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The story revolves around the passengers of a yachting trip in the Atlantic Ocean who, when struck by mysterious weather conditions, jump to another ship only to experience greater havoc on the open seas.
A grief-stricken mother takes on the LAPD to her own detriment when it stubbornly tries to pass off an obvious impostor as her missing child, while also refusing to give up hope that she will find him one day.
After a horrific car accident, Anna (Ricci) wakes up to find the local funeral director Eliot Deacon (Neeson) preparing her body for her funeral. Confused, terrified and feeling still very much alive, Anna doesn't believe she's dead, despite the funeral director's reassurances that she is merely in transition to the afterlife. Eliot convinces her he has the ability to communicate with the dead and is the only one who can help her. Trapped inside the funeral home, with nobody to turn to except Eliot, Anna is forced to face her deepest fears and accept her own death. But Anna's grief-stricken boyfriend Paul (Long) still can't shake the nagging suspicion that Eliot isn't what he appears to be. As the funeral nears, Paul gets closer to unlocking the disturbing truth, but it could be too late; Anna may have already begun to cross over the other side. Written by
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It's time now. You're absolutely beautiful for your funeral.
[crossing his hands]
It's is if you were still alive. Just sleeping. This is how they're all going to remember you.
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A funeral director appears to have the gift of speaking to dead, and help with their passing to the either side. However, his latest work is a young female school teacher, but is she really dead or is he fulfilling a sick fantasy.
Director Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Voslo's After-life intriguing, thought provoking and original though out. The stark style of filming is reminiscent of Body to Body (2003) aka "Corps à corps".
While most of film centres around the character of Anna Taylor it is a wise casting choice by Matthew Lessall as beautiful Christina Ricci gives an emotional performance as a girl who's is not sure if she is dead or alive. Although, Ricci is on the mortuary slab and semi-nude for most part of the film, comparably to Anna Falchi in Dellamorte Dellamore (1994), it's never in an explicit or sexualized matter to Wojtowicz-Voslo's credit.
Liam Neeson is convincing as the mortician Eliot Deacon in a subtle performance where communicates with the dead. He's creepy and cold, although not given a back story, his character has many layers. The tension between Neeson and Ricci is note-worthy and create some great moments.
Die Hard 4 star Justin Long is average as Ricci's fiancée, as he hasn't have the convincing weight of the other players. However, Young Chandler Canterbury as the little boy Jack is memorable.Supporting cast are a mix of familiar face's including Josh Charles and Shuler Hensley and the other officers.
Direction, lighting and music create an eerie atmosphere for this effective thriller mystery. There's horror too in the way of Anna Taylor's visions and Deacon working on the deceased prepping their bodies.
Overall, simmering entertainment with a closing act to ponder over.
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Steve Chiotakis: In the state of Illinois, finances are a mess. Later today in his budget address, Governor Pat Quinn will unveil how he plans to make up a huge shortfall there. Reporter Jay Field previews some of the proposals on the table to find $13 billion.
Jay Field: As you try mouthing $13 billion a few more times, here’s some perspective, courtesy of Chicago budget analyst Laurence Msall:
Laurence Msall: The state of Illinois meets the classic definition of insolvency. That is, it is unable to pay its bills as they come due.
The situation is so dire, Governor Pat Quinn has put up a special Web site and asked everyone in Illinois for their input. Residents are suggesting all manner of fixes, from cutting everything except education to legalizing marijuana to generate tax revenue.
As for Governor Quinn, he is likely to propose cutting hundreds of millions of dollars from education, child care, the state police and local governments. Budget observers also expect him to push for some kind of tax increase.
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Wood work is the final step in making a piece of furniture, and the majority of the time you can use a machine to cut, shape and finish the piece.
With a few exceptions, most of the machines available for home use are designed for milling wood, but there are also a few that can cut wood or make plaster, as well as mill wood, a process that can produce much higher-quality materials.
For the most part, you will need to buy a mill to do your millwork.
Millwork tools and tools that can mill wood and other finished materials can be found at many hardware and craft stores, but you will most likely want to get a machine specifically designed for this purpose.
You can also buy the tools yourself, as long as you buy them with the proper milling material.
How to use a mill You will need a mill that can work on wood.
This is usually a combination of an ax, hand saw, and a drill bit.
You may also need a sawmill, which is basically a saw that can be moved around a mill.
A mill will typically weigh between 150 and 500 pounds, so the machine should be large enough to be used for a large area of wood, which you want to work on.
Wood milling tools and equipment Wood mill tools and accessories for home and small business milling.
1/4″ square saw or miter saw, 1/2″ square box saw, 6″ long flat-head miter, miter bit or drill bit, mitered wood, wood plane or mill, milling tool, and other tools to cut and shape wood.
1″ wood plane (also known as a mill wheel) is a milling equipment that can help you cut wood, as opposed to a machine.
A wood plane can be used to cut boards or other pieces of wood with a saw, which can then be used on other types of materials.
A machine is typically the most expensive of the milling options, but it can also be used in smaller areas where there is a lot of room for work.
If you need more room to work, you may also want to consider buying a mill with a small flat-headed miter or a sawmachine to cut wood.
How do you cut or shape wood?
Most wood milling machines are designed to cut or mould the wood into the desired shape.
There are several different types of milling mills, such as the ax, saw, box and miter.
Ax mills have a straight, flat-sided blade that cuts through the wood and makes cuts of about 3/4 inch.
You use this cutting blade to make cuts of wood.
Ax miter mills have more of a rectangular saw that cuts a curved path, and can be made of several different lengths.
The blade can be curved at any angle, as it moves along the grain.
You will also see these mills in the shape of a diamond or pentagonal shape, which they can also cut out with a mill blade.
The box mill has a blade that makes cuts in a square pattern.
This mill blade has a longer cutting range than the miter mill, and it can be set for a variety of different cutting sizes.
The miter blade can also make sharp cuts, and you can set the blade to cut straight lines or for even sharper cuts.
If your mill has an auto cutter, it can cut out a large piece of wood in a few seconds.
The saw mill is also a mill, but a saw mill uses a very small piece of saw wood that is set into a mill-shaped cutting platform that is rotated on the sawmill axis.
A saw mill has more of an arc cutting range, but if you have a mill and a saw miter machine, you can make cuts with more accuracy.
There is also the miterer mill, which also has a mill but can also turn a miter into a saw blade.
A mitearer mill is a saw with a smaller blade, and these mills can cut a wider range of wood than the ax mill.
The other mill options for mill work include the saw miterers, which use a small piece to make the cutting, and even the mop mill.
These mills can make a large amount of cutouts, which makes them a good choice if you are making a wide variety of wood and you don’t have the space for a lot more.
You also may want to look into a machine that has an adjustable saw, as this can cut smaller cuts than the saw mill.
You should also consider getting a saw tool for cutting and shaping wood, such a a a mitter, saw bit or mill blade for wood.
Wood work also involves cutting or shaping the grain and creating the final surface of the piece, which means cutting the wood out of the surface and leaving a surface that looks good.
The end result of mill work is usually more finished and more beautiful, and that is what most people


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I never had an occasion to question color, therefore, I only saw myself as what I was… a human being. – Sidney Poitier
What does that mean? Some of us are born into a form of luxury, being part of the majority ethnic or religious group in the local area. Others are born into the minority. For those of us in the majority, this quote may seem obvious.
For those born in the minority, however, it can be hard to not see the difference. Every day, in every face that is different. In every disapproving glance or cold-hearted stare. For someone to be able to move beyond that, to see through or past such petty distinctions, is amazing.
That is what makes the quote, and the person who said it, so special. To have come from such humble beginnings, and to have broken through on stage and in movies as a black man in a white world is impressive enough. To have done so with such class and dignity, that’s truly spectacular.
Why is the dignity of our fellow humans important? I would imagine that even as one of the most privileged of a majority population, you’ve almost certainly been subjected to some form of humiliation at some point in your life. It might have been at school or at home, in the neighborhood or while far from home. But it happened, right?
The rest of us have had our dignity degraded at some point or another. And it’s fairly likely that it’s happened more than just a few times. What does it feel like, to be humiliated? How do you react in such circumstances? I can’t think of a time when it was pleasant, either the experience or my reaction.
So then why would we want to put someone else through something similar? I know I wouldn’t. From the basis of his quotes, I doubt the author of this quote would either. I believe we should always treat people with dignity, recognizing them as what they truly are, a human being.
Where can I apply this in my life?
Yet some people still insist on repeating the mistakes of the past. Why would anyone want to put someone else through something similar? The most common response I’ve seen for that kind of behavior is that it’s an institutional behavior.
Whether it’s tradition, an initiation rite or some other form of ritual abuse, it keeps going because it always has been that way. Or sometimes it is far more personal. Because they suffered, others must also suffer, just to make things “even.” Well, that’s how it works in their minds, at least.
It takes a slightly different attitude to break from that cycle of abuse and restore dignity to the people involved, as well as all who would follow after them. But treating others with dignity isn’t just about stopping existing initiations or rituals.
There are other institutionalized behaviors which are affronts to the dignity of our fellow human beings. There are local areas where a minority had become the majority, and others are not welcomed in their part of town. To me, that is no better than the behavior once directed at them.
In the words frequently associated with Gandhi, “An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.” If one group affronts the dignity of another, even if there is historical prescient or a past justification, it does nothing to make life better for either group.
Nor does it help any of the individuals improve their lives. How much different the world seems when you consider that person as a single human being, and not a label or a group. It’s easy to say “they did something to me, so I must get even with them”.
It’s much harder to say that to a person who has never done you any harm, nor treated you with anything less than the kindest behavior. Treating others with dignity, treating them as an equal, and a valuable member of the human race is simply the best and most proper thing to do.
It won’t always be easy, especially when dealing with those who at some point in the past, actually have treated you poorly, as something less than a human being. But that is when it is most important to rise above the petty eye-for-an-eye attitude and to break the cycle.
You can’t control how they will react or respond. Some people are beyond our ability to reach. However, that doesn’t make it right for you to sink to their level. Yes it will be tough, but the right path is rarely easy, or it would be much more crowded.
Treat others as you would like to be treated, as simply another human being. Not better, not worse, just another person trying to grow and become a better person. Treat them with dignity. You will make a difference. Not in them, but in yourself. And that’s what matters the most.
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Happy Birthday to an acting legend, Sir Sidney Poitier, born 20 February, 1927.

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A official documentary movie about the misson of the US forces on an island of the Aleutians, from which US bombers are attacking the Japanese occupied island Kiska. The movie includes footage from a bombing raid over Kiska with B-17 and B-24 bombers. Written by
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TE Develops Hybrid And Electric Mobility Solutions Kit
16 July 2020
High voltage terminals and solutions kit contains all the parts needed to create an assembly
TE Connectivity has developed a new purchasing option for high voltage terminals and connectors used in hybrid or all-electric vehicles. The new hybrid and electric mobility solutions kits contain all the parts required to create an assembly in one easy- to-order package, the company said. Kits are available for AMP+ HVA 280, AMP+ HVA 630, AMP+ HVP 800, AMP+ HVP 1100, and AMP+ IPT solutions and are perfect for use with high-voltage, hybrid and electric mobility applications.
“To assist our customers and make ordering and assembly easy, we are now offering these kits for high voltage terminal and connectors,” said Mike Brenner, TE product manager. “The hybrid and electric mobility solutions kits offer design engineers all of TE’s reliable parts needed for assembly in one package so they don’t have to worry about missing any parts or have to hassle with any order quantities.”
Low-Medium Current Connectors
AMP+ HVA 280 finger-proof, touch-safe, two- or three-position low-medium current connectors and headers are designed for flexibility with options needed for various hybrid/electric vehicle device applications. This product family can be utilized with multi-core or individually shielded wire and includes a discrete header design unique to the industry that improves packaging and manufacturing efficiency with a two-stage floating latch that creates safety in the system. The connector system also provides multiple latching options and an integrated internal HVIL, allowing for package size optimization and routing flexibility.
AMP+ HVA 630 touch-safe two-, three-, four- and five-position low-medium current connectors and headers are designed to meet AK 4.3.3, LV215-1 specifications and feature a CPA (Connector Position Assurance) system. With a current carrying capability up to 40 amps at 140º C and a 4 to 6 mm2 multicore wire range, the AMP+ connectors and headers can be used in many EV device applications, the company said.
The shielded and sealed two-position connectors are designed for advanced performance with high-voltage onboard chargers. The five-position connectors allow three-phase charging currents up to 32 amps for maximum charging capacity and due to its lever control, the necessary mating force is less the 70 N. The package size is optimized with an integrated internal HVIL, TE Connectivity said.
High Current Connectors
The touch-proof one-, two- or three-position high current connectors and headers found in the AMP+ HVP 800 kits are designed to meet AK 4.3.3, LV215-1 specifications. With a current carrying capability up to 200 amps at 85º C (depending on wire cross section), an ample temperature range and a wide wire range, the AMP+ high current connectors and headers can be used in various EV applications, the company said. An integrated internal HVIL with multiple routing options allow package size optimization and flexibility. Assembly is simplified with a lever assist for low insertion force.
AMP+ HVP 1100 fingerproof, touch-safe, one-position high-current connectors and headers are designed for flexibility with the options needed for various hybrid and electric vehicle device applications. With a current carrying capability up to 300 amps at 85º C and 70 mm2 individually shielded wire, the TE AMP+ HVP 1100 can be used in many high-voltage applications. The system provides an integrated internal HVIL for package size optimization.
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Finally, TE’s AMP+ IPT shielded ring tongue enables easy and flexible adaption of the internal power terminal to various applications, the company said. The IPT is available in one-, two- or three-pole housings. The power accessory provides 360º EMC shielding and wire-to-device capabilities. The screwed ring tongue can be applied on different length cables, according to the needs of the customer.


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Businesses can no longer afford to lose qualified talents of all genders on their corporate career paths. Ultimately, a company can only grow and be innovative through diversity. Every organisation has a duty to find ways to retain its employees and to provide the best possible support in helping them recognise and develop their potential, contribute their skills, reconcile their personal and professional goals and achieve them. The equal treatment of all people in an organisation and in society is a crucial prerequisite for each individual to be able to deploy their personality, their strengths and unique abilities to thrive business for our company and to drive innovation. Equality between all gender identities is just one important example of the considerations we also make regarding other aspects of diversity.
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Wife came home the other day and said there was a noise when she turned left in the 2014 Chrsyler T&C Minivan. I drove it around a parking lot and confirmed a scraping/metallic rubbing sound from rear wheel (I thought left, she thought right) when turning fairly tight left turns about 10-15 mph. Didn't sound clicky or robust enough to be the wheel bearing. Sounded to me like the brake dust cover rubbing, since I had one bust loose on a truck one time, and this was really similar.
I took a screwdriver and gently pushed the dust covers back a bit, just through the wheel holes. Test on turns and the noise was gone, so that was definitely it.
However, I'm wondering if this is just the first symptom of a bad wheel bearing. If I understand how the stuff is put together down there, the dust cover is attached to an assembly that's independent of the wheel and rotor, so that the shifting of mass during turns may be angling that wheel enough to cause that rub.
To be clear, I don't get any other typical wheel bearing symptoms -- which in my past experience were all a lot more obvious. But I wonder if I should just get ahead of this one and have it replaced.


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Crude oil markets started the Nov. 15-19 trading week on a softer note amid demand uncertainty arising from increasing COVID-19 cases in several parts of the world.
ICE January Brent crude futures stood at $81.60/b at 0235 GMT Nov. 15, down 58 cents/b (0.71%) from the Nov. 12 settlement, says an article published in Platts.
Middle East crude
More spot tenders are expected during the week for January-loading barrels, with eyes on the outcome of Qatar Energy’s monthly tender offering Al-Shaheen and Qatar Marine crude.
Spot differentials for most Middle East grades could trade at premiums amid strong demand cues from Asian buyers for January-loading barrels.
Russia’s ESPO Blend crude could see healthy demand as buyers seek more crude supplies, though a weaker import appetite from Chinese private refiners could cap premiums for the grade.
Dubai cash/futures (M1/M3) averaged $3.78/b in the week ended Nov. 12, against $3.36/b in the week ended Nov. 5.
Intermonth spreads were narrower during midmorning trade Nov. 15 with January/February pegged at $1/b, down 4 cents/b from the Asia close Nov. 12.
January Brent/Dubai Exchange of Futures for Swaps was pegged at $4.71/b at midmorning Nov. 15, down from $4.76/b from the Asia close Nov. 12.
Asia Pacific crude
Market participants eye procurement activity from Indonesia’s Pertamina, as well as movement on the January-loading barrels of North West Shelf condensate.
Tender results on Qatar’s DFC and LSC for January-loading barrels are expected to emerge over Nov. 15-19 amid higher naphtha cracks on the month.
On Far East Russian crude, tender results for OVL’s Sokol tender are expected to emerge during the ongoing week where cash premiums for January-loading Sokol crude could remain resilient amid a wide Brent/Dubai EFS.
The January loading programs for Australia’s Ichthys Field Condensate, Cossack and Papua New Guinea’s Kutubu Blend are expected to appear over Nov. 15-19.
In Southeast Asia, traders will be looking out for Vietnam’s PV Oil’s Chim Sao and Rang Dong crude deals as well as Brunei Energy’s tender for January loading barrels of Malaysia’s Kimanis crude.
On OSPs, traders await clarity on Indonesia’s October ICP and Brunei’s September OSP this week.
Trading activity on February-arrival barrels of Brazil’s Tupi crude are anticipated amid rising demand from Chinese state-owned enterprises.
A narrower M2 Brent/WTI spread could suggest thin volumes of US WTI Midland crude into Asia.
Crude oil futures were under pressure in midmorning trade in Asia Nov. 15, as investors continued to fret over a stronger dollar amid signs of rising inflation and a recent uptick in COVID-19 cases in Europe and China.
The latest inflation print for October in the US, a 31-year high, has raised the possibility of action by the Biden administration to tackle surging energy costs. The US Federal Reserve might also bring forward its planned start date for an interest rate liftoff.
The recovery in global mobility has stalled amid an uptick in COVID-19 cases worldwide. China continues to battle its latest outbreak of COVID-19 cases, while several European countries including Germany, Austria and the Netherlands have registered record caseloads in recent days.
Global mobility in the week to Nov. 8 averaged 9.8% below pre-COVID levels in most of the world’s top oil users excluding China, according to the latest Google data, up from 8% a week earlier.
In the week ended Nov. 12, the international crude oil benchmarks were lower on the week. The January contract for ICE Brent futures fell 0.69% on the week to settle at $82.17/b, while the December contract for NYMEX light sweet crude was down 0.59% at $80.79/b.
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Letter to the Editor: Government working for the wealthy
Many of those who voted for Donald Trump are understandably beginning to question the wisdom of their vote. Trump repeatedly pledged to address the needs of Americans who rightly feel they have been left out of the prosperity enjoyed by many. He promised “terrific, wonderful health care for everyone,” jobs and opportunities for his supporters. Granted, he has pleased his supporters with the important appointment of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court.
However, the Republicans, including our Congressman, Bob Goodlatte, just voted for a health care bill that will cause millions of Americans to lose coverage and raise premiums for those over 50 or with preexisting conditions. At the same time, this bill saves millions in taxes for the insurance companies and people making over $200,000 a year. Mr. Goodlatte, how does that serve the best interest of the vast majority of your constituents?
In addition, President Trump and the Republicans have also reversed regulations that will result in: homeowners with FHA loans paying higher mortgage rates; removed requirements for businesses to report worker injuries; reversed orders that would have protected your internet privacy; reversed provisions that allowed small businesses to provide their employees retirement plans; removed provisions preserving internet and cable neutrality; removed national monument status from 24 large public tracks, allowing gas and mining companies to harvest their resources for their own profit; proposed massive tax cuts for big corporations and the wealthy.
What do these actions all have in common? They all serve the best interest of big corporations and wealthy individuals at the expense of the average American! That’s exactly the opposite of what Donald Trump and the Republicans pledged to Americans! Watch what they do, not what they say!
All Americans deserve quality health care and to be treated fairly in our economy and in our society. It certainly seems that the primary interest of Trump and the Republicans is the interest of big corporations and those with a great deal of wealth. It is time for us all to demand that our government work for the best interest of all of us, not just the wealthy!
Dr. N. C. Kirkland, Edinburg

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Hvar town is the largest town on the island. Hvar is located on the south side of the island, and today is the administrative, legal, historical, economic and tourist center of the island.
The old town of Hvar city walls from the 15th century illustrates the importance of the most loyal and well-preserved history and tradition. Town Square is the largest square Pjaca on the Croatian coast, adorn St. ga. Stephen from the Renaissance era (15 century) with a bell tower (17th century), which is among the most beautiful in Dalmatia. In the square of the arsenal and the oldest theater in Europe dating from 1612 Beautiful Fortica fort from the 15th century is now open as a museum and is one of the tourist attractions from which there is a beautiful view of the open sea.
In front of the sheltered bay in which is situated the town of Hvar spreads Pulp limestone archipelago islands has beautiful beaches and bays. The most famous island is known as Palmizana botanical garden.


Japan has left me speechless, and I mean that quite literally.
On the outside, Tokyo looks pretty similar to any major American city. There are tons of people, busy streets, skyscrapers, and the like. When I stepped off the train to this city that seemed so familiar, I was immersed into a city on mute. No one cursed at me to get out of the way or aggressively pushed past me to make it to work on time. No homeless person asked me for spare change, nor did I cringe at the odor from mountains of garbage lining any street corner.
Yep, I was definitely in a foreign country.
In the six days I was in Japan, the silence followed me. On the streets, on the subways, in the restaurants, from Tokyo to Kyoto, Osaka to Hiroshima, Japan was quiet.
At first the absence of sound startled me, awkwardly realizing why foreigners often stereotype Americans as loud and obnoxious. I noticed every conversation my friends had, every crinkle of snack packaging, every scuff of our boots on the pavement.
But when I stopped talking and started listening, I noticed everything. I figured out the train system and noticed the flow of traffic. I started to stay left, and was quiet on the metro, in respect of the businessman’s tired eyes after a long day at work.
On the train traveling to Hiroshima, I was seated next to an older gentleman who didn’t speak any English. When the beverage cart rolled past, he asked me if I wanted a coffee (I’m assuming) in Japanese. I tried to tell him I was all set, but he bought me a cup anyway. There was a complete language barrier, clearly, but as we sipped our coffees in silence, I had an idea. I took out my camera and began to show him the moments I had captured since arriving in Japan.
We communicated seamlessly without speaking, giggling at the pictures of my friends sleeping on the train and “oooohing” at my photos of the temples in Kyoto.
When the train came to my stop, I smiled at the man and extended my hand. Looking into his eyes as I shook his hand, I felt connected to this man that I exchanged a maximum of 10 words with over our hour-long train ride next to each other.
Silence often has a negative connotation in American culture. For example, the harsh shush of a librarian or a mother’s use of the quiet game to get her children to settle down. Silence in Japan felt peaceful and respectful. I never felt constricted or suffocated by the quiet; I felt free.
I wandered through a bamboo forest. I watched the sunrise at the Heian Shrine in Kyoto. I sat on a bench in the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima. I savored the freshest seafood and hot udon soup at local restaurants. The best moments of my time in Japan were muted.
There is only so much of a country you can see in a week, but I really feel like I experienced Japan once I shut up and started paying attention. That is certainly something I will carry with me as I head to Shanghai. Until next time!
Jamie Servidio is a junior majoring in journalism. In the next 112 days, she will be circumnavigating the globe with Semester at Sea, stopping in 12 countries along the way.


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Stoke City manager Mark Hughes believes that frustrating the crowd at the Emirates Stadium could be key to ending his side's dismal away run against Arsenal.
The Gunners have won each of their last 14 games at home against Stoke, keeping eight clean sheets in the process, with their last league defeat to the Potters on home soil back in 1981.
Arsene Wenger's side are in formidable form in the top flight, having gone unbeaten since their opening-day loss to Liverpool, although they have won just one of their last four at the Emirates Stadium in all competitions.
And Hughes, who saw his side snatch a point away to Manchester United last month, believes another positive result is within their reach if they can get the home fans to turn on their side.
"We are playing with confidence and that's important going into a game against one of the top teams," he told a media conference. "We're probably in the best place we could possibly be.
"We haven't had a great record there. It seems we do well against Arsenal here and they do well at the Emirates. We've done okay at ending records like that in the Premier League and Arsenal away is the only unwanted record left. Hopefully we can tackle that this weekend.
"They are very strong at the moment, individually and collectively. At the moment as a team they look in good shape and although we have confidence it's not an ideal time to go there given their form. The key for Arsenal is whether they can sustain it over 38 games. That's what at times they've struggled with and why they haven't won the Premier League for so long.
"Sometimes you can frustrate the crowd as well. It's not the most vociferous places and we're going to have a great following. [We must] keep their chances to a minimum."
Stoke are without Geoff Cameron (knee) and Ryan Shawcross (calf) is a major doubt, but Hughes expects Marko Arnautovic and Bruno Martins Indi to be available.
Hughes nonetheless aimed a pointed remark at the Football Association over Martins Indi after no retrospective action was taken against Burnley's Ashley Barnes after he caught the Dutch defender with an elbow.
"Ryan Shawcross still isn't available," he said. "He's been with the physios this week and we don't anticipate he'll be with the main group [in training].
"Arnautovic and Bruno should be okay. Everyone saw the bang Bruno got apart from the FA committee, but hey ho.
"Geoff Cameron has just got an injury that given where it is, is going to have to have more time. It's not a significant tear in the knee ligaments, it's only grade one, but it's where it is. We expect he'll be another two to three weeks."


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A proposal put forth by France and Germany, which would see the establishment of an EU bond to raise around 3.725 trillion billion kroner to kickstart a European economy hampered by the Coronavirus Crisis, will not be supported by Denmark.
Denmark is part of a small group of member states – dubbed the Frugal Four (along with the Netherlands, Austria and Sweden) – which stands against the ‘debt-sharing’ proposal.
“The Danish government’s position has not changed in regards to the financing,” Christian Rabjerg Madsen, the spokesperson for government-led Socialdemokratiet party’s financial issues, told DR Nyheder.
“We are against transactions between countries, and we are against debt sharing. It is our view that fiscal issues are national affairs.”
EU’r not alone
Earlier this year, PM Mette Frederiksen rejected any notion that Denmark would earmark more funding for the EU.
Instead, the Frugal Four points to giving more money to the EU in the form of individual loans, rather than a grant that all member states are required to pay for.
“We want to show solidarity, and we want to help contribute to southern European economies getting back on their feet. But the Danish position is clear – we are against assuming debt on behalf of others, and we are against mutual loans,” said Madsen.
The government’s position has the backing of most parties in Parliament.
Opposition parties Venstre and Dansk Folkeparti support the government, but Radikale argues it could make sense given that the Danish business sector relies on exports.


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Ever since Bungie added Forge to Halo 3, Halo Karts has been a thing. The inspiration of Nintendo's all-conquering Mario Kart was obvious, but the various Halo Karts were built from Halo elements and played on Halo maps. Now the prophecy is upon us. A Halo Mario Kart mod as ludicrous as it is amazing.
Cursed Halo Kart, to give it the proper title, is a part of a much larger mod called Cursed Halo Again, which is a campaign sequel to the multiplayer map pack Cursed Halo. The Mario Kart 'campaign' here is based on that prior mod,Halo Karts, and tasks players with winning Mario Kart races in Warthogs against various comedy Halo duos to progress (this is, after all, a 'cursed' campaign). Everything mentioned here was created by modder InfernoPlus and the whole overarching project is equal parts bizarre and impressive.
The mod's shown off below by Youtuber Mint Blitz, and it's where I took the above absurd gif from.
Like, it almost seems one of those things that started as a joke, then got legs of its own, and became some sort of labour of love. The Cursed Halo Again mod specifically alters Halo 1 in the Master Chief Collection and, when you step back from the humour and silliness of what's going on in the mod, there's a certain grandeur to what this old warhorse is being gee-d up to deliver.
Which in this case, of course, is classic Mario Kart tracks, but now with stickies instead of blue shells, a vague Double Dash quality in the paired-up Warthog riders, and some bonkers grenade physics that send the karts careening across the tracks. Which, it turns out, can be a useful shortcut.

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Mayer Hawthorne & The County have just released a music video for “A Long Time”, the first single off their upcoming sophomore album, How Do You Do. The album is set to drop Oct. 11th and is already on the breath of soul fans across the world. The music video is based on the 1980s Detroit cable access program, “The New Dance Show”. Hosted by R.J. Watkins, the show featured local dancers getting down to the hits of the day. Apparently, Andrew “Mayer Hawthorne” Cohen was a big fan of the show when he was younger as it was on every day when Cohen got home from school. Director Henry Demaio sharply nailed the 1980s low-budget film techniques used in the original show; the clothes and dance moves are unsettlingly period-appropriate. Check the video below, check the “A Long Time” Chromeo remix
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Andrew “Mayer Hawthorne” Cohen burst onto the L.A. music scene in late 2008 with his debut single “Just Aint Gonna Work Out”. The
single, released by Cohen’s label Stones Throw Records, immediately caught the attention of young and old soul fans everywhere for its long forgotten style and structure. While most modern attempts at soul re-creation blend elements of current music with older songwriting, Cohen’s style is decidedly loyal right down to the recording and mixing methods. The incorporation of J-Dilla-esque drum patterns only serves to illuminate the strong link between 1950s soul and 1990s hip-hop. Where neo-soul artists would contrast, Cohen compared for similarity.
After assembling a backing band in 2009, Cohen released his debut album A Strange Arrangement. The album garnered critical praise across the spectrum; nods from Rolling Stone and Beyond The Race Magazine made the album an assured success beyond Cohen’s most liberal expectations. It turns out that Cohen, long time hip-hop DJ and producer, had never planned for his soul songs to end up anywhere except the hands of his family and friends. Cohen’s father has long been a Detroit musician, and Cohen simply wished to make songs for him to appreciate. Nobody could have predicted the instant success that Mayer Hawthorne & The County would gain by releasing A Strange Arrangement.
Cohen was soon showered with accolades from music magazines, outlets, and blogs across the world, including being the Starbucks iTunes pick of the week. Famous fans quickly began to come out of the woodwork. John Mayer invited Mayer Hawthorne & The County to be the opening act at his New Years Eve show and declared A Strange Arrangement the “Album of the Year” on Twitter. Snoop Dogg commissioned Cohen to create a soul
remix of his hit song “Gangsta Love” and included A Strange Arrangement on his Celebrity Top 5 Albums list on iTunes. Kanye West and Spike Jonze used ”When I Said Goodbye” in their short film, We Were Once A Fairytale. The Cool Kids invited Cohen to appear on their 2011 LP, When Fish Ride Bicycles.
Mayer Hawthorne & The County have toured extensively throughout the past three years, even making stops in Australia and Europe. They’ve played SXSW, Coachella, Bonnaroo, and Lollapalooza 2011 earlier this month. They’ve also been busy in the studio preparing their new album, How Do You Do.
Now, with the critical success of A Strange Arrangement on their heels and a new home at Universal Republic Records, Mayer Hawthorne & His County look to double up on Oct. 11th with How Do You Do. It has been reported that Snoop Dogg will be on the album, so stay tuned to this site for the track listing when it drops!


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According to a new study published in the journal Mutation Research, researchers have found some clues as to why anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) develops in the breast following breast augmentation. ALCL is a rare form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma and usually develops in the liver, lymph nodes, skin, and soft tissue, but rarely the breast.
In fact, nearly all cases of breast ALCL have occurred in patients that have undergone breast augmentation. The researchers found that the tumors always develop in the scar tissue surrounding the breast implant.
In the study, researchers reviewed all studies and case reports involving ALCL. They found 71 cases of ALCL that are linked to breast implants, signifying that the incidence of ALCL in women who underwent breast augmentation is still very rare. Furthermore, researchers found that almost all patients with implant-related ALCL were anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-negative and responded well to treatment.
Patients with ALK-negative ALCL typically require more aggressive treatment and do have poor survival rates. In addition, they found that removing the implant and the surrounding tissue was a successful form of treatment in many of the women, suggesting that the implant may cause an atypical immune response, resulting in cancer.
Breast augmentation was the most commonly performed cosmetic surgical procedure in the US last year, with around 290,000 women receiving either silicone or saline breast implants. Although extremely rare, some patients who have had this procedure develop a blood cancer called anaplastic large cell lymphoma. Now, a new study has shed light on why this is.
Anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) is a rare type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), responsible for around 3% of NHLs. ALCL typically appears in the skin, lymph nodes, liver and soft tissue. On rare occasions, however, the cancer has appeared in the breast, and according to this latest research – led by Dr. Suzanne Turner of the University of Cambridge in the UK – almost all cases of breast ALCL have occurred in patients who have had breast augmentation, with the tumors always developing in the scar tissue surrounding the implant.

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Areas near commercial airports sometimes experience a small but measurable increase in rain and snow when aircraft take off and land under certain atmospheric conditions, researchers have found.
The new study led by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), is part of ongoing research that focuses on so-called hole punch and canal clouds that form when planes fly through certain mid-level clouds, forcing nearby air to rapidly expand and cool. This causes water droplets to freeze to ice and then turn to snow as they fall toward the ground, leaving behind odd-shaped gaps in the clouds.
The research team used satellite images and weather forecasting computer models to examine how often this type of inadvertent cloud seeding may occur within 100 km of six commercial airports: London Heathrow, Frankfurt, Charles De Gaulle (Paris), Seattle-Tacoma, O'Hare (Chicago), and Yellowknife (Northwest Territories, Canada), as well as Byrd Station in Antarctica. They found that, depending on the airport and type of plane, the right atmospheric conditions typically exist up to 6 percent of the time, with somewhat more frequency in colder climates.
Lead author and NCAR scientist Andrew Heymsfield said this phenomenon likely occurs at numerous other airports, especially in mid- and high-latitude areas during colder months. The key variable is whether there are cloud layers in the vicinity that contain water droplets at temperatures far below freezing, which is a common occurrence.
"It appears to be a rather widespread effect for aircraft to inadvertently cause some measureable amount of rain or snow as they fly through certain clouds," said Heymsfield.
"This is not necessarily enough precipitation to affect global climate, but it is noticeable around major airports in the midlatitudes," added Heymsfield.
The study will be detailed in the journal Science.


Gathering Audiences Around Our Hoosier Campfire
As a field, we talk frequently about the results of season planning, but we rarely are given the opportunity to examine the myriad decisions season programmers need to make. Transparency about this demanding and sometimes exasperating process could be helpful to the relationship between artists and theater organizations as well as a fascinating read for all of us who enjoy performance. Find the rest of the series here.
The Indiana Repertory Theatre (IRT) is the only LORT theatre in its state. I asked longtime Artistic Director Janet Allen to write about season planning for a broad constituency of adults and children. – Fran Kumin
I’m celebrating my twentieth year as Artistic Director this year—you’d think that I’d have this season planning thing down cold. Not so much! In fact, there are ways in which is gets harder every year—certainly from the perspective of how many great new writers and plays are surfacing in the market each year, there is a veritable embarrassment of riches in what’s programmable. So that’s what I always try to remember, when I’m desperately trying to cram bigger plays into a budget at the eleventh hour—there are lots of great plays out there! Returning to that moment of gratitude is always important through the sleepless nights leading up to final decisions.
At IRT, we are playing to a very diverse demographic—we program for people ages three to one hundred and three, for people who are theatre aesthetes, for people with no exposure to theatre, for sophisticated world travelers, for people who have never travelled outside the midwest, and for a racial mix that is constantly evolving and changing. And while the founders of the IRT envisioned it as a principally adult-serving theatre, forty-four years later it’s only barely that: 40 percent of our audience is under eighteen and we are deliriously proud of that. But making work for, with, and alongside that demographic hands us some interesting programmatic challenges, because two of our nine productions are selected specifically for young audiences with tie-ins to curriculum—one for three- to eight-year-olds, and one for junior high/high school kids). We play a critical role as powerful interventions to the woefully decreasing presence of arts in our schools.
…from the perspective of how many great new writers and plays are surfacing in the market each year, there is a veritable embarrassment of riches in what’s programmable.
Generally, another three productions in our season we select as “crossover pieces” that can play to student matinees and to adults and families in public performances, thus serving all age brackets of our audience. This work tends to be pretty heavy on literary adaptations and classics, which work well for curriculum linkage, and also attract adults to an art form that is still considered rather rarified. We are also the only professional producers of Shakespeare during the school year, offering schools from all over the state the opportunity to support their curriculum with our productions, a responsibility we take seriously, producing Shakespeare frequently.
And yes, we still produce A Christmas Carol every year—why? It’s still the best gateway drug we have, drawing new people to the theatre every year. The IRT’s second artistic director, my mentor, Tom Haas, was fond of saying that making theatre was still a lot like drawing people around a campfire simply to hear a good story in company—that image resonates for me frequently as we consider which stories to spin around our Hoosier campfire.
The other three productions we select from new or the newly-discovered plays for our adult audience. With these, we can focus entirely on our adult demographic, although it is very broad in tastes and age as well. We have a strategic commitment to produce new work, and we happily have one of the longest playwright-in-residence relationships on record with James Still, now in his eighteenth year as IRT’s playwright-in-residence. We produce a play of James’ virtually every year; some we’ve commissioned and some commissioned by others. Most of the commissions we’ve made to him have been for plays for our Indiana Series, in which we have created fourteen plays by four playwrights that speak to the experience of living in the heartland, dramatizing important historic moments in our state’s history in order to consider our future or adapting pieces of literature created by Hoosiers. We’ve dramatized some heartbreaking cultural moments in these works: the clash between white settlers and the Lenape tribe which resulted in Indiana’s Trail of Tears, the Marion lynchings in 1930, the loss of family farms to agribusiness. These plays have stirred lasting and deeply emotional conversations in our community and invite community ownership of these new plays.
Diversity is also deeply embedded in our season programming conversations and decisions. I’ve already expanded on how diversity of age factors hugely into our decision-making, but we also focus on race and gender across our age continuum. While we often think of the gender focus in terms of story vantage point and voicing, we also consider it in terms of actor numbers. We serve a larger female audience than male—women in our market are the principal buyers. We are also a female-led organization: IRT has had twenty-five years of female artistic directorship—I followed the sublime Libby Appel—and thirty years of female associate artistic directors. We instinctively gravitate to plays that explore women’s stories. And this season alone, more than a third of our programming is focused on minority storytelling. I struggle, however, with diversifying our diversity focus beyond our ongoing and vigorous conversation with our African American community; with growing Asian and Latino populations in our community, and some great plays coming from those cultural voices, I’d like to listen less to the ticket data streams and take more dives into plays that would openly invite some of those smaller community segments.
We also attempt to place at least one co-production in each season. If there are two, we have to originate at least one. We do this entirely to save money, so the co-producing theatres have to be trusted, known partners. Our co-producing partners make little sense geographically, but a lot of sense in terms of trusted relationships.
While the process I’ve outlined here may sound rather formulaic, our season selection process is pretty messy and involves a lot of people—our associate artistic director Courtney Sale and dramaturg Richard Roberts are always on the front lines with me, procuring, reading, commenting, arguing. Our playwright-in-residence James Still is out there scouting, scouring, promoting, creating. Our managing director, marketing director, director of education, general manager, and production manager are spinning scenarios as we crank out possible bills. And throw into the mix a co-production or two, and the schedules of the artists we want to work with, and the planning gets pretty crazy! On subscription or off subscription? On the mainstage or the upperstage? What community partnerships can we make with various productions? These are some of the many conversations that go into curating IRT’s campfire gatherings each year.
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September 2017: Feron Technologies PC proposal on V2X communications solutions has been accepted for funding in Stage 1 Fed4FirePlus Open Call 2. Project has already begun!
Fed4FIRE+ building on the success of its predecessor, aims at boosting experimentation-driven research at a European level, by offering a set of open, accessible and reliable facilities supporting a wide variety of different Internet research communities, providing simple, efficient, and cost effective experimental processes, guaranteeing increased trustworthiness of facilities, and supporting the sustainability of the experimental infrastructures.
Project “FIVE” implemented by Feron Technologies was accepted in Stage 1 of Open Call. FIVE aims at the experimental evaluation and demonstration of an end-to-end solution prototype for the vehicular communications vertical domain. In the context of FIVE, we plan to integrate our own V2X software radio modem prototype with a higher-layer ITS protocol stack, and eventually demonstrate/validate a complete end-to-end and real-time V2X communication application in real-world conditions. Further information for the project and the open calls may be found in https://www.fed4fire.eu/ and https://www.fed4fire.eu/opencalls/
July 2017: Feron Technologies PC is further advancing its IoT capabilities through PARROT Project!
The Project was accepted for funding within the context of RAWFIE Project 2nd Open Call for Proposals. RAWFIE Project is an initiative funded by European Commission’s Horizon 2020 Program with the following key priorities:
- Development of a strategic experimental infrastructure for mobile IoT;
- Support of the entire experiment lifecycle with fully detailed, controllable and replicable conditions;
- Integration of Cloud resources and networking facilities provided by the Europe’s Research and Education Network (GEANT);
- Provision of a proof of concept for extending the IoT paradigm in the world of autonomous mobile devices and remote piloted systems with real time characteristics; and
- Implementation of a reusable architecture that facilitates the testing of hardware, protocols, algorithms, middleware and application protocols.
In this wider context, main objective of PARROT Project is to integrate & deploy a H/W and S/W platform prototype tailored to end-to-end public safety operations support for emergency/ critical incidents occurring in remote areas.
Further info on RAWFIE and PARROT Projects can be found at: http://www.rawfie.eu
May 2017: Feron Technologies will participate and make a presentation at the prestigious Wireless Innovation Forum (WIF), European Edition, in Oulu, Finland. WIF (formerly known as SDR Forum) driving the future of radio communications and systems worldwide since 1996.
In its annually held European event, Feron Technologies will contribute a technical report and give a talk entitled: “Experimenting with Flexible D2D Communications in Current and Future LTE networks: A D2D Radio Technology Primer & Software Modem Implementation”. These activities have been performed within the EU Project FLEX-D. Further information can be obtained in http://www.europe.wirelessinnovation.org/2017-agenda
April 2017: A New business collaboration deal has been reached between Feron Technologies (GR) and Komveo Ltd. (UK).
Komveo Ltd. (https://komveo.com/) Komveo Ltd is a dynamic software development company, incorporated in 2015 by a group of experienced software engineers with over 20 years of experience in large public and private sector informatics projects and research.
Incorporation of Komveo Ltd. in Feron Technologies solutions is expected to enhance and widen company offering in the IoT domain, allowing swift transformation of Feron Technologies R&D results into tangible products and services.
March 2017: FERON is hosted at an exhibition booth of iWat 2017 conference, in Athens-Greece. The International Workshop on Antenna Technology (iWAT) is an annual forum for the exchange of information on the research and development in innovative antenna technologies. It especially focuses on small antennas and applications of advanced and artificial materials to the antenna design.
In iWat Feron Technologies will have the opportunity to promote the company’s activities in local and international academics as well as various technology stakeholders. In addition, Feron will demonstrate its LTE-D2D software library and modem developed within EU Project FLEX-D.
February 2017: Feron Technologies has become member of the Microsoft Bizspark Program for Startups! Through the program, we will have access to various cloud resources, for realizing our R&D activities. Further information in https://bizspark.microsoft.com
January 2017: New Year has been successfully kickstarted! Feron Technologies PC became member of Vision 2020 Network!
Vision 2020 Network (V2020N) is an Open Innovation & Interactive Collaboration environment for research organisations & enterprises participating in the ‘Horizon 2020’ (H2020) EU funding program. Currently, it is considered as the most efficient collaborative effort for the attraction of H2020 funds.
V2020N acts as a hub to connect H2020 participants from excellent universities and innovative companies, and works to maximise the value and Horizon 2020 funding its members can obtain. As such, V2020N is expected to contribute significantly to the efforts of Feron Technologies PC to participate in H2020 collaborative research projects.
More information on Vision 2020 Network can be obtained through https://2020visionnetwork.eu
December 2016: New success for Feron Technologies R&D team! Their SteeringWheel Project Proposal has been approved to be funded within the context of WiSHFul Project, funded by Horizon 2020 Program of the European Commission
SteeringWheel Project Objective is to design and experiment with Vehicular Communication systems by using reconfigurable antennas in V2V & V2I links.
Further info on SteeringWheel and WiSHFul Projects can be found at: http://www.wishful-project.eu
November 2016: Feron Technologies will attend the 2nd Global 5G Event, held in Rome, Italy. The event offers participants both lively debates around spectrum, standards and deployment of 5G as well as exciting showcases of the latest 5G developments from industrial players such as Datang, Huawei, Nokia, Qualcomm and ZTE, and the latest results and demos from 17 5G PPP projects.
May 2016: MOVEMENT Project Proposal has been approved to be funded within the context of MONROE Project, a FIRE Project funded by Horizon 2020 Program of the European Commission
MOVEMENT Project Objective is to develop automated software tools for benchmarking live 4G/4G+ networks. Feron Technologies will perform software development and will organise measurement campaigns. The Project has a duration of 18 months.
Further info is available at: https://www.monroe-project.eu
February 2016: FLEX – D Project Proposal was accepted for funding by Framework Program 7 (FP7) of the European Commission
FLEX – D Project Objective is to develop & experimentally evaluate novel SDR prototypes for enabling device-centric communications in future 4.5G – 5G networks
Within FLEX – D Project, Feron Technologies will perform Technical Coordination, Development of D2D/V2V software libraries/modems, as well as Development of an LTE sniffer.
Further info is available at: www.flex-project.eu
December 2015: Feron Technologies attended the FIRE Forum 2015, in Brussels, Belgium.
The FIRE initiative (Future Internet Research and Experimentation) is an open research environment which facilitates strategic research and development of new Future Internet concepts, giving researchers the tools they need to conduct large-scale experiments on new paradigms. The objective of the FIRE Forum was to bring together representatives of all FIRE projects and the Experimental Platforms unit, to discuss technical issues of common interest regarding experimental facilities and (re)define experimentally-driven research to cope with the current demands for innovation.
December 2015: Feron Technologies joined mi-Cluster
mi-Cluster: Nano/Microelectronics-based Systems and Applications Cluster the first innovation cluster in Greece since 2006
November 2015: Feron Technologies at Web Summit – Dublin, Ireland
In 4 years, Web Summit has grown from 400 attendees to over 22,000 from more than 110 countries. It’s been called “the best technology conference on the planet”. The attendees, ranging from Fortune 500 companies to the world’s most exciting startups.
December 2014: Feron Technologies joined Athens Startup Business Incubator
The “Athens Startup Business Incubator” -THEA project is one of the most important initiatives undertaken by the ACCI (Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry) and aims at promoting the socioeconomic reconstruction of the metropolitan City of Athens, since the provision of support to new entrepreneurs is the basis for the revival of business activity.


BOULDER, Colo. (PRWEB) December 18, 2018 -- “The record number of companies successfully pursuing renewable energy this year sends a clear signal that environmental sustainability is a serious priority for business leaders across the economy,” said Jules Kortenhorst, CEO of the Rocky Mountain Institute. “These companies aren’t going to wait for public policy on climate issues to catch up—they are taking the initiative to accelerate toward a prosperous, low carbon economy.”
The renewables market in the United States has almost doubled its annual total of corporate clean energy offsite deal volume since its prior highpoint in 2015, while the number of new entrants in the market has also doubled.
As of December 14, 2018, publicly announced contracted capacity from corporate power purchase agreements (PPAs), green power purchases, green tariffs, and outright project ownership in the United States cumulatively reached an annual high of 6.43 gigawatts (GW). Facebook, AT&T, Walmart, ExxonMobil, and Microsoft lead the clean energy acceleration with the top five highest volume in deals. Facebook leads the year in highest capacity with its several deals totaling 1,849.5 megawatts (MW), while also breaking all buyer cumulative annual procurement records since deals have been tracked.
“Facebook is proud to contribute to the record-breaking year of corporate renewable energy deals,” said Rachel Peterson, VP of Data Center Strategy at Facebook. “We believe companies can and should set big commitments to drive our nation’s transition to a clean energy future.”
AT&T has also made noteworthy renewable purchasing gains by completing deals totaling 820 megawatts (MW) in 2018, its first year of market participation. “As one of the world’s largest companies, AT&T knows that we can help enable a clean energy future,” said Shannon Thomas Carroll, Director of Global Environmental Sustainability, AT&T. “We’re proud to contribute to the record-breaking year of corporate renewable energy deals and help support America’s transition to a low-carbon economy. Our investments are helping to deliver clean energy, create jobs and support communities. They are just one way our company is working to address climate change and help create a better, more environmentally sustainable world.”
BRC’s deal tracker emphasizes the growth of corporate renewable energy purchasing in the U.S., reaching over 15 GW cumulatively since 2013. “Large scale buyers of clean and renewable energy continue to accelerate their power to drive the zero-carbon future they want,” said Miranda Ballentine, CEO of the Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance (REBA). “We are impressed with the growth and expansion in the corporate renewables marketplace, from a broadening sector diversity, and increasingly supportive policy conditions, to utilities and developers rising to meet customer demand and reducing their own generation emissions. At this pace, we anticipate a fourfold increase in corporate renewables procurement by 2025. There is a tremendous amount of good work yet to be done, and we are counting on the power of partnership to get there.”
View the BRC deal tracker here: http://businessrenewables.org/corporate-transactions/
Nick Steel, Rocky Mountain Institute, http://www.rmi.org, 3475740887, [email protected]


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Every area within downtown Winston-Salem is a hot spot for future growth and development, local government officials and business leaders say.
Mayor Allen Joines said that current projects in the city’s downtown are the key to more commercial and residential development.
“We are fortunate that there has been development throughout the downtown area,” Joines said.
Joines pointed to more than $1.9 billion that has been invested since 2000 in downtown.
“The core area along Fourth, Main, Trade and Liberty (streets) has seen intensive development, and there remains opportunity for additional spot development in these areas,” Joines said.
New areas that will offer increased opportunities for growth are north of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in the Industry Hill area, around the BB&T Ballpark, west Fourth Street near Broad Street, the area around the former GMAC building, the South Marshall Street area, and along Main Street south of Third Street, the mayor said.
In addition, the Wake Forest Innovation Quarter will continue to have strong development from Third Street south to Salem Parkway, including the Bailey Park South project.
The Wake Forest Innovation Quarter has received nearly $367 million in local, state and federal money as well as private investments since its beginning in 1994.
Innovation Quarter, which is one of the fastest-growing urban-based districts for innovation in the United States, has more than 170 companies, five local academic institutions, more than 3,700 employees, 1,800 degree-seeking students and more than 8,000 workforce trainee participants.
The site, which is a place for research, business and education in biomedical science, information technology, digital media, clinical services and advanced materials, has 1.9-million square feet of office, laboratory and educational space on more than 330 acres. There are about 770 apartments and condominiums within or close by the Innovation Quarter.
James Patterson, the Innovation Quarter’s director of marketing and communications, said that the Innovation Quarter will see more growth.
“Two of the most exciting projects in downtown Winston-Salem will come online in the next 12 months or so (will be) Link Apartments Innovation Quarter and Bailey South,” Patterson said. “The Link Apartments, with its 340 plus units, represent the largest development of apartments in downtown Winston-Salem and will open to residents this fall.
“Bailey South, which will begin to come online in early 2020, will feature close to 100,000 square feet of new retail, restaurant and office space,” Patterson said. “Both projects flank Bailey Park, making this part of the Innovation Quarter one of the most vibrant hot spots in Winston-Salem for retail, restaurant and nightlife space over the next year and into the future.”
Reynolds American Inc., Forsyth County’s fourth largest employer and the second largest U.S. tobacco manufacturer, is nearby with its main office at 401 N. Main St.
“We’ve seen an incredible transformation of downtown in recent years into a lively mix of businesses, apartments, restaurants, bars and outdoor fun activities,” said Mamie Sutphin, Reynolds American’s director of community engagement programs. “This really supports our efforts to attract, and keep, talented employees who want to work and live in a thriving, connected community.
“For us, it’s especially great to see the old tobacco buildings in the Innovation Quarter, including our company’s former Bailey Power Plant, gain new life, and judging by what we can see from our offices on Main Street, there’s still plenty of growth coming to this area,” Sutphin said.
Reynolds American has a workforce of about 5,500 employees. It’s the parent company of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., American Snuff Co. LLC, Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Co., Inc., and R.J. Reynolds Vapor Co., according to its website.
Evan Raleigh, an assistant city manager who works on economic development projects, said he sees several growth areas in the greater downtown area.
“Downtown continues to grow in multiple directions, and I believe it will continue to be a significant growth engine for the community as a whole into the future,” Raleigh said.
Growth will likely come to Merschel Park, which was formerly known as Merschel Plaza and the area surrounding it, Raleigh said. The city of Winston-Salem entered into a public-private partnership with Mayfair Street Partners last year to redevelop the site.
Plans call for the renovation of the Pepper Building as a hotel with a restaurant. A nearby underground parking deck will be built, and it’s scheduled to be open this summer. The park and the hotel should be completed in the fall of 2020.
“The (site) will undergo a multi-million dollar renovation and a become a central feature and impressive new gathering place in the landscape of downtown,” Raleigh said. “These projects represent a total investment of well in excess of $40 million, and will add to the vibrancy of the 4th and Liberty Street corridors.”
Growth is occurring through collaborative efforts happening downtown and all around Winston-Salem, said Mark Owens, the president of Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce.
The Hotel Indigo, which is being built in the Pepper Building, is working with local vendors as sources for at least 20% of its local goods, Owens said. In Industry Hill, the new Winston Junction Market brings together dozens of businesses to support each other, Owens said.
Downtown growth will push northward as well, Raleigh said.
The Industry Hill district has brought a renewed energy to the area of downtown immediately proximate to and just north of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, he said. Recent development in that area includes a new restaurant, several breweries, bars, retail outlets and a market offering a variety of local and regional consumer goods.
“This area of downtown is quickly emerging as a hotspot for leisure and entertainment,” Raleigh said.
On downtown’s western side, growth will continue around BB&T Ballpark, Raleigh said. He pointed to the new 225-unit apartment complex just to the north of the ballpark.
Several hundred additional apartments are being considered for this area, Raleigh said.
Jason Thiel, the president of the Downtown Winston-Salem Partnership Inc., said that 600 additional housing units in downtown are available for lease.
“We expect to see additional retail that supports the residential growth,” Thiel said. “We will continue to see new restaurant, bar, and entertainment concepts that parallel choices in other cities across the country.”
Thiel pointed to the new axe-throwing venue.
“And we will continue to see more entertainment options, such as a bowling alley,” he said.
Axe Club of America opened recently as a 5,200-square-foot bar at Winston Junction, the renovated former E.G. Forrest food-distribution building.
The bar, at 121 W. Ninth St., has seven ax-throwing lanes, laid out similar to bowling alley lanes. One of the lanes will be in a private room for events of up to 30 people.
Other downtown projects include an $18 million, 126-room Courtyard by Marriott, which is scheduled to open this summer at 640 W. Fourth St.
Don Flow, an automotive executive in Winston-Salem, is working with Charlotte-based Grubb Properties to renovate the former GMAC Building on West Fifth Street. Affiliate Flow 500 West Fifth LLC spent $6.15 million to buy the property from Slate Winston Holdings Inc.
The project’s first phase is renovating the tower and adjacent site on Fourth Street into the headquarters of Flow Automotive Co. and an entrepreneurial center. A second phase involves a residential/retail project by Grubb that will add street-level retail space and 240 apartments, 30 percent of which are being designated as affordable housing units.
A new Forsyth County Central Library opened in 2017 at a cost of $28 million.
That building has more than 106,000 square feet of space with 90 public computers with internet access, as well as a 20-seat computer training lab.
The UNC School of the Arts is planning $42.2 million in renovations to the Stevens Center.
Hampton Inns and Suites is building a 119-room hotel at 235 N.Cherry St. at an estimated cost $6.49 million.
Last month, the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners voted to spend an additional $13.2 million on the downtown Kaleidem project. The county will now spend a total of $30.5 million on the Kaleideum museum that will be in the site of the former Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office at 120 W. Third St.
Kaleideum is a joint effort between the former Children’s Museum and SciWorks, which merged in July 2016.
Elizabeth Dampier, Kaleideum’s executive director, said that museum’s location on West Third Street is an ideal spot because it will be within walking distance of the Campbell Transportation Center, restaurants, hotels and stores.
“One of the things we were interested in was expanding access to all Forsyth County residents, and also allowing ourselves to play a role in downtown Winston-Salem’s renaissance,” Dampier said. “This is a regional destination for families and lifelong learners, and having that in the heart of downtown — as we think about this vision of downtown of living, work and play made a lot of sense to us.
“We are creating an awesome corridor for families to come and experience a weekend or day while shopping and eating at great restaurants and having all of this local flavor,” Dampier said.
Downtown Winston-Salem will continue to grow, said Michael Walden, an economics professor at N.C. State University in Raleigh.
The city and its downtown rest on major east-west and north-south interstate highways, Walden said.
The city has Smith Reynolds Airport and is near to Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro.
The cost of land, home mortgages and apartment rents are lower than those in Charlotte and Raleigh, he said.
“Wake Forest (University) gives the region ‘gravitas’ in higher education,” Walden said. “So with the younger generation (Millennials and Generation Z) preferring urban locations with quick access to entertainment, restaurants and other amenities, I think both businesses and developers have opportunities in downtown Winston-Salem.”
Another collaborative project, called Renaissance East Corridor, is where business owners are working with Winston-Salem State University students to promote and market their businesses, Owens said.
The chamber is working with the organization, Winston Under 40 and Bookmarks, in which the chamber is helping to support an initiative to bring 25,000 new books into school libraries, Owens said.
The chamber also is working with Venture Café in the former Bailey Power Plant to focus on the entrepreneurial economy, innovation and young leaders, Owens said.
C.J. Johnson, the president of the Winston-Salem Dash, the city’s minor-league baseball team, said that the BB&T Ballpark is a “nice bookend (to downtown) to what has become a thriving area for residents to live, work and play,”
Johnson attributed the growth of downtown Winston-Salem to efforts of elected officials, the Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce, the Downtown Winston-Salem Partnership, Visit Winston-Salem and other organizations.
With 70 Dash home baseball games and more than 200 other events at the ballpark, there are nearly 500,000 people who visit BB&T Ballpark each year, Johnson said.
“The vast majority of our guests live outside of downtown and travel in to experience an event at the ballpark,” Johnson said. “Often, they visit downtown bars and restaurants before or after an event.”
Johnson said that the venue is important.
“I love that our ballpark is downtown,” Johnson said. “The opportunity for our fans to enjoy our events while taking in the downtown skyline is a key component to the experience at BB&T Ballpark. As the downtown population increases, we continue to see more and more foot traffic to the ballpark as well.”