential scenes and visceral personalities in Dana Schutz's canvases.
Milder's explosively energetic series, the "Subway Runners," were the subject of a solo exhibition at Martha Jackson Gallery in 1964. The works are based on people running to catch New
York City subway trains. Faces and heads dominate most of the large-scale canvases, with arms and legs in motion, and subway tracks depicted with loose, gestural marks. Works in the show include "Turquoise Runner," 1963, and "Yellow Subway Runner," 1963, both of which are characterized by the thick impasto application, some areas of paint rising off the canvas by up to two inches. The show will also include a selection of Milder's gouache works on paper.
Milder was inspired by the energy and motion, history, and constant flux of the city. The surfaces of his paintings are emblematic of layers of paint and grit on building walls. He experimented, early on, with spray paint, and added volcanic ash to pigment to create a coarse impasto. This, along with his subject matter of the subway, have led art historians to connect his work to street art. Over the decades, the constant in his work has been what he terms "figurative symbolism" and a belief that paintings should convey a sense of the connection between mystical experience and material presence. Milder says, "If you don't have joy, you don't have anything." Milder co-founded, with Red Grooms, the artist-run City Gallery in their shared loft in the Flatiron District, giving Claes Oldenberg and Jim Dine their first New York exhibitions. In 1959, the City Gallery's operations expanded to a studio loft run by Grooms, Milder, and Bob Thompson on the Lower East Side. The new gallery would become known as the Delancey Street Museum.
Jay Milder (b. 1934) grew up in Omaha, Nebraska. As a young person, Milder lived in Paris and studied with Ossip Zadkine and André Lhote. There, he became aware of the work of Chaim Soutine, who would be an important influence in terms of a gestural, painterly approach to Cubism enlivened by spiritual belief. Milder befriended painter Ed Clark, who showed him around the city, as well as Yves Klein and met writers Richard Wright and James Baldwin. Milder's travels to Morocco and Mexico also informed his early development. After returning to the States, Milder studied briefly at the Art Institute of Chicago, and later at Hans Hofmann's summer school in Provincetown. There, Milder met Bob Thompson, Red Grooms and Mimi Gross, and they, along with Alex Katz and Lester Johnson, showed together at the Provincetown cooperative, the Sun Gallery. His community included Gandy Brodie, Jan Muller, and Emilio Cruz: all later recognized for a style defined as Figurative Expressionism.
Milder's work is represented in the collections of the Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA; the Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC; and the Museo Nacional de Arte Centro Reina Sofía Museum, Madrid, Spain. He was the subject of a 1991 retrospective at the New England Center for Contemporary Art. Milder has lived in Brazil, and he was the subject of solo exhibitions in 2006 at the Museum of Modern Art in Salvador, Bahia, and Rio De Janeiro, and, in 2009, at the National Museum of Brazilia. He was the subject of a 2019 retrospective at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum: "Jay Milder: Unblotting the Rainbow."
JAY MILDER: BROADWAY NONSTOP, Subway Paintings from the 1950s and 60s will be on view through May 14, 2022 Eric Firestone Gallery | 40 Great Jones Street, New York, NY 10012
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East Hampton, New York, 11937
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Tomorrow is Independence Day in the United States, commonly referred to as the 4th of July. Americans celebrate in a number of ways, and we've probably participated in most of them: fireworks shows, classical concerts ending with the 1812 overture, block parties and the like.
This year we're going with a quieter approach. Our boys have outgrown the neighborhood block party and frankly its a bit of a relief. I've always preferred smaller, quieter gatherings. Small talk wears me down and the heat of the day leaves me exhausted. The work involved setting up and tearing down tables and chairs, canopies, etc. is something I'm happy to leave in the past.
Although fireworks are illegal in Santa Clara County, we're hearing the percussive boom of mortars going off nearby. It's a huge strain on the cats, who've retreated under beds or in closets. It's hard seeing them frightened knowing there is nothing we can do but wait it out. Unfortunately, the worst is yet to come.
As America celebrates its hard-won independence from the British Monarchy,I hope people will stop and reflect. What is the true meaning of democracy; why is freedom of the press so important? Our sitting president is making a mockery of what this country stands for.
On the eve of what should be a great celebration, it's hard not to feel a little blue.
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I am sorry that this time is causing you a little heart ache, Alys, but these days should always be a day of reflection as well as celebration.
Thank you for that, Anne. It really has been a time of reflection. I appreciate your thoughtfulness.
I hope you and the family enjoy your quieter celebrations and, if you're staying home, at least you can keep the cats company and reassure them when the noisier ones start up elsewhere. The library looks gorgeous decked out in the red, white and blues and those little bookmarks are a lovely idea.
Thank you, L. Books and gardens bring solace, so they both seem like a good place to direct my energy. We've started the day with a walk and so far the neighborhood is quiet. Mouse has his own "suite" in the garage, where he feels at his safest. Lindy is tucked into our bedroom closet, and Tessa is too young to be upset about the booms so far. That's a gift in itself. She is such a shining light in our lives right now.
Here is another self-evident truth: presidents and their deeds come and go, but the Declaration of Independence is forever. A nation that cleaves to the spirit of that declaration will abide, despite the efforts of bigots, egotists, racists. All evil can be undone if enough good men refuse to accept it. May it be a day of goodwill, happiness, celebration – and not too many loud noises!
That's a terrific quote, Kate. Thank you for sharing. I've not heard it before, but find it remarkable appropriate to the situation at hand.
I love the red, white & blue books and the sweet bookmarks. Hope your 4th is nice and comfortable for you and the cats.
Thank you, Maria! Wishing you a safe and happy 4th with your family. I know you'll be missing your dad this time of year. Sending love your way.
If a little free library is flourishing, you can take heart in your country….. I think…….I hope. 🙂 Enjoy your 4th of July in your own special way.
I sure know how you feel, Alys. It's a strange feeling, for sure, and the way I'm choosing to approach the day is to think about the Founding Fathers, their vision, their passion for a wonderful America–and the words of that Declaration. We're honoring America as it can be today, not so much America as it is . . .
Beautifully said, Kerry. I didn't expect to feel quite so blue this time of year. It crept up on me. Or course 45's recent shenanigans feel like a new low, though I didn't think that was possible. There was an impeach rally yesterday in the Bay Area. Three cheers for America as it can be. Love to you and yours.
If your menagerie of cats can reach a truce and live side by side peacefully, then those of us with supposedly intelligent minds should be able to as well. I'm with you, I miss the party atmosphere when the kids were small but cherish these quieter times now. Your RW&B papers and bookmarks are so festive! Love them and it would inspire me to borrow a book. 🙂 BTW, I do agree with Kate as well. Smart lady, good heart.
(((Marlene))) It's amazing how the three cats so quickly worked things out. It doesn't seem like it should be that hard, yet here we are. Rodney King said it best: Can't we all just get along? Enjoy your quiet day. We started outs with a walk, and now the boys are enjoying pizza. Then the two of us are heading out for a quiet dinner. Bliss. Kate is all those things, and a whiz with her needle too!
I hope you manage to forget your cares and have a wonderful day with your family!
Excellent post Alys and I am a little blue along with you. You already know my feelings on our current situation. I also prefer smaller gatherings and I'm not much for small talk either. When our dogs were alive they would have to suffer through weeks of mortars before the 4th. We had to bring them to the Vet. to get tranquilizers in early June to calm them down. Most people are pet owners so I don't understand the logic of blowing off what amounts to small bombs weeks before July 4th. Is it that they just don't care about other pet owners of even their own pets or is it just the fact that whoever makes the most noise wins the contest. Tonight I understand the fireworks and celebrations and I hope you and your family have a great 4th. My feelings on the state of the nation can be summed up with one image that I will post on Monochromia – http://groupexpo.wordpress.com this coming Wednesday at 1:00 New York time.
Thank you so much, Joe. I figured you were probably feeling similarly blue. It's nice to hear you're a fellow introvert, preferring small gatherings and meaningful conversations. I've had many friends over the years with dogs, who like you, had to have the dog sedated for several days around the 4th. It's so traumatizing for them with their acute hearing. Poor things.
I hope your 4th passed quietly as ours did. We went out for a quiet dinner and a movie and forgot about our cares for a little while. The cats did okay. Perhaps this time next year, things will be looking up. We can only hope. Great image, Joe. Thank you for sharing it.
I'm with you Alys, though I think our democracy is strong enough to bounce back from 45, I look at it as a dark period that hopefully will make us more involved in the future. Just smell the flowers from your garden and think about happier times (like when 44 was in office).
I miss 44! I hadn't even thought about what a lovely, even number he filled too. Balance and focus and a decent human being. How I miss both he and Michele. She was the coolest first lady ever!
I'm glad we can't see the future. It's good to start each day fresh and full of promise. I heard just last week that since the turn of events in Britain with May loosing her majority, that a number of people don't want Brexit to go through. Here, 45 has fallen to a 37% approval rating, and my guess is it is closer to 15%…the diehards voters will hang on till the bitter end. If we thought he was an embarrassment before, I'm pretty sure the G20 sealed the deal. On happier subjects, the bookmarks are making their way into the hands of habit readers, as are the selection of books. Now *that* makes me happy.
I am in complete agreement with you, with the exception that our poor dog, not cats, has had to be artificially calmed. Tonight won't be the end of it here either. In spite of local laws there will be snaps, pops, and booms for a few more days.
Oh Sue, your poor dog. It's so hard on them. Our local fire department published an article a few days after the fourth aimed at uses of illegal fireworks. They pointed out the number of injuries, some quite serious, across the country. People's responses were appalling. I just don't get it. I hope things have finally settled down for you.
We have had a very quiet day. Our city also bans fireworks, but the neighboring cities that don't are causing our poor dog such angst, that we've just had a calm day. I absolutely love the look of your library!
There is a little comfort, I hope, in knowing that your feelings are shared, certainly by me, but also millions of others. It's distressing, but as I've been reflective all day, I've focused on the fact that it was citizenry, not one leader or political party per se, that shaped our country and it will be people who will continue to coalesce and create a different kind of "American Revolution." I pray no violence, but focused advocacy, change and support for those who are being left out and left behind! "Let freedom ring" has taken on greater significance for me this year.
Debra, thank you! It is comforting knowing I'm no alone in my feelings. I really appreciate (and agree, too) what you've said. I believe we are due for a new revolution, but one that peacefully brings us together. Finding honest compromise, trust and a humanitarian approach, I believe, is our only way forward.
I'm sorry about your pooch. Dogs have such heightened hearing, that it can only be misery for them during the onslaught. I have several friends that have to sedate their dog for the entire week of the 4th.
We truly share your feelings, dear Alys! We had a quiet, reflective Independence Day here, too. It was the first time that I didn't plan a family gathering. Red, white,… and blue describes exactly the way I was feeling as the holiday approached. Several other friends mentioned that they were feeling the same way this year. Tears flowed for our wounded, divided nation as we watched the Capital Fourth on PBS last night. I remain very hopeful that we can come together as Americans.
Thank you for sharing your perspectives, Dawn. It's comforting knowing that others feel this way, too. We are wounded and divided and there are days when I feel a real sense of despair. I wish I knew what would set things back on a healthier course. We used to value education and diplomacy as a nation, and right now both seem in short supply. Without hard work in compromise, we can't move forward. Sigh.
Thanks for your kind words on the Little Free Library. It is like tending a garden! How right you are.
Cheers for Kate and her comment! I can only hope she's right. It's nice to reflect, though, on the reason for the holiday as well, and I'm glad you chose to put your thoughts in the blog for us!
Thank you, Lisa. Much appreciated. I hope you've enjoyed your week off of work and that you've found a good ratio of getting projects done while putting your feet up with a good book or time with friends.
I did. It was good. thanks, Alys.


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The goal of the plugin was to create a 'Chunk Buster' that could be given to any player via command, this 'Chunk Buster' would remove all blocks within the chunk it was placed in.
There were plugins publicly avalible that could accomplish this, but the issue with those plugins was that when multiple 'Chunk Buster' items were being used the server would come under heavy load, and affected the gameplay. The solution that I came up with was to use a queue system that would queue all 'Chunk Buster' removal processes, this way only a maximum of one process would be active at any point in time, thereby ensuring a low load on the server. In this case the added wait time was not an issue, and so the client agreed to this solution.
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"If God is perfectly loving, he must wish to abolish evil; and if he is all-powerful, he must be able to abolish evil. But Evil exists; therefore God cannot be both omnipotent and perfectly loving."
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Stocks Hit New Highs as Iran Fears Fade
Gold and oil prices, meanwhile, are retreating
by Lillian Currens
Published on Jan 9, 2020 at 12:01 PM
Updated on Jan 9, 2020 at 1:34 PM
Tensions surrounding the U.S. and Iran appear to be fading
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) and S&P 500 Index (SPX) are confidently higher at midday -- and earlier nabbed fresh record highs -- as investors shed some of their initial fears over the conflict between the U.S. and Iran. The tech-rich Nasdaq Composite (IXIC) also hit new highs after Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) got an upgrade from Mizuho, and data out of Reuters pointed to an 18% pop in iPhone sales in China during the month of December.
Meanwhile, February-dated gold futures are ebbing, down 0.7% to trade at $1,548 per ounce at last check, while oil for February delivery is trading back near their Jan. 3 levels prior to the U.S. drone strike, at $59.02 per barrel.
Continue reading for more on today's market, including:
The pharma stock surging after a major allergy treatment breakthrough.
Subpar holiday sales and a lowered Q4 forecast aren't fazing L Brands bulls.
Plus, PINS stock pops on partnership; TRIL tops charts; and TUFN stock nosedives after revenue forecast.
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Libyan Health Service Capacity
What capacity has the Libyan health service to respond to the current crisis including: technical capacity of staff; reliance on foreign health workers; medical supply distribution system; decentralisation of services; capacity of the private sector? Where possible look specifically at the Misurata municipal area.
This report includes information on Libyan health service capacity, the health service response to the crisis, technical capacity of staff, reliance on foreign health workers, medical supply distribution system, decentralisation of services and the capacity of the private sector.
The report is divided into the following sections:
Key document: health system profile
Information from WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (EMRO)
Libyan Journal of Medicine documents
Information on Libyan Health Service Capacity:
This includes information on primary and secondary healthcare. The Magharebia news website reports that the health situation at the time of the report in Libya was worse than the official picture, in particular in relation to the skewed distribution and access issues for services.
Information on staff capacity:
The standard of nursing care in Libya is inadequate due to poor quality nursing education.
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Home > CCJ revival! - Regional judicial body crafts plan to make court more appealing
Published:Thursday | March 14, 2019 | 12:05 AM
Unfazed by the chorus of voices from some jurisdictions across the Caribbean who have rejected, in referenda, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as their final appellate court while choosing to remain with the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, president of the regional judicial body Justice Adrian Saunders says that a strategic plan is being crafted to win over those who remain sceptical about the court's operations and transparency.
In a wide-ranging lecture held at the University of Technology in St Andrew earlier this week, Justice Saunders divulged that the court was taking steps to address a number of issues that have prevented it from being accepted and seen in a positive light among the masses across the region.
In November 2018, both Grenada and Antigua and Barbuda voted against accepting the United Kingdom-based Privy Council as their final court. On November 6, 2018, Grenadians said "No" in a referendum on whether to embrace the CCJ or stay with the Privy Council. At the same time, the people of Antigua and Barbuda also made it clear in a referendum that they wished to stay with the Privy Council.
"Why is it that fate is cruel? These are two states whose governments are extremely enthusiastic about signing on to the appellate jurisdiction, and these are not governments that have bare majorities. In Grenada, the government has won all the seats. In Antigua and Barbuda, the government won all the seats except one. It's just a cruel fate of nature why these countries absolutely need a referendum. We thought that the primary reason was the insufficient awareness about the operations of the court and about the relationship between the court and the rest of the justice sector which it interfaces with on a daily basis," the CCJ president said.
Justice Saunders reasoned that although some governments were excited over the CCJ, the people themselves have not harboured similar sentiments. This he blamed on the court's communications strategy.
Justice Saunders argued that the CCJ was feeling the blow-back of a lack of confidence in the ability of local courts "and a feeling that if we are not very happy with the way in which justice is being delivered on the local stage, then why are we going to add on top of that another local-Caribbean layer?".
However, he said that it was a wrong characterisation of the CCJ.
Justice Saunders said he was yet to hear a good reason for the retention of the Privy Council as the final court for Caribbean countries, rejecting the arguments that local judges were too close to power wielders and that politicians could exit the court at any time, creating a constitutional crisis.
"Jamaica can build into its own constitutional entrenchment mechanisms to cater for that issue, but I don't think it's a sufficient basis upon which to say that a Caribbean Court of Justice that has been carefully constructed in a way that removes it from political interference, that removes it from financial influence, is less independent over whose judges you have no control," he said.
Prime Minister Andrew Holness has maintained that he would allow Jamaicans to decide in a referendum whether they want the CCJ to replace the Privy Council as the country's final court.
Currently, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, and Guyana are the only Caribbean Community states that have made the CCJ their final appellate court.
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The mortality and medical costs of air pollution: Evidence from changes in wind direction
Tatyana Deryugina, Garth Heutel, Nolan H. Miller, David Molitor, Julian Reif
Gies College of Business
We estimate the causal effects of acute fine particulate matter exposure on mortality, health care use, and medical costs among the US elderly using Medicare data. We instrument for air pollution using changes in local wind direction and develop a new approach that uses machine learning to estimate the life-years lost due to pollution exposure. Finally, we characterize treatment effect heterogeneity using both life expectancy and generic machine learning inference. Both approaches find that mortality effects are concentrated in about 25 percent of the elderly population.
https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20180279
10.1257/aer.20180279
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Deryugina, T., Heutel, G., Miller, N. H., Molitor, D., & Reif, J. (2019). The mortality and medical costs of air pollution: Evidence from changes in wind direction. American Economic Review, 109(12), 4178-4219. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20180279
The mortality and medical costs of air pollution : Evidence from changes in wind direction. / Deryugina, Tatyana; Heutel, Garth; Miller, Nolan H.; Molitor, David; Reif, Julian.
In: American Economic Review, Vol. 109, No. 12, 12.2019, p. 4178-4219.
Deryugina, T, Heutel, G, Miller, NH, Molitor, D & Reif, J 2019, 'The mortality and medical costs of air pollution: Evidence from changes in wind direction', American Economic Review, vol. 109, no. 12, pp. 4178-4219. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20180279
Deryugina T, Heutel G, Miller NH, Molitor D, Reif J. The mortality and medical costs of air pollution: Evidence from changes in wind direction. American Economic Review. 2019 Dec;109(12):4178-4219. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20180279
Deryugina, Tatyana ; Heutel, Garth ; Miller, Nolan H. ; Molitor, David ; Reif, Julian. / The mortality and medical costs of air pollution : Evidence from changes in wind direction. In: American Economic Review. 2019 ; Vol. 109, No. 12. pp. 4178-4219.
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I have recently returned from Sydney, Australia. I was down there on business for just a few days. A full day of flying either way, but at least it was productive time down in Australia. In addition to work stuff, I spent a little time site-seeing.
The Sydney Opera House is potentially the most iconic image of all of Australia, though Uluru, koalas and and kangaroos probably rank high up as well. Like a few places I have been before, I was surprised when I got up close to the Opera House. I had always thought it was solid white, like a giant stucco building. It's not, it is covered with tiles, which are varying shades of off-white. It is also smaller than I had expected.
The bridge crosses from Sydney to North Sydney, and as I was staying in Sydney and had work in North Sydney, I crossed it a few times - both in cars and via the CityRail train service which runs across the bridge. You can also walk it, but I didn't have time. It is the fifth-longest arch bridge in the world, and visible from many angles in Sydney, making for some interesting photos.
Below the bridge on the Sydney side is "The Rocks." The Rocks was established during the settlement of Sydney in 1788. The original buildings were made mostly of local sandstone, from which the area derives its name. Originally a slum and area of "recreation" for visiting sailors, who liked their drink and women cheap, the area has now been revitalised into an area of swank shops, high-end markets and bistros, though the outer edges of the area still have their problems with poverty.
Just south of The Rocks is Sydney's Central Business District. Shiny tall buildings and straight, fast moving streets give the place a very American feel. It's like Seattle without the rain.
Adding to the feeling of the place being like Seattle, Sydney and Seattle share that curious form of transport - elevated Monorail. Just like Brockway, Ogdenville and North Haverbrook!
Just to the east of the CBD is the botanic gardens and "The Domain", which I walked south through on eventually into Sydney's Hyde Park. Plants, statues and lots of birds featured on the walk.
An Ibis, bird with a long beak.
At the south end of Hyde Park is the ANZAC War Memorial. The Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) was a First World War army corps. They mostly fought in the Mediterranean, and famously during the Battle of Gallipoli, where many died on both sides. This memorial to those soldiers, completed in the 1930s in an Art Deco style, sits alongside a reflecting pond at the south end of Hyde Park.
South of the Central Business District, and close to my hotel in Darling Harbour, is China Town. There are many Asians in Australia, and lots of opportunity for good Asian food, including a number of restaurants in China Town.
Bondi Beach, to the east of the CBD, is a famous and mostly touristy beach. One day after work, I headed over there for a couple hours to enjoy the sunset by the seaside.
Like all trips, mine ended up at the Sydney airport, waiting to come home. They have a nice (but noisy) outdoor bar area just off the terminal building, where I enjoyed my last gasps of Australian autumnal weather before heading back to early spring weather in London.
And thus ends my first trip to Australia.
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I know that it's not terribly PC of me to say that I hate the anorexic looking personal trainer I see every day at my gym, but I do. It is a disease and I should be sympathetic. But I am not. I resent her. I have no proof that she is anorexic, but I do not have any proof she actually eats either. By my learned eye she is, at least, a size 00, as she is too tall to shop in the children's department. Moreover, because she does nothing but exercise, I would say she has no more than 2% body fat. I take offense that my gym has hired her. Personal trainers, to my way of thinking, should be inspirational looking. They should exude health and their state of physical fitness should be attainable without laxatives, 4-hour daily workouts, and calf implants. Ms. 2% only inspires me to figure out ways to force feed her.
Now, while I resent Ms. 2%, I also envy her. Not for her lack of body fat, but for the sheer force of will it must take to forgo food and spend that much time in the gym. I am too inherently lazy, and cook far too well, to ever be plagued by that kind of will power. I trudge to the gym 5-6 times a week. I do my cardio on the TreadClimber. Maybe not at the intensity of someone with motivation, but I put the geriatrics in their place. I do my sit-ups but do not really know where my core is, and am not really sure the Spectrum Club is the place I want to get in touch with it. Sometimes I do weights, but I steer clear of the area when there are profusely sweating men who grunt with each rep. They distract me from my audio book and listening to those stories is the only thing that gets me through the three sets of 10. However, I do not do yoga, it is too slow and makes me angry – not to mention I do not like men in tights or bike shorts. I have yet to understand why Pilates should cost $50 a session, and I will go to my grave without ever having done Tae-Bo or Zumba. I have not always been so lackadaisical about my fitness regime. In college, I ran 5 miles a day and helped run the campus gym. I could press 300lbs with my calves and would brow beat sit-ups out of the complaining males in my classes. I have even walked a marathon in Alaska.
I have bouts of self-loathing or whims of self-improvement that inspire me to tackle one fad diet or another. I was on my first diet in 6th grade. In high school, I tried everything from Dexatrim to amphetamines and cocaine to The Cambridge Liquid Diet to a 500-calorie a-day diet combined with injections of impregnated cow's urine (Thanks Mom). In the 80's dear old Jenny Craig, who I have visited from time to time over the years, helped me find my way into a size 4; in the 90's I attended Weight Watchers meetings, and before my wedding, I choked down Nutra-System. I have eaten low fat, no fat, low carbs, and no carbs. Thanks to Dr. Atkins I spent a few blissful months eating nothing but bacon and cheese and one tragic dose of Xenical (Thanks again Mom).
I gave up any notion that I would someday be a supermodel when, at the age of 11, the famed Nina Blanchard informed me that I was never going to be tall enough for the runway. A cruel reality check for a young girl, and I have oft wondered what a difference 2 inches could have made in my life. Probably none, as I said I am lazy and I do not take direction well. I am also not built like a model. I am neither tiny nor waif-like. I am broad shouldered, so much so that my Jr. High beau, Jim, nicknamed me Mac because of my similarity to an 18-wheeler. I am an ample 38D. Even in my brief stint as a size 4, I was a 36D. In my youth, my aunt was inspired to get implants because as a pre-teen I had a bigger rack than she did. I remember buying a dress for my friend Suzanne's wedding that was a 12 because it fit my shoulders, but had to be taken in to fit my temporarily tiny waist. My own wedding dress was a disaster. First off, bridal sizing is designed to put even the thinnest of brides in their place. It almost seems a test of your commitment to put on a wedding dress and head down the aisle. Whatever size you think you wear, add 2 sizes. The uppity sales girl at Vera Wang kindly ordered me a size 16 which they insisted was necessary because of my bust. I would still like to slap the sales girl upside the head for that. Mind you, she was wrong. My dress arrived so disastrously proportioned that it took several alterations to make it passable. A small vindication.
Sizing in itself is something with which I take issue. There is no universal standard for sizing. The Europeans try to stay consistent to their metric measurements, but their numbers make me unhappy. In my youth, size 4 was small and size 16 was somewhere you did not want to go. These numbers are ingrained in my psyche. What do they expect me to do with size 38? Even XS-XL are not universal. I have bought my size 6 mother French sweaters in XL that I cannot get my forearm into. However, I can deal with my inability to convert to the metric system better than I can deal with the advent of vanity sizing. I dealt, not well, but nonetheless dealt with the arrival of size 2, and its little sister size 0. However, I draw the line at size 00. That is just plain offensive to those of us on the other end of the double-digit spectrum. On a recent trip to the mall with my husband, I took great offense to a sign on store offering what it called "Plus Size Fashions" for ladies size 12 and up. Suddenly my moderately overweight body, my Average American size 12 figure is now a freakin' PLUS SIZE? It was only Dave's firm grip on my forearm that kept me from vandalizing the storefront, but not from muttering obscenities.
For this affront, someone has to absorb my wrath. For me that person is Ms. 2%. And for 2009 I resolve to spend most of my time at the gym this spring concocting schemes by which to meet out suitable punishment. That should keep me distracted through my three sets of 10.
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I played Canasta all day long. Men against the women. I played so much Canasta my fingers are calloused from shuffling cards. My dreams were filled with dreams about cards stacking and aligning themselves according to their value. There'll probably be one more game today before I move on to Dad and Kathy's for yet more Christmas cheer.
The trick to playing Canasta is to tell your partner what you have in your hand so he will know how to play the current round. This tactic is a violation of the rules, but only if you say it in a NOT helpful fashion. For example, if you want your partner to play an 8 of Spades, you might say, "If you have an 8 of Spades you might want to hold onto it in case I have the 9". However, it would be considered cheating if you say, "Don't play the 8 of Spades there, because I'm going to play the 9 here." See the difference?
The other trick to playing Canasta is to be mindful of when to tell a fellow player to hurry up. You generally never tell a player on your team to hurry up because you don't want your teammate to make a mistake. Instead, you bombard him with 'helpful advice'. However, when someone on your opponent's team is slowing things down, that's an opportune time to express your indignation and offense at not knowing ahead of time, what cards she should be playing. This is doubly so, if the opponent happens to be your mother.
Looking at another player's cards is a violation of the rules, except when the other player is holding them in such a way that you can see them, or except for when you wish to 'help' her. 'Helping' your opponent by looking at her cards is not frowned upon. You're also allowed to play your cards out of turn in case you 'forgot' to play them during your own turn. This is especially 'helpful' to your teammates as he makes decisions about his own turn. After all, it would be a shame if he forgot to make a play because you forgot to play something earlier.
The final game of Canasta ended in an epic 3 on 3 battle for all the marbles. At one point Dave, Papa and I were down by 3,000 points. The cards were smoking. My fingers were cramped. My eyelids, heavy. It was 11pm. And then all at once, I drew the two cards I needed to go out. In the final talley we won by less than 1,000 points.
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Football Against Fascism
Michael Oesterle of Sport Against Racism Ireland looks at the story of the Austrian-Jewish football club Hakoah Vienna and its hero Béla Guttmann
Football has always been a great opportunity for people from diverse cultures to integrate into a society. It is all about fun, friends and competing against others – religion or the belonging to an ethnic minority should not play a decisive role in sports today. Sadly there was a time when all these things mattered. Especially when Jewish sport clubs were closed down by the Nazis before and during the Second World War and in the era of communism in Eastern Europe. The history of these clubs is not well known even though it would help us understand our historical backgrounds and could set a memorial so that something like this never has to happen again.
Hakoah Vienna
In 1909 the sports club Hakoah Vienna was founded by Jewish students and offered training opportunities in fencing, football, field hockey, wrestling and swimming. Soon their football team became very successful and one of the best teams in Europe. In 1923 Hakoah Vienna beat West Ham 5 – 0 and became the first football team from continental Europe which was able to beat an English club on English soil. With over 5,000 members, SC Hakoah Vienna was the biggest sports club in the world and Franz Kafka, the well-known author was one of the most famous fans of the club. In 1926 the football team made a tour through the United States where they played numerous matches across the country. In New York, the team attracted 46,000 spectators. Because of the growing antisemitism in Europe some players decided to stay in the United States of America and founded the Club New York Hakoah, which was re-established in 2009 and is currently playing in the North Jersey Soccer League.
Other players of Hakoah Vienna moved to the Mandate Palestine and set up the club Hakoah Tel Aviv together with some former players of Hakoah Berlin. This club, which still exists, merged with Maccabi Ramat Gan in 1959. In the years after the founding of the club they had no money for the equipment they needed, so in a gesture of solidarity, the Austrian football club "Austria Wien", which used to be a rival of Hakoah Vienna, sent them their jerseys.
In 2000, the Jewish community of Vienna got back an alternative ground where they built a new sports centre. The facility contains numerous fitness rooms, physical therapists clinics, tennis courts and houses for various kinds of sport. This multi-sports centre has a total size of 20,000 m². The construction cost over 8 million euros and was paid by the federal government and the city of Vienna. Ironically, the club does not maintain a football section today. Basketball, Karate, Swimming, Skiing & Tourism, Tennis, Table Tennis and Hiking are the codes offered to the members of the club.
Even though the story of this club is not well known there is film about the swimming section of Hakoah Vienna. The film, made in 2004 and directed by Yaron Ziberman, is called "Watermarks" and is about 7 swimmers who had to leave the city during the Second World War. The film won the Audience Award at the Palm Springs Film Festival in 2004.
There also is a play written by Yael Ronen. It is about a boy who wants to get Austrian citizenship and during his research he finds out that his grandfather used to play for the legendary Hakoah Vienna football team. One of the legends of the football department was Béla Guttmann.
Béla Guttmann in 1925
Béla Guttmann is probably the best known football player who was confronted with blatant antisemitism in sports. Born on 27 January 1899, he started his career at MTK Hungária. In 1922 he joined Hakoah Vienna because of the growing antisemitism in Hungary under Admiral Horthy. Guttmann was one of the players who decided to stay in the United States of America after the team made a tour throughout the country. After he finished his career as a football player he started his coaching career at Hakoah Vienna before the Second World War started. It is unclear how he survived the war, he even skips this part of his life in his autobiography.
As a coach he worked for 25 teams in 13 different countries including AC Milan, FC Porto and Benfica Lisbon. He won two European Champion Clubs' cups in 1961 and 1962 with the Lisbon club. Although he was a very successful sportsman, he is probably best known for cursing Benfica. After the second cup win he asked the club for a pay rise. When the president refused, Guttmann left Benfica immediately and put a hoodoo on the club. He swore that the club will never win a European cup and until now he was right. Benfica has been in the final of the European cup eight times since then and has never been able to win the game.
Despite the success of the SC Hakoah Vienna and its athletes most people never heard of them. The story of the club and its heritage got lost after the end of the Second World War and was never picked up again. It would be a great opportunity if the general public would be aware of all the diversity we once had in Europe and that it is actually nothing new in our society.
While carrying out research for the "Football versus fascism" program of Sport against racism Ireland, Michael Oesterle came across a story about Jewish athletes and sport organizations before and during the Second World War. Due to the fact that their story is not well known in the general public he started collecting all the key information to inform the people about what had happened to Jewish sport clubs all over Europe.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food & Agriculture (NIFA) announced Aug. 11 more than $27.6 million in funding for projects that will boost food security through improved animal production and health.
The awards to support research, education and extension projects were made through NIFA's Agriculture & Food Research Initiative (AFRI), which is authorized by the 2014 Farm Bill.
"As we continue to face major challenges in agriculture production, such as the extreme weather events and droughts, diminishing water resources, climate change, pests and global competition, producers are looking for viable solutions," NIFA director Sonny Ramaswamy said. "These grants allow American agriculture to remain a competitive force by providing food that is not only nutritious, but safe, and abundant."
NIFA made the awards mostly through the AFRI Foundational program, as well as an interagency program with the National Institute of Health. The outcomes of these projects will advance genome-enabled precision breeding and enhance animal production by improving animal growth, reproductive efficiency and animal well-being. These projects will also increase the understanding of antimicrobial resistance and enhance animal health by tackling new, foreign or emerging disease threats through vaccine development, prevention, early detection and recovery. These projects target improvements in livestock and aquaculture species.
Examples of AFRI-funded animal health projects include a include a conference on vaccine development for agricultural species to reduce diseases and the need for antibiotic treatments; a Michigan State University to create a health-monitoring tool to assess the risk of developing metabolic stress in dairy cattle; an Ohio State University led-consortia to control poultry respiratory diseases in the U.S.; a University of Rhode Island project sequencing the genome of the eastern oyster to improve breeding stock, and a University of Connecticut project to broaden the immunity of swine using an improved foot and mouth disease vaccine.


For more than a decade, consumer advocacy organizations like Travel Fairness Now have witnessed the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) carry out the airline industry's agenda while neglecting its own mission to protect American consumers and promote competition.
A recent news report vividly demonstrates the incredibly close and inappropriate relationships between the regulator and the regulated at DOT. As reported, at the request of the powerful airline industry, acting Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Dan Elwell has been doing the airlines' bidding by quietly working against consumer protection regulations that have nothing to do with the safety agency he leads.
Consumers are relegated to the sidelines in this privileged process. While other stories around airline safety dominate the news, Americans' belief that they could at least trust the FAA to fulfill its mission to ensure that the aircraft we fly on are safe has been called into question.
In fact, it is difficult to find a case in which the DOT met an airline industry proposal it didn't like. And it is even more difficult to find a recent case in which the DOT met a consumer proposal it actually did like, much less acted upon.
Today, the U.S. taxpayer-funded DOT is not serving taxpayers. Instead, it prioritizes serving the interests of the largest U.S. airlines over consumers. In recent years, DOT has allowed unprecedented industry consolidation. That consolidation has caused a steep decline in competition, created market power that airlines wield to impose massive increases in the number and cost of fees, and block lower-priced competitors. It has also resulted in increasingly aggressive airline efforts to interfere with innovations that leverage the power of technology to promote easy access to information, side-by-side comparison shopping and greater transparency in airfare pricing.
The need for a top-to-bottom investigation into whether the DOT is fulfilling its legal obligations to the flying public has never been more urgent or compelling. Competitive, open and healthy markets, and fast and easy comparison-shopping, are critical to letting market forces work, as well as making travel affordable and accessible to the families, communities and businesses across the country that depend on it.
On behalf of the 70,000 members of Travel Fairness Now across the country, I'd welcome the opportunity to speak with you further on this important topic.


Many people come to us wanting to enter Canada but have no idea how to do so. We are often asked, what are my options? What is the best way for me and my family to come to Canada? How can I stay in Canada? What is the best application?
This is not necessarily an easy questions to answer as all applications have their own merits depending on the uniqueness of your situation as well as what you hope to accomplish in Canada.
For those who have no idea on how to achieve their goals, you are not alone, and Akrami & Associates can definitely help you.
In situations such as these, for people who are uncertain on how best to proceed, or are not ready to apply for an application but still want to know their options – an Akrami & Associates Immigration guide is for you.
With this information, we will be able to compare the merits of your unique case against the requirements of the various application types applicable to you. We will then consider the best options for you and outline this in a details guide which you can use as starting point to base your future immigration plans on. Further, we will also outline ways that you can improve your situation with respect to immigration options and outline other potentially viable options.
Many of our clients have found this to be extremely useful in terms of having a step by step guide or road map to their immigration goals.
Our immigration guides, though comprehensive and thorough, come at a very affordable price. Should you wish to proceed on a matter outlined in our guide, we will credit this amount back to you in your legal fees.
Akrami & Associates is committed to making immigration work for you. This is just another way we are dedicated to your success.


We always love a good success story…especially when it involves one of our own! Recently I received news that one of our former Portland Bloggers (she just recently moved after several years in Portland) had her novel PUBLISHED!
As many bloggers can attest… writing is not an easy job. The opportunity to get published does not often come without some hard work.
"It took me four years to find a publisher, and I spent most of three years working on revisions from my home in the Hawthorne District of Portland. I'm very grateful to the Portland writing community, including Portland Bloggers, for contributing to the book's realization." said published author, Jennifer Fulfurd.
"Essentially, I've written an adventurous, romantic sequel to The Three Musketeers. "Blood, Love and Steel," published this summer by London-based Thames River Press, explores the meaning of faith, love and hope," explained Jennifer.
Here's a short synopsis: Athos, the famed Musketeer, has become a Paris sideshow. His antics mask a menacing heartache from cruel memories of his first love, Milady. But a suicidal dare to end his suffering backfires, and Athos finds himself at the country château of a Comtesse he must seduce to save his reputation. Soon, Nicole sees through his pain, and love ignites. Tested by both God and the sword, Athos must fight for Nicole to seek his own redemption.
The first chapter of Blood, Love, and Steel: A Musketeer's Tale is available on Book Daily The series website is www.TheMusketeerSeries.com.
Check out Jennifer's blog on www.LivingOnInk.com.
Congratulations to Jennifer on her success. We hope this serves as inspiration to those out there working away on one dream or another. We also hope you take a moment and check out Jennifer's book!
Are you a Portland Blogger with inspirational news to share? Please send to info [at] pdxbloggers [dot] com!


Nuestra misión es reducir el consumo y enriquecer las comunidades locales socialmente, ambientalmente y financieramente, incrementando el acceso a los recursos existentes.
Nuestra visión es satisfacer la demanda del consumidor por medio de una alternativa conveniente al consumo massivo.
Así mismo, creemos en el poder de la acción colectiva, y nosotros somos parte de un creciente impulso para expandir nuestros horizontes poniendo en común nuestros recursos. Nos dimos cuenta de que tenemos que adaptar nuestra forma de vivir con el fin de avanzar, y nos dijimos : "Oye , vamos a intentar hacer un mundo mejor ! " La historia de Tryngo es la historia de personas que se unen para trabajar hacia un objetivo común, compartir con los demás en el camino. Es la historia de aprovechar la oportunidad de vivir de una forma más enriquecedora en todos los sentidos.Es tu historia también, y usted puede unirse a nosotros construyendo su propia comunidad para compartir. Vamos a tratar de ir de la mano !
Tryngo te ayuda a monetizar los objetos, servicio y espacios sin usar, pero nosotros somos más que una simple compañía de alquiler. Nosotros brindamos a las comunidades un acercamiento por medio del intercambio y conectándose en tiempo real. Nosotros buscamos la adaptación de patrones de consumo, la reducción de desechos y la maximización de la eficiencia. Por encima de todo, nos estamos moviendo hacia un mejor futuro.
Compartir para cambiar: invertir en las comunidades es nuestra responsabilidad social.
El motor de Tryngo es 'compartir para cambiar' y esta idea es el corazón de lo que realizamos. Es por esto, que desde el principio, damos el 5% de nuestros ingresos a las comunidades más necesitadas. Vamos a realizar asociaciones con organizaciones no lucrativas que operan en terreno para proveer recursos de intercambio comunitario, que cambiará tangiblemente lavida de las personas. Queremos proveer soluciones de intercambio a problemas del colectivo para beneficio de toda la comunidad.
Estamos muy contentos de guiar a nuestros usuarios a lo largo de esta misión, porque sabemos que se preocupan por " hacer el bien." Estamos llamando a esta iniciativa "Proyecto de Intercambio de Barrio", porque Tryngo funciona mejor cuando construimos barrios enteros que comparten entre sí . Así que cuanto más compartas en tu barrio, más personas tendrán la capacidad de compartir con los más necesitados.
De esta forma todos podremos verdaderamente compartir para el cambio!
Tryngo is a global platform helping your community come closer and share. We can all make a difference by adapting our consumption behaviors, which will benefit you as individuals, as well as your community, country and the whole planet. So don't wait any longer to take that first step into the future.
Pull up a chair. Get a taste. Come join us. Life is so endlessly delicious. Tryngo is all about bringing you closer to your community by sharing and connecting with people in real life. Tryngo is the one-stop-shop for anyone looking to discover, create or book an object, service, space or activity from his surroundings.
Search: You can search for listings in your region and make bookings.
Offer: You can offer your community an object, service, space or activity.
Request: Can't find what you need? No worries, ask the user community and people will answer your request with a proposal.
It takes just seconds to post an offer.
Tryngo's maxim is "Share for Change" and this change is at the finger tip of all of us provided we adapt our consumption attitudes by optimizing our resources. A resource can be an object, a service, an activity or space and optimization is the act of taking advantage of a resource to its maximum efficiency.
Optimisation has been a driving force in the life of Umer Ali. Coming from an IT background in various public and private structures, he has spent his life in optimising operations via technology. A strong believer of continuous improvement, he nurtures his teams to constantly challenge the ordinary and build extraordinary solutions for their user base.
Umer brings 15 years of business analysis, process improvement and management experience to Tryngo, backed up by a clear vision of our future consumption model.
Exchange is an essential part of being human. We all need to share and exchange with each other. And in these difficult economic times, those who open themselves up to the world will enrich themselves in a human, social, and even economic way. It is with this approach that Yannick Bouvard leads his professional and personal life.
Tryngo responds to this philosophy by allowing us to reduce our consumption while continuing to take advantage of innovations in technology and services for daily life.
Alexandra Jolobova Faure is driven by two seemingly opposite notions: adventure and organization. Originally from Russia, she moved to France as a child, which helped her to adapt to any situation. After completing her undergraduate studies in Communication, Alexandra is currently pursuing a Masters in Commerce.
Her adaptability and sense of adventure have enabled her to be courageous in the face of change, while her core values have provided a constant structure to guide her forward. Alexandra's openness and communication skills bring a fresh perspective to Tryngo.
Mary Vinat loves to learn new things, which is why she decided to continue her studies in marketing and communication at the University of Westford in Geneva. A native of the Haute-Savoie, Mary is discovering the wordforce for the first time while working inside the first Swiss sharing platform.
At only 20 years old, she hopes to bring a youthful and dynamic vision that will allow Tryngo to better understand the needs of the next generation.
"Living simply is building the future."
Maxson J.Y Tee or Mr. T with double E, is an aspired entrepreneur and full-time explorer. Love to travel and meet new people. A BEng Aeronautical and Mechanical Engineering graduate from Glyndwr University and MSc graduate in Engineering with Finance from UCL. Co-founder of a little café while studying and previously involved in various sales and marketing as well as managing roles. Passionate about social innovation with the integration of technology.
There are enough resources for everyone on the planet if only everyone learns to share. I am hoping to broadcast Tryngo to the right target audience and allow sharing of all underused resources more conveniently and efficiently. Simultaneously, connecting like minded individuals within communities.
Humèra loves taking care of others , being helpful , giving to others by making their life comfortable. These qualities pushed her to seek range of experiences in Paris, London and now Geneva. Addicted to chocolate and social networks, she is always up for challenges and paying attention to details . She is contributing to the evolution of Tryngo by mixing the collaborative economy to the digital world . Working at Tryngo made her realize that our current consumption patterns are causing major environmental problems : waste of such resources. Today the collaborative economy is for her a new way of seeing the world.
"Life is really simple, to live happily live it simply "
Originally from Cameron, Rose moved to Geneva at the age of 13 to pursue her studies. Her taste for humanitarian trained her to undertake studies in International Relations. However, lack of employment opportunities, she joins the High School of Management of Geneva where she is now in her final year of Bachelor in Business Administration. Rose is very open-minded, and quickly adapts to new environments. She also likes challenges, and this is what motivates her to do a one year exchange program in Canada as part of her Bachelor. With Tryngo, Rose wants above all to invest herself in spreading the philosophy of sharing economy advocated by the Swiss start-ups. In addition, having chosen business communication as a major option for her final year, Rose wants to learn more about communication methods, prospecting strategies and marketing.
"Any change requires awareness and effort"
Press inquiries? We can be reached at info@tryngo.ch.
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Wish you had access to budget-friendly services? Hire a fellow user and add a richer dimension to your life. Language and music lessons, photography, wi-fi. Get access to what you need.
Need a place to call your own for a few hours, a few days, or more? Find the perfect space while you're on the go. Work, party, relax, and tuck in to a home-cooked meal wherever you are. This is your neighborhood.
Want to share some home-grown flavor? Organize an activity and meet interesting, new people. Festivals and concerts, food and culture, hidden treasures in your neighborhood. You know how to create a truly authentic experience.
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Shock and Guffaw: Top Five Unintentionally Ridiculous Military Vehicles That Never Made It Into Mass Production
War is deadly serious business. But it takes some unconventional thinking and unbuttoned creativity to constantly dream up new ways to carry soldiers into war and annihilate the enemy. Check out this selection of wild wartime vehicles that proved a little too far out.
The Motor Scout
[source: wikipedia.com]
The last century of warfare has shown us that strapping a big gun to something that flies, dives or drives is not so much invention as a natural human compulsion. In 1898, two years after Henry Ford revealed his quadricyle in Detroit, a British inventor named F.R. Simms mounted an iron shield and a 1,000 round Maxim machine gun on a similar design and created the world's first armed gas-powered vehicle.
Built to provide cover fire for advancing infantry, the Motor Scout had a 1.5 HP engine and a "petrol" tank capable of carrying enough fuel to travel 120 miles. (Simms is also credited with creating the term "petrol".) Bicycle tires proved about as practical as a jaunty hat and dapper suit on uneven, crater strewn battlefields. Consequently, the Motor Scout never made it into mass production.
Bazooka Vespa
Ever since France's quick surrender in World War II, the country has had a reputation for being a pushover, militarily. France probably did little to help their image in the eyes of enemies in Algeria and French Indochina where, in the 1950s, the cash-strapped nation began equipping some of their elite paratroopers with the cartoonish-looking Vespa 150 TAP.
Designed as a bunker buster that could also take on enemy tanks (seriously), the 11hp Vespa carried a 75mm, recoilless anti-armor rifle. It had a three-speed transmission, 8-inch wheels, and could travel at speeds up to 40 mph for over 100 miles before having to refuel.
Airdropped in pairs into enemy territory, a two-man team would unpack each scooter from palettes packed with hay bales (to provide low-budget, impact protection). Ammo was secured to one scooter while the other was strapped with the big gun and the tripod it mounted on for firing; the rifle lacked any aiming device and, thus, could not be fired safely without it. Around 500 "bazooka Vespas" were reportedly produced in the late 1950s and today are considered highly collectible.
Tsar Tank
Presumably, ramming a wooden pole through the spokes of a wheel would work just as well stopping a vehicle at the turn of the century as it would later in any number of Hollywood films depicting the stunt. This didn't stop early Russian tank designers who, in 1915, began testing a drawing-board concept for a terrifying war machine that could ford shallow rivers, level enemy positions and, if the fight demanded it, flatten entire towns.
Bristling top to bottom with cannons and guns and capable of transporting a 10-man crew, a prototype "tsar tank" weighing in at 60 menacing tons utilized large Ferris-type front wheels nearly three-stories tall and independently driven by 250hp Sunbeam engines. A smaller rear steamroller-type wheel (only five feet off the ground) was intended to provide stability and maneuverability.
Testing began and quickly ended in a series of failed trials that showed how vulnerable the giant wheels were to mortars and artillery fire. There was also the issue of the tank's enormous weight (and relative lack of power), which caused the machine to bog down in soft ground. In one such exhibition, a tsar tank became so inexorably stuck in a field outside of Moscow that the crew reportedly abandoned the vehicle until it was later salvaged as scrap in 1923.
Walking Truck
In 1968, long before Imperial Walkers lumbered across the snowy planet of Hoth in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, General Electric began working on a strangely similar form of quadruped robot that could be used to help carry infantry equipment over rough terrain.
Controlled by the hand and foot movements of a single human operator, a prototype version of the "walking truck" was delivered to the military for testing in 1970. Weighing over 3,000 pounds, the vehicle utilized a complicated hydraulic system that burned over 190 liters of oil per minute and could only cover around five miles before needing to refuel.
The U.S. Army ultimately decided that helicopters were more practical means of delivering troops and cargo and shipped the "walking truck" to the U.S. Army Transportation Museum in Fort Eustis, Virginia, where it currently remains on display.
The Rotabuggy
[source: ewillys.com]
In 1942, the British Army first began experimenting with the idea of a jeep that could leap over chasms and enemy positions because, well, wouldn't that be totally badass?
The Air Ministry turned to Raoul Hafner, an Australian-born helicopter engineer, who basically combined a Willys MB with a 40-foot "gyro kite" to keep the vehicle aloft after being dropped from an aircraft or released from a tow vehicle.
Operating more like a glider than a real helicopter, the Hafner Rotabuggy reportedly took to the air for the first time in 1943 after being towed skyward behind a supercharged 4.5-liter Bentley. The vehicle was also successfully dropped from a Whitworth-Whitley bomber, with the most successful flight coming in 1944 when a Rotabuggy reportedly flew for 10 minutes at an altitude of 400 feet while hitting a top speed of 65 mph.
The British would continue to experiment with "flying jeep" technology into the 1960s with a prototype version that, instead of an external rotor, used lift fans built into the body of the vehicle. The later "Airgeep II" was surprisingly capable but far too costly to mass produce compared to lower maintenance helicopters that proved more rugged and versatile.
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