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After having been considered a “project” for nearly 10 years, the South Asian Legal Clinic of Ontario is set to receive stable funding from Legal Aid Ontario, as part of the government’s cash boost to legal aid, announced last spring.
The funding for SALCO is part of a $10.5-million investment in clinic law services that will also expand poverty law services, improve French-language services, increase operating budgets and front line clinic staff salaries, and start a new information-management project.
The clinic serves one of the fastest-growing communities in the Greater Toronto Area. According to several Statistics Canada scenarios, in 10 years, more than half of Canada’s South Asian community will likely be living in Toronto.
This would include more than one million people, compared with just over 473,800 in the 2001 census. According to SALCO, in 18 months between 2004 and 2006, the clinic served 3,355 clients in-person through referrals, representing clients, providing drop-in legal clinics, and public legal education.
Started by a volunteer group of lawyers in 1999, SALCO has not had official legal clinic status until now, but has received individual project grants from the Law Foundation of Ontario and Legal Aid Ontario.
“We were always funded under [the] innovation fund as a project, the maximum money that we ever got was 18 months, which basically meant, for a legal clinic, a project is a problem because you can’t take cases and hope to finish them within the stated project time,” says Uzma Shakir, executive director of SALCO.
As a result, the clinic had to stop taking on cases six to eight months before the end of the project and could only continue on with legal education and legal outreach. Twice, the clinics doors had to be closed and the staff were either laid off or reassigned because funding had run out.
Shakir told Law Times that, while the clinic will now be receiving twice the amount it received in the past, the number is not as significant as the stability of the funding.
She adds that the clinic had been funded by legal aid for three years but it was coming to an end in September, which would have meant that the clinic would have had to close its doors again, as it likely would not have received more funding for innovation.
Last week’s funding announcement will mean the clinic will be able to double its staff from one lawyer and one legal worker and will allow staff access to opportunities available to legal clinics, such as training facilities and research databases. Shakir says the clinic’s capacity to respond is also now much greater and it now has the ability to plan for the long term.
“The biggest satisfaction is that we are now part of the legal aid system, that we have the legal clinic status like any other legal clinic, which is a recognition that the South Asian community has legitimate needs and should be provided services appropriate to their needs, both linguistically and culturally and not just in terms of areas of law,” she says.
“Today is the first time in nine years that our name, which is the South Asian Legal Clinic of Ontario, and our status are actually aligned, otherwise we always thought we were a clinic – but we were always given money as a project.”
Lawyers doing legal aid work in the province will also see a raise in their hourly tariff, after an increase promised in the budget was approved last week.
The tariff rise was announced in April as part of the $51-million increase over three years allotted in the budget to legal aid, of which $19.57 million has been specifically set for the tariff increase.
Initial reports from the government following the budget said that the additional funding would mean a five-per-cent raise in the hourly legal aid tariff rate for Ontario lawyers this year for the first time in four years, increasing the top rate to about $94.50 an hour. However, at the time, lawyers noted that this seemed like a 2.35 per cent increase to the rate.
However, last week’s increase will see legal aid lawyers with 10 or more years of experience making $96.95 an hour, up five per cent from the previous amount of $92.34. Lawyers with less than four years of experience will see their hourly rate rise from $73.87 to $77.56. According to Legal Aid Ontario, the increase will be retroactive to legal aid certificates issued on or after April 1 and duty counsel services performed on or after that date.
Articling students doing legal aid work will see the largest percentage increase, with their hourly rate going up 100 per cent to $46 thanks to an allocation of $780,000, while the guaranteed daily rate for counsel doing legal aid work in remote northern areas has also increased five per cent to $840.
LAO says the five-per-cent tariff increase “makes legal aid work more financially feasible for lawyers and helps ensure that there are qualified legal aid lawyers available to help low-income people who require legal assistance.”
Paul Kowalyshyn, chairman of the County and District Law Presidents’ Association, says the increase is another step in the right direction and will maintain, if not increase, the ability of low-income Ontarians to access counsel of choice.
“I believe that it might actually work to stem the exodus of lawyers that are doing work on legal aid certificates. . . . I don’t believe that it will attract lawyers to doing it, but it will at least allow lawyers to maintain their practice.”
Kowalyshyn adds that CDLPA supports establishing a sustainable tariff review mechanism. He notes that it’s positive that this increase is over the next three years, the issue of pay is ongoing.
Other areas that the government has highlighted for the funding increase include providing legal assistance to vulnerable women and children involved in complex and serious family law cases, making legal aid accessible to more families by making changes to the financial eligibility test, to improve French-language services for poverty and clinic law services, and for legal aid’s big case management program.
The Provincial government’s $51-million investment in legal aid over the next three years will provide:
- · $3.65 million for 2,250 more family certificates, many of which go to helping women and children, including survivors of domestic violence.
- · $1 million for a one-time block of 500 “reserve” family law certificates to address fluctuations in local demand over a three-year period.
- · $19.57 million for a five-per-cent increase to the tariff rates paid to private lawyers who provide legal services for low-income individuals in Ontario.
- · $780,000 to increase the articling student tariff rate to encourage more lawyers to offer articling opportunities and a new generation of lawyers to join firms or established practices that include a legal aid component.
- · $10.5 million additional investment in clinic law services to expand poverty law services, including funding for SALCO, new information-management project, improve French-language services, and increase operating budgets and front line clinic staff salaries.
- · $15 million for the big case management program to ensure demand for coverage in complex and costly criminal trials does not compromise other services.
- · $100,000 for the development of the new client financial eligibility test.
- · $300,000 to exempt the Universal Child Care Benefit from the income of applicants for Legal Aid Ontario certificate services.
- · $50,000 to Community Legal Education Ontario (CLEO) to expand the “Six Languages Text and Audio Project.”
- · $50,000 in one-time project funding to support research and develop a justice strategy to improve the delivery of legal aid services for the Aboriginal community.

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Data dashboard: Aspera’s user interface lets a user control data-transfer rates and shows transfer times and real-time network information.
Unlike TCP, FASP does not wait for confirmation of receipt, but simply assumes that all packets have arrived, says Simon Hudson of Cloud2, a provider of cloud-computing services in East Yorkshire, U.K., and an early adopter of FASP. Under this protocol, only packets that are confirmed to have been dropped are re-sent. “And instead of sending lots of small packets, it sends fewer large packets,” Hudson says. The result is that the available bandwidth is used more efficiently–more data gets through, and it gets there faster.
Another issue is traffic monitoring, says Anna Liu, a cloud-computing researcher at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. “In cloud computing, the challenge is the unpredictable nature of the public network,” she says. “You can’t control what else is happening on the network due to other people’s activities.”
FASP handles this unpredictability by monitoring all network traffic and altering the size of packets and the rate and order in which they are sent, according to available bandwidth and other traffic issues. This way, the data flow can be regulated, ensuring that FASP data gets through without saturating the network. This also means it becomes possible to guarantee file-transfer times, says Munson. When transferring data over a 100 Mbps connection, Munson says, “FASP will achieve about 95 Mbps or better.”
Since Amazon is such a big player in cloud computing, its adoption of FASP could broaden the appeal of the technology, says Trigg. “It’s the 800-pound gorilla in the market,” he says. “If you improve the network connection, you lower the hurdle and allow more people to use it.”


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Capcom has just released word on its Offical Steam Page that The Behemoth will finally be making its way to the PC Release on Friday, December 21.
On Friday, December 21 at 00:00 a.m. UTC, we will release Title Update 5, which includes some bug fixes. Details will follow later.
Major New Content:
- Behemoth, a powerful beast from another world. Its large horns and muscular frame defy nature.
- Collaboration equipment and Palico armor based on the dragon-slaying Dragoons from
- Final Fantasy XIV.
- New weapon: Insect Glaive “Gae Bolg” + Kinsect “Dragon Soul.”
- New armor: Drachen series.
- New Palico armor: Moogle α series.
- New endemic life: Cactuar.
- Various other features unique to this collaboration.
Talk to the Serious Handler in Astera after completing the game (HR 16 or higher)
to take on a special assignment.
The special assignment in this title update will be available indefinitely.
- Various bug fixes are planned for this update.
- Rathalos, King of the Skies, arrives in Eorzea! Hunters, become like Warriors of Light!
- Rathalos and Felynes, mainstays of the Monster Hunter series, are coming to the world of
Final Fantasy XIV!
For more details, see the official website: https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/special/monsterhunter/
(You can change the language at the top right of the screen)

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According to Iraqi state media, uncontrolled sandstorms in Iraq this year have disrupted flights, covered cities and towns with orange dust and sent hundreds of Iraqis to hospitals with respiratory problems.
For millions of people across Iraq on Thursday, the orange sky signaled another dusty day – the seventh sandstorm in recent months.
According to the Iraqi Ministry of Health, many Iraqis wore masks to help filter the air, but more than 5,000 people were treated for respiratory problems and one died.
The affected areas extend west of Anbar and central Najaf. Iraqi News Agency, And officials urged people to stay indoors and seek treatment for breathing difficulties. A video shared by the United Nations from Baghdad on Thursday shows empty streets and poor visibility.
Although it is difficult to directly link individual weather events to climate change, experts say it is a stimulus behind sandstorms that are increasing in frequency and intensification. And climate change could potentially complicate the challenges for a country like Iraq, which is already facing water shortages following low rainfall and rising temperatures.
Twenty years ago, Iraq could have expected about two sandstorms a year, said Jafar Jutri, a geologist at Al-Qudsia University. He said about 20 sandstorms are expected to hit Iraq this year.
According to the Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority, visibility was so bad during this week’s sandstorm that flights from Baghdad and Najaf airports had to be grounded.
“This is a disaster,” said Professor Jutri, adding that sandstorms are becoming a regular feature of TV weather forecasts in Iraq. He said the increase in sandstorms could lead to respiratory problems, road accidents and changes in the economy – forcing people to consider moving away from the country’s dry west. Sandstorms are changing the Iraqi way of life.
He said the dust and sand that make up the storms are coming from far away in the deserts of Iraq, as well as in North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. He added that mismanagement of surface water and groundwater in these areas, as well as farming in the deserts and obstruction of movement of people, have contributed to this problem.
The country needs to change the management of desert areas and agriculture to mitigate the effects of storms, said Professor Jutheri, adding that investing in more native plants and significantly reducing groundwater consumption. He added that buildings also need to be upgraded to withstand the effects of sandstorms.
Of The United Nations Environment Program said in 2016 Dust storms in the Middle East and North Africa are costing GDP more than $ 13 billion a year.
Jane Araf Cooperation reporting.


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The Jaguar F-type was slated to make its debut at the Paris auto show at the end of September, but it seems the Brits couldn’t contain their enthusiasm any longer and the cat brand has released this photo of its new sports car. Previously previewed by the CX-16 concept and formally announced at the New York auto show in April, the F-type marks Jaguar’s return to its sports-car heritage, picking up where the E-type left off.
Although Jag’s enthusiasm resulted in the release of this image, consider the remainder of said enthusiasm curbed: no further details have been revealed. But here’s what we know: The F-type is set to go on sale in the middle of 2013 with a supercharged 3.0-liter V-6 making 380 hp—the same engine that recently debuted in the new XF and XJ, although the sedans get a slightly detuned, 340-hp version—mated to an eight-speed automatic. Jaguar has confirmed that a manual transmission and a V-8 will be available, although it’s not clear which powerplants the stick will be mated to nor is the state of the eight-cylinder’s tune known.
- Instrumented Test: 2012 Jaguar XJL Supersport
- First Drive: 2012 Jaguar XKR-S
- Instrumented Test: 2013 Porsche Boxster S
All should be revealed at the Paris show, assuming Jag can successfully curb the remainder of its enthusiasm. But after looking at the production-ready F-type in this shot, we’re not sure we can do the same.

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Medical Student Programs
Teaching Emergency Medicine to medical students is one of this department’s primary objectives.
Each of the rotations are intended to offer the rotating student an opportunity to develop an understanding of the fundamentals of emergency medicine through actual patient care responsibilities under faculty supervision. Please contact Brad Hernandez, MD (Bradley[ DOT ] S [ DOT ] Hernandez [ AT ] healthpartners [ DOT ] com) with your comments.
This unique specialty treats patients of all ages and diverse backgrounds with medical problems that span the breadth of medicine. This arena is limited by time, patient information and patient stability. Practicality is a necessity.
We recognize that students need opportunity, responsibility and recognition in the course of their clinical rotations. It is our goal to provide each student with a broad range of patient care situations encompassing acute medical and traumatic illnesses that he or she will be responsible for. It is our hope that the student will learn to manage multiple concurrent patients, safely make medical decisions based on a limited amount of data, use time and cost-effective diagnostic studies and develop a sense of care priorities and patient flow.
All study materials, with the exception of the textbook, are posted on-line in Blackboard. Announcements, student records, workshop monographs, pre-workshop quizzes and conference schedules are accessible through this website.
The first day of the rotation consists of an intensive orientation to the department and its systems.
Rotating students are offered four hands-on workshops designed to develop, “by doing”, a specific set of skills and techniques important in the emergency medicine arena. Preparation for the workshop consists of reading each respective monograph and completion of the pre-session quiz. In addition to the “core workshops”, students in the advanced rotation receive an Ultrasound, EKG lecture, and Career Planning workshop with Dr. Hegarty.
Each Thursday morning two and a half hours of conference are provided for core students and five hours of conference are provided for advanced students. A variety of emergency medicine topics are covered during these sessions. Students are held responsible for their attendance.
At the beginning of the third week of the rotation each student and one of the course directors meet privately to review the student’s progress thus far. During this session faculty suggestions and evaluation to date are discussed.
A list of reading objectives for each of the assigned chapters in this text is posted on our course website. All final examination questions are drawn from these objectives.
During the final week of our rotations a final examination is given to each student. This examination tests the student’s comprehension of the assigned textbook and workshop monograph reading.
A summative review session is given during the final week of the rotation. During this session each student’s pre-rotation expectations are discussed and the correct answers for the final examination is reviewed.
Your schedule can be accessed on-line using the instructions provided during orientation.
Brad Hernandez, MD
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StartupX is calling on change-makers to tackle the biggest challenges the world faces with the launch of its new global innovation programme today.
The HyperX hackathon-to-accelerator programme, the first of its kind centered on innovating for a better and more sustainable future, has been co-developed with Singapore-headquartered investment company Temasek.
Spanning across 12 months, the programme will bring together innovators and entrepreneurs from across the globe to drive sustainable solutions from ideation to realization.
The programme will kick off with a 3-day HyperHack on 8 – 10 November, where over 150 global participants will come together to ideate, hack, design and build products and services that can put the world on a path to sustainability.
HyperHack will also provide participants with mentoring opportunities from industry leaders, as well as access to real-world data toolkits to aid the ideation process.
Durwin Ho, Chief Executive Officer, StartupX: “Our aim is to bring together innovators from across the globe and provide them the mechanisms to turn ideas that tackle the biggest economic, social and environmental challenges the world faces today into reality.”
HyperHack is the first stage in the HyperX programme. It will be followed by HyperSpark, a pre-accelerator programme taking place in February 2020 to develop teams emerging from HyperHack with the strongest ideas into fully fledged startups.
The final leg of the HyperX programme, HyperScale, is a high-growth programme which will help early stage startups with a minimum viable product scale their sustainable innovations globally.
Durwin Ho, Chief Executive Officer, StartupX continued: “HyperX as a programme also understands that each innovation, each startup, each team, may well have a very different journey. The idea is that they can choose to participate in one part of the programme but not the others – it is entirely dependent on the growth needs of the entrepreneurs and startups. The most important thing is to find a path that fits them at the various stages of the business lifecycle.”
The 2019-2020 edition of HyperX focuses on creating a better future for everyone, by enabling technologies and solutions to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Participants will devise commercially-viable solutions, which can range from meeting the growing global demand for food and water without harming the environment to addressing the specific needs of an aging population – to deliver a more sustainable future together.
Mark Lim, Managing Director, Digital Technology, Temasek said: “We are committed to doing our part for the community and environment. Doing Good as a trusted steward and Doing Right as a forward-looking institution are key drivers for us to Do Well as an investor. Together with enterprising, socially-responsible innovators from HyperX, we can develop ideas and solutions towards a better, smarter and more sustainable world for present and future generations.”
Applications to join the first stage of the HyperX program, HyperHack, open today, and will close on 13 October. For more details, please visit https://www.hyperx.global


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Nature Spirits: The Remembrance – A Guide to the Elemental Kingdom
by Susan Raven
Susan Raven introduces us to the world of nature spirits and elemental beings, which reside in earth, water, air and fire
The future of humanity, and that of the Earth, may be dependent upon such a positive and reciprocal relationship with the elemental beings. Susan investigates the nature of the accelerated, evolutionary wave of consciousness pulsing into Earth at the present time, and how its effects are helping us forge a new link with the spiritual and etheric worlds.
Susan describes the activities of these beings in the landscape, in plants and in human beings. Meditations and exercises are presented to preparation for a meeting with an elemental being. The importance of working with the elemental kingdom in our immediate environment is emphasised. Personal development is highlighted as path to the new way of being on Earth.
The Remembrance features a wide range of insightful quotes and testimonies and refers to the work of Rudolf Steiner.

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It has been many years since I arrived on the island of Iceland. However, I still harbor wonderful memories from my time there. I was only seventeen when I first stepped off the prop plane in Keflavik, Iceland. It was scary at first.
The bus I was riding on drove over a gravel road through fields of lava. The land was black and barren. A cold blue sky was clear as crystal lakes I had seen in pictures.
At seventeen, life is so exciting. I was ready for adventure and it never occurred to me that I wasn’t going to see my family, pets, and friends for over a year. I just went with a vision of seeing the world. All I had to go on was a picture of an older couple, who turned out to be 14 years older than my own parents, that I was going to live with. I had found out the last week of my senior year of high school that I was accepted into the exchange program to go to Iceland. My plans originally were to go to Switzerland, but there were no openings. In fact, I flew to New York City for my Senior Class Trip two weeks before I left for Iceland. There was no time to think, buy clothes, pack, or fill out papers. I even had to get certain shots to leave the country and barely had time to get them. They had to rush my passport. I have to stop because it is getting late and I have to teach tomorrow.
I will continue at another time. "Gotha nott!" That’s as close as I can get without using Icelandic letters to "Good night" in Icelandic! Happy Slicing! J

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The AP1130 is said to provide powerful tools to create connectivity anywhere – including long distance Point-to-Point and Point-to-Multipoint links. With an integrated buzzer to assist with antenna alignment and latency controls to assure high-speed transmission across distance, as well as certified omni-directional and high-power directional antennas, the AP1130 is said to be ready for any type of deployment. They added a directional antenna to ensure highly focused signal between two APs, increasing bandwidth potential.
Aerohive says their solution creates a unified wireless infrastructure for both backhaul and WiFi access. For organizations this means that a single management platform can be used to design, deploy, and support both indoor and outdoor wireless deployments. The AP1130 is available today starting at $1399 US list price.
Facebook apparently has plans to use 11,000 of these unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), specifically the “Solara 60″ model. According to TechCrunch, Facebook may have paid $60 million for the company. The Solara 50 has a 50 m (164 feet) wingspan. The upper surfaces of its wings and tail are packed with over 3,000 photovoltaic cells capable of generating up to 7 kilowatts. Technology demonstrations has flown with initial commercial operations planned for 2015.
Facebook does not have any plans to build or operate its own wireless network, reports Fierce Wireless. Instead it is working with carriers and partners around the globe to connect more people to the mobile Internet. At Mobile World Congress last week, Chris Weasler, Facebook’s head of global connectivity, said that it’s important for Facebook to focus on what it does best and leave the building of networks to operators.
But that was last week.
The Solara 50 and 60 models can be launched at night, then when the sun rises, they can store enough energy to ascend to 20KM (65,000 feet or about 12 miles) above sea level where they can remain for five years. A repeater on the aircraft re-transmits signals from a “base station” on the ground, which can be picked up by a mobile receiver.
Google will use high-flying balloons, among other technologies, to deliver Internet to remote areas. Google’s Project Loon sails through the stratosphere, where there are different wind layers. Using wind data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the balloons are maneuvered by identifying the wind layer with the desired speed and direction and then adjusting altitude to float in that layer.
While a simple WISP tower might consume 20 watts per hour (or 480 watts over 24 hrs), a full-blown cellular system can easily consumer 20 times that amount or more. For remote locations, solar and wind turbines are sometimes required and wireless ISP technology is the only cost/effective solution.
A battery bank is used to store captured solar power for using at night or on rainy / overcast days. Most consultants advice enough battery powr to last 4 or 5 days and still not be discharged more than 50%.
With a tower consuming 20 watts, we might need 4 days of 480 watts/day, multiplied by 2 (for 50% discharge). This means the battery bank capacity needs to be 960 watts times 4 or 3840 watts. To convert the watts back to amp-hours, we would divide by the battery voltage rating (12) so 3840/ 12 = 320 Ah total, that’s 4 x 80ah batteries.
The solar panel will need to be able to capture enough solar power to run your equipment for the day, as well as recharge your battery bank following a rainy or overcast period. It also needs to be able to do this during winter.
So if the example has 4 hours of sunlight to capture 24 hours worth of power (480 watts), thats a basic requirement of an 120 watt solar panel. (480 / 4 = 120 watts per hour).
Of course details and requirements of each site can vary widely, so it’s always smart to get expert advice.
Cheap, tiny computers, including the Raspberry Pi, Arduino Due, and BeagleBone, can be used by creative developers for all sorts of things. One thing these platforms have in common is an ARM processor.
Now they have some competition from Intel’s MinnowBoard. This $199 computer is only 4.2″ x 4.2″ board and runs an Intel Atom processor. A MinnowBoard with Intel’s new Bay Trail chips may be available in the future. Specs include a 5V/2.5A power supply and all sorts of bus and I/O support.
The MinnowBoard is an open hardware platform, a distinction that Arduino and BeagleBone can claim but Raspberry Pi cannot. MinnowBoard can load any operating system that can run on the Intel Atom processor.
It ships with the Angstrom Linux distribution, which is compatible with the Yocto Project, a Linux Foundation project to produce Linux distributions for embedded software. The Yocto Project supports ARM, MIPS, PowerPC and x86/x86 64 architectures. Might be handy for camera enabled, solar-powered WiFi hotspots, among many other things.
The balloons are designed to be 60 feet tall and fly at an altitude of 66,000 feet. The teams designed sophisticated technology that can control the path of the balloons. Zero Pressure Balloons can maintain altitude from a few days up to multiple months and are capable of both short and long flight durations.
Raven’s Tethered Aerostats are designed to support a variety of payloads at altitudes ranging from a few hundred feet to several thousand feet.
A DARPA program called VULTURE (Very-high altitude, Ultra-endurance, Loitering Theater Unmanned Reconnaissance Element is being developed with Boeing with the SolarEagle flight demonstrator. Boeing is teaming with United Kingdom-based QinetiQ for the program. Maybe they’ll monitor all the cell towers in a community.
San Francisco-based RelayRides was launched about five years ago, and connects people who need a car with vehicle owners whose rides would otherwise be sitting idle. Car owners set the price and availability, and RelayRides provides the technology infrastructure and a $1M insurance policy to make the transaction safe and convenient. RelayRides has cars for rent in more than 1,200 cities across the country, all of them added since last year.
Unlike RelayRides, which enables car owners to list their cars and hand off keys, Wheelz requires that they install a piece of hardware into their cars. Its proprietary DriveBox technology would then enable renters to unlock the vehicles and get access to them without having to meet owners to hand off keys. Wheelz has a partnership with GM and OnStar to let renters gain access to cars by connecting with the automaker’s on-board computer and unlock doors, control and track the vehicles that have been rented.
FlightCar, on the other hand, allows car owners to rent out their wheels while traveling. Users park at the airport, for instance, and let another traveler use their cars until they return.
Zipcar, has more than 760,000 members and was acquired by Avis for $500 million in January.
As of December 2012, there were an estimated 1.7 million car-sharing members in 27 countries, including so-called peer-to-peer services, according to the Transportation Sustainability Research Center at U.C. Berkeley. Of these, 800,000 were car-sharing members in the United States. As of November 2012, Zipcar had 767,000 members and offers 11,000 vehicles throughout the North America and Europe, making it the world’s leading carsharing network. Competitor Car2go is available in 17 cities worldwide with over 275,000 customers by January 2013.
Bicycle sharing systems, like car sharing systems, often rely on mobile apps to determine the availablity and location of vehicles. As of May 2011 there were around 375 bike-sharing programmes around the world, according to Wikipedia, made of an estimated fleet of 236,000 bicycles.
Capital Bikeshare, in Washington DC, is currently the largest bikeshare program in the United States with over 200 stations and annual ridership of more than two million. Alta Bicycle Share designs, deploys, and manages bicycle share programs and systems worldwide, including recent wins in New York City and Portland, Oregon.


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Stampin' Up! UK Convention Swaps
Wow! What a fantastic few days I have had in Manchester at the 2013 Stampin' Up! European Convention!
One thing which also always happens at Stampin' Up! events is "swapping". This is where you make a batch of identical card fronts or 3-d items to exchange with fellow demonstrators so you end up with lots of ideas showcasing different stamps, styles and techniques. I made 100 Gift Tags to swap - that is all of them in the picture above!
I have realised that I didn't take a picture of an individual tag but you get the gist from the picture above! The cute baby grows are from the Baby Tees Jumbo wheel, stamped in Chocolate Chip ink onto Whisper White card and coloured using the In Color 2012-2014 Stampin' Write Markers and a Blender Pen. They were then "fussy cut" using the fabulous Paper Snips - now this was a good idea when I started - after cutting out 200 I was not so sure! The sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Sentiments, stamped and punched out using the Word Window Punch and layered on a piece of matching In Color card punched with the Modern Label Punch.
The baby grows were mounted on circles cut using the Circles Collection Framelits from the Designer Series Paper Stack and Whisper White card. The tag base was cut from Chocolate Chip card using the Deco Labels Collection Framelits. A piece of Satin Stitched Ribbon tied with Whisper White Baker's Twine finished the tag.
Thank you to everyone who swapped with me! And a huge thank you to my lovely husband for his help with the Big Shot!
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A Steamship Captain — as Pogossian supposedly became
In Meetings With Remarkable Men, the chapter on Pogossian begins with the paragraph:
Sarkis Pogossian, or as he is now called, Mr. X, is at the present time the owner of several ocean steamers, one of which, cruising among his favourite places, between the Sunda and Solomon Islands, he commands himself.
It doesn’t take much reflection to conclude that Pogossian provides the allegorical characterization of the moving center. Despite his eductaion at the Theological Seminary, he eventually pursues a career as an engineer, and as the above paragraph says, he eventually runs a steamship business.
Or does he?
He cruises between his favorite places the Sunda and Solomon Islands. The Sunda Islands is the name given to the cluster of Indonesian islands that include the four large islands of Borneo, Java, Sulawesi, and Sumatra. The Solomon Islands are not, and never were a major trade partner of Indonesia, so its unlikely that there was much regular steamship traffic between these places.
The Sunda Islands take their name from the Sunda Kingdom, a Sundanese Hindu kingdom that was established in the western part Java from 669 AD (to around 1579 AD). The name Sunda derives from the Sanskrit prefix su, which means “goodness” or “possessing good quality”. The term sunda also means “bright, light, purity, cleanness and white.” Sunda is also another name for Hindu God Vishnu — the preserver. Solomon, of course, signifies wisdom, more than any other figure from the Bible.
So this comment may indicate that in later years Captain Pogossian spent his time meandering between purity and wisdom.
In The Meetings With Remarkable Men study group, when it became clear that there are some strong links between the First Series and the Second Series, the following question naturally presented itself:
Is Captain Pogossian the captain of the transspace ship Karnak?
Most likely he is. Very little is said about the caption in The Tales, but he declares that “I was destined by my father, as soon as I reached the age of a responsible being, for this career in the service of our ENDLESS CREATOR.”
Pogossian was sent by his father to a Theological Seminary. And it is the captain who explains the law of falling.
The possibility then is that, the moving center has a specific role in our movements from one state to another (from one planet to another).
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The first few are all from the Sculpture Trail on Waiheke Island. Some are close ups of some I showed the other day. This is a detail of one of the boats seen below on the hill.
I asked the other day what did you think the shell was made of. The answer is flip flops.
Then there was the ribbons in the trees.
Or some creaking doors.
Then in Dunedin we made a visit to the railway station which is quite famous for his entrance hall. There is definite repetition to the floor design. Unfortunately it was too busy to get a picture with no tourists in.


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For better or worse, the public face of blockchain technology has been Bitcoin, the polarizing crypto-currency. While Bitcoin’s detractors point to high-profile criminal activities and price volatility to question its ultimate long-term viability, a broader base of people knowledgeable in the foundational blockchain technology see potential applications beyond the creation and trading of currency not controlled by any centralized authority.
Blockchain is a “distributed network” that supports TRUST through interlocking “blocks” of data, where data can be added to but not change past information (blocks). Transactions are posted on a public ledger across all computers on that blockchain. If someone tries to change their transactions in the ledger, it will not sync with the other copies of the ledger and the transaction will not be accepted. The replication of thousands of copies of the same ledger prevents hacking, since each copy would have to be changed. With blockchain, only one true copy exists, and this does not have to be managed by any central authority.
These “trust” features create powerful possibilities for situations that require transactions to be both secure and verifiable. Protocols can be written in computer code that applies “rules” to transactions to enforce terms of contracts. In other words, creating a “smart contract”. Conditions can be defined that trigger a certain outcome, or “next step”. For example, when a product is delivered, a payment for that product can be transmitted to the correct party. Not all actions require denomination in currency. Title to property could be transferred when certain hurdles are crossed, automating the escrow process.
Countless commercial possibilities could use the blockchain platform with further development of its applications, activity that is reflected in blockchain being designated as a “mega-trend” by the World Economic Forum, and citing smart legal contracts as one of the “positive impacts” (see Shift 16) in the Deep Shift – Technology Tipping Points and Societal Impact survey report.
Whether you are in the camp of embracing or eschewing Bitcoin, it’s a good idea to keep this topic on your radar. Blockchain technology is here to stay, because of the promise of bringing greater access, efficiency, and reliability to transactional activities.

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Since a class-action lawsuit was announced against Nintendo last week regarding Joy-Con drift, there’s reportedly been a large enough response from users to warrant an internal policy change at Nintendo Support.
Joy-Con repairs will now be free, with no warranty or proof of purchase information required. Nintendo has allegedly informed its support representatives to provide a pre-paid shipping label for consumers needing Joy-Con repair. Those who’ve had repair work done can submit refund requests as well.
Given reports that suggested repairs themselves cost $40 before shipping — half the price of a new Joy-Con pair — that’s a substantial policy change.
The news comes from an internal memo sent to Vice by a “source familiar with Nintendo’s updated customer report documentation.” While Vice credits Kotaku’s report on the drift problem with prompting this action, and The Verge originally reached out for a statement from Nintendo, Vice’s source doesn’t discuss a cause one way or the other.
In other words, it could be a change prompted by the lawsuit or by consumer reactions — or, because this is Nintendo, something else entirely.
Earlier, we reported on another change to Nintendo Support, as the company made Joy-Con troubleshooting the Support page’s main focal point. Now, according to Vice’s internal memo, support reps are instructed to walk the caller through standard Joy-Con troubleshooting procedures, including updating the controllers’ firmware and ask them to call back if it doesn’t fix the issue.
During the second call, if the issue persists, reps are to request the caller send their Joy-Con in for repair, no questions asked.
This same policy memo also provided two standard responses relating to questions about the Nintendo Switch Lite’s controller performance and the company’s response to the current lawsuit. For the former, the response is that the company expects no performance issues, and the latter is the usual “nothing to announce on this topic.”


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Preface: How To Use the Book and Summary of Sections viii Acknowledgments xiv Introduction: The Uses and Abuses of History: Why Bother With It ? 1 Part I: Journalism and Democracy: A Sibling Rivalry? 13 1 A Right To Know 15 Resume: Walter Lippmann 19 Resumes: The Founding Fathers 23 FactFile: The Development of Rights and Liberties 26 2 The Road Not Taken 30 Resume: Tom Paine 35 FactFile: Anthony Haswell and Freedom of the Press 38 Resume: Edward Smith Hall An Australian Pioneer 41 FactFile: Habermas and the Changing Public Sphere 44 FactFile: The Lincoln Douglas Debates 48 3 Digging the Dirt 55 Resume: Lincoln Steffens 59 Resume: S. S. McClure 60 Resume: John Dewey 66 Resume: Henry Luce 70 4 Spinning a Good Yarn and Developing Community 75 FactFile: The Pseudo-Event 82 Resume: Ivy Lee 85 Resume: Edward Bernays 86 FactFile: Neoliberalism s Threat to Community 88 Part II: Technology, Work, and Business: Is Journalism More Than Just a Job? 97 5 Changing Roles in a Changing World 99 FactFile: The Cold Type Revolution 101 Resume: Lord Beaverbrook 104 Resume: Charles Dana 107 Resume: William Cobbett 110 Resume: John Stuart Mill 111 6 A New Journalism For A New Age 120 Resume: Joseph Pulitzer 121 Resume: Alfred Harmsworth, Lord Northcliffe 123 Resume: E. L. Godkin 126 FactFile: Appeal to Reason 132 FactFile: Ida M. Tarbell and Standard Oil 134 7 He Who Pays The Piper 140 FactFile: Advertising, Class, and the Daily Herald 142 FactFile: Forza Italia 143 FactFile: The Broadcast Reform Movement, 1928-35 149 FactFile: Edward R. Murrow and See It Now 151 8 A Power Worth Fighting For 160 FactFile: Rupert Murdoch and News Corporation 162 FactFile: Cable News Network and the "CNN Effect" 164 Part III: Ethics: A Matter of Judgment? 173 9 Private and Confidential? 175 FactFile: Privacy Codes in the United States 183 FactFile: Privacy Codes in Great Britain 185 10 Fakes, Rakes, and "On The Take" 200 FactFile: Faking It 210 Part IV: Audience: Citizen Consumer or Consumer Citizen? 219 11 Finding an Audience 221 FactFile: News Values 225 FactFile: Joe and Jolene Sixpack 231 Resume: George Newnes 239 Resume: C. P. Scott and the Manchester Guardian 242 12 How Audiences Rewrote the Script 247 FactFile: La Fronde 253 FactFile: Le Petit Journal 256 FactFile: Audience Reaction to W. T. Stead's "Maiden Tribute of Modern Babylon" 265 13 Watching and Listening 272 FactFile: Leo Lowenthal and Celebrity "Idols" 276 FactFile: Measuring the Audience 281 Resume: Marshall McLuhan 286 Part V: Conclusion: A Future History 297 14 Paper Tigers? 299 Resume: Paul Julius Reuter 303 FactFile: The "Net Benefit to Canada" Test 306 Index 317
Jane L. Chapman is Professor of Communications at University of Lincoln School of Journalism and visiting Fellow at Cambridge University and University College Dublin School of History. Her books include Issues in Contemporary Documentary (2009); Broadcast Journalism: a Critical Introduction (with Marie Kinsey, 2008); Documentary in Practice (2007) and the best-selling Comparative Media History (2005). Her research interests include press history and the media's relationship to women and indigenous minorities. Nick Nuttall is senior lecturer and MA program leader at the University of Lincoln School of Journalism. He worked for many years in East Africa, the Middle East and Cyprus, writing on travel and communication issues. He has authored a chapter on Truman Capote and New Journalism for The Journalistic Imagination (2007) as well as a chapter on investigative journalism for the latest edition of The Newspapers Handbook (2006). His research interests include New Journalism, press history, and the gonzo journalism of Hunter S. Thompson.
This book is a useful resource for classrooms, bringingtogether material on issues such as journalism s place in theliberal-democratic ideal, the histories of taxes, content andcirculation, news values, audience analysis studies and mediaeconomies ... This is a useful addition to a reading list. (Media International Australia, 2012) "Journalism students and practicing journalists will want toread this book. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-and upper-divisionundergraduates, technical students, professionals, generalreaders." (Choice, 1 September 2011)


text: The Delta Cultural Center will be hosting the 4th Annual Delta Days Day Camp this summer from June 8 - 11 for children, ages 11 thru 13. The theme of this year’s day camp will be Pioneer Games and will include a wide variety of games and activities such as making yarn dolls, making pioneer toys, playing pioneer games, making diddley bows and more. For more information, contact the Education Coordinator at 870-338-4350. Registration ends by 5 pm on Friday, June 4, 2021. We look forward to having you there.


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Strike by rail staff in northern England
Conductors employed by Arriva Rail North are set to hold a 24-hour strike today. The walkout by the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) members is part of an ongoing fight by rail staff against the extension of driver only operated (DOO) trains by the company. DOO trains--being introduced by train companies all over the UK--are aimed at eliminating the role of train guards and would be a prelude to job cuts.
The RMT had been in talks with Arriva Rail North but the talks broke up after the company rejected the RMT’s proposal that the talks include the input of Conservative government’s Department of Transport officials. Any possibility of a joint offensive by rail workers has been consistently sabotaged by the RMT. A 48-hour strike over DOO by conductors at Virgin East Coast Trains--which was due to have taken place today--was suspended by the RMT this week. The RMT cites “progress in talks” with the company as the reason for suspending the strike.
Strike by Finnish metal workers
Around 1,500 metal and industrial workers in the city of Tampere in southern Finland held a 24-hour strike April 20. The strike was against proposals attacking workers’ conditions. Under new legislation brought in last year with the agreement of the trade unions, workers have been subjected to a yearlong pay freeze, increased payments for pension and sickness benefits and a three-day extension to the working year. The strike affected 16 companies in the Tampere region.
Italian airline staff reject deal brokered by union
Staff at the Italian airline, Alitalia, have rejected a deal brokered by unions, including the Fit-Cisl union. Alitalia was privatized in 2009, and in 2014 Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways acquired a 49 percent share of the airline. It has continued to record losses. The latest plan rejected by workers would have meant a loss of 1,700 jobs and an eight percent pay cut. The cuts had been demanded by shareholders in return for pumping more money into the airline.
Alitalia is demanding even deeper cuts although it has among the lowest labour costs of any European airline. The company is debating whether to go into administration, which would trigger intervention by the Italian government.
Russian construction workers hunger strike
Six construction workers in the Khakassia region in Siberia have been taking part in a hunger strike to demand the payment of two million rubles ($35,000) owed to them. The six are on hunger strike on behalf of the 60 workers, who have been employed to rebuild houses that were lost in a disastrous fire in April 2015 in the Khakassia. One of the six was admitted to hospital because of the hunger strike.
Swiss scientific staff strike
Around 130 staff employed at the Thermo Fisher Scientific facility in the Ecublens area of Lausanne have been striking to protest the company’s plans to relocate part of its production facility to Brno in the Czech Republic. The relocation would mean the loss of around 100 jobs among the workers, who are members of the Unia union.
The Ecublens facility manufactures X-Ray and optical emission spectrometers. The US-owned firm is refusing to recognize the right of Unia to represent the workforce.
Strike by window makers in southwest England
Workers employed by Sierra Windows in Paignton, Devon, began a 48-hour strike Wednesday. Plans for similar 48-hour strikes over the next four weeks are in place, pending a resolution of the dispute. The 150-member workforce, who are members of the Unite union, have rejected a 1.5 percent pay offer. Workers have not had a raise since 2015 and reject company plans to replace the current five-day/seven-hour shift pattern with a four-day/twelve-hour shift.
Postal workers at Scottish depot in wildcat action
Postal workers at Royal Mail’s depot in Kilmarnock, Scotland, walked out on unofficial action last week over allegations of bullying and harassment by management. The final straw, which sparked the walkout, was the sacking of a longtime worker at the depot over his sickness record. His colleagues said the sick leave was a result of injuries sustained at work. Attempting to break the strike, Royal Mail imported managers from across Scotland to deliver mail. The workers returned to work Tuesday following talks between management and the Communication Workers Union (CWU).
London teachers strike to oppose budget cuts
Teachers at Plumstead Manor School and at Corelli College in Greenwich in south London struck on Tuesday and Wednesday this week. This follows a strike on April 20. The action by the National Union of Teachers members is in opposition to planned cuts to budgets at the schools. Seventeen posts at Corelli College are at risk because of the proposed budget cut.
UK Fujitsu staff hold further strikes
IT workers at various Fujitsu sites across the UK, including London, Belfast, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Manchester and Wakefield, began a 48-hour strike Thursday in an ongoing dispute. Further 48-hour strikes are scheduled by the members of the Unite union for May 4 and 11, with a 24-hour strike planned for May 8.
The Japanese-based conglomerate is trying to push through 1,800 job cuts in the UK, as part of a European-wide restructuring operation. The strikers are also seeking a pay increase and oppose cuts to their pension scheme.
Strike by Israeli public sector staff called off
A strike by public sector workers, due to have taken place Tuesday, was called off after talks between the Finance Ministry and the Histadrut labour federation.
The strike would have affected government departments, schools, hospitals and the rail network among others and was called over the Israeli government’s restructuring of the national broadcasting body. Under the plan, the Israeli Broadcasting Authority (IBA) is to be replaced by the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation (IBC).
As part of the restructuring, 170 IBA jobs were due to be lost. The workers to go were mainly those aged between 40 and 50. Under the agreement, around 100 former IBA staff will transfer to the IBC and those IBA workers aged 40 to 50 will either be transferred to the IBC or the civil service.
South African Airways cabin crew strike over meal allowances
Flight cancellations are mounting as the South African Airways (SAA) cabin crews went on strike Wednesday demanding an increase in overseas meal and hotel allowances. Staff are complaining that allowances have not increased from R1, 712 (US $131) a day for six years, and they require an increase to R2, 222 (US $170) to afford increased expenses. Pilots get R1959 ($150).
The allowances are not enough to cover hotel bills and meals. SAA have offered a R84 (US $6) increase but the South African Cabin Crew Association (SACC) demands R352 (US $26). South African Airways are appealing to the labour courts to have the strike deemed illegal. The SACC are opposing an SAA injunction claim saying the dispute is illegal. Over 30 flights were cancelled on the first day of the strike, one of which was an international flight.
South Africa’s rail union avoids industrial action
South Africa’s rail union, the United National Transport Union, is opposing industrial action following failed arbitration despite a strike authorization vote from workers. The union has agreed to enter further talks with management to avert a strike, saying a national walkout would not be in the best interest of the company, commuters or the population. The rail company officials claim they have a R1.4 billion (£105 million) budget deficit although they could explain to parliament a loss of R14 billion (US $1.05 billion) in its accounts.
Namibian miners in unofficial strike over victimisation
Namibian miners went on a wildcat strike April 19 and 20 at the Rosh Pinhar Mining Corporation Zinc Mine after management repeatedly ignored miners’ complaints, including inhuman treatment by the engineering manager and industrial relations officer. Miners say they are being victimised over a previous strike, with the perpetrators using anti-labour regulation methods to remove them. Workers want the two individuals involved sacked.
As the workers struck, the Mineworkers Union of Namibia (MUN) negotiated with management. It was reported that management had considered sacking the entire 320-member work force. The union came away with a proposal that workers should return to work immediately, with each accepting a final warning, and that management would deal with workers’ grievances through “correct channels.” The chairman of the MUN Rosh Pinhar said he would take the dispute to the Office of the Labour Commissioner.
South African public service workers strike over pay
South African public service workers in Bushbuckridge local council came out on strike last week. They are demanding a 2014 pay progression agreement be implemented. Under the agreement, local government workers should have received a pay increase after their first year of employment, but in most cases this has not happened.
The South African Municipal Workers Union claims the council owes the workforce around R10 million ($750,000) going back to the beginning of 2014. It also complains that management continue to receive bloated wages, paid above their grade scale, and that those close to management are receiving their progression pay. A recent ruling by the Commission of Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration decided in favour of the public servants but the council chose to ignore the ruling.
Nigerian polytechnic staff strike over back pay
Nigerian academic staff at Lagos State Polytechnic have threatened to strike today. They are demanding management fund the CONTISS 15 migration wage structure out of funds provided by the Lagos state government. The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics claim the polytechnic owes staff 87-months’ worth of back payments. The union said if management did not pay up, there would be no full or part-time learning taking place today.


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The STRAT_C, which consisted of two peaks, took place on 11/8 and 11/12, almost exactly the same the range as we predicted since Oct. 6 (11/12-11/15 forecasted on Oct. 6 and 11/7-11/11 revised on Oct. 21). Approximately 80% of the North America has suffered through below-normal temperatures and dealt with heavy winter precipitation leading the cold air passage as well.
The STRAT_C1, which we forecasted first on November 6, 2014 to take place in the week around 11/18, had the first peak on 11/17 and the second peak on 11/20. The STRAT_C1 event is the strongest event recorded this winter so far: it had delivered more than 600 billion tons of air mass per day into the polar stratosphere since 11/16 and the peak intensity on 11/20 exceeded 1 trillion tons a day. Due to the back-to-back STRAT_C and STRAT_C1 events, more than 90% area over North America has suffered from below-normal temperatures.
STRAT_D is still mostly likely to peak towards the end of the first week in December within the dates of 12/03 - 12/07 as we first forecasted on October 28. The cold air outbreaks associated STRAT_D are expected not as strong as the STRAT_C1 cold-air waves. This will be the last major cold air outbreak expected before the Christmas time.
We are now officially calling for STRAT_E event to occur near the end of December, between Christmas and New Year. Major cold air outbreaks are expected around that time, which would have impact on holiday travel because of its large impact area (continental scale).
Forecasts made on November 20, 2014
· STRAT_D, first forecasted on October 28, has officially pushed into the first week of December and is looking to peak between the dates of 12/03 -12/07. This cold air outbreak is expected to transport 600 billion tons of per day of mass into the polar circle through the Stratosphere.
· We are now officially calling for STRAT_E event to occur in the last week of December, around of Christmas time. Major cold air outbreaks are expected between Christmas and New Year. This round of cold air outbreak events will bring in below normal temperatures for much of the area within the middle latitudes.
· The 2-3 weeks between STRA_D and STRAT_E events would be mild, as we first forecasted on November 6.


Three key components
Battery-fed power electronics, the e-motor and automatic transmission – these are the three key components of an electric drive train. It makes sense to combine these within a common casing in order to reduce costs and weight. This also makes it possible to supply them more easily with a single fluid, an innovative e-drive fluid. However, this is easier said than done. The gear must be lubricated to ensure low wear and abrasion. The other components especially require heat dissipation. Some renowned lubricant manufacturers have already developed special fluids with a cooling function that also lubricate the gear. These e-drive fluids must be extremely thin as efficient thermal dissipation is needed but also because the input speed of the gear is most often higher than 10,000 revolutions per minute. Its viscosity roughly corresponds to that of diesel fuel.
General information about the formulation of these products cannot be currently provided. Engineers are feverishly working on developing innovative e-drive fluids. However, mineral oils or mineral-oil mixable synthetic oils are hardly used as a basis for pilot projects, but rather water mixtures with more than 50 % consisting of other components, silicone oils or glycols. E-drive fluids must cope with a whole range of electrical, thermal, tribologist and chemical challenges. They must perform under high voltage while directly contacting copper components, elastomers of seals and insulating varnish within the e-motor. These fluids must not absorb water in order to retain a high dielectric strength and thereby prevent electric arcing between live parts.
Special challenges arise with respect to compatibility between liquid and various materials – most of all copper. Copper’s high electric conductivity makes it the most important but also critical component for all live lines as well as for the coils in the e-motor. E-drive fluids are to be highly compatible with copper. Not only the batteries, but also the power electronics and the electric motor must work within moderate temperature range. It is imperative that e-drive fluids provide efficient heat dissipation for temperatures up to 180 °C. Operation above the maximum temperature necessarily reduces the service life, efficiency level and range of the vehicles. However, extremely low-viscous e-drive fluid is not only responsible for the electric motors, but also contributes to securing the power transfer via the transmission. Many requirements must be fulfilled. Reliable lubrication, protection against wear and corrosion, high ageing stability, high material compatibility and a minimal tendency for foam formation must be ensured. Thus far, only lubricating oils whose viscosity is more than 10 times higher than the newly developed e-oils have exhibited these qualities.
Braking saves power
Modern electric vehicles are predominately moved over longer distances with the accelerator pedal. If the driver takes the foot off the pedal, the vehicle brakes automatically as kinetic energy is recovered. Since braking is somewhat time-delayed, e-mobiles are additionally equipped with conventional disc brakes. According to the manufacturer’s specifications, these require the classic brake fluid DOT 4 or DOT 5.1, which mainly consists of temperature-stable polyglycolic compounds. In some case, the silicone-containing brake fluid DOT 5 is to be used, which may not be mixed with other types.


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13 February 2019 - Joint ucisa-Jisc survey on Digital LeadershipJoint ucisa-Jisc study finds online learning tops university IT wish lists
Online learning tools have been ranked as the most important technology for British universities, proving twice as popular than any other type of tech.
A new survey carried out by Jisc and ucisa, also finds that 69% of high education (HE) digital leaders feel the effective use of this technology is key to digital transformation projects, with artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning in joint second (32%).
The research also highlights the progress made by universities in strategic digital transformation. More than half (53%) have a digital strategy in place, while a further 21% stated their strategy is integrated with others in the organisation.
There are barriers that need to be overcome before online learning is embraced at UK universities, however. For example, some think that such tools undermine the worth of a physical campus, but almost half (48%) of academic staff have digital tools embedded into their ways of working.
Josh Fry, Director for Cloud at Jisc, commented that “it’s heartening to see HE institutions throughout the UK increasingly making progress with their digital strategies. I truly believe that the technology priorities recognised in the report – such as online learning, AI and machine learning – can result in improved experiences and greater accessibility for a wider range of students, whilst continuing to make the UK the most digitally advanced education and research nation in the world.”
“Innovation must have a purpose, and it is important to take a whole-campus approach to a digital strategy before implementing new tools; technology initiatives work much better when aligned with an organisation’s business and teaching and learning strategy. Digital leaders in HE must work out how ‘disruptive’ technologies can be introduced into methods of working in a way that encourages engagement from academic and support staff.”
Trevor Baxter, IT Solutions Director at King’s College London highlighted that learning tools such as MOOCs, Virtual Reality, Mixed Reality and 3D are beneficial for learning purposes. He said “We need to start looking into these technologies more because if we don’t, we can actually lose students coming from abroad to study in our universities.”
John Beaver, Director of IT Services at Bath Spa University, added: “For us, AI is a big interest, both as a technology that we may apply for student experience purposes, such as an AI that might find books of interest in the library for a student knowing what they're doing or recommend particular modules or courses that may be of interest to them.”
Peter Tinson, Executive Director, ucisa, said that “In the age of Education 4.0, when we must constantly adapt to prepare our students for the changing landscape of the job market, it’s critical that universities continue on their digital transformation journeys in order to ensure the premium experience students expect. This report highlights some really exciting examples to follow, and we look forward to hearing more in the coming weeks and months.”
The full survey can be found on the Jisc website.


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David with daughter Ashleigh and Publicist Jadro Subic on the red carpet.
The 13th annual Canada’s Walk of Fame has added the following Canadian icons to its current list of inductees:
- David Clayton-Thomas
- Nelly Furtado
- Doug Henning
- Clara Hughes
- Eric McCormack
- Farley Mowat
- Sarah Polley
Established in 1998, Canada’s Walk of Fame aims to educate, inform, and inspire through the permanent celebration of the achievements in Canadian music, sport, film and television as well as the literary, visual and performing arts, and science and innovation. The annual celebration culminates in a televised tribute special that honours Canada’s finest stars from the worlds of arts, entertainment, and sports. Each inductee is immortalized, their names forever cemented into the sidewalks of Toronto’s entertainment district. To date, 131 Canadians have been honoured including Margaret Atwood, Jim Carrey, Steve Nash, Michael J. Fox and Celine Dion.
A complete list of inductees along with more information on Canada’s Walk of Fame can be found at www.canadaswalkoffame.com
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Blow to civil servants after the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) has suspended review of basic salary structures and allowances paid in the public sector.
According to SRC, this is to jumpstart the economy that has been ravaged by Covid-19.
SRC chairperson Lyn Mengich said the decision was arrived at following recommendations by the National Treasury, citing tough economic times and constraints to the budget occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic.
“Cognisant of the government’s financial constraints, the current wage bill ratios, the need to release resources for investment in the strategic priorities of the government to jumpstart the Covid-19-ravaged economy, there will be no review of the basic salary structures, allowances and benefits paid in the public sector in the financial year 2021/2022-2022/23,” she said.
Additionally, she said there will be no salary increments for the public servants for the next two years.
The commission further announced that no additional funding will be provided for implementation of the job evaluation results in the next two financial years.
“Public sector institutions may implement job evaluation results, by placing jobs in their rightful job evaluation grading, within the existing salary structures and approved budgets, subject to confirmation to SRC that the funding is provided for in the current budget,” said SRC.
The commission says it will review the situation after two fiscal years, and based on the status of the economy, it will guide on the way forward for the remaining period of the third remuneration and benefits review cycle.
National Treasury wants to be adequately resourced to make prompt and targeted interventions to scale up Covid-19 response, reduce debt vulnerabilities, address weaknesses in state-owned enterprises and support financial stability.


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Comparing Russiagate to Watergate, Bob Woodward says the money trail points to Putin, not Trump. Who was Putin trying (and succeeding) to get elected, again?
When you get done reading "Pain," you will hate the people around Trump almost as much as you hate him.
On September 26th, 2012, Sean Hannity interviewed Bob Woodward on Fox News about his new Obama book and praised Woodward's work effusively.
Trump tells aides he's had his opinions for 30 years, and he's not going to change them.
Bob Woodward expresses real fear after researching and describing Trump's behavior in the White House.
Fox & Friends host Brian Kilmeade defends Trump for saying he wants to assassinate Syrian president Assad.
Fox & Friends host Brian Kilmeade defends Trump for saying he wants to assassinate the president of Syria.
Die-hard GOP Voter Confesses To CNN: I'd Trust Bob Woodward Over Trump If I 'Had To Put Money On It'
An Alabama supporter of President Donald Trump's told CNN that he would believe author Bob Woodward over the president.
VP Mike Pence denied any presidential aides or cabinet members would take documents off Trump's desk, and then changed the subject after Chris Wallace showed him proof that had happened.
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What you'll need
- egg dye
- paper towels
- birthday candles or crayons
- red and black acrylic or tempera paint
- white tissue
How to make it
- Blow the Egg: Wash and dry the raw egg. Cover your table with newsprint and set out bowls, pushpins, and paper towels. Shake the egg to break the yolk. Next, pierce the top and bottom with a pushpin, making the hole on the wider end a bit larger. Position the egg over the bowl and blow through the small hole, allowing the inside of the egg to seep into the bowl. Set the empty egg, with the large hole down, in an egg carton to dry. Be sure children wash their hands after handling raw egg .
- Degg-orate the Egg: Let the kids paint half of the egg, stand it atop a bottle cap to dry (use a hair dryer to speed things up), then paint the other half. Centering the face on either hole, paint on features with contrasting colors. Paint your bee bright yellow, then paint on a red smile, black eyes, and black stripes. Glue on white tissue paper wings.
- Take Flight: Tape a long length of fishing line to the end of an unfolded paper clip. Starting at the small hole, thread the line through the decorated egg and out the large hole. To keep your flying critter upright, tape the fishing line just above the hole in the critter's back. Hang it from the ceiling or an egg tree.


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LONDON, ONTARIO – October 22, 2008 -
In April earlier this year, Global Vision Junior Team Canada graduates at the University of Western Ontario drafted a proposal of partnership with the London Chamber of Commerce.
A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed, and the London Global Vision Chapter (LGVC) based at UWO is ready to host a kickoff event on 31st October, 2008 at 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. at the London Chamber of Commerce. Venue: London Chamber of Commerce, 244 Pall Mall Street. Date: October 31, 2008 Time: 3:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Attendees: Business leaders and enterprising Youth leaders ( 16-25 years) from the University and London community.
- Sandra Cobena, Chair, London GV Chapter
- Mr. Terry Clifford, C.M., President and Founder of Global Vision Junior Team Canada
- Mr. Gerry Macartney, C.E.O. and General Manager, London Chamber of Commerce
London Business Community:
- Gain access to a talent pool of internationally mobile youth
- Aid in the sustainability of the City of London by showcasing local opportunities
- Leverage international and national exposure through Junior Team Canada Economic and Development Missions and APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) Summit Missions abroad.


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Crystal Cove State Park Naturalists will lead a guided interpretive 2-hour Full Moon 4-mile hike on Saturday February 8 2020.
This is a Crystal Cove Free Event.
This hike is at 6:00pm to 7:30pm.
Sunset at Crystal Cove is at 5:29pm on Saturday February 8 2020.
Wear sturdy shoes, bring water and a flashlight, and dress in layers.
Hikers must be at least 8-years old and all hikers must stay as a group with the park naturalist.
Terrain will be uneven and steep with a 700 foot elevation gain/loss in some areas on this moderate night hike.
Meet at the the Berns Amphitheatre (PCH inland at stoplight School-State Park follow the signs to the Campground.)
Crystal Cove State Beach is located at 8471 North Coast Highway.
$5.00 Special Sunset Parking Fee or California State Park Pass.
For more information please visit Crystal Cove


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UFC 181 will be the rematch between champion Johnny Hendricks and Robbie Lawler. The first fight was a stunning display from both fighters that saw a unaminous decision go to Hendricks. The event will also feature a Middleweight Championship bout between the current champion Chris Weidman and top contender Vitor Belfort, as well as a Lightweight Championship bout between current champion Anthony Pettis and Gilbert Melendez. Top MMA action comes to the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, on December 6th.
Melissa Etheridge unveils a month-long road trip starting in November. She will be supporting her latest album, This Is M.E.,” which hits stores September 30th, but don’t expect her not to dip into her catalog of signature songs such as “Come To My Window,” “I’m The Only One” and “I Want To Come Over.” The tour kicks off November 2nd and comes to Mashantucket, Philadelphia, New York City, Boston, Durham, Morgantown, Cleveland, Chicago, Ann Arbor, Washington DC, Virginia Beach, Jacksonville, Sarasota, Orlando, Atlanta, Pompano Beach, New Orleans, Houston, Atlanta, Tulsa, Los Angeles and more.
Blues rock superstar guitarist Joe Bonamassa has announced a fall tour. Bonamassa is a #1 Billboard Blues Artist that averages more than 200 days per year on the road, and he continues his trek across North America, playing historic venues all across the country. The next leg of his tour kicks off in November as he comes to Midland, Grand Prairie, Tulsa, Wichita, North Little Rock, Springfield, Kansas City, Saint Louis, Fort Wayne, Cincinnati, Columbus, Toledo, Youngstown, Rochester, Springfield MA, Baltimore, Washington DC, Charleston, Durham, Greenville, Chattanooga and more.
Elton John is traveling the world on his “Greatest Hits Tour” and now comes to North America. Along with his greatest hits, the tour is also in part to support the rock legend’s recently unleashed 30th studio album, “The Diving Board.” You can see Elton when he comes to Portland, Seattle, Sacramento, San Jose, Los Angeles, Brooklyn and Easton.
Phish adds four NYE shows in Miami. In a repeat of 2009, the Vermont-based cult band is coming to the American Airlines Arena to perform on New Year’s Eve, and then again for the next three days in a row. In addition to their NYE shows, Trey Anastasio and crew come to Eugene, Seattle, Santa Barbara, Inglewood, Chula Vista, San Francisco and Las Vegas.
In move to control ticket prices to his show, Cat Stevens aka Yusuf Islam has postponed his New York City show and added a Philadelphia date. His rescheduled itinerary brings him to Toronto, Upper Darby, Boston, Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band will saddle up for a fall tour beginning in November. The “Ride Out” tour is in support of his new album of the same name that arrives October 14th. The tour comes to Saginaw, Bangor, Halifax, Saint John, Boston, Albany, Cleveland, Uncasville, Grand Rapids, Chicago, Saint Louis, Buffalo and New York City.
Dave Chappelle has been adding more dates to an already packed 2014 itinerary. After performing dates for Funny or Die‘s “Oddball Comedy & Curiosity Festival” and returning to New York for a run of shows at Radio City Music Hall, his first performances in NYC in over 10 years, Dave has additional dates that will carry him until early November. Added shows include multiple dates in Seattle, Lincoln, Madison, Milwaukee, Saint Louis, Durham and Charlotte.
Five time World Artists of the Year and Irish musical ensemble, Celtic Woman released a new album/dvd, “Emerald: Musical Gems,” earlier this year and have announced a massive winter tour that will carry them well into 2015. The global sensations have over 80 dates scheduled including Airway Heights, Anchorage, Santa Rosa, Indio, Mulvane, Naperville, Syracuse, Lancaster, Pittsburgh, Erie, Cleveland, Wilkes Barre, Indiana PA, Manchester NH, Newark, Greenvale, Wallingford, Providence, Hamilton, London ON, Montreal, Baltimore, Richmond, Norfolk, Durham, Fayetteville, Chattanooga, Columbus GA, Pensacola and more.
14-year-old Jackie Evancho has a very busy 2014 planned, releasing an album later this month and launching a tour in November. After stunning judges on NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” at the age of 10, she also attracted the attention of Columbia Records, which immediately signed the child phenom. Her new album “Awakening” arrives September 23rd as the tour comes to San Antonio, Louisville, Morristown, Hartford, Palm Desert, Phoenix, Los Angles, Las Vegas, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, Greenville and Jacksonville.


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Robert P. Jones in The Atlantic states: “One reason for the racial divide over Michael Brown’s death is that white Americans tend to talk mostly to other white people.” He goes on to say: “The shooting of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri…has snapped the issue of race into national focus…causing many Americans to question just how far racial equality and race relations have come, even in an era of a black president and a black attorney general.” To read more, click here.
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October 2, 2014
Victoria Stilwell of the Bloomberg News reports that Black Americans remain less likely to climb the income ladder and more likely to drop than whites, according to research published by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago last month. Thomas Piketty, whose best-selling book, Capital in the Twenty-First Century, has spurred debate over income inequality, said in an interview that “the whole structure of inequality of income and wealth in the U.S. is very much related to race.” To read more, click here.
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October 20, 2013
As reported in Reuters, August 28, 2013 marked the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech. The address was a key event in the struggle of African Americans for racial equality. Major dates in the modern U.S. civil rights movement range from 1948 to 2013. To see the timeline published by Yahoo! News, click here.
August 20, 2013
Moscow’s top court has upheld a ban on gay pride marches in the Russian capital for the next 100 years. Earlier Russia’s best-known gay rights campaigner, Nikolay Alexeyev, had gone to court hoping to overturn the city council’s ban on gay parades. The Moscow city government argues that the gay parade would risk causing public disorder and that most Muscovites do not support such an event. To read more, click here.
August 16, 2013
A recent law signed by President Vladimir V. Putin has ignited international condemnation. The new law, nominally aimed at “protecting” children by banning “propaganda on nontraditional sexual relationships,” is widely understood as an effort to suppress homosexuality and Russia’s fledgling gay rights movement. Russia remains a country where discrimination and even violence against gay people are widely tolerated. To read more, click here.
November 6, 2011
Under its “Cold Case Initiative” and the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act, the U.S. Justice Department has reviewed deaths that occurred during the civil rights era to look for any cases that could still be prosecuted. For most of the 124 deaths re-examined, investigators issued findings that no further action could be taken. Yet a few cases still remain open. To read the full story, click here.
August 20, 2011
Tara J. Young, a volunteer working on civil rights issues, recently started the Civil Rights Heros on Facebook project, which allows visitors who “like” the page to hear from as many as 100 heroes on significant dates in civil rights history. To read more, click here.
June 1, 2011
Illinois has joined a handful of states and the District of Columbia in providing for civil unions, which give same-sex couples many of the rights and significant legal protections that are afforded to traditionally married men and women. That includes the power to decide medical treatment for an ailing partner and the right to inherit a partner’s property. To read more click here.
To see a listing of states that provide for same-sex marriage, civil unions, and domestic partnership, click here.
March 12, 2011
Here is a book about Lincoln’s views on slavery from historian Eric Foner. The book offers nuanced perspectives on the subject that go beyond mere finger-pointing and rhetoric. To read a review from Salon.com click here.
February 9, 2011
A researcher has discovered that black gospel musicians addressed civil rights issues on the “B” sides of many vintage recordings. The article links to a Baylor University site for listening to the recordings. To read more click here.
February 6, 2011
The Justice Department says that only a dozen U.S. Attorney’s offices now have dedicated civil rights units, but the administration is “working to raise that number substantially.” To read the NPR article, click here.
January 31, 2011
Dorothy Height is an important but often unmentioned figure in the civil rights movement. This article talks about Height’s life and the effort by musicians like B.B. King and Taj Mahal to create a musical tribute to her that will be filmed for broadcast next year.
Click here to read the article.