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As Consumer Confidence Ebbs, Obama Aims at Affecting 'Psychology'
Lyndon Baines Johnson sat in the Oval Office when The Conference Board, an independent financial data firm, first began to keep tabs on "consumer confidence" -- a monthly measurement of the state of optimism among ordinary Americans about their own economic prospects.
And since the spring of 1967, the metric has taken on added importance as a reliable, though not infallible, indicator of how likely consumers are to spend their disposable income. For much of 2011, however, consumer confidence has been lower than what it was for the same time frame in 2010.
Indeed, the dismal unemployment numbers the country posted in May, and six consecutive weeks of decline on Wall Street, led to the Gallup organization this month to record the lowest weekly level of consumer confidence in this calendar year.
President Obama, meeting at the White House with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on June 7, cited still another reason for the sour mood among shoppers and spenders: high gasoline prices.
"It has an enormous impact on family budgets and on the psychology of consumers," the president said in remarks that underscored the degree to which "confidence" is, quite literally, all in the mind of the average American.
"If everybody's kind of gloomy about the future, people don't spend, they don't invest, don't take risks," said Martin Baily, the former chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers under President Clinton. "Then the economy is likely to remain on a slow growth or even a recession path."
Yet economists differ in their assessments of how directly any president of the United States can influence the "psychology" to which Obama alluded.
"A lot of presidents try to do this," said Veronique de Rugy, an economist at George Mason University, "when they talk about how they're going to invest in our country, how they're going to invest in America, how they're going to invest in our roads and education. ... And I think, for a while, it actually worked; people liked this idea. But I actually think that people are, like, tired, and they also understand that nothing really good ever comes out of it."
Baily, by contrast, harkened back to Franklin D. Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan as examples of two chief executives who managed to project, despite troubled times, a sense of optimism that lifted national spirits and spurred the economy.
The data maintained by The Conference Board shows that consumer confidence rose by some 41 points across Reagan's presidency -- the strongest display of improvement for any of the presidents since 1967. By the end of his two terms in office, President Clinton saw the metric rise by 39.6 points, which equaled exactly the decline in consumer confidence measured during the term of his immediate predecessor, George H.W. Bush.
The two terms of George W. Bush, which saw not only the 9-11 attacks but two wars, the anthrax attacks and the onset of the Great Recession, posted the worst losses for consumer confidence for any individual president since 1967, with the metric declining by nearly 80 points.
Still, the numbers can be baffling. The terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 -- an event that traumatized and galvanized the country like few other events in its history -- was accompanied by only a marginal drop in consumer confidence. The decline was only 2.5 percentage points, and that was fully restored by January 2002.
Contrast the negligible Sept. 11 effect with the steepest plunge on record, following the tumultuous month of October 1973. Then, Americans were stunned by the "Saturday Night Massacre" in the Watergate scandal, and the ensuing calls for President Nixon's impeachment; the Yom Kippur War in the Mideast; and the OPEC oil embargo against the United States. By Christmas of that year, consumer confidence had shrunk by more than one-third.
Yet not even Nixon's resignation in August 1974, and the stagflation-addled economy of that autumn, produced the lowest recorded measurement of consumer confidence; that came in February 2009, at the dawn of the Obama presidency, and just after the Great Recession had hit bottom.
The highest such measurement? Y2K. The dawn of the new millennium found Americans bursting with optimism about the future of the U.S. economy and their own purchasing power. In January 2000, The Conference Board recorded an unprecedented consumer confidence measurement of 144.7, which has only been equaled once since then -- two months later, in March 2000.
For President Obama, projecting optimism about the country's economic path will therefore remain a critical, if elusive, goal as he heads into his re-election campaign. Some analysts go so far as to suggest that candidates and campaigns matter less to the outcome of presidential elections than does the country's perception, right or wrong, about the future of the country, and particularly the economy.
"I'm a Democrat and I support what Obama's trying to do to get the economy going again," said Baily, now a senior fellow in economic studies at the Brookings Institution. "You decide whether he's able to create that confidence. Certainly consumers are not that confident at the moment."


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SEOUL, July 28 (Yonhap) — South Korea’s consumer sentiment dropped in July over a recent spike in COVID-19 infections, marking the first decline since December last year, central bank data showed Wednesday.
The composite consumer sentiment index (CCSI) came in at 103.2 for July, down 7.1 points from the previous month, according to the data from the Bank of Korea (BOK).
A reading above 100 means optimists outnumber pessimists.
The latest reading marks the first fall since December last year, when the index stood at 91.2.
The nation’s daily new infections have raised above 1,000 for about three consecutive weeks, with the highly contagious delta variant becoming a dominant strain of COVID-19.
The delta variant is behind a recent spike in the nation’s COVID-19 infections in Seoul and its neighboring areas, while showing signs of spreading much faster outside the greater Seoul region.
The subindex for people’s assessment of current economic conditions stood at 82 in July, down from 94 in June, while the index gauging people’s sentiment toward future economic conditions reached 92 this month, down from 109 in June.

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Today, I’m taking a break from from moving posts and giving a Friday Random Five. Today’s topic/list is my top 5 favorite foods to eat.
It’s true! I’m a big fan of veggies. I love them with ranch, hummus(my fav way), by themselves, grilled, roasted, sautéed. You name it and I’ll love it. But I just can’t bring myself to eat beets. Here is the thing. I’ve tried them before. My mom even researched ways to make no beet lovers love them and then cooked them that way. 😷 I tried it. Hated it. Never looked back or thought to tried to eat them again.
If I could have a salad for every meal, I’d be a happy lady! Jake on the other hand.. he says he has got to have some sort of meat at every meal.😉 so when I fix us a salad for supper, I usually put fish or chicken in his bowl.
I ❤ carbs so much! I really think I’m part Italian and nobody will tell me it’s true. If I had to pick a restaurant to go to, every single time I’d choose Italian over any other. Speaking of pasta, I’ve been thinking of finding ways to healthier lighter versions. Any ideas that could help me?!
4. Lays potato chips
Poor Jake. Every single time he buys potato chips they are gone by the next morning. They truly are my weakness. And every time I try to do better and make them last longer but I just can’t. 😔 maybe one day.
I love cheesecake so much that I have taught myself how to make it and perfected it. And I’m not talking about that quick no bake way. I’m talking it takes a day and a half to make it. I love making them the old fashion way. And I love making new versions and flavors out of them!
So what are some of your favorite foods? Tell me in the comments. I can’t wait to find out!

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Milan K-9 gets new vest
Lt. Kelvin Whitney snaps the buckles on Oakley's vest, a new addition to her uniform when she goes to work with Whitney.
Oakley, a 3-year-old drug detection dog, is assigned to work with Whitney in Milan Police Department's patrol division. Now, she has the same protection as her handler after the bullet and stab-protective vest was donated to the department in July.
"I read in the news where other K-9s were stabbed and shot, so I figured since we wear vests, why not her?" Whitney said. "She's my partner. She's just as important as I am."
Oakley is the only K-9 with the department.
For Whitney, Oakley's new vest means a little less worry.
"It's a relief," he said. "I'm still worried about her, like when we're on the side of the road or doing searches, or out with the SWAT team doing searches on high-risk situations."
Oakley won't have to wear her vest every day, Whitney said, but the vest will provide extra protection for the K-9 in those "high-risk situations."
The vest was donated to the department by Vested Interest in K-9s Inc., after Whitney applied for the grant donation to have the $1,050 vest provided to her. Oakley now carries the name of another police dog on her chest, in memory of a K9 who was killed in the line of duty.
Jethro, a K-9 assigned to the Canton, Ohio, Police Department, was shot and killed by a robbery suspect in January.
"It's traumatic if an officer loses a K9. They work with them every day. They ride in the car with them for eight hours, nine hours, 10 hours a day," Police Chief Bobby Sellers said. "If she was to get shot or stabbed, it would be traumatic for him (Whitney)."
Sellers said the total cost of buying a K-9 like Oakley, training the dog, and providing a vest could reach more than $7,000. Whitney said the department bought Oakley three years ago through an existing fund, and her vest was free for the department.
"It's an insurance-type investment that didn't cost us anything," Police Chief Bobby Sellers said.
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On December 31, 2009, the Holy Spirit spoke through me and said: "I'm going to shake the earth. You will begin to see earthquakes—I am going to shake everything that can be shaken. Look where the earthquakes are hitting because God is going to release a wind of Pentecost in those places."
Since that time we have seen an increase in earthquake activity on a large scale. Haiti experienced horrible devastation during a recent quake. But afterward, the president called for three days of fasting and prayer for the nation. This was a miracle in a country that had formerly been dedicated to voodoo. read more

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Leftover pork roast made into a stir fry. Served with rice.
Leftover chicken made into a chicken casserole.
Cream of celery soup and ham salad sandwiches (using the smallest package of frozen leftover ham).
Clean out the fridge night.
Trout fillets leftover rice and corn.
If I don't attend a meeting in Regina this will be Hamburgers, homemade fries, and peas. If I do attend that meeting Harvey will have to fend for himself.
Roast beef, roast potatoes and green beans.
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Strangers occupied the three surrounding beds in my dark hospital room. A nurse removed my shoes and confiscated the string from my short’s waistband. Fear and anxiety overcame me while I lied on that bed at 3 a.m. My two weeks inside CenterPointe Hospital had just begun.
I was 13 when depression first came into my life and like so many before me, a doctor prescribed me an antidepressant. It helped for a while, but over the next four years, depression slowly overwhelmed my life. I had no motivation for life, and suicidal thoughts consumed my mind. That’s when I entered CenterPointe and started the best two weeks of my life.
Two weeks of constant therapy and no phone. Therapy included your usual group talk sessions but ranged to music therapy, art therapy and dog therapy.
Some of the stereotypes of mental hospitals are true. I watched an out of control kid get put in a padded room where they couldn’t hurt themselves or others. But the truth is a mental hospital is a wonderful place where people that need help can get it. I met people like me, with depression and anxiety. I met people with anger issues and others that saw demons and could hear color. Normal people with not so normal problems.
The sad truth is that mental health has become an epidemic not only across the world but on our BYU-Idaho campus as well. According to a National College Health Assessment survey, nearly 40% of college students have “felt so depressed that it was difficult to function” within a one-year time frame.
Practicing psychologist Aaron Harris worked at the Behavioral Health Center in the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls.
“Given the underlying nature of crisis and the stress they are in, most patients find that the staff were easy to interact with, the therapists were supportive and helpful and that they made good connections with other patients on their unit,” Harris said. “Once many patients, and their families, see what hospitalization is really about, then they recognize how good it felt to be safe and that many of their misperceptions about ‘going to the nuthouse’ were proven to be unfounded.”
The BHC in Idaho Falls contains 72 beds split into four different units. Two units designated for adult care and two for adolescent care.
“Psychiatric hospitalization has long had an extremely negative stigma attached to it,” Harris said. “This (recent) shift in perception about psychiatric hospitalization, along with slowly improving views of mental health overall, have definitely demonstrated an improvement in the public’s perception of mental health issues. We are definitely on a track towards normalization of mental health conditions in our society.”
Mental health should not be taken lightly. Seek help if you need it, and don’t be ashamed of your condition. BYU-I offers free counseling at the Counseling Center.
Suicide hotline: 1-800-273-8255

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Yakima is a city southeast of Mount Rainier National Park and the county seat of Yakima County, Washington, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 71,845 and a metropolitan population of 229,094. In addition, the unincorporated suburban areas of West Valley and Terrace Heights are considered a part of greater Yakima. With these cities included in the immediate area, population within 20 miles of the city is over 123,000. According to the Washington State Office of Financial Management's July 1, 2008 estimate, the city has a population of 84,074. Yakima is situated in the Yakima Valley, which is noted for being one of the best apple-producing areas in the world, a major wine region and produces approximately 75% of all hops grown in the USA. The name originates from the Yakama Nation. The Yakama Indian Reservation is located to the south and southeast of the city of Yakima. Because of the sunny climate relative to the rest of the state, a local developer erected a sign at the edge of the city that proclaims Yakima as "The Palm Springs of Washington. " Although it is not an official city sign, it is widely known and recognized by visitors to the area.


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Host Don Hardwick interviews Dawn Crump, senior director of revenue integrity solutions at MRO, about clinical claim denials.
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Consumer experiences, major disruptors, and AI tech are shaping healthcare for years to come. Healthcare NOW Radio’s newest podcast, Hello Healthcare, brought to you by Actium (@actiumhealth) and hosted by Chris Hemphill (@luketrailrunner), dives deep on these issues with leaders who are driving change.
Paul Matsen, Chief Marketing Officer at Cleveland Clinic, brings an optimistic perspective and experience on how leaders can modernize the future of healthcare marketing.
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Presented by Trusted Health (@trustedhealth), The Handoff is a podcast that dives into the most pressing topics in nursing, from burnout and mental health to diversity in nursing to the latest clinical innovations. Each episode features discussions that will help nurses and nurse leaders do their jobs better, whether that’s at the bedside, managing a unit or an entire health system.
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The Roetzel (@Roetzel_Andress) HealthLaw HotSpot is a podcast for physicians and health professionals that covers the legal issues and trends that affect the health care industry. The Roetzel HealthLaw HotSpot Podcast is made available by the Firm and its attorneys for educational purposes and to provide general information, not to provide specific legal advice.
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The Digital Health Experience has to change, and it’s time to do something about it. Each week, the flavorful duo of #digitalhealth influencers Jared Johnson and Zain Ismail challenges the status quo of healthcare marketing and technology in their unique style. If you want to stay entertained, informed, and inspired by the industry’s top innovative thinkers, join the movement with Healthcare Rap (@HealthcareRap).
On the latest episode, Justin Wartell walks us through Monigle’s newest Humanizing Brand Experience report.\
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Conversations on Health Care® is a show about reform and innovation in the health care system. Each week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter interview a thought leader from the realm of health policy, health innovation, health technology and global health.
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This is a short book to let people who suffer from anxiety and panic disorders that they are not alone. Here is my account of dealing with and treating my own panic disorders for the past ten years. I went from a daily struggle with anxiety to just a few times a year! I have also added common knowledge of these disorders in hopes of being able to help someone out!
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General Dynamics Corp's Gulfstream Aerospace has notified owners of its G500 and G600 jets and the Federal Aviation Administration that it has discovered soot at the rear of some of those business jets, possibly because of the way a small engine vents gas in flight. The FAA and Gulfstream both said they did not consider the issue to be a safety risk. Gulfstream told plane owners, in a previously unreported letter to operators of the G500 dated Nov 8 and reviewed by Reuters, that it would have a plan for a fix ready early next year after testing.
Anthony Smith takes umbrage with even just the appearance of Conor McGregor receiving special treatment from USADA.
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DANVILLE, KYFor graduating seniors, the next few weeks are like riding a runaway train. They're wrapping up classes, saying good-bye to friends and professors, trying to relish the last few college days, and figuring out where the next stop will take them. Centre College Senior Ben Monarch's train is taking him straight to the nation's capital.
Monarch, a double major in economics and government from Hardinsburg, Ky., is heading to Washington, D.C., to be U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell's personal assistant for the next year.
Monarch will handle the senator's schedule, moderate phone calls and help the senator address the concerns of Kentucky constituents. He might also travel with the senator when he visits the Kentucky men and women serving in Iraq.
After volunteering during the senator's re-election campaign and working with his administration two summers as an intern, the call last January asking Monarch to come in for an interview was a pleasant surprise. Two interviews laterthe second was one-on-one with the senatorMonarch received the news that he had landed the position.
"When the second most powerful man in the U.S. Senate calls and says, 'Do you want to work for me?' it's kind of hard not to say 'yes'," Monarch says.
He adds this position will not only keep him on his toes, but also provide him with an opportunity learn more about U.S. government.
"I'm nervous but excited as well. This is a tremendous learning experience," he says. "I'm looking forward to picking his brain late in the evenings when it's just me and him. He's been in the Senate for two decadesthrough the fall of communism and through two wars. I want to see how his mind operates and get more of his take on thingsmore than you'd see watching CNN in the evenings."
Monarch says his Centre education was essential in preparing him for the job.
During his interview, McConnell asked him to comment on political happenings and to talk about their effect. "I think I provided more insight than someone who hadn't studied government at Centre," Monarch says. "Centre prepared me to see and utilize potential opportunities, and it gave me a thorough understanding of what politics is all about."
After working for the McConnell administration for a year, Monarch plans to attend business or law school and pursue a career in law or government.
"I'm not ready to graduate," he says. "I can list a million reasons to stay at Centre. I have thoroughly enjoyed my time here. I'll never get to be a college student again, and there's no better place to be a college student than Centre."
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The spatial governance of the Syrian refugee crisis in Jordan: Refugees between urban settlements and encampment policies
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This CMI Report presents a critical analysis of the Jordans’ governance of the Syrian refugee crisis and discusses the spatial policies in the framework of space and power. It identifies a shift in the direction of governance and explores how settlement options between urban settings and refugee camps were shaped by policies and humanitarian aid.

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Grants totalling £47,390 will help 64 Derbyshire sports clubs and community groups – including Matlock Cricket Club – promote healthy and active lifestyles, in the second round of the county council’s £180,000 Sports Action Grant scheme.
Groups all made successful applications to the fund, launched last October, from which bids are invited for grants of up to £1,000 for groups to provide activities that:
n Encourage more people to take part in sport and physical activities
n Promote healthy and active lifestyles
n Encourage volunteering within sport and improve sporting performance
The second round of grants – ranging from £100 to £1,000 – have been awarded to groups from all over the county for projects including building refurbishment, improvements to pitches and training areas, new equipment, coaching courses and website development.
Matlock Cricket Club’s £1,000 grant will help the club’s plans to aim towards being a centre of excellence for the development of young cricketers and the funding will assist in replacing an old sightscreen.
Derbyshire County Council cabinet member for public health, Cllr Carol Hart, said: “We’ve been delighted with the interest shown in our Sports Action Grants since they were launched in October and I’m very pleased to approve grants totalling almost £50,000 to support 64 more local groups and clubs in the second round. It’s fantastic to see the range of additional activities which will be available to encourage healthy and active lifestyles to even more local people thanks to this funding.”
More than 80 Sports Action Grants totalling £67,530 were approved in the first funding round in January. Applications are now invited for the third and final round, which closes on September 10.
The fund, backed by Derbyshire Olympic badminton star Donna Kellogg, is being distributed over 18 months through three timetabled rounds.
Applications are considered by a panel organised by Derbyshire Sport, a partnership working together through sport and active recreation to improve the quality of life for local people. Recommendations are passed to the county council which will make the final decision. To apply visit www.derbyshire.gov.uk/sportsactiongrant


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ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS – Laura Oncea took top honors in this year’s Ms. Race sponsored by the Atlantic Highlands Yacht Club Saturday, winning the race on her Tartan 33, Confiscated.
“Winning the Ms. Race was just the icing on the cake! Participating in this race is always fun,” Oncea said at the awards ceremony. “It is an empowering event for women’s sailing teams and the benefactor, 180 Turning Lives Around. Confiscated had a team of good sailors, and we knew what to expect from each other. Everyone had a role on the boat and executed perfectly today.” Oncea’s crew members were Kara Licata, Lee Ingram, Lauryn Braun, Grace Boudreau, Ali DaCosta
This was the 17th annual Ms Race, with this year’s theme, “Dare to Make Waves” with all proceeds benefitting the non-profit 180 Turning Lives Around, the organization dedicated to protecting victims of domestic abuse. Donations from this year’s Ms. Race are particularly significant for the non-profits goal of helping women who must be protected from abusers because of the fewer fundraising events throughout the pandemic’s quarantine, according to 180 Director, Lynn Lucarelli. Ms Race committee members said donations are still being accepted for the organization in honor of the women who successfully dared to make waves again this year.
Successfully adapting to changes in the race format from last year, the event began the night before the race with a Virtual Captain’s meeting. Elaine Haher, experienced J24 captain and past Commodore with a strong history of success in the Ms. Race, once again shared her instructive racing tips. Captains and crew members studiously prepared for the race throughout her talk with details of the racecourse, pursuit start times and weather conditions. That portion of the information even included possible preparations to cancel the race if Tropical Storm Henri made any significant movement towards the Jersey coast before Saturday’s start time.
Saturday, a cadre of Ms. Race sailors gathered at the Yacht Club to prepare for their participation in the event. Captains and crews continued to follow weather reports as Henri briefly threatened some foul weather in the afternoon. \
However, with a sky full of billowy clouds and winds reaching a favorable 9 knots, the nine teams of women sailors from three local yacht clubs made their way towards their boats at 11:30am. Photographer Pete Buoy met the contestants for team photos and Captain Brian Gillen and Latitude crew members welcomed them the launch pier with traditional Bloody Mary “docktails” to kick off the race.
Once on the water, the nine teams sailed around the Start/Finish line, in the light 9 knot ESE breeze, awaiting their turn for the Pursuit Race start. Jack Flannery, together with Dave Campbell, Jeff Smith, and Jon Schwartz, officiated the race and got it off to a good start with the selection of Course 2 at 6.3 nautical miles.
At exactly 2:00 pm the Pursuit race was underway with EDUAM from Raritan Yacht Club followed in succession by A Better Hair Day, Serenata, Confiscated, CODA, Saint of Circumstance, the J95 without a name captained by Mary Marino, Vici and then Aviato. Captain Nitzan Levy from Liberty Yacht Club and her boat Kate could not compete in this year’s event due to the storm.
Friends, families and guests gathered on spectator boats including Hawkmoon, the primary power yacht tracking the racers around the course. Hawkmoon’s crew included Thomas Gardner, Rob Lindsay, Brian Gillen, Jasmin Singh, and Photographer Buoy, who captured the day with photographs and cheered the women sailors as they made their way around the course.
The conditions on Course 2 had the predicted light breezes that got the race off to a good start. There were a few pockets of lighter air, but no thunderstorms throughout the race.
Oncea, from the Shrewsbury River Yacht Club, and crew crossed the finish line in a quick 1 hour, 31 minutes, 27 seconds. She was followed by expert J24 racer Elaine Haher on her new J24 named A “Better” Hair Day who rounded the course with her seasoned crew members to take second. Ms. Race Co-chair Diane Kropfl and her well-practiced crew members place third on her Tartan 3700 Saint of Circumstance.
Following the rejuvenating race, captains and crew celebrated on their boats at their moorings before the awards ceremony at the Atlantic Highlands Yacht Club in the Harbor where the awards presentation and music by DJ Bill Sabanski took place. Award were presented by Ms. Race Co-chairs, Eileen Campbell and Diane Kropfl, and180 Director Lynn Lucarelli. The Committee expressed special thanks to Commodore Chris Stone for recognizing the club racing event and its support for 180. Captains and crews along with their families and friends enjoyed light appetizers from club members Corinna Thuss and Bill Sabanski and Ms. Race restaurant sponsors Kunya Siam Thai Restaurant of Atlantic Highlands and Lusty Lobster of Highland., and cookies made by committee member Jean Evertsen.
The early evening event featured a fundraiser with donations from sponsor and club members. Saint of Circumstance won Vote for Your Favorite Sailboat with the most donations and the crew members donated the $100 proceeds to 180. The Kropfls won another monetary prize and donated $180 back to 180. The entire event added substantially to the donation from MS Race in earlier years, with 180 sponsors and donors donating more than $18,000 for this year’s event, a major milestone of $180,000 raised for 180 over the history of the race.
Ms. Race Sponsors
Sponsors this year include OisF The Ocean is Female as “Platinum Event Sponsor” with premium and event sponsors including Lockwood Boat Works, Pettit Paint, Zager Fuchs, the Atlantic Highlands Yacht Club, the Atlantic Highlands Sailing Education Program, Club members Janice Miller and Frank Gaudio, Amy Kaskiw and Carol Nolte on Serenata, Eileen Campbell on CODA, and Beth and Mike Fortier. Past club members and supporters of the Ms. Race also continued their support and are acknowledged along with the roster of sponsors in the Ms. Race Sponsor Guide available at the yacht club and online. Special thanks also went to Ms. Race sailor and artist Alexis Herman who painted the cover art for this year’s sponsor guide, and Ms. Race sailor Joelle Freeman for her frank and forthright sponsor guide article on “What the Ms. Race Means to Me”.
Organizing committee members are Jean Evertsen, Elaine Haher, Karen Harris, Liz Moss, LuAnn Rathemacher, Bill Sabanski, Emily Smith and Corinna Thuss. Smith was presented with a plaque by the Ms. Race Co-chairs for her support for the Ms. Race since it began 17 years ago. .
On water photos of this year’s Ms. Race will be available from Official Event photographer Pete Buoy at petebuoy.smugmug.com/Sailing. Club photographer Jeff Smith also captured the sailing teams at the awards ceremony and his photos are available at 2021 AHYC Ms. Race – jeffsmithphotos.
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CUHK and CUHK(SZ) Joint Seminar Series: Smart Energy Engineering
Event Date: 19 May 2022 10:00am - 12:00pm
Organizer: Others - CUHK(SZ)
Date: May 19, 2022 (Thursday)
Time: 10am - 12pm
Zoom Details: ID- 988 7427 4741 | Password- 539807 (no pre-registration required)
Prof. Haizhou Li
Associate Dean (Research), Presidential Chair Professor, School of Data Science, CUHK(SZ)
Prof. Yi-Chun Lu
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, CUHK
Prof. Yi-Chun Lu received her Ph.D. degree from MIT in 2012. She is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). She serves as the Associate Editor of Journal of Materials Chemistry A and Materials Advances from Royal Society of Chemistry. She is Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry, Founding Member of Young Academy of Science of Hong Kong and was the recipient of Xplorer Prize 2021, IBA Early Career Award 2021, Excellent Young Scientists, National Natural Science Foundation of China (2019), Young Researchers Award (2016), and Hong Kong SAR Research Grants Council Early Career Award (2014). Dr. Lu's research interest centers on developing fundamental understandings and material design principles for clean energy storage and conversion. Specifically, her research group is studying: Electrode and electrolyte design for high-energy metal-air and metal sulfur batteries; Redox-active components and solution chemistry for redox-flow batteries; Electrode and electrolyte design for high-voltage aqueous batteries; Mechanistic understanding of interfacial phenomena governing electrochemical energy conversion and storage processes.
Topic: Safe and Low-Cost Aqueous Energy Storage Technologies and Their Applications
Energy storage system is a critical enabling factor for deploying unstable and intermittent renewable power sources, such as solar and wind power sources. Non-aqueous lithium ion batteries dominate the battery markets owing to its high energy density. However, they are flammable, which could bring catastrophic damages in large-scale applications. Redox flow batteries are promising technologies for large-scale electricity storage, owing to its design flexibility in decoupling power and energy capacity. However, redox flow batteries have been suffering from low energy density, which significantly decreases its competitiveness for both stationary and transportation applications. In this presentation, we will discuss strategies to improve the safety, energy density, and cycle life of Li-ion batteries and redox flow batteries. Ultimately, we aim to enable stable and efficient high-energy-density energy storage systems to address the sever intermittency of the renewable power sources. This will bridge the gap between intermittent renewable power supplies and power demands in grid-storage and electric-vehicles.
Prof. Junhua Zhao
Associate Professor, School of Science and Engineering, CUHK(SZ)
Professor Junhua Zhao is an Associate Professor in CUHK(SZ), the Director of Energy Markets and Finance Lab at Shenzhen Finance Institute, and the Co-Director of Huadian Nanzi Clean Energy Research Centre at the Shenzhen Data Economy Institute. His research areas include smart grid, electricity market, energy economics, low-carbon energy transition and artificial intelligence. He published more than 200 research papers, including more than 60 papers in IEEE Transactions. His published papers have been cited more than 10300 times, with an H-index of 50. He is the Elsevier “Highly Cited Chinese Scholar”, and is selected in the “World’s top 2% scientists” released by Stanford University. He received “Young Scientist of the Future” awarded by the Australian Davos Connection forum, and 3 Science and Technology Progress Awards from Zhejiang and Hunan provincial governments. He takes various editor roles in several IEEE and IET journals. He is an advisor for the National Energy Administration of China, China Southern Power Grid, China Merchants Bank, and Guangdong Energy Group.
Topic: AI-driven low-carbon energy transition
Climate change is a serious challenge threatening human society. The energy sector contributes more than 80% of the global carbon emissions. The low-carbon energy transition is therefore of utmost importance for combating climate change. In this talk, we discuss how to apply AI techniques to several key problems related to low-carbon energy transition, including carbon accounting, power-carbon markets co-simulation, and data security in the energy sector.


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The Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team always likes to play a tough, and exciting non-conference schedule. And as fall approaches, the Skylights, of longtime head coach Chris Mouat, announced that upcoming schedule.
Northern will open its season Oct. 28 with a home game against The Kings University from Edmonton, Alberta. That game begins a three-game home stand for the Skylights, which also includes a game against Dickinson State Nov. 1 in the Armory Gymnasium, and a home game against Augustana University Nov. 10.
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In a recent report published by the World Resource Institute, the Global Commission with more than 200 experts finds that bold climate action could deliver at least $26 trillion in economic benefits through 2030, highlighting the global shift for a low- carbon economy, in which one of the main drivers for this shift to be actioned, is the water industry.
Securing safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene for all in sub-Saharan Africa would require $35 billion per year in capital costs. This highlights the growing need in investing in better water management and infrastructure.
With a significant funding gap needing to be bridged to invest in better water management and infrastructure, strong and active partnerships between the private sector and municipal governments are needed to respond to the growing demand for water services.
- Be presented with an interactive workshop style training, centered around making use of Public-Private Partnerships as an alternative procurement methodology.
- Exploring opportunities in a circular economy
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A popular Breitling Avenger deepsea wolf replica watch launched a new limited black steel edition which is in both cool appearance and extraordinary performance. The bright yellow material adds more charm for the appearance. The Breitling Avenger replica watches with self-winding movements can be regarded as super professional diving watches. This watch is only for Chinese and 50 limited.
Black dial with bright yellow elements have great originality which are vividly eye-catching. The black rubber straps copy watches make them very sporty and fashion temperament. Providing a stream of power for the super cool diving watch is a high performance automatic movement which has got the certification of COSC to ensure accuracy and reliability in both land and sea.
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The non-corrosive property of gold makes it an ideal precious metal for watchmaking. The PAM 570’s case Panerai Radiomir 1940 3 Days Replica Watch is 47 mm in diameter and is made of 5Npt red gold, including a percentage of titanium. The dial, with its fine sunburst decoration, makes the functions easy to read. Moreover, its sandwich construction adds to visibility through a layer of fluorescence, which gives depth to the markings.
In the 1940’s Panerai men's replica directed his watchmaking workshop in Florence to make further improvements to the Panerai Radiomir Replica Watch, in order to meet the increasing demands of the Italian navy. As a result, the watch was given robust strap attachments and a large, cylindrical crown. Some added copper provides an intense warmth, which harmonises perfectly with the brown of the dial.
In this Panerai Radiomir 1940 3 Days GMT Oro Rosso Replica Watch of the calibre, the bridges and the two spring cases are hollowed out, revealing the intricate workings of the inner components. This version of the PAM 570 retains both the functional details and the distinctive Italian design of the 18K red gold original. The quality of the watchmaking can be seen in the angled and polished edges and the perlée decor on the plate. This guarantees high mechanical resistance. PANERAI uses this special red gold alloy because it makes the case extremely robust, and yet also provides symbiosis with the improved Radiomir of the 1940’s.
On the back of the PANERAI PAM 570, there is a window revealing the sophisticated mechanical P.3000/10, with three days power reserve and a Glucydur® balance which achieves 28,800 alternations/hour. The colour of the machinery is echoed in the curved power reserve indicator – a very useful feature on this hand-wound watch.
The date is at the 3 o’clock position and the small seconds is to be found directly opposite, in keeping with the tradition which started at the end of the 1940’s. The second time zone indicator is in the centre. This Panerai Replica Watch function is especially useful for long journeys and for international communication across different time zones.
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Much like the Richard Mille RM 35-01 Rafael Nadal replica watch, the Richard Mille RM 61-01 Yohan Blake watch replica is a greatly simplified version of the original, hence the ‘baby’ reference.
In fact it is so light that you will likely even forget you’re wearing a watch, which is almost disconcerting for something that costs as much as a top-of-the-range luxury sedan. That being said, one glance at that complex dial and you’ll be reminded instantly just how much technology has been packed into the tiny little package on your wrist.Not surprisingly the lightweight construction of the RM 61-01 means that it wears extremely comfortably on the wrist.
t’s not all bad news though, in fact there is quite a lot to like about the new mens Richard Mille RM 61-01 replica watch, starting with the case. In the original, the 50.24mm x 42.7mm case was made of a translucent composite that was injected with carbon nanotubes, giving it a distinctive yellow ‘fleck, which I must say I found rather unattractive.
And by simplified, I mean that although they bear a passing resemblance to their elder siblings, they don’t boast anywhere near the same complexity. Arguably this is somewhat disappointing from watch-making point of view, however it is great news in terms of making the price point more attainable (relatively speaking of course, it is still a six figure watch after all!)
Speaking of the dial, you will notice it has also been toned down somewhat. The four high-tech bridges that streaked across the dial of the original RM 59-01, which some likened to the claw marks of a beast, have now been reduced down to just two, giving the watch a far less dramatic look.
For the new model, the case dimensions remain unchanged however it is now made from TZP black ceramic, a low-density material constituted of 95% yttrium-stabilised zirconium which is highly scratch resistant. The caseband meanwhile is constructed from NTPT carbon, a material composed of multiple layers of parallel filaments obtained by dividing by dividing carbon fibers. The end result is a hard-wearing, extremely light watch with a dark case that beautifully contrasts with the bright yellow and green of the dial and strap.I
This also means that far more of the movement – the RMUL2 – is visible, which is a good thing because its suspended, skeletonized construction is really quite fascinating to observe in detail. In fact it is possible to hold the Swiss-made Richard Mille men's replica watch up to light and see clean through to the other side – very cool!
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The Swiss Audemars Piguet Jules Audemars Tourbillon Chronograph replica pays haute homage to its namesake, who cofounded the Swiss manufacture in 1875. Viewed at the 6 o’clock position, the timepiece’s tourbillon helps negate gravity’s influence on the movement by encapsulating the escapement in a frame that rotates on its axis every minute.
Framed in an ethereally thin, 18-karat pink-gold case, the skeleton Audemars Piguet Jules Audemars tourbillon fake watch’s daedal design showcases the 141-year-old horologic house’s mastery of minute engineering. Despite a slim profile, the complex countenance is given depth by the openworked dial. Marked off in 60 one-minute increments and roman numerals, the perimeter of the dial is traced by a sliver-like chronograph hand. The fulcrum for the hour and minute hands is balanced by the small seconds counter and the chronograph’s minute counter on the left and right, respectively. Levitated above the visible manual movement (with a 72-hour power reserve) are pink-gold hands set against the brown, satin-brushed bezel, counters, and subdials.
An alternate perspective on the Audemars Piguet men's replica watch inner workings is available through the sapphire-crystal caseback.
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This Chopard L.U.C Engine One replica watch was an aesthetic and technical success, because it was entirely built around its movement.
However, it had the flaw of its qualities: its price. A tourbillon is expensive, and very few amongst us could pretend to be able to afford the watch.
When you write during Baselworld 2012, you don’t have time for reading, and you sometimes have some very good surprises when you discover some steel fake Chopard L.U.C Engine One High Quality Replica Watches, as it was the case on Chopard’s booth. Unexpectedly, Chopard achieves an excellent show in a globally dull Baselworld 2012.
It is now done, with the LUC 8HF. The “HF” is not a reference to the Lancia Delta Integrale. Here, “HF” stands for “High Frequency”, and the “8” is a remainder of the 8Hz frequency.
But the watch probably borrows some of the spirit of the famous rally car, even if unconsciously.
It features angular and virile shapes, innovations and high performances, all of these actually fitted into a rather compact watch, actually.
In fact, it is almost surprising that, despite all the connections established between the brand and the automotive field, Chopard did not build the 8HF’s storytelling around this theme.
The main interest in this piece, is of course the technical solutions which make this 8Hz frequency achievable.
Most of the attempts at high frequencies usually remain in the realm of prototyping.
With these very expensive watches, produced in extremely limited edition, one remains in a research laboratory , where calibers are especially and only developed to reach the high frequencies.


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Employees in Thailand
- Opening Hours
- Legal Weekly Duration
- 48 hours
- Maximum Duration
- The maximum number of work hours is eight per day or 48 per week, except for work deemed by law to be hazardous, in which case employment is limited to seven hours per day and 42 hours per week. Overtime compensation must be paid at a rate of between 1.5 to three times the normal hourly rate to qualifying employees.
- Night Hours
- Overtime compensation must be paid at a rate of between 1.5 to three times the normal hourly rate to qualifying employees.
- Working Rest Day
- Saturday and Sunday.
- Paid Annual Vacation
- Employees are entitled to 13 national holidays per year, plus a minimum of six days of vacation after one year of consecutive work. Thirty annual paid sick days is standard, and an employer may require a doctor’s certificate for sick leave of three days or more. Female employees are entitled to 90 days of maternity leave, including 45 days of paid leave.
- Retirement Age
- There is no legal age of retirement except for civil servants who can retire at 60.
- Child Labor and Minimum Age For Employment
- Thailand has been successful in reducing child labour over the past 15 years due to positive measures on social and economic development and a reduction in population growth. However, some forms of child labour still persist. Ministry of Labour analysis suggests that there were 300,000 children aged 15-17 years legally employed in registered establishments in 2005 (60 percent male and 40 percent female). In reality, this official figure is compounded by illegal work by children under 15, and especially by non-registered or falsely registered migrant children. Thailand also continues to face challenges in combating some of the worst forms of child labour: victims of trafficking, working children under 15 years old, children used in begging, and children in domestic labour. Other sectors include child labour in some manufacturing and fishery industries, services such as karaoke bars and restaurants, and in the agricultural sector. Vulnerable groups include children of minority groups, migrant children, and children in poverty.
The Cost of Labor
- Minimum Wage
- between 140 baht (USD3.75) and 168 baht (USD4.94) by day
- Average Wage
- The average monthly gross earnings in Thailand is THB 7,730 (USD 226).
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Four Strands in the History of Geometry 4. I liked the inclusion of mathematical formulas. Apr 17, Ellen rated it really liked it. What is Non-Euclidean Geometry? In this respect it has greater outreach potential than any book we have previously considered.
Ravelry: Crocheting Adventures with Hyperbolic Planes – patterns
I could have done with less history and more information about crocheting hyperbolic planes. Wifh instructor resources are now available on our Instructor Hub. Now, Daina’s crochet models break through the austere, formal stereotype of mathematics and present a path to a whole-brain understanding of a beautiful cluster of simple and significant ideas. Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the Year Hypwrbolic highly recommend this book I may have to read parts of the book a few times to understand the concepts, but I’m already crocheting a hyperbolic plane to help me visualize.
I want to crochet a hyperbolic plane! Check out the top books of the year on our page Best Books of Want to Read saving…. In any case, I hope this book gives you pause for thought and changes your way of thinking about mathematics.
Lots of fun theories withh think about and she does a pretty good job helping you to visualize crochfting. From the Foreword by William Thurston: It has been a few decades since my college math classes, but Daina Taimina managed to keep my interest.
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Crocheting Adventures with Hyperbolic Planes : Daina Taimina :
Those interested in crocheting or hyperbolic geometry will certainly find something interesting here. Book ratings by Goodreads. Jul 07, Colin Chick rated it really liked it. I didn’t really understand why a lot of the information about patterns in other art forms was included since it didn’t seem related to hyperbolic planes. Goodreads is the world’s largest site for readers with over 50 million reviews. To wkth what your friends thought of this book, please sign up.
You will develop an entirely new understanding by actually following the simple instructions and crocheting!
This book is really cool, but I would not recommend it unless you have some sort of an interest in math. Daina Taimina was born in Riga, Latvia in the same year as an International Congress of Mathematicians pivotal to non-Euclidean geometry as she describes in the Introductionso her influence on the hyperbolic plane almost seems fated.
The profuse illustrations in the book will assist also. Yes, there are instructions for crocheting your own example, and yes there’s a fair amount of history, but still this book was not quite what I was expecting.
As nearly as I can tell, it would be a good way to learn the math involved. Add to Wish List. New to the 2nd Edition; Daina Taimina discusses her own adventures with the hyperbolic planes adventurs well as the experiences of some of her readers. Paul Vittay rated it really liked it Mar 31, Appendix Paper Models Endnotes Index show more.
Daina Taimina has wrapt my earliest memories in glorious colors, intricate histories, and marvelous theorems. View all 3 comments. Rachel Joy rated it liked it Jul 21, Sep 09, Anne rated it liked it Shelves:

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Put a message in a bottle and toss it in the ocean, and if you’re very lucky, years later you might get a response. Drop a floating Arduino-fied buoy into the ocean and if you’ve engineered it well, it may send data back to you for even longer.
At least that’s what [Wayne] has learned since his MDBuoyProject went live with the launching of a DIY drift buoy last year. The BOM for the buoy reads like a page from the Adafruit website: Arduino Trinket, an RTC, GPS module, Iridium satellite modem, sensors, and a solar panel. Everything lives in a clear plastic dry box along with a can of desiccant and a LiPo battery.
The solar panel has a view through the case lid, and the buoy is kept upright by a long PVC boom on the bottom of the case. Two versions have been built and launched so far; alas, the Pacific buoy was lost shortly after it was launched. But the Atlantic buoy picked up the Gulf Stream and has been drifting slowly toward Europe since last summer, sending back telemetry. A future version aims to incorporate an Automatic Identification System (AIS) receiver, presumably to report the signals of AIS transponders on nearby ships as they pass.
We like the attention to detail as well as the low cost of this build. It’s a project that’s well within reach of a STEM program, akin to the many high-altitude DIY balloon projects we’ve featured before.
Continue reading “Low-cost Drift Buoy Plies the Atlantic for Nearly a Year”
If there’s one place where the Internet of Things makes sense, it’s agriculture. From vast fields of soybeans, corn, and a different variety of corn, to the backyard garden, knowing how much sun, and rain crops get can vastly increase yields. For their Hackaday Prize project, [Adam] and [Shane] are building a board designed explicitly for plants. It’s called the SunLeaf, and it has all the sensors and radios a good remote sensing board needs.
The SunLeaf is built around an ARM Cortex M4 microcontroller with an ESP8266 module for WiFi connectivity. Sensors are important for any remote sensing board, and for this the guys are going with SeeedStudio Grove connectors, providing four UARTs, four I2C, and four analog ports.For remote sensing applications, you generally can’t rely on mains power, so SunLeaf includes a port for a solar panel and a battery charger.
Although this project was originally a redesign of [Adam] and [Shane]’s Hackaday Prize entry from last year, what they’ve come up with is a great device for data logging, autonomous control, and environmental sensing for anything, from farms to weather stations.
The [Dallas Personal Robotics Group] recently put together a set of tutorials for their members, including the build process of a table-top robot, they call the Tiny Wanderer. The bot can be constructed pretty easily, and is meant as an introduction to robot building.
The small servo-driven bot uses simple edge sensors to ensure that it doesn’t fall off a raised surface. The sensors were built using a small IR LED and photo transistor, which is partially isolated from the LED by a piece of shrink tubing. An ATiny micro-controller takes two measurements of the amount of IR light entering the photo transistor – one with the LED on, the other with the LED off. The difference of these measurements is compared to determine if the edge sensors are hanging off the side of the table. The logic used here is pretty simple – the difference will be high if the sensors are hovering over a surface, due to reflected light, and low if the sensors are hanging over open space.
The writeup contains templates for building the bot’s structure, as well as source code and schematics for all of the electronic bits.
Be sure to stick around to see a video of the robot in action.
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The thermal camera equipped on your GreenSight drone is an amazing tool capable of capturing the information needed to deliver accurate surface temperature maps of your property. These maps are viewable in "thermal" tab in your GreenSight Portal.
During each flight over your property, the thermal camera in your GreenSight drone captures, on average, 900 images per flight. The raw images from the thermal camera are grayscale, "black and white" images that we stitch together to create one continuous surface temperature map of your property.
Each stitched map is comprised of grayscale pixels that have a value ranging from 0 to 255, with 0 being completely black and 255 being completely white. Pixel values closer to 0 represent areas on the map that are cooler, while pixel values closer to 255 represent areas that are hotter. Plugging these values into a simple equation allows us to determine the exact temperature for the area that each pixel on the map represents.
The idea of an accurate surface temperature map sounds wonderful and useful. However, the grayscale maps that are generated from the raw thermal camera imagery are difficult to look at. It is difficult for the human eye to discern differences in grayscale maps and images. Full-color maps do a much better job of accentuating minute differences and details that are nearly impossible to see in grayscale. To further compound the issue, the range of pixel values in a typical surface temperature map does not have a wide range of variability. An early morning flight, when dew is still covering the ground, may only produce a range of pixel values that vary by a value of 20 from the coolest areas to the hottest areas.
This narrow range of values is simply due to the fact that surface temperatures tend to be more homogeneous early in the morning and can vary later in the day after the sun has warmed up the surface and burnt off any dew. Flying early in the morning generally results in maps that appear to be almost completely monotone and look like a gray blob.
If your goal when looking at your thermal maps is to quickly identify areas of your property that are hotter and cooler than others during times of environmental stress, then flying later in the day provides much better results.
While flying later in the day produces grayscale thermal maps with a higher amount of variability and detail, it doesn't change the fact that the maps are still grayscale, making it difficult to decipher the valuable information that they contain. In order to better highlight and present this information, we apply a full-color scale to the grayscale map, effectively replacing each grayscale pixel in the map with a full-color one.
There are a few different methods that can be used to colorize a grayscale map. One is assigning a full-color scale to the grayscale map on an absolute 1:1 ratio. Remember that grayscale pixels range in value from 0-255? If we assign a full-color scale, such as the one illustrated below, to each of these values it would mean that a given color would always represent the same grayscale pixel value and thus the same temperature. For example, dark blue would always represent 0 and dark red would always represent 255.
Employing this absolute replacement method seems to make perfect sense. However, the results are still less than perfect. Again, because pixel values on a typical thermal map don't vary by large amounts, the range of colors that would be used to replace the grayscale pixels on a 1:1 ratio would be extremely narrow. So instead of having a grayscale map that looks like a gray blob, you would have a full-color map that would look like a blue, green, or red blob. Illustrated below would be the range of colors used to replace the grayscale pixels using the absolute replacement method. Clearly, a much better method of colorization is necessary.
To better identify and display areas of your property that are cooler or hotter than average, we colorize our grayscale thermal maps in a more relative way by finding the average pixel value of all areas of turf and then centering our full-color scale around that value.
To achieve this, first, we feed the visible imagery gathered on the same flight as the thermal imagery into a Greensight developed artificial intelligence network to isolate areas of greens, tees, fairways, rough, and other turf. Pictured below is an example of the before and after results generated by the artificial intelligence network. Isolated areas are white. Discarded areas are black. This is a critical step in the colorization process because taking pixel values into account of non-turf areas such as cart paths, sand traps, desert scrub, or water can skew the average pixel value towards one end of the spectrum unnecessarily.
We then cross-reference the exact geo-location of each isolated area in the visible imagery to the same geo-locations on the thermal imagery. The average pixel value of all of the cross-referenced areas in the thermal imagery is then found. Finally, based off our experience in determining the typical range of pixel values in a grayscale thermal map, we stretch the full color scale across grayscale pixel values that are calculated to represent areas that are 3 degrees Celsius cooler than the average temperature of all turf areas, to grayscale pixel values that are calculated to represent areas that are 3 degrees Celsius hotter than the average temperature of all turf areas. The resulting full-color scale is illustrated below.
The end result is a full-color thermal map that clearly displays areas that are cooler or hotter than the average surface temperature of all areas of turf. Pictured below are the original, grayscale thermal map, and the colorized result.
It is important to remember when looking at your thermal maps that the maps are only relative to themselves. The same color green on yesterday's and today's thermal map may not represent the same temperature value. The color green on your thermal maps always represents areas of the map that are equal to the average surface temperature of all areas of turf on your property on the day the images were captured in flight.
Also, just because an area on the thermal map is red, it doesn't necessarily mean that it is under stress. It simply signifies that the area is greater than, or equal to 3 degrees Celsius hotter than the average surface temperature of all areas of turf for the day. On a hot, dry summer day, areas in red that are hotter than average could be of greater significance than on a cool spring day.
It is also important to note that thermal maps are not maps of soil moisture content. While the correlation between surface temperature and soil moisture has been shown under certain conditions, they don't always correlate. Learn to understand what the colors on your thermal map signify for your property under different weather conditions and at different times of the year. Determine what colors mean for you similar to how you determine what moisture meter percentage readings mean for your property at different times of the year.
Most of us are familiar with Thomas Edison’s definition of genius as 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration. Here’s another one you’ve probably heard a million times: Necessity is the mother of invention.
Jason VanBuskirk, who founded one of the golf industry’s rare tech startups (and whose company was recently acquired by another), bridles at the genius label. “I’ve always thought of myself as the resident geek,” he says. But if we meld the two aphorisms above and salt that mixture with a serious case of viral encephalitis, we’ve outlined the factors that led one superintendent — whose work-life balance was sorely lacking — to build two companies that help fellow superintendents combat the same issue.
VanBuskirk, a GCSAA Class A superintendent and 13-year association member, founded Turf Cloud in 2016 with fellow superintendent and University of Rhode Island turf grad Stephen Ohlson. The firm’s proprietary online dashboard, Turf Dash, gathers for turf managers the entirety of a property’s relevant data in one place via three core programs or “bins”:
“This is the sort of data most supers, in an ideal world, attempt to gather, analyze and deploy right now, but superintendents know better than anyone just how much time that requires,” VanBuskirk says. “Turf Dash streamlines the process by digitizing it, storing it in the cloud and allowing the super or any authorized staff to pull it down in one accessible place — a phone, a tablet, a desktop computer.”
What has also become clear: This technology, and the time it saves, enables more sustained, far better analysis of this information.
“I formulated the ideas behind Turf Cloud based on running a 36-hole golf club, something I did for eight years,” VanBuskirk says. “But then my life changed suddenly, and I didn’t have the time I once did. I wasn’t arriving at 4:30 a.m. and wiping down the job board. I wasn’t there to do that sort of thing, lots of things. But I still needed to keep tabs on my staff, my assistants. I still needed budget numbers, input information, all that stuff, and I needed remote access so I could dial in from wherever I was — the hospital, my house or halfway down the turnpike.
“I used to be the sort of super who went in on Sunday night, just to get this sort of thing in place — to get everything in place — for the week to come. Looking back, I can see my work-life balance was not good. I just didn’t realize how bad it really was until Gloria got so sick.”
VanBuskirk had always been a man with a plan. He was in a hurry too. The Massachusetts native grew up outside Boston, in Framingham. At 15, after he’d started working course crews at nearby Wayland Country Club, he got it in his head to become a golf course superintendent. He graduated from the turf program at the University of Rhode Island in 2006, with the goal of a head superintendent’s gig by the time he was 30. Before he’d even left URI, he was offered an assistant position at the private Oakley Country Club in Watertown, Mass.
He was 21 when he met Gloria Bennett. She was 18. VanBuskirk fell hard, he says, for this “fiery little redhead with no filter.”
“We met young. We were both kids,” he says. “But I knew from the get-go I was going to marry her. We grew up together, and from the beginning, we agreed that I would work work and she would work home. First four years, that’s just what we did. Job, house, dog, kids, white-picket fence — the all-American dream.”
After VanBuskirk had been at Oakley for two years, there was a changing of the guard. The head superintendent left, and the resulting chaos left a bad taste. He wasn’t ready for the head job, he reckoned, but the routine of an assistant’s life didn’t thrill him either, so he bolted and took a job with Scotts Lawn Care. “I wanted to try something else in the industry, and that was a good gig in a lot of ways,” VanBuskirk says. “I learned a lot of things — but one of those things was I don’t want to be pushing a spreader all my life.”
After five months, he applied for an assistant’s position at Stow Acres Country Club, a 36-hole, daily-fee facility located just inside I-495, Boston’s outer beltway that just happens to be dotted with dozens of tech companies, from giants to wee startups. Outside of Silicon Valley, it’s one of the largest concentrations of tech in the country.
“After nine months, my boss at Stow comes to me and says he’s leaving. I was not ready, but I put in for it, and got it,” VanBuskirk recalls. “That was March 2008. I was 24. I had met my goal, six years early.
“I was pretty green, but I threw myself into the job. It was a great facility — a place where I could try all sorts of cultural practices that might not have even been attempted at a private club. I got involved in the New England (golf course superintendents) association and built a network. I learned a ton from those guys. And, like I said, I was the resident geek — the techie they came to with all those types of questions.
“At Stow, I had a staff that, in turn, I was able to raise up and teach and mentor,” he says. “We hosted a Junior PGA and all sorts of Massachusetts Golf Association championships. Great ownership. Two great golf courses. I worked ridiculous hours there, did a lot of cool things and had a lot of fun.”
In late 2013, with the Christmas holiday approaching, Gloria VanBuskirk (right, with Jason) started complaining of stomach pains. When they didn’t pass and actually worsened one night, Jason rushed her to the local hospital. Everyone thought she was suffering from ulcers. Jason figured they’d head home straight away with some medication, maybe schedule a follow-up. But doctors kept her that night. Then the next night. And the next.
On day four, she experienced a grand mal seizure, lost consciousness and suffered violent muscle contractions — the type of seizure most people associate with an epileptic episode. Indeed, a grand mal seizure is most often caused by epilepsy, but it can sometimes be triggered by other health problems.
Then Gloria had another seizure, and doctors rushed her to Beth Israel Hospital in Boston.
“I wouldn’t talk to her again for two and a half months,” her husband recalls.
The doctors at Beth Israel were baffled by her symptoms at first. They monitored her closely for two days before putting Gloria in an induced coma to stop the seizures. Her diagnosis was delayed, but she was ultimately diagnosed with viral encephalitis, an inflammation of the brain tissue caused by viral infections. Even those who recover from viral encephalitis can suffer irreversible damage to brain function. For some, the result is a vegetative state.
Still in her coma, Gloria fought off pneumonia four times. “Infection after infection,” Jason says. “I was there every day. I blogged about everything, so she could remember who we were, who she was, what she’d gone through. We had such amazing support from friends, family, guys in the industry, on email and Twitter, donations coming in. ... But there was no getting around the reality, either. It was gut-wrenching.”
Gloria was coaxed from her coma after 10 weeks. There was damage, but doctors were confident she could relearn the functions she’d lost. She spent two months at a resident rehabilitation center, learning to walk and talk again. She returned home, but the lives of Gloria, Jason, their children and their extended family were forever changed.
“I praise God for her ability to walk now — and talk and exercise,” Jason says. “But she still has seizures. She had one today, and I talked her through it over the phone. I’ve carved out a soft spot in my heart for people with this sort of condition. It’s debilitating. She can’t drive, can’t walk sometimes.
“I didn’t work for 90 days that winter. The first day I went back to work was the first day she went into rehab. The owners at Stow were the best. They said at the beginning that it was all about family, and they backed that up. They paid me the whole time.”
But the Jason VanBuskirk who eventually returned to the Stow maintenance complex was a different guy. He was more religious, for starters. He was no longer that superintendent who went in on Sunday nights. Most of his priorities had utterly changed.
“At that point, I was fictitiously living this life as a superintendent,” VanBuskirk says. “My wife was healing, but at a level where she needed me — a lot. There were a lot of workdays I just missed. I remember the next 18 months as a difficult time. Gloria was improving, but I just couldn’t devote the time to my job that I once had.
“(Stow Acres owner) Walt Lankau and his wife, Collette — they were so great, so understanding and supportive. But then they had the opportunity to sell the place. Walt came to me in December 2015 and says, ‘Look, I don’t know how this is going to shake out, but I feel I need to let you know, this might happen. The sale. You need to be thinking about the next option.’ That was a hard thing for him to tell me, knowing me and my story. But I’m grateful that he leveled with me.
“In a lot of ways, the decision to move ahead with Turf Cloud was made for me.”
VanBuskirk had been developing the idea of a Turf Cloud system since 2010, but he didn’t beta-test it until 2015. Even then, he wasn’t ready to bring it to market. Clearly, he couldn’t go back to a full-time superintendent position either — his family obligations wouldn’t allow it.
“I did interview for a bunch of jobs, sales counterpart positions in the golf industry,” VanBuskirk says. “They all needed me in the office by 8, on the phone or on the road this many hours a day. I didn’t want to hold out the pity card. There were some good offers, but none of them made sense. And I had this need to see what Turf Cloud could really be about.
“It was a big leap, and it seems like I had enough chaos and uncertainty in my life already. But one day, my mechanic, Justin Parker, had me write down all the things I was already doing for friends: blog construction, video editing, social media, network stuff,” VanBuskirk says. “I was the techie guy that people called for this stuff. He urged me to put a price on all that ‘project work,’ so I did. He told me, ‘You’re gonna vomit when you see how much you’re giving away. But here’s the upside: You already have a brand.’
“Then I had that talk with Walt and went for it. My thought process was, I didn’t really make the call — it was made for me, and the Lord has better plans for us than we will ever know.”
VanBuskirk had recruited Ohlson, his college buddy and fellow superintendent (at the Country Club of New Bedford), by this time. Together, they attempted to grab hold of the New England market, reaching out first to folks in their respective networks, but especially to all of those people Jason the Tech Geek had served over the years. Because networks often beget entirely new networks, those Turf Cloud customers in New England soon introduced the product to their colleagues farther afield.
“My extended family had to be on board, because if I’m on the road all the time, they’d have to take care of my family when I couldn’t,” VanBuskirk says. “And my dad said, ‘You can’t even think about doing this without going all-in,’ so that’s what I did. Started driving all over New England. And you know what? We never moved out of our house. We lived tight but never missed a bill payment.
“I wanted these fellow supers to know that we have a digital job board that’s going to rock their world. But it’s more than that. We’re going to upend what you’re doing now, and supers are crazy creatures of habit. I had to learn the sales and marketing process, the customer service process. I could always talk the talk, but two years ago, I was scared to go pitch the super at a nine-hole golf course. That was the scariest thing ever.
“Just the other day, I sat down with Mark Kuhns at Baltusrol. That was scary too, but our platform is so much better now. I’m so much more confident now. It’s not quite so scary.”
It took a few months for the numbers to be gathered and interpreted, but it only took a few weeks in the field — proposing the utter disruption of a superintendent’s work habits (to say nothing of his work-life balance) — for VanBuskirk to get that feeling any entrepreneur craves: His pet project was going to work.
Indeed, VanBuskirk and Ohlson, his vice president at Turf Cloud, felt it was only a matter of time before another Massachusetts-based turf/tech firm would reach out in some way.
Founded in 2015, GreenSight Agronomics’ business centers on drone systems, using daily flights and deploying thermal cameras to deliver to superintendents all sorts of data and imagery relevant to turf health. The firm’s proprietary software automatically interprets and provides that data on issues relating to evapotranspiration rates, soil temperature, water usage and soil compression, among others.
Turf Cloud’s dashboard just happened to be the perfect place to store GreenSight’s data.
“What they were doing was clearly effective, and they knew their way around the golf course,” VanBuskirk says of GreenSight. “They reached out in spring 2016, wanting to talk, but we were still so new. We hadn’t had our slice of the entrepreneurial pie yet. It was just getting fun.
“In 2017, I did a consultant gig for GreenSight, helped them sort a presentation. They circled back and made an offer. It made too much sense, so we accepted it. Our mission now is to build up GreenSight in the same way we did Turf Cloud. We just closed out our first quarter together, and I’m pretty comfortable with how it’s working out.”
GreenSight acquired Turf Cloud in November 2017. The following month, GreenSight Ag was selected by Airbus, a leading aircraft manufacturer, to provide hardware, firmware and software tools for the Airbus Reliable Aircraft Connectivity Demonstrator, a flexible new radio architecture designed to enable formation-flight, package delivery and Urban Air Mobility, in addition to the digitization of maintenance and flight-operations support services.
In February, The Toro Co. announced a strategic minority equity investment in GreenSight. According to Philip Burkart, vice president of Toro’s irrigation and lighting businesses, “We are intrigued and see great potential to align with GreenSight Agronomics to apply their technologies and analytics with our water management expertise.”
VanBuskirk says the entire company was thrilled by these developments, though turf remains the firm’s broad focus.
“GreenSight really gets the lifestyle-changing aspect here,” VanBuskirk says. “They get it on a product level. They get it on a personal level. Gloria still has bad days, and they (GreenSight operators) have been great. Family comes first. They talk it and walk it. I’m on the road a lot, but I get to work at home when I need an office day or a family day.
“I’m not sure what our marriage would have been like if Gloria hadn’t gotten sick. Even now sometimes I slip up and get too heavy into all the calls and the emails. I can lose sight of the balance I’m looking to achieve. But generally, I’ve been able to marry my loves for both worlds, turf and tech. People who know me, they joke around saying I’m living the dream. They’re not wrong.”

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