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The Greek mythology Portal
Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the ancient Greeks concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. They are a part of religion in Greece. Modern scholars refer to the myths and study them in an attempt to throw light on the religious and political institutions of Ancient Greece, its civilization, and to gain understanding of the nature of myth-making itself.
Greek mythology is embodied explicitly in a large collection of narratives and implicitly in representational arts, such as vase-paintings and votive gifts. Greek myth explains the origins of the world and details the lives and adventures of a wide variety of gods, goddesses, heroes, heroines, and other mythological creatures. These accounts initially were disseminated in an oral-poetic tradition; today the Greek myths are known primarily from Greek literature.
The oldest known Greek literary sources, the epic poems Iliad and Odyssey, focus on events surrounding the Trojan War. Two poems by Homer's near contemporary Hesiod, the Theogony and the Works and Days, contain accounts of the genesis of the world, the succession of divine rulers, the succession of human ages, the origin of human woes, and the origin of sacrificial practices. Myths also are preserved in the Homeric Hymns, in fragments of epic poems of the Epic Cycle, in lyric poems, in the works of the tragedians of the fifth century BC, in writings of scholars and poets of the Hellenistic Age and in texts from the time of the Roman Empire by writers such as Plutarch and Pausanias.
Homer (Ancient Greek: Ὅμηρος, Hómēros) is a legendary ancient Greek epic poet, traditionally said to be the author of the epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey. The ancient Greeks generally believed that Homer was an historical individual, but modern scholars are skeptical: no reliable biographical information has been handed down from classical antiquity, and the poems themselves manifestly represent the culmination of many centuries of oral story-telling and a well-developed "formulaic" system of poetic composition. According to Martin West, "Homer" is "not the name of a historical poet, but a fictitious or constructed name."
The date of Homer's existence was controversial in antiquity and is no less so today. Herodotus said that Homer lived 400 years before his own time, which would place him at around 850 BC; but other ancient sources gave dates much closer to the supposed time of the Trojan War.The date of the Trojan War was given as 1194–1184 BC by Eratosthenes, who strove to establish a scientific chronology of events. For modern scholarship, "the date of Homer" refers to the date of the poems' conception as much as to the lifetime of an individual.
Hades (Άδης or Ἀΐδας; from Greek ᾍδης, Hadēs, originally Ἅιδης, Haidēs or Άΐδης, Aidēs, meaning "the unseen") refers both to the ancient Greek underworld, the abode of Hades, and to the god of the underworld. Hades in Homer referred just to the god; the genitive ᾍδου, Haidou, was an elision to denote locality: "[the house/dominion] of Hades". Eventually, the nominative, too, came to designate the abode of the dead.
In Greek mythology, Hades is the oldest male child of Cronus and Rhea. According to myth he and his brothers Zeus and Poseidon defeated the Titans and claimed rulership over the universe ruling the underworld, air, and sea, respectively; the solid earth, long the province of Gaia, was available to all three concurrently. Because of his association with the underworld, Hades is often interpreted by moderns as the Grim Reaper, even though he was not.
By the Romans Hades was called Pluto, from his Greek epithet Πλούτων Ploutōn (πλοῦτος, wealth), meaning "Rich One". In Roman mythology, Hades/Pluto was called Dis Pater and Orcus. The corresponding Etruscan god was Aita. Symbols associated with him are the Helm of Darkness and the three-headed dog, Cerberus.
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Ruhende Amazonen by Theodor Baierl. The Amazons are a nation of all-female warriors.
The Olympians gods consist of two generations:
The children of the Titans (Children of Gaia-Earth) Cronos and Rhea:
- Hestia (goddess of the hearth, architecture)
- Demeter (agricultural goddess)
- Hera (The queen of the gods and the wife and sister of Zeus)
- Hades (the god of the underworld)
- Poseidon (the god of the sea)
- Zeus (the king of gods,the ruler of Olympus. He declared war on his father and the titans. His mother, Rhea helped him to be victorious...)
The second generation of gods are the children of Zeus:
- Apollo (god identified with the sun, protector of poetry, music and balance)
- Athena (the goddess of wisdom and war)
- Persephone (she is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter, and goddess of springtime)
- Artemis (identified with the moon, Apollo's twin sister,goddess of hunting, animals and wild nature)
- Hephaestus (the god of fire and metalworking)
- Ares(the god of war and violence)
- Hermes (messenger of gods and also the god of thieves)
- Dionysus (the god of wine, and madness)
*Aphrodite is not the daughter of Zeus. She was formed from the blood of Uranus.
- When Zeus became the king of gods in place of his father, he made Cronos a fugitive of nature. He became a fugitive in Italy. He gathered some men and they describe his reign to be the golden age.
- Hermes Is the son of Zeus and Maia the daughter of Atlas. the Greeks call him Hermes ,which means the messenger. Also, in Latin he is called Mercure,from "Merces" ,which means merchandise. The Romans dedicated 15 May a day for him to honour him.
Perseus (Περσεύς), the legendary founder of Mycenae and of the Perseid dynasty there, was the first of the mythic heroes of Greek mythology whose exploits in defeating various archaic monsters provided the founding myths of the Twelve Olympians. Perseus was the Greek hero who killed Medusa and claimed Andromeda, having rescued her from a sea monster.
Perseus was the son of Danaë who, by her very name, was the archetype of all the Danaans. She was the only child of Acrisius, King of Argos. Disappointed by his lack of luck in having a son, Acrisius consulted the oracle at Delphi, who warned him that he would one day be killed by his daughter's son. Danaë was childless and to keep her so, he imprisoned her in a bronze chamber open to the sky in the courtyard of his palace. Zeus came to her in the form of a shower of gold, and impregnated her.
In Greek mythology, the centaurs (from Ancient Greek: Κένταυροι - Kéntauroi) are a race of creatures composed of part human and part horse. In early Attic and Boeotian vase-paintings, as on the kantharos illustrated below left, they are depicted with the hindquarters of a horse attached to them; in later renderings centaurs are given the torso of a human joined at the waist to the horse's withers, where the horse's neck would be.
This half-human and half-animal composition has led many writers to treat them as liminal beings, caught between the two natures, embodied in contrasted myths, both as the embodiment of untamed nature, as in their battle with the Lapiths, or conversely as teachers, like Chiron. The centaurs were usually said to have been born of Ixion and Nephele (the cloud made in the image of Hera). Another version, however, makes them children of a certain Centaurus, who mated with the Magnesian mares.
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Lana Lawless hits golf balls. She hits them hard and far, with astonishing accuracy. She won the Women's Long Drivers of America competition in 2008 when she hit a ball more than 250 yards. Lana is so good, in fact, that the LDA changed the rules this year to prevent her from competing. The LPGA has a rule to specifically exclude her, as well.
The Ladies Professional Golf Association is like the NAACP -- both are a bit retro in their language. Nobody says "colored people" anymore, and, at least in sports, "ladies" is passe. Apart from golf, the females playing professionally today are not L's, but W's -- women: the WTA, the WNBA, and so forth. After the old joke: that is no lady, that's my athlete.
Annika Sorenstam will retire after the season, ending an LPGA Tour career in which she has won 72 tournaments to date and delivered a defining moment when she teed it up against the men on the PGA Tour
In early September the beautifully comported U.S. Walker Cup team went to Ireland and defeated a team of fellow amateurs from Great Britain and Ireland, 12 1/2 to 11 1/2. A week later the American women went to Sweden to play a European squad for the Solheim Cup and came back victorious, 16-12. Then in late September the American men, led by Tiger Woods and loosely managed by Captain Jack (Nicklaus), went to Canada for the Presidents Cup and won handily over Gary Player's International team, 19 1/2 to 14 1/2. The last time U.S. golfers had such a trifecta? Never.
Home Girls St. Andrews finally opened its arms to the greatest female players in the world last week, and the Women's British Open at the Home of Golf was a raging success, although two blips kept it from being all it could have been. First, number 17, the Road Hole, a 453-yard par-4 in Open Championships, was played from the normal tee but as a par-5, making par for the course 73. The reason: Officials feared that bad weather would make the hole unreachable. Really? Why couldn't they simply find a forward teeing ground to use in foul conditions instead of messing with history, the most storied second shot in golf and the value of par? Second, the pace of play was atrocious, with multiple six-hour rounds clogging the course. Earlier this year the LPGA did an admirable job of establishing and enforcing new pace-of-play regulations. Rounds were noticeably faster, and the players were policing themselves beautifully. Since mid-May, though, the pace seems to have crept backward. Granted,
CORNING, N.Y. (AP) -- Paula Creamer is playing the Corning Classic for the first time in her three years on the LPGA Tour. Considering her history and the built-in cheering gallery that will be on hand, it's a wonder it took so long.
(AP) -- Sean O'Hair made a bold bid to win The Players Championship when he went after the flag on the island-green 17th at Sawgrass, went into the water and wound up making a quadruple-bogey 7. His tumble to 12th cost him $747,000 and perhaps a shot at the U.S. Open.
PALM DESERT, Calif. (AP) -- Michelle Wie will celebrate her 18th birthday this fall by playing in the Samsung World Championship for the fourth straight year, joining the 20-player field at Bighorn Golf Club where she made her professional debut.
NAPLES, Fla. (AP) -- Dakoda Dowd failed to advance to the second round of qualifying for the U.S. Women's Open, shooting a 78 on Monday while her cancer-stricken mother rested in a hotel room near the Imperial Country Club.
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (AP) -- Michelle Wie has a sore wrist and Annika Sorenstam is battling a bad back. But, if their doctors approve, both will tee up next month at the LPGA's new $2.6 million Ginn Tribute hosted by Sorenstam.
ANNIKA SORENSTAM will not need surgery on the ruptured and herniated disks in her neck, but she will miss at least four to six weeks while rehabbing the injuries. The No. 1 player in the world had been suffering pain for the past few weeks, and it got severe enough that after her April 11 practice round and press conference for the Ginn Open, Sorenstam went to see a doctor, who made the diagnosis. The next day she flew to Miami to consult a neurosurgeon. On Monday, Sorenstam, 36, opened her Annika Academy at Reunion, near Orlando, where her first student was Hootie and the Blowfish singer Darius Rucker. She hopes to be back on the course for the tournament she hosts, the Ginn Tribute, which begins on May 31 in Mount Pleasant, N.C. What does all this mean in the bigger picture? It looks as if Kathy Whitworth's record is safe. Sorenstam, who has 69 career wins, had been gunning for Whitworth's LPGA standard of 88 victories.
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) -- Lorena Ochoa was in the rough on the left, under the trees on the right and not always sure where the next shot was headed. When a demanding day ended at the Kraft Nabisco Championship, she was right where she wanted to be.
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) - Michelle Wie will not play the Kraft Nabisco Championship next week while she recovers from a wrist injury, the first LPGA Tour major championship she has missed in two years.
Ten years ago, believe it or not, there were no fully exempt Koreans on the LPGA tour. And then there was one: Se Ri Pak, a lonely 19-year-old with a pushy father and a limited command of English. When Pak, as a rookie, won four tournaments in 1998 (including the LPGA Championship and the U.S. Women's Open), hundreds of South Korean girls began training for golf careers of their own. Now that first wave of Korean players has landed in America -- this year 45 of them hold tour cards -- and a typical LPGA leader board is now covered with mellifluous monosyllables: Kims and Yims, Ahns and Hans, Jangs and Kangs.


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Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles Preview
Robotech technology has advanced the human race tremendously, giving them space travel, medical advances, and advanced weapons. However, it has also brought intergalactic war with a race call the Invid. After nearly a generation of fighting, the humans finally gain the upper hand and set up to destroy the Invid, but before they can launch their final attack, the Invid abandon Earth. But was it the humans they were afraid of, or did they sense the arrival of something sinister lurking in the depths of space? A rookie pilot, an old captain, an android, and an Invid princess are the only ones that stand a chance of unraveling the truth before it’s too late.
The plot was excellent, a true classic Robotech story including deceit, action and camaraderie. I really liked how the new characters were multidimensional, and how the characters from the past series kept their underlying personalities but had also grown over time.
The sound was really oddly balanced. Voices were only coming in on my right speaker. I’m hoping that this was because I obtained a preview copy instead of a retail release. Odds are the sound on the retail version will be a proper stereo format. Old fans of the series will be ecstatic to know that the original voice actors for the characters Scott Bernard, Rick Hunter, Vincent Sparks, and the Invid Regis have returned to do their character voices once more in this movie. They also got the talent of Mark Hamill (Star Wars) and Chase Masterson (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) for two of the characters. The music was a spectacular score combining both classic elements of good old fashioned space music with a new updated feel.
The animation as pretty good, but I have to say that I was a little disappointed by the CG. With the technology to do some spectacular 3D imaging and the fan base that Robotech has gained over the years, I was really hoping they’d go all out on this one. It just wasn’t a really good blend of 2D and 3D animation, though it wasn’t horrible, it was simply mediocre. The character designs were good as always, and they even updated the look of some of the pre-existing characters to make them look older. Frankly, I found the fact that the old hero of the past series, Rick Hunter, had battle scars and looked rugged and worn to be very amusing.
This story takes place after the last episode of the original Robotech series, and wasn’t made to draw in new fans to the show. Shadow Chronicles references past series, has old characters mixed in with the new, and doesn’t do a lot of explaining about the ongoing wars. They assume you know all this already and just toss the fans another story in their beloved setting. This one is for the diehards, the fanatics, and the kids who grew up watching this stuff.

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John Singleton Involved In Fatal Car Incident
John Singleton, acclaimed director of “Boyz in the Hood,” was involved in a fatal accident Thursday night in Los Angeles.
LAPD officers tell TMZ Singleton was driving his 2001 Lexus SUV around 8:00 p.m. on a Los Angeles street when a female pedestrian, not in a crosswalk, suddenly stepped out in front of Singleton’s car. Police say Singleton immediately stopped and waited for police and ambulances to arrive. The 57-year-old woman, identified as Constance Russell of Los Angeles, was taken to a nearby hospital where she unfortunately died Friday morning.
Police tell TMZ Singleton was not speeding at the time and was not under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Cops say their investigation has concluded and they’ve determined that this is a “very, very unfortunate accident.” [Source]
- Dallas Cowboy Arrested For Manslaughter In Teammates Death
- PHOTOS: 50 Cent Reportedly Injured In Car Crash
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Digital advertising is a big business, with hundreds of billions of dollars spent each year. That money has long lured fraudsters to the space, and deceptive practices cost the advertising industry billions annually.
- How big a problem is digital ad fraud? Overall estimates of fraud vary widely, but even the most conservative estimates put the money involved worldwide well into the billions annually. Recent estimates vary from $6.5 billion to as high as $19 billion, a range that points to the difficulty in measuring fraud’s true impact.
- What types of digital advertising are most vulnerable to fraud? One rule of thumb is that fraudsters go where the money is. That’s true, but it’s not the whole story. They’re also attracted to new markets and technologies, such as connected TV, where verification firms haven’t yet developed robust detection algorithms and where the ad tech market is relatively immature.
- What are marketers doing to protect themselves? Using a verification vendor is table stakes at this point, for advertisers and publishers alike. More companies are getting Trustworthy Accountability Group (TAG) certifications, implementing ads.txt, and evaluating their ad supply chains to eliminate avenues for fraud. But more can be done, and marketers will need to keep their eyes on the ball.
WHAT’S IN THIS REPORT? This report summarizes recent trends in digital ad fraud and its mitigation, and it advises marketers on what they need to understand to keep their budgets reasonably safe.


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We like to carefully study each project and create an original point of view following the client’s ideas. These 3D visualizations for the Hiding Home building emphasize the design of the building and the peaceful context.
The Hiding Home is a place where people can regain their dimension. Represents an oasis of peace away from the urban hustle and bustle
The garden completes the open space design and builds environmental quality. Our team realized 3D visualizations trying to reflect, in the best way, the beauty of the natural surrounding.
All of this helps to give value to the green context in which the residence is located. In conclusion, the interior views of this project reflect the beauty of the exterior.
We created a balance between materials, spaces, lights, and nature emphasizing the architecture’s elegance.
The virtual tour, give added value to the Hiding Home. In this way, viewers are able to feel what it will be like to be there and can choose which apartment wants to visit.
Further, they can explore every room with a 360° experience, wherever they are.
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In a time period where some in America may have forgotten the true meaning of sacrifice, Kahr Firearms Group is paying tribute to those who truly gave all for America. The ?ǣI Stand?ǥ 1911 honors all those who sacrificed their lives in the service of our country. For this reason, the phrase ?ǣAll Gave Some, Some Gave All?ǥ is engraved on the dust cover. At Kahr Firearms Group, they stand for the National Anthem, and behind the men and women who keep us free. Thus the words ?ǣI Stand?ǥ are engraved on the right side of the slide. ?ǣFreedom Is Not Free?ǥ is engraved on the left side of the slide, a powerful reminder of the many who have paid the ultimate price for our freedom. The American Flag is on the right grip, and the left grip depicts a battlefield memorial for a fallen warrior. The finish is a worn Cerakote in black and gray. Underneath is the same made in the USA, Auto-Ordnance GI 1911 that you know and trust.
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Days of Palestine – Gaza
"The US Secretary of State’s plans to visit settlements in the West Bank and occupied Golan Heights is an aggression against the Palestinian people and Arab and Islamic Ummah," said the Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qasem.
In a press release on Saturday, Qasem stressed that this visit highlights the Trump administration's determination to continue implementing the deal of the century in the last days in office.
This demeanour with the Palestinian people is an example of a bullying policy adopted by the Trump administration against the Palestinian people, the Hamas spokesperson added.
He deemed the US policy a violation of international law and conventions that only favours of the Israeli right-wing, stressing that the Trump administration’s demeanour is humiliating for the Palestinians.
The Israeli and US stances confirm that the dangers facing the Palestinian issue are increasing and this pushes all the Palestinians to restructure the Palestinian home, Qasem concluded.


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Merrill Continues Its Texas Management Shuffle
Merrill Lynch Wealth Management on Thursday plugged in a senior-level field management hole, shifting an experienced complex manager in California to run its Dallas-based “Texas Mountain South” division.
Carole Wentz, whose 23-year Merrill career has taken her from managing branches in Atlanta, Nashville, St. Louis and, most recently, Orange County, was named to the new post on Thursday, a spokesman confirmed. She is one of six regional managers who oversee Merrill’s army of more than 15,000 brokers.
Wentz replaces Vince Fertitta, who vacated the Texas divisional role in February and remains with the firm in as-yet undesignated position, the spokesman said.
Merrill and other large firms are increasingly dependent on strong and loyal senior managers at a time when the block-and-tackle functions of branch and complex managers are in flux. Their principal responsibilities have been shifting from recruiting successful brokers from competitors and smoothing operational impediments to improving retention rates and convincing advisers to switch from being investment jockeys for clients to broad-based planners selling the lending as well as investment services of their parent bank companies.
Michael A. Rogers, who was head of Merrill’s private wealth advisors for very wealthy customers in the Mountain West, resigned last week to join Deutsche Bank’s U.S. private bank. Merrill Lynch Wealth’s complex manager for its Dallas offices, Michael Armondo, also left this month and is taking a position with Rockefeller Capital (which is headed by former Merrill Lynch President Greg Fleming).
Wentz’s move leaves a hole at the three offices with some 165 advisers that she had been overseeing in southern California since 2014, according to her LinkedIn profile. The Merrill spokesman said a replacement has not yet been named.
Over her career—which her LinkedIn profile says included serving as national sales manager in 2010 and 2011—Wentz has been a valuable utility infielder, said recruiting sources who have worked with her.
Her odyssey including working in Texas from 2003 through 2005, where she launched the firm’s “professional women’s network” in the region. She was associate director of the Atlanta Buckhead complex in 2005, director of the Nashville-Memphis complex in 2007 and director of the St. Louis metro complex from 2011 though 2014, prior to moving to California.
Wentz, who spent less than a year at the start of her career in 1994 with American Express’s broker-dealer (now Ameriprise) prior to joining Merrill, did not respond to a request for comment. Merrill expanded her Orange County role last summer, adding branches in Newport Beach to her oversight.


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shell mound, also called Kitchen Midden, in anthropology, prehistoric refuse heap, or mound, consisting chiefly of the shells of edible mollusks intermingled with evidence of human occupancy. Midden living, found throughout the world, first developed after the retreat of the glaciers and the disappearance of large Pleistocene animals hunted by prehistoric humans. Primitive peoples who adopted these hunting-collecting economies became more established; thus, the oldest pottery of northern Europe, eastern North America, and Central America occurs in shell mounds.
Many shell mounds have been examined, especially on the eastern coast of Denmark, where they may have been used year-round. Investigation showed that these mounds belonged to the late Mesolithic Ertebølleculture (c. 4000–2500 bc) and contained the remains of quadrupeds, birds, and fishes apparently used as food by prehistoric human inhabitants. Moreover, the mounds also contained full-sized remains of the common oyster and other mollusks, which at present cannot live in the brackish waters of the Baltic except near its entrance, the inference being that the shores where oysters flourished were open to the salt sea at the time the mounds were made. The mounds also yielded numerous flint implements as well as small pieces of coarse pottery.
Middens of the British Isles, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, and North Africa also generally date from late Mesolithic–early Neolithic period (c. 4000–2000 bc). In southern Africa and northern Japan, where Neolithic cultures endured longer, midden accumulations continued until the coming of iron; and in the Pacific Islands they accumulated until recently. In the Americas, middens are represented by radiocarbon dates of 5000–2000 bc from Panama and eastern North America. Middens of South America and California probably antedate 2000 bc. As in the Old World, midden living persisted outside the higher civilizations, continuing until the European conquest.

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Breaking the Law to Help Enforce It?
By JULIE HILDEN
Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2003
Sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind - or so the song claims. Those who expose security flaws by breaking security, and thereby breaking the law, seem to agree.
Consider Nathaniel L. Heatwole, a twenty-year-old North Carolina college student. Heatwole is charged with leaving bags containing sets of apparently terroristic materials - box cutters, bleach, modeling clay (apparently intended to mimic plastic explosives), and matches - in the bathrooms of two Southwest Airlines planes.
Apparently, the bags were not found there for over a month. When they finally were discovered, airlines reportedly had to embark on a labor-intensive search of planes nationwide, to make sure that no other such items had been placed aboard.
Last Monday, October 20, Heatwole appeared before a Baltimore federal district court. He is being charged with a felony: Carrying prohibited items onto an airplane. If convicted, he could fail serious jail time - up to 10 years. (As a first offender, however, he is likely to receive a sentence on the low end of that range.)
So far, the case against Heatwole seems open-and-shut - at least technically. But of course, there's a twist: Unlike a typical culprit, Heatwole apparently meant no harm. Indeed, according to the notes he left in the bags, he meant to illustrate flaws in airline security - not to exploit them.
Does that mean Heatwole should be treated differently - and much less severely - than an evil-intentioned culprit who did the very same thing?
Heatwole Should Be Sentenced Leniently Because His Actions Had Benefits
The first -- and most obvious -- reason Heatwole should be sentenced comparatively leniently derives from the balance of the costs and benefits of his actions.
At this point, it seems quite clear that Heatwole performed a service to the country: He alerted us that airline security still leaves a great deal to be desired. His stunt has made headlines - as he must have known it would. And those headlines have political power. Doubtless, pressure will now be exerted to tighten up airline security, which is a good thing.
However, Heatwole's stunt also created risks - partially because Heatwole was foolish in using items that were actually prohibited, not just items that appeared to be prohibited. Granted, he did use modeling clay, not explosives. But he also should have swapped a harmless liquid for actual bleach; substituted fake matches for real ones; and left out the box cutters entirely.
Still, the risks Heatwole created were relatively modest. Heatwole's actions, while dangerous, were not extraordinarily so. Realistically, the chance was very slim that someone else would go into the airline bathroom; spot the items Heatwole left there; and then impulsively use them in a terrorist act.
Besides creating that risk, the stunt also caused some other significant costs. Searching every airplane in the country, as reportedly may have been done, is a daunting task. Finding Heatwole - who wasn't brave enough to sign his name to his notes - consumed precious investigative resources too.
However, as I've pointed out in an earlier column about anthrax hoaxsters - who have far less admirable motives than Heatwole - costs like these can be addressed through civil liability, not the criminal law. It's one thing to ask Heatwole to pay for the costs he caused, and quite another to send him to jail.
Thus, these costs are properly taken into account in figuring out what fine, or civil settlement, Heatwole should pay. But they should not pay a large role in assessing what prison term he should serve -- since they can be recouped separately.
The benefits of Heatwole's actions, in contrast, should be a factor toward mitigating his sentence. If he's going to get the blame, he ought to get the credit, as well.
Heatwole Should Be Sentenced Leniently to Strike the Right Deterrent Balance
The second reason to sentence Heatwole leniently is that to do so otherwise would upset a delicate equilibrium. This equilibrium reflects the reality that we are all better off if, in certain areas, there is a modest amount of lawbreaking that goes on alongside law enforcement - and, when caught, is not overpunished.
For instance, sometimes society is better off when there are illegal information "leaks" - such as when Jeffrey Wigand exposed his tobacco company employer despite a confidentiality agreement (as I discussed in a prior column); and when websites like FuckedCompany.com post confidential corporate information of great public interest (as I discussed in another column.) Similarly, hackers who expose security flaws, but don't exploit them, can also serve society's interest at the very same time that they are breaking the law.
In areas such as these, we need to get used to the idea that while breaches should be punished, they should be punished only moderately - because these breaches also have benefits.
Sending Heatwole to jail for years would discourage many future Heatwoles from acting - and it's good for America to have a Heatwole once in a while. Letting Heatwole off the hook entirely, however, might create too many - and more dangerous - Heatwoles. In sum, it's important to preserve the equilibrium, and punishing Heatwole as if he were simply a terrorist, would likely destroy it.
Heatwole Should Be Sentenced Leniently For Fairness Reasons
Finally, Heatwole should be sentenced leniently for fairness reasons. It seems quite clear that if he'd been a professional journalist (and had left out the boxcutters), he might never have been prosecuted at all.
If you doubt it, consider a similar stunt that ABC News has now carried out two years in a row - each time, close to the anniversary of September 11, 2001. In 2002, with the advice of three nuclear terrorism experts, ABC News put together a suitcase bomb that, according to one of the experts, "replicate[d] everything but the capability to explode." It contained 15 pounds of depleted uranium, covered by a steel pipe lined in lead. After being carried through Europe, the suitcase entered New York Harbor on July 29. It escaped detection.
Then, this year, ABC News repeated the stunt - with the suitcase traveling from Jakarta, Indonesia, to Los Angeles. It also escaped detection.
In both cases, the government investigated the incident, but no charges were ever brought. Indeed, Senator Charles Grassley wrote a letter to Attorney General John Ashcroft and Tom Ridge criticizing the government's investigation on the ground that it had "a chilling effect on legitimate investigative reporting" in the ABC News case. And Senator Diane Feinstein complimented ABC on having exposed "the soft underbelly of national security and homeland defense in the United States."
ABC News, then, was not prosecuted even for a stunt that, like Heatwole's, ate up investigative time and resources -- and then was repeated at the same time, the next year! Put another way, the news organization was not prosecuted even for recidivism.
Of course, it may be fair to make some distinction between ABC News (which says its materials were legal, and posed no risk) and Heatwole, who was less careful about the materials he used. But it seems unfair to let ABC News get off scot free, while at the same time locking up Heatwole and throwing away the key.
(Significantly, Heatwole's is the not the first case in which individuals who do not enjoy the protective cover of a journalistic institution have suffered. In the context of the war on Iraq, "human shield" Faith Fippinger, as I discussed previously on this site, has been targeted for doing some of the same things journalists apparently have done with impunity. And when the government subpoenaed writer Vanessa Leggett's interview notes in a murder case, as I noted in another column for this site, it contested whether she even was a journalist in the first place because she was acting on her own behalf as a would-be author.)
The right to dissent, the right to investigate, and the right to protest are not the exclusive province of those who belong to the institutions of mainstream journalism. Among the lessons of the Heatwole case is that a single college student can mount a powerful and important expose. If Heatwole is sentenced harshly, it will only show that we have not learned that lesson well enough.


Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India]: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray seems undeterred despite being booked by the state police as he persists with his anti-loudspeaker campaign. On Wednesday (May 4), he shared a video of the Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray in which he is seen speaking against the use of loudspeakers and Muslims offering prayers on the roads.
Raj Thackeray had recently posed in Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray’s trademark attire in a social media post. Raj Thackeray is incidentally attempting an image makeover to revive his political fortunes in the state by embarking on hard Hindutva.
In the video shared by Raj Thackeray, Bal Thackeray is heard saying that the Shiv Sena will not rest until it successfully prevents people from offering namaz on roads when it comes to power in the state.
“We (Shiv Sena) will not stop until we are successful in preventing the people from offering namaz on roads when we will form the government in Maharashtra,” Bal Thackeray said in the video posted by the MNS chief on his Twitter handle today.
“If someone has any complaint about the Hindu religion, then they can come to us, and we will solve the issue. Loudspeakers will be removed from the mosques,” Bal Thackeray said in the video shared by Raj Thackeray.
— Raj Thackeray (@RajThackeray) May 4, 2022
The loudspeakers row started when the MNS chief on April 12 gave an ultimatum to the Maharashtra government to remove loudspeakers from mosques by May 3, failing which, he warned, MNS workers would play Hanuman Chalisa on loudspeakers.
A case was filed against Raj Thackeray on Tuesday when he appealed to people to play Hanuman Chalisa on loudspeakers in the areas where loudspeakers are used for ‘Aazan’ from today.
He also announced that he would hold more rallies in Marathwada, Vidarbha and other cities as well.
Meanwhile, Mumbai Police seized loudspeakers from the MNS office and detained the party’s Chandivali unit chief Mahendra Bhanushali and others on Tuesday.
On Tuesday, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray ordered the police to take all measures to maintain law and order and not wait for anyone’s order. Uddhav Thackeray also held a telephonic conversation with the Maharashtra DGP Rajnish Seth. (ANI)


WASHINGTON COUNTY, Md. - Maryland State Police announced Thursday the missing juvenile who was a person of interest involving motor vehicle theft, hit and run, and attempted burglary of an occupied residence, was located in Montgomery County on July 25.
Troopers said Leandro Ovalles, 16, of
As we've reported, the teenager fled the scene of an accident on Tuesday, July 8 along Interstate-70. The incident happened around on Interstate-70 eastbound near mile-marker 27 at the I-81 interchange.
They said Ovalles was driving in a stolen 1996 Jeep Cherokee SUV when he struck a State Highway Administration (SHA) mowing tractor that was parked along the side of the interstate, before running off the roadway into a guardrail. Police said Ovalles got out of his Jeep and fled the scene on foot.
Troopers said Ovalles was reported missing from a group home in Garrett County, Maryland.
State police said Ovalles was never considered dangerous, but was considered a flight risk.


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Spanish City of Bilbao’s Metropolitan Bus Service to Pilot Contactless Ticketing using Bank Cards (cEMV)
Bilbobus, Masabi, Gertek and Littlepay have today announced that they have deployed a contactless ticketing solution, powered by Masabi’s Justride platform, for Bilbao’s metropolitan bus service. The pilot allows passengers to simply tap their contactless bank card when boarding the bus.
The system is being piloted as a first step in bringing safe contactless payments to passengers in Bilbao, attracting locals and visitors back to public transport by allowing them to simply tap and ride on Bilbobus’ services. It gives passengers the freedom to use their contactless bank card to pay for single bus trips, with each tap costing passengers €1.35, the price of a one way ticket.
“With the launch of this pilot, Bilbao continues in its efforts to adapt, renovate and facilitate access to Bilbobus, implementing all possible improvements. With this system, waiting times are reduced, possible concentrations of passengers when accessing buses are avoided, and the quality of service is improved. In this way, trips on Bilbobus become more agile and, above all, safe.”
During the pilot, onboard validation of contactless bank card taps will be provided by Masabi’s Justride Validator (JRV) units. Designed from the ground up by Masabi, the JRVs possess the necessary capabilities to meet the demands of account-based ticketing, even in large cities, all at a price point that for the first time makes next-generation ticketing accessible to transport authorities and operators in towns and cities around the globe. For cEMV payments, Bilbobus is using Littlepay’s gateway services with acquiring bank services being supplied by Elavon.
“It’s our mission to make public transport payments simpler. We’re pleased to work alongside Masabi to bring the convenience and safety of cEMV payments to Bilbao’s bus users. Working together, we’ve created an end-to-end solution without the cost and complexity of building a platform from scratch. It’s great to bring this to Bilbao, a big moment for us, as it’s our first live deployment outside of the UK and Ireland.”
“At Gertek we have always been committed to develop mobility solutions making it more convenient for both transport operators and passengers. We are delighted with the progress our partnership with Masabi has made so far in Spain and are excited to deliver this technology to more areas across the region.”
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“As a city, Bilbao has won plaudits and a global reputation for its transportation and urban environment. Public transport is at the heart of every city, but in Bilbao it really has been core to its transformation. We’re proud to be working with the City of Bilbao and our partners at Gertek, Littlepay and Mastercard to bring a world class transport ticketing and payments experience to the people who live, work and visit the city.”
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VDL will make its debut in the public transport sector in Latvia on 1 August, with 52 buses for Latvian passenger transport company BBus.
Anaheim's ATN advances efforts to become California’s first all-electric bus fleet with Arrival’s zero-emission battery electric buses.
ADL has announced a supply agreement with Nexport to bring a range of zero emission buses to the Australian market.
Solaris will deliver up to 57 buses fuelled with compressed natural gas to Spanish operator Auvasa to operate in the city of Valladolid.
Lai Zhiyi, Deputy General Manager of Golden Dragon was invited to shares the bus maker’s latest efforts for bus innovations.
ADL and BYD UK have signed a framework agreement with Ireland's NTA for up to 200 BYD ADL Enviro200EV zero emission battery-electric buses.
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The Scottish Government has launched the first £50 million phase of a new Scottish Zero Emission Bus Challenge Fund (ScotZEB).
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Siemens has been awarded a contract by Bernmobil, to supply charging infrastructure solutions for the operation of 14 new electric buses.
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CaetanoBus and Toyota announce the co-branding of the battery electric city bus, e.City Gold, and the fuel cell electric bus, H2.City Gold.
GILLIG has announced that its second-generation battery electric bus has completed the Federal Transit Administration’s Bus Test Program.
The VDL fleet used in Amsterdam city transport, currently consisting of 31 electric Citeas, will be expanded to 75 vehicles.
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The Westchester County Department of Public Works and Transportation will purchase 40 additional Xcelsior® forty-foot hybrid-electric buses.
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Nobina, one of the Nordic region’s principal public transport operators, has taken delivery of 43 latest-model 15-metre eBuses from BYD
Wrightbus today unveils the latest addition to its zero-emission arsenal - a rapid-charge electric double-deck, the StreetDeck Electroliner.
A network of plant-topped bus shelters are springing up across Leicester as part of a programme to replace and revamp the city’s bus shelters.
ADL and BYD's electric vehicle partnership has supplied four zero-emission Enviro400EV double deck buses to Lothian Buses in Edinburgh.
Hyundai Motor Company will work with bus operators to run in-service trials of its hydrogen-powered Elec City Fuel Cell bus in Munich.
This year, VDL Bus & Coach will deliver 53 double-deck Futuras FDD2-141 in two phases to the National Transport Authority (NTA).
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Verkehrsbetriebe Hamburg-Holstein (VHH) has ordered another 20 all-electric city buses from MAN Truck & Bus.
As Ontario continues to beat back the pandemic and transit ridership increases, Metrolinx is making safety upgrades at several GO stations.
Hitachi Europe and Shenzhen Bus Group have combined their expertise to help European operators and municipalities electrify their bus fleets.
BYD is today uniting the people of Slovakia and Hungary with the delivery of BYD’s best-selling 12-metre eBus to Volánbusz Zrt.
Commercial vehicle electrification leader Proterra has announced a landmark fleet electrification project with Miami-Dade County.
Hyzon Motors Inc. and its hydrogen fuel cell-powered coaches are ready to conquer the harsh mining landscape of Western Australia.
Up to £23.6 million from the Bus Partnership Fund has been awarded to tackle the negative impact of congestion on bus services in Scotland.
Ticketer and Via, the leader in TransitTech, have announced a partnership to further the integration of demand-responsive transport (DRT).
One of the 12 metre Solaris airport buses operated by carrier Avinor has recently started running north of the Arctic Circle.
BYD UK and ADL's joint partnership has secured an order placed by RATP Dev London, one of Transport for London’s principal bus operators.
24 units (eight articulated, 16 solo) of the Mercedes-Benz eCitaro are headed for the port city of Gdynia in the Gulf of Gdańsk, Poland.
AC Transit has awarded New Flyer an order for 20 zero-emission, hydrogen fuel cell-electric Xcelsior CHARGE H2™ heavy-duty transit buses.
Public transport operator BERNMOBIL has awarded Volvo Buses for the delivery of full hybrid articulated and solo buses.
Hino Motors, Ltd. has announced its plans to launch the HINO Poncho Z EV light-duty electric bus in spring 2022 in the Japanese market.
Busways is the first bus operator worldwide to purchase new electric buses from NSW bus manufacturer Custom Denning.
This summer 30 brand new Chariot-Higer electric buses will ply the streets of Bulgaria’s capital Sofia, replacing diesel buses in the city.
Mellor has expanded its product range with the introduction of two new full-electric, zero-emissions buses: Orion E23 and Maxima E23.
Hawaiian Electric received approval to move forward with a pilot program that will encourage the growth of electric bus fleets.
Walla Walla’s Valley Transit turned to BYD when replacing diesel vehicles with zero emission buses while retaining iconic trolley branding.
Mercedes-Benz has handed over two eCitaro G urban buses to Hamburger Hochbahn AG and Verkehrsbetriebe Hamburg-Holstein GmbH.
ADL has unveiled the Enviro500EV CHARGE, its first zero-emission, three-axle double deck bus for the North American market.
Hitachi Europe and Arrival have partnered to deliver new bus and infrastructure solutions to the European electric bus industry.
Rome-based transport company, Atac, will receive 100 Mercedes-Benz Citaro hybrid buses between June and the autumn of this year.
Nine lithium ion battery powered Irizar zero-emission electric buses will soon begin to operate in the city of Barcelona on TMB's H16 line.
Keolis has been awarded a new contract by the public transport administration of Uppsala to operate a large fleet of alternative energy buses.
Work has begun on an ambitious project by First Bus that will transform its Glasgow Caledonia bus depot into the UK’s largest EV charging hub.
Having taken its first step into the market in recent months, TEMSA has won the tender with its dealership Anadolu Automobil Rom held in Arad.
BYD is introducing a battery-electric Type D school bus with unparalleled safety features and performance, wrapped in a sleek design.
Solaris and the municipal transport authority Zarząd Transportu Miejskiego in Lublin have signed a contract for the supply of electric buses.
Nine Yutong E10 buses have been put into service in Poland, the first batch of Chinese pure electric buses to be introduced into the country.
TfNSW has awarded Keolis Downer with a contract to operate and maintain bus services in the Northern Beaches and the lower North Shore.
Last week, Aurrigo will claimed another UK milestone in autonomous technology when its Auto-Shuttles officially began trials in Cambridge.
New Flyer has announced that WMATA has exercised options for 100 additional forty-foot Xcelsior® heavy-duty transit buses.
Having won a tender in Switzerland, Solaris will supply six Urbino 12 electric buses in total: three to VBL Luzern and three to ZVB Zug.
King Long successfully secured the bus order from Guadalajara in Mexico for 166 units of customized natural gas powered city buses.
Leading bus manufacturer BYD has won a major electric bus fleet order with Bergkvarabuss in Sweden.
ZF's proven brake actuator platform lays foundations for safe bus braking maneuvers while optimizing OEM cost effectiveness.
NJ TRANSIT continues to advance its zero-emissions bus program with the release of its roadmap to a 100% zero-emission bus fleet.
The hydrogen-powered Urbino hydrogen bus has been cruising on the streets of the picturesque towns of the Austrian province of Carinthia.
Maintenance crews at MCTS are using an innovative, new air filtration product on buses to help prevent the airborne spread of viruses.
The Municipal Transport Company of Madrid, EMT Madrid has today taken the delivery of the 30 eBuses from BYD.
Nomad Digital expands into new markets with its Road Connectivity product, bringing its expertise to buses, road freight and mining vehicles.
Operator Mwasalat Misr has transformed Cairo towards a sustainable future with smart transport solutions using technology from LIT Transit.
BYD, has secured an order in Turin with confirmation of a further 50 of its best-selling 12-metre low-floor model for GTT.
NCTD has been awarded a grant by the California Energy Commission (CEC) to construct a hydrogen fueling station in Oceanside.
The UK has been chosen for the global launch of Scania's new Fencer bus range, the first model of which is the Fencer f1.
The project includes 50 charging points from Kempower in what will be the largest bus depot for electric buses in northern Norway.
The MAN Lion’s City E electric bus offered an impressive 550.8 kilometre range under real day-to-day conditions during a trial in Munich.
Mercedes-Benz has received a large order for 54 fully electric eCitaro buses from Basler Verkehrs-Betriebe (BVB).
First Student is ordering 260 all-electric school buses - the largest order of school buses by a single customer in Lion Electric’s history.
The Utah Transit Authority (UTA) and Park City Transit have awarded GILLIG a $44.2 million contract for 44 battery electric buses.
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Nobina, the principal PTO for Sweden and the Nordic region, has taken delivery of the first of 13 BYD eBuses for operation in Piteå.
ROCSYS, the global leader in robotic EV charging solutions, has raised 6.3 million dollars in a round led by Forward.One.
The Lion Electric Company has announced that it has selected Joliet, Ill., for the construction of a new manufacturing facility in Illinois.
Before the end of the year Solaris will deliver 30 low-emission buses to Area Metropolitana de Barcelona (AMB) in Catalonia.
Michelin has introduced its first range of electric bus tires that can also be adapted for use on traditional urban and suburban vehicles.
Keolis Sverige has been awarded a contract to operate and maintain an articulated fully electric bus fleet in north-eastern Gothenburg.
Motor Coach Industries (MCI) has unveiled the new luxury zero-emission, battery-electric J4500 CHARGE™ coach for the North American market.
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LCP Journalism students spent the day at the Walsworth Spring Premier in Orlando learning more about yearbook creation and photography. Time was well spent planning for next year’s yearbook, and even included team building for current and future journalists!
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Although they will not be flipping their tassels yet, Liberty Seniors gathered together last week to take the next step towards graduation. As their time at LCP draws near, we are sure these bright and talented students have made their mark on our school and hearts forever. We are proud of you, class of 2023!
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Day One of the LCP Building Project! Land clearing began today at Liberty Christian Preparatory School in advance of the new building project. The new building should be complete in the fall of 2023 and house the middle school and high school programs.
Today our 7th and 8th graders visited Kennedy Space Center. Students experienced the wonder and history of space travel, as well as made life-long memories. A big thank you to Mrs. Payne for organizing a great trip!
LCP is so thankful to have Mrs. Thomas as our School Counselor! She is such an essential part of our program, and a huge blessing to our students and their families.
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The long, long wait is nearly over. Downton Abbey returns to PBS on Sunday, January 4th!
If you have to scratch that itch, though, before then, why not check out Downton-ish items from the library?
If you’d like to take a look inside the real Downton Abbey, watch Secrets of Highclere Castle. Or get a taste of other grand homes with Secrets of Iconic British Estates. Or you might want to try Manor House for a look at the British class system of the early 1900s. For dramatic stories, try The Buccaneers, Cranford, or The Remains of the Day.


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PREMIUM Westfalen filly
DOB July 25th, 2021
Valkyrie is a upper level jumper prospect who could also become a competitive hunter or dressage partner. This elegant filly received a PREMIUM mention during her Westfalen inspection with great comments about her conformation and quality of gaits. Valkyrie is a keen and curious filly who enjoys human presence. This filly will turn heads with her elegant conformation, strong gaits and flashy markings. She should mature around 16.2h.
Her sire, Copabella Visage, had an impressive career. His performances include Champion of Champions at Dressage and Showjumping as a 5 years old, Champion Young Event Horse at Sydney Royal, several wins and placings at Grand Prix and World Cup level in Australia and in Europe and member of the winning Nations Cup team for France in Istanbul. This stallion is a wonderful example of the modern sporthorse; great bone, athletic frame, movement and paces that dressage judges are seriously impressed by. His progeny, competing in Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain and Europe, provide ample evidence of his strong breeding credentials, with multiple success stories in all three Olympic disciplines as well as the breed show world.
Her dam, Aicha, is a stunning eye-catching mare with impressive gaits, a lot of scope over fences and a sweet disposition. Her sire, Conquest Van de Helle, was 2005 S.B.S. Stallion Approval Champion in Belgium where he gained the AA-label for his magnificent model and incredible jumping abilities. His sire Corrado I is one of the most appreciated Holsteiner stallions. After being successful on the international level with Franke Sloothaak, winning several World Cup qualifiers, and being the stallion that won the most prize money as an approved stallion, Corrado I is now a revelation as producer of many Grand Prix performers & having many approved stallions. His dam, Florida II, herself National Champion on 1.45m level, is sired by Calando I, who also jumped at Grand Prix level and was world famous with Karsten Huck and was also team bronze medal winner at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich with Edgar-Henry Cueper. Aicha's dam Armandine is by Alexis Z out of a Pilot mare. Alexis Z (by Alme) earned 15 wins at S-level, sired 20 licensed stallions, and his offspring have won over 1.3million euro in sport. Pilot was the first showjumping stallion with progeny to earn one million Deutschmarks. Armandine produced the approved stallion Talisman. Talisman is part of the Hiltop Farm's stallions roster and had many placings in the young jumper division.
This filly has it all for a promising career as a sporthorse. She could also be an excellent addition to a serious breeding program.
May 29th 2022
Warmblood fillies playing in the grass field
May 23th 2022
Handling the yearlings

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On the morning of March 23, 2020, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Vu – President of the University of Danang (UD) and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Doan Quang Vinh - Rector of University of Science and Technology-UD (DUT-UD) attended the handover ceremony of robots for transporting food and necessities to Da Nang Hospital for Women and Children (hereinafter referred to as Hospital) so as to timely service in Covid-19 isolation areas. This was a technological product that had been researched, manufactured and transferred by Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, DUT-UD.
Attending the ceremony were Dr.Med. Tran Dinh Vinh – Director of Hospital, Dr.Med. Tran Thi Hoang – Vice Director of Hospital, Assoc. Prof. Luu Duc Binh - Head of Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, DUT-UD and representatives of relevant departments and offices of the two sides.
UD President Nguyen Ngoc Vu witnessed the delivery of Robots
According to Assoc. Prof. Dr. Doan Quang Vinh-Rector of DUT-UD, Robot was built following the proposal of hospital to meet the urgent requirements in transporting food, necessities to ensure safety for physicians and medical staff in Covid-19 isolation areas. With high determination, the research team as well as staff of Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, DUT-UD had coordinated to implement ideas and technological solutions to urgently manufacture, successfully test and transfer robots to Hospital only in 10 days.
“DUT-UD is committed to warrant the quality of robots for 01 year. In addition, we are doing research to add the remote body temperature measurements as well as continuing to manufacture and develop products for domestic hospitals and units in the upcoming time ” said by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Doan Quang Vinh
Rector Doan Quang Vinh shared his ideas
At the handover ceremony, Dr. Med. Tran Dinh Vinh, Director of Danang Hospital for Women and Children, highly acknowledged the efforts and dedication of the research team, the attention and guidance from UD’s leaders, DUT-UD, together with other staff of DUT-UD who had launched a useful product to serve for the urgent needs. Robots could transport food and necessities, remotely follow the status of isolated patients, limit the direct contact between medical staff and patients. "In particular, the isolated and cared patients of Hospital are pregnant women and children so that the need to use robots is very useful and effective." shared by Dr. Med. Tran Dinh Vinh.
Dr. Med. Tran Dinh Vinh, Director of Danang Hospital for Women and Children
Dr. Vo Nhu Thanh, Head of Mechatronics subject, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, DUT-UD confirmed that the robot was controlled by hands with 01 multi-directional button, the required movement speed. It was designed from stainless steel, streamlined structure, limited angular, easy disinfectant spray but waterproof with a maximum load of up to 100 kg. In addition, the robot was also equipped with a camera and speaker so that doctors could observe the patient's condition and communicate with them.
Research team of Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, DUT-UD guided the operation
According to the research team, the total cost of manufacturing robots was about VND 50 million. Upon the proposal of research team, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Vu – UD’s President extremely supported and directed relevant units to create favorable conditions for encouragement and support the research team to complete this product for the community.
DUT-UD’s Research team
According to Assoc. Prof. Dr. Le Quang Son – UD’s Vice President, UD’s Science and Technology Development Fund had supported VND 30 million along with fund from DUT-UD to serve for the research and manufacturing process. In the morning of March 23, 2020, UD’s President Nguyen Ngoc Vu also awarded the Certificate of Merit along with the reward of VND 10 million to acknowledge and commend the initiative of Prof. Dr. Sc. Bui Van Ga (Head of the GATEC research team, DAUT-UD) for inventing, using effectively and transferring the remote body temperature measuring device in Covid-19 prevention.
The robot for transporting food and necessities used in Covid-19 isolation areas


Australia great Brett Lee was left utterly impressed by Arshdeep's performance in the prestigious ICC event and calledhim his "new favourite left-arm pacer from India."
Jasprit Bumrah shared a video of his training session where he could be seen doing a few running drills. Bumrah has been out since September.
After joining the Mumbai Indians in 2010, Kieron Pollard proved to be a major asset for the franchise with his fiery all-round performances
Ever since his arrival in the MI camp in 2010, Pollard gave many brilliant performances with both bat and ball, and took his side across the line on numerous occasions.
T20 World Cup 2022: India wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant picked only himself and Jasprit Bumrah among Indian players in the first-five of his Dream T20I Team.
Now, Shami's coach Mohammad Badruddin has revealed the pacer's initial reaction on not being named in the World Cup squad originally.
Chief selector Chetan Sharma explained how the selection committee is managing the workload of Jasprit Bumrah and he also accepted that the ace pacer was rushed from injury for the T20 World Cup.
Jasprit Bumrah can't afford to play all three formats if he has to prolong his career since burdening the body with too much cricket will keep him injury prone, says Jeff Thomson, one of the greatest fast bowlers the world cricket has seen
Jasprit Bumrah was ruled out of the T20 World Cup with a back injury three days before the Indian team was to fly out for Australia
Newly elected BCCI president Roger Binny on Tuesday said that he wants to primarily focus on the prevention of injuries to the players.


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Yummy, the transportation, supermarket, and delivery startup founded in Venezuela has raised the largest investment round for a Venezuelan startup: $18 million in a series A.
Yummy was the first delivery startup in Venezuela created during the most aggressive period of restrictions of the coronavirus pandemic.
With this new injection of capital, Yummy’s total capital raised rises to $22 million. This Series A was led by Anthos Capital with additional participation from the JAM Fund.
The super app already processes more than 340,000 monthly transactions in Venezuela with a steady growth of 35% in the past four months. The network of drivers exceeds 5,000 operators in its delivery and carpool operation in 12 different cities.
“We are eager to go live in all the cities of Venezuela with Yummy Delivery and Yummy Rides, and continue our expansion in LatAm,” Vicente Zavarce, Yummy’s founder and CEO, stated to TechCrunch.
“We want to be a part of everyone’s daily life and put the local economy in the hands of our users, while creating a way to earn in US dollars for thousands of Yummers and drivers.”
The deep economic crisis that Venezuela has experienced, including its high inflation and scarcity, could be detrimental factors for any startup to raise capital in that country. However, Yummy has gone against all odds and successfully challenged this perception.
The startup will focus next on growing its business in Chile and Peru, where it already operates, and later expand to more parts of Latin America.

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Free Fridge Project
Our Free Fridge Project is a mutual aid initiative using food sharing models from other communities to bring produce, meals, and non-perishable items to free accessible refrigerators across Anchorage. This project is set to launch late April 2021 and supports the 1 in 6 Alaskans struggling with food security by removing the barriers and stigmas often associated with accessing traditional food pantries.
Our donation delivery project, Donation Dash, will provide neighbors who cannot access our fridge sites with donations from neighbors and community partners. This project is still cooking, check back Summer 2021!
Food for Thought Conversations
Our story sharing project, Food for Thought, will provide an empathetic setting for neighbors to share experiences and advocate for change around food security and resources. We’re working hard with local partners so this project, subscribe to our mailing list so you don’t miss any exciting updates!

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The official numbers show more than $74 million assessed in victim restitution, fines and fees for FY2013 and less than $10 million collected.
But hold on.
There’s an asterisk, or could be.
The collection-vs.-assessment situation, though a challenge, is less dire than those numbers suggest — and than a previous State Watch reported, says the N.J. Supreme Court’s administrative arm.
Assessed amounts reported by the judiciary for a specific year include amounts coming due in the future, not due just in that year, according to the N.J. Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC).
A more accurate statistical picture of the effort to make crime pay through fines and victim restitution focuses on numbers measuring “expected” payments, or amounts due in a specific year, against the amounts actually collected, says the AOC.
These numbers for the 12-month budget period ending last June 30 show $36,284,646 of payments due over that period and $22,332,393 collected. That was a 61.5 percent collection rate for FY2013, a slight improvement over FY2012’s 59 percent.
Complicating collections are two economic realities. Crime, for most offenders, turns out not to be much of a money-making enterprise. And the unemployment rate for those on probation is more than four times higher than the state’s overall rate.
Probation serves as an alternative to the state’s $1billion prison system with its annual costs of up to $40,000 a year per inmate. Parole — a separate program administered by the Department of Corrections’ Parole Board, not the court system — serves as an overcrowding relief valve.
Together, the two programs are in charge of some 86,000 released adult offenders — an offender cohort of greater numbers than the entire population of the state capital, Trenton.
In both probation and parole, supervision ranges officially from intensive to (probation and parole officer sources unofficially say) nominal or virtually non-existent.
The judiciary’s probation programs encompass 70,000 adult and 13,000 juvenile offenders. The parole system is charged with keeping tabs on more than 16,000 offenders who’ve done at least their minimum sentences and received the parole board’s nod for supervised release. The parole board in FY2012 reports having made 2,368 “revocation decisions.”
The Administrative Office of the Courts reports more than 19,000 rearrest warrants out for offenders including those who dodged custodial sentences but then violated the terms of their probation. These violations include such infractions as failure to report to probation officers or to make timely payments on fines and restitution.
But this number, too, comes with an asterisk that makes it less alarming than it appears on its face, according to the AOC. Probation violators remain on the books without a time limit, padding the numbers, including some 3,000 probationer absconders who haven’t surfaced in 15 years, the AOC says.
Overall, however, 81 percent of those put on probation successfully complete their obligations, according to AOC spokeswoman Tamara Kendig. That, she adds, is among the top rates in the country.

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A whale rider is ready to set sail and leave everything that he knows behind.
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Ed Vermue: A Curator for Texts
Ed Vermue and I failed to acknowledge each other as we impatiently brushed past in the hallway before whirling in a simultaneous double-take, recognition arriving just a second too late. I had caught him mid-errand, and rather than pop back into his office (for reasons I discovered later), we settled into a pair of comfortably cushioned chairs in the hallway just outside of the Special Collections on the fourth floor of Mudd Library, the main branch of Oberlin College’s library system.
Pinned between a row of blue lockers and the wall of windows that separate the hall from the sun deck on the roof of the building, Vermue reclined against the back of his seat as he began to explain what the positions of Preservation Librarian and Special Collections Librarian entailed.
“I wear two hats,” Vermue said, crossing one leg casually over the other, a fleece pullover complimenting a pair of worn tennis shoes that had clearly seen some mileage. “There’s hardly a typical day.” As we spoke, he fiddled gently with a pair of reading glasses in his hands, squinting slightly against the glare of sun through the windows and speaking with slow, clear cadence. Almost like a lecture.
But even though his daily routine may be rather irregular, Vermue’s work, like that of any college professor, can generally be divided into two time periods: that of when academic classes are in session (the fall and spring semester along with winter term) and breaks (fall, spring and summer). During the latter intervals, the librarian works primarily with a small group of students to ensure the survival of the books in Oberlin’s circulating collection. Together, they work to repair and prevent damage to the aging books on the lower floors of the library so that future generations can continue to benefit from their knowledge.
Most of his interaction with students, however, comes through his work with the college’s Special Collections, which feature an ever developing assortment of historical artifacts relating to the evolution of printed media.
“It’s not just a rare book collection, but a special collection on any subject,” Vermue said. The fourth floor of Mudd houses everything from a sizeable number of 18th century manuscripts to anti-slavery literature to a collection of world maps that chart the development of nations to original 20th century Star Trek fan-fiction. And that barely scratches the surface. Each manuscript tells its own story, and Vermue acts as a liaison between the physical indications of each artifact and the teachers and students that peruse them.
In addition to working with the manuscripts directly, Vermue has approached the Special Collection with a more hands on attitude. In an effort to help students to understand exactly how some of the materials in the collection were made, Vermue has developed a working knowledge of the skills necessary to replicate some of the historical processes involved in print culture. He regularly runs work-shops on using the letterpress on the second floor of Mudd, and has introduced students to the intricacies of marbling paper and the techniques involved in setting type for print.
Educated in Canada, Vermue received an Honours Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy from the Wilfrid Laurier University in Ontario. He went on to attain a Master of Arts in Religion and Culture at the same university before completing a second Masters degree in Library and Information Science at the University of Western Ontario. Vermue joined Oberlin’s staff in July 2000 and continues to attend a variety of seminars and work-shops relating to different aspects of the history of the book.
When I asked where he had picked up these skills, he smiled gently and said that he traveled throughout the year to different conferences focusing on the history of the book. “I sure didn’t learn it in library school,” he said, explaining that most of his education had been focused on using the digital information systems that most libraries now employ. Now, Vermue uses that training to renegotiate the relationship between the library’s physical collection and digital text. He helps students understand how book culture developed and where its all going and that many of the most meaningful clues to the historical, economic and social context of a given text are firmly wrapped up in the physical attributes of the manuscripts in the collection.
Vermue leaned forward in his chair, setting his glasses aside as he grew more excited about explaining his work; “I don’t see my function as being a warehouse – I see Special Collections as having a laboratory purpose,” he said, his piercing blue eyes lighting up with obvious passion. Under his care, the Special Collection has increasingly spotlighted those book arts that have been forgotten from the days when everything was made by hand. This focus on the interpretation of physical artifacts makes his job more like that of a museum curator than a librarian. Vermue looks for reader marks, binding flaws, patterns of wear, or even indications of censorship to tell the history of the vast range of books under his care.
I asked if there were any particularly popular areas in the collection. There aren’t. Or rather, according to Vermue, there are but interest in the various niche’s on the fourth floor of Mudd tends to shift with the curriculum. At the moment, the medieval literature is drawing a large amount of interest, but so is the collection of ephemeral documents and artifacts from the 20th (19th?) century. “Telegrams aren’t as sexy to look at as a medieval manuscript,” he quipped, explaining that the growing interest in these more recent artifacts is linked to their casual nature (pop culture, zines, comic books, kind of exciting.). Vermue’s face brightened again as he talked about the Special Collection’s small but growing collection of artifacts of optical culture, which the college’s Art History, Cinema Studies and Comparative Literature Department have all developed a particular interest in recently.
The librarian works directly with professors to continue to build and develop the collection. Collection building occasionally involves purchasing additional manuscripts or accepting donations, but according to Vermue, the majority of his time is spent trolling through existing sections of the collection and reinterpreting their potential applications. “Collection building is a little bit of a sleight of hand,” he said before going on to explain how the same material could be relevant to a range of different courses. As interest in extra-textual objects increases, Vermue talked about perhaps acquiring a selection of quills and exploring the history of calligraphy and paleography in more depth for his next venture.
He also talked about cycling objects out of the collection. The fourth floor of Mudd offers only limited space, and as Vermue continues to study the archives he said that he regularly finds texts that don’t belong in Special Collections. When this happens, he simply relocates the material to the main floors and the object enters circulation with the rest of the library’s books. Rather than a comprehensive assortment of any particular literary epoch or genre, Vermue said that he keeps only a sample — enough to teach with — of each kind of work. After we had finished talking, I stopped by the librarian’s office to check scheduling for the rest of the week: literally every surface was covered with one sort of text or another, books and manuscripts all unapologetically clamoring for attention.
“Working with professors is a two way street as far as who approaches who,” Vermue said at one point while we were talking. A couple of days after our conversation, I watched him work with a class taught by Professor Laura Baudot that was studying 18th century British print culture. While the students may have been bleary-eyed and possibly coffee-deprived and 9:30 in the morning, Vermue moved energetically around the table in the classroom of the Special Collections department, preparing each of the original manuscripts that the students would be working with.
After Professor Baudot explained that the lab would be focused on the extra-textual aspects of the selection of texts, Vermue laid down the ground rules of working with older manuscripts. Gently but firmly he talked about the texts as if they were human beings; “don’t force them to do something that they don’t want to do,” he said. “You wouldn’t force a human leg above the head if it didn’t want to go there.” As the class progressed, Vermue surveyed the class like a hawk, a stern, almost fatherly expression on his face as he let the students handle the collection, with the occasional “be careful” directed at some of the more enthusiastic students.
After dividing into pairs, the class warily studied each of the prepared manuscripts, Vermue anxiously roaming around to answer questions and point out details more obvious to his trained eye. Here was the curator in action. Vermue (still sporting those shnazzy sneakers) provided an encyclopedic level of context on everything from the watermark on the paper to the economic status of the print shop that had produced the manuscripts. He had mentioned to me that Masters programs in the history of the book were becoming increasingly popular; I think he was happy that other institutions were developing such an interest in his field. Watching Vermue work with the texts, his style of speech became less congenial, more lecture-like; he almost seemed more professor than librarian.
Baudot chimed in from time to time to point out the relationship of the physical context to specific narrative attributes from the class, but she generally deferred to Vermue on any matters relating to para-textual elements. “You can always look this stuff up on the computer in the other room,” she said. “Or, you know, you can just ask Ed.”


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