|Publication number||US5550876 A|
|Application number||US 08/296,210|
|Publication date||Aug 27, 1996|
|Filing date||Aug 25, 1994|
|Priority date||Aug 28, 1993|
|Also published as||DE4329041A1, EP0644672A1, EP0644672B1|
|Publication number||08296210, 296210, US 5550876 A, US 5550876A, US-A-5550876, US5550876 A, US5550876A|
|Original Assignee||Lucent Technologies Inc.|
|Export Citation||BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan|
|Patent Citations (12), Non-Patent Citations (4), Referenced by (5), Classifications (14), Legal Events (9)|
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet|
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a measuring device for measuring the phase deviation of at least one subordinate transport unit of a synchronous signal transmitted by means of a synchronous transmission system.
2. Description of the Related Art
In a synchronous transmission system, which may be a system according to the synchronous digital hierarchy or the American SONET system (Synchronous Optical Network), it is possible to join together, split up, branch off, feed in, or bypass signal streams, as desired. For example, the plesiochronous payload signal streams coming in into a network junction of the synchronous digital hierarchy (in Europe: 2.048 Mbit/s, 34.368 Mbit/s and 139.264 Mbit/s) may be so prepared by mapping that they are always dispatched on their transmission path in a unified, 125 μs long synchronous transport frame (STM-1 frame) as STM-1 signals with a bitrate of 155.52 Mbit/s. Such a network junction is also capable of receiving and processing STM-N signals (N=4, 16, . . .) arising through multiplexing of STM-1 signals.
The STM-1 signal is structured into frames and comprises besides the actual payload data of the signal also control information and stop data. An STM-1 frame consists of 270 columns and 9 lines (270 bytes per line). The lines 1 to 3 and 5 to 9, in columns 1 to 9 each time, contain the "Section Overhead" (SOH) for control and error recognition information, while the remaining space (AU payload space) contains signal data, stop data, and further control information.
Several different containers (C-4, C-3, C-2, C-12 and C-11) may be accommodated in the AU payload space. A container is the basic packaging unit for digital payload signals. For example, an administrative unit AU-4 with a container C-4 for a bitrate of 139.264 Mbit/s may be accommodated in an STM-1 frame. Furthermore, three administrative units AU-3 may be accommodated in the STM-1 frame. Of these, for example, one administrative unit AU-3 comprises a container C-3 for a bitrate of 44.736 Mbit/s. The second administrative unit AU-3 may contain, for example, seven tributary unit groups TUG-2 each with a container C-2 for a bitrate of 6.312 Mbit/s. In the third administrative unit AU-3, furthermore, seven TUG-2 each with three containers C-12 for a bitrate of 2.048 Mbit/s may be accommodated. Further transport units (VC-4, VC-3, TU-3, TU-2, TU-12 and TU-11) are formed from the containers through the addition of control information and stop information.
The transmission of a subordinate transport unit, which may be a transport unit of a plesiochronous signal (for example, 2.048 Mbit/s) or a virtual container VC-2, VC-12 or VC-11, via several synchronous digital devices leads to passage timedependent phase shifts between the STM-1 signal formed in a synchronizer with at least one subordinate transport unit and the STM-1 signal with the subordinate transport unit received in a desynchronizer. Furthermore, shifts of transport units dependent on buffer fillings arising from frequency and phase fluctuations, which shifts lead to a change in at least one pointer value of a transport unit and thus also cause stop processes, effect an additional phase shift of the subordinate transport unit. The additional phase shift which, as stated above, is indicated by a change in an AU pointer (in the case of a shift of a VC-3 or VC-4) or a TU pointer (in the case of a shift of a VC-2, VC-12 or VC-11) must be taken into account during the desynchronization.
A measuring device for a SDH system is known, for example, from the article "2,5-GBit/s-Leitungsausrustung im Projekt Berlin V" (2.5-Gbit/s Line Equipment in the Berlin V Project), ntz, vol. 44, 1991, no. 11, pp. 782-788. The block diagram of this measuring device is shown in FIG. 7 of the article. An SDH analyser (transmitter) forms an STM-1 signal which is supplied to an SDH system. In the SDH system, an STM-16 signal is formed from several STM-1 signals by a multiplexer and guided towards an optical receiver of the SDH system via an optical transmitter and a light waveguide. The received STM-1 signal is supplied to the receiver unit of the SDH analyser from the optical receiver through a demultiplexer. In addition, a frequency counter and a personal computer are present, by means of which the phase deviation between the transmitted and received STM-1 signal is to be ascertained. The STM-1 signal supplied by the SDH analyser is written into the multiplexer of the SDH system by means of a write clock signal with a first frequency. The STM-1 signal is read out from the multiplexer by means of a read clock signal with a second frequency. The conditions are exactly the reverse in the demultiplexer. The read clock signal of the multiplexer is here used as the write clock signal, and the write clock signal of the multiplexer is used as the read clock signal. It is possible with this measuring device only to ascertain the phase deviation of the virtual container VC-4 in the STM-1 signal after passage through the SDH system. A phase deviation of a subordinate transport unit passing through the SDH system cannot be measured.
The invention accordingly has for its object to provide a measuring device by means of which the phase deviation of subordinate transport units can be determined.
In a measuring device for measuring the phase deviation of at least one subordinate transport unit of a synchronous signal transmitted via a synchronous transmission system, this object is achieved by means of the following characteristics: the measuring device comprises
a transmission unit for forming the synchronous signal to be transmitted,
a first desynchronizer for separating the synchronous signal and for detecting at least one given byte of the subordinate transport unit,
a second desynchronizer for separating the received synchronous signal passing through the transmission system and for detecting at least said given byte in the received synchronous signal, and
an evaluation unit for calculating the phase deviation from the moments of detection of at least said given byte in the transmitted and the received synchronous signal.
The measuring device according to the invention measures the phase deviation between the transport unit of a synchronous signal and the transport unit of the received synchronous signal which has passed through a synchronous transmission system. The phase deviation in this case is composed of a shift depending on the time of passage and a shift depending on the degree of fullness of a buffer following from frequency and phase fluctuations. In devices of the synchronous transmission system, in fact, clock pulse adaptations are carried out by means of a buffer memory on the basis of frequency and phase fluctuations between a write clock signal derived from the incoming synchronous signal and a locally generated read clock signal.
The measurement of the phase deviation of, for example, a transport unit VC-12 in an STM-1 signal could be carried out as follows:
first he starting moment of the transport unit VC-12 in an STM-1 frame is determined without this transport unit having previously been captured in a first desynchronizer. After passing through the synchronous transmission system, the start of the transport unit VC-12 is measured in the received STM-1 frame (pattern recognition in STM-1 signal). The measured time of passage then follows from the formation of the difference, which again can be convened into a phase deviation. In the synchronous transmission system, a shift of a higher-order transport unit (VC-4 or VC-3) containing the subordinate transport unit VC-12, and thus leading to a change in the AU pointer value, may lead to an incorrectly measured phase deviation. This incorrectly measured phase deviation is caused by the shift of the bytes of the section overhead (SOH) relative to the transport unit VC-12.
The measuring device according to the invention prevents such an incorrect measurement in that only bytes separated in the first and second desynchronizer (for example data voids caused by stop processes) of a subordinate transport unit are utilized in an evaluation unit for the determination of the phase deviation.
An embodiment of the first and second desynchronizer comprises at least
a buffer memory for intermediate storage of data of a subordinate transport unit contained in the supplied synchronous signal,
a write address generator for receiving a write clock signal obtained from the supplied synchronous signal and for controlling the process of writing the data into the buffer memory,
a control device for forming a control signal for the write address generator from the supplied synchronous signal,
a read address generator for controlling the process of reading the data from the buffer memory,
a subtraction device for forming difference values from the addresses from the write and read address generators,
a circuit for generating from the difference values a read clock signal which is supplied to the read address generator, and
a detection circuit for recognizing the given byte from the bytes read from the buffer memory or from the bytes of the subordinate transport unit to be written into the buffer memory.
The read clock signal is thus generated by a circuit which comprises a local oscillator, a controller and an adjustment member. The local oscillator may be, for example, the same one which is also used for the generation of the synchronous signal in the transmitter unit. A write clock signal is derived from the synchronous signal supplied to the desynchronizer. The bytes of a subordinate transport unit read from the buffer memory are applied to a detection circuit which determines the given byte, for example, through pattern recognition. Certain bytes may appear in a certain byte sequence in this case. This pattern recognition may also be carried out before the process of writing into the buffer memory. In that case, only those bytes which are necessary for the pattern recognition are written into the buffer memory. Such a desynchronizer without pattern recognition is known, for example, from EP-A2-0 435 384 in which a transport unit for a synchronous plesiochronous signal is obtained.
An embodiment for the evaluation unit comprises a counter. Here the first desynchronizer is arranged so as to supply a start signal to the counter after the detection of the given byte in the transmitted synchronous signal, and the second desynchronizer is arranged so as to supply a stop signal to the counter after the detection of the given byte in the received synchronous signal.
The measuring device may be used for measuring the phase deviation of subordinate transport units of an STM-1 signal of the synchronous digital hierarchy (SDH). A subordinate transport unit here is a virtual container VC-2, VC-12 or VC-11, or a transport unit of a plesiochronous signal transported in a VC-2, VC-12 or VC-11.
An embodiment of the invention will be explained in more detail below with reference to the Figures, in which:
FIG. 1 is a diagram of a virtual container VC-12,
FIG. 2 is a diagram of a virtual container VC-4 in which several VC-12 have been accommodated,
FIG. 3 shows two consecutive STM-1 frames with a VC-4 depicted diagrammatically,
FIG. 4 shows two STM-1 frames diagrammatically before and after passing through a synchronous transmission system,
FIG. 5 shows two further diagrammatically depicted STM-1 frames before and after passing through a synchronous transmission system,
FIG. 6 is a block diagram of a measuring device, and
FIG. 7 is a block diagram of a desynchronizer used in the measuring device.
It may be necessary for judging the operation of a synchronous transmission system (for example, transmission system according to the synchronous digital hierarchy) to measure the phase deviation between a subordinate transport unit supplied to the transmission system and the received subordinate transport unit after it has passed through the transmission system. Such a subordinate transport unit may be, for example, a virtual container VC-12 which is transported in an STM-1 signal of the synchronous digital hierarchy.
FIG. 1 diagrammatically shows the composition of a TU-12 which contains a VC-12. The latter contains four V-bytes (V1 to V4) separated each time by 35 data bytes. The pointer value is contained in the bytes V1 and V2 and indicates the start of a VC-12 in the TU-12. The start of a VC-12 in a TU-12 is characterized by the V5-byte (not shown). The V3-byte renders it possible to stop negatively. A TU-12 is transported in four consecutive STM-1 frames. The duration for the transmission of a TU-12 accordingly is 500 μs.
The bytes of a TU-12 are accommodated column by column in a TUG-2. The four columns (of nine bytes each) of three TU-12 are joined together alternately in a TUG-2, and seven TUG-2 are joined together into a VC-3 or TUG-3. This interlocking is shown in FIG. 2. Each TUG-2 comprises twelve columns (each column comprising 9 bytes) which are also alternately accommodated in a TUG-3 or VC-3. A TUG-3, which comprises 86 columns (of nine bytes each), has fixed stop bytes in the first column and bytes of the transport unit TU-12 in the remaining columns.
As is further shown in FIG. 2, the bytes of three TUG-3 are inserted into a VC-4. The VC-4 contains in the first column a path overhead (POH), and fixed stop bytes in the two following columns. Starting from column 4, columns of the three TUG-3 are alternately inserted.
The insertion of a VC-4 into two consecutive STM-1 frames is depicted in FIG. 3. An STM-1 frame comprises 270 columns and 9 lines (270 bytes per line). The section overhead (SOH) is accommodated in the first nine columns in lines 1 to 3 and 5 to 9, and the AU pointer (AU-P) is accommodated in line 4. In the remaining space (AU payload space=P), in columns 10 to 270, payload data, stop bytes, and further bytes for control information are inserted. The AU pointer AU-P contains the information about the first byte of a virtual container VC-4 or VC-3, as applicable, stop information and further control data.
The STM-1 signal is supplied through a transmission system of the synchronous digital hierarchy which comprises, for example, several digital devices. In such devices, adaptation processes take place because of frequency and phase fluctuations between a write clock signal derived from a received signal and a locally generated read clock signal from a buffer memory into which the incoming data are written and intermediately stored. In this case, for example, the virtual container VC-4 (higher-order transport unit) may also be shifted. This shift in the VC-4 causes a change in the AU pointer value, and a stop process takes place. A clock pulse correction may also be carried out in a subsequent device of the transmission system. If a shift of the VC-12 is caused thereby, and thus a change in the TU-12 pointer value, then a stop process will be the result in the TU-12 (clock adaptation with TU-12 pointer bytes).
It has been found that phase shifts caused by clock pulse shifts between the transmitted and received signals are usually not measured correctly when the relevant bytes of a subordinate transport unit (for example, VC-12) in the STM-1 frame are used for the phase measurement.
This may be clarified further with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5. In these Figures, a transmitted STM-1 frame is pictured in the upper part, containing a total of 63*VC-12 in one VC-4. The first, second, third and fourth column of the VC-12 are mutually separated by vertical lines. An example of a position of TU-pointer bytes (TU-Pointer) is also shown. An individual byte of a VC-12 is indicated with a short line each time. The STM-1 frame depicted in the lower parts of the relevant Figures is one which has passed through the synchronous transmission system.
The frame supplied by the transmission system according to FIG. 4 only shows a phase shift of 18 STM-1 bytes for 2430 STM-1 bytes of the STM-1 frame (frame period: 125 μs) caused by passage time shifts: ##EQU1##
The transmission system here carries out an averaging operation on the degree of filling of the buffer memory over the time duration in the stop decision circuit(s) of the transmission system (cf. e.g. the transmission system described in EP-A2-0 503 732). If the phase shift is related to the VC-12 bytes (35 bytes per STM-1 frame), this will result in an average phase shift of: ##EQU2##
The 0.26 bytesVC-12 represent the average phase shift, i.e. the degree of filling of the buffer for the relevant transport unit VC-12. The correct phase shift is measured in this example.
In FIG. 5, the STM-1 signal received in the desynchronizer has the AU-4 pointer value 6 (18-byte shift). The average phase shift related to the VC-12 bytes (cf. the above calculation) is ≈0.26 VC-12 bytes (≈0.93 μs). By taking into account the VC-4 bytes, however, the correct average phase shift is obtained. This amounts to 18 VC-4 bytes. ##EQU3##
In this example, the phase shift is not correctly determined in the phase measurement. The correct phase shift may be measured by means of the measuring device depicted in FIG. 6.
The measuring device of FIG. 6 comprises a transmitter unit 1 which generates an STM-1 signal with, for example, a total of 63 VC-12, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3. An analyser from the measuring device may be used, for example, as the transmitter unit, as disclosed in the article "2,4-Gbit/s-Leitungsausrustung im Projekt Berlin V", ntz, vol. 44, 1991, no. 11, pp. 782-788. The STM-1 signal is supplied to a first desynchronizer 2 and to a transmission system 3 of the synchronous digital hierarchy. The transmission system 3 may comprise, for example, a digital synchronous device with a clock pulse adaptation in which a frequency and/or phase fluctuation is compensated by shifting of the VC-4. The STM-1 signal supplied by the transmission system 3 is applied to a second desynchronizer 4 which, similar to the first desynchronizer 2, derives the bytes of a VC-12 from the STM-1 signal through separation of the STM-1 signal. When a given byte of the subordinate transport unit VC-12 occurs, the first desynchronizer 2 supplies a start signal and the second desynchronizer 4 supplies a stop signal to an evaluation unit 5, which comprises a counter (not shown) and an evaluation device (not shown). The counter is supplied with a clock signal by a clock pulse generator (not shown). This clock signal may, for example, also be supplied from the clock signal of the clock pulse generator driving the transmitter unit 1. When the counter in the evaluation unit 5 receives a start signal from the first desynchronizer 2, the counter is started, and it is stopped when it receives a stop signal from the second desynchronizer 4.
An example of the first and second desynchronizers 2 and 4 is shown in more detail in FIG. 7. A buffer memory 6 receives the bytes of a subordinate transport unit VC-12 transported in an STM-1 signal, these bytes being inserted in a TU-12. The bytes of the TU-12 are transported in the STM-1 signal, as explained above. A clock pulse retrieval circuit 7 derives a write clock signal ST with a frequency of approximately 155.52 MHz from the STM-1 signal. The write clock signal ST is supplied to a control device 8, comprising comparators and counters, and to a write address generator 9. An example of a control device 8 is given in EP-A2-0 435 384. In the control device of the cited European Patent Application, control signals are generated for a counter which serves to write payload data bytes into a VC-4. The control device 8 operates in a similar manner as the control device described in EP-A2-0 435 384 and serves to control the write process of bytes of a VC-12 by means of a control signal.
The read process from the buffer memory 6 is controlled by a read address generator 10 constructed as a counter which receives a read clock signal LT with a frequency of approximately 2.048 MHz from a circuit 11 which serves as a controller and adjustment member. Such a circuit arrangement 11 is also known from EP-A2-0 435 384. Here the read clock signal LT is derived from a clock signal of a local clock pulse generator, for example, present in the circuit 11. This clock signal may alternatively be supplied by the clock pulse generator of the transmitter unit 1. The addresses generated by the write address generator 9 and the read address generator 10 are supplied to a subtraction device 12 which forms a difference value, which is applied to the circuit 11. The bytes read from the buffer memory 6 are supplied to a detection circuit 13 which determines the given byte through pattern recognition. Certain consecutive bytes may exhibit a given pattern here. When such a pattern is recognized, one of these bytes then is the sought given byte. Such a desynchronizer 2 or 4 as described with reference to FIG. 7 supplies a signal serving either as a start signal or as a stop signal to the evaluation unit 5.
The counter position determined in the evaluation unit 5 after receiving the stop signal is passed on to the display unit (not shown), which calculates the phase deviation from the counter value.
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The issue of affordable housing is a complex and emotional one, and there's really no easy answer. But one thing I’ve learned, is that Cambridge has a strong collective will, and when we put our minds to something, we find ways to get it done.
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In the video below (2min. 51sec.), I agree that raising the affordable housing rate to 20% is a critical and long overdue measure. But I also suggest other ways that our city remain affordable and welcoming to people of all economic backgrounds. In summary these actions include:
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Bodyguard has kept viewers gripped for the last few weeks - and it's soon to come to a bloody conclusion.
The hit BBC One political thriller will come to a close this Sunday, and it looks like it's set to include a lot more bloodshed.
In these images from the finale, hunky Richard Madden's character David Budd walks the streets wrapped in a raggedy green blanket and covered in blood.
We've watched as David works to figure out who killed Home Secretary Julia Montague (Keeley Hawes), whose life he was charged with protecting, and with whom he was indulging in a secret affair.
Staring off into the distance, Sergeant Budd looks tired and hurt as he stands in the street.
It's unclear from the pictures exactly what has happened to him, but it's plain to see that viewers are in for an explosive finale.
Fans are currently in the dark about who killed Julia during her speech at a college, or even if she is definitely dead.
Left severely depressed by her apparent death, Budd tried to take his own life by shooting himself in the head.
But he survived, realising that his gun had been tampered with and there was much more to the mystery than he originally thought.
Some fans are theorising that Julia isn't dead and is simply in hiding until the person who has attempted to take her life is found and brought to justice.
And in the penultimate episode, which attracted a record 8 million viewers, Budd found the tablet she'd been given by a mysterious character identified by Nadia - the would-be bomber stopped by Budd in the first episode - as the man her terrorist husband had been meeting.
The trailer for the finale showed Budd locked in a police stand-off after being accused of killing Julia.
How will it all end?
* Bodyguard concludes on Sunday at 9pm on BBC One


The NASA arcjet program is currently sponsoring development of high specific impulse thrusters for next generation geosynchronous communications satellites (2 kW-class) and low-power arcjets for power limited spacecraft (approx. 0.5 kW-class). Performance goals in both of these efforts will require up to 1000 starts at propellant mass flow rates significantly below those used in state-of-the-art arcjet thruster systems (i.e., high specific power levels). Reductions in mass flow rate can lead to damaging modes of operation, particularly at thruster ignition. During the starting sequence, the gas dynamic force due to low propellant flow is often insufficient to rapidly push the arc anode attachment to its steady-state position in the diverging section of the nozzle. This paper describes the development and demonstration of a technique which provides for non-damaging starts at low steady-state flow rates. The technique employs a brief propellant pressure pulse at ignition to increase gas dynamic forces during the critical ignition/transition phase of operation. Starting characteristics obtained using both pressure-pulsed and conventional starting techniques were compared across a wide range of propellant flow rates. The pressure-pulsed starting technique provided reliable starts at mass flow rates down to 21 mg/s, typically required for 700 s specific impulse level operation of 2 kW thrusters. Following the comparison, a 600 start test was performed across a wide flow rate range. Post-test inspection showed minimal erosion of critical arcjet anode/nozzle surfaces.


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Sick day : A Story about Boy, Bird, and Dog. / David McPhail.
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Loving friendships and caring for loved ones are the subjects of this poignant, easy-to-read picture book. When Boy gets sick, family and friends try to help him get well. Mom brings soup. Dog brings a bone, and Bird brings pizza. Though he declines the bone and the pizza, Boy gets well. But now his friends are sick. And now Boy has a chance to help his friends recover. Simple text and expressive illustrations tell a story of love and friendship that holds great meaning for young readers. An I Like to Read® book, Guided Reading Level D.
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ICT researchers and vendors have implored the Government to prioritise investment in physical infrastructure that makes good use of available smart technology and data.
NICTA, IBM, Autodesk and Telstra are among 33 public and private sector organisations to date to have made submissions to the Inquiry into the role of Smart ICT in the design and planning of Infrastructure.
NICTA said it wanted to see “evidence-based” infrastructure investment – with that evidence coming from the analysis of hard data.
New and existing infrastructure can be fitted with sensors that collect data about usage. This can be combined with other data sources and fed – for example – to machine learning algorithms that can be used to better predict where infrastructure investments would be best targeted.
The research body is keen to set aside current notions of infrastructure and reshape the conversation from ‘pouring concrete’ to how smart ICT might be leveraged to transform thinking.
“Australia can no longer simply pour infrastructure budgets into concrete,” NICTA said.
“Our infrastructure investments during the last decade have not improved productivity, so we must understand where to spend and how to use smart ICT.
“Even modest improvements in infrastructure efficiency will reap large dividends for Australia.”
NICTA noted the possibility of resistance from the traditional construction sector, but did not believe this should nullify important conversations on how to fit technology systems around physical infrastructure assets.
“Rethinking infrastructure as intrinsically and essentially supported by ICT will not happen overnight, and history suggests that there will be resistance (‘technological inertia’) from those who feel that computer scientists are invading ‘their turf’,” NICTA said.
“But the future seems clear - without the capabilities of smart ICT, Australia’s Infrastructure spending will continue to grow, and, as has been the case in the last decade, the problems that need solving will be left unsolved.”
IBM – a known proponent of ‘smart’ technology – agreed that IT needed to be wrapped around physical infrastructure, noting the potential for macroeconomic gains.
“By deploying new enabling technologies, we can make our age-old existing infrastructure more efficient and reliable and potentially offsetting new investment in the longer term: our power grids; our water networks; our transport systems,” the vendor said.
“We can make new infrastructure more resilient to climate change and population pressures.”
While physical infrastructure could generate important data, IBM noted the data would be most valuable combined with other sources, and some of that integration would require significant cooperation.
“It is critical that moving forward, in the design and planning for infrastructure, that data and information from across the public and private sectors be integrated to improve the overall efficiency and effectiveness of our nation’s housing, healthcare, education, social services, transport, energy, water, emergency response and human capital networks,” IBM said.
Other submissions dealt more with specific systems or technologies that they thought should be mandated by the Government.
Telstra’s submission did not deal with road infrastructure itself, but rather the users of it – imploring the Government to mandate autonomous vehicles.
“Because of the significant safety and societal benefits of autonomous vehicles it is not unreasonable to expect that at some point in the 2020s, developed countries could mandate a date by which all vehicles must be capable of being autonomous in order to be registered,” Telstra said.
“This would lead to a more rapid introduction of self-driving cars than could be anticipated from natural diffusion alone.”
Telstra further predicted that the “impact of technology adoption over the next 35 years [could]… lessen the need to build new infrastructure”.


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From Publishers Weekly
In an ably researched and well-told account, Karabell (The Last Campaign) chronicles the origins and legacy of one of the greatest undertakings of the 19th century. While the construction of the Suez Canal across a 100-mile stretch of arid Egypt to link the Mediterranean and Red seas was largely (and rightly) seen as a marvel of engineering and planning, Karabell demonstrates that the political machinations behind the project were just as intricate and daunting. European involvement in the canal stretched back to Napoleon, but the two main players in its execution were the French diplomat Ferdinand de Lesseps and the Egyptian ruler Muhammad Said. The book skillfully outlines the intrigue among their supporters and detractors without getting bogged down in meticulous detail, and it does the same for the exacting creation of the canal itself. But Karabell does an especially fine job of balancing the ballyhoo and symbolic grandeur of what the canal was meant to be and the more or less forgotten entity it has become. He quotes de Lesseps as saying to Said, "'The names of the Egyptian sovereigns who erected the Pyramids, those useless monuments of human pride, will be ignored. The name of the Prince who will have opened the grand canal through Suez will be blessed century after century for posterity.'" Ultimately, he was wrong, and the canal became a mixed blessing for Egypt at best. But Karabell's book is more sensitive than damning, and it provides a fascinating look at an early attempt to bridge East and West at a time when such history is particularly relevant.
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*Starred Review* A middle-aged ex-diplomat rusticating in the French countryside hardly sounds like someone who could bring off an audacious feat of engineering, but such was the case with Ferdinand de Lesseps. Known to readers of David McCullough's classic The Path between the Seas
(1977), de Lesseps later came to grief attempting to carve a canal through Panama. In depicting de Lesseps' glory days on the Suez Canal, Karabell proves just as able a raconteur as McCullough, as he thematically contrasts the dreams invested in the construction of the Suez Canal with its fading importance today. Long gone, Karabell notes, is a statue of de Lesseps that overlooked his creation; vanished, too, is the dreamy romanticism invested in all things Egyptian by French artistic and progressive thought in the first half of the 1800s. Although de Lesseps was fascinated with the exotic, Karabell appraises him as a salesman who viewed the canal as a way to etch his name in history. Because de Lesseps' personal connections to potentates were crucial to his success, Karabell amplifies his story with figures from the worlds of diplomacy, finance, and French and Egyptian societies. A brilliant narrative. Gilbert TaylorCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved


Former four-star general, Defense Secretary James Mattis has written a new book, “Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead,” about his 40 years in the Marines, and his philosophy on leadership. When asked questions regarding his relationship with the Commander in Chief, President Trump—Mattis, who began writing his book in 2013, shortly after his retirement from the Marines, was not prepared to trash the president—despite promptings from interviewers. The focus of his book is passing on lessons he has learned, hoping his experiences will help others.
Mattis served under the Trump administration as the president’s first defense secretary and is speaking out with the release of his new book.
“Fox & Friends” co-host Steve Doocy asked Mattis about his two-year tenure serving under President Trump, before resigning from his position. “Do you talk about working as defense secretary for Donald Trump in the book,” he asked, adding, “aAlot of people would like to hear about it. From where we sat it looked like a tense relationship.”
Mattis was quick to correct Doocy,“No, it wasn’t a tense relationship,” adding, “The president is a forthright man and so am I. I would meet with him weekly. There was nothing going on that I wasn’t open with him about. That’s the way I deal with my boss anywhere I have ever been.”
“Because he is the boss, right?” Doocy said. “He was elected by the American people,” Mattis replied.
Mattis was in charge of Central Command and oversaw the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan under President Obama, before serving under President Trump.
Fox co-host Doocy questioned Mattis about his return to duty from retirement under President Trump, and he replied, “I did. I was enjoying life,” he said. “But when you are asked to serve, Republican or Democrat, don’t start wringing your hands and asking what to do. Just roll up your sleeves if you are prepared, go to work and do your best. It’s very, very simple.”
In an interview with Judy Woodruff for PBS, Mattis was asked, “Are you confident this is a president who can be trusted with the nuclear codes, a fateful responsibility?” Mattis replied, “Yes.” “You know, the responsibility that lies—and that’s a very grave one, I have not heard anything that would indicate there was some responsibility there. … I realize that we have an unusual president and he talks openly about many things. But at the same time, in the privacy of the office, he has to deal with the reality of competing factors. And I would bring the grim realities of war into that office.”
Mattis also was asked if he would speak out if he thought the president wasn’t fit for the role as commander in chief, he replied, “Yes” he would speak out.


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Jun 08, 2017
Officials with the Miami River Commission want the Florida Department of Transportation to restore one northbound lane of traffic to the Brickell Avenue Bridge. This is just one of a dozen ideas assembled by the commission to keep cars moving on Brickell Avenue and keep ships moving on the Miami River. River commission members and others are working toward balancing these competing interests.
For complete article, please visit: www.miamitodaynews.com/2017/06/06/drive-reopen-lane-brickell-avenue-bridge/
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If cutting edge San Francisco can't meet the challenge of climate change and related environmental issues, are we all doomed?
04.16.13 - 6:04 pm | Steven T. Jones |
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Falvey cites the mayor's recent move of $2 million into the GoSolar program, new electric vehicle charging stations in city garages, and his support for industries working on environmental solutions: "Mayor Lee's CleantechSF initiative supports the growth of the already vibrant cleantech industry and cleantech jobs in San Francisco, and he has been proactive in reaching out to the City's 211 companies that make up one of the largest and most concentrated cleantech clusters in the world."
Yet many environmentalists say that simply waiting for corporations to save the planet won't work, particularly given their history, profit motives, and the short term thinking of global capitalism.
"To put it bluntly, the Lee administration is bought and paid for by PG&E," said Eric Brooks with Our City, which has worked for years to launch CleanPowerSF and ensure that it builds local renewable power capacity.
The opening of the McKinsey report makes it clear why the environmental policies of San Francisco and other big cities matter: "Around the globe, urban areas are becoming more crowded and consuming more resources per capita," it states. "Cities are already responsible for roughly seventy percent of global carbon dioxide emissions, and as economic growth becomes more concentrated in urban centers, their total greenhouse gas emissions may double by 2050. As a result, tackling the problem of climate change will in large part depend on how we reduce the greenhouse gas emissions of cities."
And San Francisco, it argues, is the perfect place to start: "The city now has the opportunity to crystallize and execute a bold, thoughtful strategy to attain new targets, continue to lead by example, and further national and global debates on climate change."
The unwritten message: If we can't do it here, maybe we can't do it anywhere.
ON THE EDGE
San Francisco's waterfront is where economic pressures meet environmental challenges. As the city seeks to continue with aggressive growth and developments efforts on one side of the line — embodied recently by the proposed Warriors Arena at Piers 30-32, 8 Washington and other waterfront condo complexes, and other projects that intensify building along the water — that puts more pressure on the city to compensate with stronger sustainability initiatives.
"The natural thing to do with most of our waterfront would be to open it up to the public," said Jon Golinger, who is leading this year's referendum campaign to overturn the approval of 8 Washington. "But if the lens you're looking through is just the balance sheet and quarterly profits, the most valuable land maybe in the world is San Francisco's waterfront."
He and others — including SF Waterfront Alliance, a new group formed to oppose the Warriors Arena — say the city is long overdue in updating its development plan for the waterfront, as Prop. H in 1990 called for every five years. They criticize the city and Port for letting developers push projects without a larger vision.
"We are extremely concerned with what's happening on our shorelines," said Michelle Myers, director of the Sierra Club's Bay Chapter, arguing that the city should be embracing waterfront open space that can handle storm surge instead of hardening the waterfront with new developments. "Why aren't we thinking about those kinds of projects on our shoreline?"
David Lewis, director of Save the Bay, told us cities need to think less about the value of waterfront real estate and do what it can to facilitate the rising bay. "There are waterfront projects that are not appropriate," Lewis said. Projects he puts in that category range from a scuttled proposal to build around 10,000 homes on the Cargill Salt Flats in Redwood City to the Warriors Arena on Piers 30-32.


Police recover two stolen vehicles
LANCASTER - Lancaster Police recovered two stolen vehicles and a handgun early Tuesday morning.
According to police reports Lancaster police officer Troy Rine stopped a 2011 Toyota Tundra after seeing the truck travel through the intersection of East Sixth Avenue and North High Street “at a high rate of speed” shortly before 1 a.m.
Rine followed the truck and after running the license plate number discovered it had been reported stolen by its Circleville owner. Rine stopped behind the truck after it pulled into a parking lot at Fairfield Medical Center.
After asking both people in the vehicle if they had anything the he should be aware of, the driver, Scott Allen Harte Jr., told Rine he had a loaded handgun tucked into the back of his pants. The truck’s passenger was released by police at the hospital parking lot.
Hartke was taken to the Lancaster Police station for further questioning. At the station he told Rine the name of the person who gave him the truck and where a second stolen vehicle might be located.
Officer Eric Spiegel went to the location Harte suggested and found a 2007 Toyota Tundra that matched the description Harte had given. Spiegel confirmed the truck was stolen from a Pleasantville man.
Harte was arraigned Tuesday morning in Fairfield County Municipal Court for receiving stolen property and improper handling of a firearm in a motor vehicle, both felonies of the fourth degree, and other traffic violations. His bond was set at $10,000.


The second episode of the eleventh season of “NCIS” packed an emotional wallop. Fans were given closure regarding Cote de Pablo’s exit from the series and fans of Tiva (a Tony/Ziva pairing) were rewarded with a steamy (yet bittersweet) lip lock between their two favorite characters.
The episode’s plot was two pronged: Tony went to Israel to hunt for Ziva while Gibbs and the team worked on tracking down Parsa and recovering more information about the Brotherhood of Doubt, an American terrorist organization, and their role in the death of SecNav Jarvis.
After working with Director Elbaz (Marina Sirtis) and speaking with childhood friends of Ziva’s, Tony realized he was headed in the wrong direction. All of the information Ziva had recently shared with him was about her past. Tony realized she was no longer moving forward, but backward.
He finally tracked her down to the home in which she was born and asked her to return home with him to DC. Ziva, however, had other things on her mind. After seeing how the actions she had taken in her professional life had affected the lives of those she loved, Ziva decided that she needed to change her life and begin anew. Thinking she had left her friends and family with only heartache, Ziva wanted to become a new and better person and, thus, decided to remain in Israel.
On the second front, Gibbs and his team continued to track down information on Parsa. This episode brought about the introduction of the newest Secretary of the Navy, SecNav Porter (Leslie Hope, “24”) a tough, no nonsense business woman who was determined to prevent any further attacks on American soil and to mete out justice to those who were responsible for the acts already committed, by “any means necessary.” Gibbs and the team followed the clues which led them to the realization that Mendez (Costas Mandylor) was actually dirty. When Gibbs realized Fornell was in the line of fire, he shot Mendez and saved Fornell. All in a day’s work for the NCIS team.
The episode ended with a call from Ziva to Gibbs where she intended to explain her decision to leave the team, a call Gibbs clearly dreaded receiving.
High points of the episode:
- The interaction between Gibbs and Fornell. Rarely do we get to see the lighthearted side of Gibbs and Fornell’s just a pleasure to have around.
- Tony’s newest nickname for McGee.
- The interaction between Tony and Ziva. The characters have been dancing closer and closer to the edge of revealing how they really felt about each other. To see them admit it on screen made many a Tiva fan happy.
Low points of the episode:
- Having Mendez turn out to be dirty. Once the audience learned Mendez was assigned to Fornell’s protective custody, it was only a small leap to realize he would turn out to be a “bad guy.”
So what did you think of the episode? Were you satisfied by the circumstances surrounding Ziva’s exit?
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Stylish Dog Accessories: Fashion for Your Dog.
Dog with a Mission (DWAM) offers various high-quality dog accessories, so there is something for everyone. We are known for our products having original and colourful designs. Each design is handmade with love.
Which accessories suit your dog?
The dog collars from Dog with a Mission will make your four-legged friend even more special than he already is. As every dog is unique and has a different neck size, our collars and dog harnesses are available in different sizes. We also have collars for greyhounds, which are dogs with longer and narrower necks. Our size chart can help you decide which size you need.
DWAM also has nice leashes. Our range of dog leads consists of leashes made of different materials. These include rope leashes, leather leashes, adjustable leashes, puppy leashes and slip leashes. It is also possible to attach a poop bag holder to the leash that matches. We also call that cleaning up in style!
Dog accessories from DWAM
Have you found something you like within our product range for your four-legged friend? Then order the products easily online via our own webshop. Dog with a Mission delivers to most European countries, but also to a fair number of countries outside the EU. With a purchase over € 99, you will automatically receive a nice gift from us!
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5 hospitalized after boat fire in Port Jefferson harbor
Four people from Connecticut were rescued Sunday from a burning boat in Port Jefferson.
The fire started around 12:45 p.m. near the ferry terminal.
The fire chief says four people were on board at the time.
WATCH: Video from the Jet Ski
Flames and thick smoke rose from the boat as the boaters swam away.
Police say an off-duty police sergeant helped rescue them from the water.
A person on a Jet Ski says he also helped bring the victims to shore.
All four boaters and an off-duty public safety officer were taken to the hospital.


Detection of Intraretinal Microvascular Abnormalities using Deep Neural Networks (DNN)
Diabetes or more precisely Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a metabolic disorder which happens because of high blood sugar levels in the body. Over the time, diabetes creates eye deficiency also called as Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) which causes major loss of vision. The symptoms that can originate in the retinal area are augmented blood vessels, fluid drip, exudates, hemorrhage, and micro aneurysms. In modern medical science, images are the essential tool for exact diagnosis of patients. In the intervening time estimate of current medical imageries remains multifaceted. In recent times computer vision with Deep Neural Networks can train a model perfectly and level of correctness also will be higher than other neural network models. In this study fundus images containing diabetic retinopathy has been taken into consideration. Model has been trained with three types, back propagation (NN), Deep Neural Network (DNN) and Convolution Neural Network (CNN) after testing models with CPU skilled Neural set of connections gives lowly accurateness because of one unseen layers where as the deep learning models are outperforming NN. The Deep Learning models are capable of quantifying the features as blood vessels, fluid drip, exudates, hemorrhages and micro aneurysms into different classes. Model will calculate the weights which gives severity level of the patient’s eye. The foremost challenge of this study is the accurate verdict of each feature class thresholds. To identify the target class thresholds weighted Fuzzy C-means algorithm has been used. The model will be helpful to identify the proper class of severity of diabetic retinopathy images.
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William Shatner sings the blues – we wish he wouldn’t
“Hubris,” the muse of music whispers each time William Shatner makes a new record. But will he not hear?
Th 89-year-old actor, who has spent his quarantine attacking Twitter users who dare to call him a “cis” man, has a new album coming out October 2. This time he’s tackling that most doleful and soulful of genres, the blues.
But anyone familiar with Shatner’s musical output — from his covers of “Rocketman” to “Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds” to his run at “Jingle Bells” — knows that it scarcely matters what musical style he’s working in. No matter what, he brings his trademark staccato, making the most melodious songs recitative.
The first released track on the new record, called “The Blues,” is no exception. A cover of “The Thrill Is Gone,” it could not be more aptly named. Backed by Deep Purple’s Ritchie Blackmore on guitar, Shatner takes the licks made famous by B.B. King and, for nearly five minutes, leeches any sincerity or depth of feeling from the words.
In Shatner’s rendition, the song, which speaks to the freedom of finally being out from under a woman’s “spell,” leaves the melancholy impression of a guy who’s lost the will to live. Speak-singing about a relationship that’s lost its verve, Shatner sounds like he downed a handful of tranquilizers before taking his turn at the karaoke machine. (You can imagine the loosened tie and the wife hiding his car keys.)
And perhaps that’s the magic of Shatner’s own limited vocal abilities: Even when singing over the instrumentals of accomplished musicians — he’s brought on such talents as Peter Frampton, Todd Rundgren and Rick Wakeman for past albums — he always sounds like he’s doing bad karaoke.
Over 14 tracks, “The Blues” is fairly stacked with top tier talent including Brad Paisley on “Sweet Home Chicago,” Pat Travers on “I Put a Spell on You” and blues guitarist Kirk Fletcher on “I Can’t Quit You Baby.”
It should be noted that of the guest artists named on the tracks, Arthur Adams and Kirk Fletcher are the only Black people featured, which, given the blues’ uniquely African American origins, is less than ideal. We will give Shatner the benefit of the doubt, however, that Fletcher, a blues guitarist of the first order, was recruited for his immense talents and not just because he happens to share a name with a certain “Star Trek” captain.
PJ Grisar is the Forward’s culture reporter. He can be reached at [email protected].


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From May 6 to 12, 2018, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab celebrated National Nurses Week with a jam-packed slate of events, awards, a breakfast and smoothie cart, and treats galore.
It started on Monday with Unit Day (in which units organized their own celebrations) and culminated on Friday with a blowout birthday party for Florence Nightingale, the English social reformer, statistician and founder of modern professional nursing.
National Nurses Week Awards: Remarkable Image of Caring Award & Nancye B. Holt Legacy of Nursing Award
One of the annual highlights of National Nurses Week is the presentation of two awards to individuals who demonstrate our mission, philosophy and commitment to excellence in patient care. The Remarkable Image of Caring Award recognizes an outstanding PCT, medical assistant, rehabilitation technician, patient support aide or nurse intern. The Nancye B. Holt Legacy of Nursing Award recognizes a nurse or advanced practice nurse. The winners of this year’s awards are both from the 20th floor: Winny Chiu, RN, was awarded the Nancye B. Holt Legacy of Nursing Award and Janice Pittman, PCT, was awarded the Remarkable Image of Caring Award!
Winny and Janice each received a recognition plaque, award certificate and bouquet of flowers from their peers.
This year we had a record number of nominations: 41 for the Nancye B. Holt Award and 32 for the Remarkable Image of Caring Award! Nominees were recognized on their respective units and received certificates.

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The construction industry has long relied on heavy machinery for many of its operations, but it’s the unsung heroes of the industry, the loaders, that are often overlooked. Loaders are essential in construction, from digging to hauling and even loading materials onto trucks. They provide the muscle and power needed to move heavy loads, and their impact on the industry is significant.
What is a Loader?
A loader is a type of heavy equipment used for a variety of tasks, such as digging, loading, and hauling materials. Loaders are typically tracked or wheeled vehicles with an engine, a bucket, and several other attachments, such as forks, hammers, and grapples. Loaders are used in a variety of industries, including construction, agriculture, mining, and forestry.
Uses of Loaders
Loaders are used in a variety of construction tasks. They can be used to dig trenches and holes, load materials onto trucks or other conveyances, and move large objects and materials. They are often used for demolition tasks, such as breaking up concrete and asphalt, as well as for loading and hauling materials. Loaders can also be used for grading and leveling, soil compaction, and other tasks.
Types of Loaders
There are several types of loaders, including wheel loaders, skid steer loaders, backhoe loaders, and compact track loaders. Wheel loaders are large, wheeled vehicles with a bucket in front that is used for loading and unloading materials. Skid steer loaders are smaller, usually tracked vehicles with a rotating platform and several attachments, such as forks and hammers. Backhoe loaders are large, wheeled vehicles with a backhoe at one end and a bucket at the other. Compact track loaders are smaller, tracked vehicles with a rotating platform and several attachments, such as forks and hammers.
Advantages of Loaders
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Rising numbers of coronavirus cases in the East Riding are "worrying" and residents should redouble their efforts to contain the spread of the deadly disease, the council's leader has said.
The council leader called on residents to continue following social distancing guidelines and to self-isolate if told to curb rising case numbers.
Cllr Burton added he had not been informed of any plans to put the East Riding into a local lockdown.
A council spokesperson said the local authority would continue to follow national guidance and would act accordingly if new measures are announced.
Their comments come as Conservative East Yorkshire MP Greg Knight said anyone who did not like the rules should "grin and bear it" until a vaccine is found.
Sir Greg added the government's new three tier traffic light system for managing local lockdowns would allow officials to move areas between different levels of restrictions more easily.
The system rates least affected areas as 'green', meaning only national rules apply, to 'red' with pubs, restaurants and gyms made to close and restrictions on meeting in public tighten.
It follows the latest Public Health England figures on coronavirus infection totals in Hull and the East Riding which stood at 2,223 and 2,756 respectively as of Monday, October 12.
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Hull's infection rate was 855.7 and the East Riding's was 807.6, with totals rising by 26 and 62 respectively compared to Sunday.
"For a long period of time our infection rates have been low, but now they're going up.
"I cannot stress enough the need to carry on following government guidance and our own three steps to safety which are to prevent the spread, know the symptoms and act by getting a test or self-isolating if you have them.
"One of the sobering statistics that I've seen is that 80 per cent of people contacted through the Test and Trace programme have failed to self-isolate.
Cllr Burton said council public health teams were constantly in touch with government officials to review local developments.
He added councillors had been briefed on infection rates during a meeting with public health teams and Chief Executive Caroline Lacey on Friday.
Cllr Burton said: "Infections are increasing which is a worrying trend because we know the virus spreads quickly.
"If people aren't self-isolating here that's a really serious concern.
"We're in this together and we must redouble our efforts.
"The government has been in touch with those areas that are of real concern, so far I've not been contacted regarding changes to restrictions in the East Riding.
"We're behind some of the areas of concern, but the danger is we will catch up.
"I've been in regular contact with residents and businesses to make sure they're following the rules and that they have plans in case things change.
"But we want to do our upmost to prevent a local lockdown, even down to what we do at an individual level.
"Wear your face masks, wash your hands, follow the guidelines, I cannot overstate the seriousness of this."
Sir Greg said the task of deciding whether to put areas into stricter lockdowns was "difficult" given rapidly changing situations and the need to balance public health with economic concerns.
He added the majority of his constituents recognised the need for restrictions to keep the area safe.
The MP said: "I hope it doesn't come to a local lockdown, but if that's what the experts tell us we should do then we'll have to.
"Most people are behind what the government are doing, they recognise it's for the public good.
"The new traffic light system will allow the government to move areas between different levels of restrictions more easily.
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"There's growing evidence that social distancing is effective and works.
"I'd advise anyone who doesn't like the current rules to grin and bear it because they're for the greater good until we get a vaccine.
"Whatever rules are in place, they need to be kept under regular and constant review as our knowledge improves and if it looks like there's a better way of doing this."


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An inscribed copy of Mediations on Nature, Mediations on Silence, inscribed to former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara by the co-author of his memoir, In Retrospect.
Octavo, 88pp. Illustrated softcover. Multiple watercolor illustrations. Inscribed by Brian VanDeMark: “To Robert McNamara, You taught me the meaning of responsibility through example. I will cherish our association always. Brian (VanDeMark). 5 March 2007.”
From the personal library of former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara. Provenance: The Robert McNamara Estate & Diane Byfield McNamara Book Collection (The Potomac Company, October 2019)


2022 KTM 250 Adventure Unveiled Officially; Coming to India Soon
The Austrian bikemaker, KTM, today unveiled 2022 models of two bikes, 250 Adventure and 390 Adventure. Both bikes are expected to arrive in our country early next year. Just like the 390 Adventure, the 250 Adventure has also gone through various cosmetic as well as design updates. The quarter-litre adventure-tourer now features a new attractive dual-tone colour scheme, which is orange with white accentuates and blue with white accentuates.
Aside from that, like the KTM 390 Adventure, the 250 Adventure also gets new alloys, which are now 10 spoke wheels instead of the 12 spokes on the present model. Other than that, the rest of the parts remained unchanged. In terms of features, the KTM 250 Adventure has a halogen headlight with dual LED DRLs at the front, an LED taillight, a quick-shifter, dual-channel ABS with off-roading mode, and a fully-digital instrument console with Bluetooth connectivity.
Other notable features include large pillion grab rails, dual-purpose tyres, knuckle guards, split-seats, and many more. In terms of powertrain, the 2022 KTM 250 Adventure is going to continue with the same single-cylinder, 248.8cc, liquid-cooled engine, which is coupled with a six-speed gearbox and is capable of generating 29.5 bhp of max power at 9000 rpm and 24 Nm of max torque at 7500 rpm.
While the suspension setup also remains unchanged, the motorcycle now also features WP-sourced USD front forks and a preload-adjustable rear mono-shock. Moreover, the braking chores are handled by the same 320mm single disc at the front and a 230mm rotor at the rear end. In terms of availability, the 2022 KTM 250 Adventure is expected to go on sale in India in the coming weeks while the ex-showroom price tag is expected to hover around Rs 2.50 lakhs.


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Lin Fan heard Wang Zhou’s conversation about the veterans being attacked. He wanted to avoid that problem and said, “Master, I will take my leave.”
He was a newbie with only eleven years of martial art cultivation, so he didn’t want to fight a serial killer.
“Wait.” Wang Zhou stopped Lin Fan.
The word wait Lin Fan heard meant bad news for him.
“You are still a newbie Hunter, you still lack experience. Take your men and go to the crime scene to investigate the situation. And Captain Zhao will accompany you.”
Wang Zhou hoped Lin Fan could grow faster, Lin Fan could gain cultivation either by fighting the demons or distinguish the deaths caused by the demons or not.
Lin Fan pretended to be thankful toward Wang Zhou and prepared to investigate the crime scene with his subordinates.
But deep in his heart, he was dissatisfied.
Lin Fan didn’t want someone expected him to achieve something great, he didn’t want that kind of burden.
Lin Fan left Wang Zhou to prepare his men and waited for Captain Zhao in front of the city gate.
After waiting for a while in front of the city gate, Lin Fan finally saw Captain Zhao arrived.
“Leader, will we meet demons?” Wang Bao said.
“Shut your mouth, if you really want to meet the demons, he is the one who will take you there.” Lin Fan scolded him, then Wang Bao returned to the line.
“Captain Zhao, why don’t you bring your people for this operation?” Lin Fan asked.
Zhao was also one of Hunter Guild’s leader. But that day, he couldn’t bring his men for some reason.
So Lin Fan was afraid if he encountered a dangerous enemy, no one would protect him.
Captain Zhao told Lin Fan his achievement while working as Hunter.
Captain Zhao has been a Hunter for 13 years.
When he was still a newbie like Lin Fan, he already led 23 Hunters to guard Jiangdu City, solved 138 cases, and killed 246 demons.
“You are their leader. They are your brothers. You have a responsibility to keep them safe. Remember, sometimes, demons are not the worst. The most terrible creature is humans.” Captain Zhao said.
“Such as?” Lin Fan asked.
Lin Fan wanted to know for the sake of his safety.
“Don’t ask too much, you will become a real Hunter soon. It shows that you have the talent for this job, and Master Wang also values you very much. He trained you, do not let Master Wang down.”
Their group finally left the city and entered the forest.
Captain Zhao’s mind was occupied about how much he wanted to have a child along the way.
He was longing to have a wife and children from long ago, that was an old single man’s complex.
They arrived at Ten Miles. Well, that was the name of that place, not literally ten miles from the city.
The three carriages were still there with the goods in it. As for the horses, it was gone.
“Be careful.” Captain Zhao was cautious of the surroundings. There was a chance he could encounter demons outside of the city.
Although there were not that many demons around Jiangdu City, they still had to be careful.
Lin Fan arranged his men to guard the surrounding area.
“Leader, do you want to look around for clues? Maybe there will be clues left unnoticed.”
“Do you want to die? If you walk around, demons will kill you.” Lin Fan scolded him.
Lin Fan felt so helpless, his men didn’t have a common sense, demons will absolutely kill them one by one if they were separated from the group.
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The best of the 1925 bestsellers are none too good for contemporary readers. Although some are well-written, they are all museum pieces: They take readers to times and mindsets light years away from contemporary culture.
Aside from The Little French Girl and Arrowsmith, there aren’t any novels on the 1925 list whose plot I could remember a month after I finished the book. (The Little French Girl spent two years on the bestseller list. I reviewed it along with the 1924 bestsellers and it was my top pick for 1924 as well as one of my picks for the best of 2014 anniversary-year novels.)
In all honesty, I’m not sure I’d have remembered Arrowsmith if I hadn’t seen the film version, which, unfortunately, does justice to Sinclair Lewis’s novel.
With that discouraging introduction, I’ll suggest these may be worth a look:
- The Perennial Bachelor by Anne Parrish is fascinating—but depressing—glimpse into the nineteenth century culture in which not only did men expect their female kinfolk to serve them, but the women expected it, too.
- The Green Hat by Michael Arden is interesting today primarily for its technique. Neither plot nor characters are strong enough to be remembered for long.
- The Constant Nymph by Margaret Kennedy has to be my third choice. It’s not a book I liked, but Kennedy’s writing is good.
My next blog post will preview the bestselling novels of 100 years ago where, I hope, we’ll find a wider selection of enduring novels.

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Manchester United great Ryan Giggs says he has been hugely impressed by Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s form and longevity, describing the former Sweden international as “unbelievable.”
Ibrahimovic, 35, has dispelled the doubters since arriving at Old Trafford in the summer, taking his tally to 24 goals with Sunday’s winner in the FA Cup fifth round at Blackburn.
Giggs, who retired at 40 in 2014, said he can understand the comparisons to his former United teammate, Eric Cantona.
“I think there are similarities because of that confidence they have in their own ability and the goals that they have scored,” Giggs told Press Association Sport.
“It’s their job and you can see that he is a good professional, he is always fit and at his age to play centre-forward and to produce the goals he is producing is unbelievable.”
Ibrahimovic still has a way to go to catch Giggs, who made a club-record 963 appearances before calling time on his playing career.
“It is not easy [playing into your mid-30s],” he added. “The first bad game that you have, everyone always says, ‘He is too old’ or he is this or that, so you’re fighting against that all the time.”


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Hidden among the almond groves outside of Chowchilla, California, lies the largest women’s prison complex in the world, Central California Women’s Facility (CCWF) and Valley State Prison for Women (VSPW), where an estimated 11,000 women are held behind bars. “Conditions are horrible,” said Mary Van Der Horst, a member of All of Us or None, a group of former prisoners organizing for civil and human rights. Van Der Horst said that there is not enough food and hygiene is poor at the two facilities.


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Yesterday, 62 organisations and networks (including the PSAM) registered their strong objection to Parliament’s public participation process being undertaken for the 6 appointments that are to be made to the Commission on Gender Equality (CGE). Their letter put forward measures to assist the Portfolio Committee on Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities to address the serious shortcomings in the proposed public consultation.
The letter explains:
“The CGE has a critical mandate as a Chapter 9 institution, charged with promoting respect for gender equality and its protection, development, and attainment; and to monitor, investigate, research, educate, lobby, advise, and report on issues of gender equality.
In the current South African context gender based violence wreaks unabated destruction; women continue to bear the brunt of inequality, poverty, and unemployment (where women are employed, they continue to earn on average 30% less that what men earn for work of equal value); hate crime, hate speech, and discrimination against LGBTIQ+ communities goes unchecked, often with deadly consequences. It cannot be disputed that the mandate of the CGE and the experience, expertise, and temperament of its commissioners is ever more important.”
The organisations have requested a response from the Committee by Friday 9 September 2022.


Nick Lippman is a Partner at Lippman Entertainment. He’s focused on guiding the company’s impressive artist and producer roster in today’s multi-faceted music business. His industry experience started with an internship at EMI Records at age 15. After, he enjoyed a successful stint at Interscope, before joining Lippman Entertainment in 2004. He was named a partner at Lippman Entertainment in 2014.
Combining innate “record biz” acumen, a trailblazing spirit, and an informed understanding of digital trends, he set a new paradigm for multi-platinum pop rock icons Matchbox Twenty in 2007. At Nick’s urging, the band became the first in history to sell a full-length album, Exile on Mainstream, on a USB wristband in the mass market. The record debuted at #3 on the Billboard Top 200 and was quickly certified Gold. The group continues to sell wristbands at all live shows, allowing fans to purchase the audio of performance they just attended—a model soon adopted by Bruce Springsteen, George Michael, and others. Also, for that tour cycle, Nick also orchestrated a tie-in with Facebook and eHarmony where online daters went on their very first date at a show on the Exile tour.
He continued pushing the envelope with Matchbox Twenty in 2012. Initiating a groundbreaking cross-promotion between the artist, Facebook, and Spotify, he launched a campaign incorporating the concept of “Timeline” and listeners’ own memories of the group as set up for the release of their latest record North. The record would debut #1 on the Billboard Top 200—their first to do so in their 15-year career. Eventually, he helped grow the band’s social following to over 1.8 million fans in less than 10 months. The digital rollout included of a trend-setting artist app. This was the first time a band included both augmented reality and geo-fencing on tour to communicate directly with fans, an innovation lauded by Billboard in 2013.
In setting up George Michael’s 2014 album Symphonica (a #1 debut in the UK and four other countries), Nick engineered a slick roll out. The artist’s web site underwent a “black out”, inciting the fans to question his next move. Then, he launched an interactive app and unique events throughout the two weeks leading up to the album’s release.
He also developed a groundbreaking “Digital Tour Book” that reinvigorates the classic tour program and pushes it online with modern technology. It started with Matchbox Twenty and will be mass released in 2017.Nick reintroduced Ryan Cabrera into the marketplace with a highly successful 2013 tour that showcased the artist to a new younger audience. He created an online monthly charity event called “Live from Ryan’s Living Room”, which raised over $150,000 for various charities.
He also developed a groundbreaking “Digital Tour Book” that reinvigorates the classic tour program and pushes it online with modern technology. It started with Matchbox Twenty andwill be mass released in 2017.Nick reintroduced Ryan Cabrera into the marketplace with a highlysuccessful 2013 tour that showcased the artist to a new younger audience. He created an online monthly charity event called “Live from Ryan’s Living Room”, which raised over $150,000 for various charities.
In 2011, 360 Magazine included him among its “Top 100 Innovators, Intellectuals, Peacemakers, and Trendsetters” list with Bono,Jay-Z, Michelle Obama, and more. He received a 2012 nomination for Billboard Magazine’s “40 under 40′′. He built strategic partnerships with top startups like Co-Promote, one of Billboard’s “Top 10 Startups of 2011”, Daqri, one of Billboard’s “Top 10 Startups of 2013”, and 2014’s SXSW top 10 accelerators Fliptu. He also teamed with both G-TV and YouTube to create the MCN, G-TV Music
In 2015 Nick started the technology Incubator Ava Jade, LLC. Ava Jade specializes in connecting amazing technology with the entertainment world emphasizing on the music industry. Nick sits on the Board of Advisors for fast growing technology startups; Co-Promote, Crowdzilla, Ampsy, Top-Fan, Fan Flex, Gigmor,Rage-Onand Dreamchain. Dreamchain was Ava Jade’s first company working on the blockchain and in cryptocurrency. To date each one of these companies has grown exponentially since Nick joined the respective teams.
In the summer of 2016, Nick introduced the world to the First Ever Hologram Selfie Experience, where fans who purchased VIP packages will have the opportunity to sing in real time next to Rob Thomas, both in Hologram form. Within minutes, the footage is emailed to the fan to share with friends, family and on social media. This is truly a unique and once in a lifetimeexperience.This went off extremely well garnering huge press from tier one outlets as well as fan satisfaction.
As well in the summer of 2016 Nick and his business partner and father Michael, was featured in Billboard Magazine’s “From the Desk Of”.
In the summer of 2017 Nick led the incredibly successful Matchbox Twenty “A Brief History of Everything Tour” with smart marketing and the ability to maximize playing off the band’s nostalgia. The band played to over 850,000 people during this run.
In 2017 and 2018 Nick grew the career of rapper Chris Webby from what was a decline to a height greater than his initial prime. With Nick at the helm, Webby got more than 70 million streams, did a partnership with Live Nation, doubled his touring guarantee and grew the financials almost 10x in less than 2 years.
2018 was also a big year. His client, 16-year-old Noah Urrea, is the star of the Simon Fuller created, Now United who have toured the world and will continue to do so through the remainder of 2018. Juan Pablodi Pace got rave reviews singing the music of the late George Michael with an incredible symphony and was a finalist on the hit tv series Dancing with the Stars. You can also see Juan Pablo as “Fernando” on Netflix’s biggest show, Fuller House as well as on the Dancing with the Stars tour.
In 2018 Nick also expanded Ava Jade, creating the Ava Jade Producer Incubator as well as the Ava Jade Artist Incubator. Nick partnered with acclaimed neuroscientist Dak Brandon and brought in multi-talented producers and writers to create a hit making machine. Look for multiple drops in 2019 from the production side.Ava Jade also started a publishing entity and has partnered with RipTide and Urban & Lazar.
So far in January of 2019, Nick was able to secure both a record deal and publishing deal for Christian artist Jack Cassidy, whom was on team Alicia on season 15 of The Voice. Rob Thomas is also releasing his 4th solo album and going on a World tour in support of it.
Nick’s passion and acumen drives results and breeds loyalty. “It’s about understanding the transformation in the business and being proactive without being too eager,” he said. “Risk taking is inherent in show business but as managers we need to focus on taking calculated risks, that protect and impact artists, enhance the fan experience, and move the industry forward.”


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Police in Delta nab Warri eatery staff over alleged robbery
The police in Ebrumede, Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta, have arrested a 44-year-old staff of a popular eatery in Warri, over alleged robbery.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in Delta, DSP Onome Onovwakpoyeya, confirmed the arrest to newsmen in Warri.
The suspect was arrested on Wednesday in Ogun area of Warri, following the lodgment of a complaint at the Ebrumede Police Station by the victim, Mr Fred Dolor.
The suspect was alleged to have connived with members of his gang now at large, to attack the victim in a commercial tricycle on April 17 in Okere-Urhobo area of Warri.
The victim was allegedly dispossessed of his cell phone valued at N48,000 in addition of N96,000 cash.
Police said the stolen cell phone was tracked, leading to the arrest of the suspect and that further investigation into the incident was on.
“I was in a tricycle around Okere Market barely a week ago. These guys just entered the Keke (tricycle) and tried to confuse me.
In the process, they robbed me of N96,000 cash and an Infinix Hot 6 phone valued at N48,000.
“If anyone had told me that the police could track and bring back my phone and even apprehend the suspect, I would hardly believe it,” the victim told reporters.