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From Jamez Smith, Program Assistant
Transit for Livable Communities (TLC) recently received the following email from a community member:
"I rode my bicycle to the bank today to deposit a check using the drive-thru and was refused service simply because I was on a bike. What do I need to do to make them change this policy?"
I empathize.
One day I road my bike to the bank, only to discover after arriving that I'd left my bike lock at home. Unable to lock my bike outside, I decided to take the bike inside with me. However, I was stopped by a security guard, who informed me that "bikes aren't allowed in the building." I would have loved to use the drive-thru in that instance, but instead I had to ride back home and get my lock.
There have also been times when I've wanted to take my bike into the drive-thru lane at a fast-food restaurant, often at night when walk-in service is unavailable. But this is also prohibited. People aren't even allowed to walk up to a drive-thru window. It is unfair that these businesses provide 24-hour service to those in an automobile, but not to people walking or on a bike.
One justification cited for such biased treatment is "it's dangerous." Indeed, insurers have been known to refuse to provide coverage to businesses based on a perceived increased risk (i.e. the thought that motorists will run over a person who is walking or bicycling in a vehicle queue).
"Bicyclists aren't dangerous," says Sarah Gilbert, a Portland mom who chooses not to own a car and writes the blog Cafe Mama. "They're people who've chosen not to drive a car."
In August of 2009, Gilbert and her three sons were denied service at a fast-food restaurant for ordering from a bike. The incident prompted Gilbert to file a complaint with the restaurant company and to write an article, which was picked up by a number of media outlets. The company, the Pacific Northwest's Burgerville, soon created a chain-wide formalized bike-friendly policy, allowing cyclists to place orders and pick up food in the drive-thru lane.
This was an easy step for a company like Burgerville, whose business model is founded in sustainable practices. But how likely is a Wells-Fargo or a Taco Bell to change their policy?
"Most policies against bicycles" says Gilbert, "are based on baseless fears of phantom liability."
"It makes no sense," says Wiley Norvell of New York-based Transportation Alternatives. "If it's not dangerous in a bike lane with cars going 35 miles an hour, how can it be dangerous in a parking lot with people traveling less than 10 miles an hour? There are fewer safety issues than on an average street."
Why does this not come up regarding motorcycle riders?
In addition to any paranoia regarding a pedestrian or cyclist being mowed down by a motorist in a drive-thru, there is also concern for the safety of employees. The fear here is that it is easier for someone on foot or bike to jump through a window and grab cash or threaten staff... and then get away without a license plate number to record.
Sarah Gilbert calls this "profiling" and says that it is discrimination against customers who are not in possession of a motor engine.
"It's true [that] customers who ride bikes instead of driving cars are more likely to be poor ... It is, however, untrue that bicyclists are more likely to be criminals than motorists," says Gilbert.
A Google search for "drive thru violence" underscores that drivers of motor vehicles certainly aren't any less a safety risk. This and other ridiculous examples, provide evidence that motorists are an existing danger to employees (a Google search for "walk-up violence" and "bike drive-thru violence" produced nothing of interest).
In addition to safety/insurance issues, there is an ethical one here, as well. An individual who may not be able to afford a car or chooses not to have a car is denied the conveniences made available to those who drive. All people, whether walking, bicycling or driving a motor-vehicle, should have the same opportunity for service, just as all people regardless of gender, race, ability, religion, orientation, association, etc. should have the same opportunity for service.
This inequity could find solution in state law, e.g., prohibiting discrimination against bicyclists and pedestrians by all types of drive-thru businesses or perhaps a requirement that businesses providing drive-thru service MUST also accommodate people walking or on a bicycle. For any existing business(es) that eliminate restrictive drive-up practices BWTC/TLC promises primo social marketing exposure. Our lines are open.
1. http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/2009-08-19-twitter-bicycle-drive-through-bike-tweet_N.htm
2. http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/08/13/unsustainable-drive-through-bans-on-bicyclists-wont-stand-test/
3. http://www.treehugger.com/cars/drive-thru-discrimination-bicycles-are-vehicles-too.html
4. http://www.slashfood.com/2009/12/04/bicyclists-in-the-drive-thru/
5. http://portland.metblogs.com/2009/08/15/burgerville-announces-latest-sustainability-innovation-makes-its-drive-thru-open-to-bicyclists/
6. http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/08/burgerville_apologizes_to_bicy.html
7. http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_equal_opportunity_act#ixzz1n302gg22
My neighborhood bank, the
My neighborhood bank, the Lowry Hill branch of Central Bank, lets me walk through their drive through. I've never tried it on my bike, as I live about 20 yards from their doors. I do it on the weekends when they don't have walk-up service but do have drive-thru service.
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Interesting...here's a bit of history:
Back in the '70s, Ellen Fletcher ran for Palo Alto (CA) city council and won. She campaigned on her bike. She eventually became the vice mayor and during her tenure, one of the things she got done was to require businesses with drive-thru windows to provide bicyclists with proper ride-up service.
Can't remember the details but you can learn more about Ellen here: http://bit.ly/AjOs7C
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Very interesting, John. Thank You!
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The announcement was made by the APEC Electronic Commerce Steering Group which oversees the administration of the CBPR system. "As electronic commerce develops as a pillar of economic growth in the Asia-Pacific, it is critical that it is supported by a regulatory infrastructure that both ensures the practical interests of businesses and protects consumer rights," said the Group's Chair Lourdes Yaptinchay.
"Mexico has been central to the design and engineering of the CBPR system," she added, "and is now taking the next step in advancing its implementation within APEC."
The voluntary, certification-based system promotes a consistent baseline set of data privacy practices for companies doing business in participating APEC member economies. The goal is to enhance e-commerce, open markets and thereby facilitate trade and economic growth by strengthening consumer privacy protections in the region. The system also promotes region-wide privacy policy compatibility and lower regulatory compliance costs throughout the Asia-Pacific.
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EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. This season's tale of Adrian Peterson's recovery has had many chapters since major knee surgery on Dec. 30 to repair two torn knee ligaments. First came his intensive offseason rehabilitation work. Second was the wonder if he would be ready to play in the season's first game just over eight months from surgery as was his stated goal from the beginning. Once he was back on the field, the watch started to become how effective he would be. After showing limited rust, Peterson was squarely in the discussion for comeback player of the year. Now, after Sunday's 171 yards rushing and 61-yard touchdown to close out surprising Minnesota's 34-24 win against the Lions to head into next week's bye at 6-4, Peterson has elevated himself into most valuable player discussion. Peterson as the league's MVP became a talking point nationally since Sunday's win, and coach Leslie Frazier supports Peterson's credentials. "We do have a lot of football to be played, but if you ask me today -- and I haven't seen all the guys around the league -- but it's hard for me to imagine a guy doing more for his football team than what Adrian has done for our team and the fact that he has been so dominant over the course of the season," Frazier said. "He's pulling away with his domination as a runner. His impact has been huge for us. It's hard to imagine another guy having a greater impact on their team, considering where we are and what we have to do every single week to win." Peterson leads the league with 1,128 rushing yards, 123 more than his closest competitor, Seattle's Marshawn Lynch. He's third in the league with 195 rushing attempts on that repaired knee while playing through an ankle injury earlier this year. And even with his standout career numbers, he's averaging a career-high 5.8 yards per carry this season. He's tied for second with seven rushing touchdowns this year to go with a league-leading 1,283 yards from scrimmage. Not only is Peterson on pace for a career-best rushing season, his 29 receptions put him on pace for a career-high receiving too. "We're all familiar with stories of guys who've had this injury; some make it back, some don't make it back and if they do come back, there's not very many who were as good as they were before," said Frazier, who is on the list of players unable to make it back from the same injury. "There's some things he's doing that makes you scratch your head and say, 'Maybe he will be better than he was before the injury. I'm looking at some things that he's doing and he has improved. His hands are better. Some of his cuts, his burst, he's staying more true to his reads, these are some things that he hadn't done before his injury. "He was always looking to hit the home run and sometimes that would create negative plays. Now he's truer to his reads and he's helping our offensive line be better at what they do. So, he's a joy to watch." Interestingly, one of Peterson's top competitors for the comeback player of the year award is also one of the frontrunners in the MVP discussion as well, Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning. Manning, who missed all of last season because of neck surgery, leads the NFL in quarterback rating (108.0) and is third in passing touchdowns (21). But Manning is leading a Denver team that was in the playoffs last year. While Peterson didn't miss am entire season like Manning -- remarkably, Peterson only ended up missing one regular season game -- Peterson has helped Minnesota be one of the surprise stories in the league this season after last year's 3-13 record. The other top candidates are likely Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan, who has his team at 8-1, and Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who won the award last season. 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text: Opensmppbox could provide a different default alphabet for each connection, for more flexibility. Imagine that you have clients connecting to the same opensmppbox, some from Greece, others from Egypt. They will both need a different default alphabet. Granted, you could run a different opensmppbox instance for each one, but it would be more manageable to have a single one. What happens now if he same client (aggregator) decides to send both Greek and Arabic SMSs, using the default alphabet? Let's hope it is not very often, since the SMPP spec doesn't differentiate between them. @Rene: Better name it default-charset or default-alphabet according to the SMPP spec, not to confuse it with alt-charset used by bearerbox, which is something else. BR, Nikos On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 10:56 AM, James Caradoc-Davies (Strike Media) < james at strikemedia.co.za> wrote: > Hi Rene, > > The SMPP spec itself provides a clue : 'SMSC Default Alphabet' - > this is a per-SMSC setting, not a per-ESME setting. > > This implies that the ESME is responsible for matching the charset with the > SMSC. > > Which in this case is OpenSMPPBox. So if there is a config property, it > should be > on the group = opensmppbox. > > James. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: devel-bounces at kannel.org [mailto:devel-bounces at kannel.org] On Behalf > Of Rene Kluwen > Sent: 09 May 2011 01:09 > To: 'Nikos Balkanas'; 'Nii Ako Ampa-Sowa'; devel at vm1.kannel.org > Subject: RE: [PATCH] handling of non-latin GSM subset in opensmppbox > > It's what I meant: to make it configurable, so you can "expect" an > arbitrary > charset and convert it to UTF-8, which bearerbox expects. > By this, I mean a separate configuration item for opensmppbox which should > not to be confused with the alt-charset configuration item (with the same > name) of group = smsc in bearerbox. > > About your group = client. That might be an option, in combination with the > PAM authentication that is already there. > That way, also different route-to-smsc values can also be supported. Will > look into that! > > == Rene > > -----Original Message----- > From: Nikos Balkanas [mailto:nbalkanas at gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, 09 May, 2011 00:59 > To: Rene Kluwen; 'Nii Ako Ampa-Sowa'; devel at vm1.kannel.org > Subject: Re: [PATCH] handling of non-latin GSM subset in opensmppbox > > Hi Rene, > > In my previous comment I said that making alt_charset is not necessary > since > > by using a full iso and decoding with the same one, it would yield the > original without errors, although it would be preferable to make it > configurable. > > It turns out that not doing so, it would contradict kannel architecture. In > such a content bearerbox, doesn't try simply to recover original charset, > rather with alt_charset it tries to convert it to a new charset compatible > with the smsc. therefore it is necessary to make it configurable. > > Since the list of features/client connection should be epandable, I would > recommend skipping the text file alltogether and instead create a new > configuration group, ie: > > group = client > ... > > PS: Charset code was lift off gw/smsc/smsc_smpp.c. It needs to be converted > to UTF-8 as well. > > BR, > Nikos > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Rene Kluwen > To: 'Nii Ako Ampa-Sowa' ; devel at kannel.org > Sent: Monday, May 09, 2011 1:39 AM > Subject: RE: [PATCH] handling of non-latin GSM subset in opensmppbox > > > Patch committed. Current revision of opensmppbox is 61. > > Still todo: Make a configuration entry for alt-charset. Even though it is > not really necessary at the moment. > > Log line: > > 2011-05-09 Rene Kluwen <rene.kluwen at chimit.nl> > * gw/opensmppbox.c: Default GSM character set is converted to UTF-8 > (Kannel's internal > way of exchanging messages). The facilitates foreign (e.g. greek) > characters. > Thanks to Nii Ako Ampa-Sowa (ampasowa at gmail.com) for the patch. > > == Rene > > > From: devel-bounces at kannel.org [mailto:devel-bounces at kannel.org] On Behalf > Of Nii Ako Ampa-Sowa > Sent: Friday, 06 May, 2011 23:04 > To: devel at kannel.org > Subject: [PATCH] handling of non-latin GSM subset in opensmppbox > > Hi, > > opensmppbox doesn't seem to handle the non-Latin subset of the GSM > character > > set very well. This affects the Euro sign as well as Greek characters. > Attached is a patch that switches from using the Latin1 conversion routine > to the UTF-8 version. > > Nii > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://www.kannel.org/pipermail/devel/attachments/20110509/fc4dc8e3/attachment.html>


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It's so wonderful to have Claire on the blog today. Claire is one of the few author friends I have who I am able to see regularly. Claire's debut novel, What Goes on Tour, came out in February, and I was at the pitch session where her manuscript was accepted, so I'm really so happy for her success.
Show Don't Tell
First of all I want to say thank you to Michelle Diener and the rest of the Magical Musings crew for inviting me to guest blog today. I had no idea what I was going to blog about until I went to the most amazing production the other day called, Burn The Floor. It's a ballroom dance spectacular and it really wowed me and got me thinking.
As authors, one of the things we are constantly told is show don't tell. What this means is don't say, "Libby was upset", show she is upset by the way she folds her arms across her stomach, looks down on the floor and speaks quietly.
It can be tricky to do especially when a character is going through an emotional roller-coaster and you need to think up different ways of showing they are angry or upset or sad.
So what's this got to do with Burn the Floor?
The dancers on the stage told many stories without using a single word. There was no program to say, 'The first dance is a Romeo and Juliet story' or 'the last dance is all about falling in love' – you just knew what it was about. Through music, movement and body language these dancers told stories to the audience which had me at various times, cheering, laughing and close to tears. It was just beautiful.
I came out of the theatre feeling a bit like I'd finished reading a really satisfying book. My heart was pounding, I felt way too emotional, like I wanted to laugh and cry at the same time and I felt thoroughly satisfied.
This is the type of feeling authors try to evoke in their readers. We tweak every word like tuning a guitar attempting to get the right combination in order to send our readers on that rollercoaster. For me, Burn The Floor was a lesson in how to show and not tell. It explored body language and movement in a way I'd never thought of before and I know I'll be watching the DVD I bought regularly to remind myself of how it can be done. Last month Mary Hughes wrote a blog on Television, Books and the Power of Story in which she wrote, "you can't get more concentrated storytelling than a movie, television, or play" and I'd like to add dance to her list.
Claire's debut book What Goes on Tour was released in February 2014. You can find Claire online at:
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What goes on tour, stays on tour … or does it?
Few people know that socially awkward Adrian Hart is actually rock God, Kent Downer, and that's the way Adrian likes it. His privacy is essential, especially now that he has guardianship of his orphaned, ten-year-old niece, Kate. But when the nanny quits in the middle of his Australian tour Adrian finds himself in a bind.
Until Libby Myles walks into his life.
Libby has only ever wanted to become a full-time author and prove to her parents that she can make it on her own. On the surface, the temporary job as the nanny for Kent Downer's niece looks perfect—the pay is fabulous, the hours are short and Kate is a big fan—it's the rock star that's the issue.
Arrogant and way too attractive for anyone's good, Kent Downer has enough swagger to power a small city. But when he's out of costume he's different—shy and uncertain. For Libby it's a far harder combination to resist. She needs to find a balance between work, writing and ignoring her attraction to the rock star, because if she falls for him, it could mean the end of her dream.
But when a horrible scandal is unleashed—putting young Kate in danger—there's more heat between Libby and Adrian than just sexual attraction. Libby must figure out if Adrian ever cared for her, or if it was all just part of the show …


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Two decades ago, the literature dealing with the possible applications of low molar mass liquid crystals, also called monomer liquid crystals (MLCs), only included about 50 references. Today, thousands of papers, conference reports, books or book chapters and patents refer to the study and applications of MLCs as lubricants and lubricant additives and efforts are made to develop new commercial applications. The development of more efficient lubricants is of paramount technological and economic relevance as it is estimated that half the energy consumption is dissipated as friction. MLCs have shown their ability to form ordered boundary layers with good load-carrying capacity and to lower the friction coefficients, wear rates and contact temperature of sliding surfaces, thus contributing to increase the components service life and to save energy. This review includes the use of MLCs in lubrication, and dispersions of MLCs in conventional polymers (PDMLCs). Finally, new lubricating system composed of MLC blends with surfactants, ionic liquids or nanophases are considered.
Monomer liquid crystals (MLCs) and polymer liquid crystals (PLCs) [
As it is well known, thermotropic MLCs can present phase transitions due to temperature changes or the application of electric and magnetic fields. However, these mesophases can also form due to applied pressure, or sliding velocity changes when MLC molecules act as lubricant fluids separating sliding surfaces (
Lyotropic liquid crystals form lamellar mesophases (
In this review, we will focus on the study of MLC molecules in tribology, that is, as lubricants, lubricant additives and polymer additives. The important family of wear resistant polymer liquid crystal (PLC) materials is beyond the scope of the present review.
The term tribology derives from the Greek word
Lubricated tribological systems, operating under conditions of high load and low speed, frequently run in the boundary lubrication regime. Tribological systems under boundary lubrication are controlled by the tribochemical processes which take place at the interface [
Under these conditions the chemistry occurring within a few nanometers of the surface becomes a critical factor determining friction, wear and stick-slip. The molecular structure and composition of the lubricant, and the additives present in its formulation determine the tribological performance of the system [
Extreme pressure (EP) lubricants react with the sliding surfaces to form protective tribolayers. While surface chemistry controls antiwear performance, friction-reducing lubricants contain molecules with the ability to form stable adsorbed layers on the sliding surfaces.
It has long been accepted that the presence of an adsorbed close-packed molecular monolayer can prevent direct contact between the surfaces and produce a dramatic friction reduction, while surface chemistry controls wear behaviour. The fact that liquid crystal molecules can give rise to surface-aligned ordered layers explains the interest in their use as lubricants or lubricant additives from the first studies on the effect of MLC on the lubricating properties of mineral oils [
Twenty years ago, the growing interest in the theory and applications of MLC lubricants was recognized by the celebration of the
For conventional fluids, the thickness (ho) of the film separating the sliding counterpart can be estimated from the sliding velocity and the dynamic viscosity at atmospheric pressure, for each contact geometry. In contrast, in the presence of an ordered fluid such as MLC mesophases, the effective viscosity (
Nakano [
The formation of ordered fluid films is the base of the use of MLCs in lubrication. Some MLCs derived from azo- or cyanoaryls which were initially developed for display applications but have also been studied as lubricants or lubricant additives appear in
Cholesteric MLCs (
MLC molecules can reduce the friction coefficients of mobile parts and the wear rates of sliding surfaces due to their ability to orient on surfaces and form adsorbed thin films. Therefore, much attention has been paid to this aspect of MLC molecular orientation. The response of MLC molecules to electric fields was studied [
Different types of surface force apparatus (SFA) have been used [
In the case of 4-cyano-4′-
The formation of self-organized monolayer MLC domains on mica was also studied by contact mode AFM and friction force microscopy [
The high cost of MLCs, designed and synthesized with the high purity required for display applications has prevented until now the commercial development of MLC lubricants for mechanical machines and devices. A strategy to reduce costs, developed from early studies, has been the use of MLCs as lubricant additives in mineral and synthetic oils rather than as neat lubricant.
Attempts to develop industrial applications were carried out from early studies [
In order to rationalize the design of new MLC lubricants, several studies [
Cyanophenyls and cyanobiphenyls (
Mori and Iwata [
Several families of thermotropic MLCs, 4,4′-dialkyl- and dialkoxyazobenzenes, 4,4′-diakylazoxy-benzenes and cyanoaryls (
The results indicate that the practical film thickness of hexadecane with liquid crystal is 3–5 times as large as that expected from elastohydrodynamic lubrication (EHL) theory in the low speed region. The film thickness increases with the enhancement in polarity and concentration of MLC in hexadecane, and external DC voltage. The effective viscosity of lubricant is related to film thickness and applied voltage. The film thickness increases with increasing polarity and MLC concentration. The higher ordered degree of molecules close to solid surfaces gives rise to a thicker film.
The technique of relative optical interference intensity (ROII) was used to investigate the effect of molecular order degree of cholesterol esters in hexadecane on lubricating properties in thin film lubrication (TFL) regime. When cholesterol MLC was added into hexadecane, the transition phenomenon disappears. The film thickness is closely related to the number of carbon atoms in MLC alkyl chain, the MLC polarity, the concentration of MLC in hexadecane liquid, and the applied external DC voltage. When the thickness of these lubricant films increases to about 30 nm, it nearly keeps constant and hardly changes with the voltage.
The tribochemical behaviour of the mesogenic compound (4-butylcyclohexanoic acid
Of particular interest is the search for new lubricants for aluminium-steel contacts, due to the poor tribological performance of aluminium alloys and the lack of efficient lubricants for these materials. MLCs have shown their ability to reduce friction and wear of aluminium, showing in some cases, a better performance as additives than in the neat state. When the molecular polarity of the MLC additives increases, the tribological performance at high temperature and/or load is improved, due to the higher stability of the adsorbed surface layers.
Friction and wear of aluminium-steel contacts have been determined [
Lyotropic liquid crystals present a lamellar structure of amphiphilic layers (
Currently used mineral or synthetic lubricants contain harmful or toxic components such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Additives present in these lubricants add heavy metals and other elements such as halides or phosphorus. Environmental regulations make necessary to develop new ecological lubricants and lubricant additives. In this context, water would be an advisable lubricant base. However, its poor lubricating ability and high corrosiveness make it necessary the use of additives and modifiers.
The X-ray surface force technique was used [
Amphiphilic compounds composed of a hydrophilic part and a hydrophobic alkyl chain were investigated. The compounds, sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS) and ethoxylated sodium lauryl sulfate (ESLS), exhibit strong affinity for solid surfaces and form liquid crystalline structures in water.
Very recently [
Although for most practical applications tribological uses of polymers are made in a dry environment, MLCs have also been investigated as external lubricants of polymers.
Uniform alignment of MLC molecules is a critical factor in displays technology. Different studies [
In the case of tribological properties, a possible strategy to improve the wear resistance of polymers is the addition of low molar mass or MLCs to conventional polymers to obtain polymer-dispersed liquid crystals [
Dispersion of low molar mass thermotropic MLCs in polymer matrices such as polystyrene (PS), styreneacrylonitrile (SAN) [
Abrasive wear resistance is an important factor to improve surface finish and service life of polymers. Evaluation of abrasive wear resistance of polymers is carried out using scratch tests to determine, among other parameters, the instantaneous penetration of the indenter into the polymer as a function of applied load and sliding velocity and the residual depth (Rd) of the abrasive groove on the polymer after the viscoelastic recovery. The addition of MLCs has been studied as a useful way to reduce surface damage due to abrasion.
In the case of brittle polymers such as polystyrene [
We have seen that MLCs are advanced lubricants able to give very low friction coefficients and wear rates once they form surface aligned oriented thin films. However, some major problems which must be solved before a wide commercial implementation of these lubricants can develop. Some of these are high cost, limited conditions of effective lubrication (low temperatures, mild load and speed ranges) and low thermal stability.
New applications of MLCs in nanotribology appear attractive, as they could be effective lubricants where conventional oils can not be used. The combination of MLCs with other ordered fluids such as room-temperature ionic liquids (RTIL) [
During the last decade an increasing interest has been raised on the excellent lubricating ability of (RTILs) [
Very recently, the lubricating ability of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) evenly dispersed within hexagonal lyotropic MLC formed in the RTIL ethylammonium nitrate, has been described [
At the present moment, efforts are directed to the commercialization of lubricants containing MLC additives for industrial applications [
The authors wish to thank the Spanish Science and Innovation Ministry (MICINN), the European FEDER program (MAT2008-01670) and the Fundación Séneca Program of Scientific Knowledge of Excellence (08596/PI/08).
Molecular organization in some commonly used low molar mass liquid crystalline phases.
Sliding surfaces separation by MLCs.
Lyotropic MLC lamellar mesophase.
Viscosity vs velocity/pressure for conventional and ordered fluids (adapted from Ref.
Some examples of thermotropic MLCs studies as lubricant or lubricant additives.


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In this well-written chick lit novel, Anna Maxted presents the story of two sisters, Cassie and Lizbet, who are as different as two sisters can be, yet are extremely close. Maxted lets both sisters tell parts of the story. Their voices are unique and distinct, yet the novel reads seamlessly as it moves between the two narrators.
Lizbet works in publishing, but is stuck in a low level position at a magazine for young men called Ladz Mag, where her editorial talents are wasted on articles about cars and sex. She is in a long-term relationship with the steady, smart, funny, kind Tim. Cassie is everything Lizbet is not polished, a successful attorney, driven, and married. She and her husband George, who is written as a total contrast to Tim, have only one problem they cannot conceive a child. As the novel opens, Lizbet and Tim endure a vacation from hell where they babysit their godson, and soon after returning from the trip, Lizbet learns she is pregnant.
The fact that Lizbet has succeeded in the one area where Cassie has not causes considerable tumult, but soon after the grand announcement and Cassies litany of bad behaviors, Lizbet suffers a miscarriage. The novel is about family and motherhood, focusing on how Lizbet and Cassie work to repair their most important relationship, the one they have with each other, while exploring their past, their desires for the future, and how their experiences and their parents have shaped them.
Maxted writes about family ties and foibles with a keen sense of humor and pathos. While certain plot elements are reminiscent of other novels in this genre, and Maxted does deliver the expected happy ending, the solid writing, humor and well-drawn characters make this a very enjoyable, satisfying read.


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Connellsville walkers get dose of railroad talk, tracing trains' track
It may have been warm and muggy with rain showers, but that did little to deter the crowds who walked through Connellsville to learn about the history of the railroads that helped the city grow.
The walk was scheduled on Aug. 20 as one of the Fayette County Wednesday Walks, as set by the Fayette County Healthy Lifestyles Task Force.
Bill Sechler and Cathy Kumor began the tour, which included approximately 125 participants, near Crawford's Cabin in Yough River Park. The group went to the former P&LE station at the corner of North Seventh Street and West Crawford Avenue.
There, Sechler and Joe Klocek, assistant vice president and branch manager of Somerset Trust, which owns the station, gave talks about the history of the structure and what is happening to it. Somerset Trust is preparing to restore the station.
According to Sechler, the Pittsburgh, McKeesport and Youghiogheny, in a bid for rail traffic from the coal and coke industries, reached Connellsville. As part of the effort, a combination freight and passenger station was built of wood at the point where Route 119, Route 711 and Route 201 meet, about two blocks west of the P&LE station building.
Later, the Pittsburgh, McKeesport and Youghiogheny wanted to expand its service. Then taken over by its parent company, the P&LE, the brick station was built in 1911.
Sechler said the borough of New Haven, now the West Side of Connellsville, was built up, so the railroad was constructed on heavy piers that elevated the track level three stories above the town. There is a door on the tower in the back of the station that was built to be at track level.
The rails crossed West Crawford Avenue and, within a few years, were met by the Western Maryland Railroad, which had extended its tracks from Cumberland, Md., he said. The lines met above the sidewalk on the south side of West Crawford Avenue. Both railroads used the new station, which was known as the Union station.
Passenger service continued until 1939. From that point, the railroad used the tower as an interlocking tower (switch tower) until the P&LE went out of existence and the Western Maryland was absorbed into the CSX.
The piers that supported the tracks are still visible on the West Side.
The station went through different owners; became an auto parts dealer, an auto dealership and then an outlet glass store.
The glass business then built the smaller brick structure behind the station, which will become the Somerset Trust office, according to Klocek.
Klocek said the first thought was to convert the station into a bank. But the building is on the National Register of Historic Places, so adding a drive-thru banking facility and other amenities is not possible. The conversion of the smaller building has no restrictions. Work should be completed by October, he added.
Plans call for opening the station to the public again for the holiday season.
Work will begin in 2015 for the restoration of the station building, which will include some offices for the bank and a community room.
Next stop, Veterans Plaza
Following the stop at the P&LE station, the tour headed for Veterans Plaza near city hall.
There, Sechler spoke about the role the Baltimore & Ohio, later the Chessie System and then CSX played in railroad developments in Connellsville.
He said the B&O was the first common carrier of passengers in the United States. A subsidiary railroad, the Pittsburgh & Connellsville, first a subsidiary of the Pennsylvania Railroad, built its system around Pittsburgh, then began to build from Turtle Creek to Connellsville, with the objective of reaching Cumberland, Md.
The railroad was completed to Connellsville by 1871 with a branch from Connellsville to the Pennsylvania Railroad near Greensburg built to move products to the Philadelphia area. The B&O took over the line and extended it over the mountains to Cumberland, building tunnels through the mountains in the process.
Then the Chesapeake & Ohio took over the B&O and the Western Maryland and merged them into the Chessie System. The Chessie then evolved into the CSX.
Today, the yard in Connellsville is still in use. But Sechler said the main use is to hold empty auto racks before building trains to return them to automobile plants to the west to be reloaded.
Connellsville Canteen
Before the tour could continue to the Amtrak station on Water Street, the rains arrived. The crowds were then directed to the Connellsville Canteen, where Sechler provided a tour and information on the HO gauge model railroad, built by Harry Clark, a carpenter.
Sechler said the display had been headquartered at Nemacolin Woodlands in Farmington. But the construction of a casino there meant the model railroad had to move.
Clark's work was known by area businessman Tuffy Shallenberger, who arranged to have the display crated and moved to the Crawford Avenue site, where it was lifted into place by crane and the Connellsville Canteen building was then built around it.
Michael Edwards, president of the Connellsville Trust, spoke about the approximately 800 women who, during World War II, met the trains of soldiers that stopped in Connellsville while the equipment was serviced.
The women provided food and drink 24 hours a day at the B&O station and made arrangements for entertainment by the local Molinaro band. The women even provided a taxi service for local servicemen from Connellsville so they could spend a short time at home before returning to the trains.
The Connellsville Canteen is open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays. The drain display is only open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays. Edwards said plans call for more extended hours in the future.
Karl Polacek is a staff writer for Trib Total Media.


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It has been quite some time since I last wrote, and quite some time since I was last in the U.S. The winter in Montana was a good one aside from the tragic loss of Guy Lacelle. He was one of best ice climbers world wide, not only in ability but in his pure and genuine love for the sport.
As the snows began to melt I blasted off to Costa Rica to attempt riding on the swells of the massive Pacific. We spent 7 days on the remote Peninsula de la Osa among howler monkeys and flocks of Macaw parrots. Most days I would have no more than a pair of shorts and my machete for harvesting the abundant coconuts. Mornings and evenings were for surfing, mid-day was for siestas. After 10 days of work I managed to get a flight to Cuba, a nation I have always wanted to visit. I spent a night in the city: shared a bottle of rum with 6 employees at an ice cream shop, smoked my first cuban cigar with a family who practiced afro-cuban voodoo, and caught some spectacular Cuban rhythms!
The next 4 days I was in Vinales the famous tobacco producing area that also happens to be Cuba's epicenter for sport climbing. I passed the days climbing on the overhanging-stalactite covered walls of the Karst geological formations with motivated local, Yorobys. Climbing in these expansive overhangs requires thinking three-dimensionally. The skills needed to transfer from steep mixed rock to daggers of ice could be applied to this new-to-me style of climbing.
After Cuba it was off to Mexico to work on the Yucatan.
The whole month of June I was in the midst of the saturated air of these three nations, sweating form day one until my return to Montana. The locals I met along the way made it a memorable travel.
I will have to say that I'm happy to be back home in the cool and dry high mountain air. I got to spend 4 days in Bozeman prior to blasting down here to the Tetons to start the summer guiding season with Jackson Hole Mountain Guides. Yesterday, we took 3 young kids up the classic "Guides Wall" a 5-pitch 5.8 in Cascade Canyon. Feels good to be back on the rock.


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Richmond footballer Bachar Houli says Muslims in Australia are being "smashed" as a result of negative perceptions created in the media.
But Houli, a devout Muslim, believed Australians were now less tolerant of racist comments.
Speaking at an after dinner hosted by the AFL at Greater Western Sydney's Homebush headquarters on Wednesday night, Houli urged Muslims in the country to show patience.
Houli, one of the Tigers' best players this season, was allegedly labelled a "terrorist" by Melbourne radio announcer John Burns in a conversation overheard by a Richmond official at a game in April. Burns later apologised but said he did not remember making the remark.
"You trust the people that hear the comments and you appreciate the people who want to make a difference. That's a highlight in society, we don't tolerate racist comments anymore," Houli said.
"It's a minority that gives certain people a different name. The great thing about Australian society, we're not tolerating anything anymore."
Houli, 27, who has played 125 games for Essendon and Richmond since debuting in 2007, said he was "surprised" it had taken so long for the "terrorist" slur to be made against him given the way Muslims are portrayed in the mainstream media.
"Unfortunately we are getting smashed at the moment. But for us as Muslims in this country we must remain patient," Houli said.
"God loves those who are patient. If we can implement patience in us, we'll be different people. If we can change ourselves first, we'll be better as a community. We have to be patient and put up with everything because those who are patient will truly taste success."
Houli described the AFL as a "leading force" in embracing multiculturalism and praised his employers for their understanding during Ramadan, during which he abstains from food and drink from dawn to dusk, which can be problematic for a professional athlete.
The club allows him to complete the individual part of his training on his own and he finishes earlier than his teammates.
"Mind you I'm up from 4.30 am trying to get as much food as I can," Houli said.
Houli prepares his body for Ramadan by fasting two days a week leading up to the holy month.
"So far it's six days and I haven't felt it once," Houli said.
But Houli said he found it more difficult to marry his faith and football as a junior during club pie nights.
"It was hard to have a pie because we couldn't," Houli said.
"We always had an excuse, 'Mum's prepared something really nice for us', but I was hanging to have that pie. The smell.
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When I was starting out in college, I majored in theater (emphasis on technical theater). Silly thing is, I only received an Associate of Arts (2 year degree program) in theater, because I wanted to be an archaeologist. So, yeah, I went to another college/university to get my degree in that. But I digress.
While getting my degree in theater I had to take acting classes. Acting can be fun, but I prefer to be behind the scenes. Something very useful that they teach the actors is to know where you are going. This is useful for them when something goes wrong (someone forgets a line, there is some technical glitch, whatever). It is obvious when you have an amateur actor on stage when something goes wrong because they will often freeze, run off stage, or do something really stupid. On the other hand, a well trained actor will handle the situation so well that you, in the audience, will be hard pressed to know if they are covering up a faux pas or if they actually rehearsed it that way.
We as technicians should follow their lead. We should be prepared for all contingencies for when things not going as planned. How will you make it look? How will you get the set changes done? How is it going to sound? How are you going to keep the magic alive? This is especially difficult for those of us who have very short runs (one or two weekends) like academic theater. You have been spending all your time making the costumes, sets, setting up the lights and sound, and only have one week to rehearse with the cast to make magic. How are you supposed to plan for every contention?
The first thing that needs to be done with any show is organization. By having all of your paperwork prepared and carefully organized, not scribbles on random scraps of paper, then you will have a point of reference to make accommodations for the inevitable. Do not depend on others to tell you what you are going to do, but give them the options to choose from. After all, the stage manager needs your expertise to make everything run right. They will just be coordinating the action, but you have to know where you are going.
Hopefully, technicians who work on long running or permanent productions have the opportunity to rehearse contingency plans. After all, there is more likely to be returning audience members and they will be able to spot mistakes unless you make it look like a planned change.
Let's think about some of the things that could go wrong. If you have to skip a scene (say a major scenic piece prevents you from going there for some reason), it should be simple to just jump a few cues and get on track with the next scene. What will you do with any scroller units that have to change frames or a mover that has changes but are live in the cue you are in and the one you are going to? What if the stage manager decides to do the skipped scene in front of the main rag but all your cues are written for upstage? What if you are using wireless mics and now don't have time to switch packs on actors? Can you accommodate a quick costume change? Can you finish the rest of the show if the set piece is now blocking other scenes as well?
I can't tell you the answers to all of these scenarios, but I can tell you that a well seasoned technician will not build a show without contingency plans in place. After all, everyone expects the show to go on and no matter what the problem is, they expect you to make it happen. We make our jobs look easy when things go right, make sure that you do so even when things go wrong. You will be appreciated.
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By Mason W. Canales
Killeen Daily Herald
COPPERAS COVE - The recent arrest of Matthew Thomas Doyle by Copperas Cove Police Department is not the first time CCPD has investigated charges of sexual assault and improper relationships between an educator and a student in the Copperas Cove Independent School district.
Dena Schuetze, a former Copperas Cove teacher, plead guilty to a charge of an improper relationship between an educator and a student in July 2005 in the 52nd District Court in Coryell County.
She received 10 years of deferred adjudication and fines for the charge.
She was originally arraigned on a sexual assault of a child charge and two counts of an improper relationship between an educator and a student in December 2004 after Copperas Cove Police concluded an investigation.
In October 2004, a former Copperas Cove boys basketball coach, Christopher Graham, plead no contest to an improper relationship with a student in the same court. He received five years of deferred probation for his charge.
CCISD spokeswoman Katie Rudesheim wouldn't speak to the 2004 and 2005 convictions, but she said safety and well-being are always a major priority of the school district.
Any allegations such as those brought against Doyle and head girls' basketball coach Preston Flaniken are always taken "very seriously," Rudesheim said, and the district investigates all such allegations.
Doyle was arrested April 4 by Copperas Cove Police on a charge of sexual assault. Also, the school district reported allegations against Flaniken for an improper relationship with a student to police on March 30.
Flaniken, who was placed on administrative leave after the allegations emerged, resigned from the school district Wednesday, which will end his time with the district at the end of the school year, Rudeshiem said.
"Our No. 1 priority always remains the safety of our students," she said. "We have procedures in place to protect all people involved, and we investigate properly and thoroughly."
After receiving allegations, the school district immediately removes that educator or staff member from interacting with the student population by placing them on administrative leave, she said. The district then starts its own investigation, and reports the allegations to the police and the State Board for Educator Certification run by the Texas Education Agency.
Both organizations will start their own investigations into the allegations and incidents.
The TEA will wait to conduct its investigation if there is already a criminal investigations underway, TEA spokeswoman DeEtta Culbertson said. The organization does take its own witness statements and review the findings with the State Board of Educators Certifications, which can revoke a teacher's certificate, preventing that person from teaching in the state again.
The police's investigation can result in an arrest such as it did with Doyle.
Cases across the state
During the 2009-10 school year, the SBEC opened 178 sexual misconduct cases, nine sexual harassment cases, and 141 inappropriate relationships between an educator and a student or minor cases.
Sexual misconduct and inappropriate relationship cases made up about 20 percent of the cases brought forward to the board that year.
As of the second quarter of the 2010-11 school year, there have been 402 cases brought before the State Board of Educator Certificates, more than 56 percent of those cases opened were sexual misconduct, violence, sexual harassment or inappropriate relationship with a student or minor cases, stated information from the board.
"Those are the highest priority," Culberson said about improper relationship cases. "When you have a teacher that has been alleged to endangering a student, those are cases we take very seriously."
Preventive measures
While there is no formal training to teach educators how to avoid improper relationship situations, the district requires that all educators and staff take a sexual harassment training course every year, Rudesheim said.
The district also performs a criminal background check, conducts reference checks and interviews before any employee is hired.
"With the procedures that we have in place we are able to figure out if there was anything in that person's past that would prevent us from hiring them," Rudesheim said.
The reference checks and the interviews allow the district to get some insight into what type of employee that person may be, she said.
While the district stands firmly behind its hiring policy and its policy for handling improper relationships, the hiring policy only lets the district look into someone's past and there is no way of telling what someone may do in the future after they are hired, Rudeshiem said.
"We do all we can to determine the bad eggs and the good eggs," she said.
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Destination: Mexican Riviera
Embarkation: Los Angeles
My mother and mother-in-law both traveled with us. My mother-in-law was a little skeptical about the cruise, but by the end she didnt want to leave the ship.
Embarkation- We arrived at the port around 12:30pm and saw a long line of people. We prepared ourselves for a long wait, but to our surprise the line was continuously moving and before we knew it& we were on the ship. Check-in was a breeze.
We had an inside room (thought wed save some $$) and it was better than we had anticipated. The inside room served its purpose: sleep, shower and get ready. However, I will definitely have a balcony room next time. We had to set our phone to wake us up, because there would be no sun peeking in to let More you know it was morning. There were times when I wanted to sit outside and read, and a balcony wouldve been great when I wanted a quiet space.
Days at sea They were great. My kids loved the pools. You definitely need to save lounge chairs early (7-8am) if you want them, especially around the main pool with the band. My husband participated in the Fear Factor competition one of the days. The little competitions they have by the pool are fun to watch.
We tried to see as many shows as possible. We loved the comedy shows. My favorite show was the ventriloquist. Adults and children both enjoyed the show. My 6-year-old son was picked to go up on stage and he loved it.
Dining We loved going to the dining room. Our servers Juri and Roberto were wonderful. Juri always gave us his recommendations based on what we might like. We already miss him. The food was great and so was the service.
Kids Club I kept trying to get my two youngest to go to Kids Club, but they wanted to stay with us. One night they received invitations to attend a Slumber Party. It wasnt a real slumber party; it was a night full of fun activities. My 10-year-old daughter decided to go. It was from 10pm to 3:30am on the second to last night we were on the ship. Well, she absolutely loved it. She was upset when my husband picked her up at 3:20am (she still had 10 minutes). She wished she wouldve attended the club more throughout the trip. Next time& Ports- Puerto Vallarta This was the only port that we did a shore excursion. We did the Royal Dolphin Adventure. It was a great experience. We all loved the interaction with the dolphins, especially the kids. We were able to go into town after our excursion since the ship wouldnt depart until 10pm.
Mazatlan We took a tour of the city in a passenger van. Our guide Victor was quite comical. After the tour we went to the beach. The water was a little too warm (approx. 85 degrees). We are from Southern California and are used to cooler water, but it was a fun experience.
Cabo San Lucas Our favorite port. Absolutely beautiful! We took a glass bottom boat tour which took us around all of the beautiful rocks. The guide then dropped us off at the beach. We did some shopping and then went back to the beach. The water was a lot more refreshing than Mazatlan. I mostly sat under an umbrella, drank margaritas and kept saying No, gracias to all of the walking vendors. The same guide/boat picked us up from the beach and took us back to the docks, which was great.
Summary We were very pleased with our 1st cruise. We had concerns considering that some people consider Carnival low on the totem pole of cruise lines. It was definitely the Fun Ship. We had a great time and will cruise with Carnival again. Less
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"My wife the other day was trying to turn right out of our side street and a man in a gigantic Mercedes was waving her through," recounts
"It was Eddie Obeid, very politely giving her the right of way."
With that, Watson leans back in his chair at Italian eatery Beppi's – an eastern Sydney institution famed for its private cellar dining and high-powered clientele – and laughs.
This is, after all, the man who spat at Watson in a soul-baring moment in the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) witness box: "I've spent more money than you've made in a lifetime."
In an historic report delivered on July 31, ICAC found Obeid, his entrepreneurial middle son, Moses, and ex-Labor mining minister
Eight days later, Watson confirms his availability for a light grilling on this and other subjects in a telephone call that begins with the laughably modest caveat, "Not that I think you should be interested in me . . . "
Figure of fascination
The 53-year-old is a figure of fascination for ICAC buffs and political aficionados. He is reluctant to over-egg the attention he has received as a result of the inquiry but he admits he is stopped in the street "every now and then" by people who just want to say thanks.
That, he says, is rather nice. But the media focus throughout the inquiry on everything from his polka-dot handkerchiefs – here I look slightly guilty – to the colour of his ties was "absolutely weird".
Born and raised in Sydney's west and inner west, Watson says he doesn't go in much for fine dining. But he loves Beppi's, which opened in June 1956, because it's "so proudly old-fashioned in its décor and the food and the service".
"It's lucky it's of a very, very high standard, but the real key to it [for our purposes] is Beppi's has popped up in so many ICAC inquiries," he says. "There were so many transactions hammered out down here . . . It would make your hair stand on end."
Watson opts for the grilled red emperor fish fillets with roasted capers, lemon and parsley. I order the snapper fillets with salsa verde, and we share an entrée of Portobello field mushrooms marinated and baked with mixed herbs. ("Superb," he pronounces later.)
It's a rather more leisurely lunch than was possible during ICAC's lengthy public hearings from November to March this year, which opened with a bang when Watson alleged corruption "on a scale probably unexceeded since the days of the Rum Corps" in colonial NSW.
He scripted that now-famous line on a plane trip to Canberra.
"The opening [statement] was really the hardest legal project I have ever been assigned in my entire career, and by a long sea mile, as Long John Silver would have called it," Watson confides. "I'm not especially proud of what I've achieved as a lawyer; it's been OK. But I'll tell you this much: I'm proud of that opening."
'You're a crook'
He is less proud of another killer line he uttered during questioning. Even casual observers of ICAC might recall the day Watson hurled the words "You're a crook" at Macdonald, after he was urged by the former minister's barrister to put his case to him directly.
"To tell the truth, I feel guilty about calling Ian Macdonald a crook," Watson says. "I spat out what was actually in my mind."
There was no shortage of barristerial stoushes in ICAC's purpose-built hearing room in the Stockland building in central Sydney. Watson says the lawyers acting against him "were some of the best barristers in NSW".
"I'll single out one: Bob Stitt," he says of the Queen's Counsel who acted for Sydney investment banker Richard Poole, one of five businessmen whom ICAC found had acted corruptly by concealing the Obeids' involvement in the coal tenement.
"One of the many things which has wrecked my career is I tried to be Bob Stitt. It was a pretty lame impersonation. He is a really fine barrister."
We pause as a warm-eyed gent stops at our table to shake hands. ("Cold hands, warm heart," he says in my case, to Watson's amusement.)
"That's Beppi," Watson whispers as our genial 87-year-old host, Beppi Polese, moves on.
Shocked by corruption
As we set to work on our mains, Watson says he was "shocked" to discover the corruption alleged in the inquiry extended beyond politicians to some of Australia's wealthiest businessmen, including coal mogul
The men were founding investors in Cascade Coal, a company that entered into a mining joint venture with the Obeids. All face potential criminal charges as a result of ICAC's findings.
"I thought rich people when they were rich didn't need more," Watson says. "What a fool."
He says he and Nicholas Chen, the junior barrister assisting ICAC in the inquiry, had regarded the allegations against the businessmen as a critical part of the case.
"It would have been a travesty had that not been investigated and that part of it included in this inquiry," he says.
Watson says he "had a ball" working with Chen, his former pupil barrister, and predicts he'll be "at the top of his field one day".
But, he adds, the sensational public hearings – including secretly taped phone calls, a cast of colourful witnesses, and the odd smoking gun – tell only part of the story. Preparation for the hearings began about a year earlier and was, for the most part, "excruciatingly boring".
"The whole story unfolding is like a spy novel. But the problem is that in a spy novel, nobody has to read 60,000 pages of documents, some of which would be duplicates. It could well have been over 100,000 pages of things that we had to keep in our mind."
Impressed by technical skill
It is clear Commissioner David Ipp, QC, a former judge on the NSW Court of Appeal, was impressed by Watson's technical skill as a lawyer when he called him two years ago to suggest a little assignment.
An expert in product liability, insurance and professional negligence cases, Watson – who took silk in 2002 after 18 years at the bar – had appeared before Ipp many times in court. But he had not appeared for a witness at ICAC for about 15 years and had never acted as counsel assisting the commission.
As the crowd of diners thins and we push our plates aside, Watson checks his iPhone apologetically. He is waiting for news on a High Court case.
After we rule out dessert, he adds that assisting Ipp is "one of the greatest honours that I could ever have had as a lawyer".
"I remain absolutely in awe of not only his incredible commitment and energy but of his integrity," he says with conviction.
Watson made his theatrical debut as counsel assisting Ipp in November 2011, in an inquiry known colloquially as "Tiffanie". That investigation revealed Macdonald spent the night with a prostitute as a reward for setting up a meeting for Sydney property developer
When I ask if the inquiry was as fun for him as it was for spectators, he repeats my words sardonically: "Was that fun?"
One "very senior barrister" had joked he must have paid Ipp to get the brief, he says.
Labor family next time
ICAC was not Watson's first brush with Labor luminaries. The second-youngest of five children, Watson spent his early life in Guildford in western Sydney.
"The Ferguson family were right next door," he says of the Labor dynasty including patriarch and former NSW deputy premier Jack, his wife Mary, their two daughters and sons Martin, Laurie and Andrew.
The Watsons, he tells me, are descended from convicts from the Second Fleet, including a prostitute, Rachel Hoddy, who sailed to Sydney on the Lady Juliana – also known as The Floating Brothel. Hoddy had been sentenced to transportation for theft.
"Which makes me proudly say, to the best of my knowledge, no member of my family has ever been convicted for prostitution," Watson quips.
It is easy to forget the time with such an engaging lunch companion. We are among the last remaining diners when we order a chamomile and a green tea.
I inquire about his friends, and Watson names a few. He met Justin Gleeson, now the Commonwealth Solicitor-General, at St Martha's Primary School in Strathfield.
Both went on to St Patrick's College in Strathfield, a Catholic boys' school, and then to the University of Sydney Law School.
He claims Gleeson came closest to summing him up when he opined of him on a camping trip during their university days: "You're an endless source of anecdotes, trivia and crap." (As if to prove the point, he adds it was during this trip that The Beatles' John Lennon died, dating it around December 8, 1980.)
There appear to be many levellers in Watson's inner circle. He met his wife, Michele, at law school and the couple live with their two sons, James, who turns 21 in September, and Edward, 19, within streets of Obeid senior in Hunters Hill on Sydney's leafy lower north shore.
"I can tell you she was a much more accomplished student than myself," Watson says of Michele.
Asked if he earned any familial plaudits for his work at ICAC, Watson nearly chokes.
"I think they like me, but one thing they're not going to do is suck up to me," he says.
It dawns on us, well after 3pm, that we are, in fact, now the last of the long lunchers at Beppi's. I receive a typically self-deprecating reply to my final question: "What next?"
"I'll keep puddling along. I don't think I've got a major career change in mind. My days as a male model might be behind me."
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The rapporteur would like to remind all the participants to refer to the ?Analysis of case studies on successful practices in telecommunications for rural and remote remote areas? published by the ITU as report of ITU SG2 for Q10-1/2 during 3rd study period (2002-2006). It gives under the annex from 47-53 on the ?Reducing Off-Grid Energy Costs for Small-Scale Rural ICT Projects?. The annex was provided by Ms. Rebecca Mayer of Winrock International (USA) to the rapporteur?s group meeting as their contribution and agreed to be included in the report. The following is the extracts from the annex. The complete text is downloadable free of charge from : http://www.itu.int/publ/D-STG-SG02.10.1-2006/en
The cost of providing electricity for small-scale ICT projects in off-grid and poorly electrified areas can consume as much as 80% of initial project funds if energy demand is not managed properly from the outset.
When on-site energy generation and storage systems are used, the selection of low-power ICT equipment such as notebook computers, low-power desktop computers, LCDs screens, and ink jet printers (Figure A-1) can result in significant net savings in initial project costs by reducing the need for energy. Simply using energy efficient notebook computers instead of desktop systems can reduce the upfront investment in an off-grid, solar-powered telecenter by over USD 30 000. One of the primary goals of this discussion is to raise awareness of the relationship between ICTs and energy, and the financial benefits of considering energy needs early in the process when planning ICT programs in unelectrified rural areas.
Figure A-1 ? Energy-Saving ICT Options for Off-Grid Projects
Even when grid power is available, low ICT power consumption may be beneficial if the grid is unreliable and subject to frequent power outages. When the grid has frequent outages, a back-up electricity generator and/or a battery system may be needed to ensure continuous availability of electricity. As with distributed energy generation systems, the cost of a back-up battery system typically increases with the capacity of the battery bank. In general, the less energy the ICTs are consuming, the less expensive it will be to supply any shortfalls that may arise during the lifetime of the project.
A variety of field tested, commercialized standalone power systems are available to provide electricity for small-scale rural ICT applications. Energy management is particularly important with the use of photovoltaic (PV) and small wind systems. An assessment of the availability, quality and reliability of access to electricity at the site of proposed information and communications facilities can be a valuable cost-saving tool when matched with an understanding of distributed energy options and the impact that ICT power requirements have on energy system size and cost.
Small-scale energy needs are defined in this paper as the consumption of no more than 10 or 12 kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity per day. These needs can typically be met by power systems with rated capacities ranging from tens of Watts up to 2 to 3 kilowatts (kW) of peak power. In practical terms, power systems within this size range are capable of supporting applications such as battery charging for cell phones; a satellite dish, television and videocassette player for distance education; or a rural telecenter with eight to ten energy-efficient computers. Once the demand for electricity starts to exceed the range defined above, greater economies of scale in the purchase of energy system equipment begin to tip the balance of cost-benefit analyses toward different solutions and approaches.
Rural Energy Options
There are a number of ways to power small-scale ICT installations in locations that are not served by the electricity grid. Typically, the easiest and least expensive solution from the end user?s perspective is to arrange for the extension of the electricity grid to the project site. The cost of grid extension increases with the distance from the grid at a rate of several thousand U.S. dollars per kilometre (Table A-1). Therefore grid extension often starts to become economically prohibitive farther than three to five km from the grid.
When grid extension is not an option, a stand-alone or distributed power system can be installed to generate electricity at a location close to the site where the electricity is needed. Examples of small-scale, standalone power systems include generator sets powered by diesel, photovoltaic systems, small wind systems, and micro-hydro systems. Power systems based on renewable energy resources such as sunlight, wind and running water typically incur most of their costs up front with the initial purchase and installation of the system. On the other hand, power options based on fossil fuels tend to have lower initial investment costs and much higher running costs over time (Table A-1).
Table A-1 ? Costs of Energy Options for Off-Grid ICT Installations
Grid extension
Solar PV
Small wind
Capital costs2
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USD 12 000 to
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USD 2 000 to
USD 1 000 to
Operating costs4
USD 80 to
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2 Capital costs include energy system components, installation, vendor markups, taxes and duties.
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4 Source: U.S. Office of Technology Assessment, 1992. Grid operating costs are based on retail electricity rates of USD 0.08 to
USD 0.12 per kWh. Generator operating costs include fuel at a price of USD 0.50/liter.
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