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Laird’s article, Testing Wi-Fi Functionality in Medical Devices, written by Natalie Sheerer, was recently featured in AGL Small Cell Magazine. The article presents the key requirements for testing Wi-Fi in challenging hospital environments.
Applications on many medial devices require secure and persistent network connections. However, hospitals often present challenges to reliable Wi-Fi connectivity. To ensure reliable functionality, a Wi-Fi radio that is embedded in a medical device must be tested thoroughly. But where, and how?
Testing the RF characteristics of a Wi-Fi radio includes testing the radio’s compliance with various regulatory requirements, its range, and its ability to handle RF interference. The article addresses testing RF performance of a Wi-Fi radio in the often challenging infrastructure provided in a hospital. It covers interoperability with hospital Wi-Fi infrastructures, security, and mobility of Wi-Fi enabled medical devices.
The article also provides best practices for testing. To determine how a Wi-Fi radio embedded in a medical device will perform in a particular hospital setting, the most obvious place to test is in that specific hospital. However, conducting tests on medical devices within a hospital is not always viable nor recommended. This article provides alternatives to smartly simulate the RF characteristics of a hospital to ensure optimal performance while minimizing risk.
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This new arrival is simply stunning, hand carved from sustainable mango wood as part of our handmade with love retreat collection.
Heart detailed wooden indoor lantern with metal top. Grey wood and glass lantern holds a pillar candle. May get hot during use.
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But for a few minutes of the first half, Keller Fossil Ridge’s move to 7-0 on the season turned out to be as certain as a “my pleasure” at Chick-fil-A.
Panthers running back Colione Evans had three touchdowns, and quarterback Cobe Craft and wide receiver Stefan Cobbs hooked up twice for TDs in the Panthers’ 38-14 victory Thursday at the Keller ISD Stadium.
Evans had 120 yards on 22 carries and scoring runs of 10, 7, and 4 for Fossil Ridge, which improved to 3-0 in District 3-6A.
His second TD represented the go-ahead score in a game with two lead changes.
Fossil Ridge’s defense, playing without defensive end Arnold Saidov (torn ACL) forced four turnovers, including two interceptions by Cole Crawford. The Panthers held the Buffalos (4-3, 2-1) to minus-16 yards and one first down in the second half.
“This whole team put in work all last year and through the summer. It feels good that it’s showing,” said Cobbs, who had five catches for 134 yards and TD catches of 25 and 35 yards. He and Craft had another of 49 yards, but it was called back because of a penalty.
“We’ve been playing together since I was 11 or 12 years old. This is just natural. We’re just having fun.”
Craft was 9 for 18 and 170 passing yards, plus 83 yards rushing on 12 carries.
Haltom’s Imiee Cooksey, who had seven catches for 105 yards, collected two TD receptions of 20 and 44 yards on back-to-back possessions that briefly gave the Buffs a 14-10 lead in the second quarter.
Fossil Ridge collected an onside kick on the game’s opening kickoff, and the Panthers pounced, jumping out to a 10-0 lead on Evans’ first TD run and Eduardo Mercado’s 43-yard field goal.
After showing little life on their first two possessions, the Buffalos stormed back on consecutive possessions. On the first scoring drive, Haltom converted three third downs, including the TD pass from Black.
The score not only cut Fossil Ridge’s lead but stemmed the Panthers’ momentum.
But the lead was short lived.
Evans’ second TD sent Fossil Ridge back up 17-14 at the 3:49 mark of the second quarter.
“We just wanted to go down and score points and play football,” said Evans.
The Panthers never looked back, particularly with a defense that turned the screws in the second half.
Rafael Hernandez had two sacks and defensive line mate Alex Alvarado had a sack and tackle for loss for Fossil Ridge.
“This defense is great,” said Cobbs. “We give each other a boost. They come in and do their thing.”


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Photos from the G8 Summit
President Obama meets with other world leaders at the G8 Summit at Camp David.
Obama and Medvedev
President Barack Obama talks with Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev of Russia on the Laurel Cabin patio during the G8 Summit at Camp David, Md., May 19, 2012. | Official White House Photo by Pete Souza

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FLY LEADERS & KNOTSby: Larry V. Notley
12 knots with step-by-step instruction and illustrations; many different leaders, each illustrated, and IGFA world record rules. 121 B/w illustrations; 5.5×8.5 inches, 64 pgs.
Fishing & Outdoor Knots
Fly Leaders & Knots is a comprehensive little book filled with the leaders you need to catch a variety of fish–both fresh- -and saltwater! This handy little guide is a must for all fly anglers–there are knots and leaders for every kind of fish and every type of fishing situation you might encounter.
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Publish Date: 06-01-1998
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Birdsong by Julie Flett (9781771644730)
In the spring, a girl moves with her mother from their seaside home to one in a field of snowdrops. They have a nearby neighbor who the girl gradually gets to know. When they first move, the girl doesn’t want to draw anymore. She does love to draw and her neighbor also loves to create things, pottery in her case. As the two start talking, the girl starts to think about creating things again. As autumn arrives, the neighbor shows her what she is working on, and the girl shares some Cree names for phases of the moon, inspired by the pottery. Winter is harder for the elderly neighbor, even with salmon soup shared between them. When she becomes bedridden, the girl uses her art to create a space ready for inspiration and healing.
Flettis, a Cree-Metis author, has won many awards for her work. Here she creates a story of the disruption of moving and the discovery of another artist who inspires new ideas. The inter-generational friendship is lovingly depicted, offering a web of support where each of them takes turns showing the other care when they need it most. The entire book has a gorgeous quiet to it that allows space for creativity to thrive.
The illustrations are simple and rich. The landscapes are filled with gauzy, haze that softens the hillsides, the sky and the moon. Against this softness, the characters stand out clear and bold.
A beautiful and inspiring picture book about art and friendship. Appropriate for ages 3-5.
Reviewed from e-galley provided by Greystone Kids.
The Okay Witch by Emma Steinkellner (9781534431454)
Moth has always loved everything to do with magic and witches. So when Halloween comes, she dresses up as a witch. That does nothing but encourage some school bullies who tease her in the hall in front of the new kid in town. But something strange happens and Moth’s hands start to glow. It turns out that Moth comes from a family of witches, something her mother had never shared with her. Now it all makes sense why Moth has felt so different from everyone else and struggled to make friends. As Moth learns more about her family and the secret separate magic land her grandmother helped create and still lives in, Moth’s powers grow. She meets a talking cat, makes her first real friend, and then discovers that while witches are real so are those who hunt them!
Steinkellner’s debut graphic novel for youth is a delightful mix of diversity and magic. While comparisons can be made with other teen witches, this book stands entirely on its own. Part of that distinction comes from the unique world that the town’s witch elders created for safety. It is a world of floating islands, crystalline colors and flowing robes. It contrasts dynamically with the world of middle school. Moth is the one who brings both worlds together as her magic begins to take form.
The characters in this graphic novel really make the book special. Moth moves far beyond middle-school misfit and is a friendly, funny protagonist with a talking cat who is brave and conflicted. Her mother too is complicated in all the best ways.
A great middle-grade graphic novel that is full of magic. Appropriate for ages 9-12.
Reviewed from copy provided by Aladdin.
Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds (9781481438285)
In ten separate but linked stories, award-winning author Reynolds creates an entire neighborhood of ten blocks. The book begins, and refers throughout, with a school bus falling from the sky. There is one story per block, different kids on each block living their lives, going to school, facing various things in their futures, pasts and presents. There are best-friend boogers, petty theft for a good cause, complicated but important handshakes, stand-up comedy, body odor and body spray, and fake dogs. It’s a book about what happens after school, whether it is friendship or bullying, loneliness or comfort.
This one deserves a medal. Period. It’s one of those books that reads so easily, since it’s written with such skill. The voices of the characters are varied but all intensely realistic and vibrantly human. Reynolds plays with the reader but invites them into the joy of the joke, showing the layers of what children are and what they feel and do. He demonstrates that ten times here, always deeply exploring each character before moving on to the next and celebrating them.
The stories arc together moving from humor to pain to loss to fear to freedom and everywhere in between. The characters form a community on the page, streets unfold before the reader and they get to journey them with friends they just met opening the book. The final chapters are masterful, the text moving from narrative to spoken word to rap. The rhythm of the book throughout is a dance, here it becomes a heartbeat of life.
Look for this incredible read to win some big awards this spring. Appropriate for ages 9-12.
Reviewed from copy provided by Simon & Schuster.
Stargazing by Jen Wang (9781250183880)
Moon and Christine could not be more different even though they both have grown up in the same Chinese-American neighborhood. Christine has strict parents who don’t let her wear nail polish, much less makeup. Moon’s single-parent mother is accepting and gentle. Christine tends to be more concerned with fitting in than Moon who is rather dreamy and loves dancing and music. The two girls decide to enter the school’s talent contest as a dance team, bringing out Christine’s performing side that she never knew existed. Just as the girls start to gel as friends though, Moon reveals that she has visions sometimes. When the true cause of the visions turns out to be seizures, Christine must figure out what sort of friend she really is.
Award-winning graphic novelist Wang invites readers into a personal story about growing up Chinese-American. She draws from her own medical past with seizures and brain surgery to create a graphic novel that is wrenching and real. She entirely leaves her heart on the pages, giving us two girls who are different from one another but clearly meant to be friends. The books’ premise may be personal, but the result is a book that is universal. Wang’s art is accessible and friendly, inviting readers to explore and learn along the way. There are wonderful moments that are distinctly Chinese-American that resonate across cultures.
A warm and rich graphic novel about friendship and so much more. Appropriate for ages 9-12.
Reviewed from library copy.
Why? by Laura Vaccaro Seeger (9780823441730)
A little white rabbit is full of questions for a bear who valiantly tries to answer them all. After each “why?” comes a wise answer about wind, gravity, honey, stars, plants and much more. Finally though, the bear has had enough and heads off home. The little rabbit asks him not to go and now it is Bear’s turn to ask “why” of the rabbit. Rabbit rises to the question and answers it with the same wisdom and patience that Bear has shown all along.
Seeger takes the questions of a toddler and turns it into an engaging picture book. Parents and children alike will recognize the endless questions and the patience it takes to answer them. The turn around at the end of the book adds exactly the right ending to the story. Throughout the book has a pitch perfect tone that makes rabbit’s questions interesting rather than bothersome.
Seeger’s art is lush and lovely. One can almost sink into her greens and blues, they are so deeply colored. She manages to create a friendship from two animals without anthropomorphizing them along the way.
Simple and just right for toddlers and their questions. Appropriate for ages 2-4.
Reviewed from copy provided by Holiday House.
Stormy by Guojing (9781524771768)
The author of the award-winning The Only Child returns with another lovely picture book. In this wordless picture book done in graphic-novel format, a woman discovers a puppy sleeping under a bench at the top of a hill. When she tries to approach the dog, he runs away, returning to hide under the bench after she leaves. On her next visit, the woman brings a ball for the dog, then pretends to ignore him. He slowly moves out from behind the nearby tree and sniffs at the ball, picking it up but not returning to the woman. The third visit has the two of them beginning to play fetch together. This time, the dog follows the woman home, but she doesn’t see him. When a huge storm appears, she heads into the deluge to save him but he isn’t where she thinks he will be.
If you look at the lighting and beauty of that cover, you will have a sense of the incredible illustrations throughout this book. Guojing beautifully paces her story, showing the patience and time it takes to create a sense of safety and trust between the woman and the stray dog. There are achingly lonely moments at night, the dog alone, the dog with just his ball, the dog outside her window. Guojing gives those moments space in the book to just be there, haunting and lovely.
A great wordless picture book about building trust and finding a home. Appropriate for ages 3-5.
Reviewed from e-galley provided by Schwartz & Wade Books.
Dig by A. S. King (9781101994917)
Meet five teenagers who either barely know one another or don’t know each other at all, but all are from the same broken family. It’s a family where the roots run deep into potato farming and racism. It’s a family broken by high expectations, greed, and an inability to connect. Each of the teens carries their own moniker other than their first name. There is the Freak, a girl who can flicker from one place in the world to another. The Shoveler is a boy with big secrets to tell. CanIHelpYou? works at a drive through, selling more than burgers and fries to her customers. Loretta the Flea-Circus Ring Mistress lives in a family of violence and hunger, but has her own flea circus at least. First-Class Malcolm lives with his father who is dying of cancer and jets back and forth to Jamaica. Each teen carries so much weight, so much dirt with them, and yet there is hope if they can just dig deep.
I won’t lie, this is one tough book. King wrestles with the issues, choices and lives faced by teens in the modern world. They are lives embittered by racism, poverty, drugs, violence, and lies. Still, as the reader gets to know each teen, there is grace beneath all of these layers of family crap and expectations. There is responsibility too, responsibility to be different than the previous generation and make better choices for themselves and their families.
I also won’t lie about the fact that this is a very important book. It looks at racism with an eye towards white people taking responsibility for their history, for their current state, for making assumptions, relying on friends of color for cover, and for not being allies in a real way. It lays all of that bare, insisting that the characters and readers take action in their lives to remedy things, to speak of the unspoken, to insist on change happening. So this tough read is filled just enough light through the muck of life.
A great teen novel full of depth with a strong voice and a definitely point of view. Appropriate for ages 15-18.
Reviewed from library copy.
Ultrabot’s First Playdate by Josh Schneider (9781328490131)
When Ultrabot’s professor invites their neighbor Becky to come over for a playdate at their secret lab, Ultrabot is very nervous. He wonders if Becky will share or break his toys. He pictures her as an enormous furry dog-person with barrettes all over. But Becky turns out to be a little human girl. She brings a ball along with her and after some initial shyness, Ultrabot sees that they can share. The two played ball together, drew cats, and had sandwiches for lunch (with the crusts cut off.) They shared all of Ultrabot’s toys too, though afterwards the professor thought it best if they met at Becky’s house next time.
Schneider tells a very touching and funny story of a shy giant robot and his first playdate. Ultrabot’s emotions mirror those of a young child going to their first playdate or meeting a new person. The questions he thinks about, the worries he has and the resolution are all very human.
However, the illustrations show that this is still one giant robot who has toys like real airplanes, eats sandwiches made of girders and diesel tanks, and is able to do wild math calculations. The illustrations are wildly funny and set a perfect tone. I particularly love that the secret lab is ever-so-obvious and out-of-place in their residential neighborhood.
Funny and friendly, this is just right for any reluctant robot in your house. Appropriate for ages 2-4.
Reviewed from library copy.
Jasper & Ollie by Alex Willan (9780525645214)
Jasper and Ollie are best friends. At breakfast, Jasper wants to go to the pool and Ollie agrees. Jasper, the fox, wants to race to get there and runs out of the house. Along the way, he pull on his swimsuit, blows past the mailman who dumps his letters, jumps over a turtle painting a fence, and hustles past the ice cream truck. Now Jasper has to wait for Ollie though. And Ollie, the sloth, has a very different approach. He watches butterflies, smells the flowers, picks up the spilled mail, gets a drink, helps paint the fence, and gets an ice cream cone. Meanwhile Jasper is rushing around trying to see if Ollie is somewhere at the pool and manages to get himself thrown out. Luckily, that is just when Ollie arrives with ice cream cones for both of them.
Willan tells this story solely in speech bubbles. He uses framing techniques from comic books to great effect here. On the larger upper frame, he shows Jasper in his speedy desperation to find Ollie. Below, Ollie moves along quietly enjoying his walk to the pool. Jasper is often accompanied by a dashed line showing his movement over and under and around people and obstacles and usually accompanied by chaos in his wake.
The illustrations are brilliantly done with plenty of humor too. It has a wonderful aesthetic to it where the pattern of Ollie’s swimsuit is repeated on various things at the pool that Jasper searches. The illustrations are worth looking closely at to catch all of the funny moments and small touches along the way.
A combination of speed and sloth that makes for a great friendship and plenty of laughs. Appropriate for ages 3-5.
Reviewed from e-galley provided by Doubleday Books for Young Readers.

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How many you received an absolutely USELESS guide for the Catholic voter as to how to have an informed conscience when casting a vote?
Apparently, according to the Catholic bishops of the US, we are supposed to not only feel sorry and welcoming to the persecuted alien (i.e. one who gets threatened with death, etc. for practicing the faith which is quite one thing] but for ALL "immigrants" which in Catholic bishop speak is code for "illegal aliens."
I.E. we're supposed to have compassion for Mrs. Murphy, US retired person by: Raising her taxes to educate the illegal alien children, have her own children have a depressed wage scale, because adjusted for inflation it's still pathetic at the lower end, because illegals can live 20 to a room and not care -- never mind a living wage for those who have to compete for jobs with illegal aliens. Mrs. Murphy and her family get jacked up of housing prices because there are MILLIONS of illegals putting a strain on the system. Gee, guess what? A scarcity and the price goes up. What a concept. Econ. 101. Let's turn a blind eye to seeing decent paying blue collar wage earners trades go in the dumper. So much for a "living wage" for actual citizens. I sometimes think bishops should be REQUIRED to be married and have kids to raise and pay for housing in the real market.
But this highly questionable pimping for the socialist "border free America" is a wishy washy weasel way for liberal democrat catholics to pretend that "compassion" for illegal aliens makes up for a pro-abortion stance.
I feel like taking this voting guide for the Catholic conscience, sending it to the bishop, and telling him what he can do with it. Why did these idiots bother?
Used to be there was a non-Catholic Christian outfit that DID do a good job on these issues and regularly distributed a USEFUL voter guide as to informing the public where the candidates stood on the issues and what the propositions were that concerned issues that were of particular concern to the religious voter.
They'd simply list candidates and ask them where they stood on social issues. THAT was useful. Abortion? 2nd Amendment? and issues like "gay marriage", "embryonic stem cell research" would have certainly been mentioned by referendum number, etc.
But nah, the lily-livers have axed it from being distributed in the church parking lots. "Too controversial" might have someone sue for appearance of "endorsement." So what do we get? Wishy washy, half baked crap. Some of it highly speculative and dream cloud cuckoo land "catholic teaching." Yeah. Some of it was good and true, but it was undercut by the crap.

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Under the influence of continuous high temperature, the state of the car battery is weak, especially the battery close to the critical service life of 3-5 years, it is very easy to cause squatting due to power loss. As we all know, it is necessary to choose a car battery with excellent heat resistance in summer. However, many start-stop owners have troubles when replacing batteries. It is rumored that AGM batteries for start-stop are not heat-resistant, because AGM batteries are mostly installed at the bottom of the trunk of the car or under the driver's seat, and are not installed under the hood like ordinary car batteries. In these two places, the ambient temperature is relatively lower, so there are "rumors" that AGM technology batteries are not heat-resistant.
The reason why AGM batteries are installed in the cockpit or trunk is not because they are afraid of high temperature, but because they have a higher level of safety. Different from ordinary flooded batteries, there is a certain risk of acid leakage in extreme situations. The AGM battery technology adopts the adsorption glass fiber separator technology, which belongs to the battery with poor liquid, and there is no flowing acid inside. In addition, the negative tolerance high pressure assembly process is used, which is safe and leak-free. Therefore, installation in the cockpit is stress-free.
Speaking of heat resistance, AGM batteries have ultra-low water loss rate and super heat dissipation performance, so they are completely free from heat. AGM adopts reinforced grid technology, which is forged and stamped. The internal structure is more compact, and it is more resistant to electrochemical reaction corrosion in high temperature environment. The two-way sealing valve design creates a maintenance-free internal circulation of the battery, ensures the internal circulation of water in a high temperature environment, and greatly reduces water loss. Its 2000-hour high-temperature charging moisture loss is as low as 1g/Ah, which is far lower than the global industry standard.
With excellent start-up performance and excellent discharge capacity, AGM automotive battery technology perfectly meets the high power demand of on-board multi-electronic devices such as air conditioners. Compared with ordinary batteries, AGM has more than 3 times the discharge capacity, even if frequent deep discharge, it is not easy to cause the loss of battery capacity and shorten the battery life. Bring peace of mind and excellent driving experience to car owners.
The battery AGM technology refers to the battery whose separator is made of ultra-fine glass wool material. AGM refers to the material of the separator. Common battery separators include rubber separators, PP separators, PE separators, PVC separators and AGM separators. Battery assembly is quite different from automotive batteries and sealed VRLA batteries. Sealed VRLA batteries require AGM separators to be assembled, while automotive batteries generally use PE, PVC or rubber separators.
The start-stop system requires a more powerful battery to supply sufficient power at idle to supply the electrical equipment on the vehicle, support more frequent starts, cycles and deep discharges, as well as partial charge operation and dynamic charge reception capabilities. These requirements cannot be met by ordinary batteries.

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Rev. Teri Schwartz, 10 a.m., Sanctuary
Thanksgiving calls to mind the American foundational myth of the Puritan separatists seeking religious freedom, and celebrating with a fall feast with the native Wampanoag people. While there is some historical accuracy in the story, it obscures the ugly truths of the erasure and genocide of the native peoples of our country. Additionally, American culture makes wide-ranging myths about Native American culture and history that have misinformed generations. In our free and responsible search for truth and meaning, inquiring into our collective mythmaking can be a powerful influence on our understanding of the present—and our future.


Premium preset designers Patch Hut have today released “Zynthasia”, a new collection of inspired patches crafted and created for Waves’ Codex Wavetable Synth, a superb library which boasts 30 impressive synth sounds!
Patch Hut are sound designers; creating sound libraries for VSTi soft synths, including Omnisphere, Loom, Hybrid 3, Vacuum Pro, Presonus Presence and Mai Tai, and many more. Their aim is to inspire the soft synth musician with their very unique sound libraries.
The incredible Codex synth incorporates 2 wavetable oscillators for importing your own samples, and for the majority of this library Patch Hut have imported their own recorded samples to create grunge sounding bass sounds, stepped sequences and some beautiful pads. Whilst using the Mod wheel and pitch bend you can add further movement to the sound with a touch of LFO, creating subtle pan fx and pitch oscillation.


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China now replaces the 25-year old ban on tiger and rhino bones and horns
Tigers and rhinos both are regarded as the scarce wild animals and their trade was prohibited in China since the year 1993. But according to the reports, on Monday it has been announced that the parts from the captive animals would be authorized from onwards for medical, cultural and scientific use. It is now been believed by the experts that this change in orders would cause an increase in demand of the animals and it would jeopardize the efforts for their protection. Tiger and rhino parts are regarded as the key component and are highly valued in the Chinese traditional medicine. They are used and prescribed for the treatment of a lot of ailments including insomnia, gout, meningitis, and fever. It has been proven that this is a cure of a lot of diseases.
This ban in now 25 years old and there is a statement been announced for the replacement of this ban and according to the announcement, the state council has said that the forms of bones and horns of rhinos and the dead tigers would now be used in the Chinese hospitals only by the qualified doctors. It also said that these animal products could be obtained from the farms only. Those parts which are now allowed in china are regarded as antiques and they could also be sued in the cultural exchange if they are allowed by the cultural authorities. A statement has also been made by the worldwide fund which shows that this move and announcement of china would be having severew consequences and an enourmous setback for the efforts which have been done till now for the protection of the wildlife.
Even this announcement has restricted this use to antiques and to be used in hospitals, till then this trade is going to have increased confusion in law enforcers and the consumers that which products are legal and illegal for them to use. This is how the markets for other rhino and tiger products would also have an expansion and this is going to be a further threat for the wildlife. The author of the book poached, Rachel Nuwer said on twitter that the game is over for the remaining species of rhinos and tigers in the world. She said this would somehow encourage the illegal killing of these animals.


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The 49ers made their second new addition along the defensive line with their signing of Clelin Ferrell on Wednesday. With Samson Ebukam and Charles Omenihu departing, the 49ers started filling those spots as they always do with pass rushers: a low-cost, high-upside signing.
With the deal being made official on Thursday, here are three numbers to know about the 25-year-old pass rusher out of Clemson:
Clelin Ferrell was the fourth overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft, selected by the Raiders just two selections after the 49ers selected Nick Bosa. Ferrell was a potential option for the 49ers at the second pick early in the draft process that year, before Arizona opted for the Kliff Kingsbury/Kyler Murray duo, causing the draft to fall as it did.
Safe to say that Ferrell didn’t meet those first-round expectations with the Raiders, recording only ten sacks in his first four seasons, a number Bosa has hit in each of his last two seasons.
Ferrell saw his snap count decrease from 648 in his rookie season to 461 and 273 in each of the next two before he played 492 snaps in 2022, the most he’s played since his rookie year. Ferrell had the feel of a player entering free agency who needed a fresh start and a system that could improve his play.
Ferrell set a career-high with 30 pressures in 2020. Kris Koucerek and the 49ers’ defense might be the place for Ferrell to develop into that first-round talent the Raiders were looking for. While his 30 pressures in 2020 would have tied for fourth on the 2022 49ers, Ferrell isn’t the first pass rusher the 49ers have taken a low-cost chance on.
Charles Omenihu, Samson Ebukam, and Arden Key were all brought in at low costs – Omenihu was the only one not signed, acquired from Houston for a sixth-round pick – and all of them saw career resurgences with the 49ers.
Charles Omenihu’s career-high in pressures pre-49ers: 32 on 546 snaps (2020)
Omenhiu’s high in pressures with the 49ers: 62 pressures on 659 snaps (2022)
Samson Ebukam’s career-high in pressures pre-49ers: 33 on 793 snaps (2018)
Ebukam’s high in pressures with the 49ers - 50 pressures on 681 snaps (2022)
Arden Key’s career-high in pressures pre-49ers: 31 on 644 snaps (2018)
Key’s high in pressures with the 49ers - 39 pressures on 434 snaps (2021)
Ferrell hopes to continue the trend after signing with the 49ers.
Ferrell finished 2022 with a four percent missed tackle rate, according to Pro Football Focus. He ranked third among the 83 edge rushers and 16th of the 396 defensive players to play a minimum of 450 snaps. Ferrell’s 2022 percentage would have finished tied with Kerry Hyder among the 49ers’ defensive line and 2.7 percent better than Nick Bosa (6.7 missed tackle percentage).
While the 49ers’ defensive line usually features the run stoppers on the interior, the signing of Javon Hargrave indicated a shift in thought. The signing of Ferrell could be an effort to counterbalance by adding a player on the edge who is solid against the run. PFF hasn’t been kind to him the past few seasons – Ferrell finished with run defense grades of 68.4 and 76.6 the first two seasons of his career but grades of 37.3 and 58.2 the last two – but the one constant for Ferrell has been an improved missed tackle percentage.
Ferrell finished his rookie season missing 17.9 percent of his tackles, but that number dropped about four percent each of the two following years, before dropping six percent from 2021 to 2022. The trend is apparent, but is the new career low the new constant or an outlier?


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ITU researcher receives award for intelligent lighting project
Kjell Yngve Petersen, Associate Professor at the IT University in Copenhagen, has received the energy sector’s research award ELFORSK for a project on intelligent lighting that provides energy savings as well as better lighting for the users.
A combination of LED lights and artificial intelligence may in the future provide better lighting of the buildings we live in, while lowering energy consumption at the same time, concludes a research project by Kjell Yngve Petersen from ITU's Institute of Digital Design, which is receiving the ELFORSK Award at Energy Summit in Copenhagen on Thursday, June 7.
The project aims to introduce the qualities of daylight into artificial lighting, which is made possible by LED technology in conjunction with intelligent software.
"The way we have understood light so far – as either turned on or off - does not take into account the fact that humans can see in many light spectrums and actually prefer variation in lighting as in the natural daylight. LED lights are very different from the lamps we have used previously as they allow precise control of colour and brightness and can also be built into materials like walls and ceilings. This offers ample opportunities for designing artificial light more like daylight," says Kjell Yngve Petersen.
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Kjell Yngve Petersen developed a control system that, by way of sensors and artificial intelligence, adapts the light to users' changing needs and use patterns, daylight variations, building design, power supply fluxes and many other parameters.
The software utilizes a softer form of artificial intelligence than what we know from robots and self-driving cars. The inspiration comes from multiplayer computer games, where snapshots of the other player are not coded in advance, but are generated based on a variety of specifications as the game unfolds.
Similarly, the user is part of a constant generation of the infinite possibilities of intelligent light, though it generates the light according to a number of predefined rules. The system is programmed to understand the relationship between light, people and space, and designs how they interact through the software generator.
»"With artificial intelligence, the light can have a quality of being in constant motion, just like daylight. Changes are so fluid that you almost don’t notice them. This has many advantages, because our sense of sight doesn’t like to being in the same conditions all the time," says Kjell Yngve Petersen.
With artificial intelligence, the light can have a quality of being in constant motion, just like daylight. Changes are so fluid that you almost don’t notice them.
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He emphasizes that intelligent light also works alongside traditional forms of light – one can easily do with just one intelligent light source in the room. The system also allows manual operation in situations where the user prefers this, or if the internet connection fails.
Major potential energy savings
Danish energy policy is striving towards an entirely renewable energy supply by 2050. This means that in the future, we will have to get used to weather-dependent fluctuations in the supply from windmills and the like. Power must be used when it is produced – and intelligent lighting systems help to control power consumption without compromising the user experience, says Kjell Yngve Petersen.
»"Intelligent lighting allows you to decide if more or less power should be used, without changing the quality for those who need it. If you connect the lighting systems of all the buildings, you would get ample control of the power consumption so that they suit the current supply conditions," he says.
Intelligent lighting allows you to decide if more or less power should be used, without changing the quality for those who need it.
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In addition, intelligent light only goes on where it is needed – naturally, this would also lead to major energy savings.
"The vast majority of the light we turn on is not actually needed. For instance streetlights where there are no people and in situations where there are only people in parts of a room. With adaptive light, light waste is reduced," he says.
He refers to an experiment in which intelligent lighting was tested in a reading room with 100 students.
Since the light only turned on where students were sitting, energy consumption dived to less than a third. But the experiment also showed that the students started using the light in new ways - for example sitting in the dark with light only on their book. For Kjell Yngve Petersen, this is another indication that flexibility and variation in illumination is natural to humans.
Ready for implementation
The intelligent light system has been tried out in a number of test environments, but Kjell Yngve Petersen hopes that his project will inspire builders to think about the possibilities of intelligent lighting in connection with new construction and renovation projects of private homes, as well as public buildings and office buildings.
»The technology is close to being ready for use and implementing it on an experimental basis does not require major reconstruction or existing smart infrastructure, he emphasizes.
The time is ripe for a paradigm shift in our approach to lighting. The technology is in place and can improve well-being by giving users more control of light conditions.
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Kjell Yngve Petersen is already in dialogue with three Copenhagen schools about trying out adaptive lights in connection with future renovation projects. He hopes that more will follow suit.
"The time is ripe for a paradigm shift in our approach to lighting. The technology is in place and can improve well-being by giving users more control of light conditions," he says.
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Striker, Odion Ighalo, missed his spot kick during the penalty shootouts as Al Hilal clinched their 10th Kings Cup title at the expense of Al Wehda on Friday, PUNCH Sports Extra reports.
The title was Al Hilal’s 66th in their history and Ighalo’s third in his career.
Al-Hilal had lost two finals already this year in the FIFA Club World Cup and the Asian Champions League and they were within moments of losing a third on Friday in Jeddah after they trailed Al-Wehda for 98 minutes.
But a late strike from Ali Al-Bulaihi sent the game into extra-time before the Riyadh giants triumphed 7-6 in a penalty shootout
The Nigerian who started the encounter from the bench came in for Abdullah Otayf at the start of the second half missed his side’s third kick during the shootout.
Each team scored just one of their first three with Ighalo and Andre Carrillo missing for Al-Hilal.
The scoreline had reached 6-6 when Al-Mayouf saved from Hazzaa Ahmed Al-Ghamdi and then the goalkeeper stepped up to fire an unstoppable shot into the net to ensure that Al-Hilal avoid a third final defeat in 2023 to end a busy season with a silverware.
Ighalo will now aim to complete the season on another high note finishing the season as the league top scorer,
Ighalo currently trails Abderrazak Hamdallah by a goal.
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Facebook aims to expand in the United States, in Washington to settle-up an expansive officer project right behind the Microsoft’s headquarter.
The social media giant’s big project is currently referred to as “Building X” project. Facebook approached towards Washington with the aim of 650,000 square feet campus, reports the Puget Sound Business Journal.
The report continued, “The company has not yet applied for building permits but a project schedule sent to the city shows that it hopes to demolish existing buildings on the allotted land as soon as May.”
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Ireland’s Foreign Minister Simon Coveney has been taken off stage by officials during a speech in Northern Ireland after a suspicious device had been discovered in a hijacked van in the car park of the venue, according to the event organiser.
The van driver was ordered at gunpoint to drive to the venue in north Belfast, one of the event’s organisers told the Reuters news agency on Friday.
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Coveney was driven away from the venue in his government car after leaving the stage, a Reuters journalist at the scene said.
“There is a security alert and the PSNI [Police Service of Northern Ireland] are currently assessing the situation. Everyone has had to evacuate the centre,” Tim Attwood, secretary of the Hume Foundation, the event organiser, told Reuters.
A spokesperson for Coveney said the minister and his team were safe and had been taken to a secure location.
The PSNI said police are currently in attendance at the scene where a 400-metre (1,300-foot) exclusion zone was put in place.
The driver was in tears inside the venue after alerting security officials to the incident and apologising to attendees for being forced to drive to the site, the Reuters journalist said.
Coveney said on Twitter that he was “saddened and frustrated” that someone had been attacked and victimised and that his thoughts were with the driver.
“I spoke to the poor man whose van was hijacked … He’s lost his memory. He’s traumatised. It’s just unreal,” Father Aidan O’Kane, the manager of the Houben Centre where the event was being held, told Reuters.
A funeral in the adjacent church also had to be evacuated, O’Kane said.
The incident comes three days after the United Kingdom lowered its Northern Ireland-related “terrorism” threat level for the first time in more than a decade, with police saying operations against Irish nationalist fighters were making attacks less likely.
A small group of fighters opposed to a 1998 peace deal that ended Northern Ireland’s “Troubles” remain active and carry out occasional attacks.
Their capacity is tiny relative to the 30-year conflict between Irish nationalists seeking unification with the Irish Republic and the British Army and pro-British loyalists determined to keep Northern Ireland under British rule.
The UK’s Northern Ireland Minister Brandon Lewis said he was being kept up to date on the incident.
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South Park Lawsuit
Creators of every kids favorite and parents least liked comedy central cartoon series South Park Trey Parker and Matt Stone have found themselves in legal trouble this time. Unfortunately this time it looking really bad. The Creators of South Park are being sued by a man who claims the two stole his character The South Park lawsuit is over the character they created known as King Lollipop. King Lollipop appeared in three episodes in 2009.
Exavier Wardlaw is the man that claims the King Lollipop character is his creation. Wadlaw filed a complaint in federal court in Philidelphia with the claims financial infringement department. Wardlaw’s main intention is just to have King Lollipop removed from the show because he feels it’s his character. He doesn’t want to see him in any episodes.
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According to an article written by Tim Kenneally of TheWrap “Exavier claimed King Lollipop which was included in the Imaginationland trilogy, is based on the Big Bad Lollipop character from The Lollipop Forest.”
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04-08-2013, 09:31 PM #1
Best Way To Repair Hull
Hi everyone, I have a couple of questions for everyone. I recently got a 92 Yamaha 650(I know this isnt the Yamaha forum but everyone here has been so helpful with my Polaris ski, plus it doesn't seem like the Yamaha forum is getting much traffic which = no responses) Anyways I got this ski for only $75, the engine starts right up and everything seems excellent except for the hull. It has a pretty bad crack/ hole in the back. My question is what is the best way to repair this? Also how do I determine if it is the smc fiberglass or the traditional fiberglass which I believe is polyester? Im thinking it is smc and in that case I think i would need to use epoxy correct? Thanks everyone!!
04-08-2013, 09:33 PM #2
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Of you use epoxy it doesn't matter is its polyester or SMC, it will work with either.
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Traditional fiberglass hulls are rather rough surface on the inside.
If you can find a service manual or specifications for that year and model of Yamaha, that should specify the hull material.
04-08-2013, 10:21 PM #4
If I remember right Its a fiberglass hull, first off you will have to take a grinder and clean that gouge up and beveling it out like a V angle on the gouge edges, dont need to take alot off of it, then, by taking a dremmel you need to bevel out all the cracks into a V . 1/4" deep X 1/2" wide
looks as if you have layer speration, you will have to cut all the layers out that have delaminated them selves as well,
next you need to get access to that from the inside, you will have to sand that area down on the inside with 120grit and clean up gouge with grinder or dremmel. sand area of 10 to 12" inches in all directions around hole, clean up with acetone,
Walmart sells fiberglass polly resin by the quart and Woven fiberglass sheet, do not use the fiberglass Mat, also get a quart of Bondoglass and applicator/putty knife,
cut your first woven sheet so it exactly fits from the step to the step and 12" total long, for 6" up the transom and 6" down the hull, cut another peice 1 " smaller and another again 1 " smaller your going to layer this in 3 sheets thick, you do not want to go any bigger then from step to step, if you try with a single sheet you will have multiple corners and your glass sheet will not lay right and you will get air bubbles, so only work with 1 bend at the hull to transom,
tape off out side hull/hole, fallow mixing directions for resin and hardener, mix very well and only mix a half cup at a time, apply good layer of resin with a 2" brush, apply glass sheet and brush out with more resin, apply 2nd sheet then 3rd same way, work the brush to take out all air pockets also with a dabbing of the brush one sheet/layer at a time,
when you have gotten this far let us know.
04-08-2013, 10:21 PM #5
Ok thanks Ill have to take a closer look at the hull. I have a manual ordered but it didnt come yet. Do you have any recommendations on how to repair that corner area. If it was anywhere else on the hull it would be much easier but the corner is going to be pain haha. Thanks
04-08-2013, 10:28 PM #6
I think it was in 94 they started with composite hulls
04-08-2013, 11:06 PM #7
Sorry caliburn when I replied your post wast up yet. It looks like you prob hit the reply button a second before me haha. How come I shouldn't use the mat? Thanks for all the info!!
04-09-2013, 09:32 AM #8
Harder to work with and not as strong as the woven when they are layered like suggested,
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04-09-2013, 09:08 PM #9
If I make it a total of 12in in length what with should I cut the sheet? Also If I am understanding correctly I should only have one layer make the bend from the bottom of the hull up to the side? Thanks again!
04-09-2013, 10:07 PM #10
A sharp pair of sicssors or box knife on cardboard, first sheet cut to length 12" long , wide from step to lower step, place in to fit flush, one bend at hull to transom is all you want, 2nd sheet 1" smaller in diameter, 3rd 1" smaller then last.
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Eliminating 404 errors entirely is practically impossible, but there are a few simple things you can do to mitigate the effects broken pages have on your website’s SEO and rankings. Why is avoiding 404 errors practically impossible? Well, you always have to account for typos and human errors. If someone misspells your domain in the address bar and you don’t have a 301 redirect in place for that misspelling, then the user is ultimately going to hit a 404 page. A few 404 errors every now and then is nothing to be overly concerned about, but when users are frequently reaching a broken page and bouncing from your site almost immediately, your rankings may be at risk. Not to fear, however, because in this blog post I am going to share a few tips and tricks you can implement on your website’s custom 404 page so you can sleep easy at night.
Step 1: Create a Custom 404 Page
Create a new page for your website labeled “404 – not found” or something along those lines and make the URL slug the same, separating each word with dashes. On your new 404 page there are a number of things you can do to help improve your SEO metrics and overall user experience. Which brings us to Step Two.
Step 2: Optimize Your 404 Page for SEO
Here is where the real value of a custom 404 page comes into play. The biggest issue with broken pages and links is that users will immediately bounce from a website and in return hurt the site’s SEO value and metrics. By optimizing your custom 404 page you can decrease your site’s bounce rate, improve the average time spent on your site, and potentially direct users to a more valuable page. Listed below are a number of strategies to improve your 404 page with one goal in mind: keep users on your site and lower your bounce rate.
- Include a creative graphic, text, or image to your custom 404 page.
- For example, webFEAT Complete chose to include entertaining pictures of our employees’ pets. This will help improve the average time spent on our website, create a pleasant experience as opposed to a negative one for our users, and keep attention as opposed to losing it.
- Include a search box on your 404 page.
- This is a great tool to help searchers find what they are looking for without having to leave your website. The idea here is to give your site a second chance by letting users search for what they were originally looking for.
- Add contact information to your page
- Make it easy for your users to get in touch with you. By providing them with contact information, you’ve set yourself up to save a potential lead or to learn about a broken page on your site you didn’t know was there.
- Add a Call-to-Action
- If you are an eCommerce store, provide users with alternative options or some of your best-selling items like Nike’s 404 page depicted below. Alternatively, if you are a service company, let searchers request a quote.
- Include links to other pages or blog posts
- A good idea here is to include links to your highest performing blogs or your most important service/product pages. Essentially, give the user a reason to continue browsing on your website.
- Better yet, include multiple strategies on your 404 page, like Amazon! They grab your attention with pleasant dog photos and link to a related blog post about their company.
Once you’ve finished designing your custom 404 page, publish it!
Step 3: Install a 404 Plugin
Here at webFEAT Complete, we predominantly work with WordPress websites. If you use another type of CMS or have a custom-built website, creating a custom 404 page is still an option and should be implemented! For those of you with a WordPress website, there are a few plugins that will make your life easy such as Custom 404 Pro and 404page. These plugins force any 404 error to your custom 404 page. Today, I will be demonstrating how to implement the Custom 404 Pro plugin.
Go to the plugin store and download/activate the Custom 404 Pro plugin. Next, scroll over the Custom 404 Pro plugin located in your WordPress Admin side panel. Select the “settings” dropdown option. You should now see a page like this:
In the “Mode” section select “WordPress Page”
In the “Select a Page” section choose the 404 page you created a few moments ago.
Next, select the “General” tab and make sure your options resemble the image below:
4) Test Your New 404 Page
Type in a random permalink/slug to the end of your homepage URL and make sure your Custom 404 page shows up!
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Virtual Wheelchair Interface Ramp: A Change in Perspective
The purpose of the Virtual Wheelchair project is to provide an interface between a user in a wheelchair and a computer. This interface takes the form of a ramp. The user rolls up the ramp until the wheels of the wheelchair are positioned and lowered into two sets of rollers. Optical encoders and an interface box translate the motion of the wheels to the computer, allowing wheelchair navigation through a computer generated environment.
Custom software, including navigation code specifically for wheelchairs, was designed by Brian Duggan at the San Diego Supercomputer Center. This software uses the Performer libraries by Silicon Graphics. Models are created by Jason Ditmars with Maya and imported directly into Performer via a custom tri-file loader. The interface ramp -- made of steel, diamond plate, expanded metal, and electronic devices -- was constructed in Los Angeles by Ronen Mintz and Jason Ditmars. The ramp can be used by both physically challenged persons in their own variety of wheelchairs (electric or manual), as well as by others in a standard wheelchair (provided on site).
The wheelchair was chosen not only for its commonly understood operation, but also for its symbolic representation. In operation, many people find difficulty using a Trackball, 6D Tracker, or Mouse to navigate virtual space, resulting in a frustrating experience. The wheelchair, by contrast, is a navigational device that everyone already understands. It enables movement through this new spatial terrain in a more familiar way. The wheelchair alone represents mobility for the physically challenged. As an interface, it becomes a metaphor for a new kind of mobility that exists in cyberspace and other computer-generated spaces, where the limitations of the body are left behind.
By making an interface specifically for wheelchairs, the experience is accessible to the entire public. This interface is excellent for public shows or public spaces such as conventions or museums. People who are bound to wheelchairs become the expert navigators -- able to maneuver around the space with ease. People who are not bound to wheelchairs are asked to engage the experience by using a common wheelchair provided on site. Even children and senior citizens, who are not necessarily experienced with computers, have been able to quickly adapt to this intuitive form of navigation.
The ramp consists of four main parts and is adjustable to various lengths. The full interface consists of a five foot front ramp, a three foot middle platform, and a three foot back ramp. It is a total length of 11 feet, at a maximum height of 7 1/2 inches. The front ramp can be made steeper and shorter, giving a total length of 9 feet. A minimum space arrangement can be made by using the front ramp for both entrance and exit, bringing the total length down to 6 feet.
Only one person is required to assist a user in boarding the interface ramp. Once users roll up to the middle platform, they are easily lowered into position by an extension lever. At this point, motorized wheelchairs are ready to go. Manual wheelchairs can be locked into an adjustable device that lifts some of the weight off of the rollers so that the wheels are easier to spin. Once the experience is finished, the assistant raises and locks the wheels back to the level of the platform surface and the user can roll forward and coast down the ramp.
To spice things up a bit, we added a lever/joystick that lets the user fly up into the virtual sky, affording a wonderful birds-eye-view of the buildings of various shapes and colors. A button box allows for selection between FAST and SLOW navigation speed. FAST is commonly used for electric wheelchairs that have more precise wheel movements, while SLOW is more representative of real-world navigation for manual wheelchairs.
The next stage of the project is to incorporate force-feedback motors into the ramp. These motors will be used to reflect real-world gravity and friction. Thus, if you are on a virtual hill, the wheels of your wheelchair will begin to coast forwards. To stop yourself, you will have to brake the wheels with your hands, just as you would in the real world. With this system installed, we believe the wheelchair ramp will be one of the most submersive physical interfaces to date.
V. Shows and Awards
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH -- Mar.19-Aug.19, 2000
Permanent Display at the San Diego Supercomputer VisLab, La Jolla, CA -- 1995-1998
Siggraph '95 Interactive Communities (w/ Cityspace) -- Aug. 1995
Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA
Supercomputing '95 (w/ Cityspace) -- Dec. 1995
San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, CA
Nominated by the Discovery Channel for the 1995 "Invention of the Year"
This project has received generous support from:


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In post-conflict societies, security systems and women are often at odds. Police and military may have acted as perpetrators of sexual and gender-based violence during and after conflict. Displaced and refugee women are particularly at risk with the erosion of social, cultural and formal legal protection mechanisms. Consider, for example, the recent HRW report
from Kenya, which identified abuses committed by local camp police. Haiti also provides a compelling example. Last year my colleagues found that there was little attention paid to SGBV in camps by the security authorities and called for improved partnerships
between camp committees and camp security committees, which would link them with the UN police (UNPOL) and the Haitian National Police.
Last week, I attended an event at the Department of State on the topic of women in Security Sector Reform, featuring Ms. Seema Dhundia, commander for the first all-female Formed Police Unit in the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL). The topic is important to me – having worked for UNMIL and seeing first-hand the impact that the all-Indian police battalion has on the local population (specifically, improving the security of a complicated post-conflict environment). The event also served as a reminder that international and national bodies have a long way to go to fully address the need for more women within security sector institutions, including the US Government (USG).
One approach for addressing gender concerns within the overarching security issues is to bring more women into emerging national systems and international systems. As a country’s national police and military institutions evolve to include more women, they gain credibility. In post-conflict Liberia, the National Police Force is now is comprised of nearly 20% women (as the result of both the presence of women peacekeepers, as well as formal national policy on recruitment). Higher gender integration of institutions has lead to enhanced transparency decreased rates of corruption, and more positive interaction with communities. Hopefully this will go on to improve overall national stability in the transition to peace.
It’s a complicated task. In conservative societies, women who join traditionally all-male institutions face social stigmas and resistance. In Liberia, policy changes (including the National Action Plan (NAP) on UNSCR 1325
) helped to push security sector institutions forward in spite of community or cultural resistance by requiring women’s inclusion in those institutions and calling for novel recruitment programs. Liberia’s West Africa neighbor- Côte d’Ivoire’s used its NAP
to call for integration of gender into all aspects of peacetime community structures— including the national police. Policy inclusion is the first step in the right direction and sets a priority for an all of government response to address the needs of women and girls throughout all of its work.
At the moment, the USG is in the process of developing its own National Action Plan on women, peace and security— a document that will have widespread relevance for women in security institutions abroad as well as in the United States. The NAP must closely examine the specific needs of women and girls within national security policy, border control, Congressional oversight on security sector spending, justice and defense structures and, finally, the evaluation of progress of development and diplomacy work abroad. Partnerships, such as the Department of State’s work alongside Indian women peacekeepers, are significant in bringing together experts and civil society in a dialogue around this policy development process. But the conversation must advance towards meaningful policy on Security Sector Reform that is actionable.
Here at RI, we will continue to support this process. Check back next week for my post from the Citizens for Global Solutions
roundtable on U.S. Leadership in International Peacekeeping , where I will be speaking on the impact of a gender-balanced UN Department of Peacekeeping.
September 20, 2011
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Gardiner, Claire M. (2016) Legitimizing processes: Barriers and facilitators for experienced Newcomers' entry transitions to knowledge practices. Learning, Culture and Social Interaction, 11, pp. 105-116.
Gardiner, Claire M. (2016) Knowledge sharing success and resistance in an engineering department: A case study. Journal of Management & Organization, 22(2), pp. 254-271.
Gardiner, Claire M. (2015) From certificate chasing to genuine engagement : the contribution of curriculum design to students' career intent in a subfield. Australian Journal of Career Development, 24(1), pp. 53-63.
Gardiner, Claire M. (2014) Resistances, facilitators and influences on professionals' knowledge sharing behaviour : a case study. In International Conference on Organizational Learning, Knowledge and Capabilities, 22-24 April 2014, Oslo, Norway.
Gardiner, Claire M. (2009) Knowledge sharing : enablers and constraints in and Australian public sector organisation. In Solomon, George (Ed.) Proceedings of the 2009 Academy of Management Annual Meeting - Green Management Matters, 7 – 11 August, Chicago, Illinois.
Gardiner, Claire M. (2009) Sharing knowledge at work : macro, social and relational individual influences on individual behavior. In Solomon, George (Ed.) Proceedings of the 2009 Academy of Management Annual Meeting : Green Management Matters, Academy of Management, Hyatt Regency Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
Gardiner, Claire M. (2008) Use of Student 'Consultancy to Industry' Projects to Achieve Authentic Assessment and Problem-based Learning in an Undergraduate Business Degree. In International Conference on Learning and Teaching (TIC 2008), 4 – 5 August 2008, Malaysia.


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For the next few weeks, let’s push the envelope a bit and stretch our photographic technique. I’m taking these challenges from my e-book 32 Photo Etudes: Studies in Composition, Focus, Light, Motion.
An etude (pronounced a-tood) is a technical study. The term comes from music. A photo etude is an exercise designed to enhance a particular photographic skill.
This week’s photo challenge is a motion etude.
Photography can uniquely stop time, freezing a fleeting moment that would otherwise pass us by. Photography can also show the passage of time through techniques like long exposure.
In my book 32 Photo Etudes, I’ve written an entire section on photographing motion that includes multiple etudes. Some of the etudes talk about how to freeze fast motion, others show the reader how to blur motion for a photographic effect.
Many of the exercises require the use of manual modes so I’ve opened up this challenge a bit to be accessible for all sorts of cameras and settings.
This week’s challenge is broader – photograph any sort of motion.
Freezing motion – making a moving subject stand still – is one thing modern cameras do well. We can freeze the motion of anything from raindrops to race cars to birds in flight. Sports are perfect subjects for freezing motion, but so are wild animals.
Technical Tip: Use a fast shutter speed to freeze action.
We can imagine the motion, but perfectly freezing an action can sometimes make it feel static. A little bit of motion blur gives us a sense of direction and reminds us that there was a time before the photo and the action continued after the photo was taken.
Popular are photos of blurred water or clouds. We love the way all the bumps and waves smooth out. This effect is accomplished using a long exposure. How long is up to you.
Technical Tip: Use a slow shutter speed to blur the motion. Experiment with how long you leave the shutter open. The longer the shutter is left open, the smoother the water becomes. Neutral density filters are often used to reduce the light coming into your camera and allow longer shutter speeds.
Photography can create a unique sense of time that we can not normally see in reality. Zoom blur, light trails, and panning are fun photography techniques that play with time.
Technical Tip: Light trails are created by using a long exposure rather than short shutter speeds when photographing something in motion – like cars. Light trails show up best at night. The camera really needs to be on a tripod to make this technique work.
If you want to try a new technique, like panning or zoom blur, check out the specific exercises in my e-book 32 Photo Etudes: Studies in Composition, Focus, Light, Motion.
This week, go out and find some motion. The motion can be slow, like leaves blowing in a breeze, or quick, like falling snow. Our lives are full of motion and action, this week, try to capture some of the motion in a photograph.
In each Photo Etude, the assignment is to create 12 photos, but for weekly challenges 12 isn’t necessary, just try your hand at the technique to get the hang of it. If you want to share multiple images to discuss with others, feel free to share on this Facebook Album.


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COLUMBIA, S.C. – The South Carolina Senate voted Monday to remove the Confederate battle flag from the grounds of the Statehouse.
The bipartisan proposal, which emerged after last month’s massacre at a historic black church in Charleston, was approved by a 37-3 vote in the Republican-controlled Senate.
The Senate has one remaining ratification vote, now virtually assured of success.
The debate will shift to the House of Representatives, which Republicans also dominate, where the timeline for – and tenor of – the debate remains less clear.
The Senate’s vote Monday marked a resounding shift in South Carolina, where less than three weeks ago removing the Confederate battle flag from a memorial near the Statehouse was viewed as politically impossible.
The killings at Charleston’s Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, however, revived a debate that fractured the legislature about 15 years ago and yielded, at least in the Senate, quick action in the debate over a symbol revered by many whites but regarded as an offensive vestige of segregation and oppression by most blacks.


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Red Deer City council has approved $300,000 in 2018 to clean up rough sleeper camps, $100,000 more than what they had originally planned.
In day four of operating budget deliberations, it was decided that $300,000 be approved for 2018 and $200,000 for 2019 to deal with the clean-up of rough sleeping camps throughout the City, along with cleaning up the needle debris.
“We recognize that as a community on the heart of the QE II corridor that we have substantial health and homelessness issues,” said Mayor Tara Veer.
She added that the rough sleeping camps and the needle debris and other debris is a public health and safety issue, and that council has a responsibility to address that in the interest of the public.
“That dollar amount will probably clean up between 15 and 20 camps a week depending on the size of those particular camps,” she said, adding that there is between 50 and 70 camps located throughout the City’s parks system.
Veer said that although council wanted to address the problem they’re faced with, they recognize that there are long term solutions that need to be identified and pursued in order to address them.
“Above all we need the provincial government to fund, integrate it and expand its shelter capacity in our community. We need the provincial government to fund treatment in our community and to also approve the infrastructure expansion and other service expansion given the full spectrum of health service needs that the central zone region is faced with.”
Councillor Lawrence Lee was hoping to increase the clean-up to $400,000 in 2018.
“The efforts that the community is making in order to do these camp clean-ups isn’t doing enough to protect our community,” he said.
Although he wanted to see more money allocated to the clean-up, he said he is content with the $100,000 increase.
Coun. Buck Buchanan who was against the funding, believes the clean-up cost to be a band-aid solution.
“For me personally, I would sooner see us utilize those types of dollars to try and deal with other agencies that are trying to deal with it, whether it be the Canadian Mental Health Association, Safe Harbour, Turning Point or the Downtown Business Association to try and resolve some of the issues versus just simply cleaning up camps.”


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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The number of new coronavirus cases in Oregon rose on Sunday to 332, the Oregon Health Authority said.
Meanwhile, two more people with COVID-19 died, bringing the state's death toll to 234, the agency said. The latest deaths were an 86-year-old woman in Malheur County with underlying conditions and a 93-year-old woman in Washington County, whose medical history is being reviewed.
More than half of the new cases were reported in three counties. Malheur had 71 cases, Multnomah had 70 and Washington had 35.
On Saturday 409 new cases were reported but officials said the high number was partially due to a new reporting system that delayed the processing of cases.
Oregon has had 12,170 COVID-19 cases since the outbreak began.
The number of infections is thought to be far higher because many people have not been tested, and studies suggest people can be infected without feeling sick.
In a statement released yesterday, Multnomah County Chair Deborah Kafoury, confirmed that Multnomah County is not ready to apply for Phase 2 of reopening. "I understand the desire many have to move into Phase 2 quickly, particularly in the interest of opening up more businesses in our community and helping those who have been out of work since the Stay Home orders started," Kafoury said. "However, as we’ve seen in the news, areas that reopen too much too quickly see surges of positive cases and hospitalizations, prompting businesses to shut back down."
Kafoury said Multnomah is working closely with Washington and Clackamas counties, coordinating efforts to provide accurate, timely, and consistent information. There is no date set for Phase 2, and they urge the public to continue to take precautions to help control the spread of the virus.
For most people, the new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough that clear up in two to three weeks. For some — especially older adults and people with existing health problems — it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia, and death.


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What started as a small gathering in Irvine, CA has turned into a national phenomenon called simply “Cars and Coffee.” This is where motoring enthusiasts get together in a relaxed environment to share their passion for all things automotive. It’s also where you can bag yourself a bargain car through the large network of car enthusiasts already subscribed to the Cars and Coffee movement.
With two new OC locations on the eve of launching, you can find a sense of belonging with like-minded car nuts at this Southern California car meet. It’s also a car club with a difference in that you don’t have to have a particular type of car to belong as there is no membership to pay for. These car meets are open to the public and at most locations, completely free! Check the event website for the next meet-up.
You know when you’ve arrived at a Car and Coffee event from the array of vehicles in the parking lot. Here you can mingle with other owners and appreciate the wide variety of classic, customized or just plain ordinary autos and share conversations with those in the know. You’ll see expensive supercars nestling among antique rally cars, attracting the admiring glances of onlookers who have arrived not just for the coffee on offer!
We are the specialists in new and used cars in Irvine, CA, with an abundance of enthusiasm for the broader motoring world. That’s why we love that the Cars and Coffee events are held so close to us in Southern California, at two OC locations- Aliso Viejo, CA and Anaheim, CA. Here, our customers can chat and discuss their choice of car in the presence of a friendly group of auto enthusiasts. Need a great car to get you to Cars and Coffee? Look no further then us here at the Irvine Auto Center! Serving the areas of Costa Mesa, Aliso Viejo, Anaheim, and beyond, we would love to get you into any of our new or pre-owned inventory that matches your needs and personalities. Contact us today to learn more!
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Participants pose at the launching ceremony of the "UNs" student ambassador campaign promoting Busan City, held at Busan City Hall in Busan on Friday. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
The Foreign Ministry and Busan Metropolitan City launched a team of university student ambassadors, dubbed “UNs,” and held a kick-off ceremony on Friday.
According to the ministry, it chose 50 Korean and 50 foreign university students as its ambassadors promoting the Busan City. The foreign students come from 22 countries, including China, Vietnam, Uzbekistan, among others.
The student ambassadors will carry out activities including creating promotional content for social media, to promote Busan overseas, until the end of this year, the ministry said.
At the launching ceremony in Busan City Hall on Friday, Ambassador and Deputy Minister for Public Diplomacy Lee Sang-hwa delivered a speech on the role of the UNs ambassadors, and Korea’s goal to become a ‘global pivotal state’ and on public diplomacy.
The annual campaign was first initiated in 2020, when they picked 25 student ambassadors to promote the city for the year. This year, the ministry and Busan expanded the program to involve more promotional activities, and also increased the number of ambassadors to 100.
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October 12, 2010
Recruit: Others rooting for FSU
This Hurricane recruit was troubled more by something off the field than on it at the FSU game: Invited Cane recruits rooting for the enemy. Read on for everything he's talking about.
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