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A system and method allows some or all of an e-mail message, such as the sender or its contents, to be authenticated, for example, to identify a message as potential spam.
1. A method of providing an e-mail message, comprising:
identifying customization information responsive to a recipient of an e-mail message;
signing the customization information with information corresponding to the sender of the message; and
sending the customization information and the signed customization information with the e-mail message.
2. A method of receiving an e-mail message, comprising:
receiving an e-mail message set, comprising an e-mail message;
processing the e-mail message set responsive to:
a content and existence of customization information corresponding to the recipient of the message as part of the e-mail message set; and
a signature made responsive to the customization information and the sender of the message.
This application claims the benefit of attorney docket number 1426, U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/564,879, entitled Method and Apparatus for Authenticating at Least a Portion of an E-Mail Message" filed by William Harris and Louis Gasparini on Apr. 23, 2004, and is a continuation in part of attorney docket 1459, application Ser. No. 11/050,549 entitled, "System and Method for Authentication of Users and Communications Received from Computer Systems" filed on Feb. 3, 2005 by Louis Gasparini and William Harris, and attorney docket 1366, application Ser. No. 10/435,322 entitled, "Method and Apparatus for Authentication of Users and Web Sites" filed on May 9, 2003 by Louis Gasparini and Charles Gotlieb, each having the same assignee as this application and all are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.
The present invention is related to computer software and more specifically to computer software for authenticating e-mail messages.
Persons can send e-mail messages to other users, yet the recipient has no way of knowing that the sender or the message is authentic. What is needed is a system and method for authenticating an e-mail message.
A system and method places customization information (referred to herein as "passmark information") into a field of an e-mail header. The passmark can be used to verify the authenticity of the sender, the message, or both.
The present invention may be implemented as computer software on a conventional computer system. Referring now to
In one embodiment, each computer system 150 is a conventional SUN MICROSYSTEMS ULTRA 10 workstation running the SOLARIS operating system commercially available from SUN MICROSYSTEMS, Inc. of Mountain View, Calif., a PENTIUM-compatible personal computer system such as are available from DELL COMPUTER CORPORATION of Round Rock, Tex. running a version of the WINDOWS operating system (such as 95, 98, Me, XP, NT or 2000) commercially available from MICROSOFT Corporation of Redmond Wash. or a Macintosh computer system running the MACOS or OPENSTEP operating system commercially available from APPLE COMPUTER CORPORATION of Cupertino, Cali. and the NETSCAPE browser commercially available from NETSCAPE COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION of Mountain View, Calif. or INTERNET EXPLORER browser commercially available from MICROSOFT above, although other systems may be used.
Referring now to
According to the present invention, PassMark information, referred to as customization information here and in the related applications, consisting of information known to the recipient and some or all senders of messages to the recipient, but not generally associated with the recipient by the general public, such as the PassMark text phrase or other PassMark data, could be included in an email X-Header by the sender, or email relay of the sender.
An X-Header allows for senders to include data that can be read by client or gateway programs to perform actions based upon the content of the X-Header fields.
For example, a sender at site A 210 could include my PassMark text phrase in an X-PassMark field included in the email header. It might looks something like this (if "My Daughter Elena" is my PassMark text phrase):
Client mail reader software at recipient 212 could inspect the X-PassMark field of the message header and perform rules based upon this. The rule would look to see if the value of X-PassMark field matches a value (or one of a set of values) configured by the user for the client reader. If the value matched, then the message would be treated as authentic/non-spam and allowed through, or placed in a specific folder, or other action to convey the validity of the message.
Referring now to
A sender at site A 210 can include a time bounded signature, or other cryptographic technique to convey to ISPs & email relays that the sender is authentic and avoid scam replays of the signed field. This could be included in an X-PassMark-Provider field.
The ISP/ email relay 214 would identify the message as not being spam, and allow it through based on the field, and could reject it otherwise or mark it as potential spam.
The recipient email reader 212 may also be able to verify this field and reject it or send it to a potential spam inbox if the field did not contain the proper passmark information.
Referring now to
The customization information may be signed using conventional hash or cryptography techniques. The current date and time may be obtained and signed in a similar or identical manner, either together with the signature of the customization information or separately 314. The message with the customization information, date and time, one or more signatures, and optional certificate is then sent 316 to the selected recipient using conventional techniques. The customization information and date and time may be added to the header, and the one or more signatures and certificate may be added to the header or included as an attachment to the e-mail message using conventional techniques. If there are additional recipients for the message 318, the next recipient for which customization information is known by the sender is selected 322 and the method continues at step 312 using the selected recipient.
The message is received 324, either by the recipient or by a relay for the recipient. If the message does not contain the customization information of the recipient 326, the message is rejected or accepted but marked as having a questionable origin 328, and otherwise, the method continues at step 330. Step 328 may include forwarding the message to the recipient or a server used by the recipient and may include storing the message in a folder of messages of questionable origin.
At step 330, the signature of the customization information or combined customization information and date and time is checked to ensure that the signature is valid, for example, using the sender's public key, which may be made available via the certificate attached to the message. In one embodiment, step 330 includes validating the certificate using conventional techniques. If the signature is not valid 332, the method continues at step 322 and otherwise 332, the current date and time is retrieved and compared with the date and time included in the message. A difference is computed between the two dates and times, and if the difference does not exceed a threshold 334, the date and time is considered to be OK. If the date and time is OK 336, the message is accepted 338. Step 338 may include forwarding the message from a relay to the recipient or a server used by the recipient. The message may be stored in a manner according to the customization information in the message. A recipient can have different customization information that allow a message to be accepted, but the message is stored in different folders corresponding to the customization information received with the message.
It is noted that the encrypted date and time technique helps to prevent against replay attacks, where the encrypted customization information is simply copied from one message to another. However, other methods of preventing replay attacks may be used in place of the encrypted date and time, or this portion of the invention may be omitted altogether.
Referring now to
In one embodiment, three components are used: a message sender 402 may include a conventional e-mail client. Relay 404 may include a conventional ISP or other mail relay. Recipient 406 may include a conventional mail client. The functions of the relay 404 may be included in the recipient mail client 406 instead of arranging it as a separate device, or it may be part of a mail server (not shown).
Message receiver 410 receives a conventional e-mail message, and if the message has more than one recipient, it is processed by message receiver 410 one recipient at a time. Message receiver 410 provides the recipient's e-mail addresses to customization information retriever 412, which retrieves any customization information previously stored by the sender for the current recipient via an input (not shown) to customization information retriever 412 via a user interface it generates. Customization information retriever 412 provides any such customization information it locates to message receiver 410. If no such information is available for the recipient of the message being processed, message receiver 410 provides the message for that recipient and the recipient e-mail address to message sender 424, which sends the message to the recipient as a conventional e-mail message via communication interface 426. If the customization information for the recipient being processed is provided by customization information retriever 412, message receiver 410 provides the customization information to customization information signer 414, which signs the customization information, such as by encrypting it using the private key of a public/private key pair of the sender and returns the signed customization information to message receiver 410. Message receiver 410 signals current date/time obtainer, which obtains and returns to message receiver 410 the current date and time, for example, using the system clock. Message receiver 410 passes the date and time to date/time signer, which produces and returns to message receiver 410 a signature of the date and time using the same signing technique as was used by customization information signer 414.
Message receiver 410 provides the message, the customization information, the signed customization information, the date and time and the signed date and time to message assembler, 422, which assembles such information into an e-mail message as described above and provides the e-mail message to message sender 424, which sends the message to the recipient using conventional techniques via communication interface 426. Communication interface 426 is a conventional communication interface that supports TCP/IP, Ethernet and other conventional protocols. Communication interface 426 and message sender 424 send the message to relay 404.
Communication interface 440 of relay 404 receives the message and forwards it to message receiver 442. Message receiver 442 removes from the message any customization information, date and time, signatures and certificate, and if no customization information was provided, message receiver 442 either discards the message or marks the message as having a questionable origin and provides it to message forwarder 452 for forwarding to the recipient. Otherwise, message receiver 442 sends the e-mail address of the recipient for whom the message was received to customization information checker 444.
When it receives the customization information, customization information checker 444 looks up the e-mail address to determine whether the customization information for the message matches any customization information previously provided by the recipient corresponding to the e-mail address. (Various users for whom relay 404 receives messages may have previously entered one or more sets of customization information, such as a phrase, to customization information checker 444 via communication interface 440 and a user interface provided by customization information checker 444.) Customization information checker 444 indicates to message receiver 442 whether the customization information provided matches that stored for the e-mail address. If not, message receiver 442 either discards the message or marks it as having a questionable origin and provides it to message forwarder 452 for forwarding as described below.
If the indication indicates that the customization information matches the recipient, message receiver 442 provides the customization information and its signature and the certificate to customization information signature checker 446, which checks the certificate and the signature as described above and indicates to message receiver 442 whether the signature is valid and matches the customization information. If not, message receiver 442 discards the message or marks it as having a questionable origin and provides it to message forwarder 452, for forwarding as described below. If so, message receiver 442 signals receive date/time obtainer 448, which retrieves and provides to message receiver 442 the current date and time, for example, using the system clock. Message receiver provides the current date and time, and the date and time from the message, its signature and the certificate to date/time signature checker 450.
When it receives the above items, date/time signature checker 450 checks the signature against the date and time received with the message using the certificate it receives and checks the date and time against the current date and time. Date/time signature checker 450 indicates to message receiver 442 whether the signature does not match the date and time or the difference between the date and time exceeds a threshold. If so, message receiver 442 either discards the message or marks it as having a questionable origin, and provides it to message forwarder 452 for forwarding as described below. Otherwise, message receiver 442 provides the message and customization information to message forwarder 452, which forwards these things to recipient system 406 via communication interface 440 and communication interface 460, both of which are conventional communication interfaces similar or identical to communication interface 426 described above. In the event that message forwarder 452 receives the message with an indication that it has questionable origin, message forwarder similarly forwards the message and the indication to recipient system 406.
Communication interface 460 forwards the messages, and the customization information or indication to message sorter 462, which stores the message into one of various folders in message storage 464 according to whether the indication was received or customization information was received. In one embodiment, message storage 464 includes conventional memory or disk storage arranged into file folders in the manner of a conventional e-mail system. If customization information was received, and a user may receive messages with different customization information, the user can specify to message sorter 462 the folder into which a message having a specific customization information should be stored. Messages with customization information of one phrase may be stored into one folder, and messages with customization information of a different phrase may be stored into a different folder, each by message sorter 462. Messages having an indication that the message has a questionable origin may be stored into a different folder by message sorter 462. In one embodiment, a user may specify to message sorter 462 the folder to use for each customization information (and for the indication that the message has a questionable origin) via communication interface 460 and a user interface provided by message sorter 462. The user can retrieve, view, rearrange and delete messages from the folders using message reader 466, which operates to perform these activities in the manner of a conventional e-mail client.
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Cartwheel: A Novel
Title: Cartwheel: A Novel
Author: Jennifer duBois
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"College student Lily Hayes is an accident waiting to happen. While studying abroad in Buenos Aires, she becomes the prime suspect in her roommate Katy's murder. DuBois's haunting story captures a family shattered by their young daughter's imprisonment. A well-written novel highly recommended for book clubs."
– Karen Kilbride, Hennepin County Library, Minneapolis, MN
Amazon Description:
Written with the riveting storytelling of authors like Emma Donoghue, Adam Johnson, Ann Patchett, and Curtis Sittenfeld, Cartwheel is a suspenseful and haunting novel of an American foreign exchange student arrested for murder, and a father trying to hold his family together.
When Lily Hayes arrives in Buenos Aires for her semester abroad, she is enchanted by everything she encounters: the colorful buildings, the street food, the handsome, elusive man next door. Her studious roommate Katy is a bit of a bore, but Lily didn't come to Argentina to hang out with other Americans.
Five weeks later, Katy is found brutally murdered in their shared home, and Lily is the prime suspect. But who is Lily Hayes? It depends on who's asking. As the case takes shape—revealing deceptions, secrets, and suspicious DNA—Lily appears alternately sinister and guileless through the eyes of those around her: the media, her family, the man who loves her and the man who seeks her conviction. With mordant wit and keen emotional insight, Cartwheel offers a prismatic investigation of the ways we decide what to see—and to believe—in one another and ourselves.
In Cartwheel, duBois delivers a novel of propulsive psychological suspense and rare moral nuance. No two readers will agree who Lily is and what happened to her roommate. Cartwheel will keep you guessing until the final page, and its questions about how well we really know ourselves will linger well beyond.
A USA Today Pick for Biggest Books of the Fall • A Pick for The Millions' Most Anticipated Books of 2013
"An astonishing, breathtaking, and harrowing read."—New York Journal of Books
"[DuBois] does an excellent job of creating and maintaining a pervasive feeling of foreboding and suspense. . . . An acute psychological study of character that rises to the level of the philosophical . . . Cartwheel is very much its own individual work of the author's creative imagination."—Booklist (starred review)
"Jennifer duBois, a writer whose fierce intelligence is matched only by her deep humanity, hits us with a marvelous second novel that intertwines a gripping tale of murder abroad with an intimate story of family heartbreak. Every sentence crackles with wit and vision. Every page casts a spell."—Maggie Shipstead, New York Times bestselling author of Seating Arrangements
"Cartwheel is so gripping, so fantastically evocative, that I could not, would not, put it down. Jennifer duBois is a writer of thrilling psychological precision. She dares to pause a moment, digging into the mess of crime and accusation, culture and personality, the known and unknown, and coming up with a sensational novel of profound depth."—Justin Torres, New York Times bestselling author of We the Animals
"An addictive book that made me miss train stops and wouldn't let me go to sleep until I'd read just one more chapter. It's a rumination on the bloodthirsty rubbernecking of the twenty-four-hour news cycle and the bewitching powers of social media, and a scalpel-sharp dissection of innocence abroad, a book charged with a refreshing anger, but always empathic. Jennifer duBois has captured the sleazy leer of lurid crime and somehow twisted it into a work of art."—Benjamin Hale, author of The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore


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What Roger was saying is that the first time someone bumped into Dungey, causing him to hit a tough block and it bent the shifter. The second time Dungey hit the tough block on his own, so it was his own fault.
I totally felt Roger threw Dungey under the bus. He looked embarrassed and the interview was somewhat awkward. I got the impression Roger was dismissive and blamed Dungey. I believe he stated that Dungey "stepped on the shifter" too hard and broke it during the 2nd moto.
How "tough" are these tough blocks? Enough to bend a shifter that gets routinely slammed during a race? Has anybody in this thread ever bent their shifter like Dungey did? I can understand a rock maybe but not so sure about a tough block.
Two times in back to back motos is unheard of, embarrassing and put Dungey in harms way. I'd be pissed if I was him but he totally kept his cool during the interviews. I don't have any anti-KTM agenda, I more so feel bad for Dungey and thought Roger was lame.
Either way, it was a fun event and I hope it continues. I would have loved to see Baggett and Windham race. Can't wait til A1
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Operation Atlantic
Operation Atlantic was a Canadian offensive during the Battle of Normandy in the Second World War, from July 18–20, 1944. This Canadian offensive was launched in conjunction with a British-led offensive, Operation Goodwood. Operation Atlantic was initially successful, with gains made on the flanks of the Orne River near Saint-André-sur-Orne, but an attack by the 4th and 6th Canadian Infantry Brigades against strongly defended German positions on Verrières Ridge resulted in heavy casualties and limited strategic gain.
Operation Overlord[edit]
The historic Norman town of Caen was a D-Day objective for the British 3rd Infantry Division that landed on Sword Beach on 6 June 1944.[1] The capture of Caen, while "ambitious", was the most important D-Day objective assigned to Lieutenant-General Crocker and I Corps.[2][nb 1] Operation Overlord called for Second Army to secure the city and then form a front line from Caumont-l'Éventé to the south-east of Caen, to acquire ground for airfields and protect the left flank of the United States First Army while it moved on Cherbourg.[5] Possession of Caen and its surroundings would give Second Army jumping-off points to attack southwards and capture Falaise, a pivot for a swing right to advance on Argentan and then the Touques River.[6] The terrain between Caen and Vimont was open, dry and conducive to swift offensive operations. Since the Allied forces greatly outnumbered the Germans in tanks and mobile units, a mobile battle was to their advantage.[7]
The 3rd Division was unable to assault Caen in force and was brought to a halt short of its outskirts.[8] Follow-up attacks fauled as German resistance solidified and Operation Perch, a pincer attack by I and XXX Corps, began on 7 June, to encircle Caen from the east and west.[9] I Corps, striking south out of the Orne bridgehead, was halted by the 21st Panzer Division and the attack by XXX Corps bogged down in front of Tilly-sur-Seulles against the Panzer-Lehr-Division.[9][10] In an effort to force the Panzer-Lehr to withdraw or surrender and to keep operations fluid, the 7th Armoured Division pushed through a recently created gap in the German front line, to capture the town of Villers-Bocage.[11][12] The resulting day-long battle saw the vanguard of the 7th Armoured Division withdraw from the town but by 17 June Panzer-Lehr had been forced back and XXX Corps had taken Tilly-sur-Seulles.[13][14] Further offensive operations were postponed on 19 June, when a severe storm descended upon the English Channel for three days and delayed the Allied build-up.[15]
Operation Epsom began after the storm, in which VIII Corps to advance to Bretteville-sur-Laize, to encircle Caen.[16] VIII Corps attacked west of Caen, southwards across the River Odon and the Orne.[17] The attack was preceded by Operation Martlet to secure VIII Corps by capturing the high ground on the right of their axis of advance.[18] The Germans managed to contain the offensive but used all their tanks, including two panzer divisions newly arrived in Normandy.[19][20] A planned offensive against British and American positions around Bayeux was cancelled.[21] Several days later Second Army launched a new offensive, codenamed Operation Charnwood, to gain possession of Caen.[22] Charnwood incorporated a postponed attack on Carpiquet, originally planned for Epsom as Operation Ottawa but now codenamed Operation Windsor.[23][24] In a frontal assault the northern half of the city was captured.[22] German forces still held possession of the city on the southern side of the Orne river including the Colombelles steel works, a vantage point for artillery observers.[23]
On 10 July General Bernard Montgomery, commander of all Allied ground forces in Normandy, held a meeting with Lieutenant-Generals Miles Dempsey and Omar Bradley, respectively the commanders of British Second Army and the United States First Army, at his headquarters to discuss the next attacks to be launched by 21st Army Group[25] following the conclusion of Operation Charnwood and the failure of the First Army's initial breakout offensive.[26] Montgomery approved Operation Cobra,[27] a major break out attempt to be launched by the First Army on 18 July, and ordered Dempsey to "go on hitting: drawing the German strength, especially the armour, onto yourself - so as to ease the way for Brad[ley]".[25]
Detailed planning for Operation Goodwood stated on Friday 14 July[28] However on 15 July Montgomery issued a written order to Dempsey, scaling back the operation. These new orders changed the operation from a "deep break-out to a limited attack".[29] The intention of the operation was now "to engage the German armour in battle and "write it down" to such an extent that it is of no further value to the Germans" and improve the Second Army's position.[30] The orders stated that "a victory on the eastern flank will help us to gain what we want on the western flank" but warned that operations must not endanger Second Army's position as it was a "firm bastion" that was needed for the success of American operations.[31] It was stressed that II Canadian Corps objectives were now vital and only following their completion would VIII Corps ""crack about" as the situation demands".[31]
II Canadian Corps would launch an attack, codenamed Operation Atlantic, on the western flank of VIII Corps to liberate Caen south of the Orne river.[32] The Corps orders were issued the following day. The Canadians were ordered to liberate Colombelles and the remaining portion of Caen. Following the capture of these areas the Corps was to be prepared to capture the Verrières Ridge.[33] The Atlantic–Goodwood operation was planned to commence on 18 July, two days before the planned start of Operation Cobra.[34]
Preparations for Atlantic were delegated to Lieutenant-General Guy Simonds of II Canadian Corps, his first action as the commander of the formation.[35] Simonds planned the operation as a two-pronged assault, relying on the 2nd and 3rd Canadian Infantry Divisions to capture Vaucelles, Colombelles, and the opposite banks of the Orne River.[35] On the morning of 18 July, the 3rd Division would cross the Orne near Colombelles, and then proceed south towards Route Nationale 158.[35] The 3rd Division would then move to capture Cormelles.[36] The 2nd Division, under the command of Charles Foulkes, would attack from Caen to the south-east, crossing the Orne to capture the outskirts of Vaucelles. They would then use Cormelles as a jumping-off point for an attack on the high ground near Verrières Ridge three miles to the south.
On the morning of July 20, with heavy aircraft support, advance elements of the 2nd Canadian Infantry were able to capture Colombelles and Faubourg-de-Vaucelles, a series of industrial suburbs just south of Caen along the Orne River. By mid-afternoon, two companies of the Black Watch were able to cross the Orne River, with A Company taking fewer than twenty casualties.[37] Additional Battalions from 5th Brigade managed to push southward to Saint-André-sur-Orne.[38] With the east bank of the Orne River secured, forces of the 4th and 6th Canadian Infantry Brigades moved into position for an assault on Verrières Ridge, preparing to engage a forces of the 12th and 1st SS Panzer Divisions along the slopes of Verrières Ridge.[39]
Caen south of the Orne was captured but the failure to seize Verrières Ridge led Montgomery to issue orders on 22 July for another offensive, this time to be a "holding attack", within a few days, to be launched in conjunction with Operation Cobra.[40] As a result, Lieutenant-General Guy Simonds formulated the plans for Operation Spring but the contemporaneous Battle of Verrières Ridge claimed over 2,600 Canadian casualties by the end of 26 July.[41]
The Canadian Official Historian, C. P. Stacey, gave Canadian casualties in all services of 1,965 men, 441 of whom were killed or died of wounds.[42] Copp recorded from 1,349–1,965 Canadian casualties in Operation Atlantic, the majority in the 4th and 6th Canadian Infantry Brigades.[41][42][43]
Operation Spring[edit]
During the Battle of Caen, the Germans had fortified the 90-foot (27 m) high ridge with guns, tanks, Nebelwerfers, mortars and infantry from several divisions.[44] After Operation Goodwood, The Calgary Highlanders had established outposts on Verrières Ridge, at Point 67 on the northern spur.[45] On July 20, The South Saskatchewan Regiment, with support from The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada, the 27th Armoured Regiment (The Sherbrooke Fusiliers Regiment) and Hawker Typhoons, assaulted the ridge.[46] The Cameron Highlanders from Winnipeg attacked Saint-André-sur-Orne but were repulsed.[47] The main attack took place in torrential rain, which grounded aircraft and bogged down tanks and the infantry struggled to advance in the mud.[46] The South Saskatchewans lost 282 casualties and when tanks drawn from two SS-Panzer Divisions counter-attacked, the Canadian infantry were forced back beyond the start-line, as were The Essex Scottish who had c. 300 casualties.[38][48] On July 21, the front was reinforced by The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada and The Calgary Highlanders, which with support from the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, were able to halt counter-attacks by the two SS-Panzer divisions, albeit with heavy casualties.[38][49]
- Footnotes
- ^ "The quick capture of that key city Caen and the neighbourhood of Carpiquet was the most ambitious, the most difficult and the most important task of Lieutenant-General J.T. Crocker's I Corps".[2] Wilmot states "The objectives given to Crocker's seaborne divisions were decidedly ambitious, since his troops were to land last, on the most exposed beaches, with the farthest to go, against what was potentially the greatest opposition."[3] However Miles Dempsey always considered the possibility that the immediate seizure of Caen might fail.[4]
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- ^ Wilmot, p. 273
- ^ Buckley, p. 23
- ^ Ellis, p. 78
- ^ Ellis, p. 81
- ^ Van-Der-Vat, p. 146
- ^ Wilmot, pp. 284–286
- ^ a b Forty, p. 36
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- ^ Ellis, p. 254
- ^ Taylor, p. 10
- ^ Forty, p. 97
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- ^ Clark, pp. 32–33
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- ^ Roy, p. 68
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- ^ a b Bercuson, Pg. 223
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- ^ Scislowski, 1999
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- Journals
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- Copp, T. (1999). "The Toll of Verrières Ridge". Legion Magazine (Ottawa: Canvet Publications) (May/June 1999). ISSN 1209-4331. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
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- Scislowski, S. (1999). "Verrières Ridge: A Canadian Sacrifice". Maple Leaf Up. Retrieved 2007-06-20.
Further reading[edit]
- Stacey, C. P.; Bond, Major C. C. J. (1960). The Victory Campaign: The operations in North-West Europe 1944–1945 (PDF). Official History of the Canadian Army in the Second World War III. The Queen's Printer and Controller of Stationery Ottawa. OCLC 606015967. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 May 2014. Retrieved 2008-08-20.
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Hillel chapters have been instructed to reject collaboration with left-leaning Jewish groups but this month Swarthmore Hillel declared themselves the first "Open Hillel" in the nation.
American Studies Association says move is 'in solidarity with scholars and students deprived of academic freedom'
JVP's Rabbi Alissa Wise comments in Alex Kane's article covering the Jewish response to the Prawer Plan.
"My Personal Intifada"—Documentary Focusing on Palestine Related Activism—Premieres Monday, November 11, 2013 at 7 PM at Columbia College, demonstrating how Chicago-based Palestinian, Jewish and Israeli activists work to advocate for equality in Palestine.
JVP's Rebecca Vilkomerson comments on the new Pew Center study on Jewish American life which has been the subject of much handwringing since it came out last week. For many years now, the lament of the organized Jewish community has been that it is not retaining the younger generations. Yet Pew's results seem to show that one reason big institutions are losing their grip is precisely because a small group of older privileged Jews are trying to dictate the range of beliefs acceptable in the Jewish community.
Civil rights groups and members of Congress are pressing the Justice Department to renew its investigation of a 1985 office bombing that killed Palestinian-American civil rights leader Alex Odeh and injured seven people.
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Twenty-eight members of the European Union dealt a major blow to illegal Israeli settlements this week, declaring that all future economic relations must exclude all 121 illegal settlements located on the West Bank.
JVP's Rabbi Alissa Wise writes about the 30,000 Bedouin facing permanent displacement because of the recent decision by Israeli ministers to approve Israeli minister Benny Begin's newest version of the Prawer Plan.
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ST. LOUIS - Not Sam Bradford. Not Steven Jackson. Not James Lauranitis or Chris Long. Asked what he saw after reviewing the game film of their disappointing 20-19 preseason loss to the Dallas Cowboys Saturday, new Rams coach Jeff Fisher singled out the positive play of just one player: rookie running back Daryl Richardson. Expected just to compete for one of the final roster spots, the seventh round pick has taken his opportunity and run with it. Literally. He's been impressive enough that he's likely to split time with rookie Isiaah Pead as the No. 2 running back behind Jackson. "He missed the first start of camp with the hamstring, but he worked hard at it and got it back and when he stepped back on the field, he knew what he was doing," Fisher said. "He's not making mistakes. He feels good. He's explosive and you just kind of wait for that one that goes to the house." Pead figured to be the odds on favorite to back up for Jackson when the Rams took him in the second round out...
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Pest management specialist with Franklin Pest Solutions.
Complaints by workers at a food-processing plant of "invisible insects" led to the discovery of an infestation of springtails.
Here in southwest Michigan we have — most of the time — a fairly consistent layer of snow from December through mid-March. Our days, like the rest of the United States, grow longer after December 21 of each year. With increased sunlight, the ambient temperature of exposed surfaces such as homes, driveways, other structures and even our blanket of snow rises. Increasing the temperatures even more is the dust, dirt and airborne "stuff" that lands on the snow. Since these substances are usually darker in nature, they absorb more UV light and heat.
This brings us to springtails. These extremely small (1/32 to 1/8 inch) insects get their names from the species' furcula/spring-like appendage that allows them to jump. They're mostly considered to be a pest of nuisance value only, and are attracted to areas of high moisture. They have a simple metamorphosis and are usually white or gray in color. These insects are the source of the term "snow flea," due to the fact that they can jump, withstand colder temperatures and will invade structures simply to get warm.
Their development time (egg to adult) usually requires two t three months, but it varies greatly with species and temperature — it can range from one week to more than two years.
They feed on decaying vegetation, fungi, bacteria, pollen, algae, lichens, arthropod feces, and carrion. They often invade structures in search of moisture when their natural habitat dries up. Areas of high moisture such as bathrooms, crawlspaces and areas where leaking water has not been addressed and corrected are common areas of infestation. Overwatered house plants, as well as plantscapes and water features in office buildings, are also areas of concern.
Control is usually accomplished by drying up areas of infestation and or removing objects that are moist.
They do not bite or transmit diseases although Entomobrya nivalis has been reported as causing an itching type of dermatitis in humans. Currently there is no accurate scientific evidence that supports that these insects can cause dermatitis or other actual medical concerns. There are reports that delusions of parasitosis (DOP) cases are on the rise, probably due to the resurgence of bed bugs, and care must be taken to positively identify probable sources and causes of these types of issues and concerns.
Near the end of February a few years ago, a customer called with the report of invisible, biting insects in its warehouse. Initially, before an inspection, it was theorized that the probable cause was dry skin, or some other environmental issue — not very likely pest-oriented. The warehouse in question was owned and operated by a dry food manufacturer. Dried food products and the boxes, pallets, skids and other supplies needed in such a facility were all present. The facility's pest management program abided by the audits of both Siliker and AIB, so all monitors, insect light traps and other devices were in place. As well, a review of the electronic reporting showed no unusual findings or any reports.
An inspection was scheduled for a supervisor to go with a service technician to see what was going on.
Several warehouse employees complained of bites that were always on bare skin, and not underneath clothing. The warehouse was in good condition — floors were cleaned regularly, no litter or clutter was noted. Lighting was adequate, spacing of products was good and HVAC systems were in good shape.
This warehouse was about 500,000 square feet, constructed with block wall, poured and polished concrete floors and a flat top, or slightly canted aluminum roof with appropriate gutter lines and drainage lines.
The initial inspection turned up no insect or arthropod pests in any of the areas inspected. No evidence of a rodent or other mammal population was found (to help rule out the possibility of fleas). Locker rooms, break rooms, offices, warehouse offices and the general floor space were among the areas inspected at the time.
Sticky boards — some left uncovered and some in cardboard stations — were placed throughout the facility. This warehouse, belonging to a food processor, had the requisite insect light traps in place and were being serviced. No pests were found in the ILTs at this time. The target date to inspect these monitors was 10 to 14 days after the placement.
Over the next two weeks, our weather was unseasonably sunny although not quite warm — temperatures remained around 40°F.
Our return visit showed dust and miscellaneous debris but no signs of insects or other arthropods, such as spiders, on the monitors. These monitors were examined under the microscope.
Further monitoring was put into place at this time and another inspection date set. A team consisting of myself, a supervisor and the quality assurance leader for the customer was involved this time. During our inspection, it was noted that in two areas near the middle of warehouse areas, there appeared to be a stain of some sort on the floor. No employee had any idea about the issue, so we turned to the company's internal records.
It turned out that several of the workers had noted a slow leak from the ceiling and had been vacuuming up the water as it dripped. They had indeed turned this in to the maintenance department for investigation. Since, however, the roof was covered with ice and snow, it was decided that the inspection of the roof was to be postponed until the dangerous conditions subsided and a worker could safely inspect the roof and take appropriate measures.
A final inspection found that in both areas where the stains were found, the expansion joints and the absorptive material used in those joints was moist, with a reading of around 75 percent humidity. Using a small vacuum kit for collecting insects, several yards of this crack were vacuumed — there we found the springtails.
These insects were identified using the key found in the Mallis Handbook of Pest Control as Entomobrya sp. It was noted that further away from the stains, the numbers of springtails decreased dramatically. From about 50 feet, the insects were not present at all.
During an inspection of the roof, we found debris and ice caused standing water to accumulate directly over the area where the stains were found inside the building. It was theorized that the insects were simply drawn through the leak by the water through the leak, fell to the floor and migrated to the moist expansion joints. A temporary fix to the leak on the ceiling dried up the water source and the removal of the damaged caulking material virtually eliminated the insect population within a few days. Subsequent monitoring over the next several weeks showed no further presence of insects.
The moral of the story is this: Always think outside the box and never go in with blinders on. During the ongoing training of technicians, supervisors and inspectors sessions should always include the lesson of going across the street to look at the "whole picture," not just the sites of infestation.
References: NPMA Field Guide to Structural Pests; Mallis, Ninth edition; Goddard, Arthropods of Medical Importance.
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directors Roger Weisberg and Vanessa Roth, with support from the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative, Annie E. Casey Foundation, and Casey Family Programs. AGING OUT is a production of Public Policy Productions for Thirteen/WNET New York.It will be broadcast on PBS nationwide May 26, 2005.
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The film follows young people as they exit foster care and become parents, battle drug addiction, face homelessness, and even end up in jail. Despite their struggles, the film also shows these teenagers using the resiliency they developed during their years "in the system" to take control of their lives. It also forces us to consider the strengths and weaknesses of the public systems that serve these youth, as well asthe roles that private citizens and organizations can play.
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David Griffin
looks back on a life in more than 20 foster care, mental health, and juvenile justice facilities. Abandoned by his mother when he was just six weeks old, David leaves foster care for the streets, goes on a self-destructive drug and crime binge, copes with homelessness and incarceration, argues with his former foster parents, and eventually leaves Los Angeles for Seattle with hopes of becominga fisherman in Alaska.
Risa Bejarano
managed to become the first member of her familyto advance past the 10th grade, despite shuttling between a dozen different Los Angeles foster homes after being abused and molested as a child. The cameras record Risa as she attends her high school prom and graduates with several scholarships, but they also capture her quiet battle with drug addiction and a devastating emotional breakdown during her freshman year at the University of California at Santa Barbara. When we last see her, Risa is enrolled in a community college.
Daniella Anderson
reported her abusive father to the authoritieswhen she was 15 and spent the next five years in 10 different group homes in New York City. As she leaves the foster care system, she juggles her college career with the hard reality of living with her boyfriend, raising her newborn child, paying rent and putting enough food on the table.
Veasna Rin Hover
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Tim Mayworm
: Director of Journey House, David's group home when we first meet him.
Pearl and Bob Galasso
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Dolores Ruiz
: Risa's 10th foster mother, who has been raisingRisa for two years. She is also raising four other girls in foster care.She continues to help Risa after she is emancipated.
Alejandra Bejarano (Ale)
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Venetta Williams
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Norma Uriguin
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Chubu Electric to Shut Nuclear Plant; Boost Tsunami Defenses
May 9 (Bloomberg) -- Chubu Electric Power Co. agreed to the government's call to close down its Hamaoka nuclear plant until it can be fortified to withstand a tsunami like the one two months ago that crippled another Japanese atomic station.
The company's board agreed to the request from Prime Minister Naoto Kan, Chubu Electric President Akihisa Mizuno said at a press briefing at the company's headquarters in Nagoya today. Kan asked the utility to shut the plant, which is located about 190 kilometers (118 miles) southwest of Tokyo, last week.
Chubu's shares fell to an 11-year low today on the first day of trading since Kan's announcement on May 6. Japan's third-largest utility, which supplies power to factories run by Toyota Motor Corp. and other manufacturers, may report a loss in the 12 months to March, Mizuno said.
"The company is projected to have a net loss of about 100 billion yen ($1.2 billion) this fiscal year," said Reiji Ogino, an analyst at Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley in Tokyo. "The timing of Prime Minister Kan's decision raises questions. It seems that attention was paid only to the issue of the Hamaoka power plant and the decision doesn't seem to have considered the energy situation of western Japan as a whole."
The March 11 earthquake and tsunami that damaged Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Dai-Ichi plant, triggering the worst nuclear crisis in 25 years, raised concern that atomic stations in Japan aren't adequately protected from natural disasters.
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Hamaoka should be shut down until measures, including building a sea wall, are implemented, Kan said.
The government has no plans to ask other utilities to shut reactors, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshito Sengoku said yesterday.
Chubu Electric shares declined 10 percent to 1,584 yen on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the lowest since April 2000, before the announcement. The benchmark Nikkei 225 Stock Average was down 0.7 percent.
The company serves central Japan, including Aichi prefecture where Toyota operates 12 car and component factories. Suppliers to Toyota, including Denso Corp. and Aisin Seiki Co. are also based in the prefecture.
LNG Purchases
Chubu Electric's only nuclear station has five reactors, two of which are being decommissioned. The three remaining units have a combined output of 3,617 megawatts, or 11 percent of Chubu Electric's generation capacity and started operations between 1987 and 2005.
"The reactors will be closed down within several days," Mizuno said. "It will take two to three years to complete all the safety measures."
Chubu Electric, which planned to buy 8.42 million metric tons of LNG in the year ending March 2012, will need to secure a further 4 million tons for thermal power generation, Mizuno said.
Qatar, the world's biggest exporter of liquefied natural gas, is considering selling Japan more of the fuel, Energy Minister Mohammed Bin Saleh al-Sada said yesterday.
An extra 1.3 million kiloliters of crude will also need to be purchased, Mizuno said.
The extra fuel purchases would cost about 250 billion yen if the company meets the capacity shortfall using only LNG-fired thermal turbines, Mizuno said.
Financial Support
The government will provide support to Chubu Electric if requested, Trade Minister Banri Kaieda said today.
The Hamaoka plant is located in Shizuoka, a prefecture with a population of 3.75 million, according to the local government's website. The station lies adjacent to a fault line where the government expects a magnitude-8 earthquake to strike.
Chubu Electric in 2007 won a court ruling allowing it to continue operating Hamaoka after local residents filed a lawsuit to close the plant.
The Shizuoka District Court rejected claims the company underestimated the size of quakes that could hit the plant and the potential for serious damage to its reactors. The plaintiffs are taking the case to the Tokyo High Court, Spokesman Akio Miyazaki said.
Tokyo Electric's Fukushima plant 220 kilometers north of Tokyo has been spewing radiation since the quake and tsunami knocked out power and cooling systems.
Dousing Reactors
Tepco, as the company is called, has been using fire hoses, pumps and water cannons to douse reactors and spent-fuel pools in four of the plant's six units. High radiation levels, debris and aftershocks prevented workers from entering reactor buildings till last week.
Workers entered the No. 1 reactor building for the second time today and checked radiation levels to assess whether they are low enough to allow engineers in to work on repairing the cooling systems.
Radiation levels of as high as 700 millisieverts per hour were detected in the No. 1 building, Junichi Matsumoto, a Tokyo Electric Power Co. official, said at a news conference today. The maximum exposure of those who entered the building was 10.56 millisieverts, he said.
The maximum exposure level allowed by the government for nuclear workers at the plant is 250 millisieverts a year.
A tropical storm that's crossing the northern Philippines may head for Japan later this week, according to the U.S. Navy Joint Typhoon Warning Center.
Tropical Storm Aere is forecast to approach southern Japan by May 11 and pass Tokyo by May 13. Fukushima Dai-Ichi lies within the potential track the cyclone may take, according to the center's forecast graphic.
''It's necessary to prepare for rain and heavy winds before the typhoon season arrives, but we haven't been able to get around to preparing," Hikaru Kuroda, a manager in Tepco's nuclear facility department. "If a typhoon were to strike now, our activities would be affected."
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Ask her to record an album for the first time with only a month's notice and Bea Binene will do it. Ask her to go to the boondocks of Camarines Sur to give GMA Artist Center's relief goods donations for Ondoy victims and she'll obey, without complaining. Same thing goes with joining Kapuso Foundation's feeding program for victims of Habagat.
Bea will never back out from a challenge, even if it seems too Herculean for a teen like her.
The latest of these challenges is being tapped to be part of the I Am a Girl advocacy together with fellow Kapuso Barbie Forteza.
"It's about empowering girls—fighting human trafficking of girls, helping those out of school, etc. Girls must be protected and respected," she declares.
So far, the foundation's activities include a medical mission and a biking marathon for girls.
"I can't join the biking kasi hindi ako marunong mag-bike. Puwedeng pumunta ako, pero wala akong gagawin," says Bea.
Be that as it may, Bea's heart belongs 100 percent to the advocacy. Helping, after all, is as natural to her as acting.
Her mom's influence
"My first condition when she joined showbiz at six was for Bea to join a foundation," her mom, Carina, recalls.
So little Bea got signed up for GMA 7's Kapuso Foundation. Last December, she put up Bea Binene Cares, which is also into charity. As a Haribon Foundation junior child ambassador, Bea planted trees every chance she got.
This, and other charitable acts didn't go unnoticed. In fact, Bea thinks this is the main reason why I Am a Girl recently signed her up as one of its official reps.
Giving back
"Sharing blessings is my way of giving back," she explains.
For instance, Christmas may be three months away. But this early, Bea is thinking of joining a Kapuso Foundation outreach program for the holidays.
Her idol as a Good Samaritan is Mel Tiangco, GMA Kapuso Foundation's Executive Vice President.
"I want to be like her," Bea gushes like a fan.
Being a role model is one thing. Representing an international foundation like I Am a Girl is another. And Bea admits she feels extra pressured.
"Sa lahat ng artista, ako pa ang napili! So kailangang galingan ko pa. Dapat maging mas magaling akong role model."
Bea never tires of reminding her Twitter followers to conserve nature.
"I can spread the word in my own little way," she states.
Bea walks the talk, even at home.
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Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann and 12 local labor unions have signed an agreement that will pay union workers prevailing wages to build Honolulu's $5.4 billion Honolulu High-Capacity Transit Corridor project (HHCTC), while guaranteeing that those workers would not delay construction through a strike.
Among those signing the HHCTC agreement were unions representing carpenters, heavy equipment operators, iron workers, and roofers.
Hannemann said the deal also ensures that local workers would be employed on the planned 20-mile line. Construction is set to begin in 2010, with completion targeted by 2019.
But opposition to the project remains, and not just from more predictable sources such as anti-rail activists and/or NIMBYs. One faction of opponents to the current plan object to the decision to construct the line as (largely) an elevated rapid rail line, using automated technology.
That faction is preparing to file a lawsuit in federal court alleging violations of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) in the preparation of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS). The lawsuit would be served as soon as the Federal Transit Administration releases its Final EIS (FEIS) and issues a Record of Decision approving the project. The FEIS is not expected until early 2010.
Honolulu City Council members Duke Bainum and Charles Djou are among those questioning the specific choice of rail mode, noting other options, such as light rail, were dismissed prematurely. "When we voted on the Locally Preferred Alternative, at-grade or elevated wasn't the question," Djou said. "It was, Should we do a fixed-guideway system, and the answer there, of course, was, 'Yes, we should.'"
Virginia's Arlington and Fairfax counties, outside Washington, D.C., have pursued the Columbia Pike Streetcar plan, a five-mile route expand rail passenger service from Washington Metro's Pentagon City Station to Bailey's Crossroads.
Virginia's Arlington and Fairfax counties, outside Washington, D.C., have pursued the Columbia Pike Streetcar plan, a five-mile route expand rail passenger service from Washington Metro's Pentagon City Station to Bailey's Crossroads.
Washington, D.C. may finally see its three Czech-built Inekon streetcars within the district's borders, four years after it ordered the cars for intended use on its Anacostia streetcar line, now finally entering initial stages of construction in the district's southeastern quadrant.
The District Department of Transportation had kept the equipment stored in the Czech Republic because, it said, it had no maintenance depot for them. DDOT said the cars will bemoved via truck from the Czech Republic to a cargo ship in Hamburg, Germany. Arrival in the United States is expected by mid-December.
DDOT spokesman John Lisle says the city will store the vehicles at a yard at the Greenbelt Metro station, to be maintainedby Washington Metro, which will be reimbursed by DDOT. "Having them local will also allow us to familiarize ourselves with the cars," Lisle said.
U.S. Class I railroads employed 57,198 transportation (train and engine) workers in mid-October, an increase of 1.07% from September, though still 15.27% below October 2008 numbers. The month-to-month increase in train crew workers was one of the few bright spot in new employment figures released Wednesday by the Surface Transportation Board.
Only one other employment group showed a month-to-month increase: professional and administrative numbers, totaling 13,614, were up 0.63% from September and 1.37% from October 2008.
Total Class I employment in October--149,020--was down 0.27% from September and 9.15% from October 2008.
Other employment categories posted the following declines compared with September 2009 and October 2009, respectively: executives, officials, and staff assistants (9,101), down 1.01% and 9.84%; maintenance of way and structures (34,622), down 1.36% and 3.96%; maintenance of equipment and stores (28,121), down 0.72% and 7.22%; transportation other than train and engine (6,364), down 2.32% and 4.06%.
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist said Tuesday he's "hopefully optimistic" state legislators will support the latest effort to establish SunRail passenger rail service. Crist has maintained support for the proposal despite its repeated defeats in the state legislature, the latest occurring in late spring.
Crist is seeking a special legislative session to reconside rthe rail proposal, which would connect Orlando to Osceola County and West Volusia. Under the plan, the state would recommit to buying CSX right-of-way, a major sticking point for SunRail opponents in the past. The legislature has questioned CSX's negotiating stance requiring Florida to assume liability for all commuter-train-related mishaps, a stance CSX routinely has advanced as at least a starting point in negotiations with other states.
Crist acknowledged the still-extant obstacles to getting SunRail approved. "We need 21 votes, obviously, in the [state] senate to make that happen," he said.
InteRRIS™, the Integrated Railway Remote Information Service safety program launched by the railroad industry in 1997 to implement cutting edge technology, in order to gather data on equipment performance in order to reduce derailments, last week notched subscriber number one million, according to the Association of American Railroads.
"The point of this vast technology system is to improve safety on the 140,000 mile rail network by monitoring the health of rail equipment real-time and detecting problems before an accident or derailment occurs, " said Edward Hamberger, AAR president and CEO (pictured at left). "The system is doing its job; broken wheel derailments are down 10% and bearing related accidents have declined by 25%. We believe the continued expansion of data systems like InteRRIS™ will pay added dividends in terms of enhanced safety and efficiency in the movements of goods across our nation."
InteRRIS™ was developed by the Transportation Center Inc. (TTCI) as a data warehouse for automatically acquiring, storing, and analyzing vehicle performance information. Data is culled from more than 170 wayside detectors located throughout the nationwide system. The system alerts the industry and subscribers (railroads, private car owners, railcar fleet managers) with customizable information about how a vehicle is operating, including car history, wheel performance, truck performance, and hunting data.
As a key support of the Advanced Technology Safety Initiative, InteRRIS™ provides a snapshot of a railcar's strength and fitness and alerts customers to potential problems before they occur,resulting in a more predictive approach to railroad maintenance resolving issues before they become problems or accidents.
Railinc Corp. Tuesday said it has been named a winner at the 2009 NCTA 21 Awards in the category of "Industry Driven Technology Company." The awards, bestowed annually by the North Carolina Technology Association, honor technology companies and individuals across 21 categories in the Tar Heel State for innovation and excellence.
"Railinc is honored to be recognized among such well-known and respected leaders in the technology industry," said Allen West, CEO and president. "This award acknowledges the important work that our people do for the freight rail industry, and shows why Railinc is one of the best places to work in North Carolina."
One day after GE Transportation announced an agreement to provide 300 locomotive assemblies for China HXN5 Mainline locomotives produced by CSR Qishuyan with Evolution® Series diesel engines, the two parties announced "formation of a joint venture company with CSR Qishuyan Locomotive Co., Ltd., a unit of China South Locomotive and Rolling Stock Corporation Ltd., to develop, build, and service GE's Evolution® Series locomotive diesel engines" in China itself.
The announcement Tuesday, as per the previous one made Monday, was timed to emphasize "GE's Clean Technology Week in China"activities.
The joint venture is scheduled to launch operations at theend of 2011, including the assembly, testing and overhaul of engine components such aspower assemblies and turbochargers in China. During the second phase, starting in 2013, engines as well as components will be assembled, tested, and overhauled.
"This new joint venture directly aligns with GE's strategicdirection to design, manufacture and service product within the region or country in which they are used," said Tim Schweikert, president of GE Transportation China. "GE will continue to supply key engine components for the final engine assembly such as turbocharger and fuel injection kits. Providing these key components also helps sustain approximately 120 U.S. manufacturing jobs."
Erie, Pa.-based GE Transportation, a unit of General Electric Co., says its Chinese joint venture partner has provided more than half of the more than 12,000 diesel locomotives currently in service in the world's most populous nation.
Also Tuesday, GE and China's Ministry of Railways announcedthat they signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to jointly advance high speedrail opportunities in the United States.
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- Traditional Animation
- Century 21 Television, ITC
- Cartoon Characters: Captain Scarlet, Captain Blue, Colonel White, Captain Black, Mysterons, Lieutenant Green, Destiny Angel, Rhapsody Angel, Melody Angel, Harmony Angel, Fairfield, Jackson, Fire Chief.
- Voice Actors: Francis Matthews, Ed Bishop, Donald Gray, Cy Grant, Liz Morgan, Sylvia Anderson, Lian-Shin, Charles Tingwell [Charles "Bud" Tingwell], Jeremy Wilkin; Full Voice Cast ...
- Directed By Alan Perry, Keith Lund.
- Produced By Reg Hill, Gerry Anderson, John Read.
- Written By Peter Curran, David Williams.
- Music: Barry Gray.
- Editor: John Beaton, Len Walter.
- First Aired on January 05, 1968.
- Originally Aired on ATV (UK).
- Running Time: 25 minutes.
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Hot answers tagged gis-principle
Geographic coordinate systems (lat/long) are based on a spheroidal (either truly spherical or ellipsoidal) surface that approximates the surface of the earth. A datum typically defines the surface (ex radius for a sphere, major axis and minor axis or inverse flattening for an ellipsoid) and the position of the surface relative to the center of the earth. ...
You will obviously get better answers from textbooks, but here is an simple explanation: Map Projection: It is a method for representing a spherical or curved surface on a flat plane. Datum: It is the reference or origin based on which measurements are made.
RADICAL CARTOGRAPHY showcases couple of really nice examples. My two favourites: Mississippi meanders Statistical Atlas of 1870 US Census
Eduard Imhof's work, especially his hand-drawn hillshading maps:
As the question does not specify that a map has to be a traditional static map, I would like to propose the Mapnificent London travel times map. As per usualy, Google are really pushing what you can do with Online Mapping APIs. In terms of map design, the v3 API now gives you greater control over tweaking the underlying base map. The map is also very ...
A couple examples of beautiful flow maps An article in the open journal PLoS, Redrawing the Map of Great Britain from a Network of Human Interactions by: Carlo Ratti, Stanislav Sobolevsky, Francesco Calabrese, Clio Andris, Jonathan Reades, Mauro Martino, Rob Claxton, Steven H. Strogatz PLoS ONE, Vol. 5, No. 12. (8 December 2010) Facebook worldwide ...
After struggling with this question ten years ago, and finding many confusing things written about the topic, I published a brief article in Directions Magazine that presented an answer as simply, plainly, and accurately as I could make it. The following is excerpted from that article. Reprojecting geographic features Two things must happen when you draw a ...
Originally created and posted by Tear on the Cartographer's Guild Forum. A hand created map of George R. R. Martin's Westeros from The Song of Ice and Fire series:
As scw points out, you want an implementation of α-shapes. Alpha shapes can be considered a generalisation of the convex hull. They were first described in 1981 in: Edelsbrunner, H.; Kirkpatrick, D.; Seidel, R.; , "On the shape of a set of points in the plane," Information Theory, IEEE Transactions on , vol.29, no.4, pp. 551- 559, Jul 1983 ...
Reykjavík Interactive Map
This is the one that started it all for me. At age ~10 I first read R.L. Stevenson's Treasure Island. The map somehow encapsulates the mystery, adventure, search and discovery of a great story. Not only that, but Pirates! Har.
U.S. National Park Service Maps (from Getting Real: Reflecting on the New Look of National Park Service Maps):
Here is a good one: The Atlas of Canada Map of the North Circumpolar Region http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/dataservices/wall_maps/MCR1-2.jpg/image_view Also interesting is the Cartographica journal article describing the work involved in putting this map together: http://utpjournals.metapress.com/content/d80604507k247v46/
Here is what you are looking for. You can download and test the program: (in java, under GPL license) The paper presenting the algorithm is there: Duckham, M., Kulik, L., Worboys, M.F., Galton, A. (2008) Efficient generation of simple polygons for characterizing the shape of a set of points in the plane. Pattern Recognition v41, 3224-3236
I like interactive maps from Stamen a lot. Especially, for their their focus on handling temporal interaction. Examples: SF crimespotting Hurricane Tracker (Update) Surging seas A non temporal example: Watermark, Terrain and Toner tiles
There are a lot of great bad examples at http://cartastrophe.wordpress.com/. For example this map of Europe (part of a world map that uses colors excessively and without obvious purpose): Besides the coloring, the labeling on this map is a mess.
wwnick's answer is correct, but it is a bit misleading in the sense that it emphasizes ellipsoid parameters and IMO understates the importance of 'the position of the surface relative to the center of the earth' - the NAD 1927 example needs to mention that the geodetic "center" of NAD27 is a base station at Meades Ranch in Kansas. One could have (and often ...
My favourite maps are John Ogilby strip maps of routes within Britain. The originals are from 1675, though there was also an official reprint around 1700 I think. I have this one (the road from Hereford to Leicester) hanging in my office. I'd love to get a full atlas, but the cost would be rather more than I can afford! Truly beautiful, not to mention ...
Can't believe no-one has mentioned XKCD's Map of the Internet: and this one has some mind-blowing aspects:
Overlaying a huge amount of data without taking care of the readability makes such pixel blots: (some people pretend these "mashups" are the Cartography 2.0. Maybe not).
This is pretty much an interactive map This is a truly wonderful thread for a maplover like me! I found this (with a little help from my friends) Rock and roll. Metal Map
From 2011 SND awards: Best printed map -NG 'Gulf of Mexico' map (PDF available here): Miguel Urabayen Award - NG 'World of Rivers' map: (Interactive version here) (Via FlowingData blog)
This seems to be a specific application of alpha shapes, which are from my reading a more general form of this problem. R has the alphahull module, which has excellent documentation on computing alpha shapes. Also check this detailed background on alpha shapes. If you only want to compute convex/concave hulls, check out lasboundary, part of lastools, it ...
From the hip my answer would be Stephen Walter's 'The island': witty, irreverent, slightly subversive he has hand drawn a map of London representing it as an island (poking fun at Londoners' London centric view of the world). http://www.bl.uk/magnificentmaps/map4.html I think its beautiful as its highly original, detailed, fascinating and I interpret it ...
Another example of cartographic bad design from a federal French agency (detail): http://www.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/DGALN_Repartition_des_reserves_mondiales_de_MP.pdf
Shanghai Interactive Map: Actually there are many other cities there drawn in such style. Use google translate ;) Very interesting renderer, quite good for interactive public maps I think.
Many beauties on BIG map blog. For instance, Birdseye map of Coronado, San Diego by a property developer, 1880s: (via O'Reilly radar)
I love Dymaxion maps. In this example from Wikipedia, it used to map human migrations: Reminds me again of how tiny Europe is.
Beat the NATO 'Map-Mania' (this is aimed for Children and Adults) Takes a long to load up (uncompressed/un-optimized flash content) Very few features (blue graduated background and some country/coastline) that's it! Very poor world projection - find Hawaii... too much to add to the list. double dare you to try it: http://www.nato.int/multi/mapgame/
National Geographic Atlas of the World, Ninth Edition not one map but a whole Atlas of Maps. Available as: National Geographic Atlas of the World, Ninth Edition (hardcover) National Geographic Atlas of the World, Ninth Edition (hardcover) National Geographic Atlas of the World, Ninth Edition (softcover) National Geographic Atlas of the World, Ninth ...
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