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Sunday, May 9
Rite Aid Money Maker!
I wish I had realized that the everlast vitamins were a monthly deal earlier. Unfortunately my Rite Aid only had 3 bottles so I couldn't do the deal twice. I did snag a raincheck, but the bogo pdf coupon is only good through the 11th I believe.
Here's what I got:
2 Everlast Vitamins $19.99 (bogo)
1 StyleScience Barbie sunglasses $7.99
1 Burt's Bees pedicure kit on clearance $6.49
1 Old Spice Deodorant $2.99
Coupons used:
1, $5.00 off $20.00 Value Video
1, $2.00 off Burt's Bees product (not lip) sticky on the lip balm I bought last trip
1, $10.00 off Style Science sunglasses VV
1, $19.99 Everlast (bogo coupon)
$1.34 OOP ($0.87 was tax)
Will get back $2.00 SCR on the sunglasses and $1.00 on the old spice for a $1.66 moneymaker!
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I was wondering if the Everlast coupon would work I think I will try this deal tomorrow. Did you try and use the $10.00 pdf with the BOGO deal? Great deal I love it!ReplyDelete
Hi JoDee,ReplyDelete
I used the bogo pdf that expires the 11th, but I'm sure you could use 2 of the $10.00 pdf coupons and the deal would work the same way. Depending on your Rite aid you might even make a penny of overage using the 2, $10.00 coupons :) Let us know what great deals you were able to snag!
- AnonymousMay 12, 2010 at 10:23 PM
I missed the BOGO, by one day, since it's expired. How do you figure that they will accept 2 of the $10 off coupons when you are getting one for free? (I'm just wondering how to phrase it to the cashier if they fight both coupons.)ReplyDelete
Michelle from Ohio
Hi Michelle,ReplyDelete
According to Rite Aid's corporate coupon policy, "When items are featured on a Buy One, Get One Free promotion, up to two coupons can be used against the items being purchased, as long as the net price does not go below zero for the item being purchased". I'd suggest that you print out a copy and bring it with you.
If you google search "Rite Aid Coupon Policy" there are many other blogs that have copies of the policy available. Deal Seeking Mom has one here: http://dealseekingmom.com/rite-aid-official-corporate-coupon-policy/
I've never had a problem at my Rite Aid after I gave them a copy of their own policy:) Let us know how it goes!
- AnonymousMay 17, 2010 at 10:21 AM
Hello again!ReplyDelete
After printing the $10 off coupons I arrived at our local Rite-Aid only to find out that they don't have a GNC area. However, the Rite-Aid another 5 miles away does so I went there. They have the largest GNC product line in the area and they didn't have the Everlast brand. So the deal was a bust for me and coupons went unused.
Some days a good deal just isn't meant to be.
Thanks for the information anyway.
Michelle from Ohio


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How Cosmetic Manufacturers Market Products
Cosmetic companies discovered long ago that there is an insatiable demand for skin care products that promise to make people appear younger. In fact, by including terms like "anti wrinkle" and "anti aging" on the packaging of their products, they can, in effect, market to our instinctive nature. But, what does "anti wrinkle" actually mean?
The term "anti wrinkle" is used in marketing to suggest that a skin care product can permanently reduce - or even remove - the appearance of wrinkles. That is, "anti wrinkle" creams and treatments are supposed to have the ability to erase signs of aging. Cosmetic manufacturers liberally use the term to imply that their product is the next miracle solution.
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Top 100 Songs of 2013 (pt. 2)
Here is the second installment of Gutter Bubbles "Top 100 Songs of 2013." There is some really great variety on these tracks. Everything from ambient drone to disco (for real). If you aren't familiar with some of these songs or artists, make sure to check em out! You might just find a new favorite!
Boards of Canada "Reach for the Dead" from Tomorrow's Harvest
After nearly eight years of radio silence, Boards of Canada announced a new release was finally on its way. Along with this overwhelmingly exciting news for those of us who spent nearly a decade waiting for some new material (or any form of communication for that matter), came the pre-album release of "Reach for the Dead" alongside a visually stunning and perfect pump-priming video. Analog synth arpeggios and a foreboding undercurrent of moody pads tell the story of the album to come. It is truly a masterpiece in my eyes. -Devin Hogan
Boards of Canada "Semena Metvykh" from Tomorrow's Harvest
The slow-pulsing low-end drone and ghostly, descending tones of this song sounds like the sonic embodiment of denouement–of civilization, of humanity, of one's own life mulling over a painful regret, of the universe itself. -Tom Murphy
Bonobo "Transits (feat. Szjerdene)" from The North Borders
Those familiar with Simon Green's work as Bonobo will recognize his latest offering The North Borders as essentially, more of the same. But since his sound is one he has honed and cultivated for over a decade, that is not a bad thing. He is the only one that delivers his patented sexy smooth jazz/downtempo/electronica/funk. This track, featuring Szjerdene on lead vocals, is an excellent example of this. Modern, fresh sounding production meets the cool, smokey lounge of yesteryear, leaving the listener feeling nostalgia for the future. -Rob Dixon
Cocksure "Klusterfuck Kulture" from Cold Waves II Sampler
Although many have tried to replicate the sound of Wax Trax! era industrial music, few have actually succeeded. So it was with great surprise when industrial veterans Jason Novak (Acumen Nation, Czar) and Chris Connelly (Revolting Cocks, Ministry) announced their new project Cocksure. By "bridging the gap" between the old and new of industrial music, Cocksure all but guarantees a good fucking time. Although this song is our first taste of the Cocksure project, things sound increasingly promising between Connelly's transfixing vocal take and Novak's infectious industrial groove. -Ryan Brun
Cocorosie "Far Away" from Tales of a Grass Widow
Beat boxer Tez shines here as do both Casady sisters. Sure, the band went in a more electronic direction with this album and none more so than on this song. It's like early Bjork gone even weirder but in its dreamlike melody and beat it sounds like something that had to have been conceived of in a lo-fi recording environment but was not actually recorded that way. Tez's beat boxing sounds like it has to be some kind of drum machine for its precision and sounds and the sisters float over one another with their vocals. It's surreal yet comforting and has an unconventional beauty to match the appeal of the band and its idiosyncratic brilliance. -TM
Cold War Kids "Tuxedos" From Dear Miss Lonelyhearts
There is a certain Beatles-esque (or dare I even say Lennon-esque) aesthetic that is coming into style this year, and this song is a perfect example of that. The melody is classic, pulled from old rock n' roll, blues and Motown. Exactly the stuff John Lennon loved and reflected in his own work. Now we have a generation who were inspired by Lennon in the Cold War Kids, and they reflect these same themes in their own music. Chains of influence spanning the ages is exactly what's brought us to this point in musical history, but from here out melancholy pontification, gospel-tinged backing vocals and electric piano will never go out of style. -RD
Corrections House "Hoax The System" from Hoax The System
Fuse street poetry with industrial-inflected neo-folk and a heady, insistent beat and you have this early song from members of Neurosis and Eyehategod. While much of industrial music has devolved into self-parody, this sounds genuinely menacing and dangerous. -TM
Czar "Aortic Flower" from No One Is Alone If No One Is Alive
Chicago's Czar returned this year with their sophomore effort, the brilliantly titled No One Is Alone If No One Is Alive and they picked up right where they left off, with mile a minute changes, brutally heavy riffs and just enough electronics peppered throughout to give it a distinct flavor. They've been described as math metal or progressive metal, but honestly, Czar is one of those rare groups that truly defy categorization. "Aortic Flower" showcases that diversity, with drummer Dan Brill's death-blast precision, dual guitar interplay from Brian Elza and Jason Novak and the possessed as a motherfucker vocals from Novak. Czar may not be the most well-known act on this list, but they are without a doubt one of the heaviest. -RB
Daft Punk "Touch" from Random Access Memories
A lot of people didn't notice this gem tucked away in the blockbuster Random Access Memories. One of the most audacious songs of their career, "Touch" is both a blessing and a mystery. It begins as ambient electronica which is simply a precursor to what can best be described as a musical number (as in like, a Broadway musical) But never mind that now because….DISCO! But the disco is brief and soon gives way to four on the floor dance (isn't that just the way of things?). This isn't just any dance club thumper though – it's juxtaposed with a Dixieland jazz band and ragtime piano. Just as it sinks in that you are listening to ragtime-house music, the dance party crashes into a gorgeous refrain which slowly fades into a full-blown choir and orchestra. You scratch your head in bliss because it isn't often that something so damn beautiful and full of "What the fuck?" intersect. By the time the musical number makes a second appearance for a reprise you, baffled and confused, skip back to the start to try to make sense of it all. -RD
Daft Punk "Instant Crush" from Random Access Memories
Julian Casablancas' best work this year was on this Daft Punk number. That's not to say that the new Strokes album isn't solid, cause it is. But nowhere on that album is a chorus half as hooky and infectious as the one on "Instant Crush". It's reminiscent of something like "Dare" from the Gorrilaz- just the right amount of 80's glory paired with a stomp-yer-feet beat and the catchiest of melodies. It's a pied piper for the Gen-X crowd, sung with great falsetto prowess. We will blindly follow it because it's something we've felt existed in our youths, now articulated. This is the kind of song that was always with you and always will be. -RD
Deerhunter "Neon Junkyard" from Monomania
When this album came out the lead track must have made some people think Bradford Cox has lost the plot. But it implodes the horizon of expectation and establishes a new expression of what the guy has already done so well. He just loosened the bolts of his songwriting and let it run ragged and go a little mad for this album generally but this song in particular. It sounds like something that could have come out of New Zealand coupled with the "fuck the world" vibe of There's A Riot Goin' On. But that vocal line just draws you in to its slackery energy and sweeps you along for the roiling wave of guitar wail toward the end. -TM
Depeche Mode "Broken" from Delta Machine
When one of the all-time great bands releases a new album, you listen. And yes, that is exactly what Depeche Mode is. Violator is an artistic masterpiece on par with any of the greatest records ever made and even if you removed it from their body of work, they would still have a discography most bands could only dream of. So where does their 2013 album Delta Machine fit into it, qualitatively? Right about in the middle honestly. The moody, broody, electro dance-pop that we all know and love is present, even if it's not of the greatest caliber, but before we write this album off due to our own unreasonable standards, consider "Broken"- clear evidence that Depeche Mode can still craft a song and deliver it to us in dark, delicious beeps and sweeps. -RD
Dido "Let Us Move On (feat. Kendrick Lamar)" from Girl Who Got Away
Dido's voice is a gift, and when it's wrapped around a song this gorgeous, it makes you melt. The song is so good that it takes a few listens before you even notice how sick the production is. Take for example the instrumentation underlying the vocals during the chorus that manages to sound both distant and epic simultaneously, or the reverb spilling Dido's vocals into infinity prior to the rap-bridge. Does all this production deliver substance? Let's just say that if you listen to the simple, zen-like mantra of the chorus in the right state of mind, it might just move you to tears. -RD
Eels "Wonderful, Glorius" from Wonderful, Glorious
Don't call it a comeback, cause it isn't. Let's be honest here, the Eels have churned out a lot of mediocre albums, and their latest, Wonderful, Glorious, doesn't exactly break that trend. But like on all those other sub par albums, there are certain songs that are genuinely great and this is one of them. With a retro soul feel about it, the confidant and uplifting two-word chorus rings true. Toss in a vocal bridge reminiscent of the Beach Boys and a "Here Come the Sun" styled outro and you have blended indie rock perfection. It's wonderful and glorious, so it's also, you know, aptly titled. -RD
Eminem "Berzerk" from MMLP2
I'll be the first to admit that Eminem is not at the top of his game on this track. It doesn't really showcase the verbal dexterity or creativity that everyone knows Eminem is capable of. So why is this track one of the top 100 of the year? Because Rick Rubin took what would likely be an average song and made it a fucking monster. Like "99 Problems" from Jay-Z's Black Album, Rubin came along with a guitar, a wall of speakers and cranked the volume to 11! The sound may be a throwback to his early Def Jam days, but it's a sound that never gets old. -RB
Eminem "Rap God" from MMLP2
Take everything that I said about "Berzerk" and switch it the other way around. Instead of relying on the beat to propel the song, "Rap God" does just the opposite. Eminem's jaw-dropping flow throughout over six minute long song does nothing short of re-establish Eminem as the king of hip-hop. There are MC's out there that excel at their version of hip-hop (see others on this list), but no one comes close to matching Em's verbal dexterity, use of symbolism, tone inflection…well…just about everything. When MC's boast about being the "GOAT" or a "Boss", the results are usually easily dismissed, but Eminem backs up his claims with a track that's pure fire from beginning to end. -RB
Filter "We Hate It When You Get What You Want" from The Sun Comes Out Tonight
What Filter lacks in song title brevity, they more than make up for with the actual song. All of the traditional elements that make up Filter's past works are present, from electronic flourishes, punishing guitar riffs and singer Richard Patrick's delicate balance of melody and aggression. There aren't many bands on this list (let alone in the world) that have the ability to seamlessly blend driving industrial-tinged rock with actual songwriting prowess, yet Filter does so without batting an eye, reminding us once again that they are one of the most exciting bands out there. -RB
Flaming Lips "We Don't Control the Controls" from The Terror
"She Don't Use Jelly" this ain't. The Terror, this years release by the Flaming Lips displays their psychedelic prowess at its most grandiose. We're talking full-blown Pink Floyd style psychedelia, ala More or even A Saucerful of Secrets. This 14 minute epic finale plays like the album in a microcosm, echoing themes from previous songs and melding them into a mind-bending medley only those of strong mind and stout heart dare embark upon. Oh but what riches await those hearty souls that do! -RD
Four Tet "Ba Teaches Yoga" from Beautiful Rewind
This is like at least three songs in one with multiple layers of beats and tones working together like a sonic weather pattern. Some of the textures are very much in the background and it seems so spare but is so rich at the same time. Like being outdoors on a quiet day, there's plenty of fascinatingly stimulating experiences if you're open to it. Four Tet here takes that concept and perfectly highlights the atmospheric elements converging into a song that is both an immersive experience and tuneful. Think chillout room music updated to now from the early '90s. -TM
Tim Hecker "Amps, Drugs, Harmonium" from Virgins
Rather than stick to a modulated drone in the foreground, that element is in the background while effervescent, breathy tones remain prominent. It gives the song a subtle dimensionality like walking into a fog enshrouded forest on a peaceful winter morning with the fog illuminated by the morning sun. It suggests a sensory experience and embodies that in the sounds and composition. Hecker here doesn't flood us with low-end so much as get under our skins with a split approach to his atmospherics. -TM
More Top 100 Songs of 2013: part 1, part 3, part 4, part 5
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Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) released the full text of the new transatlantic data transfer agreement with the European Union (EU). The new framework, known as the EU-US Privacy Shield, was agreed to in early February following the EU Court of Justice ruling striking down the long-standing Safe Harbor Privacy Principles, which permitted U.S. companies to self-certify their adherence to seven EU privacy principles. The Privacy Shield provides greater protections for EU residents, detailed below. The same day, the European Commission released an adequacy decision, effectively giving its approval to the Privacy Shield, but, at the same, time calling for the United States to increase its domestic privacy protections.
Under the Privacy Shield, U.S. companies that transfer data to and from the EU will be required to implement a privacy policy that conforms to the privacy principles outlined in the Privacy Shield, to make such policies publicly available, and to annually recertify their compliance with the DOC. While a company's decision to self-certify its adherence to the Privacy Shield principles is initially voluntary, once it does so, its commitment is enforceable under U.S. law by either the Federal Trade Commission or the Department of Transportation, depending on which agency has jurisdiction over the company. The DOC will maintain and publish a listing of all companies that have self-certified their adherence to the Privacy Shield, as well as removing those that voluntarily withdraw, fail recertification or are found to be persistently noncompliant. In cases of persistent noncompliance, the DOC will maintain a list of those companies and the reasons for noncompliance.
In the interim period between the invalidation of the previous Safe Harbor agreement and the implementation of the new Privacy Shield, other means for data transfers between the United States and the EU have been permitted to continue. These include Standard Contractual Clauses and Binding Corporate Rules, which can still be used for personal data transfers to the United States. However, the working group of EU Data Protection Authorities charged with implementing the Privacy Shield have made clear that they intend to review whether these other means remain viable in light of the new protections provided by the Privacy Shield. This review is likely to take place in March.
Privacy Shield Principles
The Privacy Shield puts forward seven primary privacy principles, as well as 16 supplemental principles (collectively, the "Principles"). In order to rely on the Privacy Shield to effectuate transfers of personal data from the EU, a company must self-certify its adherence to the Principles to the DOC (or its designee). While decisions by companies to enter into the Privacy Shield are voluntary, compliance is compulsory: companies that self-certify to the DOC and publicly declare their commitment to adhere to the Principles must comply fully with the Principles.
The seven primary principles are:
- Notice: A company must provide individuals with information about its participation in the Privacy Shield, the types of data it collects and the purposes for which such data is used, the identity of any third parties to which such data may be transferred, the right of individuals to access any data collected about themselves, the ability of individuals to limit or tailor the types of data collected about themselves, and an independent dispute resolution mechanism designed to address complaints and provide recourse to individuals free of charge.
- Choice: Companies must provide individuals with the option to choose whether their personal information can be disclosed to a third party or be used for a purpose that is materially different from that for which it was originally collected ("opt-out"). For sensitive information, such as medical, racial/ethnic and religious beliefs, companies must obtain affirmative consent ("opt-in") before transmitting to a third party or for a materially different use.
- Accountability for Onward Transfer: Companies must comply with the notice and choice principles above in order to transfer data to a third party, and they must enter into a contract with the third party stating that such information may be used only for limited and specified purposes consistent with the consent provided by an individual and that the third party will provide the same level of privacy protection under the Principles.
- Security: Companies obtaining, processing and/or disseminating personal information must take reasonable steps to ensure that such information is protected from loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration or destruction.
- Data Integrity and Purpose Limitation: Collection of personal information must be limited to such information that is relevant for the purposes of processing. A company may not process information in a way that is incompatible with the purpose for which it has been collected.
- Access: Individuals must be given the ability to access information collected about themselves and have the ability to edit or delete information where it is inaccurate.
- Recourse, Enforcement and Liability: Companies must provide a recourse mechanism to address individual complaints when adherence to the Principles is not followed. This includes, at a minimum, readily available independent recourse mechanisms for investigation of complaints at no cost to the individual, follow-up procedures for verification of attestations and assertions that companies make about their privacy practices, and obligations to remedy problems arising out of failure to comply with the Principles. Companies are obligated to arbitrate claims and follow the terms as of the Arbitral Model (described below), provided that an individual has invoked binding arbitration by delivering notice to the company.
The Supplemental Privacy Principles contain specific requirements relating to especially sensitive information, journalistic exceptions, liabilities for Internet Service Providers, due diligence and audits of adherence to the Principles, the role of EU Data Protection Authorities, and self-certification and compliance verification procedures, as well as greater detail on access, transfer and dispute resolution.
Arbitral Model
The Privacy Shield includes a model for binding arbitration of complaints to disputes raised by EU individuals under the Recourse Principle; however, it is designed as a last-resort option and requires individuals to pursue remedies through other means first. Individuals opting to invoke the arbitration option must have previously raised the complaint directly with the company in question and must have afforded the company the opportunity to resolve the issue within 45 days of the original complaint. The individual must also have made use of the dispute resolution mechanism provided by the company at no cost and must have raised the complaint with an EU Data Protection Authority or the DOC before invoking arbitration. Once these requirements are met, should the individual feel that a suitable remedy has not been made, he or she may invoke binding arbitration proceedings. Under the arbitration option, a Privacy Shield Panel (consisting of one or three arbitrators, as agreed by the parties involved) will have the authority to impose individual-specific, nonmonetary equitable relief (such as access, correction, deletion or return of the individual's data in question) necessary to remedy the violation of the Principles with respect to only the individual. These are the only powers of the arbitration panel with respect to remedies.
Next Steps
With the release of the final text of the Privacy Shield, and the adequacy decision issued by the European Commission, a committee composed of representatives of the EU Member States and the EU Data Protection Authorities will be formed and will give their opinion, before a final decision by the EU College of Commissioners. In the meantime, the United States will make the necessary preparations to put in place the Privacy Shield. The decision concluding the final agreement should be adopted by the EU Council after obtaining the consent of the European Parliament.
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Virginia Goodall is a control freak.
And she's miserable. Fresh off the stinging defeat of a divorce, her career as an attorney in transition, and an impending empty nest that looms large with her children's departure from home, she's dubious about life without her familiar roles. If she is not the long-suffering wife, the devoted mother, or the benevolent boss—who is she?
Faced with the realization that control may not actually be on the true path to authentic happiness, she's at a crossroads. If she can't control everyone and everything around her, what's to keep her life from spiraling into chaos? What's the point?
Virginia has too many questions and not enough answers. Somewhere on her path from human doing to human being, an epiphany awaits—but can she let go long enough to find it?
Ultimately, Saving Virginia is a love story about learning to love yourself, others, and the world.


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Jim Miller on Politics
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The Mystery Of The Missing Missile: The Wall Street Journal uses more than 1500 words to tell us that US authorities don't know how this happened.
An inert U.S. Hellfire missile sent to Europe for training purposes was wrongly shipped from there to Cuba in 2014, said people familiar with the matter, a loss of sensitive military technology that ranks among the worst-known incidents of its kind.But we have asked Cuba to return the missile.
For those who don't want to read the whole article, or even evade the pay wall: The missile was shipped from Lockheed, by commercial carriers to Spain, where is was used in an exercise. The expended missile was supposed to be shipped, again by commercial carriers, back to the United States. Somewhere it was diverted, accidentally or on purpose, to Cuba.
What the reporters, Devlin Barrett and Gordon Lubold, never explain is why we are using commercial carriers in foreign countries to move secret military equipment. I'm not opposed to all out sourcing, even for military tasks, but it does seem to me that it would be better to use Army trucks, Navy ships, and Air Force planes to move this kind of equipment, through foreign countries.
(Here's the usual Wikipedia article on the Hellfire.)
- 2:25 PM, 8 January 2016 [link]
Michael Anton Says That North Korean Explosion was no H-Bomb.
In fact, it was a poor copy of the first plutonium bomb.
There are so many reasons to be skeptical. But look at it this way. This was their fourth test. We know that the design they are using is spherical plutonium implosion. They got it from Pakistan, who got it from China, who got it from the Soviets, who stole it from the U.S. via Klaus Fuchs and the Rosenbergs. Basically, copies of Fat Man all.(CTBTO = Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization.)
But the people of North Korea don't know those facts.
(Here's the Wikipedia article on "Fat Man".)
- 11:02 AM, 8 January 2016 [link]
Donald Trump Has Come Out In Favor of stealing coats.
Republican front-runner Donald Trump directed security to kick out Bernie Sanders supporters from his Vermont rally and to confiscate their coats.Trump did promise to return the coats in a couple of weeks, so I suppose we could say temporarily stealing coats.
(According to Trump, it was about 10 below zero outside. You can get hypothermia pretty fast at that temperature, especially if there is a little breeze.)
- 9:20 AM, 8 January 2016 [link]
Jeremy Corbyn's New Shadow Defence Secretary: Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn has "re-shuffled" his "Shadow Cabinet", as everyone who follows British politics expected him to do.
One of his new choices, the person who would have a position roughly equivalent to our Secretary of Defense, should Corbyn come to power, will surprise most Americans.
Did Corbyn choose a retired admiral or general?
Did he choose a man with military experience who had gone on to a career as an executive in a large company?
Did he choose an academic expert on military affairs?
Did he choose a member of parliament who had been following military affairs for years?
Did he choose a member of parliament who had voted loyally with Labour on military questions?
Did he choose someone with strong sympathy for Labour's working class supporters?
Did he choose someone who had strong ties to organizations that support their military?
No, no, no, no, no, no, and no.
He chose a leftist lawyer with almost* no military experience, Emily Thornberry. (You can, in some social situations, call her "Lady Nugee".)
Thornberry's main interests since becoming an MP have been in health, housing, the environment, and equality. She has also spoken on the need for more affordable housing, particularly in Islington. In 2006, Thornberry introduced the Housing Association Bill - a Private Member's Bill which sought to improve the control of housing association residents over their landlords.[12] Many of the ideas from this bill were taken up by the Cave Review.[13] On environmental matters, Thornberry has worked with Friends of the Earth and World Wide Fund for Nature to campaign for a Climate Change Bill and a Marine Bill. In 2006, Thornberry won the politics Award for Environment Champion of the Year after being nominated by WWF.[14]Whatever one may think about her support for IVF treatments for lesbians, paid for by British taxpayers, few will argue that gives her the kind of experiences needed to run, for instance, the Royal Navy.
If her name seems vaguely familiar to readers of this site, it may be because she was forced to resign from an earlier Shadow Cabinet for appearing to insult working class voters, specifically working men who own white vans.
She has received support from a "dodgy" law firm that has been suing British soldiers.
Ms Thornberry, who like Mr Corbyn and Mr Livingstone supports unilateral disarmament, is facing questions over £48,000 in donations she received from Leigh Day, a human rights law firm facing a tribunal over allegations it represented Iraqis making false claims about British troops.It is unlikely that the connection to Leigh Day will make her popular with Britain's military, or with those who support them.
But she does appear to have supporters in the BBC.
If I were writing a heavy-handed satire on Corbyn's choices for a Shadow Cabinet, I think I would have had difficulty coming up with her, or someone like her, for that position. It's not that I couldn't imagine it, it's that the choice is too implausible even for satire.
(*Almost because she has, as a barrister, conducted courts martial.)
- 4:46 PM, 7 January 2016 [link]
Does Bernie Still have More Support Than Donald? On 13 December, I said that probably Sanders had more popular support than Trump.
I just re-did the simple calculation, and came to the same conclusion. (If you want to check my arithmetic — and I would appreciate it if someone did — you can find the three sets of numbers you need, here, here, and here.)
I should repeat this caution from that December post:
Any Trump supporter will immediately note that he is in first, and running against way more candidates, which is true enough; any Sanders supporter will tell you that he has received a small fraction of the coverage that Trump has, which is also true enough.And I should repeat that I am saying, probably.
- 9: AM, 7 January 2016 [link]
Yesterday's New Yorker Cartoon is more likely to amuse men, than women.
(For the record: I should add that a few men deliberately do household chores poorly, and that a few mothers are bothered when their husbands take too large a share of child care. Most couples seem to be able to work these things out amicably, but there is enough truth in that cartoon to make me chuckle.)
- 9:06 AM, 7 January 2016 [link]
William Broad Explains Why Experts don't think the North Koreans tested an H-bomb.
Kenneth W. Ford, an American physicist who worked on the nation's first hydrogen bomb and last year published an H-bomb memoir, called the North Korean claim highly suspect. "How could a thermonuclear blast trigger such a weak seismic signal?" he said. "I agree with the suspicion that it was not a true H-bomb."H-bomb explosions are, typically, about a thousand times larger than A-bomb explosions, and so are often measured in megatons, rather than kilotons. (The largest ever was the Soviet Union's 1961 Tsar Bomba, at 50 megatons.)
Broad then explains that experts do worry that the North Koreans might have tested a "boosted" atomic bomb.
Many nuclear experts, including Dr. Kim, Dr. Ford and Mr. Albright, suggested that the North Korean test might have involved putting a tiny amount of tritium, or heavy hydrogen, into the core of an atom bomb. Such a technique is known as boosting.The tritium provides a flood of neutrons that increases the fission reaction. (There is a small amount of fusion, too, but most of the energy of the explosion comes from the fission.)
This could allow the North Koreans to reduce the size of their warheads, making it easier to fit them into rockets.
The primary benefit of boosting is further miniaturization of nuclear weapons as it reduces the minimum inertial confinement time required for a supercritical nuclear explosion by providing a sudden influx of fast neutrons before the critical mass would blow itself apart. This would eliminate the need for an aluminum pusher and uranium tamper and the explosives needed to push them and the fissile material into a supercritical state.But that is, so far, just a possibility. (If even a little of the explosion leaked into the atmosphere, our scientists may be able to tell whether it was a boosted shot.)
As you may know, the North Koreans already have rockets that can, barely, reach the West Coast of the United, States.
(Broad has been writing about nuclear issues for decades. From what I can tell, he is reasonably accurate on the science.)
- 8:04 AM, 7 January 2016 [link]
Here's A Basic time line on nuclear proliferation.
And here's my discussion of Bill Clinton's failure in negotiating with North Korea. (He had help from Jimmy Carter, something I didn't mention in that post.)
- 1:55 PM, 6 January 2016 [link]
Karl Rove Is Protecting our border.
Karl Rove's quail hunting trip to the Texas-Mexico border over the Christmas holiday took an unexpected turn when he ran into two men hiding in the brush.The men were illegals, perhaps even "pros".
Rove and his friends held one, and helped the Border Patrol capture the other.
I suspect that if I looked around — something I don't plan to do — I could find some on the left who are sure this shows that Rove is mean to Hispanics — and some on the right who suspect this was staged.
I'll just note that Rove and company appear to have rescued one of the men, who was running short on water. And then turned both over to the authorities, as they should have.
(It is odd that Rove, a competent, conservative political technician, became such a hate figure for many on the left, and bizarre that he became such a hate figure for some on the right. I suspect that I would need to know more about abnormal psychology than I do to explain how he became such a target for both the left and the right.)
- 1:24 PM, 6 January 2016 [link]
Did North Korea Detonate A Hydrogen Bomb? Probably not.
North Korea's claim to have joined an elite group of countries capable of detonating a hydrogen bomb was met with skepticism from weapons experts as Pyongyang heaped more pressure on the United Nations and tested the patience of its biggest ally, China.So, why did they do that test, and why did they make that claim?
If you read the rest of the article, you can find speculative answers to both questions, answers that may even be correct.
(It isn't clear to me just how much the Chinese know about their junior partner, whether, for instance, they knew about this test in advance. The Chinese appear to value the trouble the North Koreans cause from time to time — within limits — so I am not surprised when Beijing does little, publicly, to rein in Pyongyang.)
- 9:43 AM, 6 January 2016 [link]
Gun Deaths Have Been Declining In The United States For Decades; The Risk Of Nuclear War Has Been Increasing In Recent Years: Therefore, President Obama has decided to spend much of his last year in office working on reducing the risks from guns, rather than the risks from nukes.
There are times I wonder about the man's priorities.
His decision has caused investors to expect a spike in gun sales.
Despite a massive plunge in stock markets across the globe, shares of gun companies shot sky-high Monday, as investors presumed firearm sales would rocket ahead of President Obama's expected executive actions on gun control.The investors are probably right, since Obama has triggered surges in gun sales, before.
But that is not something he, or his supporters on this issue, discuss. Because they don't know about the surges? Because, as they see it, their intentions are good, and that's enough? Some mix of those two, I suppose, but I would like to see some brave reporter ask Obama about his status as the champion gun salesman, some time.
(It occurs to me that the stock prices of gun companies like Smith & Wesson might be a decent election indication; if they start going down, it may be because investors expect a Republican to be elected president.)
- 12:47 PM, 5 January 2016 [link]
The Borders Are Going Back Up All Over Europe: In response to the flood of migrants. Here are examples from Sweden and Denmark.
The Swedish government has re-introduced identity checks and erected its own 'Berlin Wall' with Denmark in a desperate bid to ease refugee influx.Denmark, unlike Sweden, has not been welcoming massive numbers of migrants; instead, the Danish government has been, in effect, passing them on to its northern neighbor.
This New York Times article, "Nordic Countries, Overwhelmed by Migrants, Retreat From Generous Traditions", covers the same subject, but in a more comprehensive way:
The abrupt change in the Nordic nations is one of the most striking consequences of the surge into Europe of asylum seekers from Syria, Afghanistan, Africa and elsewhere this year. Sweden announced on Wednesday that it would temporarily reintroduce border controls, a move intended to bring order to the process of arrivals, officials said. Sweden has proportionally borne the biggest burden of the migration crisis and has been calling on its European partners for help.(Emphasis added.)
Norway, Denmark, and Finland are imposing their own restrictions. All four countries have cut benefits to migrants.
The Nordic countries are imitating each other because:
As the Nordic countries cut back, each has been carefully watching the others, mindful of setting standards in line with its neighbors so as not to end up as a more attractive destination.It is likely, I believe, that we will see a race between governments, all over Europe, to impose more controls against the flood of migrants. Each country will try to build its own levee, and will want to make it at least as high as its neighbors' levees.
(Terminology again: I am using the neutral word, "migrants". Many migrants are, or will claim to be, "asylum seekers", people who are fleeing persecution. If their claims are accepted, they become "refugees", with legal rights in many countries.
You won't have to look far to find examples of journalists confusing the three categories.)
- 3:36 PM, 4 January 2016 [link]
Worth Buying: Today's Wall Street Journal, for Mary Anastasia O'Grady's lucid explanation of the power struggle between Chavistas and reformers in Venezuela.
And, of course, for the long (2,498 words) article on Donald Trump's business practices and bankruptcies.
(You can bypass their pay wall with a Google search, but those two really are each worth the cost of today's newspaper. And, if you are broke, you can read it in almost any library.)
- 9:58 AM, 4 January 2016 [link]
Not Of Any Great International Or National Importance, but too funny not to pass on:
Two prostitutes were forced to run through a hotel naked as they tried to catch gunmen who robbed them while they stripped off.Did the gunmen think the, uh, ladies wouldn't report the crime? Did the ladies realize that chasing men with guns is not generally a good idea, when you are, rather obviously, unarmed? Possibly, and probably not.
(There are no pictures of the chase with the article, which will relieve some, and disappoint others.)
- 8:20 PM, 3 January 2016 [link]
Two Letters On ISIS And The War Powers Resolution: A week ago, the New York Times called for Congress to pass a resolution authorizing the war against ISIS. Yesterday, the newspaper printed two letters disagreeing with that editorial, for different reasons.
First, was a letter from Frank Cummings, who had served as aide to Senator Jacob Javits when the resolution was drawn up. Cummings began:
Your Dec. 27 editorial "Congress and the War Against ISIS" presents the burdens backward. The War Powers Resolution tells the president not to make war without specific congressional authority. The burden is not on Congress to give him authority; rather, the restriction is on the president not to make war without getting such authority.In other words, according to Cummings the war President Obama is conducting against ISIS is illegal.
That was followed by a letter from James Franklin Jeffrey, a former ambassador to Iraq, who explained why Congress had not even voted on the draft resolution that the Obama administration had presented to Congress:
As a witness before the House Foreign Affairs Committee the day after the administration submitted its draft authorization on Feb. 11, 2015, I saw members from both parties express serious problems with it, including its explicit exclusion of "enduring offensive ground combat operations," an exclusion also highlighted in the draft's introduction and cover letter.Although Jeffrey is too polite to say so — he was an ambassador, after all — it is likely that he, and others at that hearing, decided that the Obama administration was trying to lock his successor into following Obama's policies, especially if the successor is a Republican.
Those limitations strike me as silly — and typical of Obama.
(There has been a debate about the constitutionality of the War Powers Resolution, ever since it was enacted; presidents generally think it is unconstitutional and congressmen generally disagree — but refuse to enforce it, by cutting off money for troops in the filed.)
I don't know enough about that part of constitutional law to have an opinion on the subject, but, if the Resolution is constitutional, then President Obama was breaking the law when he intervened in Libya.)
- 7:55 PM, 3 January 2016 [link]
Sometimes, It's Our Duty To Restate the obvious: "No, Jesus Was Not a Palestinian".
It shouldn't, but it still surprises me from time to time, what kinds of lies will be believed in parts of the Middle East.
Even, from time to time, lies that contradict each other. For instance, you can find some who believe both that the 9/11 attack was a hoax, that it didn't really occur — and that the attack was perpetrated by the Israeli Mossad. If there is a way to reason with such people, I haven't discovered it.
It is natural to believe what we want to believe, but one would like to see everyone, but especially people in the Middle East, fight harder against that natural tendency.
- 7:11 PM, 3 January 2016 [link]
President Erdogam Mentions Hitler: And may have made a Kinsley gaffe.
ISTANBUL — Turkey issued a statement on Friday saying that comments by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan — in which he cited Hitler in response to a question about whether a strong presidency was possible in Turkey — had been misinterpreted.He may have, in other words, said what he thinks, but did not intend to say.
That seems more likely to me when I recall his famous bus comment:
In a recent interview, Jordan's King Abdullah recounted telling details of a conversation: "Erdogan once said that democracy, for him, is a bus ride … 'once I get to my stop, I'm getting off' ". The destination is a soft authoritarian one-party state, clothed in democratic garb but shorn of the rights and habits that go with genuine democracy.(I'd say Islamic authoritarian, not just authoritarian.)
Because, as you probably know, Hitler came to power through democratic elections — and then got off the democratic bus.
(Professor Tures thinks we ought to react to this statement, and Erdogan's other actions, strongly, very strongly. I don't, but I don't think we should view him as a trustworthy friend, either.
The Wikipedia contributors see Erdogan as competent, but they don't like him, even a little bit.)
- 3:15 PM, 2 January 2016 [link]
Mistakes, They've Made A Few: Robert Rector has a little list of prominent news corrections during 2015.
Three samples:
"Last week's column mistakenly misidentified a source. The European Commission president is Romano Prodi, not Buffy the Vampire Slayer."--- The Prague Post.(By way of Steven Hayward.)
The list was compiled before the end of the year, so this correction wasn't included:
An article on Thursday about lobbying efforts by California farmers to get more irrigation water referred incorrectly in some editions to the location where the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers meet. It is east of San Francisco, not west.I tried visualizing those rivers meeting out in the Pacific Ocean, without success.
(Even more interesting, at least to me, are the mistakes that don't get corrected, for instance this one by Paul Krugman. who did not realize how close Australia is to New Guinea and Indonesia.
I didn't bother to send the New York Times a letter or a correction because they have an unofficial policy of allowing their leftist opinion writers to have their own facts.)
- 8:05 AM, 2 January 2016 [link]
Happy New Year!
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Don't expect Khloé Kardashian's birth to be filmed for her reality show! Despite momager Kris Jenner's pleas, the mom-to-be along with her boyfriend Tristan Thompson are banning cameras from the hospital room.
Sources are revealing exclusively to Life & Style that the couple, who are expecting their first child together, hopes to keep the birth, which is expected to take place in February, private. "Khloé and Tristan made a decision not to have the birth of their child filmed for Keeping Up With the Kardashians," an insider says. "Kris is having a meltdown because it would be great television. Fans have been in on Khloé's journey to have a baby for years!"
Her decision not to film the birth is the complete opposite of older sister Kourtney Kardashian, who had cameras rolling when she welcomed her first child Mason in 2009 and Penelope in 2012. (Are we the only ones that still vividly remember Kourt pulling Mason out herself?!) However, it seems watching that episode of the reality series is what convinced Tristan, 26, to keep producers out.
"He's a very private person," notes the source. "He watched old episodes and was horrified when he saw Kourtney giving birth to Mason. He's more convinced than ever to not have the birth filmed." And Khloé, 33, is putting her foot down.
"Having a baby is the best thing that has ever happened to Khloé," the insider adds, "and the idea of having a media circus surrounding her as she gives birth is her idea of hell." Along with keeping fans out of the delivery room, the brunette beauty has also been unusually private about her pregnancy and has yet to confirm the exciting news. Sources are reporting that Khloé is expecting a baby boy. We'll just have to keep our fingers crossed that she changes her mind — and lets us watch!
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The health of our environment often drives unique agricultural research and technologies. Travis Esau's work to use fewer chemicals on wild blueberry farms results in more sustainable and green agriculture, but also a better business overall.
When Travis Esau (Class of '08, '10 and '12) graduated from Cobequid Educational Centre in Truro, NS, in 2006, he received a scholarship to the then NSAC. The rural setting, small class sizes, knowledgeable professors and friendly environment of the campus all appealed to Travis, who grew up on his family's farm in Debert, NS, and whose parents, brother and wife also attended the AC.
Travis wanted to make a positive impact on the science and future of agriculture, so he pursued a two year diploma in mechanical engineering at NSAC, then moved on to Dalhousie University's Sexton Campus to complete his degree. "It was a smooth transition to Halifax," he says, citing "Dalhousie is a North American-known university—there were the same benefits as NSAC at the time, but Dal provided further opportunities."
The summers of 2007, 2008 and 2009, Travis worked in the engineering department on precision agricultural technologies under the direction of Dr. Qamar Zaman. After graduating in 2010, Travis went on to complete a master of science through the Faculty of Agriculture. Today he's in the final year of his PhD in Mechanical Engineering and has a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada industrial postgraduate scholarship sponsored by Doug Bragg Enterprises Ltd.
Travis is working on developing and evaluating an agricultural boom sprayer that features cameras in front of the nozzles; his thesis is titled, "Smart sprayer for spot application of agro-chemical in wild blueberry fields." Instead of uniformly applying herbicides, the cameras pick up where the target weeds are in the fields. "If it's a fungicide, the nozzles shut-off in bare-spot areas," says Travis. "It makes for substantial agrochemical savings and it's better for the environment."
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SuperNerd is a member of the Council of Creators, based off the one and only SuperNerd. He is the brother of Mekanaria.
Super resembles his sister but with further detail. He has a gray body and his shogun helmet has red details and horns, with blades on his lower arms. His chest has two full red diamonds, and one empty one which has a plus sign inside of it. He has red eyes with a crimson bandage covering his mouth. Three yellow marks come from the bottom of both of his eyes. He is always holding and or carrying a large katana. It has a grey blade the color of his body with a red handle. The upper part of the handle has a black ribbon tied to it.
Just like his sister, it is unknown when they were created. What is known, is that Super ended up escaping and roaming around the universe of 666. His method of escape was simple. Kill everything in sight and get away. Most of his powers revolved around his katana, so he couldn't leave it behind. Soon after escaping, he was approached by Cdrzillafanon and Scoobydooman90001, two members of the Council of Creators who he would later become much better friends with. He originally declined the offer to join them, but after a long battle against Leviathan and Pepe, where the two members helped him out, he decided that the world could be tough and unforgiving, and that it's best to have friends by your side. Upon returning to base, he met Flur and Indominus Rex 2016, two of the older members of the group. After realizing that the group possessed the magical powers to bring their own creations to life, Super was fascinated and created a bunch of weird and wacky kaiju, and brought them to universe 666. He soon aided on all of the groups recruitment missions and even became a valuable tech savvy guy, even creating his own weapon system to store his weapons. He is also a great fighter for the COC side, and gives information about Square when needed.
- IWTS (Instant Weapon Teleportation System) - By inserting a device into his right arm, Super can use a teleporter from base to instantly give him one of his four signature weapons: Draco Lance, Blood Katana, Neo Knives, and a dual pair of .76 Serpentine 1954's.
- High Jump - Super can jump high in the air, and can come crashing down on his opponents.
- Transformation and height change - per usual for COC members, they have the ability to transform into kaiju, or at the least change forms. Super can turn into a large Draconian Beast. This form is only activated however when Super suffers a wound that should be fatal to him. It is unknown as of now how to reverse this. Super is also capable of changing his height, so that he can shrink down to human size and blend in at Comicon.
- Blood Strike - Super can launch red slices of energy from his sword at his opponents. They seek the blood of their soon to be victims.
- ;) wow - Supers finishing move. If an opponent (this works on up to 15 individual opponents) has bled from a strike with the Blood Katana, Super can clod their blood flow in their entire body, causing them to burst and bubble and grow tumors until they end up exploding in a violent gory fit of crimson rage. Due to no one surviving this attack, it is commonly nicknamed the "Crimson Fury" by people outside of the Council of Creators. Super usually triggers it by winking and saying "wow", and finishing the scene by making a complaint or joke about the now splattered opponent. He does not always use it however because of how much power it depletes from him, which takes a long amount of time to regain. Super has only been forced to use this move 7 times.
- Wall of Flame - An ability only usable in his Draconian form, Super can at the snap of his finger or the grit of his teeth, cause a wall of flames to surround the opponent and him, working as a wall, as it's name suggests.
- Levitation - An ability only usable in his Draconian form, using his wings, Super can hover above ground, and fly at his opponents.
- Blood Breath - An ability only usable in his Draconian form, Super can spray out burning hot blood from his mouth.
SuperNerd is derived from the Username SuperNerd295, which became my username because of the Pokemon trainer class of the same name.
- SuperNerd is inspired by the user here, SuperNerd295, or as you may know me, the guy who wrote this for you to enjoy or cringe at.
- After season 4 the Neo Knives are replaced with a dual pair of Smg's.
|SuperNerd295's Kaiju, Aliens, Characters and Mecha
|Universe 666 (JJSA/Main Universe)
|Xenophobicmunstrata • Manpissed • Lacrimaniac • Ketsueki-Nikaiju • Pepe • Mekanaria • Leviathan • SuperNerd • Caedes • Giant Gastro Intestinal Worm • Wrath • Lust • Gluttony • Giodrah • Jake The Flaming Potato Warrior • High Nooner • Ring of Light • Elutranphet • Gamera • Beetlenorg • Space Gamera • Upper Being • Jefferey • Oh Pi • Malformus • The Alien Tsunami • Staryup • Haxxerr • Archangel • Wearturth • Submara • Vainesq • Excalibur • MechaJefferey • Funkolordus Maximus • Xertra • Lisis • Unocius • Clocius • Polklypto • Vampyriz • Hexolon • Exylyn • Scuti • Cephei • RW Cephei • Scorpii • WOH • Sagittari • 5171-A • Cygni • Canis Majoris • Westerlund • Ultimate Being
|Universe 1 (Shared Universe)
|SuperNerd • Utoarh • La Raltey
|Universe 304 (Eques Mechanica - Cancelled)
|Guerrier • Archiere • Sirena • Rajanu • Ceres • Azazael • Hynos • Geb • Jehovah • Artemis • Bellial
|Universe 1602 (Shared Universe)
|Excalibur • Beyuhn Drawyunehd • High Nooner
|Universe 9999 (Gerdsualah)
|Gerdsualah • Mosra • Angiris • Rerdun • Gedra • Violante • Mebagigus
|Phantom Noir
|Wade Evans • Seti Aziza Mostafa • Rochelle • Jack Wolfe • Karen • The Ausweider • Matteo Bianchi • Puppet Master • Basil • Borage • Oregano • Anise • Chervil • Lovin' France • Ringo Dirt • Joshua Plant • Destiny • High Falsetto • Thomas Sow


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60 Steering Autonomous Vehicles
60 people driving the self-driving movementDec. 19, 2016
From driverless taxi pilot programs to cars equipped with self-driving hardware already on the market, autonomous technology has progressed at a remarkable pace in 2016. With help from industry experts, Automotive News has compiled a list of 60 people who have contributed heavily to the development of autonomous vehicles.
JOHN ABSMEIERDec. 19, 2016
John Absmeier, 42, set up Delphi Labs in Silicon Valley in 2012 and led development of the supplier's autonomous vehicle platform.
STERLING ANDERSONDec. 19, 2016
Sterling Anderson, 33, received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2012, going on to launch a technology company that develops intelligent vehicle systems and working at McKinsey & Co. before moving to Tesla in 2014.
JAN BECKERDec. 19, 2016
Jan Becker, 46, has been developing automated vehicles for nearly 20 years, starting at the Technical University of Braunschweig in Germany.
ROGER BERGDec. 19, 2016
To go driverless, vehicles must be able to communicate with each other and their surroundings -- a challenge Roger Berg, 56, has been working on for more than 10 years.
LARRY PAGE and SERGEY BRINDec. 19, 2016
Though Google's self-driving car project has gained more independence from its parent company under CEO John Krafcik, the program would not have advanced as quickly without the support of Google's co-founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin.
LAWRENCE BURNSDec. 19, 2016
During his 1998-2009 stint as head of General Motors r&d, Lawrence Burns evangelized for the safety benefits of self-driving vehicles.
ERIK COELINGHDec. 19, 2016
Erik Coelingh, 45, is a more than 15-year veteran at Volvo, and is spearheading the automaker's initiative to be a leader in autonomous vehicles.
MISSY CUMMINGS: University research smooths the way for self-driving carsDec. 19, 2016
Missy Cummings, head of Duke University's Humans and Autonomy Lab, is an expert in the relationship between humans and technology, and she has studied how people interact with cars for 15 years.
GLEN DE VOSDec. 19, 2016
Glen De Vos, 56, has been working with automakers to phase in the advanced driver-assist technologies that will help build consumer acceptance and the eventual adoption of self-driving vehicles.
LOUAY ELDADADec. 19, 2016
Louay Eldada's resume boasts academic, invention and entrepreneurial credentials, and he's using all three areas of expertise to develop and produce low-cost lidar sensors for autonomous vehicles.
RYAN EUSTICE and EDWIN OLSONDec. 19, 2016
Toyota opened its Ann Arbor, Mich., research institute this year, tapping University of Michigan engineering professors Ryan Eustice, 40, and Edwin Olson, 39, for key roles.
BJORN GIESLER: Wants self-driving tech to become faster and cheaper to manufactureDec. 19, 2016
Bjorn Giesler joined Audi in 2005 to "build robots of actual use to people." More than 10 years later, he is still working toward that goal, as head of driver assistance at automotive software supplier Electrobit.
CHRISTOPH GROTEDec. 19, 2016
Christoph Grote, 49, has already played a central role in the development of connected car and highly automated driving systems at BMW. Now he is spearheading the company's push into advanced electronics.
DAVID HALLDec. 19, 2016
David Hall, 59, introduced the solid-state hybrid lidar technology during the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Grand Challenge 10 years ago.
JOSH HARTUNG: Pushing automakers, suppliers to save cost and let software experts do the heavy liftingDec. 19, 2016
Josh Hartung, 32, wants to make automakers' jobs easier — even if it means taking them out of their comfort zones.
RALF HERRTWICHDec. 19, 2016
Ralf Herrtwich, 54, joined real-time mapping company Here in October after leading Daimler AG's autonomous vehicle program.
YUTAKA HIWATASHIDec. 19, 2016
More than two decades ago, Yutaka Hiwatashi set out to develop an automatic brake system, the forerunner of the company's EyeSight driver assist technology.
RICKY HUDIDec. 19, 2016
During almost two decades at Audi, Ricky Hudi accelerated the company's drive into autonomous driving and connected car technologies. He recently announced plans to leave Audi to set up his own technology and consulting firm.
JEN-HSUN HUANGDec. 19, 2016
Jen-Hsun Huang, 53, has made it a primary initiative of his company, which also develops video game graphics, to put together the "brain" of autonomous driving systems.
KARL IAGNEMMADec. 19, 2016
Karl Iagnemma, 44, is a former research scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who launched NuTonomy with fellow MIT researcher Emilio Frazzoli.
TETSUYA IIJIMADec. 19, 2016
Tetsuya Iijima, 53, has led Nissan's efforts to develop advanced driver assistance systems and autonomous driving technologies, starting a decade ago when he worked at Nissan Technical Center North America.
LAUREN ISAACDec. 19, 2016
Lauren Isaac, 36, works on developing ways autonomous vehicles and other technologies can improve urban mobility at the engineering services firm.
SIMON JONESDec. 19, 2016
Video game developers have become surprising resources in the development of autonomous vehicles. Simon Jones' Unreal Engine Enterprise is a division of video game maker Epic Games, and builds 3-D virtual reality scenes that automakers use for mapping and testing.
JOHANN JUNGWIRTHDec. 19, 2016
In November last year, Volkswagen Group named former Apple executive Johann Jungwirth to the new position of head of digitalization strategy. He reports to CEO Matthias Mueller.
TIM KENTLEY-KLAY and JESSE LEVINSONDec. 19, 2016
Zoox, founded by Tim Kentley-Klay, , and engineer Jesse Levinson, is one of the most highly valued startups after receiving more than $250 million in funding this year for a valuation of $1.55 billion.
JOHN KRAFCIKDec. 19, 2016
In September 2015, Google tapped industry veteran John Krafcik, 55, to head its autonomous vehicle project, which spun off its own company, Waymo, last week.
STEFAN KROENUNGDec. 19, 2016
Under Stefan Kroenung, 57, Autoliv has been developing a suite of collision-avoidance technologies and has developed self-driving prototypes to allow its customers, which include Tesla, Ford and General Motors, to test individual features.
RALPH LAUXMANNDec. 19, 2016
Ralph Lauxmann, 52, has filed several patent applications related to driver assistance systems. He's bullish about the demand for assistance-related components.
ULRICH LAGESDec. 19, 2016
Ulrich Lages, 48, has been involved with more than 20 patents and patent applications about object recognition and laser tracking for driver assistance and autonomous driving.
ANTHONY LEVANDOWSKIDec. 19, 2016
In May, Anthony Levandowski introduced Otto, an autonomous trucking company that was acquired by Uber three months later for $680 million.
ALEX LIDOWDec. 19, 2016
Alex Lidow, 62, is an entrepreneur and a physicist with a Ph.D. from Stanford University who wants to take the silicon out of Silicon Valley.
BRIAN LOHDec. 19, 2016
Since ZF acquired TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. in 2015 for $12.9 billion and took a 40 percent stake in lidar producer Ibeo Automotive Systems GmbH, the supplier has become a self-driving technology powerhouse. Brian Loh, 37, heads up ZF's automated vehicle strategy and execution.
BOB MANSFIELDDec. 19, 2016
Though the tech giant has attempted to keep its automotive plans -- nicknamed Project Titan -- under wraps, Apple's foray into autonomous vehicle technology has been no secret.
SHERIF MARAKBYDec. 19, 2016
Sherif Marakby, 50, joined Uber in April to help launch the Pittsburgh project after 25 years at Ford. Uber became one of the first companies to put self-driving cars on the road when it launched its pilot autonomous ride-hailing network in Pittsburgh in September.
LAURA MERLINGDec. 19, 2016
Ford Motor Co. tapped Laura Merling, 48, to head its self-driving car efforts in October, adding to its newly formed technology subsidiary, Ford Smart Mobility.
PRI MUDALIGEDec. 19, 2016
Pri Mudalige's involvement with autonomous vehicles extends back to the 1990s. Back then he was a research scientist at CSIRO-Australia, the country's national science agency.
THOMAS MUELLERDec. 19, 2016
While responsible for braking, steering and driver assistance systems since 2010, Thomas Mueller, 40, has driven Audi's autonomous vehicle strategy.
IBRO MUHAREMOVIC: Sees full autonomy as way to prevent driver confusionDec. 19, 2016
Ibro Muharemovic doesn't drive himself to work. He lets one of Continental AG's Cruising Chauffeur prototypes tackle most of the traffic on his 45-minute commute to Auburn Hills, Mich.
BART NABBEDec. 19, 2016
Electric automaker Faraday Future still is refining its plans for the development of autonomous vehicles, according to media reports, and must deal with the cash problems of its backer, Chinese technology company LeEco.
BARRY NAPIERDec. 19, 2016
Under the leadership of Barry Napier, 42, Cubic Telecom partnered with Audi AG in 2014 to power the Audi Connect infotainment system.
EDZARD OVERBEEKDec. 19, 2016
Edzard Overbeek, 49, left Cisco Systems Inc. in February to head up Here, a cloud-based, real-time mapping company jointly owned by Audi AG, BMW Group and Daimler AG.
GILL PRATTDec. 19, 2016
Gill Pratt, 55, is responsible for Toyota Motors' $1 billion research incubator, which has locations in Ann Arbor, Mich.; Cambridge, Mass.; and Silicon Valley.
RAJ RAJKUMARDec. 19, 2016
Raj Rajkumar, 53, has been working on autonomous vehicles for the past decade -- he was part of the team that won the 2007 Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Urban Challenge. He now researches self-driving technology under the sponsorship of General Motors.
OGI REDZICDec. 19, 2016
A former executive at Motorola and Nokia, Ogi Redzic, 45, was tapped to lead Renault-Nissan's autonomous vehicle efforts in January.
CAROL REILEY: 'Deep learning' expert's mission is protecting young driversDec. 19, 2016
Carol Reiley is president of Drive.ai, a Silicon Valley startup using "deep learning" -- a machine's ability to continuously analyze and adapt to new situations -- to build automated driving systems.
BRYAN SALESKYDec. 19, 2016
Before Google, Bryan Salesky was at Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute. The software engineer has been director of hardware development for Google's autonomous vehicle efforts for the past three years.
KRISTIN SCHONDORF: Growing the talent pool as autonomous pace quickensDec. 19, 2016
Much has changed in the world of autonomous vehicles since Kristin Schondorf began working on blueprints for self-driving cars nearly five years ago.
MATTHIAS SCHULZEDec. 19, 2016
Before his move to Visteon this month, Matthias Schulze, 54, spent 20 years with Daimler. He led research and engineering in environmental perception, advanced driver assistance system development and vehicular communications.
AMNON SHASHUADec. 19, 2016
Israel-based Mobileye became a prominent name in the self-driving conversation when it partnered with Tesla Motors to provide camera sensors for its Autopilot semiautonomous driving technology.


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Sonoma Valley High junior Tyler Winslow finished out of the medals this past weekend at the California Interscholastic Federation Wrestling Championships in Bakersfield.
Winslow, who was wrestling in the 220-pound class, finished with a 2-2 record.
Coach Nico Saldana said Winslow lost his first match to the wrestler who ended up finishing fifth in the 42-person class. Winslow won his next two matches before falling to a wrestler from St. John Bosco High School in Los Angeles County.
"California is one of only two states that doesn't have divisions," Saldana said. "The other is New Jersey."
"More than 900 high schools have wrestling in California," he continued. "Besides the numbers, the competitors who qualify for the state tournament have their own gauntlet to traverse, so by the time they reach Bakersfield they are all battle-tested and no push-overs."
Saldana said each of Winslow's matches were decided by two points or less.
"In his final match, Tyler lost 1-0. The difference between this last match and his two wins was he was able to convert the only takedowns in each match," The coach said. "Size also played a factor, but Tyler would never use that as an excuse."
"As Tyler walked off the mat disappointed, he said 'I should have finished that takedown.'"
Saldana said the coaches don't understand his disappointment.
"He proved he belonged with the state's best, and he left every ounce of himself on those mats. Win or lose, that's all you can ask for," Saldana added.


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Looking for someone to develop an emote and action script for our FiveM server. This will serve as a demo of your work and can lead to future work if this project is completed successfully. The scripts should be chat based.
For the emote script, a player would type in chat: "/emote (animation)" which would trigger the player to perform the selected animation. This must be synced so all players can see an active animation.
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4 Reasons Why You Need A Big Picture Approach to Storytelling
In age of oversharing and socially-driven content it's becoming increasingly difficult for both emerging and established brands to keep up with the unsustainable demand for content that #winstheinternet.
As marketers fight for their brands to remain present in their customer's feeds for the sake of shock-value and in hopes of sparking viral content, messaging is becoming more and more diluted. Enter the need for editorial content, and the many publishers and brands that are struggling to find a place for big picture thinking in their strategy. Whether the focus is on seasonal initiatives or getting to the core of your brand ideals, it's a powerful approach to content that allows for a deeper look into what you're trying to say and sell. The below points can help you streamline your approach to storytelling that will allow for longevity and establish loyalty, no matter what's currently trending:
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Crime Stoppers is calling this case "aggravated robbery that is a capital murder waiting to happen."
On Monday, January 9, at approximately 7:45 pm, an unknown black male suspect entered the gas station located on the 11000 block of the Katy Freeway. The suspect wore a hooded sweatshirt and a bandana concealing his face. He approached the check out counter brandishing a black semi-automatic handgun and demanded money from the register. He took the store's money, the victim's cell phone, and a pack of Newport cigarettes and fled the scene on foot. Surveillance cameras located in the parking lot recorded the suspect removing his bandana allowing his face to be seen from a distance.
The suspect is described as a light skinned black male, 20 to 25 years old, approximately 5'9"- 5'11", weighing 150 pounds, with brown eyes and black hair. He's usually wearing faded blue jeans and a black bandana with white print.
The suspect is thought to have been involved in additional robberies, for a total of six aggravated robberies, many of which took place at the same gas station or at gas stations in the same vicinity.
They believe this suspect is responsible for robberies at the following locations and dates:
November 29, 2011
11730 Westheimer
December 4 and 11, 2011
January 9 and February 5, 2012
11009 Katy Freeway
December 30, 2011
11103 Katy Fwy
Houston Police Officer Kimberly Miller said, "He immediately goes to the counter and he wants? He says give me the money now. Give me the money right now. He's holding the gun right at them. He also will ask if there's other money. Is there money under the register, under the drawer? Do you have more money?"
The man doesn't usually get away with much cash, but the brazen suspect has the hit the same gas station four times. Authorities are worried someone will get hurt and they want to get this man off the streets
Anyone with information about the identity of the suspect is asked to contact Crime Stoppers of Houston at 713-222-TIPS (8477).
Crime Stoppers will pay up to $5,000 for any information called in to the 713-222-TIPS (8477) or submitted online at www.crime-stoppers.org that leads to the filing of felony charges or arrest of the suspect in this case. Tips can also be sent by text message. Text TIP610 plus your tip to CRIMES (274637). All tipsters remain anonymous.


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New York Times readers may have been forgiven for doing a double take on Saturday when they saw that the paper had secured an interview with President Obama. It was the paper's first exclusive chat with the president in nearly three years, and one of a very rare number of on-the-record talks he has had with newspapers since his tenure began.
A February study in the Washington Post cataloged Obama's reluctance when it came to newspapers:
The Washington Post landed its last on-the-record meeting with the president nearly four years ago, as did the Wall Street Journal; the New York Times last got to him in the fall of 2010. The Boston Globe has never had an interview while Obama was in office, nor has the Los Angeles Times, according to the Nexis database and the newspapers. Even Obama's hometown papers, the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times, have been stiffed.
By contrast, the president has done hundreds of interviews with television outlets, especially local news stations, during his time in office. He also likes having reporters and pundits come to the White House for off-the-record meetings.
The Times is widely viewed as having especially good access to the Obama team, even if it has received one-on-one, on-the-record access to Obama himself so infrequently. Recently, former White House assistant press secretary Reid Cherlin described the paper as one of the administration's "three favored outlets," along with the Associated Press and Politico's Mike Allen.
The Times made the most of the opportunity, posting three separate stories about the interview, as well as audio excerpts and a full transcript. Even so, it recognized that there were bigger stories happening; the massacre of protesters in Egypt received much bigger play on its front page.


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