So I’ve got 2 B class RX7’s, one a grip build the other more of a power build. Neither of them has a motor or drivetrain swap. All the body pieces are the same except the front bumpers. The grip build has the Forza front bumper the power build has one of the aftermarket ones. The both have the same side skirts, rear bumper, and Forza rear wing. The grip build is yellow with black wheels and the power build is blue with gold wheels. They also do not have the same wheels I’ve put carbon fiber on the mirrors and hood of both of these. I built the yellow one first then the blue one, at first the grip build car would show up with gold wheels when i use it, now it’s just blue with gold wheels just like the power build car. Still different wheels and bumpers, it’s not copying the exterior parts just the colors. The thumbnails for both cars still shows them accurately, a blue car with gold wheels and a yellow car with black wheels. So now i have two blue RX7’s both with gold wheels.
Any one now how to correct this? I’m wondering if it’s because they are in the same class? I might build a third in B class to see if i can get the game to make it blue, if it does I’ll bump it up to a class and see what happens. Or i’ll just make an A class RX7 and see if it does it. I’ll post the results this weekend.
If I have understood this correctly, I had a similar problem with paints not chaging, anyway I found this out after changing a paint back to manufacturer colour rather then of the colour chart. this happend to me with S2000 and Clio Williams. never seen it mentioned till now but sounds like what might have happened,
Neither of the cars has any vinyls on them. The carbon fiber i wrote about earlier, i just selected to paint the hood and mirrors and used the supplied carbon pattern in the color selection with all the special paint colors.
Just to simplify, they are two same model cars, identical except for front bumbers and engine parts. Different colors and different wheels. And very similar tunes. Also one is on race tires and one is on the middle tires.
I won’t be home until the weekend to see if it is class related, like i said up above i’m gonna see if the game will do it with a third RX7 but this one will be A Class.


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The View is a featured column based on the brand DNA of Parkview Green FangCaoDi. Hosted by Parkview Green FangCaoDi and undertaken by The Parkview Museum Beijing, The View will be released in the “Parkview Green FangCaoDi” WeChat subscription channel biweekly. Each issue will feature an article composed by a key opinion leader in the fields of art and culture, architecture, business, etc. They are here to share the insights of their profession and the industry, observations on recent news, and valuable reflections of matters in life. This column delivers the connotation of art and culture through different perspectives.
Music and architecture, though seemingly unrelated to each other, are connected. Their construction comes from a creator with passion, rigorous logic, structural thinking, some inspiration, and a lot of hard work. The process and the result together bind by an artistic tension. In today's The View, Wang Yile, the producer of "Wang Lei & Yile", will share her architectural thoughts in music creation.
This famous saying seems to have been widely quoted. Countless people either author theoretical articles about the musicality of architecture to analyze the relationship between the proportions in the space and the harmonious intervals in the music or expound on the artistic characteristics of architectural works on the basis of musical structure and historical background. As a professional engaged in both industries, I am fortunate to gain insights into special ties between them from the perspective of architecture and music. Now, as a full-time creator specializing in abstract auditory art, I prefer the dimension of “people” to take into account our musician ensemble—“Wang Lei & Yile”— and the inherent double-sided characteristics of their works.
Since I was a university student, I have been studying architectural design systematically. Although it is commonly believed that architectural design industry is seemingly dominated by science and engineering, however, pedagogical practices at the School of Architecture of the University of Sydney focus on humanities, social sciences and overall aesthetic concepts. In the early stages of campus career, students were required to intuitively use hands to obtain tactile impression on different materials, touch the expressible different strengths of each medium in the hand-drawn sketches, and attach importance to the preliminary surveys of the projects. Students slept in a tent outdoor in a specific location for a few days before drawing the first sketch by hand.
Under this hands-on atmosphere of the School of Architecture, when students rationally devoted to the early stage of work design, they feverishly investigated the local character of the works, the underlying historical heritage and social attributes of the works, among others.
This work habit and thinking approach continued until I plunged into a crossover realm. Ten years ago, I met my husband Wang Lei, who is a rock singer and bassist. In the process of assisting Wang Lei, I gradually shift my work focus to independent music production. Many outsiders consider music as an industry associated with the realm of emotionality and with an idealized existential dimension: they consider music as a completely abstract work of art. Musicians need to bring into play their spontaneous imagination and emotional pivot to accept the information conveyed by the auditory art of “music”. It is easily misunderstood that the behavior of “music creation” is also brimming with sensibility and randomness.
Take our original work The Great Migration as an example. The recording tracks, involved in its music, exceeds 80. How can these scattered elements be organically combined to highlight what we want to express, namely a sense of migration of millions of animals dashing and moving forward across African savannah at the end of “dry season”? The details, which need to be grasped to an inch, are by no means the “inspirations” suddenly burst from a visit to the African savannah. Instead, they result from clear-cut and rational assembly and arrangement after a profound understanding of sound field and frequency band of each track. The tearing-apart effect sound adopted by the electric guitar in the music, the dislocation between the drum and the bass, and the swing between the left and right channels of the rhythm guitar…All of these are decisions made on the basis of repeated communication, exchange and meeting. On this occasion, producer exactly plays a role of chief architect, who should take a panoramic view for the overall situation under a high field of vision, dispatch and employ the available sound elements, clarify the direction of musical composition, and ensure that the advancements of all parties are within the “redline” under control.
This is exactly the consistent work philosophy of “Wang Lei & Yile”: Perceptual Thinking, Rational Creation.
Regarding the role of sound, I often draw a parallelism with architectural terminology when discussing with production team. Expressing this abstract element with such a visible and concrete metaphors can eliminate misunderstandings in communication to the utmost extent.
I often compare basic rhythm instruments (such as bass and drum kit) to the “foundation” of a work. I also jokingly tell others that as the lifeblood of the work, the rhythm group still needs to be conscious, as it is unlikely for anybody to acclaim: “The foundation of this building is very beautiful!” The members of rhythm group should act in steadfast and stable ways “to shape the skeleton”. In this way, framework of musical composition can keep stable and implies its own potential for the future construction work. The members of rhythm group also need to keep patient enough, however.
Similarly, once we confirm “foundation” and “structural column grid” of musical composition, the other chromatic elements, also called “facade” and “decoration” in architectural language, cannot be separated from these foundations to exist alone.
We are familiar with the architectural movement of minimalism, but also with maximalism in the course of historical development. Behind these design decisions, there is no coincidence under inspiration of someone. The way to “appropriately” make the best of other color instruments straightforward demonstrates the producer’s individual emotional understanding of the music itself. Do we need erratic and dreamy melodic lines? Or do we need a sharp and tough ultra-high frequency band to stimulate the flaming emotions as a blow? In other words, can we silence all the sounds, let everyone hold their breath and wait for a while so as to exert a direct impact in a more visualized manner?...
Such designs abound in our works. Everything we see in the daily life turns into language vocabularies for our perceptual thinking. At the time of creation, these vocabularies spew out from our mind, which surely embody the other side of our lifestyle. In the language of music, what we see and what we can’t see are mingled. All things, which cannot be expressed with reinforced concrete, wooden frame and ceramic chip, are vividly presented in the world of music. When I close my eyes and listen to these works, it seems that I can feel the overlapping mansion landscapes in multiple dreams. I can understand the meaning of each note, but also clearly capture the veins laid by each drumbeat.
I hope that such a double happiness can take root in more people’s innermost world through text, music and live concert.

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The convergence of a number of major influences on health care is spurring the development of new and blurred models of care. Nowhere is this more visible than at the ambulatory end of the spectrum.
New financial and regulatory pressures incentivize both providers and insurers to deliver care in the less costly and more efficient ambulatory environment, often as part of a larger health care system or network.
For-profit companies also are looking for opportunities to complement or compete with more traditional health care providers.
The great enabler: technology
If cost is driving the rise in ambulatory care, technology is the great enabler. The use of technologies, including electronic health records, increasingly allows providers to offer care connected across multiple sites and the promise that it will be coordinated — reducing, if not eliminating, redundant diagnostic tests.
The other major component of technology — the smartphone and an ever-increasing number of apps and accessory devices — allows point of care and digital interaction to occur wherever and often whenever the patient-consumer desires. Younger consumers in particular often prefer a digital interface with health care providers.
John A. Quelch, a professor at Harvard Business School and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, recently wrote of the five E’s of patient consumer concerns: expertise, empathy, efficiency, economy and empowerment. How those elements interrelate varies from one consumer to another based on preference and situation — for instance, how urgent the health issue is.
Although health care delivery differs from other sectors in regard to consumer expectations and preferences, providers are starting to compete in many of the same ways: on convenience, speed, cost and value.
Another factor in the growth of ambulatory sites is the limited number of physicians, especially in primary care. Ambulatory care sites are less costly in part because they are staffed with less-expensive personnel.
Ambulatory health care may be thought of as two sometimes overlapping groups. Transactional care has a single, primary focus, such as a vaccination, a camp physical or even the determination of a fracture, and is likely to be viewed by the patient as low anxiety. Multidimensional care, on the other hand, includes a more complex and complete review of a patient’s medical needs, such as an annual physical or infusion treatment.
Transactional encounters are largely urgent and unplanned. They also may be less dependent on the presence of a physician to provide care. The design requirements of transactional and multidimensional care delivery also are different.
Transactional care likely reflects a retail environment and character; convenience in both location and time are primary components. Because patients are focused on single issues and are not seeking a prolonged interaction with a variety of providers, exam rooms can be small.
Waiting rooms also can be small: Patients may opt to leave and do other things before seeing a clinician or simply go elsewhere if things seem too busy. From a consumer perspective, a big room with lots of people waiting is less attractive than a smaller one with fewer people. Easy parking, light and inviting colors and glass fronts are important considerations.
Multidimensional care may require larger rooms. Patients may have family with them and may be seeing more than one provider in the exam room. The patients’ ability to review lab data and other information with clinicians requires that the exam room include a large monitor and a place for consultative discussion.
State requirements vary in terms of space requirements and on-site physician presence, so there’s no single standard or definition. Ambulatory care sites come in a variety of models. Although there is overlap, each has a specific market niche within the health care ecosystem and serves a distinct purpose:
- Smartphones, computers and the Internet. The most prevalent care site is the Internet, whether patients are in touch with their care providers through portals or medical websites. New apps and smartphone accessories likely will increase health care providers’ ability to monitor, assess and care for patients in their homes and offices. Consistency of the patient experience across physical and digital platforms is both a significant challenge and a design opportunity for providers.
- Mobile care. Historically, mobile care has consisted of converted buses used as part of charitable outreach programs for patients who otherwise would not have access to care. New models of mobile care are beginning to arise and compete on the basis of convenience. Driverless vehicles also may provide care environments that come to patients, equipped with technologies beyond those available at home or office, even if they don’t come with a care provider. Design may be a factor in acceptance, especially among younger patient consumers.
- Convenient care and retail clinics. Typically located in existing retail drug and big-box stores, these clinics treat a limited number of conditions and are staffed by mid-level providers on a first-come, first-seen basis, though there is some experimentation with scheduled appointments. The costs of services typically are posted and make it simpler for consumers to understand their obligations. Ease of parking, long weekday and weekend hours and one-stop shopping for over-the-counter items make these sites appealing for many patients and explain their exponential growth from 1,200 sites in 2013 to 6,000 projected by 2018.
- Urgent care. Often defined as clinics that provide general radiography, a small lab, sutures and extended hours, urgent care clinics now exist as both part of larger health care systems and for-profit companies. They are likely to be increasingly connected to both as health care systems realize that they may not be able to provide the desired number of sites or operate them as efficiently as for-profit companies. For example, in 2014, Massachusetts General Hospital announced an affiliation with MedSpring Urgent Care, with physicians at these sites who would be fully MGH-accredited. Services may include scheduled as well as unscheduled visits, with extended hours and physicians in attendance in addition to physician assistants and other mid-level medical staff. For health care systems, the urgent care clinic is an opportunity to extend the brand.
- Freestanding emergency departments. Often part of health care systems that can accommodate patients who require admission, freestanding emergency departments provide services that fall between those of urgent care clinics and hospital-based EDs. Open 24/7, freestanding EDs typically do not include the full range of imaging modalities, lab capabilities or observation beds, though this may change. Some freestanding EDs are part of larger ambulatory care centers.
- Work-based clinics. The long history of work-based clinics, which began in the 1860s, has gained traction over the past decade as a way to keep employees healthier and more productive. It’s not just manufacturing companies that see the value in work-based clinics; Silicon Valley employers understand that many of their employees don’t want to bother leaving the company grounds for care. As recent college graduates, many may treat this as an extension of campus health care. Thirty-seven percent of organizations with 5,000 or more employees have work-based clinics, with a workforce of approximately 1,500 considered the minimum for cost-effectiveness.
- Primary care clinics. Growing in size and displacing the single or paired primary care physician model, primary care clinics now focus on team care that may include more collaborative spaces to support medical homes and group visits. As primary care becomes folded into larger systems, some specialists (e.g., endocrinologists, cardiologists) may be part of the teams to provide more comprehensive care, and limited diagnostics may be required on-site. Exam rooms increasingly are designed for a consultative model of care in which the patient may stay sitting up and dressed, with access to a video screen for a telemedicine conference with a specialist in a remote location.
- Specialty care and high-tech centers. Pediatric and adult models of specialty care may be different in regard to size and imaging capability. A significant number of pediatric patients have weekly or monthly visits as well as appointments with multiple providers on the same day.
Unlike pediatric specialty centers, which may have limited imaging in all but larger cities due to issues of sedation and critical mass, adult specialty centers are often billed as “hospitals without beds,” and may combine sizable surgical suites, comprehensive ambulatory cancer care and a full range of imaging modalities. Design elements increasingly follow the retail models of creating spaces and events where people want to spend time, such as farmers markets, gardens, courtyards and other places that aren’t traditional waiting rooms or lobbies.
Jennifer Aliber, is a principal at the national architecture firm of Shepley Bulfinch, where she is a leader of the firm’s health care practice.
The lines between high- and low-acuity spaces are blurring. Here are some of the main points that board members should keep in mind:
- As part of their effort to deliver the right care in the right place at the right time, hospitals and health care systems are extending their reach to less-acute care sites, which have been and likely will continue to multiply in the future.
- The number of hospitals and acute care hospital beds, on the other hand, is not expected to grow dramatically, though there will need to be considerable capital investment to replace aging and inefficient facilities.
- Some of the less-acute care sites, including retail and convenience clinics, are experimenting with what might be considered “upstream” services and providing primary care — just as primary care groups are increasingly adding specialists for more acute and complex patients.
- Each end of the spectrum is working toward the other, trying to cover all patients and markets, both for patient health and wellness as well as keeping patients out of more expensive care sites, capturing revenue that might otherwise go elsewhere.
- As part of this move to the middle, care providers that have focused on on-demand, walk-in services, such as retail and convenience clinics and freestanding emergency departments, are scheduling some services. Likewise, larger primary and specialty care practices that had offered only scheduled appointments are working to provide same-day and walk-in access to patients.
- Large ambulatory care and specialty care centers, especially “hospitals without beds,” may continue to push toward more complex patients and develop ways of treating overnight to multiday stays, if regulatory agencies allow.

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Three German political parties have sealed a deal for a new government, with left-leaning Olaf Scholz the proposed next chancellor following lengthy coalition negotiations and a historic election that sees Angela Merkel stepping down after 16 years at the helm. The incoming government’s vision for Germany includes plans to legalize cannabis. It also aims to…
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We are deeply saddened at the passing of Susan Rees, a great builder of the Coalition on Human Needs who served as Executive Director from 1983 to 1991.
We are so grateful Susan’s family has suggested contributions be made to CHN in Susan’s memory to continue the fight for justice.
If you would like to contribute to honor Susan Rees, please use the form below and email Radha Rath at firstname.lastname@example.org to let us know you are contributing in Susan’s memory.
You may also contribute by mail at the following address: Coalition on Human Needs, 1825 K Street, NW, Suite 411, Washington, DC 20006.
Call your Senators today to tell them it’s time to #DoYourJob!
Last Thursday, Senator Mitch McConnell and the Senate failed to advance an inadequate, “skinny” COVID relief bill. Now, the next two weeks are critical to passing a real, robust pandemic relief bill that directly supports families and individuals who are most in need right now. If the Senate fails to act this month, it will delay any relevant action until after Election Day—and very likely until January. Every day that passes, more families slip closer to economic disaster. Call your Senators today to tell them it’s time to #DoYourJob!
The Census Bureau Household Pulse Survey recently revealed how many people in the U.S. are falling through the cracks:
22 million people are in households that don’t have enough to eat;
At least 14% of households are behind on rent;
45% of adults live in households that have lost income from work—disproportionately impacting people of color: nearly 6 in 10 Latinx households and more than half of Black households have lost income.
76 million adults—one-third of all American households—said in the past week they found it somewhat or very difficult to pay their usual household bills.
With flu season approaching, the fall and winter are going to bring new challenges and threats from COVID-19. If Congress doesn’t act soon, conditions for families, essential workers, and health care workers are only going to deteriorate. Call your Senators today to demand real action on passing a COVID-19 package that meets the needs of our nation.
Tell Your Senators, #DoYourJob: 888-496-3502
Call twice to reach both of your Senators.
When you call, here’s what you might say:
“Hi, my name is [name] and I’m a constituent from [town]. I am calling to ask the Senator to pass a robust COVID-19 relief bill that protects families and communities from economic disaster. Millions of families have lost their jobs and can’t afford their rent, food, and health care. People and small businesses need real help to weather this crisis, not partisan games. We need the Senate to get back to work and pass an adequate COVID relief bill now.”
Thank you for your advocacy!
CHN’s COVID-19 Watch: Tracking Hardship September 4, 2020
Labor Day Edition. In August, we saw slower progress in job growth than in the previous two months. The 1.4 million jobs gained included 238,000 temporary Census workers, whose jobs will end in about a month. While total unemployment declined to 8.4 percent, it was 13 percent for Blacks, 10.5 percent for Latinx, and 7.3 percent for whites, underscoring continued disparities in the way the pandemic recession is hitting different racial/ethnic groups. COVID-19 is not going away.“There are several states that are at risk for surging, namely North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Arkansas, Missouri, Indiana, Illinois,” says Dr. Anthony Fauci, warning about the possibility of further spread over the holiday weekend. It’s been 5 weeks since the termination of the $600/week Pandemic Unemployment Compensation, and so far only 15 percent of workers have seen the $300/week promised by the Trump Administration. The Senate took zero steps to act during its 25–day vacation; they’re coming back right after Labor Day, and what they will do is very unclear. In the meantime, the Centers for Disease Control judged the threat of millions of evictions a public health emergency requiring a broad moratorium on evictions through December 31. But with millions using up their meager savings to try to pay bills and one-third to nearly half of Latinx and Black households with children unable to pay rent, emergency rental assistance and more income assistance is going to be needed to keep people in their homes.
In 41 states (including Guam and D.C.) COVID caseloads either stayed the same or roseover the most recent 2-week period. (In 15 states plus Guam new cases per capita rose; 24 states plus DC stayed the same.)
How muchmoney jobless people have lost in 5 weeks since the $600/week Pandemic Unemployment Compensation was allowed to expire that they would have received if the House’s HEROES Act had been signed into law. Tweet this.
The growth from 2019 to 2020 in the percentage of Black households with children that were falling behind in rent or mortgage payments or predicting they would. Among Latinx households with children, the percentage increased from 33% to 44%. Among white households with children, the percentage rose only from 18.5% to 19.2%.
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The number of people in renter households facing eviction – as cited by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in its order announcing an eviction moratorium through December 31. So many evictions would result in overcrowding in housing and more homeless people in shelters, creating a public health emergency by increasing the spread pf COVID-19, CDC found. To make sure the moratorium applies to tenants, they need this from the National Low Income Housing Coalition.

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MAURITIUS – The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) has issued guarantees of up to US$25.6 million to Escotel Mauritius covering its investments in solar power generation in Liberia and Sierra Leone for a period of up to ten years.
The MIGA guarantees provide protection to Escotel Mauritius against the risks of Transfer Restriction, Expropriation, and War and Civil Disturbance.
Escotel projects will be providing power through considerably more efficient and climate-friendly power solutions by installing photovoltaic solar panels at each TNS that will either supplement or replace entirely the diesel generators.
This will allow the telecommunication operator to modernise and expand the scope and quality of its services and will have a significant impact since providing power to TNS currently represents about 50% of the total operating costs due to unreliable supply and heavy reliance on expensive diesel generators.
“We are proud to help operators reduce reliance on fossil fuels, giving people better access to telecommunication services and supporting economic transformation, and are looking forward to implementing this model in other geographies”Michel Hubert – CEO, Escotel Mauritius
MIGA’s support for these projects will yield significant climate mitigation benefits and It is expected that 600 TNS will be modernised by 2028 in Sierra Leone, resulting in an avoidance of more than 58,000 tons of CO2 equivalent (CO2e) emissions over the period.
In Liberia, nearly 158,000 tons of CO2 emissions will be avoided by the modernisation of 612 TNS over the same period.
Only 12% of the 4.8 million Liberians, and less than 20% of residents in the capital, Monrovia, have access to electricity.
“We are proud to help operators reduce reliance on fossil fuels, giving people better access to telecommunication services and supporting economic transformation, and are looking forward to implementing this model in other geographies,” he added.


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Elon Musk has bought another batch of Tesla stock, putting his money where his mouth is. In return, this quiets the shorts.
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While passing Ford's market cap was a feat, and GM's even moreso, Tesla's ability to surpass that of BMW is much more telling.
Who's in the right?The constant Tesla pessimist?The optimist?Or is it somewhere in between?Watch as these two duke it out, so to say...


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CIRS Blog about Rural California
Groundwater is an essential buffer against the effects of prolonged drought. Many Californians think of stored water as water kept on the surface—usually in reservoirs behind dams—but California actually has vast underground basins that hold far more water than can be stored above ground.
In reality, groundwater and surface water are a single combined resource, constantly interacting and interchanging. Some programs in California recharge aquifers through carefully planned and prescribed water management practices to ensure adequate supply in the future. In these well-managed areas and some other parts of the state, aquifers still contain sufficient water despite the multi-year drought.
Other parts of the state, like the Tulare Lake Basin, have been dealing with the effects of groundwater overdraft for years already. These effects include higher pumping costs, depletion of surface water, degraded water quality in aquifers, and land subsidence.
On average, about 30 percent of water used in California comes from groundwater. With no end in sight to drought conditions, and diminishing options for acquiring water from long-established water projects, farmers are relying more heavily on groundwater this year.
A recent UC Davis report, prepared for the CA Department of Food and Agriculture, estimates that California’s surface water shortage will be around 6.5 million acre feet in 2014, and increased groundwater pumping will make up for around 5 million acre feet. However, increased groundwater use will come at a cost of nearly $500 million, and more than half of the economic impacts involving groundwater overdraft will occur in the San Joaquin Valley and the Tulare Lake Basins.
Impact of California’s drought on farmworkers
The effects of this year’s drought in California are being discussed in both statewide and national media. California produces vegetables, fruits, nuts and dairy products for most of the country and for international export. Debate rages about what foods use the most water, what products will be most affected and how consumer food bills will increase. One of the groups of people most seriously impacted by the reduction in planting but least discussed is the farmworker population.
Farm laborers are already one of the most vulnerable sectors of the population and the drought this year will put them even more at risk. The average annual income for a farmworker is $13,800. This places many farmworkers at risk for hunger, poor housing and subsequent health impacts. In some rural California communities that rely almost exclusively on agriculture for work, unemployment rates are already high, even at peak season.
This is the third of four briefs on California’s water infrastructure by CIRS and partners. The first explained California’s surface water infrastructure. The second focused on ground water management. This brief will address water quality and the fourth will summarize significant proposals to address California’s water needs. The goal of these short papers is to provide a road map to understanding the conversation around California water issues. All briefs will be featured on the Rural California Report and will be available as downloadable files. Here is a PDF version of the third brief: RuralWaterQualitybrief.pdf
Water quality management in California
As with storage and delivery, water quality is managed at the local, state and federal levels. The California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) administers many of California’s water programs through the State Water Resource Control Board (SWRCB). The SWRCB operates through nine Regional Water Resources Control Boards (RWCBs) under authority from California’s main water quality law, the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act.While the SWRCB and RWCBs (together “State Water Boards”) are the primary agencies enforcing water quality laws and regulations in California, literally hundreds of other agencies and authorities are involved with water quality issues at some level, collaborating to develop and manage programs aimed at understanding and improving water quality statewide. Major state agencies that manage key water quality programs include the CA Department of Public Health (CA DPH) which ensures the quality of public drinking water, and the CA Natural Resources Agency.
California’s multi-agency approach to water quality relies on delegated authority, which allows states to develop regulations and programs that meet or exceed applicable federal standards. For example, the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) apply to California waters, and the U.S. Congress authorized the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to set water quality based standards and develop programs and regulations to maintain and improve water quality over time. EPA delegated authority to CalEPA to enforce major aspects of the CWA and SDWA. CalEPA divides this authority further between the State Water Boards and CA DPH, which often work closely with other agencies and local authorities to understand issues and implement programs that are authorized and funded under both state and federal law.
FRESNO — Hmong parents and community members gathered for a listening session here last month where they weighed in on the debate over how local school districts should be allocating their state funds. By the end of the discussion, the message was clear: a lack of translation services for Hmong speakers is the greatest barrier to that community’s engagement with Fresno Unified (FUSD) schools.
“When I go (to school meetings), I feel like I’m an outcast,” said Yeng Xiong, a mother of two and a native Hmong speaker. Xiong said she still attends the school meetings, even though there is never a translator for her.
Hmong youth make up the second largest group of English Language Learner (ELL) students in FUSD, with Spanish-speaking students being the largest, according to the California Department of Education. Hmong are the largest Asian ethnic group in the City of Fresno, with a population of 31,771, or 3.6 percent of the city’s total population, according to 2010 census figures. In the U.S., only Minneapolis boasts a larger Hmong community (64,422) than Fresno.
By Marty Graham
The 14-acre certified organic farm at the south edge of the San Pasqual Academy is surrounded by commercial farms, orange and grape trees on three sides.
It’s a rich metaphor for the academy itself, an organic local effort that’s meant to anchor its community to healthy food, one that’s grown jobs and centered the way the students live.
And it has been more than a farm. According to San Diego organic farmer Scott Murray, who helped launch the farm, it is a hands on part of what the academy tries to teach its residents, teenagers in the county foster care system who have run out of housing options and are within a few years of aging out of the system.
By Daniel Weintraub
It’s fair to say that California is the richest state in the nation. We have more millionaires than any other state, and mansions dot our coastal bluffs and inland canyons.
But California is also, arguably, the poorest state in the nation. We have more people in poverty — 6.1 million — and more children in poverty than any other state.
Even more ominously, a new measure of poverty shows that California has the highest percentage of its population living below the poverty line.
By the traditional measure, California’s poverty rate is 16.6 percent, 20th in the nation. But the new, supplemental measure released last year by the Census Bureau puts California at the top of the list with a poverty rate of 23.5 percent.
WASHINGTON — Merced County officials lobbying Washington this week know, in theory, the secret of getting things done on Capitol Hill.
“The process takes a long time,” Dos Palos Mayor Johnny Mays said Wednesday. “We have to keep nudging, and nudging, and nudging.”
Exhibit A: The Los Banos Bypass.
By Leah Bartos
California Health Report
In the coming year, millions of currently uninsured Californians will gain coverage under the federal Affordable Care Act — but that does not necessarily mean it will be any easier for them to see a doctor.
As the state prepares for the expected onslaught of newly insured patients, health-care professionals are warning there may not be enough doctors — particularly, those practicing primary care — to meet the increased demand. Some say that the problem will be even more amplified in rural California, which already suffers a physician shortage and dwindling workforce, as the majority of rural physicians nears retirement and recruitment of new doctors lags in replacing them.
This press release was issued by the Agricultural Labor Relations Board.
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On Friday, February 15, 2013, Judge Perantoni of the Riverside County Superior Court, after learning that RBI Packing, LLC of Mecca, California fired approximately 55 farm workers, ordered RBI to stop discriminating against its employees on the basis of their union activity and to offer them priority in hiring for all agricultural jobs at the company’s Blythe-based lemon ranch.
In many people's experience, California consists of Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento, and the highways that connect them. In reality these urban centers make up only a fraction of the whole; according to the 2010 Census, geographically the state of California is more than 94 percent rural. Surprise Valley, Lost Hills, Raisin City, Mecca—these are the communities that make up "the rest" of California.
(Curtis Silk Farms, Gathering Mulberry Leaves, Curtis Silk Farms, Los Angeles, California, ca. 1907 Courtesy of the California Historical Society)
Originally posted on the New America Media website on Jan. 23, 2013.
Editor’s Note: There are an estimated 600,000 crop workers, and an additional 20,000 livestock workers, in California at any given time. Theirs are physically demanding jobs that carry a high risk of occupational injury – yet the vast majority of these workers lack health insurance. That could change in 2014 when the Affordable Care Act is fully implemented, although significant barriers will need to be overcome between now and then, if most farmworkers are to benefit. Don Villarejo has worked for more than three decades as a researcher and advocate on behalf of California farmworkers, and has authored major studies on farmworker health in the state. He recently spoke to New America Media editor Jacob Simas.
The future outlook for agriculture is bright. Food production will have to roughly double by 2050 in order to meet population projections. And if we look where much of that growth is expected to occur–Asia–we know that California farmers and ranchers will have an excellent opportunity to meet the new demand. But there will be challenges, too, as increased food production will have to occur with diminishing arable land suitable for farming, pressures on water quality and availability, potential shortages of mineral inputs, and climate change.
In November, the California Roundtable on Water and Food Supply released a report entitled From Storage to Retention: Expanding California’s Options for Meeting Its Water Needs. The report argues for an expansion of approaches to storing water that increase supply reliability for specialty crop agricultural production and other beneficial uses while protecting ecosystem health.
This post is from Rural Migration News, a publication of rural issues at the University of California at Davis. Rural Migration News summarizes and analyzes the most important migration-related issues affecting immigrant farm workers in the California and the United States during the preceding quarter. This post focuses on labor shortages, and is from the October 2012 issue.
California farmers reported labor shortages in summer and fall 2012. FLC Brad Goehring in San Joaquin county said 2012 is "the worst year that I've ever experienced in labor," with 40 percent fewer workers than desired. Some coastal strawberry growers reported that workers who can earn more harvesting tree fruit are leaving for the San Joaquin Valley, forcing them to scramble for pickers who are quick to jump to other growers who offer higher piece rates or better yields.
Farmer comments demonstrated weak links to seasonal workers. Peach farmers around Marysville, California in July 2012 said: "Usually, each year the migrant workers show up. This year we keep thinking maybe they'll show up tonight, maybe they'll be here tomorrow morning. Nobody's really showing up yet." Growers of cling peaches that are often canned typically pay $16 to $20 per 1,000 pound bin to pick peaches, and say that a "good worker" can pick five to seven bins a day.
WASHINGTON — Dissident raisin farmers from California’s San Joaquin Valley and their ideological allies will get a shot at attacking a federal farm program, under a case that the U.S. Supreme Court accepted Tuesday.
Bucking the odds, Fresno-area farmers Marvin and Laura Horne succeeded in convincing the high court to hear their challenge to federal handling of the raisin industry. Though the legal questions are complicated, the real-world stakes add up.
Interviews with female farm workers were conducted by Vallerye Mosquera and Luis Magana in 2011. The stories below were excerpted from three of these interviews and edited by Gail Wadsworth for posting here.
The Great Valley Center released a report on the air, land and water in the San Joaquin Valley in July 2012 that emphasized the need to further improve air quality, preserve and enlarge water resources, and adopt green technologies to support sustainable San Joaquin Valley growth. San Joaquin Valley air quality is improving, but the "easy" or less costly reductions in emissions have already been made.
The report analyzed grant programs that subsidized the replacement of older cars and tractors with newer ones, but did not analyze whether subsidized replacement programs were the best way to use limited tax monies to improve San Joaquin Valley air quality.
On Wednesday, the United States Supreme Court heard arguments that could affect farmers near the San Joaquin River. Michael Doyle has the story, and what the broader implications are for farmers in the Central Valley. The article was originally published Wednesday on the McClatchy Newspapers website.
This article was originally published on Aug. 9 on the McClatchy Newspapers website.
WASHINGTON — A major fertilizer producer from California’s San Joaquin Valley who pleaded guilty to fraud charges this week ran into what appears to be a newly aggressive federal effort to crack down on organic-farming cheaters.
Once one of the largest organic-fertilizer operators in the Western United States, Bakersfield resident Kenneth Noel Nelson Jr. faces prison time and a big fine after his guilty plea to four counts of mail fraud. The 59-year-old businessman will be sentenced in early November.


Is the iPhone 4S Siri a Data Hog?
Owners of the new iPhone 4S have had a great time over the past week or so, asking Siri questions like “What’s my name?” and “What’s the temperature outside?”
Soon, these same iPhone 4S owners may be in for an unpleasant surprise. While Siri is certainly cool, frequent use of the iPhone 4S voice assistant can eat into your data plan.
Siri’s voice processing is handled by Apple’s servers, which requires a data connection. Plus, the information Siri returns often comes from Yelp, Wikipedia, Wolfram Alpha, or other source, which also requires a connection. So whenever you ask Siri a question while on 3G instead of Wi-Fi, you’re eating into your data plan. Those who are on a tight data plan, such as AT&T’s $15 monthly service of 200MB, are likely to be the most affected.
There’s some early grumbling about Siri’s data consumption, such as on this Apple forum. But the situation is likely to get more attention in the coming weeks, as more people buy a new iPhone 4S and become enamored with Siri.


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About 1,000 people protested a closed-door political retreat organized by Wichita’s Koch Industries and held over the weekend at a California resort. Protesters objected to the influence of corporate money in politics, particularly singling out Charles and David Koch. Koch Industries began holding the retreats in 2003. A statement on its website said the meetings were "an opportunity for attendees and presenters to discuss ways of preserving and advancing economic freedom in the United States and to share ideas about the free-market principles that have made our country great."
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Viewed over 20 million times, the two most popular videos on the YouTube page for GBH’s Antiques Roadshow were posted years apart but are remarkably similar: both feature appraisals of Rolex watches. Why do these timepieces capture the public in a way unlike any other object featured on the show? And what is it like to be the unexpected star of a “viral” video?
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Welcome to a place of intrigue – El Arco de Cabo San Lucas, or in English, the arch of Cabo San Lucas. To begin, this beautiful rock formation marks Land’s End. The name comes from its location at the southern end of the Baja Peninsula. It’s accessible by boat, and it offers many great activities both in the water and out of the water.
When you visit the Arch of Cabo San Lucas, you’ll discover two beaches: Playa de Amore, or Lover’s Beach in English, and Playa Divorcio, or Divorce Beach in English. As you can probably guess, Playa de Amore is generally calm and it’s a great place to swim and go snorkeling.
On the other hand, there are dangers afoot, if you ever venture into the waters of Playa Divorcio.
Playa Divorcio is great for laying on beach. But, It’s a very dangerous place to swim. For example, there are strong currents, crashing waves, and rip tides that can quickly pull you out to sea. So, stay out of the water along this beach! And beware, there are no lifeguards there. Swimming is much safer at Playa de Amore.
There’s an old superstition, that may be true, about love and tragedy. As the story goes: back in the 18th century, a beautiful local woman rescued a Japanese sailor near Lands End. They fell in love and enjoyed their time together at Playa de Amor. But then, the Japanese sailor was rejected by her father. So, in an act of anger, her father murdered the sailor. Then, she took her own life by committing suicide on Divorce Beach.
Okay, now wipe away your tears and put on a smile…
Now, read the best part about the Arch of Cabo San Lucas…
Now, check out the natural wonders and amazing sea life around the Arch of Cabo San Lucas. To get there, just take a short boat ride to this destination from one of the many available charters like Cabo Sailing in Cabo San Lucas. And, there’s even a glass-bottomed boat you can take and watch the beautiful sea life on your way to the Arch of Cabo San Lucas.
When you arrive, you’ll enjoy the many sea creatures, including friendly sea lions that spend time bathing in the sun. On your way to the arch, your boat captain will inform you about everything you can expect to see. So, be sure to bring your camera and take many pictures. This will truly be an adventure you’ll never forget.
Many Americans, Canadians, and people from other countries choose to make Los Cabos, Mexico, their home or vacation home. So, discover how to purchase your dream home in Los Cabos, Mexico by inquiring with the top Real Estate broker in Los Cabos: Nick Fong, who’s been featured twice on HGTV’s Beachfront Bargain Hunt.
Thank you for reading Uncover the intrigue at the arch of Cabo San Lucas, written by Greg Hixon. Be sure to read other posts about Los Cabos on the Los Cabos Agent blog. There, learn about the many wonderful aspects of Los Cabos, Mexico, from blog posts like this.

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Diocletianus - in ancient sources @ attalus.org
This is part of the index of names on the attalus website. The names occur either in lists of events (arranged by year, from the 4th to the 1st century B.C.) or in translations of sources. There are many other sources available in translation online - for a fuller but less precise search, Search Ancient Texts.
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(C. Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus) - Roman emperor, 284-305 A.D.
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100 years ago, 800.000 German soldiers crossed the border of a then independent Belgium and war was declared. It was the First World War.
Centenary of the Great War
When King Albert Irefused Germany passage through our country to attack France in 1914, Wallonia was on the front line of resistance. A ferocious resistance that would have heavy consequences for its population. Thousands of civilians were killed. Rape, pillaging and destruction pushed hundreds of thousands of Belgians into exile.
August saw battles erupt all over Wallonia: Liège, Namur, Charleroi, Mons and in the province of Luxembourg. French and British troops fought side by side with our soldiers. But the German army pushed them back as far as Antwerp and behind the Yser river.
Today, in 2014, Wallonia remembers and invites you to the sites of battles and the resistance. The Ploegsteert site takes you back in time to witness the living conditions of civilians between 1914 and 1918. The role played by the forts of the Meuse river, conceived by Brialmont, in Liège and Namur was paramount to the defence of our provinces. Learn or teach your young ones the origin of this fortified line and its defensive role in the Great War. The First World War also left its mark further away from the borders: the battle of Mons and of the Sambre, the martyr towns like Dinant, Tamines, Tintigny... There are numerous cemeteries to visit for those who wish to honour the memory of the soldiers who fought. The French military cemetery of Heuleu, Ploegsteert cemetery where several thousands of British soldiers rest, or even Saint-Symphorien cemetery.
2014-2015, Wallonia remembers
In 2014 and 2015, Wallonia will be commemorating two other major military events. Firstly the 70th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge which took place in Bastogne, during the Second World War in the harsh winter of 1944.
Secondly, a battle that shaped Europe’s history took place on 18 June 1815, on the fields of Waterloo. 200 years ago already!

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This bread day is an introduction to bread making. Making bread by hand is very satisfying, there is a magic, in starting with a bowl of flour, yeast and water and ending up with a warm sweet smelling loaf.
You will learn how to use different types of flour from spelt to gram flour, the types of yeast and raising agents to use, how to mix, knead, proof and bake. It will be a hands on class with tips on how to get the most from your bread machine for those that have one.
We will make a selection of breads for example: Irish soda bread, all purpose easy dough for pizzas, calzone, bread sticks and rolls, Italian olive oil drenched rosemary focaccia, Indian stuffed paratha, sourdough, and sweet cinnamon whirls.
We will have lunch to compliment and accompany the breads we make, with organic wine or juices.
There will be lots of bread to take home and a recipe pack, so you can re-create the recipes at home.

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To the east, the Cape’s southern shoreline disappears into the distance. To the west, Martha’s Vineyard sits shrouded in clouds, and before me the great expanse of Nantucket Sound stretches out to the horizon.
Having lied dormant for months, the fishery has sprung to life in recent weeks. The squid fleet can been seen in the distance, prowling the aquamarine waters for the first of the season’s catch, while along the shore, cormorants and osprey join early season fishermen in their annual quest.
Taking a far less arduous course than the raptor’s return from the Caribbean, a familiar cast of characters has also returned to this favorite stretch of sand. While their faces are familiar, in many cases even after years of standing side by side among the rolling waves, their names remain a mystery.
There are the twin brothers from New Hampshire, whose yearly sojourn to our shores is as predictable as the tides. And Chris from Falmouth, the ex-Coast Guard mariner turned lure maker, who always seems to land the day’s biggest bass with his collection of aquatic enticements. And of course there’s Cotuit Bob, whose pre-dawn exploits are often detailed in early morning e-mails that seem to taunt me from the ethernet.
Together we form a fraternity of fishermen sharing tips on where and what the fish are hitting, valuable information that flows freely among us, but is held close to the vest with those new faces that appear along the shore each year.
For all of us, these early days of spring are akin to a fishing spring training. A chance to ring the rust from our shoreline sensibilities in preparation for the serious fishing that is just a few days away.
While as exciting as that first strike from an early season schoolie can be, the real fishing begins when the keepers arrive. Cruising the Atlantic coastline from their southerly winter haunts, these great game fish will soon pour into the Sound feasting on squid, baitfish, crabs and just about anything else that comes across their oversized maws.
The schoolies that are first to arrive have been feeding along the shore for weeks, but the ever-warming waters will soon bring their bigger brethren to within reach of the local surfcaster.
When that exact day will take place is something of an elusive target, a mystical confluence of tides, temperatures and moon phases that has brought these voracious cows to our shores for generations.
But over the last two years, on the exact same date, the striper gods in some sort of bizarre twist of fishing fate have bestowed upon me the season’s first keeper.
And that day is today.
For the last two years May 10 has become my own personal striper holiday.
This year the tide charts are calling for an evening high tide, the weather looks perfect and my tackle box stands stocked with a variety of favorites that are sure to bring forth another behemoth from the roiling seas
So sorry Don, if you re looking for that story on the Bourne nine it will have to wait; the allure of the shore is calling and I have a date with striper destiny.

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Let’s take a look at the latest from the NFC East, starting with the Cowboys’ contract situation. The team has now extended four high-profile players over the past several months and remains at work on at least two other deals.
- Cowboys VP Stephen Jones was adamant that new contracts with Jaylon Smith and La’el Collins were not done to try to put some pressure on Ezekiel Elliott, Dak Prescott or Amari Cooper. “We’d consider other agreements right now and it wouldn’t affect what we’re doing with Dak, Amari or anyone else,” Jones said (Twitter link via The Athletic’s Jon Machota). The Cowboys now have Smith, Collins, Elliott and DeMarcus Lawrence signed long-term; they are still working on re-ups for Prescott and Cooper.
- On his “Hail to the Podcast” podcast with Erin Hawksworth, former Redskins defensive back DeAngelo Hall said that Trent Williams could make his return “sooner (rather) than later.” Despite his holdout, GM Bruce Allen recently confirmed that the disgruntled Pro Bowler will not be traded and that he does not see him retiring.
- According to Ralph Vacchiano of SNY, Giants officials have privately told him that Eli Manning will remain the starting quarterback as long as they are in the playoff race. Moreover, sources also told Vacchiano that Pat Shurmur will have a significant say in the matter. “It’s Shurmur’s call,” one team source said. “Let’s just see how it goes. When and if it’s time, we’ll all know.” Manning confirmed this past summer that he is not rushing into retirement.
- Eagles linebacker Nigel Bradham was thought to be AWOL after missing the team’s preseason finale against the Jets, and the team was “livid” at his absence, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer’s Jeff McLane. However, Bradham said he was “under the weather” and needed to communicate better with team officials. Bradham signed a five-year, $40MM deal in 2018 and has been a key contributor to the defense since coming over from the Bills in 2016.


Patty Loveless net worth: Patty Loveless is an American country music singer who has a net worth of $14 million dollars. Patty Loveless was born Patty Lee Ramey in Pikeville, Kentucky in January 1957. Her older sister Dottie was an aspiring country singer and performed with her brother Roger as the Swinging Rameys. After Dottie got married and quit performing Patty had her change. She and her brother were now known as the Singin' Swingin' Rameys. Roger took Patty to Nashville, Tennessee in 1971 after he started working as a producer. After singing for Porter Wagoner Patty was introduced to Dolly Parton. The Rameys appeared on a touring Grand Ole Opry show in 1973 when one of the performers was not able to make it. From 1973 to 1975 Patty traveled and performed with the Wilburn Brothers. She became their full time lead singer after she graduated high school. In 1986 she released her debut self-titled album. She is one of the most popular neotraditional country singers and also includes country pop and bluegrass styles. Loveless has released 14 studio albums and had has over 40 singles make it onto the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. She has also had five #1 hits: "Timber, I'm Falling in Love", "Chains", "Blame it on Your Heart", "You Can Feel Bad", and "Lonely Too Long". She became a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 1988. She got her last name Loveless from her first marriage to Terry Lovelace, and is now married to her producer Emory Gordy, Jr. Patty has won two Grammy Awards, an American Music Award, and three Country Music Association Awards. In 2005 she was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame, and in 2011 into the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame.
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As a part of P.A.C.E.'s mission, we celebrate the importance of culture while honoring our youth. P.A.C.E. organize special events throughout the year in addition to participating and supporting other positive events in the community. Our cultural events bring pride and unity in the community through a collective of dance, music, poetry and spoken word for social justice.
Celebrating the importance of African American traditions and Kwanzaa principles held in December in partnership with the Black Community Information Center.

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Thursday is the deadline for immigrants to apply to renew for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA program.
Leading up to the deadline, organizations have been pushing to raise money to cover application fees. Members of the University Democrats are providing help by holding a bake sale on campus.
The organization has been putting the events on weekly, collecting 500 dollars to cover the fees for one person. This adds to the pool from major groups such as United We Dream, a group that has already raised enough funds for nearly 1,000 applicants.
"I think one person's application is not enough. I think we need more, and we are going to continue to have fundraisers and different events trying to just help the recipients out, for them it's the most unfair--it really is,” University Democrats member Eric Gamble said.
The money provided to University Democrats will be given to the Equal Justice Center, a non-profit law firm and employment justice organization that assists low-income families, workers, and communities.
“It warms my heart that these people are going out of their way, sitting out here in heat collecting money for people they don't even know,” UT student Kennedy Quintanilla said. “So, that's what I think what we need, more of this positive change and action.”
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|Publication date||Apr 23, 1957|
|Filing date||Mar 6, 1956|
|Priority date||Mar 6, 1956|
|Publication number||US 2789626 A, US 2789626A, US-A-2789626, US2789626 A, US2789626A|
|Inventors||Hagerty Francis W|
|Original Assignee||Hagerty Company|
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|Patent Citations (2), Referenced by (2), Classifications (6)|
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet|
F. W. HAG ERTY CHAIRS WITH CORDED SEATS April 23, 1957 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed March 6, 1956 April 23, 1957 F. w. HAGERTY CHAIRS WITH CORDED SEATS Filed March 6, 1956 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 United States Patent '0 CHAIRS WITH CORDED SEATS Francis W. Hag-arty, Cohasset, Mass., assignor to Hagerty Cliimpany, Cohasset, Mass, a corporation of Massac usetts Application March 6, 1956, Serial No. 569,745
1 Claim. (Cl. 155178) The present invention relates to chair constructions. It is particularly directed to that type of a chair construction wherein the seat frame is covered by pieces of cordage.
The main object of the invention is to provide a chair seat or chair bottom which is strong, light in weight, attractive in appearance, relatively simple and inexpensive to make; in fact, so simple in construction that it is capable of being formed by persons having very little or no experience at all in the production of chair seats.
Another object of the invention is to provide a chair construction which is adapted to be placed into commerce in the form of kits, including the prefabricated parts in knocked-down form and the cordage for covering the seat, to be set up or assembled by the purchaser.
A further object of the invention is the provision of a chair seat wherein the load bearing components are in the form of continuous cords or the like, which are strung between the edges of the framework of the seat continually without being rigidly attached to the framework at each point of reversal.
With these and other objects in view, which will more fully appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the combination, arrangement and construction of the parts hereinafter described, pointed out in the appended claim and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it being understood that many changes may be made in the size and proportions of the several elements and details of construction within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.
One of the many possible embodiments of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:
Figure 1 is a top elevation of a chair frame embodying the invention, the chair back being broken away;
Figure 2 is a section taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1;
Figure 3 is a view similar to that illustrated in Fig. l, the seat frame being partially covered;
Figure 4 is a section taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 3, on a larger scale;
Figure 5 is a plane view similar to Fig. 3, with the seat in its final stage of production; and
. Figure 6 is a section taken on line 66 of Fig. 5, drawn on the scale of Fig. 4.
Referring now more in detail of the drawings, the numerals 10 designate the front legs of the chair, and the numerals 11 the rear legs thereof. As usual in constructions of this type, the front legs are connected by a rung 12 and the rear legs by a rung 13. These rungs are disposed in a horizontal plane, as clearly appears from Fig. 2 of the drawings. The front legs are connected with the rear legs by rungs 14 and 15, the last-mentioned rungs lying in a horizontal Plane higher than the plane in which the set of rungs 12 and 13 is disposed. The two sets of rungs constitute the seat frame of the chair. The front legs extend a short distance above the level of the seat frame (Fig. 2), while the rear legs are made integral with the chair back, as usual in constructions of this type. Of
course, the legs are connected by a plurality of rungs below the chair seat frame, and the back elements are connected by slats, all of which have not been shown as they do not form part of the invention herein disclosed. It will be noted that the seat frame is wider at the front than at the rear, as indicated in Figs. 1, 3 and 5. In the top plane View of the seat, as shown in Fig. l, the rungs 12 and 13 are shown as extending in parallel relation, while the rungs 14 and 15 converge from the front legs 10 toward the rear legs 11. In other words, the seat frame, in top elevation, has the form of a trapezium.
The rungs 12 and 13 are each provided with an anchoring eyelet, designated by the numerals 16 and 17, respectively. On each of the rungs 14 and 15 is mounted a series of substantially equidistantly spaced anchoring eyelets 18. Preferably, all of these eyelets are screw-eyes, that is screws whose heads are in the form of loops. Screweyes are made use of in order to facilitate the assembling of the kits by persons not particularly skilful in setting up furniture kits. The eyelets extend horizontally, whereby cords are adapted to be passed through the same vertically, for a purpose hereinafter to be described.
When the elements of the chair have been assembled, as shown in Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings, the seat frame is ready to receive its covering. As mentioned hereinbefore, the seat frame is to becovered with cordage. This cordage may be of any suitable type, obtained, for in stance, by twisting several strands together. The material of which the cordage is produced is unimportant. It is, however, essential that the cord be treated, preferably before it is applied to the seat frame, with a suitable waterproofing material. Anyone of the materials employed in forming cords may be used, such as hemp, including sisal hemp, or even spun paper cord may be used, provided it has been treated with water-proofing material.
Generally speaking, the seat covering consists of two continuous cords wound on the two sets of rungs forming the seat frame, the two sets of windings running substantially at right angles to one another, each winding being anchored to that set of rungs which is inactive in forming the respective windings.
Describing now in detail the seat structure in which the invention resides, two continuous cords are used in forming the seat covering. One of these cords, denoted by the numeral 19, is passed from below through the eyelet 17 on the rear rung 13 and a knot, not shown, formed on said cord below said eyelet, whereby it is anchored to the seat frame. The cord is then extended to the rung 14, as indicated at 20, and around the last-mentioned rung to and around the rung 15, thence back to the rung 14, the winding just described being shown at 21.
The windings are continued until the rungs 14 and 15 have been completely covered or, in other words, until the seat frame is covered from the rear rung 13 to the front rung 12, as shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings, the last complete winding being denoted by the numeral 22. Time after the end 23 of the cord is passed from above through the eyelet 16 on the rung 12 and anchored thereto by a knot 24 (Fig. 3). The last-mentioned figure shows only a few of the first and last windings of the cord 19. In winding this cord around the side rungs 14 and 15 of the seat frame, obviously, care must be taken that adjacent windings are in contact with one another, and that the windings are drawn sufficiently tight to maintain the rungs 14 and 1.5 continually in a state of compression, so that there is little likelihood of the same loosening. As stated above, the windings of the cord 19 are started at the rear rung 13, which is shorter than the front rung 12 so that, as the cord is wound upon the side rungs 14 and 15, each winding has a tendency, due to the converging arrangement of the last-mentioned rungs, to shift into contact with the next preceding winding, thus aiding to maintain the windings in place without each winding being separately rigidly attached to the chair frame as it passes over the side rungs 14 and 15.
p The second continuous cord, denoted by the reference numeral 25, is passed from below through that eyelet 18 on the side rung 14 which is nearest to the front rung 12. The cord is anchored to this eyelet by forming a knot (not shown) on the cord below said eyelet. The cord 25 is then passed between those windings of the cord 19 which are located adjacent the said eyelet 18, whereby the ends of the last-mentioned windings are somewhat separated, as indicated at 26. The cord 25 is thence extended toward the front rung 12, as shown at 27, run around the front rung toward the second eyelet 18 inthe series on the lung 14, drawn from below through the last-mentioned eyelet, after separating, as indicated at 28, those windings of the cord 19 adjacent the last-mentioned eyelet. The cord 25 is then extended toward the front rung 12, as indicated at 29, run around the said front rung to the third eyelet 18 in the series, and drawn from below through the lastnientioned eyelet and extended toward the front rung, as shown at 30. This procedure is continued until the cord has been passed from below through the last eyelet in the series on the side rung 14. It is then extended toward the front rung 12, as shown at 31, and around the latter toward and around the rear rung 13, providing a complete winding 32. The complete windings are continued until that eyelet 18 on the side rung 15 is reached which is located nearest the rung 13. The cord is then passed from below through the last-mentioned eyelet and extended toward the front rung 12, around the latter and back to the next eyelet in the series on the side rung 15. The cycle described is repeated until the cord has been passed through that eyelet 13 on the rung 15 which is nearest the front rung 12. The cord is thereupon extended toward and around the said front rung and anchored to the side rung 15, for instance, by a staple, not shown.
As clearly appears from Figs. 5 and 6 of the drawings, the two windings of the chair seat extend substantially at right angles to one another. Adjacent windings of the cord 25 are, like those of the cord 19, in contact with one another, and must be drawn sufficiently tight to place the rungs 12 and 13 continually in a state of compression, to prevent loosening of these rungs. The upper reaches of 4 the windings of the cord 25 rest on the upper reaches of the windings of the cord 19 (Fig. 6), and by placing the windings of the two cords substantially at right angles to one another, the weight placed upon the chair seat is more uniformly distributed, bringing the complete assembly in compression.
As set forth hereinabove, the cords are treated, before being applied to the seat frame, with water-proofing material. A finishing coat of varnish, or the like, may be applied to the seat after the windings have been completed.
The diameter of the cordage may be varied according to the requirements. However, in order to obtain the sculptured look presently in .vogue in the furniture trade, the diameter of the cordage should be in the neighborhood of 1". 7
Obviously, instead of the eyelets 16, 17 and 18, the rungs of the seat frame may be provided with extensions having holes, through which the cordage may be extended for anchoring purposes.
What I claim is:
A chair including front and rear legs, and comprising a seat frame including two sets of rungs connecting said legs, said sets lying in different horizontal planes, a continuous cord wound upon the set of rungs lying in the upper horizontal plane and anchored at its ends to the rungs lying in the lower horizontal plane, the windings of said cord extending from the rear legs of the chair to the front legs thereof and adjacent windings being in close contact with one another, and a second continuous cord wound upon the second setof rungs and anchored at spaced distances to that set of rungs which is disposed in the upper horizontal plane, the windings of said second cord extending from side to side of the chair and adjacent windings being in contact with one another, the upper reaches of the windings of said second cord resting upon the upper reaches of the windings of said first cord, and
.the windings of the two cords running substantially at right angles to one another.
Lambeth Apr. 4, 1922 Andreef Feb. 8, 1955
|Cited Patent||Filing date||Publication date||Applicant||Title|
|US1411635 *||Nov 25, 1921||Apr 4, 1922||Standard Chair Company||Chair seat|
|US2701607 *||Mar 4, 1953||Feb 8, 1955||Andreef Alexis D||Chair with corded seat and back|
|Citing Patent||Filing date||Publication date||Applicant||Title|
|US3855948 *||Dec 10, 1973||Dec 24, 1974||Salleroli R||Furniture with log-cabin effects|
|US3950028 *||Apr 29, 1975||Apr 13, 1976||Schnepel Marguerite S||Chair|
|U.S. Classification||108/161, 297/452.64|
|International Classification||A47C7/32, A47C7/02|


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When I sat down to put together a collection of my favourite moments from the year just gone, I thought I’d have it done in no time. Hours later, here I am, completely distracted from the task, looking through the images and remembering how much I loved each and every couple, how lucky I feel to have been invited into their lives for a day to share something so important, and how all these people, who were strangers to me before, have become part of my life and my story, just as I had become part of theirs.
2017 took me to so many different places and I met so many amazing couples. From interstate weddings in Melbourne, Adelaide and the Gold Coast, down to the beautiful Southern Highlands and the South Coast. Small and big weddings, backyard receptions and receptions at Bennelong Restaurant, beautiful Sydney venues like the State Library of NSW, Sydney Dance Lounge, Three Blue Ducks and Gunners Barracks. And then there were all the couples session, evenings spent with lovers by the ocean and in beautiful parks at sunset. I couldn’t have asked for a more amazing year!
And I still pinch myself sometimes when I remember that this is my job and that I get to do this everyday, my heart in it a 100% each and every time.
So if you’re reading this and you’re getting married and would love someone along to your wedding who loves what they do so much, please get in touch, I would love to hear your story.


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Heilbronn University ranks amongst the major institutions of Higher Education in the state of Baden-Württemberg where it caters for about 8,300 degree-seeking students on four campuses, namely Heilbronn – Sontheim, Heilbronn – Am Europaplatz, Künzelsau and Schwäbisch Hall.
24/09/2019 · Parking lots for hotel guests are located on the 2nd basement of "Edeka Scheck-In" underground car park (entrance height: max. 2.10 m). The entrance is on Kleinschmitdstraße. You can easily reach the hotel reception via the elevator. The cost is €18 / night. Please pay directly at reception.
22/12/2021 · We’re located just a five-minute drive away from Stuttgart Airport, meaning that getting from hotel check-out to airport check-in couldn’t be easier. You’ll be around a 20-minute drive away from some of Stuttgart’s top attractions, like the Schlossplatz, the Messe Stuttgart and Stuttgart’s TV Tower.
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The city is located in the state of Baden-Württemberg and situated at the banks of Lake Constance (Bodensee in German). The river Rhine, which starts in the Swiss Alps, passes through Lake Constance and leaves it, considerably larger, by flowing under a bridge connecting the two parts of the city.
26/04/2022 · She is from Alamannia, which is located within Swabia (present Baden-Wurttemberg). Her husband was from Kraichgau, an Alamannian state located near Anglachgau in Swabia. There is no reasonable indication that she had ever seen Aachen (though her daughter would later become quite familiar with the city).
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Yes Bank: ED attaches over Rs 2,800 crore assets of Rana Kapoor, Wadhawan brothers
New Delhi: Assets, including flats in London and New York, with a market value of Rs 2,800 crore of Yes Bank co-founder Rana Kapoor and the Wadhawan brothers of DHFL company have been attached in connection with the Yes Bank money laundering case, the Enforcement Directorate said on Thursday.
The central probe agency said it has issued a provisional order, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), for attachment of properties worth Rs 2,203 crore but the "present market value of these assets is more than Rs 2,800 crore".
"The assets include immovable properties in India and abroad, bank accounts, investments, luxury vehicles, among others," it said.
"These assets belong to Rana Kapoor, Kapil Wadhawan and Dheeraj Wadhawan and the entities controlled by them," the ED added.
Kapoor, 62, and the Wadhawans were arrested by the agency in this case early this year and they are in judicial custody at present.
Kapoor's frozen assets include a bungalow (no 40) located at the upmarket Amrita Shergill Marg in Delhi that is worth Rs 685 crore, an independent residential building 'Khursidabad' at Cumbala Hill in south Mumbai, three duplex flats at Napean Sea Road in Mumbai, a residential flat in NCPA, Nariman Point and eight flats in India Bulls Blue in the Worli area of Maharashtra's capital city, the ED said.
"These attached assets relating to Rana Kapoor and linked entities have a total value of Rs 792 crore but their present market value is Rs 1,400 crore," the agency said.
In the case of Dewan Housing Finance Corporation (DHFL) promoter brothers Kapil and Dheeraj Wadhawan, the value of the attached properties is Rs 1,411.9 crore that includes a dozen flats in Khar (West) area of Mumbai, a flat in New York, two flats in London, two land parcels in Pune and nearby Mulshi, a commercial property in Australia, five luxury vehicles and 344 bank accounts, the ED said.
The agency had filed a PMLA case against the three men early this year and has accused Kapoor, his family members and others of laundering proceeds of crime worth Rs 4,300 crore by receiving alleged kickbacks in lieu of extending big loans through their bank that later turned into non-performing assets (NPA).
An alleged dubious link between Yes Bank and DHFL is under the ED's probe scanner.
"During April-June 2018, Yes Bank Limited had invested Rs 3,700 crore in short term debentures of DHFL, a company belonging to the Wadhawans, for which kickback of Rs 600 crore was paid to Rana Kapoor and his family members in the garb of loan," the ED alleged.
"In addition, Yes Bank had also sanctioned a loan of Rs 750 crore to a RKW Developers group company beneficially owned by the Wadhawans and their family members for their Bandra Reclamation Project in Mumbai but the whole amount was siphoned off by the brothers through their shell companies and was never used for the declared purpose," the probe agency has alleged.
The Amrita Shergill Marg property attachment stems from another money laundering FIR lodged by the ED, on the basis of a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) complaint, against Rana Kapoor and Avantha Group promoter Gautam Thapar.
"The (CBI) FIR alleges that Rana Kapoor, then MD and CEO of Yes Bank Ltd, obtained illegal gratification in the form of a property in a prime location in Delhi at much less than the realisable market value belonging to Avantha Reality Ltd for sanction of a loan to ARL and for extending concessions, relaxations and waivers in the already existing credit facilities provided to Avantha Group companies and for advancing new and additional loans to them by Yes Bank Ltd," the ED said.
The agency earlier had attached bank deposits to the tune of Rs 115 crore of various Rana Kapoor companies and had seized jewellery worth Rs 22.87 crore and seven expensive cars worth Rs 12.58 crore belonging to the Wadhawan family.
A total of 44 companies belonging to 10 large business groups, including the Anil Ambani Group, Essel Group, ILFS, Cox & Kings and Bharat Infra, reportedly accounted for bad loans of Rs 34,000 crore of Yes Bank.
Corporate bosses like Anil Ambani, Essel Group, Essel Group Chairman Subhash Chandra have been questioned by the agency in the past.
The ED also filed a charge sheet in this case in May and a supplementary complaint is soon expected to be filed before a special PMLA court in Mumbai.


When Gina Raimondo, the secretary of commerce, left China this week, it marked the end of a three-month diplomatic blitz by the Biden administration to try to stabilize ties with Beijing and arrest a free fall in the relationship that had raised concerns about the risk of conflict.
President Joe Biden had bet that high-level dialogue could help manage an escalating rivalry over trade, technology and the status of Taiwan. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was the first to make the trip to the Chinese capital in June, followed by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and the presidential climate envoy, John Kerry, in July.
After logging all those miles, the question now is whether China will reciprocate by sending senior Chinese ministers to Washington. The United States has publicly invited China’s foreign minister, Wang Yi, but he has yet to accept. The last senior Chinese official to travel to Washington was China’s commerce minister, Wang Wentao, who visited in late May.


Photo caption: Kim Carter will be featured in one of seven segments of a film that highlights inspiring women. Pictured from left: Kim Carter, Andrea Iervolino, Taraji P. Henson, Jennifer Hudson.
Kim Carter’s journey from homelessness, incarceration, and addiction to CEO and Ambassador for Time for Change Foundation reads like a Hollywood script. So, I was thrilled, but not surprised when I read that Taraji P. Henson would direct Jennifer Hudson playing Kim in the soon-to-be-released “Pepcy & Kim” – as part of an anthology featuring stories featuring, written, and directed by women.
We are tremendously proud to claim Kim as one of our own as a Solís Policy Institute alum and board member. In fact, Kim says it’s“…because of my Solís Policy Institute experience, I am courageous enough to think I can make a difference.” And what a difference she makes.
Do you know someone like Kim who should be part of our Solís Policy Program?
Applications for Solís Policy Institute – Local program open up in March and we want to make sure that all the right folks are making it into the program. So, we are asking you, our community, to nominate people with powerful perspectives and meaningful lived experiences who are ready to deepen their change-making skills.
Kim’s story reinforces the powerful truth that the people closest to the problem are also closest to the solution. We want people like Kim with big hearts and bold ideas to be part of our next SPI Local class and we need your help to find them.