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"The Red-Headed League" is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It first appeared in The Strand Magazine in August 1891, with illustrations by Sidney Paget. Conan Doyle ranked "The Red-Headed League" second in his list of his twelve favourite Holmes stories. It is also the second of the twelve stories in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, which was published in 1892.
Jabez Wilson, a London pawnbroker, comes to consult Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson. While studying his client, both Holmes and Watson notice his red hair, which has a distinct flame-like hue. Wilson tells them that some weeks before, his young assistant, Vincent Spaulding, urged him to respond to a newspaper want-ad offering highly-paid work to only red-headed male applicants. The next morning, Wilson had waited in a long line of fellow red-headed men, was interviewed and was the only applicant hired, because none of the other applicants qualified; their red hair was either too dark or too bright, and did not match Wilson's unique flame color.
Wilson tells Holmes that his business has been struggling. Since his pawn shop did most of its business in the evenings, he was able to vacate his shop for short periods in the afternoon, receiving £4 a week for several weeks (equal to £390/week today);[1] the work was obviously useless clerical work in a bare office, only performed for nominal compliance with a will, whereupon he was made to copy the Encyclopædia Britannica. Wilson learned much about the subjects starting with the "A" version and looked forward to getting into the "B" section. One morning, a sign on the locked office door inexplicably announced that "THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE IS DISSOLVED- Oct. 9, 1890."
Wilson went to the landlord, who said that he had never heard of Duncan Ross, the person who managed the league office. The landlord did remember the tenant with scarlet hair and gives him a card which directs Wilson to an artificial knee company. Wilson ends the story with how frustrated he is losing the £4 a week.
Holmes and Watson laugh at Wilson because of the ridiculous situation, but Holmes assures him that by Monday they will solve the case. Wilson leaves after having given the detective a description of Spaulding; Holmes decides to go and see Spaulding, who Holmes notices has dirty trouser knees. Holmes then taps on the pavement in front of the pawnbroker's shop. With the case solved, he calls Police Inspector Jones and Mr. Merryweather, a director of the bank located next door.
The four hide themselves in the bank vault and confront the thieves when they show up. They are John Clay, who has a long history of criminal activity already, and his helper Archie. Under the aliases of Spaulding and Ross, they had contrived the 'Red-Headed League' rigmarole to keep Wilson out of his shop while they dug in the basement, in order to break into the bank vault next door. Although paying Jabez Wilson four pounds a week was expensive, it was a pittance compared to the ill-gotten thousands they were looking to steal from the bank.
Back at Baker Street, Holmes explains to Watson how he solved the case.
The dates given in the story do not match the characters' descriptions of time passing. The date that Wilson sees the advertisement is April 27, 1890 and he has been at work for 8 weeks and says "Just two months ago."[2] Thus that happened by the end of June. However, the story begins by describing the Holmes's meeting with Wilson as being on "one day in the autumn of last year" and the date on the door telling of the League being dissolved is that of October 9, 1890, six months after the ad was placed.
Dorothy L. Sayers analyzed this discrepancy and claims that the dates must have been August 4 and October 4 respectively.[3]
The story was adapted for a TV episode of Sherlock Holmes starring Alan Wheatley as Holmes.[4]
The first American adaptation of the story was in the 1954 TV series starring Ronald Howard.
An adaptation of "The Red-Headed League" was used for an episode of the 1965 television series Sherlock Holmes starring Douglas Wilmer as Holmes and Nigel Stock as Watson.[5]
In the 1985 television adaptation starring Jeremy Brett, the scheme was masterminded by Professor Moriarty and Clay is Moriarty's star pupil of crime.
A radio adaptation aired on April 26, 1977, on the CBS Radio Mystery Theater. Kevin McCarthy was the voice of Holmes.
In the NHK puppetry Sherlock Holmes, Jabez Wilson is a pupil of Beeton School as well as Holmes and Watson and is invited to the Red-Headed Club by his senior Duncan Ross. But strangely enough, what he does in the club is painting balls, stones and bottles red. Holmes suspects that it is a means of Ross who wants to make Wilson stay away from a certain place.[6]
In the Sherlock Holmes parody Without a Clue, starring Michael Caine and Ben Kingsley, Clay and Archie are shown breaking into the Royal Gallery.
The plot of the story was used by The Deaf Man as a means to confuse the detectives of the 87th Precinct in the Ed McBain novel The Heckler.
In Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes, produced by Warner Bros. in 2010, Sherlock Holmes (voiced by Michael York) deduces the intent of jewel thieves and Professor Moriarty's role in it by referring to The Red Headed League case.
A reference is made to "The Red-Headed League" in Batman and Robin #19 by villain Una Nemo. Batman comments it is "A story where the whole point is--" and Nemo finishes "Not what it seems to be."
A reference to "The Red-Headed League" in Detective Conan episodes 225 and 464.
A reference to "The League of Red-Headed Gentleman" in American Dad! "Escape From Pearl Balley" 2008.
Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, Literature, The Sign of the Four
Sherlock Holmes, Spiritualism, Edinburgh, Sussex, Professor Challenger
Arthur Conan Doyle, His Last Bow, The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, The Sign of the Four, A Study in Scarlet
Loan, Personal finance, Bank of England, Investment banking, Bank regulation
Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, Victorian era, Film noir
Sir John Clay, John Clay (chaplain), John Granby Clay, John Morrison Clay, John Cecil Clay
Nikolai Gogol, Mark Twain, Sherlock Holmes, Hellblazer, Herman Melville
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes, The Adventure of the Cardboard Box, Birmingham


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At the tail end of last week, the nation's second-largest cable company, Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC), delivered its most recent earnings. While the report was overall encouraging, the most interesting trend may have been in the video subscriber segment, which has been on a near-straight two-year decline.
All in all, residential subscriber growth saw its best quarter in five years, while servicing small businesses remains a pocket of growth for Time Warner Cable and its peers. Investors reacted mutedly, perhaps because of the pending buyout from larger rival Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA), but this was nonetheless a strong showing from the company, as evidenced below.
Dialing in
The recent trend for most of the cable industry has been a steady (sometimes increasing) decline in video and phone subscribers, while Internet and small business generates growth. That was essentially the story for Time Warner Cable's recently ended fiscal first quarter, though things actually look the best they have in years for the company.
Residential subscriber growth hit a five-year high point with net additions of 148,000 customer relationships. The top line ticked up just 2% to $5.58 billion, and free cash dipped down nearly 5%, but the company did deliver an impressive 26% gain in adjusted EPS to $1.78. The reason for this is likely a focus on promotional-heavy bundling services. Time Warner Cable gained such appealing numbers by offering great introductory deals, so sales didn't see the same gains.
Business services sales remained a strong point, climbing 25% in the quarter.
The view from above
Some analysts remain concerned that Time Warner Cable's turnaround prospects are challenged. Video subscriber attrition reversed a two-year trend of increasing losses quarter after quarter, but the company still has a hole in the boat that needs to be patched. The proposed merger with Comcast may be the fix.
The theory behind cable consolidation is that a larger market share implies greater pricing power with the content owners. As many know, cable companies are in a constant state of warfare with studios and broadcasters over fees, often resulting in blackout periods that enrage customers. If Comcast joins hands with Time Warner Cable (and now Charter Communications, as it looks to be), the company will be an absolute juggernaut in the space, dwarfing its rivals and presenting fresh competition to the invading Internet streaming businesses.
Time Warner Cable CEO Rob Marcus is correct in sticking to the belief that this merger is the best way to move forward for the company and its shareholders.
All in all, existing investors should keep their holdings, while prospective ones may look to Comcast or Charter for their cable investments.

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In today's high-tech World it's more important than ever to have relevant and current IT skills. Microsoft Office dominates business and commerce and it is essential to be fully up to speed with the latest versions of Excel, Outlook and Word. Statistically the majority of users are self taught with most software and Microsoft Office is no exception. Whilst this method of learning works for many, there is a fundamental issue in so far as that 'we don't know what we don't know'. This truism leads to many people having significant gaps in their knowledge of Excel and Word, often without them realising. This is where a skills based course can be useful.
Most software training providers offer Microsoft training at various levels to suit current skills levels and they can often be completed in a single day. This is a very efficient and cost-effective way to gain these vital skills. Leading UK training providers QA and Paul Brown Training both offer 1 day classroom based Microsoft courses. Prices vary but expect to pay £300+ for a good provider.


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PrMC TW QURSED
Chestnut Hanoverian Mare
Registered: HHSA, AWHA, ACE, AHSA, ANSA, EA and SHC
Sire | Quaterback (IFS)
Dam | PrM Broadway Waterford
Registered: HHSA, AWHA, ACE, AHSA, ANSA, EA and SHC
Sire | Quaterback (IFS)
Dam | PrM Broadway Waterford
Qursed is a Hanoverian chestnut mare sired by the German stallion sensation Quaterback, out of the Weltmeyer mare, PrM Broadway Waterford. A picture of elegance with expressive movement, during her show career Qursed has amassed a long list of achievements in the Show Ring and with dressage scores at Preliminary Level of up to 75.78%. In the Mare Classification with the Australian Warmblood Horse Association, Qursed was graded into the Head Studbook with a score of 84.50%. Qursed is also a Premium Mare Candidate in the Hanoverian Studbook recognised for her dual talent in Dressage and Jumping, to acquire her Premium Mare designation she is required to have a foal and achieved this in November 2017 with a stunning filly by Sezuan.
|Performance Highlights
|2015 NSW Country Show Horse Championships
|Reserve Champion Small Show Hunter Hack
|2015 SHC NSW Horse of the Year
|Reserve Champion Small Show Hunter Hack
|2015 EA NSW Show Horse Championships
|Champion Small Show Hunter Hack
|2015 EA NSW Horse of the Year
|Champion Small Hunter Hack
|2015 Pacific Coast Hack Championships
|Champion Preliminary Show Hunter
|2014 National Arabian Stud Horse Show
|Champion Ridden Arabian Warmblood &Winner Jess Greenhalgh Memorial Led & Ridden Challenge
|2014 NSW Arabian State Titles
|Winner All Breeds Ridden Challenge, Champion Ridden Arabian Warmblood, Supreme Champion Arabian Derivative Hunter, Grand Champion Ridden Horse of Show
|2014 Northern NSW Show Horse Championships
|Champion Newcomer Led Hack & Reserve Champion Ridden Newcomer Hack
|2014 Hanoverian Tour
|Australian Jumping Champion of the Mare Performance Test
|2014 Australian Warmblood Horse Association Tour
|2nd Place 88.04% Mare 4 & 5 yrs
|2014 Australian National Arabian Championships
|Australian Champion Ridden Arabian Warmblood Mare & Australian Champion Senior Derivative Led by Amateur Owner.
|2014 East Coast Arabian Championships
|Reserve Champion Ridden Arabian Derivative Young Horse
|2013 Australia Warmblood Horse Association Tour
|1st place - Led Studbook 2 & 3 yrs Filly, Highest Led Score % in NSW, Second highest Led Score % in Australia
|2010 ACE Group
|Show Horse of the Year
|2010 Ace Group Tour
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This post originally appeared on Wallyhood, the Wallingford, Seattle neighborhood blog. Visit us for more Wallingford news.
(By Margaret)
Last night around 11:30 p.m., the police came to Sarah Dolezal's home to inform her that her store, A Muddy Cup (266 NE 45th St.), had just been burglarized. Someone had thrown a rock through the door and shattered the glass to break in. Police informed Dolezal that someone had also broken into Comics Dungeon (250 NE 45th St.).
Dolezal wrote to let me know that they're still open for business, "just a little shaken." She and her partner Mathew spent the rest of the night in the store. Suspects had smashed the cash machine but to her surprise Dolezal found only $4.25 missing in quarters.
Comics Dungeon manager Jon Parsons received a phone call from the police around 10 p.m. He, too, reported damage to the store, but nothing had actually been taken. "The front window on the door is completely gone. The (cash) drawer is trashed but nothing was taken," Parsons said. He also said a wire shelf collapsed with its contents spread all over the place.
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The numbers lately have been staggering: 145,000; 13.9 million; 40 million. I'm speaking, of course, of the recent rash of "data loss" -- the innocuous term for "millions of accounts containing personal data being exposed to the wrong eyes." Whether it's MasterCard, ChoicePoint, LexisNexis, Bank of America, Wachovia, Stanford or the University of California at Berkeley, the expanse of this problem has quickly become stunning.
Set aside for a moment the debate about why, all of a sudden, we're hearing about all of this. Instead, focus on the reasons behind the data loss: physical tapes lost in transit, hackers, malicious insiders, bad network security practices. Notice that the reasons behind the loss are all over the map. We're told the solution is better network security, better encryption, better corporate safeguards, and better "data protection." Of course, all of these "solutions" are a bit specious, as they're always accompanied by the corporate lawyer caveat, "we cannot guarantee that this won't happen again."
All of this will ultimately result in some bloated piece of federal legislation around "data privacy and protection" that will impose new restrictions on corporate security practices and result in a wave of new spending on IT solutions to help solve that problem. But will we have solved it, really?
I don't think so.
In the end, this "data loss" problem isn't really about data loss, data protection or data safeguarding at all. That, my friends, is a red herring. The real question to be asked is: Why do all of these corporations need to store all of this personal data in the first place? Why does my credit card company need to store my social security number? Why does Amazon need to store my credit card number? Why shouldn't every company store only what I tell them they can store? And why shouldn't the data that they store be as little as they possibly need to conduct business?
Assuming that there's even a smidgen of validity in my line of questioning, the next question becomes how -- how do we go about making the possibility behind these questions a reality?
Enter two concepts: federated identity and the identity metasystem.
Much has been said or written about federated identity, but I'd like to ground federated identity in one simple statement: Federated identity is an infrastructure that makes security follow the transaction. It does this by making the identity associated with the transaction "portable" across heterogeneous security domains. In short, federated identity (whether it's SAML, Liberty Alliance or WS-Federation) is building the infrastructure necessary for identities to move around securely.
Identity metasystem is a newer concept -- one that has been developed out of what can only be called community conversations that have occurred around Kim Cameron's weblog. In short, the identity metasystem is a conceptual backplane that would allow the individual to have fine-grained control over which "attributes" or "claims" are presented and/or stored about him - where an "attribute" or "claim" could be anything from birthday to credit card number to favorite color. The identity metasystem is really a framework for individual control and presentation of identity data.
Taken together, federated identity (the infrastructure) and the identity metasystem (the control and presentation) present a fairly complete path by which the true problems of "data protection" can be addressed. These two pieces, taken together, would give individuals control over their digital identity in ways that they have not experienced to this date.
Today, as an end user, when I go to Amazon to make a purchase, they ask for, receive and store my credit card number. In a future of federated identity and the identity metasystem, I would go to Amazon to make a purchase and grant Amazon the permission to seek a one-time use of my credit card. This permission could be presented to my credit card company, who could then charge my account. Amazon would no longer have a need to store (or even see) my credit card number at all.
In a federated metasystem future, I could have control over which attributes are stored where. I could grant permission to companies to access attributes without storing (or, in some cases, even seeing) them. And I could decide which portions of my digital identity would be presented in which contexts.
In a federated metasystem future, we would have laid the necessary digital plumbing to make security follow each and every transaction -- and we would have done so by giving individuals control over the presentation of their identities.
In a federated metasystem future, we would be a lot closer to a web of electronic commerce that protected you, me and the companies we interact with.
In a federated metasystem future, we would have actually moved toward solving the problems around personal data. In the meantime, however, we'll hear a lot about "data protection," "corporate safeguards," and "legislative initiatives."
[Editor's Note: Eric Norlin has been involved in federated identity since he joined Ping Identity 19 days after Andre Durand founded it. Ping Identity has gone on to become a leader in federated identity and an early mover around the Identity Metasystem - demonstrating an open source Java version interoperating with Microsoft's InfoCard implementation at the May 2005 Digital ID World.]


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|This article is about a/an episode in Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters.
|WARNING: This episode contains scenes of blood and character death. Viewer discretion is advised!
Final Mission: Eternal Bonds (永遠のキズナ Eien no Kizuna) is the fiftieth and final episode of Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters and the conclusion of Go-Busters five-episode endgame.
With Hyper Space now very unstable and only a matter of time before it is completely destroyed, the Go-Busters are ready to fight against Enter and end things once and for all. Meanwhile, Masato enacts his gambit to remove the final Messiah Card from Hiromu's body.
Arriving in a collapsing Hyper Space, the Go-Busters check-in. All the Go-Busters arrived safely, and all Buster Machines are accounted for. When Dark Buster Enter attacks Hiromu and Yoko, Masato and J take off for the hangar, as J tells the others to meet him there. Enter appears to have the upper hand until Ryuji arrives in GT-02 and uses the banana missiles to bury Enter in an avalanche. The Go-Busters make their way to the hangar, where Masato reveals his plan. Since the data from Masato's body that Enter has on Messiah Card 07 is backed up on Messiah Card 13 in Hiromu, they can digitize Hiromu and transmit the data on Card 13 to Masato's body. Like magnets, the body data will want to return to its natural body, dragging the card with it. However, J breaks down and explains that an infusion of that much data to Masato's unstable body will destroy him. Masato confirms this but says the card would also be destroyed as well, removing Enter's backup and allowing for his destruction. The other Go-Busters don't want to sacrifice him, but he passionately pleads with them, as they don't have another plan that would work before Enter takes over the real world. They agree, and Hiromu enters the transport chamber as Yoko, Ryuji, and the Buddy Roids go to hold off Enter. Yoko and Usada and Ryuji and Gorisaki combine as Powered Custom, while J transforms into Stag Buster and Nick simply fights in his humanoid form. Masato's impassioned plead to J to help him protect the "fascinating world" inspires J to hold Enter off. The transport process completes, and as they expected, Card 13 traveled to Masato's body and was then destroyed with it, though his avatar can hold together a while longer. The destruction of Card 13 cancels Enter's Dark Buster mode, and he furiously returns to the Omega Megazord. Tategami Lioh arrives, and the Go-Busters throw all their combinations at the Megazord, but to no effect, as Enter still has all the data on them. Hiromu realizes they need to use a tactic Enter has never seen and directs Nick to transfer all their Enetron to the legs. This gives Go-Buster Ace Hiromu's ability of fast transport, which catches Enter off-guard, and lets Buster Hercules and Go-Buster Lioh finish the Megazord off. Enter escapes to the ground, and he and the Go-Busters have their final battle. Enter uses his dark version of the Volcanick Attack, but the Go-Busters counter with the new Volcanick All Busters Attack, which overwhelms and destroys him. Masato's avatar dissolves, and the exhausted Go-Busters collapse, resigned to be destroyed as the subspace collapses around them. But Hiromu's father and Masato appear in the sky, urging the Go-Busters to press on, and instructing the Buddy Roids to take them to Masato's hangar to escape. Enter's cocoons in the real world shut down, and the people inside return to normal, but the staff at the EMC are saddened as they see the subspace collapse with no word from the Go-Busters. But they are then relieved as a signal comes through from Hiromu, as the surviving Go-Busters are returning from subspace. A short time later, they celebrate Yoko's getting into high school. We see that Ryuji has gone on to become an engineer like he dreamed, with Gorisaki as his assistant. J has designated himself the overseer of the forest and wears the black Jenga block around his neck in memory of Masato. Nick and Hiromu stand on the same bridge they first drove across at the beginning of the series, and Nick asks Hiromu what's next. Hiromu says he doesn't know, and that he has 13 years of thinking to make up for. Nick says he'll stay with Hiromu wherever he goes, and the two drive off into the sunset.
- Hiromu Sakurada (桜田 ヒロム Sakurada Hiromu): Katsuhiro Suzuki (鈴木 勝大 Suzuki Katsuhiro)
- Ryuji Iwasaki (岩崎 リュウジ Iwasaki Ryūji): Ryoma Baba (馬場 良馬 Baba Ryōma)
- Yoko Usami (宇佐見 ヨーコ Usami Yōko): Arisa Komiya (小宮 有紗 Komiya Arisa)
- Masato Jin (陣 マサト Jin Masato): Hiroya Matsumoto (松本 寛也 Matsumoto Hiroya)
- Cheeda Nick (チダ・ニック Chida Nikku, Voice): Keiji Fujiwara (藤原 啓治 Fujiwara Keiji)
- Gorisaki Banana (ゴリサキ・バナナ Gorisaki Banana, Voice): Tesshō Genda (玄田 哲章 Genda Tesshō)
- Usada Lettuce (ウサダ・レタス Usada Retasu, Voice): Tatsuhisa Suzuki (鈴木 達央 Suzuki Tatsuhisa)
- Beet J. Stag (ビート・J・スタッグ Bīto Jei Sutaggu, Voice): Yuuichi Nakamura (中村悠一 Nakamura Yūichi)
- Takeshi Kuroki (黒木 タケシ Kuroki Takeshi): Hideo Sakaki (榊 英雄 Sakaki Hideo)
- Miho Nakamura (仲村 ミホ Nakamura Miho): Fuuka Nishihira (西平 風香 Nishihira Fūka)
- Toru Morishita (森下 トオル Morishita Tōru): Naoto Takahashi (高橋 直人 Takahashi Naoto)
- Rika Sakurada (桜田 リカ Sakurada Rika): Risa Yoshiki (吉木 りさ Yoshiki Risa)
- Enter (エンター Entā): Syo Jinnai (陳内 将 Jinnai Shō)
- GB Custom Visor Voice (GBカスタムバイザー音声 Jī Bī Kasutamu Onsei), Tategami Raioh AI Voice (タテガミライオーAI音声 Tategami Raiō Ē Ai Onsei): Ichirou Mizuki (水木 一郎 Mizuki Ichirō)
Guest Cast
- Boy: Daiki Adachi (安達大輝 Adachi Daiki)
- Girl: Naho Yokomizo (横溝菜帆 Yokomizo Naho)
- Yousuke Sakurada (桜田 ヨウスケ Sakurada Yōsuke): So Yamanaka (山中 聡 Yamanaka Sō)
- As part of Super Hero Time, this episode aired alongside Kamen Rider Wizard episode 22, The Phoenix's Rampage. From February 17, 2013 onwards, Go-Busters will be replaced by Kyoryuger which will air alongside Kamen Rider Wizard.
- Viewership: 4.4%
- Enter and Masato are destroyed in this episode.
- Masato is the first Sentai hero death since Mikoto Nakadai and the first main-team death since Gai Yuki of Choujin Sentai Jetman.
- Enter and Masato, as well as Escape, would temporarily return in Kyoryuger vs. Go-Busters. Enter and Escape would also return in Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger episode 29 as copy versions created by Bangray from Captain Marvelous's memories.
- As is tradition, in the post-credits scene, Red Buster "passes the torch" of Super Sentai to his successor, Kyoryu Red.
- On the same date 6 years after this episode aired, the final episode of Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger was aired (ironically just under 3 weeks before this series' Power Rangers counterpart premiered).
DVD/Blu-ray releases
Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters Volume 12 features episodes 46-50: Mission 46: The New Fusion and Overheat Rampage!, Mission 47: Reset and Backup, Mission 48: Setting the Trap, Mission 49: Preparation and Selection and Final Mission: Eternal Bonds. [1]
See Also
- Evox: Upgraded - Power Rangers counterpart in Beast Morphers. See comparison page. (Dark Buster's final appearance)
- Crunch Time - Power Rangers counterpart in Beast Morphers. See comparison page. (MegaZord Omega's destruction)
- Source Code - Power Rangers counterpart in Beast Morphers. See comparison page. (Enter's death, fight footage & story)
- Evox Unleashed - Power Rangers counterpart in Beast Morphers. See comparison page. (Final villain's death & story)


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The Siskiyou County Library in Yreka now boasts its own "little library," joining the international movement along with Etna and Weed.
The Siskiyou County Library in Yreka now boasts its own "little library," joining the international movement along with Etna and Weed. The county library will be closing in mid January for approximately one month for a carpet installation. Library representatives are happy that their little library will be outside during that time to provide locals with books during the closure.
There are 50,000 Little Free Libraries across all 50 states and more than 70 countries. "Little Free Library" is a nonprofit organization which was started in 2012. While anyone is welcome to build their own little library, there is a fee to register under the "Little Free Library" name. The county library is deciding whether or not they want to register, so their little library is emblazoned with the name "Free Little Library."
As the carpet contract is still being finalized, an official date for the start of the library's closure has yet to be determined. Branch manager Cindy Brown noted that the library will publicize the closure dates once they are nailed down.
Anticipating that the library would be closed for an extended period, Brown said that library volunteers wanted to be able to provide patrons with something in the absence of regular library service, and a little library seemed like the best alternative.
The library commissioned local wood worker David Franklin to build the little library. He did so using only salvaged materials.
Mary Lawrent and Dee King have volunteered to serve as stewards for the little library, checking it regularly to be sure it is clean and stocked.
Anyone is free to leave and take books from the little library. Brown noted that little library books will not be subject to fines and that nothing will be tracked.


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Kids First program is designed for parents to help their children cope with separation, divorce, and family conflict.
Parents are presented with information about how parental relationships have a direct effect on the children and how children might respond at different ages. Parents learn that parental conflict hurts children and, more importantly, learn what they can do to help their children to adjust to the changes in their family.
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Let me see ya dance
New coat, huh?
That's nice
Did you buy it?
Yeah, right
You seeing that bitch motherfucker again
You know who I'm talking about
That slicked back paddy with all the gold in his mouth
Don't try to play me for yesterday's fool
'Cause I'll slap your ass into the middle of next week
I'm sorry baby, that's the rules
I pay the rent in this raggedy motherfucker
And all you do is suck up food and heat
Say what, oh yeah?
For someone who can't stand no T.V. dinners
You sure eat enough of them motherfuckers
Who bought you that diamond ring?
Yeah, right
Since when did you have a job?
You seeing that rich motherfucker again
What's his name? Bob?
Bob, ain't that a bitch?
What's he do for a living?
Manage rock stars?
Prince, ain't that a bitch?
That skinny motherfucker with the high voice?
Please, who do I look like baby?
Yesterday's fool?
Don't you know I will kill you now?
You're fuckin' right, I gotta gun
You think I don't?
Then what's this?
Oh, you quiet now, uh-uh
Yeah, right
It might be little but it's loud
Yeah, right
Now put that suitcase down
And go in there
And put on that wig I bought you
No, no, no, no
The reddish-brown one
Bob, ain't that a bitch?
Got ya
Hey Bob, if you're out there, let me see you dance
You said you was funky
Ain't that a bitch?
(Come out with your hands up)
I'll kick your ass (This is your last warning)
Think I won't?
(Oh no, the nigger's got a laser)
(Let's get the hell out of here)
Is Mr. George home?
Hello, Mr. George?
This is your conscience, motherfucker
Why don't you leave motherfuckers alone, what's wrong with you?
Well, why can't we just dance, why can't we just dance?
No, fuck that, fuck that
I don't talk about you, I don't talk about you
Wit' yo' little almond-shaped head ass
Who the fuck do you think this is?
I'll kick your ass, twice
Bob, if you're out there
Let me see you dance
You said you were funky
B-O-B, spell the shit backwards, what'd it say
Same motherfuckin' shit
Turn it out
Bob, ain't that a bitch?
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Burridge Center Director
Roberto Caccia is part of the faculty in the Finance department of the Leeds School of Business. His teaching experience covers investments and portfolio management, derivatives and special topics in investment banking.
As Burridge Center Director, Roberto promotes the connection between the school and the industry, through a number of initiatives involving student body and faculty. For more info visit http://burridgecenter.colorado.edu
Professional Experience
Prior to joining the school, Roberto was a managing director in the New York office of Goldman Sachs, where he spent fourteen years: twelve years as a strategist (focusing on commodity and credit derivatives), and then two years as risk manager for the global trading areas of the firm, creating and leading the counterparty risk management team.
Prior to that, Roberto spent two years at McKinsey&Co Italy as a business analyst, where he consulted for clients in the energy and banking sector.
Prior to that, Roberto was a lieutenant in the Italian Air Force, while completing his PhD in Electrical Engineering.
MBA, MIT-Sloan, with a certificate in Financial Engineering
Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of Rome "La Sapienza"
Laurea, Electrical Engineering, University of Rome "La Sapienza"
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NEW BLOOPERS SPECIAL WITH NEW HOST JOEL McHALE TO AIR SATURDAY, MAY 19 ON ABC
The new bloopers special "Extreme Bloopers: Reality Edition," which will feature a new host, new clips and a new attitude, will air SATURDAY, MAY 19 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. The emphasis will be on unscripted and reality productions where an anything-can-happen atmosphere prevails.
Joel McHale, host of "The Soup" on E!, will be the new host, bringing his legion of young fans and his irreverent, edgy humor to the special.
This all new "Extreme Bloopers: Reality Edition" will feature a new brand of clips from surveillance cameras, outrageous local commercials, wacky work-out videos and internet stars. This will be a bloopers hour like you've never seen before.
"Extreme Bloopers: Reality Edition" is executive-produced by Allen Shapiro and Barry Adelman. The producer is Ken Shapiro and director is Al Schwartz. Executive in charge of production is Bob Bardo. "Extreme Bloopers: Realty Edition" is a presentation of dick clark productions in association with Room 403 Productions, which is headed by Paul Cockerill and David Hurwitz.
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Victoria has a thriving arts scene and I love that we finally have a platform to show off our fashion community through Victoria Fashion Week. For a long time Victoria has been thought of as unfashionable with athletic wear as the primary garment of choice, but that has been changing and evolving for quite some time. Victoria designers are now known for the incorporation of sustainability in their designs by using up-cycled, or fair trade fabrics. Many of the collections nodded to our comfy style while showing off both structured and bohemian looks.
Thank you to Timothy West for providing all of the photos for this blog post. As the Social Media Coordinator for the event I was busy running around between hair and make up to the studio and the runway show doing social media interviews and behind the scenes footage so I had decided not to bring my canon camera. It was a great experience, and I had so much fun getting to know all of the wonderful people, but I'm definitely making sure to bring my camera next time.
Migration Boutique
Migration Boutique showcased their unique collection of fair trade, ready to wear items. I especially liked the textured fabric of this kimono which was also used in a unique cross over crop top. All of their designs are available to purchase at their new boutique location in the Bay Centre.
Ola Dubois
Every Ola Dubois item is 100% unique as she only makes one-off items using primarily reclaimed fabrics. Many of her designs use a mixture of textures and fabrics to create beautiful, wearable dresses that can be dressed up or dressed down. Her items can be found at Paradise Boutique where she is showing off the new spring collection at her trunk show on Saturday, March 11th.
The Makehouse
The Makehouse is a local sewing studio that embraces individual creativity with lessons, parties, and open studio space is available for the creatively inclined. I love the fact that they have patterns available for their runway designs so that you can have a custom VicFW design made just for you.
Paradise Boutique
Paradise Boutique is a great local shop on LoJo that has a unique collection of vintage inspired clothing and quality affordable jewellery. They showcased their beautiful swimwear collection with flattering designs for the everyday women.
Wawaha & Shannon Munro
There were so many great collections at Victoria Fashion Week SS17, but I especially enjoyed the graceful bohemian looks of Wawaha. Some pieces are perfect for beautiful far away beaches, while other pieces, like the two piece white outfit pictured above, would be beautiful dressed up for a special event. This collection also featured the beautiful jewellery of Shannon Munro, a match made in heaven. Her stunning jewellery is made by hand using high end materials giving each piece it's own essence of perfectly flawed beauty.
Nikki Babie
Nikki Babie's collection featured her signature look of contemporary, flowy pieces made for the everyday women. I love how this look incorporated pops of colour with 3 layered skirts, while most of the collection was made of darker, flattering fabrics.
Reclamation Designs
The collection by Reclamation Design Company was the real show stopper for me. There were so many gorgeous gowns made from lace, tulle, and dollies all paired with extravagant head pieces. She closed her collection with a tiny dancer in blue ballet shoes who danced and jumped all over the runway taking everyone's breath away.
When it's time for me to look for a wedding dress I'm going straight to Trista Smith of Reclamation for a custom dress just like these!
Teresa Lindsay
There were so many fabulous collections, I could honestly say they were all favourites for me. I especially liked Teresa Lindsay's gorgeous gowns that incorporated beautiful head scarves, a nod to our current political climate. Her collection also showed off her well fitting trousers.
You can see her designs at the upcoming Fashion Exhibition in April.
Covet + Keep
It's hard to show off jewellery on the runway, and I think Covet + Keep did a great job by keeping the clothing minimal and consistent so the focus would be on their bad ass jewellery. This isn't any regular jewellery brand, each piece incorporates a personal message in braille. How cool is that?!
Dellis showed off his first ever menswear collection for Victoria Fashion Week. Originally from Toronto, his collection featured unique cuts and hemlines in all black fabrics made for the modern, urban man.
Sarah Runnals
Sarah Runnals showed off her flowy feminine designs on the catwalk. Her collection was made of luxurious fabrics that draped over the models bodies beautifully. Traditionally somewhat avant garde, this collection was more subdued and wearable.
Leisure's contemporary designs are made for the women who incorporates elegance in her wardrobe. The collection is made up luxurious fabrics that have been meticulously tailored by hand to fit each women. I especially liked the floral dresses that stood out from the simpler white and black designs.
Oxford closed the show with their well structured line for men and women. The tailored shirt dresses for women and jackets for men are perfect staples for your wardrobe.
Thank you again to Timothy West for providing all of the photos for this blog post. I also wanted to give a shout out to all of the women and men who work behind the scenes to make a production like this possible. The Victoria Fashion Week Launch was very successful and I can't wait to start working on the fall production.
If you're interested in learning more about any of the designers I have linked their social pages so you can see more of their collections and where to buy them.
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Understanding the connection between diabetes and the foot:
Diabetes is a disease where patients have high blood glucose levels in their blood over long periods of time. This sugar has detrimental effects on every organ within the body, beginning with the arteries. As high levels of sugar damage the arteries, there is reduced blood flow to different parts of the body. Since the feet are at the extremities, they could be starved of fresh, oxygenated blood. This could lead to serious problems. That is why it is important for diabetic patients to take special care of their feet.
How diabetes impact the feet:
The most common damage inflicted on the feet in diabetics is diabetic neuropathy. This is when the nerves in the feet are damaged to an extent where patients do not have sufficient sensation left in their feet. When this happens, patients may develop blisters, sores or wounds on their feet and not be aware of them at all.
Another complication associated with diabetes is poor blood flow. This makes it hard for cuts and wounds to heal quickly and efficiently. If foot infection is left untreated, patients could easily develop gangrene. If that happens, amputation of the foot is the only available option.
Therefore, diabetic patients must be wary of developing blisters, corns, calluses or bunions on their feet. They must be careful of averting the development of dry skin and fungal infection. These conditions may be avoided to a large extent through the use of proper shoes.
Why different shoes?
If you are diabetic, you need different shoes because:
1.Your feet are extra sensitive as the supply of blood to the feet may be reducing without your being aware of it.
2.Proper shoes are the first line of defense against foot injury and infection.
3.Proper shoes can prevent the development of ulcers, blisters and fungus.
4.Well-fitting shoes leave you feeling comfortable and allows proper blood circulation in the feet.
5.Proper shoes allow your feet to breathe while protecting them sufficiently.
Here are some tips to help you choose the right kinds of shoes:
1.Wear the right fit. Do not buy ill-fitting shoes believing that the shoes will 'stretch' after a while. Ill-fitting shoes speed up nerve damage.
2.Shoes must not have any rough edges on the inside
3.Wear shoes that have plenty of room inside them.
4.Wear shoes made of materials that can breathe - like canvas, suede or leather. Plastic and thong sandals are strictly taboo.
5.Wear adjustable shoes.
6.Shoes that endanger your feet, like flip-flops, high heeled sandals and so on must be avoided.
7.Wear socks that wick moisture away.
8.Change your shoes after 4-5 hours. This allows the feet to breathe.
Orthotics plays an important role in diabetic foot care. There are special shoes designed for diabetics that prevent the formation of pressure points in the feet. These shoes are made of materials like Plastazote. These shoes are customized for individuals. They have wide toe box and have firm heels. Such shoes prevent foot damage and provide maximum comfort to the feet.
Even if you are wearing the right shoes, it is important to check your feet for injury periodically and visit your doctor regularly.
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Another beautiful Tamiya kit is this Republic F-84G Thunderjet. Assembly was trouble-free, and even a noseweight was provided in the box. One small engineering glitch is that the nosegear bay has a seam running through the middle of it. When presented with a seam in a location like this, I cut a piece of paper to fit and attach it over the roof of the bay with thin superglue. No aftermarket resin or photo-etch was used but I did add stencil decals from Cutting Edge. This is because the kit stencils are nonsense and the 'USAF' logos are supplied in black, rather than dark blue. The main markings were sourced from the kit, and both sets of decals were very nice. I applied them over SNJ natural metal paint and rubbed in the supplied aluminium powder. This was my first 'serious' natural metal finish, and it came out ok. Yellow and olive drab markings were applied using Humbrol enamels. I now prefer to use Alclad II for NMF as it's more durable. I've heard the Revell version of this aircraft is just as nice, and I have one of their F-84Es in the stash waiting to be built.
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We are getting closer to the day when a smartphone app can detect atrial fibrillation in patients at high risk of a stroke or heart failure.
Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Mass., have submitted an application to the Food and Drug Administration for 510(k) approval of an Android app that can pick up subtle changes in skin color by scanning blood vessels, thanks to an algorithm developed at the school.
The yet-unnamed app measures heart rate, heart rhythm, respiration rate and, with the help of an external pulse oximeter, blood oxygen saturation, by scanning the patient's index finger for about a minute in front of the phone's video camera. A color bar on the screen turns red if the heartbeat is irregular, indicating possible atrial fibrillation.
"AFib is so common, but many people have no symptoms, or subtle symptoms like getting winded. This tool will be very helpful because AFib is so hard and expensive to diagnose," cardiologist Dr. David D. McManus of UMass Memorial Medical Center tells the Worcester Telegram & Gazette.
UMass Memorial clinicians tested the app on about 60 AFib patients, using Motorola Droid phones. Readings on the phone were just as accurate as those taken with traditional electrocardiograms. The WPI researchers published some of their findings last year in the journal IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. That article discussed some of the limitations of using a smartphone in place of an ECG, but also listed many of the positives.
"One of the advantages of mobile phone monitoring is that it allows patients to make baseline measurements at any time, building a database of normal cardiac function that could allow for improved detection of disease states," the WPI team wrote. "Current mobile phone technology extends beyond simply monitoring and measuring with ease for a patient; it could also be used to relay the information to medical professionals. This gives a patient the ability to carry an accurate physiological monitor anywhere, without additional hardware beyond what's already included in many consumer mobile phones."
However, McManus is not sure if the app would be sold directly to the public. He tells the Telegram & Gazette that there may be a market it among payer-supported preventive health and wellness programs. "It's not intended to replace EKGs or doctor visits, but it's a valuable piece of information," McManus adds.
The app should be available for Android and Apple's iPhone in three to six months, depending on FDA review, of course. While WPI engineers are said to be working on an iPad version, the iPad camera has a different kind of light source that it not compatible with the current smartphone software, according to the Worcester newspaper.


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We're opening five extra Survivor Conference spaces thanks to the dedicated fundraising of awesome YACCers behind the Survivor Conference Expansion Pack! HUGE thank yous to everyone who signed up, sent out their fundraising links, got a little — or a lot — creative with their efforts, and made sure as many as possible will be at the largest reunion of young adults affected by cancer in Canada!
The Survivor Conference will take place in St. John's, NL from June 14-18, 2018. The annual Survivor Conference is the biggest reunion of young adult cancer patients/survivors and supporters in Canada, bringing together a group of people who "get it" to connect and learn things that can help you move forward or beyond the cancer experience. Throughout the conference, we'll give you information to help you regain some of the control you may have lost — or felt like you lost — while dealing with cancer.
So fill out your application, and get in touch with Lesley ([email protected]) if you have any concerns about the fees. We have financial assistance and fundraising options to help you out!
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(Pocket-lint) - So you work a lot with photos then, and you want to be able to make sure that you have consistency between images and print? Well you need to get a monitor calibration device then, and Pantone thinks it has the answer with its HueyPro Advanced Color (yes with no u) Correction kit. So does it work? We get calibrating to find out.
Monitor calibration may sound dull, but if you use a laptop or print lots of digital photos making sure your screen is correctly calibrated is likely to save you a lot of time printing out or publishing poor coloured prints or images.
The hueyPRO is about the size of a marker pen and is designed for photographers and creative professionals to improve colour clarity and consistency across multiple CRT, laptop and LCD displays.
Installation is a simple process and like a Gordon Ramsay recipe it's a case of clean screen, install software, stick calibration device to screen, press buttons, remove calibration device from screen, done.
In fact it's so easy that we were rather surprised when it had finished so quickly.
For those more technically minded, the calibration works by assessing the light levels in the room you are working and then relaying this to the software. It doesn't affect the brightness of your screen in any way - although within the software there is an option to have the room lighting compensation on or off. Basically it adjusts your display to be suitable to the ambient light level in the room.
Once your screen is calibrated you can see what it was like before to make sure you are happy with the new results, and we presume, to show you the improved difference the software has made.
You know how when you correct an image on the screen and then print it out it looks nothing like it should be, well this little accessory aims to stop that and as far as calibrating our screen, the HueyPRO does a really good job.
Simple to use, the device takes all the fuss out of getting your screen calibration right. Better still making sure it always stays that way - the device will remind you every two weeks so you can do another calibration incase anything (like the weather) has changed.
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Biographical entry Sasse, Wolfgang Hermann Fritz (1928 - )
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Wolfgang Hermann F. Sasse's research into the photochemical conversion and storage of solar energy was the first to lead to the identification and prevention of processes that limit the practical performance of systems for the photoreduction of water, culminating in the design of highly efficient systems that employ energy transfer for the production of hydrogen.
Born Berlin, Germany, 18 November 1928. Educated University of Adelaide (BSc (hons) 1954, PhD 1966). Lecturer in Organic Chemistry, University of Adelaide 1956-62, Senior Lecturer in Organic Chemistry 1963-64; Principal Research Officer, CSIRO Division of Coal Research, Sydney 1964-67; transfer to CSIRO Division of Applied Chemistry, following the break-up of the Division of Coal Research 1967-69; Senior Principal Research Scientist, Division of Applied Chemistry 1969-70, Chief Research Scientist from 1972.
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- Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_s.html. Details
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Dark in detail and immaculate in fruition, OTAA's Dia de Muertos Onyx Panther Bracelet is lavish tribute to an ancient Mexican tradition. Dia de Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is an annual Mexican festival celebrating the memory of those who have passed. Distinguished by its colourful use of skulls and skeletons, Dia de Muertos is said to awaken the spirits of the non-physical realm. Black onyx is an ancient stone that races back to ancient eras and is encased in this design with a lustre finish. The black onyx beads permeate a deep palette that's richly highlighted by the luxurious silver panther charm. The charm featured in this Dia de Muertos Onyx Panther Bracelet was impeccably hand-chiselled from rhodium and encrypted with intricate details. Wear this design as a refined completion to formal or casual attires.
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New York, NY – New York City Hood Cleaning – Kitchen Exhaust Cleaners announces that they offer different cleaning services for commercial kitchens. The company offers deep cleaning and maintenance services that pass the NYC fire department standards.
"NYC fires have cost the city millions of dollars over the last decade. The city is now cracking down on this and mandating restaurants to clean their stove hoods on a regular basis, to prevent grease from catching fire in the kitchen exhaust. At New York City Hood Cleaning – Kitchen Exhaust Cleaners, we aim to help restaurants avoid such mishaps through our cleaning services," the company's spokesperson said.
The services include the following:
Industrial hood cleaning
Equipment cleaning
Kitchen exhaust systems
Ventilation and filter cleaners
Steam cleaning restaurant hoods
Grease removal
"We use the National Fire Prevention Association Handbook as our guide to ensure that every kitchen we deal with prevents fire and dust explosions. We also ensure that we hire certified cleaning technicians to guarantee high-quality service," the spokesperson said.
The company aims to increase the operational efficiency of restaurants as well as the sustainability of kitchen cleaning. They also aim to help restaurants increase their profitability through a well-maintained kitchen.
The company is proud of its customer service as it provides hassle-free and worry-free operations. It follows a systematic procedure leading to a flawless transaction. "From the time you send us your message until the last day of our work, we guarantee that there are no communication hiccups," the spokesperson also said.
New York City Hood Cleaning – Kitchen Exhaust Cleaners caters its services to cover NYC's five boroughs including Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn, Staten Island, and Queens.
For more information, call (917) 746-5036, email email@example.com, or visit the company's website at http://www.newyorkhoodcleaning.net/. The company is located at 332 Bleecker St Unit #K37 New York, NY 10014. The company accepts all major credit cards including Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and Discover Network. New York City Hood Cleaning – Kitchen Exhaust Cleaners is a New York-based company offering cleaning services for restaurant kitchens. They have been in the industry for decades known for delivering great results.
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Dataloop, a Tel Aviv-based startup that specializes in helping businesses manage the entire data life cycle for their AI projects, including helping them annotate their data sets, today announced that it has now raised a total of $16 million. This includes a $5 seed round that was previously unreported, as well as an $11 million Series A round that recently closed.
The Series A round was led by Amiti Ventures, with participation from F2 Venture Capital, crowdfunding platform OurCrowd, NextLeap Ventures and SeedIL Ventures.
"Many organizations continue to struggle with moving their AI and ML projects into production as a result of data labeling limitations and a lack of real-time validation that can only be achieved with human input into the system," said Dataloop CEO Eran Shlomo. "With this investment, we are committed, along with our partners, to overcoming these roadblocks and providing next generation data management tools that will transform the AI industry and meet the rising demand for innovation in global markets."
Image Credits: Dataloop
For the most part, Dataloop specializes in helping businesses manage and annotate their visual data. It's agnostic to the vertical its customers are in, but we're talking about anything from robotics and drones to retail and autonomous driving.
The platform itself centers around the "humans in the loop" model that complements the automated systems, with the ability for humans to train and correct the model as needed. It combines the hosted annotation platform with a Python SDK and REST API for developers, as well as a serverless Functions-as-a-Service environment that runs on top of a Kubernetes cluster for automating dataflows.
Image Credits: Dataloop
The company was founded in 2017. It'll use the new funding to grow its presence in the U.S. and European markets, something that's pretty standard for Israeli startups, and build out its engineering team as well.


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There's no greater mission than answering the call to protect our freedom and that is why Squadron considers it a privilege to have a close connection to both veterans and our active duty soldiers.
Here are just a few points of how we connect:
Several Squadron employees are proud U.S. Vets.
It's been estimated that 30 – 40% of our customer base are veterans.
Modeling has proven to be therapeutic to veterans - most notably it helps to relieve symptoms of depression and post-traumatic stress disorder.
While modeling is typically viewed as a solitary pleasure, the hobby can become quite a social interaction and develop a sense of camaraderie - something that can get lost when a vet returns back to civilian life.
Over the past two years, we have had the honor of donating model kits and portions of proceeds to various organizations dedicated to taking care of our vets as well as active duty soldiers.
Here are a few of those:
Happy Joe is passionate about helping the men and women who served in the U.S. Armed Forces. Since 2014 they've been able to provide education, training, and mentoring to hundreds of veterans and spouses.
Their purpose is to do all they can to help military veterans and military spouses avoid the hardships they face after their service is over.
Their mission: To support American men and women serving abroad in harm's way by supplying them with goodies, needs and comforts of home, along with thoughts and prayers, to let them know that we, at home, care and support them and that they are not forgotten.
Earlier this year, our Customer Service Manager Tom Fox blogged about the Airborne Angel Cadets of Texas as well as his experience at one of their "Packing Parties" which you can read about here.
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As well as working inside the building Smart is able to offer a complete package for external fibers including all civil works. To ensure customer confidence, all installation are fully tested and covered by a manufacturers application based 25 year warranty.
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The Final Impact
July 15, 2015
By: Josh Boutwell of WrestleView.com
Bully Ray back on our TV's is most certainly something we can be happy about, but I am really surprised TNA has brought him back as an authority figure rather than a wrestler. I'm pretty confident that he will eventually find his way back to the ring which is why I wish TNA would just go to someone like Mick Foley or Jim Cornette (very unlikely I know) that has some name recognition, is completley retired, and can talk to be the authority figure. We damn sure don't need a heel authority figure anytime soon so I'm glad we have babyface Bully for the time being. This is probably a trial run for him for his future away from the ring. Dixie was horrible in her role, she is such a bad actress, but what she said was at least positive.
The Battle Royal sucked, that's really all I can say about it. I don't really like Battle Royal's at all anyway but that one was just super boring in general.
The X-Division Title was solid for the time it was given but unfortunately that was not a lot of time. Tigre looked great and I wouldn't mind seeing him and Zema have a series of matches together. Grado just does not interest me at all but I can't lie, a team with he and Spud might actually be entertaining if Spud can pull some more out of him.
Re-airing the Storm/Magnus match was really lame. I get they got kind of screwed over in the Hernandez situation but you have to blame yourself there if you are TNA for not finding out for sure if Hernandez was free of his contract. Just another blunder by TNA.
The Knockouts Match was solid but it is just so odd that they keep hyping up how long Terrell's reign has been just to end it on a random Impact with little to no build. With that said Gail was awesome in her role and I like this new dark character she seems to be going towards. Gail needs a little bit of a reboot so this will be interesting.
Eric Young was awesome in his psychotic role and I have to give Melendez kudos for the way he sold that Piledriver especially since I've been pretty hard on the guy so far.
The Main Event was okay but it really could have used another 5-10 minues to build towards the finish. Both guys worked hard and it was good while it lasted, but the finish really hurt it for me. Though I am interested in seeing what Galloway and Drake will do in their feud. Those are two guys TNA definitely needs to invest in going forward.
– Promo/Segment of the Night: Bully Ray's return
– Match of the Night: EC3 vs. Galloway (**1/2)
– Overall Grade: D
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Are You Ready for Some….
Don't look now, but a new professional football league debuts tonight. Well, I have a few comments.
Are you ready for some….
….I can't bear to type this next word, but here it goes….
….football ???
A new professional football league debuts tonight. The premature infant of a fling that should have been aborted the instant some rich dude in the back of a limo presumably blurted out, "hey, let's start a new football league!" will be officially known as the "Alliance of American Football." Blare the tinfoil trumpets. Call in Larry Greenfield to sing our national anthem.
I shit you not, my friends. Just in case you missed the Super Bowl-shattering "I wish it were #fakenews" non-story, don't fret — you're not alone. No one else has heard of the "AAF" either.
Curious and desperately in need of a new column on what's typically the slowest traffic day for bloggers, I typed the three letters "AAF" into a Google search engine and — voila!
This is what popped up:
Okay, let's just say the AAF is a "work in progress." Translated, that means no one knows what they're doing nor has a clue what's going on. This league is going to make the Trump White House look like Daimler-Benz.
As of this morning, the Arizona Hotshots are still looking for a head coach. Interested in the job? Word is, if you can be at the Home Depot parking lot in North Glendale ready for work at 6 pm, you've got the position. Oh, and the game starts at 7. Bring your own headset and bottles of Gatorade. English as a first language not required.
No health insurance. No benefits. No vacation time (unless the league folds). Perfect job for the "self-starter." The league's fitness program consists of running to the bank every payday to make sure the check doesn't bounce.
Let's be honest. Launching a new football league might be the worst idea of all time — this not counting William Shatner performing this eye-popping, unintentionally hilarious 1978 cover of the Elton John-Bernie Taupin classic, "Rocket Man."
So, you think I'm bullshitting. You think I made the name "Arizona Hotshots" up, didn't you?
No, that's really the team name. The Hotshots. How'd you like that on your resume? I will say one thing. Site unseen, without knowing any of the players, I make the Hotshots a "pick" against the Arizona Cardinals, provided that Josh Rosen takes all snaps for the red birds.
Natural curious, t took me three clicks and half a glass of Zinfandel to finally find out which second-tier American cities will actually have an AAF team this debut season. It appears the death list of decapitated dreamers includes Birmingham, San Antonio, Orlando, Salt Lake City, Memphis, Atlanta, and….and….and…..
….I can't bear to type this next word, but here it goes….
San Diego.
Seriously….San Diego.
San Diego couldn't keep the fucking Chargers in town! Do you seriously think anyone's going to buy a ticket to go see the San Diego Fleet?
While doing a web search, I was particularly amused by this ground shaking announcement that nobody else apparently saw, except me and maybe the guy who wrote it. According to the press release, Aaron Murray and Christain Hackenberg HIGHLIGHTED the QB's taken in this year's draft. Highlighted! Presumably, Ryan Leaf and Joe Kapp weren't available.
To be clear, an alternative pro football league to the established NFL did succeed in the past. Once. Too bad, that was 59 years ago. The AFL was formed because the older league and TV networks were slow to react to a national hunger for more football. Back then there were a dozen NFL teams and three television networks. Now, there are 3,000 TV networks, and half of them right now are showing the creepy guy selling the colon cleanse product. More football? Does anyone other than Tom Brady want to see another football game for the next six months?
Fuck no!
So, while the AFL succeeded before I was born, at least three football leagues have self-imploded since then. The alphabet soup of dead football leagues looks like a losing Scrabble tray in a dementia ward. WFL.USFL.XFL. It's to the point where the only way to possibly compete is to make up a word. Gee, is "WLUX" a word, Alex?
Dumb shits. This ship to nowhere is going to blow through millions. It's about as promising as backing Newt Gingrich in a presidential campaign. By the way, Newt — just in case you're reading….6 pm at Home Depot, partner. I know it's been a while since you last worked and anyone took you seriously.
I have zero interest in watching this bullshit football league.
Oh, wait.
You can bet it? You can wager on the games?
Seriously? There are real lines in Las Vegas on the AAF?
Ahh, fuck it. Give me the San Diego Fleet +3 tonight versus San Antonio.
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text: Eureka "Friendly Fire" Review May 7, 2012 Eureka, Reviews With the safe return of (most of) the Astraeus crew, this week's Eureka focuses on how they are adjusting to life back home. Part of that process involves some couples facing the truth of what happened in the Dreamland/Matrix, and its not something everyone wants to go through willingly. Yet when the going gets hot, will Carter and the team be able to put aside their differences and save the town from another potential catastrophe? This Too Shall Pass Everyone in Eureka is coming to terms with what happened to the Astraeus crew in Dreamland, and its hard because not everyone knows exactly what happened in the Matrix. This leads to some pretty heavy trust issues between the main couples and is starting to become a wedge between friends. Then there's poor Fargo who is still coming to terms with Holly's loss, including having to attend GD's mandated Bereavement counseling. While the bunny therapy doesn't really help Fargo, the grief counselors do have a patch that will let him speed through the five stages of grief leading to some bizarre behavior. While we knew that Fargo's coming to terms with the loss of Holly would be a focal point once the Astraeus crew came back to town, I was a little surprised that there was still so much friction between all the couples. I get the friction between Allison and Jo to some extent, since it seems that S.A.R.A.H. was bursting at the seams with all the people staying there. The Henry and Grace stuff made the most sense since Grace and Henry haven't known each other for that long (when compared to the other couples). I can see Grace not being very comfortable being around Henry since theoretically Henry could be as evil as his Matrix counterpart. The Carter and Zane one made the least sense of all, since Carter was mainly just embarrassed about what he did or saw of Jo in the Matrix and Zane seemed to think that a computer could tell that Jo wants Carter more than him. It just seemed a little too silly for those two. Normally I would single out an actor/actress for their performance in the episode, but while all the actors were great I will say that Neil Grayston had some of his best Fargo moments of all time. I like that the episode did tackle Fargo's grieving process, and handled in a very Eureka and Fargo like manner. Personally I think the bunnies could have worked, but the grief patch and the resulting fast run through the five stages of grief gave us some great Fargo moments. Neil Grayston really rode the emotional rollercoaster this episode and we are all better for it. Amy Berg, the writer for tonight's episode, did a beautiful job in bringing Fargo and Dr. Parrish together in the final scene. Having the two suitors for Holly's affections commiserate together was a touching scene and hopefully the start of a new friendship. Burning Down the House (or S.A.R.A.H.) This week's crisis is centered on an experiment that escapes from Dr. Parrish's lab when he and Zane have a little turf war. Parrish's iFire ("Apple's attorneys on Line Two") are nanobots meant to control and extinguish fires, but in classic Parrish style he has been working on them to also create fire. Because the world needs robots that can start fires. Carter and Jo try to contain the iFire within GD, but it eventually escapes to the outside (after Carter splits it in two). Jo and Henry are able to capture one of the fireballs very quickly, but Zane and Carter aren't as lucky. The remaining fireball attacks various places in town, including S.A.R.A.H., which puts Allison's kids in danger, but Carter and Jo rescue them before anyone gets hurt. The whole iFire thing was kind of silly at first until you realize that there's something else behind their strange behavior. The idea of nanobots that can fight fires was pretty cool, but who would think to have them start fire as well? Okay, anyone other than Dr. Parrish? After the fire at S.A.R.A.H. it seems like Carter and the family may need to find a new place to call home for a little while, but what happened to S.A.R.A.H.? Did she go into some kind of backup mode? Was she shut down out of precaution? (though if she was why was the rest of the house powered?) The whole scene at the house was a nice setup to what we see at the end of the episode and actually built up some tension when Carter was hit by the fireball (thankfully his uniform is fire retardant?). This also continues the streak of Jo's homes destroyed by fire or incendiary device. On the other hand, we have another episode without Carter's jeep being destroyed, which hopefully means the next method of destruction will be truly epic. It's All In Their Mind Back at GD, Henry finds that the iFire is acting so strangely due to some level of frequency interference. What's surprising is not where the interference comes from, but from whom. It turns out that the Astraeus crew member's brains are putting out a bizarre brain wave, which draws the iFire to them. Henry and Zane setup a trap for the iFire for Carter to use, but things don't go as planned. Plan B turns out to be Jo using the energy net that Zane had thought up of in the Matrix in the second episode of the season to finally capture the fireball. After all the excitement, we get to see each of the couple face their trust issues from the beginning of the episode. Zane and Jo decide to give it another go. Allison warms up to Jo after her heroics saving everyone at S.A.R.A.H. Carter and Zane seem to have buried the hatchet regarding his fictional relationship with Jo. Henry and Grace have a heart to heart about what Evil Henry did to her in the Matrix. Then there's poor Fargo (grief patch-less now) who is alone going through Holly's things, and receives some unexpected comforting by Dr. Parrish. The closing scenes in this episode were nice in that it started to give us some closure to the drama and stress from the first few episodes of the season. It looks like the relationships will all mend themselves, which is nice since I couldn't really take any of these couples breaking up with all the other stuff that's happened so far. The Zane/Jo smooch gave the shippers something to cheer about. The whole brain wave thing is interesting in that it gives the Eureka writers an interesting plot point to play with for the next few episodes, I can't wait to see what they do next. My Favorite Parts from "Friendly Fire": – "Bunny therapy! Sixty-four percent effective..we tried it with kittens but there were…injuries." – Fargo's Bereavement Counselors – "Here Fireball…" Carter searching for the iFire – "Who you gonna call?" Fargo after realizing Jo and Carter's firefighting outfit reminds him of a certain movie – "If I was a schizophrenic fireball, where would I be?" Carter – "Maybe we should just bow down to our new fireball overlords while we still can." Fargo reaching the Bargaining stage of his grief patch – "Plan B! Plan B!" Carter as he tries to escape the iFire Did you like "Friendly Fire"? How do you think the couples on the show will react or change now that all the stuff that happened in the Matrix is out there? What do you think about these special brain waves all the people who went into Dreamland are now producing? Are Parrish and Fargo friends now or just a temporary truce? I'd love to hear your ideas in the comments section. Next week's Eureka has Fargo and Jack are not feeling like themselves. Instead they are looking at things from a different point of view. Make sure you tune into "Jack of All Trades", airing next Monday, May 14 at 9 PM on SyFy/ Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)


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Photo credit: buzzpatrol.com[/caption] Commission on Population (Popcom) executive director Juan Perez III said on Thursday, March 25, that one out of three girls and boys who are 15 to 19 years of age have engaged in premarital sex. Speaking at the launch of Book 4 of the Young Adult Fertility and Sexuality (YAFS) study at the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City, Perez said that based on regional studies, those who have access to Internet and pornographic materials, smoke, drink alcohol and use drugs at a young age have the tendency to engage in premarital sex. He further pointed out that boys do it for the sexual act while girls do it for love. Their trysts occur mostly at home and in dormitories, often without protection against pregnancy or communicable diseases. Perez observed a high incidence of teenage pregnancy in urban areas, as well as the regions of Cagayan Valley, the Cordilleras, and Caraga in Mindanao. "Every year, 209,000 or more than 10 percent of childbirths in the country involve women less than 20 years old," he said, citing dropping out of school as among the factors that lead to teenage pregnancy. The study, he said, suggested appropriate policy and program responses. "The parents? role is very important, along with the roles of institutions, teachers, the Church and their peers," he added. With the findings, Perez said they have given recommendations on how to address teenage pregnancy in the Philippine Development Plan of the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda). "We want to reduce the 11 to 14 percent of teenage pregnancy to about 6 or 7 percent, or at least reduce it to half in the next five years," said Perez. He added that the Popcom has asked a congressman to file a bill addressing teen pregnancy in the country, as well as adolescent health and development. The YAFS Study is a series of surveys on youths aged 15 to 24 years conducted nationwide since 1982 by the UP Population Institute (UPPI) and the Demographic Research and Development Foundation. It is a primary source of information on sexual and non-sexual risk behaviors in the country. — PNA ]]>
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The Public Consultation for the Minerals & Waste Joint Plan ends in a few days 11th April. Whilst it is not likely that any 'Plan' will be formalised before 2015, much of the Consultation responses so far have not been about how or if your bins will be emptied but about 'fracking' and the environmental impacts after the York Potash Planning Application's scheduled decision date. It is of course the NYMNPA that will be studying and scrutinising the 'responses' from this Consultation whilst simultaneously preparing for the York Potash Application and impending Decision. Expected late 2014. Whilst the NYMNPA are arranging meetings for its own Parishes, it should be noted that Scarborough Town residents are being left out on a limb, this consultation is an opportunity to bang one in .....
Consultation (deadline 5pm Friday 11 April 2014): http://www.northyorks.gov.uk/article/23999/Minerals-and-waste-joint-plan-consultation
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Scarborough Council rounds up on the leading authorities for the Minerals & Waste Joint Plan, (Chem' iii):
"5.23 .... officers are concerned that the Sustainability Appraisal (pages 295 to 304 of volume 2) appears to take a stance that sets out its stall for the future consideration of the proposed Potash Mine and seeks to preclude development in the North York Moors National Park ... are concerned at the sustainability appraisal's suggestion that the limiting of production to one mine is positive because it prevents harm at a second theoretical site. The assessment of Option 1 implies any other potash mine within the National Park regardless of location and scale would be negative on all accounts apart from employment .... The assessment recognises that there may be an expansion of the Boulby mine but still scores it as positive in objectives such as biodiversity, water quality and reducing transport miles and emissions. Your officers consider it flawed to reach these conclusions whilst at the same time reaching the conclusion that a new mine would have to have a negative effect on these objectives. ..... Option 3 suggests positive effects on objectives such as biodiversity, air quality and traffic, whilst in assessing Option 2 these are all negative. There is no evidence to support these conclusions as a site outside the National Park could have an equally negative effect on these objectives depending on its location. It would appear that the assessment that it has been written in a way that is very much influenced by the potash mine proposals in the National Park .... officers would take the view that unless the production from the one mine will actually have a positive effect on, for example biodiversity, it should be scored as neutral. The sustainabilty appraisal is a key element of the plan-making process, and any fundamental weaknesses would threaten the overall soundness of the plan, as well as individual policy elements. It is therefore recommended that the Borough Council expresses concern over this element of the sustainabilty appraisal, and the implications for the Plan as a whole."
Further, a more logical response 'GK', shooting rather succinctly: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rF-o1asRrxI :-))
"Comment on the NYCC M&W Joint Plan, Chapter 5, sec 155 to 160, id34
Option 1: "Support an indigenous supply of potash from one location only."
Comment: This misunderstands how the life of mines develop over time, they become 'exhausted', ie it becomes more and more difficult for a mine to remain economically viable when it has a single minehead access point and the extractable ore has to be won from greater and greater distances from the mine shaft bottom. In the case of Boulby there is proposed new investment but that may only extend it's life by 1 to 2 decades, from my understanding. With this option there would be a real future risk of a situation arising where there is no extraction of this vital and strategic mineral in this country and a set of policies in place where there is no means of allowing it from where it is viable to mine it.
Option 2: "Support the principle of multiple sources of potash supply from within the Plan area.
Comment: This would not only provide the possibility of "economic benefits" but many other social and environmental benefits could arise from careful application of funding to the area of the local wealth created from mineral extraction. It would also allow a much higher degree of certainty of continuity of supply of potash.
Option 3: "Support new locations for potash extraction outside of the North York Moors National Park only."
Comment: To protect the Park from any development this would be a sensible approach. However in the particular cases of Boulby and York Potash the geology of the resources does not support the economic mining of potash (either Sylvinite or polyhalite at other locations other that Boulby's existing site or in the near vicinity of York Potash's proposed site near Sneaton.
From sec 116 of the NPPF: "the cost of, and scope for, developing elsewhere outside the designated area, or meeting the need for it in some other way; and
*any detrimental effect on the environment, the landscape and recreational opportunities, and the extent to which that could be moderated"
For the York Potash scheme there is no "scope for developing elsewhere outside the designated area" and the NPPF accepts that developments are allowable if "any detrimental effect on the environment, the landscape and recreational opportunities........could be moderated" in an acceptable way. From my understanding.
Option 4: "Support extraction of potash from under the National Park as well as outside of the National Park but only support siting of surface infrastructure outside the National Park."
Comment: Though it would be technically feasible to place a minehead at a considerable distance from where the extractable ore is winnable, there are 3 important reasons why this is impractical and therefore I believe York Potash would never proceed with such a scheme.
1/ Such a mine designed this way would immediately have the same issues that 'exhausted' mines do with long distances to workings, drastically impairing the economics of such a proposal.
2/ There would be very large and I suspect unacceptable to local communities, amounts of spoil created in cutting the long drifts/tunnels needed to reach the ore from the mine head.
3/ The long journey times for staff from face to surface would add significant risk to the wellbeing of operative in an emergency situation.
General comment: with the York Potash design particular effort has been made to minimise surface impact of the mine buildings and Mineral Transport System. I believe this is an acceptable level of moderation to protect this valuable landscape."
Consultation (deadline 5pm Friday 11 April 2014): http://www.northyorks.gov.uk/article/23999/Minerals-and-waste-joint-plan-consultation
Any doubts of anything other than a successful decision for the York Potash Project is clearly adding some consternation to the Council. All of their recent Forward & Strategic Plans have been based around the economic benefits that a new York Potash Mine and the Wind Farm Development would bring. Although any expected receipts from the Mine have been prudently excluded from SBC's latest Financial & Budget Report, the Section 151 Officer, along with other Officers and Leading Members of the Council must surely be 'banking' on Approval of the Mine and will no doubt be bending over backwards (or whatever) to ease and assist the planning process. (not aide and abet). With the Council's purse-strings now at strangulation point (last year a £ 3 mil black hole in their accounts, before the new Depot at a cost of £ 3 mil and then following Tesco pulling out of a deal that would secure £ 10 mil) add in the £ 3 mil owed to HCA , consultation fees, and all of the new housing developments intitiated by the Council expecting a boost to the Borough's population of around 20,000 new residents etc etc. that leaves a new total of £ 20 mil that the Council needs to pull out of a magic hat, or rather a big hole .... SBC are certainly not sitting between a rock and a hard place.
That said, with the Council's recent history of failed 'strategic' development ventures and plans falling apart ...., who would rely on their judgement to secure a sustainable future .... despite advice from the Section 151 officer (who once mentioned the council were at risk of being put under 'special measures') the Council 's leading Members continue to try and build a 'legacy' of developments, including lending £9 mil for a new water park, (another stick up) that they will have to borrow from Reserves. Unfortunately desperate times need desperate measures .... boom or busted?
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is it all part of the space time continuum, chance is a fine thing when left to wander, it must be written in the stars


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PALO ALTO — A day after Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveiled a $200,000 supercar and an electric semi-truck, questions were swirling about whether the infamously tardy company can meet its own delivery deadlines.
In a performance resembling theater Thursday night near Los Angeles, Musk revealed an electric semi-truck and — surprise — inside it was a new edition of the firm's first vehicle, the Roadster. The car, he said, sets world speed records, and the truck outperforms diesel in every way.
But skepticism met Musk's claims that the truck would be available in 2019 and the Roadster in 2020. In the company's most recent earnings report, Musk admitted that production of Tesla's entry-level sedan, the Model 3, had been delayed three months, and that the company had suffered a $619 million quarterly loss. The company's Model S sedan and Model X SUV were plagued by delays.
"Elon's showmanship remains intact, even as his customers' patience for Model 3 delivery wanes," said Karl Brauer, executive publisher of Kelley Blue Book and Autotrader.
"The specs on the new semi truck and sports car would put both vehicles at the top of their segments — assuming they can be produced and sold as part of a sustainable business plan. So far that final element has eluded Tesla Motors, which makes it difficult to see these vehicles as more than 'what if' concept cars."
Kelley Blue Book analyst Rebecca Lindland added that the Roadster was "fabulous" and Musk's ambition "admirable."
"But," Lindland said, "as a Model 3 depositor looking at an 18-month wait, I do wish he was a little bit further along in the delivery process before embarking on yet another new vehicle, let alone a semi truck."
The announcements came amid a time of trouble for Tesla, with a major loss in the last quarter, problems producing the much-hyped Model 3, and three lawsuits alleging Tesla allowed racist behavior toward workers, a claim the firm denies.
Deposits for Tesla vehicles have become key to the company's finances, said CFRA analyst Efraim Levy. Hundreds of thousands of people have put down $1,000 to reserve the Model 3, bringing Tesla hundreds of millions of dollars. For the 1,000 "Founders Series" Roadsters, customers must deposit $5,000, then pay the additional $245,000 within 10 days. The standard Roadster requires $5,000 down, then $45,000 within 10 days, plus another $150,000 upon delivery.
"This is a funding strategy," Levy said, noting that the 1,000 Founders Series cars alone would bring in $250 million in pre-payments, with every standard Roadster order adding $50,000.
Still, Levy said, Musk's projects have been "brilliant and disruptive in so many industries," and he considered the new semi an "impressive and well-thought-out likely disruptor to trucking."
Carnegie Mellon University engineering professor Costa Samaras, who studies electric vehicles, called the possibility that Tesla could shake up the trucking business "exciting," but noted the firm's challenges with getting vehicles to customers. "If it stays a concept car until 2030, then we have a problem," Samaras said.
Trucking produces a quarter of U.S. transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions, Samaras said. "If we can take that quarter and cut it in half with an all-electric fleet, that's big news," Samaras said.
Musk touted the electric truck as 20 percent cheaper to run than a diesel semi, with a 500-mile range on one charge and better performance, including a zero-to-60 time of five seconds, faster than many sports cars.
"I've not heard too many fleet-safety managers excited about the idea of trucks going from zero to 60 in just a few seconds," said Allen Schaeffer, executive director of the Diesel Technology Forum, an advocacy group for diesel vehicle and engine manufacturers and diesel refiners.
Semi-automated features on Tesla's truck, such as automatic emergency braking and lane-keeping, and technology to prevent jack-knifing, are also becoming available on standard semis, Schaeffer said.
Electric semi trucks may eventually beat out diesel for regular routes in defined areas, Schaeffer said.
"For the broader bread and butter, the large over-the-road trucks that are picking up fresh produce in California and driving it over here to the East Coast, it seems like a pretty big stretch that diesel would be replaced by anything, especially what we saw last night," Schaeffer said, referring to Tesla's unveiling event Thursday night.
New diesel engines have very low emissions, and a number of cities and companies, including San Francisco, Oakland, Disney and UPS, are starting to use "renewable diesel" made from waste materials such as animal fats, Schaeffer said.
Two corporate giants quickly gave Tesla votes of confidence, with trucking behemoth J.B. Hunt pre-ordering "multiple" semis and retail titan Walmart pre-ordering 15 — five for the U.S. and 10 for Canada.
"We have a long history of testing new technology – including alternative-fuel trucks – and we are excited to be among the first to pilot this new heavy-duty electric vehicle," Walmart spokesman Ryan Curell said Friday.
"We believe we can learn how this technology performs within our supply chain, as well as how it could help us meet some of our long-term sustainability goals, such as lowering emissions."
J.B. Hunt said it believed electric trucks with "this new, sustainable technology" will be most useful for short-haul trips.
Carnegie Mellon's Samaras said the fact that people across the country were glued to Tesla's live-streamed event Thursday night "said something really special about this moment in technology."
"We need lots of Tesla-type companies in the transportation space," Samaras said, "if we're going to make big improvements in the energy and environmental performance of the transportation sector."