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import mock
from rally.plugins.openstack.context.watcher import audit_templates
from rally.plugins.openstack.scenarios.watcher import utils as watcher_utils
from tests.unit import fakes
from tests.unit import test
CTX = "rally.plugins.openstack.context.watcher"
SCN = "rally.plugins.openstack.scenarios.watcher"
TYP = "rally.plugins.openstack.types"
class AuditTemplateTestCase(test.ScenarioTestCase):
@mock.patch("%s.utils.WatcherScenario._create_audit_template" % SCN,
return_value=mock.MagicMock())
@mock.patch("%s.WatcherStrategy.transform" % TYP,
return_value=mock.MagicMock())
@mock.patch("%s.WatcherGoal.transform" % TYP,
return_value=mock.MagicMock())
@mock.patch("%s.audit_templates.osclients" % CTX,
return_value=fakes.FakeClients())
def test_setup(self, mock_osclients, mock_watcher_goal_transform,
mock_watcher_strategy_transform,
mock_watcher_scenario__create_audit_template):
users = [{"id": 1, "tenant_id": 1, "credential": mock.MagicMock()}]
self.context.update({
"config": {
"audit_templates": {
"audit_templates_per_admin": 1,
"fill_strategy": "random",
"params": [
{
"goal": {
"name": "workload_balancing"
},
"strategy": {
"name": "workload_stabilization"
}
},
{
"goal": {
"name": "workload_balancing"
},
"strategy": {
"name": "workload_stabilization"
}
}
]
},
},
"admin": {
"credential": mock.MagicMock()
},
"users": users
})
audit_template = audit_templates.AuditTemplateGenerator(self.context)
audit_template.setup()
goal_id = mock_watcher_goal_transform.return_value
strategy_id = mock_watcher_strategy_transform.return_value
mock_calls = [mock.call(goal_id, strategy_id)]
mock_watcher_scenario__create_audit_template.assert_has_calls(
mock_calls)
@mock.patch("%s.audit_templates.resource_manager.cleanup" % CTX)
def test_cleanup(self, mock_cleanup):
audit_templates_mocks = [mock.Mock() for i in range(2)]
self.context.update({
"admin": {
"credential": mock.MagicMock()
},
"audit_templates": audit_templates_mocks
})
audit_templates_ctx = audit_templates.AuditTemplateGenerator(
self.context)
audit_templates_ctx.cleanup()
mock_cleanup.assert_called_once_with(
names=["watcher.action_plan", "watcher.audit_template"],
admin=self.context["admin"],
superclass=watcher_utils.WatcherScenario,
task_id=self.context["owner_id"])
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Drug Rehab Centers in Seattle, WA
Center for Autism Rehab and Evaluation LLC
Center for Autism Rehab and Evaluation LLC is based in Seattle, Washington - (1600 Dexter Avenue North 98109).
Center for Autism Rehab and Evaluation LLC accepts Cash or Self-Payment, Private Health Insurance, Military Insurance Payment for the different services that it offers, including Group Mental Health and Addiction Therapy. It offers its services in various settings, including Outpatient Drug Rehab.
The program offers all of their services for these types of care: Mental Health Treatment.
Therapeutic Health Services THS Rainier Branch
Therapeutic Health Services THS Rainier Branch is based in Seattle, Washington - (5802 Rainier Avenue South 98118).
Therapeutic Health Services THS Rainier Branch accepts Cash or Self-Payment, Insurance Through Medicaid, Medicare for the different services that it offers, including Individual Addiction Therapy, Marital Counseling, Group Mental Health and Addiction Therapy. It offers its services in various settings, including Outpatient Drug Rehab.
The program offers all of their services for these types of care: Mental Health Treatment. Finally, the facility has a number of special programs for individuals, like Drug Rehab for Persons with Co-Occurring Mental and Substance Use Disorders, Court Ordered Outpatient Drug Rehab.
Sound Mental Health Tukwila West and East
Sound Mental Health Tukwila West and East is based in Seattle, Washington - (6100 South Center Boulevard 98188).
Sound Mental Health Tukwila West and East accepts Cash or Self-Payment, Insurance Through Medicaid, Medicare for the different services that it offers, including Individual Addiction Therapy, Marital Counseling, Group Mental Health and Addiction Therapy. It offers its services in various settings, including Outpatient Drug Rehab.
The program offers all of their services for these types of care: Mental Health Treatment. Finally, the facility has a number of special programs for individuals, like Court Ordered Outpatient Drug Rehab.
Southwest Youth and Family Services Community Mental Health Agency
Southwest Youth and Family Services Community Mental Health Agency is based in Seattle, Washington - (4555 Delridge Way SW 98106).
Southwest Youth and Family Services Community Mental Health Agency accepts Cash or Self-Payment, Insurance Through Medicaid, Private Health Insurance for the different services that it offers, including Individual Addiction Therapy, Marital Counseling, Group Mental Health and Addiction Therapy. It offers its services in various settings, including Outpatient Drug Rehab.
The program offers all of their services for these types of care: Mental Health Treatment. Finally, the facility has a number of special programs for individuals, like Drug Rehab for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Or Transgender (LGBT) Clients.
Atlantic Street Center
Atlantic Street Center is based in Seattle, Washington - (2103 South Atlantic Street 98144).
Atlantic Street Center accepts Cash or Self-Payment, Insurance Through Medicaid, Sliding Fee Scale (Fee Is Based On Income and Other Factors) for the different services that it offers, including Individual Addiction Therapy, Marital Counseling, Group Mental Health and Addiction Therapy. It offers its services in various settings, including Outpatient Drug Rehab.
Highwest Residence
Highwest Residence is based in Seattle, Washington - (15035 8th Avenue South 98148).
Highwest Residence accepts Insurance Through Medicaid, Medicare for the different services that it offers, including Individual Addiction Therapy, Group Mental Health and Addiction Therapy, Behavioral Therapy. It offers its services in various settings, including Inpatient Drug Recovery, Residential Drug Recovery.
Swedish Medical Ctr Ballard Campus Behavioral Health Unit
Swedish Medical Ctr Ballard Campus Behavioral Health Unit is based in Seattle, Washington - (5300 Tallman Avenue NW 98107).
Swedish Medical Ctr Ballard Campus Behavioral Health Unit accepts Cash or Self-Payment, Insurance Through Medicaid, Medicare for the different services that it offers, including Group Mental Health and Addiction Therapy, Behavioral Therapy.
Full Life Care Solstice Behavioral Health
Full Life Care Solstice Behavioral Health is based in Seattle, Washington - (2600 South Walker Street 98144).
Full Life Care Solstice Behavioral Health accepts Cash or Self-Payment, Insurance Through Medicaid, Sliding Fee Scale (Fee Is Based On Income and Other Factors) for the different services that it offers, including Individual Addiction Therapy, Group Mental Health and Addiction Therapy, Behavioral Therapy. It offers its services in various settings, including Outpatient Drug Rehab.
Lutheran Community Servs Northwest
Lutheran Community Servs Northwest is based in Seattle, Washington - (4040 South 188th Street 98188).
Lutheran Community Servs Northwest accepts Insurance Through Medicaid, Sliding Fee Scale (Fee Is Based On Income and Other Factors), Low Cost Addiction Treatment for the different services that it offers, including Individual Addiction Therapy, Group Mental Health and Addiction Therapy, Behavioral Therapy. It offers its services in various settings, including Outpatient Drug Rehab.
YMCA Family Services and Mental Health
YMCA Family Services and Mental Health is based in Seattle, Washington - (2100 24th Avenue South 98144).
YMCA Family Services and Mental Health accepts Cash or Self-Payment, Insurance Through Medicaid, Private Health Insurance for the different services that it offers, including Individual Addiction Therapy, Marital Counseling, Group Mental Health and Addiction Therapy. It offers its services in various settings, including Outpatient Drug Rehab.
The program offers all of their services for these types of care: Mental Health Treatment. Finally, the facility has a number of special programs for individuals, like Drug Rehab for Persons with Co-Occurring Mental and Substance Use Disorders.
Northwest Hospital Behavioral Health Geropsych
Northwest Hospital Behavioral Health Geropsych is based in Seattle, Washington - (1550 North 115th Street 98133).
Northwest Hospital Behavioral Health Geropsych accepts Cash or Self-Payment, Insurance Through Medicaid, Medicare for the different services that it offers, including Individual Addiction Therapy, Group Mental Health and Addiction Therapy, Behavioral Therapy. It offers its services in various settings, including Outpatient Drug Rehab.
Cascade Behavioral Health
Cascade Behavioral Health is based in Seattle, Washington - (12844 Military Road South 98168).
Cascade Behavioral Health accepts Cash or Self-Payment, Insurance Through Medicaid, Medicare for the different services that it offers, including Individual Addiction Therapy, Marital Counseling, Group Mental Health and Addiction Therapy. It offers its services in various settings, including Outpatient Drug Rehab.
University of Washington Medical Ctr Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
University of Washington Medical Ctr Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences is based in Seattle, Washington - (1959 NE Pacific Street 98195).
University of Washington Medical Ctr Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences accepts Cash or Self-Payment, Insurance Through Medicaid, Medicare for the different services that it offers, including Individual Addiction Therapy, Marital Counseling, Group Mental Health and Addiction Therapy.
Navos Lake Burien Campus
Navos Lake Burien Campus is based in Seattle, Washington - (1033 SW 152nd Street 98166).
Navos Lake Burien Campus accepts Cash or Self-Payment, Insurance Through Medicaid, Private Health Insurance for the different services that it offers, including Individual Addiction Therapy, Marital Counseling, Group Mental Health and Addiction Therapy. It offers its services in various settings, including Inpatient Drug Recovery, Outpatient Drug Rehab.
The program offers all of their services for these types of care: Mental Health Treatment. Finally, the facility has a number of special programs for individuals, like Drug Rehab for Persons with Co-Occurring Mental and Substance Use Disorders, Drug Rehab for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Or Transgender (LGBT) Clients, Court Ordered Outpatient Drug Rehab.
Southeast Youth and Family Services Community Mental Health Agency
Southeast Youth and Family Services Community Mental Health Agency is based in Seattle, Washington - (3722 South Hudson Street 98118).
Southeast Youth and Family Services Community Mental Health Agency accepts Cash or Self-Payment, Insurance Through Medicaid, Sliding Fee Scale (Fee Is Based On Income and Other Factors) for the different services that it offers, including Individual Addiction Therapy, Marital Counseling, Group Mental Health and Addiction Therapy. It offers its services in various settings, including Outpatient Drug Rehab.
Ryther
Ryther is based in Seattle, Washington - (2400 NE 95th Street 98115).
Ryther accepts Cash or Self-Payment, Insurance Through Medicaid, Private Health Insurance for the different services that it offers, including Individual Addiction Therapy, Marital Counseling, Group Mental Health and Addiction Therapy. It offers its services in various settings, including Inpatient Drug Recovery, Outpatient Drug Rehab.
Sea Mar CHC Outpatient Behavioral Health
Sea Mar CHC Outpatient Behavioral Health is based in Seattle, Washington - (10001 17th Place South 98168).
Sea Mar CHC Outpatient Behavioral Health accepts Cash or Self-Payment, Insurance Through Medicaid, Private Health Insurance for the different services that it offers, including Individual Addiction Therapy, Marital Counseling, Group Mental Health and Addiction Therapy. It offers its services in various settings, including Outpatient Drug Rehab.
Asian Counseling and Referral Service
Asian Counseling and Referral Service is based in Seattle, Washington - (3639 Martin Luther King Jr Way South 98144).
Asian Counseling and Referral Service accepts Cash or Self-Payment, Insurance Through Medicaid, Medicare for the different services that it offers, including Individual Addiction Therapy, Marital Counseling, Group Mental Health and Addiction Therapy. It offers its services in various settings, including Outpatient Drug Rehab.
Matumaini Counseling and Community Center
Matumaini Counseling and Community Center is based in Seattle, Washington - (3714 South Ferdinand Street 98118).
Matumaini Counseling and Community Center accepts Cash or Self-Payment, Insurance Through Medicaid, Low Cost Addiction Treatment for the different services that it offers, including Individual Addiction Therapy, Marital Counseling, Group Mental Health and Addiction Therapy. It offers its services in various settings, including Outpatient Drug Rehab.
Seattle Counseling Service
Seattle Counseling Service is based in Seattle, Washington - (1216 Pine Street 98101).
Seattle Counseling Service accepts Cash or Self-Payment, Insurance Through Medicaid, Medicare for the different services that it offers, including Individual Addiction Therapy, Marital Counseling, Group Mental Health and Addiction Therapy. It offers its services in various settings, including Outpatient Drug Rehab.
Harborview Medical Center Inpatient Psychiatry
Harborview Medical Center Inpatient Psychiatry is based in Seattle, Washington - (325 Ninth Avenue 98104).
Harborview Medical Center Inpatient Psychiatry accepts Cash or Self-Payment, Insurance Through Medicaid, Medicare for the different services that it offers, including Group Mental Health and Addiction Therapy, Behavioral Therapy.
Seattle Division VA Puget Sound Healthcare System
Seattle Division VA Puget Sound Healthcare System is based in Seattle, Washington - (1660 South Columbian Way 98108).
Seattle Division VA Puget Sound Healthcare System accepts Cash or Self-Payment, Private Health Insurance, Military Insurance Payment for the different services that it offers, including Individual Addiction Therapy, Marital Counseling, Group Mental Health and Addiction Therapy. It offers its services in various settings, including Outpatient Drug Rehab.
Downtown Emergency Service Center Clinical Services
Downtown Emergency Service Center Clinical Services is based in Seattle, Washington - (216 James Street 98104).
Downtown Emergency Service Center Clinical Services accepts Cash or Self-Payment, Insurance Through Medicaid for the different services that it offers, including Individual Addiction Therapy, Group Mental Health and Addiction Therapy, Behavioral Therapy. It offers its services in various settings, including Outpatient Drug Rehab.
Pioneer Human Services Counseling Community Mental Health Agency
Pioneer Human Services Counseling Community Mental Health Agency is based in Seattle, Washington - (901 Rainier Avenue South 98144).
Pioneer Human Services Counseling Community Mental Health Agency accepts Cash or Self-Payment, Insurance Through Medicaid, Private Health Insurance for the different services that it offers, including Individual Addiction Therapy, Marital Counseling, Group Mental Health and Addiction Therapy. It offers its services in various settings, including Outpatient Drug Rehab.
Community House Mental Health
Community House Mental Health is based in Seattle, Washington - (2212 South Jackson Street 98144).
Community House Mental Health accepts Cash or Self-Payment, Insurance Through Medicaid, Medicare for the different services that it offers, including Individual Addiction Therapy, Marital Counseling, Group Mental Health and Addiction Therapy. It offers its services in various settings, including Outpatient Drug Rehab.
Community Psychiatric Clinic
Community Psychiatric Clinic is based in Seattle, Washington - (11000 Lake City Way NE 98125).
Community Psychiatric Clinic accepts Cash or Self-Payment, Insurance Through Medicaid, Medicare for the different services that it offers, including Individual Addiction Therapy, Group Mental Health and Addiction Therapy, Behavioral Therapy. It offers its services in various settings, including Outpatient Drug Rehab.
Ukrainian Community Center of WA
Ukrainian Community Center of WA is based in Seattle, Washington - (13470 Martin Luther King Way South 98178).
Ukrainian Community Center of WA accepts Cash or Self-Payment, Insurance Through Medicaid, Sliding Fee Scale (Fee Is Based On Income and Other Factors) for the different services that it offers, including Individual Addiction Therapy, Behavioral Therapy. It offers its services in various settings, including Outpatient Drug Rehab.
Seattle Counseling Services
Seattle Counseling Services is based in Seattle, Washington - (1216 Pine Street 98101).
Seattle Counseling Services accepts Cash or Self-Payment, Insurance Through Medicaid, Medicare for the different services that it offers, including Behavioral Therapy, Relapse Prevention. It offers its services in various settings, including Outpatient Drug Rehab.
The program offers all of their services for these types of care: Addiction Recovery Services. Finally, the facility has a number of special programs for individuals, like Drug Rehab for Persons with Co-Occurring Mental and Substance Use Disorders, Drug Rehab for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Or Transgender (LGBT) Clients, Adult Women.
Associated Behavioral Healthcare Inc West Seattle Branch
Associated Behavioral Healthcare Inc West Seattle Branch is based in Seattle, Washington - (4700 42nd Avenue SW 98116).
Associated Behavioral Healthcare Inc West Seattle Branch accepts Cash or Self-Payment, Private Health Insurance for the different services that it offers, including Behavioral Therapy, Relapse Prevention. It offers its services in various settings, including Outpatient Drug Rehab.
The program offers all of their services for these types of care: Addiction Recovery Services, Detox. Finally, the facility has a number of special programs for individuals, like Aftercare Programming, Comprehensive Substance Abuse Assessment, Mental Health Treatment.
Cowlitz Tribal Health Seattle Chemical Dependency Treatment Program
Cowlitz Tribal Health Seattle Chemical Dependency Treatment Program is based in Seattle, Washington - (15455 65th Avenue South 98188).
Cowlitz Tribal Health Seattle Chemical Dependency Treatment Program accepts Cash or Self-Payment, Insurance Through Medicaid, Private Health Insurance for the different services that it offers, including Behavioral Therapy, Relapse Prevention, 12-Step Support Group Therapy Approach. It offers its services in various settings, including Outpatient Drug Rehab.
The program offers all of their services for these types of care: Addiction Recovery Services, Addiction Treatment Programs. Finally, the facility has a number of special programs for individuals, like Aftercare Programming, Comprehensive Substance Abuse Assessment, Mental Health Treatment.
Northwest Resources One LLC
Northwest Resources One LLC is based in Seattle, Washington - (22620 7th Avenue South 98198).
Northwest Resources One LLC accepts Cash or Self-Payment, Private Health Insurance, Sliding Fee Scale (Fee Is Based On Income and Other Factors) for the different services that it offers, including Behavioral Therapy, Relapse Prevention, 12-Step Support Group Therapy Approach. It offers its services in various settings, including Outpatient Drug Rehab.
The program offers all of their services for these types of care: Addiction Recovery Services, Sober Living Centers, Addiction Treatment Programs. Finally, the facility has a number of special programs for individuals, like Adult Women, Drug Rehab for Adult Men, Aftercare Programming.
Pioneer Counseling Services Branch of Pioneer Human Servs/Adult
Pioneer Counseling Services Branch of Pioneer Human Servs/Adult is based in Seattle, Washington - (901 Rainier Avenue South 98144).
Pioneer Counseling Services Branch of Pioneer Human Servs/Adult accepts Cash or Self-Payment, Insurance Through Medicaid, Private Health Insurance for the different services that it offers, including Behavioral Therapy, Relapse Prevention, 12-Step Support Group Therapy Approach. It offers its services in various settings, including Outpatient Drug Rehab.
The program offers all of their services for these types of care: Addiction Recovery Services. Finally, the facility has a number of special programs for individuals, like Drug Rehab for Persons with Co-Occurring Mental and Substance Use Disorders, Aftercare Programming, Comprehensive Substance Abuse Assessment.
New Life Addiction and Recovery Services PLLC
New Life Addiction and Recovery Services PLLC is based in Seattle, Washington - (8733 Greenwood Avenue North 98103).
New Life Addiction and Recovery Services PLLC accepts Cash or Self-Payment, Insurance Through Medicaid, Private Health Insurance for the different services that it offers, including Behavioral Therapy, Relapse Prevention, 12-Step Support Group Therapy Approach. It offers its services in various settings, including Outpatient Drug Rehab.
The program offers all of their services for these types of care: Addiction Recovery Services. Finally, the facility has a number of special programs for individuals, like Comprehensive Substance Abuse Assessment, Mental Health Treatment, Screening for Drug and Alcohol Abuse.
Valley Cities Counseling and Consultation/Seattle Meridian Avenue
Valley Cities Counseling and Consultation/Seattle Meridian Avenue is based in Seattle, Washington - (10521 Meridian Avenue North 98133).
Valley Cities Counseling and Consultation/Seattle Meridian Avenue accepts Insurance Through Medicaid for the different services that it offers, including Behavioral Therapy, Relapse Prevention. It offers its services in various settings, including Outpatient Drug Rehab.
Island Assessment and Counseling Ctr Seattle Branch
Island Assessment and Counseling Ctr Seattle Branch is based in Seattle, Washington - (4250 Aurora Avenue North 98103).
Island Assessment and Counseling Ctr Seattle Branch accepts Cash or Self-Payment, Private Health Insurance, Sliding Fee Scale (Fee Is Based On Income and Other Factors) for the different services that it offers, including Behavioral Therapy, Relapse Prevention. It offers its services in various settings, including Outpatient Drug Rehab.
The program offers all of their services for these types of care: Addiction Recovery Services, Addiction Treatment Programs. Finally, the facility has a number of special programs for individuals, like Aftercare Programming, Comprehensive Substance Abuse Assessment, Screening for Drug and Alcohol Abuse.
Sunrise Centers
Sunrise Centers is based in Seattle, Washington - (12650 1st Avenue South 98168).
Sunrise Centers accepts Cash or Self-Payment, Private Health Insurance for the different services that it offers, including Behavioral Therapy, Relapse Prevention, 12-Step Support Group Therapy Approach. It offers its services in various settings, including Outpatient Drug Rehab.
Integrative Counseling Services
Integrative Counseling Services is based in Seattle, Washington - (701 North 36th Street 98103).
Integrative Counseling Services accepts Cash or Self-Payment, Insurance Through Medicaid, Private Health Insurance for the different services that it offers, including Behavioral Therapy, Relapse Prevention. It offers its services in various settings, including Outpatient Drug Rehab.
WAPI Community Services
WAPI Community Services is based in Seattle, Washington - (3722 South Hudson Street 98118).
WAPI Community Services accepts Cash or Self-Payment, Insurance Through Medicaid, Low Cost Addiction Treatment for the different services that it offers, including Behavioral Therapy, Relapse Prevention. It offers its services in various settings, including Outpatient Drug Rehab.
The program offers all of their services for these types of care: Addiction Recovery Services, Addiction Treatment Programs. Finally, the facility has a number of special programs for individuals, like Drug Rehab for Persons with Co-Occurring Mental and Substance Use Disorders, Adolescents, Aftercare Programming.
Catholic Community Services Counseling Recovery and Wellness Prog
Catholic Community Services Counseling Recovery and Wellness Prog is based in Seattle, Washington - (1902 2nd Avenue 98101).
Catholic Community Services Counseling Recovery and Wellness Prog accepts Cash or Self-Payment, Insurance Through Medicaid for the different services that it offers, including Individual Addiction Therapy, Behavioral Therapy. It offers its services in various settings, including Outpatient Drug Rehab.
Seattle Drug and Narcotic Center
Seattle Drug and Narcotic Center is based in Seattle, Washington - (10344 14th Avenue South 98168).
Seattle Drug and Narcotic Center accepts Cash or Self-Payment for the different services that it offers, including Behavioral Therapy, Relapse Prevention. It offers its services in various settings, including Inpatient Drug Recovery, Outpatient Drug Rehab, Short Term Rehab.
The program offers all of their services for these types of care: Addiction Recovery Services, Sober Living Centers, Addiction Treatment Programs. Finally, the facility has a number of special programs for individuals, like Aftercare Programming, Screening for Drug and Alcohol Abuse.
Seattle Indian Health Board
Seattle Indian Health Board is based in Seattle, Washington - (606 12th Avenue South 98144).
Seattle Indian Health Board accepts Cash or Self-Payment, Insurance Through Medicaid, Medicare for the different services that it offers, including Relapse Prevention, 12-Step Support Group Therapy Approach. It offers its services in various settings, including Outpatient Drug Rehab.
The program offers all of their services for these types of care: Addiction Recovery Services, Addiction Treatment Programs. Finally, the facility has a number of special programs for individuals, like Adult Women, Drug Rehab for Adult Men, Comprehensive Substance Abuse Assessment.
Lakeside Milam Recovery Centers Seattle/Eastlake
Lakeside Milam Recovery Centers Seattle/Eastlake is based in Seattle, Washington - (2815 Eastlake Avenue East 98102).
Lakeside Milam Recovery Centers Seattle/Eastlake accepts Cash or Self-Payment, Private Health Insurance for the different services that it offers, including Behavioral Therapy, Relapse Prevention, 12-Step Support Group Therapy Approach. It offers its services in various settings, including Outpatient Drug Rehab.
The program offers all of their services for these types of care: Addiction Recovery Services, Addiction Treatment Programs. Finally, the facility has a number of special programs for individuals, like Adolescents, Aftercare Programming, Comprehensive Substance Abuse Assessment.
Seattle Childrens Hospital
Seattle Childrens Hospital is based in Seattle, Washington - (4540 Sand Point Way NE 98105).
Seattle Childrens Hospital accepts Insurance Through Medicaid, Private Health Insurance, Sliding Fee Scale (Fee Is Based On Income and Other Factors) for the different services that it offers, including Behavioral Therapy, Relapse Prevention. It offers its services in various settings, including Outpatient Drug Rehab.
The program offers all of their services for these types of care: Addiction Recovery Services. Finally, the facility has a number of special programs for individuals, like Drug Rehab for Persons with Co-Occurring Mental and Substance Use Disorders, Adolescents, Aftercare Programming.
Armstrong Alcohol and Drug Recovery
Armstrong Alcohol and Drug Recovery is based in Seattle, Washington - (625 Strander Boulevard 98188).
Armstrong Alcohol and Drug Recovery accepts Cash or Self-Payment, Private Health Insurance, Sliding Fee Scale (Fee Is Based On Income and Other Factors) for the different services that it offers, including Behavioral Therapy, Relapse Prevention, 12-Step Support Group Therapy Approach. It offers its services in various settings, including Outpatient Drug Rehab.
The program offers all of their services for these types of care: Addiction Recovery Services, Addiction Treatment Programs. Finally, the facility has a number of special programs for individuals, like Adult Women, Drug Rehab for Adult Men, Aftercare Programming.
Shamrock Group Inc
Shamrock Group Inc is based in Seattle, Washington - (10564 5th Avenue NE 98125).
Shamrock Group Inc accepts Cash or Self-Payment, Private Health Insurance, Sliding Fee Scale (Fee Is Based On Income and Other Factors) for the different services that it offers, including Behavioral Therapy, Relapse Prevention, 12-Step Support Group Therapy Approach. It offers its services in various settings, including Outpatient Drug Rehab.
Avalon Center Inc
Avalon Center Inc is based in Seattle, Washington - (6957 California Avenue SW 98136).
Avalon Center Inc accepts Cash or Self-Payment, Private Health Insurance, Sliding Fee Scale (Fee Is Based On Income and Other Factors) for the different services that it offers, including Behavioral Therapy, Relapse Prevention, 12-Step Support Group Therapy Approach. It offers its services in various settings, including Outpatient Drug Rehab.
The program offers all of their services for these types of care: Addiction Recovery Services. Finally, the facility has a number of special programs for individuals, like Adult Women, Drug Rehab for Adult Men, Aftercare Programming.
Harborview Medical Ctr Addictions Prog
Harborview Medical Ctr Addictions Prog is based in Seattle, Washington - (401 Broadway Avenue 98104).
Harborview Medical Ctr Addictions Prog accepts Cash or Self-Payment, Insurance Through Medicaid, Medicare for the different services that it offers, including Behavioral Therapy, Relapse Prevention, 12-Step Support Group Therapy Approach. It offers its services in various settings, including Outpatient Drug Rehab.
The program offers all of their services for these types of care: Addiction Recovery Services, Detox, Addiction Treatment Programs. Finally, the facility has a number of special programs for individuals, like Drug Rehab for Persons with Co-Occurring Mental and Substance Use Disorders, Adult Women, Drug Rehab for Adult Men.
La Esperanza HCS
La Esperanza HCS is based in Seattle, Washington - (15405 1st Avenue South 98148).
La Esperanza HCS accepts Cash or Self-Payment, Private Health Insurance for the different services that it offers, including Behavioral Therapy, Relapse Prevention. It offers its services in various settings, including Outpatient Drug Rehab.
The program offers all of their services for these types of care: Addiction Recovery Services. Finally, the facility has a number of special programs for individuals, like Aftercare Programming, Comprehensive Substance Abuse Assessment, Mental Health Treatment.
Riverton Place
Riverton Place is based in Seattle, Washington - (3020 South 128th Street 98168).
Riverton Place accepts Low Cost Addiction Treatment for the different services that it offers, including Behavioral Therapy, Relapse Prevention, 12-Step Support Group Therapy Approach. It offers its services in various settings, including Inpatient Drug Recovery, Outpatient Drug Rehab, Long Term Addiction Recovery.
The program offers all of their services for these types of care: Addiction Recovery Services, Sober Living Centers, Addiction Treatment Programs. Finally, the facility has a number of special programs for individuals, like Drug Rehab for Adult Men, Aftercare Programming, Comprehensive Substance Abuse Assessment.
A Positive Alternative Inc
A Positive Alternative Inc is based in Seattle, Washington - (4649 Sunnyside Avenue North 98103).
A Positive Alternative Inc accepts Cash or Self-Payment, Private Health Insurance for the different services that it offers, including Behavioral Therapy, Relapse Prevention. It offers its services in various settings, including Outpatient Drug Rehab.
VA Puget Sound Healthcare System Seattle Division
VA Puget Sound Healthcare System Seattle Division is based in Seattle, Washington - (1660 South Columbian Way 98108).
VA Puget Sound Healthcare System Seattle Division accepts Insurance Through Medicaid, Medicare, Private Health Insurance for the different services that it offers, including Behavioral Therapy, Relapse Prevention, 12-Step Support Group Therapy Approach. It offers its services in various settings, including Outpatient Drug Rehab, Outpatient Drug and Alcohol Detox.
The program offers all of their services for these types of care: Addiction Recovery Services, Detox, Detox for Alcoholism. Finally, the facility has a number of special programs for individuals, like Drug Rehab for Persons with Co-Occurring Mental and Substance Use Disorders, Drug Rehab for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Or Transgender (LGBT) Clients, Adult Women.
Consejo Youth and Family Services
Consejo Youth and Family Services is based in Seattle, Washington - (8615 14th Avenue South 98108).
Consejo Youth and Family Services accepts Insurance Through Medicaid, Sliding Fee Scale (Fee Is Based On Income and Other Factors), Low Cost Addiction Treatment for the different services that it offers, including Relapse Prevention, 12-Step Support Group Therapy Approach. It offers its services in various settings, including Outpatient Drug Rehab.
The program offers all of their services for these types of care: Addiction Recovery Services. Finally, the facility has a number of special programs for individuals, like Adolescents, Aftercare Programming, Comprehensive Substance Abuse Assessment.
Center for Human Services is based in Seattle, Washington - (17018 15th Avenue NE 98155).
Center for Human Services accepts Cash or Self-Payment, Insurance Through Medicaid, Medicare for the different services that it offers, including Behavioral Therapy, Relapse Prevention, 12-Step Support Group Therapy Approach. It offers its services in various settings, including Outpatient Drug Rehab.
The program offers all of their services for these types of care: Addiction Recovery Services, Addiction Treatment Programs. Finally, the facility has a number of special programs for individuals, like Drug Rehab for Persons with Co-Occurring Mental and Substance Use Disorders, Adolescents, Adult Women.
Evergreen Treatment Services Unit 1
Evergreen Treatment Services Unit 1 is based in Seattle, Washington - (1700 Airport Way South 98134).
Evergreen Treatment Services Unit 1 accepts Cash or Self-Payment, Insurance Through Medicaid, Private Health Insurance for the different services that it offers, including Behavioral Therapy, Relapse Prevention. It offers its services in various settings, including Outpatient Drug Rehab.
The program offers all of their services for these types of care: Addiction Recovery Services, Detox, Addiction Treatment Programs. Finally, the facility has a number of special programs for individuals, like Adult Women, Drug Rehab for Adult Men, Comprehensive Substance Abuse Assessment.
Consejo Counseling and Referral Servs
Consejo Counseling and Referral Servs is based in Seattle, Washington - (3808 South Angeline Street 98118).
Consejo Counseling and Referral Servs accepts Cash or Self-Payment, Insurance Through Medicaid, Medicare for the different services that it offers, including Relapse Prevention, 12-Step Support Group Therapy Approach. It offers its services in various settings, including Outpatient Drug Rehab.
Edgewood Health Network Seattle
Edgewood Health Network Seattle is based in Seattle, Washington - (1200 Westlake Avenue North 98109).
Edgewood Health Network Seattle accepts Cash or Self-Payment, Private Health Insurance for the different services that it offers, including Behavioral Therapy, Relapse Prevention, 12-Step Support Group Therapy Approach. It offers its services in various settings, including Outpatient Drug Rehab.
The program offers all of their services for these types of care: Addiction Recovery Services, Addiction Treatment Programs. Finally, the facility has a number of special programs for individuals, like Drug Rehab for Persons with Co-Occurring Mental and Substance Use Disorders, Adult Women, Drug Rehab for Adult Men.
Co Occurring Residential Program
Co Occurring Residential Program is based in Seattle, Washington - (11900 Beacon Avenue South 98178).
Co Occurring Residential Program accepts Cash or Self-Payment, Insurance Through Medicaid for the different services that it offers, including Behavioral Therapy, Relapse Prevention, 12-Step Support Group Therapy Approach. It offers its services in various settings, including Inpatient Drug Recovery, Long Term Addiction Recovery.
The program offers all of their services for these types of care: Addiction Recovery Services. Finally, the facility has a number of special programs for individuals, like Drug Rehab for Persons with Co-Occurring Mental and Substance Use Disorders, Adult Women, Drug Rehab for Adult Men.
Sea Mar Behavioral Health Turning Point Recovery
Sea Mar Behavioral Health Turning Point Recovery is based in Seattle, Washington - (113 23rd Avenue South 98144).
Sea Mar Behavioral Health Turning Point Recovery accepts Cash or Self-Payment, Insurance Through Medicaid, Private Health Insurance for the different services that it offers, including Behavioral Therapy, Relapse Prevention, 12-Step Support Group Therapy Approach. It offers its services in various settings, including Inpatient Drug Recovery, Short Term Rehab.
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Thunderbird Treatment Center is based in Seattle, Washington - (9236 Renton Avenue South 98118).
Thunderbird Treatment Center accepts Cash or Self-Payment, Insurance Through Medicaid, Medicare for the different services that it offers, including Behavioral Therapy, Relapse Prevention, 12-Step Support Group Therapy Approach. It offers its services in various settings, including Inpatient Drug Recovery, Short Term Rehab, Long Term Addiction Recovery.
The program offers all of their services for these types of care: Addiction Recovery Services, Addiction Treatment Programs. Finally, the facility has a number of special programs for individuals, like Adult Women, Drug Rehab for Adult Men.
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Schick Shadel Hospital Substance Abuse Program is based in Seattle, Washington - (12101 Ambaum Boulevard SW 98146).
Schick Shadel Hospital Substance Abuse Program accepts Cash or Self-Payment, Private Health Insurance for the different services that it offers, including Behavioral Therapy, Relapse Prevention, 12-Step Support Group Therapy Approach.
The program offers all of their services for these types of care: Addiction Recovery Services, Detox, Detox for Alcoholism. Finally, the facility has a number of special programs for individuals, like Drug Rehab for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Or Transgender (LGBT) Clients, Adult Women, Drug Rehab for Adult Men.
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Swedish Medical Center Ballard Addiction Recovery Services is based in Seattle, Washington - (5300 Tallman Avenue NW 98107).
Swedish Medical Center Ballard Addiction Recovery Services accepts Cash or Self-Payment, Insurance Through Medicaid, Medicare for the different services that it offers, including Behavioral Therapy, Relapse Prevention, 12-Step Support Group Therapy Approach.
The program offers all of their services for these types of care: Addiction Recovery Services, Detox, Detox for Alcoholism. Finally, the facility has a number of special programs for individuals, like Adult Women, Aftercare Programming, Comprehensive Substance Abuse Assessment.
Sea Mar Renacer Youth Treatment Center
Sea Mar Renacer Youth Treatment Center is based in Seattle, Washington - (10001 17th Place South 98168).
Sea Mar Renacer Youth Treatment Center accepts Insurance Through Medicaid for the different services that it offers, including Behavioral Therapy, Relapse Prevention, 12-Step Support Group Therapy Approach. It offers its services in various settings, including Inpatient Drug Recovery, Short Term Rehab, Long Term Addiction Recovery.
The program offers all of their services for these types of care: Addiction Recovery Services, Addiction Treatment Programs. Finally, the facility has a number of special programs for individuals, like Adolescents, Mental Health Treatment. | {
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Spanning 29 states and seven union territories, India is readying to host a mammoth democratic event beginning tomorrow (April 11).
Voting for a new parliament will continue till May 19, the results of which will be announced on May 23. While prime minister Narendra Modi seeks a second term, rivals, including Indian National Congress president Rahul Gandhi, will seek to replace him.
Here's a snapshot of what to expect, in numbers:
900 million: The massive number of people set to cast their vote in the world's largest election
432 million: Women eligible to vote. It remains to be seen how many will show up. In 2014, a record two-thirds of the registered women voted
83 million: New voters
15 million: Voters aged 18 and 19
38,000: The number of voters from the transgender community
38: The number of days the entire process will last (from April 11 to May 19), of which voting will take place on 7 days.
General election 2019.
Polling booths
1.035 million: The total number of polling booths across India.
2: The maximum distance in kilometres from any given voter's house to he nearest polling booth
3.96 million: Number of electronic voting machines (EVMs) in use this election
1.7 million: Paper trail or voter-verifiable paper audit trail machines. It is a documentary record of the voter having exercised his franchise
11 million: Election personnel being deployed to conduct polls
15,256: Height of the world's highest polling station, in Tashigang, Himachal Pradesh, in feet
35: Kilometres an election team travels just so the only resident of the remote Gir National Forest in Gujarat, where Asiatic lions outnumber humans, can vote. The temple priest gets his own polling station, complete with an EVM
2,293: The number of registered political parties
8,000: Number of candidates who have filed their nominations for the 543 Lok Sabha seats, so far
14.6 billion: The rupee value of cash, liquor, and drugs seized by the election commission this year till now
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Emerging from the grey areas of Indian anti-gambling laws, fantasy sports gaming platform Dream11 has become the country's newest unicorn.
It announced yesterday (April 09) that Hong Kong-based asset manager Steadview Capital had bought an undisclosed stake in the startup, valuing it at over $1 billion. Last year, Dream11 had received investment from Chinese online gaming giant Tencent, along with others, in a $100 million funding round.
With over 50 million users, the Mumbai-based firm calls itself India's biggest fantasy sports-gaming platform. Its rise to the top, though, has been anything but smooth.
What is it, exactly?
In 2008, University of Pennsylvania alumnus Harsh Jain co-founded Dream11 with his friend Bhavit Sheth after he felt a lack of fantasy gaming platforms catering to fans of the Indian Premier League (IPL), a wildly popular cricket tournament launched the same year.
Though cricket remains the platform has expanded its reach beyond cricket to football, kabaddi, basketball, and hockey.
On Dream11, sports fans can create their own fantasy team that consists of real-life players from an upcoming match. Each of these teams must contain players from both sides playing in the real match. The teams gain or lose points based on the individual performance of players during the course of the real match.
One can play for free or bet money. The user behind the team whose players perform the best in the real match wins the entire amount wagered in a pool. The company charges a 15% commission on the total amount won.
While only around 15% of Dream11's users bet money on their fantasy teams, it is also the firm's only revenue source since it stopped running advertisements on its platform.
And it's doing well?
Dream11 has the first-mover advantage—its only predecessor, Super Selector, shut shop before the IPL even launched.
In a country obsessed with cricket, IPL has emerged as a multi-billion dollar brand. And Dream11 has carved out a piece of the pie. Last month, the firm clinched a 4-year deal to be the official fantasy gaming platform for the summer tournament. It has also signed former Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni as its brand ambassador.
These moves have helped Dream11's user base grow by several times over the past few years.
However, that hasn't brought an end to its legal hurdles.
How legal is this?
India bans any wagering activity, including several card games, that depends more on chance than skill.
Courts in the country have, however, interpreted the law to allow betting in horse races on grounds that these involve deep knowledge of the horses' and jockeys' pedigree and past performance, not merely luck.
In 2017, when a user lost money on Dream11 and filed a case against it, the court agreed with the firm's stance that betting on the platform depends predominantly on skill, as users build their own team based on knowledge of players' abilities and performance.
Yet, since sports betting remains illegal across India, Dream11 cannot allow users to bet on the real teams.
Further, the various states in India can and do enact strict anti-gambling laws of their own. Dream 11, hence, does not allow users from states like Telangana, Assam, Odisha, Nagaland, and Sikkim to play for money.
In its 2018 report on whether gambling should be legalised, the law commission of India cited a ruling by the European Court of Justice which advocates against online fantasy sports:
Apart from the lack of direct contact between the consumer and the operator… the particular ease and the permanence of access to games offered over the internet and the potentially high volume and frequency of such an international offer, in an environment which is moreover characterised by isolation of the player, anonymity and an absence of social control, constitute so many factors likely to foster the development of gambling addiction and the related squandering of money, and thus (is) likely to increase the negative social and moral consequences…
How's the future looking?
The number of fantasy sport buffs is growing rapidly in India, particularly as internet penetration rises and people get more comfortable with e-payments.
Most enthusiasts access such platforms via apps on their smartphones, according to a joint report by KPMG and a Dream11-led industry body. This is despite Google Play Store not hosting apps that offer cash contests—users are forced to download the Dream11 app from its website.
CEO Jain has said that the firm plans to reach 100 million users by the end of 2019. As is usually the case with startups, though, growth has come at a cost for Dream11, data from business intelligence firm Tracxn show.
Then again, flush with new money and the coveted unicorn status, Dream11 can dream some more.
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JUNE NINETEENTH ONCE AGAIN
("Slavery!Slavery! Presenting a GRAND and LIFELIKE Panoramic Journey into Picturesque South Slavery of 'Life at 'Ol' Virginny's Hole' [sketches from Plantation Life] -- See the Peculiar Institution as never before! All cut from black paper by the able hand of Kara Elizabeth Walker an Emancipated Negress and leader of her Cause" -- cut paper on wall, 12 X 85 ft., 1997, collections of Peter Norton and Eileen Norton, Santa Monica, California)
I slept over ten hours of uninterrupted, restorative sleep last night. It's only now, at 5:00 in the afternoon, that I've realized today is June 19th. A day of triple significance for me.
First of all, it's Juneteenth. I wrote about it last year and will direct you to that post for what I had to say: Juneteenth.
(Bill Barnett circa 1965, Dilley, Texas, age 8)
Second, on this day in 2001, shortly after noon, my little brother Bill died, alone and in horrific pain. I've written about him, too, at William David Barnett. It makes no sense to me that he's been dead eight years.
(Alice Neel. painter, self-portrait)
Finally, it was on this night three years ago that I had my first Ginny Bates dream, the dream that launching writing a book. I commemorated the anniversary of beginning the book in last year's post Happy Birthday, Ginny.
The past is not dead. It is not even the past.
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STRONG PUBLIC OPTION: OUR RIGHT AND PREFERENCE
(Pouring Concrete V, woodcut 2000 by Linda Lee Boyd)
Everybody has to have health care. If you don't get it when you need it, you get sick or sicker. Your productivity drops, and eventually you either (a) go to a emergency room where indigent care is covered but the expenses are exponentially higher, for a condition which might have cost a few dollars if it was treated way back when; (b) you wind up on disability (if you're lucky); or (c) you die.
How can any of these options be called in the common good? More to the point, how can any of these options be called "profitable"?
A well-constructed national study, Medical Bankruptcy in the United States 2007 was recently published in the American Journal of Medicine. It begins "As recently as 1981, only 8% of families filing for bankruptcy did so in the aftermath of a serious medical problem. By contrast, our 2001 study in 5 states found that illness or medical bills contributed to about half of bankruptcies."
The study abstract states (emphasis added by me):
Since then [2001], health costs and the numbers of un- and underinsured have increased, and bankruptcy laws have tightened. RESULTS: Using a conservative definition, 62.1% of all bankruptcies in 2007 were medical; 92% of these medical debtors had medical debts over $5000, or 10% of pretax family income. The rest met criteria for medical bankruptcy because they had lost significant income due to illness or mortgaged a home to pay medical bills. Most medical debtors were well educated, owned homes, and had middle-class occupations. Three quarters had health insurance. Using identical definitions in 2001 and 2007, the share of bankruptcies attributable to medical problems rose by 49.6%. In logistic regression analysis controlling for demographic factors, the odds that a bankruptcy had a medical cause was 2.38-fold higher in 2007 than in 2001.
Forget about the stock market, or even foreclosures: The economic threat to working Americans is lack of affordable health care. We do NOT have the "best health care in the world", not unless you are rich or a member of Congress whose government-funded medical plan is phenomenal.
We out here know this, of course. I'm not telling you anything you don't already lie awake nights worrying about. But the debate that is going on is, as usual, full of distortions and "compromises" that are no such thing.
Bottom line: Strong public option or else. This means if a law is passed insisting you have health care insurance (as exists already for car insurance), one of your options is to buy it at an affordable rate from a government-run program, or have it provided free a la Medicare if your income qualifies. You will not be denied coverage for any reason, such as pre-existing conditions, and your insurance will be accepted at any public facility in the nation. It will be completely portable, not linked to a job or living in a particular state.
What Republicans want is to force us to buy insurance from private companies -- the same companies who are already making millions in profits by denying us coverage, cancelling coverage if we get ill, or delaying payment so long we die before we get the care we need. The crisis in health care is currently caused by private insurance plans linked to PROFIT.
Republicans, and Democrats who work as lobbyists for the insurance industry or have major contributions from said industry (cough cough Daschle), claim that insisting on a public option will mean too many people will choose that instead of private insurance. Some of their mouthpieces are pushing a "co-op" option, knowing full well that states with small populations will never have enough clout to create co-ops that survive against private insurance. Other mouthpieces complain about the competition that will force private companies to lower rates and provide better coverage. In other words, they want corporate welfare once again.
They also claim it means a government worker will decide what kind of treatment you get. Well, currently those decisions are being made by cubicle drones for private insurance companies who receive bonuses for denying you care. Your disability and death have no impact on their bottom line. But a "government worker" will have no such incentive to keep you away from necessary treatment, and in the big picture, having more citizens alive and productive is better for the government's bottom line. You tell me which one looks more attractive.
And to help you, check out this video of the Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on "Terminations of Individual Health Policies by Insurance Companies." Of particular interest is the practice of recission, where insurance companies are cancelling coverage for tens of thousands of patients who developed cancer or other serious conditions, a cancellation which makes these patients liable for medical expenses retroactively. None of the three insurance companies who testified -- Assurant, UnitedHealth Group, and WellPoint -- would commit to stopping the practice of arbitrary recission unless there was intentional fraud in the patient's application. [Starting at 4:48 in the video.] They all indicated they will go on putting profit ahead of patient well-being. Until we demand the government stops them, of course, or we find an alternative to their own cancerous death-grip on our medical system.
The time to act on this is now, before we get sold out again by so-called moderates who are actually far to the right in many human rights aspects. All it would take is for President Obama to say he will not sign a bill that doesn't include a public option. Speaker Pelosi responded this week to a question from Huffington Post about whether she she would allow a reform package without a public option out of the House: "It's not a question of allow. It wouldn't have the votes."
HuffPo states a bill without the public option "would lack the votes because the GOP generally opposes Democratic reform proposals, and the 77 member Congressional Progressive Caucus -- rarely heard from on the Hill -- has been particularly vocal in its commitment to oppose any reform that doesn't include a public option. The public plan's popularity extends beyond progressives and is broadly popular with the Congressional Black Caucus, Congressional Hispanic Caucus and even two-fifths of Blue Dogs, the conservative Democratic coalition."
Dr. Howard Dean and Democracy For America have created an explanatory video and petition for a strong public option in health care reform, available at Stand With Dr. Dean. On the same page is a list of other actions you can take with DFA.
Senators Dick Durbin, Patrick Leahy, and Chuck Schumer have created an online advocacy effort to build support for real health care reform that includes a public option. You can read about it and sign their petition at Citizens For A Public Option.
Organizing For America has a Health Care Action Center page where you can enter your address and zip to find your Representative and Senators' phone numbers, along with some calling tips.
We only need 50 votes to get this done, or a President who won't sign a bail-out to the insurance industry. (If he caves on this, you can kiss off the rest of his term.) 76% of the American people want the public option, which is ALREADY all the bipartisan support necessary. Write, call, do your bit. And be well.
ADDENDUM: This issue, what constitutes a human right that should not be determined by profit margins, reminded me of a song by the great lesbian-feminist singer/songwriter and Red Diaper baby Alix Dobkin, written in the late 1970's. I've just received the correct lines from her and share them with you now:
How the patriarchy scars us
From the moment we are born
Heavy hands are interfering
From our mothers we are torn
Everyone's a victim at the hands of men
They've stolen childbirth, they profit on our lives
Through to our earthly end
It's so outrageous to think about it
I have to think about it
I have to think again...
[Cross-posted at Group News Blog.]
Labels: Alix Dobkin, Citizens For A Public Option, Democracy For America, Dr. Howard Dean, health care reform, medical bankruptcy, Nancy Pelosi, public option, recission
GINNY BATES, BOOK TWO: CHAPTER ONE
Note: I haven't been able to start on editing yet. But characters keep appearing in my dreams and quiet moments during the day, demanding I write this or that. After a week of holding them off, I'm trying out the idea of putting some of it down on paper.
Myra and Ginny didn't get up until almost 10:00. Claire and Leila had left for SeaTac much earlier, sharing a cab with Nate and his family. Cathy was sticking around for a couple of days, however. She was at the dining table with a newspaper and a carafe of coffee.
"Where's Sima?" asked Myra, noticing her reflection in the convection oven glass door. Fuck, was that a bite mark on her neck?
"Hanging out by the pond. I think she's wishing she had an Ecto-Containment Unit" said Cathy. Ginny burst into laughter. Cathy added "There's still cake left, are you going to freeze a piece to eat in ten years?"
"My god, no" said Ginny. "I wouldn't eat it in ten days." Myra was distracted from examining her own neck by the idea of cake for breakfast. With pancetta, she thought.
Ginny sat down next to Cathy with an imperceptible wince. "Will you make me some toast?" she called to Myra.
"Okay. We have some of those pumpernickel rounds left over" said Myra.
"Perfect. With cream cheese and lox" said Ginny. Myra turned on the kettle as well, thinking Does this mean I make our breakfasts, too, now that I'm a wife? She cracked herself up, giggling as she put her All-Clad skillet on a front burner and lined it with pancetta.
"Do you need help?" asked Ginny belatedly.
"No, talk with your sissy-poo" said Myra.
Ginny saw the side gate open. Gidg and Moon gamboled through, rushing first to greet Sima, then streaking for the back door. "Here comes Margie" Ginny called. Myra set aside two crumbs of meat for the dogs. Margie sat beside Sima for a few minutes before they both came into the house and joined the dining table crowd. Margie kissed her mother and aunt, then asked Ginny "So? You feel different today?"
Ginny's eyes went a little flinty. "I always feel different the day after our anniversary."
Atta girl thought Myra. She called through "Anybody else hungry?"
Sima shook her head. Margie was focused on Ginny. "What's your plan for today, then?" she asked her mother.
"Well, Myra's getting fitted for a diaphragm" began Ginny. She and Myra burst into giggles as Myra came to the table with plates for them both. "Teapot's on the counter" Myra said, and Ginny retrieved it, dodging the dogs who were unbudging lumps between her and Myra's chair.
"We need to drop off those clothes" Myra said to Ginny, "see if the drycleaners can keep that linen from being damaged by its dunk in the pool. Allie's tux is still here, too, might as well take it in with ours."
"Last time I saw her top hat was when Charlie was trying to get Moon to wear it" said Ginny.
"I think the hat is a lost cause" said Myra. "What's that you got?" she said to Margie, pointed to a small padded envelope on the table in front of Margie.
Margie grinned. "DVD of the, ahem, multimedia performance project."
Ginny's face lit up. She stood instantly and said "Let's watch it while we eat." Myra followed her to the living room and snagged the spot next to Ginny on the couch. The video opened to a static shot of the closed gate. They could hear Gillam's friend Kyle saying nearby "So my idiot roommate pulled off a wooden panel from behind the stove and torrents of roaches poured out. I shut the door to my room, pushed a towel into the crack at the bottom, and left the house."
"Jesus H" they heard Gillam reply. Amplified from the pool area came Mimi's voice jeering "You have buggers hanging out both of you noses", and Leah yelling "I do NOT". There was a wet smack, and Gillam jostled the camera as he went to intercede, swearing softly.
"Who was that man with Kyle again?" asked Ginny.
"Jesse. Her father, you remember" said Myra.
"Oh yeah. And why didn't Jared come with Jen?" continued Ginny. Sima answered "I think Poe asked Jen to leave him behind for once, because he's not part of the long-time friendship network."
"Hey, there's Allie poking her head around the gate" said Myra, her pulse starting to race. She put her plate on the floor for the dogs to lick clean and pushed close to Ginny. The next several minutes were delicious. Ginny took the remote away from Myra eventually because of one too many slo-mo replays, but then she rewound the section where Myra shoved Pat into the pool five times herself, crowing each time.
Finally they reached the end and sat, hands clasped together, grinning at each other. Myra said to Margie "This the only copy?"
"No, I have the original."
"Guard it with your fucking life" said Myra. "Press out there would kill to have this."
"To answer your earlier question" said Ginny, "We're meeting Liza for a late lunch. And we're going to stop by a travel agent to look into Alaskan cruises."
"What?" said Margie, startled.
"Yeah, we've always wanted to do it, and this is a good summer for it" said Myra. "After we all go to the beachhouse for the Fourth and Lucia's birthday, but before my birthday, that two week period is when we want to take the cruise. You're all invited. But we're going to have a private stateroom with a balcony overlooking the iceberg-calving side."
"Jane mentioned something about taking the kids to Yellowstone after your birthday, before school starts" Sima said. "Seems like a fun-packed summer is on everyone's minds."
Ginny said softly "It was such a hard year", looking at Sima with sorrow.
Margie stood, saying "Well, I have to get some work done." The dogs scrambled upright on the parquet floor. "Are you eating lunch with them or hanging out with me?" Margie asked her aunt.
Cathy looked at Ginny before answering "I think I'd like to watch you work. Ginny and I are spending the evening together."
"Annie's bringing some muscle over to erect scaffolds for Carly and Eric's project" said Sima. "I'll be there if anyone needs me."
The house cleared out. Ginny did dishes while Myra carried the DVD to her computer and made a short wav. file that featured her palm connecting with Pat's shoulder and Pat sailing backwards, the big splash, then Pat leaping forward to meet Myra's hand again and get shoved once more. She sent a copy to immediate family in an e-mail titled "Who let the wasps out?"
She then did research on Alaskan cruise options, finally settling on three possibilities and calling in Ginny to look at them. "Send an e-mail about it to the family" suggested Ginny. "I'm willing to bet Jane and Gillam don't go, trying to keep their five entertained on shipboard sounds daunting. Plus they were talking about going to Fresno for a week after the Gulf Coast."
Myra noticed Ginny kept twisting her new ring around and around on her finger. She was wearing on her right, dominant hand. Myra said "I remember feeling those stones slipping in and out at my opening." Ginny gave her a smudgy look and said "I was trying really hard to be gentle."
"Just right" said Myra. "How is it painting and drawing with a ring on, challenging to get used to?"
"The sensation of wearing a ring, or the symbolism?" asked Ginny. "Yes to the former, but being coupled with you is ancient comfort."
They looked at each other a long minute. Myra said "I'm going to work on my manuscript. Qiana is picking up a copy tomorrow morning, I think she can edit this particular book as well as my poetry. Also, Nika told me she has a grad student to recommend for the Chris journal project."
"Too bad it's not Nika herself" said Ginny.
"Yeah, but she's too busy as a professor now. The student she's promoting is named Robert but they call him Booray. He's Yurok, from Northern California."
Ginny looked at Myra with interest. "Like Umai, you mean?"
"Yeah. Not gay but his parents have both been very involved in the resurrection of Yurok language. He sees Chris as a hero, Nika says."
"So not gay, and not a woman. You trust him to sort through Chris's journals?"
Myra replied "Not yet. I'll hire him to do what Nika began with, scanning every page of Chris's work into readable files, and I'll see what notes he keeps about which entries he thinks would be good for a graphic biography. If I agree with his judgment, I'll use him more. He's without a job at the moment and if I give him full-time hours, he could maybe finish all the journals before we leave on the cruise. Which means Allie and I would have everything on disk to begin collaborating on the book while we travel."
"Speaking of book, this afternoon I need to create an outline for that volume of my work that my agent wants. Can I interrupt you if I need to bounce ideas off somebody?"
"Yeah. Why don't you haul your slides in here, use the other work table behind me?"
Ginny stood, then said "What are we doing for dinner? I'm pretty sure Gillam and his crew are coming over to eat, because they want to see Cathy again."
"I bet Margie and Frances do, too. I'll send out an e-mail saying it's potluck, we'll do salad, bread and some veggies, okay?" Myra began composing it.
"Plus leftover wedding cake" grinned Ginny.
They broke in an hour to go have lunch with Liza before she left town, returning to plunge back into silent, focused work. At 5:30, Myra heard the beep of the back door alarm and children's voices shouting "We're here!" She and Ginny went downstairs together.
Gillam was unloading three large pots from the little red wagon. "We've got pink beans with pork, white beans with fennel, and a monster batch of brown rice" he said tiredly. "Best I could manage with kids on hand all day."
"Sounds delish" said Myra. Ginny handed out baskets and gloves to the children and they headed toward the veggie beds. Two minutes later, Carly and Eric arrived. Carly said "We stopped and picked up two kosher hens. I was thinking about doing beer-can chicken on your grill, but I just realized you might not have beer."
"I do have beer, in the storage room fridge, but it's in bottles" said Myra. "Let's spatchcock them instead, they'll cook a lot faster."
Carly headed for the storage room, returning with four bottles of Jarlsburg which he handed out to Eric, Gillam, and Jane. Eric was already pounding chickens flat with the meat hammer. "I'll go start the grill" said Carly.
"I'll walk out with you" said Myra. As Carly filled two coal starters and lit a match, Myra said "I want to ask you how it is with -- you and Gillam. And Eric. And Jane, for that matter. Your perspective."
Carly met her eyes, then blew out his match. "I've hated not telling you. But I had to honor Gillam's choice."
"I figured as much. He has to build his fences where he can, he's so attuned to his family. Well, especially me, I guess" said Myra.
"Eric loves Gillam, and Jane. As do I. It's very comfortable between us all. Of course, we're careful to not rub each other's faces in anything" said Carly.
"I try to imagine it but I honestly can't. Which is fine, I can't listen to the music you all do, either. For me, the troubling question is..." Myra trailed off. Carly waited.
"It was my older brother, you know, who -- came after me. I always thought, do think, of you and Gillam as brothers. I don't know how else to ask this, Carly, but isn't this some kind of incest for you?"
"Wow. Never occurred to me." Carly leaned against the brick half-wall. "No. I mean, yeah, Gillam was like a brother, but I had a brother and Gillam was way different from Truitt. In mostly good ways. And...We messed around before it became really sexual, if that makes any sense. After puberty, it became different, but by that time we were best friends in a new way. Facing the world together, not just playmates. In love the way friends are."
"I know that kind of love. So, then, did you never hope to become his life partner?"
Carly looked away. "I did, for a while. But I'm gay, and Gillam -- whatever he is, he's not one thing. He wants women in a way I do not. It was tough for a while. We fought a lot. I was so scared he'd go away. Finally I believed him when he said he'd never leave me, we'd find a way to make family together. He said he knew how, he'd grown up with it. And that I could understand."
Myra thought about various tensions she'd noticed over the years. "Well, at least now you can come bitch to me about him without censoring" she said, smiling.
"Yep. I mean, I had Allie and Chris -- and David, when he was alive. But you're the mother lode. So to speak."
David? Myra was reeling from this when Leah zoomed around the corner and said attached herself as an appendage from Myra's arm, saying "What are you doing?"
"I'm trying to make sense of something" said Myra. She quickly improvised. "The leviathan just rose up out of the center of the pond, next to the float, standing up on her back fin like killer whales do."
"Nuh-uh" said Leah, turning to stare at the pond. There were ripples from the breeze on the surface, lending credibility to Myra's story.
Carly said "But then, even more incredible, she opened her silver mouth and spoke. It was gill-choked and metallic, but we could still understand her."
"Nuh-uh" repeated Leah, belief in her tone. "What did she say?"
Myra couldn't think of a single word. Carly put on a high lev-voice to say "So long, and thanks for all the fish!"
Leah couldn't take her eyes off the pond. Charlie scooted into the barbecue area with them, and Leah turned to him with the breathless announcement "The lev just talked to Gramma and Uncle Carly! Right there! It thanked them for the fish."
Myra had slyly reached into the fish food canister and pulled out a handful. She tossed this now toward the pond, and it scattered across the surface. In a split second, splashes skittered everywhere as small fish near the surface fought for a pellet.
Charlie broke for the house. Myra, laughing, followed him with Leah glued to her hand on the side away from the pond. "You threw that food, right, Gramma?"
"I did."
"But there really is a lev, right?"
"There really is an unusually large severum in that pond. I'd love a better view of her" said Myra. She had the sudden idea of buying a remote-control toy submarine and fitting it with a micro-camera for exploring the depths. Maybe with a tiny light. She segued from this into outfitting the sub with attached fins and flashing LEDS, having it surface briefly when the children were around -- her own version of the Loch Ness hoaxer. She entertained herself with this fantasy as she checked her sweet potatoes simmering in cream and found they were done.
Leah said "Can I mash those, Gramma?" Myra lifted Leah to sit on the counter and handed her the masher. "Be careful, the pot is very hot. Toss in some salt and pepper first. I'll get you butter to melt in, too, stay put."
Frances, Margie and Cathy had come in the back door, passing Eric carrying marinated-and-microwaved chicken out to Carly. Cathy perched herself on the top of the kitchen footstool, tucked into a corner. Myra realized Cathy had, this last year, crossed clearly over the line from old into elderly. She was smaller than she'd ever been, in bulk and height. Myra kissed her cheek and said "You need a tide-me-over? We've got at least 20 minutes before eating."
"All I need is this river of family around me" said Cathy. Myra could hear Charlie telling his mother in the living room about the leviathan appearance in an insistent tone.
"Where did that beer come from?" Margie said to Gillam.
"There's more in the store room fridge. But Marg, take the small galvanized tub, fill it with ice, and load it with beer plus any juices and sodas in there. Put it by the back door, on the tile" asked Myra.
"What sodas?" she heard David asking as he trailed after Margie. Cathy said to Ginny "My god, what kind of tomatoes are those you're slicing?"
"Oaxacan Jewels" said Ginny. "Here, take a bite."
"Do I need to warm up bread or are we covered?" Frances asked Myra.
"The spelt rustic rolls, yes, in case Lucia needs extra carb" answered Myra. Margie handed a beer to Frances on her way by with the tub on the little red wagon. Half a minute later, they heard Lucia scream "I wanted the Orangina!"
"There's another one" Margie said. "Here, Charlie, you want this Peñafiel? It's strawberry."
"No, I want a pretty bottle" he said.
"Okay, uh...look, this Jarritos has all these bumps on the top, nice, huh? It's tamarind. Here, let me open it for you."
Myra called out "Margie, put a guarana by my plate at the table, okay?"
Mimi said "Can I have a guarana too?"
"No" answered Ginny and Gillam in a single voice. A few seconds later, there was the sound of breaking glass and David's wail rose up from the shocked silence. Ginny grabbed a dish towel and the whisk broom, heading for the living room.
Gillam said, unusually loud and angry, "Don't take a fucking step, David! Not until we pick up the shards around your feet!" He roared at the other children "Go sit down at the table in your seats. NOW."
Leah's whisper to Charlie was audible to Myra in the kitchen "Daddy's in a bad mood." Cathy stood and headed for the table, calling out "Lucia, you cannot climb into a high chair with a bottle in your hands, give it to me and I'll help."
The children had become very restless by the time Carly and Eric came in the back door with a platter of chicken, but Gillam was ruthless in keeping them pinned to their chairs. Jane released them for hand-washing. As everyone was sitting down again, Sima and Annie came through the yard. Sima apologized for their lateness, and Annie said "I have to scrub off the top layer, don't wait on me." Her clothes were streaked with sweat and grime.
Her dog, whom Ginny had taken to calling "Omar the Oblivious" when Annie wasn't in earshot, stood stiffly by the door for a minute, then walked slowly to a separate dog bed Sima had set up for him in the living room. He was the most phlegmatic canine Myra had ever met. He responded to no one but Annie, and children, cats, other dogs didn't seem to register on his radar.
Myra spooned a chicken gizzard from the sauce pan of giblets she'd simmered on the stove and put it on a small plate, dicing it. She carried this unobtrusively to the living room, except of course Moon saw her and responded with a wounded expression. She set the plate next to Omar's bed, put her hand lightly on his head, and murmured "Dogs who've been working hard all day with their person need a little snack while waiting for real dinner, I bet." She couldn't tell if Omar was even looking at her, the curly hair around his eyes was overgrown. As she walked away, however, she heard a small scrape of ceramic plate on parquet, and she smiled to herself.
The children's soda bottles were all empty and Gillam was offering "Water or nothing". Myra sat down next to Leah and poured her own guarana with a small sense of guilt. Frances said to Annie "You were impressive today, sinking that bolt into the side of the store from a perch 30 feet above the asphalt."
Annie shyly said "Well, I had to be sure of that anchorage, the whole structure will hang from it."
Margie said to Carly and Eric "Wait till you see the patinas she's got for us to choose from for the copper and steel, it's all 'better art through chemistry'-ish."
Everyone ate quickly, because dinner was late tonight. Jane gave the children small pieces of wedding cake, which even Myra had misgivings about after looking at Gillam's stony expression. Jane retreated to the kitchen to start clean-up. Annie said "I'm too exhausted for dessert. What I need most is a long soak in the tub."
"Use our hot tub" offered Jane from the sink. "It's ready to go, it'll do wonders for you."
Annie was going to demur, but Sima said "Thanks, honey, we'll accept." She went to her room to get robes and towels while Annie stood with a groan to feed Omar. Myra reminded her and Frances there were giblets to mix into the kibble. Annie carried Omar's bowl into Sima's sitting area where he preferred to eat in solitude. As she and Sima opened the back door, Annie said to Myra "Okay if I leave him here?"
"Of course" said Myra. Gillam was in the kitchen banging pots into the dishwasher. She heard Jane say "You cooked, go take a break." He disappeared into the hall and up the front stairs.
Margie glanced at Frances and said "We're going to take the dogs on a long walk after they eat, would any children like to go with us?"
David was on his feet instantly. "Can we go as far as that house with the lions by the gate?"
"Sure" said Frances. Ginny pulled small metal pails and flashlights from a cupboard, handing them out to the children with instructions to pick any ripe fruit along fences and alleyways. Myra added "Whoever brings me a full bucket will get an individually make fruit tart for dessert on shabbos." Ginny repeated "Ripe fruit." She and Cathy started up the back stairs for their private time together.
Carly said to Myra "If you've got a few minutes, there's something I could use talking over with you." Eric shooed them both out of the kitchen as Carly said quietly "Mom called me a lunch today. She heard about what happened at your wedding and, well, I think she might be ready to budge."
Myra saw Jane look around at them with interest. "Do tell" said Myra.
"Let's go out by the pond" said Carly. As Myra opened the back door, she saw Omar standing motionless in the hall. "Care to join us?" she offered. After a long moment, he trudged toward her and out the door in front of her. She sat on the middle of the pond bench and lifted Omar to one side of her. The bench retained heat from the sun now set. Omar circled twice, then settled with a sigh. Myra reached to rub behind his ears as she turned toward Carly, who was saying "I think she's finally figured out Pat's shit had nothing to do with her." Half a minute later, she felt a feather-light tongue cross the back of her hand, then Omar returned his head to easy reach of her fingers.
Margie and Frances kept the children away for an hour. When Myra and Carly went back in, trailed by Omar, Jane was asleep on the living room couch and Eric was watching a movie in Sima's sitting area with Sima and Annie, damp-haired and nearly asleep themselves. Eric left with Carly. Myra went upstairs and discovered Gillam asleep on her daybed. Ginny whispered to her "He came up here and unloaded on us, I'll tell you later what's up."
Myra whispered back "David knew about Carly and Gillam, Carly used to go to him for advice. Also, Patty called Carly today and change is afoot. I'll tell you later about it."
Ginny looked shocked, but Cathy didn't. Myra went to her computer and turned it on. She heard Ginny say "Well, hello, there." She looked around and Omar was standing in the doorway to her study. She took the unused quilt pushed from the daybed by Gillam's feet and made a pallet from it under her desk. Omar shuffled to her and lay down with his back close enough to her bare feet to touch them. Keller's fur was bristled and her smooth forehead was peering over the edge of the desk. Myra whispered "It's okay, he needs safe harbor." She rubbed his head again, noting grease and grit in his tangled fur. She entered "remote control toy submarine" into her search engine and pushed Enter.
After the children returned and were herded home by sleepy parents, Myra emptied the pails of assorted fruit into a large colander for rinsing before freezing. She discovered a snail in the mix, and was stumped, trying to figure out what to do with it besides murder. Finally she carried it out the front door and two doors down to the yard that nobody ever tended. When she got back, Omar had disappeared into Sima's bedroom. She put the fruit into ziplocks, opened a second guarana, and returned upstairs to write. Ginny would be up very late with Cathy, who was flying home the next day.
(chapter not yet finished)
Labels: Ginny Bates Book Two Chapter One
HUBBLE THURSDAY
(Bright knots of glowing gas light up the arms of spiral galaxy M74, indicating a rich environment of star formation. Messier 74, also called NGC 628, is slightly smaller than our Milky Way. Click on image to enlarge.)
Every Thursday, I post a very large photograph of some corner of space captured by the Hubble Space Telescope and available online from the picture album at HubbleSite.
We circle around, we circle around
The boundaries of the earth
Wearing our long wing feathers as we fly
The boundaries of the sky
~~traditional Arahapo song
Labels: Arapaho song, Hubble image of spiral galaxy Messier 74
REVIEWING MY PRESIDENTIAL WISH LIST
(Five Paths, sculpture by Richard Long 2002 at New Art Centre, Roche Court, England)
Let me be up front: Lesbian/gay marriage is not one of my top 10 issues. Nor even in my top 20. I support it, as I support all human rights causes, but I don't believe marriage represents the ultimate expression of love and commitment, and I'd rather the state get out of the marriage business altogether except for a few basic rights accorded in civil unions for EVERYBODY.
The problem with the recent DOMA brief is three-fold for me, none of which really are about supporting lesbian/gay marriage. First, written into this brief is hate: Hateful lies and arguments which will be used by the Right for possibly decades to come. Second, either Obama is not in charge of policy decisions on a hot-button issue or he's lied in a major way about his intentions. Third, the alleged "Constitutional expert" is flat-out wrong on this issue, where law has been perverted to support politics in order to keep one segment of the population separated from Constitutional rights everyone else enjoys.
Believe me, if this kind of language and stance had been taken with regard to any other population in our country, I'd be just as outraged. More to the point, so would be a lot of people who are currently trying to explain it away as either an accident or some kind of "President's sekwet pwan to whip inflation".
In the bigger picture, for all of you screaming about how it's only been four months, this is one of a series of failures in this new Presidency that are far, far more serious, failures which could easily have gone the other way while he had political capital and intense support to make the Change he ran on. Back when I decided what the key issues were for me in choosing a Presidential candidate, here's what I came up with, in order of importance:
Restore habeas corpus. (This includes closing GITMO.)
Stop and reverse unitary executive expansion. (This includes halting the use of signing statements except occasionally for Constitutional issues and releasing access to documents such as who visits the White House.)
Stop torture. Period.
Enact public health care for all (you bet socialized medicine -- insurance not tied to employment or private companies.)
Halt all illegal domestic spying and reveal what has been done in this area over the past eight years.
Rely on foreign policy that uses military force (or the threat of it) only as a very last resort, and which removes the use of nuclear weapons from the table altogether.
Support unions and working people instead of the economic elite. (This means throwing strong support behind EFCA, ending corporate welfare, and penalizing companies who send American jobs overseas.)
Get us out of Iraq fast.
Appoint Supreme Court justices who are not reactionary.
Prosecute the crimes of the former administration. (This would include releasing torture photos and tapes.)
Immigration reform that involves paths to citizenship, increased work visas, and no more imprisonment of families with children.
(Oops. I guess I forgot I was supposed to be "driven by identity politics" or a PUMA when I was writing this list.)
Now let's rate this Presidency according to actual performance, not Obama's speechwriting ability. The red items are where he has ALREADY failed. The green items are where he has lived up to either progressive hopes and/or his own campaign promises. And the yellow items are where he could still take positive remedial action.
From 11 main items I looked for in a Democratic Presidency, Obama has already gone the opposite direction entirely on five main items, mostly or partially failed on two more, delivered on only one main item, and left three with room still for Hope and Change.
What upsets me most is that I felt we had one slim chance to stop the power grab Cheney set into place, a power grab begun under Reagan (may he rot in hell), but Obama has gladly clapped onto his head the laurels of Imperial Presidency. Which means it will be that much harder for any future ethical Democrat to roll it back, if we ever get one elected, but the more likely scenario is future Republican Presidents will find it a short hop to dictatorship and theocracy.
All this refusing to assign responsibility or correct insanity eddying around us has not won Obama a single ally or vote from the opposition. It will not grant him kind words in future biographies. I think a more accurate description comes from Jill at Brilliant Hussein At Breakfast, who in her post You Don't Have To Be Gay For This To Piss You Off says "There's Barack and Rahm, still trying to win over the very same Christofascist Zombie Brigade that's been calling Obama a Muslim and a terrorist and appearing all over Fox Noise to whip gun guys into a frenzy." You don't deal with domestic terrorists by going appeasatory on them, and I say that as a Quaker. You also don't reason with authoritarian-based hydrophobia. You do the principled thing and keep going.
Jill, by the way, identifies a large part of the problem as Emanuel Rahm. I can't pass up this quote from her: "Note to the President: Jettison Rahm...the sooner the better. Because he is an albatross around your neck.. He thinks his political instincts are great, but he's just another cheap, glad-handing sack of shit who schmoozes and strongarms and thinks that's what's important. Perhaps you are too. But if you don't want to be thought of this way, get rid of this guy. Because he is going to steer you wrong every damn time."
Whatever the source of the infection, we have to diagnose its effect on our system and cry for a halt. We'll have to seek remedy in Congress short-term, and be honest with one another in public as often as we can. Because we believe in the rule of law, not personality.
(Hat-tip to Distributor Cap for inspiration for this post.)
Labels: DOMA, President Barack Obama, progressive ideology, unitary executive theory
HOWARD DEAN TALKS WITH RACHEL MADDOW ABOUT OBAMA'S DEEPLY OFFENSIVE DEFENSE OF DOMA (AND OTHER UPDATES)
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Quotes from Governor Dean in this interview:
"Of all the things that were done during sort of the anti-gay period, the electioneering period engineered by Karl Rove and Newt Gingrich and people like that, DOMA was probably the most offensive. And this, I think most people believe, never should have been signed. The language in this brief is really offensive, and it really is a terrible mistake. I doubt very much the President knew this was coming. I don't think for a minute this represents the President's position. But he is now going to have to dig himself out of this, because people are really upset about this, and they -- not just in the gay and lesbian community, but in the community of people who are interested in equal rights."
"You cannot talk about gay Americans the way that gay Americans were talked about in this brief."
"I do think it's bad that this kind of language was used in a Justice Department brief, presumably without the President's knowledge. That is really -- you just can't do that. You can't -- It is true that the Attorney General has the obligation to defend the law of the land whether the law of the land they agree with or not. But there are some times when the law of the land is so noxious -- This is not a bill to legalize same-sex marriage. That's not what this does. If DOMA gets repealed, that does not legalize same-sex marriage in places like Alabama and Texas which may not want to have same-sex marriage. But it does recognize the constitutional reciprocity of contracts from one state to another, and that is a basic Constitutional right."
Also appearing today, as the mainstream media wakes up to this issue: From today's New York Times editorial A Bad Call On Gay Rights:
The brief also maintains that the Defense of Marriage Act represents a "cautious policy of federal neutrality" — an odd assertion since the law clearly discriminates against gay couples. Under the act, same-sex married couples who pay their taxes are ineligible for the sort of federal benefits — such as Social
Security survivors' payments and joint tax returns — that heterosexual married couples receive.
If the administration does feel compelled to defend the act, it should do so in a less hurtful way. It could have crafted its legal arguments in general terms, as a simple description of where it believes the law now stands. There was no need to resort to specious arguments and inflammatory language to impugn same-sex marriage as an institution.
In times like these, issues like repealing the marriage act can seem like a distraction — or a political liability. But busy calendars and political expediency are no excuse for making one group of Americans wait any longer for equal rights.
The Wall Street Journal's Kate Meckler has today printed an article on this story, Gay Group Slams Policies of President. For an excellent analysis of this article and other implications, read the post just up by John Aravosis at AmericaBlog. Among other things, AmericaBlog is making the link between these policy choices and the decision to have Rick Warren deliver a prayer which marred the Inauguration ceremony, and they are also suggesting lesbian and gay leaders boycott the DNC fundraiser planned for the 40th anniversary of Stonewall.
The WSJ Journal article concerns the letter just sent by Joe Solmonese of the Human Rights Campaign to the President, the text of which may be read here.
So, the question is: Did President Obama allow policy decisions concerning human rights to be made without his knowledge by Bush-holdover dobermans, or has Toto now pulled back the curtain to show us the administration's actual beliefs in action? Either way, I'm having Clinton vu.
(Hat-tip to Alison Bechdel and commenter Alex K at Dykes To Watch Out For for some of these leads.)
Labels: AmericaBlog, DOMA, DTWOF, Gov. Howard Dean, Human Rights Campaign, lesbian/gay rights, New York Times, President Barack Obama, Rachel Maddow, Wall Street Journal
LOLCATS WEEKLY ROUND-UP, 16 JUNE 2009
Here's the weekly best of what I've gleaned from I Can Has Cheezburger efforts. There are some really creative folks out there. As usual, those from little gator lead the pack.
TIME-LAPSE MONDAY
Here's your weekly time-lapse video showing a fascinating natural event. Hat-tip to WordWeaverLynn for the original link, and Wired Science for the article which brought them all to our attention.
Corn Growing, created by mindlapse.
Time lapse sequence shot using Pentax K110D and Harbortronics DigiSnap 2100 set to take a frame each 29 minutes 45 seconds. The time lapse spans 10 days. Two 90 watt compact floresecent lights where used for both the camera shooting light and the grow lights. The lights were on for 24 hours. Check out the interesting mold growing on the kernels, it did not seem to bother the corn. Amazing how fast the corn grew - for scale, the pot in the last part of the video is 5 inch. Music by Tony Rice Monroe's Hornpipe (The Bluegrass Guitar Collection).
Labels: corn growing, Time-Lapse Monday
WHO OBAMA PICKS TO KEEP DOING BUSH'S WORK FOR HIM
(Poster from Austin Cline.)
W. Scott Simpson is the Bush-appointed senior trial counsel whose name appears as one of three Obama Justice Department lawyers who wrote and filed the vile DOMA brief this week. Renee S., a commenter at Dykes To Watch Out For, has done some research about his background, and turned up the following:
Simpson was quoted as a lawyer defending Bush's attempted ban on late-term abortions in San Francisco Faith News, June 2004. The relevant portion of the article reads
Federal justice department lawyer W. Scott Simpson said that there is no evidence that extraction abortions are safer than any others and that they cause great and unnecessary pain to infants. Further, he said, "the evidence supports Congress' finding that partial-birth abortion is never necessary to preserve the health of the woman." Finally, Simpson said, "there's no elephant in the room. There's a baby. Congress can prohibit partially delivering that baby only to kill it."
Simpson replaced an attorney during the proceeding regarding FOIA, The Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington v. National Archives and Records Administration, in which Simpson was protecting Bush's interests regarding missing governmental e-mails. Here's a timeline on this case up through March 2009.
Also, for further information about his Mormon background, check his biography at a genealogy-related home-page.
Clearly, when evisceration is on the agenda, Obama's DOJ is able to find the right hyena to do it.
Labels: abortion rights, Bush Administration, Department of Justice, DOMA, Obama injustice to lesbians and gays, W. Scott Simpson
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James Packer and Kylie Lim depart Sydney SIX HOURS after arriving
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James Packer said he hoped to spend more time in Sydney while inspecting his $2.4billion Crown Resorts Barangaroo site on Wednesday.
So it was perhaps surprising to see the 52-year-old casino mogul flying out of the city just six hours after his arrival.
The businessman boarded a private jet with his girlfriend, Kylie Lim, at 3:30pm. He had stepped off the same plane that morning at 9:30am.
See ya! James Packer (left) and his girlfriend, Kylie Lim (right), departed Sydney just SIX HOURS after arriving on Wednesday... after saying he wanted to spend more time in the city
James, who had resigned as a director of Crown Resorts for mental health reasons in March 2018, was in Sydney to check in on the progress of his latest casino project.
'I am happy now to live a quiet life, but I wanted to come back and see the progress at Crown Sydney with my own eyes,' he told Daily Mail Australia.
'It's even better than I imagined and again, I am extremely thankful to the workforce who have got us to this point.'
Just stopping by! The businessman boarded a private jet with his girlfriend, Kylie Lim, at 3:30pm (pictured). He had arrived on the same plane that morning at 9:30am
Supportive: Kylie accompanied her boyfriend during his whirlwind trip to Sydney. Pictured boarding the flight out of Sydney at 3:30pm
James was accompanied by his partner as they toured the Barangaroo site.
'It's really pleasing [to learn it will open three months early],' he added.
'We are truly indebted to our builders, architects and tradies who have made this possible.
'There are not many building projects this big and complex that are delivered on time and on budget. It's a credit to the Crown team, Lend Lease the Developers and our architects Wilkinson Ayre.'
James has purchased two floors of the hotel which will be converted into a home and said he plans to spend more time in the city once it is finished.
Inspection: James, who had resigned as a director of Crown Resorts for mental health reasons in March 2018, was in Sydney to check in on the progress of his $2.4billion Barangaroo site
'Having this hotel gives Crown three incredible resorts across the country, employing thousands of workers and attracting tourists from across the globe,' he told Daily Mail
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Reviewed on December 8, 1999 by Mike Long in DVD, Reviews // 0 Comments
Thesis (1996)
Vanguard Films
Cast: Ana Torrent, Miguel Picazo, Fele Martinez
During the latter half of the 90s, we've seen a definite decline in the number of great thrillers coming out of Europe. Also, we haven't had the kind of auteurs from that part of the world like we had in the 80s. Argento's recent films have been disappointments. Michele Soavi hasn't made a movie since 1994. Alex de la Iglesia has moved into the realm of black comedy. It's beginning to look a little grim for fans of Eurothrillers. But, someone has arrived to restore our faith. His name is Alejandro Amenabar. His two films, "Thesis" and "Open Your Eyes" (1997) have wowed fans in his native Spain, swept the Goya Awards (the Spanish Oscars) and made him a celebrity.
Now, his films are finding their way to America and indie outfit Vanguard Films has just released "Thesis" on DVD so that we can discover what the rest of the world is clamoring about.
"Thesis" focuses on Angela (Ana Torrent) who is a student at the School of Mass Communications. Angela is doing her thesis on media violence and society. She asks her advisor Professor Figueroa (Miguel Picazo) to help her find the kind of film that couldn't be shown on television due to its violent content. Figueroa agrees to help her and searches the school's archives for the material. He finds a tape, but he dies while watching it. Angela finds Figueroa's body and takes the tape home. She enlists the help of fellow student Chema (Fele Martinez), who is seen as an outcast due to his love of violent films. They watch the tape together and discover that it is a snuff film. They recognize the girl who is being tortured on the tape as a student who disappeared two years ago. Angela and Chema set out to discover the murderer responsible for the tape, not realizing the danger that they are putting themselves in.
"Thesis" is an amazing suspense thriller. The plot is fairly straight-forward and gives way to many twists and turns as Angela and Chema search for the origin of the snuff film. Amenabar and co-writer Mateo Gil give us just enough information to keep us guessing as Angela discovers more clues as to who the killer is. I've spoken before about how we approach movies with cultural baggage. The brilliance of "Thesis" is how this is used against us. We've seen movies like this before and we know exactly what's going to happen. Except in this case, we don't. Amenabar turns the tables on us and we would have been better off if we hadn't tried to be so smart and guess who the killer is.
There are only four real suspects in the film, so Amenabar uses the two-hour running time of the film to create setpieces where Angela is in jeopardy. There is an amazing scene where Angela and Chema are in a dark tunnel and must find there way through it using only matches for light. As each match is struck, we are convinced that someone or something is going to materialize in the tunnel with them. Amenabar stretches this scene out, wringing an incredible amount of suspense from it.
Amenabar has been compared to John Carpenter, mainly because, like Carpenter, Amenabar composes the scores for his films. But for me, that's where the similarities end. I think it would be a fair assessment to compare him to Brian DePalma or Dario Argento. Amenabar's films are well shot, but not so stylish as to draw attention away from the story. With just two films, he has proven himself to be quite a master of suspense. And while "Thesis" has a linear storyline, his follow-up film "Open Your Eyes" (Which is not available on DVD at this time. That's right Artisan, I'm looking at you.) proves that Amenabar can compete with the likes of Tarantino when it comes to radical storylines. (Tom Cruise has purchased the rights to "Open Your Eyes" and hopes to remake the film in the U.S. My advice is to catch the original.) Amenabar proves himself to be a team player when it comes to casting. Fele Martinez and Eduardo Noriega were the two male leads in "Open Your Eyes", and they appear together in "Thesis." Martinez proves himself to be a chameleon as the long-haired Chema, looking nothing like his character in "Open Your Eyes." Chema is someone who has decided to shut out the world and doesn't know what to do when Angela comes into his life, and Martinez plays this role with aplomb. Noriega's character isn't that much different from his role in "Open Your Eyes", but as he is one of the suspects in "Thesis", he proves that he does well when playing a potentially sinister character. Ana Torrent is excellent as Angela, as she has to go from a curious student to someone running for her life.
"Thesis" is making its American home video debut from Vanguard Films and has been released simultaneously on VHS and DVD.
The pre-release specifications for the DVD listed the video format as <$PS,fullframe>/<$OpenMatte,open matte>, but the film is actually <$PS,letterboxed>. The film is presented at 1.5:1 according to my measurements. (There is no aspect ratio listed on the DVD case.) There is a very small black bar at the top of the screen and a wider one at the bottom. I do not know the original shooting aspect ratio of the film. The framing appears to be accurate as there is no warping of the frame. Also, no visual information appears to be missing from the top or bottom of the screen and there is no <$PS,pan & scan> effect during the film.
As for the picture itself, the video is somewhat dark. The picture is clear, but there are some obvious problems with the source print. Scratches are visible and there is some graininess to the film. Still, it doesn't look that different from your average European film that has been transferred to DVD. Amenabar has shot the film using natural lighting for the most part and most of the colors appear true on this transfer.
The audio on "Thesis" is a <$DD,Dolby Digital> 2-channel surround, although, once again, this isn't listed on the DVD case. The audio works quite well in the film. The dialogue is always clear and the sudden shock sound effects are just loud enough to make you jump, but not deafen you. There is some surround sound action during the film and this adds a nice touch.
There are no extra features on the DVD, but one nice touch are the subtitles. The film is in Spanish with English subtitles. The subtitles are in white and they are below the frame at the bottom of the screen, making them very easy to read. The subtitles are very humorous at times, as they were obviously translated by someone from England. Note the constant use of "bloody hell" and terms such as "arse."
With the aforementioned demise of the European thriller, it's great when a film like "Thesis" not only makes it to our shores, but shows up on DVD as well. This is a superior thriller and is much better than most American films that I've seen lately. The movie offers a great story and some solid performances, and it will leave you guessing until the end. There's no need to do any further research on this, "Thesis" is the movie to see.
Ana Torrent
Fele Martinez
Miguel Picazo
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Why study BA Criminology (Policing)* at Middlesex University?
I particularly enjoyed working closely with the academics who have an extraordinary knowledge and previous applied experiences.
What will you study on the BA Criminology (Policing)?
You will study the role of the police as a controlling mechanism and critically examine the models used to: preserve law and order; detect and reduce crime; engage with the community; and examine the function of the police at a local, national and international level.
You will learn to understand the intricacies of the criminal justice system and discover how different agencies such as the police, probation service, courts and prisons interact. Because our degree offers a theoretical approach to policing, you will develop a strategic understanding of its systems, placing you one step ahead in your career.
Contemporary issues of policing such as homicide, cybercrime, gangs, organised crime, mental health will also be explored.
You will develop research skills that will enable you to analyse a range of publications in both print and digital from within government criminal justice agencies and other informed organisations.
You will develop advanced analytical skills that will enable you to critically evaluate a wide range of materials including theory and policies, strategies, and operational plans. You will know how to use theory and current policy examples to argue effectively, critically evaluate and understand different forms of policing and investigation.
such as benefit fraud, cybercrime and animal welfare investigations. You will develop an understanding of the range of problems facing policing and how to resolve them and you will be gain core knowledge, skills and practical experience, using class debates, presentations, field trips, treasure hunts, external speakers, and case study investigations.
The aim of this module is to link academic learning to the PSC training and to the leadership role for the cadet element of policing with an opportunity to apply, consolidate and develop skills and knowledge for future employment. This is a practical experience module that provides the means for you to link academic work with the 'real world' situation in order to conceptualise the meaning of theory in the wider context. This module facilitates the embedding of transferable and graduate skills necessary for your future career path and employment.
This module will introduce the process of serious crime investigation and critically examine whether it is an art form, relying on the humanistic approaches of intuition and personal experience, or as a science, through the expansion of forensic techniques. It will further develop your knowledge of this process through the causational theories of homicide and other serious crimes. It aims to facilitate a critical analysis of policy and practice of criminal investigation, using case studies and examples of famous cases.
How is the BA Criminology (Policing) taught?
The professional links that many of our academic staff have means that we are able to provide access to placement opportunities across many of the public and voluntary crime agencies. We also maintain long establish links with universities in Belgium, Holland, Greece, Portugal, Germany and the USA and offer many opportunities to study abroad.
Please apply via UCAS using this course's UCAS code L438.
How can the BA Criminology (Policing) support your career?
Dr Robin Fletcher has developed close links with the Metropolitan Police Crime Academy at Hendon, formally the MPS Detective Training School. The most senior homicide detectives have enrolled onto a validated postgraduate work based learning course. This new course has allowed senior police officers to gain academic merit from skills developed in the work place.
Dr Fletcher is a retired Detective Superintendent who served with the Metropolitan Police Service as a career detective where he investigated crimes at every level, receiving a number of Commissioner's Commendations. He began his academic career whilst serving with the police, attending Middlesex University where he graduated with a BA Law with Criminology and an MA Criminology.
Dr Milne teaches with a focus on law enforcement. Her research interests are in feminist criminology and women offenders, particularly violent women. Her PhD considered criminal justice responses to women suspected of causing the death of their newborn children. She analysed contemporary examples of criminal court hearings relating to infanticide, child cruelty, abortion and concealment of birth. The wider context of Dr Milne's work is a consideration of social controls (including criminal justice regulations) on all women, notably in relation to pregnancy and reproductive function.
Dr Fox began her career in Policing and Law Enforcement. She holds a PhD in law whereby her research related to cross border enforcement and the implications of the movement of people across set boundaries into other jurisdictions. She has also, academically and in practice, specialised in the areas of equality, sexual offences, domestic abuse and serious and organised crimes (across border/jurisdictional - factors/considerations). Her specialist research areas relates to terrorism, counter-terrorism and security.
Not only does the course explore the subjects of policing, criminal justice and punishment, but it also explores the broader concept of sociology and the sociological aspects of crime and deviance. Although I personally found the Policing modules the most enjoyable, it was the broader subjects, such as sociology, that provided me with a real contemporary understanding.
I particularly enjoyed working closely with the academics who have an extraordinary knowledge and previous applied experiences that allow you to gain a great insight into the areas of criminology that they have personally explored. | {
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The Le Labo team sent me this Rose 31 perfume and I was immediately hooked! I always receive compliments and it's a great scent all season long. Last year, my favorite was Mojave Ghost, and I still have it on rotation for special occasions.
Not pictured, but probably my FAVORITE beauty secret for my long lashes is NeuLash. I have been using this serum for 7 months and people think I have eyelash extensions, that's how well it works! | {
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Legion, VFW seek young vets
By - The Washington Times - Tuesday, July 5, 2005
NORMAL, Ill. (AP) — Tyler Woolsey wonders whether he fits in at the VFW post he joined after a year in Iraq — and not just because of the age gap between him and some fellow veterans.
"I don't even look at myself as a veteran," said Mr. Woolsey, a 21-year-old who serves with the Illinois Army National Guard. "It wasn't like Vietnam or World War II. I have nothing but respect for what they sacrificed."
Young veterans like Mr. Woolsey, though, are exactly the type the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and American Legion hope to attract to bolster ranks dwindling as World War II soldiers die at a rate some estimate at up to 2,000 a day.
Beyond convincing new veterans that they are worthy of joining, the groups are trying to lure them with free first-year dues and programs like youth mentoring that appeal to their military-instilled sense of civic duty.
"You have a younger set coming home trying to get established back into society. … It's not a priority to join any veterans group, simply because it competes for more of their time than they feel they have to offer right now," said Terry Woodburn, state adjutant for the Illinois American Legion.
Yet, the VFW and American Legion — the nation's largest veterans organizations — say they are making slow but steady progress at attracting young members.
Other new programs are aimed at making VFW and Legion posts more visible, including seeing soldiers off when they deploy and providing support for their families while they're away.
"It's like anything else in life. You might try it out if you know about it," said Billy Johnson, the American Legion's national membership director.
Nationally, Mr. Johnson said, the Legion has signed on 102,000 of 1.5 million veterans who served since the Gulf War in 1990, including 40,000 in the last four years.
Still, membership has dipped from 2.67 million to 2.65 million in the last year with the deaths of older veterans. Illinois has seen membership decline from about 131,700 to 127,300 since 2004, despite adding more than 4,600 new members.
Even if the current push for young members fizzles, though, VFW and Legion officials believe those who served in Iraq will eventually come into the fold as their priorities shift from jobs and family to health care, military benefits and other issues the veterans groups take before lawmakers. | {
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"A traditional family favorite for holidays and birthdays. Serve with warm crusty Italian bread. This recipe can be easily adapted to the slow cooker."
Heat olive oil and butter in a large, heavy pot or Dutch oven over medium heat. Combine flour, salt, and black pepper in a bowl and toss beef stew meat in seasoned flour. Brown the beef in the hot oil and butter, stirring often, and remove meat from pan.
Pour white wine into pan and scrape up and dissolve any small bits of browned food; stir onion and garlic into white wine. Cook until onion is translucent, stirring often, about 5 minutes. Return browned beef to pan. Stir ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, and juice from canned mushrooms with beef mixture. Reduce heat to low, cover pan, and simmer until beef is tender, about 3 hours.
Mix button mushrooms and sour cream into beef mixture and heat through, about 5 minutes.
Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook egg noodles in the boiling water, stirring occasionally, until cooked through but firm to the bite, about 5 minutes. Drain. Serve Stroganoff over cooked egg noodles.
Watch Chef John prepare his secret recipe for creamy beef stroganoff.
We didn't like this very much at all. Too much worcestershire sauce and ketchup. I don't recommend this recipe.
This is my wife Diane's family recipe that was mostly done by memory Together we worked to get it to paper so that it could be shared with all to enjoy. We hope you like it.
Good recipe. I liked the fact that it didn't involve canned soup. I used red wine (I had on hand) instead of white, was delicious and a hit with kids & adults alike.
The whole family loved it and begged for seconds! This is stroganoff at it's finest! | {
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Cromford Mill & Village Walking Route
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Explore the home of the Industrial Revolution and discover Derbyshire's rich history on this 6 or 8 mile walk. Passing through Arkwright's Mill, the village of Cromford and along the nearby canal, you'll get a great taste for what Cromford has to offer.
Starting off at the Cromford Wharf car park, cross the road and visit the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Arkwright's Mill at Cromford- the site of the world's first ever water-powered cotton spinning mill. The first and original mill has recently had a major interactive exhibition added into it; this exhibition is a giant projection inside the mill which immerses you in an average working day in the mill in the 18th century.
There are also numerous shops on the Derwent Valley Mill's site, as well as a café and local cheese shop on Cromford Wharf, near the car park.
From the Mill, you can walk down to the village of Cromford which was originally built by Sir Richard Arkwright especially for his mill workers. This village is full of picturesque cottages, shops and an attractive market square.
Later in the walk you get on to the High Peak Trail, a former railway track which is followed down to High Peak Junction where it's met by Cromford Canal. This canal is another important piece of the local industrial history of the area, as it was first built to carry limestone from the local quarries to the iron foundry and later was extended to help Sir Richard Arkwright transport his goods too.
If taking the longer route, you will walk along Cromford canal, which is a very pleasant walk, until you reach Lea Hurst, the once summer house of Florence Nightingale.
Please see the PDF attached below for more details, descriptions and a map of the walk.
From Derby, take the A6 north, pass through, Belper, Ambergate, Whatstandwell and onto Cromford.
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Q: Keeping a tidy global scope I'm not exactly sure what to call this. Essentially, lets say I create a function that makes use of a bunch of supporting functions and variables but I don't want any of the supporting stuff to be accessible in the global scope so I can use short and simple names for them.
The best I can do in PHP right now is something like
$my_cool_function_spacer = " ";
function my_cool_function_add($a, $b) {
global $my_cool_function_spacer;
return $a . $my_cool_function_spacer . $b;
}
function my_cool_function($a, $b, $c) {
return my_cool_function_add(my_cool_function_add($a, $b), $c);
}
Soo clunky to write. What I want to do instead, I'll illustrate in js:
var my_cool_function;
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So in that snippet, I create the intrails of my_cool_function. The only part that can be used globally is my_cool_function and giving names like "spacer" or "add" is not a problem since they are restricted to the creating functions scope and can't overwrite anything outside.
Is there a way to follow the same kind of programming style in PHP?
A: I found a solution using namespaces
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Legs och Louie (röst av Karl Wiedergott, tidigare Hank Azaria respektive Dan Castellaneta) är två rollfigurer i den animerade TV-serien Simpsons.
Biografi
Legs och Louie jobbar för maffiabossen Fat Tony. Legs är utbildad läkare och har sytt fast Homers tumme., han har också en syster som Barney Gumble har bilder av.
Dan Castellaneta baserar sin röst på skådespelaren Joe Pesci
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Rollfigurer i Simpsons
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Q: При каком наименьшем n число конечных частей может оказаться больше, чем число бесконечных? На плоскости проводят n прямых, делящих плоскость на некоторое число конечных и бесконечных частей.
Мне кажется , что нужно посчитать количество конечных и бесконечных областей. Бесконечных 2n.
A: тут все более-менее просто. При разрезании n прямыми получается всего - всех - n(n+1)/2 + 1 частей (см., например, тут).
Из них - 2n бесконечных. Значит, надо, чтоб n(n+1)/2+1 -2n > 2n, откуда n >= 7...
При этом всего частей 29, бесконечных - 14, конечных - 15...
A: Прямая - это бесконечная штука. Можно считать, что каждая прямая пересекается с каждой - параллельные прямые вообще не могут образовывать конечных кусков. Так вот, точек пересечения будет конечное число. Представьте себе очень большой круг так, чтобы все точки пересечения попали внутрь его. n прямых выходит из этого круга, и каждая прямая создаёт 2 бесконечные части, разбивая плоскость на 2 полуплоскости.
Теперь с конечными частями. Их мы получим просто - вычитанием бесконечных частей из общих.
k-я прямая пересекает k-1 предыдущую прямую и добавляет k частей.
Первая прямая даёт 2 области.
Поэтому всего у нас будет на n прямых n*(n+1)/2 + 1 часть. Из них бесконечных 2n и конечных (n-1)(n-2)/2.
Ну и подставляете :
На 6: 5*4/2 = 10, 6*2 = 12
На 7: 6*5/2 =15, 7*2 = 14.
Ответ: n=7
A: Пусть у нас n прямых. Если они общего положения (то есть никакие 3 не пересекаются в одной точке и никакие 2 не параллельны), то всего образуется 1 + n (n + 1) / 2 частей. Это получается по индукции, каждая добавленная прямая к данным n делит (n + 1) часть на две. Если прямые не общего положения, то количество частей может только уменьшиться (что следует из той же индукции).
Случай, когда все прямые параллельны, нам не подходит. Заметим, что иначе n прямых создают 2n бесконечных частей, потому что любая достаточно большая окружность (для которой все точки пересечения прямых находятся внутри круга) разбивается этими прямыми на 2n дуг, и эти дуги объективно соответствуют бесконечным частям.
Количество конечных частей не больше 1 + n (n + 1) / 2 - 2n, и нам нужно, чтобы это было больше 2n (раз не все прямые параллельны друг другу). То есть достаточно рассматривать прямые только в общем положении и ответ — это наименьшее натуральное решение неравенства 1 + n (n + 1) / 2 > 4n. Преобразуем:
2 + n^2 + n > 8n
n^2 - 7n + 2 > 0
n > (7 + sqrt(41)) / 2
n >= 7.
Ответ: 7 прямых.
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Sharing Art with Others
Maxeys' Gift to Museum Featured This Month
Melody and John Maxey of Oxford, Mississippi, have given a prized watercolor by artist Dean Mitchell to the University of Mississippi Museum and Historic Houses. The piece, "Signs of the Times," will be featured this month in the museum's pop-up space. The University Museum is open to the public 10 a.m. until 6 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday.
Art collectors Melody and John Maxey of Oxford, Mississippi, have gifted a prized watercolor by renowned artist Dean Mitchell to the University of Mississippi Museum.
The piece, "Signs of the Times," will be the signature artwork featured this month in the museum's pop-up space.
Mitchell, an African-American artist living in Florida, has been honored with numerous awards for his work focusing on portraits, landscapes and still lifes. He has been applauded by art critics and publications, including the New York Times, which described Mitchell as "a virtual modern-day Vermeer of ordinary black people given dignity through the eloquence of his concentration and touch."
Robert Saarnio, director of the University Museum and Historic Houses, said the museum is fortunate to add the piece by a major American artist to its permanent collection.
"Mr. Mitchell's career and body of work are highly distinguished, so the addition of a piece by this brilliant painter adds considerable artistic value to our collection and to its educational mission in service to the community and the curriculum."
For the Maxeys, the gift is a way to share their passion for the arts and the UM Museum with others.
"We think it's important to support the arts, any kind of art, whether it's music, painting or sculpture, and to share the arts," said Melody Maxey, who, along with their daughter, is an artist as well. "Art is a language that we have in common with everyone, regardless of where they live in the world.
"We hope that people who see this work will appreciate the beauty of the art and the message it sends, which is that, as Mississippians, we can all learn to live together in peace and harmony."
The University Museum's permanent collection acquires new works primarily by donation as opposed to purchases, Saarnio noted. Consequently, the facility – which is frequently named to esteemed rankings of national academic museums – relies on thoughtful contributions by supporters, such as the Maxeys.
"We are beyond indebted to our very gracious and dear friends, John and Melody Maxey, for their vision and generosity in making this extraordinary gesture of support and goodwill toward our museum and our university," Saarnio said.
"This particular addition to the collection holdings will be exhibited twice in its first two years of arriving to our museum, so appreciative are we of its compelling composition and rendering, its creator's significant reputation, and its teaching potential for art students who use the collection for example and inspiration, and their faculty in conveying art historical context."
The Maxeys were introduced to the world of art collecting when they were Ole Miss students. Their connection to the UM Museum goes back even further.
Melody Maxey was a student on the Oxford campus when she and her roommate pooled their money to buy a painting created by a fellow student, who had hung several of his paintings on a clothesline advertising his art. The fellow student? William "Bill" Dunlap, the now highly acclaimed artist, writer and arts commentator.
The Maxeys' association with the UM Museum stretches back so many generations, the museum is almost like family. In fact, it is family.
Melody's grandmother's first cousin was Mary Skipwith Buie of Oxford, and the UM Museum traces its beginnings back to 1939, when the Mary Buie Museum opened. An art collector and artist, Buie bequeathed her personal art collection to the city of Oxford, and her collection remains in the museum's permanent collection today. While the city of Oxford operated the original Mary Buie Museum for decades, it was deeded to UM in 1974.
Today, the Maxeys' ancestral link to the UM Museum is proudly carried on by their pet pooch named "Buie.".
The Maxeys have a lengthy history of supporting the arts in Mississippi. They've given seven paintings to the Mississippi Museum of Art in Jackson by Mississippi artists such as Sanders McNeal, Glennray Tutor, Miriam Weems, Kennith Humphrey and Dunlap.
While they've acquired some fine art over the years, the Maxeys downplay any suggestion that they're professional art collectors.
"The term 'art collector' sounds a bit elevated where we are concerned," John Maxey said. "To say we've had a well-devised plan to obtain certain works of art would be a bit much. We bought pieces that we liked for amounts that we could afford."
A graduate of the UM School of Law, John Maxey started his career working for legal services in Holly Springs, Mississippi. The couple lived in Oxford their first few years after college before moving to Jackson, Mississippi, where John again worked for legal services. Eventually he started his own firm, Maxey Wann, in Jackson, but after a half century of practicing law, John retired and the couple returned to Oxford a few years ago.
As her husband was building his law practice in Jackson, Melody Maxey worked in real estate and devoted much of her time assisting nonprofit organizations, especially those associated with the arts. Their acquisition of the Mitchell watercolor was the result of a fortuitous collision of their professional involvement in the legal business with their personal interests in the arts.
"A friend of ours, Bryant Allen, owned Bryant Galleries, and he hired John to represent him. As soon as I went to his gallery, I thought, 'Oh dear. I shouldn't have come in here,'" said Melody, laughing as she recalled the many tempting works of art in Allen's gallery.
"Bryant had Mitchell's 'Signs of the Times' on display and said to us, 'This one is yours. It has your name on it.' It's a terrific piece and we had the great pleasure of getting to meet Dean."
Individuals and organizations can learn more about supporting the University Museum by contacting Rob Jolly at 662-915-3085 or [email protected] or visiting online at https://give.olemiss.edu.
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Грешен фест () е музикален фестивал, който се провежда за пръв път на стадиона в софийското село Войнеговци.
Идея и цел на фестивала
Основната цел на фестивала е да обогати българската музикална култура чрез осигуряването на поле за изява главно на рок и метъл групи от България. Той провокира хората да търсят удоволствието на музиката не само в сърцевината на големия град, но и да ги насочи към красивите и не толкова популярни места около София . Локацията за провеждането на фестивала е избрана с идеята да се популяризират селищата в периферията на град София , както и да се стимулира селския туризъм в село Войнеговци. Събитието с експериментален характер е подкрепено от столичното ъндърграунд-заведение The Wrong Bar.
История
Wrong Fest 2013
Първото издание на "Wrong Fest" е еднодневно и се провежда на 21 септември 2013 г. – Wrong Day (Грешен Ден). В програмата участват седем български рок и метъл групи . Хедлайнери са траш метълите от Odd Crew
Wrong Fest 2014
Второто издание на Wrong Fest се провежда на 21 и 22 юни 2014 г. успоредно с настъпването на астрономическото лято . Във фестивала взимат участие 14 групи, които са тематично разделени в два дни – Right Day (Правилен Ден) и Wrong Day (Грешен Ден) . Като специални гости са три от групите – Superhiks и Conquering Lion от Македония, както и Baildsa от Гърция. Хедлайнери за Правилния Ден са македонската ска-пънк формация Superhiks, а за Грешния Ден – алтернативната метъл група Smallman .
Отзвук и реакция за второто издание на Wrong Fest:
Wrong Fest 2015
Третото издание на Wrong Fest се провежда на 20 и 21 юни 2015 г., отново в уикенда, който съвпада с настъпването на астрономическото лято . През 2015 във фестивала взимат участие 15 групи, разделени тематично в два дни – Wrong Day (Грешен Ден) и Right Day (Правилен Ден) . Третото издание на фестивала е със засилено участие на чужди групи, между които и са британските – The Subways, шведите от Truckfighters, американските рокаджии Valley of the Sun, както и Planet of Zeus и Tuber от Гърция. Български хедлайнери за Грешния Ден са Анимационерите, а за Правилния Ден – Babyface Clan. Поради проблем с главния генератор, британските хедлайнери не успяват да излезнат на сцената и да свирят музиката си.
Официалното видео, което предава атмосферата на фестивала е тук. Официален доклад за третото издание на Wrong Fest:
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Външни препратки
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Официални Youtube видеа от Wrong Fest
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Cameron Diaz joins Annie cast in singing Tomorrow on set in Harlem
December 03, 2013 - 14:17 GMT hellomagazine.com Annie remake: first pictures of Cameron Diaz, Jamie Foxx, Rose Byrne and Quvenzhane Wallis in new big screen versión of 1977 musical
There was an all-singing, all-dancing extravaganza on the streeets of Harlem this week as Cameron Diaz joined her castmates from the new film version of musical Annie in singing the production's iconic song Tomorrow.
With the backdrop of a brass marching band and a sea of red balloons, the blonde star belted out the hit accompanied by Jamie Foxx, Oscar nominee Quvenzhane Wallis and Rose Byrne.
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The big production was a marked departure from the song's treatment in the original big screen version of the musical, during which little orphan Annie sings the track on her own.
Cameron takes on the role of the baddie in the movie – playing mean Miss Hannigan, the cruel supervisor of the orphanage where Annie has been left by her parents.
Meanwhile Jamie is Benjamin Stacks, a wealthy politician who invites Annie to come and live with him, and Rose is his faithful personal assistant.
The title role of Annie is taken on by ten-year-old Quvenzhane in the film, which is being produced by Jay-Z and Will Smith.
This will be the third big screen adaption of the 1977 musical which won seven Tony Awards.
The original starred child star Aileen Quinn in the title role and the 1999 version's big stars included Kathy Bates, who took on the role of Miss Hannigan.
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Q: How can I get If-Modified-Since and If-None-Match headers in IIS when using some sort of wildcard mapping? I have an image server, that takes URLs of the form
http://www.myserver.com/photo/foo/bar/baz/~120x120/crop/abc123.jpg
and dynamically generates thumbnails based on the parameters parsed from the URL string. We've had this running in two configurations - one by mapping the 404 error in IIS to a .aspx page, with the image processing in the code-behind, and a second by implementing IHttpHandler and adding a line to the system.web section of /photo/web.config like so:
<httpHandlers>
<add verb="GET,HEAD" path="*" type="App_Code.ThumbnailHandler" />
</httpHandlers>
I need to add some support for HTTP caching, but in both configurations, IIS is silently stripping the If-Modified-Since and If-None-Match headers - Fiddler shows the browser sending them to the server, but then they're gone by the time my page or handler gets access to the Request.Headers collection.
How can I write a piece of code that handles arbitrary, wildcard URL requests, with ANY file extension, but can still access the headers I need to be able to respond with a 304 Not Modified if the client already has a current version of the resource? My next thing to try would be rewriting it as an MVC application but that really seems like overkill.
EDIT: OK, what's REALLY crazy is that if I hit
http://www.myserver.com/photo/this/is/a/random/string/of/gibberish.aspx
(i.e. with .ASPX file extension) - the headers are INTACT! But if I hit
http://www.myserver.com/photo/this/is/a/random/string/of/gibberish.jpg
They're missing... any ideas?
A: The only workaround I've found for this is to implement IHttpHandler as described above, but then map every file extension you're 'matching' (in our case .JPG, .PNG and .TIF) to %windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\aspnet_isapi.dll in IIS. That, for some bizarre reason, means IIS will invoke your HTTP handler without mangling the headers first.
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Q: Allocating a large DMA buffer I want to allocate a large DMA buffer, about 40 MB in size. When I use dma_alloc_coherent(), it fails and what I see is:
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WARNING: at mm/page_alloc.c:2106 __alloc_pages_nodemask+0x1dc/0x788()
Modules linked in:
[<8004799c>] (unwind_backtrace+0x0/0xf8) from [<80078ae4>] (warn_slowpath_common+0x4c/0x64)
[<80078ae4>] (warn_slowpath_common+0x4c/0x64) from [<80078b18>] (warn_slowpath_null+0x1c/0x24)
[<80078b18>] (warn_slowpath_null+0x1c/0x24) from [<800dfbd0>] (__alloc_pages_nodemask+0x1dc/0x788)
[<800dfbd0>] (__alloc_pages_nodemask+0x1dc/0x788) from [<8004a880>] (__dma_alloc+0xa4/0x2fc)
[<8004a880>] (__dma_alloc+0xa4/0x2fc) from [<8004b0b4>] (dma_alloc_coherent+0x54/0x60)
[<8004b0b4>] (dma_alloc_coherent+0x54/0x60) from [<803ced70>] (mxc_ipu_ioctl+0x270/0x3ec)
[<803ced70>] (mxc_ipu_ioctl+0x270/0x3ec) from [<80123b78>] (do_vfs_ioctl+0x80/0x54c)
[<80123b78>] (do_vfs_ioctl+0x80/0x54c) from [<8012407c>] (sys_ioctl+0x38/0x5c)
[<8012407c>] (sys_ioctl+0x38/0x5c) from [<80041f80>] (ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x30)
---[ end trace 4e0c10ffc7ffc0d8 ]---
I've tried different values and it looks like dma_alloc_coherent() can't allocate more than 2^25 bytes (32 MB).
How can such a large DMA buffer can be allocated?
A: After the system has booted up dma_alloc_coherent() is not necessarily reliable for large allocations. This is simply because non-moveable pages quickly fill up your physical memory making large contiguous ranges rare. This has been a problem for a long time.
Conveniently a recent patch-set may help you out, this is the contiguous memory allocator which appeared in kernel 3.5. If you're using a kernel with this then you should be able to pass cma=64M on your kernel command line and that much memory will be reserved (only moveable pages will be placed there). When you subsequently ask for your 40M allocation it should reliably succeed. Simples!
For more information check out this LWN article:
https://lwn.net/Articles/486301/
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Welcoming the Dear Neighbor?
Welcoming the Dear Neighbor? is a project running in parallel with the larger Mapping Prejudice project out of the University of Minnesota. Mapping Prejudice created an interactive map of racial covenants in Hennepin County, and the project is currently in the process of expanding this map into Ramsey County.
The goal of Welcoming the Dear Neighbor? is to provide additional context to these covenants by highlighting the stories of affected individuals and families within Ramsey County, painting a collective picture of how the use of these covenants shaped the race and ethnicity of Ramsey County neighborhoods in ways that are still visible today. As part of this project, St. Kate's hopes to acquire primary source materials that will help illustrate the issues surrounding housing discrimination, steering, and redlining.
Race and Housing
Explore the 1960's using an interactive timeline of national events related to race and housing to put the exhibit materials into a broader context.
Race and Housing in MN
Examine the history notable events impacting state and local housing with an interactive timeline.
Home Owners' Loan Corporation (HOLC) Map
This series of maps shows how the racial patterns of the Twin Cities from the early 1900's onward persist through to the present, and how the redlining of the 1930s reflects current inequalities.
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Documents and writings from the family of a local realtor whose career suddenly went into decline after publicly advocating for open occupancy.
The Open Door
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Chunfeng Lv1,
Jianping Zhu ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0001-9182-35601,
Zhengsu Tao2 &
Yihai Pi3
Target tracking is crucial to many applications in wireless sensor networks (WSNs). Existing tracking schemes used in WSNs can basically be classified two categories, clustering and predicting. Considering network clustering consumes much energy for limited-energy WSNs, a predicting target tracking scheme is proposed called MC-MPMC (measurement compensation-based mixture population Monte Carlo) which tracks the target based on predicted locations in this work. Adaptive mixture PMC model for generating proposals varying from each iteration is proposed to guarantee sampling diversity. And also, extra measurements or observations generating method is introduced to compensate missed prediction locations or false estimations, avoiding tracking behavior degradation. Firstly, samples drawn from the proposals of next iteration can be generated by a mixture method to avoid sample degeneracy. Secondly, sample weights are jointly computed based on adaptive fusion of compensation measurement and true measurements. Thirdly, HTC method is combined to MC-MPMC scheme to decrease energy consumption in WSNs. Then, the proposed method is verified through comprehensive experiments about tracking error, delay and consumption predictions. Moreover, performance comparisons of MC-MPMC with other tracking schemes are also proposed.
WSNs have been applied to many domains, such as environmental and habitat monitoring, precision agriculture, animal tracking, disaster rescue, military surveillance, the Internet of things, aging healthcare application and almost touch upon all aspects of our life [1,2,3]. Moving target tracking is a representative application of WSNs. Localization and tracking of moving target need to be supported by energy efficiency tracking technology. Although many advantages presented by WSNs, such as cheap, non-infrastructure, large-scale, and long-term work, bring new perspective for tracking applications, the intrinsic characteristics of sensor nodes with limited energy, limited computation capacity, limited data process capacity [4], poor reliability, large scale, random distribution, and short communication distance also present great challenges to target tracking in WSNs.
Tracking could be defined as a process in which target states indicated the target position, movement and other kinematic behaviors are estimated through measurements available from various sensors or through establishing coherent relations of targets between successive events. Target tracking for unmanned systems in terrestrial, aerial or underwater environment, such as unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), unattended air system (UAS) and autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), mostly utilizes artificial intelligence, positional information collection and environmental understanding [5,6,7], considering 2D or 3D kinematic information [8, 9].
Classical tracking algorithms exist in most applications, such as Bayesian algorithm [10,11,12,13], Kalman filter [14, 15] and CLS algorithm [16]. Most of target tracking used in WSNs can basically be classified into two categories: clustering and predicting [17, 18]. In clustering method, cluster member nodes detect the target and send the data to cluster head node, and then the proximate location or behavior can be fused by cluster head to track the moving targets [19,20,21,22,23,24]. The most prominent characteristic of clustering method is that the network needs maintain coverage and network connectivity. Clustering, routing and connecting usually need to establish a plenty of communication between nodes, which can consume much energy [25]. In predicting method, the states indicated target position, movement and other kinematic behaviors are predicted based on the measurements available from various sensors. Less energy is consumed for predicting method for less communication need to be established between nodes.
There are also some other tracking methods, such as energy-based auto regressive neural network [26, 27], deep learning method [28] and genetic algorithm [29]. Considering network clustering consumes much energy for limited-energy WSNs, a predicting target tracking scheme is proposed in this work, called MC-MPMC which tracks the target based on predicted locations. To guarantee the sample diversity, adaptive mixture PMC model for generating proposals varying from each iteration is presented. Supernumerary measurements generating method is introduced to compensate missing predicted locations or false estimations, avoiding tracking behavior degradation. And also, HTC scheme is performed at the beginning of each iteration to obtain the specific 1-hop and 2-hop neighbors of target or sensor nodes (including normal nodes and anchors), which can dramatically reduce energy consumption and time delay.
The rest of this paper is structured as follows. Section 2 gives a summary of related works and analysis premise of our model. A novel MC-MPMC scheme is proposed in Sect. 3, after presenting the original PMC algorithm. Performance analysis models of MC-MPMC accompanying with HTC scheme are also presented in Sect. 3. In Sect. 4, accurate analyses and validations of localization error, delay and consumption are presented, and performance comparisons of MC-MPMC scheme with other tracking schemes are also proposed. Finally, results and discussion are presented in Sect. 5.
State and period are estimated based on the Bayesian tracking scheme after determining the sequence of Markovian states maximizing the probability given the measurements and the semi-hidden Markov model (SHMM) parameters in [11]. A multi-target Bayes filter with the target detection is developed in [12] by applying a method for target detection based on the rule-based track initiation technique, to enhance the capability of the marginal distribution Bayes (MDB) filter and the probability hypothesis density (PHD) filter on target detection.
A new pseudolinear Kalman filter (PLKF) for target tracking in 2D-plane is presented in [14], using AOA (angle-of-arrival), TDOA (time difference of arrival) and FDOA (frequency difference of arrival) measurements sensed by stationary sensors. A closed-form PLKF is developed by rearranging measurement equations to compensate for the nonzero mean of the noise vector. A bias compensation PLKF (BCPLKF) estimator is presented to tackle the bias issue of PLKF, and an instrumental variable-based Kalman filter (IVKF) is presented to alleviate the bias by utilizing BCPLKF estimates instead of noisy measurements to compute the measurement matrix, in which the posterior Cramér–Rao lower bound (PCRLB) is derived for the nonlinear filtering problem. An improved strong tracking Kalman filter algorithm for tracking analysis is proposed in [15], in which a location is identified with the GPS and basic GSM with message setting. This KF-based scheme is outstanding for its real-time behavior.
An enhanced least-square algorithm (CLS) based on improved Bayesian scheme BELS is developed in [16] for moving target localization and tracking in WSNs, in which an improved Bayesian algorithm obtains a set of sub-range probability based on target predictive locations, and forming a range joint probability matrix. The weight of every measurement is calculated and normalized based on the range probability matrix, and the correction value of the target prediction position is calculated according to the weighted least-square algorithm.
A distributed energy optimization method for target tracking is carried out using particle swarm optimization in [30]. This P-EETT work is comprised of the estimation phase and prediction phase, in which clustering is performed using the maximum entropy method. And, grid exclusion is used for the coverage of nodes in the network. An IMM-based target tracking in WSN ITTWSN is proposed in [31], which adopts multiple models (velocity and acceleration) to handle both maneuvering and non-maneuvering targets and multiple sensors to detect and identify the targets. This method can overcome some problems of the KF scheme, such as non-availability of target data at regular intervals, missing of packets and identifying the target rather than just detecting the target. Energy-efficient management approach of target tracking for WSNs is proposed in [32]. After comprehensive analyses of the structure of WSNs and energy consumption sources, two indicators, including target detection probability and tracking accuracy, are combined to be regarded as the constraints of the energy conserving objective function.
An innovative target tracking algorithm that combines learning regression tree approach and filtering methods using the RSSI metric is developed in [33] for the availability and low cost of RSSI.T-S fuzzy model identification method based on physical membership function is proposed for maneuvering target tracking [34], separating inputs–outputs system spaces. A physical membership function with interpretability and physical meanings is proposed, and a hyper-planed FSC algorithm is utilized. Then, UKF is used to identify parameters and the physical membership function is used to fuse local models and estimate final states. After simplifying the existing approximate likelihood function where the distribution of the scaling factor is approximated by Gaussian one, a feasible weighting scheme is obtained and a novel particle filtering algorithm (NPFA) is proposed in [35]. A maneuvering target tracking scheme under measurement origin uncertainties is derived based on the approximation and propagation of the target state posterior distribution by combining Bayesian decision theory and suitable hypothesis merging procedures in [36], in which very low levels of track loss rate are obtained even for scenarios with high false alarm probability and trajectories with a high degree of maneuverability.
According to the complexity and uncertainty of the detection environment, a novel MC-SMC-PHD scheme is proposed in [37], which develops a compensatory measurement generating mechanism and presents a novel measurement compensation-based SMC-PHD filter to avoid unreliable clustering. Similar missed detection and corrected strategy for target tracking is involved in [38], in which beta distribution is employed to describe unknown detection probability. And, beta gamma Gaussian inverse Wishart (BGGIW) mixture form accompanying with Poisson multi-Bernoulli mixture (PMBM) filter (BGGIW-PMBM) is developed to enhance tracking behaviors. And also, missed detection problem for target tracking is also concerned in [39], besides the coalescence problem. A novel fusion framework for the Poisson multi-Bernoulli (PMB) filter based on the arithmetic average (AA) fusion is proposed, in which integrates both the advantages of the TOMB/P filter in dealing with missed detection and the advantages of the MOMB/P filter in dealing with coalescence. Bernoulli components in different multi-Bernoulli (MB) distributions are associated with each other by Kullback–Leibler divergence (KLD) minimization to fuse the different PMB distributions. The semantic probability hypothesis density (SPHD) filter is introduced in [40] to simultaneously track multiple classes of targets despite measurement uncertainty, including false positive detections, false negative detections, measurement noise and target misclassification.
An improved cardinalized probability hypothesis density (CPHD) filter is developed in [41], to estimate the time-varying target birth cardinality distribution (i.e., probability distribution on number of newborn targets appearing during one sampling time) at each processing step adopting a discrete kernel estimator in conjunction with the exponential weighted moving average scheme. Target birth intensity is updated according to the resulting estimated birth cardinality distribution, and estimated birth intensity and cardinality distribution can be employed by a tracker based on Gaussian mixture CPHD (GMCPHD) to modulate its filtering strength for target tracking.
Inspired by the missed detection and corrected strategy in [38] or compensation strategy [37], an improved MPLC filter accompanied by a measurement compensation scheme is proposed in this work. Original PMC algorithm [42, 43] is presented briefly, with its degradation performance because of its sample generating uncertainty and proposal generating uncertainty. And an adaptive mixture PMC model for generating proposals varying from each iteration is proposed to guarantee the sample diversity. Then, measurement compensation method is introduced to resolve the missed detection. For energy-constrained target tracking in WSNs, either clustering or lots of communication can consume much energy, which is not suitable for WSNs. So, information exchange with small packets exists only at the beginning of each iteration adopting the HTC scheme [44], accompanied by less consecutive communications between nodes or targets. And then, tracking performance, such as tracking error, delay and consumption, especially delay, is presented comprehensively taking parameters such as anchor rate \(\gamma\), node density \(\lambda_{0}\), proposal generating Poisson distribution parameter \(\lambda_{k}\) and location detection probability \(p_{{\text{D}}}\) into account. Moreover, performance comparisons between MC-MPMC algorithm and other tracking schemes based on the system parameters, such as BELS [16], P-EETT [30], ITTWSN [31] and MC-SMC-PHD [37]. These comparisons demonstrate that delay of MC-MPMC scheme is superior to other predict-based tracking schemes, and the performance of tracking error and consumption also presents the superiority over other schemes when the numbers of mobile nodes and iterations are increased.
The main contributions of this paper are threefold. Firstly, the adaptive mixture PMC model (MPMC), generating proposals according to Poisson process varied from each iteration, is presented to guarantee the sample diversity. Secondly, the supernumerary measurements generating method is introduced to compensate for missing predicted locations or false estimations, avoiding tracking behavior degradation. Finally, the HTC scheme is performed at the beginning of each iteration to obtain the relative locations from specific 1-hop and 2-hop neighbors of target considered as the target states, which can dramatically reduce energy consumption and time delay.
Proposed tracking method
For limited-energy WSNs, less computational cost and less complexity method for target tracking is anticipated. And then, communications between nodes or target can consume a lot of energy. So, MPMC scheme accompanying with no clustering and less communication is proposed.
Figure 1 shows target tracking overview in our WSN. Sensors (including normal sensors denoted as \(S\), and anchor sensors denoted as \(A\)) are randomly located \(20\,{\text{m}} \times 20\,{\text{m}}\) indoor area, according to a two-dimensional Poisson distribution with a density of \(\lambda_{0}\), in which the ratio of anchors is \(\gamma\). A target, whose path is presented as a solid thick line, moves along with its maneuvering trajectory in WSN deployment area and is detected by sensor nodes (normal sensors or anchors), adopting an acceptable tracking strategy. The target, equipped a recognizable sensor, can also communicate with other sensors in this WSN. Because the clustering algorithm can consume much energy for WSN, the proposed method tracks the target without clustering but through establishing the 1-hop and 2-hop neighbor lists by HTC scheme [44]. In each sampling interval, nodes including the target can execute HTC algorithm to obtain its 1-hop and 2-hop neighbors. Each HTC request packet contains node ID, location and current moment. Receiving this request packet, nodes (including the target) can obtain distance information of their 1-hop and 2-hop neighbors. Consecutive position information obtained from request packet of the specific target is used to obtain the target's velocity. Location and velocity information can be used for iterative MPMC filter to obtain target tracking. For example, target can obtain its 1-hop and 2-hop neighbors through performing HTC scheme in iteration \(k\). And then it can derive its relative locations to its neighbors [45]. MPMC filter can derive target tracking adopting \(N_{k}\) proposals within these locations, accompanied by measurements or observations detected by the target in this iteration \(k\).
Target tracking overview in WSN. Target can move with maneuvering trajectories
The tracking environment for our indoor sensor networks is illustrated in Fig. 2. A wireless sensor is made of a transceiver, data processing center, data storage module and battery, in addition to a sensing unit, such as a PIR sensor (to detect the information of a target, equipped in normal sensors and anchors), a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver (to identify the location of the sensor node equipped in anchor nodes). A target, a tracked object, equips a PIR sensor moving as a normal sensing node. All nodes can move randomly in our test room. Sensor nodes (including normal nodes and anchors) collect the object tracking information and transmit this information to anchor nodes. Simultaneously, location and tracking of the target can also be obtained from the information of its 1-hop and 2-hop neighbors through executing MC-MPMC scheme. In the realistic target tracking scenario, the target is tracked and undergoes occasional maneuvers. That is, target may move with a linear trajectory (straight line or local straight line) and with a maneuver mode (random trajectory) at any time interval.
Tracking environment for our indoor sensor networks
Maneuvering model
The target state is supposed to \(x_{k}\) at the time \(k\) in the state space \(X\), and the measurement or observation model is supposed to \(m_{k}\) in the measurement or observation space \(M\) under random finite set (RFS) models [37]. Then target state and measurement set can be represented by \(X_{k} \in F(X)\) and \(M_{k} \in F(M),\) respectively. System model and measurement model can be generally described as follows [25, 31]:
$$x_{k} = F_{k} x_{k - 1} + G_{k} q_{k - 1}$$
$$m_{k} = H_{k} x_{k} + v_{k}$$
where \(x_{k}\) is the state vector at time \(k\) denoted as \(x_{k} = (x_{k} \, \dot{x}_{k} \, y_{k} \, \dot{y}_{k} \, \omega_{k} )^{T}\), \(F_{k}\) is target transition matrix, \(G_{k}\) is control input matrix, and \(q_{k}\) is process noise which follows a Gaussian distribution with zero mean and covariance \(Q_{k}\) defined as \(E[q_{k} q_{k}^{T} ]\). In the state vector representation, \(x_{k}\) and \(y_{k}\) are the states of target position, \(\dot{x}_{k}\) and \(\dot{y}_{k}\) are the states of target velocity, \(\omega_{k}\) is the turn rate. And \(m_{k}\) is the measurement at time \(k\) denoted as \(m_{k} = (x_{k} \, y_{k} \, \omega_{k} )^{T}\), which presents the measurement of position and turn angle of the target, \(H_{k}\) is measurement matrix, and \(v_{k}\) is measurement noise which also follows a Gaussian distribution with zero mean and covariance \(V_{k}\) defined as \(E[v_{k} v_{k}^{T} ]\). The process noise and measurement noise are mutually uncorrelated to each other.
$$F_{k} = \left[ {\begin{array}{*{20}l} 1 \hfill & {\frac{{\sin (\omega_{k - 1} T)}}{{\omega_{k - 1} }}} \hfill & 0 \hfill & {\frac{{\cos (\omega_{k - 1} T) - 1}}{{\omega_{k - 1} }}} \hfill & 0 \hfill \\ 0 \hfill & {\cos (\omega_{k - 1} T)} \hfill & 0 \hfill & { - \sin (\omega_{k - 1} T)} \hfill & 0 \hfill \\ 0 \hfill & {\frac{{1 - \cos (\omega_{k - 1} T)}}{{\omega_{k - 1} }}} \hfill & 1 \hfill & {\frac{{\sin (\omega_{k - 1} T)}}{{\omega_{k - 1} }}} \hfill & 0 \hfill \\ 0 \hfill & {\sin (\omega_{k - 1} T) \, } \hfill & 0 \hfill & {\cos (\omega_{k - 1} T)} \hfill & 0 \hfill \\ 0 \hfill & 0 \hfill & 0 \hfill & 0 \hfill & 1 \hfill \\ \end{array} } \right]$$
$$G_{k} = \left[ {\begin{array}{*{20}l} {\frac{{T^{2} }}{2}} \hfill & 0 \hfill & 0 \hfill \\ T \hfill & 0 \hfill & 0 \hfill \\ 0 \hfill & {\frac{{T^{2} }}{2}} \hfill & 0 \hfill \\ 0 \hfill & T \hfill & 0 \hfill \\ 0 \hfill & 0 \hfill & T \hfill \\ \end{array} } \right]$$
$$Q_{k} = {\text{cov}} (G_{k} q_{k - 1} ) = \left[ {\begin{array}{*{20}l} {\frac{1}{4}T^{4} \sigma_{x,k - 1}^{2} } \hfill & {\frac{1}{2}T^{2} \sigma_{x,k - 1}^{2} } \hfill & 0 \hfill & 0 \hfill & 0 \hfill \\ {\frac{1}{2}T^{2} \sigma_{x,k - 1}^{2} } \hfill & {T^{2} \sigma_{x,k - 1}^{2} } \hfill & 0 \hfill & 0 \hfill & 0 \hfill \\ 0 \hfill & 0 \hfill & {\frac{1}{4}T^{4} \sigma_{y,k - 1}^{2} } \hfill & { \, \frac{1}{2}T^{2} \sigma_{y,k - 1}^{2} } \hfill & 0 \hfill \\ 0 \hfill & 0 \hfill & {\frac{1}{2}T^{2} \sigma_{y,k - 1}^{2} } \hfill & {T^{2} \sigma_{y,k - 1}^{2} } \hfill & 0 \hfill \\ 0 \hfill & 0 \hfill & 0 \hfill & 0 \hfill & {T^{2} \sigma_{\omega ,k - 1}^{2} } \hfill \\ \end{array} } \right]$$
Measurement matrix \(H_{k}\) can be demonstrate the position information of the target in \(x\) and \(y\) directions, which can be presented as,
$$H_{k} = \left[ {\begin{array}{*{20}l} 1 \hfill & 0 \hfill & 0 \hfill & 0 \hfill & 0 \hfill \\ 0 \hfill & 0 \hfill & 1 \hfill & 0 \hfill & 0 \hfill \\ 0 \hfill & 0 \hfill & 0 \hfill & 0 \hfill & 1 \hfill \\ \end{array} } \right]$$
MC-MPMC-based tracking method
And now, an improved predicting method for target tracking-based MC-MPMC method is proposed. In generally, both measurements and states of the target are inherent uncertain. According to Bayesian estimation theory, target state posterior probability density \(\pi_{k\left| k \right.} (X_{k} \left| {M_{1:k} } \right.)\) can be obtained by Bayes recursion as [43]
$$\pi_{{k\left| {k - 1} \right.}} (X_{k} \left| {M_{1:k - 1} } \right.) = \int {f_{{k\left| {k - 1} \right.}} } (X_{k} \left| {X_{k - 1} ,M_{1:k - 1} } \right.)\pi_{{k - 1\left| {k - 1} \right.}} (X_{k - 1} \left| {M_{1:k - 1} } \right.){\text{d}}X_{k - 1}$$
$$\pi_{kk} (X_{k} \left| {M_{1:k} } \right.) = \frac{{\ell_{k} (M_{k} \left| {X_{k} } \right.)\pi_{kk - 1} (X_{k} \left| {M_{1:k - 1} } \right.)}}{{\int {\ell_{k} } (M_{k} \left| {X_{k} } \right.)p_{kk - 1} (X_{k} \left| {M_{1:k - 1} } \right.){\text{d}}X_{k} }}$$
in which \(f_{{k\left| {k - 1} \right.}} (X_{k} \left| {M_{1:k} } \right.)\) is the state transition density function based on current observations or measurements, \(\pi_{kk - 1} (X_{k} \left| {M_{1:k} } \right.)\) denotes the target probability density and \(\ell_{k} (M_{k} \left| {X_{k} } \right.)\) denotes the target likelihood function, respectively. In many practical applications, the integrals in Bayes recursion of Eqs. 3 and 4 cannot be obtained in closed form or the computational complexity of the integrals grows sharply with samples increasing. So, the approximations should be proposed adopting importance sampling methods.
$$\pi_{kk - 1} ({\mathbf{x}}) = g_{k} ({\mathbf{x}}) + \int {f_{kk - 1} } (x\left| {y)\pi_{k - 1} (y){\text{d}}y + \int {\beta_{kk - 1} } (x} \right.\left| y \right.)\pi_{k - 1} (y){\text{d}}y$$
$$\pi_{k} ({\mathbf{x}}) = [1 - p_{{{\text{D}},k}} ({\mathbf{x}})]\pi_{kk - 1} ({\mathbf{x}}) + \sum {\frac{{p_{{{\text{D}},k}} ({\mathbf{x}})\ell_{k} (m\left| x \right.)\pi_{kk - 1} ({\mathbf{x}})}}{{\kappa_{k} (m) + \int {p_{{{\text{D}},k}} (y)\ell (m\left| y \right.)\pi_{kk - 1} (y){\text{d}}y} }}}$$
in which \(p_{{{\text{D}},k}} ({\mathbf{x}})\) is the target detection probability, \(\kappa_{k} (m)\) is the process clutter, \(g_{k} ({\mathbf{x}})\) is the new generating distribution of state samples from the proposals and \(\beta_{kk - 1} (x\left| y \right.)\) is the spawning distribution of state samples based on measurements.
In this work, an improved target tracking method based on MC-MPMC scheme accompanied by HTC algorithm is presented elaborately to approximate or estimate the distribution of target states. PMC filter [43] is a well-known iterative adaptive importance sampling technique, which is briefly described as follows.
At each iteration \(k\), it generates a set of samples \(\left\{ {{\mathbf{x}}_{k}^{i} } \right\}_{i = 1}^{N}\), where \(i\) denotes the sample index and \({\mathbf{x}}\) denotes the variable of interest which means the object state distribution in our tracking system. That is, sampling or resampling iterates once in each time interval. In order to obtain the samples, PMC algorithm makes use of a collection of proposal densities \(\left\{ {q_{k}^{i} ({\mathbf{x}})} \right\}_{i = 1}^{N}\), with each sample being drawn from a different proposal, \({\mathbf{x}}_{k}^{i} \sim q_{k}^{i} ({\mathbf{x}})\).Then, these samples are assigned an importance weight, respectively, denoted as \(w_{k}^{i} = \frac{{\pi ({\mathbf{x}}_{k}^{i} )}}{{q_{k}^{i} ({\mathbf{x}}_{k}^{i} \left| {\mu_{k}^{i} } \right.,{\mathbf{C}}_{i} )}}\), in which \(\pi ({\mathbf{x}}_{k}^{i} )\) is the target posterior density function, \(\mu_{k}^{i}\) is the adaptive parameters of proposal densities in the sampling period \(k\) and \({\mathbf{C}}_{i}\) is the static parameters. After normalizing these importance weights, the unbiased convergent estimator can be obtained,
$$\overline{w}_{k} = \frac{1}{TN}\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{N} {\sum\limits_{k = 1}^{T} {\frac{{\pi (x_{k}^{i} )}}{{q_{k}^{i} (x_{k}^{i} )}}} }$$
in which the parameter \(N\) and \(T\) refer to the maximum sample number and the maximum sampling period, respectively. PMC method performs multinomial resampling process by drawing \(N\) independent samples from the discrete probability random measurements, which is denoted as
$$w_{k}^{i} = \frac{{\pi (x_{k}^{i} )}}{{\overline{w}_{k - 1} q_{k}^{i} (x_{k}^{i} )}}$$
$$\hat{\pi }_{i}^{N} ({\mathbf{x}}) = \sum\limits_{i = 1}^{N} {\overline{w}_{k}^{i} } \delta ({\mathbf{x}} - {\mathbf{x}}_{k}^{i} )$$
in which \(\delta ( \cdot )\) is the Dirac delta function. This method proceeds iteratively, building a global importance sampling estimator using different proposals at every iteration. This can partially avoid the sample degeneracy phenomenon. That is, samples with negligible weights or relatively low weights can avoid to be removed directly.
The proposal in each iteration of \(k\), \(q_{k}^{i} ({\mathbf{x}})\), can be formed according to the behaviors of the previous \(q_{k - 1}^{i} ({\mathbf{x}})\), or depending on the previous samples \({\mathbf{x}}_{k - 1}^{1} ,...,{\mathbf{x}}_{k - 1}^{N}\), or the joint dependence on them. To be clear, the relative previous or current locations of the target from its 1-hop and 2-hop neighbors can be considered as the samples in this location-based tracking strategy [46]. There is a series of improved PMC-based resampling scheme to predict the variable distribution, such as DM-PMC, GR-PMC and LR-PMC [43]. To avoid the sample degeneracy, deterministic mixture weighting method DM-PMC is presented. GR-PMC draws multiple samples generated by a proposal or mix band, instead of only one as done in PMC. And LR-PMC performs the resampling independently for each proposal. These improved PMC schemes improve the diversity of the population for PMC.
Inspired by the time-varying target birth distribution in [41], an iteration-varying proposal generating scheme is proposed in this work. Moreover, measurement or observation remedy scheme is introduced to correct the missed detection issue. This improved MC-MPMC scheme estimates target states, which is presented elaborately as follows.
Step 1 Tracking initialization
In the initial period of \(k = 1\), all nodes in the network, containing the target and sensing nodes (normal nodes and anchors), can establish their 1-hop and 2-hop neighbor lists (NL) and update these NLs every iteration stage adopting HTC scheme. Suppose that sample generation function of target state distribution can be complied with the Poisson distributions, that is, \(x_{1}^{i} \sim P(\lambda_{1} )\). And then, select the initial parameters defining the \(N\) proposals,
The adaptive parameters \(a_{1} = \left\{ {\lambda_{1}^{1} ,\lambda_{1}^{2} ,...,\lambda_{1}^{N} } \right\}\).
The corresponding set of static parameters, \(\left\{ {{\mathbf{C}}_{i} } \right\}_{i = 1}^{N}\).
The adaptive parameters in \(a_{1}\) are the means of \(E[\lambda_{1}^{i} ]\), which is \(\lambda_{1}^{1} ,\lambda_{1}^{2} ,...,\lambda_{1}^{N}\). And the parameters \(\left\{ {{\mathbf{C}}_{i} } \right\}_{i = 1}^{N}\) are the covariances of \(cov[a_{1}^{i} ]\), which is \(\lambda_{1} ,\lambda_{1} ,...,\lambda_{1}\).
Initial sample candidates generated by initial proposals can be denoted as \(SL_{{ {\text{1-hop}}}}\) and \(SL_{{{\text{2-hop}}}}\), which refers to locations between target and its 1-hop possible neighbors and with 2-hop possible neighbors, respectively, which can be seen in [38]. That the target obtains location information used for tracking state establishment can be seen from [39] elaborately.
$$p({\mathbf{x}}_{1} ) = \frac{1}{{SL_{{{\text{1-hop}}}} + SL_{{{\text{2-hop}}}} }}$$
$$\pi ({\mathbf{x}}_{1} ) = \ell (m_{1} \left| {\mathbf{x}} \right._{1} )p({\mathbf{x}}_{1} )$$
Step 2 Mixture weighting and predicting
After initialization step, samples of target states \(x_{k}^{i} (i = 1,2,...,N_{k} )\) are generated from the proposals \(q_{k}^{i} ({\mathbf{x}})\) in iteration \(k\) according to the behaviors of the previous \(q_{k - 1}^{i} ({\mathbf{x}})\) and measurements \(m_{k}\) of locations at the period \(k\). In PMC scheme, each sample is drawn from a different proposal. An improved DM-PMC is proposed in [37], which considers the average of weighted mixture of all proposals around kernel iteration point as the kernel density approximation of target pdf. This simple mixture can mitigate sample degeneracy to a certain extent. But DM-PMC brings weighted mixture only through obtaining the mean, without actually taking the sample diversity into account. And also, the minimum mean integrated square error (MISE) estimator is obtained based on the infinity of \(N\) (sample number) [37], while \(N\) is finite in our work.
A prominent feature of PMC method is that not only the number but also the distribution of the proposals in iteration \(k\) can be different from each other, without jeopardizing the validity [36]. Both the weights and component parameters of a mixture importance sampling density are jointly taken into account for M-PMC scheme to obtain the adaptive mixture PMC scheme in [47]. The adaption of importance sampling density can be presented as weights combined with component density parameters in M-PMC. Inspired from DM-PMC and M-PMC, a mixture weighting combined with sample generating process and measurement process is proposed in MC-MPMC scheme, that is, proposals at the period \(k\) are generated based on the previous samples at the period \((k - 1)\) sensed by 1-hop and 2-hop neighbors of the target and the current measurements \(m_{k}\). And then, the global current samples are generated from these proposals with a mixture weighting. In MC-MPMC scheme, samples in iteration \(k\) are drawn from proposals \(q_{k}^{i} ({\mathbf{x}})\), which can be presented as
$${\mathbf{x}}_{k}^{j} \sim \left\{ {P\left( {\lambda_{j}^{k - 1} ,{\mathbf{C}}_{j}^{k - 1} } \right)} \right\} \cup \left\{ {m_{k}^{j} (x)} \right\}\quad j = 1,2,...,n_{k}$$
$$p({\mathbf{x}}_{k}^{j} ) = \sum\limits_{j = 1}^{{n_{k} }} {p_{j} } P\left( {\lambda_{j}^{k} ,{\mathbf{C}}_{j}^{k} } \right)m_{k}^{j} (x)$$
The proposal can be presented with a distribution of a Poisson process with a parameter \(\lambda_{j} (j = 1,2,...,n_{k} )\), with a probability of \(p_{1} ,p_{2} ,...,p_{{n_{k} }}\), respectively, in which the sum of \(p_{j}\) is 1, that is, \(\sum\nolimits_{j = 1}^{{n_{k} }} {p_{j} } = 1\). That is, several samples are drawn from different proposals with a mixture pattern rather than each sample being drawn from a specific proposal as in PMC. The distribution and the number of the proposals vary from one iteration to another. And then, weights of the mixture PMC can be derived as
$$w_{k}^{i} ({\mathbf{x}}) = \frac{{f({\mathbf{x}}_{k}^{i} \left| {(P_{j} )_{j = 1}^{{n_{k} }} ,({\mathbf{C}}_{j} )_{j = 1}^{{n_{k} }} } \right.)m_{k}^{i} ({\mathbf{x}})}}{{\prod\nolimits_{j = 1}^{{n_{k} }} {\varphi (({\mathbf{x}}_{k}^{i} )^{j} \left| {(P_{j} )_{j = 1}^{{n_{k - 1} }} ,({\mathbf{C}}_{j} )_{j = 1}^{{n_{k - 1} }} } \right.)m_{k}^{i} ({\mathbf{x}})} }}$$
in which \(\varphi (q_{k} \left| {\lambda_{k} ,{\mathbf{C}}_{k} } \right.)\) is the density of Poisson distribution with mean value \(\lambda_{k}\) and covariance \({\mathbf{C}}_{k}\) at the condition of \({\text{q}}_{k}\) for iteration \(k\). And \({\text{f}}({\mathbf{x}}_{k}^{i} \left| {\lambda_{k} ,{\mathbf{C}}_{k} } \right.)\) is the density function of generating samples sensed by 1-hop and 2-hop neighbors of the target according to the proposals for iteration \(k\). So, the probability distribution of target states can be derived based on the set of \(\{ {\mathbf{x}}_{k - 1}^{i} ,{\text{w}}_{k - 1}^{i} \}_{i = 1}^{{n_{k} }}\), which is presented as
$$\pi_{k - 1}^{{}} (x) = \sum\limits_{i = 1}^{{n_{k} }} {w_{k}^{i} ({\mathbf{x}})} \delta ({\mathbf{x}} - {\mathbf{x}}_{k}^{i} )$$
And then, the probability distribution of target states can be predicted as
$$\pi_{kk - 1}^{{}} ({\mathbf{x}}) = \sum\limits_{i = 1}^{{n_{k} }} {\tilde{w}_{{k\left| {k - 1} \right.}}^{i} ({\mathbf{x}})} \delta ({\mathbf{x}} - {\tilde{\mathbf{x}}}_{{k\left| {k - 1} \right.}}^{i} )$$
in which \({\tilde{\mathbf{x}}}_{{k\left| {k - 1} \right.}}^{i}\) is obtained according to the proposal distributions \(q_{k}^{i} ({\mathbf{x}})\) and measurements \(m_{k}\) of locations in the period \(k\),
$$\tilde{x}_{{k\left| {k - 1} \right.}}^{i} = q(x_{{k\left| {k - 1} \right.}}^{i} \left| {x_{k - 1}^{i} ,m_{k} } \right.)\quad i = 1,2,...,n_{k}$$
$$\widetilde{w}_{{k\left| {k - 1} \right.}}^{i} ({\mathbf{x}}) = \frac{{f_{{k\left| {k - 1} \right.}} ({\tilde{\mathbf{x}}}_{{k\left| {k - 1} \right.}}^{i} \left| {{\mathbf{x}}_{k - 1}^{i} } \right.)w_{k - 1}^{i} }}{{q_{k} ({\tilde{\mathbf{x}}}_{{k\left| {k - 1} \right.}}^{i} \left| {{\mathbf{x}}_{k - 1}^{i} } \right.,m_{k} )}}$$
Step 3 Update and resampling
According to updating strategy in Eq. 9 of PMC scheme, target state sample distributions can be updated based on Eq. 15 ~ 16.
$$\pi_{k} ({\mathbf{x}}) = \sum\limits_{i = 1}^{{n_{k} }} {\tilde{w}_{k}^{i} ({\mathbf{x}})} \delta ({\mathbf{x}} - {\tilde{\mathbf{x}}}_{{k\left| {k - 1} \right.}}^{i} )$$
in which weights are updated in Eq. 18. Two weight updating parts are contained in Eq. 18, whose first factor is the target weight of undetected probability which is denoted as \(w_{k,c}^{i}\) and the second factor is that of detected probability which is denoted as \(w_{{\text{k,t}}}^{{\text{i}}}\).
$$\tilde{w}_{k}^{i} ({\mathbf{x}}) = [1 - p_{{{\text{D}},k}} ({\tilde{\mathbf{x}}}_{{k\left| {k - 1} \right.}}^{i} )]\tilde{w}_{{k\left| {k - 1} \right.}}^{i} ({\mathbf{x}}) + \frac{{\sum {p_{{{\text{D}},k}} ({\tilde{\mathbf{x}}}_{{k\left| {k - 1} \right.}}^{i} )} \ell_{k} (m\left| {{\tilde{\mathbf{x}}}_{{k\left| {k - 1} \right.}}^{i} } \right.)}}{{\kappa_{k} (m) + \pi_{k} (m)}}\tilde{w}_{{k\left| {k - 1} \right.}}^{i} ({\mathbf{x}})$$
$$\ell_{k} (m_{k} \left| {\mathbf{x}} \right._{k} ) = \prod\limits_{{S_{1} \in S_{{ {\text{1-hop}}}} }} {p(S_{1} \left| {x_{k}^{i} } \right.} )\prod\limits_{{S_{2} \in S_{{{\text{2-hop}}}} }} {p(S_{2} \left| {x_{k}^{i} } \right.)}$$
$$\pi_{k} (m) = \sum\limits_{i = 1}^{{n_{k} }} {p_{D,k} (\widetilde{x}_{{k\left| {k - 1} \right.}}^{i} )\ell (m_{k} \left| {\tilde{x}_{{k\left| {k - 1} \right.}}^{i} } \right.)} \tilde{w}_{{k\left| {k - 1} \right.}}^{i}$$
When the value of \(p_{{{\text{D}},k}} ({\mathbf{x}})\), shown in Eq. 18, is not equal to 1, that is, the target may not be detected in iteration \(k\) with the probability of \((1 - p_{{{\text{D}},k}} ({\mathbf{x}}))\). \(p(S_{1} \left| {x_{k}^{i} } \right.)\) and \(p(S_{2} \left| {x_{k}^{i} } \right.)\) refers to the probability of state sample within in 1-hop and 2-hop area of target, respectively, which is used to obtain the target distribution. Target states may be falsely estimated under undetected occasions, especially for the smaller value of \(p_{{{\text{D}},k}}\). The undetected target can increase tracking time and tracking energy, and consequently result in poor tracking performance.
Comprehensive analyses for tracking performance degradation because of undetected target were proposed in [38], and the number of measurements is increased to resolve this undetected target problem as related, called as measurement compensatory MPMC (MC-MPMC) method.
The predicted state estimation of \(\hat{X}_{k,p}\) and its measurement set \(\hat{M}_{k - 1,p}\) can be computed by Eqs. 23 and 24, based on \(\hat{X}_{k - 1,t}\) and process noise and measurement noise.
$$\hat{X}_{k,p} = F_{k - 1} \hat{X}_{k,t} + G_{k} q_{k - 1}$$
$$\hat{M}_{k,p} = H_{k - 1} \hat{X}_{k,t} + v_{k}$$
Target is detected successfully meaning that one of predicted measurement \(\hat{M}_{k,p}\) (footnote \(p\) denotes prediction) is very close to the true measurement \(M_{k,t}\) (footnote \(t\) denotes true), which is detected by anchors or normal sensors for the location or state information.
$$\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\frown}$}}{M}_{k,p} = \left\{ {M_{k,p}^{i} \left| {(M_{k,t}^{j} } \right. - \hat{M}_{k,p}^{i} )^{T} P_{k}^{ - 1} (M_{k,t}^{j} - \hat{M}_{k,p}^{i} ) < \gamma_{th} } \right\}\quad j = 1,2,...,n_{t}$$
in which \(N_{t}\) is the number of true measurements \(M_{k,t}\), \(\gamma_{th}\) is a threshold and \({\text{P}}_{k}\) is called as Prediction covariance.
$$\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\frown}$}}{M}_{k,c} = \hat{M}_{k,p} - \overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\frown}$}}{M}_{k,p}$$
Compensatory measurement set can be computed according to Eqs. 23–26.
The missing detection weight of \(w_{k,c}^{i}\) in Eq. 20 can be rewritten as Eq. 27, which is the compensatory weight of \(\tilde{x}_{k,c}^{i}\).
$$\tilde{w}_{{\text{k,c}}}^{{\text{i}}} = \sum\limits_{j = 1}^{{n_{c} }} {[1 - p_{{{\text{D}},k}} ({\tilde{\mathbf{x}}}_{{k\left| {k - 1} \right.}}^{i} )]\tilde{w}_{{k\left| {k - 1} \right.}}^{i,j} ({\mathbf{x}})}$$
$$\tilde{w}_{k,t}^{i} = \frac{{\sum {p_{{{\text{D}},k}} ({\tilde{\mathbf{x}}}_{k}^{i} )} \ell_{k} (m_{j,t} \left| {{\tilde{\mathbf{x}}}_{k}^{i} } \right.)}}{{\kappa_{k} (m_{j,t} ) + D_{k} (m_{j,t} )}}\tilde{w}_{{k\left| {k - 1} \right.}}^{i} ({\mathbf{x}})$$
in which \(N_{c}\) is the number of compensatory measurements \(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\frown}$}}{M}_{{\text{k,c}}}\). And then, the predicted weight of Eq. 18 can be computed as follows:
$$\begin{aligned} \tilde{w}_{k}^{i} & = \sum\limits_{j = 1}^{{n_{c} }} {\tilde{w}_{k,c}^{i,j} } + \sum\limits_{j = 1}^{{n_{t} }} {\tilde{w}_{k,t}^{i} } \\ & = \sum\limits_{j = 1}^{{N_{c} }} {\frac{{p_{{{\text{D}},k}} ({\tilde{\mathbf{x}}}_{k}^{i} )\ell_{k} (m_{j,c} \left| {{\tilde{\mathbf{x}}}_{k}^{i} } \right.)}}{{\kappa_{k} (m_{j,c} ) + D_{k} (m_{j,c} )}}} \tilde{w}_{{k\left| {k - 1} \right.}}^{i} ({\mathbf{x}}) + \sum\limits_{j = 1}^{{N_{t} }} {\frac{{p_{{{\text{D}},k}} ({\tilde{\mathbf{x}}}_{k}^{i} )\ell_{k} (m_{j,t} )}}{{\kappa_{k} (m_{j,t} ) + D_{k} (m_{j,t} )}}} \tilde{w}_{{k\left| {k - 1} \right.}}^{i} ({\mathbf{x}}) \\ \end{aligned}$$
Step 4 Target state estimations
And then, the estimations of target states are computed according to true measurements and compensatory measurements as Eq. 26,
$$\hat{X}_{k} = \hat{X}_{k,t} + \hat{X}_{k,c}$$
$$\hat{X}_{k,t} = \sum\limits_{j = 1}^{{n_{t} }} {\tilde{w}_{k,t}^{i,j} } x_{k,t}^{j}$$
$$\hat{X}_{k,c} = \sum\limits_{j = 1}^{{n_{c} }} {\tilde{w}_{k,c}^{i,j} } x_{k,c}^{j}$$
Mixture weights can present more valid estimators with less variance, which improve the diversity of the population of PMC algorithm. Also, the whole mixture of observations can match well with the targets than each observation separately.
At each time interval, state error can be obtained from Eq. 27 referred from [45], in which \(x_{k}^{iest}\) is the estimated state and \(x_{k}^{i}\) is the actual one, which are the distances between target and sensors.
$$Te_{k} = \sum\limits_{i = 1}^{{N_{k} }} {\frac{{\left\| {x_{k}^{iest} \left. { - x_{k}^{i} } \right\|} \right.}}{{N_{k} }}}$$
Tracking delay is also an important character in our time-critical tracking system, and we always attempt to improve the behavior of delay in order to obtain the real-time monitoring and tracking. In MC-MPMC scheme, delay contains two parts \(T_{k}^{{j({\text{HTC}})}}\) and \(T_{k}^{{j({\text{MC-MPMC}})}}\). The estimation of time delay in communication can be referred as [48],
$$T_{k}^{i} = \sum\limits_{j = 1}^{i} {(T_{k}^{{j({\text{HTC}})}} + T_{k}^{{j({\text{MC-MPMC}})}} )}$$
Tracking consumption is the most important metric in energy-constrained WSNs. Average cost can be presented in two parts \(E_{k}^{{i({\text{HTC}})}}\) and \(E_{k}^{{i({\text{MC-MPMC}})}}\), which refers to the cost of performing HTC scheme and MC-MPMC scheme in iteration, respectively.
$$E_{k}^{{N_{k} }} = \frac{1}{{N_{k} }}\sum\limits_{j = 1}^{{N_{k} }} {(E_{k}^{{j({\text{HTC}})}} + } E_{k}^{{j({\text{PMCL}})}} )$$
Simulation results
In this section, extensive simulations are presented to validate the accuracy of MC-MPMC method, which are derived based on different parameters such as detection probability \(P_{{\text{D}}}\), anchors' ratio \(\gamma\), node density \(\lambda_{0}\), adaptive sample number \(N_{k}\) etc., using NS-2 simulator according to previous analyses. Simulation setup is similar to that of PMCL, following each data package exchange means as [49].
The target is assumed to move in the two-dimensional scenario (0, 20) × (0, 20) m2 for 100 sampling period, with three true maneuvering trajectories. Target moving velocity \(v\) plays an important role in target tracking performance, and higher velocity brings performance degradation of tracking. The maximum velocity is set 6 m/s. The sensor's sampling period is set to 1 s.
And also, performance comparisons between MC-MPMC method and other tracking schemes, such as BELS [16], P-EETT [30], ITTWSN [31] and MC-SMC-PHD [37], are proposed. Communication and computation parameters for all these schemes are similarly set as shown in Table 1, and simulation scenes are set to the similar installation.
Table 1 Parameter set
True target trajectories in this test are shown in Fig. 3, maneuvering trajectories including straight-line trajectories and crossover trajectories. It is worth noting that the relationship of \(N_{k}\) with the sum of \(N_{c}\) and \(N_{t}\) plays an important role in tracking behaviors. That is, if the sum of \(N_{c}\) and \(N_{t}\) is larger than \(N_{k}\), there are not enough samples to participate in tracking, leading to once more iterations and then more delay or energy. While the sum of \(N_{c}\) and \(N_{t}\) is smaller than \(N_{k}\), there are some remaining samples to be selected.
True target trajectories. a A single target moves in a maneuvering trajectory without any intersection; b a single target moves in a maneuvering trajectory with one intersection and straight-line part; c a single target moves in a maneuvering trajectory with two intersections
Target tracking error
Tracking accuracy is an important performance for obtaining the target in WSNs. As related in Sect. 3.3, tracking error in MC-MPMC is mostly related to sample number \(N_{k}\) in iteration \(k\), node density \(\lambda_{0}^{{}}\), detected probability \(p_{{\text{D}}}\), iteration period \(K\), and anchor rate \(\gamma\), which is shown in Eq. 33. With node density \(\lambda_{0}\) increasing, tracking error decreases shown in Fig. 4a–c. All predicted locations are detected and correctly managed, and it can obtain higher tracking accuracy.
a–c Tracking error related to detected probability\(p_{D}\) based on node density\(\lambda_{0}\). a Trajectory 1; b Trajectory 2; c Trajectory 3; d–f Tracking error related to samples\(N_{k}\) based on iteration periods. d Trajectory 1; e Trajectory 2; f Trajectory 3
Nodes, concluding anchors and target, are assumed to locate randomly uniformly over indoor room according to Poisson distribution with a density of \(\lambda_{0}\), and all nodes can move in maneuvering mode. The number of \(N_{k}\) is less than the sum of \(N_{c}\) and \(N_{t}\), which leads to tracking participated samples less than the sum of true samples and compensation samples. And so, actual samples are not enough to exact tracking the target, which leads to much error such as \(N_{k} = 30\) and \(N_{k} = 50\) in Fig. 4d–f. With the increasing of \(p_{{\text{D}}}\), error decreases much. And with normal nodes increasing, the samples observed by known anchors increases, leading to more accuracy shown in Fig. 4a, b. And when \(\lambda > 0.06\), error can reach stable values.
Tracking error for line part of trajectory 2 is less than that of maneuvering trajectory for predicted computation increasing, as shown in Fig. 4a–f. With the increasing of iteration, the error decreases. Proposal generating distribution for each iteration follows Poisson process, and \(\lambda_{k}\) of iteration period \(k\) is adaptive with each other.
Localization delay
Delay is also an important character in tracking system, especially for our time-critical system. And we always attempt to improve the behavior of delay in order to obtain the real-time monitoring.
With node density \(\lambda_{0}\) increasing, tracking delay decreases as shown in Fig. 5a–c. With the number of normal nodes increasing, the target can contact its 1-hop and 2-hop neighbors with higher probability to establish HTL which contains tracking samples. And also, the target needs to redetect the relative location when \(p_{{\text{D}}}\) is low, which consumes much time such as \(p_{{\text{D}}} = 0.8\) and \(p_{{\text{D}}} = 0.9\). With the increasing of \(\lambda_{0}\), delay decreases for \(p_{{\text{D}}} = 0.8\) and \(p_{{\text{D}}} = 0.9\), while delay increases for \(p_{{\text{D}}} = 0.96\) and \(p_{D} = 1\) when \(\lambda_{0} > 0.06\), especially for trajectory 2 and trajectory 3 shown in Fig. 5b, c. Detected samples carry enough information for tracking the target, and lots of remained samples are required to be processed, which consumes much extra time. More valid samples of target states exchange sensed target location and moving information, more time consumes.
a–c Tracking delay related to detected probability\(p_{D}\) based on node density\(\lambda_{0}\). a Trajectory 1; b Trajectory 2; c Trajectory 3; d–f Tracking delay related to samples\(N_{k}\) based on iteration periods. d Trajectory 1; e Trajectory 2; f Trajectory 3
With the iteration increasing at \(k \le 60\), delay increases sharply while increases slowly for \(k > 60\). Delay maintains at a relatively high stable value at iteration 80 when \(N_{k}\) is more than 60. The preset of \(N_{k}\) is higher, delay will be lower as regular, but delay is higher at \(N_{k} > 60\) when iteration period is higher than 80, as shown in Fig. 5d–f.
Localization consumptions
In most analyses of tracking consumption, computational cost and communication cost are both taken into account for energy-limited WSNs [50, 51], which include energy consumption for performing HTC scheme and MC-MPMC scheme. Nodes obtain their HTLs through transmitting small packages of HTC Pair Request, HTC Information Exchange, HTC Information Notification and HTC information Confirmation. These small package exchanges can consume some relatively low energy. Besides these small package exchanging, MC-MPMC cost small computational energy for its computation of missing detection and its correction.
With node density \(\lambda\) increasing, localization consumption decreases shown in Fig. 6a–f. Cost is a stable value for anchor rate \(\lambda_{0} > 0.07\) for trajectory 1, while increases again for \(\lambda_{0} > 0.06\) as trajectory 2 and 3 shown in Fig. 6a–c. Maneuvering mode involves the randomly turn, which brings nodes much sensing energy and identifying energy.
a–c Tracking energy consumption related to detected probability\(p_{D}\) based on node density\(\lambda_{0}\). a Trajectory 1; b Trajectory 2; c Trajectory 3; d–f Tracking energy consumption related to samples\(N_{k}\) based on iteration periods; d Trajectory 1; e Trajectory 2; f Trajectory 3
And also, localization consumption decreases with the iteration \(N_{k}\) increasing. Energy consumed for \(N_{k} = 30\) is lower than that of \(N_{k} = 50\). Similar to delay, energy consumption decreases for \(p_{{\text{D}}} = 0.8\) and \(p_{{\text{D}}} = 0.9\) the increasing of \(\lambda_{0}\), while energy consumption increases for \(p_{{\text{D}}} = 0.96\) and \(p_{{\text{D}}} = 1\) when \(\lambda_{0} > 0.06\), especially for trajectory 2 and trajectory 3, as shown in Fig. 6b, c.
Tracking performance such as accuracy, delay and consumption depends on the network parameters such as detection probability \(p_{{\text{D}}}\) and samples \(N_{k}\) for a great extent, and node density \(\lambda_{0}\) and anchor rate \(\gamma\) likewise. With increasing detection probability \(p_{{\text{D}}}\), the target identification probability increases. And also, the increasing number of nodes including anchors can bring about more samples, avoiding low weighted samples fading away. But too many nodes or too many samples can also lead to inferior performance for too much information sensed by samples need to be fused and exchanged, leading to much energy and delay cost.
Performance comparisons
Experiment results shown above are comprehensive for applications, and we can present that MC-MPMC scheme can bring about expectant behaviors for our target tracking. And also, we can compare the performance metrics of MC-MPMC mechanism with those of other target tracking schemes, such as BELS [16], P-EETT [30], ITTWSN [31] and MC-SMC-PHD [37].
BELS [16] is based on improved Bayesian scheme and enhanced least-square (CLS) algorithm. Sub-range probability is obtained based on target predictive location, forming a range joint probability matrix which is updated in a dormant state in order to save energy in WSNs. The main energy-saving strategies in BELS scheme conclude that it introduces a geometric model to localize and track the target and fuses the distribution and true attributes of the measurement data to form a range joint probability matrix. BELS improves the tracking performance of delay and energy.
P-EETT [30] adopts particle swarm optimization, comprising of estimation and prediction phase. It is a clustering-based target tracking scheme, which performs clustering by adopting the maximum entropy method. P-EETT scheme costs much energy on clustering.
An IMM based target tracking in WSN ITTWSN is proposed in [31], which adopts multiple models (velocity and acceleration) to handle both maneuvering and non-maneuvering targets and multiple sensors to detect and identify the targets. This tracking scheme overcomes the problem of location error and missing detection, and saves much energy.
MC-SMC-PHD scheme [37], SMC-PHD denoted in simulation Figs. 7, 8 and 9, develops a compensatory measurement generating mechanism and presents a novel measurement compensation-based SMC-PHD filter to track target, avoiding unreliable clustering. This is a high-efficiency target tracking scheme, not applying to track the target for WSNs. We can attempt to apply this scheme in WSNs, and derive that this tracking scheme has the same high-efficiency tracking.
Maneuvering trajectory tracking comparisons for a single target moving.
a–c Tracking error comparisons related to node density\(\lambda_{0}\). a Trajectory 1; b Trajectory 2; c Trajectory 3; d–f Tracking error comparisons related to iteration periods. d Trajectory 1; e Trajectory 2; f Trajectory 3
a–c Tracking delay comparisons related to node density\(\lambda_{0}\). a Trajectory 1; b Trajectory 2; c Trajectory 3. d–f Tracking delay comparisons related to iteration periods. d Trajectory 1; e Trajectory 2; f Trajectory 3
MC-MPMC scheme is used for time-critical, low mobile velocity monitoring and detection application, in which minimized delay is the most important target, and localization accuracy likewise. Delay performance metrics of MC-MPMC scheme accompanying with HTC algorithm are improved over other schemes, while error and energy efficiency are improved over others on the conditions of more node density and more iterations.
Through tracking comparisons as shown in Fig. 7a–c, we can obtain that these tracking schemes can exactly track the target. Some errors appear when tracking the beginning. Most tracking positions of tracking schemes are in accordance with target true positions, and the most error within 5.1%-11.5%.
Tracking error comparisons are shown in Fig. 8a–f. With node density \(\lambda_{0}\) increasing, tracking error decreases. And tracking error of SMC-PHD is higher than that of MC-MPLC when \(\lambda_{0} > 0.03\) for trajectory 1, \(\lambda_{0} > 0.04\) for trajectory 2. With iteration periods increasing, tracking error decreases.
Tracking delay comparisons are shown in Fig. 9a–f. With node density \(\lambda_{0}\) increasing, tracking delay decreases. But delay increases for MC-MPMC scheme when \(\lambda_{0} > 0.06\) shown in Fig. 9a, for much valid information sensed by nodes including anchors exchanges. Valid samples are enough to predict the states of target, and redundant samples sensing can consume much energy and time. With iteration periods increasing, tracking delay increases.
Tracking energy consumption comparisons are shown in Fig. 10a–f. With node density \(\lambda_{0}\) increasing, tracking consumption decreases. But energy consumption increases for MC-MPMC scheme when \(\lambda_{0} > 0.06\) shown in Fig. 10a–c, for the same reason of delay increasing as Fig. 9a. With iteration periods increasing, tracking error decreases.
Fig. 10
a–c Tracking energy consumption comparisons related to node density\(\lambda_{0}\). a Trajectory 1; b Trajectory 2; c Trajectory 3. d–f Tracking energy consumption comparisons related to iteration periods. d Trajectory 1; e Trajectory 2; f Trajectory 3
In this paper, we have presented a prediction-based target tracking scheme MC-MPMC for mobile sensor networks, accompanied by an HTC algorithm. At first, the original statistical PMC scheme is denoted briefly. Then, an improved location-based tracking scheme adopted MPMC scheme is elaborately proposed, combined with a measurement compensation strategy to resolve the problem of missing detection or false measurement. Firstly, the mixture weighted method used for proposal generating is introduced to avoid sample degeneracy and maintain the diversity of samples. Secondly, inspired by the missing detection or correction of MC-SMC-PHD scheme, a measurement compensation method is proposed to enhance the tracking performance. Thirdly, the HTC scheme is introduced to decrease the communication cost and delay for exchanging tracking information with small packages at the beginning of each iteration. Tracking performance such as tracking error, delay and consumption, especial delay, is presented based on the statistical point of view taking parameters such as anchor rate \(\gamma\), node density \(\lambda_{0}\), mixture nodes \(N_{k}\) and detected probability \(p_{{\text{D}}}\) into account. Comprehensive simulations are presented to verify the behaviors based on the straight-line trajectory and maneuvering trajectory. Moreover, performance comparisons between MC-MPMC algorithm and other tracking schemes are made.
Multiple target tracking used for large-scale crab aquaculture sensor networks is studied in the future based on the MC-MPMC scheme. In aquaculture networks, the tracking scheme can take not only the positions of objects into account as in this work, but also take the appearance of objects into account in future works [52]. We can also apply MC-MPMC tracking method to track other aquatic products underwater.
All data generated or analyzed during this study are included in this published article.
MC-MPMC:
Measurement compensation mixture population Monte Carlo
WSNs:
HTC:
Hidden terminal couple
UAV:
Unmanned aerial vehicle
UAS:
Unattended air system
AUV:
CLS:
Classical least square
SHMM:
Semi-hidden Markov model
MDB:
Marginal distribution Bayes
PHD:
Probability hypothesis density
PLKF:
Pseudolinear Kalman filter
AOA:
Angle of arrival
TDOA:
Time difference of arrival
FDOA:
Frequency difference of arrival
IVKF:
Instrumental variable-based Kalman filter
P-EETT:
Particle energy-efficient target tracking
ITTWSN:
IMM-based target tracking in WSN
NPFA:
Novel particle filtering algorithm
BGGIW:
Beta gamma Gaussian inverse Wishart
PMBM:
Poisson multi-Bernoulli mixture
KLD:
Kullback–Leibler divergence
SPHD:
Semantic probability hypothesis density
CPHD:
Cardinalized probability hypothesis density
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This research work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.61362017, No.61365007) and Starting Foundation of Shanghai Ocean University (No. A2-0203-00-100344, No. A2-0203-00-100343).
SOU College of Engineering Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, No. 999, Huchenghuan Rd, Shanghai, 201306, People's Republic of China
Chunfeng Lv & Jianping Zhu
Department of Electronic, Information and Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiaotong University, No. 800, Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240, People's Republic of China
Zhengsu Tao
School of Power and Mechanical Engineering, Wuhan University, 299 Bayi Road, Wuchang District, Wuhan, 430072, People's Republic of China
Yihai Pi
Chunfeng Lv
Jianping Zhu
CL carried out the MC-MPMC tracking scheme, accompanied by HTC transmission scheme, and helped to draft the manuscript. JZ carried out most of the simulation experiments. ZT carried out the defects of original tracking scheme and drafted the manuscript. YP took part in experimental platform establishment and project inspection throughout the work. All authors contributed to the work. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Correspondence to Jianping Zhu.
Lv, C., Zhu, J., Tao, Z. et al. An improved target tracking scheme based on MC-MPMC method for mobile wireless sensor networks. J Wireless Com Network 2022, 74 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13638-022-02158-8
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Q: CSS Problem with
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I've set up a little prototype here:
http://jsfiddle.net/JCraine/NvKzM/2/
The offending UL element is in red. I'd be so grateful if someone could take a quick look for me!
Just scroll down to header nav .submenu ul in the CSS to see what's going on
Thanks!
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There are a lot of technology changes these days and a myriad of new kinds of products hitting the market in every industry. Plumbing may seem like something that would be immune to failures from untested materials being used to "save costs". At Tarvin Plumbing in the last 110 years we've watched a lot of these products come and go. Let's take a look at a few!
Lead water lines- Colonel Mustard in the Ballroom with the lead pipe – which also served your drinking water in most buildings up until the introduction of good old reliable copper. The problem was flexibility of water service piping to individual houses with concerns over expansion and contraction of the ground. Do we still have lead water lines in use today? Yes, we still replace lead water services. Wait! Lead is toxic though right? In fact lead is a known neurotoxin. In the case of a water service the theory is that because of mineral buildup the lead isn't directly exposed to the water. There WILL be mineral buildup, your water utility guarantees it- basically acidic water would eat through the water lines and services over time (carrying the additional dissolved sediment)– Alkaline water does the opposite and builds a "protective" layer over time on the utility company's water lines and maybe yours. Massive amounts of calcium and magnesium are added, likely beyond the levels necessary for health reasons – these two minerals are key in increasing water hardness(which contributes to PH and helps to stabilize it) often measured in grains per gallon (gpg). Water hardness being a measurement of these minerals dissolved in water – you can see it's evidence on your shower doors, shower head and causes extra wear on some plumbing components. This leads to water filtration and softening to treat the water, again.
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PB – AKA Blue Max, Quest. Premiering in the late 1970's Polybutelene was going to revolutionize the plumbing industry with super cheap(did I mean inexpensive?) flexible piping! We did not buy onto this bus thankfully, as it did not stand the test of time (we'd like to see 30 years… I mean copper easily lasts that) After years the piping showed it's true nature. It had been wearing from the inside out due to oxidants, chlorine and minerals in the water running through them. From looking at the pipe there was no indication of problem until it came apart. There were common problems with quality of fittings, installation problems with recommended tools or just improper installation. Often installed in bulk in new communities, entire developments needed to be re-piped. We don't run into it often but there is some still out there.
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In an effort to provide a synoptic overview of the fortifications that surrounded colonial Charleston, South Carolina, I have constructed a time line of the most significant developments in the history of this "walled city." This time line is a work in progress, with new details added from time to time. We encourage you to drop by on occasion to keep up to date!
Nicholas Butler, Ph.D., historian of the Mayor's Walled City Task Force
Last updated on 22 February 2019
PART I: THE PROPRIETARY ERA, 1663–1719
1663: As a reward for supporting his return to the English throne, Charles II grants the land between the English colony of Virginia and Spanish-held Florida to a group of eight noblemen, who are styled the "Lords Proprietors" of the new province of Carolina.
1670: Colonists from England and the West Indies arrive in Carolina and establish Charles Town at Albemarle Point, on the west bank of the Ashley River. This activity angers the Spanish forces at St. Augustine, who consider this part of Carolina to lie within the northern border of their colony, La Florida. During their first months in Carolina, the settlers begin building earthwork entrenchments and a wooden palisade wall to surround their small town in case of Spanish attack.
1680: The capital of the young Carolina colony is transferred to Oyster Point, a nascent town on the peninsula between the Ashley and Cooper Rivers, which is renamed Charles Town. Soon afterward, the colonists began building some sort of fortifications to protect the eastern part of the town, along the Cooper River, but no documentary descriptions of this work have been found.
1686: The earliest known map of Charles Town, the hand-drawn Jean Boyd map, depicts two "forts" on the town's eastern waterfront connected by a linear "tranchée" or entrenchment. Due to the loss of the legislative records of the 1680s, it is not known when or with what materials these forts were built.
1689: French forces capture the English-held island of St. Kitts (St. Christopher), one of the Leeward Island in the Caribbean. Carolina settlers fear that French forces may attempt to attack Charleston as well. Over the next several years, however, political bickering paralyzes the South Carolina government and no new fortification are built.
1694: The South Carolina legislature passes an act appropriating money for the construction of a brick wall along Charles Town's eastern edge (the eastern side of the present East Bay Street) "to prevent the sea's further encroachment."
1696: In March the South Carolina legislature passes a second act appropriating money for the construction of a brick wall along Charles Town's eastern edge, stating that little work had been done on this project since 1694. This brick wall becomes known as the "wharf wall," or the "curtain line upon the Bay." Later in the year the legislature also considers plans for building a brick "fort" at the east end of Broad Street. After some deliberation and ground testing at that site, however, they decide to locate the fort a small distance further south. In December the legislature ratifies an act to appropriate money for the construction of a "fortress Battery or ffortification . . . at ye Point of Sand to ye Northward of ye Creek commonly called Collins his Creek." This structure, located slightly north of the eastern end of modern Water Street, was named Granville Bastion in honor of John Granville, First Earl of Bath, who in 1697 became the fifth Palatine of the province of South Carolina.
1698: A few weeks after a strong earthquake rocks the Carolina colony, a fire burns approximately one-third of the buildings in Charles Town.
1699: French forces establish a fortified settlement at Biloxi on the Mississippi River. The English government in South Carolina correctly surmises that France intends to expand its territories in North America and to expel the English from Carolina. This move effectively doubles the threats against the nascent English colony and increases the perceived need for strong fortifications at Charleston.
1700: A severe hurricane hits Charles Town and causes extensive damage to its waterfront fortifications.
1701: The South Carolina legislature discusses the completion of the brick Half-Moon Battery, a semi-circular fortification, at the east end of Broad Street in Charles Town. The date on which this project began is not clear in the surviving records.
1702: Settlers in South Carolina receive news that political tensions between England and Spain will probably soon erupt into open warfare. The provincial legislature orders repairs to Charleston's existing fortifications and begins debating additional defensive works. Anticipating the inevitable, S.C. Governor James Moore leads a preemptive strike on St. Augustine, the capital of Spanish Florida. After Moore and his Carolina troops burn the town, its inhabitants retreat into the Castillo de San Marcos. Lacking sufficient artillery to batter the fortress, Moore abandons the siege and retreats to Charles Town.
1703: South Carolina learns that England has declared war on Spain ("Queen Anne's War" or the "War of Spanish Succession"), and rumors surface that the Spanish at St. Augustine are preparing to attack Charles Town. At the urging of newly appointed governor Sir Nathaniel Johnson, the S.C. legislature passes an act for repairing the existing fortifications and building new works to surround the town. This law specifies that "the severall forts, halfe moons, platforms, batterys and flankers, built . . . on the front wall [i.e., East Bay Street], shall have gabions fixed upon them, and shall also be well piled, [for] their preservation against the sea," while the fortifications to be built along modern Water, Meeting, and Cumberland Streets "shall be [made] by intrenchments, flankers and parapets, sally ports, a gate, drawbridge and blind necessary for the same." This plan created an enceinte or ring of fortification that included four corner bastions linked by a curtain walls and punctuated by eight redans and one ravelin, surrounding sixty-two acres of high land.
1704: Near the end of the year, Governor Nathaniel Johnson report to the Lords Proprietors in England that the earthwork entrenchments around Charles Town are "in a great measure perfected," while the works along the waterfront have been "retarded for the want of bricks."
1706: Governor Nathaniel Johnson and Lieutenant Colonel William Rhett lead the successful defense of Charles Town against a combined force of Spanish, French, and Native American combatants who sailed into Charleston harbor from St. Augustine.
1707: The South Carolina legislature passes an act "for Repairing and Expeditious Finishing the Fortifications" in Charles Town, which have suffered breaches and other damages. Parts of the brick wall along the waterfront are apparently still incomplete.
1708: In order prevent enemy warships from sailing into Charles Town harbor uncontested, the S.C. legislature passes an act to build a fortification, later called Fort Johnson, at "Windmill Point" on James Island.
1712: The South Carolina legislature passes an act to build a powder magazine "within Twenty yards of the Redoubt [redan] on the North part of Charles Town." This powder magazine still stands on the south side of modern Cumberland Street in downtown Charleston.
1713: Mid-way through the year the citizens of Charles Town learn that Britain has signed the Treaty of Utrecht, ending Queen Anne's War (the War of the Spanish Succession). A few months later, a severe hurricane causes severe damages to the fortifications surrounding the town. Governor Charles Craven urges the legislature to appropriate sufficient funds for making the necessary repairs.
1714: In September another powerful hurricane strikes Charles Town and causes extensive damages to the town's fortifications. In December the South Carolina legislature passes an additional act "for preventing the Sea's further Encroachment on the Wharfe of Charles Town, and for repairing the Bastions, Half Moon and Redoubts on the same." According to this act, the waterfront fortifications have proved "not sufficient to secure Charles Town, especially the front thereof, against the violent storms and hurricanes, that for these two years last past hath been upon us, to the undermining and ruining great parts of the fortifications and front wall before Charles Town."
1715–1717: The Yemassee War draws the attention of the South Carolina legislature away from the threat of invasion by European forces toward internal conflict with the Native American population. The high cost of this war, added to the large expenses incurred in fortifying Charles Town, cause the legislature to grow impatient with the frugal government of the Lords Proprietors. The assembly draws up an address to King George of Britain, pleading that without his intervention the "miserable situation" of South Carolina will fail and Britain's southernmost colony will be lost to the French and Spanish.
1719: The South Carolina legislature passes an act "for the more speedy putting the bastions of the Fortification of Charles Town in a posture of defence" by repairing the existing fortifications. In a bloodless revolution at the end of this year, the legislature denounces the rule of the Lords Proprietors and petitions King George I to purchase the Carolina colony from the Proprietors. Among the colonists' chief complaints is the Proprietors' unwillingness to provide sufficient funds for the construction of proper defensive fortifications.
PART II: THE INTERREGNUM ERA, 1720–1729
1721: Newly appointed Governor Francis Nicholson arrives in Charles Town in May and orders the South Carolina legislature to attend to the maintenance of the fortifications. In October, John Herbert draws a plan of the town's defensive walls, enclosing sixty-two acres, for colonial officials back in London. This important document is now housed at the National Archive of the United Kingdom under the title "The Ichnography or Plann of the Fortification of Charlestown and the Streets, with the names of the Bastions, quantity of acres of Land, number of Gunns and weight of their shott."
1722: In November Governor Francis Nicholson reminds the South Carolina legislature that the fortifications of Charles Town require further repairs and maintenance, especially since recent storms have caused damages. Reflecting on the importance of the town's defences, Nicholson tells them "I think every body ought to own [i.e., acknowledge], that the fortifying [of] this Place was a great work in all respects, but time (the devourer of all things) hath much damnifed the same, and what shall be done in these affairs I leave it wholly to the Assembly."
1723: Governor Francis Nicholson continues to pressure the legislature to maintain Charleston's fortifications, and a legislative committee ordered to investigate the matter admits that the works "are greatly decayed, and must inevitably fall, unless due care be taken to repair the same." Owing to a scarcity of public funds, however, they ultimately agree to appropriate funds for the repair of the damaged brickwork on the town's waterfront curtain line, but not for the entrenchments on the "back" side of town.
1724: The South Carolina legislature continues to drag its feet on the repairs to Charleston's brick fortifications along the waterfront. Meanwhile, Governor Francis Nicholson orders "that no person in this Province at their utmost Peril do presume to Wheel Cart or by any other means or ways Carry away any Earth or Lands from any of the Banks which were late the Fortifications Round Charles Town, or from any Street or Publick Lott or place in the Said Town for any use or Purpose Whatsoever."
1725: The South Carolina legislature passes another act "for preventing the Sea's further encroachment upon the Wharfe or street commonly called the Bay, in Charlestown, and for the expeditious repairing and finishing the Front Wall thereof." The preamble to this law states that several hurricanes in the past few years have "undermined and broken down more of the said Wharfe and Wall than is now standing." It also acknowledges that recent efforts to repair the front wall have been impeded "by reason of the different Interests of the persons claiming Lotts on the said Wharfe or Bay and those who Claim the Lotts or Flatts from High to Low water mark fronting to the said Lotts on the Bay."
PART III: THE ROYAL ERA, 1730–1775
1736–37: Under the direction of chief engineer Gabriel Bernard (d. 1737), the uncle of Swiss philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, work commences on a triple row of cedar piles and palisades around the southern and southwestern edge of the peninsula and a large gun battery at White Point. Following the death of Lieutenant Governor Thomas Broughton in November 1737, the battery is named Broughton's Battery. Following Bernard's death in July 1737, Col. Othniel Beale begins to act as the unofficial chief engineer of Charleston's fortifications.
1738: The South Carolina legislature passes an act to build three new bastions linked by a curtain line on the southwest side of the peninsula, along what is now South Battery Street between King Street and Council Streets. Later evidence demonstrates that these bastions were built of earth, wood, and brick.
1739: After several years of tension, Britain declares war on Spain (the "War of Jenkins' Ear").
1740: Troops from South Carolina join forces with Gen. James Oglethorpe and his troops from the infant colony of Georgia to launch a large-scale attack on St. Augustine, the capital of Spanish Florida. The disastrous outcome of the plan puts South Carolina deeply in debt and leads to a legislative investigation.
1742: When a large force of Spanish soldiers invade St. Simon's Island, Georgia, in late June, the government of South Carolina sends ships and troops to help reinforce the soldiers and militia in Georgia. The Spanish retreat only a few weeks later, but everyone in South Carolina fears that the enemy will return with a larger force to invade Port Royal or Charleston. The South Carolina legislature formally commissions Col. Othniel Beale to be chief engineer of Charleston's fortifications. Beale quickly drafts a plan for further defensive works around the southern tip of the peninsula, from Broughton's Battery to Conseiller's Creek, and along the town's northeastern line, from Craven Bastion to Rhett's Point (near the modern intersection of Market and Meeting Streets). Two of the new gun batteries on the southwestern tip of the peninsula, facing the Ashley River, are named Counseiller's Bastion (after property owner Benjamin De la Conseiller) and Tipper's Fort or Bastion (after its resident caretaker, John Tipper).
1743: At the beginning of the year, the long-awaited Armory is completed near the southwest corner of Meeting and Broad Streets. This building serves as the central repository for the town's small arms, artillery and other "warlike stores" into the early nineteenth century. Also in 1743 workers under the supervision of Othniel Beale construct a breastwork consisting of a double row of cedar palisades, earth, and ballast stones, from Granville Bastion to Broughton's Battery (where modern East Battery Street stands today). In order to maximize the defense of this line with cannon, a salient angle or redan is also built at its midpoint. At the same time, Lt. Gov. William Bull advises the legislature to consider creating new defensive line to enclose the northern and western parts of the town. The legislature debates this proposal for nearly two years (see 1745 below).
1744: France allies itself with Spain in the War with Britain, expanding the War of Austrian Succession (King George's War). Over the next several years, French and Spanish privateer ships are continually attacking the British ships sailing in and out of Charles Town harbor and all along the Carolina coastline.
1745: The South Carolina legislature orders the construction of a new earth and timber wall with several gun batteries and a moat to protect the town's northern edge (modern Beaufain and Hasell Streets). This wall began at the head of Daniel's Creek, at what is now the intersection of Market and Meeting Streets, and continued westward along the present course of Market Street. Midway between present Archdale and Mazyck (Logan) Streets, the wall turned to the southwest until the intersection of modern Magazine and Franklin Streets, where it turned to the south and continued along what is now Franklin Street until it reached Broad Street. This new wall was fronted by a moat approximately thirty-six feet wide. A new town gate, complete with a ravelin and drawbridge, was erected of brick, earth, and timber at the modern intersection of Market and King Streets. At the same time, the legislature orders a ditch or moat, twelve feet in width, to be dug on the east side of the brick wall on the east side of East Bay Street.
1748: Britain signs the Treaty of Aix la Chapelle with Spain and France, ending King George's War (the War of Austrian Succession). Following this development, the public officials in Charles Town briefly relax their concerns about the town's urban fortifications.
1750: Feeling secure in an era of peace, the South Carolina legislature orders the dismantling of the ravelin and drawbridge in front of the town gate (located at the modern intersection of Market and King Streets). In place of these features, they order a causeway and brick arched bridge to be built through the moat in front of the town gate. The earthwork wall protecting the town's northern boundary, erected in 1745, is allowed to remain.
1752–1755: A major hurricane in September 1752 causes significant damage to the town's fortifications, especially those on the east side of the peninsula. Over then next several years the various walls, bastions, and batteries are either repaired or rebuilt. After several years of rising tensions, Britain declares war on France in 1755, initiating what was known as the "Seven Years' War" in Europe or the "French and Indian War" in the North American colonies.
1755–1757: Governor James Glen hires German-born engineer William Gerard De Brahm to design and execute a large-scale plan for the fortification of Charleston. Due to the outrageous cost of his plan and political conflicts with the Commissioners of the Fortifications and the Commons House of Assembly, only a fraction of De Brahm's design is completed. De Brahm's principal accomplishments during this period include the reconstruction of Broughton's Battery and the creation of a new "Middle Bastion," named Lyttelton's Battery in honor of newly appointed governor William Henry Lyttelton, on the site of the redan built in 1743 midway between Granville Bastion and Broughton's Battery.
1757–1759: The Commissioners of the Fortifications oversee the construction of a large earth and tabby "Horn Work" beyond the northern edge of Charleston, just north of the modern intersection of King and Calhoun Streets. This impressive fortification was designed by a young engineer named Emmanuel Hess, who was stationed briefly in Charleston with His Majesty's 60th Regiment of Foot (the "Royal American Regiment"). A small fragment of Hess's Horn Work, which mounted eighteen large cannon, is still present in Marion Square to this day. Because the Horn Work straddled "the Broad Path" (modern King Street), it included a gate and drawbridge that formed the new town entrance over a dry ditch or moat approximately thirty feet wide.
1763: On 10 February the "Treaty of Paris" between Britain, France, Spain, and Portugal formally ends the conflict known as the "Seven Years War" (or the "French and Indian War" in North America). As part of their concessions , Spain ceded the colony of Florida and its capital, St. Augustine, to Britain. This change effectively removed the long-standing threat that this Spanish garrison posed to the safety to Charleston. Official news of this treaty reaches Charleston in mid-May.
1764–1767: As the South Carolina legislature gains confidence in the reality of peace with France and Spain, it relaxes its concerns about protecting the town from enemy attack. In 1764 the legislature orders the moat in front of the eastern curtain line to be filled in with earth. In 1766 the earthwork wall erected in 1745 along the town's old northern line was pushed into the moat in front of it. The Horn Work straddling the new town gate a little farther north is left standing, but it is essentially abandoned.
1768: Early this year the old Watch House and Half-Moon Battery, both located at the east end of Broad Street, are razed to make room for the construction of a new Exchange Building. The substantial brick foundation of the Half-Moon Battery, built ca. 1700–1701, is still visible today in the basement of the Exchange, which was completed in 1771.
1768: Between May and November of this year, workers constructed a brick wall around the eastern face of the extensive mud flat known as White Point, extending approximately 1,720 feet from Granville Bastion to the southeast point of Broughton's Battery, replacing a wall of fascines and earth constructed under De Brahm's supervision in the 1750s. The new wall stood five feet above the surface and was built on top of a Bermuda stone foundation set 2.5 feet below the surface. Split palmetto logs were attached vertically to the outer face of the wall to protect the waterfront fortifications from the daily tides that washed this area. Earth and ballast stone was dumped behind the wall for support, thus initiating a long process of filling that eventually rendered the site a highly valuable residential area.
1769: Between May and August, workers continued the new brick sea wall approximately 1,000 feet from the southeast point of Broughton's Battery to Lamboll's Bridge, a private wharf at the south end of King Street. The remnants of this protective sea wall, which remained visible and functional until 1850, are now under the park known as White Point Garden.
PART IV: THE REVOLUTIONARY ERA, 1775–1782
1775–1778: The newly formed South Carolina Provincial Assembly orders the fortifications around Charleston to be repaired and strengthened. A tall breastwork made of palmetto logs and sand, similar to that used to build Fort Sullivan (now Fort Moultrie) is erected around the eastern and southern parts of the peninsula, and the colonial-era fortifications are improved.
1779–1780: As Charleston prepares for a siege by the British Army and Navy, the rear or southern side of the large Horn Work is enclosed to create a sort of citadel. In front of this work is also built a new wall made of earth and timber and a defensive ditch, both stretching between the Ashley and Cooper Rivers. Despite these efforts, the two-month siege ends with the surrender of Charleston on 12 May 1780.
PART V: THE POST-REVOLUTIONARY ERA, 1783–1790s
1783: On August 13th the South Carolina General Assembly ratifies an act to incorporate the City of Charleston. This act officially replaces the older spellings "Charles Town" and "Charlestown" with the modern spelling "Charleston." Furthermore, it transfers ownership to the new City Council of some of the land on which the colonial fortification were built, including the Horn Work on the north side of city, the brick curtain line along the eastern waterfront, and the land on the west side of King Street occupied by an earthen curtain line between 1745 and 1765.
1784: The City Council of Charleston orders the demolition of the urban fortifications under its jurisdiction. At the same time, after a year of debate, the South Carolina legislature passes a law ordering the removal of the remaining state-owned fortifications standing in Charleston. Although it took several years to complete the work, these orders effectively end Charleston's century-long existence as a walled city.
1787: After numerous petitions from Charleston's maritime merchants, the South Carolina Legislature finally repeals an ancient law prohibiting the erection of any buildings within fifty feet of the east side of the curtain wall on the east side of East Bay Street. In the years after this change, the low, slightly built warehouses on Charleston's wharves projecting into the Cooper River were gradually replaced with larger, more substantial stores, residences, and even streets.
Part VI: REDISCOVERING CHARLESTON'S COLONIAL FORTIFICATIONS
1853–1859: During the construction of the new U.S. Custom House in Charleston, workers encounter, and presumably demolish, the brick foundations of Craven Bastion. The Custom House was finally completed in 1879, and the large paved courtyard leading to its west portico now covers the site of the colonial bastion.
1911: While digging a trench on the east side of East Bay Street in order to install part of Charleston's "modern" sewer system, city workers encounter part of the colonial curtain line near the east end of Cumberland Street. A newspaper article from that time describes the find as "a solid wall of masonry, put together with old-time shell lime and red bricks, so hard as to require each brick to be picked out separately."
1925: The architectural firm of Albert Simons and Samuel Lapham are hired to enlarge the old Missroon House at 40 East Bay Street. While excavating the earth on the north, east, and south sides of the house in order to lay an expanded foundation, they encounter the large, intact brickwork of the lower levels of Granville Bastion. They publish a description of their findings (see the Selected Bibliography), and photograph the remains of the colonial walls.
1940: The Historical Commission of the City of Charleston places bronze tablets at four sites commemorating the four corner bastions of the early "walled city." These tablets can be seen at the Missroon House, 40 East Bay Street (site of Granville Bastion), the entrance gate of the Nathaniel Russell House, 51 Meeting Street (Colleton Bastion), the northwest corner of Meeting Street and Horlbeck Alley (Carteret Bastion), and at the steps in front of the plaza leading to the U.S. Custom House, 200 East Bay Street (Craven Bastion).
1965: Renovations of the basement of the Exchange Building at the east end of Broad Street uncover the intact brickwork of the colonial Half-Moon Battery. The upper walls of this battery were demolished in 1768 during the construction of the present Exchange, but the below-ground portion of the semi-circular brick seawall is now clearly visible. This site is the only public place where Charleston's colonial seawall can be viewed.
2005: In May, workers from Charleston Public Works digging up a section of the sidewalk in front of the Missroon House (40 East Bay Street, headquarters of the Historic Charleston Foundation) uncover a substantial brick wall. HCF preservationist Katherine Saunders Pemberton identifies the brickwork as remnants of Charleston's colonial fortifications–the north wall of Granville Bastion and a portion of the "wharf wall" or "curtain line" that once stood on the East Bay Street. After media coverage of the discovery garnered significant public interest, Katherine Saunders and former HCF board president Peter Magee lobbied for the creation of a municipal task force to promote further research on the city's colonial fortifications. In August, Charleston's Mayor, Joseph P. Riley Jr., appoints a number of local citizens to serve on the "Mayor's Walled City Task Force."
2008: The Mayor's Walled City Task Force initiates an archaeological dig at South Adger's Wharf to find the remains of the colonial redan that once stood at the east end of Tradd Street (see the blog). During this ten-day dig in January, about twenty-four feet of the redan's north flank are exposed, studied, measured, mapped, photographed, and reburied.
2009: The Mayor's Walled City Task Force, in conjunction with a College of Charleston Field School in Archaeology, conducts a four-week excavation of the remnants of the south flank of the colonial redan that once stood at the east end of Tradd Street. During the month of June, students uncover the tip of the redan and about twenty feet of the south wall, which is studied, measured, mapped, and photographed from its top, about 2.5 feet below modern ground level, to its foundation 8.5 feet further down in the mud (see the blog).
2010: The Task Force had two opportunities to view part of the colonial brick work along East Bay Street. First, in February, Martha Zierden led a small group of volunteers in a brief excavation under the late-twentieth century wooden floor in the southwest corner of the Exchange Building. The team located the surviving junction of the "wharf wall" or "curtain line," which once stood on the east side of East Bay Street, with the southwest end of the Half-Moon Battery. Both of these brick features torn down to street level in 1768 when construction of the "New Exchange" (now called the "Old Exchange") commenced, but their foundations remain intact under the present building. Second, a routine drain repair in the center of East Bay Street briefly revealed a portion of the southern wall of Granville Bastion, directly in front of the Missroon House (headquarters of the Historic Charleston Foundation). Time did not permit the collection of measurements or GIS data, but Task Force members took several good photographs (see blog).
2012: In March and April, Task Force members Peter Magee, Martha Zierden, and Katherine Saunders Pemberton joined Dr. Carter Hudgins and several of his students from the Clemson University Graduate Program in Historical Preservation, as well as archaeologists Sarah Stroud and Carter C. Hudgins from Drayton Hall, for a brief excavation in the driveway of the private residence at 43 East Bay Street. The excavation confirmed the existence of the remains of a substantial brick wall, approximately 2.2 feet wide, approximately 1.5 feet below the modern surface level, running diagonally through the property. Because of structures built over this site in the second half of the eighteenth-century, the exact length of this wall is difficult to determine. It is clear, however, that this wall represents the remains of the brick curtain line that ran northwest from Granville Bastion to a bridge over a small creek and then to Ashley's Bastion.
2012: In October of this year, Martha Zierden at the Charleston Museum published Archaeology at South Adger's Wharf: A Study of the Redan at Tradd Street (Charleston Museum: Archaeological Contributions 45). This report covers the 2008 and 2009 excavations at South Adger's Wharf, as well as the brief 2012 dig in a private driveway on East Bay Street. Click on the above title to download a 21 MB pdf file of the report.
2013: On the 23 January, the Walled City Task Force collaborated with Charleston Water System in a one-day search for physical evidence of the colonial-era "curtain line" or "wharf wall" on the east side of East Bay Street. After opening a small east-west trench between the east side of the street and the adjacent sidewalk, the brick "wharf wall," running along the north-south axis, was found between the sidewalk and the street curb. See the blog post for details.
2015: On the 28th and 29th of January, Task Force members excavated several small units at the southeast corner of King and South Battery Streets, in a sidewalk that forms the northwest corner of White Point Garden. The purpose was to investigate the identity of an exposed line of old brick at this site, which was theorized to be part of the extensive brick sea wall constructed in 1769 (see above). As our blog postings show (see Day 1 and Day 2), we discovered that the 1769 sea wall had been extensively repaired with brick and stone during several episodes in the early decades of the nineteenth century.
3 Responses to "Time Line"
Cheves Leland Says:
Walled City Task Force –
Great job – great site.
I think the letter from Carolina published in the William and Mary Quarterly in April 2007 verifies that the Boyds arrived in Charles Towne in 1686, meaning that the map Jean Boyd drew the day he arrived (at dawn on 28 March according to a letter his brother Jacques wrote)should be dated 1686, not 1691. The 1691 was written at the top of Jean Boyd's letter in a different hand and is the reason that his letter was first dated 1691.
Nicholas Butler Says:
You're very up-to-date, Cheves! Thank you for reminding of the newly-confirmed date of the Boyd map. After we puzzled over this date for so long, it's good to have more evidence.
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Jealousy – The Green Eyed Monster
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What is jealousy? According to the dictionary, jealousy is resentment against a rival, a person enjoying success or advantage, etc., or against another's success or advantage itself. It is the mental uneasiness from suspicion or fear of rivalry, unfaithfulness, etc., as in love or aims (dictionary.com).
Jealousy is a destructive poisonous emotion that causes one to compare themselves to others. Jealousy is the sense of uneasiness that is felt when someone is doing better than ourselves, or preference is given to someone else. It is a poisonous emotion because it causes one to have ill will towards the other who seems to be preferred above themselves. So, for example, if a friend or colleague got promoted and you didn't, you would begin to feel jealous of your colleague, wondering why you were not promoted as well (see the comparison with another). You begin to feel insecure about your own accomplishments and feel that others probably admire your friend rather than you. Now because of the way you feel about yourself, you would begin to maliciously disparage their character, in order to make you feel better about yourself.
In another case, maybe your friend bought a new car, outwardly, you're rejoicing with every body else ( inwardly you're jealous). You make a snide comment to someone that you thought they were having financial problems, just to deny them their moment in the spotlight. Also now you're thinking of how you can buy a better more expensive car. In both cases a rivalry and competition has developed between you and that person.
People who are prone to jealousy are very insecure about themselves and believe they are not in the place they should be. When they see someone doing well, it makes them feel inferior and so in order to get rid of this feeling they feel the need to compete with that person or destroy their character.
If this destructive emotion is not checked, bitterness, depression and even murder can occur. People have committed murder because of jealousy.
Jealousy- the green eyed monster, the phrase was coined by Shakespeare in his play Othello, which is a play about a man who killed his wife because he thought his wife was having an affair with another man. Though this is fiction and not reality, there are real life cases of people killing because of jealousy.
The first ever murder in the Bible was due to jealousy. Cain murdered his brother Abel because, he was jealous that God preferred his brothers sacrifice rather than his own.
King Saul attempted to murder David, because he was jealous that the people loved him more and fearful that he would take his throne.
I watched a news report on television about a father, a former convict, who murdered his daughter because he was jealous of her life. She had everything he wanted and he was just out of prison, had no job, no money, no prospects. And here was his daughter , just been promoted at work, lots of friends, life was good for her. So one day, he was in the house with her, and an argument developed and he killed her.
My Experiences with Jealousy
I can say that I haven't had many experiences with jealousy. My mother told me a story about earlier in my life, when she didn't have much money, my mum would buy some presents and there was not enough for all of us, (me, my sister, my brother) and I would tell my mum that she should give it to my older sister that I would be alright. And I was truly alright about it. We were children at the time, and I was just happy that my sister was happy because she had gone through a lot when she was younger.
So I was always so pleased when I saw some one else getting the success that they deserved, I was never jealous of their success.
However, more recently, there were quite a few occasions where I was compared to someone more successful than myself. So for me, I didn't like it when I was compared to some one who had 'made it', so to speak. There were things said and done to me, to make me feel uncomfortable. There were mean comments like, 'look at (person's name) she's done real good and look at you what have you done?' That same 'someone' (if you've been reading my previous blogs, you can guess who) actually said that to me. Which is a really disgusting thing to say to someone, but it was intentional to make me feel insecure and jealous. And it worked. Because it did make me feel somewhat inferior, like I was not as good as them because they had done exceptionally well and I hadn't reached that level of success yet. I felt the stirrings of jealousy and I must confess I did harbour some hostility towards another person.
But because it was not who I am, I felt really uncomfortable and kind of dirty and filthy and I wanted that feeling off me. It's like someone put a coat on you that is not your size, that you really don't like, it's itchy and smells and you don't want it on you, and you can't wait to get it off. That's the way I felt, it was alien because it was not an emotion that I have ever felt before. I had to get it off.
(Contd in How to Overcome Jealousy)
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Sources: Red Wings, Bertuzzi Agree To Deal
The Red Wings have agreed to terms on a deal with Todd Bertuzzi pending the free-agent forward passing a physical, sources told ESPN.com's Pierre LeBrun on Tuesday. The one-year deal is "worth around $1.5 million," a source said.
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Sabres, Grier Come To Terms On Deal
The Sabres and forward Mike Grier have agreed to terms on a one-year deal, according to the Associated Press. The agreement brings Grier back to Buffalo, where he played from 2004-06.
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Reading 1 - 2Sa 1
"At long last, the man who had hounded David from pillar to post around Israel and indeed had driven him from Israel, was dead. He was the man who had made family life for David impossible. It is likely that David never again saw his mother and his father after he joined Saul's court. He was hounded out of Israel, and the most frightful impact on this faithful man was his lament to Saul, 'You have driven me from the heritage of the LORD, saying, Go, serve other gods!' His life hung on a thread on more than one occasion and he had been mercilessly harassed and ill-treated by Yahweh's anointed. Saul's death might have been an occasion for joy and relief. It might have been time to allow the huge grudge against Saul to be lifted. It might have been time to reward a bragging Amalekite. At last, life could return to normal.
"But instead... what a lament! 'The beauty of Israel is slain upon the high places! How are the mighty fallen!.. Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions. Lovely? Pleasant? Saul???' David's magnanimity and love for one who had harassed, threatened and sought to kill him for so long is breathtakingly beautiful and immensely moving. He loved one who was undeserving of his love. In the face of condemnation, evil talk and murderous intent, David was not easily provoked and answered not a word. His love covered a multitude of sins.
"A fitting example of his greater Son. And a fitting reminder too of what it means to be a man or woman after God's own heart" (Ken Chalmers).
Reading 2 - Jer 7
"This chapter reveals the hypocrisy and false confidence of Judah in their religious formalism. It is typical of the reign of the flesh within the community of the faithful. It was probably proclaimed before the second reform of Josiah, when the people were enthusiastically contributing to the restoration of the temple, and when an apparent willingness to honour Yahweh was presented. But it was an empty facade. The spiritual perception of the people was soon to manifest itself in the feasting and debauchery of the gods of the land. The people were involved in a religion of deceit, with false prophets contradicting Jeremiah's warnings, and turning from his appeal for righteousness in the land. Instead the false leaders preached peace and unity, where there was none. Jeremiah stood in the very court of the temple and courageously declared the divine will.
He told them...
that the temple will not save (vv 1-7);
that it would experience a similar fate to Shiloh (vv 8-16);
that the city and people were full of adultery against God (vv 17-20);
that ritualism cannot save (vv 21-28);
that the ecclesia had forgotten her vows (vv 29-31);
that it has prepared for its own destruction (vv 32-34).
What a sad end to a monarchy that commenced with the courage and faithfulness of David, and now saw the abandonment of the royal sons of David when ultimately Zedekiah assumed the throne. When the pioneers of the ecclesia are ignored; the people become wilful in their folly (cp 2Pe 3:3-4)" (GE Mansfield).
Reading 3 - Mat 18:10
"See that you do not look down on one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven" (Mat 18:10).
"Personal" angels are mentioned or alluded to in Heb 1:13,14; Psa 34:7; Dan 10:12; and Zec 3:7.
It would appear that even (or especially!) the little children have THEIR angels! Thus there is angelic and providential care even before baptism. Apart from its spiritual significance to the "little ones" who are believers, who should be "like" little children, Jesus seems to be saying that even small children -- themselves unbaptized -- may such care:
"Unnumbered comforts to my soul
Thy tender care bestowed,
Before my infant heart conceived
From whom those blessings flowed."
And the words of the Psalmist in Psa 22:9,10 suggest the same: "Yet you brought me out of the womb; you made me trust [or 'kept me in safety': AV mg; RSV] in you even at my mother's breast. From birth I was cast upon you; from my mother's womb you have been my God."
"The face of my Father" suggests Jacob in Gen 28:17-19; 32:30: first realizing that he was in the "house of God" (Beth-el), and then later seeing the "face of God" (Peni-el) after wrestling through the long night. We may see a "Beth-el" wherever a child is found! | {
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Leicestershire's HD Ackerman and Lancashire's Francois du Plessis currently head the challenge for this season's Walter Lawrence Trophy after scoring 76-ball hundreds. Ackerman made his century against Ireland in the Friends Provident Trophy match at Grace Road, Leicester, on May 4, and du Plessis equalled the feat in the FPT game against Derbyshire, at Derby, on May 13. Opening the innings 36-year-old Ackerman, who has played in four Tests for his country, hit 13 fours and one six in his ton, while du Plessis, the 24-year-old all-rounder from Pretoria known as 'Faf', managed 12 fours in his hundred .
The front runner for the Walter Lawrence Trophy award, of a silver medallion and prize of £1,000, for the highest score by a batsman from the six MCC Universities against one of the other five University Centres of Cricketing Excellence or against one of the first-class counties is 20-year-old Jak Martin of Oxford UCCE. Martin, who was born in Kingston-upon-Thames and has played for Surrey Second XI, scored 118 against Cardiff UCCE at Newport on May 8, hitting 17 fours and one six in his innings. | {
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Since the re-opening this month our P.O.Box is stuffed full of requests every day. It's good to know you all like our project and that you are preparing yourself for the coming winter months. The winter months are a good period to focus on indoor projects and based on the amount of requests we receive, many of you are going to do so. Let's hope this winter will give of a lot of fruits and prints of course!
However, this amount of requests is affecting the processing time and causes a delay. So, we kindly like to ask everyone to be patient, we are working on it! No worries, every request that reaches our P.O.Box will be processed in time, we are sorry for any inconvenience, we do our best to keep up. And please do not email us in regard to your request, as we do not keep track on each and every request we received.
We are back from our Summer-Break and ready to provide you with our service!
We like to thank the people who helpt the Ring rebuild the print library with their generous donations during the summer break. Thank you! Your support means a lot to many people all over the world. Your free shirt has been shipped and we hope you wear it proudly and see it as a token of appreciation for making so many people happy.
Our strain-list has been updated!
Please understand the importance of your contribution towards the Ring and the World by making your print donation to keep this project alive. We kindly like to ask every user to donate, every print counts to keep us running and the availability of many strains on our strain-list.
The art of happiness is to serve all!
There will be a Summer Break during the month August. In August we will not be able to empty our P.O.Box on regular base, so we kindly like to ask you to hold your requests until after August. The 31th of Juli will be the last P.O.Box collecting, these requests will be processed and shipped on the 1th of August.
However, the P.O.Box will be open for donations and we like to encourage all our users to help us build our stock for the re-opening at the end of August. So, please donate what ever you can, each print is a great contribution to the world. And for those who can mis some extra prints, our free FSRE T-shirts are still available.
So, we will not be completely out of the office this summer!
We wise you all a great summer time, enjoy your trips, travels and party's. We will be back to serve you!
New Batch of FSRE Shirts!
We are happy to offer you our new batch of FSRE Shirts, and yes these shirts are also available for free! Please checkout our FSRE Shirt page for more info!
The prices include shipping and package!
As you might have noticed we had an issue with our registration and login for our site. We had to take some action as our site was victim of WordPress bot attacks. So, we could not access the site dashboard to update pages like the strain-list. The situation is under control now and everything is back to normal. As you can see our strain-list has been updated!
Sorry for the inconvenience, thank you for your understanding and stay on our site!
Also, the new batch of FSRE shirts has arrived and we will soon continue our free shirt offer. All of you who had made a donation and requested a free shirt will receive their free shirt in a couple of days, thank you for your support!
However due to the summer and the good weather here in the Netherlands we are most of the time out of the office and on the road. This is the reason for a slow email response and does cause a delay on our regular processing time of your request. Still, all requests are processed and you will receive your prints!
After our summer time we will print a new batch of FSRE T-shirts as thy are almost out of stock and we still receive donations from people requesting a free shirt. So, to those of you how send in a donation but did not receive a shirt, don't worry, you will get your shirt once we have printed a new batch. Further more we are planning a print drive when we are back to boost the availability of prints for the winter. As we know the many of you will start a indoor project during the winter! | {
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Longo: Pete and Russell at top of NFL playoff heap
Hector Longo
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If you follow Twitter, you've seen someone's list.
It's so "in" to rank the quarterbacks.
Best of all-time.
Best of the decade.
Best of the upcoming NFL playoffs.
Yes, one genius had Tom Brady 10th among the 12 starters in the upcoming postseason, just behind, gulp, Buffalo's Josh Allen and just ahead of cellar-dwelling Jimmy Garoppolo (San Francisco) and Kirk Cousins (Minnesota).
But we all know, darn well, what wins in January and February. It's not just QBs. It's QBs and coaches.
So with that in mind, we deliver our own list, ranking the best to worst coach-QB combos in the upcoming playoffs.
The criteria is simple. Who do you trust? Who will deliver?
So with that, away we go.
1. Pete Carroll and
Russell Wilson, Seattle.
Let's face it. Carroll, an absolute ninny in his three seasons with the Patriots (Google him, kids), is one awful goal-line call away from being a first-ballot Hall of Famer.
He is competent, not spectacular on the sidelines, and that's enough because Wilson is a bad, bad man. He is the most feared arm in the game.
2. Andy Reid and Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City.
Reid is running out of second chances. But soon or later, this blind squirrel has to trip over an acorn, no?
Mahomes is just the guy to push KC over the top. He's got the bigtime release and the quick feet to match.
The kid has been ice.
3. Bill Belichick and Tom Brady, New England.
If this was a GM/QB combo, you're talking No. 10 or 11 here. But it's coaching that drives this boat ("Eight Rings").
Brady isn't himself, but he wasn't himself in the Super Bowl a year ago either, and BB found a way to stifle the Rams.
Don't disrespect here, folks. Many have tried. Nearly all have failed.
4. Drew Brees and Sean Payton, New Orleans.
The consummate underachievers in the bunch still command respect, right?
Shouldn't Brees have three or four rings by now?
I know. They were robbed last year. It's the only reason these two make the top five.
5. John Harbaugh and Lamar Jackson, Baltimore.
Jackson's playoff stinker a year ago is a giant strike against this duo.
The 2019 MVP-to-be is holding Harbaugh down.
Realizing the Ravens play in Maryland, I'm Mr. Missouri when it comes to these two.
6. Mike Vrabel and Ryan Tannehill, Tennessee.
Vrabel might be my favorite coach in the game.
He's smart, classy and knows the difference between championship mettle and being just another team. His QB is the issue.
I never looked it up but I'm told Tannehill is German for "run-of-the-mill."
7. Doug Pederson and Carson Wentz, Philadelphia.
The Eagles' boss has a title. And Wentz might have had the best season that nobody knows about.
8. Matt Lafleur and Aaron Rodgers, Green Bay.
Of all the quarterbacks in the field, Rodgers has the most pressure on his No. 12.
Remember when this guy was in the "best of all-time" conversation.
The best guy in the game has to do more than win one Super Bowl. His window is just closing, almost as fast as Brady's.
9. Bill O'Brien and Deshaun Watson, Houston.
This is all about track record.
Neither of these two has done a thing in the postseason, despite having ample opportunity. I will never buy in.
10. Kyle Shanahan and Jimmy Garoppolo, San Francisco.
This one hurts a ton because I have an absolute man-crush on Jimmy G.
I firmly believe he's the next big thing.
Unfortunately, his coach oversaw the most calamitous collapse in Super Bowl history with the 28-3 lead for Atlanta.
What a chump. If this was Jimmy G and anybody else, it's top five. But flat-brim Shanahan? No thanks.
11. Mike Zimmer and Kirk Cousins, Minnesota.
Would you go to battle with either of these guys?
Zimmer's goal seems to forever be a "Wild Card." And Cousins' might be the least enthused QB in the field.
He's got his contract. Playoffs are like a pay cut.
It's golf season, man.
12. Sean McDermott and Josh Allen, Buffalo.
The easiest choice in the bunch. Allen can't throw and his coach can't gameplan.
Other than that, the Bills have a great thing going.
What the heck was McDermott doing in the biggest football game of his life at Gillette Stadium two weeks ago? That might have been the worst performance by any coach in the game since the Bills canned Dick Jauron.
Only Kyrie Irving could come up with something this delusional
For Moses, the Big Game in the Big Easy is a big memory
Tough Conference Championship Weekend for Pats fans
Sox brass have little enough to say
Winners never cheat … or do they?
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Help us identify as many groups that meet in the community as possible. We can give presentations and workshops to parents groups, young adults, gardeners, flower clubs, scouts etc but we need to know they exist and where they meet. It's also usually far easier to have a named contact. Virginia has sent some information and Hugh is continuing to collate the details of his contacts and will submit them shortly.
Identify places where events can be held, whether this is cookery demos, give and take, bring days etc, any buildings are good including churches, pubs, community centres etc. Sara Ward's contact details were sent to Sarah. Is there anything further for us to do?
Help us find real nappy users who are willing to stand up and say they use them, they don't have to use them 100% of the time. Many mums in Brentford Dock – Hugh will publicise.
If you know any health professionals that will be willing to tell people there is an alternative to disposable nappies let us know – we can contact them or you can pass on our details. We don't want to say they're the only choice, we just want a chance to allow the exploration of washable instead of disposable. Suggest Doctors surgeries, baby clinics. Sara Ward also chairs the Advisory Board for the local Children's Centres and could look at a real nappies strategy to roll out there. Has she been able to help?
Share your tips to waste less with us and I'll put them on the WLWA website http://www.westlondonwaste.gov.uk/in-your-area/your-top-tips/ We agreed we would send our tips individually to you for your website. Brag members will be reminded at frequent intervals to do so. THIS CAN BE AN ITEM ON OUR CURRENTLY BEING REVISED WEBSITE.
Look at our (WLWA) website and give us feedback about the content, I know we're missing a lot of information we could potentially put on it but tell me what you want to see or help me fill the gaps. ACTION ALL MEMBERS.
Help organise a swishing event in Hounslow, I can talk you through how – essentially we need a venue and people to be there on the day to sort what is given before people can start taking items away. I could do a meeting with you on that if you wanted. We thought a good location could be the Docking Station on Brentford High Street. We may have to pay a fee, but it won't be very large. Otherwise, Hugh could perhaps make arrangements for the Residents Club Room at Brentford Dock, although it probably wouldn't attract any passing trade, not like the High Street. ACTION IN THE SPRING.
Recycling – charity shop at Age UK, Brentford Toy Library.
Any other recommendations welcome. We will try to get something drafted in the next few weeks.
Brentford High Street Steering Group is working with the London Borough of Hounslow and other partners to apply to the Lottery Sustainable Living Communities fund. Expression of interest has been submitted and the results should be known at the end of February.
Transition Town, Brentford: there will be a screening of the film "Crisis of Civilisation" at the Docking Station, Brentford High Street, at 7:15 on Saturday 3 March.
Composting Workshop: one will be held at Brentford Dock in March. Paul Richens will be leading this, with help from Lyndon Capewell, LBH Recycling team. Brag members will attend! Details to be discussed at next meeting. | {
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Except for their lives, the families lost everything.
In just minutes, fires ravaged a number of side-by-side homes on Cruz Lane, leaving their inhabitants homeless, helpless, and bewildered.
Cruz Lane, we can be certain, is not on any visitor's tour of the Cayman Islands. It is a short spur off Bodden Road in a disadvantaged neighborhood tucked behind Kirk Home Centre. It is the kind of neighborhood that nobody notices and rarely makes the news – unless there is a crime, a fire or, in this instance, most likely both.
But even 17 minutes was more time than the families had. These were highly flammable wooden structures – construction susceptible to nothing more than a match.
And that match was supplied, according to family members, by an arsonist. They say they know who did it.
In the aftermath, police are investigating what may be a crime of massive proportions. If those inhabitants had succumbed to flame or smoke, the result of a purposely set fire, the perpetrators could have been facing charges of mass murder or manslaughter.
Even in the present circumstances (no lives were lost) charges of attempted murder do not seem far-fetched.
In any case, what happened on Cruz Lane in the early morning hours of July 31 should raise a four-alarm warning throughout our community.
As everyone knows, there are literally hundreds of shanties, shacks and slum dwellings throughout Grand Cayman that appear to be dangerous firetraps.
Likewise, we know that Cayman's most respectable and responsible developers such as the Darts, Fraser Wellon and Brian Butler all must meet stringent fire and safety requirements before they are issued a "certificate of occupancy" for their buildings. This is a good thing and signals why Cayman enjoys a reputation as the "best of the rest" of the countries in the region.
But those good safety practices inexorably should lead government to the issue of the lack of building and fire code inspections and enforcement for the many ramshackle (but occupied) houses that are present in every district.
The conflagration on Cruz Lane, thankfully, did not lead to the loss of life, but it has now put the spotlight on a most intractable and too-often invisible reality: the dangerous condition of too much of our housing stock.
We are literally playing with fire.
Of course my heart goes out to these families who have lost just about everything in this recent fire. For most people this is an unthinkable event in their lives. For those who have experience it, especially young children, and youth, this will have a life long effect.
Hopefully we will see agencies such as the Red Cross, and other disaster support organizations step up to the plate and assist these families with temporary housing, clothing and assistance. I know the Caymanian population as a whole will do so. After all a God fearing Christian society knows a main purpose of Church and Community is to help those in need.
In regard to Government, rather than establishing new departments, commissions and agencies, perhaps it should focus on responsibly managing the systems, departments, and programs it already has. Then all living in Cayman can have a safe and productive life. | {
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For its first edition le Grandi Domande (the Great Questions): "How many strawberries grow in thesea?" inspired to a nonsense rhyme by Gianni Rodari.
The second edition of the Festival had as theme "W la libretà! Disobedient tales, visions andbooks". "Libretà" is a wrong name (a game of words which cannot be translated into >English,playing between "Libertà" (Freedom) and "Libro" (Book) - Translator's Note), but which suggeststhat books and freedom are, if nor brothers, perhaps cousins.
The third edition, titled "Bestival. Beastlike tales, visions and books" was held in Cagliari. Twodays were dedicated to schools: 150 classes, from the nursery schools to the high schools of thewhole Sardinia participated to the different types of activities proposed: meetings with Italian andforeign writers and illustrators, events of story-telling, music, poetry and scientific workshops. | {
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David Cornwell, a lawyer who represents MLB sluggers Ryan Braun and Alex Rodriguez, discusses his career during an interview with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution earlier this month at the Gordon & Rees law firm in Atlanta, Ga.
ATLANTA — Distraught wide receiver Donte Stallworth called him from the back of a patrol car. Accused quarterback Ben Roethlisberger texted him in the predawn hours from a Georgia college town. More recently, baseball's highest-paid player, Alex Rodriguez, sought his counsel.
When big-time athletes get into trouble off the field, they often turn to David Cornwell, who from his Atlanta office has built a national practice as the go-to lawyer for superstars in the soup.
Cornwell, quoted earlier this month throughout the national media, strongly criticized Major League Baseball for slapping the New York Yankees' Rodriguez with an unprecedented 211-game suspension for his ties to a Florida anti-aging clinic accused of distributing performance-enhancing drugs. Cornwell will help lead Rodriguez's appeal.
Cornwell enjoyed enormous success last year when he persuaded an arbitration panel to overturn a 50-game suspension against reigning National League MVP Ryan Braun for testing positive for elevated levels of testosterone. It marked the first time a player had successfully appealed such a suspension.
"He really looks after his clients," said Atlanta criminal-defense attorney Ed Garland, whom Cornwell brought in to defend Roethlisberger.
Cornwell, the fifth of six children, grew up in Washington, D.C., where his late father practiced as a general surgeon. His mother taught history in the public-school system before becoming a real-estate agent.
During his senior year at Tufts University he played guard on the basketball team.
Cornwell obtained his law degree from Georgetown University and joined a law firm.
It was during this time when he became friends with the daughter of prominent attorney and presidential adviser Vernon Jordan. Jordan would later recommend then-NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle hire Cornwell as the league's assistant counsel.
At the NFL, Cornwell was assigned the task of coordinating the league's minority-hiring program and worked closely with a member of the league's public-relations office — Roger Goodell, now the NFL's commissioner.
Cornwell's work has been recognized for helping pave the way for the hiring of the NFL's first black coaches, Art Shell and Dennis Green.
Last May, he joined Gordon & Rees, a San Francisco-based law firm with more than 500 lawyers in 28 cities. It was no coincidence, he said, that the firm's Atlanta office had a strong sports and entertainment law practice.
Cornwell came out swinging shortly after Rodriguez retained him during the Biogenesis investigation. In June, he strongly criticized MLB, accusing the league of paying Biogenesis director Tony Bosch and his associates for information.
The accusations received a swift retort from MLB Executive Vice President Rob Manfred.
When defending an athlete, the No. 1 goal is to win the case, but it's also important to win in the court of public opinion, Cornwell said. This will be a challenge for Rodriguez, who has been derided by fans and sports commentators.
"It's the fanatic part of the term 'fan' that makes sports so successful and it's the way I make a living and have enjoyed a very fruitful and blessed life," Cornwell said. "So I don't begrudge anybody that. | {
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• A day out. I had intended to do so much this half term but being so ill means I've done almost nothing! I had to cancel going to The Baby Show and also the Hotpoint event I was meant to attend. We did make it to Paradise Wildlife Park on Saturday though and the boys had a great time!
• Exciting opportunities! I started Monday off with hearing some great news with a career development opportunity and some amazing new blog collaborations. It's been a bit of a busy week on my emails!
• Baby is doing well. I had my 16 week check with the midwife (my blog updates are a couple of weeks behind, week 14 will be up this weekend!) The boys came with me so they got to hear the baby's heartbeat and the midwife thinks I am having a girl as I am so ill. With my last two pregnancies, my asthma disappeared!
• J is coming out with more new words; I love how he says milk "mowk". The other day I was carrying him upstairs for his nap and he sang "mama mowk, mama mowk!" It was so adorable.
• Little N is being so sweet with my baby bump. He says "Mummy, I like that baby in your tummy." And then hugs me telling me "I'm not giving you a huggy, Mummy, I'm hugging the baby."
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Young drivers in County Durham and Darlington can benefit from extra road safety training thanks to a free voucher scheme.
The Excelerate programme is designed to target the three main types of crashes young people are involved in by providing training at five key stages.
Durham County Council co-ordinates and delivers the training on behalf of the County Durham and Darlington Road Safety Partnership.
A new scheme has now been launched giving young people aged up to 25 the opportunity to download free vouchers to use for the training after they pass their driving test.
The vouchers, which have no expiry date, will also be available during 2016 from a number of outlets throughout County Durham and Darlington.
Paul Watson, road safety manager, said: "We would urge any young drivers who have recently passed their test to take advantage of the free safety training on offer – it's free and can reduce the risk of accidents. We would also encourage any family members and friends of young drivers to let them know about the scheme.
"Nine per cent of all driving licences are held by young drivers but according to research they are involved in 40 per cent of fatal road crashes on our roads.
Durham Police and Crime Commissioner Ron Hogg funds the Excelerate programme and has lent his support to the voucher scheme.
He said: "Improving road safety is one of the key areas I am focusing on in my Police and Crime Plan. | {
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Home News U.S. cattle: Low inventory means producers reap benefits
U.S. cattle: Low inventory means producers reap benefits
By Kristy Foster Seachrist -
WASHINGTON — The number of cattle in the United States has fallen dramatically, but just how much may surprise you.
As of July 1, there were 95 million head of cattle on U.S. farms, according to the cattle report published July 25 by the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service.
It's the lowest inventory for July 1 since the series began in 1973.
Angus producer
Keith Burgett, an Angus producer in Carroll County, said the low inventory is directly related to the long-term drought in Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas.
"The herds have lost so many brood cows. There was nothing for them to eat out there," he said.
Burgett said the low cattle inventory is not just here in the United States, but across the globe.
He said some economists are concerned about higher beef prices and the demand, but so far the higher cost in the grocery aisles hasn't hurt demand.
Low cattle numbers
John Grimes, OSU Extension beef coordinator and beef producer, said the cattle herd is not only the smallest since the NASS report began, but the herd is the lowest it has been in 60 years.
He agreed the low cattle numbers are partly due to drought, but he also believes it is partly due to producers' advancing age and the high grain prices most livestock producers experienced a couple of years ago. Grimes said when grain prices were high, producers lost a lot of forage acres that switched to corn and soybean production. He said he doesn't know if the forage acreage will ever return.
The 2012 Ag Census reported the cattle herd in Ohio dropped from the previous census, but Ohio still ranks in the middle of the pack for cattle production.
Rebuilding herds
Grimes and Burgett don't expect the cattle herd size to turn around anytime soon.
They both believe ranchers in the western United States are working on rebuilding their herds, but they depend on moisture and for parts of the West, that is still a premium.
However, cattle have a long turn-around time. Grimes said it will take 1,200 days for a cattle producers to get something from a heifer that is kept as a replacement heifer and produce offspring. He said beef cattle have a 283-day gestation period, followed by 730 days for the calf to grow and then seven months before the calf is ready for the market or to join the herd.
Higher market prices
The limited supply and U.S. beef exports, which account for 10 percent of the beef produced in the U.S., are keeping demand solid for beef products.
As a result, producers in the Corn Belt region are experiencing record prices for all classes of cattle.
"Any class of cattle is seeing record prices," said Grimes.
Burgett said feeder calves are being sold for $2.25/hundredweight, and less than a year ago they were selling for $1.25/hundredweight.
He added that even cull cows are seeing high prices. For example, a cull cow recently brought $1.25 per hundredweight, or around $1,800.
"You used to be happy for $600 or $700 for a cull cow," said Burgett.
He said he expects cattle prices to be high for the next three or four years.
Other findings in the NASS report were:
The 2014 calf crop is expected to be 33.6 million, of which 24.3 million were born during the first half of the year and 9.3 million are expected to be born in the last six months of 2014.
With tighter cattle supplies and historic cattle prices, all cattle on feed decreased to 11.6 million, down 6 percent from 2012. (Faced with budget reduction in fiscal year 2013, NASS discontinued the July 2013 edition of the cattle report.)
Of the 95 million cattle and calves, 39 million were all cows and heifers that have calved. Of the 39 million cows and heifers that have calved, 29.7 million head were beef cows and 9.3 million were milk cows.
(Reporter Kristy Foster Seachrist welcomes feedback by phone at 800-837-3419 or by e-mail at [email protected]. You can also follow her on Twitter at http://twitter.com/fosterk96.)
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Warner Brothers Enlists Margot Robbie to Star in TItular Role for Film About Iconic Children's Toy Barbie
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Growing up, virtually every little girl in the United States had at least one Barbie doll. The iconic platinum blonde doll is arguably one of the most iconic children's toys to date with billions of Barbie dolls sold since their inception in 1959 which are still being sold in stores today. Barbie dolls have even adapted to the socioeconomic changes the country has experienced over this time period to make them more inclusive and representative of the young girls they are marketed towards, with Mattel, the company behind the dolls, now producing Barbie dolls of all colors, shapes and sizes. Now Warner Brothers is ready to bring Barbie to life, releasing the first official images of the upcoming live-action Barbie film with one of Hollywood's favorite blondes in the titular role.
The first official image for Barbie
Barbie dolls have been in existence for over six decades now and don't seem to be leaving the shelves anytime soon. Barbie serves as a prime example of that, though it isn't the first Hollywood project based upon the doll either. We have seen a variety of animated Barbie films over the past few decades and even an animated Netflix series Barbie Life in the Dreamhouse which ran from 2012 to 2015, but now Barbie is ready to come to life. Warner Brothers is now producing the live-action film Barbie which will star none other than the esteemed Margot Robbie in the titular role, and she isn't alone. Alongside Robbie, Barbie features a star-studded cast that includes the likes of Ryan Gosling, Kate McKinnon, Michael Cera, and Will Ferrell amongst several other notable names that only catalyze the project's potential. We will just have to wait and see what Warner Brothers haas in store when Barbie makes its premiere in theaters in 2023.
Barbie dolls have existed in popular culture for well over half of a century now and their influence is undeniable. They have played an integral role in shaping the standards of beauty, for better or worse, for young ladies and have been at the center of controversy as a direct result. Mattel has responded to any and all controversy rather well though and have only further cemented the foothold Barbie dolls have come to possess amongst children's toys. Now we get to see what Barbie is really like when the budding project makes its debut next year.
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Saturday, September 29, 2018 – Roadside Clean Up – L to R: Linda and Don Carlisle, Rachel Barta, Rob and Karn Jameson, Judy Patterson. Photo by Mary Braton.
July 28, 2018 Mississippi Paddle Float led by Les Martin. LtoR: Steve Haasl, Becky and Bruce Bogema, Jeff Ward, Kathleen Jackson, Marty and Les Martin, Frank and Bev Simon. Photo courtesy of Walt Sauerbrei.
June 23, 2018 Battle of the Sexes Golf Tournament. Winning team players, left to right: Jerry Braton, Bruce Bogema, Walt Sauerbrei, Herb Schoon, Jim Campbell, Rob Jameson, Mike Patterson. Not pictured Frank Simon.
June 23, 2018 Battle of the Sexes Golf Tournament Field Event Winners: Nancy Loew (closest to the pin) and Mike Patterson (longest first putt).
Memorial Day at Mike & Judy Patterson's with their Friday Night Forty Club group!
May 5, 2018 Roadside Clean Up. L to R: Sue Dobmeier, Judy Patterson, Mary Braton, Julie Solien, Rachel Barta, Warren Docken, Kathy Docken, Frank Simon, Jerry Braton, Jim Campbell. Photo by Debbie Campbell.
Found treasure. May the force be with you!
Loon Platform Installation. Many thanks to Jon Campbell, Frank Simon, Mark Miller, Yoerg Paaverud and Lincoln Roth.
Many thanks to Jon Campbell for hosting the assembly of the loon nesting platforms on Saturday, March 24, and those who helped: Steve Birke, Bob & Thea Dahleen, Dar Heino & Katie Kraft, Bob Karls, Ron & Kelly Klinepier, Mark Miller, Yoerg & Lanae Paaverud, Lincoln & Norah Roth, Bob Rykhus!
September 30, 2017 Roadside Cleanup Crew: L to R Sue Dobmeier, Mary Braton, Brad Kanis, Mary Kanis, Judy Patterson, Julie Solien, Jon Campbell, Jim Campbell and Pete Rowland. Thanks, Volunteers! Photo by Debbie Campbell.
Ed Walczak caught, and released, this 34″ northern pike off his dock on Labor Day weekend.
Memorial Day Weekend – 4 lb. bass caught on Little Cedar using nightcrawler!
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Online-Sweepstakes.com > Sweepstakes & Contests > General Sweepstakes Discussion > Does anyone know where I could find 4x6 postcards?
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Just wondering because I see some new sweepstakes were posted today where they want you to send in a 4x6 postcard. If anyone could give me any suggestions where I may be able to find 4x6 postcards it would be greatly appreciated. I've actually wanted to find out where I could find postcards this size for a while now but am just posting now because I really would like to enter some of the new sweepstakes posted today. Thanks for any information you can provide me.
How do you go about making your own? I am scared of not doing it right and wasting a stamp.
Check the rules. If they say 4x6 card, you can buy index cards @ the offfice supply store, in 3x5, 4x6, 5x8.
If they actually specify postcard, you may need to buy souvenir picture postcards at the grocery or Walgreen's and if necessary measure and cut to size.
If they specify that the card is to be mailed in a #10 envelope, it's pretty certain that they want index cards.
Postcards from the Post Office are 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 (I think). They are pre-stamped; you pay for the card and the postage together.
If you send souvenir picture postcards, you can buy postcard rate stamps for 26c.
It's been 3 or 4 yrs. since I was actively sending in snails. So if my information is incorrect or outdated, or I just can't remember, please feel free to jump in here.
Being a former junior stamp collector, I love the pretty, colorful commemorative stamps, and was always happy to stand in line to buy the prettiest, splashiest stamps and use those for my snail entries. I don't know if it made a big difference on the wins, but it gave me pleasure to use the pretty stamps.
exactly how i go about it..
They should have some 4x6.
See I didn't think the Post Office sold more than the standard size postcard. I've been trying to find souvenir postcards but not too many stores around me sell them unfortunately. Hopefully I will be able to find some somehow.
I buy 4x6 blank index cards at the grocery store and just stick a first class stamp on them. I know others like to draw and add glitter or stamps on them. I just do my plain.
I have a great little papercutter that I use all the time for snailing. The papercutter has a sliding sharp edge and is pretty compact.
You can usually find 4x6 photo paper at Dollar Tree. Most brands are as stiff as a postcard.
Being an old time snail-mailer, I will offer this advise. Over the years of talking with employees of fulfillment houses (DL Blair and other major firms) the vast majority of people just want a POSTCARD. I am sure certain companies will disqualify you for not using the EXACT size but most will be fine with a standard postcard (3.5 X 5.5) I know other senior snailers will disagree with me but I have won most of my wins with mail-ins. Good luck. | {
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For years online marketing experts have gone back and forth about the value of social media in Google search results. After vigorous seesawing, the verdict is finally in: social media marketing and search engine optimization (SEO) are two inextricably bound methodologies. Both of them are inbound strategies used to attract prospects through appropriate content. Both are organic, which typically yields stronger search results.
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Pretty sweet, right? Well, yes — but unfortunately, it can be tough to parse out exactly how social media can become a direct ranking factor and positively influence search results. Google loves to play coy and its relationship with social media, leaving marketers to puzzle on their own about the most effective social media strategies for boosting search rankings.
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Grow quality followers, not necessarily quantity Google's search algorithms are highly sophisticated and can discern the important difference between 1,000 high quality, engaged followers and 100,000 disinterested, bought followers. Build a solid, organic base of followers attracted to, and engaging with, valuable content on your social media platforms, and Google will respond.
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And-Ones: Durant, Westbrook, Stoudemire
July 9th, 2019 at 11:14pm CST by Chris Crouse
Many assume that Kevin Durant will miss the entire 2019/20 season, but it appears that's not a given quite yet. GM Sean Marks said it's "too early" to make a definitive timeline on Durant's Nets debut.
"A timeline will be given in due time, but as of now, we're certainly not going to comment on when or if and make any sort of hypotheticals. It's too early," Marks said (via Nets Daily).
Durant is familiar with the medical staff in Brooklyn. Dr. Martin O'Malley, a foot and ankle specialist who is the team's orthopaedic surgeon, performed the surgery to repair Durant's Achilles. Despite the connection, the former MVP's decision to join the Nets caught many in the basketball world by surprise, including some within Brooklyn's front office.
"The Instagram post that he put up [announcing he'd sign with the Nets], we were all sitting in the office. We all got that in real time with you guys. We weren't even sure if we were getting a meeting that night or if it was going to be a telephone conversation," Marks said of finding out about Durant's decision. The GM added that he hadn't even spoken to Durant's business partner Rich Kleiman yet.
Here's more from around the league:
The Magic are unlikely to have interest in Russell Westbrook, Josh Robbins of The Athletic relays (Twitter link). The long-time Thunder point guard is reportedly open to a trade.
Rick Bonnell of The Charlotte Observer believes Marvin Williams is the veteran on the Hornets' roster most likely to be traded. Williams is making $15MM next season and Bonnell thinks the power forward's game would mesh well with nearly every roster in the league.
Amar'e Stoudemire, who worked out in front of a number of teams this week, is serious about returning to the NBA. "I was never really done,'' Stoudemire said, as Marc Berman of the New York Post relays. "I took kind of a sabbatical leave and I went to go learn over in Israel for two and a half years or so. So I went there and when I was still learning, I was able to also play basketball and keep myself in shape. I always stayed in top shape. I didn't really remove myself too far from being in basketball shape."
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Hornets Notes: Luxury Tax, Kemba, Lamb, Rookies
June 21st, 2019 at 11:43am CST by Luke Adams
With more than $94MM in guaranteed salaries on their books for the 2019/20 season, without taking into account a potential maximum-salary contract ($32.7MM) for Kemba Walker, the Hornets look like a potential taxpayer for next year. However, speaking early Friday morning to reporters, including Rick Bonnell of The Charlotte Observer, president of basketball operations Mitch Kupchak made it sound as if being in the tax isn't an option for the franchise.
"I would not anticipate that is something we would look to do," Kupchak said of paying the tax. "There are ways to increase (the distance from the luxury-tax threshold). It's important we address that as soon as possible. Everybody needs to get on and plan."
As Bonnell observes, there are multiple paths the Hornets could take to stay out of the tax. They have a handful of highly-paid veterans on expiring contracts, so waiving-and-stretching a player like Bismack Biyombo ($17MM) could be one option. The team could also try trading someone like Marvin Williams ($15MM).
Of course, not re-signing key free agents like Walker and Jeremy Lamb is also a possibility, though I expect the team to do all it can to retain Kemba. Lamb may receive an offer in the neighborhood of $12MM per year from another club, Bonnell writes.
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Re-signing Walker would have a domino effect on what the Hornets could do with the rest of their roster, Kupchak acknowledged (via Bonnell): "You're talking about a substantial contract that goes out many years. When that happens, it creates some financial inflexibility that you have to deal with We have to be mindful of a Kemba contract, should we be lucky enough to re-sign him. There could be limitations (on other roster moves), absolutely."
Kupchak recently indicated that the Hornets are probably unlikely to use their $7.8MM trade exception from last summer's Dwight Howard trade due to tax concerns, tweets Bonnell. That exception expires on July 6.
The Hornets plan on having all three of the rookies they drafted on Thursday – PJ Washington, Cody Martin, and Jalen McDaniels – spend time in the G League in 2019/20, Kupchak said (per Bonnell).
In a column for The Charlotte Observer, Bonnell explores how much added pressure the Lakers' trade for Anthony Davis and interest in Kemba Walker will put on the Hornets.
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Hornets' Marvin Williams Opts In For 2019/20
June 11th, 2019 at 12:10pm CST by Luke Adams
Hornets forward Marvin Williams has exercised his player option for the 2019/20 season, reports ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski (via Twitter). With that option locked in, Williams is now on track to reach unrestricted free agency in 2020, and will earn $15,006,250 next season, per Basketball Insiders.
Williams, the second overall pick in the 2005 draft, is coming off another solid season in which he averaged 10.1 PPG, 5.4 RPG, and 1.2 APG with a .422/.366/.767 shooting line for Charlotte.
A forward like Williams, who can guard multiple positions and knock down three-pointers (.378 3PT% since joining the Hornets in 2014), would probably do reasonably well on the open market. However, the former UNC standout is entering his age-33 season and almost certainly wouldn't match his $15MM option salary in free agency.
Williams said in April during his exit interview with reporters that he intended to pick up his option, so today's news doesn't come as a surprise. Two Hornets veterans – Williams and Bismack Biyombo – have now officially opted in for 2019/20, adding approximately $32MM to the club's commitments for next season.
The Hornets are currently carrying about $81MM in guaranteed salaries, and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist still seems like a good bet to pick up his own $13MM player option. If he does, it would push team salary above $94MM without taking into account a new deal for Kemba Walker, limiting Charlotte's ability to significantly upgrade its roster whether or not Walker returns.
Williams will become the eighth veteran this spring to officially exercise a player option, as our tracker indicates.
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Marvin Williams Plans To Exercise Player Option
April 11th, 2019 at 10:51am CST by Luke Adams
One of three Hornets veterans with player options for 2019/20, forward Marvin Williams said today that he doesn't intend to opt out of his deal this summer, according to Rick Bonnell of The Charlotte Observer (Twitter link).
"I'll be back," Williams said.
A forward like Williams, who can guard multiple positions and knock down three-pointers (.378 3PT% since joining the Hornets in 2014), would probably do reasonably well on the open market.
However, the former UNC standout is entering his age-33 season and is already on a favorable contract — his 2019/20 option will pay him just over $15MM. As such, exercising that option makes sense.
It wouldn't be surprise if all three Hornets with player options ultimately decide to opt in, putting off free agency for another year. Besides Williams, Bismack Biyombo ($17MM) and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist ($13MM) will have decisions to make before the new league year begins.
If all three players pick up their options, it would add about $45MM to Charlotte's cap for 2019/20, reducing the club's flexibility to make upgrades, whether or not Kemba Walker decides to return.
Southeast Notes: Carter-Williams, Hornets, McRae
March 16th, 2019 at 6:20pm CST by Arthur Hill
A familiarity with Magic coach Steve Clifford and his staff made signing with Orlando an easy decision for Michael Carter-Williams, relays Roy Parry of The Orlando Sentinel. Carter-Williams, who played for Clifford last season with the Hornets, inked a 10-day deal with the Magic yesterday to provide point guard depth after the loss of Isaiah Briscoe.
"Knowing the coaches and having a relationship with them makes it definitely easy for me to fit in, just to come in right away and already know some of the plays and defensive schemes and be ready to go," Carter-Williams said.
He had been out of the NBA since being waived by the Bulls on January 7, shortly after being acquired in a trade with the Rockets. He is thrilled to get another shot at the NBA after averaging just 9.1 minutes in 16 games with Houston.
"Orlando was one of my places that I actually wanted to go," Carter-Williams added. "I felt like it was a good spot for me. I felt like I could come in right away and help. And then having Coach Cliff, I know the system already, so when they called it was kind of a no-brainer."
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Hornets fan may have to wait another year before management can drastically remake the team, writes Rick Bonnell of The Charlotte Observer. Bismack Biyombo ($17MM), Marvin Williams ($15MM) and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist ($13MM) all have player options they are expected to exercise this summer. Bonnell expects the team to keep all three for another year rather than trying to seek trades, which would involve giving up other assets.
The Hornets will take another look at whether to use a $7,819,725 trade exception in early July, Bonnell adds in the same piece. The exception expires on July 6, and the team will likely know the fate of free agents Kemba Walker and Jeremy Lamb by then. If both decide to leave Charlotte, the trade exception could be an easy path for the team to acquire a veteran replacement.
Wizards coach Scott Brooks told reporters before tonight's game that Jordan McRae could be spending a lot of time with the team through the end of the season, tweets Chase Hughes of NBC Sports Washington. McRae is on a two-way contract, but his 45-day NBA limit won't matter once the G League season ends on March 23.
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Southeast Notes: Williams, Howard, Whiteside, Clifford
December 3rd, 2018 at 5:36pm CST by Dana Gauruder
Hornets forward Marvin Williams has a right shoulder strain, an MRI on Monday confirmed, according to a team press release. Williams suffered the injury on Sunday and will be re-evaluated next week. Lottery pick Miles Bridges, who scored a career-high 16 points in 29 minutes against New Orleans, will see his role expand during Williams' absence. Williams is averaging 8.3 PPG and 5.1 RPG in 24.8 MPG.
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Wizards center Dwight Howard is more likely to exercise his player option for next season after undergoing surgery last week, Chase Hughes of NBC Sports Washington notes. Howard underwent a spinal procedure to correct a gluteal ailment and will be sidelined for two to three months. He has a $5.6MM option and if he exercises it, it'd likely push the Wizards further over the projected cap. Washington already has $111MM in salary guarantees to just five players next season.
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Prior health scares related to a lack of sleep has caused lifestyle changes for Magic coach Steve Clifford, as Shaun Powell of NBA.com details. Clifford now gets a normal amount of sleep and he feels he can now more effectively perform his job. "I feel great, I feel like I have a lot more energy," he told Powell. "Getting seven hours every night, I find that very relaxing. I've developed other interests."
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Southeast Notes: Riley, Whiteside, M. Williams, Carter
November 10th, 2018 at 5:16pm CST by Arthur Hill
Heat president Pat Riley told his players just before the season started that he was pulling out of trade talks with the Timberwolves involving Jimmy Butler, according to Anthony Chiang of The Miami Herald. Riley held a team meeting October 14 in which he acknowledged that negotiations had been going on and apologized to players whose names became public in trade rumors. That was just days after the teams nearly completed a deal that would have sent a package that included Josh Richardson and a protected first-round pick to Minnesota. However, Riley didn't guarantee that negotiations with the Wolves wouldn't resume.
Today's trade that sent Butler to the Sixers eliminates that as a possibility. With about $130MM in salary, Miami is hovering above the $123.7MM luxury tax threshold and would face a $9.7MM tax payment if the team can't trim $6.3MM by the end of the season. Riley said Thursday that the team isn't currently active on the trade market, but tax concerns may change that before the February deadline.
Heat center Hassan Whiteside, who has reportedly been on the trade block for several months, is "changing his mindset to be great," teammate Bam Adebayo tells Tim Reynolds of The Associated Press. Whiteside posted his best game in a long time Wednesday with 29 points, 20 rebounds and nine blocked shots. "I think a lot of people had written me off," Whiteside said. "That's fine. I don't need anybody's justification. But I feel like if I do those things for myself, it'll put me in the conversation of being an All-Star, being defensive player of the year."
Marvin Williams says the players were thrilled this summer when they learned that Tony Parker was leaving the Spurs to join the Hornets as a free agent, writes Alex Kennedy of HoopsHype. Parker brought championship experience to Charlotte, having won four titles in San Antonio. "He's so willing to teach everyone and he's very patient with all of us," Williams said. "He's obviously been in certain situations that a lot of us haven't been able to experience yet, so that knowledge and that wisdom really helps us."
Williams believes the way the game has changed in recent years has helped the Hawks' Vince Carter stay productive at age 41, relays Brendan Marks of The Charlotte Observer. Carter still displays his vertical leap on occasion, but he has prolonged his career with a deadly jump shot. "As the league has evolved, he's almost benefited from it because he still can guard multiple positions, and he can still really shoot the lights out," Williams said.
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Eastern Notes: Boylan, Hornets, Saric, Yabusele
November 2nd, 2018 at 10:01pm CST by Dana Gauruder
Former Cavaliers assistant coach Jim Boylan has filed an age-discrimination lawsuit against the franchise, which the team has labelled "frivolous" and a "shameless cash grab," according to an Associated Press report. Boylan, 63, worked five seasons under former coaches David Blatt and Tyronn Lue but did not have his option picked up this summer. Boylan contends GM Koby Altman told him owner Dan Gilbert wanted a younger coach.
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The Hornets have used a committee approach at the center spot and that position is likely to remain in flux, Rick Bonnell of the Charlotte Observer reports. Starter Cody Zeller, Willy Hernangomez, Marvin Williams, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Nicolas Batum, Frank Kaminsky and Bismack Biyombo have all taken turns in the middle but first-year coach James Borrego isn't worried. "We're still searching (but) I like the dilemma I have," he told Bonnell.
Sixers coach Brett Brown is allowing forward Dario Saric to work through his shooting slump, Sarah Todd of the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Saric has scored in single digits in each of the last three games while shooting 2-for-13 from long range. Brown has no plans to reduce Saric's workload. "If he came to me and said, 'I need some time,' I would listen," Brown said. "But I don't feel like I'm force-feeding anything, I do not feel like I'm hurting him. In fact, I feel like I'm helping him."
Guerschon Yabusele's option was picked up for next season because his game fits the modern NBA, according to coach Brad Stevens, and the Celtics believe the 22-year-old has high upside, the team's PR department tweets. Boston's brass decided to retain Yabusele despite a cap hit of $3,117,240, a figure that could grow if Boston pays the luxury tax. The 6'8" Yabusele has played just 18 minutes this season after seeing action in 33 games in his rookie campaign. But with several players hitting the free agent market next summer, the Celtics felt Yabusele was too valuable to give up, Steve Bulpett of the Boston Herald notes. "Having Guerschon gives us continuity. He knows our system," GM Danny Ainge said. "He's loved by everybody. It's just not easy to find that type of player."
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Hornets Notes: Monk, Lamb, Batum, Howard
September 17th, 2017 at 3:50pm CST by Arthur Hill
The Hornets' choices for backup point guards were influenced by the drafting of Malik Monk in the first round, writes Rick Bonnell of The Charlotte Observer. In a mailbag column, Bonnell states that because Monk is an undersized shooting guard with defensive limitations, the team needed larger point guards to pair with him who are better at stopping opponents. That's why they signed Michael Carter-Williams and Julyan Stone, both 6'6″, when other options were available.
Another factor was cost, as Charlotte was concerned about staying under the luxury tax threshold of about $119MM and was financially limited after trading for Dwight Howard's $23.5MM salary. Carter-Williams agreed to a one-year, $2.7MM deal in July, while Stone accepted a minimum-salary contract in August after negotiating a release from his team in Italy.
Bonnell offers more insight into the Hornets:
Monk should be fully recovered from a sprained left ankle that caused him to miss the Orlando Summer League. The 11th overall pick suffered the injury during a draft workout and was sidelined for several weeks, which coach Steve Clifford said affected his conditioning. Monk probably won't see a lot of playing time early in the season, Bonnell writes, but he should be fully healthy for the team's October 18 opener.
Jeremy Lamb has impressed the coaching staff with his work this offseason, but he's not a threat to take Nicolas Batum's starting job. Lamb has been a valuable reserve during his two seasons in Charlotte, and Bonnell says the team needs Batum's playmaking skills and overall versatility in the starting lineup.
The roles of the big men haven't been firmly established heading into camp. Howard is expected to start at center with Marvin Williams at power forward, but Cody Zeller and Frank Kaminsky could both make a push for more playing time. Howard's reputation as a poor free throw shooter could limit his fourth quarter minutes, just as it did in Atlanta, with Zeller getting more use late in games.
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Nets Notes: Booker, Dudley, Johnson
May 10th, 2017 at 6:29pm CST by Chris Crouse
Trevor Booker learned early in his career that he didn't need to be a star to make it in the league. During his rookie year on the Wizards, he realized that he needed to find his niche.
"That's actually been my approach ever since I came into the league," Booker said (via Alex Kennedy of Hoops Hype). "Coming into Washington, we had John Wall, who had been the No. 1 overall pick. He's doing great right now, by the way. They were focused on him. You could see that their main focus was on John Wall, which was fine. I understood it. I had to learn then that it wasn't about me. I wasn't in college anymore. I realized that I needed to find my niche. I had to earn every minute and whoever I was playing against, whether it was in a game or in a practice, I had to [work hard]. I knew I had to do that to stay in this league."
Booker found his niche as a locker room leader and when the Nets signed him last offseason, they expected him to be a veteran mentor to his young teammates. He proved to be a valuable addition and he's enjoying his role in Brooklyn.
"I just try to tell them what I've been through and how I've stuck around in the league for seven years. I just let them know that you don't have to be a superstar; you don't have to go out there and score 30 points a night to make your name known and stick around in the league. You have to find your niche, work at it and do [your job] well. You don't have to go out there and be a hero. I try to show them, as an example, look at me. I've averaged probably 6 points over my career and I'm going into my eighth year and still going strong. That's the type of the thing that I'd try to instill in them," Booker added.
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Booker believes both GM Sean Marks and coach Kenny Atkinson have done excellent jobs in year one of their tenures, as he tells Kennedy in the same piece. "[Marks] definitely gets it, and he's an intelligent guy. I think he did a pretty good job this year of trying to change the culture…Then, with Coach Atkinson, he does a great job of developing players. Just watching him throughout the season, he'd be on the court working with players and showing them different things. And that's the kind of thing that players need, especially young players," Booker said.
The Nets were interested in signing Marvin Williams and Jared Dudley last offseason in part because of their respective reputations as excellent locker room leaders, Charles Maniego of SB Nation notes. Both players signed elsewhere and Brooklyn decided to add Randy Foye and Booker to mentor the young roster. Maniego also relays that adding high character players will again be a priority for the franchise this offseason.
Amir Johnson could be an option for the Nets in free agency, Maniego opines in the same piece. The power forward was named "Teammate of the Year" by the Celtics last season.
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An Enemy of the People (The Ohio State University Department of Theatre – Columbus, OH)
November 12, 2015 January 24, 2016 Chuck Penn Columbus, TheatreANDY BAKER, BLAKE EDWARDS, columbus, ECONOMY, ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE, ETHICS, HENRIK IBSEN, JOSHUA QUINLAN, LESLEY FERRIS, MONEY, Ohio state university, POLLUTION, REBECCA LENKIEWICZ, SPA, theatre, ZACK MEYER
We all like to think we'd do what is right when faced with a situation involving safety, but Henrik Ibsen's An Enemy of the People puts forth a situation that has dire consequences no matter the decision. Though first performed in 1882 and set in a coastal Norwegian town, this story about a doctor standing up to show that the lucrative tourist-heavy town baths are cesspools of disease has a lot to say about commerce and health even today in the fine production being performed by the Department of Theatre at The Ohio State University.
Photo: Matt Hazard – Zack Meyer (Dr. Stockmann)
Zach Meyer plays Dr. Thomas Stockmann, the man who has proof that the town baths are toxic, with a kind of verve that is admirable. Mr. Meyer is jovial and likable at the beginning, and he is terrific at expressing confusion that others don't see the correct course of action to take – or even that there is an option. His Dr. Stockmann isn't afraid to stand alone, even when his wife and some friends have their doubts. Mr. Meyer doesn't fall into coming off like a sanctimonious martyr, a danger in this material; he's a doctor and a man of science and wealth – but he's also quite human and sensitive to the health of the community.
Photo: Matt Hazard – Blake Edwards (Peter)
Mr. Meyer is paired against Blake Edwards as Peter Stockmann, the brother who wants to silence Dr. Stockmann's report as closing the baths would mean financial ruin for the town. Mr. Edwards has some of the best lines in the piece, and so many are delivered with fire and conviction. "The world doesn't revolve around your science," he snarls to his brother, "It's about money!" Mr. Edwards ostensibly plays the villain of the piece, but he isn't all bad, really. He makes plenty of good points, even though they are morally and ethically questionable. What he says isn't far off from what I have heard during some of our presidential debates. Mr. Edwards walks and talks with real authority, and one can understand why he tends to get his way. When his brother asks him how he expects the public to respond if he recants his statements as requested, Mr. Edwards responds simply, "The public is like a woman: fickle." The audience groans, but don't we all know people similarly sexist?
Photo: Matt Hazard
Aside from the excellent performances by Mr. Meyer and Mr. Edwards, the impressive set by Joshua Quinlan is reason enough to see the show. Constructed of high panels that zigzag across the stage to represent doorways and walls within the Stockmann home, the set is a real beauty, the panels translucent depending on the lighting to allow us to see action going on in other rooms. Lighting designer Andy Baker is also to be commended for illuminating just the rights spots to direct our attention to important action happening in other areas of the sprawling stage.
Director Lesley Ferris does a marvelous job of taking a play written over a hundred years ago and making it feel relevant in today's world (in no small part aided in this adaptation by Rebecca Lenkiewicz, with dialogue that sounds current but not out of character with the setting). Ms. Ferris ingeniously even transports the audience at the beginning of the second act into being a part of the action as part of the stage descends and the audience is plunged into a town hall meeting. Planted actors in the audience stand up and shout as part of the play, and it's a thrilling moment that serves to engage spectators environmentally in an unexpected way.
The only part of this production that rubbed me the wrong way was the use of a chorus of women that often appear in shadow around the set or dimly lit behind scrims. All they do is stand and stare clad in rags, and their presence is not acknowledged. It feels too "arty" to me to have this chorus of women (that's how they are billed in the program) hiding under chairs and standing in corners, especially during the final scene. Perhaps they are representing the oppressed workers that are being made to suffer by working at the town baths, or do they represent the poverty of the past and the impending future? None of it was clear, and perhaps it shouldn't be – but in a play with so many strengths and impassioned scenes, this kind of interpretive element I found distracting.
An Enemy of the People is the kind of play – and this the kind of production – that inspires debate and discussion. So much of it is relevant today, and we can see techniques of public discourse and the twisting of facts demonstrated here going on in our current political battles. That such a talented group of students are a part of such a thought provoking production – one that doesn't attempt to update the source with cell phones and other anachronisms – gives me hope for the future of theatre.
***/ out of ****
An Enemy of the People continues through to November 15th in the Thurber Theatre at the Drake Performance and Event Center on the Ohio State University campus at 1849 Cannon Drive in Columbus, and more information can be found at http://theatre.osu.edu/events/enemy-people
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This article describes CDI's Restorative Practices (RP) programme in Tallaght West by discussing the origins, implementation and independent evaluation of the programme. A definition and explanation of RP based on existing literature and research is offered and the findings of the evaluation of CDI's RP programme are presented along with testimonies from users of RP in Tallaght West. CDI was one of three Prevention and Early Intervention Programme sites and is now funded under the Government's Area Based Childhood Programme which supports the delivery of a range of services to improve outcomes for children and young people in Tallaght. The article concludes with the key learning to date about the use and impact of RP in a community setting along with a discussion of possible areas for further research, or investigation. | {
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In late September, Professor of Literature Sarah Hogan gave an invited lecture at the Matters of Invention symposium, sponsored by the University of Cyprus. This small, two-day conference in Nicosia, Cyprus, brought together international scholars devoted to the study of utopian literature and early modernity. Her talk, "Narrating the Novum: Utopia and the Question of Origins," considered how Thomas More's Utopia has the potential to shape contemporary historical narratives about the transition from feudalism to capitalism, in ways that acknowledge its immanent, multiple, contested, geographically displaced, and crucially, cultural (as well as social) origins. Hogan is the author of the forthcoming monograph, Other Englands: Utopia, Capital, and Empire in an Age of Transition (Stanford UP, 2018). | {
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Abeona Readies Phase 3 Trial of EB Gene Therapy That Patient Helped Make Possible – Interview with CEO Timothy Miller
Some diseases were long considered incurable, even untreatable. Epidermolysis bullosa (EB) is one of them. But as technology advances, so does therapeutic possibilities. With the advent of gene therapy, EB patients may finally have an effective treatment to look forward to. Abeona Therapeutics is running the most advanced effort…
November 21, 2017 News by Magdalena Kegel
'You See a Miracle': Interview with Scientists on Gene Therapy That Saved Boy Dying of EB
A group of physicians and researchers in Germany and Italy were quietly making history in 2015, aware they were doing something extraordinary but refraining from going public. They needed time to ensure their feat — giving a dying boy with epidermolysis bullosa (EB) genetically engineered new skin — would be a…
Transplants of Genetically Altered Skin Treats Boy with Epidermolysis Bullosa, Study Shows
A 7-year-old boy with life-threatening epidermolysis bullosa has German and Italian researchers to thank for acquiring a new skin — and with it, the potential for a normal life. The team used genetically modified skin stem cells to grow new skin, which was successfully transplanted on 80 percent of the boy's…
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Amicus' SD-101 Cream Misses Goals in Epidermolysis Bullosa Phase 3 Trial
Amicus Therapeutics' Phase 3 trial of SD-101 cream to treat wounds in patients with epidermolysis bullosa did not meet the company's primary and secondary treatment goals, Amicus announced. The 169-patient study, in which SD-101 was compared to a placebo, did not detect any difference in the time it took…
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Cell Therapy for Type of Epidermolysis Bullosa Advancing in Phase 1 Trial, Fibrocell Announces
In a recent update on its drug development program, Fibrocell Science addressed the therapy, FCX-007, it is developing for people with recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB). Results from the Phase 1 part of a clinical trial testing FCX-007 will be available soon, according to the company. FCX-007 is a cell…
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Le championnat de Catalogne () est une compétition de football opposant les clubs de Catalogne créée en 1904 et disparue en 1940, à la suite de la guerre civile espagnole.
Cette compétition est la première à opter pour le professionnalisme en Espagne, avant le lancement de La Liga en 1929. Elle est outrageusement dominée par le FC Barcelone et l'Español de Barcelone.
Histoire
En décembre 1900, alors que le football vient tout juste d'apparaître en Espagne, le président de lHispania AC Alfons Macaya offre un trophée, connu comme la Coupe Macaya, à une compétition des clubs de Catalogne. L'Hispania AC remporte la première édition de la compétition en 1901, devant le FC Barcelone qui prend sa revanche l'année suivante, remportant ainsi le premier trophée de son histoire.
L'année suivante, les Blaugranas, en désaccord avec l'organisation de la Coupe, lancent une compétition rivale, la Copa Barcelona''. En 1903, les différents clubs de la région s'accordent finalement et crée le premier championnat de Catalogne, dont le vainqueur représente la Catalogne en Coupe du Roi.
En 1917, la compétition opte pour le statut professionnel et met en place une seconde division. En 1928, trois des principaux clubs catalans, le FC Barcelone, l'Español de Barcelone et le Club Esportiu Europa, intègrent le championnat d'Espagne naissant, et le championnat de Catalogne commence dès lors à décliner en importance, jusqu'à sa disparition lors de la guerre civile espagnole en 1940.
Palmarès
De 1902 à 1940, le palmarès de la compétition est le suivant FC Barcelone (21)1904-1905, 1908-1909, 1909-1910, 1910-1911, 1912-1913, 1915-1916, 1918-1919, 1919-1920, 1920-1921, 1921-1922, 1923-1924, 1924-1925, 1925-1926, 1926-1927, 1927-1928, 1929-1930, 1930-1931, 1931-1932, 1933-1934, 1935-1936, 1937-1938Club Espanyol / X Sporting Club / RCD Espanyol/ CD Espanyol (12)1902-1903, 1903-1904, 1905-1906, 1906-1907, 1907-1908, 1911-1912, 1914-1915, 1917-1918, 1928-1929, 1932-1933, 1936-1937, 1939-1940 (3)1912-1913, 1913-1914, 1916-1917 CE Europa (1)1922-1923 CE Sabadell (1)'''
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Esta é uma lista de representantes permanentes da Eritreia, ou outros chefes de missão, junto da Organização das Nações Unidas em Nova Iorque.
A Eritreia foi admitida como membro das Nações Unidas a 28 de maio de 1993.
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Lista de representantes permanentes nas Nações Unidas
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Nações Unidas em Nova Iorque
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The Supreme Court has just released a press release stating that Jonathan Sumption QC will be sworn-in as a Supreme Court Justice tomorrow. Sumption will be the third Justice to be sworn-in since the Supreme Court was inaugurated in October 2009. His appointment follows the retirement of Lord Collins last year.
Following the ceremony, Mr Sumption will be styled Lord Sumption, and will begin sitting on Thursday 12 January, among a panel of five Justices hearing the shipping dispute case of Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. v E.N.E. Kos 1 Limited.
Lord Reed, whose appointment was announced on 20 December 2011, will be sworn-in as a Justice on 6 February 2012.
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Globe Trekker Around the World E01: Across America: Route 66 and Beyond
Justine Shapiro kicks off our Round the World journey with a road trip across the US following in the footsteps of the American dream. She...
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Globe Trekker Around the World E02: Around the World Part 2: Pan-Americana:...
Judith Jones embarks on a trip through Aztec Mexico where she discovers a land with a dramatic past involving bloody revolution, human sacrifice and gold...
Globe Trekker Around the World E03: Around the World Part 3: Conquistadors,...
Brianna Barnes travels through Peru exploring the Land of the Incas, one of the greatest pre-Hispanic civilizations of Latin America. Brianna begins this...
Globe Trekker Around the World E04: Around the World Part 4: Pacific...
Zay Harding goes on an epic adventure across the South Pacific Islands in pursuit of the remaining vestiges of Polynesian culture. Along the way he tells...
Zay Harding concludes his grand Pacific adventure heading further West across the South Sea Islands into Tonga, Fiji and New Caledonia –...
Globe Trekker Around the World E06: Around the World Part 6: Silk Road:...
Megan McCormick travels along China's section of the Silk Road trade route, exploring the country's ancient past and dazzling future. What would have...
Globe Trekker Around the World E07: Around the World: Part 7: Silk Road:...
Holly Morris travels one of the most exotic highways in the world, the ancient Silk Road, across Central Asia from the border of China to the edge of...
Globe Trekker Around the World E08: Around the World: Part 8: East to West:...
Ian Wright at Diocletian's Palace in Split, Croatia In the final episode of Globe Trekker's Round the World Series, Ian Wright bridges the gap...
S17 E01: Ruta 40 Road Trip: Patagonia
Zay Harding continues his journey down Argentina's legendary Route 40, one of the longest roads in the world. He starts by climbing Volcan Lanin which, at...
S17 E02: Building England: The Age of Architects
Someset House In Great Buildings of England Part 2, Globe Trekker Presenter, JUDITH JONES journeys into the next 200 years of English architectural history...
S17 E03: Ruta 40 Road Trip: The Andes
Zay Harding takes the road trip of a lifetime on one of the longest and most spectacular highways in the world: Argentina's Ruta 40. Immortalised by its...
S17 E04: Top Ten South American Adventures
In this Globe Trekker Special, with presenters Ian Wright, Holly Morris, Eils Nevitt, Matt Young, Megan McCormick and Zay Harding, we travel all across South...
S17 E05: Poland
Poland is not a country one would normally associate with jolly travel destinations but think again! This country is rich in folklore and history – and...
S17 E06: Sacred Places: Great Mosques
In this Globe Trekker special on the world's most sacred places, we visit some of the planet's most spectacular and grandest mosques. Islam,...
S17 E07: Delhi and Agra
Delhi is an incarnation of 7 cities all borne out of a bloody history. It's a city teeming with extraordinary life flowing through the 22 million plus...
S17 E08: Isolated Islands: Saint Helena
In this program, Zay Harding embarks on a five day voyage from Cape Town on the last authentic British Royal Mail Ship, travelling 2000 miles across the South...
S17 E09: Top Ten African Adventures
In this Globe Trekker Special, with presenters Ian Wright, Holly Morris, Adela Ucar, Justine Shapiro, Megan McCormick, Zoe Palmer, and Zay Harding, we travel...
S17 E10: The Rise and Fall of the British Raj
The "Raj" – stout British governors of 18th and 19th century India – gets the Globe Trekker treatment in a sweeping history special...
S17 E11: Wild West
In this Globe Trekker Special, Zay Harding, Sami Sabiti, Holly Morris, Justine Shapiro and Ian Wright explore the extraordinary history of America's...
S17 E12: Hawaii 2
Hawaii – sacred kingdom of Polynesians and America's sunny 50th state. It is the quintessential destination for paradise-seeking honeymooners from all...
S17 E17: Rust Belt Part I: Rustbelt Highway
Veteran globe explorer Megan McCormick spans the American Midwest and its Great Lake States in search of the innovations that ignited an industrial revolution...
S17 E18: Rust Belt Part II: The American Rebirth
The Rustbelt – roaring engine of America's industrial revolution. The railroad, steel and oil industries all made their mark here, and, as we will...
S15 E01: Papua New Guinea Islands
"Not my best move… An egg hunt on one of the most active volcanoes in Papua New Guinea Islands. But then we're protected by the...
S15 E02: Bangladesh
"What captivates me about Bangladesh is the people. There's hardship and poverty, to be sure, but amazing ingenuity and a resilient spirit is...
S15 E03: Puerto Rico
Located at the heart of the Caribbean, Puerto Rico is around 100 miles long by 30 miles wide, with a population of some 4 million. Part of the U.S....
S15 E04: Eastern Canada
Our 3,000km journey starts on the Avalon Peninsula, in Newfoundland & Labrador, the oldest and most easterly part of North America. Though it was the...
S15 E05: World War 2 - Battle for the Pacific
In this Globe Trekker Special, Ian Wright, Megan McCormick, Matt Young and Zay Harding travel across the Pacific, visiting key Second World...
S15 E06: East Texas
Presenter Zay Harding makes his way across the urban and rural landscapes of Eastern Texas and he encounters everything from rootin' tootin' cowboys,...
S15 E07: West Texas
They say everything is bigger in Texas and nowhere is this more apparent than in the Western half of the State. With its big landscapes, big history and...
S15 E08: London City Guide: 3
Join Brianna on a whirlwind tour of Britain's enormous capital city: LONDON! A melting pot of cultures and quirky habits that makes it one of the most...
S15 E09: Mid-Atlantic States
From the Founding Fathers to Andy Warhol, Globe Trekker's journey through the Mid Atlantic States of America features a glimpse into the characters and...
S15 E10: Great Historic Sites - The Age of...
In this Globe Trekker Special, our Globe Trekker hosts explore the world's most historic sites and empires – travel ling from the heart...
S15 E11: Great Historic Sites - The Modern World
In this Globe Trekker Special we explore the world's most historic sites of the modern era. Our hosts travel from the heart of Europe, across the Middle...
S15 E12: Isolated Islands: The Marshall Islands...
In this programme host Zay Harding travels to two beautiful archipelagos of isolated islands, one in the Pacific and the other in the Atlantic. First he...
S15 E13: Uruguay & Paraguay
Holly Morris discovers two South American countries that may share a similar name but couldn't be more different. Beginning her journey in Uruguay, Holly...
S16 E02: Globe Trekker Special: Art Trails of...
Most people descend upon the Cote D'Azur in search of sun, sea, fine wine and fine dining but the Riviera isn't just a holiday destination for...
S16 E03: Colonial Australia
Zay Harding explores the colonial history of the State of Victoria in Australia. Starting in the Grampian Mountains, he meets the original inhabitants:...
S16 E04: Great Australian Hikes
In this Globetrekker special, Zay Harding treks along five of Australia's greatest hikes, which showcases the country's incredible landscape,...
S16 E05: World War I Special
In this Globe Trekker Special, Zay Harding travels across Northern France and Belgium, visiting key World War One locations on the Western Front. Zay's...
S16 E06: Buenos Aires City Guide
Sexy, passionate and sophisticated, Buenos Aires is one of South America's most alluring cities and the perfect place for Globe Trekker newcomer Judith...
S16 E07: Myanmar (Burma)
After international sanctions were lifted in 2012, Myanmar has been put to the top of travel destination lists and it has quickly become the hot new place to...
S16 E08: Switzerland
Brianna Barnes travels to Switzerland to uncover some of its more unexpected sights. Her journey starts in French-speaking Geneva, home to international...
S16 E09: North East England
Angel of the North by David Wilson Clarke Incomprehensible dialects, terrible weather, a grim industrial backwater – these are phrases traditionally used to...
S16 E10: Building England: Before there were...
Lindisfarne Castle, Northumberland Globe Trekker presenter Judith Jones takes us through story of the English building and shows us how it came to be. It's a...
S16 E11: Central Japan
Fushimi Inari Taisha (Fushimi Inari Shrine) is a Shinto shrine dedicated to Inari, the god of rice, sake, and prosperity. "Fushimi" is simply the...
S16 E12: Mumbai City Guide
In Globe Trekker: Mumbai City Guide, Zay Harding explores one of India's most diverse and exciting cities. His journey starts in Bandra, the city's...
S16 E14: Good and Bad Food (and Drink) Guide 3
In the third instalment of this Globe Trekker Special, we travel the world in search of the strange and exotic foods and drinks that distinguish the culinary...
S16 E14: Delhi & Rajasthan
HOLLY MORRIS travels across the cradle of Indian history, Delhi and Rajasthan; an epic journey sweeping across the Indus valley from Delhi, to the holy town...
S14 E01: Amsterdam 2
Presenters: Jonathan Atherton & Brianna Barnes Brianna Barnes and Jonathan Atherton travel to Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands. They start...
S14 E02: Holy Lands: Israel
Part two of the Holy Lands is an exciting adventure through the heartland of Israel. Host Zay Harding walks in the footsteps of Jesus, traces the mysteries of...
S14 E03: Globe Trekker: Endangered Places
Anyone who has experienced the Taj Mahal, taken in the natural beauty of the Victoria Falls, or braved the wilds of Antarctica cannot fail to be moved by our...
S14 E04: Antarctica
Join traveller Zay Harding on an epic adventure to the ends of the earth, from the southernmost tip of Argentina to the Falkland Islands, South Georgia,...
S14 E05: Barcelona
Globe Trekker Megan McCormick travels to Barcelona in the Spanish region of Catalunya where she discovers a culture which prides itself on being...
S14 E06: The Netherlands
The Netherlands consists of 12 connected provinces and is one of the most densely populated countries in the world. It's also one of the most accessible....
S14 E07: Holy Lands: Jerusalem & The West Bank
Globe Trekker Traveller Zay Harding explores the Holy Lands – a fascinating region with a unique religious, historical and political identity.Ge takes...
S14 E08: Madrid City Guide
Ernest Hemingway once said it was "the most Spanish of all the cities" – and he would be surprised if he saw it today. Madrid, the capital...
S14 E09: Globe Trekker: Nigeria
Globe Trekker Adela Ucar begins her journey in the capital of Lagos, an anarchic and electric city with a vital night life. Responsible for giving us Afro...
S14 E10: South Atlantic
S14 E11: Syria
Syria is home to one of the oldest and richest cultures in the world and offers the independent traveller a wide range of exciting and multi layered...
S14 E12: Turkey 2
Globe Trekker Adela Ucar's Turkish adventure begins in the historical town of Konya, home town of the Whirling Dervish orders. A bastion...
S14 E13: Ukraine
Ukraine is an off-beat destination for most travellers, including Holly Morris, who nonetheless, dives right into her Globe Trekker journey to discover...
S13 E01: Globe Trekker: Planet of the Apes
This Globe Trekker Special is all about our fellow primates – lemurs, monkeys, and apes. In Planet of The Apes, hosts Ian Wright, Megan McCormick,...
S13 E01: Los Angeles
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S13 E02: Germany 2
Germany only became a country in 1871, yet no nation has had a greater impact on the face of Europe. Megan McCormick and Justine Shapiro set out on a...
S13 E04: Volcanoes - Ring of Fire
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S13 E05: The Transatlantic Slave Trade
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S13 E06: Cape Verde & Senegal
Located on the west coast of Africa, Senegal is one of the continent's most exciting destinations. Host Zoe Palmer starts her journey in the...
S13 E07: Caribbean Islands St Lucia, Martinique...
Photo Gallery: Caribbean Islands Welcome to The Caribbean Islands! Globe Trekker Zoe Palmer travels to the spectacularly beautiful islands of St...
S13 E08: The Balkans
Photo Gallery In this Globe Trekker, Zay Harding visits the Balkan countries of former Yugoslavia: Kosovo, Serbia, Bosnia Herzegovina and Montenegro....
S13 E09: Colorado & Utah
Photo Gallery: Colorado & Utah Globe Trekker Holly Morris discovers a land of cowboys and old mining towns, a land that time forgot, a place where...
S13 E10: Honduras & El Salvador
Picture Gallery Brianna Barnes travels to Honduras and El Salvador, 2 of Central America's least known but most rewarding destinations for the...
S13 E11: Zambia & Malawi
Photo-Gallery Holly Morris travels to the heart of Central Africa to explore two countries which were forever changed by the legendary Scottish...
S13 E12: Trekking the Pacific - The Cook Islands...
Photo galleries: The Cook Islands | Papua New Guinea Travellers Zoe Palmer and Matt Young embark on 2 epic journeys through the Pacific. Zoe heads off...
S12 E01: Sweden & Denmark
Photo Gallery: Sweden & Denmark Megan McCormick travels to the lands of Abba, Vikings and Smorgasbords as she uncovers what Sweden and Denmark can...
S12 E02: Spanish Islands
A new face to the Globe Trekker team, traveller Alex Riley enjoys his first Globe Trekker experience in the glorious Spanish Islands, taking in the...
S12 E03: Las Vegas City Guide
Situated in the middle of the Mojave Desert, Las Vegas was founded just over 100 years ago in 1905. From its humble beginnings as a small desert outpost,...
S12 E04: Galleons, Pirates & Treasure
In this Globe Trekker history special, presenter Megan McCormick travels to Colombia, Panama, Florida, and The Bahamas, to learn about the galleons,...
S12 E05: Panama & Colombia
Picture Gallery Megan McCormick takes an epic trip throughColombia and Panama: 2 countries that remain refreshingly untouched by mass tourism. Panama, in...
S12 E06: Trekking in Turks & Caicos and Milford...
TURKS & CAICOS Ian Wright island hops around the pristine coral atolls of the Turks and Caicos in the Caribbean. He begins his adventures on the most...
S12 E07: Ice Trekking in the Alps
Photo Gallery Globe Trekker traveller Zay Harding ski tours the legendary Haute Route from Chamonix to Zermatt. Taking in Mont Blanc and...
S12 E08: Paris City Guide 2
Photo Gallery Globe Trekker travellers Adela Ucar Innerarity and Justine Shapiro explore the city of light, love and culture and enjoy a wonderful week of...
S12 E09: Cyprus & Crete
Photo Gallery: Cyprus & Crete K.T. Comer travels around the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. Beginning her adventures in the southern resort of Ayia...
S12 E10: Great Journeys: Road Warriors
Our Globe Trekker teams have travelled around the world to show you the most amazing places the global traveller can visit, but isn't the getting there...
S12 E11: Globe Shopper 2
Globe Shopper 2 picks up where its shop-happy predecessor left off – on a blistering trail in pursuit of the finest and latest, the oldest and...
S12 E12: Great Journeys: Planes, Trains &...
On this Globe Trekker Special our travellers embark on some of the world's great journeys by planes, trains and automobiles. Sami Sabiti, Ian...
S12 E13: Great Natural Wonders
Throughout the ages, the earth has been shaped by the elements, producing spectacular and diverse environments. For travellers, these awesome and ancient...
S11 E01: England & Wales
Traveller Ian Wright takes us on a journey through England – the country where he was born – to neighbouring Wales. Ian learns much about the...
S11 E02: Globe Trekker: Midwest USA
Traveller Justine Shapiro takes an exhilarating journey around the heartland of the United States, from skyscrapers, hip hop and gangsters in the city to...
S11 E03: Venice City Guide
Traveller Justine Shapiro explores what is arguably the world's most stunning city, Venice. Situated in a lagoon in the Adriatic Sea off...
S11 E04: South East USA
Traveller Megan McCormick takes a trip to the South East States of America. It's a place where tobacco farms and cotton fields dot the countryside,...
S11 E05: American Civil War Special
Photo Gallery: Globe Trekker: Civil War Special Megan McCormick travels back in time to the heart of the American Civil War. Lasting 4 years, covering 27...
S11 E06: Malaysia: Malacca, Penang, & Borneo
Traveller Ian Wright sets off on a journey of contrasts, taking in Malacca, Penang, and the wilds of Borneo. Steeped in history and home to ancient...
S11 E07: Indian Ocean Islands
The Indian Ocean Islands, off the east coast of Africa, are a paradise on earth. With superb resorts, sun-kissed beaches, and sparkling turquoise seas...
S11 E08: New Zealand 2
Travellers Ian Wright and Zay Harding head out on individual expeditions to explore New Zealand and discover why its Maori name...
S11 E09: Chinatown
In this special edition of Globe Trekker, we delve into the multiculturalism of Chinatowns around the globe. From Hong Kong to Peru, every major city in...
S11 E10: Beirut City Guide
Filmed in June 2006, 2 weeks before the latest outbreak of conflict in the Middle East, Megan McCormick travels to Beirut, the capital of Lebanon. It is a...
S11 E11: Ultimate UK
Globe Trekker travellers Ian Wright, Megan McCormick, Jonathan Atherton, and Justine Shapiro travel the length and breadth of England, Wales, Scotland,...
S11 E13: The Good and Bad Food Guide 2
Take a culinary trip around the globe with 7 of your favourite Globe Trekker hosts to sample the very best and very worst food on offer to the intrepid...
S10 E01: Ultimate Mexico
For over 4000 years, Mexico has been the home of huge and complex civilizations and today it's one of the most colourful cultures in the world. In this...
S10 E02: Belgium & Luxembourg
Our traveller Katy Haswell visits Belgium and Luxembourg, two countries that are somewhat overlooked despite being at the crossroads of Europe and finds...
S10 E03: Mozambique
Ian Wright travels to one of the world's poorest nations, a country wiped off the tourist trail for twenty years by war but now on the rise again –...
S10 E04: Cameroon
Zay Harding veers off the tourist trail to explore the Central African country of Cameroon. Here he meets many different ethnic groups from the hunter...
S10 E05: Florida & The Bahamas
Lavinia Tan visits one of the world's most popular tourist destinations, a place with more sun, sand, sea and theme parks than you can possibly visit in...
S10 E06: Pacific Northwest USA
Our traveller Sami Sabiti sets off through the sparsely populated Pacific Northwest states of Washington and Oregon in the USA, an area of immense,...
S10 E07: Southeast China
Zay Harding travels through four provinces of the southeast of China, one of the world's ultimate traveling destinations and a place of fascination in...
S10 E08: South Africa 2
Justine Shapiro and Sami Sabiti return to South Africa to see how much the rainbow nation has changed in the decade since the end of apartheid. They start...
S10 E09: Tokyo City Guide
Throwing Ian Wright into the heart of the world's most extraordinary capital is bound to be interesting. In Tokyo, Ian crosses between the spiritual...
S10 E10: Western Canada
Globe Trekker traveler Zay Harding visits the west of Canada, a landmass bigger than the entire area of the European Union encapsulating the provinces...
S10 E11: Ultimate Caribbean
Our travelers Justine Shapiro, Ian Wright and Megan McCormick set out on a voyage around the massive gulf that separates the North and South American...
S10 E12: Ultimate China
With over 1.3 billion citizens and a land mass barely larger than the USA, it would be easy to think China is just crammed with people, but as Globe...
S10 E13: Ultimate India
In this episode, our explorers take you to the ultimate travelers' destination – India. Megan McCormick blows herself away with the hot native...
S09 E01: Northern France
Famous for its cuisine, art and architecture, France is the world's most popular tourist destination. Visitors are lured by the romance of Paris and the...
S09 E02: Ultimate France
Justine Shapiro, Ian Wright and Christina Chang travel to the four corners of France to taste the food the wine and the culture. Ian climbs the mountains...
S09 E03: Tuscany
Traveller Ian Wright makes the cultural pilgrimage to the extraordinary Italian region of Tuscany – a finely made combination of cultural wealth,...
S09 E04: Ultimate Italy
The cradle of European art and science, romance, intrigue as well as the style and fashion mecca of the world – it can only be Italy. Unified in 1861,...
S09 E05: Arab Gulf States
Traveller Megan McCormick ventures into perhaps the most misunderstood region in the world – the Arab Gulf States. Megan's journey begins in...
S09 E06: Great Festivals 2
From Mardi Gras to the Oktoberfest, Great Festivals 2 takes you on an exhilarating trip around the world to experience the most amazing celebrations that...
S09 E07: Washington DC City Guide
They say that nobody's really from Washington, D.C. and everyone's there for a reason. It's been called the murder capital and the capital...
S09 E08: Morocco 2
Ian Wright and Megan McCormick take a journey through mysterious Morocco, the meeting of Europe and Africa and a land of richly cultured cities, high...
S09 E09: World History: The Middle East
The Middle East is known as the 'cradle of civilisation' for good reason. The area has been home to some of the most formidable empires the world...
S09 E10: Hong Kong & Taiwan
They are countries inextricably linked to their massive neighbour, full of eastern traditions yet inspiring in their modernity; Megan McCormick goes in...
S09 E11: New York 2
New York has always been a city of superlatives: biggest, brashest, best – at least that's the opinion of its proud inhabitants – and with...
S09 E12: London City Guide 2
It takes two to capture the huge and exhilarating city of London, so Jonathan Atherton and Megan McCormick share the billing as they try to encompass all...
S09 E13: Marrakech & Dubai City Guides
MARRAKECH Located at the north tip of Africa, Morocco is a country of stark desert, high mountain ranges and richly cultured cities. Known as the...
S08 E01: Istanbul City Guide
Estelle Bingham starts her exploration of the ancient city of Istanbul at the famous Topkapi Palace, former home of sultans and their concubines. From there...
S08 E02: South of France
Christina starts her journey in the wine region of Bordeaux, where she gets a very unique beauty treatment: vinotherapy, or wine therapy. From there she...
S08 E03: Kenya
Estelle Bingham starts her journey cycling through Hell's Gate National Park, before heading north to meet a Mau Mau freedom fighter. She continues...
S08 E04: New England
Suffused with colonial history, New England boasts a mixture of Old World Charm and New World sophistication. A visit to New England at this time of year...
S08 E05: Rome City Guide
Estelle starts her trip to Rome touring the famous Forum, the hub of ancient Rome. Starting her second day she tastes as many different forms...
S08 E06: Southern Mexico
Ian starts his journey at the unique Day of the Dead festival in Pazcuaro. After reveling late into the night, he goes to the old colonial town...
S08 E07: Ultimate Australia
Estelle Bingham finds herself on an adventure down under on the world's most diverse island, Australia. Through the eyes of three other presenters who...
S08 E08: Ultimate Indo China
Zay Harding takes us on an adventure of three of the most culturally rich countries in south East Asia – Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos. With the help of...
S08 E09: Java & Sumatra
Megan McCormick's journey of Indonesia takes her to two of the most fascinating and sophisticated countries in the South China Sea. She starts her...
S08 E10: Asian Cities
In Calcutta, Shanghai and Bangkok, our trekkers enjoy the best of what Asian cities have to offer. Holly Morris dodges the busy traffic in Calcutta,...
S08 E11: South Korea
Ian Wright starts his amazing journey of South Korea in the Capital Seoul. After finding a place to stay, he takes in the delights of the Kyongdong...
S08 E12: Beijing City Guide
Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China has been described by tourists as China's largest theme park; for the Chinese it is the...
S08 E13: Vienna City Guide
In seven days, Ian Wright explores the home of Mozart, Freud, the Hapsburgs and of course the nation that brought you the sausage! At the centre of...
S07 E01: Australia - Queensland and the Great...
Megan McCormick travels to Queensland, Australia's second largest state whose 3000 mile coastline borders the Great Barrier Reef, the world's largest...
S07 E02: Georgia & Armenia
Just south of the Caucasus mountains are two countries where many cultures have clashed for thousands and thousands of years. Formally part of the Soviet Union...
S07 E03: Greek Islands: Travel Tips
Scattered around the blue waters of the Ionian and the Aegean Seas, the Greek Islands are one of Europe's favourite holiday destinations. Megan...
S07 E04: California
California is the richest and most populated state in the US and is situated on the West Coast. Justine begins her journey in the Joshua Tree National...
S07 E05: Scotland
Megan McCormick explores Scotland, the land of untamed highlands, windswept islands, spectacular locks, glens and intriguing cities which has struggled for...
S07 E06: Germany
Germany only became a country in 1871, yet no nation has had a greater impact on the face of Europe. Justine Shapiro sets out on a journey to look beyond the...
S07 E07: Central China
Megan McCormick travels through the heart of third largest country in the world. China is home to 20% of the world's population. It's one of the...
S07 E08: Venezuela
Ian Wright travels to Venezuela, the country where Columbus first set foot on South American soil. Venezuelans have been voted the world's happiest people...
S07 E09: Northern Italy
Megan's journey starts by air, in the Roman town of Aosta, an ideal location for observing the spectacular and historic valley of Val Da...
S07 E10: Tunisia & Libya
Ian starts his journey in Tunis, the capital of Tunisia, where he explores the markets and food. From there he heads out to the countryside, where he gets a...
S07 E11: Tahiti and Samoa
Globe Trekker Ian Wright's journey starts in Tahiti, where he starts off by judging the Mr. Tahiti contest. From there he visits the Gaugain...
S07 E12: Southwest Australia
Traveller Estelle Bingham begins her journey in the tiny town of Goolwa, where the first freesettlers landed. While there, she builds and races a boat in...
S07 E13: Portugal and the Azores
Megan starts her journey in the beautiful Douro valley, whose vineyards create the world famous drink which gave Portugal its name: port. From there she...
S06 E01: Mainland Greece
Christina Chang journeys through Greece, the cradle of the ancient world which has an archaeological legacy bearing testament to its varied past. She begins...
S06 E02: Ireland
Traveller Ian Wright journeys through a land which, though ripped apart by political conflict, is renowned for its hospitality. The spirit of good time is...
S06 E03: Deep South USA
Ian Wright journeys through America's 'Bible Belt' – the Deep South, home to the civil rights movement, the American civil war, and...
S06 E04: Sri Lanka & the Maldives
Traveller Megan McCormick heads beyond the southern tip of India, to two of the most beautiful tropical locations on earth: Sri Lanka and the Maldive...
S06 E05: Bolivia
Presenter Ian Wright explores Bolivia, one of the poorest countries in Latin America but one of the richest in culture and landscape. His journey begins...
S06 E06: Madagascar
Presenter Ian Wright travels through Madagascar, 'the red island' 250 miles off the east coast of Africa. It's the 4th largest island in the...
S06 E07: World Food: Vietnam
Justine Shapiro travels to Vietnam, a country which stretches 1000 miles along the east coast of the Indochinese peninsula. She begins her journey in Ho Chi...
S06 E08: Micronesia
Megan McCormick discovers Micronesia, a little known region in Oceania consisting of over 2,000 islands and making up over a quarter of the world's...
S06 E09: Cambodia
Traveller Ian Wright ventures to the heart of south-east Asia, to Cambodia – a country which has endured a history of famine, civil war and mass...
S06 E10: Eastern Caribbean
Justine Shapiro travels to the Eastern Caribbean, a 600 mile long group of islands also known as the Lesser Antilles. Most people think of the Caribbean as...
S06 E11: Russia
Ian Wright journeys to Russia, the largest country in the world which covers more than 10 million square miles and spans 11 time zones. For 70 years...
S06 E12: Historic England
Justine starts her historical journey dodging swords at the re-enactment of the Battle of Hastings, then travels up the coast to visit the Royal Pavilion...
S06 E13: Southern Spain
Christina Chang travels to Southern Spain. Although these days it's commonly associated with golf, fast food, concrete and spoiled beaches, it is one of...
S05 E01: Hawaii
Traveller Megan McCormick begins her journey in the island paradise of Hawaii on Kauai, the least explored of the islands. She is invited to a Hula...
S05 E02: West India
Megan McCormick's journey in one of the ultimate travellers' destinations, West India, begins in the small holy town of Pushkar. Along with...
S05 E03: New Zealand
Globe Trekker Ian Wright discovers that New Zealand, far from merely being home to a larger population of sheep than of humans, is a land of wonderful...
S05 E04: Malaysia & Southern Thailand
Presenter Justine Shapiro explores the heart of South East Asia – modern Malaysia, with its ancient forests and vibrant mix of cultures, and the beaches...
S05 E05: Sydney City Guide
Traveller Justine Shapiro spends a week in Sydney, the gateway to Australia. On the eastern Pacific coast in the state of New South Wales, Sydney was the...
S05 E06: Ghana & The Ivory Coast
Traveller Megan McCormick journeys to West Africa, where 500 years ago Europeans uncovered bounties of gold in Ghana (formerly the Gold Coast) and ivory in...
S05 E07: New Orleans
Pilot Guide Presenter Justine Shapiro does any thing but take it easy in the city they call The Big Easy. The French colony of New Orleans was sold to the...
S05 E08: Finland & the Baltic States
Neil Gibson journeys through the Baltic States of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia and then toFinland. He begins his journey in Vilnius, the capital of...
S05 E09: San Francisco
Justine Shapiro rides into San Francisco on board the Greyhound bus, intent on spending a week discovering the liberal culture of the metropolis by the...
S05 E11: Rio de Janeiro
Presenter Ian Wright travels the south-east coast of Brazil, where exports in sugar cane, gold and coffee once made Rio de Janeiro one of the greatest cities...
S05 E12: Egypt
The vast, isolated country of Egypt in the North Eastern corner of African is central to studies of the world's oldest civilisations. Traveller Megan...
S05 E13: Arctic Canada
Ian Wright travels as far north as he's ever likely to get – to Arctic Canada, the Land Of The Midnight Sun. He begins his trip in Montreal, the...
S04 E01: North Thailand & Laos
Ian Wright's journey begins in the densely populated capital, Bangkok. He finds cheap accommodation on Khao San Road and visits one of the many fashion...
S04 E02: Indonesia: Bali & Sulawesi
The Indonesian archipelago stretches from the Asian mainland all the way to Australia. Our traveller, Shilpa Mehta explores just two contrasting islands of the...
S04 E03: Iran
Ian Wright starts his journey in Tehran, Iran's busy and polluted capital city which has a population of 12 million. He pays a visit to the Shrine of the...
S04 E04: Norway
Ian Wright begins his Nordic journey high on a cliff in Stavanger, where he witnesses the extreme sport of Base Jumping. He journeys from Staveanger to...
S04 E05: Mongolia
Ian Wright travels through the grasslands, mountains and deserts of Mongolia. He begins his journey in China's Beijing, once the ancient capital of the...
S04 E06: London City Guide
On the cutting edge of contemporary art and music, London is the world's capital of cool and one of Europe's most memorable cities. Jonathan Atherton finds...
S04 E07: Czech Republic & Poland
Justine Shapiro begins her journey in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic and a great starting point for a journey through Eastern Europe. Since the...
S04 E08: Papua New Guinea
Jonathan Atherton explores the rivers, mountains, and towns of Papua New Guinea. His journey begins in Port Moresby, the capital city which is infamous as a...
S04 E09: Nepal
Traveller Ian Wright starts his journey in the bustling and expanding modern day capital of Nepal, Kathmandu. He visits the most sacred Hindu temple in...
S04 E10: Paris City Guide
Justine Shapiro spends a week in Paris, the capital of France and one of the most cultural and romantic cities in Europe. Her first night in Paris is spent...
S04 E11: Southern Italy
Justine Shapiro begins her journey in Rome, the capital of Italy and the gateway to the south. She rents a scooter to get around and goes first to the...
S04 E12: Costa Rica & Nicaragua
Neil Gibson travels to Central America, where he visits two contrasting countries; Costa Rica,one of the most affluent lands in Latin America,...
S04 E13: Amsterdam
Jonathan Atherton arrives in Amsterdam, a city notorious for its liberal attitudes to drugs, sex, and hedonism. Although he is intent on discovering the less...
S03 E01: Syria, Jordan & Lebanon
Traveller Ian Wright begins his journey in the Middle East in Jordan. In the Wadi Rum desert he joins guests at a Bedouin wedding. Before travelling south...
S03 E02: Ethiopia
Traveller Ian Wright begins his exploration of Ethiopia in the northern highlands of Axum. He visits the oldest church in Ethiopia, which is supposedly the...
S03 E03: Cuba & Haiti
Traveller Ian Wright skydives onto a Havana beach, where he begins his journey through Cuba & Haiti. He explores the bustling street markets in Havana...
S03 E04: Pakistan
Pakistan was formed by the division of India half a century ago, and founded in the name of Islam. Few Western people venture here but as traveller Neil Gibson...
S03 E05: Outback Australia
Covering three quarters of the continent of Australia, the Outback is one of the most sparse and rugged landscapes in the world. Ian Wright begins his journey...
S03 E06: Southwest USA
Justine Shapiro's journey through south west United States begins in Gallup on the New Mexico border, where she visits a Native American intertribal...
S03 E07: Trekking in Uganda & Zaire (Congo)
Nikki Grosse's trek in Central Africa takes her through the dramatic and remote landscapes of Uganda and Eastern Congo (formerly...
S03 E08: Argentina
Traveller Justine Shapiro explores the world's eighth largest country, Argentina. Her journey begins in Iguazu where she visits the incredible Iguazu...
S03 E09: South Africa and Lesotho
Justine Shapiro's journey begins in the cosmopolitan city of Cape Town on the West Coast of South Africa. She visits Robben Island, where President...
S03 E10: The Philippines
Traveller Shilpa Mehta visits some of the Philippines' 7000 islands. She begins her journey in the town of Baguio on the island of Luzon, where she...
S03 E11: Peru
Peru is one of the most geographically and culturally diverse countries on earth. It stretches from the Amazon, across the Andes to the Pacific Coast. Neil...
S03 E12: Northern Spain
Sixty million visitors come to Spain each year but most head for the tourist resorts in the south. Shilpa Mehta's journey takes her through the less...
S03 E13: Hungary & Romania
Ian Wright starts his adventure in Budapest, the capital of Hungary where he finds that tourism has boomed since the fall of communism in 1989. He samples...
S02 E01: Israel & The Sinai Desert
Justine Shapiro's journey through the Holy Land begins in Tel Aviv where she joins the Israeli population celebrating the start of Shabbat....
S02 E02: Central Asia - Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan
The former Soviet Republics of Uzbekistan and Kirghistan are in the heart of Central Asia. The area is a vast inaccessible wilderness, surrounded by harsh...
S02 E03: South West China
For 30 years China was closed to foreigner travellers and it is only since the 1980s that visas have been issued to independent travellers....
S02 E04: South India
Justine Shapiro travels through South India, an enchanting land of Hindu Temples, hill forts, pigeon English and vegetarianism which has become a favourite...
S02 E05: Iceland & Greenland
Ian Wright's journey to the Arctic takes him through the volcanic landscapes of Iceland and the frozen wilderness of Greenland. Beginning in Reykjavik,...
S02 E06: Turkey
Traveller Justine Shapiro heads for Turkey, a country sandwiched between Europe on one side and the Middle East and Asia on the other. Justine begins her...
S02 E07: New York
Ian Wright explores New York, one of the world's greatest cities, which is situated on the East Coast of the United States. He visits not only the...
S02 E08: Tanzania & Zanzibar
Traveller Ian Wright begins his African adventure on the historic island of Zanzibar. Zanzibar is a former slave trading centre and it is here that he...
S02 E09: The American Rockies
Traveller Ian Wright's explores the Rocky Mountain States of South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana and Idaho. Steeped in myths and legends of Native...
S02 E10: Chile and Easter Island
Ian Wright's journey down the length of Chile takes him from the driest desert in the world to the southern-most point before the Antarctic Ocean....
S02 E11: Baja California & the Copper Canyon
Intrepid traveller Ian Wright begins his journey down the peninsular of Baja California in the border town of Tijuana. This is the place where hundreds of...
S02 E12: West Africa - Benin, Burkina Faso &
West Africa is one of the poorest but most culturally diverse regions. For decades many parts of West Africa were under French rule and a strong connection...
S02 E13: Corsica, Sicily & Sardinia
Mediterranean islands Corsica, Sardinia and Sicily are the stepping stones between Europe and Africa. Ian Wright begins his journey on the French island of...
S01 E01: Indonesia - The Eastern Islands
Traveller Mark Crowdy starts his Indonesian journey in Bali and takes a ferry from the Port of Padangbai to Lombok (sometimes called the new Bali) and...
S01 E02: La Ruta Maya (Belize, Yucatan and...
Justine Shapiro starts her journey in Merida, Mexico, the capital of the Yucatan peninsula where she visits the local market and samples the local...
S01 E03: Morocco
Ian Wright travels to Morocco on the north-western tip of Africa. It's a country of stark desert, high mountain ranges, and some of the most richly...
S01 E04: Jamaica
Traveller Ian Wright begins his Jamaican journey in the once famous hippy hangout and renowned beach resort of Negril. He travels through the centre of...
S01 E05: Alaska
Traveller Ian Wright begins his journey in the town of Eagle, on the banks of the Yukon River. Eagle is home to the Athabascan Indians who live a...
S01 E06: Pacific Islands: Fiji, Vanuatu & the...
Ian Wright visits the Pacific Islands of Fiji, Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands, once infamous amongst explorers for head-hunting and cannibalism. He...
S01 E07: Southeast Australia
Ian Wright's antipodean adventure begins at the huge international Country and Western festival in Tamworth, New South Wales. After sampling the music,...
S01 E08: Vietnam
S01 E09: North East Brazil
Ian Wright travels in the North East of Brazil. He starts his journey in Salvador, the colonial capital of Bahia, where he samples the famous Brazilian...
S01 E10: Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands
Justine Shapiro begins her journey in Guayaquil, Ecador's main port and the largest city in the country. She embarks on a 9 hour train up into...
S01 E11: Japan - Tokyo to Taiwan
Ian Wright goes on an unusual journey to the Southern Islands of Japan – from Kyushu down to the Yaeyama Islands, Japan's westernmost point, only...
S01 E12: North India - Varanasi to the Himalayas
Taj Mahal, Agra, India by Sandeep Achetan Traveller Andrew Daddo begins his intense journey through North India with a dawn boat trip on the holy River...
S01 E13: Africa -Zimbabwe, Botswana & Namibia
Globe Trekker Andrew Daddo travels through three very different countries in the south of the vast African continent. His journey begins at Victoria Falls,...
Globe Trekker Specials E01: Animal Adventures
Animal Adventures travels around the world to visit some of the most extraordinary animals on the planet, and see them in some of the wildest spots on the...
Globe Trekker Specials E02: Best Beaches
Globe Trekker Best Beaches takes traveller Justine Shapiro on a month-by-month tour of the world's number one hot spots and chill-out destinations....
Globe Trekker Specials E03: Best Beaches 2
From the Caribbean beaches of Venezuela's Mochima National Park, Christina La Monica introduces Pilot Guide's selection of the world's...
Globe Trekker Specials E04: Best Dives
Our presenters take the viewer on a tour of our top fifteen dive sites around the world. Starting with the Atlantic & Caribbean, we go diving with Justine...
Globe Trekker Specials E05: Best Treks
Seasoned traveller Ian Wright gives a whistle-stop guide to the world's best treks. Glaciers to volcanos, fjords to rapids and horses to huskies...
Globe Trekker Specials E06: Chinatown
Globe Trekker Specials E07: Galleons, Pirates & Treasure
In this Globe Trekker history special, presenter Megan McCormick travels to Colombia, Panama, Florida, andThe Bahamas, to learn about the galleons,...
Globe Trekker Specials E08: Globe Shopper
Globe Shopper is a whirlwind tour of some of the best shopping sites on the planet. From Turkish rug merchants to Asian gem sellers, seeking bargains, boas...
Globe Trekker Specials E09: Globe Shopper 2
Globe Trekker Specials E10: Great Festivals
Wherever you are in the world at any time of year, you'll never be too far from people gathered together in celebration. From ancient tribal rituals to...
Globe Trekker Specials E11: Great Festivals 2
When you're travelling, there's nothing like coming across a great festival. Walking the streets amongst one of the world's greatest parties is a...
Globe Trekker Specials E13: Great Historic Sites: Ancient Worlds
Everywhere you go in the world, you'll find monuments to a different age. Each civilization has left its mark, from the New World Mayans to the...
Globe Trekker Specials E14: The Making of Globe Trekker - Behind...
In this one-hour Globe Trekker Special to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the series, we go behind the scenes to find out how the world's longest running...
Globe Trekker Specials E15: Great Journeys: Planes, Trains &...
Globe Trekker Specials E16: Great Journeys: Road Warriors
Globe Trekker Specials E17: Great Tribes
Great Tribes presents a phenomenal programme about tribal gatherings around the world. One way or another we are all part of a tribe and unite together in...
Globe Trekker Specials E18: Planet of The Apes
Globe Trekker Specials E19: Spiritual Journeys
Some journeys have a more meaningful purpose than just sightseeing and sunbathing. These journeys or pilgrimages are full of mystery and devotion and are...
Globe Trekker Specials E20: The Good and Bad Food Guide
When you're on the road, you'll find some incredible foods along the way. Ian Wright's guide to the world's good & bad food is...
Globe Trekker Specials E21: The Good and Bad Food Guide 2
Globe Trekker Specials E22: The Transatlantic Slave Trade
Globe Trekker Specials E23: Volcanoes - Ring of Fire
Globe Trekker Specials E24: World War 2: Battle For Europe
In this Globe Trekker special, traveller Megan McCormick is joined by Ian Wright, Adela Ucar Innerarity, Justine Shapiro and Estelle Bingham. Together...
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Root Wireless is still working on a commercial offering that will help enterprises choose and monitor cellular service providers, but it plans to release a new consumer client designed for the "wow factor" in just a few weeks.
Root has developed a small client that runs in the background on cell phones, collecting information about network coverage.
For enterprises, an IT manager could use future offerings from Root to make better decisions about which mobile operator to choose and to make sure that operators live up to service level agreements.
"If you're an IT guy for a Fortune 1000 company, the process you go through of assessing which carrier you choose is surprisingly archaic," said Paul Griff, co-founder and CEO of Root. Typically, IT managers pass out devices from a couple different operators to some employees and ask for anecdotal feedback, he said.
Root is piloting different potential offerings with enterprises and could offer a service that would let enterprises load Root's clients onto trial phones distributed to employees, collecting concrete details about coverage and other information like data throughput, signal strength and latency.
In addition, Root is working on a dashboard that an IT manager could use to look at aggregate data collected from all Root enterprise and consumer users. On a map, an IT person could filter coverage data by all users, consumers, all employees, just one group of employees or users of a specific phone operating system. The data is detailed down to 60 meters.
An enterprise could choose to use that dashboard on an ongoing basis as a way to ensure that operators are complying with SLAs. Operators have been offering SLAs to large enterprises and even small businesses, promising to pay penalties for failing to meet the agreement, Griff said. "It's a safe thing for them to offer when there's no way for an enterprise to come back and demand payment of penalties with no empirical data," he said.
With Root Wireless' system, companies have the data to enforce such SLAs, he said. Since Root's offering isn't being used commercially by enterprises yet, it's not certain that operators will accept such data, but "we think carriers will honor it," Griff said.
So far, operators have been surprisingly interested in Root, he said. One that he couldn't name because of a nondisclosure agreement is working on delivering Root's offering to customers. "They have sufficient confidence in their own network. They want to put this out there because they think they can provide a significant marketing advantage in the enterprise world," he said.
Root is also in early conversations with two other operators that appear interested in a similar idea, he said.
Some of the data that will appear in the dashboard is collected by consumers who have downloaded the app to their phones. So far, that app is not very entertaining, Griff said. "We will very soon be launching our first 'wow factor' client," he said. It's intended to offer a better, more entertaining user interface that could attract more consumers to download it.
Griff was reluctant to give away too many details, but he said users will be able to view real-time information about signal strength, data speed and network latency, and compare their experiences to what they would be getting on a different network. Users will also be able to compare the service they get over time, based on their own specific usage patterns, with the service they would get from other operators. He expects the client to be out around the end of July.
The current phone software works on most Research In Motion and Android phones. Root is working on an iPhone app, but it'll be much more limited due to the restrictions Apple imposes on developers. Anyone can download the software to their phones now.
In order to boost the amount of data it has on hand, Root has hired people who travel "meticulously planned drive courses" in 21 markets with a kit in the car that includes phones from all the big carriers equipped with Root's software. Once Root gets enough users in the market, it hopes to quit doing the drives.
Even before the new client comes out, Root expects to launch a new online dashboard that's available to the public free. The current version is available on Cnet's Web site and the new one will launch as soon as next week, although it will likely roll out initially on Cnet's site in a limited fashion.
Root is still toying with offerings for enterprises and expects to start rolling some out commercially in a few months. | {
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Who is the target audience for your business? I am still amazed at the number of my clients who answer, "Everyone." Admit it. Most of us think everyone is going to love our product or service, or at the very least want to try it. Unfortunately for us (or fortunately, depending on how you feel after reading this article), that is rarely the case.
The fact is, no matter how general or broad your business may be, it still has a specific audience. Take my latest book, Financial Survival: Practical Ways to Save Money for example. By the title alone, you may be thinking what others have told me, "Sounds like a book everyone will want!" However, after testing the market, I've find that to not be true. I have come across five different types of audiences in my own book's marketing (that can be applied to any product or service), only one of which is the true audience for its message. And you may be surprised just how small that audience is!
The Denier is one who may admire your accomplishment and need what you offer, but refuses to acknowledge that your product or service is for them.
For instance, when I have had a conversation with Deniers, they will spend much of the time complaining about their financial situation. When I bring up my own struggles, what my family has been through, and how we've dealt with it (typically leading to an introduction of my book), they will pat me on the back for my accomplishment, but make some excuse that the message isn't for them.
The interesting thing about the Denier is that you can mention to them a need for someone else in their lives that would be fulfilled by your offerings (e.g., one of their children or friends) and they will eagerly purchase it for that other person. Despite their own financial problems, in my experience, they are more likely to see a solution in my book for a loved one rather than themselves.
The Denier is not without hope as an audience for your product or service. They just take more convincing. In my case, a few of them have bought the book for others, then come to me later and told me they liked it so much they decided to keep it and buy another copy for their loved ones – the ones they initially bought the first copy for. By presenting to them a need of another or continually encouraging them, you can still market your business to the Denier.
The Professional is the self-proclaimed "know-it-all" of your industry. This person may not even work in your industry, but they still believe they know more about your business than you do.
In the life of my book, this person has taken the form of financial "experts," "professional" reviewers, and others who deem themselves qualified to judge the book I wrote. Typically, this group has rejected my book outright. And it is clear, especially from the "professional" reviewers, that they couldn't see past the first part of the title that the book is about Practical Ways to Save Money, not "expert" financial advice.
In my case, my audience is definitely not the Professional. I wrote the book for everyday people who need help getting on their feet. And the interesting thing is, when I speak to groups, my "totally inappropriate" personal story is what sells the book. It has been proven that people want to relate with you on a more personal level; to know you understand what they are going through. Use that to help find your target audience!
The Accomplished is the professional who is indeed truly an expert in your field. This audience will typically take a close, objective look at your product or service and give you honest feedback. You may not always like it, but their delivery will typically be gentle.
In the case of my book, there have been many of the Accomplished who loved the book specifically for the reasons the Professional did not. They are the ones who want me to come speak to their clients, buy books for their seminars as giveaways, or give it objective reviews stressing its more redeeming qualities.
Though this audience may seem incredibly small, having just one Accomplished supporter in your circle is invaluable. They will truly be behind the message of your product or service and are more willing to support you. The Accomplished are an audience to seek out, as they can catapult your word-of-mouth marketing plan faster than you can alone.
The Dissenter is the audience you want to steer clear of. These are the people who will ignore your message and stand as far away from it as possible. They flat out disagree with everything you say, even if it is the truth.
For instance, in my book I touch on the consequences of debt – both good and bad. "Debt" has become a word that rubs certain people the wrong way. Just broaching the subject creates conflict with them. When I bring up the point that self-made millionaires didn't get where they are today by way of debt (as many of my personal millionaire contacts have shared with me), it just makes them mad.
Trying to convince a Dissenter that you speak the truth, no matter if it's clear as black and white to you, is a waste of precious time you could be spending marketing your product or service to others. The Dissenter will believe what they want to believe, even when faced with the obvious. They are blind to anything that is not in their own minds.
The Declarer is probably the most valuable audience for you to reach. They are typically the first to invest in your business and will often market it for you.
This audience will try anything you offer and typically put it to use. If they put the message you promote in your business into action in their own lives, their testimony will be that much more powerful when they are talking with others about it.
If prompted, the Declarer will sell your products or services for you. In my case, I have three avid Declarers who have sold a lot of books just by their personal testimonials. All three have found my book to be helpful for them – one even found $300 extra per month she didn't know she had by following some lifestyle changes outlined in the book. Another recently lost her job and was using methods I used when I lost my job to cope. The third has always had a tight budget, but she has been learning more of how to stick to it. All three combined make a more powerful sales force for me than one member of any other audience, even one of the Accomplished.
The Declarers can be the most powerful audience you will reach. They will buy your product or service without question, usually without you having to tell them much about it. They are eager to learn and even more eager to share. And their excitement is contagious. It gets others who hear their personal stories interested in what you offer and wanting to know more about you. This is the audience to go for first, but they can be hard to find. You will be able to recognize them by their willingness to purchase a product or service before you have to give your "sales pitch." They want it because of its value, and are often convinced simply by the blurb on the back cover of a book or the copy on the front of your brochure. After a while, you will learn to recognize the Declarer and they will become your most powerful word-of-mouth marketing tool.
Though I only mention five types of audiences, there are many "Tweener" audiences. For example, these are the types who may be in between a Denier and a Declarer, yet not fit within any of the other audiences. They may enjoy your business offerings and help promote them, just not to the extreme the Declarer will. By seeking out the extremes of your target audience, your marketing plan will succeed faster, though many "Tweeners" may take to it and help along the way as well. In my own experience, everyone could use the lifestyle changes I present in Financial Survival: Practical Ways to Save Money. But as it turns out, hardly anyone is actually open to them. I have discovered that it is human nature to be offended by truth. Since I uphold some hard truths in my book, it has made a lot of people mad (especially self-proclaimed Professionals and Dissenters). If this happens to you, don't let it get you down. Instead, congratulate yourself – you just found someone who is not in your target audience and are able to cross them off your list! | {
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How to Edit a Contact List That is Associated with a Campaign
Start on the homepage of the dashboard. Click on the Orange lettering at the top of the page that says "Contact Lists".
Click "View" on the Contact List you want to edit.
Click "RETRIEVE CSV FILE" towards the top right of the page to load the CSV file again. Make the edits deemed necessary. Save the list.
You now have to re-upload the contact list you just saved. Follow the steps outlined in "How Do You Upload A Contact List and Associate it to a Campaign" from here on out, located here. | {
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By becoming a member of the Fraser Valley Indo-Canadian Business Association you are supporting a local, grassroots organization and helping programs like the Sponsorship Fund and Young Professional's Networking Events to continue. We would love to have you on board as we continue to connect the community in unique and productive ways. Please contact us if you have any questions or would like more information about any of the following membership types that we have available.
$100 billed annually. Includes free admission to all FVICBA events throughout the year and access to FVICBA member discounts.
$150 billed annually. Free advertising space in our business directory, free admission to all FVICBA events throughout the year, and access to FVICBA member discounts.
No yearly fee. Must be under the age of 22 and have valid student id to qualify for student membership. Includes free admission to all FVICBA events throughout the year. Excludes access to FVICBA member discounts. | {
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The horse has an exceptional nature and potential as children's ponies with the ability to make wonderful companions. It is a lovely creature and very charming Pony Horse breeds in riders to overcome their fear of jumping and riding. So you have to enjoy the Dartmoor Pony without any doubt. The buddy has lovable temperament and makes them easy to train. So I give you a clear idea of origin, body characteristics, lifespan, unique features, uses of the Dartmoor pony.
What To Discuss About Dartmoor Pony?
In my article, I shall discuss the five basic characteristics of the Pony Horse breeds. The history and origin, general characteristics, temperament and lifespan, usage, and distinguished features of the Pony. As a new horse rider, you can choose this horse for your first issue. I think this pony will give you much pleasure and confidence in horse riding.
The Dartmoor pony originated in England. The history of this breed is a mystery. In the 12th and 15th centuries, the Dartmoor is used mainly in carry tin off the moor to the stannary towns and then it was used sent to work on farms.
The Dartmoor Pony is a good-looking riding pony with a small headset well on a strong, but the not massive, neck. Its shoulders are well laid back, its back is of medium length, and its loins and quarters are strong and well-covered with muscle. Its tail is set high and full. The Dartmoor pony's usual colors are black, brown and grey, and its maximum height is 12.2 hands.
Small size, calm temperament, and affectionate nature make the Dartmoor particularly well-suited for harness work and work as a children's pony. The average lifespan of this breed is 25-30 years.
Dartmoor widely used for the riding pony. The breed is very suitable for the children because of their size and temperament. They are also capable of carrying an adult. Dartmoor pony also used for showing, hunting, jumping, trail riding, driving, and dressage. They can keep as excellent pet animals that is unusual to other pets.
Dartmoor is small but strong.
Ideal for kids and children.
The breed is very social and gentle. In my article, I have to describe in detail the critical information which is essential to know all about the Dartmoor Pony. The breed is an ideal selection for the beginning of the riders, kids, and newcomers. | {
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__author__ = 'Yan'
import pandas
import sklearn.metrics
import statistics
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pylab as plt
from sklearn.cross_validation import train_test_split
from sklearn.ensemble import RandomForestClassifier
from sklearn.ensemble import ExtraTreesClassifier
# bug fix for display formats to avoid run time errors
pandas.set_option('display.float_format', lambda x:'%.2f'%x)
#load the data
data = pandas.read_csv('..\separatedData.csv')
# convert to numeric format
data["breastCancer100th"] = pandas.to_numeric(data["breastCancer100th"], errors='coerce')
data["meanSugarPerson"] = pandas.to_numeric(data["meanSugarPerson"], errors='coerce')
data["meanFoodPerson"] = pandas.to_numeric(data["meanFoodPerson"], errors='coerce')
data["meanCholesterol"] = pandas.to_numeric(data["meanCholesterol"], errors='coerce')
# listwise deletion of missing values
sub1 = data[['breastCancer100th', 'meanFoodPerson', 'meanCholesterol', 'meanSugarPerson']].dropna()
# Create the conditions to a new variable named incidence_cancer that will categorize the meanSugarPerson answers
meanIncidence = statistics.mean(sub1['breastCancer100th'])
def incidence_cancer (row):
if row['breastCancer100th'] <= meanIncidence : return 0 # Incidence of breast cancer is below the
# average of the incidence of all countries.
if row['breastCancer100th'] > meanIncidence : return 1 # Incidence of breast cancer is above the average
# of the incidence of all countries.
# Add the new variable sugar_consumption to subData
sub1['incidence_cancer'] = sub1.apply (lambda row: incidence_cancer (row),axis=1)
#Split into training and testing sets
predictors = sub1[[ 'meanSugarPerson', 'meanFoodPerson', 'meanCholesterol']]
targets = sub1['incidence_cancer']
#Train = 60%, Test = 40%
pred_train, pred_test, tar_train, tar_test = train_test_split(predictors, targets, test_size=.4)
#Build model on training data
classifier=RandomForestClassifier(n_estimators=25)
classifier=classifier.fit(pred_train,tar_train)
predictions=classifier.predict(pred_test)
confusion_matrix = sklearn.metrics.confusion_matrix(tar_test,predictions)
accuracy_score = sklearn.metrics.accuracy_score(tar_test, predictions)
print (confusion_matrix)
print (accuracy_score)
# fit an Extra Trees model to the data
model = ExtraTreesClassifier()
model.fit(pred_train,tar_train)
# display the relative importance of each attribute
print(model.feature_importances_)
"""
Running a different number of trees and see the effect
of that on the accuracy of the prediction
"""
trees=range(25)
accuracy=np.zeros(25)
for idx in range(len(trees)):
classifier=RandomForestClassifier(n_estimators=idx + 1)
classifier=classifier.fit(pred_train,tar_train)
predictions=classifier.predict(pred_test)
accuracy[idx]=sklearn.metrics.accuracy_score(tar_test, predictions)
plt.cla()
plt.plot(trees, accuracy)
print(accuracy)
print(statistics.mean(accuracy))
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For Council elections, the Province of Ontario is divided into 6 Electoral Districts. Click on the interactive map to view the current councillors elected for each Electoral District.
Every member can vote for the provincial representatives. The provincial representatives must reside in Ontario.
Territorial districts of Algoma, Cochrane, Kenora, Manitoulin, Nipissing, Parry Sound, Rainy River, Sudbury, Thunder Bay and Timiskaming.
City of Hamilton, Haldimand County, Norfolk County, the City of Burlington, The Regional Municipalities of Niagara and Waterloo, the counties of Bruce, Elgin, Essex, Grey, Huron, Lambton, Middlesex, Perth and Wellington, the County of Brant, the County of Oxford, and the Municipality of Chatham-Kent.
Counties of Dufferin, Haliburton, Northumberland, Peterborough and Simcoe, the City of Kawartha Lakes, The Regional Municipalities of Durham, Peel and York, The Regional Municipality of Halton excluding the City of Burlington, and the Territorial District of Muskoka.
To vote or represent the City of Toronto, your address of record must be in the city itself.
Counties of Frontenac, Hastings, Lanark, Lennox and Addington, and Renfrew, the County of Prince Edward, the united counties of Leeds and Grenville, Prescott and Russell, and Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, and the City of Ottawa. | {
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Lo Jalutorovskij rajon () è un rajon dell'Oblast' di Tjumen', nella Russia asiatica; il capoluogo è Jalutorovsk. Istituito nel 1923, ricopre una superficie di 2800 chilometri quadrati ed ospitava nel 2010 una popolazione di circa 15.000 abitanti.
Altri progetti
Collegamenti esterni
Rajon dell'Oblast' di Tjumen' | {
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I made this drawing in 2015. It is made with pencils on A4 paper. Like usually I just started drawing and can not really remember all the thoughts I had. But I can remember that the title was inspired by the song "Adrift" from the band Cult of Luna.
Great leading lines and again some more interesting details you starting to recognize when looking quite a longer time.
Love the flow and the design for the piece, Sander :) You use lines and movements so beautifully in your pieces that the eyes are led on to wander and appreciate the elements of your canvas ! For this one, I feel a kind of 'resignment' of going along, adrift, with a great currents and somehow by going along, ... changing shapes, elongating, and becoming together with others in the journey.... A thoughtful piece. It has reflections on our lives, doesnt it? :) Love your style, Sander! | {
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Baby Natasha was photographed at 3 weeks old. She was such a beautiful newborn and she slept through the shoot! Here are some of her beautiful photos.
I got to take photos of this gorgeous family at the beautiful resort they were staying at! The family was so sweet and they all were so close. I had such a great time at this shoot!
The Taunt family is hilarious and I LOVE them!!!! Kaili is their daughter, and she has TONS of personality! I have never seen a toddler with such a sense of humor! This shoot was so fun and Kaili is an absolute doll!! | {
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Southern heritage organization proposes Jonesborough boycott after vote on veterans memorial
By Heather Richardson
Published July 22nd, 2009
An economic boycott of the town of Jonesborough has been proposed in reaction to a decision made by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concerning an amendment made to the town's Veterans Memorial Park.
The Southern Legal Resource Center, a nonprofit organization that advocates in matters involving Southern history, heritage and culture, has proposed the boycott as a way to show frustrations and disappointment with the board's decision.
The town's original policy for the park did not allow for engraved bricks memorializing soldiers who fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War to be placed in the park. In June, after much controversy surrounded the issue, the Board of Mayor and Aldermen voted to amend the policy allowing bricks honoring Confederate soldiers to be included in the park. The board chose to send the policy to the Veterans Affairs Committee so it could make the necessary amendments.
When the policy was brought back to the board at the July meeting it had been amended to include the Confederate soldiers' bricks in the park. The distinction between whether the soldier fought for the Union or for the Confederacy, however, would not be made. The bricks would simply state "Civil War."
The board approved the policy amendments.
According to SLRC Executive Director Roger McCredie, this decision is unacceptable and "violates both express representations made to persons desiring to purchase Confederate bricks and also contradicts the precedent already established with respect to Union soldiers' bricks already in place."
As the center's first step in the boycott process, the SLRC has drafted a resolution for adoption by the Sons of Confederate Veterans. The SCV annual convention is taking place this week in Hot Springs, Ark. McCredie said the resolution would be presented to them at the convention and a decision would be made this week.
The resolution states that "the town of Jonesborough has acted in bad faith and out of a cynical and self-serving sense of political expediency, and has caused great disappointment and distress to citizens seeking to memorialize Confederate veterans."
McCredie said that along with looking into the legal issues of possible contractual agreements being broken, the center is proposing the economic boycott to express their disappointments and frustrations.
"We chose this course of action quite frankly because of the reality that Jonesborough is a tourism town," McCredie said.
The boycott "encourages all members of the Sons of Confederate Veterans to refrain from purchasing any goods or services from any merchant or representative or form of entertainment within the town of Jonesborough, Tennessee, and to encourage others to do likewise," McCredie said.
According to McCredie, the SCV includes about 32,000 members with 3,000 to 4,000 located in Tennessee.
"These are people who are all potential customers of the town of Jonesborough," McCredie said. "That gives you an insight into why that course of action would be taken."
© 2009 Kingsport Publishing Corporation
On The Web: www.timesnews.net/article.php?id=9015450
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The nuclear energy plant in Fessenehim was shut down after a defective pipe was found in the machine room. Luckily the machine room did not store nuclear material, however the shutdown was for precaution while a repair is conducted.
This shutdown is the second since April 2014 due to two incidents. A new plant is being constructed in northern France and is scheduled to be online in 2017. Once it is completed, Fessenheim will be closed.
The plant is the oldest operating plant in France and contains two reactors that have been running since 1977. Activists have been urging this facility be closed due to its age and risk to the environment and country should something go wrong. In 2014, Greenpeace protested and demanded the aging plant be closed and that renewable energy should be the future. | {
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Corvettes at Carlisle Launches August 25, 2016
The Best Just got Even Better at Carlisle
CARLISLE, PA – Corvettes at Carlisle has entertained millions since its inception in 1982. People come because the event is so popular among not only Corvette lovers, but casual attendees who enjoy walking the grounds to see America's favorite sports car! In fact, Corvettes at Carlisle is so over the top popular that for 2016, it's been officially extended to four days. This year's weekend takes place August 25-28 and once again, every era of Corvette will be showcased in front of tens of thousands of showgoers.
Why do people from around the world flock to Corvettes at Carlisle each summer? Simply put, the weekend has something unique at every turn. There's autocross hosted by the Cumberland Valley Corvette Club, special indoor displays, a downtown parade and street party, a judged and non-judged Fun Field filled with upwards of 5,000 Corvettes and really, more activities and happenings than can be referenced in this release.
Corvettes at Carlisle was founded by Chip Miller and though he's passed, Carlisle Events honors him each year with a display called Chip's Choice. This year, the spotlight shines on Greenwood and Guldstrand Corvettes. Another hot spot destination includes THE best of the best Corvettes, the NCRS Gallery and a massive tent will also host some of the coolest 1966 Corvettes ever built.
As the event evolves, so has the way cars can be shown; there's something for every Corvette lover. The National Council of Corvette Clubs (NCCC) returns with its judged Fun Field, where they offer Seven Sanctions to those who participate. If the NCCC isn't the preferred way to show, the general Fun Field will accommodate too, offering the chance cruise in, park and relax for four fun-filled days or register and reserve your show spot in the new reserved Fun Field. Either way, early registration assures inclusion and if done up to one month prior to the weekend, also offers a 10% discount.
There's more to the show than just Corvettes on the Fun Field. The level of camaraderie associated with the weekend is unmatched. Through not only the love of Chip Miller, but the Corvette too, Corvettes at Carlisle offers special VIP packages (Chip's Circle or Chip Miller Amyloidosis Foundation Dinner) that sees proceeds directly benefit the foundation. Space for both are limited and will sell out.
Finally, Corvettes at Carlisle would not be what it is without its massive swap meet and vendor base. Between the vendors selling new and after market pieces and parts within the swap meet and the Manufactures Midway, anyone looking to make improvements to their Corvette can do so with ease and as part of a big selection of inventory. Further, the midway also includes vendors doing onsite installs, meaning that the guest can simply hand over the keys and enjoy their time at the show while the pros get the job done.
Ultimately, this is all available to everyone right now. Showing a car or buying a ticket, it's an affordable family friendly weekend that only happens once a year. Learn more at www.CarlisleEvents.com.
Carlisle Events is a partner or producer of 11 annual collector car and truck events. Events are held at the Carlisle PA Fairgrounds (Carlisle, PA), Allentown Fairgrounds (Allentown, PA) and the SUN 'n FUN Expo Campus (Lakeland, FL). The season schedule includes five automotive swap meets of varying size, four auctions, as well as individual specialty shows featuring Corvettes, Fords, GMs, Chryslers, trucks, imports, tuners and performance sport compacts. Founded in 1974 by friends Bill Miller and Chip Miller, events hosted at Carlisle attract more than a half a million enthusiasts annually from all corners of the globe. More information is available via www.CarlisleEvents.com or www.CarlisleAuctions.com.
Press Release CORVETTE RACING AT SEBRING: Championship Close-Out
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GM Press Release: Corvette Racing Team Set to Take On Laguna Seca This Sunday
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GM Press Release: CORVETTE RACING AT VIR: Ready for an Overall Fight | {
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The Network Interpretations Team (NIT) has issued a technical decision regarding Testing both thresholds for SSH rekey.
b. All hardware components that are the basis of such argument are definitively identified in the ST. For example, if specific Ethernet Controller or WiFi radio chip is the root cause of such limitation, these chips must be identified.
Additionally, there is an additional limitation on the validity of certification, where any hardware change of the components identified in the argument will invalidate certification. This limitation should be clearly identified as part of certified product listing.
For further information, please see the NIT interpretation at: https://www.niap-ccevs.org/Documents_and_Guidance/ccevs/NITDecisionRfi201717.pdf.
As stated in the 'Resolution' section above, the NIT confirms that the intention of FCS_SSHC_EXT.1.8 and FCS_SSHS_EXT.1.8 is that both thresholds are implemented and tested. But in particular case when the threshold cannot be met due to hardware limitations, it is reasonable that testing could be omitted for this threshold. It is not expected that a check is implemented for a threshold that cannot be reached by the TOE. | {
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the senior men's national football team.
Reports coming through and carried out by several media have quoted Keshi suggesting he had an on the table from SAFA.
SAFA President, Danny Jordaan, denied such reports.
coach or a representative of any coach," he added.
ongoing FIFA World Cup in Brazil. | {
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Congratulations to CHAS Health' NP Residency Program, headquartered in Spokane WA! The NP Residency was the first program to complete NNPRFTC's Pre-accreditation process. And now CHAS has successfully transitioned to programmatic Accreditation.
Congratulations! CHAS Health's Nurse Practitioner Residency Program is the first NP postgraduate program to be awarded pre-accreditation by NNPRFTC. CHAS, headquartered in Spokane WA, was awarded pre-accreditation September 27, 2018. Trainees in the class of 2018 are considered to have completed a pre-accredited postgraduate NP training program. CHAS's class of 2018 finished their program in September, and all went on to full-time employment for agencies serving vulnerable, under-served populations.
Pre-accreditation is a formal designation that has national recognition. For programs in their first year, pre-accreditation provides a pathway that may lead to full accreditation. Programs are eligible to apply for pre-accreditation if they meet the eligibility requirements for accreditation, but their first cohort of trainees is still enrolled at the time of the site visit. Pre-accreditation may convert to accreditation during the second year if it is determined that the program is meeting outstanding requirements such as end-of-year trainee and faculty evaluations and on-going program evaluation. | {
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Living in the moment……practising Mindfulness.
Nowhere to go, nothing to do. This is a simple mantra that I often use at the end of class during savasana. Of course we all have lots to do and places to go but I like to remind everyone that just for a moment none of that matters. I realise this is easier said than done because the first time I heard the mantra my reaction was to immediately think of all the things that I must do and cursed the teacher for reminding me. However, what we need to accept is that none of these thoughts entering our minds do matter, at least not for the time we are in Savasana, not if we are practising Sati or Smrti (mindfulness) and living in the moment.
In the Yoga Sutra, the sage Patanjali defined yoga as citta vritti nirodha, which translated roughly means when you cease to identify with your ever-changing thoughts, you experience the state of yoga: the heart, body, and mind unify, and you recognize your true nature. Practising Vinyasa Flow Yoga which can be seen as a moving meditation is a means of experiencing this.
It's not easy to lessen the flow of mind traffic. Our minds are always on the go these days and constantly looking for stimulation. We worry about the future and our past actions and it can be difficult to just be and seize the moment. As John Lennon said "life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans". If there is one thing I've discovered on my Yoga journey is that I'm guilty like most people of this. So my Sadhana (dedication) on this journey is to practice living in the moment, not worrying about the past or the future and reminding myself that during Savasana there really is nowhere to go and nothing to do. | {
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