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Transport systems may be classified into three main groups according to the loads they normally carry, passenger, freight or military. Some are shared by more than one of these groups; for example during the war some passenger ships were used for troop and weaponry transport, and trains often carry both passengers and freight.
We have at our disposal a variety of transport systems for use over land, sea and air - and, although still in its infancy, into space. Each of these has its advantages and disadvantages, depending on its application.
Aircraft travel over both land and sea and access places difficult or impossible to reach by other means, very quickly.
Ships are much slower and are more limited in their access but can carry enormous loads.
Rail services can also handle heavy loads, but are limited to accessing places to which rail lines have been provided.
Road transport is very flexible and can handle reasonably heavy loads, but delivery at times may be slow or unreliable due to traffic and other conditions.
Each of these systems has undergone changes over the years, and some of these changes will be discusssed here.
Go to Cars to see some features found in old cars, or go to Old Cars to see pictures of some old cars, or to British Cars to read some surprising facts about famous British car brands.
Road transport vehicles have changed immensely since the '40s. Cars are much faster, more comfortable, safer, and have many features that were never dreamed of back then. Trucks and buses carry much greater
loads, and other forms, like cycles and scooters are barely recognizable as descendants of the older ones.
Even our stations and bus stops are unrecognizable from those of our youth.
Roads are the oldest and by far the largest of the transport systems, and allow personal travel (pedestrian, cycle and car), community travel (buses and coaches),
and service travel (emergency, commercial and heavy goods vehicles).
As roads became more numerous, and traffic speed and numbers increased, ways were invented to make road traffic safer and more convenient.
One of these was the prioritising of roads, with highway and super-highway traffic being allowed unimpeded access, while intercepting-road traffic was obliged to give them right-of-way. Lesser roads were controlled by various signs indicating their need to stop or slow down to allow major-road traffic to pass. Traffic lights were invented in 1912, using only red and green indicators. Since then, several systems have been used at various times. All allow for a "preparation time" when drivers are cautioned, usually by a yellow or amber light, that the lights are about to change from green to red or vice-versa. In some areas, a clock-face type of indicator was used, where a sweep-hand rotated over a face with red, yellow and green segments. Roundabouts, with a central unused area, are often used instead of traffic indicators where traffic is light. These allow traffic in all directions to pass unimpeded if no other traffic is present. Many other signs are used to warn of dangerous sections, and speed limits are imposed according to the area through which the road passes.
Road surfaces tend to become slippery at times from oil or chemical spills, loose gravel or sand, or rain or ice, causing braking problems for vehicles. Various methods have been used to reduce this problem. Salt is sometimes applied to icy road surfaces, to melt the ice. Road surfaces are given a "camber" or slope to the sides to allow water to drain away. Road surface materials that give better braking assistance are used.
The term "cycles" is used here in the broadest sense, to refer to any transport device not intended for multi-passenger use.
The first bicycle, the "boneshaker" was built around 1860. Bikes were referred to as velocipedes.
Around 1866 the "penny-farthing" was built, with a huge front wheel and a tiny rear wheel. The intention was to cover more distance per pedal rotation.
In 1869, solid rubber tyres were fitted, giving a degree of comfort to riders.
In 1870 the unicycle (one-wheeler) was made. It mainly featured in circus acts as it was difficult to ride.
In 1879 chain-driven bikes were produced. Prior to this, pedalling was done on the front wheel only, in a similar manner to childrens tricycles today.
In 1888 inflatable tyres were fitted, giving much greater comfort.
In 1898 the "free-wheel" was invented, allowing the rider to cruise downhill without pedalling.
In 1937, derailleur gear-changing was invented. Prior to this, gears were changed manually after dismounting.
In 1994 disk brakes became available. These were more efficient than block brakes, and because they were inside the wheel hub, were less affected by rain.
The first "motorcycle" was Roper's steam velocipede, in 1868. Roper died of a heart attack while riding it a few years later.
Bernardi's 1882 motorized tricycle is reported as the first motorcycle powered by an internal combustion engine.
The British company Triumph Motorcycles sold more than 30,000 of its Triumph Type H model to allied forces during the war. With the rear wheel driven by a belt, the Model H was fitted with a 499cc air-cooled four-stroke single-cylinder engine.
Modern motorcycles are of course much more powerful and are designed for higher speeds. Wind-drag becomes significant and fairing is fitted to reduce this.
There are some designers now producing cycles that blur the distinction between bicycles and motorcycles. "Hybrids", with pedal-assisted electric drive, regenerative braking, lightweight fiberglass shell, and computerised control panel are becoming progressively more common.
Skates come in four basic types: roller skates, inline skates, skateboards, and ice skates.
These are pairs of small platforms with three, four or five rollers or wheels underneath that can be attached, one to each foot, allowing the user to travel forward or backward by placing one foot
perpendicular to the other and applying thrust. Inline skates are really a subset of roller skates (even though inline skates were invented earlier), but generally the term "roller skate"
refers to "quad skates", those with the wheels in a square formation while inline skates refers to those with the wheels in a single line along the platform.
The first recorded skates were invented in 1760 by John Joseph Merlin. These were inline skates with small metal wheels. The first square-configuration skates did not arrive until over a century later, in 1863. These were termed "quad skates" and were invented by James Leonard Plimpton in New York. These were much easier to steer, by shifting the weight to either side on a rubber cushion.
In 1877, William Brown and Joseph Henry Hughes fitted ball-bearing races to the wheels, making them capable of higher speed and faster acceleration. In 1876 the front toe stop was produced, giving skaters the ability to stop quickly by tipping the skate onto its toe.
In 1979, Scott Olson and Brennan Olson of Minneapolis, created inline skates for off-ice ice hockey training, and later launched the Rollerblade company.
The design of both types of skate has been improved with softer, more comfortable shoes, more durable wheels and improved shaping.
The exact time of the appearance of skateboards is a bit unclear, but there are reports of French children in Paris riding on boards with roller skate wheels attached to them in late 1944. However skateboarding or "sidewalk surfing", as it was known, grew from surfers in California in the 60's who wanted an activity to pursue when surf was not running. It was performed barefoot and skaters used surfing style and maneuvers.
Modern skateboards generally consist of a board (deck) made of several layers of wood, coated with polyurethane, and fitted with two " trucks",
each with two polyurethane wheels.
There is often an abrasive sheet of "grip tape" glued to the upper surface to assist with grip. The board is usually concave, to assist with tricky manoeuvres. Motorised models are now made, powered by an electric motor and battery.
The earliest ice skating is believed to have happened in southern Finland more than 3,000 years ago, using flat bone strapped to the feet. This allowed the wearer to glide over the ice, although steering
would have been very difficult.
Adding sharpened edges to ice skates was invented by the Dutch in the 13th or 14th century, and these allowed steering, by lifting the feet and placing them at the required angle. Modern skates still use this technique.
There are two basic styles of ice skate: speed skates, and figure skates. The figure skate, used for dance routines etc. on ice, has a shorter blade that gives more flexibility to the movement of the skater.
Walkers, or Zimmer frames provide more support than a cane and are lighter, less bulky and easier to propel than a wheelchair.
Wheelchairs may be manually propelled either by the user or by an aide, or electrically powered. The first recorded use of self-propelled chairs by disabled people in Europe dates to the 17th century, when Johann Hautsch made several rolling chairs in Nürnberg, and about 1655 disabled German watchmaker Stephan Farfler made a three-wheeled chair that he could propel by use of a rotary handle on the front wheel. In the 19th century, push-rims mounted on the outside of the rear wheels allowing self-propulsion became available. Wheelchairs progressively became lighter, more robust, more comfortable and easier to use, and battery-power and electronic controls became common features.
Hybrid designs now provide power-assistance to the push-rims from electric motors for moving and for braking. These are called PAPAWs, for Push-rim Activated Power Assisted Wheelchairs.
I feel this machine warrants its own section, as its use is becoming progressively more common for "normal" transport.
The Segway PT (Personal Transporter) is a two-wheeled, self-balancing, battery-powered electric vehicle invented by Dean Kamen. It uses gyroscopic devices, sensors and electric motors to stay upright and drive forward or backward.
A basic gyroscope is a spinning wheel inside a stable frame. A spinning object resists changes to its axis of rotation, and a wheel spinning in the horizontal plane will try to stay level, even when forces are applied to change this.
The Segway consists of a small platform mounted above two wheels, and a vertical bar with handles at the top. The various motors, gyroscopes and sensors are mounted below the platform.
The rider stands on the platform, holding onto the handlebar. To steer, they shift the handlebar to the left or right, tilting the platform. Gyroscopic sensors detect this and respond by adjusting the speeds of the wheels, each with its own electric motor, in either direction.
For information about trains, goto the Trains page, or to see some famous old trains, go to the Steam Trains page. For explanations of some of the terminology related to trains, see the Train Terminology page.
Since mechanised railways first appeared in the early 20th century, there have been significant changes in their design, construction and function.
Rail tracks have both advantages and disadvantages over road tansport. The most obvious disadvantage is that the vehicles are confined to
points along the rail route, and other points must be serviced by alternative means - most often buses for passengers, trucks for freight.
Another, associated problem is that if there is a breakdown or accident on the track, the route is unusable for some time. This is often remedied by trains travelling from both directions to their nearest access point, swapping loads and returning along their own secion.
A big advantage is that much heavier loads can be transferred quickly and securely from point to point. Rails can be more readily examined and maintained than roads due to their structure and defined routes.
Some of the problems in designing and building railways are
Ships today are vastly different and there are many more types than in my younger days.
Modern warships are immensely powerful, with nuclear warheads, rockets that follow changes in a target's location, and aircraft that deploy to protect the ship or other items.
Cruise ships carry thousands of passsengers in absolute luxury, with shops, theatres and swimming pools now the norm, rather than the exception.
Dedicated Service vessels are used to lay and maintain undersea cables, transport oil and other cargo between countries, search for and rescue passengers and crew of other vessels, and perform many more functions.
To see more on this, go to the Ships page.
To read about early and modern fighter aircraft, go to the Fighter Aircraft page
The Wright brothers made the first powered flight in 1903. They could never have dreamed of the technology applied to flight now.
The first practical radar was built in 1935, but at the time it was used in meteorological, not aircraft applications.
Jet engines were invented in 1937, and the first jet-propelled flight was made in 1939 in the Heinkel HE178. This was the same year that the first helicopter, the VS300 was built.
Although aircraft had been used for some time in warfare situations, the 1945 invention of nuclear bombs increased the strategic importance of military aircraft. Even a moderate fleet of long-range bombers could deliver a deadly blow to the enemy.
During World War 2, Radio Detection and Ranging (RADAR) and Instrument Landing Systems (ILS) were both used in aircraft for the first time, and the Messerschmitt ME262 jet fighter, the Flying Fortress and Superfortress high altitude heavy bombers were made and played a very important part in the war.
The sound barrier (mach 1, approx 767 MPH) was broken for the first time in 1947.
The Boeing 377 Stratocruiser was a large long-range airliner, first flown on July 8, 1947. Its design included two passenger decks and a pressurized cabin, a relatively new feature on transport aircraft. It could carry up to 100 passengers on the main deck plus 14 in the lower deck lounge.
In 1949 the De Haviland Comet, the first commercial jet aircraft, appeared. It had four turbojet engines, a pressurised fuselage, and large square windows. For the era, it offered a relatively quiet, comfortable passenger cabin, and in 1952 it was used for regular passenger flights between London and South Africa.
In 1953 the Learjet 23 became the first small jet aircraft to enter mass production, powered by 2 turbojet engines and capable of carrying 5 passengers plus 2 crew.
In 1969, the Boeing 747 became the first wide-bodied passenger plane. It used turbofan combustion".
The Concorde jet arrived in 1976, and was capable of carrying 100 passengers at over 1500 MPH, or mach 2. But a serious accident in 2000 and its subsequent grounding for about a year, coupled with high maintenance costs, led to its decommissioning in 2003.
The B2 Flying Wing bomber was built in the '90s. The B-2 Spirit (1997) has a top speed of 1,010 km/h and a range of over 11000 km. The F117 Nighthawk Stealth fighter, at right, was introduced in 1983, and retired in 2008. It has a top speed of 993 km/h (mach 0.92) and a range of 1720 km. Both were designed to be invisible to radar and other systems, using a system called Stealth Technology. Changes to aircraft shape and surface composition are a major part of stealth technology, and both are used extensively by several countries now.
Supersonic interceptor aircraft were used for a time, but by 1955 attention shifted to guided surface-to-air missiles. Then once again, a new technology was needed when a new type of nuclear-carrying platform, the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) appeared. This signalled the start of the Space Race between the nations.
Aeroflot, of The USSR, was the first airline in the world to operate sustained regular jet services in 1956 with the Tupolev Tu-104 (81 passengers). The American Boeing 707 and DC-8 (both from 140 to 219 passengers) followed in 1958, establishing new levels of comfort and safety. This ushered in the age of mass commercial air travel, the Jet Age.
The Boeing 747 ("Jumbo"), first flown in 1970, was at the time the largest commercial passenger aircraft ever to fly, capable of carrrying 660 passengers, but was superseded by the Airbus A380, which is capable of carrying up to 853 passengers.
In 1975 Aeroflot introduced the first supersonic passenger plane, the Tu-144, and in 1976 British Airways and Air France began supersonic service across the Atlantic with Concorde.
The last quarter of the 20th century saw a change of emphasis, from flight speeds, distances and materials technology to digital applications in both flight avionics, and aircraft design and manufacturing techniques.
Digital "fly-by-wire" systems use computer-techmology to interpret the commands given by the pilot, and apply them to the controls. They are also capable of checking to ensure that the commands will not cause unrecoverable state of flight for the plane, and of initiating control commands without the need for pilot action. Digital technology also allowed subsonic military aviation to begin eliminating the pilot in favor of remotely operated or completely autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
In October 2003 the first totally autonomous flight across the Atlantic by a computer-controlled model aircraft was performed. UAVs are now an established feature of modern warfare.
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I have been fascinated by the growth and popularity of competitive poker matches on television. It has morphed from back room, smoke-filled, cheesy looking environs populated by questionable characters into luxurious casino-type surroundings attracting major movie stars dressed to the nines airing on major cable networks.
With all the upgrades in window dressing, though, one thing doesn't change. The nature of the game. Someone wins. Everyone else loses. Nothing is guaranteed except insecurity. In the end, it's all still a game. A gamble.
Aside from my college days when a bunch of us in our dorm would play gin rummy or poker with penny ante stakes, I only gambled one other time in my life. A bunch of us went to the track at the New Jersey Meadowlands one night and bet on the horses. I didn't know much about horses other than watching Mr. Ed or Fury on television when I was a kid. And I had this picture of me when I was about five sitting on pony looking like a miniature Roy Rogers on Trigger.
Anyway, my more knowledgeable friends helped me through the night, and I won a couple races, but lost more than I won. Overall, I came out $2 in the red that night. It was at least a cheaper night out than going bowling, or something like that.
Okay, where am I going with this.
Simply, as I was flipping through channels one night and came across one of those televised poker games, I was struck by the realization that all of us gamble with something in our lives. With some, it's our money. Or a relationship. For others, it's our bodies when we smoke, or do drugs. With many of us, though, it's with our eternal destiny. And that's when it hit me hard.
Our politically correct world would have us believe that we can gamble with the most important aspect of lives—our spiritual future--and always win. We can roll the dice, and they will always "come up seven, goin' to heaven." Or we hope.
If you ask people why they should be allowed into heaven, or how does one get to heaven, the answer is usually that one has to be "good" or do "good" works or be a "good" person. That has become the politically correct mantra. We measure how God should act by how we would like Him to act. And then try to measure up to the ground rules we create. I think there's a conflict of interest here!
Jesus tackles that thinking head on in Matthew 19 when a rich young ruler approaches Him with his question about how to get into the Kingdom of Heaven. He asked Jesus "what good thing must I do to get eternal life." Sounds like a sound question, right
Jesus responds rather strangely that no one is good except God. Meaning, of course, that goodness was not a trait that man can attribute to himself.
Jesus continues. (I'm paraphrasing here, so give me a little latitude) "And by the way, rich young ruler, you have to obey all the commandments to secure your future. And, while you're at it, go and give away everything you own to the poor, and maybe then you will get eternal life!"
Oops. "Now I'm really in trouble," thought the young man. He finally understood what many of us fail to understand even today…that while it may be politically correct to accept goodness as a measure of how one enters the Kingdom, Jesus dispels that summarily by saying that it's humanly impossible to achieve the degree of goodness required by God to warrant our entrance into the Kingdom.
The Old Testament is a bit stronger, and earthier, about describing men's "goodness." It says that our righteousness is literally like a filthy menstrual rag. (Isaiah 64.6) Ouch! That hurts.
Scripture says that the young man went away stunned (again my paraphrase, but you get the picture.)
His disciples are equally stunned by that realization, and they respond with the obvious question, "who then can be saved?"
And Jesus responds by saying that with man it's impossible, but with God, all things are possible. Jesus squarely takes it out of the hands of man to determine how to get to heaven and places it right where He wanted it..on His shoulders. He said He was the way, the door, the path to eternal life. (John 14:6)
Now that statement really annoys the pc police because it sounds too exclusive. You can almost hear the politically correct say "What do you mean I'm not good enough to get to heaven?" Talk about a burr under your saddle!
Well, let me tell you that I am sure happy that getting into heaven is not about being good. I mean, who is going to measure how good you have to be to be good enough? Who's in charge of that deal? That scares me.
As I said, I'm not a betting man, and betting on the hope that my "goodness" will outweigh my "badness" sounds like something from one of those poker games. You'll often hear someone say, when placing a bet, that they have a "good" hand. Unfortunately, it's not "as good" as the next guy with the winning hand.
I want a winning hand when it comes to heaven. I want certainty. I just don't want to THINK I'm good enough, only to find out one day that it was not quite good enough. Jesus meets us in the middle of the poker game and says that getting into heaven needn't be a craps shoot. That's just one of many reasons why the Gospel is good news.
Now, the REALLY good news is that Jesus substitutes the word "good" for the word "grace." Grace is unmerited favor, which means we did nothing to get into the game and a seat at the table. And, when the cards are dealt, we are given the winning hand. All the time. That's grace. I like that.
Uncertainly leaves me a bit fearful. Certainty is a sign of real love. Now, that sounds more like a loving God.
Quite frankly, I'd rather not gamble on eternity. If there's one thing in this world I want to be sure of, that's it! Can there be greater news than that!
I don't want to wake up someday being politically correct, but eternally wrong.
How about you?
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i often wondered in the past what "politically corect" meant and for me it means that you dont offend anyone.If a person goes through life not offending anybody just to be politically correct then they deny what they believe so they dont hurt other peoples feelings. This made me realize that i will never be politically correct.Jesus was not politically correct.i believe the term"politically correct" comes straight from the pit of hell

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Chinese hardware manufacturer Xiaomi has added another former Google executive to its team. Jai Mani was a strategy and analytics associate for Google Play during his days at the search giant. The new hire will lead Xiaomi's product team in India.
According to Hugo Barra, who has worked with Mr. Mani in Google, he will be the connection between Xiaomi's rapidly expanding user base in the country and the company's engineering team in Beijing. Xiaomi will soon set up an engineering team in India as well.
Xiaomi's latest personnel move is yet another indication that the company is serious about expanding internationally and ramping up its presence in India and Southeast Asia. The company is making provisions to sell 100,000 units a week in India this month. The Chinese company wants to build products or applications that run on its cellphones aimed at a global audience from India, Barra told the media earlier this year.


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We will have many different titles throughout our lives. My point in making this tee is that regardless of the ones we prefer to use, we are all the same- just acting in different levels of consciousness, perhaps at different times.
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OK, they're not "The Deer Hunter," but there's some edge-of-your-seat drama in these videos.
Youth hunting seasons are beginning to wind up in some sections of the country with some stunning results. Recently, they gained national publicity after a school teacher ridiculed a young girl who came to class with her first kill emblazoned on her sweatshirt.
The emerging tradition now for many boys and girls on their first hunt is to record their trophies or even the first kill with some very good videos (backed by terrific camerawork from mom or dad).
Here's a terrific night shoot from Texas. "You got her, you got her," an older man who sounds suspiciously like a father yells out:
Some go all out with split screens and strong instrumentals. Check out this splendid mini-documentary with a young boy and girl from Michigan.
This report from Pennsylvania takes a more minimalist approach, with little dialogue at first and long, sultry silences that many hunters will recognize:
And make sure you don't miss Cal Haataja's last youth deer hunt from Wisconsin. Listen carefully, there's some great hunting wisdom whispered in this short piece, especially on passing up on smaller deer to help the overall harvest.
Finally, we have Ethan's hunt from western Pennsylvania, which features a nice split screen of a young hunter taking aim at a deer as well as this funny piece of dialogue:
Man: "She's behind this yellow tree here."
Youth: "They're all yellow."


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A Violent Inauguration? A Call For Peace On Inauguration Day
Now that all attempts to delegitimize President Elect Trump to this point including failed recounts, the constant drum beating about popular vote victory, intimidation, bullying and desperate pleas to the Electoral college and the attempt at cold War 2.0 have failed, will inauguration day be the last stand? Now even millionaire Catholic socialist filmmaker Michael Moore is leveraging a Trump presidency to catapult himself back into relevance while his home state is already feeling the benefits of the Trump effect.
Moore has already shown up to Trump tower with his trademark (and tired) Roger and Me shtick and he is a leading voice in calling for civil disobedience protests, a whole hundred days of them, starting on inauguration day. While this is probably a key way to gather material for his next film about how awful America is, he left out a key word in his call to action – peaceful.
While Michael Moore is calling for civil disobedience, many signs are pointing to the possibility of violent protests. All this while President Elect Trump is already putting jobs back into Moore's home state of Michigan and the country is already seeing some signs of being hit with the Trump's economic defribulator. What a sad pair Moore and Rosie O'Donnell make, leading the charge!
I'm sure Mr. Moore would be on his soap box had Obama done anything this useful for Michigan in the last eight years, but alas, we seem to have become so attached to identity politics that we can no longer celebrate the good even when it directly impacts issues like jobs, the one issue Michael Moore staked his entire career on back before his net worth took him into the one percent.
Meanwhile at DNC headquarters, Donna Brazile has it backwards, it's Democrats who have a great chance to move back toward their roots and embrace Americana again by getting behind proposed initiatives that might help the American worker and stimulate a browbeaten economy.
In any case, it seems definite that there will be a wave of protests on January 20th as Americans who oppose this presidency rightly should exercise their right to free speech. The larger question though is whether those protests will turn violent and turn inauguration day into an international spectacle. This might not have a desired effect on the rest of the world.
Violence is a line, which when crossed, catapults the violent aggressor into another category beyond how civilized democracies should operate. When it comes to debate and protest I can listen to and follow any discourse, weigh the arguments and always respect a peaceful protest process. The moment that process turns to violence, looting, destruction of property, injury to peace officers and civil unrest; (to me at least) the messenger is no longer playing by the rules of a peaceful democracy. They have, in effect, suspended some of the rights afforded them and their expression of free speech.
When mired in violence respect for any cause is lost or eroded. Engaging in violence, violent behaviour and destruction of property is the moment where we move out of the realm of what civilized, peaceful democratic process is about. Think Gandhi when trying to understand how much power lies in peaceful, well reasoned, organized protest movements. Think bullying and terrorism when this important step is bypassed and a violent mob rule takes over. Smashing property is not going to garner respect. It might make a good news hit for CNN, who most probably will be looking for the violence at every turn and rebroadcasting it as the main story.
One thing is almost certain, that if there are violent outbursts during the Trump inauguration, there is a high degree of probability that the violence will be blamed squarely on Donald Trump. The logic for this might be that somehow Donald Trump, by just being Donald Trump, is enough of a reason to become violent and in some twisted form of reason, that violence would become acceptable under the circumstances. Perhaps they are mad at Russia too.
The real threat of violence is not purely blowing smoke. Check out Carl Rove talking about inauguration day security threats in 2008 and how staff security clearances played an important role with a serious threat. Zoom up to the 6 minute mark.
But I'd like to offer another suggestion though, and I know I am speaking in hypotheticals here, but any violence around inauguration day speaks squarely to the current lack of top leadership. President Obama's passive-aggressive, fence-sitting, double-speak stance, through both his words and his omission, lends quiet support and encouragement and has contributed to creating a climate where violent protest is acceptable behavior. How well off would we all be if The outgoing President would renounce violence nearly as fast as Democrats demand renouncements and retractions on any number of issues.
Obama said at a joint news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. "And I suspect that there's not a president in our history that hasn't been subject to these protests. So, I would not advise people who feel strongly or who are concerned about some of the issues that have been raised during the course of the campaign, I wouldn't advise them to be silent."
The President of the United States would not advise them to be silent? Really? So what is the take-away here when this prevailing attitude come straight from the top of the alt-left.
It's precisely this kind of murky messaging that well funded and radical organizations use as a battle cry and even permission to turn civil disobedience and peaceful protest into intimidating, violent outburst ultimately designed not to be heard but really designed to silence others. Do these protesters not have to be extremely careful in not becoming exactly what they oppose? Folks who engage in violence need to take a very hard look not only at what they are fighting for, but exactly how they are fighting for it.
I've never heard the current President clearly (I mean in non wishy washy terms) renounce the use of violence, rioting, looting and destruction of property after recent cop killing and protests in major US cities. This includes the murder of Police officers (remember when we used to call them "peace" officers). His is more a conciliatory tone, an understanding of the frustrations of what arrises, but saying nothing firmly to denounce violence and encourage a deeper thinking and peaceful way forward. This kind complacency might lead to things like dead police officers in Dallas and riots in other US cities.
Obama said, "In a movement like Black Lives Matter, there is always going to be some folks who say things that are stupid or imprudent, or over-generalize, or are harsh (edit) and I don't think that you can hold well-meaning activists who are doing the right thing and peacefully protesting responsible for everything that is uttered at a protest."
This opinion is dangerous, more dangerous than saying nothing at all. Essentially it is saying, go ahead and organize and if something happens so be it, the leadership is not responsible for anything done, said or perhaps for violence that "breaks out".
Should violence occur on inauguration day, a story which will emerge and quickly spread internationally will be one of a divided America, an inauguration with a violent and extreme reaction to a "divider president", Donald Trump. But it is not Donald Trump who has been sitting in the seat of power over the past eight years using veiled encouraging statements like this to his SJW audience; that one falls squarely into the lap of the sitting president.
But in the end would violence and disruption amount to Trump's violent entrance? Or would this be Obama's violent exit, a stain on his scandal-free war-time Presidency?
It's an important narrative to watch and one the MSM will ultimately need to take a great deal of responsibility for. If the MSM want to restore their place in the public trust, perhaps they should be the first to renounce any violence around the Inauguration, rather that rebroadcast it ad nauseum.
To me, any story which emerges which is not a peaceful transition and inauguration of newly democratically elected Donald Trump, (if things turn violent and we pray it does not) falls at the feet of the outgoing President and his slurping lapdog, aka the MSM.
President Bush had eggs hurled at his limo on inauguration day, which of course made it into a Michael Moore film. However, as the Obama's have expressed, the Bush family were nothing but gracious and welcoming when their time in the White House had come to a close. Can we really say the same now while every possible barrier has been put up by a sore loser campaign a party and a President who struggles with narrative and his legacy by planting the protest seeds in the form of executive orders and last minute actions and disruptions designed as trip wires to the front door of the White House?
Cue the next narrative, "we tried real hard and we forced laws through" by abusing Presidential executive orders with "a pen", but now Trump and the Republicans (who happened organize themselves well enough to to win power across the important houses of government at every level) just want to change all the good we tried to impose through executive action.
While Obama has professed a peaceful transition his actions speak much louder. Pushing American troops the the Russian border, looking the other way on Isreal, giving himself and his VP presidential medals, last minute actions on monuments and National Parks, that pen sure has been busy Mr. Constitution. It does not seem that the Obama's are exiting with the same kind of grace of presidents past and if Washington, NYC or any other major city do turn violent on inauguration day you could chalk it up to inaction and statements that do nothing to encourage a peaceful process. Michelle Obama's loss of hope is a great example. Maybe she is being honest, but gracious, classy, supporting peaceful process, um, no.
Add to this the whole Russian spy narrative as a reason Hillary Clinton failed (not that she was outworked or anything). Now that this narrative is being embarrassingly debunked and turned into another colossal failure the next narrative/target is the FBI through a DOJ probe. It's not into Hillary Clinton's fast-and-loose home server, open for the world's lamest hackers to access top state secretes by not going through official channels, but rather, the FBI departments who wanted to investigate her while she was Secretary of State selling off bits of America to the highest donor to CGI and the Clinton foundation.
What message does this all of this ultimately send?
With January 20th days away this is just a heads up to what the world hopes for out of days like this in American politics. The world looks to America to promote and preserve peace and stability.
America must represent a proactive attitude of peace, hope and prosperity. America needs to project this to to the world and be the leaders of a new global movement. No person knows how this Presidential term will turn out, but it can start on a correct path with a peaceful transition and the peaceful inauguration of a new Presidency.
Americans owe a peaceful transition to themselves, to the world and to its tattered Democratic party. However bruised, the Democrats are Americans, who with their fellow Americans, need to roll up their sleeves and get back to a work within balanced and fair democracy based on principles and ideas established in America and based on its constitution which is admired the world over.
This week and the entire lead up to the transition needs to be about peace and prosperity.
Peace is in your hands America, and that non-violent peace starts with the American people participating in a peaceful process.


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National Consumer Panel (NCP) is an organization that collects data on consumer purchasing behavior. It was born out of a partnership between the two leading consumer insight providers in the United States, IRI and Nielsen. NCP analyzes a sample set of U.S. consumer's purchasing behavior, providing companies with actionable insights.
NCP's panel is made up of approximately 1,500 consumers who have partnered with NCP to track and report on their purchase behaviors. Historically, NCP lent each participant a barcode scanner that was kept in the individual's home. When the participant returned home they would scan each item they purchased and manually enter data, like which member of the household purchased the item and the location of the purchase. The process was time consuming and tedious. NCP needed to streamline and modernize data collection; they needed a mobile app that would allow participants to scan, input, and upload their purchases using their personal device.
NCP approached Exadel because of our ability to assist in prototyping and providing proof-of-concepts. Exadel and NCP worked together to brainstorm a strategic direction aligned with company goals that could then be followed by the development of a working prototype that would form the foundation of the mobile app.
Exadel utilized the following technologies:
Urban Airship
Exadel used Urban Airship to enable NCP to manually push notification to its users. The push notifications are initiated based on a non-automated process.
Red Laser
Exadel integrated Red Laser as the barcode scanner that reads the UPCs on the purchased products, reducing the amount of manual entry.
Flurry/Apps Flyer
Exadel implemented the app analytics tool to track a number of metrics, including: daily app opens, number or users, and usage frequency. Flurry/Apps Flyer tracks detailed in-app behavior metrics, providing valuable data to evaluate the possible need for future updates.
Exadel developed a mobile app that allows participants to easily and conveniently scan purchases in real-time. NCP can now communicate with users by messaging them at random or based on user behavior. Another important feature of the app is its offline functionality, allowing users to continue to utilize the app in bad or low data connection areas. This has made collecting data easier for the participants and NCP. Additionally, because it replaces scanners, the app has reduced NCP's hardware costs.


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Fault reason: Instability of the operator's backbone network line.
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"So, You Want To Be A Composer?" is a fun, creative camp designed to inspire and equip your students to compose their own pieces of music! Students will leave camp knowing how to make a piece of music reflect its title, use motives, organize a piece using a form, and much more. This camp is full of music listening, music making, and music composing. Read more about when I held this camp in the summer of 2012 and view a peek at a student composition.
When you purchase, "So, You Want To Be A Composer?," here is what you will receive:
- The complete Lesson Plans (21 pages), clearly outlining (with accompanying photos) what to do each day. The appendices at the end include a list of alternative classical repertoire to study, instructions for making a musical instrument each day, and instructions for setting up a water xylophone.
- The "Elements of a Great Composition" workbook (16 pages) to print for each student, covering topics like motives/themes, form, accompaniment styles, and proper notation.
- An editable "Folder Cover" file (Microsoft Word docx), so you can insert the year and your studio's name. This sheet is for students to cut out and glue to the front of their camp folder (which will holds the workbook mentioned above).
- 6 "Quick Composition" activities.
- Over 15 varieties of staff paper.
- …and more!
Here are some specifics about how the camp is designed:
- Meets for 4 days, for 3 hours each day.
- Intended for 1st or 2nd year students (including complete beginners); however, the lessons plans are easily adjustable for more advanced students.
- A group of 3-4 students would not be too small. A maximum of 8 students is recommended, due to the fact that you will need to borrow enough keyboards for the majority of your students to be able to be use them simultaneously during the free composition time.
- At the end of the week, parents are invited for a Composer Showcase, where we let everyone browse the compositions and then enjoy a mini-recital of some of our favorite compositions from the week!
The various worksheets and composition activities included in this camp have an added benefit: Many of the activities included in this lesson plan could be used during studio group classes, or even with some of your private students who are interested in composition.
Have you always wanted encourage and help your students to compose their own music, but have been unsure where to start? The "So, You Want To Be A Composer?" camp just might be the solution for you!
- After purchase, follow the instructions to download and save the file onto your computer's hard drive. The file will download as an archived folder. Unarchive the folder (your computer should do this automatically) and then you will be able open the folder to browse all the files inside.
- The first file is the lesson plans. The other files are various worksheets, composition activities, sample compositions, and staff paper — all mentioned in the lesson plans.
Questions? Read the Terms of Use here.
Price: $40.00


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Kellogg Community College math professor, Marcus Anderson, created the YouTube video "Bad Email Reply – What not to say to your professor…" above and it recently went viral. I personally saw it on my Facebook newsfeed and on my Feedly.
The problem is, only PART of his message went viral. The video was shared, but not his comments below it explaining that the email was a fake example and that he hadn't violated student privacy by sharing it. This lead to a lot of people becoming very upset at him. On his YouTube page for the video, he explains:
"Most importantly, that email was not a word-for-word copy of a student's email. This is a mash up of many poor emails, some common email mistakes and some of my own embellishment compiled into one email. Let me repeat: I would never post an email of a student to the Internet nor would I suggest anyone else ever doing that. Therefore, cartmanrulez99 is not real person."
Again, because this information was in the comments section and not in the actual video, when the video is embedded (like it is above) and shared, the complete message is lost. For example, here is the description from Laughing Squid for the video:
"Marcus Anderson, a math professor at Kellogg Community College in Battle Creek, Michigan, recently created a video where he critiques an email sent to him from one of his students. The student, whose email address starts off with "cartmanrulez99″, writes to the professor as if he is a best friend for life, drops a winky face, uses shortcuts when spelling out words (u, lol, and thx), requests handouts for each of the four classes missed, and then goes ahead and asks for the actual class book."
What can we learn from this
The big takeaway for all of us is to really think about how our messages could be shared and take any steps necessary to make sure that the message we want to communicate stays intact. In this case, the message that it wasn't a real student should have been included in the video.
This also serves as a great reminder to check the source of the information you receive. Until I clicked-through to the YouTube and read his comments, I also was under the impression that it was a real student email.


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Women Making Waves: Join the Better World Series For An Evening With Female Eco-Leaders
LoaTree invites you to attend the Mujeres y Climate Justice gathering, a panel featuring national leaders representing women at the front lines of climate justice. This event is part of our Better World Series project, an ongoing movement that strives to profile changemakers, build community, and inspire action for the purpose of building a better world. The five "Waves" we will be covering over the duration of 2017 include Environmental Psychology (February-March), Mujeres y Climate Justice (April-May), Peace Out, Plastics! (June-July), Sustainable Agriculture (August-September), and Art as Activism (October-November).
The Mujeres y Climate Justice Wave follows our first event on Ecopsychology held in March. This sold out evening featuring Dr. Renee Lertzman focused on how the Santa Barbara community can address and navigate emotions that arise from difficult conversations regarding the environment.
Our second Wave focuses on empowering female changemakers who are taking strides for climate justice. Climate justice is an intersectional idea that recognizes ties between environmental, racial, social, and economic inequities. It accounts for the concerns and opinions of the least-represented and most vulnerable populations affected by climate change. The esteemed panelists of this Wave were chosen for their passion in acknowledging, activating, and advocating for these populations. These women include Leila Salazar-Lopez of Amazon Watch, Maricela Morales of CAUSE, and Osprey Orielle Lake of WECAN. Together, they will discuss the unique strategies and tactics being to resist environmental degradation, including those used by indigenous and native communities against multinational corporations.
Leila Salazar-Lopez, Executive Director at Amazon Watch, has over 20 years of experience diligently sustaining the world's rainforests through grassroots organizing and international advocacy campaigning. Since joining Amazon Watch in 2015, she has led the organization in its work to protect and defend the bio-cultural and climate integrity by advancing indigenous peoples' rights, territories, and solutions. Before joining Amazon Watch, she worked with a multitude of impactful climate justice organizations, including Rainforest Action Network, Global Exchange, and Green Corps. Currently, she is focused on a major campaign to end Amazon oil drilling.
Maricela Morales, Executive Director at CAUSE since 2001, utilizes grassroots power for social, economic, and environmental justice for the California central coast region through policy research, leadership development, and community organizing. She stands out for her incredible work as the first Latina elected to the Port Hueneme City Council in 2002, and her advancement to the city's first Latina Mayor in 2007. Her commitment to work collaboratively on issues of local, regional, and state concern has been recognized by the California Association of Leadership Programs, National Women's Political Caucus of Ventura County, Pacific Coast Business Times 40 Under 40, Soroptomist Club of Oxnard, and the Ventura County Leadership Academy.
Osprey Orielle Lake, Founder and Executive Director of Women's Earth & Climate Action Network (WECAN), is an international leader who works to connect grassroots, indigenous, and business leaders with policy-makers and scientists to promote climate justice, resilient communities, and a just transition to a clean energy future. She recently directed the International WECAN summit, which brought together 100 female leaders from around the world to draft and implement a Women's Climate Action Agenda. Additionally, she is an award-winning author, teaches international climate trainings, and won the Woman of the Year Outstanding Achievement Award.
This event will be moderated by Celia Alario, an avid communications strategist, facilitator, coach, spokesperson trainer and educator at UC Santa Barbara. When she's not sharing her knowledge with her students at UCSB, Celia works with grassroots change agents, artists, academics, and journalists who share her love for social justice, planetary healing, and culture shaping. Over the last 25 years, she has collaborated on groundbreaking media campaigns, provided one-on-one coaching for Communications Directors and staffers, trained hundreds in public speaking and spokesperson skills, and published countless stories about critical social justice and environmental issues in worldwide media outlets. Most recently, she has worked with the Women and Gender Constituency of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), The Kindle Project, Earthworks, and Amazon Watch.
Join us Tuesday, May 16th from 6-9pm at La Casa de la Raza (601 E Montecito St, Santa Barbara, CA) for a night of female-fueled inspiration. Admission is donation-based and open to all. RSVP on our Facebook page here, and order your tickets here. If you are interested in attending or representing this event, please email us at firstname.lastname@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Special thanks to Fielding Graduate University and the Santa Barbara Independent for sponsoring Better World Series, and thanks to Casa de la Raza and Welcome Coffee Cart for sponsoring this Wave.


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Club shops are a convenient, efficient and free way to ensure your team or club looks up to scratch. Allowing us to set one up for you, removes the burden of chasing money and keeps you away from the dreaded spreadsheet, whilst giving you insight of orders. Club leaders can take a back-seat, and let us do the work for you.
Aren't located in the UK? We provide online stores for overseas teams and ship worldwide.
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Get in touch with us to configure the products, customisations and order window for your Club Shop.
2: Quote and Designs
We provide you with a quote and designs for our range of products, as well as work with you to ensure all shop items are specific to your needs.
3: Confirmation
Once you are happy and have confirmed your chosen product range and designs, push the button for your online store to go live and start directing members there to place orders.
An individual club shop allows members to place their own orders and makes payment and delivery easy. Club shops provide flexibility to suit and can evolve over time too!


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You would agree that all of us have atleast one disruptive skill- an ability that sets us apart from others. You may have been honning yours for years, or you may be so innately good at it that you don't even notice it.
I suggest these ways to identify your unique skills!
- Watch your reflexes: you may instinctively do what you are good at even without noticing it. Ask yourself when I feel more successful or invigorated, what i am doing?
- Look for confluence: A distinct skill may not be one thing, but an unusual intersection of ordinary profiencies.
- Listen to compliments: Peers, managers, direct reports, and even spouses are often good mirrors of your inherent strengths. Don't habitually dismiss compliments, but mine them to discover your unique skills.


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Estate planning is necessary no matter what stage of life you're in. Here are four things to consider when creating an estate plan: life insurance, a master document, a will, and a living trust.
A majority of Americans don't have a will, according to Gallup.1 Why? Perhaps for some it's the complexity of the process, the confusion of goals and objectives, the cost, or the fact that life just gets in the way. Whatever the reason, nobody relishes the thought of the world without them in it.
But the fact is, estate planning is an essential part of life, whether you're getting ready to retire or you have a growing family. To help get you started, we've put together four basic components that should be included in every estate plan and that can apply to just about everyone.
If you have dependents who rely on your income in order to pay the bills, keep a roof over their heads, and put food on the table, you need to have life insurance. First, determine how much money your loved ones will need each year to replace your income and pay off debts when you die. Then multiply that by the number of years they need it. For example, you may want to have enough life insurance just until your children are on their own.
Although it has no legal effect, a master document can be an important tool for the person responsible for cleaning up your estate after you pass away. It's basically a document that explains what and where all your assets and debts are and how to handle your accounts, including information on what needs to be done to close them out and get your assets to the people who should have them. It may sound simplistic, but it can help ensure that none of your assets are overlooked after your death.
A will distributes property to your heirs after your death. If you don't have one, disbursements will be made according to state law, which may contradict your personal wishes. Two other equally important purposes of the will include naming the person who will manage and settle your estate, and naming a legal guardian for your minor children or dependents with special needs. If you don't name these individuals when creating a will, the state will decide for you.
A primary function of a living trust is to avoid probate. Depending on the size of your estate, probate can be a complex, expensive, and lengthy process that could delay property distributions to your heirs. Additionally, probated documents typically become public record for everyone to see, while trust documents generally do not.
Everyone's estate planning situation is different. See which of these four considerations may benefit you, and consult with your attorney when putting together your individual plan.
1. http://www.gallup.com/poll/191651/majority-not.aspx
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Police say two people were injured after a car traveling the wrong way crashed into a tractor-trailer in Rhode Island.
State police say the car was moving southbound on the Route 146 ramp in Lincoln, made a wrong turn onto Route 295 and ended up traveling southbound in a northbound lane.
A tractor-trailer swerved to avoid the car and struck a vehicle, which caused the truck to roll over and block two lanes.
Police say the driver of the tractor trailer was not hurt, but the driver and passenger of the car were taken to Rhode Island Hospital with unspecified injuries.
Authorities have not released the victims' identity. The crash remains under investigation.
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A vendor naps in his stall at the old Qing Ping Market in Guangzhou, China. He sells dried snakes, scorpions, beetles, centipedes, shark fins, and caterpillar fungus..Image from the book project Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects.
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