Apple unleashed its latest major revision to the iPhone operating system last week, dubbed iOS 14. In case you missed it, the headline new feature is the arrival of widgets, which can display information at a glance and break-up the monotonous grid of apps that has been present in every version of iOS since the iPhone debuted back in 2007. As well as widgets to reinvigorate your homescreen, iPhone owners can now store apps in the so-called App Library so they don’t have to keep every single app icon arranged in the grid.
Elsewhere, there are improvements to Messages, which lets you tag replies to specific texts in a thread, a redesigned Music app, new customisation options for MeMoji (including covid-secure face coverings), a Translate app to rival Google Translate, and a new Sleep schedule feature designed to help you to put down your smartphone late at night and get some good quality kip.
The arrival of a new version of iOS is always an exciting day for iPhone owners. Unlike Android, where Google Pixel and a handful of third-party manufacturers receive the latest software features on launch day – with millions of other devices from the likes of Samsung, LG, and Sony due to receive the same features anywhere between one and 12 months after that.
With iPhone owners across the globe rushing to install iOS 14, a number of these early-adopters have noticed an issue with battery life following the installation of latest operating system upgrade. Thankfully, this shouldn’t be a reason to panic.
“Battery life on iOS 14 is not doing great,” one user posted on Twitter.
“Can anyone who has IOS 14 say if battery life is worse? I use an XR. I want the new features but I’m not sacrificing battery life,” one social media user posted. Another Twitter user replied, sharing: “Battery life is worse, I recommend waiting until iOS 14.2 Seems like Apple decided to skip 14.1 as developers already got an update for 14.2. But yeah, wait. I used to last all day without needing to charge my phone on iOS 13. Now, I need to charge my phone at least 2 times.”
This seems to be a pretty common complaint. Another Twitter user who claims to have upgraded to iOS 14 when it rolled-out on September 16, 2020, posted: “Anyone else getting low battery life after doing all the iOS 14 aesthetics sh** I charged it to 35% an hour go no I am on 11%”
One iPhone owner was so concerned about the dip in battery life that they reached out to the official @AppleSupport social media account to ask the company behind the best-selling smartphone series: “since updating my iPhone XR to IOS 14 the battery drains extremely fast it never used to. Was on 100% an hour ago and is barely at 40% now when it used to last the whole day.”
Express.co.uk also noticed a drop in battery life on our devices in the hours after the leap to iOS 14. However, this is completely normal.
Major iOS updates will typically drain your iDevice much faster during the first few days of use and there’s a few reasons why. First off, it’s likely that you’re using your smartphone more frequently – after all, it takes some serious time to work out which widgets look best on each homescreen on your iPhone and toggling which apps will keep pride-of-place in the grid of icons… and which will be confined to the App Library.
Not only that, but there is a truckload of fun new features to discover – and settings to tweak and play around – which will all take their toll on your battery.
You’re also likely to be installing a lot more updates from the App Store. Dozens of developers have already started to roll-out crucial updates to their software in order to take advantage of the new software features in iOS 14. If you have automatic updates switched on within the App Store app, these will all be chugging along in the background (at the same time as you’re spending time customising your new homescreens, playing around with widgets… and more).
But even if you haven’t touched your phone since the iOS 14 update, it’s probably still draining faster than usual.
That’s because your smartphone will be re-indexing your data. From contacts to app data, everything that can be searched using Spotlight on the iPhone needs to be re-categorised and sorted by the operating system. Unlike some rivals, Apple insists these complications processes are carried out on the phone, because it does not want the privacy implications associated with sending the data to the cloud.
This is all happening in the background following the update, battery life will suffer and it can take a day or two before things get back to normal.
So, do not worry. Your iPhone should be back to full working order very soon.
Apple Support even replied to that social media user’s complaint with pretty much the same explanation. The Cupertino-based company explained: “We’re happy to help with what’s happening with your battery life after iOS 14 update. Background activity is usually needed when going to a new iOS for about 48 hrs, including apps downloading updates.”
Published at Tue, 22 Sep 2020 05:04:00 +0000


Due to rain, the event was briefly disrupted. Still, Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived at the event and addressed the gathering. However, for Delhi residents, it was a nightmare on the streets.
Roads were choc-a-bloc and vehicles moved at snail's speed due to the jams. As thousands came to see the show, this led to jams.
Long trail of vehicles was visible on the roads and it took hours for the people to get to their homes in the evening.
Spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar who heads Art of Living had organised the show on the bank of Yamuna despite fears of damage to the river. This was despite opposition from the environmentalists.
Even the National Green Tribunal (NGT) was livid with the event and had imposed fine but later softened its stand. Premieres from different countries were invited. Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe came to India but didn't attend the event.


NYC techno producer, DJ, and synth builder Antenes joins two standout Madison-based electronic artists at this show. Info
New York City-based techno artist Lori Napoleon builds her own modular synthesizers, often using components of old phones and switchboards and other cast-off circuitry. And the music she makes under the name Antenes has the focus and fine-grained texture of an artist getting her hands dirty up to the elbows in the raw stuff of electronic sound. "Fire Rises," from Antenes' 2015 EP The Track Of A Storm (released on the always intriguing L.I.E.S. label), is almost unnervingly austere, weaving eerie atmosphere around percussion patterns that stutter and fold in on themselves. Even with all the possibilities that come from creating one's own gear, Napoleon excels at paring it down to a few very specific, intricately sculpted elements and giving them plenty of room to shine. She visits here for a DJ set.
Two artists based in Madison also help make this a pretty compelling electronic show. Madison native David Last has spent a few decades working as a broad-eared DJ and producer in New York, Colorado, and the Bay Area, and has been back in town for the past year or so. Last's 2018 release, Constructions Vol. 1, pulls together a wide range of collaborators—including Robyn Hitchcock, who contributes a wonderfully surreal spoken-word piece—into immaculately crafted, contemplative pieces. Last created the release as a tribute to his partner Cherushii, who died in the horrific Ghost Ship fire in Oakland in 2016. He hasn't performed much since moving back to Madison, but has been working on new original music, some of which he'll weave into a DJ set here. DJ Speedsick, meanwhile, is a refreshing outlier in Madison's music community, slamming together elements of driving techno and blistering avant-garde noise. —Scott Gordon


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The Australian Property Institute has polled analysts, valuers, financiers and fund managers, with the survey finding Sydney is already in the midst of a market upswing and Brisbane is starting to recover.
The Melbourne market, while still in the doldrums, is believed to have reached the bottom of a down cycle that began more than two years ago.
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Terry Robb -- Terry Robb is one of the top acoustic blues guitarists of our time. His signature fingerpicking style has earned him international acclaim from worldwide audiences, music critics and his distinguished peers. Incorporating elements from the Mississippi Delta music tradition, ragtime, country, swing and free jazz, Robb has built a unique blues sound that has made him a legend in his prolific music career spanning more than four decades.
The Dekum Duet -- The Dekum Duet is Hanna Traynham and Marian Macrae Herrmann who have been playing and singing together for the past couple of years around the Portland area. Hanna grew up in rural Southwestern Virginia in a family steeped in Old Time music. She learned to play banjo from her father on a banjo he made when she was born. Hanna loves to sing unrefined duets of old gospel music and lonesome traditional ballads. She is a member of The Barn Owls which plays a collection of vintage country, old time tunes, and songs with multi-part harmonies. Marian, a Portland native from a musical family, is a music educator and rockin old time fiddler who has been involved in music from a very early age.
Westbound Coyote Stringband -- Rev. Jeff on resonator guitar, Selene on banjolele and Tenor banjo
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Before Gaga told us it was okay to be "Born This Way" we had the fishnet clad sexual liberation of Frank-n-furter teling us, "Don't Dream it, Be it."
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‘I’d lose my s.Pictured above: Waffle cones with Mashed Potato & Short Ribs and Mac N Cheese & Popcorn Chicken The postseason is upon us, and the San Jose Sharks are all set to get into Playoff Mode as they face the Vegas Golden Knights in the first round.Detroit scored five goals in the first period against Roy, then four more in the second before Canadiens coach Mario Tremblay, a former teammate of Roy’s, finally pulled him.With a huge group, you could almost have the island to yourself.
As great as Marion was, Green has three added elements that as made the Warriors far better than those Suns’ teams in both the regular season and more importantly in the playoffs: 1.From auditions, to the first draft day performance, to here in beautiful Jamaica shooting for our 2017 calendar has been nothing but amazing.The deal remained in limbo until January 28th when Davis requested a trade from the New Orleans Pelicans.’It does attract tourists but not as many as well known at National Parks such as the New Forest.
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In their current five-game losing streak, Hinrich is last among Bulls starters in field-goal percentage and points per game .Glenn Anderson’s goal, assisted by Brad Richards with 8 remaining in the second stanza, proved to be the game-winner.Pete Alonso went 3-for-5 with a double and two RBI in Saturday’s 4 win over the Royals.For once, the rookie’s offensive contributions didn’t come via his prodigious power, as Alonso drove in both his runs with an infield single in the seventh inning that broke a 1 tie.


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ODESSA–The Lady Tigers lost a non-league match against the St. John-Endicott-LaCrosse Eagles 3-1 on Saturday, Oct. 8.
The Eagles won the first set 25-20 and Odessa returned with a win in the second set 25-16.
After the second, both teams were tied for wins; the Eagles won the third set 25-16 and the fourth 25-16.
SJEL junior Kaitlyn Hough had 18 kills and four digs, while senior Kyra Holt had five kills and three assists.
Odessa junior Hayden Schuh had ten kills and eight digs.
The Eagles had a combined total of 68 digs for the match and a total of 33 kills.
The Lady Tigers had 47 total digs for the match and 28 kills.
Odessa is currently ranked second for NE1B, with Mary Walker first and Curlew third.
The Lady Tigers face Oakesdale at a home game on Saturday, Oct. 15 at noon.

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From contactless shopping and autonomous checkout technology to Cloud Point of Sale (POS) products, Mastercard and Verizon Business will collaborate to deliver scalable innovations that create new experiences for consumers and businesses alike.
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Entertainment Desk, Delhi- Magazine: Harry Styles, 27, and Olivia Wilde, 37, are really a couple. The speculation became a certainty this Monday, the 5th, after the couple was ‘caught’ by the paparazzi exchanging a passionate kiss.
The images show the singer and actress aboard a yacht in Italy. Harry Styles and Olivia Wilde had already been seen together several times over the past few months, but so far there were no such enlightening images as these. Earlier both of them were caught during dinner date in London also.
“They looked pretty close at a table for two away from the other customers,” a source told British newspaper Daily Mirro.
This same source referred that the complicity between the musician and the actress was notorious: “They seemed completely in love” , he described.
If we talk about their work front, Harry Styles will be appeared in “My Policeman”. My Policeman, which is already in pre-production, is set in the late 1990s and recounts a love story from the 1950s – the year when homosexuality was still illegal.
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By Stephen M. Walt
July 25, 2011
As soon as the shocking and tragic news from Norway hit the airwaves, it was entirely predictable that various right-wing Islamophobes would type first and think later. They were so eager to exploit the tragedy to peddle their pre-existing policy preferences that they blindly assumed the acts had to have been perpetrated by al Qaeda, by its various clones, or by some other radical Muslim group.
This is the sort of bias one expects from an ideologue like Jennifer Rubin (who gets taken to task for her rush-to-judgment by James Fallows here). Sadly, it is also not out of character for the supposedly respectable Wall Street Journal, whose editorial page has been a reliable source of threat-mongering and distortion for years. Even as Norwegian officials were cautioning that they had no reason to suspect Islamist groups, the Journal was plunging ahead with an editorial entitled "Terror in Oslo," which drew the following utterly bogus conclusion:
Norway certainly did not buy itself much grace from the jihadis for staying out of the Iraq war, or for Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg's demand that Israel open its borders with Gaza, or for his calls for a Palestinian unity government between Fatah and its terrorist cousin Hamas.
Norway can do all this and more, but in jihadist eyes it will forever remain guilty of being what it is: a liberal nation committed to freedom of speech and conscience, equality between the sexes, representative democracy and every other freedom that still defines the West. For being true to these ideals Norwegians have now been made to pay a terrible price."
Given that remarkable statement, the Journal's editors must have been deeply disappointed to learn that the person who was actually charged in the case, Anders Behring Breivik, was not in fact a jihadi, a critic of Israel, or even a Muslim. Instead, he is a right-wing Norwegian Islamophobe who is reportedly obsessed with the dangers of multi-culturalism and a contributor to extremist websites like Jihad Watch and Atlas Shrugs. In other words, he's the sort of person who might well subscribe to the Wall Street Journal not for its coverage of the business world, but for its predictably hardline editorial "insight."
As I write this (Saturday noon EDT), the editorial has still not been removed from the WSJ website and no apology or retraction has been issued. The Journal and its editors are obviously free to continue to sow the seeds of hatred and paranoia, but the rest of us are equally free to view them with appropriate contempt. And let us also take time to reflect on Norway's sorrow, and to remember that hatred and violence can erupt from many directions.
Stephen M. Walt is the Robert and Renée Belfer professor of international relations at Harvard University
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It has come to Aardvark’s attention that some readers found George Will’s column—see previous post on weather conditions in Hell—locked behind a pay wall.
Will writes of the tempting choices that white people in Alabama have on offer as they go about picking a senator to succeed Jeff Sessions. He reports that three candidates have a chance:
- Luther Strange, the temporary incumbent, who, Will intimates, exudes the stench of corruption,
- Roy Moore, the Ten Commandments justice who was twice booted off the Alabama Supreme Court, whom will labels the Ayatollah of Alabama, and
- Mo Brooks, a nutjob member of the House Freedom Caucus.
Will enlarges on how Mitch McConnell, apparently scared shitless of a Mo Brooks victory, is funneling money to attack Brooks—for being best buddies with Nancy Pelosi and failing to lick Donald Trump’s boots with sufficient enthusiasm.
These attacks, Will avers, are driving Brooks voters to Moore, who may well win the Republican primary—and then, mirabile dictu, lose to a Democrat!
Will concludes thusly:
“Anything that comes out of the South,” said writer Flannery O’Connor, a sometime exemplar of Southern Gothic, “is going to be called grotesque by the Northern reader, unless it is grotesque, in which case it is going to be called realistic.” But, realistically, Alabama’s primary says more about Republicans than about this region. A Michigan poll shows rocker-cum-rapper Kid Rock [pictured above] a strong potential Republican Senate candidate against incumbent Debbie Stabenow. Rock says Democrats are “shattin’ in their pantaloons” because if he runs it will be “game on mthrfkers.”
Is this Northern Gothic? No, it is Republican Gothic, the grotesque becoming normal in a national party whose dishonest and, one hopes, futile assault on Brooks is shredding the remnants of its dignity.


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Do you ever feel that Facebook, Google and Twitter are taking over your life? Well, that may be happening for real to some Toronto citizens. In a recent deal, the city authority teamed up with Sidewalk Labs, to regenerate Quayside, part of its disused waterfront. Sidewalk Labs is a subsidiary of Alphabet, Google’s parent company. The proposed development will eventually create 306,580 square metres of residential and commercial space that will house, amongst others, Google Canada’s new HQ.
How many likes have we got so far? Many city managers may be reading this with envy – grudgingly congratulating Toronto for pulling this off. After all, it’s widely acknowledged that cities need to harness the talent – not to mention the money – of tech giants to address the wicked urban issues we face today. Congestion; air pollution; affordable housing; employment: digital tech is now accepted as being an essential part of the solution. Across the world, cities are trying to work out just how.
That’s not to say that city authorities are short of ideas. Mariana Mazzucato is right to champion the innovation power of the public sector, pointing out the key role that government has made where long-term high-risk investment is required. The challenges our cities face need that long-term vision, but they also need sophisticated partnership solutions. They also need funds. Getting the right balance of that interplay is crucial.
But what’s happening in Toronto may be taking partnership to another level. Waterfront Toronto is the public development agency owned by the city, province and federal government. It is responsible for North America’s largest waterfront regeneration project – 800 hectares of underutilized land along Lake Ontario. This is the body that has contracted Sidewalk Labs to design and deliver its ambitious smart city plans.
And they do not lack ambition. During the launch event, Sidewalk Labs CEO, Larry Doctoroff, set out a vision of urban bike paths, autonomous vehicles and smart mass transit. Packaged together, he predicted that this could save the average Canadian family $6,000 a year. The company’s 220-page portfolio includes plans for taxibots (self-drive vehicles controlled by apps), weather mitigation through innovative planning and construction and flexible pedestrian friendly streets featuring pop-up facilities. All very Blade Runner. This is a real-life urban lab.
Welcome to the lab
Of course, urban innovation labs are nothing new. Globally, cities are now used to providing a platform for players to prototype, test and implement. But the scale and nature of the Sidewalk deal has unsettled some. It is one thing to identify platforms to inform and drive innovative small-scale solutions with citizens. It’s quite another to have the run of an entire neighbourhood as a testbed for civic experimentation.
Waterfront Toronto stress that this is a partnership either side can walk away from. Sidewalk Labs are also emphatic about the need to work alongside the community. Their promotional material stresses the need for collaborative solutions. It also refers to the risk of widening inequalities. However, the company’s previous forays include New York’s Highline and Hudson’s Yard developments – both are which are commonly cited as drivers of gentrification.
Coupled with this is the growing body of evidence showing that the presence of tech-related innovation clusters actually drives inequality in cities. A recent study has identified direct links between the growth of tech innovation in cities and widening economic inequalities. This found that between 1990 and 2010 the extent of product patenting doubled. Over that same period inequality in the city jumped by 5.2 Gini points. Google moving into the neighbourhood brings benefits – but also challenges.
Can smart cities be inclusive cities?
So what are our cities to do? Limited public resources combined with the complexity of our challenges mean that public private partnerships are here to stay. Digital technology, likewise, is only likely to assume greater importance in addressing urban challenges in future. Can cities square the circle, embracing tech-based solutions and attracting digital business clusters without accelerating levels of urban inequality?
Two important factors emerged from the aforementioned study in relation to this. The first is ensuring that there is effective public transport infrastructure. Easy access to inner-city premises reduces the need for employees to live nearby. Convenient and affordable commuting options can limit the big wave of incoming residents which typically kick-starts the gentrification process. Another component of this is growing demand for high quality and specialised services. The second factor, access to quality schools, is linked to this. In the United States where school funding is so localized, this is a particularly divisive issue.
From a European – and indeed a Canadian - perspective, these challenges might appear more manageable than in the US. But we should avoid complacency. Although Jan Gehl's vision of the compact walkable city remains the gold standard, many of our cities suffer from urban sprawl, congestion and deteriorating public transport due to financial constraints. Our city schools may be more egalitarian and higher quality than those in the US, but in many places they are no longer the social escalators they once were. There are also well-articulated concerns about growing segregation in the school system, reflected in a recent Council of Europe report.
The URBACT dimension
URBACT has a strong interest in the future of city governance. It also has a commitment promoting cities that are smart, but also sustainable and inclusive. Across the programme, we see city networks exploring different dimensions of these governance challenges.
The partners within Interactive Cities, led by Genova, have been focused on the impact of digital developments on city governance. This has included examining the way in which cities are utilising digital tools to improve public services and to encourage civic participation. Lisbon’s use of digital tools to support the city’s CLLD partnership is a good example. Another is the city of Ghent’s embedding of digital approaches throughout all of its services. It’s also not surprising to see an Estonian city in the vanguard, given the country’s modernising culture. Tartu is experimenting with ways to utilise digital tools to widen involvement in its masterplanning. Interactive Cities has also been examining Amsterdam’s digital strategy, which will be the subject of a forthcoming article.
An important perspective on this is to challenge the notion that this is simply about the digitization of public services. Paul Natorp, who organised the recent Rethink Activism Festival in Aarhus, Denmark, explained this to members of the CHANGE! Network. Within the context of CHANGE’s concept of people-powered services, Paul underlined that we miss an important point if we think this is simply about consumption.
The citizen as consumer is only one component of our relationship with the state. It is an important one, which is changing as we expect 24/7 availability and good customer care. It also has potential for change, as digital tools create the potential for citizens as prosumers, actively involved in the co-design of services they use.
But behind that is the more fundamental question of what it means to be a citizen today. What are the rights and responsibilities that come with that in the digital city age? The Aarhus Festival posed that key question. It reverberates around the developments planned for the Toronto Waterfront. As our cities continuously evolve and reinvent themselves, how do we ensure that all citizens have an equal voice and share in its future? As that great adopted Canadian urbanist, Jane Jacobs put it: “Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody.”
Riding the tiger
Ultimately then, this is not a debate about tech and smart solutions. It is about how we govern ourselves in the digital age. It is no coincidence that it is within cities – where our global concerns are most pressing – that this debate is playing out. Whether we badge it as inclusive growth or smart sustainable cities, the challenge is finding ways to mobilise technological solutions without abandoning the values that define the cities we need – open, inclusive and accountable.
Harnessing the firepower of corporate digital giants is deeply attractive for city leaders. They are, undoubtedly, key stakeholders in delivering our cities of the future. But we are right to remain wary of them. Writing this on the 22nd November, anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s death, his words of advice are still important to bear in mind: “Those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside”
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And the president of the Kingsport Board of Education is wondering how a $100,000 to $200,000 capital improvement project at J. Fred Johnson Stadium at Dobyns-Bennett High School got inserted in the school system’s request for bond funding.
The Board of Mayor and Aldermen at its regular Tuesday night meeting voted to delay consideration of a resolution seeking the federal economic stimulus bonds until the regular Oct. 20 BMA meeting, with a called meeting before then dedicated solely to that issue.
After a detailed discussion, the BMA unanimously voted to delay considering City Manager John Campbell’s proposed list of $41.84 million in bonds, which was whittled down to $35.8 million in a revised list handed out to board members Tuesday.
“Give us more information so we can make a better decision,” Mayor Dennis Phillips said, calling it “somewhat irresponsible to pass a $42 million bond issue we seem to be not understanding.”
Among the projects, $4 million in road improvements, $1 million in energy-efficiency projects, $100,000 in stadium repairs, $2 million in sewer system projects and $564,200 in water system projects were pulled, and $1.1 million for the Jefferson Elementary project was to be “frozen until further discussion.”
Campbell said all but a few of the projects have been reviewed repeatedly by the BMA in the past, and interest rates are at historic lows. With the Build America Bonds program, which refunds 35 percent of the interest paid back to the local government, the effective interest rate would be as low as it was in 1967.
“It’s crazy to wait and have to borrow it at a higher expense,” Alderwoman Valerie Joh said.
Savings as compared to regular tax-free bonds would be $800,000, but compared to standard bonds would be $2.5 million. And because of a dip in construction costs, another $6 million to $8 million in savings is projected.
“None of those things are going to change in two weeks,” Vice Mayor Ben Mallicote said. “I think we’re being a rubber stamp board if we do this tonight with one night’s contemplation.”
Another issue discussed Tuesday night was the BOE’s proposed $2.55 million in bonds, which included a $1.3 million project to relocate the Jefferson Elementary library and office, which BOE President Susan Lodal said was to increase security at the school and open up more classroom space.
The original projects list presented to the BMA at its Monday night work session called for $1.1 million for that project and shifted $200,000 to stadium repairs, which Lodal said consisted of restroom work and stand rails scheduled for funding in 2011 and 2012.
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Yesterday, we learned that McDonald’s has sold off Boston Market. Our thoughts upon hearing this news were threefold:
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The Voroshilovets is a World War 2 era tracked prime mover of Soviet origin. It was developed in the late 1930's as a more powerful alternative to the Komintern prime mover. The tracked chassis was very useful in the Russian climate with its mud in the summer and snow in the winter.
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A business leader in the south of Germany has been arrested after being shipped illegally to several million euros worth of military equipment in Russia, despite eu sanctions, announced on Thursday that the German courts.
This German arrested Tuesday and identified as Alexander S. is suspected of having contravened the law on foreign trade and payments in seven cases “for the account of the secret services of a foreign power,” says the federal prosecutor’s office in Karlsruhe said in a statement. Several raids took place on Wednesday at his home in Augsburg, but also in commercial premises, in Bavaria, in Saxony and Berlin.
The man would have sold machine tools to the “user-military end -” in Russia, bypassing the controls, indicating false recipients for its goods. All the machines were “objectively suitable for use in the military sector,” says the prosecutor.
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The Government is to force fund managers to provide a full breakdown of all charges related to defined contribution workplace pensions.
In a written ministerial statement published this morning, pensions minister Steve Webb confirmed the Government will introduce new measures requiring transaction charges in pension schemes to be disclosed.
Webb said: “I am pleased to announce the Government will be introducing new measures to require transparency for transaction charges in pension schemes. Later today we intend to table an amendment to the Pensions Bill 2013 to introduce this latest step in the Government’s wider plans to ensure consumers receive value for money from their pension savings.
“Transparency of costs and charges is fundamental for good scheme governance and to enabling comparison between schemes.
“Our amendment, which is intended for debate at the report stage of the Pensions Bill 2013 in the House of Lords this Wednesday, will place a duty on the Secretary of State to make regulations requiring greater transparency around the transaction costs incurred by work-based defined contribution schemes.”
Money Marketing revealed earlier this month the Government is considering abandoning plans to cap pension charges until after the May 2015 general election because the reform is “too complicated”.
It is understood the Treasury and the Department for Work and Pensions have clashed over the plans, partly due to disagreement about whether transaction costs should be included in the cap.
On the charge cap, Webb said: “Last year, we consulted on whether to cap charges in the default funds of schemes used for automatic enrolment, and the Government remains committed to seeing this policy through during the life of this Parliament.
“Accordingly, our response to the consultation on charges, and further proposals on quality and transparency in workplace pension schemes, will be published soon.”
Labour shadow pensions minister Gregg McClymont says: “The Government appears to have finally backed down under Labour pressure on transparency over costs and charges, but ministers are only implementing half of Labour’s reform agenda.
“Ministers are failing to allow savers and employers to get the greatest benefit from the new workplace pensions and the Government’s headlong retreat on bringing in a pensions cap has left savers at real risk of rip-off charges.”

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Image above: Medical catheters used with a custom fixture
Any products used in the medical world to treat patients should be the safest, cleanest, and most comfortable for the patient, right? That’s something we can all agree on.
Medical tubing, used as catheters, is one such product that should surely fit those descriptions. Getting a catheter installed is very painful, as anyone who has can surely attest. The quality of adhesion of the coatings on these tubes greatly impacts patient comfort and success during installation.
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Prior to the Surface Analyst, defining the path towards FDA validation was difficult, and often times with no means at all, simply not possible.
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Spectacular advances in electromagnetic lens design conquer spherical aberration and push image resolution to picometers for electron microscopy. As a side benefit, the pole gap size can increase and high resolution can be achieved over a large sample volume. Consequently one can measure electrical, optical, mechanical and magnetic properties at different temperatures and conditions making the TEM a “Nano laboratory.” This talk will show examples of research in operando on different nanomaterials, including nano-plasmonic materials, nanoparticles, and radiation sensitive samples.
Yacamán, Miguel José, "Modern Electron Microscopy: A Nanolab Rather Than an Electron Optical Instrument" (2019). Public Lecture Series. 148.


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An active coal mine from 1860 to 1980, the Big Pit National Coal Museum now acts as a learning tool to preserve the rich Welsh heritage of the Industrial Revolution.
“The Big Pit” refers to the main shaft of the mine. Dug in 1860, the oblong tunnel is 18x13 ft. and was sunk 200 ft. deep at first, and then another 100 ft. in 1880. It was the first shaft built to support two tramways, and for over 100 years, the colliery was the most critical mine in town out of hundreds. Originally used for mining ironstone, the late 19th century demand for coal overtook Wales, and Blaenavon as well as many other Welsh towns jumped on the opportunity to specialize in the staple of the industrial revolution.
Now a preserved location-turned museum, the operational attraction won the prestigious Gulbenkian Prize in 2005 and has seen over 3 million visitors. Water still flows from the tunnels as they did when the mine was functional, and has large scale industrial equipment dating back to 1810. The Big Pit railway station delivers visitors to the museum on a single track built specifically for this purpose.
Visitors taking the 50 minute underground tour are armed with hard hats, safety lamps, and a waist belt with a battery and rebreather that will filter toxic air for an hour—just in case. The tour takes you 300 ft. below the surface, Like all mines, Big Pit has had its share of disasters, and carbon monoxide poisoning is a reality of the mine no matter who is surveying its depths. Before the tour begins, visitors are briefed on safety procedures and anything on their person that can spark, including anything containing a dry cell battery.
After returning to the surface, visit the other buildings on the ground to get a feeling for how working at the colliery felt. Still standing are many buildings including the showers and sickbay of the old colliery.
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Items including watches, phones and cigarette lighters will be collected and stored in lockers for the duration of the underground tour. Large bags are not allowed underground.
Entrance is free, and the underground tours take place regularly with no need to book. The last underground tour is at 3:30pm, so plan to arrive in plenty of time.
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Federal Transit Administration, DOT and Federal Highway Administration, DOT.
Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA), the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) and the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) intend to prepare an EIS in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) on the I-90 Project. The project proposes to design and construct modifications to I-90 between Bellevue and Seattle in Order to improve the reliability of connections to the region-wide transit network. The modifications could include changing the operation number and/or width of existing traffic lanes, and adding connections between the new I-90 traffic lanes and existing ramps. Traffic congestion eastbound in the morning and westbound in he evening has degraded transit reliability in both directions on I-90. Scoping will be accomplished through meetings and correspondence with interested persons, organizations, the general public, federal, state and local agencies and tribes.
Comment Due Date: Written comments on the scope of the alternatives and impacts to be considered should be sent to Sound Transit by December 17, 2001. See ADDRESSES below, Scoping meetings: Public scoping meetings will be held on Tuesday, December 4, 2001 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. in Bellevue at the Leavitt Building and on Wednesday, December 5, 2001 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Mercer Island High School Commons and on Thursday, December 6, 2001 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Union Station. See ADDRESSES below.
Written comments on the project scope of alternatives and impacts to be considered should be sent to Perry Weinberg, Sound Transit, 401 South Jackson St., Seattle, WA 98104-2826 by December 17, 2001 (30 day comment period). Scoping meetings will be held on the following days and locations:
Public Scoping Meetings
Tuesday, December 4, 2001, 4-7 p.m.,
Location: Leavitt Building—Room 1AB, 301 116th Avenue SE (Bellevue City Hall Complex), Bellevue, Washington, and
Wednesday, December 5, 2001, 4 p.m.-7 p.m.,
Location: Mercer Island High School Commons, 9100 SE 42nd street, Mercer Island, Washington, and
Thursday, December 6, 2001, 4 pm-7p.m.
Location: Union Station—Sound Transit Board Room, 401 S. Jackson Street, Seattle, Washington.Start Further Info
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
John Witmer, Federal Transit Administration. 915 2nd Avenue Suite 3142, Seattle, WA 98174; Telephone: 206.220.7964; Jim Leonard, Federal Highway Administration, 711 S. Capitol Way, Suite 501, Olympia, Washington, 98501. Telephone: 360.753.9408; Perry Weinberg, Sound Transit, 401 S. Jackson Street, Seattle, WA 98104-2826, Telephone: 206.689.4931 or Ben Brown, WSDOT, P.O. Box 330310, Seattle, WA 98133-9710, Telephone: 206.440.4528.End Further Info End Preamble Start Supplemental Information
The FTA, FHWA, WSDOT and Sound Transit invite comments from interested individuals, organizations, and federal, state, regional and local agencies for a period of 30 days after publication of this notice. Letters describing the proposed action and soliciting comments will be sent to appropriate Federal, State, and local agencies, and to private organizations and citizens who have previously expressed or are known to have interest in this proposal. (See DATES and ADDRESSES above). To ensure that the full range of issues related to this proposed action are addressed and all significant issues identified, comments and suggestions are invited from all interested parties. Comments or questions concerning this proposed action and the EIS should be directed to FTA or Sound Transit at the addresses provided above. Comments are requested by December 17, 2001. A project newsletter describing the project, the proposed alternatives, the impact areas to be evaluated, the public involvement program and the preliminary project schedule has been prepared. You may request a copy of the newsletter by contracting Carol Masnik, Sound Transit, 401 South Jackson St., Seattle, WA 98104-2826. Telephone: 206.398.5048. All of the locations for the scoping meeting are accessible to people with disabilities. Non-English translation services and accessible formats are available by request at 800.201.4900 (voice)— or 206.398.5410 (TTY).
II. Study Area and Alternatives
FTA, FHWA, WSDOT and the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) will prepare an EIS for the I-90 project which is evaluating alternatives to provide reliable two-way transit operations on the I-90 corridor Start Printed Page 56732between Bellevue and Seattle. Alternatives under preliminary consideration include;
No Build—Alternative R-1
Under the No Build Alternative, the existing I-90 roadway facilities would remain in place, however, it is likely that there would be operational revisions to the center roadway by 2007. These changes could include restricting the use of the center roadway to high occupancy vehicles (HOV) traffic, which would displace single occupancy vehicles (SOVs) traveling between Seattle and Mercer Island to the outer roadways, and/or change the HOV eligibility requirements from 2+ or 3+ occupants per vehicle.
Alternative R-2B Modified—Two-Way Center Roadway
Alternative R-2B would convert the center roadway to two-way operation by adding a concrete barrier, providing one travel lane in each direction for its full length. Two additional ramps would be constructed on Mercer Island at 77th and 80th Avenues to complete the downtown interchange with the center roadway. The Bellevue Way ramp would be converted to two-way operation. This alternative would address concerns about breakdowns by providing additional center roadway width across Mercer Island and by removing the barrier between the westbound lanes and the center roadway on the Homer M. Hadley floating bridge, providing a buffer area for cars or buses to pull over in the event of an emergency. The center roadway would be restricted to transit and eligible carpools for its entire length. HOV eligibility requirements would likely be changed from 2+ to 3+ occupants per vehicle with this alternative.
Alternative R-5 Restripe—Transit-Only Shoulders on Outer Roadway
Alternative R-5 would retain the reversible operations in the center roadway, with both lanes operating in the same direction. R-5 would restripe the outer roadways, narrowing lane and inside shoulder widths to create transit-only shoulder lanes operating on the outside shoulders. These shoulder lanes would be open to eastbound transit buses in the morning peak period and westbound transit buses in the afternoon peak period.
Alternative R-5 Modified—Transit-Only Shoulders on Outer Roadway
Alternative R-5 Modified would operate similarly to Alternative R-5 Restripe and would retain the reversible operations in the center roadway. In addition, it would reconfigure portions of the outer roadway to allow for a wider inside shoulder for westbound buses, providing continuity with the existing HOV lane and transit connections to downtown Seattle. Ramps at Bellevue Way and on Mercer Island would be modified to provide connections to the westbound transit shoulder. The eastbound outer roadway would be widened to allow for standard inside shoulder and traffic lane widths on Mercer Island while providing a wider outside shoulder for use by transit.
Alternative R-8A—Add HOV Lanes on Outer Roadway
Alternative R-8A would retain the current reversible operations in the center roadway, with both lanes operating in the same direction. Single-occupant vehicles would only be allowed to use the center roadway between Seattle and Mercer Island, per the existing restrictions on center roadway use. The outer roadways would be modified to provide one additional travel lane in both the eastbound and westbound direction for use by HOV traffic. This would be accomplished by restriping, reducing the width of existing shoulders and travel lanes, and where feasible, widening the outer roadways within the existing right-of-way. Ramps at Bellevue Way and on Mercer Island would be modified to provide connections to the HOV lanes. The center and outer roadway HOV lanes would likely operate with a 2+ occupants per vehicle posting. A number of operational strategies to address safety concerns associated with reduced-width travel lanes and shoulders would be evaluated.
Transportation Demand Management (TDM)/Transportation System Management (TSM) Alternative
The TDM/TSM Alternative would incorporate measures to reduce demands on the transportation system. Examples of TDM/TSM may include ridesharing, parking management, telecommuting, congestion pricing, non-motorized travel, site design standards, public information, joint use of parking facilities, and other measures.
The list of alternatives to be included in the EIS will be finalized after scoping, based on the comments received.
III. Probable Effects
The lead agencies have identified the following key areas for discussion in the EIS:
- Impacts to the visual quality of the I-90 corridor.
- Impacts to vehicular traffic including issues of safety.
- Impacts to the existing bike/pedestrian path along I-90.
- Impacts on water quality in Mercer Slough and Lake Washington.
Other key area of probable effects may be identified and discussed in the EIS process.Start Signature
Deputy Regional Administrator, Region X, Federal Transit Administration.
Urban Transportation and Environmental Engineer, Federal Highway Administration, Washington, Division Office.
[FR Doc. 01-28160 Filed 11-8-01; 8:45 am]
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