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Ryan Powers
February 13, 2008News & Politics
Gene Nichol, the President of the College and William and Mary, resigned yesterday in protest of a politically-motivated decision by the College's Board of Visitors not to renew his contract. Michelle Malkin and other conservative commentators have seized on his resignation as "victory" and inaccurately characterized his departure as "disgraced." The reality is quite different.
Nichol's tenure aroused significant outcry among conservative lawmakers in Richmond, VA and conservative political operatives in Washington, DC. These external voices objected to Nichol's presidency for two superficial and unfounded reasons:
1) Nichol's decision to remove a Christian Cross from permanent display from in the College's non-denominational Wren Chapel.
Nichol explained the decision was made "in order to help Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, and other religious minorities feel more meaningfully included as members of our broad community." The cross continued to be available for display upon student request. Further, my conversations with several leaders of student-run Christian groups on campus revealed that that the cross's removal was indeed not an issue.
But while the cross was eventually returned at the decision of an independent committee, a lawsuit calling for a reversal of Nichol's decision was dismissed by a federal court. Indicative of the entirely political nature of the attacks on Nichol's Wren Cross decision is the fact that this "Save the Wren Cross" campaign was led by former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich's policy director.
2) Nichol refused to bar a student-funded and run organization from hosting the "Sex Workers Art Show."
While Nichol expressed personal disapproval of the event, he argued the students must be allowed, on First Amendment grounds, to proceed with their student-funded event. The Rector of the College, former FCC Chairman Michael Powell, did not object to Nichol's justification. Malkin suggests that critics of the event were silenced, but a number of vocal protestors from the campus and community were allowed to assemble outside the two sold-out performances.
Further, all three local nightly news broadcasts covered the event, and a number of op-eds objecting to the event were published both the campus and community press. Malkin's conspiracy theories aside, the bar on video and still photography during the event is a common condition placed on many performances on William and Mary's campus.
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Miró & the Subversion of Surface
By SIÂN FOLLEY & ALICE MCANDREW
R adical use of materials is the leitmotif of modernism. Yet, for Miró, it was the means to a particular end: "I want to assassinate painting". This declaration, made to French art critic Maurice Raynal in 1927, marked the beginning of a lifelong commitment to challenging painterly convention. An important work embodying this very intention will be offered for sale in the Impressionist and Modern Art Day Sale at Sotheby's in London on 2 March.
JOAN MIRÓ, PAINTING, 1931. ESTIMATE: £250,000—350,000.
With its radical use of collage and metal support, Painting, executed in March 1931, exemplifies Miró's assault on traditional painting. In January of the same year, Miró famously told Francisco Melgar, during the journalist's visit to his Paris studio: "I intend to destroy, destroy everything that exists in painting"(Miró and the Object, p. 24).
MIRÓ EXPERIMENTING ON A LARGE SCALE. PHOTOGRAPHED BY FRANCESC CATALÂ-ROCA.
By 1931, the status of painting had reached an impasse; following an epistemological crisis, instigated by the work of Hegel and Husserl, and economic crisis in the late 1920s and early 1930s, modern artists called into question painting’s metaphysical and monetary underpinnings. After his initial move to Paris in 1922, Miró established close contact with Picasso, Breton, Masson, Ernst, Arp and Éluard and began to adopt an overtly experimental style. His un-primed canvases of 1927, revolutionary collages of 1929 and anti-painting objets of 1930 were followed by artworks dedicated to innovative technique and an economy of pictorial means.
MIRÓ APPLYING PAINT WITH HIS FINGERS, AND IN HIS STUDIO IN MONTMATRE, PARIS IN THE 1950S.
The playful subversion of traditional supports and the use of non-artistic materials, as is evident in Painting (March 1931), was a rebellion against the inherent predisposition to ascribe value to paintings. From the mid-1920s onwards, painting became synonymous with commercialism and cowardice in Surrealist circles; the reluctance to work freely with materials and take risks came to signify a superficial interest in monetary gain over dedication to the advancement of the avant-garde. Miró wrote to his Spanish friend Gasch in January 1931 of "bleak financial circumstances"; yet, as other letters from the period where the artist spoke of "beating" his canvases "with hammer blows" make clear, Miró was more preoccupied with the crisis in painting than in economics (Miró, quoted in Anne Umland, Joan Miró: Painting and Anti-Painting, 1927-1937, New York, 2008 p. 10).
FRANCESC CATALÂ-ROCA, MIRÓ LOOKING THROUGH ONE OF HIS BURNT CANVASSES, 1973.
We glimpse a mischievous grin through a burnt canvas in Francesc Català Roca's photograph of Miró in 1973. Forty-years after his call for murder, Miró's visceral approach to artistic production remained corrosive. As with Painting, Miró's burnt canvases of the 1970s continued to undermine any simple equation between the meaning of creating a painting and making a work of art. For Miró, destructive and creative impulses were irrevocably intertwined: "The material, the instrument, dictate a technique to me; a way of giving life to a thing." (Joan Miró, 1893-1993, 1993 Fundació Joan Miró, p. 426).
MAIN IMAGE: JOAN MIRÓ, PAINTING, 1931. ESTIMATE: £250,000—350,000.
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Islanders Earn Failing Grades at Midseason
January 17, 2017 by Gil Martin
The New York Islanders have reached the halfway mark of the 2016-17 season and so far, the results have been very disappointing. The Isles were expected to build on back-to-back 100-point seasons and continue to develop around their young core. Instead, the team has struggled to find consistency in nearly all aspects of the game and find themselves in last place in the Eastern Conference.
Here is a breakdown of all aspects of the Islanders’ performance thus far this season. Players are graded on both their performances and how well they have met expectations.
John Tavares remains the most reliable offensive weapon the Islanders have. When the captain struggles, the Islanders offense has trouble scoring. The Isles are just 4-9-3 when Tavares fails to register a point this season.
Josh Bailey has quietly played well on Tavares’ wing. He leads the team with 23 assists and has shown good vision and hockey sense.
Josh Bailey has helped the Isles top line (James Guillory-USA TODAY Sports)
Anders Lee has been the team’s most reliable goal scorer after scoring only one goal until Thanksgiving. He is also a Cy Young candidate with 15 goals and just five assists. Lee is most effective when he uses his size to create havoc in front of the opposing net.
After the top line, things get much shakier for the Islanders. Brock Nelson is third on the team with 23 points, but often disappears for long stretches. Ryan Strome is best suited to play center but usually finds himself on the wing. Strome frustrates the coaching staff by playing on the perimeter too often. Strome also needs to improve his play without the puck.
Andrew Ladd was signed to a big free-agent contract last July but hasn’t lived up to the hype. The veteran forward is on pace for 16 goals and 24 points, hardly worth his $5.5 million cap hit. More importantly, he has been a non-factor in too many games. Jack Capuano demoted Ladd to the third or even fourth line for several games due to his poor play.
Jason Chimera was the other big free-agent signing. Chimera has also been a non-factor in too many games. He is on pace for 14 goals, closer to his career average but well behind last season’s 20-goal campaign with Washington.
Shane Prince and Alan Quine have shown glimpses of skill but also lack consistency. Every once in a while, you remember they’re in the lineup when they make a nifty play. Still, there are too many games when it’s hard to remember if they were in the lineup or a healthy scratch.
The energy line of Casey Cizikas, Nikolay Kulemin and Cal Clutterbuck has done its job and even added occasional offense. Kulemin has been a solid replacement for the departed Matt Martin. The line is still difficult to play against even if they are a bit less physical than they were a year ago.
Rookie Anthony Beauvillier has shown glimpses of the offensive ability that encouraged the team to keep him in the NHL. He is a hard worker but still needs to improve his play without the puck to fully earn the trust of his coaches. Beauvillier should see more ice time in the second half of the season unless the Isles make a major move to get back into the playoff race.
Overall, the Isles rank 9th in the league in goals-for-per-game after a slow start. The lack of consistent secondary scoring has hurt the team all season. More importantly, the team still lacks an offensive threat who can take the pressure off Tavares.
Grade: C+
Defensemen:
This unit has provided more offense than expected this season, but they have also had too many lapses in their own zone.
The top pairing of Nick Leddy and Travis Hamonic have poor plus/minus ratings (minus-8 and minus-14) and poor Corsi numbers as well. Leddy is on pace for 14 goals and 42 points. Hamonic provides major minutes while usually facing the opponent’s top line, but this duo’s play in their own end has to improve.
Thomas Hickey provides clutch offense and is heady, but his lack of size occasionally causes problems. Johnny Boychuk hasn’t been as productive offensively as the team expected. Boychuk, Leddy and Hamonic are all locker room leaders.
Thomas Hickey has scored clutch goals for the Isles. (Amy Irvin / The Hockey Writers)
Dennis Seidenberg has been a useful pickup on the third pairing. Nobody expected him to get off to such a strong start offensively. Seidenberg is also a plus-15 while no other player on the team is better than plus-8.
Calvin de Haan got off to a good start, but he’s coughed up too many pucks in his own end in recent games. He needs to be more consistent.
Injuries have kept young defensemen like Adam Pelech and Ryan Pulock from making much of an impact. Scott Mayfield has provided an offensive spark whenever called upon but his play without the puck has kept him from sticking with the big club on a permanent basis.
Overall, this unit has turned the puck over too often and had long stretches where they struggled to clear the puck out of their own zone.
The team’s decision to keep three goalies backfired in a big way. Jaroslav Halak got most of the action early in the season but he was never happy with the three-goalie rotation and his play was inconsistent at best. Halak’s 3.23 GAA and .904 save percentage were well below the league average. He was waived and sent to Bridgeport after taking offense at some comments made by the coaching staff.
Thomas Greiss has been the team’s most consistent goalie this season. The team seems to feed off his unflappable demeanor. The Islanders will rely heavily on Greiss in the second half of the season. His play has been even better since Halak was sent down to the AHL.
Thomas Greiss has been the Isles best goalie (Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports)
J.F. Berube didn’t see any action at all until December 10th. The lack of practice and game action hampered his development and reduced his trade value. He will now serve as Greiss’ backup for the second half. Berube has shown flashes but is unproven at the NHL level.
General manager Garth Snow made a mistake by holding on to three goalies for another season. The time to trade Halak was after the World Championships where the veteran proved he was healthy and could still play. Instead, all three goalies got hurt and Halak’s value dropped as we got deeper into the season.
Overall, the goaltending was not spectacular in the first half, but the goalies were not always to blame. Poor team defense left the netminders out to dry on too many occasions in the first half of this season. The result is that the Isles are 26th in the league in goals allowed-per-game.
Special Teams:
The Islanders special teams have been a problem all season. The penalty kill started off strong in the first few games but has been very inconsistent since then. After falling down near the very bottom of the league, the Isles are now 21st in the league at killing penalties.
The power play has also struggled and is 26th with a disappointing 14 percent success rate. Again, the lack of a consistent scoring threat outside Tavares and maybe Lee has hurt the power play.
The team really misses Frans Nielsen who contributed to both special teams units in recent years. The Islanders have not found an adequate replacement for the versatile Dane.
Outlook:
The Islanders have lots of room for improvement. The team’s lack of consistency and failure to put together enough strings of strong games or even strong periods has been frustrating.
The Isles are 10 points out of a playoff spot with half a season remaining. The good news is the team should be able to play better and they do have a few games in hand right now on most of the competition.
The bad news is that they play in the league’s strongest division and need to pass a lot of teams to qualify for the playoffs. Reaching the postseason for a third time has to be considered a long shot. Clearing out cap space and giving some younger players a chance to show what they can do will become a greater priority as we get closer to the trade deadline. This season has been a major disappointment. The second half will determine whether or not it was a completely wasted campaign.
Gil Martin
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Chan Fired Up (?) in Response to Joubert
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Canadian champion Patrick Chan is firing back tonight at former world champion Brian Joubert, who has made complaints regarding the lack of quads in men's figure skating. These comments seem extremely out of character for the normally very respectful Chan. Here's what the Slam! Sports article quotes him as saying of Joubert:
"I think Joubert is constantly, always complaining," Chan told reporters after practice Monday at the Staples Center. "Because he never has anything else to say."
"Yes, okay, fine, men are doing worse according to (Joubert)," Chan said. "But if you're going to say, let's all do quads, then he better have three quads in his program and do them good. Or else he has nothing else to say.
"He just says that because he just wants to have an excuse.
Chan wasn't concerned he may have threw fuel on the fire Monday.
"I kind of dug myself a grave, huh? We'll see," Chan said. "If he's mad at me he's mad at me. What am I going to do?"
Chan has said he'll work on his quad over the summer and hopes to have one in his program for the 2010 Olympics.
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Top sights and attractions, Bondi Beach and Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs
So what sights should you see?
The Harbour Bridge and Opera House
Just everybody who comes to Sydney for the first time, are naturally very keen to see the Harbour Bridge and the Opera House. The fact is you will see them over and over again if, as you should, plan to spend some time on and the Harbour.
Where to take photographs
A favourite spot to view and take photographs of the Harbour Bridge is from the Opera House. A great way to return the compliment is to climb the Harbour Bridge Pylon and take pictures of the Opera House, the Harbour and the skyline from an unparalleled vantage point.
Harbour Bridge Pylon Lookout
From the Harbour Bridge Pylon Lookout you should be able to see all the way through to Sydney Heads. You might find yourself wondering how Sydney looks from the entrance to the Harbour.
Watsons Bay
There’s one way to find out and that’s to visit Watsons Bay in the Eastern Suburbs. Watsons Bay is near South Head, the entrance to the Harbour. With the sea to the east of you, Sydney Heads to the north and the Harbour to the west, you aren’t sort of places to explore and sights to see.
Doyles Restaurant
A key attraction at Watsons Bay is the famous Doyles Restaurant. This family restaurant can trace back its beginnings back to 1885. You still buy take away fish and chips and eat them on the beach or grass reserve near the water just like millions of people before you.
Sights to Sightsee
But what else should you see? What are the top must see sights and attractions that should be on your sightseeing list. You surely can’t spend your entire time gawping at the icons of Sydney Harbour….how about a trip to the beach?
Rush Hour at the Beach
If Bondi Beach looks like the sort of place your body would like to be then make sure you add it to your list as it’s even better being there. If you want to visit just one beach in Australia then the one beach to visit would be Bondi Beach – the People’s beach. Bondi is arguably the Sydney beach you have to see and it is certainly the most popular. There are few sights that compare with the golden sand and the turquoise water of the most famous beach in Australia.
Bondi is also the closest beach to the city centre. It is little more than 8 kilometres away. You can catch the train to Bondi Junction and then a bus down towards the beach. For many of the people who come to Sydney, Bondi is the first and most memorable encounter with Sydney beach life.
Walk from to Coogee
Bondi possess a riches of interesting boutique stores especially on Hall Street and Campbell Parade and there’s no shortage of great eating spots. Browse the area for distinctly Australian products, including a large selection of surf wear, before relaxing over lunch in a bustling café. If you feel energetic then don’t miss the beautiful coastal walk to Coogee.
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The Ten Thousand Doors of January
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"A gorgeous, aching love letter to stories, storytellers, and the doors they lead us through...absolutely enchanting."—Christina Henry, bestselling author of Alice and Lost Boys LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER! Finalist for the 2020 Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and World Fantasy Awards. ...
Warlight (Vintage International)
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City of Clowns
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A gorgeously rendered graphic novel of Daniel Alarcón’s story City of Clowns. From the author of The King Is Always Above the People, which was longlisted for the 2017 National Book Award for Fiction. ...
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Jayne Anne Phillips's reputation-making debut collection paved the way for a new generation of writers. Raved about by reviewers and embraced by the likes of Raymond Carver, Frank Conroy, Annie Dillard, and Nadine Gordimer, Black Tickets now stands as a classic. ... | {"pred_label": "__label__cc", "pred_label_prob": 0.7411869168281555, "wiki_prob": 0.2588130831718445, "source": "cc/2023-06/en_middle_0098.json.gz/line451480"} |
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Scottish Parliament: Education and Skills (24 Mar 2021)
Linda Fabiani: Good afternoon, everyone. I remind members that social distancing measures are in place in the chamber and across the campus. I ask members to take care to observe those measures, including when entering and exiting the chamber. The next item of business is portfolio questions, and the first portfolio is education and skills. Members who wish to ask supplementary questions should press their...
Scottish Parliament: Motion of Thanks (24 Mar 2021)
Linda Fabiani: The next item of business is consideration of motion S5M-24442, in the name of Nicola Sturgeon, on a motion of thanks. All our party leaders will speak in the debate, and then we will take a vote. I hope that our last vote of the session will be unanimous. You are not to run off at that point, however, because we will then have a few words from our esteemed Presiding Officer. I will take...
Scottish Parliament: Decision Time (24 Mar 2021)
Linda Fabiani: There is one question to be put as a result of our business. The question is, that motion S5M-24442, in the name of Nicola Sturgeon, on a motion of thanks, be agreed to. Motion agreed to, That the Parliament expresses its thanks to its Presiding Officer, Ken Macintosh, for his service to the Parliament and pays tribute to all of those Members who are standing down at the end of this session.
Scottish Parliament: Domestic Abuse (Court Delays) (17 Mar 2021)
Linda Fabiani: 1. To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service regarding any court delays in cases relating to domestic abuse. (S5O-05114)
Linda Fabiani: I thank the cabinet secretary for that detailed answer. I know that he recognises the added stress that delayed court cases cause to victims of alleged domestic abuse, in the form of uncertainty, family worries and, in too many cases, fear. Of course, such delays happened pre-pandemic, but the situation has got worse, for understandable reasons. When he meets the Crown Office and Procurator...
Scottish Parliament: Domestic Abuse (Protection) (Scotland) Bill (17 Mar 2021)
Linda Fabiani: The next item of business is a debate on motion S5M-24381, in the name of Ash Denham, on the Domestic Abuse (Protection) (Scotland) Bill.
Scottish Parliament: United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3 (16 Mar 2021)
Linda Fabiani: On a point of order, Presiding Officer. Something went wrong with the voting app, and it would not work. I would have voted yes.
Scottish Parliament: Redress for Survivors (Historical Child Abuse in Care) (Scotland) Bill (11 Mar 2021)
Linda Fabiani: The next item is a debate on motion S5M-24338, in the name of John Swinney, on the Redress for Survivors (Historical Child Abuse in Care) (Scotland) Bill.
Scottish Parliament: Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform (10 Mar 2021)
Linda Fabiani: Good afternoon, everyone. I remind members that social distancing measures are in place in the chamber and across the whole campus. I ask that members take care to observe those measures, including when entering and exiting the chamber. Please only use the aisles and walkways to access your seat and when moving around the chamber. Question 1 is from James Dornan. [ Interruption .] Perhaps. If...
Scottish Parliament: Health and Sport (25 Feb 2021)
Linda Fabiani: Good afternoon, everyone. I remind all members that social distancing measures are in place in the chamber and that masks should be worn on entering and leaving or when wandering about. The first item of business is portfolio questions.
Scottish Parliament: Citizens Assembly of Scotland (Report) (18 Feb 2021)
Linda Fabiani: Good afternoon. The next item of business is a debate on motion S5M-24165, in the name of Michael Russell, on “Doing Politics Differently: The Report of the Citizens’ Assembly of Scotland”. I invite members who wish to speak in the debate to press their request-to-speak buttons, and I call Michael Russell to speak to and move the motion. You have around 12 minutes, please.
Scottish Parliament: Mental Health (17 Feb 2021)
Linda Fabiani: We move to the open debate. We are already over time so please be very tight with speeches, which should last no longer than four minutes.
Scottish Parliament: Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (Malicious Prosecutions) (10 Feb 2021)
Linda Fabiani: Good afternoon, everyone. I give the usual reminder that social distancing measures are in place in the chamber and across the Holyrood campus. The next item of business is a debate on motion S5M-24095, in name of Murdo Fraser, on the Crown Office. Members who wish to speak in the debate should please press their request-to-speak buttons if they are in the chamber, or press R in the chat box...
Scottish Parliament: Health and Sport (4 Feb 2021)
Linda Fabiani: Good afternoon, and welcome to this virtual meeting of the Scottish Parliament. The first item of business is portfolio question time. If members want to ask a question that is within the portfolio that is under discussion, they should please put an R in the chat box.
Scottish Parliament: Land Ownership History (Impact of Slavery) (4 Feb 2021)
Linda Fabiani: Good evening, everyone. The next item of business is a members’ business debate on motion S5M-23310, in the name of Alasdair Allan, on “Plantation slavery and landownership in the west Highlands and Islands: legacies and lessons”. The debate will be concluded without any question being put. Motion debated, That the Parliament welcomes the publication by Community Land Scotland of an...
Scottish Parliament: Universal Support for Self-Isolation (3 Feb 2021)
Linda Fabiani: I remind everyone that social distancing measures are in place in the chamber and across the campus. I ask everyone to take particular care when they are entering or exiting the chamber. The next item of business is a Scottish Green Party debate on motion S5M-24029, in the name of Mark Ruskell, on universal support for self-isolation.
Scottish Parliament: Budget 2021-22 (28 Jan 2021)
Linda Fabiani: Good afternoon, everyone. I remind members that social distancing measures are in place in the chamber and across the campus. The next item of business is a statement by Kate Forbes on the Scottish budget for 2021-22. The cabinet secretary will take questions at the end of her statement, so there should be no interventions or interruptions.
Scottish Parliament: Point of Order (28 Jan 2021)
Linda Fabiani: Thank you for your point of order, Mr Findlay. The reason why I felt that I had to suspend the meeting was that business could not carry on as it should have, because there was no one here who could move the motion that we will be debating. However, it was not acceptable and it should not have happened. Business should indeed have followed on from the cabinet secretary’s statement on the budget.
Scottish Parliament: Domestic Abuse (Protection) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1 (28 Jan 2021)
Linda Fabiani: We shall now carry on with that very important business, which is a debate on motion S5M-23983, in the name of Humza Yousaf, on the Domestic Abuse (Protection) (Scotland) Bill at stage 1.
Scottish Parliament: European Union (Post-Brexit Discussions) (27 Jan 2021)
Linda Fabiani: 4. To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with European Union member states following the end of the Brexit transition period. (S5O-04948)
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Developers Can Now Reply To User Reviews On Apple App Store
Developers Can Now Reply to User Reviews on the Apple App Store
Published: April 3, 2017 9:29 AM
By: Chris Anderson
Apple has implemented a new feature that allows developers of apps found on the Apple App Store to reply to reviews posted by users. This feature comes after years of iOS users asking Apple for the feature, which has been a part of Android's Google Play store for four years now.
This feature has been introduced to iOS with the recently released 10.3 update and the 10.12.4 for Apple's MacOS.
Positive ratings and reviews can encourage customers to download or purchase your app. By delivering great responses to users' comments and assisting those who have questions about your app, you can create a better user experience, drive increased engagement, and improve your app’s rating.
The introduction of the reply feature for developers will make it way easier to interact with their audiences on the popular app store. Starting with these updates, developers can respond to reviews on their apps from an iPhone, iPad or Mac. Developers are only allowed to send in one response per review, but they can go back in and add answers to other questions or feedback.
The iOS 10.3 allows users to locate their AirPods from their phone using Apple's device tracking service, some more font settings, and the introduction of the Apple File System. This new system was announced by the tech giant during last year's WWDC and is supposed to make your phone more secure from digital shenanigans whilst simultaneously taking up less space than the previously used system.
In addition to the review support, MacOS 10.12.4 introduced Night Shift. This is Apple's proprietary version of f.lux, which changes the color temperature of your screen to reduce blue light coming off your screen at night. Other things in this update are updates to the OS's dictation system and some behind the scenes tweaks and fixes to minor bugs.
What do you think of this change? Do you think that it will help improve support for games and products on Apple devices? Share your thoughts in the comments below!
Author: Chris Anderson | Staff Writer
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In Excise Appeal No.51538 of 2022-SM-CESTAT- CESTAT takes note of glitch in Govt Portal due to which Company couldn’t deposit dues, says in absence of condition precedent in Sec.11AA of Central Excise Act, no interest could be demanded
Judicial Member-Anil Choudhary [16-01-2023]
24 Jan- 2023, by: Tulip Kanth
Read Order: AFT Tobacco Pvt. Ltd Vs. Commissioner, Central Goods & Service Tax And Central Excise
Tulip Kanth
New Delhi, January 24, 2023: While holding that the Revenue cannot take advantage of its wrongdoing, by levy of interest, the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi, has set aside the Commissioner’s order asking the appellant-Tobacco manufacturer to deposit interest amounting to over Rs 42 lakh after noting the technical glitch which occurred on the Portal.
The Bench of Judicial Member-Anil Choudhary, was approached by the appellant who had filed the appeal against the Order-in-appeal confirming the demand of interest on late payment of National Calamity Contingent Duty (NCCD) for the period July, 2017 to July, 2019 in respect of Unit-I and August, 2017 to July, 2019 for Unit-II.
The facts of the case suggested that NCCD was charged under Section 136 of the Finance Act, 2001 on specified goods (including tobacco products) manufactured in India. With effect from July 1,2017 CGST Act, 2017 was implemented (GST regime) at the same time Central Excise Act, 1944 was repealed and by virtue of Section 174 of CGST Act, the Central Excise Act in respect of goods included in Entry 84 of Schedule-VII of Union List of the Constitution of India, had been saved.
The appellant as a manufacturing unit, manufacturing tobacco products were liable to pay GST plus NCCD as Section 136(1) of the Finance Act, 2001 provides for levy of NCCD by way of surcharge, duty of excise payable on the goods specified in the VII Schedule in the Union List of the Constitution of India.
The appellant could not deposit NCCD on time due to problems faced by it, due to technical glitches on the Government portal and it was showing the remark “PV report pending” (physical verification report pending).
Thus, the portal was not accepting or facilitating the payment of NCCD. The appellant had immediately brought this difficulty being faced to the Departmental Authorities including the screen shot of the portal. The appellant was also regularly filing monthly ER-I return and disclosing the amount of NCCD payable.
However, the Department issued a letter as well as show cause notice requiring the appellant to deposit interest for delayed deposit of NCCD but the appellant disputed liability to interest.
The Adjudicating Authority observed that there was no element of deliberate non payment or fraud etc. on the part of the appellant and hence there was no reason available to Revenue to invoke the provisions of Section 11A(4) for issue of show cause notice, invoking the extended period.
It was also opined that the appellant always wanted to deposit NCCD in Government account on or before the due date, but unable to make the deposit due to technical reasons of the portal and thus the delay was wholly attributable to the Department.
The Revenue’s appeal before the Commissioner (Appeals) was allowed confirming the demand of interest amounting to Rs 42,51,975 , observing that levy of interest under Section 11AA was mandatory as the Section had used the word – shall, in addition to duty, be liable to pay interest at the rate specified, in Subsection (2), where such payment is made on or after determination of the amount of duty under Section 11AA. Thus, the Appellant approached the Tribunal.
Though noting that interest is payable for default in depositing the tax by the due date voluntarily or after determination of the amount of duty under Section 11A, the Bench said, “Here both the conditions are not available to Revenue as admittedly neither there is any determination of duty liability of NCCD under Section 11A, nor there is voluntary default in deposit of the amount of NCCD.”
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https://www.nist.gov/publications/generative-adversarial-network-performance-low-dimensional-settings
Generative Adversarial Network Performance in Low-Dimensional Settings
Felix M. Jimenez, Amanda Koepke, Mary Gregg, Michael R. Frey
A generative adversarial network (GAN) is an artificial neural network with a distinctive training architecture, designed to create examples that faithfully reproduce a target distribution. GANs have recently had particular success in applications involving high-dimensional distributions in areas such as image processing. Little work has been reported for low dimensions, where properties of GANs may be better identified and understood. We studied GAN performance in simulated low-dimensional settings, allowing us to transparently assess effects of target distribution complexity and training data sample size on GAN performance in a simple experiment. This experiment revealed two important forms of GAN error, tail underfilling and bridge bias, where the latter is analogous to the tunneling observed in high-dimensional GANs.
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https://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.126.008
earth mover distance, experiment protocol, generative adversarial network, mode tunneling, modeling error, target distribution complexity
Statistical analysis, Modeling and simulation research and Artificial intelligence
Jimenez, F. , Koepke, A. , Gregg, M. and Frey, M. (2021), Generative Adversarial Network Performance in Low-Dimensional Settings, Journal of Research (NIST JRES), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.126.008, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=930944 (Accessed February 1, 2023)
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Thu, Oct 28 2:00 pm Senior Sessions: “Math in the Corner Pocket” (online)
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Fri, Oct 29 7:00 pm Free-to-members Equilibrium, MoMath’s adult evening of mathematical games (online)
Sun, Oct 31 2:00 pm Bridge Basics 2: the Play of the Hand — last session of an eight-week course (online)
Tue, Nov 2 2:00 pm Senior Sessions: “Vote Counts: Tower of Power” (online)
Tue, Nov 2 3:00 pm Loving Math — stories, games, and laughter in a hilariously fun children’s hour (for grades K-1) (online)
Tue, Nov 2 4:00 pm Loving Math — stories, games, and laughter in a hilariously fun children’s hour (for grades 2-3) (online)
Tue, Nov 2 6:30 pm Math Explorations, a minicourse with Steven Strogatz — sixth session of an eight-week course (in-person/online)
Wed, Nov 3 4:00 pm
7:00 pm Free Math Encounters: “Navigating with Golden Rotations” — featuring Peter Sarnak (in-person/online)
Thu, Nov 4 6:30 pm Free-to-members Person Place Thing podcast recording at MoMath (in-person)
Fri, Nov 5 2:00 pm Senior Sessions: (New!) “Finding Fibonacci” (online)
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Sun, Nov 7 5:30 pm Tween Primes, the MoMath book club for teens and tweens: Hannah, Divided by Adele Griffin (online)
Sun, Nov 7 6:30 pm Unlimited, MoMath’s mix-n-mingle program for students in middle and high school (online)
Tue, Nov 9 2:00 pm Senior Sessions: “Topological Tic-Tac-Toe” (online)
Tue, Nov 9 6:30 pm Math Explorations, a minicourse with Steven Strogatz — seventh session of an eight-week course (in-person/online)
Thu, Nov 11 9:30 am MoMath Mini-Camps (in-person) (limited online sessions available)
Thu, Nov 11 2:00 pm Senior Sessions: (New!) “Math of the Pandemic” (online)
Thu, Nov 11 6:30 pm Volumes: “Adventures of a Mathematician” by S. M. Ulam (online)
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Fri, Nov 12 7:00 pm Equilibrium, MoMath’s adult evening of mathematical games (online)
Mon, Nov 15 2:00 pm Senior Sessions: “Exhibit Explorations: Pythagorean Puzzlers” (online)
Tue, Nov 16 3:00 pm Loving Math — stories, games, and laughter in a hilariously fun children’s hour (for grades K-1) (online)
Tue, Nov 16 4:00 pm Loving Math — stories, games, and laughter in a hilariously fun children’s hour (for grades 2-3) (online)
Tue, Nov 16 6:30 pm Math Explorations, a minicourse with Steven Strogatz — final session of an eight-week course (in-person/online)
Wed, Nov 17 3:30 pm Free Math Gym, a workout for your brain (online)
Wed, Nov 17 6:30 pm Free-to-members Poetry + Math = A Meaningful Path with Professor Larry Lesser (online)
Thu, Nov 18 4:00 pm Ask a Mathematician — Anything! with Steven Strogatz (online)
Fri, Nov 19 2:00 pm Senior Sessions: “Fractal Fascinations” (online)
Fri, Nov 19 4:30 pm Folding Fridays — learn to fold unique origami designs: fold “Turkey Airplane” by Tri Dang (online)
Fri, Nov 19 6:30 pm Free Family Fridays: “A Potpourri of Puzzles!” with Sian Zelbo (in-person/online)
Sat, Nov 20 3:00 pm Krazy Kahoot, a fast-paced family quiz game with Steve Sherman (online)
Mon, Nov 22 2:00 pm Senior Sessions: “Dynamic Dice” (online)
Mon, Nov 22 6:30 pm History of Mathematics: Making Machines Fly and Other Stories from Antiquity (online)
Tue, Nov 23 7:00 pm QED: Pitfalls for Parents (online)
Fri, Nov 26 2:00 pm Senior Sessions: “Cryptarithmetic” (online)
Mon, Nov 29 7:00 pm Starring Math — discussion of film Stand and Deliver hosted by Steven Strogatz (online)
Tue, Nov 30 2:00 pm Senior Sessions: “Exhibit Explorations: Math Square” (online)
Wed, Dec 1 4:00 pm
7:00 pm Free Math Encounters: “Mathematical Models and Card Shuffles — An Exploration in Group Theory and Probability” featuring Dan Rockmore (in-person/online)
Thu, Dec 2 2:00 pm Senior Sessions: “Rep-tiles” (online)
Thu, Dec 2 6:30 pm Animation Creation: “The Art of Digital Sculpting” (online)
Fri, Dec 3 4:30 pm Folding Fridays — learn to fold unique origami designs: fold “Tree” by Mark Bolitho (online)
Mon, Dec 6 2:00 pm Senior Sessions: “Hailstone Numbers” (online)
Tue, Dec 7 3:00 pm Loving Math — stories, games, and laughter in a hilariously fun children’s hour (for grades K-1) (online)
Tue, Dec 7 4:00 pm Loving Math — stories, games, and laughter in a hilariously fun children’s hour (for grades 2-3) (online)
Thu, Dec 9 2:00 pm Senior Sessions: “Gallery of Graphs” (online)
Thu, Dec 9 4:00 pm Meet a Mathematician featuring Tatiana Toro and hosted by Steven Strogatz (online)
Thu, Dec 9 6:30 pm Animation Creation: “The Art of Digital Light and Color” (online)
Fri, Dec 10 4:30 pm Folding Fridays — learn to fold unique origami designs: fold “Estrella Ana Maria” by Lidiane Siquera (online)
Fri, Dec 10 7:00 pm Equilibrium, MoMath’s adult evening of mathematical games (online)
Sat, Dec 11 3:00 pm Krazy Kahoot, a fast-paced family quiz game with Steve Sherman (online)
Sun, Dec 12 5:30 pm Tween Primes, the MoMath book club for teens and tweens: Starman Jones by Robert A. Heinlein (online)
Sun, Dec 12 6:30 pm Unlimited, MoMath’s mix-n-mingle program for students in middle and high school (online)
Mon, Dec 13 7:00 pm QED: Pitfalls for Parents (online)
Tue, Dec 14 2:00 pm Senior Sessions: “Magic Squares” (online)
Tue, Dec 14 3:00 pm Loving Math — stories, games, and laughter in a hilariously fun children’s hour (for grades K-1) (online)
Tue, Dec 14 4:00 pm Loving Math — stories, games, and laughter in a hilariously fun children’s hour (for grades 2-3) (online)
Wed, Dec 15 3:30 pm Free Math Gym, a workout for your brain (online)
Thu, Dec 16 4:00 pm Ask a Mathematician — Anything! with Steven Strogatz (online)
Thu, Dec 16 6:30 pm Animation Creation: “The Art of Digital Movement” (online)
Fri, Dec 17 2:00 pm Senior Sessions: “Making Math Solid: Tetrahedron” (online)
Fri, Dec 17 6:30 pm Free Family Fridays: “Re-flexions: a new look at flexagons” with Yana Mohanty (in-person/online)
Mon, Dec 20 2:00 pm Senior Sessions: “Sensational Puzzles” (online)
Mon, Dec 20 7:00 pm Starring Math — discussion of film The Man who Knew Infinity hosted by Steven Strogatz (online)
Wed, Dec 22 6:15 pm Members-only Writing About Math for The New York Times (online)
Thu, Dec 23 2:00 pm Senior Sessions: “Making Math Solid: Hexahedron” (online)
Tue, Dec 28 2:00 pm Senior Sessions: “Alternative Perspectives” (online)
Fri, Dec 31 2:00 pm Senior Sessions: “Chessboards and Dominoes” (online)
Tue, Jan 11 6:30 pm Math Gems — first session of an eight-week minicourse (in-person/online)
Wed, Jan 12 7:00 pm QED: Pitfalls for Parents (online)
Fri, Jan 14 to Sun, Jan 16 6:30 pm MOVES, Mathematics of Various Entertaining Subjects — MoMath’s fifth biennial conference (in-person)
Tue, Jan 18 6:30 pm Math Gems — second session of an eight-week minicourse (in-person/online)
Thu, Jan 20 4:00 pm Ask a Mathematician — Anything! with Steven Strogatz (online)
Mon, Jan 24 7:00 pm Starring Math — discussion of film The Imitation Game hosted by Steven Strogatz (online)
Tue, Jan 25 6:30 pm Math Gems — third session of an eight-week minicourse (in-person/online)
Thu, Jan 27 4:00 pm Meet a Mathematician hosted by Steven Strogatz (online)
Sun, Jan 30 5:30 pm Tween Primes, the MoMath book club for teens and tweens (online)
Sun, Jan 30 6:30 pm Unlimited, MoMath’s mix-n-mingle program for students in middle and high school (online)
Tue, Feb 1 6:30 pm Math Gems — fourth session of an eight-week minicourse (in-person/online)
Tue, Feb 8 6:30 pm Math Gems — fifth session of an eight-week minicourse (in-person/online)
Thu, Feb 10 4:00 pm Meet a Mathematician featuring Mel Currie and hosted by Steven Strogatz (online)
Tue, Feb 15 6:30 pm Math Gems — sixth session of an eight-week minicourse (in-person/online)
Thu, Feb 17 4:00 pm Ask a Mathematician — Anything! with Steven Strogatz (online)
Sun, Feb 27 5:30 pm Tween Primes, the MoMath book club for teens and tweens (online)
Sun, Feb 27 6:30 pm Unlimited, MoMath’s mix-n-mingle program for students in middle and high school (online)
Tue, Mar 1 6:30 pm Math Gems — seventh session of an eight-week minicourse (in-person/online)
Tue, Mar 8 6:30 pm Math Gems — final session of an eight-week minicourse (in-person/online)
Thu, Mar 17 4:00 pm Ask a Mathematician — Anything! with Steven Strogatz (online)
Sun, Mar 20 5:30 pm Tween Primes, the MoMath book club for teens and tweens (online)
Sun, Mar 20 6:30 pm Unlimited, MoMath’s mix-n-mingle program for students in middle and high school (online)
Thu, Mar 31 4:00 pm Meet a Mathematician hosted by Steven Strogatz (online)
Mon, Apr 4 to Wed, Apr 6 TBD MATRIX x IMAGINARY Conference — Meet us in Paris! (in-person)
Thu, Apr 21 4:00 pm Ask a Mathematician — Anything! with Steven Strogatz (online)
Thu, Apr 28 4:00 pm Meet a Mathematician featuring Mariel Vazquez and hosted by Steven Strogatz (online)
Thu, May 19 4:00 pm Ask a Mathematician — Anything! with Steven Strogatz (online)
Thu, Jun 16 4:00 pm Ask a Mathematician — Anything! with Steven Strogatz (online)
Thu, Jul 21 4:00 pm Ask a Mathematician — Anything! with Steven Strogatz (online)
Expansions: an afternoon enrichment program for gifted math students — applications accepted for limited spots
Reinvent math class with Expansions, MoMath’s afternoon gifted program. Featuring programs for math-loving students enrolled in first through twelfth grade, the Expansions workshops are designed and delivered by MoMath’s educational team to illuminate the wonders of mathematics, challenge and inspire students, and broaden their mathematical horizons. With topics ranging from fractals to cellular automata, these afternoon classes provide an opportunity for participants to learn advanced and fascinating topics not included in the standard K to 12 curriculum. Plus, students can benefit from enjoying math together with small groups of talented and focused young scholars. MoMath is currently accepting applications for limited spots in the 2021-2022 school year. To learn more, visit expansions.momath.org.
Steven H. Strogatz Prize for Math Communication — awarded to students 15 to 18 years old
Are you a high school student who wants to share your love of math with the world? Enter this worldwide contest! Cash prizes will be awarded for compelling math communication projects, and award-winning projects will be posted online. To apply, visit strogatzprize.momath.org.
Visit MoMath
Tickets to visit MoMath in person are now on sale at visit.momath.org. Members can access admission tickets for free! (Not a member? Join today!)
Building Beauty: The Harmonograph Art of Ivan Moscovich in Composite, the gallery at MoMath (in-person)
The National Museum of Mathematics is delighted to feature the mathematical artwork of Ivan Moscovich. This solo show will include almost three dozen original pieces of Ivan’s art, created using his custom-made (and patented) harmonograph, and will explore the aesthetics and mathematics of Lissajous curves. Ivan used the harmonograph, an analog drawing machine that uses pens and pendulums, to generate an incredible variety of elegantly swirling, multi-colored graphic configurations known as Lissajous patterns. First exhibited at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London in 1968, the work it produced was acclaimed as the best math art of the time. Since then, Ivan’s creations have been shown in major exhibitions in locations including Berlin, Basel, Mexico City, Tel Aviv, and San Francisco, with a renewed interest in his work in the last few years. The show will include two working harmonographs for visitors to explore how the artwork is created and make their own works to take home. Learn more at composite.momath.org.
Senior Sessions (online)
Exercise your mental muscles in 45-minute math sessions! Join MoMath’s experienced presenters for intriguing classes on a variety of stimulating topics, including topology, puzzles, and cryptography. Enjoy the sense of discovery and challenge in these engaging, interactive activities with a collegial cohort of mature minds. For senior citizens/mature adults. Learn more and register at seniorsessions.momath.org.
Share the gift of math! Gift registrations for Senior Sessions available: mathgift.momath.org.
School and group visits: now booking for the 2021-2022 school year! (in-person/online)
MoMath has almost two dozen great programs, from constructing polygons to creating Möbius strips, for school groups visiting the Museum, in person and online. Bring your students to MoMath — virtually or in person — for a peek into the exciting world of mathematics, and see why students and teachers of all ages love the Museum. Register at fieldtrips.momath.org.
Free field trips for Title I schools (in-person/online)
Support for Title I schools is now available, thanks to contributions from individuals and organizations, including: Con Edison, The Scripps Family Fund for Education and the Arts, Two Sigma, Akamai Foundation, Inc., New York City Council Members Mark Levine (7th District) and Carlina Rivera (2nd District). This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. To apply for a free trip (online or in-person) during the 2021-2022 school year, visit titleone.momath.org. Interested in sponsoring a field trip? Email [email protected].
Free Mind-Benders for the Quarantined!
Reaching more than 10,000 people in nearly 90 countries, Mind-Benders for the Quarantined! has been a runaway hit that engaged people all over the world during an unprecedented global shutdown. Each Sunday, MoMath will send you a challenging mathematical puzzle from the collection of our own puzzle master, Dr. Peter Winkler. On Tuesday, you’ll receive a subtle hint; on Thursday, a serious push; on Saturday, the solution. And the next day, of course, a new puzzle. Learn more and register at mindbenders.momath.org.
MoMath Online: Student Sessions for grades pre-K through 12
Ongoing, Mondays through Fridays (online)
Whether your child is already passionate about mathematics or just starting to explore its wonders, MoMath Online: Student Sessions will expose your child to cool areas of mathematics not covered in school and stoke the flames for a lifelong appreciation of mathematics. Drop-in classes guided by an experienced educator are available every weekday, and registration is always free for families in need. For more information and to register, visit studentsessions.momath.org.
Share the gift of math! Gift registrations for Student Sessions available: mathgift.momath.org.
Led by an experienced MoMath educator, MathPlay offers children the opportunity to play well-developed games that help broaden math skills, improve problem-solving techniques, fine-tune motor coordination, and enhance communication and social skills. Give your child every chance of success — recent studies have shown that early development of math skills can be a strong predictor of future school achievement. Learn more and register at mathplay.momath.org.
Math Discovery for students and their families/caregivers (in-person)
Don’t miss the chance to join one of MoMath’s specially trained educators in Math Discovery, a series of hands-on classes exploring intriguing math topics. For students and their families/caregivers. Limited space available. Learn more and register at discovery.momath.org.
Is your child struggling in math? We can help! MoMath is offering limited private tutoring for grades K–12. Our certified teachers have extensive experience teaching students online and in the classroom. Whether your child needs assistance with homework or exam preparation, MoMath’s instructors are ready to help. For more information, please email [email protected].
Birthday parties — now with an origami option! (in-person/online)
Looking to host a one-of-a-kind birthday party full of fabulous folding fun? You and your guests can explore the wondrous art of paper folding with an origami expert! With your choice of customized activities, parties can be personalized for birthday celebrants all ages — from children to adults, from simple to complicated paper art. Other exciting birthday options are also available. For more information, please email [email protected].
Math Discovery: “Secrets of Telling Secrets” (for grades 3-6) (in-person)
Wednesday, October 27 at 4:15 pm ET (New York)
Don’t miss the chance to join one of MoMath’s specially trained educators in Math Discovery, a series of hands-on classes exploring intriguing math topics. Explore cryptography, secret codes, and ciphers. Join us for this introduction to the substitution cipher, which uses letter replacements to encode information. Using patterns and perseverance, learn how to create hidden messages — and how to break secret codes! For students in grades 3 through 6 and their families/caregivers. Learn more and register at discovery.momath.org.
History of Mathematics: debut of new virtual gallery (online)
Announcing the History of Mathematics Project, a virtual interactive gallery highlighting physical artifacts that are important to the history of mathematics. Join us for a livestream about the project with Stephen Wolfram and others on Wednesday, October 27, at 6:00 pm ET (New York) on YouTube or Twitch. This project was generously funded by the Overdeck Family Foundation and created by Wolfram Research for MoMath. Learn more and register at mathhistory.momath.org.
Senior Sessions: “Math in the Corner Pocket” (online)
Thursday, October 28 at 2:00 pm ET (New York)
Explore angles and the law of reflection while tracing the path of a billiard ball as it bounces off the walls of a pool table. Use patterns to discover a simple method to predict in which pocket the ball will land and learn how to prove your prediction is correct. Game on! Learn more and register at seniorsessions.momath.org.
Meet a Mathematician featuring Bill Dunham (online)
Join host Steven Strogatz as we bring diverse and talented guests to the MoMath stage to share their experiences, their stories, and their love of mathematics. This month, meet Bill Dunham. Bill is an award-winning professor, writer, and historian of mathematics, known for his witty and charmingly clear books about great mathematicians and their greatest theorems, such as Journey through Genius and The Calculus Gallery. Learn more and register at meetmath.momath.org.
Math Discovery: “Topological Tic-Tac-Toe” (for grades 7-12) (in-person)
Friday, October 29 at 4:15 pm ET (New York)
Don’t miss the chance to join one of MoMath’s specially trained educators in Math Discovery, a series of hands-on classes exploring intriguing math topics. Discover fun and challenging ways to play the familiar game of tic-tac-toe on alternative topological surfaces. Make mind-bending modifications to the typical 3×3 game board and develop new strategies to master these mathematically enhanced games. For students in grades 7 through 12 and their families. Learn more and register at discovery.momath.org.
Folding Fridays (online)
Join origami expert Kathleen Sheridan for Folding Fridays. This week, fold “Talking Skull” by Isamu Sasagawa, a puppet-like model. Explore the wonders of paper folding — there’s math in every fold! Learn more and register at foldingfridays.momath.org.
Free-to-members Equilibrium, an adult evening of mathematical games (online)
Tabletop gaming is more fun than ever! Come join old friends and new for a fun-filled, adult evening featuring a broad array of mathematically rich games. Enjoy classics like SET and Connect Four, modern options from Ubongo to Skiwampus to Ricochet Robots, and even MoMath’s own twist on mathematical favorites like Hex and Nim. Prepare a snack, log on from home, and connect with new and interesting people, all while enjoying uniquely mathematical games, hosted by the nation’s only Museum of Math. Learn more and register at equilibrium.momath.org.
Bridge Basics 2: the Play of the Hand (final session of an eight-week course) (online)
Sunday, October 31 at 2:00 pm ET (New York)
Join American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) accredited bridge teacher Dr. Susan J. Fishbein in this new, eight-week course. Bridge Basics 2: the Play of the Hand focuses on the strategies required for successful declarer play at bridge. The course builds on participants’ knowledge of fundamental bidding practices and applies that knowledge to the winning of contracts through the application of specific playing techniques. The goal of Bridge Basics 2: the Play of the Hand is to provide students with a well-rounded and complete foundation for enjoying the game independently and confidently and for continued learning in the game of bridge, a game for a lifetime! Learn more at bridge2.momath.org.
Senior Sessions: “Vote Counts: Tower of Power” (online)
Tuesday, November 2 at 2:00 pm ET (New York)
Explore the ways power can be distributed in weighted voting systems. These systems — such as county delegations, government committees, and even the United States Electoral College — are those in which different groups have different amounts of votes. Should the largest populations have the most power? Should smaller groups have a voice? Answering these questions is far more complex than deferring to majority rule, but modern mathematical analysis provides a useful lens through which to analyze unbalanced voting power. (Please note: This is the third installment of the Vote Counts series; it is not necessary to have attended the other two.) Learn more and register at seniorsessions.momath.org.
Loving Math — stories, games, and laughter in a hilariously fun children’s hour (online)
Tuesday, November 2 at 3:00 pm ET (New York) for grades K-1
Tuesday, November 2 at 4:00 pm ET (New York) for grades 2-3
Join master storyteller Steve Sherman for an exciting session designed for kindergartners through third graders. If your child loves stories, games, and laughter, don’t miss this wild and wacky event! Learn more and register at loving.momath.org.
Math Explorations, a minicourse with Steven Strogatz — sixth session of an eight-week course (in-person/online)
Don’t miss the first minicourse of the year from the 2021-2022 Distinguished Visiting Professor for the Public Dissemination of Mathematics, Steven Strogatz. Participants will explore hands-on activities in mathematical games, puzzles, algebra, geometry, calculus, and group theory. Strogatz, Professor of Applied Mathematics from Cornell University and an award-winning mathematician, will bring his unique brand of mathematical discourse, as featured in a New York Times blog and several popular books, including New York Times bestseller Infinite Powers, to the MoMath audience this fall. Learn more at explorations.momath.org.
Free Math Encounters: “Navigating with Golden Rotations” featuring Peter Sarnak (in-person/online)
Wednesday, November 3 at 4:00 pm and 7:00 pm ET (New York)
Join Princeton University Professor of Mathematics Peter Sarnak in an exploration of some of the subtle features enjoyed by rotations in two- and three-dimensional space, from paradoxical decompositions to optimally efficient universal quantum gates. Special introduction by Dr. Terrence Blackman, Associate Professor of Mathematics, Medgar Evers College, CUNY. Learn more and register at mathencounters.org.
Free-to-members Person Place Thing (in-person)
Thursday, November 4 at 6:30 pm ET (New York)
Person Place Thing, a popular podcast and radio show hosted by former New York Times columnist Randy Cohen, is recording an episode at MoMath with award-winning author, mathematician, and NY Times blogger, Steven Strogatz, and seven-time Grammy-nominated percussionist, composer, arranger, conductor, producer, and educator, Bobby Sanabria. The podcast, which has an estimated 500,000+ listeners, is based on the idea that people are especially engaging when they speak about something they care about — in this case, one person, one place, and one thing that are important or meaningful to them. Learn more and register at personplacething.momath.org.
Senior Sessions: (New!) “Finding Fibonacci” (online)
Friday, November 5 at 2:00 pm ET (New York)
1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, … The Fibonacci sequence is one of the most famous number patterns in mathematics. Join us to solve intriguing puzzles, explore hidden patterns, and discover the fascinating secrets concealed within this special arrangement of numbers. Learn more and register at seniorsessions.momath.org.
Join origami expert Kathleen Sheridan for Folding Fridays. This week, learn to fold “Owl” by Shoko Aoyagi — it’s a hoot! Explore the wonders of paper folding — there’s math in every fold! Learn more and register at foldingfridays.momath.org.
Tween Primes, the MoMath book club for tweens and teens: Hannah, Divided by Adele Griffin (online)
Sunday, November 7 at 5:30 pm ET (New York)
Uncommonly smart, uncommonly strange, Hannah Bennett is determined to become a success. In the one-room schoolhouse at Chadds Ford, Hannah is a sensation. She is a whiz at math — so adept that she teaches the other students — but in reading, she is a flop. Give her a piece of poetry and she can tell you how many As, how many Es, and how many Rs there are in it — but she cannot read a word. Her talent is amazing, but in this small town during the Great Depression, people think that girls can only use math for household budgeting. All at once, everything changes for Hannah when she is invited to study math in the big city of Philadelphia. This illiterate farm girl will undertake the adventure of a lifetime in hopes of winning a university scholarship. As long as she stays true to herself, nothing — not reading, writing, or Philadelphia — is beyond Hannah’s reach. Learn more and register at tweenprimes.momath.org.
Unlimited, MoMath’s mix-n-mingle program for students in middle and high school (online)
Middle and high school students, come spend an hour or more with your peers, enjoying interesting mathematical activities, interactive social games, and great music, all led by an experienced MoMath educator. Learn more and register at unlimited.momath.org.
Senior Sessions: “Topological Tic-Tac-Toe” (online)
The familiar game of tic-tac-toe becomes fun and challenging when played on alternative topological surfaces. The typical 3×3 game board is enhanced by gluing pairs of opposite edges together in various ways, making for mind-bending playing spaces. Participants learn to appreciate the ins and outs of these new objects as they develop strategies to master these mathematically intricate games. Learn more and register at seniorsessions.momath.org.
Math Explorations, a minicourse with Steven Strogatz — seventh session of an eight-week course (in-person/online)
MoMath Mini-Camps (in-person) (limited online sessions available)
Thursday, November 11 from 9:30 am to 4:00 pm ET (New York)
Through interactive theme-based lessons and creative hands-on projects, math will come alive for each and every participant! Learn more and register at minicamp.momath.org.
Senior Sessions: (New!) “Math of the Pandemic” (online)
Thursday, November 11 at 2:00 pm ET (New York)
Pandemics affect individuals and groups differently. Explore how individual choices may determine, for example, the trajectory of the COVID-19 pandemic in the population. Get a glimpse of game theory, a branch of mathematics that provides us with the tools to understand and analyze these important interactions. Learn more and register at seniorsessions.momath.org.
Volumes, the MoMath book club: Adventures of a Mathematician by S. M. Ulam (online)
Volumes returns! Join Distinguished Visiting Professor Steve Strogatz for a discussion of the book Adventures of a Mathematician by S. M. Ulam. The book is a thought-provoking account of Stan, a brilliant 30-year-old Polish Jewish mathematician and bon vivant who fled Europe in the 1930s and, through his friendship with Hungarian genius Johnny von Neumann, found himself accepting a mysterious job in Los Alamos, New Mexico. Surrounded by young, eccentric, charismatic immigrant scientists, Stan begins top secret work for the Manhattan Project while also making impressive contributions to mathematics and computer science. Learn more and register at volumes.momath.org.
Friday, November 12 at 4:30 pm ET (New York)
Join origami expert Kathleen Sheridan for Folding Fridays. This week, fold “Leaf Salver” by David Donahue, a beautiful decoration. Explore the wonders of paper folding — there’s math in every fold! Learn more and register at foldingfridays.momath.org.
Equilibrium, an adult evening of mathematical games (online)
Tabletop gaming is more fun than ever! Come join old friends and new for a fun-filled, adult evening featuring a broad array of mathematically rich games. Enjoy classics like SET and Connect Four, modern options from Ubongo to Skiwampus to Ricochet Robots, and even MoMath’s own twist on mathematical favorites like Hex and Nim. Prepare a snack, log on from home, and connect with new and interesting people, all while enjoying uniquely mathematical games, hosted by the nation’s only Museum of Math. Registration coming soon. Learn more at equilibrium.momath.org.
Senior Sessions: “Exhibit Explorations: Pythagorean Puzzlers” (online)
Monday, November 15 at 2:00 pm ET (New York)
The Pythagorean theorem is one of the most important results in mathematics. There are more than 120 geometric proofs currently known! Explore geometric proofs in this hands-on workshop based on MoMath’s Time Tables puzzler. Learn more and register at seniorsessions.momath.org.
Tuesday, November 16 at 3:00 pm ET (New York) for grades K-1
Tuesday, November 16 at 4:00 pm ET (New York) for grades 2-3
Math Explorations, a minicourse with Steven Strogatz — final session of an eight-week course (in-person/online)
Tuesday, November 16 at 6:30 pm ET (New York)
Free Math Gym, a workout for your brain (online)
Wednesday, November 17 at 3:30 pm ET (New York)
Students, spend an hour independently working on engaging and beautiful math problems. Choose whichever challenges you like and explore them with the guidance of an expert mathematician. If you love to experience the incredible joy of mathematical discovery, you won’t want to miss this monthly program. Registration coming soon. Learn more and register at workout.momath.org.
Free-to-members Poetry + Math = A Meaningful Path (online)
MoMath welcomes Professor Larry Lesser for an evening exploration combining math and language arts. Have pen and paper handy as we interactively explore examples of mathematical poetry and try making and sharing our own verses. In addition to being an award-winning Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at The University of Texas at El Paso, Professor Lesser (hey, that rhymes!) is an award-winning poet/songwriter who has published 70 STEM-related poems and 100 STEM-related songs. Registration coming soon. Learn more at poetry.momath.org.
Ask a Mathematician — Anything! (online)
Ever wanted to ask a mathematician something, maybe about a curious new idea you have, or a concept you’d like to understand better? Don’t know whom to ask? Here’s your chance! MoMath’s 2021-2022 Distinguished Visiting Professor for the Public Dissemination of Mathematics, Steven Strogatz, will host this one-hour, online session. Learn more and register at askmath.momath.org.
Senior Sessions: “Fractal Fascinations” (online)
Fractals are beautiful and mysterious objects with properties that defy the normal rules of geometry, often consisting of iterated, miniature versions of themselves. Learn about the most famous fractals and what makes them so unusual. Learn more and register at seniorsessions.momath.org.
Join origami expert Kathleen Sheridan for Folding Fridays. This week, do turkeys fly? This “Turkey Airplane” by Tri Dang does! Learn this hilarious model in time for Thanksgiving. Explore the wonders of paper folding — there’s math in every fold! Learn more and register at foldingfridays.momath.org.
Free Family Fridays: “A Potpourri of Puzzles” with Sian Zelbo (in-person/online)
Join us for an evening of fun and exploration as we tackle a variety of mathematical puzzles for beginners under the expert guidance of Dr. Sian Zelbo, mathematics educator. Dr. Zelbo has spent the last 15 years writing puzzles and researching recreational mathematics. Do you prefer arithmetic puzzles, logic puzzles, or visual puzzles? Not sure? No problem! We’ll explore a wide variety of simple (and not so simple) mathematical puzzles. As we work through each one, we will explore useful strategies for solving puzzles and learn just what it is that makes a good puzzle. Learn more and register at familyfridays.momath.org.
Krazy Kahoot with Steve Sherman (online)
Saturday, November 20 at 3:00 pm ET (New York)
Join MoMath’s favorite math quizmaster Steve Sherman for a fun-filled family game bursting with a wide range of entertaining questions for all ages. Is your family up for this lively challenge?! Learn more and register at krazy.momath.org.
Senior Sessions: “Dynamic Dice” (online)
What is the probability of rolling a given sum with a pair of standard dice? Explore how to answer that question and then challenge yourself to find a different way to number the dice to get the very same probabilities. Come roll the dice! Learn more and register at seniorsessions.momath.org.
History of Mathematics: Making Machines Fly and Other Stories from Antiquity (online)
Embark on a History of Mathematics Learning Journey across time and cultures. Join author and tour guide Bernat Espigulé in a millennia-long journey from Socrates’s geometry problem to Alexander Graham Bell’s long-forgotten mathematical discovery. Learn about one of the most famous problems of antiquity, doubling the cube. And understand why the square-cube law was frequently invoked by 19th-century mathematicians to deter bold inventors and dreamers from the quest to achieve controlled, powered flights. Learn more and register at mathhistory.momath.org.
QED: Pitfalls for Parents (online)
Parents, join Distinguished Visiting Professor Steve Strogatz for an hour of math learning, designed with you in mind. Starting with the basics, we’ll explore — and learn to leap right over — some of the most common stumbling blocks in K-12 math. Anything that you or your child ever found confusing is fair game! Learn more and register at qed.momath.org.
Senior Sessions: “Cryptarithmetic” (online)
Arithmetic is fun, but arithmetic with letters is even better! Using process of elimination and clever logic, we will explore fundamental properties of base-10 arithmetic in a unique and challenging way. Join us for CRYPT4R1THM3T1C! Learn more and register at seniorsessions.momath.org.
Starring Math with Steven Strogatz (online)
Math goes to the movies! Join Distinguished Visiting Professor Steve Strogatz for an hour of discussion about movies that profile such legendary mathematicians as John Nash (A Beautiful Mind), Srinivasa Ramanujan (The Man Who Knew Infinity), and Alan Turing (The Imitation Game). Each month you’ll watch the featured film at your convenience, then join Steve and his special guests, who will take us deeper into the making of the film, the math in it, or the true stories of the mathematicians themselves. Learn more and register at starring.momath.org.
Senior Sessions: “Exhibit Explorations: Math Square” (online)
The interactive Math Square floor is the centerpiece of the Museum’s lower level, and among its varying programs is a Voronoi diagram, which creates colorful polygons under the visitors’ feet. Learn exciting details about the Museum exhibit and also how to make your own Voronoi diagram. Learn more and register at seniorsessions.momath.org.
Free Math Encounters: “Mathematical Models and Card Shuffles — An Exploration in Group Theory and Probability” featuring Dan Rockmore (in-person/online)
Wednesday, December 1 at 4:00 pm and 7:00 pm ET (New York)
How can ordinary playing cards lead us into an adventure in group theory? What are the chances that an ordinary riffle shuffle leads to a random ordering of cards? Are seven shuffles really enough to thoroughly mix up a deck of cards? Join Dan Rockmore, Dartmouth Professor of Computational Science, to investigate the math behind the shuffle. Special introduction by Steven Strogatz, Cornell University Professor of Mathematics and MoMath’s Distinguished Visiting Professor for the Public Dissemination of Mathematics. Learn more and register at mathencounters.org.
Senior Sessions: “Rep-tiles” (online)
Thursday, December 2 at 2:00 pm ET (New York)
Come discover mathematical rep-tiles, geometric shapes that can tile into repetitions of themselves. Learn about scaling, special tessellations, and mathematical proofs, while solving fun rep-tiles puzzles. Registration coming soon. Learn more at seniorsessions.momath.org.
Animation Creation: the math of visual effects: “The Art of Digital Sculpting” (online)
Join Emmy Award–winning Visual Effects Supervisor Beau Janzen for an exploration behind the scenes of computer graphics and the math used to create the stunning visual art in movies and games. Each session in this engaging three-part series will highlight a different aspect of the art of digital creation and will feature work from Janzen’s career in feature films and television. Sessions are appropriate for middle school students and above; participants should have a basic understanding of geometry and simple algebra. Join a single session or sign up for all three — but don’t miss this fascinating journey into the many mathematical aspects of digital creation. Dive into how digital sculptors or “modelers” can create any type of object using the digital clay of mathematics. Registration coming soon. Learn more at animated.momath.org.
Friday, December 3 at 4:30 pm ET (New York)
Join origami expert Kathleen Sheridan for Folding Fridays. This week, join us to fold fir trees. You’ll want to make an entire forest after learning “Tree” by Mark Bolitho. Explore the wonders of paper folding — there’s math in every fold! Learn more and register at foldingfridays.momath.org.
Senior Sessions: “Hailstone Numbers” (online)
Monday, December 6 at 2:00 pm ET (New York)
Hail is formed when ice repeatedly travels up and down within a cloud, growing and shrinking until its mass is steady enough to fall to the ground as hail. Hailstone numbers are repeated patterns of numbers with the same property. They increase and decrease sporadically according to a set rule until they finally plummet in size and eventually become the number 1. These number sequences are easy to create but often impossible to fully understand. Come learn what these numbers are, why they are so mystifying, and how they might just represent the next big breakthrough in mathematics. Registration coming soon. Learn more at seniorsessions.momath.org.
Tuesday, December 7 at 3:00 pm ET (New York) for grades K-1
Tuesday, December 7 at 4:00 pm ET (New York) for grades 2-3
Senior Sessions: “Gallery of Graphs” (online)
Dig into graph theory by exploring the connection between vertices and edges — and the walls of any house. Discover a method to determine whether a ghost can haunt a castle or if a figure can be drawn without lifting the pen. Explore how these two problems are related and learn what they have to do with bridges in 18th-century Prussia, all while enjoying a unique and accessible introduction to this sophisticated branch of mathematics. Registration coming soon. Learn more at seniorsessions.momath.org.
Meet a Mathematician featuring Tatiana Toro (online)
Join Steven Strogatz, MoMath’s 2021-2022 Distinguished Visiting Professor for the Public Dissemination of Mathematics, as he brings diverse and talented guests to the MoMath stage to share their experiences, their stories, and their love of mathematics. In December, meet Tatiana Toro. When she was a student, Tatiana competed for Colombia in the 1981 International Mathematical Olympiad. She is now a professor at the University of Washington, where she does research at the interface of geometric measure theory, harmonic analysis, and partial differential equations. She has been named the next Director of the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, a world-leading mathematical center for collaborative research in Berkeley, CA. Learn more and register at meetmath.momath.org.
Animation Creation: the math of visual effects: “The Art of Digital Light and Color” (online)
Join Emmy Award–winning Visual Effects Supervisor Beau Janzen for an exploration behind the scenes of computer graphics and the math used to create the stunning visual art in movies and games. Each session in this engaging three-part series will highlight a different aspect of the art of digital creation and will feature work from Janzen’s career in feature films and television. Sessions are appropriate for middle school students and above; participants should have a basic understanding of geometry and simple algebra. Join a single session or sign up for all three — but don’t miss this fascinating journey into the many mathematical aspects of digital creation. How do artists control virtual light and color to create objects and worlds that are indistinguishable from reality? Registration coming soon. Learn more at animated.momath.org.
Friday, December 10 at 4:30 pm ET (New York)
Join origami expert Kathleen Sheridan for Folding Fridays. To celebrate the holidays and the superstar folders this season, fold “Estrella Ana Maria” by Lidiane Siquera. Explore the wonders of paper folding — there’s math in every fold! Learn more and register at foldingfridays.momath.org.
Saturday, December 11 at 3:00 pm ET (New York)
Tween Primes, the MoMath book club for tweens and teens: Starman Jones by Robert A. Heinlein (online)
Sunday, December 12 at 5:30 pm ET (New York)
The stars were closed to Max Jones. To get into space you either needed connections, a membership in the arcane Guild, or a whole lot more money than Max, the son of a widowed, poor mother, was ever going to have. What Max does have going for him are his uncle’s prized astrogation manuals — books on star navigation that Max literally commits to memory word for word, equation for equation. When Max’s mother decides to remarry a bullying oaf, Max takes to the road, only to discover that his Uncle Chet’s manuals, and Max’s near complete memorization of them, is a ticket to the stars. But serving on a spaceship is no easy task. Duty is everything, and a mistake can mean you and all aboard are lost forever. Max loves every minute of his new life, and he steadily grows in the trust of his superior officers, and seems to be on course for a command track position. But then disaster strikes, and it’s going to take every trick Max ever learned from his tough life and his uncle’s manuals to save himself and the ship from a doom beyond extinction itself. Learn more and register at tweenprimes.momath.org.
Monday, December 13 at 7:00 pm ET (New York)
Senior Sessions: “Magic Squares” (online)
Tuesday, December 14 at 2:00 pm ET (New York)
Magic squares are a set of puzzles that have long fascinated many of the world’s most brilliant thinkers. Dating back more than 4,000 years to ancient China, magic squares are those in which the sums of each column, row, and diagonal are always “magically” the same number! Discover surprising strategies to solve these mysterious puzzles and learn how to create your very own magic square. Registration coming soon. Learn more at seniorsessions.momath.org.
Tuesday, December 14 at 3:00 pm ET (New York) for grades K-1
Tuesday, December 14 at 4:00 pm ET (New York) for grades 2-3
Wednesday, December 15 at 3:30 pm ET (New York)
Thursday, December 16 at 4:00 pm ET (New York)
Ever wanted to ask a mathematician something, maybe about a curious new idea you have, or a concept you’d like to understand better? Don’t know whom to ask? Here’s your chance! MoMath’s 2021-2022 Distinguished Visiting Professor for the Public Dissemination of Mathematics, Steven Strogatz, will host this one-hour, online session. Registration coming soon. Learn more at askmath.momath.org.
Animation Creation: the math of visual effects: “The Art of Digital Movement” (online)
Join Emmy Award–winning Visual Effects Supervisor Beau Janzen for an exploration behind the scenes of computer graphics and the math used to create the stunning visual art in movies and games. Each session in this engaging three-part series will highlight a different aspect of the art of digital creation and will feature work from Janzen’s career in feature films and television. Sessions are appropriate for middle school students and above; participants should have a basic understanding of geometry and simple algebra. Join a single session or sign up for all three — but don’t miss this fascinating journey into the many mathematical aspects of digital creation. Explore the way in which digital animators are able to create motion — from graceful dancing to complex moving machinery — by harnessing principles in graphs and geometry. Registration coming soon. Learn more at animated.momath.org.
Senior Sessions: “Making Math Solid: Tetrahedron” (online)
Explore geometry and discover the beautiful structure of polyhedra! Using modular origami techniques that involve folding multiple sheets of paper, each participant will create their own tetrahedron. Making Math Solid is a series that focuses on different polyhedra, highlighting their fascinating properties. Registration coming soon. Learn more at seniorsessions.momath.org.
Free Family Fridays: “Re-flexions: a new look at flexagons” with Yana Mohanty (in-person/online)
In this highly hands-on workshop, discover the fascination of flexagons. Whether you’re already a fan or new to these delightful creations, join us in exploring their mechanical and form-shifting properties. As we build flexagons together, experience how the fun of flexagons goes far beyond fidgeting! Thanks to the generous support of Two Sigma, this program is free to attendees. Registration coming soon. Learn more at familyfridays.momath.org.
Senior Sessions: “Sensational Puzzles” (online)
Explore mathematical puzzles that grabbed the headlines! Learn to solve spectacular and controversial puzzles using logic, probability, and basic graph theory. Develop puzzle-solving strategies while diving into these news-making mathematical conundrums. Registration coming soon. Learn more at seniorsessions.momath.org.
Members-only Writing About Math for The New York Times (online)
In the spring of 2010, Steven Strogatz wrote a 15-part series for The New York Times on the elements of math, from basic to baffling. To his surprise — and his editor’s — each piece climbed the “most emailed” list and elicited hundreds of appreciative comments. Join Steve as he shares his adventures in bringing math to the masses, as well as the lessons he learned about what works… and what doesn’t. Learn more and register at nytimesmath.momath.org.
Senior Sessions: “Making Math Solid: Hexahedron” (online)
Explore geometry and discover the beautiful structure of polyhedra! Using modular origami techniques that involve folding multiple sheets of paper, each participant will create their own hexahedron. Making Math Solid is a series that focuses on different polyhedra, highlighting their fascinating properties. Registration coming soon. Learn more at seniorsessions.momath.org.
Senior Sessions: “Alternative Perspectives” (online)
Recently featured in MoMath’s Composite gallery, artist Anton Bakker’s work will take you on a journey into a world of mathematical beauty with an added twist: a change in perspective seems to change the very reality of the object before us. Lines, curves, knots, spirals, Möbius strips, optical illusions, and fractals — all are explored in this highly engaging virtual tour. Discover these stunning sculptures and try your own hands-on activities! Registration coming soon. Learn more at seniorsessions.momath.org.
Senior Sessions: “Chessboards and Dominoes” (online)
What shapes can you fit together to cover a chessboard? Dominoes? Trominoes? Learn about mathematical proofs while exploring patterns of odd and even numbers and experimenting with real dominoes and chessboards. Registration coming soon. Learn more at seniorsessions.momath.org.
Math Gems — first session of an eight-week minicourse (in-person/online)
Tuesday, January 11 at 6:30 pm ET (New York)
In this eight-week minicourse, Distinguished Visiting Professor Steven Strogatz will show you eight of the most beautiful gems in the history of math — clever calculations, nifty numbers, ingenious proofs, and the stories behind them, from cultures around the world — and then invite you to jump in and play with some engaging puzzles based on these jewels of mathematics. Details and registration coming soon. Learn more at gems.momath.org.
Wednesday, January 12 at 7:00 pm ET (New York)
MOVES: “The Fascination of Puzzles” (in-person)
Friday, January 14 through Sunday, January 16, 2022
The fifth biennial MOVES (Mathematics of Various Entertaining Subjects) Conference, hosted by MoMath and sponsored by Two Sigma, will feature an amazing lineup of keynote speakers, including Scott Kim, Tanya Khovanova, Oskar van Deventer, and Peter Winkler. The conference will take place in person on January 15 and January 16, with an opening reception at MoMath on the evening of January 14. Visit moves.momath.org to learn more about MOVES, register for the conference, or submit a talk or activity.
Math Gems — second session of an eight-week minicourse (in-person/online)
Thursday, January 20 at 4:00 pm ET (New York)
Monday, January 24 at 7:00 pm ET (New York)
Math Gems — third session of an eight-week minicourse (in-person/online)
Meet a Mathematician (online)
Did you ever wonder what a mathematician does all day? Or what made someone decide to become a mathematician? Or even, what a mathematician does for fun? You may be surprised by some of the answers! Join Steven Strogatz, MoMath’s 2021-2022 Distinguished Visiting Professor for the Public Dissemination of Mathematics, as he brings diverse and talented guests to the MoMath stage to share their experiences, their stories, and their love of mathematics. Registration coming soon. Learn more at meetmath.momath.org.
Tween Primes, the MoMath book club for tweens and teens (online)
Sunday, January 30 at 5:30 pm ET (New York)
MoMath brings its popular Volumes book club to a younger audience. Like to read? Like math or wish you did? Join us online for Tween Primes, the MoMath book club for tweens and teens (ages 10-17). Friends and good math reads: what better way to spend an evening? Registration coming soon. Learn more at tweenprimes.momath.org.
Math Gems — fourth session of an eight-week minicourse (in-person/online)
Tuesday, February 1 at 6:30 pm ET (New York)
Math Gems — fifth session of an eight-week minicourse (in-person/online)
Meet a Mathematician featuring Mel Currie (online)
Thursday, February 10 at 4:00 pm ET (New York)
Join Steven Strogatz, MoMath’s 2021-2022 Distinguished Visiting Professor for the Public Dissemination of Mathematics, as he brings diverse and talented guests to the MoMath stage to share their experiences, their stories, and their love of mathematics. In February, meet Mel Currie. Mel’s mathematical career didn’t follow a typical path straight from college to grad school to professor. After spending three years as an economic analyst with Gulf Oil Corporation and three years teaching mathematics at a public high school in Düsseldorf, Germany, he returned to the United States and earned a Ph.D., became a professor, and later joined the National Security Agency (NSA). Among the various positions he held at NSA, he was Chief of the Cryptographic Research and Design Division (The Codemakers). In 2015, Mel Currie retired from the National Security Agency after twenty-five years of service. On his journey to old age, Mel picked up a B.A. in Mathematics and Economics at Yale University and a PhD in Mathematics at the University of Pittsburgh. Learn more and register at meetmath.momath.org.
Math Gems — sixth session of an eight-week minicourse (in-person/online)
Tuesday, February 15 at 6:30 pm ET (New York)
Sunday, February 27 at 5:30 pm ET (New York)
Math Gems — seventh session of an eight-week minicourse (in-person/online)
Tuesday, March 1 at 6:30 pm ET (New York)
Math Gems — final session of an eight-week minicourse (in-person/online)
Thursday, March 17 at 4:00 pm ET (New York)
Sunday, March 20 at 5:30 pm ET (New York)
MATRIX x IMAGINARY Conference in Paris (in-person)
Monday, April 4 through Wednesday, April 6, 2022
MoMath is pleased to announce that it is joining forces with Institut Henri Poincaré and the IMAGINARY team to bring you MATRIX x IMAGINARY 2021. Mark your calendars for three days of sharing, networking, and learning as we gather for the fourth biennial MATRIX conference in Paris. Registration coming soon. Learn more at matrix.momath.org.
Thursday, April 21 at 4:00 pm ET (New York)
Meet a Mathematician featuring Mariel Vazquez (online)
Join Steven Strogatz, MoMath’s 2021-2022 Distinguished Visiting Professor for the Public Dissemination of Mathematics, as he brings diverse and talented guests to the MoMath stage to share their experiences, their stories, and their love of mathematics. In April, meet Mariel Vazquez. Mariel Vazquez is an award-winning professor at UC Davis who is jointly affiliated with the Department of Mathematics and the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics. She studies how DNA can get itself tied up in knots and then untie itself. In 2020, she was elected a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society “for contributions in research and outreach at the interface of topology and molecular biology, and for service to the mathematical community, in particular to underrepresented groups.” Learn more and register at meetmath.momath.org.
Thursday, May 19 at 4:00 pm ET (New York)
Thursday, June 16 at 4:00 pm ET (New York)
Thursday, July 21 at 4:00 pm ET (New York)
Math on the House — mailing list; sign up to be notified about FREE programs
MoMath is pleased to offer Math on the House, a mailing list for valued Museum patrons to receive free last-minute tickets for select events, when space is available. To subscribe, visit mathonthehouse.momath.org.
Perspectives: The MoMath Summer College Volunteer Program
Each summer, MoMath offers Perspectives, a volunteer program for college undergraduates. Students who complete Perspectives learn what it takes to operate a successful business and are exposed to a variety of interesting programs, lectures, and people. The expected commitment is five days per week for eight to twelve weeks, typically including assignments on the floor of the Museum, in the retail shop, and in MoMath’s administrative office. Perspectives is an unpaid volunteer program. MoMath is currently accepting applications for summer 2022 and will be admitting candidates on a rolling basis. Learn more and apply at perspectives.momath.org.
Integrators: The MoMath High School Volunteer Program (in-person)
MoMath accepts a limited number of high school students for ongoing volunteer roles during summer vacation and/or the academic year. The Integrators program offers a chance to improve interpersonal and communication skills, explore mathematical concepts, and learn valuable skills. MoMath Integrators interact with visitors (on the Museum floor or online) and train with professional educators, interpreters, and managers. Students who participate during summer vacation commit five days per week. During the school year, the commitment is approximately one day per week, typically a Saturday or Sunday, from September through June. Apply now for the 2021-2022 school year. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis. Learn more and apply at volunteers.momath.org.
Summations: MoMath’s homeschool program
Homeschool students can experience the excitement of a MoMath field trip! With the Summations program, homeschoolers can spend the afternoon learning about the math behind MoMath’s engaging interactive exhibits or participating in an exploratory, hands-on classroom experience along with other homeschool families. Learn more at summations.momath.org.
Events, birthday parties, and more
Looking to host a one-of-a-kind event where your guests can interact with more than 40 engaging exhibits? Enter a world of mathematical intrigue, but don’t worry — amidst all the activity, there is plenty of space for gala-worthy dinners, over-the-top birthday bashes, laser-cutting parties, and bar/bat mitzvahs. Who knew math could be this much fun? Email [email protected] for more information.
School and group visits
MoMath has over a dozen great programs, from graph coloring to Möbius bands, for school groups visiting the Museum. Bring your students to MoMath — virtually or in person — for a peek into the exciting world of mathematics, and see why students and teachers of all ages love the Museum. Learn more and register at fieldtrips.momath.org.
Free trips for Title I schools
Thanks to contributions from individuals and organizations including Adams & Company, Con Edison, The Scripps Family Fund for Education and the Arts, Two Sigma, New York City Council Members Mark Levine (7th District) and Carlina Rivera (2nd District), plus several generous MoMath friends, support for Title I schools is now available. This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. To apply for a free trip (online or in-person) during the 2021-2022 school year, visit titleone.momath.org. Interested in sponsoring a field trip? Email [email protected].
Beautiful Math
See what mathematicians think is beautiful about mathematics at beautiful.momath.org.
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Charles Co. Board seeks additional middle school redistricting feedback
by Charles County Public Schools September 1, 2021 September 1, 2021
The Board of Education is hosting a virtual middle school redistricting hearing at 6 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 7, through Zoom. Parents, staff and community members interested in providing feedback about the middle school redistricting process are encouraged to attend.
Meeting access is available by clicking here. Users must have an active Zoom account to access the hearing. Zoom will prompt meeting participants to use the sign-in with email feature using their Zoom account. The hearing will also stream live on the school system website, ccboe.com.
The middle school redistricting may revise attendance zones and reduce overcrowding at schools. It takes effect in August 2022 once the renovation and expansion of Benjamin Stoddert Middle School is complete. The redistricting is comprehensive and could affect students at all eight CCPS middle schools.
A complete overview of the redistricting process is posted on the Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) website at https://www.ccboe.com/index.php/redistricting-middle-school-ql. Maps of the proposed changes to middle school zones are posted on the website. Parents and community members can use the maps to view any proposed changes for the middle school zoned for their home address.
At the Board of Education’s Aug. 10 meeting, the CCPS redistricting committee presented two comprehensive middle school rezoning options to the Board and Superintendent Maria Navarro.
CCPS started the middle school redistricting process in 2020 but paused due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The committee resumed its work in May and presented two options to the Board in August for consideration.
Navarro will make her recommendation to the Board at its Sept. 14 meeting. The Board will accept public comment on the Superintendent’s recommendation, and dates and times for the hearings on her recommendation are scheduled for Sept. 27 and 28.
Details are posted at https://www.ccboe.com/index.php/redistricting-middle-school-ql. The Board plans to take action on the middle school redistricting recommendation at its Oct. 12 meeting.
The redistricting committee is made up of 11 parents, three community members, and four school principals. The committee develops and evaluates potential middle school attendance zones for consideration by the Superintendent and the Board. The Board selected the redistricting committee members at random from names of volunteers. Board policy requires the committee to submit two different proposals.
Parents and community members can email questions and comments to [email protected]. The Board also encourages the public to participate in the redistricting hearings.
Parents and students will be notified of school zone changes after the Board votes on its redistricting decision in October. The school system will notify parents about the chosen proposal. The redistricting takes effect at the start of the 2022-2023 school year. CCPS posts all redistricting information on its website at https://www.ccboe.com/index.php/redistricting-middle-school-ql.
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Saida to inaugurate trauma & burn hospital
The Turkish Trauma and Burn Medical Center is scheduled to open in Awali, Saida, by August of this year, according to Dr. Ghassan Doghman, CEO and Vice President of the center.
The 14,000 square meter (m2) land plot was granted by the Municipality of Saida and the construction of the building was funded by Turkey. The building’s built-up area is 16,000 m2. “The hospital’s construction was completed in 2010, but operations had not yet begun,” he said. Investments in the project have so far exceeded $10 million.
The center is specialized in trauma cases and in burns resulting from car accidents, violent attacks, and similar cases. “We are currently refurbishing the premises and renovating the equipment to keep them up to standard,” he said.
The center has a large emergency section with 23 fully equipped beds. It will employ 330 staff and include 103 beds. “Research shows that for each bed there should be 2.2 staff members, but we raised the rate to 3.1,” he said.
Doghman said: “The center will cover accidents within the Khalde-South radius because it is easily accessible.” The center will work in close cooperation with the Ministry of Health, as a public-private venture.
Besides Doghman, members of the board include Saida Mayor, Mohammad Saoudi as Chairman, businessperson Wajih Bizri, Parliament member Michel Moussa, and former Health Minister Mohammad Jawad Khalife.
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“In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt Human Resources Consulting Small Business | {"pred_label": "__label__wiki", "pred_label_prob": 0.6211164593696594, "wiki_prob": 0.6211164593696594, "source": "cc/2023-06/en_middle_0098.json.gz/line840359"} |
WATCH LIVE: Red Bull GRC from MCAS New River at 5 p.m. ET on NBC
By DizbizroundupJul 5, 2015, 4:00 PM EDT
It’s a big racing weekend across the NBC Sports Group networks, with NASCAR’s return to NBC from Daytona International Speedway, Formula 1’s British Grand Prix on CNBC and the Red Bull Global Rallycross from the MCAS New River active military base.
Watch live coverage of the fourth round of the season today at 5 p.m. ET on NBC.
Ken Block, Tanner Foust and Sebastian Eriksson have won the opening three races of the season. Eriksson, the Red Bull GRC Supercars rookie, currently leads the points standings.
With severe weather canceling qualifying, the points set the grid. Here is the starting order:
Sunday’s Supercar starting lineup is as follows:
1. Sebastian Eriksson, No. 93 Olsbergs MSE Ford Fiesta ST
2. Ken Block, No. 43 Hoonigan Racing Division Ford Fiesta ST
3. Tanner Foust, No. 34 Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross Beetle
4. Nelson Piquet Jr., No. 07 SH Racing Rallycross Ford Fiesta ST
5. Austin Dyne, No. 14 Bryan Herta Rallysport Ford Fiesta ST
6. Steve Arpin, No. 00 Chip Ganassi Racing Ford Fiesta ST
7. Scott Speed, No. 41 Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross Beetle
8. Joni Wiman, No. 31 Olsbergs MSE Ford Fiesta ST
9. Patrik Sandell, No. 18 Bryan Herta Rallysport Ford Fiesta ST
10. Sverre Isachsen, No. 11 Subaru Rally Team USA WRX STI
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DIGITAL ARCHIVE OF GREEK FEMALE ARCHITECTS 1923 – 1981 | SADAS PEA – ATTICA DEPARTMENT
DIGITAL ARCHIVE OF
GREEK FEMALE ARCHITECTS 1923 – 1981
SADAS PEA – ATTICA DEPARTMENT
OURANIA (RANIA) KLOUTSINIOTI
XYLOKASTRO KORINTH 1940 -
R.N. TCG 8806
Diploma in Architecture, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) 1958 - 1963
Postgraduated Studies: 2 semesters at ‘Institut d’Aménagement du Territoire, Université Aix - Marseille’ 1971
Collaborator in large Architecture Firms in France 09.1963 - 08.1972
Collaborator or partner in large Architecture Firms - Firms of Urban Planning in Greece 09.1972 - 2000
Freelance Architect & Urban Planner 1984 - 2016
Scientific activity / Urban Planning - Spatial Planning 1984 - 2016
Member of the SADAS - PEA Delegation 1989
President of SADAS - PEA 1989 - 1991
Head of the Greek Delegation to the Council of Architects of Europe, Brussels 1989 - 2009
Member of the TCG Delegation 1989
Elected Curator of the TCG Scientific Department of Architects 1991 - 2000
Founding and active member of the Association of Greek Urban Planners and Spatial Planners (SEPOH) 1981
Reconstruction of Faleron Bay, 2001 - 2002. Th. Papagiannis Office & Associates - Project Manager.
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Rania Kloutsinioti, as an architect – urban planner and freelancer, has over 50 years of experience in the field of urban planning, town planning and spatial planning, both in Greece and in France. She has an intense social activity and was among others: President of the Association of Greek Architects (SADAS-PEA) from 1989 to 1991, elected Curator of the Scientific Department of Architects of TCG, elected three consecutive terms, in 1991, 1994 and 1997 and its representative –TCG- at the National Spatial Planning Council. She also headed the Greek Delegation to the Council of Architects of Europe (“Conseil des Architectes d’Europe”, Brussels) for 20 years -since its founding in 1989- and Chairman of the Working Group “Urban and Spatial Development”.
She is a Founding member of the Association of Greek Urban Planners and Spatial Planners (SEPOH) and an active member. She has published many articles in scientific and political journals, has been a speaker at workshops and a member of organizing committees of international and national conferences. | {"pred_label": "__label__wiki", "pred_label_prob": 0.5007986426353455, "wiki_prob": 0.5007986426353455, "source": "cc/2023-06/en_middle_0098.json.gz/line953986"} |
Grace Without God: The Search for Meaning, Purpose, and Belonging in a Secular Age
by Katherine Ozment
Secular Meditation: 32 Practices for Cultivating Inner Peace, Compassion, and Joy — A Guide fr
by Rick Heller
GrubStreet Launch Lab: Meaning and Mindfulness without Religion
KATHERINE OZMENT
RICK HELLER
discussing their books
Grace Without God:
The Search for Meaning, Purpose, and Belonging in a Secular Age
Secular Meditation:
32 Practices for Cultivating Inner Peace, Compassion, and Joy—A Guide from the Humanist Community at Harvard
This event includes a book signing
Bio(s)
1256 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138
This event is free; no tickets are required.
Harvard Book Store and GrubStreet welcome former senior editor at National Geographic KATHERINE OZMENT and journalist RICK HELLER for a discussion of their books Grace Without God: The Search for Meaning, Purpose, and Belonging in a Secular Age and Secular Meditation: 32 Practices for Cultivating Inner Peace, Compassion, and Joy—A Guide from the Humanist Community at Harvard. Together they will discuss the many ways secular Americans can find connection—to self and others—through enhanced awareness and the creation of community outside traditional religious structures.
About Grace Without God
Meet “the Nones”—In this thought-provoking exploration of secular America, celebrated journalist Katherine Ozment takes readers on a quest to understand the trends and ramifications of a nation in flight from organized religion.
Studies show that religion makes us happier, healthier and more giving, connecting us to our past and creating tight communal bonds. Most Americans are raised in a religious tradition, but in recent decades many have begun to leave religion, and with it their ancient rituals, mythic narratives, and sense of belonging.
So how do the nonreligious fill the need for ritual, story, community, and, above all, purpose and meaning without the one-stop shop of religion? What do they do with the space left after religion? With Nones swelling to one-fourth of American adults, and more than one-third of those under thirty, these questions have never been more urgent.
Writer, journalist, and secular mother of three Katherine Ozment came face-to-face with the fundamental issue of the Nones when her son asked her the simplest of questions: “what are we?” Unsettled by her reply—“Nothing”—she set out on a journey to find a better answer. She traversed the frontier of American secular life, sought guidance in science and the humanities, talked with noted scholars, and wrestled with her own family’s attempts to find meaning and connection after religion.
Insightful, surprising, and compelling, Grace Without God is both a personal and critical exploration of the many ways nonreligious Americans create their own meaning and purpose in an increasingly secular age.
About Secular Meditation
Meditation is a form of mental exercise with numerous scientifically verified physical and psychological benefits. As meditation teacher Rick Heller shows, the benefits of the practice extend beyond the personal to enrich relationships with others, with one’s community, and with the world. In Secular Meditation, step-by-step instructions, personal stories, and provocative questions teach empathy for others, stress reduction, and the kind of in-the-moment living that fosters appreciation for life and resilience in the face of adversity. Heller simplifies what is often found mysterious, describing and providing detailed instructions for thirty-two different practices, ensuring that anyone can find the right one.
Katherine Ozment is an award-winning journalist and former senior editor at National Geographic. Her essays and articles have been widely published in such venues as the New York Times, National Geographic, and Salon. She lives in Chicago with her husband and children.
Meditation teacher Rick Heller leads the Humanist Mindfulness Group at the Humanist Community at Harvard. A freelance journalist, he has written for the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, Buddhadharma, Free Inquiry, Tikkun, and Wise Brain Bulletin. He has attended workshops and retreats at the Cambridge Insight Meditation Center, the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, and the Insight Meditation Society. He holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from MIT, a master's degree in public policy from Harvard University, and a master's degree in journalism from Boston University.
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LWF returns to Olympia
By Christian Davis
Published: 07 May, 2013
The London International Wine Trade Fair is returning to Olympia in west London in 2014 and is going back to being the London Wine Fair.
Ross Carter, Brintex’s new event director, announced a new direction today (May 7.
Brintex says the changes are a result of several months lobbying the UK wine industry – including current and past exhibitors – to establish their requirements for a national show.
The changes will see the show go back to its roots as the “’London Wine Fair’, the national wine event for the world’s leading import market.
The London Wine Fair 2014 will return to London’s Olympia. Carter said that the fair needs to make a “cultural change” to the way exhibitors take part and visitors experience the show. Carter said: “While the new venue and name are important changes for next year, what is really core to making 2014 a success is value and relevance.”
In 2014 the fair will launch two new areas of the event, designed to better reflect the current UK wine business. Bulk wine will have its own stand-alone section, with bespoke branding; and Boutique wine will be an area for small UK wine importers. This table top tasting area will be open only to the smallest UK importers, with participation costing just £1,000 for the three days of the event. This will encourage niche importers, representing hard to find producers into the fair.
The issue of cost has been high on the list of exhibitor concerns. For 2014, there will be a 20-25% decrease on the 2012 price for stand space. There will be an overall stand restriction, meaning no double height stands, no banners and a maximum floor space. This will help to make the show a more level playing field and also remove the sense that stands have to be big and expensive to be eye-catching, says the organiser. Carter is confident that exhibitors will spend between 50% and 60% of costs in previous years.
The process of revamping features at the wine fair is already underway for 2013. 2014 will see master classes and industry briefings delivered by leading voices in the trade, with both compelling and provocative content. Key industry issues will be addressed and representatives from production, logistics, importation and government will be asked to debate the subjects that are changing the wine business. Workshops will be introduced that address the everyday needs and issues of on-trade and independent retail professionals – the key audience for 2014; effective buying, stock management, supplier relations and credit control. The fair will partner with Wine Intelligence to deliver a “State of the Nation” document which will offer valuable category insight into the multiple and Iindependent retail sectors and on-trade. This research will be in-depth and available only to LWF visitors.
Exhibiting and visiting the fair from 2014 will require all participants to be members of MyWineFair. Launched earlier this year for 2013, this online portal will help to clarify the needs of visitors and allow the fair website to become a more effective portal in delivering the details of the exhibitors and wines to the visitor, says the organiser. Through the development of the bottle neck collar scheme the fair hopes to provide a clear method of classifying the wines on offer to visitors. Channel strategy is of increasing importance to the wine business and the fair will continue to provide the focus that buyers require.
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New Android phone emoji include some ridiculously cute smiley blobs and turtles
By Tom Bedford
Emoji Kitchen gets better
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If you own an Android phone and don't already have the Emoji Kitchen installed, you're missing out. This feature of Gboard, the default keyboard that comes installed on Android phones, lets you mash up different emoji to create brilliant combination ones.
Emoji Kitchen is getting a great new update that brings even more new custom emoji, including some eye-wateringly-cute ones too. First teased by Emoji Kitchen designer Jennifer Daniel on Twitter, these include some lovely (or weird) new turtle emoji, and some adorable blob-based ones too.
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We've had great fun testing out some of the adorable new emoji on offer.
The best we've discovered so far is a mash-up of the turtle and the mouse, creating a weird hybrid monster that would be terrifying if it wasn't presented in the cartoony emoji style.
There are plenty of great blob creations, which you can find by combining the wand emoji with another one. You can get some adorable ones of it clutching hearts, or looking peaceful under a rainbow, or even dressing up as an animal. Our favorite, though, is the blob gleefully throwing things like hedgehogs or cups of tea into the air.
If you want to be able to send custom emoji yourself, either to share the cuteness or just rub it in your iOS friends' faces how much they're missing out, you can follow this link to install the Gboard beta and then start creating your own emoji mash-ups.
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Tom Bedford
Tom Bedford was deputy phones editor on TechRadar until late 2022, having worked his way up from staff writer. Though he specialized in phones and tablets, he also took on other tech like electric scooters, smartwatches, fitness, mobile gaming and more. He is based in London, UK and now works for the entertainment site What To Watch.
He graduated in American Literature and Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia. Prior to working on TechRadar, he freelanced in tech, gaming and entertainment, and also spent many years working as a mixologist. He also currently works in film as a screenwriter, director and producer.
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15 Best Asana Alternatives For Project Management in 2023
Asana is one of the long-standing project management tools which provides an intuitive platform for organizing tasks while being packed full of features that every member of your team can use.
However, no software can be a one-size-fits-all solution. The same goes for Asana. Therefore, you might be looking for Asana alternatives and competitors that fit your needs better for project management.
We’ve compared and reviewed the 15 best alternatives to Asana to help you find a project management tool that best fits you!
Asana Alternatives
Compared with Asana
monday.com Best Alternative to Asana Create a free account here!
ClickUp Best Free Asana Alternative Create a free account here!
Smartsheet Spreadsheet-based Asana Alternative Create a free account
Oracle NetSuite Project Management Best Asana Alternative For Enterprise Companies Create a free account
Jira Better Than Asana For IT Teams And Developers Create a free account here
Wrike The Asana Alternative With More Customization Options Create a free account
Teamwork Best Asana Alternative For Time Tracking And Project Collaboration Create a free account
Notion Best Asana Alternative For Templates Create a free account
Trello Better Than Asana For Card-Based Tool Create a free account here
Airtable Best Asana Alternative For Reporting Create a free account
ProofHub Best Value For Money For Larger Teams Create a free account
Basecamp Better For Team Communication Create a free account
Kanbanize Better Than Asana For Project Plan Visualization Create a free account
Github Issues Better Than Asana For Development Project Planning Create a free account here
Hive Best Asana Alternative For Ease of Use Create a free account
However, if you’re interested in trying Asana, here’s an exclusive 30-day free trial.
15 Best Asana Alternatives
monday.com: Best Asana Alternative
ClickUp: Free Asana Alternative
Smartsheet: Spreadsheet-based Asana Alternative
Oracle NetSuite Project Management: Best Asana Alternative For Enterprise Companies
Jira: Better Than Asana For IT Teams And Developers
Wrike: The Asana Alternative With More Customization Options
Teamwork: Best Asana Alternative For Time Tracking And Project Collaboration
Notion: Best Asana Alternative For Templates
Trello: Better Than Asana For Card-Based Tool
Airtable: Best Asana Alternative For Reporting
ProofHub: Best Value For Money For Larger Teams
Basecamp: Team Communication
Kanbanize: Better Than Asana For Project Plan Visualization
GitHub Issues: Better Than Asana For Development Project Planning
Hive: Best Asana Alternative For Ease of Use
Asana Alternatives: Conclusion
Kanbanize
GitHub Project Management
Although monday.com now has multiple software solutions under its belt, the platform initially started out as a project management tool. Now known as Monday Work Management, the platform prioritizes ease of use and customization options.
Users can pick between multiple project management views, including Kanban boards, Gantt charts, timeline views, calendars, etc, and add them to their dashboards. As for customization, monday.com, users can tweak the dashboards by adding graphs and counters, for instance.
Monday.com is a strong competitor in the project management landscape with full features, outstanding UI, and tons of project templates to help teams get started on project management.
In addition, it enables users to organize and visualize projects in multiple ways, such as Kanban boards, Gantt charts, and timelines of tasks.
It offers a free forever plan with no credit cards required – so there’s no harm in signing up at all! If you’re looking for more features, there are four paid plans you can choose from, which start at $8 per user per month.
Use Monday.com for Free here! No credit card is required.
Want to see how Asana and Monday.com are compared? Check out our Asana vs Monday.com comparison.
Want to learn more? Check out our detailed Monday.com reviews!
monday.com Key Features
200+ customizable templates
Built-in time tracking
Whiteboard collaboration tools
Individual (up to 2 users): free
Basic: $10 per user per month (monthly), $8 per user per month (yearly)
Standard: $12 per user per month (monthly), $10 per user per month (yearly)
Pro: $20 per user per month (monthly), $16 per user per month (yearly)
Enterprise: upon request
There’s also a free trial for all pricing plans.
Asana vs monday.com: Review & Comparison
monday.com gets the upper hand over Asana in multiple aspects.
Firstly, there’s the pricing. monday.com’s pricing plans are cheaper than Asana’s across the board. Moreover, monday.com offers more package variety, while the difference in price between plans is not as large. For instance, Asana’s Business plan costs over twice as much as the Premium package, the one right behind it.
Consequently, monday.com allows for more gradual and affordable scalability.
Workflow Visualization
Secondly, there is monday.com’s workflow visualization. The platform makes it easy for project managers to have an overview of multiple projects at once and handle them efficiently. monday.com covers a user-friendly interface and eliminates the need to constantly switch between tabs to get from one project to the other.
Multiple projects are showcased within a single dashboard, with each project displaying crucial information, like task status. In contrast, Asana’s UI isn’t as well-tuned for providing an easy-to-digest overview across all of your projects.
Consequently, monday.com hits the top of your Asana alternatives list.
ClickUp is one of the best Asana alternatives for any low-budget, remote-working business. Even its free plan offers unlimited tasks and members, and 100MB storage to help teams collaborate on this cloud-based software.
Use ClickUp for Free here! No credit card is required.
ClickUp stands out from the crowded competition by costing just $5 per month for its unlimited plan, making it one of the most affordable tools like Asana on the market. In addition, paid plans offer extensive customizable features, like unlimited integrations, dashboards, storage, list, board, and calendar views to help teams stay productive and align with their team members.
If you’re a growing business and can afford to spend more on task management, the Professional tier, which costs just $9 per user per month, is for you. In addition, it has added features like an advanced time tracker, automation features, dashboard widgets, and custom exporting.
Furthermore, you can read our ClickUp vs Asana comparison here.
ClickUp Key Features
Agile reporting features
Built-in team collaboration tools
Mind Maps (visual project tracking)
Free (unlimited users)
Unlimited: $9 per user per month (monthly), $5 per user per month (yearly)
Business: $19 per user per month (monthly), $12 per user per month (yearly)
Business Plus: $29 per user per month (monthly), $19 per user per month (yearly)
ClickUp vs Asana: Review & Comparison
Although Asana offers a solid free plan, ClickUp manages to take the winning edge in this regard. Specifically, ClickUp‘s free version is available to unlimited users. In contrast, Asana caps at 15 users.
Furthermore, ClickUp’s free plan is a little more in-depth. It offers 24/7 customer support, portfolios, and custom task dependencies, which are not included in Asana.
As the name suggests, Smartsheet is a spreadsheet-based project management and team collaboration tool. That said, if you and your team are already used to working with spreadsheets, then you should feel right at home with this tool.
As for the features, both Asana and Smartsheet are rather similar. Both platforms offer a wide variety of views, like Kanban boards, Gantt charts, and Calendar views. Moreover, they can handle task dependencies, resource management, and provide roughly the same collaboration tools.
However, unlike Asana, Smartsheet allows you to send automatic update requests so you can be in the loop with what’s going on with your projects at all times. This project management tool also offers dynamic views, which automatically adjust as needs change during the process lifecycle.
There are also Baselines. This feature allows you to compare differences between your current workflow and planned work schedule to determine where there is room for improvement and help you set more realistic expectations.
Smartsheet Key Features
Dynamic views
Update requests
Pro: $9 per user per month (monthly), $7 per user per month (yearly)
Business: $32 per user per month (monthly), $25 per user per (yearly)
There’s also a free trial available for the Pro and Business plans.
Asana vs Smartsheet: Review & Comparison
Overall, although Asana and Smartsheet are quite similar, the latter might be the better project management tool for teams that rely on Excel or Google Sheets for their project management tasks.
Since it also covers project management and collaboration tools, Smartsheet is much more advanced than Microsoft’s or Google’s spreadsheets. However, the platform still manages to maintain a familiar interface, making an easy-to-use solution that requires little to no learning curve.
Conversely, if you’re not used to spreadsheets, you should stick with Asana. Otherwise, you might find Smartsheet’s user interface a bit hard to follow.
Oracle NetSuite Project Management is a powerful project management tool that is able to handle complex projects effectively. The platform can help users with project planning and tracking, task management, team collaboration, and more.
Other features include project records, task hierarchies, resource assignments, and project plan recalculations.
Project records act as workspaces and provide all the tools necessary to insert and organize data neatly. Tasks hierarchies allow you to create an organized plan to achieve your goals. This feature assesses the work that needs doing, the people assigned, and the steps necessary to complete it. After that, the platform will automatically calculate the appropriate deadlines.
Oracle NetSuite Project Management Key Features
Project billing
Project tasks and hierarchies
Resource assignments
Project plan recalculation
Oracle NetSuite Project Management Pricing
You’ll need to contact the sales team to get a pricing quote. Also, note that the platform will require an annual subscription that contains other Oracle NetSuite products as well.
You can also schedule a free product tour.
Asana vs Oracle NetSuite: Review & Comparison
This project management system is among the top Asana alternatives for enterprise-level companies. The platform offers a broad set of highly advanced features, while Oracle’s other products allow you to seamlessly integrate project management in all of your business operations.
However, this platform likely comes at a high price tag, and there’s a steep learning curve. That said, small and medium-sized businesses should rather stick with Asana.
Jira is the best Asana alternative for product teams looking to keep an eye on product development tasks and bug-tracking. This is why Jira has been trusted by more than 65k organizations globally and used by innovative businesses like Cisco, Square, Spotify, etc.
Compared with other Asana alternatives on the market for managing projects across business functions like marketing, human resources, and finance, Jira stands out as one of the best choices for software and product development teams.
Jira is completely free for teams of up to ten users. The Standard plan starts at $7 per user per month, which offers more storage, admin control options, security, and compliance features.
Jira Key Features
Scrum boards
Repository viewing
Dependency management
Customizable workflows
Standard: $7.75 per user per month (monthly), $790 per year
Premium: $15.25 per user per month (monthly), $1525 per year
There’s also a 7-day free trial for the Standard and Premium plan.
Note that yearly pricing varies based on the number of users. The prices listed above are for up to ten users.
Asana vs Jira: Review & Comparison
In contrast to Asana, Jira includes various features specific to the product and software development industry. For instance, the platform allows you to insert and view code repositories directly within the system, allowing for easier source code management and increased productivity.
Additionally, Jira is better suited for agile project management, due to the platform’s scrum boards and roadmaps. In other words, agile teams will have an easier time breaking down complex projects into multiple manageable tasks while still managing to get a full overview of entire projects. Overall, Jira is one of the best Asana alternatives for IT teams and developers.
Wrike is a popular project management tool similar to Asana. It offers more extensive integration choices, and multiple tracking options (like Gantt, Kanban, and to-do lists) when compared to Asana.
It offers a free plan, and paid plans start at $9.80 per user per month. And you’ll need at least 5 users to subscribe to a paid plan. Wrike’s paid plans offer more extensive features like shareable dashboards, Interactive Gantt charts, custom workflows, and more.
Wrike Key Features
Customizable workspaces
Interactive Gantt charts
Team: $9.80 per user per month (monthly)
Business: $24.80 per user per month (monthly)
There’s a 14-day free trial available for all pricing plans.
Asana vs Wrike: Review & Comparison
In short, Wrike is one of the best Asana alternatives in terms of customization. The platform covers a wide variety of customizable templates suitable for multiple projects and use cases. For instance, you can browse templates for marketing, engineering, agile project management, etc.
Additionally, this project management tool allows you to select between multiple workspace themes, build fully custom workflows, add or create custom widgets, and more. All of these help project managers make the software fully adjusted to their needs.
Teamwork is vastly similar to Asana. Both project management software solutions prioritize ease of use and affordability. They also offer solid free versions that cover everything you need to get started with project management. However, Teamwork might be a better option for those who heavily rely on time tracking and project collaboration tools.
That’s because Teamwork includes built-in time tracking across all of its pricing plans, including the free version. Meanwhile, this feature is only available with Asana through integrations with other project management apps.
Moreover, Teamwork comes with a bunch of handy project collaboration tools. This project management software solution comes with a built-in chat, workload management, and document sharing. Team members can also easily mention each other and leave comments on tasks. There’s also the follower functionality which will keep you up to date with what specific team members are doing.
Teamwork Key Features
Task dependencies
Built-in chat
Teamwork Pricing
Free Forever (up to 5 users)
Deliver: $13.99 per user per month (monthly), $9.99 per user per month (yearly)
Grow: $24.99 per user per month (monthly), $17.99 per user per month (yearly)
Scale: upon request
You can get a 7-day free trial for Deliver and Grow plans. You can also schedule a demo for the Scale package.
Teamwork vs Asana: Review & Comparison
As mentioned, this project management software solution differentiates itself from Asana due to its built-in time tracking and emphasis on project collaboration. Furthermore, Teamwork includes a document collaboration tool, which Asana lacks. This feature allows multiple team members to edit and collaborate on content in real-time.
Additionally, Teamwork allows you to set fully custom access permissions for each client and team member. In contrast, Asana only provides a set of pre-determined permissions. This makes Teamwork one of the top Asana alternatives for project collaboration and time tracking.
That said, Teamwork’s project collaboration tools might make this platform more useful for teams looking to conduct more complex project management tasks.
Notion is an all-in-one project management software solution that focuses on team collaboration, workflow automation, and project planning. In terms of project management features, the platform allows you to organize tasks in Kanban boards, calendar views, and more.
As for collaboration, this project management solution covers open and private team spaces, comments, workspaces with granular permissions, and link sharing. Notion is also highly affordable. It includes a solid free version, while paid plans will cost up to $8 per user per month.
Notion Key Features
Table, list, Kanban, gallery, and timeline views
Open and private team spaces
Personal: free
Personal Pro: $5 per user per month (monthly), $4 per user per month (yearly)
Team: $10 per user per month (monthly), $8 per user per month (yearly)
There’s also a free trial for the Personal Pro and Team plans.
Notion vs Asana: Review & Comparison
Although this project management solution does not cover as many advanced project management features as Asana, Notion wins in the template department. This platform covers a vast library of hundreds of templates built by Notion itself and the software’s communities.
Its templates are spread across multiple categories, like marketing, nonprofit, sales, design, education, and more. As such, Notion might be a better option if you don’t want to bother with tweaking a project management tool’s UI to fit your needs.
Trello is an incredibly flexible card-based tool. It’s better than Asana for being a completely open system that allows you to design any system and methodology that works best for you.
In addition, working with Trello allows you to drag and drop tasks from one vertical list to the next – meaning that once a task is completed in the current stage, you can easily move the card to the next stage. The powerful progress visualization makes it convenient for teams to track progress.
Trello offers a free plan for small projects. Its standard plan starts at $5 per user per month, offering more features like advanced checklists, custom fields, unlimited storage, etc.
Built-in automation tools
Unlimited activity logs
Advanced checklists
Custom backgrounds
Standard: $6 per user per month (monthly), $5 per user per month (yearly)
Premium: $12.50 per user per month (monthly), $10 per user per month (yearly)
Enterprise: $17.50 per user per month (yearly)
You can get a free trial for the Premium plan.
Trello vs Asana: Review & Comparison
Overall, Trello is a straightforward, card-based tool perfect for project managers looking for an easy to get into, highly flexible project management software with a simple interface. Although its features are not as complex as Asana’s, Trello prioritizes displaying information visually. Thus, the platform has a highly user-friendly interface, and your team will get used to the platform in no time.
Airtable is somewhat similar to Smartsheet. More specifically, Smartsheet and Airtable rely on customizable spreadsheets and tables to help you manage projects and track project progress. However, this platform goes a little more in-depth compared to its counterpart and even Asana.
Airtable provides more robust project management features, including budget tracking, built-in time tracking, invoicing, custom reports, advanced team calendars, and more. The platform also emphasizes its reporting capabilities, which we’ll discuss a bit later.
As for ease of use, Airtable is a highly visual platform. The platform prioritizes images to help you categorize and identify various tasks more easily. Airtable also relies on its drag-and-drop interface to help you tweak templates, build custom dashboards, and more. There’s also the Interface Designer which allows you to build custom UIs from scratch.
Airtable Key Features
Invoicing and budgeting
Plus: $12 per user per month (monthly), $10 per user per month (yearly)
There’s also a free trial available for the Pro and Plus plans.
Airtable vs Asana: Review & Comparison
In terms of reports, Airtable is one of the top Asana alternatives due to its reporting capabilities. The platform allows you to build custom reports from the ground up via a no-code interface. If you’re tech-savvy, you can still use coding and other developer tools for more control over customization.
There’s also the group records functionality which allows you to bring specific elements together via certain criteria for easier tracking. For instance, if you have a sales pipeline, you can group multiple fields by lead types, which sales closed or are ongoing, dates, etc.
ProofHub is a project management software with an emphasis on simplicity, which makes it similar to Asana in many ways. Its neat interface delivers most of the tools you need to track projects and collaborate with team members.
In addition, it offers flexibility in tracking multiple tasks simultaneously, with real-time updates on progress through Gantt chart views.
Proofhub plans start at $45 per month. However, they charge a flat fee, meaning no additional user cost. Therefore, Proofhub would be a more affordable option for bigger teams compared to per user charged by Asana.
ProofHub Key Features
Built-in team chat
Document management and file sharing
Essential: $50 per month (monthly), $45 per month (yearly)
Ultimate Control: $99 per month (monthly), $89 per month (yearly)
There’s also a 14-day free trial available for both plans.
Asana vs ProofHub: Review & Comparison
Larger teams may find ProofHub among the best Asana alternatives in terms of value per money. Due to the lack of per user-pricing, this platform will bring a lot to the table considering its price.
For instance, a 20-man team would have to pay at least $219.8 per month with Asana, as the cheapest paid plan costs $10.99 per user per month. In contrast, a 20-man team would pay a flat rate of $45 per month with ProofHub’s cheapest plan.
Basecamp is an alternative to Asana for better team communications given its group chat, message boards, and commenting features. It also offers simple, flat-rate pricing at $99 per month for unlimited users.
It makes communicating seamless using its online messaging system, which automatically syncs chats across multiple platforms, such as Facebook Messenger and Slack.
However, when compared with Asana, Basecamp lacks reporting tools and time-tracking features. But Basecamp is very easy to use thanks to a few advanced features.
Basecamp Key Features
Automatic polls
$11 per user per month (yearly)
There’s a free trial available.
Asana vs Basecamp: Review & Comparison
Basecamp is among the top Asana alternatives in terms of project management tools with an emphasis on team communications. For instance, this project management tool features a built-in group chat and automatic check-ins, which allow project managers to set up automatic polls.
This functionality helps increase team engagement and save some time that would have otherwise been spent on conducting meetings.
Kanbanize is an Asana competitor that helps you organize your work and lets you see all of the project plans at once.
One of its best features includes breaking down cards into smaller, more manageable chunks so they can be automated to go through a series of steps.
Compared to Asana, Kanbanize offers more options to visualize workflows (39 vs 16 of that in Asana).
Kanbanize doesn’t offer a free plan. Its plan starts at $149 per month when billed annually, which includes 15 users. It’s more suitable for larger teams that need at least 15 seats.
Kanbanize Key Features
Process policies
Team commenting and notifications
Kanbanize Pricing
Standard: $179 per month (monthly), $149 per month (yearly)
Asana vs Kanbanize: Review & Comparison
Kanbanize is more transparent in visualizing workflows. For instance, there’s the Cycle Time Charts functionality, which allows you to measure the cycle time for each task within your workflow. Consequently, you’ll be able to identify what are the most time-consuming aspects of specific tasks.
There’s also the Cumulative Flow Diagram, which enables you to examine your workflow’s cycle time, throughputs, and tasks that are works in progress. As such, you can determine how stable your workflow is and find ways to make it more steady and predictable.
GitHub is the go-to app for developers. Naturally, GitHub Issues is better than Asana for development project management.
You can use GitHub’s project management tools to track bugs and issues. This spares developers from maintaining two separate systems for tracking bugs or doing other tasks.
You can use GitHub for free or upgrade to the Team plan, which costs $4 per user per month. It also has a very affordable enterprise plan that costs $21 per user per month.
GitHub Key Features
In-depth analytics
Add videos to comments
GitHub Pricing
Team: $4 per user per month (monthly), $44 per user per year (yearly)
Enterprise: $21 per user per month (monthly), $231 per user per year (yearly)
There’s a free trial available for the Enterprise plan.
Asana vs GitHub: Review & Comparison
Since GitHub is designed with developers in mind, the platform offers some solid project planning and management tools for this niche. GitHub covers customizable views to help you track and plan projects across multiple stages, from prototypes to launches.
These views also allow you to plan projects across multiple areas, like concept art, engine work, or game mechanics, for instance.
Moreover, you can break down issues into multiple tasks so developers can get easy-to-grasp, step-by-step instructions for fixing bugs.
Hive is a great project management tool that provides time tracking, collaboration, advanced automation, and other project management tools. One of the main strengths of Hive is that the platform continuously evolves based on user feedback.
That said, the platform’s user-centric approach makes Hive very easy to use while being packed with dozens of handy features. The platform also provides a solid free version and the paid pricing plan will only set you back $16 per user per month (monthly).
Hive includes built-in time tracking, file sharing, native chat, and a wide variety of views, like Kanban boards, Gantt charts, Table views, and Calendar views. Lastly, the platform integrates with 1000+ apps.
Hive Key Features
Built-in time tracking and team chat
Automation capabilities
Solo (up to 2 users): free
Teams: $16 per user per month (monthly), $12 per user per month (yearly)
There’s a 14-day free trial for the Teams plan.
Hive vs Asana: Review & Comparison
Hive sits among the top Asana alternatives in terms of ease of use. Although there are also other straightforward platforms in the market, they mostly have a basic feature set. However, Hive comes packed with a series of advanced features. Moreover, in contrast to Asana, Hive has a more user-friendly interface, given the platform’s customer-oriented approach.
Also, Hive allows you to combine multiple projects under one massive view, so you can get a bird’s eye view of your company’s activities without needing to constantly switch between tabs – something which Asana lacks.
Furthermore, Hive leverages AI technology to help you identify and track any risks or issues within your workflow, like overdue projects, low budget, etc.
These are some of the best Asana alternatives for making collaborations easier. Our top picks are Monday.com and ClickUp – both offer excellent project management solutions at an affordable price point. You can even use them for free!
If you’re looking for simplicity, Trello, Smartsheet, and Basecamp are your best bets. These platforms are highly affordable, provide straightforward interfaces, and core the basics.
Conversely, Kanbanize, ProofHub, and Oracle NetSuite are suitable for large and enterprise-level companies. These platforms come with a vast range of advanced features.
Moreover, Kanbanize and ProofHub are cost-effective for large teams, due to their flat pricing plans. Meanwhile, Oracle NetSuite is designed to incorporate all of your business operations outside of project management.
Jira is an excellent option for IT teams. It’s an agile project management tool with scrum boards designed for bug tracking and other industry-specific needs. The same thing goes with GitHub.
If you’re looking for a middle-ground between price and advanced functionalities, the rest of the platforms mentioned in this list should do the job. However, examine your business needs to determine which one may be the best fit. Some platforms emphasize team collaboration, while others prioritize customization options, and so on.
What tools are similar to Asana?
ClickUp, monday.com, Jira, Trello, and the above-mentioned project management tools are similar to Asana. They are all Asana alternatives for project management.
Is there still a free version of Asana?
Yes, you can use Asana for free. Check out our Asana Review to learn more details about the pricing and features of Asana.
Is Trello better than Asana?
Trello is better than Asana in terms of a card-based tool.
What is better, notion or Asana?
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EUTOP.news > Nicolas > International leaders condemn Russian actions
International leaders condemn Russian actions
Nicolas / April 04, 2022 12:37 / World
BRUSSELS — The European Union’s top diplomat has joined a growing chorus of international criticism blaming the Russian armed forces for alleged atrocities committed against civilians in Ukraine.
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says “the Russian authorities are responsible for these atrocities, committed while they had effective control of the area. They are subject to the international law of occupation.”
Borrell said Monday that the “haunting images of large numbers of civilian deaths and casualties, as well as destruction of civilian infrastructures show the true face of the brutal war of aggression Russia is waging against Ukraine and its people.”
Working with the U.S., U.K. and other international partners, the EU has been ramping up sanctions against Russia since it invaded Ukraine in February. Borrell says the 27-country bloc “will advance, as a matter of urgency, work on further sanctions against Russia.”
WARSAW, Poland — Poland’s prime minister has described Russia as a “totalitarian fascist” that has carried out atrocities against civilians in Ukraine.
Mateusz Morawiecki called Monday for a international commission to be formed to investigate the evidence emerging that Russians soldiers carried out executions of Ukrainian civilians.
“Russia is already a totalitarian-fascist state today,” Mateusz Morawiecki said at a news conference in Warsaw.
“The bloody massacres perpetrated by Russian soldiers deserve to be called by name: This is genocide and this crime must be tried as the crime of genocide,” Morawiecki said.
He called on other Western powers to impose even heavier sanctions on Russia in order to weaken its war machine, saying that Germany in particular should do to more to support sanctions.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Estonia Prime Minister Kaja Kallas said the photos of bodies scattered in a city on the outskirts of Kyiv “recall the mass killings by Soviet and Nazi regimes.”
“This is not a battlefield, it’s a crime scene. Mass killings of Ukrainian civilians by #Russia are clear war crime,” Kallas said on Twitter and called for “a 5th round of strong EU sanctions as soon as possible.”
The Baltic country’s Foreign Minister Eva-Maria Liimets said the pictures from Bucha were ” appalling,” the Baltic News Service reported.
PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron condemned “with utmost strength” the reported torture and killings of Ukrainian civilians by Russian troops in an interview Monday on France-Inter radio.
“There is clear evidence of war crimes. It was the Russian army that was in Bucha," Macron said. “We have told Ukrainian authorities that we were at their disposal to help with the investigation they’re carrying out. International justice must prevail. Those who committed these crimes will have to answer for them.”
Macron joined leaders from around the world who are calling for stronger sanctions in response to the reports.
“What just happened in Bucha calls for a new round of sanctions and very clear measures. We will coordinate with our European partners, especially Germany and we will take further individual measures," Macron said. "In particular on coal and petrol, we need to act.”
“It is our collective dignity and it is our values that we need to defend," he added.
LONDON — Britain’s Defense Ministry says Russia is continuing to build up both its soldiers and mercenaries in eastern Ukraine.
“Russian forces are continuing to consolidate and reorganize as they refocus their offensive into the Donbas region in the east of Ukraine,” the ministry said in an intelligence update posted on social media Monday.
It says Russian troops are being moved into the area, along with mercenaries from the Wagner private military group.
Overnight, the U.K. said Russia was still trying to take the southern port city of Mariupol, which has seen weeks of intense fighting. It said “the city continues to be subject to intense, indiscriminate strikes, but Ukrainian Forces maintain a staunch resistance, retaining control in central areas.”
The update added that “Mariupol is almost certainly a key objective of the Russian invasion as it will secure a land corridor from Russia to the occupied territory of Crimea,” which it annexed in 2014.
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the country will conduct a probe into alleged atrocities against civilians by Russian troops involving international investigators.
Zelenskyy said in an address that “the world has seen many war crimes,” adding that “the time has come to make the war crimes committed by Russian troops the last such evil on Earth.” He said that a special justice mechanism will be created to investigate the Russian atrocities with participation of international prosecutors and judges.
Ukrainian authorities have said that the bodies of at least 410 civilians have been found in areas outside the Ukrainian capital after last week’s withdrawal of Russian troops — many with bound hands, close-range gunshot wounds and signs of torture. International leaders have condemned the reported atrocities and called for tougher sanctions against Moscow.
Russia has rejected the accusations of killing civilians as a “provocation” by Ukrainian authorities and initiated a meeting of the U.N. Security Council to discuss the issue.
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian authorities are reporting more civilian casualties from the Russian barrage.
At least seven people were killed and 34, including three children, were wounded in a Russian rocket attack on Ukraine’s second-largest city of Kharkiv late Sunday, according to the regional prosecutor’s office. It said that 10 buildings were destroyed.
In the Black Sea port of Mykolaiv, regional Gov. Vitaliy Kim said at least one resident was killed and 14 others were wounded by Russian shelling late Sunday. Local authorities also reported more Russian strikes on Mykolaiv early Monday, but there was no immediate word of casualties.
TOKYO — Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said he was “deeply shocked” by Russia’s alleged attacks on civilians in the Ukrainian towns and called for firm investigations by the International Criminal Court over Moscow’s “war crimes,” echoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's earlier condemnation of the reported attacks “as violation to international law.”
“We are deeply shocked by revelations of Russia’s extremely ghastly actions that victimized many Ukrainian citizens,” Matsuno told reporters Monday. “Attacks on innocent citizens violate international human rights law and are absolutely unforgivable.”
Matsuno noted that Tokyo had filed a formal complaint with the International Criminal Court against Russia over its war on Ukraine in March and that Japan expects the court to fully investigate the “war crimes” allegedly committed by Moscow.
Matsuno said Japan will continue to cooperate with the other members of the Group of Seven advanced economies and the international society in possible further sanctions against Russia, but he did not elaborate.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Monday described reports of rape and other atrocities by Russian troops in Ukraine as “reprehensible.”
Bodies with bound hands, close-range gunshot wounds and signs of torture lay scattered in a city on the outskirts of Kyiv after Russian soldiers withdrew from the area. Ukrainian authorities accused the departing forces on Sunday of committing war crimes and leaving behind a “scene from a horror movie.”
“The reports of Ukrainian civilians who have been killed, raped and severely wounded by Russian troops is beyond reprehensible,” Ardern told reporters in the New Zealand capital Wellington.
“Russia must answer to the world for what they’ve done,” she said.
She said her Cabinet considered on Monday further measures New Zealand could take to support Ukraine and send a strong message to Russia. Further details would be outlined this week.
“Certainly, what we as an international community are seeing are evidence of war crimes at the hands of Russia,” Ardern said.
“Ultimately it is for the International Criminal Court to make that determination, but the evidence is there and New Zealand is supporting the prosecutors in gathering that evidence and making sure that Russia is held to account,” she added.
LAS VEGAS — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appeared in a video at the Grammy Awards asking for support in telling the story of Ukraine’s invasion by Russia.
During the pre-recorded message that aired on the show Sunday night, he spoke in English, likening the attack to a deadly silence threatening to extinguish the dreams and lives of the Ukrainian people, including children.
In his words: “Our musicians wear body armor instead of tuxedos. They sing to the wounded in hospitals, even to those who can’t hear them. But the music will break through anyway.”
The Recording Academy, with its partner Global Citizen, prior to the ceremony highlighted a social media campaign called “Stand Up For Ukraine” to raise money and humanitarian support.
Zelenskyy told the audience: “Fill the silence with your music. Fill it today to tell our story. Tell the truth about the war on your social networks, on TV, support us in any way you can any, but not silence. And then peace will come to all our cities.”
Following Zelenskyy’s message, John Legend performed his song “Free” with Ukrainian musicians Siuzanna Iglidan and Mika Newton and poet Lyuba Yakimchuk as images from the war were shown on screens behind them.
KYIV, Ukraine — The Ukrainian military says that its forces have retaken some towns in the Chernihiv region and that humanitarian aid is being delivered.
The news agency RBK Ukraina says the road between Chernihiv and the capital of Kyiv is to reopen to some traffic later Monday.
Chernihiv is a city 130 kilometers (80 miles) north of Kyiv and it had been cut off from shipments of food and other supplies for weeks. The mayor said Sunday that relentless Russian shelling had destroyed 70% of the city.
Russian forces also withdrew from the Sumy region, in Ukraine’s northeast, local administrator Dmitry Zhivitsky said in a video message carried by Ukrainian news agencies Sunday. The troops had occupied the area for nearly a month.
In other areas recently retaken from Russian troops, Ukrainian officials say they have recovered hundreds of slain civilians in the past few days. Ukraine’s prosecutor-general says the bodies of 410 civilians have been recovered from Kyiv-area towns.
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s prosecutor-general says the bodies of 410 civilians have been removed from Kyiv-area towns that were recently retaken from Russian troops.
Iryna Venediktova says on Facebook that the bodies were recovered Friday, Saturday and Sunday. She says 140 of them have undergone examination by prosecutors and other specialists.
Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk says the mayor of the village of Motyzhyn in the Kyiv region was murdered while being held by Russian forces. Vereshchuk adds that there are 11 mayors and community heads in Russian captivity across Ukraine.
In a video address Sunday, Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy denounced the allegedly targeted killings of civilians in towns that the Russians occupied, calling the killers “freaks who do not know how to do otherwise.” He warns that more atrocities may be revealed if Russian forces are driven out of other occupied areas.
International leaders have condemned the reported attacks in the Kyiv-area towns after harrowing accounts from civilians and graphic images of bodies with hands tied behind their backs.
Russia’s Defense Ministry has rejected the claims of atrocities against civilians in Bucha and other suburbs of Kyiv.
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Red Bull IceOne Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Max Nagl will not compete in this weekend’s MXGP of the Czech Republic, round 13 of the 2015 FIM Motocross World Championship.
Working determinedly in recent weeks in order to make a return to MXGP racing following his left ankle injury and subsequent surgery during the GP of Germany, the decision not to compete at Locket was taken following a practice session earlier this week. Although able to ride, discomfort from his ankle after riding and a subsequent medical check-up determined that Max will have to wait a little longer before he can return to racing.
“This is really disappointing. But as much as I want to return to racing for myself and for the team, it’s not something I can do before I am fully ready,” Max Nagl said. “Despite doing all I can I am not ready yet, my leg needs more time to heal. I rode earlier this week but pain in my ankle showed me that I am not ready. It is really frustrating but I have to listen to my body and return when I know I am ok to do so.” | {"pred_label": "__label__cc", "pred_label_prob": 0.6788923740386963, "wiki_prob": 0.3211076259613037, "source": "cc/2023-06/en_middle_0098.json.gz/line1025846"} |
A Wrong Parody of Climate Denial
Posted on 09 Jan 20 10 Jan 20 by Paul MatthewsIn Uncategorized3 Minutes Read
From time to time we’ve had fun on this blog with the comical attempts of academics in sociology and psychology to understand, deal with, and convert to the true faith, “climate deniers”. Here is a new classic of the genre, from the highly prestigious Stanford University.
The press release is Pathways to changing the minds of climate deniers, and the paper is Understanding and countering the motivated roots of climate change denial, published in a journal called Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability.
The press release starts off with
Want to sway the opinion of climate deniers? Start by acknowledging and respecting people’s beliefs.
Yes, that’s the way to do it, show them respect by referring to them as “climate deniers”!
The lead author of this work is, apparently, Gabrielle Wong-Parodi. At this point, you could be forgiven for thinking that the whole thing is a Sokal-style parody, ridiculing the idiocy of social psychology and the climate cult.
But no, like the feminist glaciology paper, this is real. Wong-Parodi does exist and has her own lab – though it does seem to have a bit of a diversity problem, and it isn’t clear whether the “lab” does much more than express its own opinions.
The press release continues with
However, the researchers found that those who deny human causes for climate change can be swayed through conversations that appeal to their different identities, reframe solutions – or even embrace their climate views.
“I think in the climate change sphere there’s this thinking of, ‘there’s the deniers over there, let’s just not even engage with them – it’s not worth it,’” said behavioral scientist Gabrielle Wong-Parodi, lead author of the paper published in Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability Jan. 8. “A lot of the tactics and strategies start from the point that something is wrong with the climate deniers, rather than trying to acknowledge that they have a belief and opinion and it matters. But I think there is an opportunity to keep trying to understand one another, especially now.”
Great. So what conversations did the researchers have with climate deniers? To what extent did Dr Wong-Parodi engage with them? How did she try to understand them? What studies or surveys did they undertake?
The answer is — they did nothing at all. Zero engagement. Zilch. All they did was read the literature, from the usual clueless suspects – Brulle, Dunlap, Maibach, McCright, Oreskes, etc, and regurgitate their conclusions. The abstract of the paper says
We draw largely on studies conducted in the United States, whose population is exceptionally high on climate denial and disengagement.
The press release and the paper show a nice example of psychological projection from the researchers, exhibiting their own obsession with identity politics. From the press release,
“I think we often forget that people can have many identities – there might be a political identity, but there is also an identity as a mother, or an identity as a friend or an identity as a student,” said Wong-Parodi, who is also a fellow at the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment. “You can elicit other identities when you’re talking about climate change that may be more effective.”
The paper has a whole section on identity, include such wisdom as
… people form opinions based not on facts or information, but on the need to affiliate with and be accepted by groups they identify with. Importantly, people also have strong group affiliations and identities based on their gender, race, ethnicity, and other personal or social facets of their lives, as well as a sense of identity with the environment. These identities can contribute to attitudes toward climate change, and be powerful drivers of connection, concern, and engagement.
Of course, anyone with an iota of understanding of the issue will be aware that it is the self-righteous, middle-class, modern-left climate activists who are driven by their identity and their group membership. A glance at their own twitter account shows their obsession with gender (or blatant sexism) which I’ve already alluded to. Climate skeptics don’t have a group identity – we’re a random bunch of eccentric misfits with little in common at all, besides perhaps a healthy disrespect for authority and an ability to think for ourselves. Do any of you feel the “need to be accepted by groups you identify with”? Me neither. Our “group” includes a retired ex-pat magazine illustrator who campaigns for the Communist Party, a female animal rights campaigner, a nerdy maths lecturer, an Australian satirist… not much group identity there.
The paper claims that their approaches “provide insight into underlying psychological dynamics”. Well, it provides no insight whatsoever into climate scepticism, but it does provide insight into the muddled thinking and groupthink of the insulated echo chamber in which the authors live.
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Hmmmm….
The identity of the lead author lives down to a name worthy of ‘The Daily Onion”. The writing is circular, trivial, derivative and self defeating as to be more of a parody. It reads like some theological school paper of the 19th century. It is as if Ms. Wong-Parodi is wriying about the pagan heathen of some remote tropical land. A land she has never been to, and whose people she never actually wishes to meet. She comes across as a naive bigot, declaring to her evangelism class her great love and understanding of the heathen she actually despises and has no desire to actually know.
In the case of Ms. Wong-Parodi, she becomes the butt of a pointed own goal.
While you are right that this research relies mainly on work done by others, they plainly do their own surveys in other cases.
From the faceplant page:
“Here’s Francisca, one of our PhD students, collecting data in #Maui. She surveyed both local residents and tourists to understand what motivates the protection of #CoralReefs and the coastal environment.”
The importance of this kind of work can hardly be overestimated. We should probably all commit to replicating it.
vuurklip says:
If Wolfgang Pauli had seen this paper, his famous saying would have been: “Not even Wong!”
As per usual, these studies tell us far more about the authors than they do about their supposed subjects.
In August 2019 Gabrielle Wong-Parodi took part in a forum of experts ostensibly discussing what motivates people about climate change:
https://eos.org/articles/forum-explores-motivating-different-people-about-climate-change
The following, from Brett Jenks, CEO of an organisation promoting “climate-smart solutions”:
‘There are a growing number of Republicans who know that climate change is happening and “would benefit from a very soft off-ramp—intellectually, socially, culturally—that would enable them to move forward with the herd to begin to address this challenge,” Jenks said, noting that people are “herd-like” and tribal and often don’t want to be left behind socially or morally.
Jenks said that there are a few behaviors that individuals can take to make a personal difference about climate change, including reducing food waste, adopting a plant-rich diet, purchasing green energy, buying carbon offsets, and telling everybody what you are doing.
Jenks’s sentiments were echoed by Margaret Walls, a senior fellow at Resources for the Future, a Washington, D.C.–based research institution that employs economic research and policy engagement to improve environmental, energy, and natural resource decisions. “When we’re talking about climate, the climate problem, and mitigation and the changes we need people to make, we need everybody to be doing things,” she said.’
So, don’t be awkward – stop questioning climate science and move with the herd! But be an individual. Be an individual in the herd.
For some reason, this scene came to mind:
Brian: “You’re all individuals!”
Followers: “Yes, we’re all individuals!”
Well, I’m not. 🙂
Hilarious. Wong Parody writes paper beyond parody. I never knew that the US population was high on climate denial. Did you? Maybe some people are high on something but I don’t think it’s climate denial.
Unbelievably condescending. Sceptics have a ‘belief’ so AGW ‘believers’ (in the truer sense of the word) should work hard at trying to respect their beliefs whilst appealing to their ‘other’ identities. Well I don’t know about you but I don’t have have any ‘other’ identities, do you? Thought not. We’re rounded human beings here who have a wide range of interests and opinions which necessarily diverge greatly from person to person, it being a very complex, big wide world and us having very different lives and personal experiences. But what we do not do, hopefully, is isolate our thoughts and opinions in other areas of our lives to create a separate ‘identity’ which might be appealed to in order for us to be welcomed into the Ninety Seven Percenter Climate Club!
We also don’t need ‘climate denial’ as some sort of gel to create a group identity so we can feel part of something. We question the received wisdom of the climate science and climate action community on the basis that its conclusions, at times, seem highly questionable. That’s it. That’s why we find ourselves drawn together in one place – that and the fact that many ‘other’ places actively reject and censor our attempts to question the prevailing wisdom.
So, another case of ‘mistaken identity’, wong parody, wong paradigm, I’m afraid.
I can’t see the article without forking out 31 dollars, but the abstract looks promising, beginning:
“Action on climate change is currently minimal, and woefully inadequate…”
If trillions of dollars constitute “minimal action,” what would “adequate” action look like?
The “findings” as described in the press release, look identical to those found by Corner, Marshall &co at the British government-funded Climate Outreach Project. They do their research in India (“tailoring individual messages to non-smoking Sikhs and non-drinking Hindus”) and Cardiff (“200 respondents were interviewed, 90% of them 18-year-old female students of handsome, dynamic blue-wigged green activist Adam Corner”) whereas Wong Parodi relied on studies in the US. So it’s a case of scientific confirmation rather than plagiarism.
They might like to contact Corner and his mates about their visual material, something the Outreach crowd has done a lot of work on. The group photo of the lab scientists has them half facing camera in order of descending height, like air hostesses or Miss World contestants, whiled Stanford Earth’s banner photo, repeated in their tweet about the study, shows a male from behind, hopelessly protecting his head with an umbrella while his genitals are underwater – a fitting symbol of our plight. (Well, not my plight, but the plight of your average denier.)
The elephant in the room is what makes social scientists with no professional skin in the climate game at all trip over themselves to write poorly thought out out crap like this?
Lewandowsky, of course, sets the lowest bar for this genre of claptrap dressed up as science.
Wong-Paordi’s self parody, however, works hard to find that low standard in her own way.
She combines Lewandowsky’s manipulative arrogance with Kayho’es false charity and compassion.
Note the use of defined terms, the shallow and derivative virtue signalling and the utter absence of actually finding “deniers” to talk to.
She is intellectually no different from an South racist who dressed up their racism about African Americans with intellectual verbiage and faux scientific claims.
As far as this paper is concerned, she is just a cheap poseur bigot hustling for grant money.
What they said:
Understanding and countering the motivated roots of climate change denial
What I read:
Understanding and countering the motivated roots of heretical doctrines and practices
Dr W.-P. could try having a coffee with an intelligent denier, maybe get a handle on why they think what they think. If she asked me, I’d say sommat like:
“Hi, Doc! I’ll have a latte. No, not almond milk. Why am I a denier? Well, that’s your label, not mine, but I’m not ashamed to embrace it. Fact is, I accept that CO2 concentrations are increasing in the atmosphere and that it will get a bit warmer accordingly. I’m in the 97%, or 99%, or whatever the consensus is now. The predictions of doom though? Grossly exaggerated, and it seems like they’re getting more exaggerated every minute. Reminds me a lot of hellfire preaching – you know, it’s a psychological ploy, right? You’ve done a tad of psychology, haven’t you? Well, people change their behaviour if you give them a teeny-tiny punishment. But it has to be bam, instant. Like a slap when you reach for the cookie jar. If the promises of punishment are faaaaaar away, they have to be bigger. That’s why in hell they flay your skin off and glue it back on. Of course, you can try bringing the punishment nearer, but then you have the risk of all the failed predictions of doom we’ve already had. So that part of it is obviously cobblers, and no-one with a brain would believe it for a second. As to the proposed remedies in terms of cutting CO2 emissions, in almost all cases they are prescriptions that are worse than the disease, like giving yourself malaria to cure syphilis, or is it the other way around? Anyway, that’s all cobblers too. Ta for the drink. Must do this again soon.”
Geoff, it is no surprise that the “findings” look identical to those of Corner and co – though in fact they don’t cite Corner. As stated in the article quoted by Alex “Jenks’s sentiments were echoed by Margaret Walls”.
Papers that they do cite include:
The dragons of inaction: psychological barriers that limit climate change mitigation and adaptation.
Responding to Climate Change Skepticism and the Ideological Divide
Promoting pro-environmental action in climate change deniers.
The first two of these are themselves opinion/review articles! So this paper which the official Stanford twitter account describes as “new work” is largely a review of reviews.
Another thing the paper gets completely wrong is an entire section on “Social norms”:
Another identity-related motivation is the need to align with the norms and standards of the groups one belongs to. Social norms are one of the most powerful means of influencing perceptions, attitudes, and behaviors towards contentious scientific topics, such as climate change. Social norms are rules or principles that specify which actions are required, permissible, or forbidden in a social group [35,36]. Injunctive norms are beliefs about behaviors that are approved of by the social group, whereas descriptive norms are beliefs about which behaviors group members typically engage in. People tend to adjust and align their behavior toward the norm in order to avoid social judgments or marginalization [37], and feelings of guilt and shame.
Again, this is pure projection, and upside-down. What they’ve written applies to them, not us. The “social norm” on climate is to say that you are concerned about it. For example, virtually all MPs voted for the climate act, and virtually all say that they support a “net-zero” target. To be a sceptic you have to be prepared to un-align yourself from the social norm.
The acknowledgements section says:
This work was supported by the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center with funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation (Grant #s DBI-1052875 and DBI-1639145).
Yes, apparently this is “science”.
You can look those grants up. The first is for $28M, the second a mere $18M.
I find this repetitive psychoburble hugely boring. Except for one thing. The $46m, as part of Geoff’s multiple trillions of ‘minimal action’. I want to know about the money and let every voter know about the money. My resolution for 2020. With the benefit of er, hindsight.
talk about group think.
As Jonathon Woss would say: we do mostly wong think here.
I once had an opportunity to help a social science researcher. Here is how that went:
Christel · October 18, 2018
Hi Ron, I would like to get in touch with you. I am a PhD researcher of Wageningen University. My email address is [email protected]. Many thanks, Christel van Eck
Ron Clutz · October 18, 2018
Hi Christel, I see that you are a social scientist with a mission to help the IPCC push its agenda more persuasively. Despite having the commanding attention of most of mass media, politicians and celebrities, skepticism is increasing, and rightfully so.
However, the problem with IPCC is not a failure to communicate. Rather, the organization itself is corrupted and its practices in need of radical reform. It will remain unbelievable so long as it ignores science and scientists with valid disagreements from “consensus” science.
A good summary of what is wrong with IPCC, see About the IPCC http://climatechangereconsidered.org/about-the-ipcc/
For examples of how IPCC has subverted rational and objective research into the climate system,
See Rise and Fall of CAGW https://rclutz.wordpress.com/2018/01/11/rise-and-fall-of-cagw/
and See Rise and Fall of the Modern Warming Spike https://rclutz.wordpress.com/2018/03/11/rise-and-fall-of-the-modern-warming-spike/
Christel, you need to dig into the systematic perversion of science by IPCC in service of a political agenda. That is the real story hidden from the general population.
I am still waiting for a response.
Anyway, two wongs don’t it right.
Ron C, the resulting paper by van Eck et al is fairly inoffensive as such things go.
Its first two sentences are a bit odd, though.
According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), “Limiting global warming to 1.5°C would require rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society” (IPCC, 2018). Indeed, the scientific consensus about anthropogenic climate change has become stronger over the last decades.
What’s that ‘Indeed’ doing there? I can’t make any sense of it at all.
The likelihood that achieving a recent (stupid) target would cause massive societal damage is strengthened by a gradual strengthening over several decades of the scientific consensus that was (ab)used as justification for the recent (stupid) target?
Gibberish, so that can’t be it.
Answers on a postcard…
Irrelevant footnote: The UK’s new XR-inspired, sort-of-sortition-based Climate Assembly will be advised by a panel of twelve academics. One of those twelve will be Benjamin ‘Bats are Birds’ Sovacool, an academic who has long been notorious for pulling numbers out of his bum.
How did that happen? You’d almost think they wanted the thing to fail. (If you were a conspiracy theorist.)
Vinny, here’s a list of everyone in the Climate Assembly’s three “groups of experts”, including the academic panel of which Benjamin Sovacool is a member:
https://networks.online/gphsn/news/1001954/expert-team-advise-citizens-assembly-climate-change
Some familiar names amongst the “experts” – Greenpeace’s Doug Parr, for example. Googling a few of the others, it is difficult to avoid the suspicion that these are more like “groups of activists”.
Why aren’t cognitive psychologists and social scientists as interested in exploring the roots of motivated climate hysteria as they are in the roots of motivated climate denial?
Here’s a classic textbook case of Climate Derangement Syndrome by Weather Proxy:
Absolutely balmy in New York City today. People strolling through Chinatown in tee shirts.
This kind of winter heatwave may not be as physically uncomfortable as the ones we've having in summers now, but it is no less terrifying.
I feel nauseated with fear. pic.twitter.com/WL7Uw7wqjX
— Dr. Genevieve Guenther (@DoctorVive) January 11, 2020
One reason might be because the psychologists themselves are succumbing to the same hysteria. For instance, here’s psychiatrist Lise Van Susteren:
https://www.momscleanairforce.org/interview-lise-van-susteren-talks-mental-health-impacts-climate-change/
“I am required by law, in all 50 states, to report evidence of child abuse in all its forms – physical, sexual, emotional, or by negligence. I have seen child abuse. I know it when I see it. I see it. I can say without the slightest hesitation that inaction on climate is both emotional abuse and it’s abuse from negligence – abandonment of our children. Reporting is mandatory.”
Perhaps not the most helpful frame of mind…
“You can look those grants up. The first is for $28M, the second a mere $18M”
$46M !!! – from your link
This award establishes a new environmental synthesis center that will stimulate research, education, and outreach at the interface of the natural and social sciences in order to develop novel and effective solutions to global environmental challenges. The center’s founding plan requires mutual engagement of social and natural scientists in a facilitated process that leads to joint refinement of synthesis projects and the framing of questions that transcend disciplinary boundaries. This plan is grounded in four key goals: the creation of new coalitions; learning at all levels; expansion and improvement of the synthesis process; and creation of a flexible, adaptive institution. These goals will be achieved through community-driven activities that encourage diverse methods of collaboration including distributed interactions, the use of social media to consolidate collective knowledge from a broad constituency, data visualization, and design charrettes. Through engagement of multiple disciplines in innovative activities, the center promises a fundamental reorganization in how synthesis is accomplished and put into practice.”
if I was young & looking for a job with prospects can you guess where I might go?
from an old engineer.
Russell Cook (@questionAGW) says:
The news of the release of the paper is a top item today (1/19/20) at Marc Morano’s ClimateDepot site. I have a sort of ongoing hobby of looking in to papers like this, having spotted years back how they almost invariably are separated by 3 degrees or less from global warming alarmist book author Ross Gelbspan, when it comes to their claims that any skeptic climate scientists out there are on the payroll of the fossil fuel industry. It can be as much as a 3 degree separation because, when they aren’t citing Gelbspan directly for evidence to support that blatantly false accusation, they’re citing other “skeptic trashing sociologists” who cite Gelbspan. I wrote a blog post on that overall situation back in early 2014 ( http://gelbspanfiles.com/?p=1237 ).
So far, I can’t find the full paper for free. Usually there is some AGW believer out there who ignores the money aspect of these paywall-blocked papers and has downloaded the full PDF file. A search for key words in the abstract landed me here. Paul apparently has the full paper, and what does he state about this paper’s sources? “All they did was read the literature, from the usual clueless suspects – Brulle, Dunlap, Maibach, McCright, Oreskes, etc, and regurgitate their conclusions.” Whadayaknow? I concur on that little mob being the usual suspects – with either direct or one degree separations from Gelbspan.
As I’ve long said, the collective AGW issue can be boiled down to just 3 talking points: 1) settled science; 2) industry-bought liars-for-hire skeptics; 3) the public may ignore skeptics because of points 1 & 2. Not only do these sociology paper writers never interact with their study subjects, they always proceed on the false premise that the science is settled, and insert some bit about industry-orchestrated corruption. When you do that, by default, you never have to provide any details of how AGW science may be faulty. If the science is not faulty, then the people who deny the science must be insane, driven mad by ideology, racism, sexism, homophobism, fascism, or whatever other “ism” you can concoct. There’s even a paper out on how such denial should be criminalized. Guess who the author cites for his ‘crooked skeptics’ accusation? ( http://gelbspanfiles.com/?p=9538 – McCright/Dunlap are featured there with their own fatal citation cascade wipeout)
What staggers my mind is how this whole pro-AGW sociology industry (and all the money going into it) continues on its merry way, based totally on a demonstrably false premise about their beloved topic.
Russell, thanks, that’s a good summary. As you say, it is mind-staggering.
Even more gob-smacking is that some of these people then complain about how underfunded they are. Their ‘research’ into how to defeat the ‘deniers’ is so vital, yet they only get about 500 million a year of grant funding for it.
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/social-sciences-miss-out-climate-change-research-funding
RUSSELL COOK
I know the sterling work you do on Gelbspan and his epigones. Riley Dunlap goes back even further. In 1978 he invented a sociological tool called the New Ecological Paradigm – a simple list of questions to establish where society was on the scale of Green-ness. It made sense for a young environmentalist sociologist to explore this newish fad back then. But what happened over the following 40+ years was that the paradigm became the norm, and instead of examining the nature of this minority interest, (which still only receives the support of about 3% of electors in most democracies) Dunlap and others began exploring the sceptics as if they represented the cult-like minority position.
I once looked at the paper which Dunlap published to get his Ecological Paradigm balls rolling. The one work cited as a source for the ideas in it is not a peer-reviewed paper but a 1974 book “Ark II” by Ehrlich and Pirages full of topical burblings about solving the current crisis by means fashionable at the time culled from Maoism and hippydom. One interesting idea was to have the world governed by a committee of scientific experts who would produce reports every 5 years telling governments what to do – IPCC anyone?
I’ll write this up some time.
Russell,
“If the science is not faulty, then the people who deny the science must be insane, driven mad by ideology, racism, sexism, homophobism, fascism, or whatever other “ism” you can concoct.”
We’re seeing that tactic fall apart big time, not in the climate change debate, but in the response to Laurence Fox’s remarks on BBC question time and the attempt by the hysterical far left to shoe-horn him into an identity labelled ‘privileged white male’ to justify the accusation of his alleged racism and to effectively silence his right to speak in his own defence. They’ve done it so many times with success but they seem to have come unstuck this time. It is the Left of course who seek to control the climate change narrative and they employ exactly the same techniques to silence dissent from ‘deniers’ of man-made climate change.
The cover up of the Rotherham rape gangs is now exposed for all to see and it’s not a pretty sight – the police and the council effectively shut down investigations of the sexual abuse of young white and Sikh mainly working class girls by mainly Pakistani Muslims because they wanted to avoid accusations of racism supposedly. Left ideology is hence exposed as the main facilitator of mass rape of thousands of girls. If Leftists can do that for 30 years, then they certainly cannot be trusted to administer the supposed ‘cure’ for climate. Now their worst nightmare, Tommy Robinson, has bounced back in Norway, having been given the prestigious 2019 Sappho Award by the Free Press Society for his ground-breaking journalism. The late great Roger Scruton was a former winner. A momentous event not covered by the mainstream media of course and Facebook got so upset that they banned the Free Press Society immediately after they made the announcement! You get the sense that events are running away from the Left and they are starting to lose their iron grip on the false reality they have so successfully manufactured and maintained for so long. The climate change narrative may be just another one of the pillars of Wokeness which crumbles as the Left’s empire starts to fail, not necessarily because sceptics questioned the science, but because the public lost faith in the progressive Green, inclusive, diverse and ‘socially just’ Left altogether. Death by association.
In the Australian bushfires, the public are seeing just how detached from reality and hard evidence the Green Left really are, how desperate they are to control the narrative at any expense, how immoral and irresponsible they have become in the pursuit of their ideologically driven agenda. They’re losing it and the public are witnessing them losing it in real time. Thus far, public goodwill and widespread ignorance of just how dodgy climate science really is has sustained their rotten enterprise. That goodwill is evaporating faster than Victoria Falls.
If only it was “just” Rotherham… From what I’ve heard there were confirmed cases of about 19000 minors a year, estimated to be much higher. The scale is staggering and all levels of government (including a missive from Gordon Brown), police and social services turned a blind eye for fear of stoking racial tension. Getting stabbed is part and parcel of living in a big city. Having child rape gangs across the country is a great bit of cultural enrichment. All that’s required now are the “feminists” to chime in placing blanket blame on all men.
Of course, the real criminals are the ones who demand justice.
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>If only it was “just” Rotherham… From what I’ve heard there were confirmed cases of about 19000 minors a year, estimated to be much higher.
This sounds like we are getting into Satanic Abuse territory…
Yes Dave. Telford, Rochdale, Oxford, Bristol, Manchester, Peterborough; in fact anywhere there is a significant Muslim ‘minority’ it would seem. It’s huge.
DaveJR says:20 Jan 20 at 3:15 pm
“Getting stabbed is part and parcel of living in a big city”
having lived in Scotland 40yrs ago, worst event you would worry about was getting a broken glass in your face in the pub from a drunk nutter (who would then get the sh*t kicked out of him for breaking the taboo”
see the latest “https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-51171184”
“Ch Supt Steve Clayman said a fight had broken out between two groups who were armed with knives, leaving three men fatally stabbed.
We can now say that two arrests have since been made, so there has been progress.
The parties are believed to be known to each other and the group are within the Sikh community,” he added”
in my day when men (usually) had a fight it was brutal at times but not lethal, what has changed?
28 May 20 at 10:06 am
Sorry, I’m not buying this. Wong-Parodi has gotta be somebody’s attempt to fling Composta back in our faces. The only reason we don’t dismiss this as parody within seconds is that it’s not very funny—which overlooks the fact that even marginal wittiness is a groundbreaking achievement for believalists.
Sure, Parodi is an extant surname. But according to Urban Dictionary,
to define parodi is to define a type of wart often found one the end of your finger, this is from using your fingers in and around anuses
Wow that’s a big parodi on her finger she must have had a busy weekend
#wart #finger #parodi #busy weekend #wow
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Five levels of circularity
To overcome challenges to achieving circularity, it will be necessary for players along the automotive value chain to establish a common language related to the circular economy and relevant business models. The transformation will be decadal rather than short-term—and the ecosystem needs to come together around a common understanding of where to go.
Our study, together with 40 companies from the automotive value chain, proposes a taxonomy with five levels of circularity based on our two primary measures (carbon and resource efficiency) to evaluate and improve the circularity of cars. The proposed levels range from single owner use and disposal (Level 0) to an aspirational goal of an automobility ecosystem that has net positive impacts (Level 5). The levels describe vehicles that are part of an increasingly circular automobility system. Each level can be determined based on characteristics of both the product and its use. Thus both the producer and the owner of the car are responsible for achieving circularity.
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Kelsey Grammer Is His Wife’s Property
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Extremely bizarre celebrity behavior is becoming an epidemic. Kelsey Grammer is the latest to show symptoms of mental illness after he sought out and secured a spot on the suspected cuck list instead of seeking help from a professional. Like the scarecrow companion to Dorothy, he finally found the courage within to let Conan O’Brien and the rest of the world know about his secret “ownership” tattoo. He dedicated some skin real estate on the lower half of his body as a token of love to a woman who may walk away with half of everything he owns one day. I wouldn’t be surprised if he has the word “mom” overlaying a poorly shaded pink heart permanently inscribed on his taint. Kelsey has a weird way of showing the women in his life that he’s committed to them for the long-haul.
Kelsey Grammer told Conan O’Brien that he got a tattoo of his wife’s name in his pubic region to stop him from cheating on her.
“It was more of sort of an ownership thing,” he said. “My wife said, ‘Why don’t you get a tattoo?’ I guess maybe it was based on the idea that if ever I thought maybe a peccadillo outside the marriage was a good idea, that whoever might be, you know, would read this particular piece of equipment was already signed and owned by someone named Kayte.”
Grammer, 63, began dating Kayte Walsh, 39, while he was still married to “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star Camille Grammer.
Grammer tied the knot with Walsh in 2011, just two weeks after his divorce from Camille was finalized.
A tattoo located on your crotch of your wife’s name is a great idea if you’re an impulsive person living in a trailer looking for long-term love with no fear of regret. Allegedly this move makes him cheat-proof. Because no prostitute on this planet would put pay before aiding and abetting in infidelity. Inking your old lady’s name around your pubic region is just creepy and caving in to her insecurity. Kelsey should consider himself as cattle now that he’s openly admitted to branding himself. The next step now is to wear a bell around his neck so potential home-wreckers aren’t enticed to milk his man-tail. He will forever be a faithful guy and all it cost was his dignity. Seems fair.
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Field and laboratory aging of RTV silicone insulator coatings
IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery 15(4):1298 - 1303
DOI:10.1109/61.891518
Hiroya Homma
Christopher L. Mirley
Joanne Ronzello
Steven A. Boggs
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The silicone-based coating applied to 345 kV post insulators in a substation on the shore of Long Island Sound has depolymerized over a period of about 7 years although no in-service failures have occurred. However, the increasing rate of depolymerization suggests that the coatings will have to be renewed in the near future. This paper reports comparisons of aging and material properties for a number of RTV silicone insulator coatings and measurements related to application of a new coating over an existing, field-aged coating
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... RTV and HTV materials are composed of at least 30 wt % of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) [1,2]. NCI HTV insulator SIRs are mixtures of PDMS and of several additives such as fire retardants, fungicides, and fillers to increase stiffness and color [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]35]. These additives are compounded into the SIR, along with alumina trihydrate, which is the primary fire retardant in NCIs [36]. ...
... SIRs provide the necessary surface hydrophobicity for NCIs, preventing standing water, as rainwater and atmospheric condensation beads on the SIR surface due to its low-energy surface, preventing water ingress [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]. Excess water on NCI surfaces can cause leakage currents, which can form an electrical path to ground resulting in a local black out or worse [7][8][9][10][11][12]. ...
... SIRs provide the necessary surface hydrophobicity for NCIs, preventing standing water, as rainwater and atmospheric condensation beads on the SIR surface due to its low-energy surface, preventing water ingress [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]. Excess water on NCI surfaces can cause leakage currents, which can form an electrical path to ground resulting in a local black out or worse [7][8][9][10][11][12]. Oxidative stressors, such as UV and acidic rain, can damage SIRs, decreasing their hydrophobicity [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]. ...
Visualizing Polymer Damage Using Hyperspectral Imaging
Shaun Mann
Monika Bleszynski
Maciej Kumosa
Silicone rubbers (SIRs) are common industrial materials which are often used for electrical insulation including weather sheds on non-ceramic insulators (NCIs). While SIRs are typically resilient to outside environments, aging can damage SIRs' favorable properties such as hydrophobicity and electrical resistance. Detecting SIR aging and damage, however, can be difficult, especially in service. In this study we used hyperspectral imaging (HSI) and previously investigated aging methods as a proof of concept to show how HSI may be used to detect various types of aging damage in different SIR materials. The spectral signature changes in four different SIRs subjected to four different in-service aging environments all occurred between 400--650 nm. Therefore, remote sensing of NCIs using HSI could concentrate on bands below 700 nm to successfully detect in service SIR damage.
... Acid rain can deteriorate high voltage outdoor insulators and affect their performance in addition to their other surface degrading effects1234. Polymeric insulators can especially be susceptible since they are mostly organic56. ...
... It is of practical interest to study the aging and degradation characteristics of commercially available polymeric insulators under acid rain + multistress conditions, simulating an actual service environment. Presented in this paper are the results of the studies on the effect of acid rain (pH 3.9) in the Connecticut area, USA [1] and at Taxila, Pakistan. Connecticut was chosen as failure of polymeric coating, Room Temperature Vulcanized (RTV) silicone rubber was observed within 6 years of in service performance in service under extra high voltage of 345kV [1, 7]. ...
... Presented in this paper are the results of the studies on the effect of acid rain (pH 3.9) in the Connecticut area, USA [1] and at Taxila, Pakistan. Connecticut was chosen as failure of polymeric coating, Room Temperature Vulcanized (RTV) silicone rubber was observed within 6 years of in service performance in service under extra high voltage of 345kV [1, 7]. It is of practical interest to study the performance of High Temperature Vulcanized (HTV) silicone rubber (SiR) insulators in this environment at a lower voltage as distribution class insulators are more commonly used. ...
Performance of Thermoplastic Elastomeric and Thermoset Insulators under Accelerated Acid Rain Multistress Conditions
Victor Godinez
Muhammad Amin
Raji Sundararajan
Polymers are becoming the material of choice for high voltage outdoor insulators. However being mostly organic, they are susceptible to aging and degradation (weathering) due to environmental (and electrical) stresses. This necessitates the study of their long-term behavior. It is desirable to study the long-term performance of the insulators in the service environment under multistress conditions encountered by the insulators to better simulate the actual conditions. This paper presents the results of the studies of a novel, third generation, environmental friendly thermoplastic elastomeric (TPE) insulators and conventional thermoset silicone rubber (SiR) insulators in Connecticut, USA and Taxila, Pakistan. 28 and 10kV insulators were used for this purpose. The aging phenomena were characterized by visual observations, hydrophobicity classification and using sophisticated materials analysis techniques, such as FTIR. The results indicated that the TPE insulators had discoloration and arcing after two thousand hours of aging while the silicone rubber insulators had no arcing. Index Terms—multistress aging, acid rain, polymeric insulators
... The effects of acid rain have been recorded in parts of the United States, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland and Australia. It is also becoming a significant problem in Japan, China and in Southeast Asia [1][2][3][4][5]. The definition of acid rain is not very clear, but generally rainwater with a pH below 5.6 is called acid rain and the main acids in the rain are sulfuric and nitric acids [4]. ...
... The degradation of polymeric materials in acid rain is an electrochemical process of de-polymerization that is more severe in the presence of voltage [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]. ...
... The inclined plane test, salt fog test, tracking wheel and voltage breakdown are some of the commonly used test methods to evaluate the aged polymeric insulators and coatings. Parameters like the leakage current, contact angle, SEM, TGA, FTIR, WAXD, gas chromatography, mass spectrometry and tan 6 have been used in analyzing results of aging [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]. But, the most common method for simulation of acidic aging is soaking of the coated samples in acid [4][5][6][7][8][9][10]. ...
Effect of acid immersion on RTV silicone rubber coatings in inclined plane tests
Ayman El-Hag
H. Mohseni
Ali Naderian
S. Jayaram
The paper presents the results of an investigation into the effect of acid immersion on the aging of room temperature vulcanized (RTV) silicone rubber coatings in inclined plane tests (IPT). Two commercial coatings, RTV-A filled with ATH (aluminum tri-hydrate) and RTV-B filled with silica, are compared before and after acid immersion. Acid aging consists of immersing the samples in 3.9 pH nitric acid at a temperature of 90°C for 2 weeks. The relative comparison between the two samples is based on the development of the fundamental and third harmonic of the leakage current during IPT tests, eroded area, the time to failure and SEM microphotographs. All of these observations show that acid rain damages RTV-A more severely than RTV-B. However virgin ATH filled sample showed a better performance compared to the silica filled material.
... A comprehensive study of the performance characteristics of four commercial RTV silicone rubber coatings for high voltage insulators has shown considerable variation in the aging characteristics of the coatings affecting life [5]. A material characterization technique like gas chromatography (GC) of the surface has provided evidence of depletion of LMW silicone fluid that diffuses from the bulk of the coating Manuscript received on 6 July 2013, in final form 13 September 2013, accepted 26 September 2013 to the surface [5,6]. This fluid acts to impart non-wetting characteristics to deposited contaminants by surrounding the particles with a monolayer of fluid. ...
... Moreover, the loss of hydrophobicity was correlated with oxidation in the coating surface revealed by significant change in the atomic concentration of oxygen and carbon measured by electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis (ESCA) [20]. Thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA) has shown significant difference between aged and virgin samples of RTV coating samples [6]. The TGA curve for the aged sample have lower peak around the 200-300 o C than the virgin sample which is an indication of the decomposition in the hydroxyl group in the Al 2 (OH) 3 . ...
End-of-Life and Replacement Strategies for RTV Silicone Rubber Coatings
IEEE T DIELECT EL IN
Cherney
Marzinotto
Tzimas
The paper provides several methods to assess the condition of RTV coated porcelain/toughened glass insulators in the field. Visual observations of arcing and audible corona are the first indications that signal changes to the coating have taken place. It emphasizes that in the absence of reliable data one can use observations based on hydrophobicity to evaluate when maintenance or replacement of the coated insulators is necessary. Life extension strategies are suggested. It also demonstrates that there are differences in the hydrophobicity characteristics among commercially available coatings, and these can be quantified using standard laboratory techniques. Field experience suggests that the life of the RTV coatings can exceed 10 years even under the severest conditions of pollution.
... There have been many studies on the engineering applications of silicone rubber coating in electrical power systems, which have provided many theoretical bases for the engineering applications of silicone rubber coatings [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]. However, research on the characteristics of the partial discharge on the surfaces of silicone rubber coatings is rare. ...
Influence of Silicone Rubber Coating on the Characteristics of Surface Streamer Discharge
Liming Wang
Hongwei Mei
Chuyan Zhang
Xiaobo Meng
A pollution flashover along an insulation surface—a catastrophic accident in electrical power system—threatens the safe and reliable operation of a power grid. Silicone rubber coatings are applied to the surfaces of other insulation materials in order to improve the pollution flashover voltage of the insulation structure. It is generally believed that the hydrophobicity of the silicone rubber coating is key to blocking the physical process of pollution flashover, which prevents the formation of continuously wet pollution areas. However, it is unclear whether silicone rubber coating can suppress the generation of pre-discharges such as corona discharge and streamer discharge. In this research, the influence of silicone rubber coating on the characteristics of surface streamer discharge was researched in-depth. The streamer ‘stability’ propagation fields of the polymer are lower than that of the polymer with silicone rubber coating. The velocities of the streamer propagation along the polymer are higher than those along the polymer with silicone rubber coating. This indicates that the surface properties of the polymer with the silicone rubber coating are less favorable for streamer propagation than those of the polymer.
... In the process of long-term operation, a series of deterioration phenomena such as mechanical and electrical performance degradation of composite insulators generally occur, which leads to the shortening of service life. Serious aging composite insulators may even lead to transmission line external insulation flashover, broken string, wire landing and other malignant accidents [11][12]. The long-term performance of composite insulator is studied systematically [13][14][15][16]. ...
Study on surface modification of silicone rubber for composite insulator by electron beam irradiation
NUCL INSTRUM METH B
Kai Ning
Jiazheng Lu
Pengkang Xie
Keyan Sheng
In order to improve the outdoor service life of composite insulators, the effect of electron beam irradiation on SIR is studied. In this paper, the silicone rubber was treated by two different doses of electron beam irradiation, and the accelerated aging test of 1000 h high temperature, high humidity and strong sunlight was carried out in the multi factor aging test chamber. At the same time, the physical and chemical properties such as physical tensile properties, hydrophobicity, optical microscope, scanning electron microscope (SEM), Attenuated Total internal Reflection Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer(ATR-FTIR) and crosslinking density were analyzed. The results showed that after low electron beam irradiation dose (40 kGy) treatment, the crosslinking density of silicone rubber increased by 8.8 times, and after 1000 h aging treatment, the crosslinking density of low irradiated(40 kGy) silicone rubber is still 6 times higher than that of unirradiated silicone rubber. Based on the analysis of the test results, the surface modification mechanism of silicone rubber under electron beam irradiation and aging is proposed. The research observation results demonstrate the influence of electron beam irradiation and aging on silicone rubber. Related research provides a novel idea for improving the service life of insulators.
... In the presence of water droplets and contamination layer, loss of hydrophobicity occurs which results in the formation of a conductive film on the surface [78,79]. The electrical discharges and dry band arcing occur on the insulator surface which produce a large amount of heat in the discharge area which causes the tracking and erosion on the surface of insulator and insulator may lose its dielectric property completely [80][81][82][83][84][85][86]. ...
Global experience of HVDC composite insulators in outdoor and indoor environment
REV ADV MATER SCI
Muhammad Akbar
Basharat Mehmood
High-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission is known as green-energy transfer technology and has recently become an attractive alternative of high-voltage alternating current (HVAC) due to its high-power transmission capability and lower power loss. Use of composite insulators on direct current (DC) transmission lines experienced rapid growth in recent years due to their high hydrophobicity and better performance in contaminated environment than conventional ceramic insulators. During their service operation on DC lines, insulators are prone to more accumulation of contaminants due to unidirectional electric field. The contaminants under wet conditions allow leakage current to flow on the insulator surface. Being organic in nature, polymeric insulators have a tendency to age under the combined effects of electrical and environmental stresses. To fully understand the long-term aging performance of DC composite insulators, a detailed survey was considered necessary. Towards that end, this paper critically summarizes worldwide experience of aging performance of composite insulators in the field as well as in laboratory conditions.
... Under adverse conditions, a certain level of chalking and shedding might occur in some local areas of the insulator surface, resulting in uneven distribution of hydrophobicity. As indicated in [19,20], the uneven distribution of hydrophobicity had a certain impact on the pollution flashover performance of RTV coated insulator. ...
Pollution flashover performance of RTV coatings with partial damage
INT J ELEC POWER
Zong Li
Fanghui Yin
Bin Cao
Masoud Farzaneh
Under conditions of high temperature, high humidity, and strong ultraviolet radiation, RTV coating on the insulators may get aged, powdered and even peeled off. The physical damage of the RTV coating on the insulator surface can result in a reduction in the pollution flashover performance. Therefore, this study investigated the influence of location, lateral length, and longitudinal length of the damage on the pollution flashover voltage of RTV-coated insulators. From the experimental results, it was found that the longitudinal length of the damage along the creepage distance direction was the most influential factor on the pollution flashover voltage. According to the flashover voltage function obtained by fitting, the concept of “effective path” distance was proposed. This concept can be used to analyse the influence of multiple damages on the pollution flashover voltage. To validate the analysis, verification experiments were performed using typical industrial insulator. The results showed that the pollution flashover voltage of the insulator was also in a linear relationship with the proposed “effective path” distance, which confirmed the mechanism analysis.
... But when the contamination degree of insulators is serious, these insulators cannot completely prevent pollution flashover.Therefore, RTV coatings have been introduced and used as an improved method to prevent pollution flashover [1]- [3]. However, the influence of external environment will cause some damage to RTV coatings [4]- [10] and obviously affect the insulators' resistance to pollution flashover [11]- [14]. ...
Comparison of Surface Pollution Flashover Characteristics of RTV (Room Temperature Vulcanizing) Coated Insulators Under Different Coating Damage Modes
Zhijin Zhang
Xinhan Qiao
Yingzhu Xiang
Xingliang Jiang
In recent years, RTV (Room Temperature Vulcanizing) coated insulators have been increasingly applied in transmission lines. A large number of RTV coating damages on insulators are currently found. In this paper, 3 typical damage modes of the RTV coating were simulated, then the pollution flashover characteristics were studied. Results indicated that there is a big difference between AC flashover performance of RTV coated insulators under different damage modes. The flashover voltage, as well as the critical leakage current, is largely influenced by salt deposit density (SDD), damage modes and damage area. The relationship between SDD and U50 still meets negative power function when RTV coating was damaged. Insulators with fan-shaped damage have lowest flashover voltage and greatest critical leakage current. Both 2D and 3D FEM models of RTV coating damaged insulator pollution layer were developed to calculate leakage current density on damaged surface, it is discovered that the starting position of the arc usually occurs where the current density is maximum. The different damage modes lead to the change of the surface pollution layer conductivity and the uneven distribution of the current density, which is the main reason that pollution flashover characteristics are directly related to the damage modes.
... On the other hand, when the insulator surface is contaminated, the RTV low molecule weight silicone fluid that diffuses from the bulk of the coating creates a monolayer of fluids (prevents the contaminant from dissolving in water) and imparts a non-wetting property/hydrophobicity to the contaminant layer. This results in the formation of a weak and non-conductive electrolyte layer, which is not conducive to the development of a leakage current or flashover [11][12]. ...
Effects of RTV coating on the electrical performance of polymer insulator under lightning impulse voltage condition
Farah Adilah Jamaludin
Zainal Kadir
Mahdi Izadi
Muhammad Syahmi Bin Abd Rahman
Located near the equator, Malaysia is a country with one of the highest lightning densities in the world. Lightning contributes to 70% of the power outages in Malaysia and affects power equipment, automated network systems, causes data losses and monetary losses in the nation. Therefore, consideration of insulator evaluation under lightning impulses can be crucial to evaluate and attempt to overcome this issue. This paper presents a new approach to increase the electrical performance of polymer insulators using a Room Temperature Vulcanisation (RTV) coating. The evaluation involves three different settings of polymer insulator, namely uncoated, RTV type 1, and RTV type 2 upper surface coatings. All the insulators were tested under three different conditions as dry, clean wet and salty under different impulse polarities using the even-rising test method. The voltage breakdown for each test was recorded. From the experiment, it was found that the effectiveness of the RTV coating application became apparent when tested under salty or polluted conditions. It increased the voltage withstand capabilities of the polymer insulator up to 50% from the basic uncoated insulator. Under dry and clean conditions, the RTV coating provided just a slight increase of the breakdown voltage. The increase in voltage breakdown capability decreased the probability of surface discharge and dry band arcing that could cause degradation of the polymeric material housing. The RTV type 1 coating was found to be more effective when performing under a lightning impulse. The findings might help the utility companies improve the performance of their insulators in order to increase power system reliability.
... Room temperature vulcanized (RTV) silicone rubber with water repellency property (water contact angle greater than 90 • ) could prevent the surface from being completely wetted and owns antipollution ability resulting from migration of low molecular weight (LMW) silicon components from the bulk to the surface [6,7], which has been widely used in China, Canada and the United States for the past three decades [8][9][10]. However, considerable applications and studies [11][12][13][14] have indicated that hydrophobicity of RTV silicone rubber decreased with the increase of serving time. Moreover, the water droplet slide angle (SA) of RTV silicone rubber is pretty large (greater than 10 • ). ...
Electrohydrodynamic behavior of water droplets on a Horizontal Super Hydrophobic Surface and its Self-cleaning Application
APPL SURF SCI
Jian Li
Yuan Wei
Zhengyong Huang
Zhuolin Wu
... Moreover, the loss of hydrophobicity was correlated with oxidation in the coating surface revealed by significant change in the atomic concentration of oxygen and carbon measured by electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis (ESCA) [5]. Thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA) has shown significant difference between aged and virgin samples of RTV coating samples [6]. The TGA curve for the aged samples have lower peak around the 200-300 C than the virgin sample which is an indication of the decomposition in the hydroxyl group in the AL(OH)3. ...
Investigation on Field-Aged RTV-Coated Bushings and Silicone Rubber Insulators in the Gulf Region
Refat Atef Ghunem
In this paper, the characteristics of field-aged RTV silicone rubber coatings and silicone rubber insulators used in the gulf region were investigated. Samples were collected from both 220 and 400 kV field aged coated bushings and outdoor insulators. Samples taken from various positions on the insulators were analyzed using thermo gravimetric analysis (TGA). TGA analysis reveals that samples collected from 400 kV silicone rubber insulators showed signs of more aging compared to samples from 220 kV insulators. Also, for certain insulators, samples taken from the upper side of the sheds indicated higher degree of aging compared to samples taken from the same insulator but from the lower side of the sheds.
... It can be due to the decomposition of cyclic silicone oligomers and Si-C bonds of compositions which can be affected by UV radiation [1,20]. It has been found that 90 wt% of silicone rubber contains of cyclic dimethylsiloane (DMS) with 3 to 6 DMS units, and 1 wt% of linear DMS [1,[21][22][23][24]. Small units of silicone oligomers with 4 to 6 DMS units have low boiling temperatures from 173 °C to 245 °C. ...
Effects of UVC Radiation on Thermal, Electrical and Morphological behavior of Silicone Rubber Insulators
Zeinab Farhadinejad
Morteza Ehsani
Iman Ahmadi Joneidi
Ultraviolet (UV) aging is one of the most important problems that electrical insulations are faced with it. Generally, total UV radiation emitted from the sun is divided into three parts. Among all types of ultraviolet radiation, UVC has the highest energy because its wavelength is less than 290 nm. Therefore, UVC is definitely harmful for health and even for other objects on the earth including electrical insulators. The objective of the current paper is to study the aging process of silicone rubber insulators exposed to UVC radiation. To accomplish this purpose, three different kinds of commercial silicone rubber insulators were aged by UVC radiation and contaminated solution. Then their electrical and thermal properties as well as their changes on the surface were investigated by measuring leakage current, thermo-gravimetrical analysis and surface elements. It is observed that, the effect of contaminated solution on leakage current is more than the influence of UV radiation alone. In addition, combination of UVC radiation and pollution extremely increase leakage current. Pollution has especially influence on the 3th harmonic component. Aging by UVC shifts the thermal decomposition temperature of the insulations to lower temperatures and degrades the surface of the systems especially the polymers surround the filler. Also it was realized that UVC is able to decompose the filler and reduce the Al/Si ratio in the sample.
... Room Temperature Vulcanized (RTV) silicon rubber coatings are used in order to improve the contamination performance of outdoor high voltage insulators [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]. The improved performance of coated insulators is attributed to the hydrophobicity of the thin surface RTV coating film provided. ...
Positive streamer propagation along profiled insulating surfaces with room temperature vulcanized silicone rubber coatings
Lazaros Tzimkas
Giannopoulos T.
Tsintikidis P.
Pantelis N. Mikropoulos
Results on positive streamer propagation along smooth and profiled cylindrical insulating surfaces coated with different room temperature vulcanized (RTV) silicon rubber coatings are presented; nylon specimens were regarded as reference. Experiments were carried out in a three electrode arrangement consisting of a 12 cm long parallel-plane gap with an auxiliary needle in the earthed anode. Streamers were initiated by applying at the needle electrode a pulse voltage variable in amplitude and propagated over the insulators towards the upper plane electrode which was stressed by a negative DC voltage. When streamers propagate stably along an insulating smooth surface the propagation field and the associated velocity are both higher for RTV coated than bare insulators, however when they propagate along a profiled insulating surface with a step or a shed this reverses itself. The effect of a step or a shed on an insulating surface is to increase propagation field, with the only exception where a streamer crosses part of the gap in air alone, and to reduce the velocity of propagation at all applied fields. The increase of streamer propagation field due to surface profile is less marked for RTV coated than bare insulating surfaces whereas the reduction of propagation velocity is more pronounced.
... Additionally, it is impossible to generalize the experimental observations without clarifying the exact nature of the silicone studied and its physical state (prepolymer or crosslinked). In the framework of this study, the results obtained are consistent with the experimental data obtained by Homma et al. on both RTV and HTV silicones [47,48]. Using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC-MS) technique, the authors clearly demonstrated that field aged silicones suffered from depolymerization and oxidation when they are used in HV equipments. ...
Effects of Electric Partial Discharges on the Rheological and Chemical Properties of Polymers Used in HV Composite Insulators after Railway Service
Jean-Pierre Habas
Jean-Marie Arrouy
Fabrice Perrot
The origin and the consequences of the electric failure of in-service composite hollow insulators used in railway transportation were investigated. Direct electrical measurements made it possible the detection of partial discharges (PD) and UV emissions allowed of identifying the location of the PD at the interface between metal braids and a silicone liner. To investigate the effects of the damaging PD activity, physicochemical properties of the different polymers were investigated and compared to new samples. The thermomechanical properties of the HTV and RTV silicones showed important alterations in the polymers structure. The chemical analyses of the silicones and nitrile rubber conducted using ATR-FTIR spectroscopy revealed that the polymers were oxidized after electrical failure. The results indicated that the ozone production and UV emission were due to the surface electrical activities. The breakdown of alumina trihydrate (ATH) in the inner HTV silicone liner demonstrated that undesired electrical discharges induced an significant increase of temperature and the formation of moisture in the air present in the hollow insulator. Laboratory artificial aging performed on the silicones and nitrile rubber showed similar degradation as in service. Further electrical experiments conducted on empty hollow insulators enabled the detection of internal PD located in micro-voids present in the adhesive used to bond the HTV silicone liner to the inner composite tube.
... For the reliability of the RTV 566 in the bond, its creep and aging behaviors have to be considered, and a predictable stress–strain behavior of the RTV 566 is desired. There are some literatures that discuss the aging phenomenon of RTV silicone rubber [3]–[5]. However, in these papers, the aging phenomenon had been discussed in " extreme environment, " i.e., corrosive, humid , or electric field. ...
Reliability Study of RTV 566 for Its Application as a “Spring”
IEEE T DEVICE MAT RE
Anand Dokania
P. Kruit
This paper reports the preliminary feasibility study of room temperature vulcanization (RTV) 566 for its application as a “spring” for in situ height adjustment in our proposed design for an array of Schottky emitters. The reliability of the RTV 566 is tested in terms of its viscoelastic properties for thicknesses of 95, 142, and 195 μm. The shear modulus varied a little with the thickness. Although the RTV 566 shows a very little hysteresis, it shows a clear sign of viscoelastic behavior, rendering it unsuitable for the application. The viscoelastic behavior of the RTV 566 is modeled with the Findley model.
Performance of a nanotextured superhydrophobic coating developed for high-voltage outdoor porcelain insulators
COLLOID SURFACE A
Anahita Allahdini
G. Momen
Frédérick Munger
Reza Jafari
We live in an era of striking advancements in various domains of science and technology, where separate fields and specializations are overlapping into new horizons. This cooperative approach is emerging rapidly in polymer science by employing the organic and physical chemistry, materials science, as well as electrical and mechanical engineering to collaborate and develop uniquely innovative materials. In outdoor high voltage power equipment, various problems such as flashover, rain, icing, pollution, and UV can compromise the performance of insulators thereby distorting the reliability of the entire system. Superhydrophobic coatings are sought-after candidates owing to their ultra-non-wettable, easy-to-clean, and anti-ice character. However, the performance of superhydrophobic coatings when they are subjected to high-voltage fields is still lacking sufficient research. Here, we aimed at designing a robust and novel non-fluorinated superhydrophobic coating in order to increase the effective life-span of high-voltage insulators by preventing and/or delaying the possible arcing and flashover driven damages. The electrical properties of the coating were investigated through various and comprehensive test methods. The coating showed high thermal and desirable weathering stability. Compared with bare porcelain in dry, wet, and polluted conditions, the superhydrophobic coating successfully increased the flashover voltage. Moreover, the superhydrophobic coating exhibited low leakage currents through the condensation test when exposed to high humidity conditions. With leakage currents of as low as 20 mA after three continuous steps of voltage increase, the superhydrophobic coating showed less tracking and erosion lines than the pristine coating in an adapted inclined plane test for thin films.
Criteria for the design of tissue-mimicking phantoms for the standardization of biophotonic instrumentation
Nat. Biomed. Eng.
Lina Hacker
Heidrun Wabnitz
Antonio Pifferi
Sarah Elizabeth Bohndiek
A lack of accepted standards and standardized phantoms suitable for the technical validation of biophotonic instrumentation hinders the reliability and reproducibility of its experimental outputs. In this Perspective, we discuss general criteria for the design of tissue-mimicking biophotonic phantoms, and use these criteria and state-of-the-art developments to critically review the literature on phantom materials and on the fabrication of phantoms. By focusing on representative examples of standardization in diffuse optical imaging and spectroscopy, fluorescence-guided surgery and photoacoustic imaging, we identify unmet needs in the development of phantoms and a set of criteria (leveraging characterization, collaboration, communication and commitment) for the standardization of biophotonic instrumentation. This Perspective overviews the design and fabrication of tissue-mimicking phantom materials for the technical validation of biophotonic instrumentation, and identifies a set of criteria for their standardization.
STUDY AND ANALYSIS OF LIFE OF SILICONE RUBBER COATINGS ON INSULATOR
S.K. Mahobia
The coatings have been in service for many years users are beginning to be concerned about the increased risk of flashover which are comes with aging, or the end-of-life, and the course of action that may be necessary for life extension or replacement. Study of the performance characteristics of commercial RTV silicone rubber coatings with various voltages.
Silicone Rubber RTV Coating of HV Substations and Over Head Lines
Mohammad Ali Talebi
Technical & economical evaluation of using silicone rubber RTV coating for H. V. substation in polluted area
Aging resistant TiO 2 /silicone rubber composites
COMPOS SCI TECHNOL
We have recently shown [1,2] that one component room temperature vulcanized (RTV-1) silicone rubbers (SIR) based on polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) can be rapidly degraded by low voltage (LV) energized aqueous salt solutions by previously unreported aging mechanisms related to the formation of hypochlorous acid in high voltage (HV) transmission line applications. In this study, we are showing how to improve the resistance of the rubbers to extreme environmental aging by embedding TiO2 micro-particles. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations were conducted to determine the combined effect of TiO2 and different concentrations of hydrophobic PDMS methyl groups on surface hydrophobicity of a TiO2/PDMS composite. In addition, the effects of both TiO2 and silica on the diffusivities of LV aqueous salt components in the PDMS were predicted and related to unique interfacial interactions between the particles and the methyl groups of the PDMS. Rutile TiO2 reoriented methyl groups away from the particles reducing the diffusivities of water and hypochlorous acid. This effect shielded the PDMS network against environmental chain scissions. On the other hand, silica attracted the groups accelerating acid and water migrations and thus enhancing damage to the network. In the experimental part, TiO2/RTV was subjected independently to hypochlorous acid and electrolyzed LV aqueous salt. As expected, TiO2 greatly increased the contact angle, reduced the surface energy and improved the hydrophobicity of the composite, mitigating the negative effect of the reduced concentrations of methyl groups. As a result, aging damage to the rubber was dramatically reduced by about 50% in highly oxidative environments.
Silicone rubber aging in electrolyzed aqueous salt environments
POLYM DEGRAD STABIL
In this work we suggest an entirely new and highly transformative model of silicone rubber aging caused by the presence of electrolyzed aqueous salt, leading to the formation of hypochlorous acid in-service on energized High Voltage (HV) transmission lines in coastal environments. The model was subsequently verified by aging one-component Room Temperature Vulcanized (RTV-1) rubbers in commercially produced hypochlorous acid and an electrolyzed aqueous salt environment at room temperature. Molecular dynamics models of the rubbers with silica fillers were conducted to offer at least partial explanations of the types and extents of aging observed in the RTV-1 samples tested in the aqueous salt solutions. We have shown that the above environments are highly damaging to the silicone rubber polymer network and significantly more destructive than non-electrolyzed standard aqueous salt solutions at higher temperatures. The main observations of this research should greatly contribute to a better understanding of complex degradation mechanisms of modern HV silicone rubber compounds, which are utilized in some of the most critical lines and substations all over the world.
Effect of alkyl-disubstituted ureido silanes with different alkyl chain structures on tracking resistance property of addition-cure liquid silicone rubber
Chixin Xie
Xingrong Zeng
Weizhen Fang
Hongqiang Li
Ureido silane is considered to be a novel tracking resistance additive for effectively improving the tracking resistance property of addition-cure liquid silicone rubber (ALSR). In this work, a series of alkyl-disubstituted ureido silanes (ADUSs) with different alkyl chain structures were synthesized by the transetherification of allyl alcohol (AA) and alkyl-disubstituted ureido siloxanes from the nucleophilic addition between alkyl-disubstituted amides and 3-isocyanatopropyltriethoxysilane (ICPES). The effect of ADUSs with different alkyl chain structures on the tracking resistance property of ALSR was investigated by inclined plane test (IPT), thermogravimetry analysis (TGA), thermogravimetry-Fourier transform infrared spectrometry (TG-FTIR) and energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS). The results showed that ADUSs could effectively improve the tracking resistance property of ALSR, especially for (γ-diisopropylureidopropyl) allyloxyethoxysilane (DIPUPAS), (γ-dibutylureidopropyl) allyloxyethoxysilane (DBUPAS) and (γ-diisobutylureidopropyl) allyloxyethoxysilane (DIBUPAS). ALSR incorporated with DIPUPAS, DBUPAS and DIBUPAS passed the inclined plane test (IPT) at the alternating voltage of 4.5 kV and the average erosion mass was only 3.8%, 3.4% and 4.4% of the virgin ALSR, respectively. TGA and TG-FTIR results revealed that DIPUPAS, DBUPAS and DIBUPAS could also effectively improve the thermal stability of ALSR. Accompanying with the weakened oxidation reactions of methyl groups in molecular chains, the formed cyclic oligomers decreased. Meanwhile, the release of methane and cross-linking reaction of the silicone rubber chains were enhanced, leading to the increase of residue under high temperature and the formation of a ceramic barrier layer to protect the silicone rubber matrix. EDS results showed that the carbon content in ceramic barrier layer decreased, which was beneficial to prohibit the development of tracking.
Silicone rubber RTV-1 aging in the presence of aqueous salt
In our previous research on the effect of salt on aging of Room Temperature Vulcanized one-component (RTV-1) silicone rubber material we reported a strong relationship between losses in material mass and hydrophobicity, and potentially significant changes in the mechanical properties of the materials. This is further investigated in the present study, which examines the effects of aging in aqueous salt solution at elevated temperature on the hardness, hydrophobicity, and damage of a selected high quality RTV-1 material. A simple mechanical approach is suggested, which could be used in service to evaluate the amount of aging of RTV materials by correlating changes in hardness with surface conditions such as hydrophobicity. In addition, a new model of aging of RTVs based on the formation of hypochlorous acid in the presence of saltwater on energized silicone rubber surfaces is suggested and supported by Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulations. The diffusion rates of hypochlorous acid, salt ions, water, and nitric acid were numerically compared to determine which aging compound could be primarily responsible for material damage to RTVs under both laboratory and in-service conditions.
Research on streamer propagation along RTV coated insulation surfaces
H. Mei
June Zhou
Can Chen
In recent years, the room temperature vulcanized (RTV) silicone rubber coatings, widely used in outdoor high-voltage insulators on overhead transmission lines, could improve the contamination performance of insulators. The RTV coatings usually lose its hydrophobicity and result in further degradation under long-term partial discharge. Therefore, it is necessary to study the characteristic of partial discharge along the RTV coated insulation surfaces. The process of partial discharge includes corona discharge, streamer discharge and arc discharge. The streamer propagation along the insulation surface is a complexest physical process. This paper focuses on the characteristics of streamer propagation along the RTV coating. In three-electrode arrangement, the characteristics of streamer propagation along clean and the RTV coated insulation surfaces are measured through three photomultipliers. The electric field required for streamer stable propagation along the RTV coated insulation surfaces is larger, and the velocity is slower in the same electric field. Furthermore, the characteristics of streamer propagation along insulation surfaces with different RTV coating are different. Some RTV coating inhibits the streamer greatly, hence, the characteristics of partial discharge along the different RTV coated insulation surfaces are different in the operation condition.
Evaluation of actual field ageing on silicone rubber insulator under coastal environment
Majid Rezaei
A. Parhizgar
A. Sayani
Insulators in the field experience synergistic effects of temperature, UV radiation, rain, clear mist, and contamination. One of the problems related to outdoor polymeric insulator is erosion and tracking of the weathershed which can affect the reliability of power system. This paper presents investigations on the performance of outdoor 63 kV silicone rubber insulators after seven years of field exposure. The insulator performances were evaluated in laboratory by measurements of leakage currents under clean fog and salt fog conditions. Also visual inspection, hydrophobicity classification and material diagnostic technique have been used to detect defective in service silicone rubber insulators. The polymer content of some surface regions decreased as degradation increased. Scanning electron microscopy, Thermo-Gravimetric, attenuated total reflectance-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy analysis and energy dispersive x-ray analysis used to identify the elemental composition of virgin and aged surface of insulator. Peak values of leakage current and cumulative charge are measured in clean fog and salt fog chamber. Also, inclined plane tracking and erosion resistance test have been done on the silicone rubber samples. The changes in the surface morphology and material structure were examined before and after the ageing.
Investigation into the effects of environmental stresses on RTV-1 silicone-based caulk materials
Bruce M Allen
Erika Willis
Single component room temperature vulcanized (RTV-1) caulks are used in a variety of electrical and other applications. In high voltage Non Ceramic Insulators (NCIs) they are used as part of a triple seal system near the metal end-fittings to protect insulators against environmental stressors including moisture and acid ingress and salt contamination. In service they must resist chemical aging for long periods of time. MacLean Power Systems, Inc. provided three RTV-1 caulk materials for evaluation, of which all three materials maintained their hydrophobicity or increased their hydrophobicity during acid immersion and UV/condensation tests. However, all three materials showed significant mass and hydrophobicity loss upon exposure to salt water at elevated temperatures. Our results show that RTV-1 materials perform differently when compared to Silicon Rubber (SIR) insulator shed materials as reported in the literature when exposed to acid immersion. This is due to the absence of aluminum hydroxide in RTV-1, also referred to as aluminum trihydrate (ATH). Additional acid immersion testing was conducted with ATH resulting in depolymerization of the RTV-1 material.
Field Aging Investigation and Filler Precipitation Analysis on RTV Coated Insulators in China
Hai Lu
Tong Li
Zhidong Jia
Room temperature vulcanized (RTV) silicone rubber is a type of anti-pollution flashover coating which has been widely used in China. Featuring good hydrophobicity and adhesive property, RTV coatings are applied to insulators to increase the pollution flashover voltage of insulator strings. However, compared with high temperature vulcanized (HTV) silicone rubber used in composite insulators, RTV coatings are less durable in field operation. In this paper, investigation and experiments were conducted on some RTV coated insulators from Shanxi province and Guangdong province respectively. All the insulators have been in operation for about 6 years and the RTV coatings applied are produced by the same manufacturer. It is found that the performances of RTV coated insulators in Shanxi province are much better than those in Guangdong province. Phenomena such as chalking, color fading and peeling off were observed on RTV coated insulators from Guangdong whereas only slight loss of adhesion property and hydrophobicity were observed on insulators from Shanxi province. Micro structural analysis and macro performance tests were conducted on different positions of collected insulators and it is concluded that operation environment, especially humidity, have great impact on the operation performance of RTV coated insulators.
Characterization of polydimethylsiloxane rubber upon photochemical, thermal, salt-fog ageings and exposure to acid vapours
E-POLYMERS
N. S. Tomer
Raj Pal Singh
Florence Delor-Jestin
Jacques Lacoste (Professor )
The changes in the chemical structure and the physical properties of a filled cross-linked polydimethylsiloxane rubber were monitored as a function of various ageing factors. The variables included photochemical, thermal, salt-fog ageings and exposure to acid vapours. Unaged and aged samples were studied by IR spectroscopy, hardness measurements, Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) coupled with IR spectroscopy. No significant oxidation was detected after all ageings, except for nitric acid treatment. The presence of aluminium trihydrate was clearly identified as responsible for the observed chemical changes. Then an important vulnerability of this filled silicone rubber towards the cross-linking reactions provoked by usual ageings was also detected. The DSC-thermoporosimetry measurements of the mesh size distribution gave a comparison of cross-linking densities for each ageing. The complementary analysis with TGA-IR allowed us to differenciate the thermal stability of the formulation after various ageings and to acquire new knowledge about thermal decomposition.
Analysis of the XLPE Insulation of Distribution Covered Conductors in Brazil
Alan Melo
Alvaro Antonio Alencar De Queiroz
Cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) has been the most common insulation applied to medium voltage covered conductors (MVCCs) in Brazil. The results of accelerated aging tests carried out at high voltage laboratory of UNIFEI (LAT-EFEI), combining the stresses of heat and voltage to ground aiming at enhancing surface corona activity assays, have identified the early failures in XLPE insulations of the Brazilian MVCCs. The observed failures indicate that complementary studies should be performed to better understand the degradation mechanisms of the MVCCs insulations manufactured in Brazil. In this paper, x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), contact angle analysis (CA), photoacoustic spectroscopy (PAS), x-ray diffraction (XRD), and atomic force microscopy (AFM) measurements on samples of five Brazilian national/regional MVCCs are reported. XPS, CA, and PAS analysis indicated that a large variety of oxygen-containing groups associated to the oxidation of the XLPE insulations appear to be related to the manufacturing conditions. AFM analysis indicated that the average surface roughness and topography of the XLPE insulation changed significantly and depend on the selected manufacturer. XRD analysis indicates a strong heterogeneity of crystals nucleation that results into different degrees of crystallinity of the Brazilian MVCCs cables. The results of this work indicate strong evidences of manufacturing defects in the XLPE insulation of Brazilian's MVCCs. The origin of these defects seems to be inherent to the technology used by manufacturers to the production of the MVCCs. The production-related defects are not detectable by the standard tests as partial discharges or even the standard routine—acceptance power frequency assays routinely used in dielectric compatibility tests at high voltage laboratories.
Effects of Thermal Conductivity on dc Resistance to Erosion of Silicone Rubber/BN Nanocomposites
Boxue Du
Hang Xu
Silicone rubber (SiR) is widely employed as an insulating material in transmission lines because of its excellent electrical properties and superior performance under wet and polluted conditions. However, the discharges that occur during operation can cause electrical erosion on the surface of silicone rubber insulators. The thermal conductivity of insulators has a correlation with the resistance to tracking and erosion. This study attempts to clarify whether the addition of boron nitride (BN) particles can improve the resistance to tracking and erosion of SiR by increasing its thermal conductivity. Before the tests, specimens were prepared by dispersing nano-BN particles into room temperature vulcanizing (RTV) silicone rubber at different loadings. In this paper, the dc test has been developed from the current IEC 60587 inclined plane tracking and erosion test to compare the phenomena occurring during the tests. Temperature distribution was observed by an infrared thermal imager. The experimental results indicate that the filled specimens have a lower degree of surface damage than the unfilled specimens. In addition, with the increase in content of fillers from 0 to 7 wt%, the thermal dissipation is improved and both the erosion depth and the weight loss show a decreasing trend, which proves the resistance of silicone rubber to tracking and erosion is improved.
Accelerated Acid-Water Aging of RTV Silicone Rubber Coatings
E.A. Cherney
Leonardo C. Simon
The paper reports on tests done on four commercial room-temperature vulcanized (RTV) silicone rubber high voltage insulator coatings aimed at achieving information on the relative performance of the coatings and the effect of acid-water on the surface degradation. The initial characterization of the coatings includes the identification of the primary filler type, concentration of filler, the amount of free fluid, and the molecular make-up of the free fluid. Soxhlet extraction and gas chromatography tests show considerable depletion of fluid after accelerated aging tests in acid-water and the associated depolymerization on the properties is assessed by changes in hardness. The effect of acid-water aging on the hydrophobicity is assessed by measurements of the static contact angle. The relative comparison of LMW of acid-water aged to field aged coatings gives an idea of the aging process in the field.
Durability of RTV-coated Insulators Used in Subtropical Areas
Huafeng Su
Licheng Li
Zhichen Guan
In recent years RTV (Room Temperature Vulcanizing) coated insulators have been increasingly applied in South China where the climate is subtropical. In order to investigate the durability of RTV coated insulators for transmission lines a comprehensive series of tests with regard to the characteristics of a subtropical climate were carried out on transmission line insulators which had been in use on 500 kV, 220 kV and 110 kV lines for operation periods of 1 to 6 years. An evaluation of the condition of these field-aged RTV coated insulators on the basis of these tests is given. It indicates that such transmission line coated insulators can operate for a long time and at least for six years.
Silicone breast phantoms for elastographic imaging evaluation
Amer Sohail Kashif
Thomas Lotz
Matthew D Mcgarry
James Geoffrey Chase
Purpose: Breast cancer is a major public health issue for women, and early detection significantly increases survival rate. Currently, there is increased research interest in elastographic soft-tissue imaging techniques based on the correlation between pathology and mechanical stiffness. Anthropomorphic breast phantoms are critical for ex vivo validation of emerging elastographic technologies. This research develops heterogeneous breast phantoms for use in testing elastographic imaging modalities. Methods: Mechanical property estimation of eight different elastomers is performed to determine storage moduli (E') and damping ratios (ζ) using a dynamic mechanical analyzer. Dynamic compression testing was carried out isothermally at room temperature over a range of 4-50 Hz. Silicone compositions with physiologically realistic storage modulus were chosen for mimicking skin adipose, cancerous tumors, and pectoral muscles and 13 anthropomorphic breast phantoms were constructed for ex vivo trials of digital image elastotomography (DIET) breast cancer screening system. A simpler fabrication was used to assess the possibility of multiple tumor detection using magnetic resonance elastography (MRE). Results: Silicone materials with ranges of storage moduli (E') from 2 to 570 kPa and damping ratios (ζ) from 0.03 to 0.56 were identified. The resulting phantoms were tested in two different elastographic breast cancer diagnostic modalities. A significant contrast was successfully identified between healthy tissues and cancerous tumors both in MRE and DIET. Conclusions: The phantoms presented promise aid to researchers in elastographic imaging modalities for breast cancer detection and provide a foundation for silicone based phantom materials for mimicking soft tissues of other human organs.
An Investigation of the Effect of UVC Radiation on Thermal, Electrical Properties and morphological behavior of Silicone Rubber Insulators
Evaluation of cross‐linking after accelerated photo‐ageing of silicone rubber
POLYM INT
Fabien Virlogeux
David Bianchini
Silicone formulations based on polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) were investigated by using a number of analytical techniques. Horizontal attenuated total reflectance Fourier-transform infrared (HATR-FTIR) spectroscopy studies have confirmed the stability of these materials towards photo-oxidation. No significant oxygenated products were detected after 5000 h of accelerated photo-ageing. However, by using thermoporosimetry, hardness measurements and densitometry, an important vulnerability of these formulations towards the cross-linking reactions provoked by UV visible radiation was identified. Thermoporosimetry, using the solid-solid cyclohexane transition as a textural probe, was also used to visualize the profile of cross-linking inside the materials by calculation of the mesh size distribution in successive slices of 40 µm in thickness. Copyright © 2003 Society of Chemical Industry
Characterization of Aging and Degradation of 28kV Polymeric insulators using Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy
A. M. Kannan
Edwin Romero
I. Molina
Electrical characterization of materials, including polymers has been performed using electrical impedance spectroscopy. The impedance (Z) spectra gives details about the dielectric dispersion of the resistivity (or conductivity) and the relative permittivity of the material with frequency. This enables one to assess the condition of the material, such as the ripening of fruit, or the aging of polymeric insulators. In this research, Autolab/PGSTAT30 Impedance analyzer was used to assess the aging of 28 kV Thermoplastic elastomeric (TPE) insulators under multistress acid rain conditions. The aged samples showed increased conductance compared to virgin. However, the imaginary Z value (corresponding to the capacitive reactance) of the aged samples were lower than the virgin sample values. The reduction varied for HV and LV samples. The results indicate that impedance spectroscopy can be effectively used to study surface structural modification caused by aging.
Instrument Landing Systems
IEEE T COMMUN
Lon L. Sanders
V. Fritch Jr
A historical background of instrumental approach and landing equipment for aircraft is given beginning with post-World War I efforts of J. D. Doolittle and emphasizing military-civil standardization efforts that began in 1948 and are continuing. The inadequacies of the current Instrument Landing System (ILS) are detailed and the various efforts of special committees to define an eventual replacement system are described. These committees include the Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics (RCTA), Special Committee SC-117; the NATO Industrial Advisory Group (NIAG) Subgroup (SG-1); and the International Civil Aviation Organization, All Weather Panel (ICAOAWOP). A five-year national plan for development of a Microwave Landing System (MLS) is being carried out under the leadership of the FAA. The goals of the MLS program are stated and discussed. A number of the fundamental issues on system requirements and system design that were decided by the RTCA are described with their alternates. These issues include the use of air-derived data for extracting aircraft position data; the use of precision distance measuring equipment (DME); the requirement to provide flare-out guidance; and the establishment of a two-band approach using frequencies in the C and K u bands. An important issue not resolved was the selection of a technique for providing precision angular measurement of aircraft position. Two approaches are defined: scanning beam and Doppler technique. The basic configuration of a generic MLS is given to establish those functions that are common to both scanning beam and Doppler techniques. The two techniques are then compared in detail to show the advantages and disadvantages of each. The on-going MLS program has as a basic objective the resolution of this issue.
Ahmad Gholami
M.R. Shariati
Mohi Hasanzadeh
High voltage insulators have to be used as insulating supporters in various environments in polluted area. The electrical performance of insulators will be degraded. The polluted insulators will have over withstand voltage, flashover can occur easily when the air becomes wet by humidity or fog, which affects on the reliability of the power systems. In order to define effective counter measures against pollution flashovers there are conventional methods such as periodically water washing and also using silicone grease for insulation. Water washing of insulators which is normally recommended so as to remove the pollution from the insulator surface needs to be done more frequently than other maintenance methods. Though involves some limitation in practice from the technical and economical point of view. Applying of silicon grease on insulators with high cost of performance also is not recommended for use in an environment where high level of NSDD pollution is present. In this paper room temperature vulcanizing (RTV) silicone rubber coating have been presented as a novel approach for improvement of outdoor substation insulators maintenance in polluted area. This method can be used in areas characterized with “Instantaneous pollution” and or with “High or Low level of NSDD” with long life expectancy. Financial analysis shows that this method is also economic and optimal choice.
A study on the aging characteristics of RTV insulator coatings
Ali Abdollahian
Gholam Abbas Ranjbar
The paper presents the results of an investigation into the erosion and tracking resistance and the mechanical characteristics of three types of room temperature vulcanized (RTV) silicone rubber coatings for high voltage insulators when subjected to accelerated tests in acid water. Although all coatings have ATH as filler, different performance was observed under simulated acid rain condition. Erosion area, length of erosion and the development of the 3<sup>rd</sup> harmonic in the leakage current during inclined plane tests are employed to evaluate the tracking and erosion of acid aged samples. Thermo-gravimetric analysis (TGA) and thermal conductivity was employed to investigate the thermal performance of the coatings. Scanning electron microscope photographs are also used to assess surface changes after aging. Factors that have significant influence on the aging performance of RTV coatings include filler size and prior treatment, which can improve the performance of RTVs in severe ambient conditions.
Aging performance of ATH based RTV insulator coatings
The paper presents the results of an investigation about the aging performance of three different types of room temperature vulcanized (RTV) silicone rubber coatings for high voltage insulators when subjected to accelerated tests in acid water. Although all coatings have ATH as the main filler, different performance was observed under simulated acid rain conditions. Erosion area, length of erosion and the development of the 3rd harmonic in the leakage current during inclined plane tests are employed to evaluate the tracking and erosion of acid aged samples. Thermo-gravimetric analysis (TGA) and thermal conductivity was employed to investigate the thermal performance of the coatings. Scanning electron microscope photographs are also used to assess surface changes after aging. Factors that have significant influence on the aging performance of RTV coatings include filler bonding to the polymer matrix and the existence of other fillers, which can improve the performance of RTVs in severe ambient conditions.
Dielectric, rheological and calorimetric studies of silicones used in power modules
Horia Jean-Pierre
Benchaib Nadia
D. Emmanuel
Maritza Nathalie
This work deals with the characterization of the dielectric, rheological and calorimetric properties of different silicone formulations used in power device products such as power modules and inverters. The first part reports the dynamic and kinetic study of the crosslinking process. Important discrepancies are observed between the different compounds that enables a preselection of some polymers. Rheological and dielectric experiments performed on crosslinked samples allow the final choice according to the desired application (encapsulation of electronic circuits in power modules).
Streamer propagation along room-temperature-vulcanised silicon-rubber-coated cylindrical insulators
Results concerning streamer propagation along cylindrical insulators coated with room-temperature-vulcanised silicon rubber coatings are presented. Experiments were carried out in a three-electrode arrangement consisting of a 12 cm long parallel-plane gap with an auxiliary needle in the earthed anode. Insulators could be inserted between the plane electrodes adjacent to them and almost in contact with the needle. Positive streamers were initiated by applying at the needle electrode a pulse voltage variable in amplitude and propagated over the insulators towards the upper plane electrode which was stressed by a negative DC voltage. The streamer propagation field at conditions from threshold up to the stable streamer propagation and the associated velocity were measured. The dependence of the streamer velocity on the electric field was investigated with the type of coating as parameter. Both the streamer propagation field and the associated velocity of propagation are higher, when a streamer propagates along the coated insulators, than the reference bare nylon insulator depending on the coating employed. Streamers might be used as an effective probe for studying the surface dielectric behaviour of coated insulators hence also for evaluating the various coatings used to improve the contamination performance of outdoor high-voltage insulators.
Aging Characteristics of RTV Silicone Rubber Insulator Coatings
The paper reports on tests done on four commercial room temperature vulcanized (RTV) silicone rubber high voltage insulator coatings aimed at achieving information on the relative performance of the coatings with respect to aging. The initial characterization of the coatings includes the identification of the primary filler type, concentration of filler, the amount of free fluid, and the molecular species of the free fluid. Soxhlet extraction and gas chromatography tests show considerable depletion of fluid after accelerated aging tests in acid-water and the associated changes to the physical properties is assessed by standard mechanical tests on coupon size specimens. The effect of acid-water aging on the hydrophobicity is assessed by measurements of the static contact angle and the onset of leakage current in an incline plane test. Several field aged coatings are assessed for residual LMW fluid which is compared to accelerated aging tests.
Influence of Algal Fouling on Hydrophobicity and Leakage Current on Silicone Rubber
S. Kumagai
Polymer insulators made of silicone rubber (SIRs) can suffer from algal fouling in tropical and even temperate regions. The purpose of the present study was to understand the hydrophobic behavior and leakage current characteristics of algal- fouled SIR materials when exposed to wet and contaminated conditions. Salt-fog tests were conducted on SIR samples colonized with the treatable alga Chlorella vulgaris . SIR samples covered with non-soluble kaolin powder at a deposition density comparable to that for the alga-treated SIRs were also evaluated. Results show that algal fouling considerably reduced the SIR hydrophobicity compared to the kaolin powder, which resulted in the development of a large leakage current. A major component of the leakage current produced on algal-fouled SIR is dry-band discharge, which leads to material degradation involving tracking and erosion.
Leakage current suppression and resistance to tracking and erosion of HTV silicone rubber with added silicone plasticizer
The present study evaluated the leakage current suppression and the resistance to tracking and erosion of high-temperature vulcanized silicone rubbers (HTV-SIRs) containing different levels of silicone plasticizer. Slab HTV-SIRs unfilled and filled with alumina trihydrate (ATH, 50 wt%) and with added linear silicone plasticizer (0-6.0 wt%), which was terminated with hydroxyl groups and of which repetition number was 13-18, were tested. Evaluation using the IEC 60587 inclined-plane method indicated that the plasticizer had no influence on the tracking and erosion behavior. Salt-fog test results indicated that a higher level of plasticizer in the ATH-filled HTV-SIR showed smaller leakage current. Gas chromatography and mass spectrometry suggested that the enhanced suppression of the leakage current for ATH-filled HTV-SIR can be attributed to migration of the linear silicone plasticizer onto the surface contaminants. It was concluded that the addition of silicone plasticizer is useful for improving the leakage current suppression ability of HTV-SIR without reducing its tracking and erosion resistance in the above laboratory tests
Comparison of leakage current and aging of silicone rubbers and porcelain in both field and salt-fog tests
Boonruang Marungsri
H. Shinokubo
Naruo Yoshimura
Silicone rubbers and porcelain intended for outdoor insulation were tested under electric fields at AC 60 V/mm on average for about two years at the field test site at Chubu University. Leakage currents on all materials were characterized and separated into three categories: sinusoidal, local arc, and their transition components. The porcelain allowed a larger leakage current than the silicone rubber samples, for which the cumulative charge of ca. 160 C was recorded in about two years. The cumulative charge of the silicone rubbers was less than 12 C; the cumulative charge of the local arc component, which was likely to be related to surface damage, was less than 3 C. Gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy indicated that the chemical structure change at the silicone rubber surface layer closely resembled that of de-energized surfaces. The dominant aging factor of the silicone rubber in this field test was not electrical stress, but weathering stress such as that resulting from UV radiation. We also performed salt-fog tests of which conditions were adjusted by incorporating non-soluble deposits (kaolin powder) and by changing the salt-fog input duration. The ranking in the salt-fog test was opposite that of the field test. The salt-fog test emphasized the superiority of SIRs to porcelain when compared with the field test. The difference between artificial salt-fog and natural rainfall probably caused such differences
Investigation on Field-Aged RTV-Coated Insulators Used in Heavily Contaminated Areas
IEEE T POWER DELIVER
Haifeng Gao
Keneng Zhu
The characteristics of field-aged room temperature vulcanized (RTV) silicone rubber coatings were investigated for use in heavily contaminated areas with emphases on the antipollution flashover performance of aged RTV-coated insulators. An atomic absorption spectrophotometer and ion chromatography (IC) were employed to study the composition of contamination deposited on the insulators, with scanning electron microscopy used to analyze the configuration of the contamination and the aged coatings. The results showed that the sample insulators were heavily polluted with significant changes of the coatings due to field aging compared to new RTV coatings. Flashover did not occur in voltage withstand tests even with high voltage. In addition, the wetting process of the lower surface was not in phase with that of the upper surface during the pollution tests, which increased the pollution flashover voltage on the sample insulators more than the reduced influence on flashover voltage caused by highly soluble salts deposited on the surfaces of the samples. All of the results showed that RTV coatings provided long available term of protection against the pollution flashover, even in heavily contaminated areas
The chemistry and technology of silicates
M. I. Khigerovich
E. L. Rokhvager
A. P. Merkin
Chemistry and technology of soybeans
W.J. Wolf
Production survey and seed analysis are presented, and biochemical properties are investigated. Future research aims are stated.
Evaluation on surface degradation of polymer insulating materials using GC/MS
T. Kuroyagi
K. Izumi
The present contribution describes an analytical technique which can be used to investigate degradation phenomena of silicones and provide a quantitative evaluation of surface degradation. The technique employed in the present investigation is based on the use of gas chromatography/mass spectrometer (GC/MS) methods
Surface hydrophobicity of polymers used for outdoor insulation
R.S. Gorur
James W. Chang
O.Glynn Amburgey
The results of a study on silicone rubber and ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM) polymers are presented. The study was done to understand the mechanisms involved in the loss and subsequent recovery of surface hydrophobicity due to dry-band arcing and to investigate various experimental techniques which could be used for characterizing surface hydrophobicity. The materials are subjected to dry-band arcing in a log chamber. Several techniques such as measurement of contact angle, determining surface composition using electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis (ESCA), and measuring crossover voltage (COV) using a scanning electron microscope are examined. The experimental results and theoretical calculations demonstrate that the mobile species in the polymer are responsible for the surface hydrophobicity. In terms of repeatability and simplicity of measurement, the COV determination appears to be the most suitable technique for hydrophobicity studies
Effects of Filler Level in RTV Silicone Rubber Coatings Used in HV Insulators
IEEE Trans Electr Insul
Seog Kim
R. Hackam
The ability of room temperature vulcanizing (RTV) silicone rubber insulator coatings to suppress leakage current, thereby preventing power outages due to contamination, was studied. The RTV coatings were applied to porcelain suspension and line post insulators for a comparative study of the performance of coated and uncoated insulators. A study of the role of alumina trihydrate (ATH) which is used to impart tracking and erosion resistance to RTV coating is reported. A study of the diffusion of silicone fluid from the bulk to the surface of the RTV silicone rubber having various ATH filler levels using attenuated total reflection (ATR) Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy is also reported. It has been found that the diffusion rate of the silicone fluid from the bulk to the surface of the coating after extensive dry band arcing decreases with increasing filler level
The loss and recovery of hydrophobicity on silicone rubber surfacecs
H Janssen
A Herden
H C Karner
H. Janssen, A. Herden, and H. C. Karner, "The loss and recovery of hydrophobicity on silicone rubber surfacecs," in 10th ISH, Montreal, Canada, 1997.
Silicone adhesives, sealants and coupling agents
W C Wake
W. C. Wake, "Silicone adhesives, sealants and coupling agents," in Siloxane Polymers, S. Clarson and J. A. Semlyen, Eds. Engelwood Cliffs, NJ: PTR Prentice Hall, p. 106.
Technical report on the Long Island solid atmospheric deposition project
D Miller
N Kikolaidis
D. Miller and N. Kikolaidis, "Technical report on the Long Island solid atmospheric deposition project," Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, Grant CWF-225-R, 1993.
Evaluation on surface degradation of polymer insulating materials using GC-MS
H Homma
T Kuroyagi
K Izumi
C L Mirely
J Ronzello
S A Boggs
H. Homma, T. Kuroyagi, K. Izumi, C. L. Mirely, J. Ronzello, and S. A. Boggs, "Evaluation on surface degradation of polymer insulating materials using GC-MS," in Proceedings of the 5th ICSD, Leicester, UK, 1995, pp. 575-579.
Chemistry and Technology of Silicones
W Noll
W. Noll, Chemistry and Technology of Silicones. New York, NY: Academic Press, 1966, pp. 233-339, 495.
Solvent-free silicone coatings for surface-mounted electronic components
J. Piazza
A.J. Dinallo
This paper introduces a new family of solvent-free silicone coatings which satisfy a variety of pressing needs of the electronics industry and avoid most of the regulatory constraints on protective coatings used in existing fabrication processes, particularly with regard to surface-mounted components. The new protective coatings solve the problems currently encountered with tropicalization ... [Show full abstract] coatings -- namely, regulations governing solvents, polymerization time, skin formation on the coating tanks, pot life, and viscosity control.
Effect of inclusion content on the creep rupture properties of type 17Cr-8Ni-2Mo weld metals
July 1988 · Journal of Materials Science
B. A. Senior
It has been known for some time that austenitic weldments exhibit low and variable creep rupture properties, but many of the factors controlling these properties are not well understood. In this investigation, two welds (Type 316) with similar compositions and fabricated using the same welding parameters, but with different electrode coatings, have been examined after creep testing. The results ... [Show full abstract] indicate that the inclusion and silicon content of type 316 welds can strongly influence their creep rupture properties, a high inclusion density being associated with poor creep rupture properties, and a low silicon content with a higher creep rate. This has been explained with reference to the micromechanism of creep failure operating in these welds.
Ensaios de aderência de esquemas de pintura pelo método de tração (pull-off): Avaliação de fatores q...
Fernando Fragata
Alberto Pires Ordine
Cristina Amorim
O. B. Ferraz
The measurement of coatings adherence by the pull-off test, according to the ASTM D 4541 or ISO 4624 standards has been extensively used in the anticorrosive protection assessment. By this methodology, the pull-off strength value is obtained as well as the nature of the failure is evaluated. However, some important inherent factors from the test influence its results. So, in this paper, it is ... [Show full abstract] presented the achievements of a study in which four different laboratories worked together in the evaluation of the adherence, by means of the pull-off test, of three coating systems, each one having a particular physical-chemical characteristic. It was investigated the influence of different substrate thickness (3 mm and 9 mm) and of different equipments in the adherence measurement by the pull-off method. It was shown that, regardless the equipment used, when it was used the 3 mm thick substrates the values of the pull-off strength were lower than the cases when the thicker substrates were used. It was also observed that different equipments can lead to very different results.
Application of ultrasonic pulse-echo method to insulation condition diagnosis for large generators
March 2005 · IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation
Yanpeng Hao
Guoli Wang
Hengkun Xie
It is a challenge to diagnose insulation condition of stator bars using an ultrasonic technique, due to the complex structures of the stator bars and the high attenuation of the stator insulation. In this paper, five low frequency transducers were used in a pulse-echo configuration to try to test a standby stator bar of a generator (300 MW, 18 kV). With an available transducer, four types of ... [Show full abstract] insulation structures were tested on the stator bar. The short side insulation was compared with the large one of the stator bar in the slot. The stator bar near the exit from the slot and the end stator bar, were compared with the stator bar in the slot. The semiconductive coating covered stator insulation was compared with the uncoated one. The stator insulation having an insulation-copper interface was compared with that having an insulation-gas interface. In addition, insulation diagnosis tests in the laboratory were performed on two sets of stator bars, which had been in service for 18 and 23 years, respectively in two generators (300 MW, 18 kV). Field tests were performed on the stator bars near the exit from the slot and the end stator bars of a generator (300 MW, 18 kV). The experimental results demonstrated an availability of low frequency ultrasonic pulse-echo method for insulation condition diagnosis of large generators
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Mission Pharmacal introduces new oral spray for dry mouth
US-based pharmaceutical firm Mission Pharmacal has launched a new safe and effective protective oral spray called Aquoral that moistens and lubricates the mouth for up to four hours.
Dry mouth (xerostomia), which affects about 25 million people in the US, refers to a decreased production of saliva, a condition common in older adults and those taking certain prescription medications.
According to the studies, dry mouth affects about 60% of patients taking an anticholinergic medication for treatment of a urologic condition such as overactive bladder (OAB).
Other causes of dry mouth include radiotherapy and systemic diseases such as Sjögren’s syndrome.
Cracked lips, dry tongue, mouth sores and ulcers, mouth infections and dental decay can be caused by dry mouth, whose symptoms include an uncomfortable dry, sticky or burning sensation in the mouth.
Mission Pharmacal marketing director of Urology Division Dan Crawford said dry mouth can significantly decrease patients’ quality of life by making it difficult to chew, swallow, taste, and even speak.
“Most home remedies, such as chewing sugar-free gum or sucking on ice chips, provide only temporary relief from these symptoms,” Crawford said.
“Over-the-counter remedies, which are water-based, don’t last much longer.”
Aquoral uses an Oxidized Glycerol Triesters (OGT) technology, a plant-derived, lipid-based technology designed to function like human saliva, forming a protective barrier on the oral mucosa that lasts up to four hours.
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The Online Bingo and Slots Summit 2017 Recap
By Becky Liggero Fontana
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The Online Bingo and Slots Summit 2017 took place on June 21st at London’s Hippodrome Casino, a gathering of professionals focused on this niche but important iGaming vertical.
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The conference agenda included a number of sessions covering topics such as data analytics, affiliate marketing, M&A and investment, SEO, bonusing strategies, innovation and more. Delegates were also treated to a number of networking breaks, lunch, post-event cocktails and the Which Bingo Awards later in the evening.
Today’s keynote speech featured Yaniv Sherman, SVP of Commercial Development at Dragonfish, during which he commented on the state of the bingo and slots industry.
Sherman emphasized how the growth in the online bingo vertical is subsiding because there are “only so many computers to connect to, only so many mobile devices to sell”. He said we’re starting to see the growth wind down and we’re on the shoulders of this trend. “You need to start eating someone else’s lunch, you need to take market share to maintain those growth rates that we’re used to”, he said.
When it comes to regulation, Sherman pointed out how countries are moving to regulation across the board but along with this comes more taxes and restrictions. In Europe, the regulated market is getting bigger, but its more fragmented.
Sherman explained how bingo players are more brand loyal than sports bettors who are searching for price, something that can present challenges for operators because they must figure out how to retain players and work harder to attract new players to their site. Customization and brand familiarity is of upmost importance in the online bingo industry.
Another challenge lies in mobile, the most popular platform for playing online bingo games, so operators must figure out how to make the most of a small screen and how to compete with popular gaming apps such as Candy Crush.
In three years’ time, Sherman said two trends he predicts are more activity in markets such as the US, Latin America and Africa and new technology including artificial intelligence and machine learning not only for precise segmented player promos but also for the back office and marketing tools.
Today’s M&A, Investment & Growth panel featured Elliot Berg of Stride Gaming Group, Jason Holden of Jackpotjoy PLC and David Shapton of Akur Capital.
Holden explained how Jackpotjoy’s focus is strictly online as opposed to land based and with 70% of customers as females, cross selling with a sportsbook product for example wouldn’t make any sense, but cross selling between brands is something we’ll see Jackpotjoy doing more of.
The issue of investing in or expanding into unregulated/unlicensed markets was discussed, with GVC’s profitable presence in such markets used as an example. Azur said investors and shareholders are usually comfortable with about 20% of revenues coming from unregulated markets and in fact, these markets could become regulated over time.
Today’s “Bingo and Slots Organic Search Landscape” session was led by Mike McDougall, Organic Search Director of Stickyeyes.
McDougall opened up by pointing out how the SEO landscape has changed since the “good old days” when buying a lot of links was the answer. “Google got smart”, he said. Functional Content, engaging content, brand authority, link profile quality…this is what’s important now.
We’re in a new world of convergence, he said, a brand that is really putting a customer at the heart of their proposition makes the chances of them succeeding from an SEO perspective much, much higher. “Engagement is the future. Google are rewarding sites with high player engagement”, he said.
McDougall also covered the way bingo customers search online and they tend to search by brand or non-branded keywords such as “online bingo”, so there is not a huge long tail.
At the end of the sessions McDougall left us with four takeaways:
1)go for the big generics
2)add depth & relevance where possible
3)make it fast on all devices
4)delight & engage your players
The “Life After the Bonus Bonanza” panel featured Tom Ustenel of News UK, Simon Dunne of Broadway Gaming, Elad Dvir of Dragonfish and Ohad Narkis of PlayOJO. Quite a bit of the panel was dedicated to the UK’s Point of Consumption Tax (POCT) and how online bingo companies will have to alter their marketing strategy to make up for the additional tax.
Ustenel pointed out how the government is laser focused on issues such as Brexit and increased terrorism so the new tax proposed for August will likely be pushed back until January.
He added with more and more regulation coming, the offers featured in advertisements will be more strictly monitored and operators should tighten up their marketing messaging as opposed to focusing on bonuses and offers. “My advice would be find that spot in the market rather than focusing on the offers themselves”, Ustenel said.
Moderator Ben Starr closed out the panel by pointing out how after the new regulations come through, it will take some time to work out how to survive after depending on bonusing for the past five years.
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Wage Inspectorate Victoria helps 15,000 people in first year
MORE THAN 15,000 Victorians received help from Wage Inspectorate Victoria during its first 12 months, the regulator’s end of financial year figures reveal.
“We’ve had a successful and balanced first year, educating businesses and workers about the law and taking appropriate compliance action,” Wage Inspectorate Victoria Commissioner Robert Hortle said. “These have been equal focuses for the new statutory authority.
“We’re aiming to have an even bigger impact over the next 12 months through our intelligence-led compliance activities, prosecutions and the release of new educational resources, including e-learning courses and multilingual videos, to make complying with the law even easier.”
Most requests for help came through phone calls from employees and businesses seeking information about long service leave, child employment, wage theft and owner driver laws. Mr Hortle said 295 Victorians claimed they were underpaid long service leave and $309,367 was recouped with the regulator’s help, taking the total recovered over the past four years to more than $1.5 million.
The Wage Inspectorate also took strong action in the courts, with seven matters before court during the financial year, including its successful action against Coles Supermarkets that led to more than 4000 workers being paid back in excess of $700,000 in long service leave.
The financial year figures show that 7758 permits were issued to employers of children under 15 years and that 329 child employment compliance checks and investigations were conducted. The regulator’s child employment team also conducted almost 100 field visits and sent over 200 letters to businesses suspected of employing children under 15 years to educate them about the law.
In one of the most serious cases taken to court, a travelling circus pleaded guilty to three charges, admitting it breached the law by employing Chinese nationals as acrobats without a mandatory child employment permit. One of the children spent 10 days in hospital after being hit by a trapeze.
The Wage Inspectorate also commenced intelligence-led, criminal wage theft investigations using the powers granted under Victoria’s new wage theft laws, including executing search warrants, issuing compulsory notices, entering premises and seizing evidence.
Hirers of owner drivers were audited too, with the Wage Inspectorate checking compliance with Victoria’s owner driver and forestry contractor laws for 259 individual drivers.
The retail, hospitality, manufacturing and services industries were the most likely to call the Wage Inspectorate. About 3000 calls came from employers seeking to understand their obligations, with employees, parents or people calling on behalf of a worker or business making up the rest.
The entertainment, retail, and hospitality industries accounted for over half of all child employment permits applied for. While Victoria came in and out of COVID-19 restrictions, officers supported applicants with advice about how business openings and closures would affect their permits.
More than 286,000 people accessed the Wage Inspectorate’s online tools, with its long service leave, child employment and wage theft pages the most popular resources.
“It’s our vision to create productive and prosperous Victorian workplaces. That means fairer conditions for workers and a level playing field for businesses, so they’re not undercut by law breakers,” Mr Hortle said.
www.wageinspectorate.vic.gov.au
Melbourne assists business events with $100k to attract workers back to CBD
MELBOURNE's office workers will be drawn back to the CBD through a series of business events supporting innovation and collaboration.
The City of Melbourne initiative will see 20 organisations benefit from grants totalling $100,000.
Lord Mayor Sally Capp said the funding, allocated through the Business Event Sponsorship Program, would support conferences, meetings and other business forums in Melbourne over the next six months.
“Office workers make up the majority of midweek customers for our traders, who have been hardest hit by the pandemic,” the Lord Mator Capp said.
“Prior to the pandemic, nearly 14 million delegates visited Victoria each year, armed with knowledge, bold ideas and experiences to share with likeminded colleagues.
“We know a strong calendar of business events strengthens our city’s knowledge-based industry sectors, which thrive when people come together and share ideas.
“The events receiving funding from this program will give office workers a great reason to return to the city, as they rediscover the benefits of face-to-face collaboration.”
Business and Global Opportunities portfolio lead, Councillor Kevin Louey said the supported events will draw thousands of people to the CBD, providing a number of industries with a much-needed boost.
“Whether a delegate attends a large conference or a specialised workshop, they are supporting local venues, technicians and event hire companies, along with our hospitality and accommodations sectors,” Cr Louey said.
“Some of the best ideas and deals happen in person, which is why we’re delighted to fund events that stimulate innovation and business growth here in Melbourne.”
RMIT University received a $10,000 grant for its three-day Future/Inclusive Festival in the CBD.
RMIT xecutive director of policy, strategy and impact Tom Bentley said the university’s event would explore ideas around sustainability across Melbourne, the region and the world.
"Inclusion - across many dimensions - is key to reactivating Melbourne mid and post-pandemic, creating a city that is more equitable and vibrant than ever before,” Mr Bentley said.
“We are thrilled to partner with the City of Melbourne to bring to life public ideas about inclusion, resilience, and what our city needs right now, to make a positive impact for Melbourne’s community, economy and broader society."
In addition to funding, the City of Melbourne will also offer in-kind marketing and promotional support to recipients.
Funded events must be delivered by June 30, 2022 and adhere to the Victorian Government’s COVIDSafe settings.
For a full list of grant recipients under the Business Event Sponsorship Program, visit the City of Melbourne website.
NCS Group brings to account true strategic financial advisory services
NCS GROUP Chartered Accountants was founded in 2003 on the belief that good small-and-medium-sized businesses could grow more effectively with the benefit of financial accounting advice that was in the league of the Big Four accounting firms.
Founders Sharryn Carey-Nicholls and Andrew Nicholls also believed that their family business approach – highlighted by as much partner-client personal service as possible – and a dedication to research would be the way to deliver a great service relationship.
“My wife Sharryn Carey-Nicholls and I founded the practice on July 1, 2003,” NCS Group Chartered Accountants director and CEO Andrew Nicholls said.
“We established the practice with a view that SMEs and professional individuals were missing out on true strategic financial advisory services,” he said. “This was mainly the domain of the Big Four accounting firms and perhaps some of the next level firms.
“Most sub-corporate businesses were simply dealing with their accountants on a form filling exercise – BAS, tax returns and financial statements. From day one, we have been fully involved with our clients in forecasting, risk management and strategic business decision making.
“We consider ourselves ‘boutique’ by design. Our feedback has always been, clients want access to partners and expertise within their accounting suppliers.
“We can’t provide that level of service with a large number of clients. Therefore, we tend to refuse more potential clients than we take on,” Mr Nicholls said.
“That’s not trying to be snobby. We are looking for clients whom we can partner with, respect our experience and advice and, likewise, will take advice from us in the future direction of our client’s business. We look to ourselves as partners with our clients – not merely compliance service providers.”
STRONG PEDIGREE
Prior to founding NCS, Sharryn Carey-Nicholls had previously worked for large and small chartered accounting firms in the tax advisory space. Husband Andrew Nicholls’ background encompassed large chartered accounting firms, trading and investment banks and management consulting firms.
So both were well briefed in the demands of accounting for various sized business across many industries. Their hunch about the shape of a successful practice was verified in short time as the business grew strongly from its original base in Melbourne. Soon clients with Sydney offices were asking NCS to extend northwards – and that happened in the past year with a new office in Sydney.
NCS is now mid-way through an entry strategy into the Sydney market and, just like the Melbourne growth, results to date have exceeded expectations.
“We changed our branding during this period,” Mr Nicholls said. “This has provided a fresh new look to the practice as well. We are proud of being able to assist our clients in their financial objectives.”
In such a practice, giving staff freedom and leeway to meet client needs has been important – and it has also influenced NCS’s recent move to ‘Cloud’ technology.
“We provide a flexible work environment for our staff – we continue to successfully balance our staff’s private commitments with our firm’s requirements. This differentiates us from other firms which merely talk about flexibility,” Mr Nicholls said.
“A large number of our staff have encompassed return to work parents, which has been a successful strategy for us and worked really well with them.”
One ongoing challenge has been to find experienced staff willing to work in a small firm with a personal approach, rather than join the climb to the top of large firms.
“Finding experienced staff who wish to work in a small firm continues to be a challenge. It’s a frustration, the difficulty in recruiting appropriately experienced staff into a small practice like ours.”
The way NCS does business also places it in an unusual position when it comes to observing the challenges its clients face on a daily basis.
“We have noticed over the past few years, and we are becoming more aware of, the mental health aspects of some of our small business clients from time to time,” he said. “The link between mental health problems and financial difficulties results in business owners under enormous stress resulting from long hours, cash flow issues as well as copious amounts of paperwork.
“The nature of our advisory role means we maintain a very close working relationship with our clients. This means whilst not in a position – and nor do we intend – to diagnose and treat mental illness, we do find ourselves having more sensitive discussions with our clients with an aim to encourage those impacted to seek support or treatment from appropriately qualified mental health professionals.”
NEW WAYS FORWARD
NCS Group is continuing its general program of moving to an increased mix in its fee generation towards advisory services such as cash forecasting, budgeting, business finance for growth, and industry analysis.
In fact, research and development (R&D) opportunities continue to emerge for NCS.
“Whilst we don’t practise in the R&D Incentives space, we have fantastic partners who assist our clients in this area,” Mr Nicholls said of the often complex Federal Government incentive programs for R&D. However, in its own area of R&D, NCS continues to evolve.
“Identifying and managing the various risks involved in running a business has always been a major part of our work,” Mr Nicholls said. “This continues to grow each year.
“We carefully manage the growth in our business each year. As I mentioned earlier, we established our practice with a view to providing partner access to all clients – which is a major complaint from our new clients about their previous accountant. Accordingly, our growth tends to come from providing additional services to existing clients.
“We have had a specific strategy over the past year in increasing our practice in the Sydney market. With the assistance of the Leaders Network, our expansion into Sydney has been most satisfying. The support of members, experts and advisory board members has been enormous.
“We have been very successful in this respect, and this has led to many referral opportunities from our clients. We are always most grateful for client referrals as it is the ultimate compliment about the work we are doing for them.
“Referrals from existing clients demonstrate to us that we are doing something right.”
Another significant change that has worked immediately to assist in the mobility of NCS Group staff has been the move to the ‘Cloud’ – although the decision only came after exhaustive work on cyber security.
“After much thought and discussion over the past 12 months, we have moved all of our servers into the Cloud,” Mr Nicholls said.
“Given the amount of sensitive information we hold on behalf of clients, the decision making aspect was a very long process in terms of risk management – that is selecting the right provider – as well as ensuring we have an appropriate backup strategy in place.”
That effort was worth it, Mr Nicholls said, because of the real-time accessibility of referring to and working on files in various client locations.
“Cyber security is an increasing risk to all of us. So we continually update our staff with education on identifying and managing potential threats to our systems.”
AGILE APPROACH
NCS Group knows that its real value to clients is not in completing compliance tasks but in researching the business, finance and taxation environment and assisting clients to navigate them effectively.
In doing so, NCS directors and staff can also find themselves navigating mental health issues of small business owners – often recommending their clients seek professional help – and through NCS’s own strict cyber security regime can also help clients to be aware of cyber risk.
One area NCS cannot influence, but can help clients navigate, according to Mr Nicholls is “the current state of Federal and State Governments in terms of passing legislation quickly”.
“Governments keep meddling with existing superannuation and taxation legislation,” Mr Nicholls said. “This means there is a lot of uncertainty as individuals and businesses try to plan for the future.
“Leave super alone,” he said. Instead, Mr Nicholls advised, governments should “reduce the amount of tax legislation and associated compliance issues for all taxpayers. That’s the way to help small and medium business.”
NCS Group will ‘stick to the knitting’ of carefully managed growth over the next 12 months, “ensuring we maintain our promise of access to clients” according to Mr Nicholls.
And NCS Group will stay true to its original mission of providing true financial advisory services to the SME and professional individual sectors around the country.
“Our advice is typically forward looking whilst at the same time ‘painlessly’ looking after historical compliance matters,” Mr Nicholls said.
“Our mantra is ‘Respect for the Past, Focussed on the Future’. Today, our mission remains firm.”
About NCS Group Chartered Accountants
NCS Group Chartered Accountants specialises in providing the type of well informed accounting and financial advice to small and medium businesses that major accounting practices provide, but in a personalised way.. The practice’s best-known brands are NCS and NCS-Nicholls, operating across the Accounting, Taxation and Finance sectors for businesses across a wide spectrum of industries.
NCS Group is led by Director-Principal Sharryn Carey-Nicholls and Director-CEO Andrew Nicholls. The company likes to describe its size and style as ‘boutique’.
www.ncs-group.com.au
Australian-developed VaultID brings financial inclusion to the world's 'Unbanked'
A NEW financial technology venture developed from Melbourne is providing a global solution for people who struggle with safe digital verification for financial transactions.
Digital verification is a legislated element of all financial transactions as institutions are required to comply with national and international know-your-customer (KYC) and anti-money-laundering laws (AML).
Named VaultID, the company is able to solve the most pressing of all financial problems in developing economies, where almost 2 billion people (the Unbanked) have no digital footprint to verify themselves and participate in the digital financial economy, performing such tasks that we take for granted like transferring money to family members.
Existing companies offering to verify consumers are failing both the consumer and the financial institutions in at least three ways, VaultID CEO Jason Edwards said.
First, these companies have not identified the fastest economically growing sector in APAC - the Unbanked.
Second, the existing banked consumer digital footprint is fading,
“Consumers have lost trust in verification platforms that involve third party data suppliers who hold and disclose outdated personal information without appropriate consent, so they are withholding their details,” Mr Edwards said.
Third, in-country and cross border legislative compliance has increased greatly over the last five years.
Mr Edwards said, “Enabling consumer verification supporting a financial transaction within a framework of personal data sovereignty, security and transparency is the new challenge that VaultID has solved.
"VaultID has been developed by some of Australia’s brightest fintech minds to solve this very real problem and has created myVault.”
VaultID technology includes optical character recognition (OCR) verification and facial recognition biometric verification built into a simple-to-use application called myVault. Built on this core, VaultID has added social and semi-official touch point (for example, post office) verification scoring, all of which adds up to a new non-traditional approach to creating a digital footprint owned by the consumer.
VaultID’s onboarding service for financial institutions is an API that links the institutions with the consumer through myVault and allows the institution access to the consumer verified score, if authorised to do so by the consumer.
The VaultID institutional API is embedded in the company transactional customer onboarding web page. The consumer simply provides their email or mobile number to the webpage and they are then prompted in myVault for authorisation to pass on their verified score to the institution.
“Think of this part of the process as two factor authorisation similar to recovering a lost password with an SMS code," said Michael Peel VaultID CTO. “Consumers have total control over whom they authorise access to myVault for verification purposes.”
HOW VAULTID WORKS
VaultID’s myVault application creates a financial digital footprint for the Unbanked driven by inbuilt services enabling a bank account, money cards (debit and credit), micro-loans, lending, online purchases and money transfers.
By applying personal biometric verification, and core financial services through the myVault application, VaultID provides the ability to create a ‘true’ real time and appropriate know-your-customer and anti-money-laundering (KYC/AML) profile.
Mr Edwards said, “Above all we leave the verification process in the hands of the consumer; myVault is about consumer ownership and trust.
“VaultID builds trust with consumers through the myVault account which ensures they, and only they, control the contents of their myVault.
“VaultID brings a new level of consumer verification services to any company wanting to onboard new or existing customers and complete legislative compliance to an unprecedented level of accuracy,” Mr Edwards said.
THE VAULTID GO-TO-MARKET STRATEGY
The VaultID go to market strategy is simple: distributing its core technology through existing partnerships with unbanked service providers in such countries as Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, and East Timor reaching the Unbanked.
IPO PLANNED
Mr Edwards said the process is underway for an initial public offering (IPO) in the fourth quarter of 2019.
The milestones set have been for the myVault banking integrated app to launch in May-June, following on from the successful launch of its beta version in December last year. The blockchain-enabled platform is expected in August, 2019, and the IPO through the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) in September.
Mr Edwards said, “We have also recently had it confirmed that East Timor has agreed to be a foundation client.
“Revenue in 2018 was $418,000 and the company delivered a net profit of $150,000,” he said.
VaultID is currently raising seed capital of $750,000 on a $3.5 million market valuation, with an estimated IPO/RTO raise of $5m on an $8m-$10m valuation.
“We believe this Australian fintech innovation will help to solve a real and growing problem in national and international financial markets,” Mr Edwards said.
www.vaultid.com
About VaultID
VaultID is a financial technology company being launched to resolve vital issues of digital verification of ownership in financial transactions that exist in most developing economies.
VaultID’s main branded product is the app myVault. The company is planning an IPO on the ASX later this year. Leading Vault ID are CEO Jason Edwards, Chairman Jitto Arulampalam, CTO Michael Peel, and Cloud Infrastructure Manager Stephen Dendtler. VaultID is headquartered in Melbourne.
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Australian eHat to transform field work
VICTORIA-BASED startup eHatsystems Pty Ltd is leading the way in the new sector of ‘industrial strength wearables’ with its unique eHat product.
The eHat is worn by staff on job sites to communicate through video and sound in a live link with supervisors and expert instructors.
By using the eHat, staff have their hands free to conduct work while advisors watch the process and provide advice utilising the common vision and sound link.
This real time interactivity offers a common vision of the job at hand and improves safety, according to eHatsystems inventor and founder, Terry Lancaster.
“This improves the quality of the job, speeds up decision-making and avoids unnecessary re-work costs,” Mr Lancaster said.
“With the eHatsystems platform, we want to empower field workers and will change the way they work with the inclusion of augmented and artificial intelligent systems.”
The eHatsystems operational space is part of a new industry being called Industrial Strength Wearables, Mr Lancaster said.
“We have a specific interest in using this class of wearable in the application of knowledge transfer services,” he said.
“The problem we are solving is brought about because of increasing skill shortages.This problem is well documented as an emerging one and is already having an effect on productivity.
“This is particularly true for ‘in-field’ operations. A job cannot be completed due to lack of specialist knowledge; a completed field job does not meet quality expectations; or, a job in the field takes longer to complete than it should,” Mr Lancaster said.
“The resultant costs are enormous: extended repair and maintenance downtime, dispatch of senior technicians or experts, missed opportunities for junior staff to learn on-the-job, and sometimes, unfortunately, accidents.”
The eHat solution to this problem allows field staff to communicate with a ‘live’ link, hands-free with supervisors and experts, at the work face. It allows both parties to engage interactively and safely with a common vision of the job at hand.
“This improves the quality of the job, speeds up decision-making and avoids unnecessary re-work costs,” eHatsystems acting general manager Benjamin Jacobs said.
Mr Jacobs said the eHat was a certified, lightweight and balanced hard hat with integrated video camera, lights, headphones, microphones, batteries and a control panel,
The eHat communicates through a dedicated smartphone app and is embedded in a private cloud-based network that enables live streaming of video and audio over thousands of kilometres.
“Knowledge transfer is therefore made easy,” Mr Jacobs said. “We intend to produce another model, which will be developed with all the smartphone facilities built-in.”
As an application developed within the Internet of Things (IoT), Mr Jacobs said the value of the eHatsystems offering was enhanced further by services generated from storing job information, visual analysis and environmental server data.
Examples of such services include video recording and analysis, the transmission of documents, as well as alerts for workers.
In the future, he said, eHat would be used to provide ‘augmented visual assistance (AVA).
“Eventually, we believe an eHat wearer will receive live instructions from an intelligent machine in the cloud through visual analysis and storage data techniques,” Mr Jabobs said.
“We are an Australian startup company in process of commercialisation of its product and with the help of further investment, will have an international product very soon,” he said.
The eHatsystems team is an executive member of the 2018 Victorian Leaders group, part of the International Leaders organisation that is helping to develop Australia’s next generation of leading companies..
www.ehatsystems.com.au
Few businesses prepare properly for transition says Star Business Solutions
PLANNING for the transition of a business – be it sale or succession – is an emotional and complex process, in particular for privately-owned and family businesses.
According to Star Business Solutions marketing director Norman Hall, one of the most neglected areas of preparation is the “upgrade and optimisation of business software systems”.
Centec takes security to next level for better business
THE growing sophistication of business security systems has driven the transformation of Victorian company Centec Security Group to both meet current demand and better equip companies for the future.
Centec Security Group managing director Peter Hinton said integrated security systems played a vital role in areas as diverse as energy efficiency and employee safety for progressive modern businesses.
“Many times I have been asked ‘are you the alarm guy?’ In years long gone by the answer to this would have been yes,” Mr Hinton said.
“Although we still use the three systems we have traditionally used (alarm, access control and CCTV) these days with continual development and integration into third party devices we find ourselves being more of a technology company rather than just an electronic security company,” he said.
One of the biggest changes has been the development of closed circuit television (CCTV) to not only protect premises from external threats, but also as a way of enhancing a business’s workplace health and safety systems.
“Now we all know the primary purpose of CCTV is to capture and record images, but for business owners there are now added benefits to these systems,” Mr Hinton said.
“Occupational health and safety (OH&S) has become a major part of business practice over the last decade. CCTV systems can help business owners not only manage their staff, but have footage should an incident occur, limiting their liability.
“Cameras are now helping many sectors of society,” Mr Hinton said. “CCTV images are helping police in their investigations and councils are implementing street schemes using wireless mesh networks to help keep our streets safe.”
Another fascinating use of CCTV is in tracking and managing customer flows and behaviour, obtaining data about customer buying patterns which has never been available before.
“Retail stores are using people counting to see how many people come into their store and heat mapping to see where they spend their time while in store,” Mr Hinton said. “All of this helps the marketing departments in terms of store set up and product placement.
“Thermal cameras are being used for anything from wide area perimeter protection, fire detection, plant management, employee management to horse care in stables.”
Although the primary function of business security systems remains, there are increasing variations on how access and alarm technologies can be applied to benefit businesses in other ways – even to help save money.
“These systems are now integrated and can be used as a very powerful platform to manage and secure business premises,” Mr Hinton said. “Utility costs keep going up and up.
“If your alarm system is on, that means there is nobody in your building. So why would you leave your lighting, air conditioning and non-essential power on or leave it up to your employees to switch them off?
“With third party integration we can simply turn off all these system when the alarm is turned on. In the event of an alarm we can switch on lighting to further deter intruders.”
Mr Hinton said access control could also be used to track employees and restrict their movements.
“And we can also download this information into payroll systems,” Mr Hinton said.
“Science fiction movies used to show finger print and retinal scanners opening doors … and people would sit there and imagine the day that these would become science fact. That day is today.
“As you can see technology is quickly advancing and helping business owners manage theirs.”
www.centec.com.au
Deal with letters of demand in four steps – Whitbread
Shellshear sets Australian start-ups straight on Lean approach
Innovation at core of Royal Freemasons aged care services
101 Warehousing warns on supply chain ‘wastage’
Family Business Australia offers ‘top five’ tips
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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Competitors
Lessons to win in a shifting market dynamic
In October 2013, Pharm Exec released its "12th Annual Pharmaceutical Industry Audit" (http://www.ittybittyurl.com/Wbi), which identifies how well companies advance shareholder value by evaluating eight benchmark corporate metrics. This audit ranked Novo Nordisk, Gilead Sciences, Biogen-Idec, Celgene, and Roche (in order) as the top five pharmaceutical companies. Editorial Advisory Board member Stan Bernard of Bernard Associates conducted an analysis of these five industry stalwarts to identify seven habits that drive their success. Here are his conclusions – William Looney, Editor in Chief.
Biopharma's best companies provide valuable lessons for preparing, planning, and playing to win. Here's how:
1 Commit To and Execute a Specialty Mission
In '61 President John F. Kennedy announced the aspirational goal of landing the first man on the moon and tasked NASA with this mission. While visiting NASA Space Center in 1962, he asked a janitor what he was doing. The janitor responded, "I'm helping put a man on the moon, Mr. President." While many biopharmaceutical companies focus on a specialty area, highly effective competitors ("HECs") focus on a specialty mission. Since 1923, Novo Nordisk's employees from top to bottom have fervently committed to "preventing, treating, and ultimately curing diabetes." Novo's CEO Lars Sørensen exemplifies the evangelical leadership and zeal that characterizes such companies and ensures employee alignment to and execution of this mission: "We attract people that want to work for a company that sees itself as part of a solution and are not just working for the money to reward the shareholders but to make a difference." Novo currently treats 20 million diabetics by manufacturing over 50% of the world's insulin, including generic insulin which is sold in emerging economies and extremely poor countries. Gilead Sciences, Biogen-Idec, and Roche are similarly passionate about overcoming viral diseases, multiple sclerosis, and cancer, respectively.
2 Knowingly Pursue and Develop the Best Products
HECs cleverly hunt for the best internal and external drug candidates and efficiently develop these compounds. They demonstrate exceptional scientific acumen, clinical judgment, and R&D leadership, the three top traits of successful R&D organizations, according to a recent BCG 10-year analysis of 842 developmental molecules. Moreover, HECs knowingly pursue compounds that their rivals might consider irrational gambles. For example, Gilead in 2011 took a seemingly huge risk by acquiring Pharmasset and its lead Hepatitis C ("HCV") antiviral compound sofosbuvir for $11 billion, the "largest deal ever for a company with no products in late stage development and valued at a 98% premium to its previous closing price," according to FirstWord Pharma. Sofosbuvir was considered a particularly risky compound since previous NS5B polymerase inhibitors for HCV had failed clinical development.
In fact, Gilead's senior leadership – including three top executives with science Ph.D.'s and over twenty years' experience at the company – made a shrewd scientific and strategic decision. The company relied on its leading anti-viral research experts and knowledge of nucleotides from its HIV research to place a huge bet that so far appears to have paid off. The FDA last month approved sofosbuvir under the brand name "Sovaldi," and FactSet Research Systems projects annual sales of the drug to reach $6.4 billion by 2017. Gilead exhibited the audit's highest "Enterprise Value Growth" measure for its unmatched operational efficiency.
Similarly, Celgene took a big strategic risk by developing a derivative of the notorious drug Thalidomide into the $4 billion blockbuster Revlimid for multiple myeloma. Not resting on its laurels, Celgene has emerged as "biotech's shrewdest, nimblest dealmaker" which is "fast building the biotech industry's best network of partnerships with innovators," comments Xconomy Biotech.
The company has acquired strategic players such as Pharmion and Abraxis Bioscience; partnered with many IPO companies such as Epizyme and Agios Pharmaceuticals; and invested in "some of the best venture-backed companies in the hottest areas of biomedicine," including epigenetics, immunotherapy, and regenerative medicine. According to Celgene's SVP Business Developmet George Golumbeski, "We tend to be looking for things that could be transformative, truly step-ahead therapies, not just incremental gains."
3 Win The Pre-Launch Phase
Once HECs find their products, they are experts at launching them. These top competitors conduct election-style — not military-style —launch campaigns and seek to win the "Pre-Launch Years" versus the traditional but belated "Launch Year." Novo's launch of GLP-1 diabetes agent Victoza demonstrated such extensive pre-market preparation. At an analysts meeting in 2010, Novo SVP Jakob Riis said, "We've also been very conscious about early on opting our resources and our preparedness to engage in ... 200,000 interactions last year of more than an hour's length with physicians globally explaining the science behind GLP-1" to maximize pre-launch awareness. Novo successfully counter-launched against Lilly's GLP-1 rivals Byetta and Bydureon, including stealing their thunder prior to the 2008 American Diabetes Association Meeting. The Journal of Managed Care Pharmacy highlighted Victoza's launch as a textbook case, saying the product "came to the market with unusually robust data demonstrating clinical comparative efficacy and safety," including head-to-head studies versus Byetta and other competitors. Despite being delayed by regulatory authorities, Victoza became a U.S. blockbuster within one year.
Biogen trumpeted its new MS therapy Tecfidera so much prior to its 2013 U.S. launch that analysts claimed there was "a bolus of patients in the queue ready to transition to therapy" with an estimated $100 million in pent up demand, which the Wall Street Journal reported "overwhelmed some pharmacies." Called the holy mother of all launches" by ISI analyst Mark Shoenebaum, Tecfidera doubled analysts' first quarter projections and is expected to reach blockbuster status in 2014 and exceed $5 billion annual global sales by 2018. FirstWord rates the launches of Tecfidera, Celgene's multiple myeloma agent Pomalyst, and Roche's breast cancer therapy Kadcyla as the top three 2013 product launches outperforming analysts' consensus projections.
4 Play Their Game
HECs shape their specialty markets to force rivals to play their game. For example, Gilead shaped the HIV market to be a drug combination game based predominantly on its compounds. A relatively late player in the HIV space, the company in 2004 launched the two-drug fixed-dose drug ("FDC") Truvada and two years later the three-drug FDC Atriplia, consisting of Truvada and Bristol-Myers Squibb's Sustiva (efavirenz). Preferring to use all Gilead ingredients, the company in 2012 launched a four-drug, once-daily single-tablet regimen nicknamed the "Quad" and branded as Stribild, which is projected to have 2015 sales exceeding $3 billion.
Gilead is determined to dominate the HCV space using the same game plan: leverage its new agent Sovaldi as the backbone for first-line HCV therapy and fixed-dosed combinations. As a testament to the company's competitiveness, Gilead has refused to collaborate with Bristol-Myers Squibb on co-development of a highly promising regimen featuring Sovaldi and BMS's drug daclatasvir; instead, Gilead has chosen to develop a similarly-effective HCV regimen featuring only Gilead products. Gilead's market-leading approach to drug combinations has transformed the HIV treatment paradigm and is likely to do the same in HCV.
5 Compete At Multiple Levels
HECs practice of "Multi-Level Competition," the strategy of seeking to win not only with individual brands but also at the franchise, portfolio, and corporate levels. Roche wants to win with its HER2 breast cancer agent Herceptin, a $5 billion brand; its emerging HER2 franchise which includes recently launched agents Perjeta and Kadcyla; its overall oncology portfolio which includes blockbusters Avastin and Rituxan as well as biomarkers and diagnostics; and to further enhance its industry-leading oncology reputation.
Similarly, Novo's diabetes portfolio offers multiple brands and franchises including basal, rapid-acting, and premix insulins; GLP-1 agents including Victoza and soon other GLP-1 combinations; and a myriad of devices. For over two decades, Biogen has concentrated on Multiple Sclerosis, resulting in the industry's most robust MS franchise (Tysabri, Avonex, Fampyra, and Tecfidera) to help manage this debilitating disease across its continuum. Competing at multiple levels provides many advantages, including better stakeholder relationships, more product combination opportunities, and improved operating efficiencies. Not surprisingly, Novo and Roche held the top two spots in the PE Industry Audit of sales-to-assets, a measure of corporate efficiency.
6 Mitigate the Impact of Payers and Generics
In the industry's Competitive Lifecycle Stage, both payers and generics represent significant threats. HECs realize that payers are not only customers but also potential "budget competitors," often fighting for the same funds as biopharmaceutical companies. These payers use numerous tactics to control the access, pricing, reimbursement, utilization, and perception of innovative drugs, including leveraging generic competition. Roche has relied on innovation to address payers and generics. The company recently launched 2nd generation follow-on products Gazyva and Kadcyla for its aging blockbusters Rituxan and Herceptin, respectively. Kadcyla, which links Herceptin's antibody with ImmunoGen chemotherapy agent DM1, is one of 25 antibody-drug conjugates in the company's pipeline.
Celgene has also emphasized new product development with a three-pronged strategy: expand Revlimid, its core $5 billion hematology-oncology agent, into new indications; develop new blockbusters such as apremilast for psoriasis and other indications; and build its early-stage pipeline through active deal-making. These efforts have provided Celgene with a 90% pricing margin, the highest in the PE Industry Audit.
7 Seek to Dominate Their Market
While many companies focus on specialty areas of unmet and growing therapeutic need, the most successful competitors seek to dominate and own their respective therapeutic areas. With an impressive portfolio of insulin and non-insulin products, Novo is the leading player in the burgeoning global diabetes market with a 27% global market share according to EvaluatePharma Research. Roche dominates oncology — the world's largest pharma market — where it owns nearly one-third of all cancer product sales worldwide totaling $22 billion. Roche markets the industry's three best-selling cancer brands and is poised to have five of the six best cancer sellers by 2018. Gilead is expected to capture 43% of all anti-viral sales by 2018 by owning the HIV area while challenging the HCV arena. Catapulted by its recently launched Tecfidera, Biogen will cast an increasingly dominant shadow over the MS market. The company is expected to grow from a 34% to a 50% share of the projected $20 billion MS market by 2018.
In summary, highly effective competitors demonstrate three fundamental ways to win. They prepare to win by committing to a specialty market mission with the right people and products. They plan to win by shaping their market and competing at multiple levels. They play to win by mastering the Pre-Launch, countering payers and generics, and seeking to dominate their competitors.
Stan Bernard, MD, MBA is President of Bernard Associates, LLC, a global pharmaceutical industry competition consulting firm. He can be reached at [email protected].
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We have passed the veto deadline for the 2019 legislative session and there are some new laws that employers need to know about. One of the new laws adds a new protected category for purposes of Hawaii’s employment discrimination law, while some other laws will have an impact how employers conduct business.
Some of these new laws include:
Act 67 – New Fines Against Employers re: Child Support Enforcement Orders
Act 148 – Gender X Designations of Driver’s Licenses and State ID Cards
Act 178 – Employment Discrimination and Reproductive Health Decisions
Act 201 – Chaperones and Recording Devices for WC Examinations
Act 273 – Decriminalization of Marijuana
In addition, the Hawaii Employers Council has published its final reports for the 2019 legislative session. They can be viewed here:
Legislative Digest: Employment Bills after Veto Deadline
Highlights of Employment Bills after Veto Deadline (HEC Members Only)
Tuesday, 27 February 2018 10:51
The 2018 legislative session is well underway.This year, lawmakers introduced dozens of bills that could impact many different areas of labor and employment law. For instance, some of these proposals could revise Hawaii law on the following topics:
Notice of Work Schedules
Paid Family and Medical Leave
Pay Secrecy and Transparency
Social Media Privacy
Workplace TRO’s
Wage Discrimination
Many of these measures have been heard and passed out by their assigned committees, whereas others may end up on the cutting room floor this week. The Hawaii Employers Council (“HEC”) will be closely monitoring these bills during the 2018 legislative session.
You can view a listing of bills that HEC will be monitoring here: 2018 Employment Bills Introduced. An updated list of bills will be issued following the First Crossover deadline.
These past few months, I’ve been getting a lot of questions about medical marijuana. And no, the questions haven’t been about how to get medical marijuana! Rather, companies and the media have been asking me various questions about the rights of businesses when it comes to medical marijuana usage, either by employees or even customers. It appears these questions have become more and more common because medical marijuana dispensaries will be opening shortly here in Hawaii.
Recently, the Kokua Line – a column for the Star Advertiser – wrote a couple of brief articles addressing some of the questions that are commonly raised by businesses. You can read the articles on the following links:
Medical Marijuana Use by Employees
Medical Marijuana Use by Customers
There were also several bills relating to medical marijuana moving through this year’s legislative session. Only one bill is still alive, however, and that measure would expand the reasons for which an individual could qualify for a medical marijuana card. Under current law, an individual qualifies for medical marijuana usage if s/he has a “debilitating condition” – which currently includes cancer, glaucoma, HIV, AIDs, or a chronic or debilitating disease or condition that involves cachexia, severe pain, severe nausea, seizures, severe and persistent muscle spasms, or PTSD.
For further information about Hawaii’s medical marijuana laws, you can read the applicable statutes here: HRS Chapter 329.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently announced that it updated its enforcement guidance for national origin discrimination. This updated guidance replaces a manual that was issued in 2002.
In total, the EEOC issued three documents:
Updated Enforcement Guidance
Question-and-Answer Publication
Small Business Fact Sheet
According to the EEOC, the updated guidance set’s forth “the agency’s interpretation of the law and explains how federal anti-discrimination laws and regulations apply to specific workplace situations….The guidance also addresses developments in the courts since 2002, as well as topics such as job segregation, human trafficking and intersectional discrimination.”
Can You Force Employees to Wear a Costume on Halloween?
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In the Kokua Line for the Star-Advertiser, Christine Donnelly answers the question of whether an employer can fire an employee who refuses to wear a Halloween costume to work because it is against her religion. In a nutshell, the answer is no. And, even if you could, why would you (unless you like having angry employees)?
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‘Selling New York’ Recap: Esquire Magazine Partners with the Kleiers
Gather // Jan 27, 2012
Selling New York goes to Chelsea and Dumbo this week with Esquire Magazine.
Parul Brahmbhatt, of CORE, attempts to price and sell a unique 1,800 sq ft. zeppelin lovers’ loft. She has no idea how to price it so she brings in Shaun Osher, the CEO of CORE. The loft is being sold as is, with everything included – including the hanging mini zeppelins from the ceiling. It looks more like a museum than a home. The loft is on 29th Street in Chelsea and the seller wants $2 million. Shaun tells Parul that’s not going to happen.
Parul tells Jeremy Noritz, the seller, it should be priced at $1.75 million. He’s resistant but he finally agrees. The marketing is going to be tough. Parul heads to Connecticut to meet Joey Marsocci, Lead Designer of Dr. Grymm Laboratories. He’s an expert in the steampunk movement. Parul tells Joey she’s never heard of steampunk…like the rest of us. He explains it’s a Victorian elegance style with a modern technology twist…more strange than elegance.
Parul decides to have the first steampunked open house event at the Noritz home. Joey is invited and he brings twenty of his friends. The event gets tons of press in New York and as far away as Scandinavia.
Next up, the Kleiers go to the Hearst Corporation and Esquire Magazine to find the ultimate bachelor pad. The first place they head to is in Dumbo. It’s the clock tower loft, the price – $23.5 million. But this place has 360-degree views, a glass elevator, and four working clocks that provide drama and energy to the space. Stephen Jacoby, Associate Publisher of Esquire says, “You picked a winner for us.” But he wants to keep looking.
Next up for Esquire, Trump Park Avenue priced at $33 million. This space is much more elegant than the clock tower but it’s lacking in uniqueness. Stephen tells Michele, “It doesn’t have enough of an edge.” He still likes the clock tower.
The Kleiers take the group to a third property with killer views of the Hudson River. This Chelsea apartment lists for $22 million. Alana Frumkes, the Design Director for Esquire Signature Space notes, “The space is exceptional.” Yes, Michele likes the space too but in the end she says she would choose the clock tower.
So Esquire ends up choosing the clock tower loft, duh. They throw a party and it’s incredible. There’s a DJ, food, and drinks. Then, Michele gets an offer… but it’s still in the working. Did it go through?
The outcome with the zeppelin place… No offers are on the table but they have received more publicity. A slow week for New York.
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Borealis, Borouge and NOVA Chemicals – Creating new horizons through Capability, Commitment and Care
At this year’s Kfair in Düsseldorf, Germany, three strong companies share one presence: Borealis, Borouge and NOVA Chemicals. Together for the first time, they will showcase how they are creating new horizons for their customers through their capabilities, their commitment and caring approach.
The three companies, among the world’s largest players in the plastics industry, are a group of polyolefin producers with a family of financially stable owners, the International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC), OMV and the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), who are strongly committed to this industry.
Whilst maintaining their status as separate entities, they are working together to provide customers with global access to pioneering technologies, excellent service and innovative products across a wide range of markets and application areas.
The K2010 presence of Borealis, Borouge and NOVA Chemicals follows the slogan “Creating new Horizons –Capability, Commitment, Care” and features value creating innovations, significant investments and a dedication to sustainability.
“Creating new horizons is much more than just a theme. This is a unique way in which three diverse companies are able to present their leadership, commitment to innovation and our caring approach towards the environment and society,” says Mark Garrett, CEO of Borealis. “While we maintain our status as independent entities, sharing a stand at K is the best way to showcase our capabilities, innovations and broad product offering.”
“By 2013, our three companies, supported by our owners, will be among the top 10 players in the industry world-wide,” says Abdulaziz Alhajri, CEO of Borouge’s Production Company. “The visionary solutions we are presenting at K 2010 show that we have the capabilities to be at the forefront of creating the plastics solutions for the future together with our customers.”
“I am very pleased that K2010 provides NOVA Chemicals the opportunity to join together with Borealis and Borouge for the first time,” states Randy G. Woelfel, CEO of NOVA Chemicals. “Visitors to the stand will have the opportunity to see how NOVA Chemicals, Borealis and Borouge are presenting leading technologies, innovative products and a wide range of markets and applications with global outreach. As a member of the IPIC family, we are linked to broad vision of global leadership with access to new opportunities including collaborating with other world-class companies such as Borealis and Borouge.”
One highlight of the three companies’ presence at K 2010 is the Teamobility AG electric mobility concept of the future. Borealis and Borouge are co-operating with Teamobility, a new company recently established by Professor Johann Tomforde, a major force in the development of the Smart® Fortwo city car. The Teamobility concept is intended to provide an answer to market needs for cost-efficient lightweight road transport that is versatile and sustainable. Teamobility has selected Borealis as its preferred plastics supplier as its innovative solutions fulfil all the stringent requirements for performance, sustainability, aesthetics and cost-effectiveness.
Borealis’ presence also features a pilot project enhancing the use of polyolefin recyclates. The project shows a shopping cart and a shopping basket made from a combination of Borealis’ enhanced polypropylene (PP)grades for recycling and recycled PP which achieves the same superior material characteristics while significantly reducing the carbon footprint of the applications. This project clearly shows Borealis’ commitment to a sustainable development along the whole value chain of its products.
The focal point of the infrastructure display is a 3,400 mm BorECO™ BA212E pipe, the first ever pipeline of its kind to be produced in the UAE and in the Middle East. The pipe is used for seawater intake/outfall for industrial projects and stands out for its impact and corrosion resistance, durability and long lifetime, as well as high stiffness at low weight per metre.
Other product highlights of the three companies’ presence include their broad range of applications for the healthcare sector, latest innovations in advanced packaging and their proven innovation track record for pipe and wire & cable applications.
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Hell is Other People’s Cynicism: On Fans, Trolls, and a Purgatorial Mark Fisher
on February 11, 2020 March 21, 2020 By xenogothic
DIS magazine has a new video up on its website called “A New Face in Hell” — a 10-minute play written and performed by hip irreverent two-piece Slash, aka Emily Allen and Leah Hennessey.
Known for their penchant for ‘shipping figures from intellectual and cultural history and writing them into newly theatrical and homoerotic encounters, this new piece features — much to everyone’s surprise, no doubt — Mark Fisher and Mark E. Smith. (Shout-out to James Elsey from DMing me a link to it yesterday.)
The intro on the website reads as follows:
Welcome to hell. The late cultural theorist Mark Fisher, known to some as k-punk from his early blogging days, is giving a lecture on the “gentrification of contrapasso,” the Dantean term for a punishment resembling the sin itself. What could this flashy phrase possibly mean? Fisher is interested in those doomed to repetition until they realize their wrongdoing. See: Groundhog Day, Russian Doll. He hasn’t watched that show, but he doesn’t like what it’s doing to hell on Earth. What he does like is punk band The Fall, particularly their inimitably antisocial frontman Mark E. Smith. He drones on and on about Smith’s antiborgeious, radical inscrutability. Then, a certain kind of heaven. Smith appears before him. He got to heaven and he hated it. Soon he’ll learn to regret his reactionary choice, doomed to spend his afterlife as part of Fisher’s repeating his self-deluded sin.
It’s hard to know what to make of all this. To be honest, I only started writing this post to try and make sense of my own revulsion towards it.
On the one hand, I hate it… It embodies everything that Mark Fisher was not, transforming him into an incoherent existentialist Cultural Studies posho.
On the other hand, I love it… It perversely and reflexively skewers everything wrong with the posthumous image of Mark Fisher that his international fandoms have perpetuated and which have provided mountains of fuel for this blog’s vitriolic engine over the last few years.
With both of these responses waging war in my head, I’m left not knowing which way I should read this odd piece of internet theatre — and I can’t help but shake the feeling that that’s (somewhat paradoxically) the desired response: impotence.
What we are presented with is a shadow of the pomophobe-in-chief as seen through the eyes of a contemporary pomo schlock lampoon. “The cardinal features of PoMo — the arbitrary aesthetics, the simulated gestures, the boredom, the poignancy of the lost object — combine to produce a transcendental miserabilism — a deep sense not only that there is nothing to be done, but that nothing could ever have been done.” It is an ingrown parody, bent backwards so that Allen and Hennessy become Nietzsche’s Last Women — “They are clever and know everything that has ever happened: so there is no end to their mockery” — and yet still dramatise Mark as the bore that is Nietzsche’s Last Man.
It’s ironic, in more ways than one. In fact, it’s irony all the way down. Here the “dreary textocratic dribblings of post-theory” become theatre, letting the contemporary art world’s “transcendental idealist counterpoint to the empirical realism of postmodern culture” play out counter-intuitively on a blackened stage. These are words Mark wrote with Robin Mackay back in early 2000s, slamming Slash ahead of time, albeit with the very mode of hyper-compression they are ridiculing here as onanistic. It is a most cyclically cynical ouroboros.
Watching this, I’m left asking myself: What is self-awareness and what is a mimetic mirroring of Fisher’s contemporary reception? (Such is the eternal problem of postmodern media.) It feels like the only productive thing we can do here is to read it generously as both. (Kill them with kindness.)
This is to say that, understanding that our emotional horror as viewers comes from the fact that Slash allow Mark to embody everything he vocally hated, just as many other people online have since allowed him to do uncritically, our best approach to this odd piece of media is not to dismiss it outright but instead try and affirm it…
As horrific a task as this sounds, I think it is also potentially useful…
What this Slash video dramatises is a Mark that is now caught in the machine that he so frequently critiqued. To dramatise Mark was the word-salad ghost of a Derridean TedTalk in a Beckettian purgatory is precisely to insert Mark in the apparatuses of capture that he repeatedly poured scorn on. Perhaps that is precisely the repetition being viciously lampooned: no matter what he wrote and how many times he did so, Mark has still posthumously fallen victim to that which he lamented. (Again, it’s a hall of mirrors). After all, for all Mark’s writings, we’re still here. Perhaps, at our most cynical, we might say that it is appropriate for Mark the false messiah to end up in hell for failing to save us from our own capture. But this fictionalising of Mark’s ghost as a tragic false prophet feels less like a transgression to be attacked and more like an opportunity to make more visible the sort of “Mark Fisher Studies” discourse that I have repeatedly had problems with — even whilst others might see me as someone who helped inaugurate it.
This is to say that this Mark, no matter how perverse, is a contemporary reality. It is Mark captured in what he himself called “the purgatory of the pseudo-present”, in which his theoretical and cultural contributions to the 21st century are captured in “Beckett’s universe — a universe in which compulsion and waiting never end, a universe without any possibility of climax, resolution or transformation, a universe that is closed, but which will never finally run down into a state of total entropic dissolution”. The tragedy of our contemporary moment, of course, in which Mark’s legacy is now itself embroiled, is that this is as true of a Labour Party conference as it is of anything else. (Heck, we for k-punk organisers have been on the receiving end of such cynicism ourselves recently.)
I am nonetheless tempted to affirm this depiction of Mark. Not for its inaccuracy but because dramatising Mark in this way and in this context goes someway towards fuelling the kinds of virulent cultural production he admired.
Don’t feed the trolls — use them as manure for your own culturally productive capabilities. Do not attack others’ misgivings in order to shut them down but rather in order to extend the reach of a thought beyond them. The passivity of agreeing to disagree is not an option.
This is to say that refuting one person’s perception of a cultural figure in good faith need not be an egotistical attempt to demoralise but rather an attempt to extend one person’s thought beyond the cul-de-sacs of posthumous capture — that’s certainly been my intention in being a frequently Fisherian gobshite — and here Slash have provided us with the perfect effigy with which to do this.
I think it was this sentiment that Mark was channeling also when he once wrote: “Betrayal is just as important a cultural engine as fidelity; hate is just as important as love.”
This quotation comes from one of Mark’s better-known posts about the cultural productivity of fandoms and we might note that this is an arena that the Slash project is also very familiar with. As an article on the pair in Vogue notes: “What they understand intuitively, and what makes Slash so spot-on, is the thrill and stickiness of niche knowledge.”
In this sense, considering what Slash are going for, it is an accurate encapsulation of Mark as a figure as seen through his stereotypical theorybro fan base — particularly of the New York PolPhil / Cultural Studies department variety. The problem with this sort of fanbase for Mark’s work, however, is that it often seems to exorcise the vitriol and cultural productivity that he saw as essential to any sort of engagement with intellectual or cultural works. Academia’s greatest — and most frequently committed — crime has been its dissolution of the positive feedback loop between cultural and intellectual production, with Cultural Studies, most ironically, rendering it wholly negative. (Not to shit on CS too much — Mark’s misgivings in this department might apply far more readily to much of the NYC theory contingent’s socialite miserablism these days, as we’ll see in a moment.) This remains the case even — and especially — when academics form their own kinds of “fandom.”
Here we can see how the landscape has changed over the last ten years — that is, how the relationship between academia and cultural production has shifted. For instance, take these comments that Mark made, again in his k-punk post about fandoms, regarding academia and trolls:
Trolls pride themselves on not being fans, on not having the investments shared by those occupying whatever space they are trolling. Trolls are not limited to cyberspace, although, evidently, zones of cyberspace — comments boxes and discussion boards — are particularly congenial for them. And of course the elementary Troll gesture is the disavowal of cyberspace itself. In a typical gesture of flailing impotence that nevertheless has effects — of energy-drain and demoralisation — the Troll spends a great deal of time on the web saying how debased, how unsophisticated, the web is — by contrast, we have to conclude, with the superb work routinely being turned out by ‘professionals’ in the media and the academy.
Here, writing in 2009, Mark is obviously emphasising how academics — in the name of the rational rigour of objectivity no doubt — tend to eschew the fan label entirely. However, I don’t think this is the case anymore. At least not in all circles. Cultural Studies itself seems to have wholly embraced and absorbed the desiring-production behind pop cultural wikis and encyclopedias. However, in the process, it has made pop cultural passion as impotent as the academy’s former virulent cynicism.
You can see this for yourself. Just look at the lineup for a Cultural Studies conference on any sort of genre (or — as is, notably, just as common these days — sub-genre) fiction. Perusing Gothic Studies sites, for instance, I’ve seen many a paper advertised on fanfic as cultural production that makes Mark’s comments above feeling wholly misplaced. The issue is not fanfic itself, however, but rather its capture by the engine that it was once made to feel so absolutely alienated from. However, with cultural passion now finding itself within the academy itself, the tables have resolutely been turned, so that it is now culture that trolls academic sycophancy in favour of a hipster’s hard-nosed irreverence.
As such, what Slash‘s video demonstrates is a caricature of Mark as seen through this newly established prism, but what is fitting is that his continuing comments on trolls more generally still ring true. He writes:
In many ways, the academic qua academic is the Troll par excellence. Postgraduate study has a propensity to breeds trolls; in the worst cases, the mode of nitpicking critique (and autocritique) required by academic training turns people into permanent trolls, trolls who troll themselves, who transform their inability to commit to any position into a virtue, a sign of their maturity (opposed, in their minds, to the allegedly infantile attachments of The Fan). But there is nothing more adolescent — in the worst way — than this posture of alleged detachment, this sneer from nowhere. For what it disavows is its own investments; an investment in always being at the edge of projects it can neither commit to nor entirely sever itself from — the worst kind of libidinal configuration, an appalling trap, an existential toxicity which ensures debilitation for all who come into contact with it (if only that in terms of time and energy wasted — the Troll above all wants to waste time, its libido involves a banal sadism, the dull malice of snatching people’s toys away from them).
Here we find it is the artist qua artist who trolls exquisitely, with their sort bred like rabbits on MFA courses around the world.
Here Slash emerges from behind their 5000 spirits; the layers of the irony onion. The desired effect of this video is no doubt to make writing a post like this feel like a nauseating process. Nevertheless, the mask slips. The fan has become the troll. A whole scenius finds itself with its pants down, revealed starkly within a box of its own making.
The response should be to map this out further. Extend outwards beyond the edges of an impotent art world autocritique.
Shoot to kill. They’re fish in a barrel.
Much love to Leah and Emily for taking this declaration of war in such good faith over on Instagram. I was really humbled by their response and feel very excited and fired up by the fact that this post resonated with them. Thanks for reaching out!
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HBO gives George R.R. Martin an eight-figure deal to keep A Song of Ice and Fire on ice
George R.R. Martin, the author of the A Song of Ice and Fire book series that was turned into HBO’s smash hit Game of Thrones, has signed a huge new deal with HBO to make content for the network and HBO Max, according to The Hollywood Reporter. It’s a five-year deal worth “mid-eight figures,” sources told THR.
Although Game of Thrones ended in 2019, HBO owner WarnerMedia has already announced a prequel series, House of the Dragon, based on Martin’s 2019 book Fire and Blood. And there are five projects in development based on the Game of Thrones universe, THR reports. Martin is also developing series for HBO based on the novels Who Fears Death and Roadmarks.
My worst fear, though, is that this huge new deal keeps Martin from working on the sixth book in the A Song of Ice and Fire book series, The Winds of Winter. The author said in February that he wrote “hundreds and hundreds of pages” of The Winds of Winter in 2020, which was the “best year” he’s had on the book. Read more
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"Freaky Farley" Review
Having reviewed the second film from the fine folks at Motern Media, "Monsters, Marriage and Murder in Manchvegas," It was with a certain amount of evil and twisted delight that I accepted their offer to take a look at this, "Freaky Farley," the first film from this rather outrageous filmmaking group from New Hampshire.
Now then, before you think I'm utterly crazy and happen to notice the fact that I've rated both Motern Media films the exact same rating that I gave to James Cameron's diabolical, tour-de-force "Avatar," let me acknowledge this...admittedly, a bit begrudgingly.
"Avatar" is, indeed, a better film than either "Monsters, Marriage and Murder in Manchvegas" or "Freaky Farley."
In the cinematic world of The Independent Critic, a C+, 2.5-star may actually represent that the film is, indeed, a C+, 2.5-star type of film. This is the case with both Motern Media films.
Then, there's the case of "Avatar," a film that has a production budget that is so much higher than either Motern Media film that there's literally no chance I could possibly do the math.
Have I ever mentioned I scored a 350 on my Math SAT?
Quit laughing. I'm serious.
Sorry, I digress.
With "Avatar," the C+, 2.5-star rating more symbolizes that while the film may not work for this critic it is of such a quality that I would find it impossible to not recommend.
Thus, while there's an undeniable gap in quality between "Freaky Farley" and "Avatar," Roxburgh and company come far closer to accomplishing their mission on $10,000 than Cameron did his mission with, quite literally, hundreds of millions of dollars. Am I going to rate "Freaky Farley" lower, then?
"Freaky Farley" is the story of Farley Wilder (Matt Farley), a town weirdo with a killer reputation and a domineering father (Kevin McGhee). When he unexpected meets a girl, Scarlett (Sharon Scalzo), who seemingly understands him, Farley gets the courage to stand up to his father and confront a longstanding town secret that has been killing people for decades.
A self-proclaimed tribute to the low-budget horror flicks of the 70's and 80's, "Freaky Farley" is also a rather joyous, spontaneous and downright rambunctious ode to B-movie filmmaking in which the cast is often hilariously over-the-top, the production values would make the folks at Troma proud and one can almost feel the Wayans Brothers salivating over this semi-experimental horror-comedy that is a tad more ambitious than "Monsters, Marriage and Murder in Manchvegas" but also a touch less successful overall.
While the film's packaging might indicate a throwback to those good ole' slasher flicks with plenty of T&A and joyously silly death scenes, the truth of "Freaky Farley" is much simpler and much funnier. Actually, "Freaky Farley" is remarkably non-gory and, while the film hints at nudity and sexuality on occasion, there's little to be found. Instead, director Charles Roxburgh fills "Freaky Farley" with scene after scene of campy actions and cheesy dialogue that lead actor and co-writer Matt Farley spews forth with almost ridiculous glee.
Imagine, if you will, the cast of "Saturday Night Live" tackling a night of horror and you might get a glimpse into the silliness and mayhem of "Freaky Farley."
While the production values for "Freaky Farley" are definitely hit-and-miss, this type of film is perfect for the filmmaker with a modest budget. While better $10,000 films can certainly be found, such a budget created the perfect opportunity for Roxburgh and Farley to celebrate the inherent limitations within the sound mix and occasionally grainy camera work. While such limitations could easily be distracting, in "Freaky Farley" they are embraced and flaunted with entertaining results for those willing to surrender to such an alternative movie experience.
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Jim Everett
(January 3, 1963- )
Former quarterback for the Los Angeles Rams, New Orleans Saints and San Diego Chargers (1986-97)
Infamously known for attacking Jim Rome on Talk2
He was known for being too much of a pussy on the field by avoiding getting hit or sacked.
His reputation led to Jim Rome calling him 'Chris' as a reference to female tennis star Chris Evert.
He went on 'Talk 2' knowing that Jim Rome was going to address him as Chris Everett.
He failed to take any of his teams to the post-season after 1989.
He was extremely over-rated during his career.
The Houston Oilers didn't think too highly of him when they drafted him 3rd overall and dealt him to the L.A. Rams shortly afterwards.
He attacked Jim Rome on the air after Rome kept addressing him as 'Chris' to his face three times in the same segment despite two warnings.
He was known as an impact player on some very awful Rams teams.
He was an efficient thrower who completed most of his passes despite his reputation of being a wimp.
He still is involved in football by coaching younger kids.
He attended Purdue University.
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First of the Salvador studio clips released
Maximillian Rudd has released the first of a series of studio clips from his latest album Salvador. The clips show the live takes of each track as it was recorded at Head Gap Studios in Melbourne. Check out the clip for When I Found Out, featuring Al Kerr on drums and percussion and Josh Bridges on double bass and cavaquinho.
Beat Magazine reviews Salvador
on May 12, 2020 May 12, 2020 by Maximillian
Preeminent Australian music magazine Beat gives the green light to the new album, calling it a “melting pot of groove and global flavours.” Read the full review here.
Encompassing storytelling, global influences and a rich sense of culture and character, Salvador is a truly enveloping celebration of love, life and belonging.
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Home Team Mark Liuw
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Mark co-founded Seofy and has developed search strategies for a variety of clients from international brands to small and medium sized businesses for over a decade, working in some of the most competitive industries online. Mark helps keep Seofy‘s clients ahead of the competition by researching and monitoring the latest developments in search and predicting tweaks to the search engines’ ever evolving algorithms. He also designed and managed the build of the innovative SEO software. Since its launch the SEO spider has established itself as the leading onsite technical SEO auditing software in the industry.
Mark won recognition of a ‘talented and inspiring practitioner who has revolutionised the UK search industry’ in the UK Search Awards. When not being a geek he likes to spend time with family and friends, travel and chat about football to everyone who cares to listen – which is nobody at Seofy.
If Google can’t crawl your site, it’s not going to rank – but that doesn’t mean avoiding Javascript.
For businesses which sell products online and and improve their product listings in the search results.
If you’re investing in a new website it’s important to ensure it’s built to succeed in the search results too.
Mark helps keep Seofy‘s clients ahead of the competition by researching and monitoring the latest developments in search and predicting tweaks to the search engines’ ever evolving algorithms. He also designed and managed the build of the innovative SEO software. Since its launch the SEO spider has established itself as the leading onsite technical SEO auditing software in the industry. | {"pred_label": "__label__wiki", "pred_label_prob": 0.5234096050262451, "wiki_prob": 0.5234096050262451, "source": "cc/2023-06/en_middle_0098.json.gz/line498607"} |
Win 'The Real Ghostbusters - First Season' on DVD!
Charge up your Proton Packs and get the P.K.E. Meter running! One of the most popular animated series in television history to spin off from a major motion picture, 'The Real Ghostbusters,' is available for the first time in its entirety on home video from Time Life - in two spectacular DVD configurations.
Produced by some of the team members behind the legendary Ghostbusters motion pictures, 'The Real Ghostbusters' features scripts by some of the top names in animation, science fiction, and horror history, and top-quality visuals, plus a voice cast that included Arsenio Hall, Dave Coulier (Full House), Maurice LaMarche (Pinky & The Brain), and many more.
'The Real Ghostbusters: Volume 1' 5-DVD set arrives in stores in March and includes all 30 digitally restored episodes from the first season plus over three hours of bonus features.
If you would like to win your own copy of this wonderful new DVD box-set, just answer this easy question: This set packs 30 episodes, the first 13 of which are the classic ABC season 1 shows, including memorable ghosts such as Samhain, Sandman, and which other (starting with a 'B')?!
Send me your answers and if you're correct you'll be in the running to win one of these wonderful new DVD box-sets. Just send us an e:mail here before January 15th with your answer and the subject title CONTEST: THE REAL GHOSTBUSTERS DVDs to:
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What's New on Disney+ in April 2021
Joel Cunningham
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Little ones, gather ‘round. Let me tell you a story of the dark times in the galaxy far, far away. Before the prequels, sequels, and the animated series, there was a time after Return of the Jedi came out, when Star Wars just...stopped.
George Lucas had no interest in making more movies. Action figure sales were dropping. The comic book series was petering out. In the wake of the climactic battle against the Emperor and the second Death Star, the fans who had turned the three films into global blockbusters had nowhere to turn and nothing to look forward to. Except the Ewoks.
In 1984, Lucasfilm rushed out Caravan of Courage, a made-for-TV movie starring the Ewoks, those characters everyone definitely loved unconditionally. Imagine if there were no Star Wars novels or shows—no animated series, no The Mandalorian—and instead, the only Star Wars thing you had to look forward to was something called The Porgs Save Life Day. That’s what it was like to be a Star Wars fan in the ‘80s.
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For a while, the biggest film story of 2020 was what movies weren’t coming out, as the pandemic…
Recognizing that nostalgia cares little for taste, Disney is giving you a chance to relive that era, and is releasing the two Ewok TV movies, Caravan of Courage and Ewoks: The Battle for Endor, on Disney+ in April. They both look pretty bad: low-budget, un-canonical, cheesy, aimed squarely at undiscerning kids. But they are...still Star Wars? Kinda? We took what we could get, is what I am saying.
There is much better on the way too, in the form of the Genndy Tartakovsky Clone Wars animated series that aired while the prequels were in theaters; it’s all the Jedi action you could ask for in brief 3-5 minute chunks. Less wholly endorsed, but still appreciated: the long near-impossible to watch Ewoks animated series from 1985, which bodes well for the future addition of its sister series, Droids, and The Story of the Faithful Wookie, also known as the animated segments from the infamous Star Wars Holiday Special that gave us our first look at Boba Fett (also also known as the only even slightly redeemable part of the Star Wars Holiday Special).
Here’s the full rundown of everything coming to Disney+ in April 2021.
Series with new episodes premiering weekly in April
Big Shot (Series premiere April 16)
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (Series finale April 23)
The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers
Movies and complete series coming in April
Disney Secrets of Sulphur Springs: No Time Like the Present (S1)
Disney Walk the Prank (S1)
Higglytown Heroes (S1)
The Island at the Top of the World
Third Man on the Mountain
The Last Ice
Made in a Day (S1)
Secrets of the Zoo (S4)
Sharks of the Bermuda Triangle
The Big Year
Night at the Museum
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Caravan of Courage
Star Wars: Clone Wars - Volume I
Star Wars: Clone Wars - Volume II
Star Wars: Ewoks (S1)
The Story of the Faithful Wookiee
Disney Future-Worm!
Disney Kick Buttowki: Suburban Daredevil (S1)
Disney Secrets of Sulphur Springs: Time After Time (S1 Finale)
Mark Twain and Me
Squanto: A Warrior’s Tale
Cesar Millan: The Real Story
Treasure Buddies
National Geographic: Earth Moods Volume I
Primal Survivor (S5)
National Geographic: Secrets of the Whales
Disney Junior Puppy Dog Pals (S3)
Disney Liv and Maddie (S1)
Disney Liv and Maddie : Cali Style (S4)
Disney My Music Story: Sukimaswitch
Being the Queen
Baby’s Day Out
Disney DuckTales (S3)
Disney Junior Mira
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
Oklahoma!
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How To Get Texas
Energy Back on Track
Secure Our Energy Infrastructure
so Texans don’t have to live in fear that their power will go out the next time it gets cold. A drop in natural gas supply was one of the leading causes of the grid failure. The Railroad Commission should establish a clear weatherization standard, identify critical gas producers, and ensure preparations for the next winter storm are actually completed.
Reduce emissions
to ensure Texas remains competitive. Lowering Texas oil and gas emissions is just good business, and with the situation in Europe, buyers are increasingly demanding lower-emissions gas. In order to compete, Texas must reduce our emissions. Texans need a Railroad Commission that will consistently enforce existing rules in order to protect the reputation of Texas gas and prevent huge amounts of Texas’ precious natural resources from being wasted through flaring and venting.
Expand Texas energy leadership
to improve energy security and create jobs. Texas has been the energy capital of the world for nearly a century. In order to maintain Texas’ energy leadership and take advantage of the significant economic opportunities in today’s market, we must work to make our oil and gas cleaner, safer, and more affordable while also expanding Texas energy leadership in areas like wind, solar, geothermal, carbon capture, and hydrogen.
Increase transparency and accountability
at the Texas Railroad Commission. 70% of the current Commissioners’ campaign contributions come from the industry they are charged with regulating, and the Commission regularly make decisions without debate or public testimony. Increasing transparency would result in a better-functioning agency and hold our Commissioners accountable to make sure they are serving the public interest, rather than the interest of their campaign donors.
Protect our air and water
for future generations of Texans. The current Railroad Commissioners regularly put their campaign donors ahead of public safety. Recently, Commissioner Wayne Christian went against the recommendation of the RRC inspectors and approved a waste disposal site that will threaten a major aquifer. Three days later, he received a $100,000 campaign contribution from the site-owners. Plus, abandoned or orphaned wells that the Commission is responsible for regularly leak pollutants that end up in our drinking water. Texans need a Railroad Commission that will stop sacrificing public safety in exchange for campaign contributions.
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List of abroad opportunities, specialized services, Business opportunities
GRID PARITY PV ITALY – WE ARE LOOKING FOR LAND PLOTS TO BUILD GRID PARITY PHOTOVOLTAIC INSTALLATIONS : IBS will provide for all the bureaucratic procedure, from the submission of the documents to the issuance of the Autorizzazione Unica ( authorization ). There are already agreements with the investors ready to buy the Authorizations once they have been completed . The size of the installations starts from 5 MW and can go till 50 MW or more . The investors are also interested in buying ready to build Authorizations .
ITALY : We look for photovoltaic systems already connected to the grid, both ground installations and tracking installations or bus shelters for buyers ready to buy. Requirements: power exceeding 900 Kw and no adiacency problems which may cause the suspension of incentives after GSE visit. If you are interested here the data to be supplied in a first phase: precise Name SPV of the company at the head of which stands the GSE contract; precise power of the installation; precise geographical location of the installation. Contact us
ITALY : we look for concessions in Italy both eolic and photovoltaic in order to build installations of 10 – 20 MW or more power. Contact us
POLAND : for other buyers we look for concessions within the photovoltaic field in Poland starting form 1 MW. Contact us
INSTALLATIONS AND ABROAD PROJECTS : for investors and buyers we look for installations with incentives linked to the grid in established abroad countries. Moreover interesting are the projects for building photovoltaic and eolic parks which have authorizations already to build and tariff with state body. Contact us
ABROAD CONSTRUCTION JOB ORDER
We report infrastructure / construction works to be carried out in non-EU countries. Contact us
AGRI-BUSINESS AND FOOD FARMING CHAINS
We supply turnkey food farming chains, milk-meat, tomato, chickens, greenhouses, etc.
Trade structures at income in the market. Contact us
We look for heaven earth in Milan with active rent for investor. Contact us
We seek for investors for interesting real estate development projects with a potential manager already available. Contact us.
INTERNATIONALIZATION AND OPPORTUNITIES
- Country Profile and articles about Macro-economy, Geopolitics, Cross Culture
IBS FOREIGN DESKS
- Desks of IBS foreign Network, Services and Opportunities
BECOME AN IBS PARTNER
- Consultancy offer for Service companies, Institutions, Trade Associations
EUROPE: OPPORTUNITIES, CONTRACT NOTICES, TENDERS, UE PROGRAMS TOWARD NON-MEMBERS COUNTRIES
- Bruxelles ICE Agency Newsletter and Opportunities
FAIRS, MISSIONS, INCOMING BUYERS AND TRADERS
- Missions and Fairs abroad, and Buyers and Traders Incoming in Italy
PANDORA TRADES INTERNATIONAL B2B PLATFORM
- Discover the Promotions for the Membership to the Pandora B2B Platform to directly contact Foreign Clients, Distributors, Suppliers
FINANCED TRAINING AND EQUAL FUNDING
- Financed training, Export & Internationalization, Foreign markets Check-up, through Interbranch Equal Funding
UNIVERSITY RESEARCH, INNOVATION AND TAX SAVING
- Tax Credit and Training by Decree 145 on the University funding
CONSULTANCY SUBJECTS
ABC HANDBOOK ABOUT EXPORT – IMPORT FUNDAMENTALS – EXPORT
- Table of Contents and Requirements to start an Import – Export business
- Finding a trading Partner, advantages of a Broker, Business agent, Distributors
- Trading operations abroad and participation to Fairs
- Main Documents to be used in Foreign Trade
- Customs tariff and Duties
- Methods of delivery of goods, delivery Times, Quality, Shipments, Incoterms
- Methods of Payment and Debt collection
- Essentials of electronic commerce
- Import – Export sector-specific rules for Food, Cosmetics, Jewellery, Textile
CUSTOMS CONSULTANCY
- Incoterms 2010
- Essentials of the Origin of Goods
- Preferential Origin arrangements of the European Union
- Advantages of AEO (Authorized Economic Operator) Approved Exporter Status
- Customs glossary, useful vocabulary for a correct communication with Customs
- Free Download – Customs Area
TAX CONSULTANCY
- Free Download – International Taxation Area
- Essentials of International Contracts
- Ordinary Justice or Arbitration / ADR (Alternative Dispute Resolution)
- Free Download – Legal Area
ADVICE ON TRADE & EXPORT FINANCING, CREDIT INSURANCE AND SACE
- Management of the operations of Documentary Credit and International Bank Guarantees
- SACE, Export Credit Agency to ensure credits and to protect Investment
- OCSE – OECD Credit Risk Map
- Free Download – Export Credit Risk from OECD
- Essentials of Logistics and Transport
BUSINESS PLAN ADVICE
- Business Model Canvas and other Strategy Tools for drawing up the Business Plan
- Essentials of Business Planning, in the Export and FDI (Foreign Direct Investment)
- Free Download – Examples of simplified Business Plan
ARTICLES ABOUT SECTOR- SPECIFIC SUBJECTS
- Business opportunities in Foreign Markets and Countries, through projects, Joint Ventures, Contract notices, Tenders
- Opportunities for investors in the framework of financial investment projects and in special projects
FOOD AREA
- Requested Buyers, Importers, Distributors for Food and Beverage products from UE – EXTRA UE Countries
- Download IBS TRADING Food & Beverage Catalogue
- Requested Food and Beverage products for EXPORT
- Beef Carcass Evaluation through EUROP International System
- Organic Argan oil Certified by USDA, ECOCERT and cosmetic products
- Iranian and Moroccan saffron
- HALAL certification, food allowed in the Arab world according to the Islamic rite
- Crisis or disaster management and immediate Humanitarian actions
- Firewood
- Pallet: its role in the Export, from the packaging, to the goods and machinery storage, to the merchandise transport in the foreign international trade
- Pellets
CONSTRUCTION, BUILDING
- Bio-construction and Environmentally-friendly Building, White Home project, “custom-made houses”, antiseismic, environmentally-friendly and intelligent housing solutions
- Used earth-moving machinery, vehicles and goods from leasing-returns or auctions
- Coaching as a solution for personal and professional success
SPECIALIST SERVICES FOR HOTELS AND ACCOMMODATIONS
- Summary of the Services for Hotels and Accommodation and methods of provision
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THE DESK OF FOREIGN NETWORK IBS – SERVICES AND OPPORTUNITIES
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THE DESKS OF FOREIGN NETWORK IBS – SERVICES AND OPPORTUNITIES
Various DESKS report the active Services in the country and the Business Opportunities, including the sectors, and the types of companies that could get major benefits in terms of Export or Foreign Direct Investment in the territory, both for the potential of the market and for any Discounts or Funds made available by Local Authorities or by the competent Institutions .
AFRICA – ECOWAS + CEDEAO MAURITANIA ANGOLA
ECOWAS – CEDEAO: Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
Congo, Rwanda, Zambia (case by case basis)
NORTH AMERICA, CENTRAL AMERICA AND ASSOCIATED ISLANDS
USA, Panama
SOUTH AMERICA / LATIN COUNTRIES + SPAIN
Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Spain
China , Incoming in Italy buyer and foreign operators’ from China LINK
ASEAN: Cambodia, Philippines, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
Benelux ( Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands )
EAST EUROPE : Bulgaria, Poland , Hungary + (Trade Missions Abroad in Bulgaria LINK )
France + ( Monte Carlo, French Riviera real estate )
Spain Canary Islands (startup and innovation)
Ukraine (case by case basis)
MENA (Middle East & North Africa )
Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine region , UAE ( United Arab Emirates ) and GCC
Libya (case by case basis)
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SUPPLY OF CONSULTANCY FOR PROFESSIONAL AND INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATIONS, UTILITY COMPANIES, INSTITUTIONS
SUPPLY OF CONSULTANCY FOR PROFESSIONAL AND INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATIONS, PROFESSIONALS, UTILITY COMPANIES, INSTITUTIONS
We want to be for you and your Corporate Customer as a reference point for the Exportation and Internationalization
EXPOSITION, MISSION E INCOMING ECONOMIC OPERATORS
- NEWS ABOUT TRADE FAIRS : fair opportunity of interest to the sector and foreign country;
- IBS IN FAIR IN YOUR PLACE : agreed number of commercial contacts,deeds of buyer, agents, , suppliers, related to an important fair through our senior advisors. ADVANTAGE: cost reduction for the company because of the centralisation;
- MISSION : information about our tasks abroad and events about incoming I Italy by economic entities, trading partners, buyers;
- FUNDS FOR MISSIONS AND FAIRS : information through the competent institutions in order to access to the funds available;
- AT THE REQUEST INCOMING, B2B MEETINGS, TASKS AND FOREIGN WORKSHOPS ORGANISED AN AD-HOC : In one of the places where IBS is most implanted there will be B2B meetings and events for a limited number of holdings.
LEARNING PROCESS FOR A PREPARATION TO THE FOREIGN MARKET AND SPECIALIST ADVICE
Thanks to Joint Inter-Professional Funds, there will be learning processes/consultancy of check-up and business preparation to export.
In addition it is possible to follow specific training programmes for the internationalised and exporting companies about, for example:
- export manager e strategic approach to the market;
- legal themes: international sales contract, international complying, relationship of agency and distribution, means of payment, non-payment and debt collection;
- international tax;
- customs, new Community Customs code, Incoterms 2010 and other issues;
- trade and export financing : documentary credits, bank guarantees, PBO (Bank Payment Obligation), LC and Stand By Letter of Credit, credit insurance, other specific issues;
- business planning.
EXPORT MANAGER IN OUTSOURCING
- Export manager in firm for 6 months – one year as Export Development Manager and Manager for development of contacts with clients, buyers, trading partners;
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES
- Scouting of agents, suppliers, trading partners, economic entities abroad specialised in sectors of interest;
- For a group of holdings affected we could facilitate the creation of a community showroom and a local sales network, with resident local staff who speaks Italian;
PRODUCTIVE DECENTRALIZATION OF THE LOW-VALUE ADDED PRODUCTS
- Products or segments of production widely traded if made in Italy for their high production costs. We could assist the enterprises for a productive decentralization in EU and non-European countries;
- For example in Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Latvia, Moldavia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Poland, Czech Republic, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Turkey, Tunisia e Hungary;
- In addition to bureaucracy, our network of Italian companies abroad could support you with regard to integrated management, accounting, payroll, services of mentorship for the entrepreneur and his family, other specific request.
SCOUTING OF INVESTORS, ASSISTANCE DURING THE ANALYSIS OF ASSESSING FEASIBILITY AND BUSINESS PLAN
- We are in contact with market investors who participate in projects with a long-term efficiency;
- We could assist the enterprises who want to make a planning idea a business and viability plan to present to the investors.
- Assistance on the establishment of “business networks” to strengthen in order to enter in the foreign market with the tax benefits available under the Italian legislation;
IBS DESK – SERVICES AND OPPORTUNITIES
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ALGERIA COUNTRY PROFILE: ALGERIA’S MARKETS POTENTIAL
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INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW
With an increasingly liberalized economy, Algeria is beginning to attract more and more foreign investors, through Foreign direct investments, which are beginning to expand in new areas, much different from the traditional ones: hydrocarbons, telecommunications, tourism, Industry, Construction (building, civil works and hydraulic), water and environment, agriculture and food farming, renewable energy.
Algeria has already carried out several projects and there are a lot of them that are under way; despite the situation Algeria keeps on attracting an increasing number of foreign direct investments, because they are getting better and better. The final payment of the investment projects of 2014, analysed by the Agenzia Nazionale per lo Sviluppo degli Investimenti (National Agency for the Development of the Investments) shows a dramatic and dynamic development of investments, as well as a market that is beginning to draw attention on itself.
There have been 9904 investment projects in 2014, a number that has increased with time, for an amount of 2.192 million DA (Algerian dinar), about 20 billion euros. In 2013, there were 8.895 projects for a counter value of 1.716 million DA, which created almost 151.000 job vacancies.
The development of the indicators shows a progressive and constant development of the investments on a national level, and more and more appealing markets. The opportunities development and the market shares to gain, the different partners, the effective efforts to promote business, the assessment of the potential make Algeria a highly appealing country for the foreign business community and network.
Since 2001, 2014 has been the best year in terms of investments, date of application of the disposition that regulates the development of the investments, number of projects, capital invested and potential in creating jobs. This kind of investments development is also found in the region of the plateaux and in the South: in fact, 2.166 of the projects that have been presented have developed in those two regions.
The projects of investment are mostly concentrated in the provinces, with a high concentration of economic activities; 6.514 projects have been realized in the northern regions last year, for an amount of 1.286 billion DA: they should create 109.275 job vacancies. The incentives and the specific support dedicated to the investments in the Highlands and in the South have led to a crescent interest in both regions, as the development plans produced by ANDI about them. The measures taken about these regions must continue and get stronger, in order to contribute to medium and long term development, in line with the stated objectives for the regional balance for the country’s economic and social development.
The measures taken through various reforms, all aimed to improve the entrepreneurial context, is starting to earn the investors’ trust, as demonstrate the more than 1.000 billion DA reinvested in this field. This trust has been confirmed also by some other investments, especially the “entrepreneurial start-ups”, whose number has reached 5.650 projects, almost 57% of what was declared.
As regards the dimensions of the companies, small and medium enterprises that tend to move towards industry, especially industrial processing chains, have carried on most of the projects that have started in 2014.
The industrial sectors are food production sector, chemical and plastic industry, wood and paper industry, textile and leather industry and finally glass industry.
The government provides with big funding for the great projects in the water, energy and telecommunication management.
These results get registered, following the governmental effort to improve Algerian economy in many ways, such as: developing business and entrepreneurship, supporting manufacturing activities helping them recovering through several incentives, especially in the land managing sector, simplifying access to loans and incentives for investments as well as reducing bureaucracy and reforming the public sector.
DEMOGRAPHICS OF ALGERIA
Algeria has a surface area of about 2.4 million square kilometres, and it is a country with great geographic and climatic biodiversity: there is a vast coastline, high plains, semiarid plateaux and it includes a huge portion of the Sahara, characterized by hot and dry climate. Such an extremely varied environment corresponds with the different exploitation of the soil and the population density.
The coastline represents the 4% of the land area; in addition, two thirds of the population live there. On the contrary, the High Plains region represent 9% of the land area, and about a fourth of the population lives there.
- 38.7 million inhabitants 1st Jan 2014 estimate
- 963.000 live-born children, child mortality: 168.000, 388.000 marriages in 2013.
Algeria’s foreign trade statistics for 2014, drawn by the databases of the Customs Information System, have highlighted a development of the trade balance in the following way:
- Imports have increased by 0.6 % by comparison with 2013. Their distribution highlighted that the capital goods have increased by 17.13% and foodstuff by 14.87 % in 2013; on the contrary, non-food consumer goods have decreased by 8.23% and production machinery by 0.35%;
- Goods related to the operation of the manufacturing facilities are mainly built with building materials (bars, steel tubes, wood, etc.) and oils intended for the food-processing industry;
- As regards the division of the various economic areas in 2014, foreign trade mostly takes place with traditional partners. OECD countries have the largest share: 65.03% of imports and 81.01% of exports in Algeria. 14.47% of Algerian imports comes from non-EU OECD countries, and 16.65% of exports are addressed to these countries. Most of the trade takes part with the USA (4.9% of imports and 7.45% of exports) and Turkey (3.64% of imports and 4.61% of exports). Trade between Algeria and other countries is still low.
NEW POLITICS FOR PER LA REDUCTION OF IMPORTS
In order to reduce the number of imports, the Algerian government has issued a law that forbids using imported constructing materials, which are manufactured locally; this measure is also aimed at increasing the integration in the construction industry, and promoting local manufacturers. This law has already begun to bear fruit on the territory. It will increase the percentage of constructing materials “Made in Algeria” in the construction industry, from the actual 70% up to 85%.
This regulation, signed in December 2014, forbids the supervisors of the several projects partially or fully financed by the State resorting to imported goods if the same product is manufactured locally and of the same quality.
In order to achieve it, the Department has entrust the directors of the promotion centres and of the property management offices (OPGI) with improve the implementation of this regulation; they hold the majority of the public housing projects, which represent 75% of the five-year programme for 2010-2014.
Actually, people in charge for the public sector will have to use Algerian products when signing contracts involving Algerian products’ manufacturing. They will also have to join invoices with production contracts with companies that manufacture in Algeria various construction material.
Finally, it must be pointed out that this regulation has a double aim. On one hand, the mail goal is to reduce imports costs of all construction materials, to which the bill refers. On the other, it is about “consuming national products”. About that, all specialists agree on the fact that Algerian products are of very good quality, similar to imported goods from China or Europe.
ECONOMIC ACCOUNTS
Algeria’s GDP was 17.731 million dinars (about 221 billion dollars) in 2014; in 2013, it was 16.570 billion dinars (196 billion dollars). Algeria’s economy has increased by 4.1% in 2014, by contrast with the past year and by 2.8% in 2013 compared to 2012. On the contrary, the growth of GDP concerning non-oil related goods has decreased: it went from 5.1% in 2014 to 7.1% in 2013.
ECONOMIC FIELDS DEVELOPMENT
INDUSTRIAL SECTOR:
The industrial sector has a weak positive growth rate, even if the deep decrease has stopped, growth rates of this sector are still very irregular from one hand and insufficient on the other hand. Indeed the this sector represents a small part of the GDP (lass than 5%). In order to reach 10% this sector should achieve a double digit growth.
In 2013, the industrial added value was 765.400.000.000 billion dinars and 728,6 billion in 2012. ( a nominal increase of 5%). In volume, in 2012 the industrial growth was 4.1% and 5.1% in 2013. It had a clear decrease explained by a decrease in energy supply sector, ISMMEE and chemical industry.
Sectors that have increased growth in 2013:
- Energy supply sector, with an increase of 4.3% in 2013 and 10.2% in 2012;
- Steal and iron industry (ISMME) 5.5% increase in 2013 and 7.4% in 2012;
- Chemical, plastic and rubber with an increase of 5% in 2013 and 5.8% in 2012;
- Food industry sector increased of 7% in 2013 and 5.6% in 2012.
BTPH, CONSTRUCTION SECTOR AND CIVIL ENGENEERING BUILDINGS:
BTPH growth (Algerian state-owned society working in construction sector) is expected to reach 6.9%. This is a remarkable performance but slightly lower than 2012, because of a decrease in public.
Except for oil and public works sectors which had a weak increase in 2013 (+1% in 2013 and 0.4% in 2012), BTPH including oil and public works , had a 6.6% increase in 2013 and 8.2% in 2012.
The Brute Formation of FBCF fixed investments (it is a group that measures gross fixed investments and it is composed of a “physical” component such as constructions, machineries, means of transport and a “non-physical” component such as software and licenses), in 2013 it was the most dynamic component of the demand. Indeed, after that in 2011 growth rate was 2.9%, investments have positively increased of 7.2%, achieving an higher cadence than 2010. In 2013, this recovery trend of investments was confirmed, indeed gross fixed investments had a 8.6 % growth rate. This acceleration in gross fixed investments is due to a 13.8% increase of industrial equipment volumes imports and to an increase in state capital expenditures, as follows:
- Infrastructures and administration +13.7%
- Agriculture and Hydraulics + 6,2%
- Manufacturing services +8.8%
- Education +1.2%
B.T.P.H SECTOR IN ALGERIA
The wealth made with oil allowed the country to recover from foreign debt and to start large scale campaigns to boost is economy. The BTPH economy is taking a great advantage of this recovery.
Algerian government has lunched for the period 2004-2008 , complementar support for growth plans (PCCS) and special projects for Highlands and south.
Almost 70% of imports in this context should be used to develop basic infrastructures, houses and public infrastructures such as universities, schools, sport and cultural centres, hospitals etc…
The housing became a basic need for Algerian people because of population growth rate. The industry abandoned in the eighties and nineties, during the black decade that froze every business, and cause an important delay in the lodging conclusion. The President willingness and the interest in this sector have created a surprisingly real estate development. Moreover, it is famous the sentence according to which “When the construction industry works, everything works”.
As other developing countries, Algeria population and urbanisation have remarkably increased, this has increased the demand for lodgings, basic local services and tools essential for community life.
For lodgings, the President program has laid foundations in order to ensure an intense construction of buildings in the future. In order to diversify lodgings availability to support real estate development, credit development and access to housing. Everything is supported by State finances.
Construction companies are competing and every company tries to face challenges with its resources and leadership.
Private and state-owned companies such as ENPI, ALDA, e OPGI, tend to develop a partnership policy with strong Spanish, Turkish, Chinese, French; Portuguese and Italian companies.
For information, prices decided by the government to create a social housing is fixed between 42.000 and 54.000 DA per square meter (1 Euro= 105 DA).
Moreover, according to the prime minister “Government will not move backwards on promises made for social housings, despite a decrease of oil price”. However, he wanted to underline that there is the possibility to develop a list of construction materials temporary prohibited to import.
The recent increase in population in Algeria during these years, has increased the demand for building areas in the main Algerian cities such as Algeri, Orano, Costantina and Annaba. For this reason the government has continually modified services needed for the creation of new urban systems according to national needs.
KIND OF HOUSING UNITS
1.034.566 are were foreseen by the PCSC but they arrived at 1.228.597 for South and Central Highlands programs. Almost 39% is intended for rural buildings to encourage people to grow their own land. The distribution of 1.228.597 housing units of PCSC is divided in:
- Social housing for rent (23%);
- Social active buildings (23,2%);
- Rural housings (38,7%);
- House for sale (10,5%);
- Other housing kind (4,6%).
Only a small number of housing units have been built in the period 2010-2014. After a five-year plan, in 2014 started a building project to build 418.752, public housing for rent (164.749), rural housing (196.140), social housing for rent (16.081 ), social housing (17.893) leasing housing ALDA (20.600) and housing offered by “CNEP-bank” (3289 units).
These projects have cost billion dinar(around 7 billion dollars) with 1.738 billion DA of funds udes between 2010-2014. High expense rates underline that housing programmes are important projects.
The real estate sector lunched a project for the period 2015-19 to build 1.6 million of houses, in order to solve housing by 2019,improving the business environment for workmen who cooperate with employers organisations.
Moreover the Ministry of housing, urban planning and municipality, announced in January 2015 the creation of a five-year project 2015-2019, a new solution for “self-built” housings. This solution gives to citizens the opportunity to build their own house after having purchased a plot of land and the financial assistance of the State, whether projects respect the urban plan.
Allotments will be allowed in wilays, Southern Highlands and than North wilays. According to data of the Ministry of housing, there are 1098 available areas for allotments, in 425 towns of Highlands and South. The overall are is 6.699 hectares, this allows the distribution of 295/394 allotments.
Moreover, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, is trying to adopt corrective measures for construction sectors to lure private investors of this sector; this aims to increase production dimensions. Several building regulations have been revised.
It is a law that includes to avoid bureaucracy in every sector, especially housing, to decrease administrative procedures, for example construction permissions. These subsidies will include reliefs to obtain plot of lands, but also regulations that take into account construction techniques such as PVC and aluminium.
In conclusion, this is the perfect situation to boost this sector, that aims to increase the national production to satisfy real estate market needs. Administrators, business men and industrialists have to contribute to boost the sector, in order to build 120.000 units per year, using modern techniques of construction in building sites that follow international standards.
INFORMATION FOR BUILDING PROJECTS
Only 22% of national companies working in the building sector pushed for build 100.000, have positively answered for this projects, according to Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning.
The new list drafted by the Ministry in 2014 includes 83 companies with 23 more companies selected after several complaints, the final amount is 106. Public promoters, such as ENPI, OPGI e ALDA can use this list to select a company and enter in “over the counter” market, capable of make easier procedures to start housing buildings projects.
Moreover, the strengthen of construction material sector in Algeria, including the creation of 8 new cement plants and plants for steel production in Bellara (Jijel), will be an important asset to support more than 35.000 building entrepreneurs.
L’ENTREPRISE NATIONALE DE PROMOTION IMMOBILIÈRE (ENPI)
The national body for real estate promotion “ENPI-SPA” ha been established after the re-organisation of the housing promotion of family-owned businesses “EPLF”.
Its main goal is build new Public Housing Promotion “LPP”.
More than 32.000 units will be built thanks to the project Public Housing Promotion (LPP) created in 2014.
Works for this projects are developed in 39 wilayas and ranges from 5 and 30%, and the building cadence has increased in 2015. Currently, the companies working in this projects have been selected in the Ministry list (70%), public works (7%), joint ventures (7%), private Algerian companies (20,5%).
The biggest problems for the realisation of these projects are: it is difficult to find plots of lands, especially in Algeri, where have been built 15.906 buildings LPP.
The promotional project (LPP), launched in 2013 has been given to citizens with an income between 108.000 e 216.000 DA.
HOUSING PROJECT (LSP + PL + LPP), BRIEF OVERVIEW ON ENPI
NATIONAL AGENCY FOR IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF HOUSING (AADL)
The AADL, which falls under the supervision of the Ministry of Housing, has the purpose of providing a public service mission and it has a legal entity and financial autonomy. Its goal is to implement, across the whole national territory, the national plan regarding the rental and sale of housing, the promotion, the supervision, the territory and the market property development, the dismantling of the existing slums to transform them into habitable structures with better conditions, the restructuration and restoring of ancient buildings, the urban restoring and the creation of new cities.
This plan also deals with the development of innovative construction methods through its action program, as well as the elaboration and the diffusion of a more extensive information, and the management of the markets and the estate and construction actors (developers, citizens, financial institutions, local authorities, materials manufacturers, advisers, manufacturing companies, property managers, associations…).
The agency also carries out the work given by the Ministry, such as the dossier on the development of new cities like Boughezoul, 270 km from Algiers, Ali Boumendjel in the Costantine wilaya (province) and Sidi Abdellah in the Tipasa province. By way of information, the dwellings intended to be rented out, namely the F4-type, represent 60% of the total, while the F3 residences represent 40%. Regarding the size of the dwellings for sale and for rent, they go from 75 square meters to 90 square meters for F3 and F4 types.
AADL plans to achieve 230000 residential units, including 106373 that have been built but not completed yet, while 124000 are still under construction. We present you how the AADL dwellings have been distributed and the PVC products which will be used for the construction.
Allocation of the housing AADL plan per wilaya (province):
The wilayas and the works that have not been started yet are : Djelfa, M’Sila, Adrar Bordj Bou Arreridj, El-Oued El-Tarf, Illizi, Medea, Ouargla, Oum-El-Bouaghi, Souk Ahras, Tamanrasset, Tébessa, Tiaret ,Tindouf, Tissemsilt.
The OPGI
The country offers different helping solutions (financed by the National housing fund CNL) to buy real estates in Algeria. The Ministry of housing launched the AADL (rental or selling) housing and LLP, but the most known and promotional schemes are the Housing Assisted (LSP) and the rental housing (social housing). The OPGI plan is a very important element which is under the direction of the Ministry of housing throughout the national territory; we hereby present you a list of contracts established with enterprises in the fiscal year 2014.
Le Projet des Villes des HAUTS PLATEAUX:
The goal in the high plains is creating the adequate conditions and measures to develop the cities which can have a knock-on effect in the area covered and as a consequence increase the growth. The goals by 2025 concern the ongoing urban restoring related to the high plains and they require a restoration of the urban system and a well-structured hierarchical system.
In the high plains there are 3 new plans to build cities, as set out below:
Boughezoul in Medea province: at the heart of high plains region, within the national strategy of territorial development;
The new city of Aricha, in the Tlemcen province, which is 80 km south of Tlmecen city. It is the only urban project in a territory of more than 20.000 km2 from the western bypass which leads to the high plains, which has been prepared for 150.000 inhabitants by 2025;
The new city of Inedghassen in the Batna wilaya, which is 30 km north of Batna city and will aim, through its realization, at decreasing the high concentration of population in the other cities.
Other main construction projects:
International conference center: the conference center is located in the Club des Pins in Algiers, it will be managed by the Chinese company CSCEC and built on an area of 270000 square meters at a cost of 50 billion dinars;
Marriot hotel: the private group Red-Med aims at bringing to 6 the number of three-star hotels with an investment of 50 billion dollars; the first hotel will be built in ADRAR, the other one near the industrial and port areas;
MEDINA Algiers: DAHLI Society HILTON hotel project predicts an investment of 2.5 billion Euros, a business that will expand upon an area of 100 hectares near SAFEX in Algiers;
The Great Mosque of Algiers: it will cost 1.2 billion Euros and it will cover an area of 275000 square meters on the seafront opposite the SAFEX and the MEDINA project in Algiers. The CSCEC has to compete with a Chinese company.
The poles for the development of competitiveness in the High plains area in Algeria
To illustrate the importance of the High plains area in the national policy concerning the establishment of development and competitiveness poles, those which have been planned are set out below:
Electronic pole: Sétif and Bordj Bou Arréridj wilayas;
Mechanic and oil pole: TIARET wilaya;
BTHP pole: M’Sila wilaya , Batna, Djelfa, Nâama, El Bayadh;
New division energy: Djelfa, Boughezoul, Nâama, El Bayadh;
Audio and visual industrial division: M’Sila, Bou Saâda, Tébessa, Khenchela;
High-end tourism pole: Aures Nemmemachas, Saharan atlas Ksour;
Food and industries pole: Djelfa wilaya and Oum El Bouaghi;
Local meat and farming pole: Saida wilaya , Tiaret, M’Sila, Djelfa, El Bayadh;
PUBLIC INDUSTRY SECTORS
Only 67% of more than 6800 public infrastructure projects set out in the framework of the 2010-2014 five -year plan have been implemented. 3812 of the 10188 investment projects set out at the beginning of the five-year period, have been delivered and 3008 projects are still ongoing, while the remaining has not been implemented yet. These projects are related to 26 sectors including the education and higher education which received the lion’s share among the projects presented.
The result was the establishment of 2784 installations in high schools, primary schools with their helping structures (boarding structures, gyms, etc.) in 6630 projects set out in the education sector, while 1613 installations are currently under construction against 2233 infrastructures waiting to be constructed.
With regard to higher education, 390 installations have been delivered. The initial plan called for 1016 installations, including the 325 projects currently ongoing, against 301 projects which have not been started yet.
Efforts on the construction of public structures led to a strong increase of the financial investments which overcame 773 billion dinars. The Ministry of housing sets out to provide installations for 1138 projects and other 1285 development projects in all sectors by 2015-2016. The situation of the sectorial projects of public structures is relevant only for projects whose specialization in the works is guaranteed by delegation of Ministry of Housing and Urban Development decentralized structures. Wilayas (provinces) are usually responsible for residences and the DLEP public services depend on the UCR urban planning and construction managements.
HEALTHCARE SECTOR AND HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURES
For the National Agency for Healthcare Equipment and Management of Health infrastructures (AREES) a budget of 400 billion dinars will be allocated to the construction of 5 new UHCs (university hospital centers) in Algiers, Tizi-Ouzou, Tlemecen, Constantine and Ouargla. Similarly, the agency stated that the construction works of the new hospitals would start soon, they will cover an area of 5 million square meters and will be completed within 48 months of the beginning of work.
Moreover, 600 billion dinars will be allocated to the restructuring of 15 UHCs and will cover a 10-years period, having established that the state of the 15 existing hospitals is not meeting the international minimum requirements.
To overcome this challenge, the Ministry of Health launched a project of requalification, restructuring, improvement and repair of existing buildings, many of them being almost 100 years old and originally military camps.
WATER SECTOR AND WATER RESOURCES
The potentially available resources in Algeria are estimated to be about 18 billion cubic meters, 10 billions of which are surface resources, 2.5 billion cubic meters are underground water resources in the north and 5.5 billion cubic meters are both surface and underground water resources, in the south.
To face the challenge of guaranteeing an adequate coverage of the continually increasing water needs at national level, for both agricultural and industrial purposes because of an alarming shortage of the resource, a new national water policy has been implemented since the beginning of the 2000s. It revolves around three main axes : improving the organization and development of resources in all their forms, the economic protection of water and the reform of water governance framework.
There are currently 70 dams that are operating, 14 in construction for an overall capacity which covers 8.4 billion cubic meters of sea water, 9 desalination plants in operation and another four under construction for an overall capacity of 2.3 million cubic meters per day. Moreover, the 140 waste water treatment plants allow to recover around 800 million cubic meters of treated waste water per day.
These management infrastructures of the waters originating from both conventional dams and large transfers and underground water or unconventional from desalination sea water plants and recycling of sewage disposal, are giving concrete solutions to the problems of water shortage in Algeria. The concrete results of this proactive action by the State should be noticeable very soon. The development indicators in the water sector have increased substantially largely overcoming the millennium targets set in this sector by the United Nations.
The equal distribution of water resources between the different regions of the Algerian territory is a key factor of the policy implemented by the government. To overcome the geographical differences, a regional water infrastructure plan has been implemented in order to guarantee a better equality between the regions regarding the access to water. In the last ten years, important measures have been adopted and are now under construction for ANBT.
These aqueducts meet the targets regarding the strategy for food safety of the country and they are aimed at supporting the regions with a strong agricultural potential. Therefore, for example, with the construction of big aqueducts in the Sétif and Djelfa wilayas, the government intends to make those wilayas wheat-producing regions, which, within few years, will guarantee 20% of the country’s need in this sector.
These measures are aimed at connecting the water resources of the different regional systems in favour of the big urban centers, while the neighbouring cities will be served by smaller infrastructures.
- Census of the houses to be connected for the supply of gas;
- Launch of studies to implement projects;
- Definition of the annual plans per wilaya;
- Beginning of the construction works by the companies managed by Sonelgaz in accordance with the provisions on public procurement.
Regarding the gas distribution of the public grid it has been set out:
- The connection of 1000000 users;
- State programme which predicts a quota of 211600 MDA (million dinars).
The investment prospect of SONELGAZ for the 2015-2019 period focuses on the means of production and on the conveyance and distribution of gas. A supply plan has been established to meet the national market’s needs for natural gas. This large project has the goal to meet the populations’ demand for gas, the safe supply in the country at the end and the medium and long-term support, especially, for the development of the Highlands and southern areas. This program concerns the supply, NG and LPG, for new clients.
5900 kilometers of transmission system at a high pressure will be constructed and the existing system is planned to be extended. The financing of this new plan is covered by state funds to 75%, while 25% will be covered by Sonelgaz. The gas transmission system, which will be completed by 2023, will be 11553 kilometers long, 7862 km of which have already been approved. The total amount set out for all the works related to the development of the system to transport gas for 2014-2023 period is around 382554 million dinars.
PROGRAM FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOUTHERN WILAYAS
The developed program concerns the following 10 wilays in the SOUTH: Adrar, Laghouat, Biskra, Bechar, Tamanrasset, Ouargla, Illizi, Tindouf and Wadi EL Ghardaia, without mentioning the creation of the new city of Hassi Messaoud in the framework of this oilfield preservation. Therefore, the development which has been decided in the framework of the special program for the development of the South will cost 377 billion DA (dinars). More than 296 billion dinars are allocated to improving the life conditions of populations, including:
More than 110 billion dinars for the realization of 60000 additional dwellings;
Almost 20 billion DA to connect houses with natural gas and electrical energy;
More than 80 billion dinars for water resources;
Almost 7 billion DA allocated to higher education especially for the creation of 10000 additional teaching jobs and 7500 refugee accommodation;
Almost 12 billion DA for national education and the creation of 14 high schools, 50 primary schools, 497 classrooms, 202 school canteens and 327 sport facilities;
More than 3 billion dinars for vocational training, in order to create 11 training centres and 10 specialization and internship centres;
15 billion DA for the health, in order to build new hospitals, two university hospitals, laser therapy units and 13 specialist care centres;
Almost 6 billion dinars for youth and sport sector to create 10 gyms, 16 sport and helping centres and 31 swimming pools;
19 billion DA for the enhancement of tools for employment promotion;
3 billion of dinars for the culture sector in order to create of 19 libraries, 2 theatres, 1 museum and 1 music school;
2.5 million DA for environment safeguard.
Around 74 billion DA for the economical development, including:
More than 47 billion dinars for the development and enhancement of road network;
More than 2 billion dinars for transport sector;
More than 17 billion dinars for agricultural sector;
More than 2 billion dinars for the development of industrial sector and of activities;
More than 1 billion DA for the development of small and medium enterprises, craftsmanship and tourism;
3 billion dinars for the improvement of bank credit interest rates for the investments in small and medium enterprises and in the agricultural sector;
Around 20 billion DA for the improvement of management and administration methods, including justice and inspection services.
THE INVESTMENT PLAN OF 2014
During 2014 Algeria showed a sharp increase in investment projects, equal to 28% compared with the allocated contribution in 2013. According to the Ministry of Mines and Industries at least 10000 investment projects have been launched during 2014.
These investments focused on the setting up of manufacturers which produced an additional value in several sectors, including the industrial one, and the extension to others, with a cost of 2 billion DA (dinars); 1.5 billion DA of them have been used to foreigner partnership projects, equal to 62% of the total cost. 60% of these projects concern the development of productive potentials, the introduction of innovative technologies and the acquirement of knowledge and instruments for the governance and the development of enterprises on national and international markets.
These projects involved different market segments, including Agri-Food, Industries, Chemistry and Industry. These results “provide information on the steady improvement of the business climate in Algeria”, including the partnership with foreigner operators.
The industrial sector, where the investments mainly focus on transformation sectors, appears in the forefront both for the amounting of investments and in the potential for job creation, with 1845 projects and 1507 million DA in 2014, with a potential for creating 71362 jobs (42.27 of the total potential).
The same is true for investment projects concluded with foreigners, which focuses on industrial sector and this is the case of 74 projects amounting to 156 billion DA, especially in the steel, mechanical and electrical, chemical, food and construction materials sectors. Moreover, it has been noticed a significant investment volume of partnership in the regions of Haus Plateaux and in the south.
On the whole, the most affected industrial districts pointed out by ANDI (National Agency of Investment Development) are the food industries (IAA), which represent 26% of all industrial projects which have been highlighted, followed by construction materials one 22.4%, the steel, mechanical and electrical industry (ISMME) to 17.13% and chemical industry to 15.72%.
These findings show a strong effort in the industrial sector by the government for the diversification and development of the industrial activities, and show important markets to be hold in different areas of activities and industrial processing, LPN (Natural Conservation Act), extraction activities and other sectors.
MATERIALS FOR BTPH, CREATION AND REQUIRED MEANS
The local row materials production, in spite of the great stocks, it cannot meet the sharp increase in local demand, which required an increase in import, including imports of cement, steel, pipes, materials and equipment, such as: floor coverings, plumbing, electrical equipment, locks, etc … … and the production of materials, machines and equipment. The secondary market, which benefits from a stable construction sector, suffers from low quality of local production.
National construction sector
The decision of the government concerning the ban on imports of construction materials is justified by a national production modestly sufficient for the implementation of all programs. The country’s authorities said: “Importing row materials that can be produced in our country is an economic crime.”
The country’s reindustrialization project will involve the support of internal production that in different sector could and must replace the imports. Therefore, it will be important to develop the small and medium enterprise and the supply, which will receive increasing attention through the facilitation of the proceedings of the creation and support to development plan.
The strategy will focus on the removing of constraints to a sustained growth and it will be supported by the improvement of investment conditions. Therefore, ANDI will become a specialized pole that will lead the potential investors in promising projects and follow up their implementation and provide advices for the organization and management and also on the investment promotion act which will be modified in accordance with the investment liberalization and with the entrepreneurship and the public support to the business projects.
The imported products will be replaced by materials locally produced
The imports cost will be reduced replacing the wood with other products like PVC and aluminium, especially in the construction sector. The country imports from an average of 300 to 320 million dollars in wood every year. The wood industry realizes a turnover of 12 billion dinars (12 million Euros). A significant part of coniferous imports comes from the northern countries (Finland and Sweden) or from Russia. Oaks and beech trees are imported by Europe, the tropical wood comes from Africa and Asia. The demand is estimated to be 1.5 million cubic meters every year, while the local production is able to meet only 15% of the demand. This caused an excessive expenditure for the wood import, especially because of the needs regarding the projects launched by the state.
PVC and aluminium to stop using the wood
The construction sites monopolize more than 70% of wood imports. Although the government took actions to educate the constructors about the benefits of using formworks with metal stamps which offer longer depreciation periods of the wood, the manufacturers keep on using the wood, even though its high cost.
On the contrary, other materials take their part in the Algerian market, especially in the carpentry sector for the residential and promotional construction. For example, the PVC locally produced has a production capacity of 30000 tons, while the volume of import from Turkey and China are unknown. This product has advantages that reduce the long-term costs because their duration is estimated to 50 years.
Another material is the aluminium and in particular the plant located in Beni Saf (Témouchent) is managed by a consortium of companies that promote development: Moubadla (Moubadala Development Company), Dubai Aluminium (Dubal) and by an Algerian consortium made of Sonatrach and Sonelgaz. They have a production capacity of 700000 tons per year. Another foundry, with a capacity of 1.5 million tons per year, is going to be built by 2016. Therefore, the wood imports are supposed to be reduced in the future. Currently the construction deployment of all wood elements is equal to 70%, against the aluminium and PVC use which only represent around 15% each one.
ECONOMIC CENSUS OF THE COMPANY IN ALGERIA
The number of the companies included in the census of the national territory runs into 990496 unities and more than 934200 of them are limited liability companies which represent more than 94% of the total and the remaining of them (56246), equal to 6%, are management consulting centres; these are the final results recorded by National Statistics Office (NSO).
This important action, the first of its kind in Algeria, showed that the national economy is largely dominated by solely companies to 95% (888794), while the legal entities (enterprises) represent only the 5% equal to 45456 unities. This finding shows that the Algerian economy mainly depends on micro enterprises.
The structure of legal entities in the wilaya shows a concentration of 21% capital, followed by Oran wilaya (6.8%) and Sétif 5.3% from afar. This is the result of the market survey which was aimed to the census of all economic and management institutions, whatever was the sector or legal form, not including the agricultural sector.
The same trend has been observed in solely companies, therefore, Algiers area is characterized by the presence of 9.9% economic actors, followed by Oran (5.6%) and Sétif (5.1%). On the other hand, the number of industrial realities identified is 95445, 24.8% of which operate in different sectors: 23,4% in the metal product manufacturing; 11,1% in clothing; 1.7% in wood processing; 1.3% in textile; 1.3% in repair and installation of machines and equipment.
Moreover, 84% of 934250 enterprises, equal to 781439 are located in urban areas against 16% equal to 152811 in rural areas. Regarding the urban areas, Algiers is in the forefront with more than 12%of the total, Oran is in the second place (6.6%), followed by Sétif wilaya with 4.8% according the final results of census. With regard to rural areas, Tizi Ouzou wilaya is in the forefront with 8.1% of the total and Sétif is in the second place with 6.7%. In terms of activities, 81.3% of extractive industries are located in rural areas, while the production represents 19%, according to the survey findings.
THE CURRENT CONSTRUCTION ACTORS
Regarding the findings in the construction field, the census recorded 26780 enterprises, whose main activity is the construction. It should be noticed that 17% equal to 4222 Enterprises of the total 26780 have been ranked and qualified to launch the 5-year plan.
While the public actors are affected more strongly by budgetary constraints, private national measures are currently experiencing a sharp increase related to the enthusiasm developed from the prospects and growth opportunities of BTPH sector. Among the foreigner enterprises, the Chinese ones are very competitive, they indeed won the majority of the last public procurements in the construction sector. A lot of actors coming from the Middle East and from Turkey, such as Sidar, Emar, Fiducia Investimenti… and construction companies such as Arab Contractors, Atlas, etc, are benefiting from the current situation.
The Ministry of Public Work (DPW) manages a road network of around 108000 km (70% is paved road), 4800 bridges and provides 85% of goods and people transport in the country. A quarter of current network is in poor condition and half of the works need to be restructured. The main projects concern the creation of East-West highway. This is the main goal of the government (recorded project as PCCS), 1216 km long, which will connect the main northern cities of the country.
The highway project in the Highlands, which will connect Tlemecen wilaya to Tebessa, has been launched recently. After the preparation of studies related to this project of 1020 km, they will start the works of the stretch of highway regarding TIARET, which will connect the Algerian –Tunisian border, 800 km long, while those related to the stretch Algerian- Moroccan of TMLECEN will start later.
In the framework of PCSC programs and the special programs for the south and highland, there are also projects for restructuring more than 14000 km of roads and 50 bridges, building more than 3700 km of new roads and 216 bridges and realizing 3700 km of channels to reach rural cities. The Ministry of Public Works is thinking about new projects for the future, including:
17 projects regarding the 1396 km of fast motorway connecting the East/West Highway identified by ARDS in the period 2005-2025:
A.P.D. project, the highway connecting Bejaia to East-West Highway for 100 km;
Freeway planning and development at the suburbs of the great winds park;
Highway planning in the highlands;
Planning of the third bypass in the south of Algiers: Bourmedes-Tipaza south 150 km long on two lanes;
Planning of the fourth Ring Road between the wilaya of Ain Defla and Bordi Bou Arreridj on 300 km;
The doubling planning of RN 01 for 320 km;
The doubling planning of RN 67 for 20km;
The expansion planning from 2 to 3 lanes of the highway connecting the second Ring Road of the new city of Bouinan for 13km.
COMPLETED PROJECTS:
Implementation of the third ring road Bourmedes-Tipaza for 150 km on two lanes;
Completion of the fourth Ring Road between the wilaya of Ain Defla – Bordji Bou Arreridj for 300 km on two lanes that can be extended to 3 lanes through the wilaya of Tupaza, Bilda and Bourmedes;
Implementation of Bou Ismail Cherchell freeway, connecting to OEA for 65km;
Implementation of the Transrhumel and Constantine viaduct;
Development of a stretch of two-lanes highway RN 12 for 23.5 km;
The doubling realization of RN 01 for 70 km between Bougheoul and Berrouaghia and in the province of Medea;
The doubling realization of RN 24 for 9 km (second Tranche) in the wilaya of Algiers;
Realization of roads in 10 tourist areas of the 7 coastal wilayas of Algiers, Tipaza, Annaba, El Tarf, Tlmecen, Oran, Aïn Témouchent, Mostaganem;
Realization of the main highway section in the highlands for 600 Km Saida Batna;
Completion of the freeway connecting Djen Djen harbour up to EO Highway for 100 km;
Implementation of a two-three lane highway connecting the second ring road with the new city of Bouinan for 13 km.
HARBOUR AND COST AREAS IMPLEMENTATION – MASTER PLAN 2005 – 2025
The expected results for the construction of harbours until 2025 are as follows:
Construction of nineteen (19) harbours addressed to people who dedicate to fishing;
Capacity development and enhancement of twenty-one (21) harbors dedicated to fishing boats;
Construction of sixteen (16) tourist harbours;
Protection of twenty-seven (27) land sites for 16 km;
Realization of thirty-six (36) beaches;
Maintenance of 498 beaches and development of 36 accesses to the beaches.
MAIN PROJECTS OF ROAD MANAGEMENT (MTP)
The project of road and highway development (ARDS) 2005/2025 is the framework which led to the optimal structure of the current road network, aimed to meet the future road links and road transport to boost the social and economic development of Algeria until 2025.
This goal focuses on the following main areas:
The continuing extension capacity of the network;
The intermodal transport enhancement;
The heritage and environment conservation;
The road network improvement in the highlands;
The motorway network improvement in the deep south, the development of the main links and of the border roads to open up towards a higher development of exchanges with Africa.
THE GREAT PROJECTS FOR THE RAIL NETWORK MANAGEMENT
The government puts great emphasis on the railway sector in which allocated a large investment. In 2012, the Algerian government announced that it sets out a massive investment of approximately 18 billion dollars in this sector for the modernization of railway transport infrastructures until 2015.
The current figure of 25 billion dollars is currently on the agenda of National Agency for Studies and Monitoring of railway investments implementation (ANESRIF) is the prime contractor in this sector. The main projects are as follows:
The modernization of the Northern Moroccan railway ring road, Annaba -Algiers-Oran, border of 1200 km;
The modernization and creation of the new railway lines starting with the northern junction;
The electrification of the current lines, including the northern bypass;
The electrification of the suburban network of Algiers;
The complete electrification of the Algerian network (expected by 2020);
The modernization of 430 km of railway lines;
The implementation of 391 km of new lines;
The modernization of lines and stations for 1100 km;
The doubling and rebuilding of more than 600 km of lines;
The high speed rail implementation;
The two North-South lines implementation.
Taking into consideration the current market data and the trends for the future in different sector, it follows from the above that the BTPH market is largely developing. The public works sector plays an important role in the government action at short and long term. It shall boost the recovery with a significant number of created jobs. Road and airport plans should lead to a consumption level of bitumen of approximately 1 million tons per year for the next five years.
Moreover, the fairs which have been held in Algeria in the last years, such as BATIMATEC; FIA; SITEP, SIEE, PMI, ect… offered the opportunity for investors in order to have a better perception of Algerian market and review its industrial potential and its opportunities, which would possibly offer in terms of alliances and partnership. These fairs have proven to be important events for entrepreneurs and foreign firms at international level.
The BATIMATEC 2015 is indeed an event that aims to introduce all the potentials of the construction industry which represents both in economic terms and evident results for all those who wonder what it might mean in terms of economic recovery and entrepreneurship. It would be a sector recovery of huge dimensions to such an extent that there will not be Algerian firms enough to meet these needs. It will be a benefit for foreign groups to show their skills.
GENERAL INFORMATION OF INVESTMENTS (ANDI SOURCE)
The information on investment made to identify the level of investment in Algeria are reported below:
Distribution of the investment projects implemented in the period between 2002-2012
EVOLUTION OF EXCHANGE RATE
Source: Bank of Algeria
The yearly average rate of the dinar has depreciated against the dollar by 2,36%. The yearly average exchange rate of the Algerian dinar against the US dollar is estimated to be at $ 79,3809 USD/DZD in 2013, 77,5519 USD / DZD in 2012. The yearly average exchange rate of dinar has depreciated against the euro by 3,21% in 2013 compared with 2012, increasing from 102,1627 EUR/DZD in 2012 to 105,4374 EUR/DZD in 2013.
The society is the lifeblood of all industrial development process of a country. Algerian government is currently aimed at providing the opportunities for the growth of modern and innovative enterprises, and development in international standards of excellence and competitiveness. The government focuses on stimulating the entrepreneurship, encouraging the project leaders and the innovators, operating on different levels towards this objective. The government is working methodically in order to eliminate all the development constraints for enterprises and investments.
The Algerian market is one of the most profitable in the large Eur-Afrique area. It offers good development prospects within 2030. The growth mainly derives from the national programme for housing with the aim of reducing the huge housing deficit that Algeria accumulated during the last decades and that has gradually been eliminating successfully.
BTPH, indeed, is the engine for economic growth and it is the backbone of the Algerian economy, the sectors of housing, constructions, public works and residences which keep showing a growth in comparison with other sectors.
The unprecedented involvement of the government in the country boost explains this growth. The positive tendency, therefore, will be maintained for years because, first of all, the requirements for social demand are still numerous and ever-changing.
Considering that the expressed national needs are around 250.000 unities per year, there is an urgent need of country modernization; therefore, other important construction projects are planned. The last housing programme is a significant example for ambition and size. Of course, in this field, it should be mentioned that there are no engineering, new techniques and technologies to face these challenges.
Moreover, apart from few big Algerian enterprises, the majority of the others cannot face this challenge. These big projects require the participation and the direct involvement of foreign partners, required to transfers powers and technologies. Finally, it should be mentioned that the construction industry has become the leading job provider in Algeria.
Besides the known strategic activities of the State, there are also the creation of new cities on the two motorways adjacent to the cities of Algiers and Blida. This opens new grounds to current depressed areas, which will be able to take the pressure off the big cities.
For this reason, we can add the development plan that is targeted to highlands and south Saharan areas population, especially through the building of new cities and the expansion of existing ones.
An important indicator provides information on the BTPH activity that is the sector of fair-trade. Trade show in this sector in Algeria, indeed, such as BATIMATEC, la FIA, la SITEP il SIEE, small and medium enterprises, BEST 5 ALGERIE, etc. in the last years have offered the opportunity for the investors to have a better perception of the Algerian market and to measure its industrial potential and the opportunity that the market has most likely to offer in terms of alliances and partnership. These events established themselves as key element of the profession on a global scale.
Looking closer at the achievements of the Algerian economy showed by different reports and analyses by national or foreign institutions, the constant peak of growth is evident, deriving from a considerable programme mainly in public investments and by significative efforts by the private sector.
The Algerian economy doesn’t just work on the sector of hydrocarbons, BTPH and others, but also services, such as agriculture, show their considerable dynamism. According to COFACE (http://www.coface.com/Economic-Studies-and-Country-Risks/Algeria), in Algeria the enterprises benefit from a bright and increasing economic context. This takes into consideration the internal demand force caused by the State projects and by the consumers expenditure increased sharply after the job creation which produces additional income for families.
The choice of moving to Algeria through joint ventures is a strategic step for SMEs and investment projects shareholders. 2015 begins with promising economic prospects. What can be more favourable for the entrepreneurs than a social-economic environment characterized by social party and an increase in great infrastructures projects?
INFORMATION REQUIRED TO BUSINESSTRIPS IN ALGERIA
Developing and keeping good relationships with Algerian people is possible, by understanding better their way of thinking.
- The organization for a business appointment is necessary for itself. The Algerian weekend is composed of Friday and Saturday. The office are open from 8.00 am to 4.30 pm.
- Arabic is the official language of Algeria. The national languages in Algeria are Arabic and Tamazight. French is used as technical and professional language;
- The paperwork in French is preferable only to those in English and Arabic. The use of images too close with the local costumes and traditions could cause stress, in the introduction (pig sausages, eroticism, etc.);
- To book your hotel, the capital offers a lot of great hotels. Quality hotels are completely booked in a short time during international events (conferences, trade shows and exhibitions …). It is better to book at home before leaving. International hotels provide a free shuttle service on advanced reservation. On the contrary, you should take into consideration a taxi or a car service;
- Avoid long road trips, at night, especially unescorted by Algerians. Avoid showing off an attitude of excessive luxury. The extremely friendly attitude showed by local people must not make us forget the basic precautions;
- In Algeria, the relationship dimension is very important. We have to take time to know the informal approach. It is, therefore, necessary to take into consideration this parameter to choose the programme. However, arriving on time to an appointment is a sign of respect for the person who has accorded with. Don’t let you be deceived by appearances, the way your interlocutor dresses or the small dimension of his enterprise should not be a reason of discrimination and could not reflect the real potentials.
- “Classical” clothes for men and “no provocative” for women are recommended. Don’t forget that your interlocutor is more familiar with your cultural context through media (satellite uplink, trips and internet) than you with his);
- Concentration, being available to their needs and priorities are recommended. Make sure that you have identified well your interlocutors; it is necessary that negotiators have the same level of responsibility and/or technical level;
- Algerian businessmen are often involved in different entrepreneurial activities and can show more business cards. The familiar dimension of Algerian enterprises can make these operators become good partners;
- The public and private sector have not the same way of trade functioning. The publishing procurement can be postponed or done in a short term. A sustainable partnership is often required. The support of legal advisory is essential to guarantee a rapid intervention within the required times;
- In Algeria, European product brand image is acknowledged. French are more facilitated in comparison with the other nationalities because of their cultural closeness, and quality of their products/services, know-how and technical assistance. Nevertheless, the competitors of all over the world are numerous and very competitive towards French.
- Although they are price-sensitive, Algerians are sensitive to consultancy and training support of post-sell. Your interlocutors could have a strong technical knowledge or a knowledge of small enterprise;
- In a market open recently, like Algeria one, there are business development opportunities. Your interlocutors sometimes could have as financing capacity as lack of preparation in their project;
- Credit cards have not been used yet, except in international hotels. Banks are currently installing electronic payment devices;
- Algerian post services are good enough. However, delivery time can be long. For important communications or sending money, choose the registered mail or courier services (Chronopost, UPS and DHL are available in Algeria);
- The period of Ramadan lasts one month. It is a fasting period and the restaurants are closed, except the international hotels, and all the shops close before and during the fasting period.
- Algerians prefer the personal contact. They like knowing their partners before giving confidence. A negotiation relationship will be more favourable at the end, after two or three preparatory meetings;
- Stay informed on the economic events in Algeria to make the trips more regular and keep contact; – In the framework of a partnership, Algerians give priority to an enterprise with a long-term presence on the territory. Algerian trading partner is often involved and is committed to ensure that the business relationship works. However, sometimes, there are some management slowness problems to be faced, that foreign partners have difficulty to understand and deal with them;
- The heaviness of the banking system tends to hinder and weaken the enterprises. The number of government reforms aimed at improving the financial system, is gradually improving the situation;
Vacation days and religious events:
1st January: New Eve;
8th March: International Women’s Day;
1st May: Labour Day;
5th July: Independence Day (5th July 1962);
1st November: Revolution anniversary (1954);
Dates of the religious vacations vary depending on the lunar calendar.
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Country Profile Morocco
GENERAL INFORMATIONS :
Country Code: (204), MA
Government: Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Total Area: 710.850 km²
Time Zone: UTC +0 (UTC+1 in summer)
Currency: Moroccan diraham, MAD
Languages: Moroccan Arabic and Amazigh (official), French, Spanish and English
GDP: 835 billion MAD (2012), about 75 billion EUR
GDP (per Capita): 25,681MAD (2012), about 2,300 EUR
HDI: 4.9% growth (in the last five years)
Distribution of GDP (2011): 12.7% Agriculture, 28.1% Manufacturing, 59.2% services, 1.3% Inflation rate (2012)
MOROCCO, WHY ?
In the last 10 years Morocco moved with the time and became a really attractive country for investors:
- Solid Macroeconomics Bases
- Government Development Plans to improve Manufacturing, Agriculture and Services and to support the Private Sector
- Infrastructures as Development Axis
- Stable and Safe Country
- Ideal position to serve Europe, Africa and Americas
- Competitive Labour Cost
- Free Trade Agreements
- Advantageous Contest for Business
- Direct Involvement of the Governmental Institutions
- Interesting Subsidies for Investors
- Free Zone Areas – Solid Bank System
Morocco combines four determining factors of strategic appeal and long term for investors
• Ideal position to serve Europe, Africa and Americas
• Competitive Labour Cost
• Free Trade Agreements with access to about 1 billion of users (Europe, Africa, Nord America)
• Advantageous Contest for Business
Moroccan Government has set the development of the foreign investments as absolutely priority in order to serve the local market as well as Europe, Africa and Nord America:
• Direct Involvement of the Government to attract and support Foreign Investors
• Interesting ways of subsidies for investors, including co-financing the big projects (CAPEX; areas, trainings…)
• Free Zone Areas, with administrative, fiscal and social benefits
• Solid Bank System, which includes the local Businesses who are improving their presence internationally through a high presence in Africa
Free Trade Zone
International Infrastructures
For about 10 years Morocco has been launching programs to improve their own infrastructures internationally. In 2007 the Tangeri Med harbour has been launched. This harbour can contain 3 million containers. The streets and the highways, as well as the railways and the airports, are going to follow a plan of innovation and extension. From an industrial and logistic point of view, the integrated platforms and free economic zones have been improved. A free economic zone will be in Casablanca and from there the Moroccan economy could be relaunched, making easier the logistic and the international exchanges in comparison to Tangeri.
HOW TO OPEN A SARL IN MOROCCO
Open a company in MOROCCO is extremely easy. Due to the easy commercial and social laws, all the folders are centralized in the INVESTORS REGIONAL CENTERS; the most common type of company in MOROCCO is the SARL and the similar SA. SARL can be for a single member (SARL AU) or for more members. Other types of company, such as LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS or JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES, are uncommon.
Joint Ventures or Economic Interest Groups are going to be build in case of investment or relevant projects. The type of company depends on the type of activity, investment and the credit line. A minimal capital for the SARL and the SALR AU doesn’t exist any more. So the investment for the begin is minimum. According to Art.46 modified from the law no. 24-10, the capital of the LLC is decided from the members during the draft of the Statute; the social capital is divided into social part with equal nominal value. The social statutes state the subdivision of the social parts.
Negative Certificate :
After having decided the sector and the type for the company, the company needs a name and the first step is to obtain a negative certificate, a document that states that there are no other companies with the same name. This document can be obtained from a regional center for the investment, connected to the Moroccan Office for Industrial and Commercial propriety.
The Statute
Regarding to the Statute, it is recommended to extend the social object of your investment as more as possible.
WHICH ADDED VALUE CAN IBS International Business Strategy GIVE IN MOROCCO ?
IBS has an operation headquarter in Morocco, Moroc Business Strategies SARL. This means that we can give you all the informations you need about this country and more specialized services listed underneath. More over, thanks to our Logistic Department, we can organize the creation of a Commercial and Distributive Network direct in this country:
• Market Research • Entrepreneurial Opportunities
• Customers and/or Suppliers Research
• Business Consultancy
• Legal Information
• Customs Consultancy
• Bureaucratic Procedures
• Business Organization and Strategy
• Business Creation and Management
• Accounting Consultancy
• Goods Transfert
• Shipping Logistics
• Assisted Marketing and Finance in Morocco
• Business Planning
• Specialist Reporting
• Information about the Bank and Financial System
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SUPPORT AND SERVICES FOR EXPORTING AND FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN MOROCCO
IMPORTS – EXPORTS
- The exportation of goods from Italy or EU countries to Morocco.
- The exportation of goods from Morocco to Italy and/or EU countries with which Morocco has signed preferential agreements on the free movement of goods and services.
- Market research, feasibility studies of exports or FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) initiatives in Morocco.
- Search for partners, customers, suppliers, and scouting of business opportunities.
- Launch and promotion of a brand in Morocco, strategic marketing and marketing plans.
- Creation of a local office or of a showroom for the promotion of goods and services in Morocco, either in our own commercial areas or in commercial areas we manage through local partners.
SPECIALISED CONSULTANCY AND SUPPORT
- Customs, fiscal, legal and accounting support services for export and FDI activities.
- Processing of bureaucratic procedures to create a local office or to make an FDI.
- Search for tenders and assistance in the presentation of a project and obtaining financing.
- Search for state incentives or funds via the EU’s European Neighbourhood Policy agreements, grants, assistance for facilitated financing for Morocco.
- Industry specialists headhunting.
- Assistance with banking or finance operations where it is important to have the support of a local bank in Morocco.
- Search for private financiers.
- Business strategy.
- Outsourced sales management in Morocco.
- Human resource organisation, Human resource policies, payroll, labour law.
- Processing of the transfer of goods, logistics, and shipping.
- Creation of a direct MBS sales and distribution network in the country.
- Support to logistics operators who are willing to create a logistics hub for the distribution of goods in Morocco.
PRODUCTS IN MOROCCO TO IMPORT INTO ITALY OR INTO THE EU
- Red algae, green algae, sea cucumbers, tuna, sardines, mackerel.
- Craft products (e.g. leather, terracotta, other).
- Phosphates and their derivatives.
- USDA and ECOCERT certified organic argan oil.
- Pellets.
- Agricultural products (Moroccan olive oil, olives, tomatoes for the agricultural-food industry, pine nuts, walnuts, hazelnuts, saffron threads).
GOODS AND SERVICES TO INTRODUCE INTO MOROCCO
Morocco is a country whose economic, financial, banking and political systems are stable; it is the natural gateway to the African continent, the MENA countries (Middle East, North Africa) and Sub-Saharan Africa. For several years, Morocco has seen a constant increase in the GDP and GDP per capita and the middle class now includes parts of population who were once below the poverty threshold. The GDP growth forecasts for the following years are positive and not less than 5% per year, for at least the next 5-6 years. Therefore, the country is considered extremely interesting by the EU, the USA and Asian countries.
The European Union has a preferential free-trade agreement with Morocco which is currently in force, resulting in the removal of customs duties and barriers to entry for the EU member states. Morocco has signed similar agreements with the United States and, obviously, with African countries. Thus, the country is also an interesting international logistics hub for the United States and for Asian countries.
Incentives and state financing are provided for businesses which are interested in Morocco; further funding is provided as a result of EU neighbourhood policies or agreements with Development banks. Below you can find a list of some sectors where the number of business opportunities is higher.
CLOTHING, FURNISHINGS AND HOME INTERIORS
- Designer clothes, popular brands.
FURNISHINGS AND HOME ACCESSORIES
- Quality products (e.g. quality doors, window and door frames).
- Leather goods, jewellery, ceramic products, and craft products.
ASSOCIATED ARCHITECTS
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE IN MOROCCO
- Assistance with the validation of the Italian degree in Architecture or equivalent qualifications in Morocco.
-Enrolment in the national register of architects.
- Support in the start-up stage of business and with the profession at an associated architects’ firm.
- Scouting for professional opportunities: tenders, opportunities in the private construction sector.
Once the file is closed, it will be possible to carry out most of the professional activities from Italy thanks to the Assistance we and the local partners give.
- Consumables and spare parts for cars.
CALL CENTRES
CALL CENTRES SERVICES
- Call centres outsourcing, both inbound and outbound, for Italian businesses by qualified and trained personnel who have excellent telephone conversation and negotiation skills, as well as a perfect command of Italian.
CONSTRUCTION & ENERGY
CONSTRUCTION, PRIVATE CONSTRUCTION AND TENDERS, REAL ESTATE
- Construction, designing and execution of building works in the civil field and in the public works field in the context of international tenders. At present, in Morocco, there are a significant number of active construction sites everywhere, both in the private and the public sector. The works in the former have the objective of gradually reducing the pockets of poverty, whereas in the latter the government aims to modernise the country and its international connections to foster foreign trade and the strategic role of the country in the development of the African continent.
- For the private investors who wish to invest in real estate, interesting opportunities can be found in the areas of Agadir, Essaouira, Fes, Marrakesh, Tangier.
- Renewable energy and energy saving: PV panels, accumulators and photovoltaic systems, solar panels, wind turbines and biomass heating systems.
- Morocco has set the ambitious goal of producing a 42% of green energy (i.e. energy produced from renewable sources) by 2020. At the moment, the country primarily uses coal and oil, but depends heavily on imports for over 90% of its requirements.
- Therefore, also thanks to the great interest shown by the highest authorities and political officers on the matter, Morocco aims to radically change its energy mix by increasing its renewable energy production capacity by 4000 MWh.
GAS FOR DOMESTIC USE
- Gas for domestic use: the distribution of gas for domestic use is a significant issue in Morocco. Indeed, most consumers use gas cylinders both at home and in other industries (restaurant, hospitality).
- Good quality water with a low amount of nitrate and dry residue.
- Good quality wines for high-end restaurants, made in Italy, Spain and South America.
- Non-perishable foods, canned foods.
- Halal certified meat (this certification guarantees that the food is prepared in accordance with the Islamic law).
- Different types of food supplements.
- Training for managers in the areas of Human Resources, Logistics, Management Control.
TRAINING AND HACCP CERTIFICATION
- For the catering industry and for hi-end hospitality services: training and subsequent auditing by an Italian Certification Authority in order to eliminate all non-conformance and danger for consumers or guests of contracting viruses or bacteria because of methods or procedures of handling of foods and beverages which do not comply with HACCP requirements nor with the Italian UNI 10854 regulations.
TAPS AND FITTINGS
- Quality taps, fittings and accessories.
HOSPITALS AND PRIVATE CLINICS
In the hospital sector, considering the transformation which the healthcare system is undergoing, passing from a 100% public system to a mixed system open to private investment and management of hospital units, there is a high demand for hospital consumables, medical equipment, analytical and medical devices (including hi-tech items). Here are some examples:
- Cytology and preparation: microbiology kits, powders, reagents, stains, histopathology kits.
- Disposables and gloves: cassettes for biopsies and embedding, Lab markers, biopsy sponges, disposable gloves.
- Reagents and products for histology.
- Vaginal and nasal specula.
- Disposable latex pressure infusion bags.
- Products for sutures and dressings.
- Microscope cover slides and cover slips.
- Needles and needle holders.
- Disinfection and sterilisation products.
MEDICAL GARMENTS AND PROTECTION
- Bags.
- Operating room shoes, shoes for medical and paramedical personnel.
- Scrub top and trousers.
- Disposable sterile surgical gowns.
- Safety glasses and medical face shields.
EQUIPMENT AND DEVICES
- Diagnostic products and devices.
- Medical equipment for general and specialised surgery.
- Digital devices, hardware components, and hospital information systems, cameras, monitors, printers.
HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL FURNISHINGS
- Stainless steel medical furniture, operating room accessories, operating room tables, and medical trolleys.
HD TV PRODUCTIONS
TV PRODUCTIONS, TV COMMERCIALS, TRAINING
- Training services via highly qualified personnel specialised in audio and video production for TV networks.
- Courses for audio and video operators, sound and microphone technicians, film editors, stage electricians.
- TV commercial production, mobile control rooms.
All of the above-mentioned services are offered by an Italian company which operates in the audio and video production industry.
PROTECTION AND CONTROL OF THE TERRITORY
- Advanced technologies supplied by an Italian company which operates in the military sector. This company also provides embedded systems and turnkey platforms for the telecommunication and military industries.
PERSONNEL AND GOODS’ SECURITY
- Naval anti-piracy services by highly trained personnel who have had important roles in the coordination of military operations in hostile zones.
- Protection of construction sites, buildings and production plants which are located in hot spots or areas subject to popular uprisings or with an ongoing civil war.
- Armed escort for entrepreneurs, managers, politicians, VIPs.
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MOROCCO AND NORTH AFRICA: NEW TARGETS FOR MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISES?
Author: Diego Caballero Vélez
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The Arab Spring of 2010 that started at Tahir Square in Cairo and is spread around the entire Arab world represents a cultural, social and economic impact for the countries of Middle East and North Africa.
With the Arab Spring, the speculation about the economic situation of the North Africa countries grows because of the series of social protests producing radical changes in the governments.
The economic outlook changes producing a major fear in international enterprises for investing in this region, but currently, is it still being a not very good region to export?
First of all, we must make differences between the different Arab countries of the region. Meanwhile Algeria and Libya are economies based on one only sector: hydrocarbon exportation; Morocco, Egypt and Tunisia base their economies on diverse sectors: manufacturing exports, agricultural products, foreign investment, tourism, etc.
We can see in Libya and Algeria a surplus in the economy, unlike the others with important economic deficit because their economies are based on more irregular sectors. In Egypt, the Muslim Brotherhood are reluctant to external debt and interact with external funding organizations so they are opting for alternative measures such as increasing income tax and recuperate lands given to private companies, that is to say, they use a populist politics because of the political situation of the country applied to economic politics, growing the speculation between multinationals that are interested in export there.
In Tunisia, are getting down to business to facilitate the entry of international investment so are negotiating a plan with the World Bank to simplify the way of doing business in the country. Finally, Morocco is the most reliable country for doing business because the Moroccan government pretends to consolidate his growing economy with consistent economic politics.
Regarding to foreign direct investment we could talk about the big beneficiary: Morocco. Foreign investment has increased significantly in the Maghreb country thanks to an increased social stability, economic liberalization and purchase of public enterprises by foreign investors. Morocco has also established free trade agreements with third parties as USA, Turkey and the Arab free trade zone. The most important sectors
in which foreign enterprises invest are telecommunications, industry, finance and insurance, mining and petrochemical. But the obstacles are still a lot, because the difficulty access to the country such as the cost of financing and the high required bank guarantee (226 %), makes that many multinationals think twice before fixing his eyes on this country.
In conclusion, investing in these countries always involve know risks. North Africa sees little by little signs of international investment recovery after the decline suffered in 2011 due to social riots. In my opinion, the key of investment would be being aware about the movements that occur in the region to take advantage of the opportunities that are appearing.
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TUNISIA COUNTRY PROFILE
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- Official name: Tunisia;
- Tunisia surface: 163.610 km2;
- Population: 10.480.934 million of which 17.7% is labour force;
- GDP: 45.407 million $
- GDP per capita: 4.213 $
- GPD forecasted growth: more than 3.3% ;
- Capital: Tunisi around 2 million citizens;
- Other cities: Hammamet, Susa, Tabarka, sea cities with a high flow of tourists, industrial Sfax, Qayrawan (Kairouan), religious capital, Tozeur, Gabéz, Biserta, last city before the desert, Douz (also known as “The desert door”);
- Government: Unitary semi-presidential republic;
- Main religions: Muslim, Catholic minority, Jewish;
- Languages: Arab, French (around 63% of the population speak it);
- Currency: Tunisian dinar
TUNISIA POLITICAL FRAMEWORK
CHANGES AND POSITIVE ASPECTS
- Political changes and the Revolution have been made in order to ensure stable conditions ;
- Economic and policy reforms;
- The economic opening-up supports foreign investments ;
- Important strategic position due to its geographic position as an access to Africa and “zero problems with neighbours”
- Actions in order to intensify and diversify foreign relations;
PROBLEMS AND NEGATIVE ASPECT
- The democracy is “in progress”;
- Risk of terrorist attacks.
MACROECONOMIC FRAMEWORK AND TUNISIA OUTLOOK
The economic dynamism of Tunisia has developed important production plants, very productive, especially in the service sector. Currently trade and tourism sectors are the main puller of a fragile economy.
Other important sectors are agriculture and the transformation of agricultural products, local craftsmanship, and mineral extraction (oil,lead, silver, zinc and mercury).
Other important aspects :
- Sing up of the FTA (Free Trade Agreement) in 1995.
- Inflation around 6%;
- The relation between foreign trade volume and GDP is around 49,5%; Tunisia integration in the international trade system is excellent.
It is important to underline that Tunisia economy rely a lot on foreign trades. According to world report on Davos competitiveness, Tunisia ranks among first places for its competitiveness( 40th in 133 countries for and 35th for infrastructure quality); the report Index of Economic Freedom, ranks Tunisia 95th on 179 countries and 12th on 17 Middle-East and North Africa countries, with a “mostly unfree” Index of Economic Freedom.
Moreover Tunisia has started to liberalise foreign trade since 1990, becoming member of G.A.T.T. Currently, foreign trades are based on the law n.94-41 of 07/03/1994.
TUNISIA has also signed many bilateral trade agreements that contribute to consolidate the position and the subscription of the international framework, in particular:
• Bilateral agreement that creates a free trade zone in Tunisia;
• Agadir fee trade agreement between Jordan, Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia
Signed and subscribed in 2004;
• Bilateral agreements with Libya Iraq and agreement with Gulf countries to create a free trade zone.
TUNISIA is a CIRDI member and supported in May 2012 the OECD declaration for international investments and multinational companies.
STRENGHTS
- Balanced country and commercially attractive;
- Structural reforms implementation;
- Basic economic indicators are solid;
- Strategic geographic position;
- Access to many markets and diversification through different bilateral agreements with African countries;
- Growing domestic market and young population;
- Tourism sector has a continuous growing.
- Young democracy;
- Dependence increased by foreign capital flows and investors trust;
- Tunisia depends on foreign energy supply;
- Deficit of current accounts;
- Corruption.
GROWING SECTORS
- Clothes/textile;
- Iron and steel sector;
- Car sector;
- Banks;
- Costruction of big infrastructures;
- Air and sea transport
- Environment and Ecology;
- Renewable energies and sources;
- Personnel training;
- Tourism;
- Craftsmanship;
- Agriculture.
REAL ESTATES AND CONSTRUCTIONS
The construction industry is one of the most important sectors in Tunisia.There are around 20.000 companies with a turnover of 3.000 million € per year.
That is 10% of Tunisia turnover and around 7% of its GDP, for this reason the construction sector is the fourth most important sector of Tunisia economy ( after textile, clothes, agri-food and agricultural sectors). However cements is the most exported good.
Since 1995, after the have signed up the Association Agreement with EU (in effect since 1998), the Tunisia opening to the foreign trade has progressively increased in order to prepare the country to the definitive access at the free trade zone with the European Union which has been completed, for industrial products, in 2008. Tunisia has created a series of important structural reforms in order to improve the competitiveness of its economy, to support private investments, to rely more on its business and to modernise its financial and bank systems.
From several years the Italian cooperation has contributed to supports the balance of payments; a 95 million € credit program that has started in 2012. Despite important reform progresses in order to rebalance development banks and policies against laundering, Tunisia financial system does not completely answers to investors expectations, because there isn’t competition nor innovation.
Tunisia Central Bank has started a decreased the regulation system giving to credit companies a higher flexibility in the classification of risky loans. In this way, it has given considerable amount of money to te financial system.
This politics has created a re-financing dependence between many companies and the Central Bank. Risky credits, represented around 13% of the loan portfolio of the banking system.
The banking system is divided, with more than 20 credit companies that represent 100% of the GDP, with a 11 million people population.
In Tunisia the government controls around 40% of the sector, this has negative effects on productivity, overall efficiency and the creation of innovative structures.
A risk for the Tunisian economy is the increase of the deficit, due not only to the increase of interests on public debt, which is constantly increasing, but in particular to “peace” policies of temporary governments that have indulged the increase of minimum wage, created thousands of new jobs in the public sector, post-crisis compensation costs, and supported retail prices for commodities.
In 2013 the value of Tunisian dinar have decreased of 12%. It was due to unbalances between demand and offer (weaken because of the crisis of the biggest export companies) and the demand of foreign currency (increased by higher imports). The crucial variable for the development of Tunisian economy in short and medium period is the recovery of social and political balance and adequate security conditions. Because of the continuous Tunisian export market fragility, this recovery will have to be based on the main components of the domestic demand (families consumption and investments).
Consumption is subjected to a negative influence both from uncertain salary prospects and from the decreased availability of finances from banks. Tunisia is committed to take important actions to improve the banking system. The main problems are assets quality weakness and limited levels of capitalisations, especially for public banks. The public bank consolidation strategy wants to create an Asset Management Company (AMC) that has to absorb non-performing loans of the sector. The AMC will be on effect for nine years but is not certain whether it will work on NPL or just those linked to tourism sector.
After a series of bilateral agreements (also with the EU) Tunisia can be considerer an excellent access to the North Africa area; in Tunisi there is the Mediterranean Centre of Renewable Energies (MEDREC) IMET, which is a perfect context fro contacts and information on renewable energy sector in the wide Maghreb area.
Indeed the Maghreb region has an high potential for renewable energy development, especially for solar and wind-power energy. It is foreseen that the use of these energies will strongly increase in the near future.
Renewable energy projects, currently in the framework of bilateral agreements between IMET and Tunisia, will be part of the MEDREP. Future projects will focus on the electricity distribution to rural isolated populations, thorough a small scale electricity network. It is important to pursue an increased and accelerated integration of renewable energies in the national electricity network, with the goal of reaching a balance on the network, between demand and offer.
The idea is indemnify the global approach of the introduction of renewable energies (in particular solar and geothermic energies) in the construction sector according to the norms in force for energy efficiency: MEDA results programs for the integration of solar technologies in the sector. Moreover, focus on the sea water desalination, in order to increase potable water stocks and the availability of water resources for irrigation. Increase the use of pumps that work with solar, wind-power, biomasses energies in the farming sector.
Another area of interest is the diffusion of refrigeration systems for food storage, renewable energy systems, in farms and fish shops; the goal is promoting in urban areas the use of solar system at home, the installation of small wind-turbines or energy technologies that work with biogas and biomasses;
PHARMACEUTICAL AND SANITARY SECTORS
The progressive improvement of socio-economic conditions, even if slowly and with limits in the real access for the entire population to fundamental services, and an increased attention to health topic, are important factors for healthcare , sanitary and pharmaceutical markets in which work the main multinational companies of this sector. The current Tunisian government is improving healthcare establishments, extending, among the other things, also services opening hours. Industrial Tunisian pharmaceutical production regards around fifty companies with 50.000 employees. The production is focused on therapeutic and preventive drugs 45% are generic drugs.
Tunisian drugs production covers 50% of the domestic real needs. Added to the Tunisian national production, Tunisia has to import drugs from France (44% of imports), Germany, Switzerland and Italy (6%) for a total amount of 550 million TND (270 million €), with an average rate growth of 10% per year. 98% of imported drugs have a therapeutic purpose. Tunisia export are around 15 million €, 60% is exported to North Africa, in part in Europe (France, Belgium; Switzerland) and only a few to other African countries. Recent evolution, concern the development of a cooperation agreement between the Tunisian government and the British company”Hygiene Worldwide” in order to supply to the healthcare national service a liquid with bacterial properties “Genie” which doesn’t contain alcohol in order to respect Koran rules.
Currently the main branch of service sector are the telecommunication and IT (Information technology) that in the last years have been supported by the government, in order to make Tunisia a regional hub, capable of linking the African continent, Middle-East, Europe thanks to its strategic position in the Mediterranean Basin. Currently trade is the second sector, followed by tourism that despite the decrease after the 2011 revolution , is an important sector for Tunisia future. Bank and finance sectors liberalisation and privatisation processes are an obstacle to the attraction of new foreign capitals and to improve the access to the credit by companies, despite past improvements.
Textile and clothes are 35% of the overall Tunisian production and attracts investors for 15% of the overall manufacturing sector. Around 90% of Tunisian companies working in the textile sector works in the clothing sector and in the knitwear packaging. In this branch work thousands of companies, of which around 2000 have more than 10 or more employees. Among those 83% are exporting companies, which is 41% of the manufacturing industry. Tunisia is a large producer of clothes for third parts, thanks to its low cost labour and for its strategic position in the middle of the Mediterranean, moreover, near to a wide and rich market of potential buyers. Companies with more than 10 employees are around 200.000 and 178.000 are totally engaged in the export and 17.000 employees work in companies with a partial export, this underlines the Tunisian vocation for exports.
2/3 of foreign capital companies are owned by foreign people. 350 from France, 240 from Italy, 82 from Germany and 120 from Belgium. The division and distribution of countries that invest in the textile sector in Tunisia represent its political and economic relations. In 2010 before the “Jasmine Revolution”, that have slowed down the main sectors of the economy, the Tunisia textile sector export toward the most important Tunisian market, the European Union, it reached 2.3 billion €. Even if Tunisia has less citizens than Morocco, it is the 5th largest EU supplier , after China, Turkey, India and Bangladesh. The main EU clients of Tunisia are France (36%) Italy (32%) and Germany (10%)
AGRI-FOOD SECTOR
Agri-food sector is a strategic sector for Tunisia. Companies of this sector are around 1000 and 18% work only in the export. There is a national inclination for agricultural production , food transformation and food for domestic consumption. Employees working in companies with more than 10 employees are 70.000. One of the features of this sector that we signal is that 11% of agricultural sector companies and food transformation , are supported by foreign finances,only 2.8% is totally owned by foreign investors. Italy has 40% of foreign participations in this sector, France around 35%. As it is for other sectors of the country the proximity with our country is at the same time and advantage but also a limit for the competition with our companies.
There are several ways to penetrate the agri-food sector, however the best two are bought local companies or participate in existing companies. Currently the agri-food sector situation doesn’t allow an horizontal expansion with the buying market quotas, but is better to enter in local companies specialised in food transformation and production processes mechanisation. There are many investment projects in this sector, some of those collected 2 million €. However, it is important to underline that the territorial proximity, excellent trade political and cultural relations, could persuade soma Italian companies to modernise the Tunisian industry through a continuous growth, the creation of high-tech machineries in order to transform, store and package products.
BUSINESS ENTITIES
Analysis of the creation of a society in Tunisia. Tunisian trade code has 6 kinds of business entity:
- S.A – Anonym society
- S.A.R.L. – (limited reliability companies)
- S.U.A.R.L. – ; Limited reliability one-man company
- S.N.C – General partnership;
- S.C.S – Limited partnership companies;
- S.C.A. – Limited partnership joint-stock companies
Most spread business entities in Tunisia are Anonym Society (S.A.) Limited Reliability Societies (S.A.R.L.) and Limited Reliability One-man Company (S.U.A.R.L.); these societies are ruled by laws alike to European laws, in particular French ones.
For societies with a foreign participation, the Tunisian investment code supports the creation of:
- Foreign company branches: in order to establish a branch it is necessary to create and give to the authorities the original copy of the company statute or the equivalent certificate of corporation, with attached the company address or the address of the main bureau;
- Partnership: there is no limitation for number of partners; however every partner is responsible for company debts. The law does not provide the obligation of account revision and it is not necessary to publish budgets;
- Joint venture: This type is supported through government agencies, and JV can be created both with a partnership and as limited companies. Tunisian law rules the majority of trade activities, and JV can be established only after a formal application, and after the deposit of declaration, released by authorities:
- A.P.I.I. – Agency for the promotion of industry and innovation , for every industrial activity and services linked to industry;
- CEPEX – Center of exports promotion, for projects linked to international trade;
- A.P.I.A. – Agency for the promotion of agricultural investments, for projects in agricultural sector, agri-food and fishing sector;
- O.N.T.T. – National body for tourism, for projects in the field of tourism;
- O.N.A.T. – National body for craftsmanship, for craftsmanship activities;
Law number 93-120 regulates subsidies for entrepreneur investments in Tunisia, Tunisian or foreign investors, resident or not, also in the joint-venture form. JV are supported by government agencies and they can be established with a partnership or by limited companies.
Moreover it is important to underline that the Tunisian fiscal system has been reformed. The 16th May 1979 the Italian and Tunisian Republics have signed and subscribed in Tunisi the Agreement to avoid double taxations on the revenue, in order to avoid tax evasions, through a protocol, in force since 17th September 1981.
The agreement on double taxation is adopted to residents in one or both signing States (Italy and Tunisia) and it is applied on revenue taxations withdrew for every signing country, through administrative or political subdivisions, whatever the withdraw system is.
Taxes on the overall revenue, taxes on the purchase of movable or immovable assets, taxes on the total amount of salaries paid by companies, and taxes on added value. It is interesting to underline subsidies for export societies.
Society that only export are:
- Societies whose production is intended only for exports;
- Societies that work abroad or in Tunisia but giving services abroad;
- Societies that work only with foreign companies or in free zones or with foreign financial institutes;
Export companies have a taxation similar to those of the free zones except for administrative orders limitations after 2015.
Best subsidies give the possibility of a total exemption from revenue taxes and revenues of first ten years of activity and a 50% reduction for the following years. Extension of the period in which the revenue deduction is in effect (and export profits).
Fiscal relief on revenues and profits re-invested in the initial capital or to increase on condition of minimum taxation.
Fiscal relief on profits re-invested in the company, on condition of minimum taxation.
Faculty and possibility of import (total exemption of rights and taxes) goods needed for the company production.
Total exemption from registration rights and VAT on company activities.
Possibility of earning on the domestic market 30% of the income.
Possibility of hiring at most 4 foreign employees or workmen.
- Trade agreement with 41 countries;
- Free trade zone agreement with 11 countries;
- Multilateral agreements with 50 countries;
COUNTRIES WITH FREE TRADE ZONE AGREEMENT (IN EFFECT)
- Bilateral agreement to create a free trade zone with Turkey;
- Agadir free trade agreement with Jordan, Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia signed in 2004;
- Bilateral agreements with Libya, Iraq, and other agreement with Gulf Countries in order to create a free trade zone;
- Arab League multilateral agreement;
- Arab-Mediterranean free trade zone;
- Free trade agreement between Tunisia and EU.
DEFENSE AND JUSTICE
The Tunisian judiciary system is based on French right.
2014 Constitution is very advanced compared with near countries constitutions. It has been drafted according to democratic constitutionalism and parties request, inspired to Islam, in the Constituting Assembly.
Tunisian judiciary institutions are:
- 1 Court of Cassation;;
- 10 Appellate Courts;
- 23 Courts of first Instance;
- 83 Cantonal Courts;
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Tunisia and the Arab Spring: the success of the Awakening
Author: Pierre Varasi
The 23rd November 2014 Tunisia dealt with its first democratic elections since its birth in the ‘50s, after obtaining independence. Since that moment, the Neo Destour party, one of the most repressive and authoritarian of the Arab world, has led the country. The demonstrations that since the end of 2010 have concerned all Tunisian cities, originating the so-called ‘Jasmine Revolution’, inspired the Arab Spring, considered a revolutionary movement that should have brought democracy to all the states involved (from Morocco to Yemen). Unfortunately, in most of them what the Arab Awakening left has nothing to do with democracy: instability is everywhere, with a civil war in Syria, militaries in power in Egypt and terroristic groups that threaten peace.
Tunisia is perhaps the only exception among these countries, the silver lining of years of internal fights. The elections, followed by a second ballot the 22nd December, saw the victory of Bèji Caïd Essebsi, of the moderate party Nidaa Tounes, that defines itself as secular, social democratic, liberal and innovative. The party won with the 55.68% of total votes, opening a new chapter of Tunisia’s history, and this should bring to the country’s stabilization.
We are now waiting for the creation of the government, expected this month, and from that moment, it is all downhill. Nonetheless, as always in today’s globalized world, internal work, as necessary as it is, will not be enough. Before the protests that began in 2010 the 7% of the country’s GDP consisted in tourism, and it will be difficult to bring it back to those levels, after these hard times. Economy has almost always gone hand in hand with democracy, and as much as the causal connection is not clear, it is easy to understand that a working economy will be in the next months one of the most important factor in deciding the effectiveness (or ineffectiveness) of the new government, its length and outcome.
While in a stable country economic problems can lead, in the worst scenario, to new elections, in a democratically fragile and young state, close to even more unstable countries, we cannot consider the attempts to make things work properly unlimited. Politicians and the population itself cannot underestimate the risk of an ‘authoritarian fall back’. An economic growth is definitely more important here than anywhere else. The institute of microcredit, which was born in Bangladesh in the ‘70s, has a decisive role here, as in all ‘Third World’ countries; however, the growth has to come both from the government as well as from national and international entities to be enduring.
Reforms have already begun, and from January 2015 the new financial law will be effective. Presented by the finance minister Hakim Ben Hammouda, the law includes, among different actions, that the offshore companies operating in Tunisia will be able to allocate 50% of their production to the sale in local markets, limit previously of the 30%. Moreover, investments will be encouraged with the reduction of taxes for new industries and with the revision of VAT to 6% for imported machineries.
Foreign investment will save Tunisia, and the government knows it, as the economic provisions show. Funds from the EU, that in 2014 has invested around 201 million euro in its economy and territory, will help the country too. Ten more million have been recently donated through subsidies, such as helping small agricultural entrepreneurships that will absorb five of these. Two will be invested in the management of a program for agricultural development, and the remaining three will reinforce an already existing program that works in the Medenine governorship, still with an agricultural and environmental aim.
In 2015, the International Monetary Fund predicts a growth of 3%, a decrease in the level of inflation, especially thanks to the recent fiscal reforms that the government is implementing, and a deficit decrease from 7.9 to 6.6% of GDP. The forecasts are therefore positive, and this will not only have consequences for the economy, which will definitely grow, but it should bring political and social stability. The stabilization and growth of the country is nonetheless threatened by the tensions in the Maghreb region and in the Middle East, and in particular by what is going to happen in Libya. Only a direct response of the Govern to social problems as youth unemployment and gender inequality present in the country will make Tunisia the very first success of the Arab Spring.
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Author: Elisa Mariani
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THE JASMINE REVOLUTION IN TUNISIA: FIVE YEARS LATER
Five years after the Jasmine Revolution, Tunisia still has to face many challenges. Governed by Bèji Caïd Essebsi, it is considered as a successful leading example, which inspired the Arab Spring, thanks to the remarkable changes adopted by the new social democratic government.
The Zine El Abidine Ben Ali absolutism overthrow has been strongly endorsed by population, especially young people, protesting for different reasons (poverty, regional discrepancy, unemployment, dictatorship) and has resulted in the draft of a new progressive constitution.
It focuses on the restoration of some of the most important human rights, including freedom of religion, speech, conscience, strike, and gender equality between men and women concerning the attribution of institutional offices and issues related to inheritance.
Nevertheless, the current government has not fulfilled its promises, since there has not occurred a real economic development after this social-political progress. For this reason, today as five years ago, citizens of Tunisia take to the streets to request new economic reforms.
The most worrying indicator is the unemployment rate, which stood at 15.4% in April 2016, against a 13% measured between October 2010 and January 2011. Therefore, a 2.4% more in comparison with the period in which there were the first signs of the Jasmine Revolution. These data are even more alarming if we consider that the 55% of Tunisians are under 25 years of age.
However, at the beginning of 2016 the Tunisian Solidarity Bank approved many loan applications and projects, which will permit creating more than 14,720 jobs. Moreover, according to recent estimates, currently the GDP amounts to 44.6 billion US dollars, against 47.3 estimated in 2014 and 45.2 of 2015, underlining a clear decrease.
Another significant parameter is the increase in the public debt, from 24.6 billion US dollars in 2012 to 28.4 billion US dollars in 2016. The companies’ competitiveness index is 3.93% in 2016, against 4.49% of 2010.
A modest improvement relating to the ease of doing business index took place in 2015 (74), with respect to 2014 (75). The lowest Tunisian value was estimated in 2010 (40). There has been an increase in the private consumption, from +3.7 in 2013 to +4.4 in 2016.
Because of the decrease in the main economic indexes, the government of Tunisia is working to realise the Development Plan 2016-2020. This strategy includes a number of reforms aimed at creating additional jobs and intensifying the struggle against poverty.
In fact, economic interventions relating to urban infrastructures and incentives for industry and green economy are expected to be done. They require an investment of 50 billion euro, which is possible thanks to the exploitation of local resources and the private contributions. The final aim of this policy is to reach an increase of 4% in the annual GDP.
The most profitable sectors of the country are service industry and manufacturing, which represent a large part of GDP (respectively 61.2% and 29% of the GDP, according to 2015 estimates). Tunisia boasts a great exportation of agricultural products.
Tourism gives a wide contribution in the job creation and is a fundamental activity for the economic welfare of the country. Regarding the commercial relations with foreign countries, Italy plays a very important role, as it is one of the principal Tunisian allies. In 2015, Italy’s export to Tunisia amounted to €3,033 million, while import from Tunisia amounted to €2,300 million.
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Year After Floyd Death, Police Reform Remains Elusive Goal For Both Sides
By Haja Isha Bah
“Get off of him! It’s time to get off of him!” shouted Kevin Lawrence at the video that played on his wife’s phone.
It was about 8 pm in Texas, Lawrence’s home state. He was in his gym shorts and a t- shirt watching TV in his bedroom when suddenly his wife came in, held out her phone in front of him, and said “watch this video.” His relaxing evening would then turn into one full of rage. The video showed footage of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on the neck of George Floyd until Floyd died.
Lawrence was upset that a man had been killed, but he also was disappointed in Chauvin. As a former police of-ficer, he saw Chauvin’s actions as “a viable con-trol technique taught by most police depart-ments” for moments where an officer needed to gain control of a situ-ation. But Lawrence says Chauvin remained on Floyd for far too long. “There’s a care that po-lice officers have, and it was being ignored in the situation,” he says. “The impression I was getting from the look on that officer’s face was that he just didn’t care, and that’s what bothered me about it.”
Since 2010, Lawrence has been the executive director of the Texas Mu-nicipal Police Association (TMPA), which provides legal protection, political lobbying, and training for officers across Texas. TMPA’s mission is “to turn Law enforcement into a true profession,” Lawrence says, “to provide the citizens of Texas with the best possible police services through both education and representation.”
So to see police murder a man without any re-morse was embarrassing to Lawrence. As a former officer and a representative of officers across Texas, he was upset by Chauvin making life more difficult for cops: “900,000 other law enforcement officers across this country, they’re all gonna be judged based on [his actions].”
One of the main fac-tors that Lawrence be-lieves contributed to Floyd’s death was a lack of training. Lawrence says in Minneapolis, “some officers had been trained one way and other of-ficers whose trainings were outdated and they had not been updated; they had not retrained on new policies.” TMPA reached out to agencies to ensure that training standards were up to date and that all officers were being trained prop-erly on every policy. This would, in Lawrence’s opinion, prevent officers from making the same “mistake” as Chauvin.
Across the country, on Princeton Universi-ty’s campus in New Jer-sey, Gina Feliz saw the Chauvin video too. Like Lawrence, Feliz was re-laxing in her room, “not really expecting much to come of [her] summer.” Feliz opened social media, expecting more Covid-related news, only to be met with the tragic death of a Black man. Uncomfortable with the idea of sharing footage depicting police brutal-ity, Feliz made the conscious decision to not watch the video.
Feliz was already in-volved in Students for Prison Education, Abo-lition, and Reform (SPEAR), a student group run through Princeton’s Pace Center for Civic En-gagement. “We activate, agitate, and advocate against the carceral state in all forms,” she says, by engaging in what the group’s website describes as “anti-carceral campus activism, legislative advo-cacy, community educa-tion, and direct engage-ment with currently and formerly incarcerated peers.”
Unlike Lawrence, Feliz believes simply reform-ing policies and trainings won’t change anything; police brutality will con-tinue as if these reforms never existed. What Law-rence calls solutions, Fel-iz considers “non-reformist reforms.” She points out that more than 1,000 people are killed by po-lice each year, many of them in jurisdictions that have already imple-mented changes like the ones Lawrence describes. “On face value, you think that they might help,” she says. “At the same time, they are restoring legitimacy in the police as a whole because peo-ple see that something’s happening and they ac-cept that things will get better from there.”
George Floyd’s death affected many lives across the country and shaped many decisions that have changed America in big and small ways. Officers feel compelled to stand up for their colleagues, while activists are pushed towards police abolition. A year after protesters filled the streets, Floyd’s death has only intensified many Americans’ feelings about policing and reform.
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Officials say the resident was safely removed from the home with only minor injuries. (Portland Fire and Rescue)
Oregon resident pinned to recliner after downed tree crashes through home
by: Andrew Foran, Nexstar Media Wire
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A large tree knocked down by high winds damaged a house in Oregon and pinned a resident to their chair on Thursday, officials said.
Portland Fire and Rescue crews were first dispatched to the home in southeast Portland shortly before 12:30 p.m., though the crew was temporarily detained after coming across a different downed tree on the way, blocking the engine from going further.
After calling for backup and redirecting the engine, firefighters say they arrived at the home to find the tree blocking the front door. Crews ultimately made their way in through the back entrance and found the tree had pinned a person to their recliner.
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Responding crews were able to free and safely remove the resident from the home with only minor injuries, the department said.
Photos shared by Portland Fire and Rescue showed a large portion of the downed tree as it appeared inside one of the home’s rooms, directly over a recliner covered in debris.
A tree landed on a SE Portland home, trapping a resident inside, Dec. 22, 2022 (PF&R)
A tree landed on a SE Portland home, trapping a resident inside, Dec. 22, 2022 (KOIN)
Officials with Portland Fire and Rescue said Friday that they had also responded to reports of multiple fires, downed trees and medical emergencies over the previous 24 hours.
They also advised residents to avoid leaving their homes during the severe weather.
“We urge you to shelter where you are and take caution if you must leave,” the department wrote on Facebook, “but rest assured, we will be there for you if you need us. Stay safe, Portland.”
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Teen Mom OG Star Cheyenne Floyd Defends Cory Wharton and Taylor Selfridge Relationship: 'Let Them Be Happy'
Published Thu Aug 29 2019 By Travis
Cheyenne is coming to the defense of Cory and Taylor's reignited love.
Taylor Selfridge and Cory Wharton got back together this year after calling off their relationship in 2018. Fans were not best pleased about the way the two got back together with most feeling Taylor was not a good person and she was not fit to be around Cory and Cheyenne’s child 'Ryder'.
The two never looked eye to eye and Cheyenne and Taylor were never on the best of terms with one another. Taylor spitting on Cory’s ex and past her racist tweets coming to light with Cheyenne not feeling nice about letting Taylor around their child who is of darker skin. But it seems the two are warming up to one another and the relationship between the ex of Cory and Taylor is smoothing out.
Cheyenne was not happy sharing her kid with someone else at first.
Source: The Hollywood Gossip
People were not happy with the development of Cory and Taylor’s relationship and now Cheyenne is coming to their defense. In an exclusive interview with In Touch Weekly, Cheyenne defended the two reunited lovers and said she wishes nothing but the best for the two. She also said she thinks the two love birds are more than happy with one another and their new and intimate relationship is growing on everyone in their family.
After their split in 2017, Cory reignited the romance and confirmed the relationship was back on again in February of 2019. Though Cheyenne and Taylor never got along at first, it seems the two people who love Cory are finally on their way to making things smooth between them.
Watch: Cheyenne talks about communication being the key to healthy realtionship
Cheyenne and Cory are still close to each other because they are responsible for their kid Ryder who was born on 7 April 2017 and the baby brought the two together. Even though the former flames never really got back together in a romantic way, they still stay together to co-parent their beautiful baby daughter.
There are no ill feelings towards one another between Cory and Taylor because both are in new relationships and they are happy with the situations they are in. Though not warm at first, Cheyenne said she is happy everything is on the straight and narrow between the newly reunited couple. “Cory does not pick sides, he’s understanding of everyone’s opinions and tries his best to be respectful,” Cory said about the two getting back together and bringing a new dynamic to their relationship.
Cory and Cheyenne are happy being together for their daughter.
Source: Nicki Swift
“I respect their relationship and wish them the best in the future. I think a lot of people have a lot of negative things to say about them, but I truly believe they care about each other,” Cheyenne said in response to the relationship between Taylor and Cory and also about the negativity surrounding the adorable couple.
Cheyenne said, it was harder at first to share her child with someone else she is also pleased with how well Taylor rose to the responsibility. “It gets overwhelming at times, but she does a great job with [Ryder] so I have no complaints,” Cheyenne said. “I hope the fans give them a break sometimes and stop being so negative toward their relationship. Let them be happy.”
Cory and Taylor are happy together and Cheyenne wants people to leave them alone.
“It took time and effort from both sides to put our differences aside and to know we share a common goal,” Cheyenne addressed the cold reception of Taylor at first and how the situation and their priorities aligned.
At the end Cheyenne said, she wants good caring people who love Ryder to be around her and raise her is calm and happy environment. Taylor was not the person at first but as time went by it seems Cheyenne saw the love and care Taylor carried for Ryder which was everything that mattered to the Teen Mom OG star.
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Sweegen announces growth capital investments and manufacturing partnership ahead of Food Ingredients Europe 2022
December 6, 2022 - Press Releases
Momentum from global regulatory approvals and customers’ product launches drives strong valuation and investment demand.
Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., Dec. 05, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Sweegen announced its strategic investment and partnership snapshot ahead of the FI Europe 2022, where it will exhibit zero sugar solutions in immersive food experiences, displaying consumers’ favorite foods and beverages with zero sugar solutions in Paris, France, Dec. 6-8.
In the wake of the 2022 company developments of major customer launches, a growing global footprint, and regulatory approvals on its sweeteners and stevia technology, Sweegen is attracting major partners and moving forward with additional growth capital raised from current shareholders, Pasaca Capital and Sumitomo Chemical Co. (Sumitomo), reaching the “unicorn” status.
“Our growth is meaningful in the world of sweetener innovation as we are bringing wellness solutions to food and beverage brands and consumers in new global regions where sugar reduction is not only a major health trend and need but also a movement for a wellness lifestyle,” said CEO Steven Chen. “We’re grateful that these shareholders continue to have confidence in our vision to open new markets with our global regulatory plans and explore exciting wellness technologies for food and beverages.”
Largest CPG Companies as Customers
Sweegen’s Signature Bestevia® Reb M was the first new-generation stevia technology to receive approval from the European Food and Safety Authority (EFSA).
This landmark approval in 2021, combined with the approval of the regulatory framework for steviol glycosides by the international food safety authority CODEX in 2022, is opening new markets and creating significant opportunities for Sweegen’s customers to launch new products.
The world’s largest food and beverage producers, including top brands for beverage (non-alcoholic and alcoholic), condiment, dairy, and plant-based products, have entered into commitments, contracts, and purchase orders with Sweegen.
Manufacturing Alliance
With Sumitomo, Sweegen entered into a strategic alliance in which Sumitomo will contribute one of its manufacturing factories in Asia to a joint venture between the two companies.
Sumitomo will assist in quality assurance and quality control at both the Asian facility and Sweegen’s manufacturing site in Europe.
“Our manufacturing alliance with an exceptional partner like Sumitomo gives Sweegen’s customers the added security and benefit of multiple production facilities and is expected to accelerate Sweegen’s market penetration greatly,” said Chen.
In addition to the industry’s widest range of non-GMO better, tasting Signature stevia ingredients, Sweegen is introducing more advanced sugar-reducing products, such as the sweet proteins Ultratia brazzein and thaumatin.
Sweegen’s disruptive peptide technology enables industrial-scale production of brazzein for great cost savings to CPG customers. The commercialization of brazzein has already begun, and Sweegen anticipates a first regulatory approval for the product in 2023.
Thaumatin is 100,000 times sweeter than sugar on a molar basis. The high sweetness factor can translate into a strategic, cost-effective sugar reduction solution for brands seeking to get the most out of natural sweeteners. Sweegen has recently announced the successful scale-up production of these high-intensity sweeteners, and the company expects to receive regulatory approval in the near future.
The global sugar market is currently at $160 billion. Many global food and beverage companies are currently incorporating Sweegen’s products to replace artificial sweeteners, reduce sugar, and launch branded products containing these Sweegen products.
Contacts at FIE
At the FI Europe 2022 trade fair in Paris, Sweegen’s booth will be at Stand #7.1D20, where Sweegen’s management and global food and beverage applications teams will welcome all food and ingredient customers and business partners.
About Sweegen
Sweegen provides sweet-taste solutions for food and beverage manufacturers around the world.
We are on a mission to reduce sugar and artificial sweeteners in the global diet. Partnering with customers, we create delicious zero-sugar products that consumers love. With the best modern sweeteners in our portfolio, such as Bestevia® Rebs B, D, E, I, M, and N, and sweet proteins brazzein and thaumatin, along with our deep knowledge of flavor modulators and texturants, Sweegen delivers market-leading solutions that customers want, and consumers prefer. Well. Into the Future.
This press release includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1996. Sweegen’s actual results may differ from the estimates, assumptions, and other illustrative material contained herein, and consequently, a reader should not rely on these forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. These forward-looking statements include, without limitation, illustrative information regarding Sweegen’s bottom-up assumed market potential, assumed hit rate, and the resulting revenue based on these model inputs. These forward-looking statements involve significant risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual results to differ materially from the expected results.
Industry, Market, and Other Data
In this press release, we rely on and refer to information and statistics regarding market participants in the sectors in which Sweegen competes and other data. We obtained this information and statistics from our own internal estimates and third-party sources, including reports by market research firms and company filings. We do not expressly refer to these sources. All of this information involves a number of assumptions and limitations, and the sources of such information cannot guarantee the accuracy or completeness of such information. The industry in which Sweegen operates is subject to a high degree of uncertainty and risk due to a variety of important factors, any of which could cause results to differ materially from those expressed in the estimates made by Sweegen or third parties.
Sweegen exhibits at Food Ingredients Europe 2022
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Machine Learning and Data Science for Climate Science at the Cyprus Institute (CyI)
Τετάρτη, Φεβρουάριος 15, 2023
The Cyprus Institute invites applications for a highly qualified and motivated individual to join the Institute as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Machine Learning and Data Science for Climate Science in CaSToRC.
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NOVA Infrastructure connects with $565m for Fund I
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NOVA Infrastructure closed its first fund at $565 million on June 24 with buy-in from public and private pension funds, insurance companies, family offices and asset managers.
NOVA Infrastructure Fund I will focus on value-added, middle market infrastructure investments in North America.
So far, the firm has made six platform investments targeting environmental services, transportation, energy, energy transition and communications. Officials didn’t name the companies, but described the platforms as a vertically integrated waste management platform; a U.S. Flag maritime logistics business; a fixed base operator (FBO) platform; a port-centric storage and logistics platform; and fiber-to-the-home and fixed wireless businesses.
“NOVA’s distinctive approach to creating platforms in partnership and entrepreneurial teams will allow us to generate outstanding returns,” said Chris Beall, founder and managing partner of NOVA Infrastructure. Beall had been a managing director and co-portfolio manager for Oaktree Capital’s Infrastructure Investing strategy prior to founding NOVA Infrastructure in 2017.
Beall worked with Allison Kingsley in setting up the firm and she also works as chief risk officer. She had invested for infrastructure fund Reformation Capital and anchor PartnerRe’s principal finance portfolio.
“At NOVA we are committed to being strong partners that deliver capital, operating expertise, and resources to each of our portfolio company partners,” said Founder and Partner Kingsley. “As founder owner operators ourselves, we understand the challenges faced by these entrepreneurs and are uniquely positioned to help them achieve their goals.”
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The Art of Connection: Nurturing Relational Fluency
September 18, 2017 | Dr. Laura Konigsberg
Making big news this week was Apple’s release of the new iPhone X, featuring Face ID that works with Apple Pay so you can “check out with just a glance.” The phrase “just a glance” implies eye contact, but it’s with your phone, which I fear will exacerbate a significant issue that our children and teens are experiencing: relational fluency has been keenly disrupted by technology. Advancements in technology certainly benefit us in many ways; however, the social aspects of living with devices can be detrimental, particularly to teens and young adults as they navigate societal norms and gain maturity.
You don’t have to look far to find experts who caution us about how kids in the tech-reliant era have difficulty making eye contact and reading body language, lack confidence in negotiating the here-and-now, and fear doorbells. More than ever, young people rely on technology to mediate their social interactions, an isolating strategy that can set the stage for anxiety, depression, and a limited ability to communicate directly about one’s own needs.
Dr. Jean Twenge has studied generational differences for 25 years, and has found significant shifts in behavior in this generation, which she calls iGen. In her article, Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?, Twenge notes that many teens spend more time in virtual spaces than they do physically with friends, and often feel left out and marginalized as a result of exposure to others’ highly-curated lives online. Teens reported that even when they are physically proximate, they have conversations while looking at their phones, which feels alienating. Overall, Twenge found that screen activities are linked to “unhappiness” and non-screen activities are linked to “happiness” – a conclusion that seems logical in theory, but difficult even for us adults to accept in practice.
Listening closely and paying attention have become radical acts of connection. You can imagine the ways in which technology has the power to undermine what we most want for the children in our care. Yet, at the same time, we want to encourage students to embrace technology as a useful tool for broadening their scope and understanding of the world around them. At Turning Point School, we hope to strike a balance between providing opportunities to develop tech fluency, while also allowing students to grow interpersonally and to understand the broader systems that underlie and affect our relationships.
Recently, I spoke on a panel at a conference for women entrepreneurs who are also mothers. The subject was raising socially aware children, an area in which I think Turning Point School excels. The advice I offered participants reflects what we do each day with our students:
Talk about differences respectfully;
Expose children to stories from varying perspectives and embrace the multifaceted nature of each human being, and of people who share a particular background or feature;
Teach students to think critically, to use evidence to support their claims;
Foster active, nonjudgmental listening;
Value creative expression;
Help students to know their own values, and to serve others;
Expect students to be “upstanders,” to support others even if it is not a popular stance;
Teach them that no means no, and that boundaries—theirs and others’—need to be respected.
At Turning Point School, we have created formalized programs that help students to learn compassion, limits, respect, and connection—from service learning and mentoring at Weemes Elementary, to Family Events, and multi-age mentoring and buddies program. But more influential and compelling are the ways we weave these skills into the learning that unfolds in our classrooms. As I spend time with our students and teachers, I am so impressed and inspired by the myriad opportunities for growth and connection that I observe:
Setting expectations and providing a scaffold for students to safely explore boundaries and test limits;
Asking students to share their thinking in mathematics with peers;
Helping students elucidate an argument, and develop a nuanced point of view;
Working out conflicts on the playground;
Collaborating on a science project with peers who have different strengths and talents;
Supporting middle school students as they prepare “teach-ins” for younger charges;
Helping students understand bias in the websites they encounter when they are doing research;
Defending a friend’s unpopular viewpoint;
Insisting on students’ speaking from the “I” perspective;
Fostering listening to others in morning meetings and book discussions;
Encouraging care for others who are vulnerable (which is all of us at one time or another).
As both parents and educators, it is our joy and our responsibility to provide students with valuable opportunities to develop independence, bravery, connection, and the conviction that they can affect positive change for the common good. We want our students to go to the thresholds of communities, ring the doorbells, and engage with a firm handshake and meaningful eye contact—confident in their ability to meet, manage, and adapt to whatever greets them on the other side.
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Review: Flashdance
Flashdance's national tour premiered in Pittsburgh this week, and PittGirl was on the scene, squeee-ing from the rafters.
Virginia Montanez,
Let’s call this review Flashdance from Afar, because that’s where I was. Afar. Not nosebleed, per se, but the lady in the row in front of me was using binoculars. You might think I’m joking, but I’m as serious as Parkway rush hour traffic.
That I was seated there is probably indicative of both my status as a blogger and the fact that this show was packed. It’s completely understandable that non-paying new media can’t be given seats that would easily sell for ALL OF THE DOLLARS.
The fact that I just used all caps should tell you right away that I’m not your average musical theater reviewer. Just wait until I start squeee-ing.
Anyway, there was nary an empty seat that I could find. And justifiably so, because Flashdance is having its national tour premiered this week in the city that hosted the filming of the original movie — Pittsburgh.
The show runs through Sunday at Heinz Hall.
So what’s the deal this show? Let’s do a list. Lists are fun and easy to read.
1. No princesses here
Emily Padgett is perfectly cast as Alex. Her body is somehow almost identical to Jennifer Beals’ in the movie. She moves the way you expect Alex to move. You know how when you see a broadway show and every single actor and actress looks at all times like they have a stick up their butt? Their shoulders high, their spines straight, their guts in, their necks craned, their heels together, their gestures so over the top you want to shout out, “First word! Rhymes with …!–” That doesn’t happen in Flashdance. Alex sits with her knees open wider than a lady should. She stands casually. She moves loosely. Underneath her obvious feminine sexuality lies a very, very slight hint of masculinity — as it should because she’s A STEELWORKER. There is nothing stiff or fake about her. She’d be a terrible Disney princess. She might be a good actress with perfect emoting (I couldn’t see her face. Next time … binoculars!), and she’s a good singer, but tangible passion and joy ooze out of her when she dances. And, boy, can she can dance.
2. Nick Bing?
Nick Hurley, played by Pittsburgh native Matthew Hydzik, is Chandler Bing. No, really. From afar, he moves and dresses just like Chandler Bing. I half-expected him to say, “Could you BE any more ungrateful?” I warmed up to his character more and more as the show went on, so that by the end, I was rooting hard for him.
3. Leave home without them
DON’T TAKE YOUR KIDS. Seriously. This is a show about strippers; therefore it includes quite a bit of pole dancing, butt grabbing, dollar shoving, partial butt baring, and even a few spots where crotches are deposited into the face of dollar bill-wavers. Don’t go in there acting like your kids are about to see Flashdance by Disney. In fact, just don’t go in there with your young kids at all, lest you be ready to clutch your pearls.
4. Scene Stealer
Pittsburgh, as it seems to do in every movie filmed in it, plays a supporting role, visually. The stunning projected backdrop photos of yellow Pittsburgh bridges against clear blue skies and indigo waters really popped. Another Pittsburgh touch: In the lunchroom scene, it appeared that Alex was wearing a vintage Steelers t-shirt.
5. Music!
Is there a “Defying Gravity” in Flashdance? A song that transcends the show? I don’t know. It remains to be seen. If I had to guess, I’d say “Leap,” sung by Alex, is probably the closest thing. The music selections throughout are varied, with a nice blend of familiar and new. I’d prefer more catchy hooks on the new material, but I have terrible taste in music, as you know. That said, “Manhunt” is perfectly produced, as is “I Love Rock n’ Roll.” The only thing I hated was that they left my second favorite song from Flashdance out of the show: “He’s a Dream.” Right now, ask me if I care/look, it's coming closer, oh I'll swearrrrrr.
6. “I know that kick!”
If you’ve ever seen the Flashdance movie, even just once, you’ll find yourself having a faint case of deja vu with the choreography at times. During “Manhunt,” particularly, and “She’s a Maniac,” a sense of familiarity you can’t quite put your finger on will wash over you as the choreography pays tribute to the film. It might not be a carbon copy, but it’s definitely an intentional imitation that works to warm your heart toward the show. My only complaint with the choreography was the inexplicable inclusion of a 20-second burst of hip-hop, complete with backup dancers, into Alex’s final dance to “What a Feeling” in front of the panel of judges. It just … didn’t work. Not for me at least. It seemed unnecessary because Alex could easily have carried that entire scene all on her own purely with the power of her passion for her dance. Instead, there was hip-hop and I wasn’t happy and get off my lawn.
7. Vic!
There was one instance when applause came at an unexpected time … not after a particularly funny joke or a stunning dance number. The audience chose to break into spontaneous mid-song applause when Pittsburgh's favorite dancing traffic cop, “Vic Cianca,” made a cameo. SQUEEEEE!
Here’s his part in the movie, as a reminder:
That his legacy was included in the show and that the audience recognized it, appreciated it, and actually applauded it is proof enough that he’s a permanent part of Pittsburgh’s heart.
But don’t get me started on the few hip-hop moves they made Vic do during his second appearance. Just … no.
8. Chills
There were moments of the show that gave me actual chills — shivers running up my body in appreciation. When Vic appeared. “Steeltown Sky.” Anytime a bridge showed up. When Alex danced the non-hip hop parts of her final dance. When Nick sang “Enough.” And most of all, the water scene. You know what I’m talking about. It was perfectly, perfectly done.
9. One more spine-tingling chill?
Dear showrunners … listen to me. During “Leap,” near the end of the song, when Alex gets to the long sustained note and the big screen that had been projected with images goes blank just as she hits the glory note? Rather than just general city scenes, that lead-up needs to be video of the view when rushing through the Fort Pitt Tunnel, and then just as she hits the note, don’t go blank, but rather … BAM! You shoot out of the tunnel and show the city. Instant chills.
I know I’m just a squeee-ing blogger, but trust me.
Do you need that in all caps?
This article appears in the January 2013 issue of PittGirl.
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Redbone hound Dog "Jed"
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Koniag Government Services to Share Expertise on Cybersecurity Panel at RES
NEWS DESK March 27, 2019, 4:37 pm March 27, 2019
KGS Senior Vice President Jon Panamaroff will offer insight on modern security needs and the value of effective communications
Koniag Government Services (KGS) is pleased to announce that Jon Panamaroff will serve on panels surrounding cybersecurity and communications at the Reservation Economic Summit in Las Vegas, NV this week. The conference is March 25-28 and is hosted by the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development.
“At KGS, a significant part of who we are is our connection to our roots as an Alaska Native owned corporation. Jon brings a wealth of knowledge to KGS both as our CCO and through his lineage in the Native community,” said Senior Vice President of Business Operations Aisha McGill. “This is a great opportunity for KGS and Jon to highlight to a national audience our expertise with cybersecurity, a prominent issue that impacts all our government contracting clients.”
Panamaroff, Chief Compliance Officer and Senior Vice President for KGS, will speak on a panel titled “Impact of New Technologies on the Cybersecurity Mission.” Cybersecurity plays a significant role in KGS’s business strategy. Panamaroff said he wants to “highlight the work KGS is doing to create sophisticated technology solutions for the federal government, particularly our work in migration planning and strategies, data optimization and protecting our clients’ information.”
He will also be a part of a session entitled “Media as a Tool for Tribes: Moving Opinion, Politics and Policy.” Panamaroff will discuss the importance for Native American organizations to frame their narrative as they seek change, whether it be local or on the federal level.
“I’m always excited to represent KGS and discuss the important work we do for our federal partners.” said Panamaroff.
KGS Chief Growth Officer Carl Buffington said, “We are honored to be a part of this great event and have the opportunity for one of our Shareholders to participate in the Cybersecurity Mission panel, a critical focus area of ours, our customers, and our community.”
For more information on the summit, visit https://res.ncaied.org/Home.
Koniag Government Services (KGS) is an Alaska Native Owned corporation supporting the values and traditions of our native communities through an agile employee and corporate culture that delivers Enterprise Solutions, Professional Services and Operational Management to Federal Government Agencies. As a wholly owned subsidiary of Koniag, we apply our proven commercial solutions to a deep knowledge of Defense and Civilian missions to provide forward leaning technical, professional, and operational solutions. KGS enables successful mission outcomes for our customers through solution-oriented business partnerships and a commitment to exceptional service delivery. For more information, please visit www.koniaggss.com
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H1Z1 Update Reverts Back to 2-Year Old Patch for Season 3 and Now Known as Z1BR, Full Patch Notes Listed
by Alex Co
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Who said gamers always want something new? Remember how H1Z1 was the original battle royale game all those years ago? While games like PUBG, Fortnite, and Apex Legends have seemingly taken over the genre, H1Z1 is going back to its roots to reclaim its throne.
With the start of Season 3: Return of the King, developer NantG has reverted a lot of the changes made over the years back to its former state! How far back? Try a two-year old patch! H1Z1 is now called Z1BR, and there’s a ton of changes aside from the branding.
Here’s a letter from NantG General Manager Anthony Castoro on the new (old?) changes:
“Today’s patch is huge, not just because it contains tons of content, or that it’s the start of the first new Season since early November, or even that the game now has a new name. It’s also huge because it represents the first big delivery on the promise that the new NantG team made when it took over development last September: Bring back the game that so many of you fell in love with in the classic “King of the Kill” era around Preseason 3 at the end of 2016 and in early 2017.
Since September, the NantG team has been as transparent as possible about our goals and plans and many of you have stuck with us through the challenges of starting a new company, transferring the development and operations of a live game and releasing updates on an almost weekly basis. We want to take this opportunity to thank so many of you for sticking with us and to welcome those of you who are returning, or even just discovering the game for the first time.
We’re not done! We still plan to address old weapon models, classic in-game UI elements and more. So if you want to keep up with the latest plans go to https://www.z1roadmap.com or join us in the official forums at https://forums.z1.live!”
Thank you Anthony. Today’s patch is absolutely one of epic proportions as you will all soon see in the massive patch notes below. It has been a crazy ride since making the transition from player to Community Manager and I am ecstatic for you all to get to play this first giant step in the development of Z1 Battle Royale.
On behalf of the team I would just like to say “Welcome Home!”
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Zwift had been expected to release its own range of trainers this year but those plans, along with numerous jobs, are now gone.
by Ronan Mc Laughlin
Zwift has announced significant staff layoffs and a “pause” to its much-anticipated hardware development program.
The company had been working on its own range of smart bike and direct drive trainer offerings but the development had experienced delays and proved more complex than first anticipated, as discussed in the From the Top podcast, with a launch previously expected sometime this year.
However, following similar lay-offs at Wahoo and Peloton, Zwift has now taken the decision to lay off staff and halt the development of its hardware range.
Zwift released a statement in which it points to the impact of the current “macroeconomic environment” as the reason for the halt in the hardware development program. This is hardly surprising with supply chain issues, increased costs throughout every sector, and seemingly a decrease in demand for indoor trainers. Furthermore, the halt to the hardware plans means a knock-on effect throughout the company, including staff layoffs and restructuring.
“Given the current macroeconomic environment, we have decided to scale back our hardware offering, pausing plans to launch a smart bike,” Zwift’s statement read. “As a consequence, Zwift has implemented difficult, yet important changes to the organisation of the business. We are grateful for the contributions of all those impacted and have done our very best to support them”.
The news, first reported by DCrainmaker.com, suggests the majority of those layoffs are coming from the hardware development department, with other departments also affected. Zwift would not confirm how many employees were being let go.
The plans to develop its own hardware range were announced pre-pandemic in 2019. Needless to say, the indoor training sector was one of the big winners from the Covid-bump as countless riders hopped on Zwift and turbo trainer stock was as rare as hen’s teeth. A good time to be getting into the hardware market, or so it seemed. Fast forward two years and seemingly that Covid-bump was in fact a poisoned chalice for Zwift’s delayed hardware plans.
As the world went into lockdown turbo trainers were among the hottest commodities. Manufacturers couldn’t keep up with demand as we were all forced indoors and those without a trainer quickly invested while others upgraded existing hardware. That bubble has seemingly burst, though, and anyone who was going to buy a premium indoor trainer likely already has one by now.
It’s less than six months since Zwift teased its new smart bike and direct drive trainers in a customer survey on hardware purchasing, but it seems this is already too late. It makes sense that this past winter in the northern hemisphere might have been the last period of high demand for premium trainers for a while as Covid newcomers to indoor riding upgraded their initial entry-level purchases and more seasoned riders could finally access stock to upgrade their older rigs. Factor in this drop in demand and unfortunately Zwift’s decision to shelf the hardware plans makes sense. As much as many of us would have loved an IRL Tron bike, there just isn’t room for another high-end trainer in the market as demand dwindles and supply levels off.
Zwift’s Director of PR, Chris Snook, told CyclingTips: “We had scaled our business to support a significant expansion into hardware. The difficult but necessary decision to reduce the size of the business accounts for a loss of projected revenue that ultimately would have been driven by hardware.” In other words, the halt in hardware plans creates a subsequent drop off in anticipated revenue from the hardware sales and subsequently the unfortunate loss of many people’s jobs.
Zwift is calling this a “pause” rather than a halt, meaning however unlikely it seems, Zwift hasn’t ruled out one day returning to the hardware market. At best that day seems a few years away, and again, most Wattopia folk who want a premium trainer may already have one.
Everyday Zwifters needn’t fear, however. Snook pointed out that Zwift’s subscription numbers are still growing and the pause in hardware development means an increased focus on the core Zwift software experience. Snook renewed Zwift’s commitment to releasing new product features more frequently and concluded, “we believe that the changes we make now are going to best ensure we can continue to support that growth while protecting the healthy financial position of the company.”
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Five Factor Model (FFM) of Personality.
Five Factor Model (FFM) of Personality (the big five) consists of five broad personality factors, comprising of a huge number of traits. According to Goldberg, Five Factor Model of Personality can be prepared for structuring of individual differences among traits of personality. Big five name was given to Five Factor Model because each factor comprised of a large number of traits.
The big five (Five Factor Model of Personality) dimensions given by M.C.Crae and Costa:
The more intense is the interpersonal interaction of a person, the person being sociable, active, talkative, person-oriented, optimistic, fun-loving and affectionate, is considered a high, the person being sociable, active, talkative, person-oriented, optimistic, fun-loving and affectionate, is considered a high scorer, while a low scorer will be reserved, sober, aloof, task oriented and quiet. The former is extravert while the latter is an introvert.
This characterizes an emotionally unstable person in contrast with adjustable people. Such people are very moody, irritable, nervous, insecure and hypochondriacal. Contrary to these will be low scorers who are calm, relaxed, unemotional, less sensitive, self-satisfied, etc. The above two categories differentiate emotionally stable people from emotionally unstable people.
Consientiousness
It refers to the person’s capacity of organizing and completing a task in hand. This factor takes into account the capacity of the individual to achieve a goal and control his impulses while completing the task. On the basis of this factor, we can differentiate between the high scorers and the low scorers. High scorers are dependable, organized, hard working, responsible, reliable and thorough. The low scorers are undependable, disorganized, unreliable, impulsive, irresponsible, lazy and negligent.
Agreeableness
While interacting with society, if a person is compassionate, and does not have antagonistic feelings, thoughts and acts in accordance with society, the person will be considered as agreeable. On this factor, a high scorer will possess the qualities of soft-heartedness, will be good natured, trusting, helpful, straightforward, and forgiving. Low scorers are people having cynical attitude, suspicious, uncooperative, vengeful, irritable and manipulative.
The factor of openness gives an idea of proactiveness and a liking for new experiences and readiness to do new things. High scorers in this connection are good natured, warm, sympathetic and cooperative. Low scorers, on the other hand, are unfriendly, aggressive, unpleasant, argumentative cold and hostile. The above five dimensions can be memorized as OCEAN.
To assess the big five dimensions, the following questionnaires are in use: Goldberg’s Transparent Bipolar Inventory (1992). The NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI-R) by Costa and McCrae (1992), which earlier assessed only N, E and O but later included. A and C also.
Each dimension is defined by six facets and each facet is measured by 8 items.NEO-PI-R after all modifications consists of 240 items (5 factors x 6 facets x 8 items). McCrae and Costa considers the NEO- PI-R factors to describe the main dimensions of personality and believe that no other system is as complete and yet so parsiminious.
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Northern lights blaze again on video
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By Alan Boyle, Science Editor, NBC News
Skywatchers as far south as Colorado and Kansas witnessed a quick flare-up of the northern lights this week, which called to mind the brilliant, beautiful displays that northerners saw earlier this year. The skies have settled down — for now — but developments on the sun suggest we could be in for another wave of auroral glories.
The greenish glow over Lake Superior, recorded from Michigan's Upper Peninsula at 2 o'clock in the morning by Shawn Malone of LakeSuperiorPhoto.com, was impressive enough to make NBC's "Nightly News" on Tuesday night. In an email, Malone told me that the "intensity caught me off guard."
"Check out the passing freighter for scale," Malone said in his comments on the Vimeo version of the video. "What a view those sailors must have had!"
Mark Riutta had a similar view from Copper Harbor Cabins on the Upper Peninsula, as the time-lapse video below illustrates. Riutta told me over the phone that he and his girlfriend were getting the cabins ready for the summer season and were surprised by how bright Tuesday's display turned out to be. "We were just about to go to sleep, when we looked out and wondered, 'Why is it so light out there?' he said.
SpaceWeather.com provides a roundup of auroral images from a dozen U.S. states, mostly in the Midwest but also including the top state for the northern lights, Alaska. And speaking of Alaska, here's an unconventional view of the aurora that was recorded from a height of 90,000 feet during "Project Aether: Aurora," a scientific experiment that took place this month:
Project Aether, led by University of Houston physicist Ben Longmier, sent up almost two dozen weather balloons laden with high-definition cameras and scientific instruments to monitor auroral activity near Fairbanks. Most of the payloads have been recovered, but the student researchers are still on the lookout for a few that haven't yet been located. If you happen to be in the Fairbanks area and find one of them, you could win a prize.
More prizes could be in store for aurora-watchers: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Space Weather Prediction Center reports that we're currently in the midst of a minor geomagnetic storm, which could spark another wave of northern lights. What's more, an active region of the sun known as AR1465 has developed the type of magnetic field that's associated with stronger X-class outbursts.
To keep tabs on the solar weather report, check in with SpaceWeather.com as well as the Space Weather Prediction Center's website and Facebook page. And to watch some classic auroral videos, check out the gallery offered by NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth.
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In the compilation below, the mainstream media drags President Joe Biden and straight up calls him out on his lies regarding Americans stranded in Afghanistan.
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Getting Started With Channel Wires
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The basic description of channels here is still correct, but many details have changed between the limited release in LV 2015 and the official release in LV 2016.
For LV 2016, the best place to Get Started is to look at one particular shipping example:
examples\Channels\Basics\Channel Basics.lvproj
This will give you a full step-by-step tutorial for Channel Wires. Then you can explore the other examples to learn more.
In 2006, the NIWeek keynote showed off an idea called "asynchronous wires". Today, we have a working version of those wires that we aren't quite ready to productize, but we are ready to show to a wider audience. Now called "channel wires", these entities allow one loop to communicate information to another loop running in parallel. It is like having a queue or a variable that one loop writes into and the other loop reads from, but instead of using a refnum or a named variable, the data transfer can be represented graphically as a wire. This provides the communication channel with fewer nodes than the refnum case (no worrying about creating and destroying it) and with more awareness of where data is going than the variable (you can see all the places the wire connects into). Depending upon configuration, these wires are capable of expressing pipelining, circular dependencies between running processes and communication into asynchronusly called VIs.
In the image below, you can see two types of channels. The top channel is a pipe. It behaves like a queue -- values go in on one side and are buffered and come out on the other side in the same order they went in (FIFO order). The bottom channel is a tag. It behaves like a variable. There is only one value, and the reader reads whatever value was last written.
Channels do not do anything that you couldn't already do with existing LabVIEW functionality. They are, in fact, written with G code -- if no channel has the communications features that you want, you can create your own new one! The value of channels is that they provide a visual record of where data is flowing in an application. For static communications, they may be easier to document and to debug. The code above is functionally equivalent to this:
Are Channels Really A Supported LabVIEW Feature?
Channels ship as part of LabVIEW 2015, but they are not officially released. They have been tested and made resilient but have not been polished to the degree of officially released features. A big reason for this is that NI is not sure if they are a good idea in their current form. We want to hear feedback from users about UI, functionality, performance, etc. The best way to do this was to make them available to users who want to try them out without encouraging users generally to adopt them.
National Instruments will continue to support code written with the channels in future LabVIEW versions. If you use them in your code, we will make sure that there is a way to upgrade your code from LabVIEW 2015 to LabVIEW 2016 and beyond. This may require some minor manual edits or running a scripting VI as opposed to our ususal goal of automatic mutation. We will make sure that the code you write today can be upgraded, we just may need more wiggle room than usual depending upon the feedback we get from users.
If you contact National Instruments with a bug report, most Application Engineers will not have heard of channels. To get support about an application that uses channels but where your problem is not related to the channels, you may have to explain to the AE what they are and then talk about the real issue. To get support on channels themselves, please post bug reports RELATED TO CHANNELS to this forum. R&D will be monitoring this forum more directly than we monitor most other user forums. Attempts to use this forum to escalate other LV or NI related issues will get moved to other forums. You may also wish to check the Channel Known Issues page.
Enabling Channels In Your LabVIEW
Channels ship with LV 2015 but are not initially exposed in the interface. To get started with channel wires, you need to turn them on in LV 2015. To do this, open and run this VI:
<labview 2015>\resource\ChannelPopupMenuItems\InstallChannelPopupMenuItems.vi
(Use the same relative path on Mac and Linux.)
After running this VI, you will now see new menu items in the Create submenu when you popup on most terminals.
The Channel Writer menu creates write nodes; The Channel Reader menu creates read nodes. Each of the items in the list is a different channel template with different performance characteristics and user contracts. One of the things we would like feedback on from users of LV 2015 is which of these templates is most useful to you, which ones need different default configurations, etc. Each template is replicated on disk to carry the specific data type of the terminal that you used to create it.
Once you have an endpoint on your diagram, you can right click on it to configure it. The configuration options are in the Replace submenu. First, with Replace >> Channel, you can replace one template of channel endpoint with another template. The checkmark shows the current channel template.
The Replace >> Endpoint submenu lets you choose the endpoint style. Each of the channel templates may have multiple endpoint styles. When the template is instantiated, all the endpoint styles are available for you to use. The Tag template, for example, has four endpoint styles. We can create more in the future as needed. Feedback from users on the styles is appreciated.
You create the Read endpoint in essentially the same way but start by right-clicking on a channel wire attached to the border of the structure node where you want the reading to occur. The checked item shows the type of the channel wire to make it easy to identify which endpoint matches the channel wire. After creation, you can Replace the Read endpoint with a different version if you choose.
Forkable vs. Non-Forkable Channels
Some channels allow you to fork the channel wire to have multiple writers and/or multiple readers. Other channels will result in a broken block diagram if you attempt to fork the wire. The templates that have "Pipe" in their name are non-forkable (except MsgPipe which I hope we rename in the future). All the others can be forked. Pipes guarantee single writer and single reader. With that guarantee in place, they are often able to achieve more efficient code, but, more importantly, when you make a pipe part of your infastructure, you are documenting the intended use of your channel and guaranteeing that no other module is injecting or stealing values from your channel.
Debugging: A Special Kind Of Probe
If you probe a channel wire the way you are used to doing with most wires, you'll get a VI refnum probe. This will mostly be useless. If it updates (and it is easy to miss the update), you'll get a one-time snapshot of the refnum value, not the ongoing state of the channel.
The existing debug solution for channels is to start your VI running and then right click on the channel wire and choose "Probe Channel". It won't work if you try to probe before the VI starts running, but after it starts running, you can probe anywhere along the channel wire, even segments that, if they were regular dataflow wires, would have already executed.
The "Probe Channel" menu item will instantiate a probe VI that will update and stay up-to-date as data is written into and read out of the channel.
Unfortunately, not all of the channel templates supports probing. The HSPipe, for example, does not support probing because supporting probes was creating a noticeable slowdown. R&D will continue to work on improving this situation.
Channels CAN Connect To SubVIs and (Asynchronous) Call By Reference Nodes
Channels are not restricted to just the local diagram. Both of the following are legal.
Pass into/out of subVI:
Pass into/out of Call By Reference:
Utility VIs for filtering, replicating, or merging channels generally need to be reentrant. These VIs generally have a While Loop on their diagram such that they will run as long as the application runs, so they never return. If they are not reentrant and there is more than one caller, one of those callers is going to hang.
Channels Can Create Cycles
Channels do allow for bidirectional communication as well as any more complex cyclic graph that you would like to construct.
The Green Background
You may notice that sometimes the channel wire has a green background. To see this, your LabVIEW configuration file (labview.ini if you are on Windows) needs to include this setting:
asynchWiresEnabled=2
(case sensitive on case sensitive platforms)
This is a debug mode for those of us in R&D, but it may be helpful for some of you trying to understand how channels work.
In any VI hierarchy that is not broken, there will be one segment of a channel wire that has a green background. This segment is the "top" segment, meaning if you were to trace the wire using "step out" from the write endpoint and using "step out" from the read endpoint, this is the segment that is on the diagram common to both. For any channel wire, such a diagram always exists. It may not be in the same subVI as the endpoints, as you can see in the earlier sections where the channel wires enter subVIs.
Creating Your Own Channel Templates
We created channels with the aim of being able to express any fixed communication between two pieces of code within the same application instance (we have longer term plans to extend to cross-target communication). But having the ability to express that communication does not mean that the shipping templates actually cover all the communications needs users may have. It is probably impossible for National Instruments to ship templates to cover every use case. For this reason, we have made the system extensible using G code.
To create your own template...
1. Go to this directory:
<labview 2015>\resource\Channels\
Please ignore the subdirectories that start with an underscore -- those are either remnants of an earlier implementation of the channels that we did not get around to removing before shipping LV 2015 or utility VIs used by the internals of the feature.
The other subdirectories contain one template each. Pick the template subdirectory that is closest to the one you want to write. Remember that Pipes will not be forkable and non-Pipes will be forkable. That's the biggest thing to remember when choosing your starting point. (If this becomes a publicly released feature, I would hope we could provide a scripting wizard to help with this process.)
2. Inside your chosen subdirectory there is a .lvlib file. Open that file in LabVIEW.
3. Use File >> Save As >> Copy to create a duplicate of the library and all of its member VIs. Save it to a new directory next to the existing templates.
4. (optional) Even without making any further changes, your new channel is now available in the right click menus. Right-click on a terminal to verify that you see your new library listed in the Create menu.
5. Using Save As >> Copy will create a new copy on disk but does not open it in memory. So now open your new .lvlib file.
6. Edit the member VIs to do what you want to do. NOTE: The right-click menu items that make channels work are particularly sensitive to the names of the terminals. This is not a necessary restriction, but one that we didn't fix yet. So for 2015 at least, try to use terminal names that are the same as existing channels.
That's it! ... what? OH... you want more information about what to do in step #6? Ok... 🙂
What Goes On Behind The Scenes
Consider the first example of channels shown at the top of this page. What is shown below is a rough version of how the compiler sees the code. The endpoints, both read and write, are inlined into the caller. The contents of those diagrams are, essentially, shared VI refnums to a single instance of a reentrant subVI. That core VI contains all of the state needed to drive the channel.
This glosses over a number of other aspects of compiling channels, but this is how all the channels work at their heart -- the channel wire is replaced by a static VI reference to a clone VI that both writers and readers share.
Some of the implementations use the core VI for their entire implementation. Take a look at the Pipe template for an example of one of these. Other implementations use the core VI just to get started and thereafter use some entirely different refnum. See the HSPipe template for an example. In the Pipe template, the core VI is called every time a read or write endpoint executes. In the HSPipe template, the core VI is called only once to share a standard queue refnum between the two endpoints; thereafter, every call to the endpoints just uses the queue primitives.
The Parts Of A Channel Definition Library
a. The two files that start with ) character [REQUIRED]
In the library, there are two special members whose file names start with a close parentheses -- one .ctl and one .vi.
a1. The )*.ctl
This will be the typedef that actually defines the channel wire itself on user diagrams. When you run a channel into a subVI, the terminal of the subVI will be of this type.
You should not modify that .ctl except to change its icon. If it starts with a single ) then this is a wire that is NOT forkable. If it starts with a double )) then it is a wire that IS forkable.
Feedback is requested for how users would prefer to identify this special typedef and its configuration. For a long list of reasons, R&D strongly prefers that we encode the specialness in the name of the file rather than as an attribute of the file which translates to an attribute on the type. The close parentheses has been a special reserved name in LabVIEW since LabVIEW 8.5 without causing problems for any users, so we are confident that such a naming convention would not suddenly break existing user code, but it is somewhat cryptic. We are open to discussions of better options.
a2. The )*.vi aka "the core VI"
This is the core VI where the implementation of your channel typically resides. It MUST be a preallocated reentrant VI. It will store any state that is going to be shared between the writer(s) and reader(s).
This VI MUST have the SAME file name as the .ctl file other than the file extension. The connector pane of this VI is quite flexible. The only terminals that must exist are the "channel in" and "channel out" terminals. If you change the VI connector pane, make sure you update the FP controls of Instantiate.vi (see below).
This VI is called "the core VI" in comments below.
b. Instantiate.vi [REQUIRED]
This is the VI that will generate the VI refnum that will be shared between the write and read endpoints. You can put code into this VI, but most of the time it just returns a static VI reference.
The connector pane of this VI is strange. It has both an input and an output, but only the output is ever wired. Do not delete the input and do not wire the input. If you delete or wire the input FP terminal, the compiler will not handle your channel correctly. This idiosyncracy is something we will investigate cleaning up if channels are made into a public feature.
=== all remaining member VIs are optional ===
c. Element.ctl
This is a typedef that is always a variant. Do not change it. When the template is instantiated for a particular data type, this typedef will be changed to be the type of the data to carry. If your channel does not change its data type (for example, the Message Pipe) then you do not need an Element.ctl.
d. Write______.vi
Any VI whose file name starts with "Write" will be displayed in the shortcut menu for write endpoints. Generally these VIs should be marked as "inline" in VI Properties and will make a call to the channel's core VI. Sometimes one of these endpoint VIs will just be a wrapper around another endpoint VI.
At the moment the shortcut menus do not use the display name of these VIs. This will be fixed in future releases.
e. Read______.vi
Any VI whose file name starts with "Read" will be displayed in the shortcut menu for read endpoints. Generally these VIs should be marked as "inline" in VI Properties and will make a call to the channel's core VI. Sometimes one of these endpoint VIs will just be a wrapper around another endpoint VI.
f. Probe.vi
Name a reentrant VI "Probe.vi" to use it as a custom probe for your asynch wire when the user chooses "Probe Channel", as described above. You will need to include a call to Probe.vi in your core VI to update it. See the Pipe template for an example.
g. Init.vi
Delete this VI from your template. It is cruft left over from development that should have been deleted before LV 2015 shipped.
h. Other VIs that you see in a template
h1. You can have VIs that are just subVIs to support the above functions. "Grow.vi" in the Pipe template is an example of such.
h2. You can have VIs that your users might choose to call. An example is "Replicate2.vi" in the Pipe template. This VI takes a single incoming pipe and duplicates its contents into two separate outgoing pipes.
You are free to add or remove VIs from the channel library as needed.
This implementation of channels has some rough edges in the editor, but it is robust for its run time behaviors. Before R&D puts further effort into improving the developer experience, we would like to know if these are useful. We would like to know what sort of editor gestures would make them user friendly. This feedback will help us tune this feature for some future public release.
Re: Getting Started With Channel Wires
I like the idea of channel wires. We did something similar a few years ago. But this approach is much easier to use. Poster presented on ICALEPS in 2003: http://www.researchgate.net/publication/242705141_THE_PHELIX_CONTROL_SYSTEM_BASED_ON_UML_DESIGN_LEVE.... This was a feasibility study based on ObjectVIEW, but not adopted by the responsible control system developer. Within the diploma thesis of A. Schwinn distributed Object- and Petri-Networks (August 2007) were implemented within the CS Framework, https://www-alt.gsi.de/documents/DOC-2007-Aug-64-1.pdf and https://wiki.gsi.de/foswiki/bin/view/CSframework/WebHome. Holger
Thanks for the feedback, Holger. Your first link seems to be broken -- there's no document loaded in the web page.
I tried IE and Firefox, both time the document on researchgate is shown. Maybe you need to click somewhere on the page to display the full text.
Try following link. I think this was the original one.
http://accelconf.web.cern.ch/Accelconf/ica03/PAPERS/WP549.PDF
Sorry for confusion. Holger
It loaded in Safari for me. It has some sort of flash wrapper so that might not work if one has done a reasonable thing and gotten rid of flash.
wildcatherder
I will really like to follow this document but I cannot understand what is going on because many of the functions do not have their labels turned on. My thought would be to turn on all the labels in something that is going to be presented as new ideas to people who simply will not recognize some of the 10,000 or more function icons used by LabVIEW. Is there an actual policy against showing label names?
I don't see any definitions of the various templates that would allow me to choose the one I need. Is this supposed to be obvious from going through all the VIs in the associated Channels folder or is there some other document that describes the functionality of the templates?
Knight of NI
can I back-save to 2015 from code in 2016?
Is there any way to include the Extra files in the source code folder?
Retired Senior Automation Systems Architect with Data Science Automation LabVIEW Champion Knight of NI and Prepper LinkedIn Profile YouTube Channel
What is the recommended method for ensuring that channel wires stuff is backed up?
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SANTA CRUZ / Economic castaways / Salmon fishery protections unnerve commercial fishermen
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Glen Martin, Chronicle Environment Writer
1of5SALMON005seqn}_KW.jpg On 5/1/05 in Santa Cruz Opening day for commercial salmon season was a disappointment for fishermen Gary Salter, 53, owner of the boat "Pampano," who has been fishing since 1964, when equipment problems forced him to return to the docks at Santa Cruz Harbor with just one Salmon. The Salmon fishing season has been cut in half to protect threatened Klamath River stocks. Kat Wade/ The Chronicle MANDATORY CREDIT FOR PHOTOG AND SF CHRONICLE/ -MAGS OUTKat WadeShow MoreShow Less
2of5SALMON013seqn}_KW.jpg On 5/1/05 in Santa Cruz Opening day for commercial salmon season was a disappointment for fishermen Gary Salter, 53, owner of the boat "Pampano," who has been fishing since 1964, when equipment problems forced him to return to the docks at Santa Cruz Harbor with just one Salmon. Besides having the Salmon fishing season cut in half the size limit has been raised an inch to protect threatened Klamath River stocks. Kat Wade/ The Chronicle MANDATORY CREDIT FOR PHOTOG AND SF CHRONICLE/ -MAGS OUTKat WadeShow MoreShow Less
4of5SALMON105seqn}_KW.jpg On 5/1/05 in Santa Cruz Opening day for commercial salmon season was a disappointment for fishermen Ron Graves, 66, the former mayor of Capitola and Jim Marston, 71, (NOT PICTURED) partners of the boat "Gypsy King" when equipment failure forced them to return to the the docks at Santa Cruz Harbor with just three Salmon. The Salmon fishing season has been cut in half and the size limit raised an inch to protect threatened Klamath River stocks. Kat Wade/ The Chronicle MANDATORY CREDIT FOR PHOTOG AND SF CHRONICLE/ -MAGS OUTKat WadeShow MoreShow Less
2005-05-02 04:00:00 PDT Santa Cruz -- Sunday was the opening day of California's commercial salmon season, and a few boats had returned to the docks by late afternoon -- very few.
Worse, the number of fish they carried in their holds would barely make enough lox to stock the buffet at a country club Sunday brunch.
The fishermen were blunt in their assessment of both the season's start and their likely future.
"What can I say? It's really lousy," said Gary Salter, as he disconsolately ate a turkey sandwich on the deck of his boat, the Pompano.
"I caught one fish, and then I broke something, so I came in," said Salter, who looks like the archetype of the grizzled man of the sea. "Nobody's doing very well out there."
Jim Marston and Ron Graves, partners on the troller Gypsy King, also had grim reports on the day's fishing.
"We fished for an hour and a half and caught three fish, which isn't exactly red hot," Graves said. "Then we sprung a leak on a hydraulic line when all our gear was out. Took us three hours to haul it all in by hand."
With diesel fuel hitting $3 a gallon, said Graves, "a lot of guys probably won't even go out for salmon. They'll wait for the albacore season."
The commercial salmon season's bleak beginning is all the harder for fishermen -- and salmon-loving gourmands -- to stomach because hopes were high for a banner year.
The ocean is teeming with chinook salmon bound for the Sacramento River system -- perhaps the biggest run on record. But those fish are mingling with schools of salmon from the Klamath River system. And the Klamath fish are on the ropes, due in significant part to a massive fish kill in 2002 that wiped out about 33,000 mature salmon and steelhead "spawners."
So to protect the Klamath stocks, the Pacific Marine Fishery Council announced that it was slashing the commercial season roughly by half. That makes it the most restrictive season since 1992.
Usually, fishermen can fish the entire Pacific Coast of the continental U. S. from May through September. This year, fishermen will only be able to troll from Pigeon Point to Point Sur in May; from June, fishing will only be allowed from Point Sur south to Mexico. The waters south of Point Arena will be open for fishing from July 4 through September.
That means the salmon-rich waters north of Point Arena will be off limits completely.
And because salmon typically venture south of Monterey Bay only one to three years out of 10, said Zeke Grader, the executive director of the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations, the first half of the season could be an utter bust.
"If we're lucky enough to see southerly cold-water currents, folks may be able to survive," Grader said. "But in any event, I think we'll be looking at a $100 million loss for California alone. That doesn't count Oregon's fleet, which fishes a lot of the same water."
Seafood lovers also will take a hit. Wild salmon is increasingly popular with consumers because it is widely perceived as healthier and tastier. In the last few years, prices for wild fish have been steadily climbing. Now, said Grader, they could well go stratospheric.
"Retail prices for local wild salmon could hit $15 or $16 a pound (for steaks or fillets) or more," Grader said. "And that's when you can find it."
A few consumers were on the docks Sunday, hoping to buy directly from the fishermen.
Why this wrinkle-resistant suit is my go-to for business...
Santa Cruz local Steven Call was one of them. He went from boat to boat with his companion, Amy Martin, looking for fish. The action was slow.
Martin said Call enjoys considerable renown in Santa Cruz for his salmon barbecues. The couple finally scored, paying $5 a pound for a whole fish.
Call said he was unaware of the restrictions on the current season.
"But if the fishermen catch any salmon, I'm going to get them," he said. "I'm down here every weekend. I buy a fish, go home and invite a bunch of people over."
The truncated season is the latest development in a long-running conflict over the Klamath River, one that pits the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and farmers against fishermen and conservationists. The fishermen and environmentalists say agricultural water diversions are obliterating the salmon runs. The farmers and the bureau say the scientific data isn't strong enough to support such conclusions, and are resisting any changes to the current downstream flow schedules.
Graves said he understood the necessity of the restrictions.
"Nobody wants to see these stocks collapse," he said. "Maybe we can live through this, the fish will recover and things will get back to normal."
But Salter wasn't sure how much longer he can hold on.
"They've already made it illegal to trawl for rock cod and gillnet halibut," he said. "Now they hit us with this short salmon season. I've been fishing for 40 years, but I'm ready to put a 'For Sale' sign on my boat."
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The Darkness Of Today
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May-23-2010 09:30
Every second that is wasted on the battlefield in a war, is every second that a wounded soldier is bleeding to death. Every chance a medic got to save a life, they got killed. As I sit in a bar and reminisce about the days in the war, I realized just how much my life changed.
I watched in horror as people died. I held people as they died in my arms. I came home from the war. And no one, not one person, knew the horrors that me and my fellow brothers in arms saw. No one even thanked us for serving our country when we came home. So here I sit, inside this bar with my flask in my hand drowning myself with pure alcohol flashing back to the war.
I start to feel the alcohol taking affect as it runs through my body. Someone comes in and sits down next to me. It is a scum bag of the streets; a scam artist who steels what little money the poor and those in poverty have and keeps it for himself.
"How 'bout it?" He says as he sits down next to me. I merely stare at him and look away. He orders a drink. Gin. He orders shot after shot as I gulp the whiskey from my flask.
"You might want to slow down there, chief." The bartender says.
"Oh shut up!" I snap. I can't even remember his name or the name of the bar I'm in. I then look over at the dirt-bag next to me. How neatly dressed he is. With his crisp hat and pressed suit. I compare myself to him and realize I am dressed no different and smile to myself. But as I sit and stare at him, something in me changes. I become angry. A little voice in my head starts to talk in a dark, deep whisper.
"Do it," it says to me.
"No," I say to it. "I can't do it."
"Yes, you can," it says to me, "you know you want to. He's scum. He won't be missed."
An argument starts in my mind. My pure thoughts fighting that little voice. The small whisper wins.
Something in me snaps and I crack my neck with the turn of my head.
"Hey buddy, you okay?" the scum bag asks.
"I'm fine," I snap.
"Perhaps," Marc said helping himself up. "I leave for a while, and sort some things out."
Marc stood up and faced the two women. It was getting dark outside. Marc looked at them and they stared back. Their intimidating looks didn't frighten Marc. They had every right to hate him. He hung his head down in shame. He walked past them and disappeared into the night. He stuffed his hands in his pockets. Things will change, he thought to himself. One day, things will get better.
The doors echoed when the shut inside the large chapel. And Marc found himself a seat near the front. It was quiet. No one was there. Except for Father Manfred Gesling, who came and sat next to Marc.
"Something troubling you, my son?" asked the old man.
"Father.." Marc began. He hesitated but only for a second. "I've hurt some people."
"No one is perfect-" began the priest.
"I've killed one person, and lost three friends, one is buried six feet under...I don't know what to do."
"My son," Manfred, began, "we are all human, and we sin everyday. But that is why the good lord above, has forgiven us. Yes, what you did was wrong, but, it is not unforgivable. God has promised to forgive us of our wrong doings."
"Father, you know me and my reputation around this city, and as far as I know, its a good one. But now that I've killed someone, yes he was scum that should have been turned in, what will the people say about that if they find out?"
"I assure you, know one will tell anyone about this. And if your two friends still care about you, they won't go to the media and ruin you."
"How can you be so sure?"
"God works in mysterious ways. It was him who guided you here to talk to me."
Manfred reached into his robe's pocket and pulled out a book and set it down in the pew next to Marc.
"This is the Holy Bible. I cannot force you to take it and read it. And I cannot force you to pray to God. But Marc, I CAN ask you to take that. And I can ENCOURAGE you to pray. Maybe if you do it and show it, your friends will see what goodness lies in your heart. And you will be forgiven by them, just as the lord forgives you, Marc."
Marc listened as the priest spoke. Every word that was said, every sentence that was completed tore away at Marc's insides. Every word echoed in his mind and Marc couldn't take it. Once more, he choked up and cried. He had really screwed up this time. But the preacher was right. If he could change and show it, maybe he would be forgiven.
Marc grabbed the book and stared at it. Manfred sat next to Marc quietly. For almost ten minutes no one spoke. Marc choked up yet again and wiped a tear from his eye.
"Thank you, father." Marc said to Manfred who smiled at him.
The two men stood up and shook hands.
"Marc, remember these words," Manfred said. "History cannot be undone. But it can be erased."
Marc walked out of the chapel holding his new bible in his hands. He reached into this upper coat pocket and pulled out a cigarette and lit it. He took a long drag of it. The smoked burned his lungs as the filled up with the toxic chemicals. Marc exhaled blowing smoke into the air of the night sky. He had a lot of searching to to do. And as he walked into the night, 9 words echoed in his mind.
"History cannot be undone, but it can be erased."
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Union claims ‘bad publicity’ led council to change track on payment
THE Branch Secretary of Carmarthen County Unison is claiming that ‘bad publicity’ forced Carmarthenshire County Council to change direction on its payment of council staff for winter gritting on roads across the county.
Mark Evans of Unison said: “Joint action by GMB, Unison and supported by Unite wins significant victory.”
Wales News Online carried the story having been at the picket lines in Carmarthenshire. Less than 24 hours later the council published a press release stating that negotiations had taken place, which led to suspension of industrial action.
A series of articles in which the council were described as ‘scrooges’ and exhibiting ‘disgraceful behaviour’ by the unions appeared on our news site.
In a statement issued today, Friday (Dec 20) Mark Evans of Unison said: “On behalf of our winter gritting members we would like to thank other branch members and other branches for your support and messages of solidarity. There is no doubt that the industrial action taken by Unison and GMB members and the well -attended pickets lines including Unite members that resulted in a new and improved offer from the employer.
“That and the bad publicity this Plaid Led Carmarthenshire County Council were receiving as a result of the action and the cost of using contractors. We can’t give you the details of the employers offer as our members have not been informed of the details yet. But suffice to say that we got most of what we were asking for. Our members will decide whether they accept the council’s offer in a ballot. All three unions involved consider it to be a good settlement and a victory for our members and the action they have taken. It was the working together of Unison, GMB and Unite that was also a major contributing factor to the success of the action.
“We have agreed that there will be no further action until meetings have been held with members and they have been balloted about whether they accept the offer.”
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[ARCHIVED] Assault with a Deadly Weapon Arrest
RIVERSIDE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT
Sheriff Chad Bianco
Press Release: Assault with a Deadly Weapon Arrest
Station Area: Bermuda Dunes
Written Date: February 21, 2022 Time: 12:30 PM
Incident Date: February 10, 2022 Time: 9:00 PM
Incident Location: 79700 block of Avenue 42, Bermuda Dunes
Reporting Officer: Sergeant David Aldrich
File Number(s): C220410033
Raymond Vargas
On February 10, 2022, at 9:00 PM, Thermal Station patrol deputies responded to the 79700 block of Avenue 42, in the unincorporated area of Bermuda Dunes, in reference a 17-year-old juvenile that had been shot multiple times. The investigation revealed the juvenile was in the area attempting to sale items via a social media application. During the transaction the juvenile was shot by a Hispanic male adult who fled the scene. The juvenile was transported to a local hospital where he is recovering from his injuries. The investigation was assumed by the Thermal Station Investigations Bureau.
During the investigation, the suspect was positively identified as Raymond Vargas, 21 of Coachella. On February 18, 2022, Vargas was located in the 50200 block of Paseo Barcelona, in the city of Coachella. On February 19, 2022, at 2:00 AM, a search warrant was served in the 50200 block of Paseo Barcelona, in the city of Coachella. Vargas was taken into custody without incident. Vargas was booked into the John Benoit Detention Center, in the city of Indio.
The Thermal Station Investigations Bureau is asking anyone with additional information to contact Investigator Glasper at the Thermal Sheriff’s Station by calling (760)-863-8990.
The Riverside County Sheriff's Department is seeking applicants for Deputy Sheriff, Deputy Sheriff Trainee, Correctional Deputy, Sheriff's 911 Communications Officer, and other employment opportunities such as clerical and support positions.
For media inquiries regarding this incident please contact the Media Information Bureau.
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Made In The Shade
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March 1, 2022 Interview, Letters, Poetry, Poetry Journal, ProseAndrei Codrescu, Correspondence, David Bromige, Endnotes, Jeff Miller, Journals (1979-199), Made In The Shade, Monte Rio, Poetry, Prose, Rain, Subtexts, the end (& variations thereof), The Paris Review, Tom ClarkNuallain House, Publishers
Leafless walnut
draped with orange light
in the freezing cold
draws everyone to the window
breathe clouds on cold pane
little fingers crisscross
the collective moisture
evidently TV’s more interesting
first understand being alone
then laughter
the source of vowels
and the only true feelings
we dare admit in public
more on that later
much later
an instinct for parody
can be like having a .357 magnum
stuck in the waistband
of your jockey shorts
it will show you for what you are
— How do I feel I’m being perceived?
— Once in a great while someone will overcome their own preconceptions and actually see you in all your shining armor.
—And what is my opinion of others?
—If you can’t beat them, outlive them.
—Why did I even consider writing in the first place, especially if the rewards are so few?
—When you first thought to write, it was a spontaneous abandonment of your physical presence for an ethereal state where fragments of language fit together like hydrogen and oxygen. If you’d only thought to leave it at that. There you were in a Navy classroom being taught electronics. Eyes glazed, your brain slipped into neutral and you found yourself in a flux whose flow was language. It was like being immersed in the pure stream of an underground cavern. You were totally in the dark yet not in the least disoriented. You were in fact quite at ease with your environment, a fluid weave of ideas, meaning and references outside of the prescription of logic. You have tried to regain that state ever since, through artificially induced means as well as just plain patience. If you had left it at that maybe you’d still be there. As it is, you didn’t. Your curiosity led you to investigate others who claimed to have sampled the waters and were bottling it for consumption. Your mistake. For it is exactly that which has lead you astray. You have gone through libraries on the subject and come away like a soggy sponge. The waters have become so silted with useless presumptions and preconceptions that they are mired to the point of sluggishness. Now most of your energy is spent trying to extract yourself from the muck of self-consciousness. Once you put pen to paper you give in to that insatiable desire that got you here in the first place.
— Why did I choose poetry?
—Because it doesn’t go by the rule; the rule of popularity, the rule of prominence, the rule of ambition, the rule of self-aggrandizement, the rule of intellect, the rule of elitism, the rule of thumb. All these rules and more are present in poetry and each tries to impose its legitimacy over the others. Still poetry manages to surprise with its unruliness. Poetry can’t be defined by the rule of commerce any more than by the rule of denial.
— How can I be sure that I am a poet?
—You feel like a poet, don’t you? Though you don’t look like one, you write like one. You act like one, when you play the fool. Why should there be any doubt that you are one?
—How do I go about writing a poem?
—It’s very difficult to talk about how it happens or how you do it because you don’t know what you’re doing till after you’re done. Then it’s either interesting or it’s not. That’s all. Of course, if it’s not interesting now, it might be interesting later, and if that doesn’t happen you forget about it. If it is interesting, you can play with it, type it up, or maybe lift it entirely from the page as is, as if it were some worn segment of butterfly wing discarded after its brief span of usefulness. The poet gets it second hand, after all, and the reader is lucky to get it, if at all.
Skull and crossed bones
not an easy thing to look at
especially in the mirror
first thing in the morning
all the rules apply
for mistakes too
but like everything else
they’re written on the head of a pin
why bother
the slow elegance of the night before
a stick in the mud greets morning’s blue
cold and colder
light is all
I look at what the cat dragged in
February gray sky
populated by bare branches
just praying to be pruned
I become ancient holy
I stare into the mirror of rain and see the reflection of rain.4
Rejoice! The minor bear stirs from his journey to the underworld. Urpheus returns with songs of the reawakening! O furry four-footed prognosticator! (Re: Joyce.)
relief collapse
“thank god that’s over”
one ray on silk web
joins bamboo stalks
declaim that passionate righteousness
nail his hide balls and all to the wall
the manuscript looked deflated
as if someone had let all the words out
VIRGO: Concentrate on work and creating a better framework for day to day matters. Eliminate red tape, trim your budget and your waistline. Make a firm commitment to yourself and your priorities. At night, get plenty of exercise.
Don’t get any ideas
simply accumulate
language leftovers
of words
comes with the territory
speaks to itself
ancient formulae
to the point of distraction
that’s where the magic comes in
through mirror’s orifice
the other side of reflection
(what’s that motorcycle cop
doing in here?)
much better (more or less)
artificial swim
gone away with
a trout in mind
“momma said there’d be days like this”
ENTER THE PINK ELEPHANT
The Pink Elephant was known for its rough and rowdy clientele as well as for its own peculiar brand of congeniality. They also had two pool tables as opposed to the Knotty Room’s one. It wasn’t unusual for me to stop in for a beer every once in a while as I did with Joe Ivey one night. The pool tables were busy so we sat at one end of the bar that didn’t seem so crowded. An older though ruddy woman in an off-white crocheted hat and stained leather jacket and her younger companion were knocking back seven & sevens like they were lemonade. We watched the pool players, gave the high sign to some people we knew at the tables over in the corner. Joe didn’t see any women he hadn’t talked to before. We talked about his getting a mike and an amplifier for the up-coming reading. He said he had it covered. We ordered a second beer. The younger woman at the bar next to us had started a whining self-serving litany of tribute to the older woman for the older woman’s benefit. The older woman had obviously just sprung for the last round of drinks. The younger woman continued to fawn over the older woman, pawing the sleeves of her coat, playing with her limp mousy curls much to the older woman’s annoyance. “You have such beautiful hair!” declared the younger woman. “Yeah, and yours looks like hammered shit!” responded the older woman. Joe and I, exchanging looks of deep understanding, quickly drained our beers and left.
restless wandering
room to room pen uncapped5
my greatness of mind
no outside acknowledgment needs
only that in myself I believe
I researched the background of rain. I was writing the epic of rain using the ink of rain. The magic of rain is often celebrated in the fiction of rain. I expounded the philosophy of rain but no one wanted to hear of it. I rejected the religion of rain for the dance of rain. I supported the strike of rain. The sky of rain is a continent of rain. I said no to the drug of rain (but I got wet anyway). I calculated the constant of rain. The violin of rain played pizzicato accompanied by the drum of rain. I drank of the water of rain. I paid heed to the proverb of rain. I never knew there could be so much of rain.
“it’s alright” says the radio
(from where I get my signals)
news interrupts more
(a spokesman’s voice is totally uncomplimentary
to public speaking and invites ridicule)
what does that mean
“youth is not” or “youthful no more”
“youthfulness past”
Dear Jeff Miller — Thanks for letting me see your terrific poems. And for the two quarters that dropped out of the envelope and bounced across the post office lobby floor. I assume they’re for return postage. That’s very thoughtful of you and they paid for my cup of coffee at the Knotty Room where I read your poems at my leisure. They are flippant, arrogant, full of bombast and bravado, and a vitality that makes the connections actually spark. Please thank David Bromige for suggesting that you send your work my way and if you ever get out to Monte Rio, please stop by. The Romanian poet Andrei Codrescu just moved up here from San Francisco and he also liked your poems — he was sitting next to me in the Knotty Room when I read them. Maybe I can use a couple of them in the next issue of my magazine, The End, which Andrei will be helping me edit. By the way, Andrei has visions of this area being the next art/poetry Mecca a la Bolinas, but I don’t know. For one thing, we’re not isolated enough and no one has yet started stealing the highway signs that lead out here — all that could change overnight, of course. We’re also putting together a little reading series at a café near here called Stone Soup at which I’m sure you’ll be welcome to read. Anyway, thanks for the poems and the cup of coffee
a veritable truck stop
menu for breakfast
who’s gonna do the dishes?
learn by not knowing
know by not learning
blissful ignorance
blissful anything
wash one dish
then another
thinking counts
match burns twice
a lot like love
Released like a balloon
frantic recapitulation
sheer fabric rents
show up as flaws
the pitter patter of tiny hammers
like the sound of a cobbler shop
that only exists in storybooks
the pounding of one big hammer
inside my head like an aspirin
commercial seen only on TV
much unresolved
I sing the blues
surrounded as I am
by all the clues
I haven’t the faintest
(harmonica stomp break)
oh yeah!
I forgot about the amnesia of rain when I went off in search of the source of rain. I got caught up in the anarchy of rain. The white of rain obliterated everything. I prayed to the ancient of rain and was blessed by the holy of rain. I endured the tedium of rain in the forest of rain. There was a report of rain for overnight, but only the gauge of rain would tell the true story of rain. The etching of rain was obvious in the erosion of rain. The bird of rain pecked at the edge of a puddle. I was beginning to feel the strain of rain. I lounged around in the underwear of rain. I had become a child of rain. My madness was a souvenir of rain. I cursed the damp of rain. Still, I listened to the patter of rain. After a month of rain, it was time to prepare the ark.
Four days of steady rain, manuscripts, books stacked on boxes stacked on boards stacked on mattress stacked on chairs stacked on couch stacked on table, all else under water.
Here some days down the road after frenzied activity and no time to really introspect (inspection of the insides) and calm down I am forcing myself to come to grips with my real life rather than the one that requires me to earn money at any opportunity even if it means I am perceived as grumpy and bad tempered and hard to get along with because I hate to portion out my time and give a little here and a little there I mean I want all of it to myself for as long as it takes for me to get sick of it and really what’s going to happen is that I’m just going to go through my yellow notebook and type in the notes I made myself when I had a spare minute or so and all the entries will probably all be about how little time I have to do anything and that will be so depressing that I’ll just stop and have to go do something else like prune the trees or clean out the greenhouse or sweep the floor or straighten up the living room and I mean it’s even depressing just thinking about it and realizing I’m wasting my time doing just that!
VIRGO: If you’ve been waiting to make a move on someone, what better time than now? Choose to be free from inhibitions, guilt, and bondage. You’re ready to recognize and act on the opportunity to express and accept love.
Afternoon already
and the tenor of day
a mist white veil
approaches and recedes
about the only activity
on the deserted streets
of the neighborhood
mail delivery off schedule
a golden glow enters the realm of the room
it’s sunlight but appears to be otherwise
it lifts the spirit
illuminates the imagination
with its transforming presence
why then the yawn
(must be the nap of my beard)
days and nights
go by
in the process
each individual
all the same
[4] Into the late night, inspiration expiration; my magnanimity is killing me — potlatch syndrome.
[5] There is anymore no difference between poetry and prose as both are writing now, one being viewed in an archaic mnemonic i.e. verse form, and the other in paragraph; both can contain poetry as well as prose. There has been a great fear of blurring the distinction between the two, but undoubtedly this is merely fear of the obvious — the impulse to sing is apparent in both forms, and intrinsic; more prosaic reports and journals can do without, but in any instance when wonder (strong emotion) is to be expressed, poetry is enjoined. We can wonder at our daily lives or express awe at the magnificence and mystery of the cosmos. We can do it in a passage of prose or in a couple of (or one) stanzas (music voice notation).
Subtext:
“Lincoln, Lincoln, I been thinkin,’ a penny for your thoughts,” the children sing, “I cannot tell a lie, gimme some cherry pie.” So much for the holidays. More are needed to establish a base of culture. Free time to free yourself and give yourself away to love.
“ . . . sitting under the spreading oak, Orpheus is unaware of his impending rendering — he is the fool on the hill. Once O is confronted by the vacuum of his beliefs and the illusory qualities of language, he attempts to join words in such a way as to reflect the essential chaos underlying illusory existence. This has the effect of causing basic imbalances and anomalies in the very nature of perception; after all, singing rocks, dancing trees, and so on can be disconcerting if not overly cloying. But the perceived is entrenched and will tolerate mutation only so long before the perception police swarm in like white blood cells over incipient infection and render it insensible. Which is what happened to old O. Ripped to shreds because he had the audacity to try to charm the cosmos. . . .”
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Five reasons why QPR can win promotion this season
GetWestLondon looks at why Rangers fans have reason to believe they can bounce straight back to the Premier League
Dimitri Kondonis
Updated 10:59, 3 AUG 2015
Promoted: Rangers will be hoping to see 2014 celebrations again this year
Five reasons to be hopeful that Queens Park Rangers can bounce back at the first time of asking.
QPR suffered a terrible campaign under the guidance of Harry Redknapp and Chris Ramsey last season, winning just eight times as the R’s suffered immediate relegation from the top flight.
But Rangers have started to make a recovery, after Redknapp walked away in February and some of their old temperamental and high-maintenance players such as Adel Taarabt and Shaun Wright-Phillips have also left the frame.
And with Tony Fernandes at the helm, Rangers fans can be confident that their club will have a go at an immediate bounce back to the Premier League.
Walking away: Harry Redknapp left the club in February
Better transfer policy
QPR are slowly, but surely, making the right sort of movements to rid themselves of the deadweight and introducing more players which they will need at Championship level.
Although keeping hold of Jordon Mutch and Alex McCarthy might have been ideal, the sales of Adel Taarabt will inspire confidence in fans as the enigmatic midfield maestro is divisive at the best of times - not an influence which will help the Hoops form a strong team spirit.
The re-introduction of fans' favourite Jamie Mackie is exactly the sort of team player which the club will be needing to acquire.
They have also signed talented young Australian Massimo Luongo - who has impressed for both Swindon and his country, claiming ‘most valuable player’ as he lifted the Asian Cup with Australia earlier this year. He is exactly the type of talent who can thrive in the Championship.
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Keeping hold of the right players
And despite losing McCarthy and Mutch, Ramsey has managed to keep hold of the likes of Karl Henry and Matt Phillips - both of who will be valuable assets in the competitive slog that is the Championship.
For now at least, the club also has the prolific, promising Charlie Austin and Leroy Fer still on their books - if the club can manage to retain even one of these two, they will be greatly boosted in their quest to re-enter the promised land of England’s top flight. If Austin leaves, it will give Rangers a sizable transfer kitty to reinvest in the squad.
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Charlie Austin's goals for QPR in the Premier League
But even with the squad as it is, the Hoops have a strong spine through the axis of Rob Green, Steven Caulker and Luongo with which to base a team around - and with some more smart acquisitions, Rangers can cast off their image of being a retirement home and start seriously targeting the top six.
Tony Fernandes' passion
Since securing a majority stake in the Loftus Road side in 2011, Fernandes has always tried to make the best of the situations he has faced - even if he has been let down by a series of misinformed advisers.
The Air Asia tycoon clearly has a passion for the club, unlike previous owners, and it is just a matter of finding the right management team to help him put his generosity in the right places.
But failing that - he has been known to lavish his funds on lucky fans from time to time.
Release of the wage-drainers
While getting rid of players like Taarabt was pivotal in the club's quest to rebuild the DNA of the starting XI, the move which QPR have to be given most credit for is the way in which they discarded of the 'old boys'.
Under previous regimes, there was a real impetus on bringing in experienced players who seemed brilliant signings on paper - except in reality there was a worrying pattern emerging that these high-profile players took up an exceptional amount of space on the wage bill, whilst being past their prime.
And although the Hoops regularly talked the talk about changing their transfer dynamic for multiple seasons, they hadn't walked the walk until this summer - where they let go of the likes of Joey Barton, Rio Ferdinand, Bobby Zamora, Shaun Wright-Phillips and Richard Dunne.
This, alongside their new approach to bringing in younger talent, should really provide fans with a fresh hope of greater things to come.
Veteran: Rio Ferdinand (Image: Action Images / Craig Brough)
The one positive to being labelled a 'yo-yo' club is it means that as a club you are well versed in the art of winning promotion.
QPR's last promotion from the Championship can most certainly not be called the cleanest, but Zamora's last ditch winner at Wembley after being penned back by Derby for 90 minutes will still be fresh in the memory for fans at Loftus Road.
And ultimately, the winning mentality that the squad had throughout their last two campaigns in the Championship will help to add some crucial mental steel to the squad vying to play their way out of the league this time around.
Ramsey's men will, however, need to address their poor run of form from last season first - momentum is just as important a factor to consider.
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Georgia 4-H students visit UGA-Tifton lab to learn about veterinary medicine
By Clint Thompson
Thirty-six 4-H members from 14 Georgia counties visited the University of Georgia Tifton campus Thursday, March 15, for 4-H Veterinary Science Career Exploration Day.
UGA Cooperative Extension’s Southwest District 4-H Youth Development program and the UGA College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) partnered to present the event.
Middle and high school students toured the UGA-Tifton Veterinary Diagnostic and Investigational Laboratory and learned about various topics related to veterinary medicine, including how to examine viruses and, using a calving simulator, how to properly deliver a calf.
Melinda Miller, the Southwest District 4-H program development coordinator, planned the event with district UGA Extension agents and program assistants who have active 4-H animal programs. The agents and staff recruited students interested in pursuing careers in veterinary medicine or animal sciences.
“We, as 4-H Youth Development professionals, always innovate to build career exploration into our programs,” Miller said. “Providing our students with hands-on experiences like this helps youth make better decisions when considering college and career choices. There is a great need for food animal veterinarians in our state. The opportunities for careers in agriculture are virtually limitless.”
Daniel Peterson, a 4-H member from Lowndes County, was among the students at the event. Though Peterson hadn’t thought of veterinary medicine as a career option prior to his visit to the UGA-Tifton veterinary diagnostic laboratory, he found the experience eye-opening.
“It was very interesting. We learned a lot about viruses and how they do autopsies, how they test the blood. It was really cool,” Peterson said.
Kayla Stephens, a Crisp County 4-H member who works at a veterinary clinic as part of her school’s work-based learning program, also attended the event.
“Coming here today really showed me that this is what I want to do, and I’m going to go for this dream,” she said. “This day really reinforced what goes into becoming a veterinarian and what comes through the diagnostic lab. It was really great and opened my eyes.”
Veterinarian Dr. Lee Jones, associate professor in the veterinary college’s Food Animal Health and Management Program at UGA-Tifton, and the staff of the veterinary diagnostic laboratory provided instructional labs for the students in virology, bacteria, pathology, DNA, blood and fecal matter, and zoonotic diseases.
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For more information about the Georgia 4-H program, visit www.Georgia4H.org.
Clint Thompson is an agriculture writer based in Tifton, Georgia.
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March 22, 2018 | News Brief | Soteria Battery Innovation Group is forming a consortium to make its new lithium battery architecture available to every battery manufacturer worldwide. By eliminating excess metal and thermally unstable components of the battery, the new architecture virtually eliminates the possibility of the self-ignition that has plagued lithium ion batteries in applications such as hoverboards, smart phones, electric vehicles, and airplane battery systems.
“This technology is too important for us to keep to ourselves and rely on our own capabilities to bring to market. Instead, we will allow broad access through the normal lithium ion and automotive supply chain.” said Brian Morin, co-Founder and CEO of Soteria. The company is going to make the technology available through FRAND licenses to the best global advanced materials companies and promote the acceptance of the architecture through standards that cannot be met with legacy battery architectures.
Batteries made with this technology will be able to pass much more aggressive safety tests than legacy technology. In addition to surviving in more aggressive test conditions, the cells continue to function after damage. This can be especially important in transportation, where the minivan might need to get out of the intersection, the plane to the ground, or the boat to shore ahead of a storm. In addition, the technology can be adopted in existing lithium ion battery plants without significant capital expense.
The technology has two components, each of which will provide reduced weight, improved safety and reduced manufacturing cost. The first is a current collector made from metallized film, eliminating more than 90 percent of the metal in the battery. The lower metal content reduces cost and weight and is unable to carry large current densities associated with ignition events due to internal short circuits, acting like an internal fuse. The second component, a thermally stable separator, is lighter, less expensive to manufacture and much more stable than existing ceramic coated separators. Because these separators never melt or shrink, it becomes impossible for a small manufacturing defect to grow into a large internal short.
Founding members of the consortium include some of the world’s foremost advanced material, equipment, lithium ion battery, automotive and electronics companies. The consortium has an open membership policy, and free memberships are available to lithium ion battery manufacturers and to companies that manufacture devices using lithium ion batteries.
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Abusers, narcissists in particular cannot stand it when they are not the center of attention and the one in “control”. Three things in life are going to show you who and how people really are: Weddings, Funerals, and Finances or money. Abusers will try to ruin a wedding with unnecessary drama, or they will try to turn the attention to themselves somehow. Funerals will bring out the greed in abusers, they will fight over every last thing in the will and they are morbidly afraid (pun intended) of death and dying so anything that reminds them of their mortality will make them angry.
Abusers while alive, will use “the inheritance” as a way to manipulate and control family members, threatening to write out anyone who crosses them or doesn’t support their abuse. Finances bring out the miser in abusers. They will spend lavishly on themselves or on total strangers but, make their own spouse beg for enough money to buy groceries or get clothes and then will berate the spouse for spending “too much”, demanding to see every receipt and the spouse to account for every last cent, making it impossible for the target of abuse to save up money to leave the abuser.
All of these behaviors are done ON PURPOSE! Do NOT think for one second that it was a coincident or accidental that they blew up at the wedding or were picking fights with relatives at the funeral or that “They just had to have the new leather jacket” right when rent was due. If the target of abuse buys something nice for themselves you can bet that the abuser will “punish” them for buying themselves something nice and then demand that the target buy them something nice.
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Few people know that Marianka (Slovak Republic) was an important place for slate mining. Its fame lasted for almost 100 years during the 19th and 20th centuries. A group of enthusiasts founded the civic association Spolok Permon Marianka in 2006. We speak to Josef Kráľ, a founding member of the association.
CUPA PIZARRAS – When and how did the local population start using natural slate?
Jozef Kráľ – In the ancient past, locals used slate for their own use, for paving, tiling, fencing, retaining walls or for the construction of cellars. The beginnings of slate mining history in Marianka date back to the 17th century. It is said that in 1862 in Marianka, Hungarian geologists discovered near a miraculous well (about 300 meters northeast), a large deposit of quality gray slate suitable for cutting, finishing and its soft surface was great for polishing.
CP – What was the transition between this manual production and modern industrialization?
JK – The discovery of slate in Marianka brought industrial development to the country below Pajštún. Quality slate was also called “black marble” at that time. Its popularity grew and for decades Marianka became the center of the production of lucrative material, required not only in Europe but also in America and the Middle East. There is nothing left of the slate quarry today. A small overhang of slate if the only reminder of former times of glory.
CP – What are the characteristics of the slate mined here?
JK – Marianske slate, in the past also referred to as mariental, were named after the village Marianka. From a geological point of view, they are included in the Marian stronghold of the Borin complex, which reaches a thickness of 400-500 meters. These are dark gray to black fused shales with carbon pigment, which in addition to their dark color, cause their matt to silky shine. They are perfectly cleavable and break down into thin sheets. Pyrite is often found on slate surfaces. During mining, several 190 million years old Jurassic fossilized cephalopods – ammonites and belemites – were found in them.
CP – Was this natural slate used only for roofing or are there other uses?
JK – At the beginning of the second half of the 19th century, the Frenchman Paul Eugen Bontoux founded a quarry connected with a factory for the production of roof slate and in 1863 a plant for writing tables, billiard boards, roulette and tailor’s tables. It was the first plant of its kind in the Austrian monarchy with competitive product quality compared to plants in central Germany.
Mariatal slate did not prove to be a very good roof covering in extreme climatic conditions (Alps), the whole production was gradually reoriented to the production of school writing pads (up to 500,000 pieces per year). Five steam engines and 200 workers cut 700 square slate squares a day and, using perfect machines, processed the slate into several thousand blocks to write different sizes (based on period records, more than 5,000 writing / calculating blocks were produced daily). The products were exported to Egypt and North America; large, polished boards were sold to pool table manufacturers in France and England and to custom table and roulette manufacturers.
CP – What kind of activities do you organize?
JK – I consider the most important activity of the association to be the rescue and documentation of the Slate Tunnel in the Marian Valley, the operation of the “Minie Exposition of Mining and Processing of Slate in Marianka“, the publishing of two publications “Black Marble from Marianka or in the Footsteps of the Famous Mining of Marian Slate” and “The Great Book on Marian Slate” in 2019. As well as shooting of the documentary film “Wandering behind Marian Slate” in 2017, the realization of events for the professional and public and the preservation and dissemination of the mining traditions of the Marianka village.
During the period since the establishment of the association, we have organized a number of events, several of which have exceeded the scope of the municipality and the region. Unequivocally, these events include three seminars on slate organized in 2009, 2016 and 2017, two of which included international speakers with lectures from the Czech Republic and the Republic of Hungary. Since 2015, we have been regularly involved in the international event “Night of Museums and Galleries“. All our activities in the promotion of slate mining and processing can be found on our website marianka.eu
CP – Why did you start a museum? Do the people there know the local history of slate?
JK – The establishment of the Slate Museum was one of the goals of our association. Through our activities, we have contributed to the fact that the inhabitants of our village learn about the mining history of the village known mainly as the oldest pilgrimage site in the former Hungary. We opened the museum in 2014 and we are glad that hundreds of satisfied visitors have visited our expositions to this day. Due to its size, our slate museum is the smallest mining exposition in the Slovak Republic. We are also proud of the fact that it is part of the only preserved mining work from slate mining in the Slovak Republic.
CP – You accept visits from children. What do they like most about natural slate and tools made of natural slate?
JK – We are especially pleased with the fact that children are one of the largest groups at our events. Since the opening of our museum exposition, it has been visited by dozens of pupils from the Marianka school and its surroundings. Children come to our exposition accompanied by their parents and especially appreciate the fact that they can practically try cutting slate, writing on a board for writing on slate and get acquainted with the mining history of the village that is their home.
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Americans are living longer than ever before, but many older Americans could better deal with their health problems, according to the Institute for Healthcare Advancement (IHA). To help the elderly stay healthier longer, the IHA has identified the 10 most common mistakes older Americans make in caring for their health:
1. Driving when it’s no longer safe
The elderly often associate mobility in a car with their independence, but knowing when it is time to stop driving is important for the safety of everyone on the road. Decisions about when to stop driving should be made together with a family physician because chronological age alone does not determine someone’s fitness to drive.
2. Fighting the aging process and its appearance
Refusing to wear a hearing aid, eyeglasses or dentures, and reluctance to ask for help or to use walking aids are all examples of this type of denial. This behavior may prevent the senior from obtaining helpful assistance with some of the problems of aging.
3. Reluctance to discuss intimate health problems with the doctor or health care provider
Older Americans may not want to bring up sexual or urinary difficulties. Sometimes problems that the individual thinks are trivial, such as stomach upsets, constipation, or jaw pain, may require further evaluation.
4. Not understanding what the doctor told them about their health problem or medical treatment plan
“I could not understand the doctor,” or “He told me what to do, but you know me, I can’t remember what he said” are typical complaints. Reluctance to ask the doctor to repeat information or to admit that they do not understand what is being said can result in serious health consequences.
5. Disregarding the serious potential for a fall
Falls result in fractures and painful injuries, which sometimes take months to heal. To help guard against falling, the elderly should remove scatter rugs from the home and have adequate lighting in the home and work areas. They should wear sturdy and well-fitting shoes, and watch for slopes and cracks in sidewalks. Participating in exercise programs to improve muscle tone and strength is also helpful.
6. Failure to have a system or a plan for managing medicines
Missed medication doses can result in inadequate treatment of a medical condition. By using daily schedules, pill box reminders or check-off records, seniors can avoid missing medication doses. Because health care providers need to know all of the medicines that an elderly patient is taking, patients should maintain a complete list of all their prescription and over-the-counter medicines, including dose and the reason that the medicine is being taken.
7. Not having a single primary care physician who looks at the overall medical plan of treatment
Health problems may be overlooked when a senior goes to several different doctors or treatment programs, and multiple treatment regimens may cause adverse responses. The patient may be over- or under-treated if a single physician is not evaluating the full medical treatment program.
8. Not seeking medical attention when early possible warning signs occur
Reasons for such inaction and denial may include lack of money or reduced self worth due to age. “I am so old it doesn’t matter anymore.” Of course, such treatment delays can result in a more advanced stage of illness and a poorer prognosis.
9. Failure to participate in prevention programs
Flu and pneumonia shots, routine breast and prostate exams are examples of readily available preventive health measures that seniors should utilize to remain healthy.
10. Not asking loved ones for help
Many older Americans are simply too stubborn to ask for help, whether due to an understandable need for independence or because of early signs of dementia. It’s important that elderly people alert family members or other loved ones to any signs of ill health or unusual feelings so that they can be assessed before the problem advances.
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Sarasota Orchestra Offers Free Tickets to Hometown Heroes
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Sarasota Orchestra wants to thank our Hometown Heroes for your service with free tickets to a concert of great, live music.
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On Friday, January 6, 2023, at 7:30 p.m., join the full orchestra, conductor Peter Oundjian, Grammy-winning violinist James Ehnes, and soprano Laquita Mitchell for a 60- to 75-minute new concert format called “A Guided Tour.”
Held at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, Maestro Oundjian will lead the way through inspiring and joyous selections of music by Gustav Mahler and Jean Sibelius, sharing historical background and personal insights on the music, along with insights for audience members to listen for as you experience Sarasota Orchestra’s uplifting performance.
James Ehnes will reveal the challenges and tricks in performing the Sibelius Violin Concerto, especially the fiery and finger-bending final movement. In contrast, the first and fourth movements of Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 draw you into a world of wonder, especially when Laquita Mitchell’s lustrous voice gives listeners a view of heaven through the eyes of a child.
This concert format is designed to be welcoming to those new to classical music, while longtime symphony-goers will relish the exploration into what makes these masterworks truly great.
Ticket purchases and donations from ticket buyers make this gift possible. Tickets for the general public start at $26.
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Sci-Fi Thriller “The Nether” Closes Red Turnip’s 4th Season
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Fresh off the critical success of their last outing, the family comedy-drama Tribes, Red Turnip Theater is ready to take audiences into a different theater experience with the sci-fi thriller THE NETHER.
Ever since making their debut four years ago, Red Turnip has already made quite the dent in the local theater scene. By sticking to their vision of producing contemporary straight plays, this young company has almost single-handedly paved the way for the straight play to find equal footing in a landscape formerly dominated by the musical. Younger companies have sprouted and followed suit and there are now more text-driven plays getting produced than ever before. Each of the Red Turnip’s eight productions has gone on to top critics’ lists and garner awards and nominations from both the Aliw and Gawad Buhay Awards, making this company the go-to for outstanding plays that both entertain and move.
Their Fourth Season’s grand finale is THE NETHER, a sci-fi crime drama about the dilemmas of living in a virtual world. Written by Jennifer Haley and winner of the 2012 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, this thrilling play explores the ethical questions and moral consequences of living out one’s hidden desires and fantasies. Set in the not-so-distant future, this haunting thriller made its West End and Off-Broadway debut back in 2015 and has been produced across the U.S. and Europe.
THE NETHER is a play for our times. It is relevant; it is provocative. In the play, life is spent more and more in The Nether, a virtual paradise so interactive that it engages all the senses--a tempting haven to retreat from a bleak world. But the main conflict begs the question: In a computer-generated space, is there no room for ethics and morality? THE NETHER isn’t just about Virtual Reality, but Reality itself.
Jenny Jamora (Cock, The Vagina Monologues, A Little Night Music) returns to the Red Turnip stage to take on the lead role of Detective Morris, an investigator of The Nether’s online offerings.
THE NETHER boasts a powerhouse ensemble led by legendary actors Bernardo Bernardo (Hele sa Hiwagang Hapis, El Filibusterismo, Katy!) and Bodjie Pascua (3 Stars and a Sun, The Tempest Reimagined, Waiting for Godot). Making their Red Turnip debuts, young actresses Alba Berenguer-Testa (Annie) and Junyka Santarin (GMA 7’s Pyra) alternate in one of the play’s pivotal roles. Screen actor TJ Trinidad (Saving Sally) joins the cast after an accomplished theater debut as Bruce in last year’s The Normal Heart, which garnered him a Gawad Buhay nomination for Best Featured Actor.
With a stellar cast and creative team, this Red Turnip production is sure to electrify with its one-of-a-kind story and give audiences the complete theatrical experience this groundbreaking new company is known for.
THE NETHER opens March 10 and runs all weekends until April 9. Tickets at www.ticketworld.com.ph or www.redturnip.com.ph.
Venue: The Power Mac Center Spotlight Theater
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Directed by: Ana Abad Santos
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Alawar Entertainment invites you to hit the road in the newest thrilling addition to the Golden Rails series!! There’s a gold rush coming! It’s time to lay railroad tracks through prairies and mountain ranges while establishing trade routes to work with locals. But not everyone wants you to succeed. It’ll take all your wits and skills to put a greedy entrepreneur out of business in a race against the clock. Can you tame the wild west and reach the Klondike? Play Golden Rails: Road to Klondike to find out! This is a special Collector's Edition release full of exclusive extras you won’t find in the standard version. The Collector’s Edition includes:
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Tatsuyoshi and Nakamura make weight!
In Osaka tomorrow fans will be able to see second generation fighter Juiki Tatsuyoshi (12-0, 8) [辰吉寿以輝] take his next step up in class as he battles against Japanese ranked Bantamweight Masayasu Nakamura (7-3-1, 6) [中村誠康].
Today, ahead of their bout the two men took part in their weigh in for that contest, and both men comfortably made the Super Bantamweight limit with no issues at all.
Tatsuyoshi, who genuinely looked in the best shape of his career, was 121lbs, a full 1lb under the limit, and really did look in amazing condition, likely knowing that this was a huge step up from the level he has been fighting at. Nakamura on the other hand was 121.5lbs, still well under the but notably heavier than the local star.
At the weigh in both men sounded really confident and both will know that a win here will take them to within touching distance of a Japanese title fight in the next year or two.
(Image courtesy of boxmob.jp)
Juiki Tatsuyoshi spars with Roli Gasca!
Last week we saw the announcement for the ring return of Juiki Tatsuyoshi (8-0, 5) [辰吉寿以輝], with the unbeaten second geeneration fighter getting back in the ring on July 27th to face off with Indonesian veteran Noldi Manakane (32-24-2, 18).
Today, to prepare for that bout, the Japanese fighter took part in a public sparring session with former OPBF Super Bantamweight champion Roli Gasca (24-8-1, 8), who was there to teach Tatsuyoshi a lot of tricks and help tweak the tools of the hard hitting Japanese hopeful.
The session seems to have been organised as Tatsuyoshi tries to develop his skills and relationship with new trainer Takuya Muguruma [六車卓也]. The trainer stated that he wanted Tatsuyoshi to develop his combination punching from sharing the ring with Gasca, and seems to be aware that Tatsuyoshi has really shown a lack of combos, relying more on single heavy shots rather than combinations and free flowing offense.
The 29 year old Gasca was last seen in action back in November and will likely be looking to retun to the ring shortly. This will be a great chance to him to shake some ring rust before getting backing into fighting shape and and returning for another charge towards becomign a 2-time OPBF champion.
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Juiki Tatsuyoshi to return on Christmas Eve!
Earlier this week it was announced that Juiki Tatsuyoshi (6-0, 4) [辰吉寿] would be making his long awaited ring return on December 24th, after a year which has almost seen his boxing career put on ice due to injuries, which has forced cancellations.
Out of the ring things have been great for the young Japanese fighters, who celebrated the birth of his first child back in Summer and is clearly proud and happy to be a father.
During 2017 he has had to pull out of two bouts, and hasn't fought since late 2016, though has shown some real fire to get back into the ring, despite the issues with injury.
At the moment there is no named opponent for Tatsuyoshi's ring return though there is some reports of other fighters on the card, with the most notable of those being former world title challenger Hiroshige Osawa (31-4-4, 19) [大沢 宏晋], who will fight in the chief support bout, against a yet to be announced opponent.
The card will take place at the Namihaya Dome in Osaka, and should see more opponents announced for both Tatsuyoshi and Osawa in the near future.
(Image courtesy of boxingnews.jp)
Juiki Tatsuyoshi expecting a daughter in Summer!
The early morning papers in Japan have reported some happy news for the Tatsuyoshi family, with Juiki Tatsuyoshi (6-0, 4) [辰吉寿] reportedly expecting his first child in the summer!
The fighter got married at the end of 2016 after having lived together for a few months. They were married early during the pregnancy but kept it quiet until this weekend when the story began to hit the Japanese press. The press has reported that it will be a daughter and that both Juiki and his wife are seemingly very happy and so to is the soon to be grandfather Joichiro Tatsuyoshi [辰吉丈一郎], himself a boxing icon in Japan.
As for fighter Tatsuyoshi did have plans for a bout early in the year and although he had to cancel a bout in February, due to an injury. It now seems like things are healed and although we've not yet had much news of Juiki's ring return, we do know that he will be in an 8 rounder in the summer, with the timing of the bout likely to be around the same time as the birth of his daughter.
Interestingly Juiki admitted that his injury, suffered earlier this year, lead him to tears due to the disappointment. Those were tears he shed in front of his wife and it seems like he has felt much happier having the support of his wife there. It seems like that support has helped Tatsuyoshi with his recovery and it seems like he has been working incredibly hard to get back to full fitness as soon as he can.
New movie set to be released on Japanese boxing icon!
Over the weekend we were informed of a new movie based on the career of the charismatic, and exciting, Joichiro Tatsuyoshi [辰吉丈一郎].
The iconic Tatsuyoshi was a man who helped revitalise Japanese boxing during a 20 year career that saw him run up a 20-7-1 (14) record. On paper his record wasn't the most impressive, but what he did for Japanese boxing was remarkable and he really did bring in a whole new generation of fighters from the Land of the Rising Sun and was a former 2-time world champion with notable wins against Greg Richardson, Victor Rabanales, Sirimongkol Singwancha, Paulie Ayala and Saen Sor Ploenchit.
Blessed with natural charisma and character whilst fighting in a unique, exciting style Tatsuyoshi inspired many of the top Japanese fighters of the last decade, including the likes of the Kameda's, Hozumi Hasegawa and Shinsuke Yamanaka.
The interest in Tatsuyoshi has continued long after his last fight, back in 2009, and that interest now follows his son, unbeaten prospect Juiki Tatsuyoshi (3-0, 2) [辰吉寿].
That same interest is part of the theme of the upcoming movie will which be released in February and will be a look back over the last 20 years in Tatsuyoshi's life, featuring interviews from 1995 to 2014.
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The number of connected EV charging points in Europe and North America to reach 18 million by 2026
Berg Insight just released new findings about the market for electric vehicle charging infrastructure in Europe and North America.
The number of connected EV charging points in Europe and North America reached an estimated 3.3 million units in 2021. Europe represents the largest share comprising around 2.6 million of these charging points, corresponding to a connectivity penetration rate of 57 percent. In North America, about 0.7 million of the total number of charging points were connected, equivalent to a connectivity penetration rate of 52 percent. Growing at a compound annual growth rate of 40 percent, the number of connected charging points in the two regions is expected to reach 18.0 million in 2026.
The connected EV charging station market is served by a variety of players. The type of companies offering back-office software platforms for charging stations include dedicated charging station management software providers, hardware providers as well as charge point operators (CPOs). The back-office platforms developed in-house by CPOs are in some cases also offered as white-label solutions to other CPOs. In North America, ChargePoint is a CPO with proprietary hardware and software solutions that additionally offers its solutions to other CPOs. The company is a clear leader in terms of charging points connected to its software platform in North America.
Additional companies having a notable number of connected charging stations on their platform in the region include Flo, SemaConnect, EV Connect, Blink Charging, Shell Recharge Solutions and Tesla. ChargePoint and Enel X further account for the majority of the connected home chargers in the region. Examples of specialized software vendors with a significant number of charging points connected to their platforms in Europe include Last Mile Solutions, Virta, AMPECO, Greenflux and Driivz. Some more hardware focused actors like Easee, Pod Point and Zaptec have many connected charging points but usually support a less comprehensive set of use cases with their software offering. Full-service providers like Shell Recharge Solutions and EVBox (Engie) have become significant actors in Europe and have notable numbers of charging points connected to their back-office platforms. A number of European CPOs have also developed proprietary software solutions with numerous charging points under management with examples including Vattenfall, Innogy and Allego.
“The integration of communications technology in EV charging stations can have a considerable impact on the energy costs related to an EV charging station”, said Caspar Jansson, IoT Analyst, Berg Insight.
Load balancing is a central component to reduce strain on local grids and enable site owners to keep their charging output within the capacity of their contracts and grid connection. Connectivity also enables electric vehicle drivers to locate chargers, monitor charging availability, book chargers and manage payments using smartphone apps.
Mr. Jansson continued:
“Connected charging points can be monitored closely and controlled so that they only use surplus energy or only charge when energy prices are low. The increasing adoption of EVs together with increasing energy costs will only strengthen the case for connected and smart charging solutions”
He adds that most of the connected charging points in Europe and North America are either in public or semi-public applications.
“The number of connected home charging stations is still relatively limited in both regions. The share of connected home charging points is expected to increase, along with the general trend of our homes becoming smarter and people’s efforts to reduce energy costs continue”, concluded Mr. Jansson.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Commodities giant Glencore is set to launch a roughly $10 billion public offering on Thursday, when it outlines plans for a May market debut that will make multi-millionaires of its partners and boost its deal-making capacity.
Sources close to the situation say the secretive Swiss-based firm -- the world's largest commodities trader -- is preparing to publish an Intention to Float, ending months of frenzied speculation as it details its plan to sell a stake of up to 20 percent in a dual London-Hong Kong listing.
Fueled by the lofty prices in many of the raw materials Glencore buys, mines, ships and sells, the float could be one of the biggest in London's history, propelling the firm into the FTSE 100 bluechip index and into the pension funds and investment portfolios of millions.
Glencore, valued earlier this year by an analyst at $60 billion, has consistently declined to comment on the timing of the float and its potential valuation.
A convertible bond issued in 2009 valued the company at about $35 billion, before conversion, but strong profits since then will have led to a significant increase.
At current market values, Glencore's listed stakes alone are worth around 31 billion pounds. These include just over 34 percent of Swiss miner Xstrata <XTA.L> and just under 9 percent of Russian aluminum giant RUSAL <0486.HK>.
Notoriously discreet, Glencore and its executives will be stepping into the limelight after four decades of closely guarded privacy with the bumper IPO.
But by scrapping its long-standing partnership structure in favor of life as a public company, Glencore will be able to reward its 500 or so partners and to fund more -- and larger -- acquisitions, including a possible merger with Xstrata.
Glencore, which owns extensive mining operations, oil fields, grain elevators and more ships than Britain's Royal Navy, has so far taken an opportunistic approach to deals, often snapping up lower "tier" assets than its diversified miner rivals, but at much keener prices.
The Swiss-based mining and trading firm is also expected to name a new non-executive chairman on Thursday -- a requirement for the listing. Three candidates were on the shortlist days before the document was published, including former French Foreign Legionnaire Simon Murray.
The new chairman will sit on an eight-strong board alongside Chief Executive Ivan Glasenberg.
Glencore is expected to sign up "cornerstone" shareholders to its IPO, but these may be made public only when it publishes its prospectus next month.
After months of volatility, investors remain jittery, but on the credit markets at least, they have shown signs of increased confidence.
Five-year credit default swaps on Glencore have continued to tighten, hitting their lowest levels since February 2010 earlier in the week and touching 153.7 basis points on Wednesday, Markit data showed. That price means it costs 153,700 euros a year to insure 10 million of debt against default.
Glencore has yet to officially mandate its advisors, but Citi <C.N>, Morgan Stanley <MS.N> and Credit Suisse <CSGN.VX> are likely to serve as joint global co-ordinators, with Bank of America Merrill Lynch and BNP Paribas as bookrunners.
Barclays Capital <BARC.L>, Societe Generale <SOGN.PA> and UBS <UBSN.VX> are likely to make up a third tier of banks advising, according to sources familiar with the matter.
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Tradition of hiking in the new year reaches all 50 U.S. states
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Two hikers head up a trailhead of Great Blue Hill, while one completes her hike from the summit, at the Blue Hills Reservation, Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022, in Milton, Mass. First Day Hikes, that started in Massachusetts in 1992, have become a nationwide phenomenon. Thousands of people are expected to take part in First Day Hikes at hundreds of state parks in all 50 states this New Year's Day. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
A simple plan to get more people enjoying the outdoors on New Year’s Day has become a nationwide movement after a hike at a Massachusetts park more than three decades ago.
Just 380 people participated in the initial First Day Hike in 1992 at the nearly 7,000-acre (2,830-hectare) Blue Hills Reservation just south of Boston. On Sunday, tens of thousands of people are expected to take part in First Day Hikes at hundreds of parks in all 50 states.
A vigorous walk is a great way to start the new year on the right foot — literally — and get outdoors, enjoy nature, spend time with family and friends and maybe start working on that New Year’s resolution to get in shape, park officials and participants said.
“It’s all about mind, body and soul,” said Rodney Franklin, director of parks for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
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The late Patrick Flynn, the former supervisor at Blue Hills, came up with the original plan.
“He wanted a way to bring people into the parks in the winter time because so many people think of parks as just a summertime place,” said Priscilla Geigis, deputy commissioner for conservation and resource stewardship at the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation.
Steve Olanoff, 77, took part in that inaugural event at Blue Hills back in 1992 and is now a volunteer who helps shepherd hikers along the park’s trails each year.
“Back then, there was nothing to do on New Year’s Day,” he said. “Everyone just sat home and watched television. When I heard there was an opportunity to go for a hike I said, ‘Well, I’ll try that.’ It’s really amazing that so many people are doing this now.”
Delaware’s state parks offer self-guided hikes to help residents step into the new year
Delaware hopes to help residents get a healthy start to 2023 as part of the national First Day Hikes event with its 17 self-guided hikes.
Over the years, more Massachusetts state parks joined in. Then, parks in other states came on board. In 2012, First Day Hikes went nationwide when the National Association of State Park Directors endorsed the idea.
“It just goes to show that one person can have an idea that can spread like that,” Geigis said.
Some states have added their own twists. At Ink Lake State Park in Burnet County, Texas, northwest of Austin, participants can go for a first day run, bike ride, or paddle in a canoe or kayak.
Snowshoes or cross country skis may be required at some Oregon locations, said Jason Resch, marketing manager for the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. Elijah Bristow State Park near Eugene is even offering a first day horseback ride.
“Just bring your own horse,” Resch said.
Some hikes are guided by park rangers or volunteers who teach about the history, geography, flora and fauna of a particular park. That in turn promotes stewardship, and a commitment to protect parks and open spaces, Geigis said. Refreshments are offered at many sites.
And people of all ability levels are welcome.
“We want to appeal to as many people as possible,” Franklin said. “So you’ll have some of our hikes that take place on paved, flat surfaces that are not very long, but if you want a brisk, longer hike, you can do that.”
Families with babies, seniors, and people with their dogs have participated in the First Day Hike at the Chester Blandford State Forest in Massachusetts, said Elizabeth Massa, president of the Western Mass Hilltown Hikers, who guides the 1.5-mile (2.4-kilometer) jaunt.
“If your New Year’s resolution is the get more exercise, lose weight, get healthier, then this is your opportunity,” she said.
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Smiths Group announced today it would sell its medical division for $2.7bn to California-based ICU Medical, after turning down a lower offer from US private equity firm TA Associates.
Smiths, an FTSE 100 group, will bank an additional $400M from the rival deal, which wil generate a further $50M in cash proceeds
Approximately 10 percent of the combined group’s shares will also go to Smiths Group shareholders, worth roughly $500M. Depending on future performance, the deal value could also rise by a further $100M.
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We are focused on concluding this superior transaction and on driving Smiths Group forward, delivering on our significant potential as a leading industrial technology group united by shared purpose, business
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“The combination of these two businesses makes sense for the medical device marketplace and fits well with ICU Medical’s existing business. By joining two complementary product portfolios to create a leading IV therapy company, we can help simplify customer workflows and add significant value and choice. Together, we will be a scaled global competitor and a US-based medical device company that increases the stability of the medical supply chain and can grow as clinical care models evolve.
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After Government u-turn on forest sell-off, CTC reveals behind-the-scenes lobbying to save cycling access in England's forests
CTC to keep fighting on forest access for cyclists
As leaked yesterday, Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman MP has today announced she will delete the clauses in the Public Bodies Bill that would have enabled the sale of one half of all Forestry Commission land. As a result, the Government will now abandon plans to facilitate the sale of this English Forestry Commission Estate. Instead it will set up a panel to advise on biodiversity and forest access.
CTC has welcomed the Government’s u-turn but warned that it’s not the end of the sell-off.
"Since there are still plans to sell 15 percent of England’s forestry, we will keep on with out campaign to defend forest access by bike," said a statement from the CTC.
The organisation also revealed it had been working behind the scenes to secure an acceptable outcome for cyclists, whatever the results of the Government’s consultation.
In the run up to today’s u-turn announcement, Colin Palmer, CTC’s off-road advisor, met MPs, Peers and other potential allies, while CTC’s Chief Executive was due to speak to Environment Minister Richard Benyon MP this week. Benyon cancelled their meeting the day before David Cameron announced the end of the consultation.
Despite the Government’s U-turn, it still intends to sell 40,000 hectares, equivalent to 15 percent of the Forestry Commission estate – although these sales will not be implemented until the criteria are reassessed. CTC will campaign to retain cycle access in these forests.
Reflecting on the campaign so far, Colin Palmer said: “CTC has said all along that we’d prefer to see England’s forests remain in public ownership and we are now very pleased that the Government now seems to be accepting this principle.
"However, we need to ensure that cycle access is not lost in the future. We hope that Ministers now understand the importance to cycling of the forestry estate, and will look for ways to meet the increasing demand from families and cyclists for traffic-free cycling opportunities in England’s forests.”
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Most Workers Who Were Fired This Year Lost Their Jobs for No Good Reason—Again
A National Employment Law Project report found that 69 percent of respondents told them they had been let go for “no reason or for an unfair reason.”
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A new report, published on Friday, finds that “more than two out of three workers who have been discharged received no reason or an unfair reason for the termination” this year.
In a survey of workers, the National Employment Law Project (NELP) found that 69 percent of respondents told them they had been let go for “no reason or for an unfair reason.” Only “one out of every three terminated employees received severance,” according to the report. Many workers told NELP they stayed at positions where they were faced with poor—or even illegal—working conditions and did not speak up for fear of losing their jobs.
The report highlights a long-held problem for workers: the lack of “just cause” employment protections. Just cause protections would prohibit employers from firing workers without an explanation, prior warning, or due process. The protections look to counter the standard “at-will” employment system in the United States which allows employers to terminate employees for little to no reason, creating a predatory power dynamic. This system means that in low-wage jobs with few employment protections—delivery app drivers, retail cashiers, pharmacy workers—there is little safeguard against unjust and often arbitrary firings.
These conditions are perhaps why 2022 was a big year for unionization. Unions won more elections than they have in 20 years, with employee rights and job security being the second and third reasons for labor organizing. But unions aren’t the only route to a just cause standard.
New York City councilmember Tiffany Caban has introduced a bill to provide just cause protections to all city employees, including private sector and non-union workers. She’s not alone: For the first time in decades, a mass worker-driven movement to replace at-will employment with just cause protections has erupted. Advocates are calling for legislation to be enacted on the local, state, and federal level to include key protections such as requiring employers to present documented reasons for firing; giving fair notice to workers about workplace problems and allowing time to improve; restricting electronic monitoring; guaranteeing severance pay; and ensuring forced arbitration requirements do not interfere with workers’ rights.
40 percent of currently employed workers—including more than half of Black workers—have a month or less of savings on average, according to the report, which, without guaranteed severance and other just cause protections, leaves them highly vulnerable.
Without a financial safety net, 35 percent of workers are pressured into “hazardous” or “unhealthy” working conditions, NELP says. One 59-year-old worker in Montgomery County, Maryland said that he complained to his management about working a 12-hour work day in “90-degree heat without [a] water break [and] just a half hour lunch break” and was subsequently fired.
As we head into our fourth year of the Covid-19 pandemic, and an additional winter “tridemic,” employers continue to force workers to choose between their health and their livelihoods. Findings show 66 percent of employees have worked while sick and forty-seven percent postponed necessary medical care in order to work.
There have been some wins in recent years. Fast food employees in New York and rideshare workers in Washington won just cause protections in the last two years–protecting them through a higher standard of termination. Meanwhile, the report finds plenty of work left to be done.
One 52-year-old survey respondent in Tippecanoe County, Indiana told researchers that his employers “fired [him] for being left-handed”—a legal reason under current at-will employment law.
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One hurt badly in freak Ccpur accident
LAMKA, Sep 9: One person was severely injured today near the state State Bank of India Ccpur branch office when the ring of a line bus him at the chin after the bus front right tyre suddenly deflated throwing away the ring swiftly.
The incident took place at about 12:20 and the bus was arriving at the town from Imphal and was negotiating a busy area of the bank. The registration number of the bus is identified to be MN05-0122 belonging to one Romen of Imphal. The injured person who was identified as that of Tuanzalal, 43, w/o Kimlunniang has been standing in the opposite of the bus over a drain. He is resident of Vengnuam New Lamka.
Soon after the incident bystanders rushed to him as he fainted and lie in a pool of blood. He was then brought to the district hospital. However no doctors were available during the time and for more than two hours there was no one to look after the victim.
Later the SPDO of the Churachandpur district who rushed to the hospital poured out his anger by shouting and scolding at the hospital authority. By the time this report was filed he still could not regain consciousness. Attendents said he will have to undergo operation.
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