Bloomberg BNA – Companies seeking a quick fix with artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled cybersecurity systems shouldn’t neglect the essential role that humans play in protecting computers, data and networks from attack or unauthorized access, industry professionals told Bloomberg BNA.
“While we are certainly moving toward more automation across all industries, there will always be a need for human intervention in cybersecurity,” Symantec Corp. Chief Technology Officer Hugh Thompson told Bloomberg BNA.
AI systems are excellent at increasing efficiency and productivity by processing large data sets, but they aren’t a cybersecurity panacea, the pros said. Companies concerned with cybersecurity legal compliance and effective real-world solutions should understand that cybersecurity and information technology professionals are best-suited for tasks requiring a human touch, such as risk analysis, policy formulation and cyberattack response.
With the number of cyberattacks growing dramatically, “it is not humanly possible to keep pace with a threat growing at that pace,” Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Analyst Anurag Rana told Bloomberg BNA. Using AI-based systems to combat cybersecurity is part of the “natural evolution of software,” he said.
However, AI-based cybersecurity is still in its infancy, and it is difficult to gauge the size of the market for such AI tools at this point, Rana said.
In general, 62 percent of all enterprises will use AI technologies by 2018, according to a 2016 research report by Chicago-based technology company Narrative Science Inc. Cybersecurity professionals in various industries have started to adopt AI systems to help them catch and prevent threats. Mastercard Inc., for instance, uses AI systems to monitor and scan for “abnormal transactions” and then, cybersecurity professionals assess the gravity of the threat, Ron Green, the company’s chief security officer, said during an FT Cyber Security Summit in Washington.
Need for Human Touch
As companies deal with larger data sets, the ability of AI “to find the cyberattack-needle in the big-data-haystack outstrips the ability of programmers to manually create the code that performs this analysis,” Oliver Tavakoli, chief technology officer of Vectra Networks in San Jose, Calif., told Bloomberg BNA.
AI systems can identify bad situations, but “the question of what it all means in the context of the business that the company transacts still requires human analysis and judgment by employees of the company,” Tavakoli said.
Ofer Amitai, CEO of network access control company Portnox in Herzliya, Israel, agreed, saying, “an AI system that makes an automatic decision might not take into consideration all the information a human would consider.”
‘Only as Good as Its Teacher.’
In addition to acting as the safety net in assessing AI systems’ judgments, human intervention is also necessary for AI systems to learn and evolve, the cybersecurity pros said. “AI is only as good as its teacher,” Amitai said.
According to Uday Veeramachaneni, CEO of PatternEx, an AI and cybersecurity company, AI systems are “successfully learning from humans to figure out the difference between malicious attacks and normal behavior.”
But the AI evolution will be embraced by bad actors as well as those trying to protect their systems and data.
“The bad guys will invariably utilize AI to automate their attacks as well,” Tavakoli warned. In the future, “these skirmishes will become a matter of dueling AI foot soldiers being directed by their human generals.”
As long as humans are directing threats, fully automated cybersecurity is—"by definition"—not possible, Idan Tendler, CEO of Fortscale in San Mateo, Calif., told Bloomberg BNA.
Philip Tully, senior data scientist at Baltimore-based social media security company ZeroFOX, agreed. “AI is far better equipped to increase the detection rate,” but “human penetration testers will be needed to try to poke holes in and subsequently fortify AI defenses,” he said.
Others, including Veeramachaneni, Tavakoli, Amitai and CybeRisk CEO Eyal Harari in Tel Aviv, said fully automated cybersecurity may be a possibility one day but not anytime soon. Even if it is eventually possible, “it may not be the best idea,” Rebekah Brown, threat intelligence lead at the Portland, Oregon, office of Boston-based Rapid7, a security data and analytics software and services company, said.
“Fully-automated means that we not only rely on automation to prevent and detect attacks, but we also use the technology to make decisions about what to do when things are identified,” Brown told Bloomberg BNA.


All-women Churu police team reins in Romeos
Till a few days ago, youngsters loitering around girls’ schools and colleges was a common sight in Churu district of Rajasthan.jaipur Updated: May 14, 2017 20:07 IST
Till a few days ago, youngsters loitering around girls’ schools and colleges was a common sight in Churu district of Rajasthan.
But the situation changed during the past few days, courtesy a motley group of 10 policewomen, and their mission -- ‘Operation Romeo.’
The Churu police have launched Operation Romeo, a drive against people who harass women in city areas; more than 40 men were arrested in the past four days.
“We started Operation Romeo to check harassment of women in public places. A team of 10 women police officials in plain clothes has been constituted; they are deployed in areas of the city,” Churu superintendent of police Barhat Rahul Manhardan told HT.
The police said the initiative was started after several women and girls complained of harassment in public places by youngsters and bike-borne miscreants.
“Members of the team inconspicuously monitor the happenings in such areas; whenever they come across miscreants who attempt to harass women, they arrest them. Under the operation, we are also taking action against those not wearing helmets,” said Manhardan.
The team is deployed near girls’ schools and colleges, hostels, public parks and other crowded places, which are frequented by women, the police said
In March, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath announced the formation of anti-Romeo squads. In at least 11 districts of the country’s most populous state, the police responded with alacrity: raiding parks, malls and colleges to deter Romeos from indulging in eve-teasing.
The move invited criticism from several quarters following allegations that the police were invading private space of citizens.
“Once the policewomen come across miscreants harassing women, they make them do sit-ups to give a public message that harassment won’t be tolerated. The primary objective of the operation is to take preventive measures,” said SP Manhardan.
The team members are trained in martial arts and don’t face difficulties in stopping rowdy youngsters riding motorbikes.
“As we are not dressed in police uniform, miscreants feel that they will get away after harassing women. This comes as an extra benefit to us as we can intercept them when they are not expecting the police to be on their trail,” said assistant sub-inspector Manjit Kaur who is heading the team.
Kaur said about 45 people have been taken into preventive custody in the last four days.
The policewomen also inform parents about wrongdoings of their children and counsel girl students.
In 77 instances, men have been let off after being warned. Five cases have been registered under the police Act.
In 15 cases, the team has engaged with parents of girl students to discuss their safety; 35 people have been challaned for driving recklessly, police said.
First Published: May 14, 2017 20:06 IST


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I really like making this recipe because it's so fool-proof and easy to whip up. No complicated tempering methods to deal with. These strawberries are great for elegant occasions, gifts, holidays or just for a snack. Hey, make some just for yourself simply because you are fabulous!
Milk chocolate chips
1 Cup (16 tbs) (Hersheys)
1 Tablespoon (Butter flavored)
1 Pint (large and firm)
Almond bark/White chocolate
1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs) (as required; Moscato champagne used here)
1. Wash and pat dry the strawberries, making sure there is no water on them. Set aside.
2. Line a baking sheet with parchment. Set aside.
3. Heat water in a large pot. Place a bowl over it with water not touching the bowl (double boiler).
4. Put the chocolate chips and Crisco in the bowl and allow it to melt. Stir occasionally till they melt to a smooth consistency.
5. Hold each strawberry with their stem and dip it in the melted chocolate.
6. Let the excess drain off and place on the parchment lined sheet or tray. Let the chocolate harden.
7. In the meanwhile, melt vanilla almond bark using the double boiler.
8. Once the milk chocolate hardens, drizzle the vanilla almond bark or white chocolate all over them in desired patterns. Let it harden.
9. Using a syringe, infuse the champagne into the strawberries just before serving.
10. In a serving platter, arrange the strawberries and serve as a dessert.
Strawberries dipped in chocolate. Its heavenly. Watch this video to prepare this amazing dish that easily melt in your mouth together in one sweet and scrumptious bite. They are undeniably delicious and almost too gorgeous to eat.
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From the Shadow to the Map: Visualizing Rio de Janeiro’s Favelas
Erasmus University Rotterdam, NL
Débora Póvoa <firstname.lastname@example.org> is a junior lecturer and PhD candidate at the Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication (ESHCC), Erasmus University Rotterdam. She graduated in Media Studies at the University of Amsterdam on the topic of favela cinema and tourism in Brazil, and has recently joined the ERC research project ‘Worlds of Imagination: A Comparative Study of Film Tourism in India, Brazil, Jamaica, South Korea and the United Kingdom’ at the ESHCC, where she is carrying out a PhD project on film tourism in Brazil. Her research interests include film tourism, media representation, and the relationships between media, power and place.
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Póvoa, D. (2017). From the Shadow to the Map: Visualizing Rio de Janeiro’s Favelas. European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, (103), 167–174. DOI: http://doi.org/10.18352/erlacs.10243

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Yob (stylized as YOB) is an American doom metal band from Eugene, Oregon, composed of singer/guitarist Mike Scheidt, bassist Aaron Rieseberg, and drummer Travis Foster. Their most recent album Our Raw Heart was released in June 2018.
Before founding YOB, Scheidt had been a bass guitarist with the hardcore bands Chemikill, Dirty Sanchez, and H.C. Minds. Scheidt switched to guitar and vocals and founded YOB in 1996 with bassist Lowell Iles and drummer Greg Ocon. The band's self-titled demo was submitted to Stonerrock.com in 1999. In 2001, YOB recorded its first full-length record for 12th Records in Spokane, Washington, entitled Elaborations of Carbon. By this time, Isamu Sato (of the bands H.C. Minds and Thrombus) had joined on bass and drummer Gabe Morley (of the bands Fingertrap and Lightweight) had joined on drums.
In 2002, YOB secured a recording contract with Abstract Sounds. Their first album for this label, Catharsis, had stronger production and three songs lasting 50 minutes. After its release, drummer Morley was replaced by Travis Foster. YOB's third full-length release, The Illusion of Motion, was released on Metal Blade Records in 2004, and their fourth album The Unreal Never Lived was released by Metal Blade in 2005.
Scheidt announced in a press release on January 10, 2006, that YOB was disbanding after almost ten years. Foster and Sato had departed six months previously and then Scheidt decided to end the band. At the same time, he also announced that he had been working with a new band called Middian.
In 2008, Scheidt and Foster reformed YOB with the intention of performing a few live shows and releasing a new album. Bassist Aaron Rieseberg joined the band in 2009, having previously played in the band Norska with his older brother Dustin.The Great Cessation was released by Profound Lore Records in 2009. The band also appeared in Europe at the 2010 Roadburn Festival in the Netherlands. YOB has since toured the United States extensively, alongside bands including Graves at Sea, Lamont, Tummler, Dove, Orange Goblin, Origin, Exhumed, The Locust, The Accüsed, Botch, Isis, Soilent Green, Uphill Battle, Playing Enemy, Will Haven, Dark Castle, Tool, and Ghostride.
The album Atma was released in 2011. In February 2014, YOB signed with Neurosis's record label Neurot Recordings. The album Clearing the Path to Ascend was released in September 2014 and attracted widespread acclaim, particularly from Rolling Stone. In early 2017, Scheidt suffered a serious health scare, which inspired the next YOB album.Our Raw Heart was released by Relapse Records in June 2018.
Scheidt cites a varied range of artists as inspiration for Yob's sound, including Neurosis, Tool, Immolation, Saint Vitus, Soundgarden, Deep Purple, The Obsessed, Judas Priest, Pentagram, Trouble, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath,King Crimson, and Pink Floyd.

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Archive - Staff Blog
September 17th, 2013
One of my favorite things about living in Vermont is that my daughters have become lake swimmers.
Right now, a workhorse of a machine is sitting in my husband’s woodshop. If it works properly it’s going to make our lives a lot easier over the next couple weeks.
I found it last Saturday through sheer luck and good timing. At the time I was out running errands and whining loudly, as I tend to do, about how we needed an electric apple grinder to go with our cider press. (A grinder, or “scratter,” reduces apples to a pulp to allow for maximum juice extraction.)
Opposition continues to be heard to the new Middlebury municipal building proposal, some of it reasonable, but some of it apparently not based on the details of the plan itself.
Rather, some have cited past votes that supported keeping the current site as a rationale to say no to the selectboard’s current proposal. Others expressing opposition seem to be miffed they were not included in the process.
When we first moved to Vermont, my husband noticed something unusual about the news coverage on our local NPR affiliate: there was never any traffic report. To compensate, the weather forecast often ran as long as ten minutes.
Field Days is finished; the hectic last few weeks of August are here, and it’s time for our kids to get ready to return to school. By “our kids” I don’t mean our own sweet cherubs. I mean our collective kids, the children of Addison County. It takes a village to raise a child, right?
And it takes a village to create a literate environment to model for our children that language and learning matter.
So hot, even the dog needed a popsicle....
I posted this message on Facebook last week:
HELP! Mom of month-old baby with a brain mushy from nighttime feedings seeks inspiration for her bi-weekly column on Vermont life. Sooooo: Anything you’d like to see written about Vermont? Any unanswered Vermont questions? Anything Vermont-related keeping you up at night? I’ll entertain any ideas!
My desperate plea generated more responses than I’d expected; unresolved Vermont issues are apparently keeping some people up at night.
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With a stay at Holiday Inn Downtown - Mercy Area, you'll be centrally located in Des Moines, within a 10-minute drive of Iowa State Capitol Building and Science Center of Iowa. This hotel is 1.8 mi (2.9 km) from Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden and 3.5 mi (5.6 km) from Des Moines Art Center.
Make yourself at home in one of the 251 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and LCD televisions. Complimentary wired and wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and satellite programming provides entertainment. Conveniences include phones, as well as desks and microwaves.
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The European Court of Justice overturns a decision to protect the privacy of EU citizens. Existing protective mechanisms are sufficient.
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has again overturned an EU data protection agreement with the USA. On Thursday, the CJEU invalidated the “Privacy Shield” decision, which is supposed to guarantee the privacy of EU citizens during data transfers. In principle, the Court had no objection to so-called standard contractual clauses for the transfer of data by companies, because adequate protection mechanisms would exist.
The decision was triggered by a legal dispute regarding the transmission of data by the online network Facebook. Austrian data protection activist Maximilian Schrems opposes Facebook in Europe, which is based in Ireland, sharing data with the parent company in the US. He, therefore, asked the Irish data protection officer to suspend all data transfers. Schrems justifies this by saying that the company in the United States is obliged to make data accessible to national authorities such as the Federal Police FBI. However, those affected could not take legal action.
The Irish Supreme Court brought the case to the ECJ. The Court, therefore, had to look again at the level of data protection when transferring data to the United States. In 2015, the Court of Justice in Luxembourg overturned the Safe Harbor Agreement, the predecessor of Privacy Shield. The agreements are designed to protect the fundamental rights of citizens and businesses whose data are exchanged between the EU and the United States.
Before the CJEU, the “Privacy Shield” decision did not last. The judges decided that the requirements for data protection equivalent to Union law would not be met. In the so-called standard contractual clauses, on the other hand, they saw protective mechanisms that “can in practice ensure that the level of protection required by Union law is observed”.

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Created for the dedicated music lover, the CSA70 is designed to provide exceptional audio performance that belies its power rating and price. The CSA70 provides four digital inputs, three analogue inputs, line out function, as well as pre-out terminal, front facing 6.3mm headphone output, and a 70 Watts per channel power amplifier that will surprise users who thought their speakers were power hungry. For the vinyl enthusiast we have included an excellent phono pre amplifier.
Contrary to its bigger brothers, CSA100/CSA150 the CSA70 does not employ tubes in the line stage. The CSA70 preamplifier section is a solid stage architecture with a vanishingly low distortion. The CSA70 boasts the same power amplifier technology as the CSA100/CSA150 with a feedback structure inherently faster than conventional amplifiers and a wide large-signal frequency response. The amplifier is ruggedly constructed and designed to deal with the most awkward of dynamic loads that may be presented by the loudspeakers, and this contributes to the amplifiers excellent transient handling capability.
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The CSA70 employs a precision audio-grade motorized volume control. Contrary to most digital volume attenuators, it needs no additional electronics in the signal road.

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Annual prison performance ratings
Prison level performance is monitored and measured using the Prison Performance Tool (PPT). In 2021/22 this provided a data-informed assessment of performance in each prison to derive overall prison performance ratings. As part of the end of year moderation process, each prison's data-informed provisional rating was scrutinised by HMPPS officials against wider evidence, including data on how COVID-19 had impacted each site, to agree final ratings.
In the PPT, overall performance is rated as either performance is acceptable or performance is of concern.
The data source for this measure and more detailed information can be found in the prison performance ratings (annual) publication.


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Dick has over 25 years of experience as a facilitator, designer and role player across public and private sectors. He has been commissioned to design and write management development programmes for clients as diverse as Marks and Spencers, RBS, the NHS, AstraZeneca, Deutsche Bank and SouthWestTrains. He has been lead facilitator on award-winning leading edge customer service training for Specsavers, Sony Games, Vue Cinemas and Peugeot. He has a wealth of experience as a role player on leadership, assessment and development events. He is also an experienced corporate MC and host .
As Dick Bradnum he has performed in many plays, appeared on TV shows such as ‘The Office’ and ‘My Hero’, and is veteran of countless Radio Dramas. He was for some years a stand up and MC on the Comedy Circuit. He has written produced and performed in two successful solo shows “Dick Johns-What Midlife Crisis?” (2016) and “Dick Johns-Let’s Talk About Death, Baby “(2018) Dick also works developing young people as a teacher and facilitator, currently lecturing at Young Actors Studio, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.
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Marek Hamsik will not be joining Manchester City anytime soon.
As Roberto Mancini again looks to fine-tune his Blues options ahead of next season, he has been heavily linked with a move for the Slovakian international midfielder.
However, Hamsik signed a new long-term deal with Napoli earlier this season, and the 24-year-old has revealed he has no plans to turn his back on this deal.
"I love the Napoli shirt,” he told Sky Sport Italia. "I've always said, I signed a contract for another five years and I am very happy. I want to keep playing here."
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Sports Desk, Apr 19 (EFE).- Manchester City drew 1-1 Wednesday with Bayern Munich to win the Champions League quarterfinal 4-1 on aggregate and set up a rematch of last year’s epic semifinal with Real Madrid, who overcame a loss in the first leg to beat the English side and went on to win their record-extending 14th title.
Inter Milan and Benfica combined for six goals in the second leg of their tie, but the Italian club prevailed 5-3 and will face cross-town rivals AC Milan in the semifinal.
Trailing 3-0 after the first leg in Manchester, Bayern were much better on the attack than they were at the Etihad and would end the night with seven shots on target to just two for the visitors.
But former City player Leroy Sane inexplicably missed the net in the 17th minute before forcing a save from Ederson on a free kick four minutes later.
The fans at Allianz Arena had their hearts in their mouths in the 37th minute when City’s Erling Haaland stepped to the spot to take the kick after a hand ball by Dayot Upamecano, only to see the Norwegian scoring machine miss.
Ederson denied Kingsley Coman in the 42nd minute and the teams reached the break deadlocked 0-0 on the night.
Twelve minutes into the second half, Haaland snuffed out Bayern’s flickering hopes, beating Yann Sommer to make it 4-0 on aggregate with his 48th goal of the season in all competitions.
The 22-year-old striker also became the youngest player to accumulate 35 goals in the Champions League. And he reached the milestone in just 27 matches.
Bayern won a penalty for a City hand ball and Joshua Kimmich converted in the 82nd minute to spare the reigning 10-time Bundesliga champions the embarrassment of being shut out over two legs.
Inter beat Benfica 2-0 in the first leg in Lisbon and increased their advantage in the 14th minute of Wednesday’s clash at the San Siro with a goal by Nicolo Barella.
The visitors went level on the night in the 38th minute, as an unmarked Fredrik Aursnes headed in from the far post.
Lautaro Martinez made it 2-1 (4-1) in the 65th minute and his Argentine countryman Joaquin Correa added a fifth goal overall in the 78th before the Nerazzurri conceded late goals to Antonio Silva and Peter Musa.
The two legs of the semifinals are scheduled for May 9-10 and May 16-17.

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If you can think of any joke/prank that would be MORE inappropriate, please let me know...cause this is terrible. Basically, someone dropped two backpacks near the finish line of the Boston Marathon yesterday (where they were having a moment of remembrance yesterday on the anniversary of the bombing). There was a pressure cooker in one of the backpacks.
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So i’m Arnold Schwarzenegger? Man I need to get new mirrors then because that is so not what i’m seeing.
Did you know that the 1990 movie Total Recall originally had an X rating?
Here is what Cohaggen’s Propaganda Machine has to say....
So what specifically was the MPAA’s issue? Well I wasn’t able to find much there. IMDB has a page on different versions of the movie and lists some of the cuts and edits made to bring it down to an R rating.
Film was initially given an X-rating by the MPAA. The following are the scenes that were trimmed to receive a R-rating:
- Benny’s death is optically cropped to remove the exiting drill erupting from his stomach.
- The innocent bystander used as a shield was bloodier before trimming.
- The stabbing of Helm in the bar had the bowie knife slicing up his stomach. Stills of this were actually featured in Fangoria magazine at the time of the film’s release.
- Several shots of the scientists being killed by Quaid after he breaks free from the implant-machine were shortened.
- The scene of Richter’s arms being severed was shortened.
No sir I speak only the truth.
Thegeekwins.com did a article on 10 things you might not know about the movie and discussed the movie’s violence and the need for edits to bring the rating down.
8. Total Recall was Rated X - The movie was originally rated X due to its excessive violence. In order to get an R rating, several shots were removed like a shot of the drill impaling Benny, and some were shortened including Richter’s arms being cut off. Even with the changes, critics trashed the film for itsexcessive violence. Janet Maslin of The New York Times, considered the film excessively violent. Rita Kempley of The Washington Post gave it a negative review, saying that director Paul Verhoeven “disappoints with this appalling onslaught of blood and boredom.” Feminist cultural critic Susan Faludi called it one of “an endless stream of war and action movies.”
Sorry Arnie but it’s true. Luckily the edits didn’t affect the movie to much and it ended by being one of the most loved science fiction movies of all time. And out of respect for such a wonderful masterpiece of cinema, let us end today’s little swim in the trivia sea with some respectful gifs. Have a great day, and I will see you all on the next Fact Of The Day.
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- Date: 07/07/2018 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
- Location: Elkton Central Library
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Chautauqua 2018: Seeking Justice
“Justice cannot be for one side alone, but must be for both.”
With these words, Eleanor Roosevelt asked a complicated question: “what is justice?” Throughout 2018, Maryland Humanities is engaging with this challenging notion. For our 24th season, we celebrate the contributions to the search for justice by bringing three historical activists to life on the Chautauqua stage.
Frederick Douglass, a writer, orator, and abolitionist, was one of the most important African-American activists of the nineteenth century. During the “Year of Frederick Douglass,” the bicentennial celebration of his birth, this Maryland icon will be portrayed by Bill Grimmette, a living history interpreter, storyteller, actor, and motivational speaker who has appeared as Martin Luther King, Jr., W.E.B. DuBois, and Benjamin Banneker at Chautauquas in Maryland, Colorado, and South Carolina.

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Wanxiang and Ener1 Joint Venture to Focus on Energy Storage Solutions for EVs and Utility Grid Applications
Ener1, Inc. and Wanxiang Electric Vehicle Co., Ltd., a division of the Chinese conglomerate Wanxiang Group Corporation, announced that they have received approval from the Chinese government for their joint venture to co-manufacture lithium-ion energy storage systems for the China market.
The new company – Zhejiang Wanxiang Ener1 Power System Co., Ltd. – will initially focus on fulfilling existing contracts with State Grid, which is the largest power supplier in China. These projects include providing lithium-ion battery systems for a pure electric bus project for the city of Qingdao, a pure electric car project for the city of Hangzhou, as well as a grid energy storage system. As capacity increases, it is anticipated the joint venture will work with other existing customers, such as SAIC Motor, Dongfeng Motor, Faw Haima Motor, Chang’an Automobile, Guangzhou Automobile and Yutong. The joint enterprise is expected to achieve annual cell manufacturing capacity of 300 million Ampere hours (approximately 40,000 electric vehicle battery packs) annually by 2014.
"Wanxiang has built strong and deep customer relationships throughout China," said Dr. Lu Guanqiu, founder and chairman of Wanxiang Group. "We are pleased that we have found such a technologically-advanced business partner like Ener1 to help us produce battery systems for our transportation and power grid customers."
"We’re pleased to begin working with our partners at Wanxiang, with whom we’ve developed a strong relationship over the past year, to bring our lithium-ion battery packs and cells to one of the fastest-growing markets," said Charles Gassenheimer, Chairman and CEO, Ener1, Inc. "We believe our technical expertise, coupled with Wanxiang’s manufacturing aptitude, will help us quickly deliver exceptional energy storage solutions for customers in China."
More news and information regarding the latest developments in Smart Grid electronics can be found at Darnell’s SmartGridElectronics.Net.

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By GABRIEL GOODWIN
Sunday Times Newspapers
ALLEN PARK — As she returned to her seat on the horseshoe Tuesdeay after recovering from an undisclosed surgery, the emergency manager received a barrage of questions from one council member about the Fire Department’s overtime expenses.
Councilman Dennis Hayes questioned Emergency Manager Joyce Parker about why, in the first three months of the fiscal year, there haven’t been significant reductions in overtime expenses after promises made to the city after passing of the public safety millage.
“The fiscal year is not over,” Parker said in response to Hayes’ questions. “We are in the first quarter, so part of what is necessary is to allow time to see the reductions take place.”
Hayes said there was a decrease in overtime from August to September, but the departments’ costs are still significantly higher than the budget allows. He said the costs for overtime in January 2013 and September 2013 were almost identical even after minimums were eliminated in July with the new contracts.
“In January, we had overtime costs in the Fire Department of $24,153, and now overtime for September is reported as $23,471,” he said. “We eliminated minimums in July, which presumably eliminated much, if not all, of the basis for overtime. Yet, what we find is a fairly similar number this September. That’s a problem for me.”
The budget was created with a small potion of it allocated to the Police and Fire departments’ overtime, Parker said, because their contracts were not final.
The firefighters’ vacation schedule was already in place before the contracts were finalized, she said, so when the contract became final, they moved forward with that schedule and the necessary overtime was used to provide consistent service to residents.
“This would cause the actual overtime costs to seem skewed,” she said, “It would have been difficult to project what amount should be allocated to overtime until those contracts were completed and the city could hire part-time and reserve police officers and firefighters.”
Parker compared the overtime expenses in June, July and August in 2012 with the same months in 2013 to illustrate her point further.
She said the respective changes, during those months, were $8,000, $13,000, and $12,000, and said it took several changes and several months to get the overtime costs down from about $44,000, a year ago, to the almost $24,000 in overtime the council is concerned about now.
All the changes from the new contract and the implementation of part-time employees, Parker said, are not complete. She has plans to replace the five full-time police officers and have them trained before she moves forward with hiring new, part-time officers, which she expects to be complete around the middle of the fiscal year. This would place hiring those new officers around December or January.
She said the same timeframe is expected for the firefighters, but did not confirm how many full-time firefighters were needed before she will begin hiring reserves.
“With the part-time staff, we will be able to have a situation where the costs of providing services will decrease,” she said. “Primarily because we would not be paying the same level of expense as we would if we were paying for full-time firefighters or police officers.
“Yes, we are making the changes, but all the changes will not take place in 30, 60, or even 90 days. It takes time to do everything required by the contracts, so the bottom line is when we get to the (middle of the fiscal year), we will have a better sense of how everything is coming together.”
(Gabriel Goodwin can be reached at [email protected])


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Aramark employees in Queens join forces with Queens Community House to share nutrition knowledge, inspire families to lead healthy lifestyles
On September 20, more than 100 Aramark associates will volunteer to support Queens Community House (QCH), on Aramark Building Community Day (ABC Day), the company’s global day of service.
Aramark volunteers will revitalize indoor and outdoor program areas at QCH’s Pomonok Community Center, located within NYCHA’s Pomonok Houses in Flushing. Projects will include creating a food pantry, planting a community garden, painting murals, and renovating the center’s lobby.
Around the world, thousands of Aramark associates, including chefs and dieticians, will volunteer at community centers and nonprofit organizations to celebrate Aramark’s year-round community engagement and volunteer efforts.
“At Aramark, our mission is to enrich and nourish lives,” said Frank Kiely, Aramark President, Business Dining. “On ABC Day and throughout the year, thousands of our dedicated associates work with local community centers and nonprofit partners to help strengthen families and build thriving communities through health and wellness programs, much like those being delivered in Pomonok next week.”
“We’re incredibly grateful to Aramark and its dedicated employees for taking the time today to share their expertise with our community on ABC Day,” said Ben Thomases, Executive Director, Queens Community House. “The important health and wellness information being delivered, along with the revitalization projects that will be completed, will be invaluable to the families we serve in Pomonok.”
In addition to delivering on Aramark’s mission, ABC Day supports Aramark’s Healthy for Life® commitment with the American Heart Association, to improve the health of Americans 20 percent by 2020.
Many ABC Day service projects include food discovery experiences that empower Americans to improve their health by making better food and nutrition choices as part of Feed Your Potential 365, a public health and well-being campaign launched by Aramark last year to promote healthy lifestyles among all consumers, as well as families in underserved communities and Aramark’s customers, clients and employees. Queens Community House is one of 10 organizations nationally chosen to participate in Aramark’s Feed Your Potential 365 program.
Since 2008, Aramark has invested millions of dollars in expertise, financial and in-kind resources to strengthen communities through Aramark Building Community.


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7 Ways to Flood-Proof Your House
Rising sea levels, heavier and more frequent downpours, and a national landscape paved with asphalt are making homes more vulnerable to flood damage than ever before. Think of this past summer’s harrowing, record-breaking floods in Louisiana, or of FEMA’s recent prediction that areas at risk of flooding in the United States will increase, on average, by 45 percent by 2100. Indeed, in the past 12 months, we’ve seen eight flood events of a size expected to occur just once every 500 to 1,000 years, says Joel Scata, project attorney and water policy advocate for NRDC. These include floods in Texas, South Carolina, and West Virginia.
“Often, these are impacting areas where people think they’re safe from flooding,” Scata says. “While not everyone lives in a high-risk area, everyone lives in a potential flood zone.” Flood damage can range from the somewhat manageable—say, a waterlogged garden or a few inches of backup stormwater in the basement—to the full-scale destruction of a home. Even relatively minor damage, like a wrecked hot water heater, can cost thousands of dollars to repair. But community members and homeowners do have some ways to mitigate the damage.
Evaluate your risk.
Homeowners and renters can begin gauging their current flood risk by visiting Floodsmart.gov, the website of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). This federal program sets flood insurance rates using FEMA’s Flood Insurance Rate Maps, which show a community’s base flood elevations, flood zones, and floodplain boundaries. Any home within a so-called 100-year floodplain, an area with a 1 percent chance of flooding in any given year, is deemed at risk.
But “FEMA maps should be a starting point, not an end point, in your research,” cautions Chad Berginnis, executive director of the national Association of State Floodplain Managers. The maps haven’t kept pace with climate change, and though they’re continually updated, “at best, FEMA has mapped maybe a third of the floodplains in the country,” he notes.
If you’re considering buying a home, find out whether the property has ever been flooded. Some states require real-estate records to include that information. Better yet, Berginnis says, “Ask the neighbors, especially if they’ve been there for decades, whether there’s been flooding in the area.”
Buy flood insurance.
If you live within a 100-year floodplain, flood insurance is a must. Anyone with a federally backed mortgage who lives in a flood zone is required by law to carry insurance. People in high-risk areas often assume that government-issued disaster assistance will cover the cost of damage from a flood. In fact, Scata says, emergency funds are seldom adequate, and standard insurance policies don’t cover water damage caused by extreme weather. Moreover, “there’s a false assumption that if you live outside a flood zone, you don’t need insurance,” he says. “But 25 percent of flood insurance claims are made by people who live beyond those zones.” Berginnis recommends that everyone, including apartment dwellers, have at least enough flood insurance to cover the contents of their homes.
Elevate your boiler.
Utilities, boilers, central air-conditioning units, and other HVAC equipment normally located at the lowest level of a home are particularly vulnerable to flood damage. Consider bringing them to higher ground, either by building platforms, if your flood risk is minimal, or by moving them to another floor. Your insurance agent and a contractor can advise on logistics and cost.
Install a sewage water backstop.
Cities that deal with persistent and costly stormwater flooding, like Chicago, have various municipal programs to fund the installation of backflow prevention valves and other devices that keep overtaxed sewer mains from backing up into basements. If your basement floor drain backs up after heavy rains, consider installing one of these devices with help from a licensed plumber.
Change your landscaping.
Porous outdoor surfaces help water seep into the ground instead of streaming toward your home. Digging depressions known as swales to channel stormwater runoff away from your house, converting concrete or asphalt driveways to gravel or brick, and using absorbent mulch can help manage heavy rain and reduce potential flood damage. Placing a rain barrel beneath a gutter downspout will not only allay basement flooding but also help reduce flooding and pollution of local waterways.
“It can be hard to contemplate moving, but sometimes it’s the best option, especially for people in coastal communities facing sea level rise,” Scata says. If you can move preemptively, you could save tens of thousands of dollars in repair costs and avoid the trauma of repeated flooding and rebuilding.
If your home is vulnerable to flooding, check with your regional FEMA office to see if you’re eligible for a buyout program for “repetitive loss properties.” In some cases, the government will even buy a house for its pre-disaster market value. This helps move people out of harm’s way, reduces the drain on flood management resources, and prevents a new house from being built on that site in the future (the land is usually returned to a natural state).
Even with the realities of climate change, government agencies are still looking to the past to predict the flooding of the future. “That’s like driving down a highway and mapping your route by looking in the rearview mirror,” Scata says. Contact your community or county emergency management office or a local environmental group to support more sustainable development, including public landscapes with natural and water-permeable surfaces and smarter urban stormwater infrastructure. “There’s only so much one person can do alone,” Scata says. Our collective efforts are indispensable to making our communities more resilient.
Millions of people in America could be displaced by rising sea levels and repeated flooding. Yet, as Kentucky resident Olga McKissic learned, it can take years to get the help needed to move to higher ground.
The USS North Carolina survived World War II, but now its captain’s mission is to protect it from storm surges and sea level rise.
A growing number of communities—both coastal and inland—are finding themselves underwater. Extreme weather, sea level rise, and other climate change impacts are increasingly to blame. Here’s a look at what links flooding and our warming world.
By relying on plants, soil, and natural systems to manage rainfall runoff, green infrastructure tackles urban water woes and boosts climate resilience. Here’s how.
Plus, the administration plans a debate on climate change as coal executives continue to party in Trump’s hotel.
The most widespread, damaging storms on earth are getting worse, and climate change is a big reason why. Here’s a look at what causes hurricanes and how to address the threat of a wetter, windier world.
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At least 31 villages now face imminent threats from climate change and may have to relocate, at a cost of as much as $200 million each.
On Earth Day, President Obama calls on us to save the Everglades from myriad problems—but climate should be the first one on the list.
Since Hurricane Harvey, homelessness has gone up, some public housing residents are living in severely damaged homes, and others have been cast out to remote suburbs—to the detriment of local well-being and the economy.
Ditch-diggers and cement trucks? Try trees and rainwater cisterns. City planners across the country are realizing that green infrastructure is the key to climate resilience.
For years, states could ignore global warming when creating their disaster-preparedness plans. Not anymore.
As the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers considers including “living shorelines” among its preferred erosion controls, Alabama is already leading the way to healthier coasts.
By embracing green infrastructure, these urban areas have a solid defense against increased drought or flood.
A city must decide whether to retreat or stand and fight when rising seas come crashing in.
Climate change is causing more floods and more damage along our coasts and our inland waterways. It’s not only sinking people’s homes, but sinking our country’s disaster response budget.
Tens of thousands of American families live in repeatedly flooded properties—and many feel like there’s no way out.
Khalil Shahyd had a hand in helping his hometown recover from Katrina, and now he advocates for climate resiliency on behalf of vulnerable communities nationwide.
After Hurricane Sandy, Joseph Tirone Jr. helped one Staten Island community navigate New York State’s pilot buyout program. Now he’s on a mission to show others how he did it.
Whatever the decision, action is needed—and sooner rather than later.


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For many gardeners there are few things quite so rewarding as being able to grow some of your own food – it always seems to taste better and, whether or not it really does, there is nothing to beat the feeling of satisfaction. The greenhouse opens up much wider possibilities for growing many vegetables and other crop plants, either out of season or types which otherwise simply could not be grown.
Sowing seeds in the greenhouse as autumn drifts into winter can be a useful way of both providing an early yield of food and making maximum use of greenhouse space. Lettuces, for example, sown in November will be ready to be grown-on under glass in time for an early spring salad. Although any one of the common kinds will do very nicely in this role, it is probably worth trying to get one of the “mixed leaves” varieties to allow you to add maximum interest to plate and palate. It is worth considering keeping the greenhouse crop going into the summer, even when lettuces and their kin can be grown in the main garden or frame and then harvesting the young leaves to use as a tender garnish. In much the same way, many herbs can be grown in pots over the winter – allowing you the luxury of fresh cooking ingredients when the rest of us are relying on dry stuff in pots!
The greenhouse comes into its own, however, with what might be called the truly “hothouse” crops – the likes of peppers, aubergines, tomatoes and cucumbers. Provided you can maintain a minimum temperature of 12 degrees C, several different types of peppers can be grown successfully under glass, including both sweet and chilli peppers. The seeds need to be sown in April and then transplanted into pots as they grow larger. As sweet peppers ripen they turn from green to red, yellow or orange, becoming sweeter as they mature. Ripe hot chilli peppers are red – and should be allowed to fully ripen before they are picked. Varieties such as “Bell Boy” have been developed, which perform particularly well in Britain.
Aubergines – also sometimes called egg plants – are related to peppers and tomatoes, but need a fair amount of warmth to thrive. Soaking their seeds in warm water for a day or so will help them germinate and when the seedlings are around four inches tall they should be transplanted into eight-inch pots and their growing tips pinched out to encourage them to become more bushy. The plants will need some support as they grow. In recent years, heavy-cropping varieties, such as “Moneymaker” (not to be confused with the tomato of the same name) which are well suited to the British climate have become more readily available, making this plant more accessible than ever to the greenhouse grower.
Tomatoes come in a huge range of types, but the upright “cordon” varieties are more suited to greenhouses than a sprawling bush. Sown in mid-March, the seedlings will be ready for transplanting into 12-inch pots in May, equipped with a cane or other suitable support. Any side-shoots between the leaf and stem should be pinched out and later, when five or six trusses of fruit have begun to develop, the main stem itself should also be pinched out to concentrate growth in the ripening tomatoes themselves. Tomatoes are one of the most rewarding of greenhouse crops – a little careful attention and regular high-potassium feeds almost always will guarantee a high yield. Varieties such as “Sunbaby” and “Shirley” are particularly well suited to the greenhouse, producing very tasty fruits with a delicious flavour.
Cucumber-growing has become considerably easier in recent years with the development of a range of readily available F1 hybrid varieties – such as “Femspot F1” – which produce particularly tasty crops. Sowing the seeds individually into three-inch pots in mid-March, by May the plants can be transplanted into 12-inch pots, with wires or canes for support. Once five or six leaves have appeared, the main growing shoot needs to be pinched out and the developing plant trained to the support. Then all that remains is to water well, feed fortnightly with a fertiliser rich in potassium and await the arrival of succulent cucumbers.
With careful selection of varieties suited to growing in the greenhouse – and chosen for their taste and cropping ability – whether brought-on in pots or growbags, a wide range of vegetables and other crops can be grown in even the smallest of greenhouses. While it may well be simpler just to pop down to the local super-market to get the ingredients for your salad, nothing will give you as much satisfaction as knowing that you grew them for yourself.

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“A non-profit 501 (c) 3 organization dedicated to supporting welfare of animals in Washington County, AR”
The Animal League of Washington County was founded in 2011. The League is dedicated to promoting animal welfare in Washington County. Our programs include:
Medical Rehabilitation, Rescue/Transport, Animal Cruelty/Neglect Investigations, Low Cost Spay/Neuter, Hungry Hearts Pet Food Bank, and Capital Improvement & Equipment Fund.
The Animal League of Washington County is dedicated to improving the lives of pets and their people in Washington County, as well as serving the community as a resource for animal-related questions and issues.
To report animal cruelty/neglect, please email us at email@example.com or call 479.263.7058.
Board of Directors:
President, Kathy Short
Vice-President, Amy White
Secretary, Linda Gershon
Treasurer, Kelly Maestri
Taylor Rolland, DVM
Director, Carmen Nelson
Assistant Director, Lauren Clingenpeel

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ONLY @ JOHNSON SUBARU OF CARY, NEVER PAY RECONDITIONING FEES, FULL PANORAMIC SUNROOF, LUXURY LINE PACKAGE, PREMIUM PLUS PACKAGE, AMAZING SHAPE, Gold 2016 BMW X5 xDrive35i AWD 8-Speed Automatic 3.0L I6 DOHC 24V TwinPower Turbo Active Blind Spot Detection, Active Driving Assistant, Cold Weather Package, Driver Assistance Package, Driver Assistance Plus, Head-Up Display, Heated Rear Seats, Heated Steering Wheel, High-Intensity Retractable Headlight Washers, Luxury Line, Luxury Line-Specific Design Elements, Rear-view Camera, Satin Aluminum Roof Rails, Speed Limit Information, Surround View, Wheels: 19 x 9 Multi-Spoke Lt Alloy (Style 448).Recent Arrival!Awards:* JD Power Initial Quality Study (IQS)Reviews:* Potent and efficient engines; luxurious and comfortable interior; huge list of features; steadfast high-speed stability. Source: Edmunds
The biggest change to the X5 lineup in 2016 is the addition of the X5 xDrive40e plug-in hybrid model. The xDrive40e allows drivers up to 13 miles of pure electric driving before the gasoline engine kicks in. Quick trips to the grocery store can theoretically be achieved without using any gas. Despite the eco-friendly nature of the xDrive40e, it can still hit 60 mph in about 6.5 seconds, meaning no sacrifice in performance is required to care for the environment.
Launched in 1999, the X5 is BMW's flagship mid-size SUV, or as BMW calls it, an SAV, for Sport Activity Vehicle. From the very beginning, BMW worked hard to make sure that sporty driving dynamics and a high level of responsiveness were programmed into the X5. This means the X5 features not only a great deal of utility, but with BMW's all-wheel drive system, a sure-footed nature in a variety of terrains. Add to that BMW's trademarked build quality and luxury, and the X5 is a versatile vehicle that belongs at the top of its class. Four trims are available, starting with the rear-wheel-drive sDrive35i and topping out with the all-wheel-drive xDrive50i.
The 3.0L inline 6-cylinder turbocharged engine in the sDrive35i and all-wheel-drive xDrive35i makes 300 horsepower. The xDrive50i is fitted with an all-aluminum twin-turbo 4.4L V8 with variable valve timing and direct injection. It features what BMW calls a "reverse flow" setup, with its twin turbochargers situated within the valley between the cylinders. This setup is good for 445 horsepower and 450 foot-pounds of torque. Powering the xDrive35d is a 255-horsepower 3.0L inline-6 diesel engine. The Variable TwinPower Turbo engine also produces 425 foot-pounds of torque and delivers an EPA-estimated 26 mpg on the highway.
The sDrive35i, xDrive35i and the xDrive50i use an 8-speed automatic transmission, first introduced in the 5-series Grand Turismo. Brake energy regeneration is also used on both gasoline engines, which uncouples the alternator from the accessory drive system, allowing the battery to only be charged during coasting or braking. This, BMW says, results in up to 2 percent fuel economy boost.
Standard safety features include several airbags -- driver's and passenger's front and side units as well as head airbags for the first- and second-row seats. In addition, BMW offers Dynamic Stability Control, Dynamic Traction Control, Dynamic Brake Control, Hill Descent Control and Dynamic Cruise Control. Active Cruise Control and Lane Departure Warning systems are also available. There's also a rearview camera that can provide a 360-degree exterior view, a Heads-Up Display that projects onto the windshield in the driver's field of view and a Park Distance Control system that alerts the driver of obstacles behind the vehicle while parking.
The Luxury Line includes 19-inch alloy wheels, chrome window surrounds and a sport leather steering wheel. The xLine features separate 19-inch wheels, satin aluminum window surrounds and a silver matte grille surround. Finally, the M Sport includes an M Sport steering wheel, a sport automatic transmission, sport seats and M-badged foot rests and door sills.


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On Tuesday, November 20 police spent 7 hours trying to negotiate with a Hopatcong resident that had barricaded himself inside his Lakeside Boulevard residence. According to the Hopatcong Police Facebook page, officers responded to a report that Robert J Collins threatened to shoot someone with a stolen handgun but when they arrived at the house, he refused to come out or speak with them.
The NJ State Police Teams Unit was called in and tried to negotiate as well. When they sent in a mechanical robot to make contact with him, he allegedly hit it several times with a pry bar.
Eventually Collins agreed to come out of his house and was taken into custody. Officers searched the home and found three stolen handguns and the pry bar. Collins had been charged with the following:
- Terroristic threats
- Theft of a firearm
- Possession of a firearm for an unlawful purpose
- Certain persons who shall not possess a firearm
- Criminal mischief


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Sometimes our technology works as a status symbol, and you want a watchface that reflects that. If that's the case, or if you're a fan of beautifully designed analog faces, then check out Luxury WatchFaces Android Wear. This app has several faces, all gorgeously designed to show off that piece of tech adorning your wrist.
There are three free faces that come with this app for Android Wear. Marrow, Desafio, and Alpha White. All three are analog face, two are circular faces but they do fit well on a square screen. Each face is elegant and easy to read, while maintaining an appeal to those who enjoy the luxuries in life.
Neither Marrow, nor Alpha White have any features whatsoever. Marrow is a blue and silver face with no numbers. It's easily the most eye catching of the three with it's vibrant colors, and digital clockwork display. Alpha White is a square face, reminiscent of watches many of us might have owned in a different time. A white face with black numbers, and blue hands of the clock, this face also includes a second hand.
The Desafio face is the only one of the three that gives you any options, and it's apparent why. The face has a base color with notches around the edge of the face in white, along with a pair of white hands. From the Luxury Watchfaces for Android Wear app, you can adjust the color. There are a few preset colors, though you also have access to a full color wheel, along with a saturation bar, and a value bar to fine tune your custom colors. You can easily save them so that you can switch between colors at your leisure.
Now there are some premium faces that you can purchase, most notably the Iman face. It's a $1.29, and definitely a step beyond the base watch faces that were offered. You get a digital readout, options on color, the battery life of both your phone and watch, along with the date. Oh yeah, did we mention it's meant to look an Arc Reactor? It fits right in with the luxury faces, while going a step above and beyond — Tony Stark would approve.
The Luxury WatchFaces for Android Wear aren't meant to be flashy with features, and they aren't. They are well designed, and eye catching. With their simple analog faces, you'll never be confused about what time it is. So do you prefer a simple watch face like these here, or do you prefer something flashier?
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-Alexa Jenkins, Copy Editor
Clinton, Miss., is a good place to get an education. Not only is it home to Mississippi College, the state’s oldest university which is consistently ranked on ‘Best College Buys’ lists, but the Clinton Public School District has also been recently ranked as the No. 1 district academically in the state. All but one school in the district received A ratings, making it the only A district in the state based on this year’s test scores. Other schools were given a waiver to keep the A if their scores dropped due to the introduction of Common Core curriculum, but CPSD’s scores met the benchmark without the waiver. Based on a state-wide scoring system, all but one of the schools in the Clinton District are A-rated schools, and the one B-rated school was only seven points shy of an A.
These test scores and high ratings benefit Clinton’s children and the community as a whole, but they are also closely related to Mississippi College. Tim Martin, Assistant Superintendent of CPSD, says, “A major part of our success as a school district is attributed to our partnership with MC.” Each year approximately 125 students from the MC Department of Teacher Education are placed to observe, assist, and student teach in Clinton schools. These placements give principals and administrators an opportunity to get to know individuals over several weeks, which, according to Martin, enables them to hire some of the best MC graduates.
Many CPSD employees continue their own education at Mississippi College, taking advantage of the master’s and doctoral programs. Martin says that having MC nearby makes it more convenient for teachers to take night and summer classes, and better educated teachers create better schools. Mississippi College’s teacher education faculty also includes individuals who were formerly involved with CPSD. Department Chair Dr. Cindy Melton, an MC alumnus, was a teacher in Clinton schools before continuing her career at MC, and assistant professor Tommye Henderson was superintendent of the Clinton Public School District before joining MC’s faculty. Additionally, partnership with Mississippi College gives CPSD access to professional development programs to better educate their teachers. Melton says that almost 2/3 of the educators in the district have earned a degree from MC, and many have been involved as adjunct teachers in the department.
Lastly, many students who attend and graduate from Clinton schools choose to enroll at MC. Those students have benefited from the work of MC alumni and have been poured into by the staff at CPSD, and they bring the knowledge they’ve gained back into the MC community. As Martin pointed out, this is especially significant when a Clinton graduate attends MC, majors in education, and finds himself or herself student teaching and eventually employed by the schools they once attended.
Mississippi College is involved in the community in many ways, and its partnership with Clinton schools is definitely a significant connection. Melton concludes that, “We recognize that CPSD is doing an excellent job of educating our K through 12 students, and they are also providing our teacher candidates with some of the best hands-on training in the country. We are proud that so many of the outstanding teachers that contribute to the success of CPSD were once our MC students!”


In one of the last bills of the 111th Congress, the Senate passed the 9/11 health bill Wednesday after a last-minute breakthrough. Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK), nicknamed “Dr. No” for his frequent blocking of legislation, had been holding up passage of the bill due to his objections over the cost of the measure and the way it had been passed through Congress. Negotiations led by Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) broke through the impasse. The House is also expected to pass the bill on Wednesday.
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United Bank of India is planning to come out with an initial public offer in six-to-nine months to raise around Rs.500 crores to Rs.600 crores by issuing 5-6 crore equity shares of Rs.10 each at a premium of Rs.100 per share, report media quoting a statement of T.M. Bhasin, Executive Director.
Bhasin added that the paid up equity capital of the bank would get reduced to Rs.266 crore, with the Cabinet having approved the bank's capital restructuring plan. Therefore, the bank will now commence the preparations for the IPO and will hit the market once it becomes beneficial.
Bhasin further said that the restructuring would enhance the book value of its shares to Rs.84 to Rs.85, and it would further improve to Rs.100 once the bank comes out with an IPO.
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Febuary 17, 2006
NLBPA’s Board Members are featured in this article...
Posted on Fri, Feb. 17, 2006
Former players aim to preserve Negro leagues' history
Stanley "Doc" Glenn and Bill "Ready" Cash love to talk, and talk, and talk and...
The way they figure it, the more they talk, the better the odds someone will eventually listen.
The 79-year-old Glenn and the 86-year-old Cash are living links to the long-gone Negro leagues, where generations of players who were denied the opportunity to play in the major leagues because of the color of their skin, and not their ability to play baseball, could thrive.
Countless books have been written on the subject and a number of films, both feature and documentary, have told the story, but the leagues are still absent from American history books, Glenn and Cash insist.
So if the history books in elementary and high school classes aren't going to devote space to a significant part of America's past, Glenn and Cash and many others devoted to the cause are going to do their best to keep the stories alive.
"We need to talk about it, so whenever we get a chance to talk about it, we go," said Glenn, a catcher for the Philadelphia Stars from 1944 to 1950.
Glenn and Cash, two of the four surviving members of the Stars, were featured guests at Negro League Night at the Yeadon Library on Wednesday. The evening was held in honor of the 1925 champion Darby Hilldales and to foster awareness of the team as local supporters strive to get a historical marker for the Hilldales.
Ed Bacon, the batboy for the 1925 team, represented the Hilldales.
The event, held as part of the library's Black History Month festivities and in conjunction with the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame, though, was just another stop for Glenn and Cash.
"We're busy all year," said Cash, who played for the Stars and various other pro teams. "Schools, elementary schools, high schools, technical schools, universities, colleges... "
But Glenn, as he details in his upcoming book Let's Play Black Ball, says that the passing of tales from mouth to ear isn't enough in the long run.
"I'm never going to quit until it's in American history books," Glenn said. "I want them to know about it from the top. And I'm one of those guys."
Glenn had the privilege to catch Hall of Fame pitcher Satchel Paige, and Cash barnstormed with Jackie Robinson in 1948.
That was one year after Robinson broke the color barrier in the major leagues by playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Although the mass migration of black players that followed Robinson to the majors eventually diluted and ended the Negro leagues, Glenn and Cash speak of Robinson with hushed tones.
Upon the 50th anniversary of his debut in 1997, Robinson's No. 42 was retired by every major league team. Recently there was some debate when advocacy group Hispanics Across America asked that Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente's number be set aside, like Robinson's.
Clemente, the great Puerto Rican outfielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates, died in a plane crash in 1972 while flying relief supplies to earthquake victims in Nicaragua. While both Glenn and Cash said that Robinson's struggle was unique and incomparable, they agreed that Clemente deserves similar recognition.
"He looked out for his country the same way Jackie looked out for his," Cash said. "He was just as determined at trying to get his people to do what he did. You can't put any doubt that he did less than Jackie did."


The Cleveland Cavaliers welcomed the struggling Dallas Mavericks into Quicken Loans Arena, as they looked to keep the good times rolling following their big win against the Blazers on Friday night.
Much like last outing, the Cavs started the contest on fire with great energy on both sides of the ball. It was a quarter all about Kyrie Irving, who started the game in an unbelievable rhythm. He was perfect in the first period, and went 7/7 from the field and 4/4 from the three point line. As Kevin Love did the other night, Irving outscored the opposition by himself in the first quarter. He had 19, and the Mavericks could only register 16 points in the period, as the Cavaliers defense was also superb. Throw in LeBron James’ six assists to start the game, and the Cavs were well and truly on their way to a big victory, up 36-16 after one.
The second period was much the same, as the wine and gold continued their assault on the Mavs. The Cavs started the quarter with James, Shumpert, Dunleavy, Jefferson and Tristan Thompson to start the quarter. James assumed the point guard position and went about continuing to run the offense and make plays for his teammates. The Cavs were rolling offensively, but their defense was just as impressive. They held the Mavs to 2/10 shooting from downtown halfway through the second quarter, and Dallas had no answer for the Cavs flowing offensive execution. James found Love in consecutive possessions for three pointers and the Cavs were up by 40 points. It was a demolition job, and the Cavs led by 34 at halftime, 72-38. The big three were unplayable, as they combined for 50 points at intermission. Kyrie Irving was still perfect from the field at the break, he was 8/8 shooting and 4/4 from downtown. The Cavs put up an incredible 72 points at halftime along with a championship calibre defensive effort.
It was going to be a matter of staying professional and respecting the opponent in the second half with the Cavs up big. Irving went 10/10 from the field, and it looked as though he was going to go for a perfect game before missing two tough shots towards the end of the quarter. Kevin Love then found his stroke from three point land again, hitting three straight threes, and the Mavericks couldn’t cut any of that 40 point buffer down. James was in on the action as well, as he continued to collect assists and put in two of his own from downtown. The Cavs opened up their biggest lead of 42 on the night, and took a 41 point advantage into the last quarter, 96-55. The starters then all came out at the end of the third quarter, and their night was done.
The fourth period was purely formalities at that point, with the bench unit able to see some quality minutes. Felder, Dunleavy, Anderson, McRae and Liggins started the period, and they cruised the Cavs to a big win on their home floor, 128-90.
It was another brilliant win for the Cavaliers, who enjoyed their Thanksgiving dinner and got right back to work tonight. They couldn’t take the Mavericks lightly, and they did an incredible job of remaining focused and doing what they had to do to protect home court.
Kevin Love finished with 27 points and 10 rebounds, splashing 7/9 three pointers, Kyrie Irving had 25 points going 10/13 from the field and a perfect 4/4 from three point land, LeBron James had 19 points and 11 assists, Tristan Thompson had 11 points and 12 rebounds, and Jordan McRae chipped in with seven points.
The Cavs move to 12-2 on the season. They now head out on the road as they roll into Philadelphia to take on the 76ers on Sunday in the hopes of keeping the wins coming.


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The owner of Mark’s Auto Repair in Madras, which was burglarized last month, is now offering a $500 reward to encourage people with information to step forward and help solve the theft of items worth an estimated $17,000.
A burglary not only takes a financial toll on victims, but takes other tolls, too.
“It’s been hard on the family,” owner Mark Hodges said. “My wife’s not sleeping good. And of course it makes everybody worry when people get into your stuff.”
Those feelings linger well after Hodges came to his shop one day to find several items missing.
Two ATVs and two motorcycles were stolen, along with several pieces of technical equipment. The thieves also tried to steal cars in the lot outside, only to find they had missing parts and wouldn’t run.
The thieves got in by breaking a garage window, then covering the other windows and an exterior light with red spray paint to make sure no passers-by could see what they were doing.
Hodges said he’s doubtful he’ll make up for the financial losses caused by the burglary, even though police have recovered some of his stolen things.
One of the stolen motorcycles was recovered when police raided the house of a man who allegedly traded drugs to one of the burglars for the bike.
The two ATVs were found in a little-used warehouse about a week after the break-in.
This isn’t the only burglary in Madras recently — a jewelry store has been broken into twice since the start of the new year, and a few other repair shops have had vehicles stolen as well.
One suspect in this burglary has been identified, but his name isn’t being released yet. Police said he’s currently on the run, believed to be with three of his friends who law enforcement says may have taken part in the break-in.


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