After kicking off the year with a hefty release week, things normalize a bit for a January release date. 2016 continues to have a strong start, though, with a number of underground up-and-comers releasing new material today. Check it all out here!
Witchcraft, Nucleus (Nuclear Blast)
The Swedish doom band is on album number five, and once again, Magnus Pelander is the only continuous presence in the band. New to the band are bassist Tobias Anger and drummer Rage Widerberg, who signed on last year. This is the band’s first release as only a three-piece, but you can still expect the same dense, intelligent doom that Witchcraft has become known for.
Lycus, Chasms (Relapse)
Sticking within the doom spectrum, Oakland, CA-based Lycus have returned with their sophomore release. Chasms is the first album for Lycus on their new home Relapse. The funeral doom group first appeared on our radar in 2013 with their independently-released debut Tempest, which really caught the attention of my colleague Chip McCabe. Lycus hopes to build their audience with this new four-song effort.
Varg, Das Ende aller Lügen (Napalm)
This German black metal group has made every effort to differentiate themselves from the Norwegian bands that seem to dominate their genre, even opting for red and black corpse paint over the traditional black and white. On their fifth full-length, Varg have created a powerful epic that intermixes Norse mythology with modern-day socio-political themes. This album may be one of the most underrated black metal releases to come out in 2016.
Opprobrium, Serpent Temptation (Relapse)
Opprobrium started life under the name Incubus in 1986, but opted to change their name in 1999 when the rock band of the same name grew in popularity. The band’s first release under the Incubus moniker was Serpent Temptation, back in 1988. Brothers Moyses and Francis Howard, the only members left in the group, have remastered their debut for a new generation of death/thrash fans to hear.
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Her performances keep intervention, displacing normal expectations of the female body and voice very close. In performance these incursions are brief, extreme and physical. Here the female scream takes a much heavier tone; more like metal than hysteria, that drags the audience into a harder, faster display of screaming, amplification and feedback – This is sound in performance that makes you think being punched in the stomach whilst being massaged couldn’t be more fun.
Kusum has performed at numerous festivals and events including ISSUE Project Room in New York City in (2010), Superdeluxe at Artspace for the 17th Biennale of Sydney (2010), Liquid Architecture (2008), the NOWnow Sydney (2008), UrBANGUILD in Japan (2009), New Zealand and will showcase at the Ljubljana Biennale in Slovenia in September 2011.
What was the first band you saw live?
I saw Bob Dylan in High school
What’d you learn from them?
That a seminal reputation doesn’t necessarily lead to a good performance and that you should give up before you need to be put down.
Got any pre-gig rituals?
At least 20 minute silence, pacing, trying to get right down the bottom of the dark hole, then when the rocket has blasted it takes me a while to come back from the out of space black metal visit.
What do you think the most important issue facing artists in NSW is?
There are many which, are are not mutually exclusive, but a key one is the lack of dancing at gigs.
On a more serious note:
1. The lack of funding, or the rather the distribution of funding by the administrative bodies can leave a lot to be desired.
2. The lack of venues or cross practice spaces which allow for growth and experimentation, which is due to legislative restrictions and licensing = boring.
If you weren’t a musician, what do you reckon you’d be doing?
I’d be a wealthy house wife. Very seriously wealthy.

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‘…the physical property used to measure airtightness of the building fabric. It is defined as air leakage rate per hour per square metre of envelope area at the test reference pressure differential of 50 pascals (50 N/m2). The envelope area, or measured part of the building, is the total area of all floors, walls and ceilings bordering the internal volume that is the subject of the pressure test. This includes walls and floors below external ground level. Overall internal dimensions are used to calculate this envelope area and no subtractions are made for the area of the junctions of internal walls, floors and ceilings with exterior walls, floors and ceilings.’
The limiting air permeability is the worst allowable air permeability.
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Q. Suppose a person does 23 years of active duty (enlisted) regular Army service and then gets a federal job under FERS. If he retires after 10 years, can he still receive his military retirement pay, military disability check, Social Security and federal retirement checks?
A. Yes. However, because he’d be retiring under the MRA+10 provision (minimum retirement age with at least 10 and no more that 29 years of service), his FERS annuity would be reduced by 5 percent for every year he is younger than 62. He could, of course, retire and postpone the receipt of his annuity until later to reduce or eliminate the penalty. Note: Because he’d be retiring under the MRA+10 provision, he wouldn’t be entitled to the special retirement supplement, which approximates the amount of Social Security benefit he earned while a FERS employee.


The Prodrive Motorsport company it switching its factory to ventilators
UK hospitals are struggling to get the ventilators they need to support coronavirus patients who develop severe breathing problems, and the usual suppliers cannot meet demand. Other factories are trying to switch their systems to producing ventilators for hospitals, including Prodrive, a company in Oxfordshire which usually makes racing cars.
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Coleen 'Let Rip' At Wayne Rooney During Crisis Chat
Reports suggest the feuding couple spoke on the phone for 45 minutes...
According to The Mirror, Coleen and Wayne spoke for the first time on the phone since news of his infidelities broke on Sunday when the footballer returned from Switzerland where he has been playing with the England team.
The Manchester United player is said to have initially told Coleen, the mother of his son Kai to 'get over' his affair, but reports now suggest that Wayne is 'desperately' trying to avoid a divorce that could cost him half of his £33 million fortune.
A friend of the Rooney's told the tabloid: “Wayne initially told Coleen to get over it but as the headlines have piled up he realises the hurt he has caused not only her but the whole family. He wants to do the right thing.”
During their 45-minute phone-call, the fashionista is said to have gone mad at Wayne over revelations that he had sex with Jenny and another vice girl, Helen Wood when she was expecting their first child.
The source continued: "Coleen yelled: "You've been such a fool." It was a long painful talk. The first of many they will be having.”
Reports suggest that Rooney returned to the couple's £4.5 million home in Cheshire to find the mansion empty after Coleen is said to have moved back to her parents with 10-month old Kai.
Meanwhile, more allegations of Wayne's unfaithfulness have arisen after The Sun claims that the 24-year old 'tired it on' with a pal of Jenny Thompson's at last years Manchester United Christmas party.
A snap of Roon 'pestering' Samii Darnley has now emerged which has reportedly forced Coleen to call off a meeting with her love-rat hubby.
A source claimed: "She is now point-blank refusing to meet him. The pair spoke on the phone. They've had minimal contact. They didn't speak for long."


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Erratum to: Optimization of adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells by rapamycin in a murine model of acute graft-versus-host disease
Stem Cell Research & Therapyvolume 7, Article number: 80 (2016)
The original article was published in Stem Cell Research & Therapy 2015 6:202
After publication of this article  in the journal Stem Cell Research and Therapy, it was brought to our attention that the acknowledgement section was not complete. The correct acknowledgement section should read:
This research was supported by the Bio & Medical Technology Development Program of the National Research Foundation (NRF) funded by the Korean government (MEST) (No. 2012M3A9C6049783) and by a grant of the Korean Health Technology R&D Project, Ministry for Health & Welfare, Republic of Korea.(HI14C3417). The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
Kim et al. Optimization of adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells by rapamycin in a murine model of acute graft-versus-host disease. Stem Cell Research & Therapy. 2015; 6:202.
The online version of the original article can be found under doi:10.1186/s13287-015-0197-8.

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MOUNT VERNON — In a game filled with offensive derring-do, it was a defensive play that made the difference down the stretch.
Linebacker Aidan Franklin knocked the ball away from the Mount Vernon quarterback, then jumped on the fumble to give Sedro-Woolley the ball late in a 34-27 victory for the Cubs.
The play brought a Mount Vernon drive to an abrupt halt and helped Sedro-Woolley preserve the win and improve to 2-0 on the early season. Mount Vernon is 1-1.
Sedro-Woolley quarterback Kaden Plymale found wide receiver Brent VanderVeen for two touchdowns in the nonconference win, but Mount Vernon proved tough to put away; Bulldogs quarterback Skyler Jensen had two touchdown passes of his own.
“We just kept our composure and found some plays that worked for us,” Sedro-Woolley coach Dave Ward said after the rain-soaked game had wrapped up. “It was a fun night — the rain added some character.”
Sedro-Woolley seemed to be in control early with two first-quarter touchdowns: a 30-yard pass from Plymale to VanderVeen and a 1-yard touchdown run by Dylan Tacker.
Mount Vernon revved up its offense in the second quarter, when Jensen had back-to-back touchdown throws: an 11-yarder to Carlos Garcia and a 63-yard play to Van Stroosma.
With the game tied at 14, Sedro-Woolley answered with a 3-yard touchdown run by Plymale set up by a 76-yard pass to VanderVeen. Garcia and the Bulldogs answered again, this time with a 33-yard run by the senior wide receiver.
The teams traded touchdowns one more time — a 35-yard connection from Plymale to VanderVeen and a Mount Vernon fumble recovery in the end zone — before the game reached the fourth quarter.
In that quarter, Tacker rumbled to a 2-yard touchdown to put the Cubs up 34-27. Mount Vernon threatened, including a key fourth-down conversion ... but Franklin’s big play yanked the momentum the Cubs’ way.
Plymale finished 16-of-29 with 281 yards. VanderVeen had 71 yards receiving and Conner Davis had 68 for the Cubs. The Bulldogs’ Jensen was 14-of-27 for 173 yards, and Garcia had six catches for 54 yards.

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Another day, another virtual reality headset with specs (and motion controllers) that are pretty much identical to other models designed for use with Microsoft’s Windows Mixed Reality platform.
The Lenovo Explorer headset has all the usual specs, including twin 1440 x 1440 pixel displays, dual camera for inside out motion tracking, and optional motion controllers that are exactly the same as those offered by competitors.
Basically, Microsoft laid out a list of specs that companies needed to follow to ensure their headsets were compatible, and there’s nothing stopping you from using Dell’s headset with a Lenovo PC or vice versa. You could also buy an Asus motion controller kit and use it with a Lenovo headset. But odds are that most folks will by the motion controllers from the same company they get the headset from.
So what distinguishes one headset from another? Design, comfort, and build materials, but not too much else.
Oh, and price. Lenovo’s Explorer is one of the more expensive options: the headset is expected to sell for $350 when it goes on sale in October. But the motion controllers will set you back another $100, bringing the total price for the kit to $450.


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This upload was 23rd in the #vinyl only chart.
First of a series of new mixes, all recorded live from original vinyl only. This one has 'Tina Smith - Chained to you' among other nice things. The new mixes are all about 45 mins long, so they don't outstay their welcome. The opening and closing tracks are from a little 5" flexi.


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Barnsley Virtual School
As designated teacher, you have a statutory responsibility to provide an annual report to governors on outcomes for children in care and previously looked after children.
What the report should do
- Set out and explain the progress and attainment of all children in care in the school community. This will include children placed by other local councils, as well as children in the care of Barnsley Council.
- Include specific reference to those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and how those needs are being met through school SEND provision and education, health and care plans.
- Illustrate the in-school gap in attainment between children in care and their peers.
- Benchmark the progress of children in care against national levels for all children and outcomes for children in care.
- Set out and compare attendance and exclusion levels of children in care with other groups and all children against both national and in-school comparisons.
- Make note of whether any children in care are identified as gifted and talented, and demonstrate how those needs are being met.
- Demonstrate how the teaching and learning needs of children in care are reflected in school development plans and are being met in relation to interventions and use of resources.
- Highlight the impact of any of the school’s policies on children in care, for example educational visits and extended school activities.
- Set out how improvements are measured and reported.
- Describe how the school works with the Barnsley Virtual School and it's equivalent in other authorities.
- Outline the training undertaken by the designated teacher during the year, including how this professional learning has been disseminated and it's impact.
In addition, you should provide the governing body with a report on the amount of pupil premium plus funding received and clear evidence of it's use, including the impact on accelerating the progress of children in care.
This may be included as part of the annual report, or the governing body may wish to consider this in line with their calendar of financial oversight.
It's important that governors are given the quality of information required to fulfil their role as critical friend and offer both meaningful challenge and support to the school in pursuing stronger outcomes for children in care.
At the same time, it's also important to ensure that the report respects the confidential nature of a child’s 'looked after' status and is written in such a way that the identity of the child in care is protected.
If you have any questions or need some help to complete the annual report, please contact the Virtual School.

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Two days before floodwaters threatened the Ipswich region, west of Brisbane, in January 2011, Darren and Brad Zanow knew they had to move their belongings to higher ground.
The brothers run a quarry business on the banks of the Brisbane River at Fernvale, 20 kilometres downstream from Wivenhoe Dam.
"I had a phone call from a guy coming down the Blackbutt Range and the whole range was falling in — it [the rain] was that heavy," Brad Zanow said.
"It was going to be here in the next 24 to 36 hours and at that point in time we didn't believe it was going to fit in the dam."
The calculations saved their livelihoods.
On January 11 that year, 6 metres of water washed through their worksite, but most of their excavators, truck, fuels and office equipment was safe.
"It is a life-changing event, going through something like that flood," Darren Zanow said.
"It was the emotion of the people you were around at the time, especially on the Tuesday night knowing what had happened the day before in Grantham and you were thinking how many people are going to die here tonight?"
Class action underway in NSW court
The Zanow brothers are two of more than 6,000 flood victims from Brisbane and Ipswich involved in a class action case against the state of Queensland and dam operators Seqwater and Sunwater, now underway in the New South Wales Supreme Court.
During the January 2011 floods, more than 2,000 homes in Brisbane and Ipswich were swamped and thousands more homes and businesses were affected.
The class action is alleging dam operators failed to follow their own manual and did not make enough room for heavy rainfall until it was too late, heightening flood levels and damaging more properties.
Barrister Julian Sexton QC said the dam engineers were forced to take "drastic action", dumping about 7,400 cubic metres of water a second, worsening floodwaters already peaking downstream.
For Brad and Darren Zanow, involvement in the class action is made even more painful by the fact that they asked for Wivenhoe Dam to be purged in December 2010 — a month before the floods — to give Ipswich and Brisbane extra protection.
Downstream from the Zanows, resident and businessman Lubo Jonic still lives in the Goodna house at Ipswich that flooded in 2011.
The water came up to his second-storey window.
Seven years on, all the repairs are finished, but his livelihood has never been the same.
Mr Jonic owned a mix of nine residential and commercial properties in the area and his sons owned two homes — all were flooded.
"When the floods came, we lost the whole lot of them," he said.
'Struggling ever since'
Mr Jonic spent upwards of $2 million to fix the properties quickly and return to normality, but his tenants never came back.
"I've been struggling ever since — it's really set me back, even now we're struggling," he said.
While remuneration would offer relief to flood victims, Darren Zanow said he believed the best compensation the class action could deliver was future flood preparedness.
"I really do think that seven to eight years on already some complacency has built up," Darren Zanow said.
"People along the river have sold up and moved on because they feel unsafe and others have moved in … I worry that those people are green.
"Floods are going to happen because we live on a floodplain and we need to look at educating communities annually — led by council and government — and that's where I feel that we are lacking at this point in time."
Darren Zanow refuses to join the exodus from the region, instead throwing himself into campaigning for a new exhibition and flood evacuation centre at the Ipswich Showgrounds and heavy involvement in updating Seqwater's flood operations manual.
Dam operators defend actions
Opening statements have now concluded in the NSW Supreme Court, with the matter adjourned until next year when witnesses will be called.
The operators of Wivenhoe and Somerset dams are defending their actions during the weather event.
"We have never wavered from our belief that our flood engineers did an extraordinary job in the most difficult and demanding circumstances," a spokesperson for the operators said.
"Our operation of the dams and the release strategies adopted by our engineers significantly mitigated the flood."
Seqwater barrister Brian O'Donnell QC told the court it would have been an "extreme" method to pre-release water before the rain had even fallen, arguing the Bureau of Meteorology had itself warned of the reliability of its predictions.
The court also heard victims of the 2011 south-east Queensland floods should have done more to protect their properties.
The trial will return to court in February.


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Asian Journal of Engineering and Applied Technology (AJEAT)
Mumbai Metro Line-3: Initial Drive of Tunneling Activities in Package 04Author : Ojas Vora , Avinash More and E.Thinakaran
Volume 7 No.1 Special Issue:April 2018 pp 60-64
Mumbai Metro Line -3, indicated as the Colaba-Bandra-Seepz line, is a part of the metro system of the city and is the first underground covering, 33.50km metro line in Mumbai, India. The study area of the tunnel line is between Naya Nagar tunnellaunching shaft and Siddhivinayak Metro station, which is part of Package 04. The distance between these two locations is about 3.6km. The description about the initial drive of tunneling activities, which involves Installation of Piles, Anchoring, lowering of TBM(Tunnel Boring Machine), Mining, Shoving, Mucking, Ring Building and Grouting has been detailed in accordance with the site condition. From the environmental point of view, the problems such as deforestation and flooding have been discussed along with the remedial action.
Mumbai Metro Line-3, Package 04, Tunneling Activities, Environmental Impacts
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The Fieldtracks Project
Fieldtracks implements localization and tracking for firefighters, medics & actors during field training exercises. It is based on BLE, ESP32 and mesh networking; it focuses on both indoor and outdoor deployments. For details see the recording of our talk at FOSDEM 2020.
JellingStone rewrite - a new wire procotol
JellingStone is the software for ESP32-devices. It utilizes Bluetooth for scanning (i.e. detecting) and emitting beacons. Results are transmitted over MQTT and WLAN. It is based on ESP-IDF.
Recently, a rewrite was needed, and we moved to a byte-oriented wire-protocol for reports. It is already implemented in JellingStone but changes to the StoneAggregator are yet to be done.Full article
Almost stalled, but not dead.
In the last monts, there was very little progress in this project. Probably, it’ll be like this for a while.
The annual field execerise in Pforzheim is canceled for the second time in a row this year. Still, the risk of Covid-19 infections remains a major blocker for larger trainings, especially including actors.
Nevertheless, there is some progress. We had an online hackathon in March and we will continue to develop and refactor our codebase. But not seeing a field deployment in the near future, there is no fixed release date or specific plan to implement a certain featureset.
Stay safe! yanosz
R2R: Fieldtracks.org Hackathon
Machen wir einen Hackathon // Let’s have a hackathon:
- 📅 2021-04-03 / -04
- 🕑 12.00 (CEST) - …
- 💬 Matrix: #ft-public:matrix.org
- 🏠 https://play.c4map.fieldtracks.org/_/global/maps.c4map.fieldtracks.org/c4map/countc4.json#start
Dockerizing the Environment
Deployment and development can be done using Docker. Respective sources are available at https://github.com/FieldTracks/docker-env.Full article
Meet us at FOSDEM 2020
We’re going to give a short presentiation at FOSDEM 2020. The session will take place in the Internet of Things devroom devroom (UD2.218) on Sunday from 14:30 til 15:00. It will cover a short demo and some background information.
Details can be found at https://fosdem.org/2020/schedule/event/iotfieldtracks/.
Testing DSL and overlay networks
Altough our first field test went well, the network infrastructure has still room for improvements. This article explains some ideas for integrating a Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) based network into field tracks and their evaluation.Full article
JellingStone v1.0.0 released
We have just released JellingStone v1.0.0. Downloads are available at https://releases.fieldtracks.org/JellingStone/. The binaries are used by Flashtool and fieldmon for provisioning.
Version 1.0.0 supports beaconing, scanning, and transmitting results over mqtt \o/.
Have fun 😉.
Outlining components, network architecture and design
Implementing an indoor localization system such as Fieldtracks includes designing a network infrastructure for transporting and processing sensor data. This blog post outlines its design and challenges.Full article
We’ve established a monthly meetup:
- Date: 4th Wednesday each month
- Place: C4 (CCC Cologne)
- Time: 19h
Please contact firstname.lastname@example.org if you are interested.
We are going to have a small hackathon next weekend. We’re going to start at 2019-04-13 11:00 CEST. Location: https://koeln.ccc.de
Please contact email@example.com if you wanna join us.
Happy Hacking 😉
It has been a while since the project started and we have made some progress in development. Let us have short look at our current codebase:
- JellingStone is our ESP32 firmware. It supports Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) scanning and beaconing and is almost complete. Sensor data is transported using Wifi and MQTT.
- StoneAggregator is a python script to process MQTT-data originating from JellingStone. It aggregates sensor data and stores it using retained MQTT messages. By that, clients receive all data directly after connecting.
- fieldmon is a Angular based web application to display sensor data and manage stones. It is probably the most complex component of Fieldtracks. Unlike traccar or owntracks, fieldmon performs localization using a particle simulation. It is under heavy development.
- StoneSimulator is a rather small python script for testing. It generates sensor data and publishes it via MQTT.
Besides of that, there is mqtt2msql to log all sensor data to a MySQL database and ansible-envs to instantiate environments for integration testing. Flashtool - mqtt client for flashing esp32 devices using a Raspberry Pi is in early development and will be published soon.
Early stage of development
This project is still in its very early stage of development. At the moment we focus on evaluating existing systems (http://owntracks.org, https://traccar.org) and technologies (esp32).
Contact us in case you’re interested in helping as a developer.
Sketching the idea
This project aims at creating a tracking system to be used in field exercises by relief organizations.
- Tracking is done indoor and outdoor.
- Location data is analyzed in real-time and saved for later analysis.
- The system is based on Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE). Wifi networks may improve its accuracy.
- Smartphones (android, iOS) are integrated:
- To allow outdoor-tracking in large areas (GPS).
- As active (scanning) or passive (beaconing) devices.
- A wifi (mesh) setup and the internet are used to transmit location data. A wifi setup is needed in indoor scenarios (cave, tunnel), while existing GPRS/UMTS/LTE networks cover large areas (outdoor).
- An active scanning infrastructure (i.e. eps32, mqtt) provides beaconing and scans for mobile devices.
Nice to have
- Site navigation using smartphones
- Low cost, wide area networks (i.e. LoraWAN) for large outdoor areas not covered by existing mobile networks
- GPS receivers assisting the outdoor deployment of BLE-Beacons.
We focus on creating:
- An IoT-firmware implementing active scanning and real-time analysis (i.e. using esp32)
- An iOS / Android app supporting active and / or passive scanning using ordinary smartphones
- A tactical workbench to be used in field
- A deployment-guide (incl. mesh / wifi / internet)
Future work may cover tactical evaluations, tools for retrospective analysis and related technologies (i.e. solar wifi meshes)
Being still in a very early stage of development, website and mailinglist are available, now. Some services are also online:
- Mailinglist: firstname.lastname@example.org - https://lists.fieldtracks.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dev
- Github: https://github.com/fieldtracks
- Wiki (internal): https://git.kbu.freifunk.net/FieldTracks/docs-internal/wikis/home
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There was another crane accident in New York City Wednesday. This time, it happened in Brooklyn.
The heavy crane was being moved when the ground gave way. The street caved in- under the weight of the crane, leaving a huge sinkhole behind.
Residents say when they look at the street, they see pot holes and can tell the street is less than a foot thick. Why then, they wonder, did someone think it was OK to leave the crane there for weeks, especially a crane loaded down with heavy steel plates?
Crane collapses street underneath it


This mod replaces all “hitscan” based weapons with “projectile” based weapons. In other words I’ll get some bullet ballistic(e.g. bullet speed, bullet drop and ricochets ) for your favorite gun.
New ProjectileWeapons & Pezbot (0.2.2) is comming.
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Work has begun on a $2.8-million seismic retrofit and overall rehabilitation project to improve the safety and lifespan of the structure that takes traffic over Highway 1 on Horseshoe Bay Drive.
“Keeping our highways, side roads and bridges in good condition is critical to our transportation network,” said Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Todd Stone. “Rehabilitating the Squamish underpass and strengthening it to better withstand an earthquake event is important to help ensure the safety of British Columbians.”
The project includes deck repair, abutment rehabilitation, and bearing replacement. The seismic retrofit will bring the structure up to current engineering standards and involves extending the bridge deck out over the abutments and removing the joints over the piers to create a continuous, stronger deck. As well, steel brackets will be provided at the base of each pier as added reinforcement.
“Both Horseshoe Bay Drive and Highway 1 form important connections for residents, tourists and travellers accessing Whytecliff, Gleneagles, Horseshoe Bay and the ferry terminal,” said West Vancouver-Sea to Sky MLA Jordan Sturdy. “A seismic upgrade is important for this structure, while at the same time crews can perform routine rehabilitation so the bridge can continue to serve its users for years to come.”
Seismic 2000 Construction Ltd. of Aldergrove began work at the end of February and is expected to finish in June. A temporary construction detour will be required to keep traffic flowing while crews are working on the bridge deck, and during this time, the ramp between Eagleridge roundabout and the Horseshoe Bay / Marine Drive intersection will be converted to accommodate two-way traffic. Drivers are reminded to obey traffic control personnel and construction speed limits, watch for workers and detour signage, and check www.DriveBC.ca for travel updates.
The ministry has invested more than $70 million in bridge seismic retrofit projects since 2001.
This project is part of B.C. on the Move, the Province’s 10-year transportation plan. Over the next three years, the ministry and its partners are investing over $4.6 billion in priority transportation investments as part of this plan.

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Controlling and Preventing Flea Beetles
If most leaves have already been munched on, pyrethrin spray or dust may be the best solution. As always, read and follow label directions and exercise safety in application and storage. Drape young plants with row covers and add parasitic nematodes to combat any larvae overwintering in the soil.
Leaves Have Large, Ragged Holes?
If leaves are completely missing or have large, ragged holes, then Colorado potato (CPB) or Blister Beetles (BB) may be the culprits. CPB adults are 1/3" long, have oval, yellowish hard shells with black racing stripes while their larvae are dark orange, humpbacked grubs with black spots. They leave their orange eggs clinging to the underside of the leaves. BB adults are 3/4" long, thin-bodied, metallic black, blue, purple or brown and are highly mobile so they may not be present when damage is noticed.
Controlling and Preventing Colorado Potato and Blister Beetles
Handpick the CPB adults, drown them and add to the compost pile. Wear gloves to handpick BB as their name implies, these beetles secrete a toxic substance, Cantharidin, which at the very least, causes skin irritation. Squash all eggs. If larvae are present, spray the plants with Bacillus thuringiensis, variety san diego. Cover young seedlings with row cover to exclude beetles and mulch with loose straw.
Blister Beetles and their effect on Livestock
All about Potato Beetles
Organic Control Options for the Flea Beetle

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One of San Diego's most powerful union leaders, Mickey Kasparian, is in the crosshairs of some of his members and former employees for what they call an abuse of power and sexual harassment.
Outside the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 135 Union headquarters on Camino del Rio South, Monday evening, protestors chanted, "We want elections! We want elections."
They’re hoping to replace union president Kasparian, who’s politically influential and in charge of protecting tens of thousands of union employees from abuse. Now he's being accused of abusing his power.
Union members say he’s playing a “chess game” so he can’t be replaced as president.
One of his recent plays, merging the Local 135 with another union.
Critics claim he buried notice of the merger vote in the union's monthly magazine.
Had the merger gone through, Kasparian would have been allowed to stay in power for another three-year term.
“You join the union to be protected from a bully, so when the president of your union is a bully and he's the monster, it is frustrating," said member Jessica Lopez.
Kasparian released a statement that reads:
“Most of the people there have personal agendas and are not even members of our union. I, along with my dedicated staff will continue to focus in on what’s really important...protecting and improving the lives of UFCW Local 135 members and their families."
These are just the latest allegations of abuse of power against Kasparian.
There were two sexual assault cases earlier this year, one by an employee and the other by a county worker and executive board member of another union, SEIU Local 221.
Another female employee settled a retaliation case.
“You want justice for all the people he’s hurt. You want justice for all the money he’s taken from us for his personal agenda,” said Lopez.
The Local 135 Union’s Grievance Director says he was fired for speaking the truth about how union dues were used to pay Kasparian's legal fees.
Kasparian didn't respond to a request for comment on that issue.
Members say that's par for the course of how Kasparian uses fear tactics against employees.
Kasparian has denied all of the allegations against him.
Union by-laws say there needs to be an election by the end of this year.
NBC 7 first reported on allegations involving Kasparian in December 2016.
In February 2017, a Chula Vista councilmember called for the labor leader's resignation.


Yes, Orly Taitz, dangerous on the highway and in the court room, has filed yet another lawsuit, Taitz v. Astrue, and failed to redact Barack Obama’s social-security number. She didn’t even try.
This is a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, trying to get at Obama’s Social Security records.
Let’s see what the basis of her complaint is:
- Obama was a Muslim according to Indonesian school record
- Birth records in Hawaii can be gotten by statement of one relative
- Hawaii allows late registrations
- Hawaii short forms don’t have hospital names on them
- Governor Abercrombie says Obama has no long form
- No one has found the reported birth announcements in the Hawaii newspapers (?!?)
Remarkably, the complaint is just 11 pages.
The document linked in a previous version of this article is no longer available.


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Sunday, October 22, 2006
Some photos, and flamingo carnage
My beautiful cat, Abby.
Horses in the misty morning fog across the street from my apartment. The brush on the field is just now starting to turn reddish in the fall coolness. It's sorghum, I found out. Though the cool weather was fleeting, it will be 82 degrees for the next few days. Soon to return, I am sure.
There's this house I pass on the way to the Post Office. The owners have decorated their lawn with about 20 small pink flamingoes. They looked cool the first day they were up, it really looked like a flock had just landed.
But the next day there came a cool wind, blowing some over. Now when you drive by, about 6 of them are laying on their sides among the ones that are standing. Unfortunately, the tableau now looks like the fallen ones are dead. Flamingo carnage of the highest order. I am not kidding, I've driven by there about half a dozen times by now since the windstorm came, and every time, it looks like the of Jonestown of flamingoes.

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New Year’s is a time when many people plan to make positive changes in their lives—and for some, that may mean pursuing their dreams of starting a new business. For the past four years, OPL has partnered with the Small Business Administration (SBA) to support those looking to develop their businesses or business ideas with a series of “New Year, New Business, opens a new window” workshops in January and February.
The series features weekly workshops at different OPL locations, covering a variety of business subjects. Sessions are taught by local experts brought in through SBA partners SCORE and the Nebraska Business Development Center.
“We really designed it to be a one-stop series for starting a small business,” said Elizabeth Yearwood, economic development specialist/administrative officer of SBA’s Nebraska district office. “Whether you have a dream and need to know how to get started, or if you’ve already got a business and want to learn ways to improve it, there’s something for everyone.”
Going into the fifth year of the series, OPL’s Business Librarian Nick Engert is looking forward to leaning into the subjects that people have found most valuable in the past and introducing new courses and resources to the series. Changes in 2019 include a session specifically on Facebook for Business and another about other social media platforms; as well as the incorporation of one of OPL’s newest databases, Gale Small Business Builder, opens a new window, into the Create a Business Plan session, which will make the workshop more interactive for participants. Engert and Yearwood both said that their favorite part of the series is interacting with the attendees, whether they come for one workshop or the whole series.
“Ideally folks come away with answers to their questions,” said Yearwood. “They have the opportunity to connect with all kinds of free business resources and it’s a great networking opportunity for folks to meet and exchange information and know they aren’t alone in their endeavor, because it can be really overwhelming.”


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For Modern Concierge members, who appreciate the finer things in life, discovering unique culinary experiences is a pursuit that aligns perfectly with their refined tastes. As a leading personal concierge service, we take pride in curating exceptional dining adventures that cater to this sophisticated palate. We’ve handpicked a collection of extraordinary restaurants, from the symphonic flavors of Japanese cuisine in New York to the snack-chic Parisian elegance in Paris. Each destination promises not just a meal but a memorable culinary escapade that promises to elevate your gastronomic journey. Join us as we explore these unparalleled dining destinations, each with its own story of culinary excellence and innovation, meticulously selected to enhance your dining experience.
Masa, New York: Embark on a Japanese-inspired culinary odyssey at Masa. This distinguished gem, adorned with 3 Michelin Stars, offers a symphony of flavors that transcend mere indulgence—it’s an unparalleled culinary adventure.
Kappo Sato, Toronto: Chef Takeshi Sato welcomes you to a realm where tradition meets culinary mastery. Immerse yourself in the precise techniques of Kappo cuisine, expertly curated by a chef with over two decades of diverse experience.
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Vin Mon Lapin, Montreal: A haven for wine enthusiasts and food connoisseurs, Vin Mon Lapin pairs refined natural wines with farm-to-table fare, creating a vibrant experience where seasonality and freshness reign supreme.
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A new Metropolitan Sewer District board and executive leadership since a scathing ethics and management audit was made public in December 2011 has put more MSD financial business and other business online, made it easier for the public to speak directly to the board and has promised transparency.
Board members are also discussing their actions and asking questions of staff before voting on issues — a pretty sharp contrast to the previous board, which was swept away in 2011 and 2012 by Mayor Greg Fischer.
But MSD officials were pretty quiet about the $161,000 fine they paid in April from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet.
The MSD board authorized paying it on April 22 in a vote following a closed session, which can occur hours after the regular board meeting has adjourned. The board did not put the matter on the public agenda for that meeting, so it was impossible for the public (and your favorite environment reporter) to know about the fine by reading the agenda alone.
No press release was issued, either.
I learned about the fine only after filing a Freedom of Information Act request to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. I am still waiting for the EPA to finish the paperwork associated with that request. It can take weeks.
So last week, I filed an Kentucky Open Records Law request with MSD, and obtained the April citation letter from the state and federal agencies demanding $80,500 each be paid to the state and EPA.
Board chairman James Craig and Vice Chairman Tom Austin said yesterday that transparency is important to this board.
But in this case, Craig said in an email that MSD received the penalty letter just a few days before the April 22 meeting, after a public notice about the meeting had already been distributed, and had to act quickly, within ten days, because of requirements of its 2009 consent decree with the state and federal governments. The board handled the matter in a closed session, Craig said, “because of the threat of consequences in the federal court case that would have followed without immediate response.”
Craig said that he wishes “that this vote had occurred with actual notice to the public. But given the tight time frame, that simply was not practically possible.”
In a transparency move, he said he has recently forbidden votes to occur after closed session (when the public has often long left the building) if he believes there is a specific public interest in the subject matter, such as personnel contract decisions, unless there is a risk to the agency, as he said there was in this situation.
I have to take responsibility here, too. What have I learned? I am reminded of the need to closely read the minutes of votes taken following each MSD closed session.
To this board’s credit, those minutes are posted on the agency’s website and retained there.
And to everyone out there, please remember that I welcome news tips. If there’s something going on you think the public should know about, give me a call or send me an email.

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Health insurance absorbs or offsets healthcare costs associated with, but not limited to, routine health examinations, specialist referral visits, inpatient and outpatient surgery, unforeseen eventualities such as illnesses or injuries, and prescription medication. Health insurance policies are categorized as privately paid for by an individual, publicly provided as a service through Social Security, or commercially arranged by a company as part of an employee benefit package.
Other managed care techniques include such elements as disease management, case management, wellness incentives, patient education, utilization management and utilization review. These techniques can be applied to both network-based benefit programs and benefit programs that are not based on a provider network. The use of managed care techniques without a provider network is sometimes described as "managed indemnity."
The compulsory insurance can be supplemented by private "complementary" insurance policies that allow for coverage of some of the treatment categories not covered by the basic insurance or to improve the standard of room and service in case of hospitalisation. This can include complementary medicine, routine dental treatment and private ward hospitalisation, which are not covered by the compulsory insurance.
Americans are required to carry medical insurance that meets federally designated minimum standards or face a tax penalty. In certain cases, taxpayers may qualify for an exemption from the penalty if they were unable to obtain insurance due to financial hardship or other situations. Two public health insurance plans, Medicare and the Children's Health Insurance Program, target older individuals and children, respectively. Medicare also serves people with certain disabilities. The program is available to anyone age 65 or older. The CHIP plan has income limits and covers babies and children up to the age of 18.
The terms "open panel" and "closed panel" are sometimes used to describe which health care providers in a community have the opportunity to participate in a plan. In a "closed panel" HMO, the network providers are either HMO employees (staff model) or members of large group practices with which the HMO has a contract. In an "open panel" plan the HMO or PPO contracts with independent practitioners, opening participation in the network to any provider in the community that meets the plan's credential requirements and is willing to accept the terms of the plan's contract.
Both before and after passage in the House, significant controversy surrounded the Stupak–Pitts Amendment, added to the bill to prohibit coverage of abortions – with limited exceptions – in the public option or in any of the health insurance exchange's private plans sold to customers receiving federal subsidies. In mid-November, it was reported that 40 House Democrats would not support a final bill containing the Amendment's provisions. The Amendment was abandoned after a deal was struck between Representative Bart Stupak and his voting bloc would vote for the bill as written in exchange for the signing of Executive Order 13535.
In 2003, according to the Heartland Institute's Merrill Matthews, association group health insurance plans offered affordable health insurance to "some 6 million Americans." Matthews responded to the criticism that said that some associations work too closely with their insurance providers. He said, "You would expect the head of AARP to have a good working relationship with the CEO of Prudential, which sells policies to AARP's seniors."
Germans are offered three kinds of social security insurance dealing with the physical status of a person and which are co-financed by employer and employee: health insurance, accident insurance, and long-term care insurance. Long-term care insurance (Gesetzliche Pflegeversicherung) emerged in 1994 and is mandatory. Accident insurance (gesetzliche Unfallversicherung) is covered by the employer and basically covers all risks for commuting to work and at the workplace.
Prior to the ACA as of 2007, about 9% of Americans were covered under health insurance purchased directly, with average out-of-pocket spending is higher in the individual market, with higher deductibles, co-payments and other cost-sharing provisions. While self-employed individuals receive a tax deduction for their health insurance and can buy health insurance with additional tax benefits, most consumers in the individual market do not receive any tax benefit.
As the population covered by Medicare grows, its costs are projected to rise from slightly over 3 percent of GDP to over 6 percent, contributing substantially to the federal budget deficit. In 2011, Medicare was the primary payer for an estimated 15.3 million inpatient stays, representing 47.2 percent ($182.7 billion) of total aggregate inpatient hospital costs in the United States. The Affordable Care Act took some steps to reduce Medicare spending, and various other proposals are circulating to reduce it further.
Since people who lack health insurance are unable to obtain timely medical care, they have a 40% higher risk of death in any given year than those with health insurance, according to a study published in the American Journal of Public Health. The study estimated that in 2005 in the United States, there were 45,000 deaths associated with lack of health insurance. A 2008 systematic review found consistent evidence that health insurance increased utilization of services and improved health.


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Phone Number North ChittendenPhone Number in North Chittenden. Find a Phone Number, Address or other Contact Detail, like Email Address and Profiles of people or friends who live in North Chittenden, Vermont, USA. Results of Phone Numbers and Addresses in any Street.
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Can I install AutoPIPE on a VM (Virtual Machine)?
What is a Virtual Machine?
According the WIKIpida:
In computing, a virtual machine (VM) is an emulation of a computer system. Virtual machines are based on computer architectures and provide functionality of a physical computer. Their implementations may involve specialized hardware, software, or a combination....
Yes, AutoPIPE can be installed on a VM.
Virtual Machine Software:
There a many different software makers and programs that create a VM, therefore Bentley cannot provide detailed assistance in setting up the actual VM, However, we will be happy to assist with typical installation of Bentley applications. Suggest to contact the VM software technical support for installing instructions and settings recommendations of the VM.
The VM must meet the minimum requirements set forth in the AutoPIPE version's readme file. Then install AutoPIPE as if it was a normal computer.
The VM must support licensing of Bentley application through License Management Tool (LMT). There a number of methods to do this; connect to Bentley Select Server, connect to Local Select Server, or check out a license to be imported into LMT.
User Profile / Permissions
As with an installation of AutoPIPE on a normal computer, the application will read / write to many folders. Thus, the users will still need permission to reads / writes data as needed by the application in a normal setting.


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In certain circumstances, the computer goes into sleep mode automatically:
• After a period of inactivity specified in power plan settings
• When the battery power is low
In hibernation mode, the following occurs:
• The system status, random access memory (RAM), video random access memory (VRAM), and setup
data are stored on the hard disk drive or solid-state drive.
• The system is powered off.
Note: If the computer enters the hibernation mode while it is docked to the docking station or the port
replicator, do not undock it before resuming normal operation. If you do undock it and then try to resume
normal operation, you will get an error message, and you will have to restart the system.
If you have defined one of the following actions as the event that causes the system to go into hibernation
mode, perform that action.
• Closing the lid.
• Pressing the power button.
Also, the computer goes into hibernation mode automatically after a period of inactivity specified in power
When the power is turned on, the computer returns from hibernation mode and resumes operation. The
hibernation file in the boot record on the hard disk drive or solid-state drive is read, and system status is
restored from the hard disk drive or solid-state drive.
This section contains following information:
The symptom-to-FRU index in this section lists symptoms and errors and their possible causes. The most
likely cause is listed first, in boldface type.
Note: Do the FRU replacement or other actions in the sequence shown in the column headed "FRU or
action, in sequence." If replacing a FRU does not solve the problem, put the original part back in the
computer. Do not replace a nondefective FRU.
This index can also help you determine, during regular servicing, what FRUs are likely to need to be
A numeric error is displayed for each error detected in POST or system operation. In the displays, n can
be any number.
If no numeric code is displayed, check the narrative descriptions of symptoms. If the symptom is not
described there, go to "Intermittent problems" on page 40.
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Company history. In 1840, Heinrich Adolf Waldrich founded Maschinenfabrik H.A. Waldrich in Siegen, which was part of the Prussian province Westphalia at that time. Initially, the company manufactured pumps, pulleys and fans for furnaces. The first steam engine was designed and manufactured in 1863, followed by the first turning machine.


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- 1/2 cup water
- 4 cups cubed seedless watermelon
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 bottle sparkling water
- 4 ounces citrus vodka, optional
DirectionsWatch how to make this recipe.
In a small saucepan combine the sugar with 1/2 cup water. Bring to a boil over medium heat, then remove from the heat and let cool.
Fill a pitcher with ice, add the watermelon mixture and stir until chilled. Pour into chilled martini glasses and top with seltzer. Add vodka, if desired.
Recipe courtesy of Sandra Lee


text: As a young adult (24) who was diagnosed at the same time you were (first year in College), I found that the extended release worked well for me but left me somewhat out of touch when I was finished with my engagements. After several years of using it I found that instant release worked much better because of its ability to be utilized only when I needed it, and not lingering when I didn’t. I feel if you have issues with emotional regulation that maybe the XRs are the way to go, otherwise I would recommend at least discussing the concept with your doctor. Nowadays, I feel with proper exercise and nutrition that I really only have to use Ritalin(what I’m prescribed) when I have school tasks to complete or I’m having a more down day than usual. IMO, IR has the ability to develop a tolerance much quicker than with the XR due to the time it takes to kick in and how strongly it effects you when it does. Maybe try and find times or tasks that don’t require its usage and times you feel are worthy of its use, and only take it accordingly? Just an idea. Best of luck with college though, it can be quite overwhelming I’m sure, especially with your major.

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By Johan Engvall
March 22, 2018, the CACI Analyst
Something is stirring in Central Asia. The past two weeks have seen a flurry of bilateral and multilateral get-togethers, starting on March 9, when Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev arrived with great fanfare in Dushanbe for the first state visit of a president of Uzbekistan to Tajikistan since 2000. Less than a week later, on March 15, the presidents of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan as well as the speaker of Turkmenistan’s parliament gathered in Astana for the first exclusively regional “summit” in almost a decade. What do these meetings, each producing several intriguing bilateral and multilateral agreements and statements, mean for the prospects of Central Asian countries finally embarking upon a path of development through cooperation?
By Sudha Ramachandran
March 13, 2018, the CACI Analyst
Afghanistan has seen a bloody start of the New Year. In January, the Taliban and the Islamic State of Khorasan Province (ISKP) – Khorasan is the old name for Afghanistan and surrounding areas – carried out four major attacks on high-profile targets in Kabul. With competition between the two intensifying and each trying to outdo the other in the magnitude of the terror they unleash, violent attacks in the Afghan capital can be expected to increase this year. Public confidence in the Afghan government has hit rock bottom.
By John C. K. Daly
March 9, 2018, the CACI Analyst
In December 2017 during a meeting in Beijing between Chinese Defense Minister Chang Wanquan and Afghan Defense Minister Tariq Shah Bahrami, China’s Central Military Commission vice chairman Xu Qiliang stated that China would build a military facility in Afghanistan’s northeastern Badakhshan province to “strengthen pragmatic cooperation in areas of military exchange and anti-terrorism and safeguard the security of the two countries and the region, making contributions to the development of China-Afghanistan strategic partnership of cooperation.” China’s main motive is to interdict the flow of Uyghur militants to and from Xinjiang, yet the initiative potentially has wider implications for Afghanistan and the region.
By Emil A. Souleimanov and Huseyn Aliyev
February 26, 2018, the CACI Analyst
In 2017, protest activity has grown across the North Caucasus, just as in Russia’s other regions, as shown in a recent report by the Committee of Civil Initiatives (CCI). Socio-economic factors have shaped this trend throughout Russia’s regions, yet in the multi-ethnic North Caucasus these are coupled with a sense of nationalism-driven political discrimination and exclusion. On the eve of the forthcoming Football Championship in Russia, and as war-hardened veterans are returning from Syria to their homeland, this trend may contribute to a worsening security situation in Russia.
By Richard Weitz
February 22, 2018, the CACI Analyst
Preventing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) has been a priority for Uzbek-U.S. and Kazak-U.S. relations for decades. Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan are surrounded by nuclear weapons states and lie at the crossroads of potential WMD trafficking routes. As the U.S. struggles to keep North Korea and Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, deny WMDs from terrorists and other actors, and sustain a major security presence in Central Asia, partnering with Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan against WMDs offers low-cost, high-yield opportunities.
The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is a biweekly publication of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, a Joint Transatlantic Research and Policy Center affiliated with the American Foreign Policy Council, Washington DC., and the Institute for Security and Development Policy, Stockholm. For 15 years, the Analyst has brought cutting edge analysis of the region geared toward a practitioner audience.


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To summarize, Stimson’s article justifies the United States’s use of atomic bombs against Japan at the end of World War II. Stimson’s argument centers on the core belief that the bomb saved more lives than it cost. This aforementioned premise rests on Stimson’s assumption that the Japanese would not surrender absent a shocking display of unprecedented, seemingly unmatchable power, such as that provided by an atomic bomb.
It is clear from Stimson’s arguments that he favored using the atomic bombs to end the war with Japan. Beyond the article, Stimson’s role as Secretary of War from 1940-1945 and the significant part he played in the bombs’ development and use further suggests he wanted to utilize these weapons. Stimson immediately tries to establish credibility for himself in justifying the bomb’s use by pointing to his leadership role in the development of atomic energy dating back to 1941. Stimson also seemed eager to convince his audience that the decision to use the bomb was very carefully thought out. He opens the article by discussing how difficult the decision to use the bomb was, which suggests much deliberation went into the decision to drop the bomb. Stimson also displays numerous memos and countless discussions with others involved in the bomb’s development to further demonstrate how meticulous the decision to use the bomb was. In displaying the thought process that went into the decision to use the bomb, Stimson not only presents persuasive justification for the bombs’ use, but he also provides an impressive account of why the bombs were used in the manner that they were. For instance, Stimson argues convincingly that the bomb must be used without issuing a direct warning to Japan by pointing out the uncertainty that the bomb would work and the damage that would have been done to the peace effort had the U.S. threatened an atomic attack and followed it up with a dud. In referencing Japan’s still powerful army of five million men, Japan’s tendency to fight to the bitter death rather than surrender as demonstrated throughout the war, exemplified by Japanese Premier Suzuki’s refusal to accept what appeared to be relatively modest peace terms, and statistics and estimates regarding the atomic bomb, the potential ground invasion, and other details of the war, Stimson presents a persuasive account that the atomic bombs ended the war quickly and saved countless American and Japanese lives in the process. Stimson’s account is convincing at face value, but some questions are raised if one digs a little deeper.
The most significant question Stimson’s article raises regarding the decision to use the bomb concerns the role of the Japanese emperor in peace talks. Various cultures throughout the world can be fundamentally different. Such difference can prove critical in war. For example, the United States’s failure to win the hearts and minds of the Vietnamese population and stop the spread of communism in that country largely resulted from the United States’s failure to comprehend Vietnamese culture. Regarding Japan, the Japanese people believed their emperor ruled by divine right. If the U.S. could not guarantee Japan’s retention of the emperor, then Japan wouldn’t surrender. Unlike with Vietnamese, the U.S. understood Japanese culture as far as the role of the emperor was concerned. The memo Stimson left Truman regarding the peace terms to be offered to Japan afforded the country the option to retain its emperor. Additionally, when Stimson later discusses how both the atomic bombs and the Japanese emperor would be crucial in obtaining a prompt surrender from Japan, he acknowledges the powerful influence of the Japanese emperor over his people. Given what seems to be American awareness of the emperor’s status, it is curious why retention of the emperor was excluded in the eventual peace terms offered to Japan. Stimson mentions that the bit about the emperor was excluded as if it were some minor, irrelevant detail. He doesn’t even explain why or how such a provision did not make the offered peace terms. Such an exclusion cannot be swept under the rug. Stimson already demonstrated that the decision to use the bomb was a calculated one. When considering the scrupulous attention to detail involved in the decision to use the bomb in relation to the known importance of the emperor to the Japanese people, it is suspicious that the tidbit about Japan retaining its emperor was ultimately removed from the offered peace terms.
Though the question of the emperor remains the largest unanswered question raised by Stimson’s article, Stimson’s article raises some other minor questions as well. For instance, Stimson insisted that the Japanese would not surrender under any circumstance absent a major shock. He points to the way the Japanese fought throughout the war, such as at Iwo Jima, to bolster this argument. However, Stimson briefly mentioned how Japan at one point attempted to secure a peace through Russian mediation. Stimson claimed Japan’s terms were unacceptable since they allowed Japan to retain “important conquered areas” without specifying what these special areas were. Whatever Japan’s terms may have been, that Japan tried to negotiate a way out of the war through Russia contradicts the notion that Japan was completely unwilling to surrender.
Stimson also left me with a few curious questions when he claimed that more people were killed in bombing raids than by the atomic bomb in his argument that the atomic bombs saved American and Japanese lives. I have no doubt such a claim was true when Stimson’s article was published in 1947. One of the questions I had was whether or not the bombing raids remained costlier in terms of human life than the atomic bombs after the long term effects of nuclear radiation set in. My more profound question centers around Stimson’s potential knowledge of nuclear radiation. Was Stimson aware of the effects of nuclear radiation at the time the bomb was dropped and/or when this article was published? If he was not aware, and therefore truly believed the atomic bomb was saving lives, would he have felt differently about dropping the bomb if he knew more about the effects of radiation? Or, was Stimson aware of radiation’s effects, yet went forward in comparing the misleading death tolls of the bombing raids and atomic bomb droppings in their immediate aftermath to add credibility to his argument that the atomic bombs ultimately saved American and Japanese lives? Though I do not have enough evidence to definitively answer that question, Stimson’s many years of experience in the development of atomic energy and the expertise he gained during that time introduces the possibility that Stimson was indeed aware of the long term effects of nuclear radiation when the decision to drop the bomb was made and/or when he published this article.
Could Stimson have had other motives to use atomic weapons on Japan other than ending the war quickly? The postwar world could be one. As August of 1945 arrived and with the Yalta and Potsdam conferences preserved in hindsight, it seemed evident that a postwar standoff between the west and Soviet Union loomed large. Given the Soviet Union’s agreement to help end the war against Japan via invasion once the Red Army completed its objective in Europe, very vaguely and briefly touched upon by Stimson in one of his memos, it is possible the bomb was used to end the war before the Soviets could mount an invasion and therefore have a say in the administration of postwar Japan. Another possibility is that, in anticipation of the Cold War, the U.S. wanted to use the atomic bomb to demonstrate its power to the U.S.S.R. and make clear to the Soviets that the U.S. had the upper hand in dictating the administration of the postwar world.
Another scenario is possible still. Stimson explained how the development of atomic bombs began out of necessity. Germany began developing such weapons at a time when the outcome of the war was very much in doubt, and so it was crucial that the U.S. obtain an atomic bomb first. Even though Germany was subdued before the U.S. finished creating its atomic bomb, Stimson also hit on the need to eliminate any doubt that developing an atomic bomb was possible. Perhaps with all the time, effort, resources, and finances that went into the development of the atomic bombs, Stimson wanted to see the bombs used so that the entire process of building the bomb wouldn’t seem like a waste.
Ultimately, Stimson’s role in the development of atomic bombs makes him highly qualified to discuss the decision to use them. Additionally, he puts forth very strong arguments in favor of the decision to use the bomb. But one should not simply take Stimson at his word, as certain aspects of his argument raise questions about American motives to use the atomic bombs.
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Stimson, Henry L. “The Decision to use the Atomic Bomb.” Harper’s Magazine 194, no. 1161 (Feb 01, 1947): 97. http://login.ezproxy.lib.vt.edu/login?url=https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.lib.vt.edu/docview/1301525905?accountid=14826.
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This camp says (a) there’s more time, so let the sanctions work; (b) any strike will be ineffective yet costly to Israel in terms of military losses, and serve only to rally Iranians behind the regime; (c) a furious Tehran will throw barrages of missiles (biological? chemical?) at Israel’s rear, lash out at Western forces within reach, and make it so dangerous to move oil out of the Gulf that the prevalent sound at the world’s gas pumps will be that of eyeballs popping out over prices; (d) all of the above.To be honest, the whole thing is, in a way, reassuring. It means the people we pay to look out for us have not fallen asleep. Perhaps they learned their lesson from the Carmel forest fire, the Second Lebanon War or any other national catastrophe that’s gained the attention of the state comptroller or spawned yet another in a long line of commissions of inquiry.But the cacophony is getting so bad it’s likely to drown out the real roar of one of those BMWs. 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Reporoa School is one of five schools to receive $10,000 each through the Treemendous School Makeover programme to create its own outdoor education space.
With the high-calibre of this year's entries, five winners instead of the usual four were chosen to take part in the makeovers, a joint initiative between the Mazda Foundation and Project Crimson Trust.
Reporoa School along with Nelson Central School, Houghton Valley School, Leithfield School and Alexandra Primary School will be transformed in 2017 by the Treemendous team with a native tree planting makeover.
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Joris de Bres, Project Crimson Trust chairman, said it was encouraging to see schools around the country embracing the importance of conservation and outdoor education.
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All primary and intermediate schools can apply for a Treemendous School Makeover. Finalists will receive $500 for their school and the winning schools will receive a $10,000 Treemendous School Makeover. Entries will open again in the first term of 2017.