Nashville, TN – Country Music Hall of Fame member Emmylou Harris, winner of 13 Grammys and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Recording Academy, will be featured in a new exhibition, Emmylou Harris: Songbird’s Flight, opening October 5 at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. The exhibit will run until August 4, 2019.
Emmylou Harris: Songbird’s Flight, will explore the musical and personal journeys of an artist who has, for nearly fifty years, captivated both her industry peers and her music fans. Johnny Cash called Harris his favorite female vocalist, and Bruce Springsteen hails her as a national treasure. Harris commands great respect in the worldwide music community, and the exhibit will tell her story and expand her legacy by sharing her compelling music with museum visitors, who number more than a million annually.
Harris released her first major-label album in 1975, and in the years since she has brought millions of listeners to country music. She had seven #1 country hits and 14 Top Ten country albums on the Billboard country charts, and in early 2018 the Recording Academy presented her with a Lifetime Achievement Award.
“Emmylou Harris has spent a lifetime teaching master classes in integrity, musicality, individuality, and harmony, by example rather than by admonition. She seeks, finds and inspires the best in others, whether in melody and rhyme or in kindness and generosity,” said museum CEO Kyle Young. “We are privileged to pay homage to the career and contributions of one of country music’s most important and visionary artists.”
“From my first album, in 1975, the country music world has embraced me with open arms,” Harris said. “This exhibit at the Hall of Fame makes me realize once more how grateful and honored I am to be part of such a remarkable musical family.”
A champion of worthy songwriters and musicians, Harris gave early career boosts to Rodney Crowell, Buddy Miller, Ricky Skaggs, Gillian Welch, and many others. Countless country singers cite Harris as an influence, including Suzy Bogguss, Mary Chapin Carpenter, the Dixie Chicks, Patty Loveless and Trisha Yearwood. Harris’ influence extends beyond country music. Acclaimed artists such as Patty Griffin, Lucinda Williams and many others reference her as an artistic guidepost.
Emmylou Harris: Songbird’s Flight includes many unique items such as Harris’ first guitar, a Kay 1160 Deco Note, built c. 1965, and a jacket designed by Manuel Cuevas that Harris wore on the cover of the album Trio and in performance with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt.
Additional highlights include:
- Military decorations awarded to Harris’ Marine fighter pilot father, Walter “Bucky” Harris, for service in World War II and the Korean War, including the Legion of Merit
- Two-page handwritten letter from eighteen-year-old Emmylou Harris to the editor of Sing Out!, a quarterly journal of folk music
- Gibson J-200N acoustic guitar with blonde finish. Given to Harris by Gram Parsons, it became her main guitar for performing and recording.
- Tunic with fringe and embroidery; blue jeans; and thigh-high, oxblood leather boots, worn by Harris on the cover of her 1975 album Elite Hotel
- Handwritten lyrics by Paul Kennerley to “Diamond in My Crown” and “White Line.” Both songs were co-written by Harris and Kennerley and were included on her 1985 album, The Ballad of Sally Rose.
- Manuel jacket with rose embroidery, rhinestones, and arrowhead smile pockets, worn by Harris on the cover of the album Trio, and in performance with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt.
Harris will participate in a special program in the museum’s CMA Theater on Saturday, November 3, 2018.
- Saturday, November 3, 2018
- Interview: Emmylou Harris 2:00 p.m.–3:15 p.m.
Harris will discuss her upbringing as the child of a prisoner of war, her discovery of country music’s depth and breadth, her work with Americana forerunner Gram Parsons and her remarkable catalog of recordings. CMA Theater. Included with museum admission. Free to museum members. Program will be streamed live at countrymusichalloffame.org/streaming.
The public program is included with museum admission and is free to museum members. Limited seating is available, and a program pass is required. For more information on how to reserve a program pass visit www.countrymusichalloffame.org.
Emmylou Harris: Songbird’s Flight joins a year packed with dynamic exhibitions, including American Currents: The Music of 2017; Outlaws & Armadillos: Country’s Roaring ’70s; Little Big Town: The Power of Four; Ralph Stanley: Voice from on High; and The Judds: Dream Catchers.


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A new Fox News poll finds Donald Trump leading the GOP presidential field nationally with 60%, followed by Ron DeSantis at 13%, Vivek Ramaswamy at 11%, Nikki Haley at 5%, Mike Pence at 3%, Tim Scott at 3% and Chris Christie at 2%.
CNN: “In more than 40 interviews… in Iowa, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Alabama, South Dakota and Texas, Trump supporters said the 91 criminal charges in four separate cases against him have only deepened their support of the former president.”
“They repeated Trump’s unfounded claims that he was the subject of a politically motivated ‘witch hunt’ and said they believed the charges showed the system was rigged against him – and, by extension, them.”
Semafor: “Virginia’s Nov. 7 elections, known colloquially as the commonwealth’s ‘off-off-off year’ races, will determine whether Youngkin has a majority that can pass conservative bills. His Spirit of Virginia PAC has raised more than $16 million to make that happen; he’s recruited and campaigned with candidates to demolish what Democrats call the ‘blue wall,’ a four-seat Senate majority that’s stymied him.”
“Republicans are running on what worked in 2021, much of it under the ‘parental rights’ umbrella, when the Loudoun controversy and a cash-flush campaign delivered the biggest GOP victory of the Biden era.”
“But Democrats say that the Dobbs decision changed everything. In 2022, they defended two of the three House seats that Youngkin’s GOP was targeting thanks to their resilience in the suburbs; in January, they flipped a state senate seat in Virginia Beach after warning that Youngkin could pass a 15-week abortion limit if the ‘blue wall’ fell. Zooming out to the national landscape, Republicans have not been able to replicate Youngkin’s formula in battleground races in the midterms or subsequent elections either.”
Donald Trump on Friday continued his attack on GOP lawmakers’ messaging on abortion, claiming they don’t know how to “explain it properly,” The Hill reports.
Said Trump: “A lot of politicians who are pro-life do not know how to discuss this topic. And they lose their election. We had a lot of election losses because of this because they didn’t know how to discuss it.”
Donald Trump declined to stake out a clear position on the future of abortion rights, but he repeatedly expressed interest in serving as a mediator between “both sides” of the issue to reach an agreement, NBC News reports.
Said Trump: “I think they’re all going to like me. I think both sides are going to like me.”
Associated Press: “Despite skipping the event and many of the gatherings that attract most of the candidates, Trump has maintained his popularity with evangelical Christians and social conservatives in Iowa and elsewhere. They were delighted to see his three picks for the U.S. Supreme Court vote to overturn the Roe v. Wade decision last year and erase a federally guaranteed right to abortion.”
MONTANA U.S. SENATOR. Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-MT) is planning a rematch against Democratic Sen. Jon Tester, “and while he hasn’t officially announced his campaign, he sure looks like he’s fundraising for a Senate bid,” The Messenger reports.
PENNSYLVANIA U.S. SENATOR. David McCormick (R) “is expected to announce his second bid for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, taking on Democratic Sen. Bob Casey after narrowly losing an expensive and bruising GOP primary last year to a Donald Trump-endorsed rival,” the AP reports.
“McCormick, 58, has strong support from the party establishment. With his deep pockets as a former hedge fund CEO, Republicans believe he will mount a strong challenge to the three-term Casey in a state that is critical to control of the White House and the Senate.”
CALIFORNIA U.S. SENATOR. “Two top California strategists have cut ties with the super PAC supporting Barbara Lee’s U.S. Senate bid after she went scorched earth on Gavin Newsom,” Politico reports. “Brian Brokaw and Dan Newman — political advisers to the governor — broke from Lee’s PAC, She Speaks for Me, and are siding with Newsom after he was castigated by Lee.”
MONTANA GOVERNR. Democrat Ryan Busse, whom the AP describes as a “[f]ormer firearms executive turned gun industry critic,” has announced a campaign against Republican Gov. Greg Gianfore next year. Busse is the first Democrat in the race, which will be a difficult one given Montana’s conservative lean. While Democrats won four straight races for governor from 2004 to 2016, Gianforte prevailed in the race to succeed term-limited Gov. Steve Bullock in 2020 by a 54-42 margin.
IOWA 3RD DISTRICT. Democrats have thus far struggled to land a strong challenger against freshman GOP Rep. Zach Nunn after he ousted Democratic Rep. Cindy Axne last year by just 50.3-49.6 in a district that Donald Trump won only 49.3-48.9, and the Des Moines Register reports that there’s no obvious candidate on the horizon yet. Unnamed insiders have mentioned U.S. Department of Agriculture official Theresa Greenfield, who was the Democratic nominee for Senate in 2020, but Greenfield has not said anything publicly about her interest.
Two Democratic legislators whom those insiders also mentioned to the Register both indicated they would likely stay out of the race: State House Minority Leader Jennifer Konfrst told the paper she was “committed to staying in the House and being the first Democratic woman speaker,” while state Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott said she was also intent on remaining involved in “state-level politics.”
Axne herself has not commented on a possible comeback campaign next year, but after Biden appointed her to a USDA position following her defeat, few election observers have indicated that they think she would step down to run again. Inside Elections reported in June that unnamed Democrats were trying to recruit Dave Price, who recently retired as political director for the station WHO 13, but we’ve heard no new developments since then.
KENTUCKY GOVERNOR. New financial reports show Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear crushing Republican Daniel Cameron in fundraising, with the incumbent raising $15 million to date compared with just $2.8 million for his challenger.
As the Louisville Courier Journal’s Joe Sonka explains, Beshear has brought in $5.8 million since the mid-May primary, on top of $6.2 million he raised before the primary—money he didn’t have to spend since his race, unlike Cameron’s, was uncompetitive. On top of that, the state Democratic Party recently shipped $3 million directly to Beshear’s campaign.
That huge haul has allowed him to massively outspend his rival: The Lexington Herald Leader says that Beshear has already shelled out $10.8 million, compared to just $1.4 million for Cameron. Yet despite that spending gap, Beshear still has a $4.2 million war chest, while Cameron has just $1.4 million on hand.
Beshear has made the most of his financial advantage, and his allies have been piling in, too. According to the Herald Leader’s Austin Horn, figures from the GOP firm Medium Buying show that the Democratic side has spent $21.3 million on the airwaves versus $12.3 million for Republicans, but the advertising gap is actually far bigger.
As longtime Digest readers know, candidates are entitled to lower ad rates than third-party outfits. As a consequence, because $7.6 million of the Democratic total is from the Beshear campaign itself, that money has gone much further in terms of purchasing actual TV and radio spots.
Outside groups are also vulnerable in another way we’ve frequently mentioned. Because stations are obligated to run ads from candidates regardless of their contents, they’re also immune from liability in any lawsuit alleging defamation. But that’s not the case with third-party ads: Stations are able to either accept or reject them, meaning that they can be sued over falsehoods.
And that’s precisely what Beshear is warning in a new letter to stations in Louisville and Lexington regarding an ad from a pro-Cameron group called the School Freedom Fund that’s affiliated with the hard-right Club for Growth. The spot focuses on a man named James Hamlin who was convicted of sexually abusing a child. A narrator claims that Beshear “turned him loose, released back into the community within a year,” except that Hamlin was never released. (Hamlin’s sentence for intimidating a witness in a separate case was commuted, but he’s been behind bars continuously since early 2020.)
Attorneys for Beshear have demanded the ad be taken down, saying its “entire premise is based on a falsehood.” The Herald Leader’s Tessa Duval reports that the PAC at some point released an altered version of the spot claiming Beshear “signed an order intended to release Hamlin from jail,” but Beshear’s team says the ad is still untrue. It’s not clear yet whether any stations have in fact removed the ad from the airwaves.
NEVADA REFERENDUM. A coalition of reproductive rights organizations in Nevada, including Planned Parenthood, the ACLU, and NARAL, announced on Thursday that it would collect signatures to place an amendment on next year’s ballot that would enshrine abortion rights into the state constitution. Voters would have to approve it both in 2024 and again in 2026 before it could become law.
Nevadans have voted in support of abortion rights at the ballot box once before, back in 1990. As the Nevada Independent’s Noel Sims explained in a recent piece, abortion became legal in the state after Roe v. Wade, and the legislature soon passed a law codifying those rights. But a 1989 Supreme Court decision that allowed states to ban the use of public funds to pay for abortions, as well as clinic blockades by the anti-abortion group Operation Rescue, prompted reproductive rights activists to take a more aggressive approach to protecting abortion rights.
The vehicle they used was a type of referendum unique to Nevada that had only ever succeeded once before, decades earlier. In other states that permit citizen-initiated referenda, such votes always seek to repeal a law. In Nevada, by contrast, it’s possible to put forth a “statute affirmation” referendum, which, if successful, prohibits an existing law from being amended or repealed by lawmakers. Only a further statewide vote can ever change it.
Sims described the effort as a “high-stakes gambit.” “Win, and the state’s abortion law couldn’t be changed by state lawmakers, only by another vote of the people,” she wrote. “Lose, and the law would be repealed — opening the door to legislative restrictions on abortion.” The gamble, however, paid off: Appealing to the state’s libertarian streak, organizers pulled off a dominant 63-37 victory, ensuring abortion would remain protected.
Now activists want to go one step further by amending the state’s governing document with broadly worded language prohibiting government interference in “all matters relating to pregnancy,” including abortion, birth control, and infertility care. The campaign could also potentially boost turnout in ways helpful to Democrats, who will be running in competitive races at all levels of the ballot next year.
UTAH U.S. SENATOR. Following Republican Sen. Mitt Romney’s announcement Wednesday that he won’t seek a second term next year, the GOP field to replace him in this solidly red state has begun to shape up. Riverton Mayor Trent Staggs had already been running against Romney since May, but he may have some company soon.
State House Speaker Brad Wilson had previously filed paperwork for an “exploratory committee” while he considered the race, and he released a statement Wednesday that strongly hinted at a formal announcement soon, saying to “[s]tay tuned.” The Messenger also noted that Wilson had already raised over $1 million and loaned his campaign an additional $1.2 million by the end of June, and he’s already secured endorsements from roughly three-fourths of GOP legislators.
Two of Utah’s four House members and one former member all refused to rule out running. In the 3rd District, Rep. John Curtis shared on social media, “It’s encouraging to hear from friends urging me to run for Senate … Be it in the House or Senate, there’s much to accomplish & I look forward to getting things done.” 1st District Rep. Blake Moore, however, appeared less eager to run and said, “It’s all still early. So we’ll see … I’m not ruling anything out, and I’m not planning anything.” Likewise, former Rep. Jason Chaffetz, who preceded Curtis in the 3rd, told National Journal’s Hotline, “I’m keeping the door open, but it’s not something I’m actively pursuing.”
Hotline also mentioned two other candidates who could run but don’t appear to have said anything yet, conservative activist Carolyn Phippen and former state Rep. Becky Edwards, relaying that state GOP chair Robert Axson said Phippen was “closer to running than just considering.” For her part, Edwards is a Trump skeptic who endorsed Joe Biden in 2020 (though she has since expressed “regret”). Earlier this month, Edwards lost the special election primary for the 2nd Congressional District by 39-33 against fellow Republican Celeste Maloy, and last year she ran as a more moderate primary challenger against far-right Sen. Mike Lee, losing that contest 62-30.
One Republican who won’t be running, though, is state Attorney General Sean Reyes, who previously hadn’t ruled out a bid. Reyes declared he would seek reelection and instead back an unnamed candidate who he said “will be making an announcement in the days to come.”
PENNSYLVANIA 10TH DISTRICT. The Philadelphia Inquirer has reported that longtime local TV news anchor Janelle Stelson will be stepping down this week after 26 years working for NBC affiliate WGAL in Lancaster after obtaining an email from the station’s news director announcing that Stelson “has decided to step away from news and pursue other interests.” The Inquirer had recently relayed that Stelson was considering running as a Democrat against GOP Rep. Scott Perry, which she refused to rule out when the paper asked, though she has yet to comment on their latest report. WGAL’s broadcast region covers the entire 10th District, which could give Stelson an early edge in name recognition if she runs.
WEST VIRGINIA U.S. SENATOR. The Washington Post reports that if Sen. Joe Manchin decides to run for reelection, he would apparently do so as an independent, according to two unnamed sources privy to a “series of private meetings” Manchin held in the Hamptons during the recent holiday weekend. Those sources say “it seemed clear to those [Manchin] met with that he is likely to leave the Democratic Party if he chooses to stay in politics.” Manchin is also reportedly considering a presidential bid under the No Labels banner or simply retiring from politics altogether.
Manchin keeps veering back and forth about his timetable for making up his mind: The New York Times reported last week that he’d decide “by the end of the year,” but he told CNN in July that he’d settle on his plans “in the fall sometime,” just days after telling NBC he’d wait until “next year” to make a decision on a run for president. West Virginia’s candidate filing deadline is January 27.

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Harry Potter has infected the worldwide language of pop culture in a way that few franchises achieve. Everyone knows what kind of pet they would bring, what kind of wand they would have, and what their favorite Hogwarts subject would be without any of it being real. It is unlike any other film series in this way.
Perhaps the biggest indicator of Harry Potter fandom, though, is knowing which Hogwarts House you fall into. Once more, these houses can be applied to other fictional characters too, similar to a pseudo personality test. Looking specifically at the world of Disney, here are ten villains sorted into their Hogwarts House.
10 Captain Hook - Hufflepuff
Strangely enough, not every villain fits squarely into the Slytherin category. Certainly, they all commit despicable acts, but just like in Harry Potter, not everything is as clear-cut as it seems. Peter Pettigrew, for example, is one of the evilest characters in the entire series but was originally a Gryffindor. This being the case, many of the villains ended up falling into many other houses outside Slytherin.
Captain Hook is an interesting figure because most of his evil is fairly justified. The only reason he is enemies with Peter Pan is that Peter literally sliced his hand off. Once again, this child amputated a man's limb. Hook shows often that he's really a normal guy who is on his wit's end (and even shows a soft side at times). He embodies the persona fully of a fallen Hufflepuff.
9 Cruella de Vil - Slytherin
Though a few villains never landed anywhere near Slytherin, there's no denying that most did. Half the time, Disney mixes their characterizations up, giving audiences surprising new villains. Other times, though, especially in their older films, the villains are fairly cookie-cutter baddies with evil ambitions.
Cruella de Vil is one such villain. Her entire character embodies a lack of empathy for other living things, and she is only about self-preservation and luxury. Unlike most decent human beings who would never consider skinning puppies, Cruella doesn't give it a second thought. She will do anything to get what she wants.
8 Gaston - Gryffindor
Gaston is one of the most iconic and unique Disney villains. Unlike many of them, he is not a quintessential evil mastermind. He's a big dumb jock full of misplaced and toxic confidence. It's this reason alone that makes him so scary. Everyone knows a Gaston.
In regards to his house placement, Gaston would most likely fall straight into Gryffindor. Although most of our heroes fall into this house, many stuck-up, overly cocky characters do as well. Cormac McLaggen instantly comes to mind. Gaston's boisterous energy and loud personality would make him the embarrassment of the whole Gryffindor House.
7 Hades - Ravenclaw
Hades as a character easily could have fit into the Slytherin archetype. He's cunning, ambitious, and incredibly hungry for power. Hades holds a snooty air of self-importance, though that feels like a Ravenclaw gone bad. So many of his remarks and his overall demeanor comes across as someone who feels like his brilliance is going unnoticed.
Not to mention, the incompetence and stupidity of his minions, Pain and Panic, drive him up a wall. Hades in many ways, then, does fulfill the many defining characteristics of a Ravenclaw. Although he is evil, he really is often the smartest one in the room. Not to mention, Hades is witty beyond belief, and it extends beyond any other villain in all of Disney.
6 Mother Gothel - Hufflepuff
Mother Gothel was an incredibly disturbing villain. Her motivations were simple and not evil. All she craved was self-preservation, but not for ambitious purposes. That being said, the means in which she achieved these goals are the disturbing aspect. Kidnapping, neglect, and overall emotional abuse are just a few of her crimes.
Her ability to understand human emotions, and not to mention her problematic but honest compassion towards Rapunzel, indicates that she would most likely be sorted into Hufflepuff. This does not validate her actions whatsoever but reveals how she was able to pull them off. Gothel is an incredibly empathetic individual, and sadly, she uses those instincts for malevolent purposes.
5 Scar - Slytherin
Scar is embodied by his jealousy and harmful ambition. The entire time he is on screen, his only goal is to gain more power at any cost (even if it means murdering his brother and banishing his nephew). Because of this, Scar is clearly a Slytherin.
There are other elements to Scar's personality that could allow him to slip into other roles too, though. If puns are your thing, he could fit right into Gryffindor (but this is Harry Potter and Disney we're talking about here, so it needs to be taken seriously). On the other hand, Scar holds similar traits to Ravenclaw as well. He is full of wit and misplaced arrogance in his capability as a leader. His ambition, though, is clearly what defines him most, making him a clear-cut member of Slytherin house.
4 Jafar - Slytherin
Jafar is a madman—there is no doubt about it. That being said, he is cunning and precise in his search for power. Like many of these villains, he is defined mostly by his ambition. Jafar has a whole other dynamic with his ambition, though, and that is his pure entitlement.
Similar to Scar who believes he is the rightful ruler, Jafar believes he is entitled to more wealth, power, and not to mention women (that scene between him and Jasmine is disturbing upon rewatch). Jafar is the absolute worst because of this. Like the pureblood politics of the wizarding world, Jafar's beliefs are steeped in abusive entitlement. It also doesn't help that he turns into a snake.
3 Maleficent - Ravenclaw
One of the most fan-favorite villains in the bunch, Maleficent is an icon of Disney animation. Everything about her, from her excellent costume and character design to the perfect voice performance from the late Eleanor Audley, exudes a sophisticated evil. She has no peers in the canon of Disney villains.
Her personality, though, shines through even more than her appearance and voice. Maleficent is regal and sophisticated but also has a terrifying short fuse. Although she turns into a scaly winged serpent, Maleficent falls far more under the Ravenclaw banner than the Slytherin one. She is frustrated by incompetent followers just like Hades and has no patience for short-minded fools.
2 Yzma - Ravenclaw
Yzma, played perfectly by the late, great Eartha Kitt, is obviously a Ravenclaw. All of her motivations are certainly steeped in the ambition of gaining power, but her reasonings are less selfish. Yzma knows that Kuzco is not the smartest tool in the shed and that she has better reasoning and knowledge to be empress. Sadly, it is her lacking empathy that impacts her ability to be a great leader.
It is fascinating how many of these villains fall into one of two categories: Slytherin or Ravenclaw. Perhaps it is because so many villains are seen as villains because their exposure to the harsh realities of life led to an interpretation of evil or even nihilism. No matter what, it is an interesting aspect of these characters.
1 Ursula - Slytherin
Once again, many of the villains are purely defined by their ambition and lust for power. Ursula is no different. So much of her desires in The Little Mermaid surround revenge against Triton and then a regaining of authority under the sea. She is calculated and mischevious in her methods, which also points to her innate tendency to be seen as a Slytherin.
It is a shame that so many of the past villains are so similar in characterization. Obviously, it is easy to point to these traits as the most discernable personification of evil, but it is proven with characters such as Mother Gothel that evil comes in many forms. Perhaps as Disney moves forward, their villains will adopt more well-rounded characterizations.

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The vast, internationally famous Cleveland Clinic system takes an important part of the Building Internet of Things — connectivity — to extremes, and happily so. It has 25 million square feet of buildings, including regional hospitals and family health centers, throughout the United States, and also reaches out to Canada and Abu Dhabi. And its integrated building management system allows the clinic to connect to nearly all of those buildings over the Intranet and monitor comfort levels and systems, including HVAC, elevators, and pneumatic tube systems, which are used for transporting specimens and drugs.
All of that information flows into a central command center on the main campus in Cleveland that features 22 television screens. A software system lets the clinic bring all of the different legacy and proprietary controls into one platform.
“Basically, we could control everything if we wanted from Cleveland,” says George Thomas, a lead HVAC technician. “We do like our facilities to control their own buildings, but we’re able to do analytics and diagnostics ourselves here and kind of reach out as their partner and show them things that we see wrong.” The system also allows convenient alarm monitoring of facilities on nights and weekends and quick response, adds Larry Rubin, senior director, facilities management.
The main hub of all the connectivity is the HVAC controls, as well as lighting controls and elevators. “As far as what we’re doing with the information, we’re presenting dashboards, whether it’s at the executive level or the mechanical view level, to whichever audience needs to see this information,” Thomas says. The analytics software “allows us to analyze buildings at just the click of a mouse and send reports to the appropriate people, so it’s pretty intense.”
The clinic’s system has so many sensors — checking everything from humidity and motor amperage to discharge and return air temperatures — that they cover more than 500,000 data points, Thomas says. “We’re able to watch energy use live.”
And because of the critical nature of health facilities, Rubin says, it is important to see the entire electrical system. “We’re able to trace electricity from the utility power system all the way into the buildings to the panels, so if there’s an outage we can trace it pretty fast,” he says.
“Our goal,” he adds, “is to save energy, and this system has really done a phenomenal job of that because now we can read it and become more proactive.”
The challenges of running such a sophisticated system are many, Thomas says. Among them: “trying to integrate older legacy controls or proprietary controls that are in an open system and bringing them to one platform; improper installation of building controls that we have to fight; people understanding how the IT world works, how it talks, and how it does integrate into our building; and making sure that we’re naming things correctly and not bottlenecking our information going across our network.“
Rubin’s goal is to have all the software systems talk to each other, so that if an air handler, for example, sends out an alarm, it automatically generates an electronic work order. The technician getting the work order through a mobile phone or tablet sees that 12 filters are needed. When the technician removes those filters from the stockroom, the inventory system would determine whether more filters are needed, and if so notify the purchasing system to order more. That way, Rubin says, “everything is paperless.”
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Mold in Air Ducts means Mold in Your Air
Mold likes to grow in moist places. Your home’s HVAC system creates moisture as it distributes comfortable air throughout your home. If you have a humidifier, you are adding to the mold candy. Your HVAC system could be a place for mold and other viruses to hide. Your air ducts are one of the first places mold grows.
If you are home, self-quarantining, or just social distancing, you might want to get your air ducts and HVAC system checked in order to ensure you are not escalating problems. In fact, you might want to get these checked regardless of whether you are stuck at home or not. The EPA suggests the following: “Do not run the HVAC system if you know or suspect that it is contaminated with mold – it could spread mold throughout the building”.
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Gold Resource Corp (NYSEAMERICAN:GORO) declared a monthly dividend on Wednesday, March 28th, Wall Street Journal reports. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, April 11th will be paid a dividend of 0.0017 per share by the basic materials company on Monday, April 23rd. This represents a $0.02 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.46%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, April 10th.
Shares of NYSEAMERICAN:GORO opened at $4.40 on Monday. Gold Resource has a 12 month low of $3.08 and a 12 month high of $5.05.
Separately, TheStreet upgraded shares of Gold Resource from a “c+” rating to a “b-” rating in a research report on Tuesday, April 3rd.
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Some experts believe Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC) could overturn the globally established financial model. Digital currencies have the potential to erode the U.S. Dollar’s dominance of cross-border trade and lower transactions costs significantly.
The U.S dollar has remained the preferred vehicle for cross-border transactions and international trade. This has been the case for the last over 50 years, following the 13-15th August “weekend that modified the world.” U.S president Richard Nixon suspended the dollar’s convertibility to gold and changed the existing financial system at the time. The global adoption of the dollar gave the U.S economy an exorbitant privilege. Anything that threatens the status quo will hurt the American economy.
Doom to the Green Buck’s Dominance
Earlier in March, economist Lawrence Summers speculated the Covid-19 relief payments would quickly lead to inflation. In May, Stanley Druckenmiller, a renowned foreign exchange trader, warned of approaching inflation that could threaten the U.S. dollar’s dominance. The U.S. Dollar’s share of world reserves dropped to a 25-year low in May. The figure has fallen from 71% in 199 to under 60%.
Apart from the Eurozone, competition is coming from countries like China. Beijing is working hard to make its currency more appealing, including a 10-year project toward creating a CBDC. The decision by El Salvador to make Bitcoin legal tender could be an early signal that digital currencies could soon spell doom to the green buck’s dominance.
What is a CBDC?
A Central Bank Digital Currency refers to a central bank’s digital version of a country’s regular currency. Central banks stop printing money and issue electronic accounts and coins that the government fully backs. The difference between a CBDC and cryptocurrencies is that, unlike crypto, CBDC’s are centralized.
According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), there are good reasons to consider CBDCs. These include promoting financial inclusion, lowering transaction costs, creating transparency, and making monetary flow fast and seamless. In a world that is all going digital, national currencies would be easier to handle if all one needed was a digital wallet.
The Challenges of Implementing CBDCs
Suppose country A issues a CBDC that citizens can hold in a digital wallet and use for daily transactions. An importer from country B can be paid in the digital version of country A’s fiat currency for their merchandise to download the digital wallet. However, the game-changer would be when CBDCs eventually become interoperable. At the moment, the conditions that would make that happen are not yet in place since different central banks would need to agree on the requisite digital architecture.
The Future is Crypto
According to a Deutsche Bank report, there are chances that cryptocurrency could replace fiat currency by 2030. The bank believes that the systems that hold fiat currency in place are fragile and could easily crumble in the future. The report reads in part:
“The forces that hold the fiat money system together look fragile, particularly decades of low labor costs. Over the next decade, some of these forces could begin to unravel, and demand for alternative currencies, from gold to crypto, could take off […] until now, cryptocurrencies have been additions, rather than substitutes, to the global inventory of money. Over the next decade, this may change. Overcoming regulatory hurdles will broaden their appeal and raise the potential to replace cash eventually.”

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- Blade cascades
- Aircraft engine inlets
The Computational Aeroacoustics (CAA) is a numerical approach to calculate sound generation and propagation in various applications. At the TFD this practice is used for the prediction of sound transmission and flow-induced sound sources in turbomachinery. Based on these findings, noise-reducing measures can be developed and optimized.
An acoustic domain is simulated using a hybrid approach. Firstly, a steady or unsteady CFD simulation is carried out to determine the flow field of the acoustic domain. The CFD solution contains both the convective transport information and the turbulence information, from which the acoustic sources are then modeled. The input for the CAA simulation of the acoustic field is provided by the CFD flow field solution. The pure sound transport can then be calculated with a different system of equations, e.g. the linearized Euler equations (LEE) or the acoustic perturbation equations (APE).
The main difference between CAA and CFD are the different length scales. The hydrodynamic perturbations, calculated with CFD methods, move at the same velocity as the flow. In contrast, the acoustic perturbations move at the same velocity as the sound.
The software PIANO (Perturbation Investigation of Aerodynamic Noise, DLR) is a finite-difference procedure that calculates the sound generation and transmission in an inhomogeneous flow. The simulations are performed in the time domain and both tonal noise and broadband noise can be calculated. At the TFD, PIANO is used to calculate the sound transport in blade cascades and compressor inlets.
COMSOL is a finite-element-method (FEM) that is appropriate for simple applications in time or frequency domains.
The finite-volume method linearTRACE (Turbomachinery Research Aerodynamic Computational Environment, DLR) is designed for frequency domain problems in turbomachinery applications.


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Ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease are on the rise. Some markers can prevent diagnosis, even by years. The role of nutrition and lifestyles and innovative therapies
There are those who confuse them with irritable bowel syndrome, but they chronic inflammatory bowel disease, or IBDare much more serious and can significantly compromise the quality of life of those affected, with symptoms such as diarrhea that does not go away, persistent pain, intestinal bleeding, loss of appetite and weight.
In Italy the number of sick people could double
They are a problem that even those directly involved talk little about, also due to the inconvenience they cause and the shame that many feel when having to face them, and yet ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease are continually increasing: the latest data speak of five million patients in the world, with an increase in the number of cases of 50 percent in the last 30 years.
In Italy there are at least 250 thousand sick peoplebut it is estimated that by 2030 the spread could double up reaching 1 percent of the population: a trend that is occurring in all Western countries and which is hypothesized to depend largely on environmental factors such as changes in diet and greater consumption of industrial foods
. Furthermore, no one can say they are safe, because although these are diseases with a peak onset between 20 and 30 years of age, in recent times this too is changing and there are more and more cases even among children (which account for approximately 1 in 4 diagnoses) or with a late onset, in middle age or even later.
There is good news: there are more and more possibilities for therapy and today we can also aim to heal the mucous membranes, that is, to bring the hyper-inflamed tissue of the intestine back to normal. And it is increasingly clear that nutrition can be fundamental for the management of these diseases and also for preventing them. Ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease are different, but they both set the intestine on fire: the precise causes are not well known, but it seems that alongside one genetic predisposition various environmental factors play a role, including diet, smoking, stress, use of certain drugs. The most accredited hypothesis is that these elements contribute to causing a malfunction of the immune systemwith the initiation of an abnormal response that leads to chronic inflammation responsible for the alteration of the intestine and therefore the symptoms of IBD.
A few weeks ago it was discovered that some anomalies could be detected several years before the appearance of the clinical signs of the two diseases, allowing the diagnosis to be significantly anticipated: a study by Francis Crick Institute of London on 20 thousand patients and around 4.6 million healthy people has shown that in the blood of those who get sick some mineral salts and markers of inflammationincluding calprotectin, they change up to eight years earlier before the onset of Crohn’s disease symptoms and up to three years earlier in the case of ulcerative colitis. The authors hope that this is the first step to understand whether it is possible to identify people at risk to slow down the inflammatory process, with lifestyle changes or other methods: for the moment no one knows whether quitting smoking or changing diet can modify the fate of patients, but it is certain that early diagnosis is fundamental, because it can limit the impact of IBD on people’s lives not only from a physical point of view, but also emotionally and economically, says Massimo Fantini, director of the Complex Gastroenterology Structure of the University Hospital of Cagliari. Many diagnoses, however, arrive after going to the emergency room with acute symptoms, which frighten patients and family members. It still sometimes happens that from the appearance of the first symptoms one ends up waiting up to five years to give a name to one’s illness, but in most cases the diagnostic delay is less than six months; why it is so essential to know how to recognize the alarm bells which they should take to the gastroenterologist in order to intervene promptly, control inflammation and reduce the impact on quality of life.
A sword of Damocles
Both IBDs are in fact characterized by periods of remission and relapses due to the flare-up of inflammation, in which symptoms such as the urge to go to the bathroom, diarrhea or pain come on suddenly and unpredictably. Patients live with a sword of Damocles over their heads, worrying about when they will have the next recurrence and often changing their work and habits to manage possible emergencies: 2 out of 3, for example, admit to checking where the bathrooms are when they have to attend an event . As underlined by Salvo Leone, general director of AMICI ETS National Association for Chronic Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, we must focus on timely diagnoses and increasingly appropriate and personalized treatment paths, which take into account the chronic condition, guaranteeing support, including psychological support, to patients “invisible” people who have the right to the best possible quality of life. Because it is not a utopia, on the contrary: as Alessandro Armuzzi, head of the MICI Unit of theIRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital of Milan, in the last 10 years there has been a revolution in the management of these diseases and today, thanks to scientific research, the objectives are the clinical remissionthe “healing” of the intestinal mucosa and the absence of disabilities, to improve the quality of life without having to resort to surgery (which may become necessary if the inflammation attacks sections of the intestine in a profound manner and cannot be managed in any other way , ed).
Achieving this with the therapies available today, which include steroids, immunosuppressants but also and above all immunomodulating biological drugs, is possible but still does not happen always and everywhere, on the contrary: the IBD-Podcast study, presented in recent days and conducted in 103 centers in 10 countries , showed that in Italy 54 percent of patients with Crohn’s disease and 49 percent of those with ulcerative colitis are not optimally controlled. The failure to control in the case of ulcerative colitis it sometimes depends on excessive use of corticosteroids, in Crohn’s disease on active perianal disease; in both cases, those who do not heal the mucosa often have manifestations of the disease outside the intestine (such as inflammation of the joints, skin or eyes). In practice all this translates into an uphill life, in which one is more often tired and tired or struggling with intestinal urgency; those who have no control over their illness admit to having negative repercussions on their emotional well-being and relationships, while working life for many becomes difficult, with an increase in sick days and a loss of productivity reported by around one in four patients.
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Clackett History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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The name Clackett has a long Anglo-Saxon heritage. The name comes from when a family lived in the village of Clegett or Clegett Hall, in the parish of Rochdale, Kent. The surname is derived from the Old Norse word which means a haystack-shaped hill. The surname also has an occupational origin, which means that it is derived form the trade or profession of the original bearer. The name was also given to those who worked as bellringers.
Cleygate, a manor, in the parish of ThamesDitton, Second division of the hundred of Kingston, union of Kingston, in the East division of Surrey may be a point of origin for the family.  "It was given to the convent of Westminster by Tosti, probably the son of Earl Godwin, and the grant was confirmed by Edward the Confessor. The Domesday Survey records that "Claigate" was then still held by the monks, and the lands continued in their possession until the Dissolution. "
Early Origins of the Clackett family
The surname Clackett was first found in Kent, at Claygate Cross, a hamlet in the Sevenoaks District. Alternatively, the name could have been derived from Claygate, a village in Surrey that dates back to the Domesday Book of 1086 where it was first listed as Claigate, a manor of the village Thames Ditton.  The main manor of the village was held by Westminster Abbey.
This is indeed a rare name as most of the records are quite late in the 17th and 18th centuries - little was found earlier.
Early History of the Clackett family
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Clackett research. Another 103 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1198, 1215, 1317, 1660, 1716, 1721, 1756, 1610, 1663, 1610, 1628, 1681, 1634, 1636, 1644, 1654, 1727, 1654, 1671, 1746, 1646 and 1688 are included under the topic Early Clackett History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Clackett Spelling Variations
Spelling variations in names were a common occurrence before English spelling was standardized a few hundred years ago. In the Middle Ages, even the literate spelled their names differently as the English language incorporated elements of French, Latin, and other European languages. Many variations of the name Clackett have been found, including Clagett, Claggitt, Clegget, Cleggett, Cleygate, Claygate, Clackett, Claigate, Cleget, Claggett, Claggot and many more.
Early Notables of the Clackett family (pre 1700)
Distinguished members of the family include Nicholas Clagett the Elder (1610?-1663), English Puritan divine, born at Canterbury about 1610 and in 1628 was entered as a student of Merton College, Oxford, where he proceeded B.A. in October 1681. "Afterwards he migrated to Magdalen Hall, and commenced M.A. in June 1634, being then generally esteemed a very able moderator in philosophy (ib. i. 474). About 1636 he became vicar of Melbourne, Derbyshire, and about 1644 he was chosen lecturer or preacher at St. Mary's Church, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk."
His son, Nicholas Clagett the Younger (1654-1727), was an English controversialist. "He was...
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Clackett migration to the United States +
Families began migrating abroad in enormous numbers because of the political and religious discontent in England. Often faced with persecution and starvation in England, the possibilities of the New World attracted many English people. Although the ocean trips took many lives, those who did get to North America were instrumental in building the necessary groundwork for what would become for new powerful nations. Some of the first immigrants to cross the Atlantic and come to North America bore the name Clackett, or a variant listed above:
Clackett Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
- Leonard Clackett, who landed in Virginia in 1638
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- ^ Lowe, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
- ^ Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
- ^ Williams, Dr Ann. And G.H. Martin, Eds., Domesday Book A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0-141-00523-8)
- ^ Smith, George (ed), Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1885-1900. Print
- ^ Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)

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Randy Caballero set to defend title in valley
For the first time in five years, a boxer from the Coachella Valley will defend his title at home when Randy Caballero fights Alberto Guevara at Fantasy Springs Resort and Casino on Feb. 27.
Caballero, of Coachella, will defend his newly acquired IBF bantamweight title for the first time since winning it on Oct. 25 in a bout with British boxer Stuart Hall in Monte Carlo, Golden Boy Promotions announced Monday.
The 24-year old from Coachella is unbeaten (22-0, 13 KOs) as a professional and will be the first local fighter to defend his title in the valley since Timothy Bradley retained his WBO light-welterweight title against Lamont Peterson at Agua Caliente in 2009.
Caballero’s father and trainer, Marcos, said they wanted to win the title in the Coachella Valley, but the opportunity didn’t present itself. But to Randy, defending the title in Indio is just as good.
“This is a night I’ve dreamed about for a long time, and I always said the only thing better than winning a world title at home would be defending it there,” said Randy Caballero, who began training for the fight last week. “I’m going to be tough and impress my fans at Fantasy Springs.”
“El Matador” has fought at the venue 12 times, but his two big fights in 2014 were both away from home. He traveled to Japan and beat Kohei Obain in eight rounds of a world title eliminator to set up the fight with Hall.
The Caballero family is known for boxing in the Coachella Valley. Marcos has trained four sons in the sport and he said Monday that they have long admired what the Diaz brothers and Timothy Bradley have for the sport in the community.
Now he’s hoping, like them, to make boxing history in this part of the desert.
“It just feels like our time now,” Marcos said. “It feels like our time and we want to take advantage of it.”
Golden Boy promoter Oscar De La Hoya is now bringing Caballero back home to defend his crown in a fight televised by Fox Sports 1 and Fox Sports Deportes.
“The fans at Fantasy Resort Casino have watched Randy Caballero grow up as a fighter, so after he won a world title, our first order of business was bringing his first title defense back here,” De La Hoya said. “It’s going to be a great night and a celebration of an exciting young champion, but Alberto Guevara knows what it’s going t take to be Caballero, and he’s going to give everything he has to take the title.”
Mexico’s Guevara (18-2, 6 KOs) has been a professional fighter since 2009, and earned his first shot at a world title in 2012. He lost a decision to Leon Santa Cruz, but then beat Jose Tirado and Jonathan Vidal before falling in another world title bout against Shinsuke Yamanaka. This will be his third shot to win a title.
“Randy Caballero is a good, young champion and he’s fighting in his backyard, but I feel like this is my time,” Guevara said. “I like being the underdog, and that will make my victory sweeter on Feb. 27.”
Tickets for the 12-round fight go on sale on Dec. 26 at the Fantasy Springs box office, and can also be purchased by calling (800) 827-2946 or online at www.fantasysprings.com.
Who: Randy Caballero (22-0, 13 KOs) vs. Alberto Guevara (18-2, 6 KOs)
What: A 12-round bout as Caballero defends his IBF bantamweight world title
When: 7:30 p.m. Feb. 27
Where: Fantasy Springs Casino
Tickets: Go on sale Dec. 26 from $35 to $105. Get them at Fantasy Springs box office or at fantasyspringsresort.com


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Apollinaris Patera is an ancient shield volcano measuring approximately 180 by 280 kilometres at its base and rising to a maximum of 5 kilometres above the surrounding terrain. Shield volcanos are large volcanic structures with gently sloping flanks. The caldera of Apollinaris Patera takes the form of a large crater approximately 80 kilometres in diameter. In this false-colour image, north is to the right. The image also shows the terrain partly covered by thin, diffuse clouds indicated by bluish-tinted areas. This false-colour image was captured on 26 October 2004 by the High-Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) onboard the ESA spacecraft Mars Express with a ground resolution of approximately 11.1 metres per pixel. Credits: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin (G. Neukum)
Apollinaris Patera is an ancient shield volcano located at the northern edge of the Southern Highlands, lying to the south-east of Elysium Planitia and to the north of Gusev Crater, which is now being explored by NASA's Mars Rover, Spirit.
The volcano measures approximately 180 by 280 kilometres at its base and rises to a maximum of 5 kilometres above the surrounding terrain.
Shield volcanos are large volcanic structures with gently sloping flanks. The caldera of Apollinaris Patera takes the form of a large crater approximately 80 kilometres in diameter and up to 1 kilometre deep. Volcanic calderas are formed when a volcano explodes or when the cone collapses.
In the true-colour image, the terrain is partly covered by thin, diffuse, whitish-appearing clouds. In the false-colour image, the clouds appear as bluish-tinted areas.
The western region of the colour image (top of the image, as north is to the right) is characterized by brighter material, which seems to be layered and could be the result of sedimentary deposition. Distinct layering, causing a terrace-like appearance, is also visible east of this brighter material and in the relatively flat region located in the northwest (top right) of the colour image.
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“Maybe I still haven’t become me. I don’t know how you tell for sure when you finally have.”
Blurb: “The night Cameron Post’s parents died, her first emotion was relief. Relief they would never know that hours earlier, she’d been kissing a girl. Now living with her conservative Aunt in small-town Montana, hiding her sexuality and blending in becomes second nature to Cameron until she begins an intense friendship with the beautiful Coley Taylor. Desperate to ‘correct’ her niece, Cameron’s Aunt takes drastic action. Now Cameron must battle with the cost of being her true-self even if she’s not completely sure who that is.”
The first time I heard about this film was when the news came out that the adaptation, starring Chloe Grace Moretz, had won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. Slowly, it started to peak my interest more.
The Miseducation of Cameron Post is the epitome of someone exploring their sexuality without really focusing on labels. Cameron goes through the novel experiencing attractions to certain girls not really even identifying those feelings. She just likes it. She kisses her best friend and then her parents die the next day and, as any young person would, she sees this as some sort of punishment for her actions. In fact, she has a few semi-romantic attractions before getting to the infamous Coley Taylor who is mentioned on the blurb.
I like the way this book handled the topic of grief and how everything in this story, however unlikely, leads Cameron to processing and moving on from the dark parts of her life. Set in a small religious town in the eighties-nineties, it’s predictable in the places it goes when it comes to differing sexualities but all of it plays a part in building how Cameron sees herself not through her own lens, but the lens of everyone else. Those she has sexual encounters with are more than happy to get physical with her but feel shame and push her away when Cameron tries to return the favour. There are no big twists that will leave the reader shocked (bar one in the latter part). It’s fundamentally about Cameron just going through the “important” stages of her formative years.
There is a big conversion therapy section to this book and as harsh and manipulative as imagined. But at the same time, it felt almost like more of a summer camp with religious pressure and didn’t go in as hard as I was expecting it to.
The writing style itself doesn’t do much for me, there’s a lot of run on sentences and the book is much longer than it needs to be. But there was just something about Cameron’s character that kept me wanting to know more.
A coming of age story that tackles sexuality, grief and religion, The Miseducation of Cameron Post is worth a read.
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Budvar opens new £3.6 million canning line
Budvar aims to increase its UK business by 40% after its new £3.6 million canning line started churning out thousands of cans at its Ceske Budejovice brewery this week.
It is the first time the brewery has had its own can line – it previously shipped tankers over to the UK, where the beer was canned by Thwaites in Manchester.
But Budvar is now being canned at 33cl, 44cl and 50cl in the brewer’s factory in the Czech Republic, making it far more economical to sell cans in the UK.
Until now only a 50cl SKU has been available in Britain, but now it will be joined by the smaller cans on shelves.
Off-Trade Sales Jon Whittle said the new line offering a variety of SKUs will “dramatically enhance the possibilities for canned Budvar on the UK market”.
He added: “There is a shortage of top class brews to be had in a can so in this respect we can see Budvar satisfying a genuine need to offer a great beer with a fashionable form of packaging.”
The decision to build the canning line was prompted by a substantial increase in can sales in recent years.
In 2005 canned beer sales represented 9,000 hectolitres while at the end of 2012 they represented 74,000 hectolitres and a further substantial increase in sales is projected for the future.
Three-quarters of the cans will be exported, with the UK among its biggest beneficiaries, along with Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Canada.
The new 33cl, 44cl and 50cl cans are available in four, six, eight or 12 pack configurations, shrink-wrapped or carton. The filling line was provided by German company KHS and was officially opened by the President of the Czech Republic, Vaclav Klaus.

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Who has impressed you the most this last year? Climber or Non-climber...A: I would have to say Chris Sharma has inspired me many time's year with all the new hard climbs he has been putting up!
Describe a time when someone helped your climbing? A: Every day I climb I learn something new, big or small. A specific time some one helped me with my climbing I would say was when I was working Moon Arete. This climb was a three year project and one day I was climbing with my dad and he gave me some beta after watching me try it a few time, then I sent!!
How do you deal with fans chasing you at all times?
What do you see as the biggest myth out there about being famous? A: To start I wish I was famous! The biggest myth In my opinion is people accuse climbers of taking steroids.
Where do you see your climbing going? A: I see my climbing going nothing but, up hill from this point on! I am training rally hard and cant wait for SCS!!
Describe what you think climbing could do for the World if everyone climbed. A: I believe that if every on the earth climbed there would be less Wars, World Hunger would go away, and every one would be happy.

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Mama Muse – Tabitha Simmons
Surprise, surprise. A Mama Muse candidate courtesy of Vogue.
Tabitha Simmons is a stylist, shoe designer and mama of two – sons Dylan (6) and Elliott (7). Vogue.com shares a look inside her amazing Chelsea townhouse, where fashion and fun clearly intersect.
See the whole feature here. All images courtesy of Vogue.com/credit Francois Halard.


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text: In this episode, Adam and I explore working in the field of film programming/curation (esp in Los Angeles). We focus on ideas of media archiving/preservation, temporality and examining and applying it to media and preservation in a non-hysterical manner. Public perceptions of media formats and the lack of knowledge/education is also a topic before Adam and I explore ideas in and around indigenous film identity, culture and language. DO NOT MISS THIS ONE!!

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Incident occurred at Routes 113 and 26.
The Delaware State Police Collision Reconstruction Unit is investigating a fatal motor vehicle crash that occurred on Thursday, Dec. 28, at the intersection of Route 113 (DuPont Boulevard) and Route 26 (Clayton Street) in Dagsboro.
The incident occurred at about 1:15 p.m., as a 2017 Honda CRV operated by 75-year-old Geraldine M. Scanlan, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was stopped in the southbound left turn lane of Route 113 at the intersection with Route 26. At the same time, a 2014 Honda Odyssey, being operated by a 44-year-old Wilmington woman, was traveling northbound in the left lane of Route 113, approaching the intersection with Route 26.
Scanlan initially stopped at the red light, however, for unknown reasons, she then proceeded forward and entered the northbound travel lane, where was struck by the Odyssey. She was transported by EMS to Beebe Healthcare, where she was later pronounced dead.
The operator of the Odyssey and two passengers were properly restrained and uninjured. A juvenile was also properly restrained but sustained a minor injury.
The Delaware State Police Collision Reconstruction Unit has assumed the investigation from the Dagsboro Police Department and is continuing their review into this incident. Impairment does not appear to be a contributing factor on behalf of either operator at this time.

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There will indeed be a 96-core model in the line
AMD slides from the presentation of Ryzen Threadripper Pro 7000 processors have leaked online. And thanks to them, we now know that these CPUs will hit the market before the end of autumn.
The new CPUs will bring a 20% increase in performance relative to their predecessors. In this case, apparently, we mean single-threaded performance.
AMD’s new 96-core monster destroys its competitor.
Moreover, it has now been confirmed that the top model will indeed have 96 cores, like its sister flagship from the Epyc Genoa server line.
AMD compares the upcoming flagship with the 56-core Xeon W9-3495X, and the difference is impressive: 657 seconds versus 1125 seconds in rendering tasks.
Judging by recent leaks, the top model will be the Ryzen Threadripper Pro 7995WX with a frequency of up to 5.1 GHz and a TDP of 350 W. In total, at least four models are expected in the line.
There were also previously rumors that, in addition to the Threadripper Pro line, there would also be regular, more affordable Threadrippers, but this has not yet been confirmed.


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School ripped the passion I had for writing out of my soul and buried it in a pile of shit a million miles away. And that’s the thing - school is meant to make you flourish - it’s supposed to reach deep into your mind and fill your head with passion, knowledge, education. Yet I spend my nights with my overused notebook open, pages seeping with endless memories and turmoil suffered over the years, and I am afraid that if I write something incorrectly, I’ll get a bad grade. My mind has been corrupted by an infinite amount of stimulus and criteria, so much so that I can’t even write one, simple word. I can’t write about my own experiences, my own pain or my own happiness. School has fucked me so many times. I lack passion and the desire to live. I’ll never be the person to say that school handed me the best years of my life. It’s stolen my life.
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Healthcare providers focusing on COVID-19 may have missed the final Interoperability and Information Blocking Rule that was published May 1, 2020 and takes effect April 5, 2021. (45 C.F.R. Part 171). The Rule implements the 21st Century Cures Act and furthers the government’s efforts to enable the exchange of electronic health information (“EHI”) to facilitate better outcomes, lower costs, and greater patient access to information. In general, the Rule prohibits covered actors from blocking the flow of EHI; violations may result in significant civil penalties as discussed below.
Application to Healthcare Providers. The Rule applies to healthcare providers, health IT developers of certified health IT,1 health information exchanges, and health information networks (collectively referred to as “actors”). “Healthcare provider” is defined to include nearly any entity rendering healthcare, including physicians, practitioners, group practices, hospitals, long term care facilities, clinics, ambulatory surgery centers, and other entities determined appropriate by HHS.2
Prohibited Information Blocking. The Rule generally prohibits “information blocking,” i.e., a practice that the healthcare provider “knows3…. is unreasonable and is likely to interfere with, prevent, or materially discourage access, exchange, or use of electronic health information”4 unless (i) the practice is required by law, or (ii) the practice fits within one of the exceptions listed below. (45 C.F.R. § 171.103(a)). Information blocking may occur, for example, when a healthcare provider refuses, ignores, delays, or imposes unreasonable conditions in response to requests to access or share EHI, including requests from patients, other providers, or payors. (See 85 FR 25811). It may occur when contracts, business associate agreements, license terms, or organizational policies unnecessarily restrict data sharing, or when technology is implemented, configured, or disabled so as to limit system interoperability. (85 FR 82511-12). The Rule generally prohibits any practices that increase the cost, complexity or burdens associated with accessing, exchanging or using EHI, or that limit the utility, efficacy or value of EHI such as diminishing the integrity, quality, completeness, or timeliness of the data. (85 FR 25809). Ultimately, “[a]ny analysis of whether an actor’s practices constitute information blocking will depend on the particular facts and circumstances of the case,” including whether the action rises to the level of an impermissible interference, whether the actor acted with the requisite intent, and whether the actor had control over the EHI or interoperability elements necessary to access, exchange or use the EHI in question. (85 FR 25811 and 25820).5
Permissible Information Blocking. The Rule does not prohibit information blocking in the following circumstances:
1. The practice is required by law, including federal or state statutes, regulations, court orders, administrative decisions, etc. For example, healthcare providers may not share or allow access to EHI in a manner that violates HIPAA or similar state privacy laws. To trigger this defense to information blocking, however, the law must require the relevant conduct; actions that are taken pursuant to, but are not actually required by, applicable laws will not necessarily be protected. (85 FR 25794). As explained by HHS
we do not require the disclosure of EHI in any way that would not … be permitted under the HIPAA Privacy Rule (or other Federal or State law). However, if an actor is permitted to provide access, exchange, or use of EHI under the HIPAA Privacy Rule (or any other law), then the information blocking provision would require that the actor provide that access, exchange or use of EHI so long as the actor is not prohibited by the law from doing so (assuming that no exception is available to the actor).
(85 FR 25812).
2. The healthcare provider did not know that the practice was “unreasonable and is likely to interfere with, prevent, or materially discourage access, exchange, or use of electronic health information.” This knowledge/intent element will be an important defense for healthcare providers. The OIG has confirmed that it “will not bring enforcement actions against actors who OIG determined made innocent mistakes (i.e., lack the requisite intent for information blocking).” (85 FR 22984).
3. The provider fits within a regulatory exception. The Rule includes eight exceptions — practices that HHS has determined to be reasonable and necessary even though they may interfere with information sharing. These exceptions function as safe harbors: so long as the healthcare provider’s practice satisfies all of the specific, often technical elements of the relevant exception, the practice will not constitute prohibited information blocking. Failure to satisfy an exception does not necessarily mean that the provider has engaged in information blocking; instead, the provider’s compliance would depend on the facts of the situation. (85 FR 25820). Five of the exceptions apply to the failure or refusal to fulfill requests to access, exchange or use EHI; three of the exceptions apply to situations in which the actor’s conditions on access, exchange or use may interfere with data sharing.
(a) Preventing harm. A healthcare provider may block EHI if he or she has a reasonable belief that the practice will substantially reduce a risk of harm to a patient or other person, e.g., to avoid the risk that corrupt or inaccurate data will be incorporated in the patient’s electronic health record, or upon a determination by a licensed healthcare professional that disclosure is likely to endanger life or physical safety of the patient or others. (See 84 FR 7524). The regulation has specific criteria that must be satisfied when evaluating the reasonableness of the practice and the risk of harm. (45 C.F.R. § 171.201; see 85 FR 25821-44).
(b) Protecting the patient’s privacy. A healthcare provider may block EHI if (i) state or federal privacy laws impose preconditions to access that have not been satisfied; (ii) HIPAA allows the provider to deny access to the individual; or (iii) the patient has requested that her/his information not be shared. In each of these situations, the provider must satisfy additional regulatory conditions. (45 C.F.R. § 171.202; see 85 FR 25844-25859).
(c) Protecting the security of the EHI. A healthcare provider may block EHI if necessary to safeguard the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the EHI consistent with (i) its organizational security policies or (ii) a specific determination that there are no reasonable, less obstructive alternatives to secure the EHI. (45 C.F.R. § 171.203; see 85 FR 25859-65).
(d) Access is infeasible. A healthcare provider may block access to EHI if (i) extraordinary circumstances beyond its control prevent the provider from fulfilling the request; (ii) the provider cannot segregate the requested EHI from other information that is not subject to access; or (iii) the provider demonstrates that responding to the request is not feasible due to, e.g., the type of information, cost, available resources, control of the relevant platform, etc. Within ten (10) days of the request, the provider must notify the requestor in writing of the reason for failing to provide the access requested. (45 C.F.R. § 171.204; see 85 FR 25865-70).
(e) Maintenance and improvement. A healthcare provider may temporarily block access to EHI if necessary for maintenance and improvement of the health IT. (45 C.F.R. § 171.205; see 85 FR 25870-75).
(f) Content and manner. A healthcare provider must generally provide access to the EHI content in the manner requested unless the provider is technically unable to fulfill the request or cannot reach agreeable terms with the requestor to fulfill the terms; however, the limits on fees or licenses described below do not apply. If the provider cannot grant access as requested or agreed, the provider must take reasonable steps to fulfill the request in an alternative manner consistent with specified technical standards. (45 C.F.R. § 171.301; see 85 FR 25875-79).
(g) Fees. A healthcare provider may charge reasonable fees for accessing, exchanging or using EHI so long as they are based on the provider’s costs and applied in a non-discriminatory manner as more fully described in the regulations. (45 C.F.R. § 171.302; see 85 FR 25879-88).
(h) Licensing. A healthcare provider may license interoperability elements so long as the provider begins licensing negotiations within ten days from the request and the license satisfies specified regulatory standards. Among other things, any royalty must be reasonable, and the license terms must be non-discriminatory. (45 C.F.R. § 171.303; see 85 FR 25888-97).
Penalties. On April 24, 2020, the Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) published a proposed rule that would allow the OIG to impose a fine of up to $1,000,000 for information blocking. (85 FR 22979; proposed 42 C.F.R. § 1003.1410). Under the proposed rule, the OIG would consider the following factors in determining the amount of the penalty: (i) the nature and extent of the information blocking; (ii) the resulting harm, including (a) the number of patients affected, (b) the number of providers affected, and (c) the number of days the information blocking persisted. (85 FR 22991; proposed 42 C.F.R. § 1003.1420). In the meantime, persons wishing to submit an information blocking complaint may do so through the HealthIT.gov website at https://www.healthit.gov/topic/information-blocking.
What You Must Do. April 5 is just around the corner. Providers and other actors should begin not to prepare for and implement the new rule by doing the following:
- Take advantage of the new rule. Providers should determine how the new Rule may benefit them by allowing them to obtain access to previously unavailable patient information. They should identify the information they may need to provide care more effectively and compete more efficiently. Savvy providers may differentiate themselves by being able to collect and utilize the improved flow of information for the benefit of their patients.
- Identify and educate stakeholders. The new Rule may affect many departments within a healthcare organization, including information technology, medical records, marketing, compliance, contracting, and more. Providers should identify and educate those persons and departments that will be responsible for making and responding to requests.
- Review EHI practices. Providers will need to review and update their policies and practices concerning requests for access by patients and third parties to avoid any information blocking issues. Among other things, they should ensure that their policies and practices do not inappropriately delay or impose unreasonable restrictions or roadblocks to information sharing. They should also establish processes for evaluating and responding to requests to access information and appropriate costs or limitations associated with such access. They should identify system capabilities as well as limitations that may justify a denial of a request to share information.
- Review EHI system functionality. Providers should review the functionality of their EHI platforms to ensure that that have not configured or disabled functionality in a way that would constitute information blocking. If necessary, they may need to enable previously unused functionality.
- Review contracts for offending terms. Providers should review their contracts relevant to EHI to ensure that they do not contain terms that would trigger the information blocking rule, including licensing agreements, software services, business associate agreements, and other EHI contracts. Providers may need to educate and push back vendors who include terms that would prohibit information sharing.
- Respond appropriately to requests for information sharing. When a request to access is made, providers should ensure that the request is directed to the right person—a person who understands the Rule and the EHI system’s functionality—to determine whether and in what manner the Rule would apply, then ensure that a timely and appropriate response is made.
- Watch for more guidance. We anticipate additional guidance as well as the final enforcement rule. Providers should continue to monitor industry association bulletins and other sources for developments concerning the Rule.
1Significantly, “health IT developers” do not include healthcare providers that self-develop health IT for their own use. (45 C.F.R. § 171.102, definition of health IT developer of certified health IT).
2“The term ‘healthcare provider’ includes a hospital, skilled nursing facility, nursing facility, home health entity or other long term care facility, healthcare clinic, community mental health center … , renal dialysis facility, blood center, ambulatory surgical center …, emergency medical services provider, Federally qualified health center, group practice, a pharmacist, a pharmacy, a laboratory, a physician [including MDs, DOs, dentists, podiatrists, optometrists, and chiropractors], a practitioner [including physician assistants, nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, certified registered nurse anesthetists, certified nurse midwives, clinical social workers, clinical psychologists, and registered dieticians], tribal organization, a rural health clinic, … an ambulatory surgical center, … a therapist and any other category of healthcare facility, entity, practitioner, or clinician determined appropriate by the Secretary.” (42 U.S.C. § 300jj; 45 C.F.R. § 171.102).
3For health IT developers, health information networks or health information exchanges, information blocking occurs if “such developer, network or exchange knows, or should know, that such practice is likely to interfere with, prevent, or materially discourage access, exchange, or use of electronic health information.” (45 C.F.R. § 171.103(a)(2), emphasis added).
4“Electronic health information” (“EHI”) generally means electronic protected health information to the extent that it would be part of a designated record set as defined in HIPAA, excluding (i) psychotherapy notes, and (ii) information compiled in reasonable anticipation of or for use in litigation. (45 C.F.R. § 171.102). EHI would not include information that is not individually identifiable or has otherwise been de-identified. (85 FR 25804). During the phase in period until May 2, 2022, EHI only includes the specific data elements represented in the USCDI standard adopted in § 170.213.” (45 C.F.R. § 171.103(b)).
5The HHS commentary to the proposed and final Rule contain helpful examples of prohibited information blocking. (See, e.g., 84 FR 7518-21 and 85 FR 25811-18).
This publication is designed to provide general information on pertinent legal topics. The statements made are provided for educational purposes only. They do not constitute legal or financial advice nor do they necessarily reflect the views of Holland & Hart LLP or any of its attorneys other than the author. This publication is not intended to create an attorney-client relationship between you and Holland & Hart LLP. Substantive changes in the law subsequent to the date of this publication might affect the analysis or commentary. Similarly, the analysis may differ depending on the jurisdiction or circumstances. If you have specific questions as to the application of the law to your activities, you should seek the advice of your legal counsel.


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It’s been a while since I got out of town. We, because I don’t travel alone anymore. And I don’t mean to another town or the big city, because we’ve done that plenty in recent months. I mean out of town.
This past weekend was the first long weekend in February for us around these parts–Family Day–definitely reason enough to celebrate. Except we weren’t together. DH took the opportunity to go back-country skiing with some other dads (their chances are few; we mums totally get it) and Little e and I were invited to Powell River to visit a friend’s relatives. I’d never been, but I did know it’s a smaller place than our town and has rain forest magic galore. It didn’t disappoint.
But the thing that struck me about slowing down and being somewhere small, somewhere quiet, was the stillness. Not just around me (and there were several whirl-winds-come-toddlers keeping things energetic) but inside me. I found myself awake at night in the cabin, the fire almost down to embers, the blackness total, a half-dreaming, mumbling little girl pushing her face into my neck, and my thoughts went in all directions. Which, I know, is the opposite of stillness, but it felt like the stillness of everything else was making me restless. Like my mind was in withdrawal from the usual loud, distracting hum of life and didn’t know what to do.
The next morning, thinking back to the travels my mind made in the night, it seemed almost farcical. I hope I’m not the only one whose mind goes to near-schizophrenic places in the wee hours. But I was still unsettled. Still, and unsettled. What was I doing with my writing life? Was it enough? Where did we really, really want to live? And how?
As surreal and uncomfortable as that experience was, it has been incredibly useful. Thank Powell River. It will be meat (tofu?) to chew on for the next weeks and months as DH and I discuss (some of) these important problems. Isn’t it always a balance that’s not quite right? I don’t know anyone who has it all perfectly balanced.
In any case, the winter beauty of the Sunshine Coast (ironic, yes: no sun all weekend) helped to bring some poetry to the visit, and I found myself inspired despite all the mental turmoil. I’m being challenged by my current WIP, my confidence is sagging, my identity as a writer is a big question in my mind. But it’s all okay. By necessity, it has to be.
(Especially because before we left for home, I found a bakery that makes the most amazing butter tarts. Chocolate ones, nutty ones, plain old buttery, caramelly perfect ones. Sorry there’s no photo, but rest assured, I will be pilgrimaging there again.)
So I guess what I mean to say is that while it’s been a while since I got out of town, it’s been even longer since I got out of mind. And clearly, doing that is a healthy, if disconcerting, habit.


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