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Ehud Barak, the former Israeli prime minister, told a state inquiry commission today that he was caught by surprise by the wave of violent protests by Israeli Arabs that erupted after the outbreak of the Palestinian uprising last year.
''I did not expect those type of events'' Mr. Barak, said, referring to the Israeli Arab protests in October 2000 in which 13 people were killed by police gunfire. ''There was no concrete warning of such an eruption from any intelligence agency. The power, scope and intensity of the violence could not have been expected.''
The three-member panel, headed by a supreme court judge, Theodor Or, is investigating the police shootings and the causes of the Israeli Arab protests. The commission has become a focus of the grievances of Israel's one million Arab citizens, who have long complained of discrimination, and whose communities lack state services and have high rates of poverty and unemployment.
Outside the Supreme Court building where today's hearing was held, relatives of the Arabs who were killed held up pictures of their loved ones and signs demanding accountability from the officials being questioned by the commission.
''Responsibility reaches the political echelon,'' one sign said. Another said: ''13 dead, 0 responsible.''Continue reading the main story
Mr. Barak and Shlomo Ben-Ami, the former foreign minister and the head of Internal Security, both of whom took the stand today, were the highest ranking officials serving at the time of the protests to testify before the commission.
With relatives of the dead in the audience, Mr. Barak argued that despite accumulation of simmering discontent among Israeli Arabs, neither he, his intelligence agencies nor the police expected the kind of violence that erupted last year.
Describing it as ''extreme violence,'' Mr. Barak asserted that a minority had exploited a genuine sense of grievance to organize violent protests in which rioters attacked banks and post offices, blocked roads and stoned passing cars and police officers. Those protesters ultimately seek to ''undermine the foundations of the State of Israel as a Zionist and democratic state,'' Mr. Barak said.
Mr. Barak testified that he had instructed the police to enforce the law while avoiding unnecessary confrontations with the protesters. The directive, he said, was ''on the one hand to restore law and order, and on the other to carry this out wisely,'' even if that meant waiting 24 hours or more to open a blocked road.
Contradicting testimony heard earlier by the commission, Mr. Barak asserted that fatal shootings by the police occurred when small groups of officers were attacked by hostile mobs and responded with firearms.
Mr. Barak said he had failed to anticipate the serious Palestinian unrest that followed the visit of Ariel Sharon, the opposition leader at the time, to the area of Muslim shrines on the Temple Mount, the ancient plateau in Jerusalem that is sacred to both Jews and Muslims. That visit on Sept. 28, 2000, approved by Mr. Barak, was followed by Palestinian protests that mushroomed into the current uprising, and it was also a prelude to the Israeli Arab protests.
Mr. Barak said Mr. Sharon's visit could only have been prevented on the ground that it posed a clear and present danger to public safety, but intelligence assessments by the police and the Shin Bet security service at the time did not indicate that it would be followed by protests.
Furthermore, Mr. Barak said, Jibril Rajoub, the Palestinian security chief in the West Bank, had assured Mr. Ben-Ami that if Mr. Sharon steered clear of the Muslim shrines on the Temple Mount, the visit would be peaceful.
At the time ''there was no reason not to approve it,'' Mr. Barak said, but he added, ''It wasn't the reason for the whole eruption, but it supplied a good pretext for it, I admit.''
In separate testimony, which began on Monday, Mr. Ben-Ami said that the police had failed to report to the government on the use of sharpshooters who fired live ammunition at protesters in the town of Umm al-Fahm. ''This was hidden from the political echelon,'' Mr. Ben-Ami said, accusing the police of ''a culture of faulty reporting.''
Mr. Ben-Ami said the attempt to forcibly repel the protesters at Umm al-Fahm, who were blocking a highway, violated his instructions to avoid such actions because they could cause casualties. The police used milder methods when responding to similar protests by Jewish Israelis, Mr. Ben-Ami said.
As Mr. Barak testified, Jamila Asleh, whose 17 year-old son, Asel, was killed by the police, held up a picture of her son's body. ''Here is Asel who you killed, Nazi!'' she shouted at Mr. Barak before she was dragged out by security officers.
Her husband, Hassan Asleh, said later that he resented Mr. Barak's description of the protests as the work of a small extremist minority.
''The Arab sector cannot be marginalized for so many years,'' he said. ''This is a people.''Continue reading the main story


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THOUGH HE may be gone, Michael Jackson’s music continues to live on – and break records.
The Recording Industry of America (RIAA) announced yesterday (Feb 16) that the King of Pop‘s album, Thriller, has been certified 33x platinum.
Released in 1982 when Michael was just 24, the album is the only one to have surpassed the RIAA’s 30x million mark in U.S. sales and sold more than 105 million copies worldwide.
The album featured the unprecedented consecutive hit single line-up of Thriller, Beat It, and Billie Jean and solidified the child star as the solo megastar he would forever be known as until his death on June 25, 2009.
“Thirty-five years later, Michael Jackson’s Thrillerremains as timeless and iconic as ever,” said Cary Sherman, Chairman and CEO of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
“Thriller has now become the first and only album to achieve an RIAA 33X Diamond Award, a moment forever etched in Gold & Platinum Program history. Congratulations on another Thriller milestone.”

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Art glass is a craft made from pure lens or a combination of glass and other materials for decoration. Artistic glass has various techniques of creating including glass blowing, copper foil glasswork, and leaded lights. Artistic lens can be used for both commercial and residential purposes like glass door panels and glass cooking ware.
Artistic glass can be used to make many materials like dab rigs, water bongs, artistic bongs and vapor rigs. The purpose of making decorative glass is usually to capture various designs and creativity by decorating lens to the required shapes. Having a glass made vapouriser is usually vital because it purifies water and gives you a good view of what you are drinking.
The One can spend in glassware art because they have a wide variety of designs, and one can get any design he wishes for because the maps can be manipulated to suit your needs. Artistic bongs are glassware equipment that is used as decorations and have a wide range of designs and patterns to suit your needs. All bongs vary in costs because of the quality of glass used to make them. Bongs vary in size depending on the intended use, and the big bongs are called nano-bongs. Because bongs have different plans like those created by Brothers with glass are used for various purposes like artifacts in museums and decorative objects in places like children parks.
The artistic glass is a good option for water bongs because it can be easily shaped into various shapes, have high heat resistance for areas that are warm and are transparent thus easy to detect dirt.
Smokers use dab rigs with the difference that may be available to them, and they heat the concentrate then smoke them. to pure dab concentrate with a wanted flavor smoke, choose to use a glass dab rig. Having a glass dab rig will ensure no unwanted flavors while smoking because they are easy to clean and if done regularly can make them last a long time. Brothers with glass can create custom-made dab rigs to suit your needs and can also offer a wide variety of other many available better designs.
Vapor rigs can also be made from art glass to give the platform an artistic design that is suitable enough to the user. Having a vapor rig made of glass is better since it is easier to maintain and can be custom made to suit your needs.

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Kim's art is comprised of sketches and small paintings/prints. They can vary from sketches of unique and original characters Kim has come up with, to caricatures, to vibrant and detailed environments which make the sketch or painting feel alive and breathing.
There are dream-like feelings you can get by looking at his artwork, which can also be very inspiring.
Kim Jung Gi's artwork has no real theme, with every piece as or more unique than the next. Each sketch is more like diving into a piece of his imagination, and leaving no space for anything else. They also give off a sort of anime vibe.
His sketches and prints are definitely worth sharing because of his unique style of surrealism with insanely accurate anatomy presented through the original characters he comes up with off the top of his head. You can also get lost in any of his bigger environment works, in which your eyes will run across the whole piece analyzing every detail. It's pretty fun to look at.

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text: Is anything impossible for the grace of God? Suppose you bring a light into a room that has been dark a thousand years; does it remove the darkness little by little? The room is lighted all at once. Intense renunciation is what is needed. Do you know my attitude? Books, scriptures, and things like that only point out the way to reach God. After finding the way, what more need is there of books and scriptures? Then comes the time for action. In the scriptures you will find the way to realize God. But after getting all the information about the path, you must begin to work, Only then can you attain your goal. The nearer you approach to God, the less you reason and argue. When you attain Him, then all sounds—all reasoning and disputing—come to an end. Then you go into samadhi—sleep—, into communion with God in silence." No one can say with finality that God is only 'this' and nothing else. He is formless, and again He has forms. For the bhakta He assumes forms. But He is formless for the jnani, that is, for him who looks on the world as a mere dream. The bhakta feels that he is one entity and the world another. Therefore God, reveals Himself to him as a Person. But the jnani — the Vedantist, for instance — always reasons, applying the process of 'Not this, not this'. Through this discrimination he realizes, by his inner perception, that the ego and the universe are both illusory, like a dream. Then the jnani realizes Brahman in his own consciousness. He cannot describe what Brahman is. Give up worldly talk altogether. Don't talk about anything whatever but God. If you see a worldly person coming near you, leave the place before he arrives. You have spent your whole life in the world. You have seen that it is all hollow. Isn't that so? God alone is Substance, and all else is illusory. God alone is real, and all else has only a two-days existence. What is there in the world? The world is like a pickled hog plum: one craves for it. But what is there in a hog plum? Only skin and pit. And if you eat it you will have colic. Pilgrimage becomes futile if it does not enable you to attain love of God. Love of God is the one essential and necessary thing. Do you know the meaning of 'kites and vultures'? There are many people who talk big and who say that they have performed most of the duties enjoined in the scriptures. But with all that their minds are engrossed in worldliness and deeply preoccupied with money, riches, name, fame, creature comforts, and such things. Who can ever know God? I don't even try. I only call on Him as Mother. Let Mother do whatever She likes. I shall know Her if it is Her will; but I shall be happy to remain ignorant if She wills otherwise. My nature is that of a kitten. It only cries, 'Mew, mew!' The rest it leaves to its mother. The mother cat puts the kitten sometimes in the kitchen and sometimes on the master's bed. The young child wants only his mother. He doesn't know how wealthy his mother is, and he doesn't even want to know. He knows only, 'I have a mother; why should I worry?' Even the child of the maidservant knows that he has a mother. If he quarrels with the son of the master, he says: 'I shall tell my mother. I have a mother.' My attitude, too, is that of a child. A man may not know the right path, but if he has bhakti and the desire to know God, then he attains Him through the force of sheer bhakti. Once a sincere devotee set out on a pilgrimage to the temple of Jagganath in Puri. He did not know the way; he went west instead of south. He no doubt strayed from the right path, but he always eagerly asked people the way, and they gave him the right directions, saying, This is not the path; follow that one.' At last the devotee was able to get to Puri and worship the Deity. So you see, even if you are ignorant, someone will tell you the way if you are earnest. A sannyasi must give up 'woman and gold'; he cannot accept it any more. One must not swallow one's own spittle. When a sannyasi gives something to another, he knows that it is not himself who gives. Kindness belongs to God alone. How can a man lay claim to it? Charity depends on the will of Rama. A true sannyasi renounces 'woman and gold' both mentally and outwardly. He who eats no molasses must not even keep molasses about. If he does, and yet tells others not to eat it, they won't listen to him.

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The Work of Staudinger-Franke
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«Staudinger-Franke is a photography and postproduction studio that believes it is best to use the very best means to produce the very best results. They frequently combine photography, CGI, as well as postproduction to produce final images that are frequently indistinguishable from the real thing. »
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Look Out for Privacy Traps
Media companies are benefitting from all sorts of new tools, like enhanced websites, social networking and mobile applications. New functionality can drive users to online offerings, and raise the profile of associated TV and radio stations, for example. It can also strengthen the historical partnership between local media and local businesses, as the recent online coupon craze demonstrates. Also, online advertising provides an important new revenue stream, and as targeted advertising grows more sophisticated, media outlets can demand higher premiums for advertising space.
Yet with these opportunities, care must be taken to keep privacy-related risks in check. A good operating assumption is that new media tools will collect some information about individuals. Such information does not necessarily need to identify an individual by name in order to carry concerning privacy implications. Wrong steps could lead to reputational injuries at least, and data breaches, enforcement actions or civil penalties at worst.
Each use of new media raises different privacy risks. But privacy hot spots tend to appear consistently in the following areas:
- Does your content attract children? Online offerings might foreseeably be attractive to kids 12 years old and younger. Or you could be aware that your website actually has collected children's personal information. Consider, a website reflecting a station's "Top-40" format might officially target an older teen/young adult demographic, but offer considerable "tween" appeal. Such situations are rife with legal risk under the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), which is actively-and publicly-enforced by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), sometimes with seven-figure settlement penalties.
- Have you covered the information security basics? If your website or mobile app engages in any type of e-commerce, do you encrypt the transaction, and especially any credit card numbers? In the "back office" supporting your online offerings, are default user names or passwords avoided? Wireless connections secured? Where basic security precautions were not taken, the FTC has publicly shamed companies that suffered security breaches. Notably, a company need not necessarily make a public representation concerning information security in order to be caught in the FTC's net.
- Do you know which marketing laws apply to your campaigns? Do you plan to market your offerings or those of your partners by text message? Email? Phone call? Fax? If so, federal or state law could limit whom you can contact or require certain opt-out choices. Violations of such law could lead to enforcement actions, and in some cases, private rights of action.
- Do your mobile applications use location information? Media companies using mobile applications could be using location information to enhance the service. Yet, location information is sensitive, and certain legal limitations apply.
- Do you use online advertising best practices? Congress, the FTC, state authorities and privacy advocates are ready to regulate online targeted advertising, unless industry self-regulation is found to work. Media companies have an interest in maintaining a self-regulatory regime, where innovative technology and business arrangements can be quickly put to use. Further, unintended consequences of regulation could choke off the important revenue streams that ultimately fund free online services. Accordingly, you should consider adhering to voluntary guidelines concerning online ads that industry groups have developed. Your company may also wish to participate in ongoing policy debates. You should understand the types of technology that your ad networks use, and avoid especially intrusive or aggressive mechanisms.
Every company should periodically review its privacy and security practices to make sure that it is avoiding common pitfalls.
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Three Beautiful Glamping tents available separately or together, just 25 minutes from Helena mt, located on Norwegian wood ranch, and one half mile off canyon ferry lake, fishing boating, hiking, mt biking, and more at your door step! Also fine dining and a full bar, and a nine hole golf course, are all located on the ranch! Magpie creek flows right in front on your door, Scottish highlander cattle graze in the pasture! You will love it! All tents rented through HomeAway. See listings number 4164067 and 4164069
1 Bedroom, 1 Bathroom, 2 Sleeps
Owner / Property Manager
100% refund if canceled at least 14 days before arrival date. 50% refund if canceled at least 7 days before arrival date.
The most amazing weekend in years
We loved our glamping trip so much we are going to go back in two weeks. The owners are so fun and accommodating. It's all so wonderful!
Beautiful Mountain Escape
The glamping tents are a perfect upgrade to the traditional tent camping experience. The wooden deck was nice. The bed was comfy and there was seating and a vanity (no running water, but water available). Bonus points for having a shower available with hot water, Yay! The 80 acre ranch was very cute. We were greeted by "Bacon" the pig and saw some very friendly goats. A small creek ran through the property and a golf course was available on site (I'm sorry I don't golf, so no review on the course). Live music was available until 9-10ish Friday and Saturday evening at the restaurant. The on-site restaurant had great food! I highly recommend this fantastic mountain getaway. It was very relaxing and only twenty minutes from downtown Helena, MT. We enjoyed all Montana had to offer including Hiking, Hot Springs, Horse-back Riding, and even mining for Sapphires. Thank you Rene! We hope to be back in summers to come!
Thanks so much you guys would appreciate that glad you had a good experience I sure wish the state was burning up our Rene
Lovely farm...disappointing lake
The tent and the farm are darling, our kids loved checking on the animals, exploring the creek. Far enough off the road you fall asleep to the creek and not road noise. Comfy beds. Serviceable honey-bucket toilet. The downside was that there is really nothing to do near the lake. The marina was underwhelming for coffee and muffins and the boat rental options were minimal. We stayed here thinking the lake would be really fun to explore, but were disappointed. Town was cute...but a 30+ minute drive.

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text: Last Monday we were driving home from a weekend in the mountains when we chanced upon a Sonic Drive-In in Ripon, California (near Modesto). Sonic is a chain with locations in most states, especially in Texas and Oklahoma. Their specialties are hot dogs, tater tots, and fruity drinks like limeade and a bunch of add-ins like cherry, grape, blue coconut, and watermelon. But the real fun is the carhop service, often provided on roller skates. I'm a sucker for a semi-cultish experience, and since there are no Sonics within an hour of where I live, this qualified. The hot dog I had was disappointing, but the tater tots were reasonable, and the limeade was great.

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With a long history as one of the major celebrity endorsers, Michael Jackson is returning as the spokesman for Pepsi, three years after his death. The Michael Jackson Estate has teamed up once again with […]
Michael Jackson was the King of Pop, but it seems Adele might be the Queen with her album 21 overtaking Thriller on the UK’s all-time bestsellers list.
This week Glee roars back onto television with the most anticipated episode of the season.
This week Glee roars back onto television with the most anticipated episode of the season. After much hype, we finally get to see the kids from McKinley High strut their stuff to the tunes of […]
Conrad Murray found guilty in the death of the King of Pop…AND he’s goin’ to jail WITHOUT collecting any of the $170 million that Michael raked in last year. That’s called Insult to Injury.
The verdict is in – Dr. Conrad Murray has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in connection with Jackson’s death.
What do Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, and Gene Simmons have in common? Neither of ‘em is gonna be at the “Michael Forever” tribute concert next month. Awww…
What would you do if you could have Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ jacket?
New video from the late, great King of Pop The music video has surfaced for [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Michael Jackson[/lastfm]‘s newest song “Hold My Hand,” featuring Akon. The video begins with people saying “We love you Michael” […]
First came a Cirque Du Soleil performance using [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]The Beatles[/lastfm]‘ music, now it’s MJ’s turn. What are the odds of a MN date?


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What I loved about it: (*spoiler alert*) When I got to the moment when Henry Crawford proposes to Fanny Price, and she rejects him even as everyone tries to convince her she’s insane for saying no, I couldn’t put the book down. I stayed up well into the night reading. I just had to see how Fanny was going to get herself out of that mess.
What I loved about it: It’s a short, sweet regency romance with a hint of fairy magic. That slight paranormal twist—a bit of fairy lore that says if a woman rolls naked in the dew on May Day she’ll find her true love—gives the story the perfect blend of regency and fantasy.
Best fantasy/sci-fi: “The Clockwork Scarab” by Colleen Gleason
What I loved about it: Take the sister of Bram Stoker and the niece of Sherlock Holmes, toss in a steampunk setting, add a secret society based around Egyptian myth. Stir. The end result is a must-read steampunk story.
What I loved about it: The author puts a fresh spin on an old story motif: three sister witches in a world where magic is forbidden. There’s some kissing, lots of magic, and plenty of suspense.
Best writing: “Revision and Self-Editing” by James Scott Bell
What I loved about it: A conversational style mixed with amazing advice. I’ve loved all of Bell’s writing books, but this book helped me through a draft of a story I wasn’t sure I’d ever finish. Bell’s words gave me the motivation—and information—I needed to power through.
What about you? What are some of the best books you’ve read this year? I’d love some recommendations!


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In 9M 2022 Atlantic Grupa sales increased 10.8% YoY, because of both volume and prices growth and it is app. in line with our estimates as we expected 2022E sales growth of 8.3% YoY. The sales were up due to strong tourist season in Croatia, while Croatian sales made 35% of total sales in 9M 2022 and grew 11% YoY. Other markets also performed strongly, with Serbia (23% of sales) and Slovenia (17% of sales), growing 15% and 8% YoY, respectively. The best results are recorded by the SBU Beverages (+19.0%) and SBU Coffee (+15.9%) and SBU Pharmacy business (+13.2%). SBU Savoury Spreads grew 7.3% YoY in 9M, while its growth in 3Q slowed down to 1.5% YoY. Own Brands recorded sales of HRK 2,986m (+10.7% YoY), following the growth of almost all categories. Principal Brands recorded a 10.2% YoY growth with sales of HRK 1,286m, as a result of strong growth of business with principals Red Bull, Rauch and Mars.
EBITDA amounted to HRK 667.8m, representing a 20.3% YoY decrease which is in line with our estimates for a decrease in profitability due to a faster increase in operating expenses (+16.1% YoY). Cost of goods sold increased 9.5% YoY as a result of growth of sales of principal brands (+10.2% YoY). Looking at costs by size, the biggest one pertaining to 32.3% in sales - material & energy costs - grew 32.5% YoY, as production materials grew 31% YoY and energy 78% YoY. Still in Q3 slow down to 29.1% YoY growth of this cost item was evidenced. On the other hand, other operating expenses, the third biggest cost item with 9.1% in sales sped up its growth in Q3 to 26.6% and in 9M grew 16.3% YoY. Costs of services (part of other operating expenses item) were up 12% (vs. 7% in H1), due to higher sales and significantly higher transport and logistics costs, because of higher fuel prices and salaries compared to the same period of the previous year. Employee expenses, the second largest cost item with 15% of sales, slowed-down its growth to 4.9% YoY (vs. H1 growth of 6.6%), with no. of employees basically flat YoY amounting to 5,477. Marketing and selling expenses were down 1.2% YoY, because of disposal of Bebi brand. EBITDA margin was down 441 bp YOY, while management’s expectations for the whole 2022 is a decrease of app. 400 bp YoY. Finally, net profit amounted to HRK 270m, representing a 32% YoY decrease, and is almost the same as our 2022E net profit for 2022E.
9M top-line results are above our estimates, because of stronger increase in prices of main products as opposed to what was envisaged by our model. Current financials are in line with our 2022 estimate as 9M 2022 EBITDA stands at 91% of our 2022E, and we expect that current trend of margin pressures to persist in the final quarter. Our target price of HRK 408.00, stand at 21% above market, as our company report was done in June when company’s share was priced much higher due to lower interest rate environment. Management of Atlantic expects profitability to improve from 2024 which is in line with our company analyses, so we keep our current recommendation.

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Johnson made the announcement to Philadelphia beat reporters earlier today. A couple of his comments stand out, such as him saying, “the inside of my ankle has collapsed,” and “my ankle is a mess.”
Johnson made the first comment to Les Bowen, a reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Bowen relayed the information on his Twitter page.
“Lane Johnson says his season is done,” Bowen wrote on Twitter. ‘”The inside of my ankle has collapsed.'”
Further, another reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer, Jeff McLane, reports that Johnson’s ankle “is a mess.”
“Lane Johnson said that his season is over,” McLane says. “He said his ankle is “a mess” and that he will need further surgery. #Eagles.”
Johnson joins Eagles star right guard Brandon Brooks on the season-ending list.
Lane Johnson Says ‘He’ll Be Back’
After the news broke about Johnson missing the remainder of the season, the All-pro right tackle took to social media to let his fans know that “he’ll be back.”
He did so in typical Lane Johnson style, tweeting a gif of Arnold Schwarzenegger in The Terminator saying “I’ll be back.”
All season long, Johnson has battled ankle, shoulder, and knee injuries. In fact, he had to miss the season-opening game for Philly after deciding to have ankle surgery prior to the start of the 2020 training camp.
Zach Berman of The Athletic reports that Johnson’s ankle issues date all the way back to 2018.
“This injury dates back to 2018. Has tried multiple solutions, including tightrope surgery before the season,” Berman reports. “A stress fracture was forming during the season. Johnson said the inside of his ankle collapsed.”
Meanwhile, Johnson told reporters that he will need to have ankle surgery once again. He says that will require four to five months to recover. With the Pro Bowl right tackle out for the rest of the year, the Eagles will look to Matt Pryor to take over at his position.

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Colocation and hybrid cloud provider Flexential this month announced plans to significantly expand data center capacity across its U.S. footprint over the rest of this year, bringing the company's nationwide FlexAnywhere platform up to a total of 41 data centers in 19 markets.
The expansion includes construction of a new 36 MW phased development at Flexential's Atlanta-Douglasville campus in Georgia, adding a new facility to the campus. The new construction bolsters an initial 22.5 MW project announced in the fourth quarter of 2022; the company said the first phases of that 22.5MW facility will be available for customers this year.
Flexential has had a presence in Atlanta for over two decades, operating three interconnected data centers within three different business regions, which the planned Atlanta-Douglasville expansion will complement.
The company notes the highly-connected Atlanta metro area is home to a plethora of health, IT, telecom, and internet security companies. An attractive destination for mission critical enterprise workloads, in addition to Flexential, the city includes data centers from QTS, Equinix, H5 Data Centers, Telx, CoreSite, Cyxtera, DataBank and others.
Hillsboro 4 and 5
Concurrently, Flexential announced that by fall of 2023, it aims to complete the first phase of its new Hillsboro 4 facility in Portland, Oregon. The company also outlined plans to break ground for yet a fifth facility on the campus. By adding two new data centers to the Hillsboro market, the company said this expansion supports its stated goal to grow its FlexAnywhere platform capacity by an additional 54 MW in Oregon.
In Portland, the new Hillsboro 4 and 5 development projects are strategically located adjacent to Flexential's largest development to date, its 36 MW Hillsboro 3 data center. The first phase of Hillsboro 4 is on track to be available for customers by fall of 2023. Planning for Hillsboro 5, also a 36 MW development, is reportedly underway.
The new Hillsboro facilities will offer direct connections to Flexential's Network Access Point (NAP) of the Northwest, a key global interconnection hub which houses the New Cross Pacific and Hawaiki submarine cables and leading international carriers. As a prime geographic gateway to the Asia Pacific region that is home to major semiconductor, AI and retail companies, Portland also offers notable business tax incentives "and is becoming the de facto alternative to Northern California," as reckoned by Flexential.
The company said the Hillsboro expansion projects will meet and exceed the growth objectives of both its colocation and "scale" customers, delivering 54 MW at full build as part of one of the largest-scale data center footprints in Oregon, while offering access to over 110MW of actively deployed capacity in the market.
Writing in a recent DCF 'Voices of the Industry' article reviewing the benefits of secondary data center markets, Flexential Regional Vice President Bill Cory affirmed:
"Hillsboro has become a hot spot for data center deployments, offering a cost-effective alternative to Silicon Valley and other expensive West Coast locations. Home to major multi-national organizations such as Intel, Nike and Columbia, the region offers proximity to Silicon Valley, low-latency connectivity to West Coast cloud deployments—including Microsoft Azure’s northwest deployment, Google Cloud and Amazon’s West 2—and also provides access to subsea cables connecting the West Coast to Asia and beyond. Flexential is expanding its presence in this high-impact market with its upcoming fifth deployment to meet the area’s explosive demand."
The new Atlanta and Hillsboro projects are the latest in a series of expansions and growth for Flexential, the fruit of its raising $2.1 billion at the outset of 2022 through an offering of asset-backed securities. At that time, the company said the funding “dramatically improves [its] investment grade credit profile, lowers the cost of capital, and allows Flexential to deploy greater data center capacity to meet accelerating demands in new and existing markets.”
"In addition to the new projects in Atlanta and Hillsboro, we are actively developing additional capacity options in Denver, Dallas, Las Vegas and Tampa in 2023," commented Chris Downie, CEO of Flexential. "We are excited to enable our customers to rapidly scale their IT infrastructure across our national FlexAnywhere platform of 41 data centers. Today's expansion further supports customers in solving their most complex hybrid IT infrastructure requirements."
Sustainability a core focus
In its inaugural 2022 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report, released in June, Flexential highlighted its commitment and accomplishments toward integrating ESG into all aspects and levels of its business. The company added that it initiated construction of the new data centers in Atlanta-Douglasville and Hillsboro while keeping sustainability at its core of operations via its latest Gen 5 design.
The company said its fifth generation platform offers a design power usage effectiveness (PUE) of 1.4, below the estimated industry average of 1.55 PUE (per Uptime Institute), and a design water usage effectiveness (WUE) of zero, as required to qualify for funding under Flexential's Green Finance Framework.
Additionally, Flexential claims its fifth generation design is optimized to support the rapidly growing power and density requirements of AI and GPU-driven high performance compute deployments.
In June, the company also annouced that it has signed on to the iMasons Climate Accord, a coalition united around the challenge of carbon reduction in digital infrastructure, with a mandate to achieve global carbon accounting of such infrastructure, the better to influence market-based decisions while driving the industry to achieve sustainable carbon neutrality.
According to the iMasons Climate Accord, data centers currently account for around 2.4% of today’s global energy consumption. A recent DCF 'Voices of the Industry' article penned by ZincFive co-founder and CEO Tim Hysell further notes how in the US market alone, data center demand — measured by power consumption to reflect the number of servers a data center can house — is expected to reach 35 gigawatts (GW) by 2030, up from 17 GW in 2022.
"Although scope 3 emissions form the vast majority of many organizations’ carbon footprints, they’re also the most difficult to track. As a result, many organizations have been hesitant to disclose this category of emissions. However, investor pressure to disclose scope 3 emissions is growing, and as companies look to reduce their emissions, data centers are increasingly under the microscope as an opportunity for impactful reductions, considering they are one of the most energy-intensive components of their customer’s supply chains."
New national interconnection options
Flexential contends that its secure, private, national 100 Gbps network backbone positions the company as a strategic partner on better response times for its customers, improving reliability of access to public cloud providers, while giving end users better performance and reduced single points of failure on the network.
Geared to significantly cut the complexity of deploying hybrid IT, the existing Flexential Cloud Fabric offers direct, low-latency connections to cloud providers such as AWS, Azure, Google, and most recently Oracle Cloud..
This May, the company further enhanced its interconnection capabilities with the announcement of its 40Gbps IP Bandwidth option. Flexential said the new capability helps customers "easily meet the rigorous demands of application performance, scale and low latency without having to purchase any new hardware."
Now available to all existing and new data center customers, Flexential said the IP Bandwidth enhancement additionally offers comprehensive Distributed Denial of Service vigilance to protect network infrastructure from the growing trend of attacks on direct Internet connections. The 24x7 service monitors customer connections for threats, automatically redirecting attacks by scrubbing and discarding malicious packets while returning only clean traffic.
The case of Intelerad
Flexential reported that customers such as Intelerad, a global provider of enterprise medical imaging platforms, are already seeing the benefits of its 40Gbps IP Bandwidth capability.
Supporting more than 2,500 healthcare organizations worldwide, downtime is simply not an option for Intelerad. Meanwhile, organic sales growth and the acquisition of seven companies in less than three years intensified the company's IT needs.
This required Intelerad to expand its existing Flexential colocation presences in Atlanta, Nashville and Denver, introducing new facilities near its newly acquired customers to limit latency. Intelerad said it achieved rapid, high-availability connectivity by leveraging the full Flexential FlexAnywhere blueprint for improving network performance and interconnection.
"We believe interconnection is a vital component of our customers' success, and we are building our capabilities to make it easy for customers to achieve higher speeds and accelerate their digital transformation initiatives," said Flexential CEO Downie.
L3VPN multipoint service option
Last year, Flexential launched its Interconnection Mesh platform. Billed as allowing companies to create an any-to-any connection to give their network backbone "a cloud-like feel," the platform enables streamlined connectivity for data center interconnections.
At launch, Flexential noted that via Interconnection Mesh, customers could easily expand to new sites by simply adding ports to gain an instant connection to the rest of the mesh. Now, the company says its Layer 3 VPN (L3VPN) multipoint service option further simplifies colocation to cloud connections across the platform.
Launched in June, the company said the L3VPN multipoint option assists tenants in scaling infrastructure by providing secure routed connections between sites, removing the need for customers to orchestrate direct connections or hire additional network engineering staff.
Available now across all markets, Flexential said the new capability complements its national 100Gbps backbone by allowing for any-to-any dynamic connections to customer deployments, with access to the FlexAnywhere platform's ecosystem of carriers, cloud providers and subsea network transport options.
The company added that the L3VPN multipoint service option assists with scaling routing infrastructure by connecting all customer environments over a highly secure, encrypted routed connection, solving for the complexities of Layer 2 transport connectivity - sometimes a hurdle in large-scale deployments.
In sum, Flexential said the L3VPN multipoint service option serves as a bridge between sites, as it streamlines the interconnection of workloads, clouds, users, and partners to accelerate customers' ability to scale their level of business connectivity sans added complexity.
"Customers increasingly turn toward hybrid deployments, including public and private clouds, which often connect very different networking technologies," remarked Ryan Mallory, COO of Flexential. "The expansion of Interconnection Mesh to include a Layer 3 transport option helps to mitigate challenges when connecting different workloads in a controlled, scalable way."


A local janitorial service is hoping to clean up on donations for a struggling downtown food bank.
John Cooney, of Nunes Building Maintenance, wants to raise $40,000 in food or money for the Men United for God (MUFG) food bank on Wyandotte Street West.
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Cooney hopes to reach his goal and restock the shelves through a one-week blitz that kicked off Monday.
“Not many people know about this location,” said Cooney. “I’ve been getting my hair cut next door at Mario’s for 20 years and I didn’t know about it.”
He learned about their struggles when someone from the food bank dropped by the barbershop while he was getting a trim.
Cooney took over as owner of Nunes Maintenance in 2007 and every year since, he looks to help out a local organization bent on community service.
In the past, they’ve organized donation drives for Hospice, Big Brothers Big Sisters, the multi-cultural council and the Rotary Club.
He set a target of $40,000 after crunching the numbers and determining what MUFG needs to keep the doors open for one year.
“They’re struggling,” said Cooney, especially in recent weeks with the significant road construction underway on Wyandotte.
The 29-year-old food bank is an outreach of the Cutting Edge International Church on Wyandotte Street East.
Cooney said they fed 34,092 people in 2014 and are on target to serve almost 40,000 this year.
“We’re at 34,000 already for this year and we’re still not into December,” he said.
Those interested in helping can drop off food or a donation to Mario’s Barbershop at 315 Wyandotte St. W., Victoria’s Flowers at 212 Erie St. W. or My Insurance Broker at 4140 Walker Rd.
Cooney said folks can arrange a frozen-food drop-off by contacting him at 519-816-6470.
Food can also be dropped off at the food bank each weekday until Friday.
There is also a one-day donation drive Wednesday when representatives from the MUFG food bank will be collecting outside local businesses.
Monday marked the unveiling of a new job placement board and a missing person’s bulletin board at the food bank.


On Friday’s The View, 2020 presidential candidate Julián Castro was questioned by host Meghan McCain about his lack of experience, something she said was a main criticism of Donald Trump when he ran for president.
“You have no foreign policy experience whatsoever. You also said vehemently you were not going to run for president. I didn’t understand when you announced why you didn’t want to run for Senate or possibly for governor,” McCain began. “You’re an up and coming rising Democratic star — the cynical side of me thinks maybe you’re doing this because it will get you a lot of national attention. Why not start with the Senate and move forward to presidency?”
Castro’s response was simple and something he repeated a few times throughout the interview: that he has “a vision for the future of the country.” And he laid out the vision earlier in the segment.
“What we need to aim for is to be the smartest, the healthiest, the fairest and the most prosperous nation on earth,” Castro said. “And I’m going to do the hard work of making my pitch.”
UNITED STATES – MARCH 11: Chairman Susan Collins, R-Me., introduces HUD Secretary Julian Castro, center, to Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., ranking member, before a Senate Appropriations Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee hearing in Dirksen Building on FY2016 budget estimates for the Housing and Urban Development Department, March 11, 2015. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
U.S President Barack Obama, right, gestures to Julian Castro, secretary of U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD), as they arrive to speak at the Department of Housing and Urban Development in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, July 31, 2014. Castro, the former San Antonio, Texas mayor, was sworn in this week and will begin his duties on Monday, Aug. 4. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Castro, a former Mayor of San Antonio and a former secretary of Housing and Urban Development, announced his candidacy last Saturday in San Antonio. His first campaign stop was Puerto Rico, where he says President Trump has “failed the people.”
Castro, who is campaigning on a platform of tuition-free public college and Medicare for all, adds that perceived failure by Trump in Puerto Rico to a list of reasons why he thinks he can and should beat Trump in 2020.
“I don’t think that we’ve ever had a president that was so bad about being able to put the country first. He puts his ego first, whether it’s building the wall or not giving Puerto Rico any money,” Castro said. “We need a change in leadership, and that’s why I’m running for president.”
The View airs weekdays at 11 a.m. on ABC.


Conference explores uptake of AC integral horsepower motors
22 June 2010
As the economy starts to recover Frost & Sullivan has noted a shift towards energy efficient products and integrated solutions, thereby increasing the demand for Alternating Current (AC) Integral Horsepower (IHP) motors in Europe. The trend will be discussed in the research body’s next quarterly analyst briefing on June 30, 2010.
"Increasing energy costs and energy efficiency regulations compel the motor manufacturers to provide energy efficient solutions to their customers at competitive prices," said Sahitya Yerramreddy, research analyst for Frost & Sullivan Industrial Automation and Process Control Practice. "Further, the dynamics are changing as the industry opts for customised and integrated solutions instead of stand alone motors. All these changes, along with the incentives and rebates offered by utility companies, regulators and governments are expected to have a positive impact on the motors."
Highlights of the briefing include product, technology, and end user trends along with the growth opportunities on the market. Frost & Sullivan's reports on low voltage AC IHP and on medium voltage AC IHP, which are to be published soon, cover EU-27 markets with all the end-user specific information. Energy efficiency regulations and market share analysis have also been included.
The briefing will benefit motor and drive manufacturers and related suppliers, distributors, Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and System Integrators (SI) by discussing some of the key areas of growth in the post recession market.
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"Changing Ideals in Southern Womanhood." by Mrs. Sue Huffman Brady (1859-).
Publication: Eagle, Mary Kavanaugh Oldham, ed. The Congress of Women: Held in the Woman's Building, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, U. S. A., 1893. Chicago, Ill: Monarch Book Company, 1894. pp. 306-310.
|MRS. SUE HUFFMAN BRADY.|
In order to attain a definite perception of the themes upon which I address you, it will be necessary to draw a faithful picture of the representative type of Southern womanhood as she appears in the three most marked epochs of her history–during the period of the old South, during the transition period succeeding the civil war, and as she stands and acts and looks today.
A proper understanding of the first of these divisions necessitates a brief reference to the status of civilization in the Southern states in ante-bellum times. During the expansion from Colonial days to the period thirty years distant, this section numbered among its settlers the strongest strains of many stocks–Saxons, Celt, Teuton, Puritan and Cavalier, supplemented and strengthened by the blood of the heroic and picturesque Huguenot. The manhood and womanhood resulting from such a combination of racial ingredients present to the world types of intellectual greatness, moral grandeur and domestic refinement of which all America may feel justly proud, and which the older civilizations must regard with wonder and respect. Not mine, but some bolder, surer pen may trace the divergent civilizations of Plymouth Rock and Jamestown, with the relative merits and defects of each, whose better elements as intermingled today shine forth in the rounded achievements of the most perfect expression of government the world has ever known. Nor shall I, to the discredit of the one, make unfriendly and exaggerated pictures of the excellencies of the other. It is only with one side of the shield that it is my pleasant task to deal on this occasion.
I believe the highest expression of the civilization of the old South is typified in the leading men of that period who have made their impress on the pages of the nation's history. Men such as they must, in the very nature of things, have had home influences that inspired them to noble efforts, gave direction to their impulses, sweetened their toils, sanctified their sacrifices and illuminated their successes. These influ- [Page 307] ences were exercised under the sacred guise of mother, wife or daughter, and in this triumvirate of holy relationship let the women of the old South be portrayed. Let her stand forth modestly, but seen of all eyes, as the rose-tree in the garden of that civilization which changed conditions have swept into the past.
I am well aware of the popular misapprehension that has existed in the North in regard to the South, and in the South in regard to the North; but I am equally as well aware that today I speak to the best informed, the most aspiring and the most cultured body of women in Christendom. Remembering the intelligence which makes you seek truth in every direction; remembering the breadth and force of character which made such an assembly as this possible; remembering the spirit of kindness which you have generated and disseminated to every quarter of the globe, I ask you to listen to a truthful portrayal of the characteristics of the better class of women in the old South.
Remember that there were two distinct civilizations at work in this Union; that the wheel of progress was constantly turning in the North, fed by new forces from the Old World, while the conservative South proceeded along slower lines of development; remember how widely separated were the two peoples–that no iron bands linked their commercial relations; that the lightning had not been harnessed into hourly service; that the press of the country was the principal means of communication, and that it was occupied mainly with the enumeration of exasperating political differences. Would that I had the power of presenting, as it should be presented, the beautiful and pathetic picture of the dutiful, painstaking wife and mother, who was the heart and soul of the old South-land. Instead of being a kind of Oriental queen, served and worshiped by her subjects, she was at the beck and call of everyone about the household. She not only attended to the minutest details of plantation life, but in time of pestilence and suffering she was the ministering angel. The limits of her charity were only bounded by the extent of her knowledge. That distinguished son of the South, Thomas Nelson Page, says: "She was mistress, manager, nurse, counsellor, seamstress, teacher, housekeeper, slave–all at once. What she really was, was known only to her God. Her life was one act of devotion–devotion to God, devotion to her children, devotion to her servants, to her friends, to the poor, to all humanity." Certainly her physical endurance, her moral responsibility, her unflagging tact, were ever taxed to the utmost. I feel that her characteristics have never been more beautifully painted than by one who came from the extreme East, and who spent twelve years studying the South, her conditions and history. I allude to A. D. Mayo of Boston. He says, in speaking of the Southern woman: "She did so prevail in her own sphere of usefulness that the best manhood of the South fell down and worshiped at her shrine. She was the house-mother, the queen of society, the peace-maker of the neighborhood, the saint of the Church."
Passing over those four years during which, owing to the collision of two separate and distinct civilizations, the whole country was bathed in blood, let us view the environments of the Southern woman at the close of that period, and see how she met and coped with the appalling difficulties that confronted her.
The outside world has had no conception of the complete wreck of private fortunes during the great struggle. History of recent date is beginning to throw some light upon the almost incredible privations of multitudes of Southern families, but its portrayal must necessarily have the weakness of the echo when compared with the actual suffering and despair of that day. Strange to say, the blow fell heaviest upon those who were the least prepared to withstand its severity. During the days of reconstruction, as during the war, the women carried the heavy end of the burden. How fresh in the memory of all is the magnificent struggle made by the women of New England, on the bleak Atlantic coast, in the two centuries succeeding the landing of the Mayflower. Their toils, their hardships, their trials and sacrifices, were almost incredible, and the bravery and heroism with which they were encountered have never been surpassed in the annals of history.
The difficulties that confronted the women of the South in the reconstruction [Page 308] period were equally great. But how were they met? Just as bravely, just as patiently, and with the same womanly devotion to duty that has thrown a halo of heroism and sacredness around the memory of their Puritan sisters.
At first completely dazed, it took them some time to realize the terrible situation. But when the awakening did come, with a marvelous rebound of energy and ambition they shouldered the sad and hopeless burden of personal bereavement, and entered bravely the hand-to-hand fight with poverty.
In the dawn of the great change–loss of fortunes, loss of homes, loss of loved ones–all paled before the great problem of the hour–self-support.
This had, during the old régime, devolved wholly upon the male members of the family. But a new era was at hand. The whole bassal structure of society was shaken to its foundation. Many of the strongest men bent before the storm of humiliation, suffering and despair that swept over the country. So to the exhausting duties and crushing sorrows of household life of the women was added the task of comforting and encouraging the returning soldier. No pen can ever picture the utter sacrifice of self made by the women of this period in behalf of father, brother and son. Often the boys were slow to be reconciled to the evil fate that robbed them of the accustomed luxuries of home, and of the old glory of the fighting days. The girls not only displayed a wonderful capacity toward adjusting themselves to circumstances, but exhibited the marvelous power of wrenching the best things out of the most uncompromising surroundings. The boys were conceded all advantages particularly those of education. The promising son was kept at school while the whole family practiced the most rigid economy, often denying itself the common comforts of life. The girl who was fortunate enough to be sent away and educated must not only come home and teach the younger sisters, but also save money to send the brother to college. This, too, was often accomplished under the most trying circumstances. Neither the chill and sleet of winter nor the blazing heat of a midsummer sun ever made her waver in her noble undertaking.
It will be remembered that for nearly fifteen years the majority of academical schools for girls were closed. Many of the colleges lost their endowments and many of them found their buildings in ruins and their teachers scattered. The educational pedant would open his eyes in wonderment at the circuitous routes and incomprehensible ways in which the women of this period secured advantages. The history of the efforts of some Southern girls to obtain an education would read like fiction.
But the greatest struggle is yet to be mentioned–that of breaking down the barriers that had so long barred women from the fields of useful labor. I believe the proudest hour of my life was when I read, upon the establishment of our first normal school, that girls would be admitted as students, that they were to be allowed to fit themselves for at least one useful vocation. But, thanks to the spirit of the age, not only the teaching profession, but hundreds of other occupations are opening their portals, bidding them enter, save themselves from a life that is not only dependent, but aimless, and therefore hopeless.
The last thirty years have been one continuous school of toil, economy and sacrifice, but it has sent out graduates who eat the white bread of independence, and who carry in their hands the lantern of hard-earned experience, lighting the way to higher, truer, broader views of life. The sorrows of the woman of this period and their magical uprising have left their indelible impress upon the brow of the nineteenth century. The prodigious mental and moral force and the executive ability generated by this curriculum of hardship and responsibility, illumine and strengthen the character of the wide-awake womanhood of today.
All honor, I say, to the women of the transition period. They have passed through the fiery furnace of trial, have come out unsullied and strong, and now, with wings unpinioned, they are ready for the loftiest flights of the new American civilization.
To the people of the Southern States the last thirty years have been essentially an age of action rather than of study and of thought. No sooner had they emerged [Page 309] from the condition of absolute poverty in which they were plunged at the beginning of that era, than they discovered that the material interests of the country demanded immediate attention. Waste places must be made to bloom again, railroads had to be built, rivers spanned, and all the wheels of agricultural, manufacturing and commercial development set in motion. Little time was there for thought of any art save the art of making money. How admirably they have succeeded in material development is patent to all whose eyes have rested on the waving fields, the comfortable homes, the prosperous towns and cities that dot these states from center to boundary line.
Following in the wake of industrial progress came the great educational wave that has swept over the entire South. Nothing ever wrought more marvelous changes in the same length of time to any race of people than this new impetus that has been given to the minds and thoughts of its youth. While it has been the means of elevating and rendering more useful the boys of the South, to the girls it has been a precious beacon light, beckoning them on to an entirely new life filled with hope, ambition and consolation.
They are the children, as it were, of two civilizations.
From the old South they inherit gentleness of manner, purity of heart, and nobility of soul; from the transition period they bring persistence, obstinate and marked individuality making them strong and self-reliant. So, from this blending of character colors, the Southern girls, when brought beneath the search-light of this new and progressive civilization, which you in your wisdom and foresight have been so long laboring to effect, are destined to give forth a brilliancy that betrays the presence of the flawless jewel.
Yes, the new woman's day has dawned in the South-land. And though the product of the evolution has not yet assumed the exact counterpart of the progressive woman of the East, still it has bidden every daughter of the South throw aside the veil of helplessness and walk forth into the sunlight of independent labor. She has already had an opportunity to test her strength. New chances are daily offered to her; and in every state we find her ready and willing to
Seek Dame Fortune's golden smile,
Assiduous wait upon her,
And gather gear by every wile
That's justified by honor;
Not to hide it in a hedge,
Not for a train attendant,
But for the glorious privilege
Of being independent.
But what has brought about this great change? The marvelous development of the natural resources of the country and the increase of wealth have enabled the South to turn somewhat from the practical affairs of life and give more time and attention to intellectual culture.
Old institutions have been revived, new ones of great merit have been established, and a complete reformation has been wrought in the educational world. A growing interest in solid instruction is everywhere noticeable. In New Orleans, in the Sophia Newcombe Institute and in the Converse College in North Carolina, we find as good work as is being done in any of the colleges for men. The public high schools of the country are accomplishing wonders, and in all of these, the girls lead in numbers and they lead in rank.
Nor is this demand for a higher and more thorough education the only mark of progress. A decided effort toward purifying society by means of temperance and other organizations, indicates that the morals of the country are not being overlooked. A new interest is taken in the affairs of the church, and in all the various charities which many women so willingly, tenderly and gracefully perform. [Page 310]
The charge has been made upon all lines of industry; the defective stones in the walls of society have been assailed; and more beautiful than all else, women are standing by one another, while the spirit of kindness beams on every face and pervades every meeting. History presents no more striking contrast than is seen in the conditions, aims and ambitions distinguishing the women of the old South and those of the new. The former were educated principally with an eye to the beautiful, but the intervening change has forced the latter to devote more attention to the useful. The women of the old South no doubt possessed, in a latent state, the same energies, but the times and conditions did not call them forth. No matter how active their minds, or how willing their hands, they were not permitted to enter the field of useful labor. In the new South the bars of all professions and industries are thrown down, and women roam at will the pleasant fields of all forms of activity.
In the old time the young girl looked to matrimony as the only condition to save her from a life of dependence. The girl of today basks in the rays of an age of relief from such helplessness, and while she considers the life of the woman who is happily married a beautiful one, at the same time she realizes that there is no wail on earth so pitiable, no cry so hopeless, as that which arises from the wives of unhappy homes.
How I wish it were in my power to picture, as she should be pictured, the ideal woman of tomorrow. I can only say that I would have her given the fullest development of which she is capable. I would see her have the most complete equipment, the broadest and best training that the strongest institutions in the country can afford. I would have her realize that this is an age of individual achievement. I would place in her hand a banner bearing the inscription: "Success. Eternal Vigilance. Devotion to Duty." And then, not waiting for others to command, let herself give the order to advance. Thus panoplied, let her invade the realms of learning, seize its choicest treasures, destroy the fortifications erected by wrong, build in their place the stronghold of the right, and fight the best fight of which she is capable for herself, her country and her God.
Let her be a woman who will strive, who will persevere, who will persist and gain strength from every lost endeavor. Let her be able to grapple hand to hand with destiny, to laugh at defeat, to be undaunted by opposition and strong enough to brave the darkest hours of adversity. Teach her to hold fast, to hold hard, and to look upon poverty and misfortune as ordeals sent to test the sublimity of her soul. Such are the examples which the Nation needs–such the light that will electrify her people.
Mrs. Frank Brady is a native of Richmond, Madison County, Ky. She was born May 12, 1859. Her parents were Philip A. and Caroline Huffman. She was educated at Fort Worth High School, Galveston Female Academy, and Sam Houston Normal Institute, Huntsville, Tex. At a competitive examination for the Sam Houston Normal Institute held in 1879 she obtained the remarkable average of one hundred throughout. She graduated from that institute In 1880, and was awarded the Peabody medal. She is a woman of thorough learning and rare accomplishments, to which are added many personal charms. She has traveled all over the United States and in Canada. She married in 1882 Mr. Ed. F. Warren, who died in 1889; in 1892 she married Mr. Frank Brady. She organized and graded the public schools of Fort Worth, and also those of Decatur, Tex., being the first superintendent of those schools, and the first lady superintendent in Texas. Mrs. Brady is a member of the Christian Church. Her postoffice address is Fort Worth, Tex.
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Innovative pricing and service models will drive the adoption of sensor technology in the agriculture industry, according to a new report from Lux Research. Sensor technology can help make more efficient use of soil, water, pesticides and equipment.
With price variability and other uncertainties, few farmers are able or willing to risk significant capital on these technologies, according to Lux. Developers need to target the crops best suited for their technologies and create attractive financing or leasing options, or adopt service models that resonate with the growers.
In their evaluation of the economics of sensing technologies used in agriculture, Lux made the following key finding:
- Only the largest corn farmers (those with farms over 2,500 acres) can afford or find it attractive to purchase most sensors. A services model with creative pricing options could be appealing for a broader range of row crop growers.
- Potato farms are less dependent on scale for affordability. Soil moisture sensing and analytics technologies will appeal to potato growers, who can afford a technology cost of $100 per acre, with little difference in affordability across farm sizes from 50 acres to 500 acres.
- Wine grape growers are open to quality-increasing technologies. Sensors that help growers produce premium quality grapes that fetch ultra-high prices and can help cut production costs will be most appealing to wine grape growers. Larger vineyards of 50 acres and larger have the greatest tolerance for hardware purchases, while smaller vineyards will gravitate to services.
The report, Sensing in Agriculture: How Can Technology Developers Drive Adoption? is part of the Lux Research Sensors Intelligence and the Agro Innovation Intelligence services.
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MOSCOW, June 19 (Itar-Tass) — The number of charged offenders in the May 6 riots on Moscow’s Bolotnaya Square has grown to twelve, Russian Investigation Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin told Itar-Tass on Tuesday.
He said the detectives charged Yaroslav Belousov earlier in the day and were bringing charges against three more suspects – Artyom Savelov, Vladimir Akimenkov and Fyodor Bakhov – at present.
Some of the participants in the March of Millions, moving from Bolshaya Yakimanka to Bolotnaya Square, demanded that the police open a wide access to the square and tried to break through police cordons. They fought the police and tried to pull off helmets from officers’ heads. More than 400 people were detained. About 30 policemen were hurt. As of now, there are 54 aggrieved parties in the case.
There are 13 detainees in the Bolotnaya riot case at present. The court ordered the arrest of Andrei Barabanov, Maxim Luzyanin, Denis Lutskevich, Stepan Zimin, Mikhail Kosenko, Fyodor Bakhov, Yaroslav Belousov, Oleg Arkhipenkov, Vladimir Akimenkov, Richard Sobolev, Alexander Kamensky and Artyom Savelov. Alexandra Dukhanina, 18, was put under house arrest.
Depending on circumstances, they were charged with participation in riots (Part 2, Article 212 of the Russian Criminal Code) and violence against police officers (Part 1, Article 318).

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Nashville (AP) -- A Vanderbilt University professor is helping rural students with long commutes to school by turning their buses into mobile classrooms.
Billy Hudson, a professor of medicine and biochemistry, grew up in rural Arkansas where some children are still so isolated that the bus ride to school lasts 90 minutes.
To take advantage of that time, Hudson has equipped a school bus with a wireless router that will let children use the internet while they ride.
As part of the three-year pilot study, last week a select group of students received laptops they can use to download special math and science lessons designed by Vanderbilt professors.
Other students received video iPods they can use to view lessons designed by their teachers.
Copyright 2007 by the associated press. All rights reserved.


. . . says a former Republican Congressional staffer.
In-fighting wins out as the presidential race accelerates.
The former senator for Pennsylvania and wannabe Republican nominee, Rick Santorum, has a two-fold im
A quick glance at American history could give non-believers hope for the future.
New polling data shows that misconceptions about Obama’s faith have increased since he took office.
He supported Obama in 2008, but now the media tycoon has made one of the Republicans’ biggest privat
Republican voters pick a dark-horse Tea Party candidate to run for the Senate in Nevada, while two f
Contests include CEOs fighting to lead California and tests for the conservative Tea Party movement.
The critics' verdicts on David Remnick's Obama biography, David Mitchell and Helen Simpson.
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[AMERICANS ABROAD] Sacha Kljestan's Anderlecht beat Gent, 3-1, in their top-of-the-standings clash in Belgium's Jupiler
League, extending its lead to nine points with eight games left in the first phase of the championship.
Kljestan played the entire game for Anderlecht, which came back from a goal down in the 8th minute to win.
Milan Jovanovic scored two goals, and Matias Suarez had the third.
Anderlecht has extended its lead over Gent from two to nine points in the three games since the winter break.


NOPD: Intoxicated man injures 5-year-old child after shooting at wife during argument
POSTED: Monday, September 16, 2013 - 10:30am
UPDATED: Monday, September 16, 2013 - 3:24pm
NEW ORLEANS, LA (NBC33) — Bond was set at $80,000 for a man accused of accidentally shooting his young child during an argument with his wife.
The New Orleans Police Department reports that the incident occurred on Sunday, Sept. 15 in the 4700 block of Sherwood Drive. The child was transported to the hospital with a bullet wound to the leg. We’re told he underwent surgery and is in stable condition.
Investigators learned that the child’s father, Phong Nguyen, 34, was involved in an argument with his wife prior to the shooting. They say he was intoxicated and he allegedly pulled out a gun and began firing at her.
Although his wife was unharmed, a bullet traveled through the wall and struck his son.
Nguyen was arrested and charged with Attempted First-Degree Murder, Second-Degree Cruelty to a Juvenile, and Aggravated Assault. He was booked into the Orleans Parish Prison.


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|Number||748 (XOV 748T)|
|Operator||Midland Red (West) Limited, Digbeth depot|
New (5/79) to Midland Red OC Ltd., Birmingham. Passed (6/9/81) to Midland Red (West) Ltd., Worcester. Operator privatised (22/12/86) as Midland Red West Ltd. Withdrawn (5/94). Passed (6/94) to West Midlands Travel Ltd., Birmingham. Withdrawn (7/95)
|Location||Hagley Road (A456), Birmingham.|
|Description||Operating a Birmingham City Service 131 to Halesowen, via Hagley Road and Quinton.|
Service 131 was introduced on 26th October 1986, with the reopening of Birmingham (Digbeth) depot.
|Date||c. November 1986|
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|MRW||October||1986||Birmingham • Bearwood • HalesowenBest Match|
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I spent much of last week at ACT Expo. While it is billed as the Alternative Clean Transportation show, this year it seemed to be about more than that.
I came away with the feeling that the industry has come to the realization that fuel economy is important no matter what the fuel. There was no sign of “my fuel’s better than your fuel” at the show. Rather there was a sense of cooperation and learning from each other.
Each fuel has its advantages and disadvantages. For example it’s easy to store two or three days of diesel fuel on a truck, but not so easy to store CNG, LNG, propane or even electricity. Some fuels have the edge in being better for the environment. Etc. Etc. Etc.
Today’s trucks regardless of the fuel used to power them are complex and require lots of integration and teamwork to optimize them to be as efficient as possible. Focusing on only one area won’t get you where you want to be.
Consider this: For the past 10 years Frito Lay aggressively pursued fuel savings and freight efficiency on its tractors and trailers. From 2004 to 2006 the company worked with tractor manufacturers to get more aerodynamic devices on its daycabs. The result of this cooperation was that full roof fairings, cab extenders and chassis skirts became available for daycab applications.
Fast forward to 2011 when Frito Lay decided to pursue CNG-powered trucks. By 2013, 80% of its purchases were CNG powered. Great fuel savings, right? Not so fast. What the company found was that the cab extenders and side skirts it had installed on its diesel-powered tractors were not available for CNG tractors.
But Frito Lay would not be deterred. It kept pressuring the tractor OEMs to work on the problem even though CNG daycabs were not a big part of their production.
And soon, with Frito Lay working with the tractor builders along with aerodynamic device and fuel tank manufacturers were able to resolve the issues that had made it impossible to put cab extenders and side skirts on CNG-powered daycabs. The end result is that this year Frito Lay was able to get the devices it wanted on its 2015 CNG truck purchases and to they expect to see an increase in its fuel efficiency. Their story is told more thoroughly in NACFE’s 2015 Fleet Fuel Study.
For me, the big take away from this year’s ACT Expo is that there is room for everyone in the march for increased freight efficiency and that together we can truly make a difference regardless of what powers us.


|Publication number||US4658441 A|
|Application number||US 06/808,632|
|Publication date||Apr 21, 1987|
|Filing date||Dec 13, 1985|
|Priority date||Dec 13, 1985|
|Publication number||06808632, 808632, US 4658441 A, US 4658441A, US-A-4658441, US4658441 A, US4658441A|
|Inventors||Steven A. Smith|
|Original Assignee||Smith Steven A|
|Export Citation||BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan|
|Patent Citations (12), Referenced by (43), Classifications (9), Legal Events (3)|
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet|
The present invention relates to thumb supports and particularly to thumb supports which are not attached to the wrist and which act to isolate the thumb from the index finger.
The applicant knows of several inventions in the area of thumb, digit or limb protection and/or support. Specifically, the following is a list of patent references known to the applicant in this field:
J. C. Cox, et al. U.S. Pat. No. 1,471,948
M. K. Young U.S. Pat. No. 2,523,606
George Primiano, et al. U.S. Pat. No. 4,524,464
Allan Finnieston U.S. Pat. No. 4,417,570
Robert L. Blackwood U.S. Pat. No. 4,489,716
Gertrude Franzl U.S. Pat. No. 4,103,682
M. Dunat French Pat. No. 415.701
The French patent reference relates to a finger brace, the Finieston reference relates to a lower arm brace, the Blackwood reference relates to an elbow brace and the Franzl reference relates to a finger brace. None of these references is directly related to the thumb support of the present invention. The French Patent, the Finiestone U.S. Patent, the Blackwood, et al. U.S. Patent and the Franzl U.S. Patent do not relate to thumb supports but are offered as anatomical immobilizing devices of general interest.
The Cox reference discloses a thumb protector which uses a splint attached to the upper part of the thumb and to the wrist. This thumb protector immobilizes the patient's wrist and does not effectively prevent the adduction of the thumb as does the present invention. In addition, the Cox reference does not disclose or contemplate the use of a tab portion wrapped over the thumb/index web space to limit the adduction of the thumb.
The Young reference simply discloses a splint member which is attached around the wrist. This splint member does not effectively prevent the adduction of the thumb as does the present invention. The Young reference also fails to disclose or contemplate the use of a tab wrapped over the thumb/index web space to prevent the adduction of the thumb.
The Primiano reference discloses a brace which cradles the thumb but which does not effectively prevent adduction of the thumb as does the present invention. In addition, the Primiano reference does not disclose a tab portion wrapped over the thumb/index web space as does the present invention.
The present invention is the first to employ a tab portion wrapable over the thumb/index web space together with a cradle portion which cradles the thenar eminence and the metacarpophalangeal joint. These two portions together form a frusto-conically shaped cone portion which effectively immobilizes the metacarpophalangeal joint. None of the prior art teaches or suggests the use of the tab portion of the present invention in conjunction with a cradle for supporting the metacarpophalangeal joint.
The present invention is a thumb support for the human hand generally comprising a support piece having a cradle portion installable at least partially around the thenar eminence and the metacarpophalangeal joint. The support piece also has a tab portion which is wrapable over the thumb/index web space and when so wrapped acts to at least partially enclose the cradle portion. The installed support piece creates a frustoconically shaped protective cone portion. The cone portion acts to enclose at least the metacarpophalangeal joint and acts to isolate the index finger from the thumb.
The present invention also includes any convenient means for anchoring the cradle portion of the support piece to the hand such as velcro straps. It also includes a means for securing the tap portion in its position as wrapped over the thumb/index web space which typically also involves velcro straps.
The thumb support of the present invention is primarily concerned with supporting the metacarpophalangeal joint but may be used to support other or additional joints of the thumb.
FIG. 1A is a palmar view of a left human hand with the invention installed thereon;
FIG. 1B is a dorsal view of a left human hand with the invention installed thereon;
FIG. 2 is a top view of the support piece of the present invention.
Referring first to FIG. 2, the present invention is comprised of a support piece 10. This support piece has peripheral dimensions substantially as shown in FIG. 2. Of course, FIG. 2 is not drawn to scale. The size of the support piece 10 can be adjusted for different sized hands as necessary.
The support piece is preferably made from low density polyethylene which is preferrably 0.030 inches thick. This material gives the support piece 10 lateral rigidity but allows portions of the support piece 10 to be wrapped around the human hand 20 (of FIGS. 1A and 1B). This material also protects the thumb from injury caused by bumping against foreign objects.
The support piece 10 has a tap portion 30, which when installed on the human hand 20 (of FIGS. 1A and 1B), wraps over the thumb/index web space 32 (of FIGS. 1A and 1B). The support piece 10 also has outstretched fins 34, which when installed on the human hand 20 (of FIGS. 1A and 1B) comprise a cradle portion 36 (shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B). The support piece 10 is secured on the hand 20 (of FIGS. 1A and 1B) via velcro straps 40, 42, 44 and 46. The preferred placement of the velcro straps 40, 42, 44 and 46 are shown in FIG. 2.
Referring now to FIG. 1A, a palmar view of the human left hand 20 is shown. The first metacarpal 50, the proximal phalanx 52 and the distal phalanx 54 of the thumb 68 are shown in dotted lines. In addition, the second metacarpal 60, the proximal palanx 62 and the middle phalanx 64 of the left index finger 66 are also shown in dotted lines.
A palmar view of the support piece 10 as properly installed on the left human hand 20 is also shown in FIG. 1A. The two fins 34 (only one of which is shown in FIG. 1A) are used in conjunction with velcro straps 40 and 46 to anchor the support piece 10 to the left human hand 20. The support piece 10 when so installed comprises a cradle portion 36 which acts to cradle at least the metacarpophalangeal joint 70 of the thumb 68.
In order to prevent significant adduction of the thumb 68, the present invention has employed the use of the tab portion 30 of the support piece 10 which is shown wrapped over the thumb/index web space 32 of the left human hand 20 in FIG. 1A.
Referring specifically to FIG. 1B, the tab portion 30 is shown wrapped over the thumb/index web space 32 and partially over the cradle portion 36 of the support piece 10. Velcro straps 42 and 44 act to secure the tab portion 30 in its position and wrapped over the thumb/index web space 32.
The support piece 10 preferably has a lining 80 (shown only in FIG. 1A) of one-quarter inch thick foam rubber for comfort.
When the tab portion 30 is secured in its proper position and the cradle portion 36 is anchored to the left hand 20 as shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B, the support piece 10 comprises a frustoconically shaped cone around the metcarpophalangeal joint 70 thus preventing significant adduction, abduction, flexion or extension of the thumb 68.
The preceding disclosure of the preferred embodiment of the present invention is for illustrative purposes only and shall not be considered to define the scope of the present invention. Instead, the scope of the present invention shall be defined by the following claims and their equivalents.
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|Nov 29, 1994||REMI||Maintenance fee reminder mailed|
|Apr 23, 1995||LAPS||Lapse for failure to pay maintenance fees|
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Effective date: 19950426