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This is kind of late, but hopefully it will finish strong - not unlike our tardy Jazz . . .
- So, this season has been filled with good news and bad news after 38 games (46% of the season). I think the main concern for Jazz fans (and players and coaches alike) is that problems seen early in October and November have persisted to this late date.
- No doubt, a team that's 1st in their division and on pace for 54 wins (It used to be on pace for 55, btw, last time I checked) isn't a bad team. I don't think any of us are calling the Jazz a bad team, rather, our current team isn't a great team. It appears more and more like our team is going to be stuck in the 4-6 seed range again this year.
- No team is perfect for 82 games, but the best teams improve in their problems during the season. Because we've struggled with poor starts, rebounding, and bench play all season long (with only glimmers of improvement here and there) we can put to bed the concept that we're one of the 'best' teams this year. (of course, until further notice of improvement)
- While so far this syncopation seems to be focused primarily upon this season, I will have to talk a bit more about our expectations as fans. We have them. If we didn't, this post would only be singing the praises of this team. I think many of us (myself included) were less than worried at the early struggles and persisting problems -- because we had our ace in the hole, we had the return of Okur to look forward to. Memo's has played in four games this season, and he's not been healthy enough to suit up in more.
- If you look at the game logs, he's only had one "Memo" like game, the game against the Clippers. I think that it's prudent to temper expectations for what we can expect for him going forward. Sure, we hold out hope that he's going to get better as the season goes on (it's hard to get worse) - but I don't think we can rely on him to be the Memo of old this season. Even a diminished Okur would greatly improve our bench. Clearly, it would. It's also clear that a healthy Memo (or whatever Memo we have right now) doesn't immediately solve all of our problems (bench, poor starts, rebounding, etc).
- I do have to tip my hat to Kevin O'Connor for the free agent signings of Francisco Elson (UFA) and Kyrylo Fesenko (RFA). We'd be in even worse shape this season if we didn't have both of them. What's also special is that those two guys seem to play pretty okay with one another. (Elson effectively being the jedi master to the young padawan Fesenko)
- The flip side is even MORE bad news -- I don't think that Paul Millsap and Al Jefferson are working out together as well as we'd have hoped. Part of it is unfamiliarity - for sure. Another part of it is that the venn diagram of where they play has a lot of overlap. Sure, Memo could post up (and should have done this more) and Carlos Boozer could make midrange jumpers . . . but they were effectively out of each others' way on offense. Not only that, but I think we are under-estimating how good BOTH of those players were at passing / screening / cutting with each other. Only rarely do we see some sort of offensive off-the-ball action between Sap and Jefferson.
- Millsap has expanded his game and is significantly more versatile. He has saved our butts countless times this season, check out the great video made by Spencer at the Utah Jazz Blog that features some of his clutch moves vs. the rockets! [did not want to embed so that he gets the traffic]
- Jefferson (and the Al Jefferson Solar System concept that I mentioned back on Oct) is still a work in progress.In seven seasons, including this one, Al Jefferson has shot over 50 fg% three times, and two of those were within his first three seasons in the league. Despite playing in the best offense in his career, with the best point guard of his career, and the best coach and team mates of his career -- Al Jefferson is shooting a career low 47.7 fg%. I'm really not happy with that mark. It's not like in this new offense that Jefferson is being asked to shoot from farther out than he has previously -- nor is he facing tougher defense now. Frankly, in some set plays all he has to do is catch the ball and finish. That should be automatic as the season progresses. I think, and I have no greater access to him right now, that part of it is that Jefferson is having to deal with removing prior learning. He had to just do so much before, that he's been conditioned to think and plan too much for his points. Now, when it should just be instinctual, he's slowing the process down and that's getting him in trouble. A lot of the sets are timing based - where a specific window of opportunity for the 'best shot' exists, and can close if one hesitates. We love the 'wheezie' when it's going down, but sometimes a dunk gets the job done better than a side spin half push shot while spinning away from the defender. Just my two cents.
- I don't want to harp on Jefferson as the reason why we're not playing better - but I think we all expected that he could avg better numbers in this system. It's a bit too soon to be looking at 'next year' for him, we're already getting ready for 'next year' on Memo.
- What do you Jazz fans think about how we're playing right now? Write a Haiku about it in the comments section! The best ones will be e-mailed to Jerry Sloan. He'll never check them, as he thinks e-mail is a typing error for the word female.
- Speaking of stubborn Jerry and all of our woes . . . if this Raja Bell starting thing doesn't work out there's always . . .
Have a great week, and expect more posting from me now that my self-imposed isolation is over (and I think we can move on from all these losses).

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GlusterFS is a distributed file system, the memory elements are presented as a single file system from a plurality of servers or nodes. The various servers even nodes, form a client-server architecture over TCP / IP. A distinctive feature from NAS systems is that, a redundant connection of storage devices over TCP / IP is possible. The data on all the cluster nodes can be read and written at the same time, all changes will be implemented immediately to the files on all servers.
Basics of GlusterFS
The file system is a FUSE kernel module and is integrated by POSIX support-enabled operating systems; such as Linux, FreeBSD, OpenSolaris and OS X. To start a server with GlusterFS, a kernel module is not required. A server can be both client and server at the same time.
The development of GlusterFS began in mid-2005 by the GlusterOS Development Team, a first release of the file system was released in July 2006. GlusterFS is available under the GPL license version 3. The developers are offered paid support. At the end of 2011 GlusterFS was acquired by Red Hat for USD 136 million. In June 2012, Red Hat Storage Server was announced as a commercially-supported integration of GlusterFS with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Design of GlusterFS
GlusterFS is simply a scale-out network-attached storage file system. It has found applications in cloud computing, streaming media services and content delivery networks. GlusterFS has a modular design and supports multiple modes of operation:
- Standalone Storage (like NFS ) : a single server, which provides the file system over the network
- Distributed Storage : multiple servers that store the data distributed among themselves and provide these clients
- Replicated Storage : multiple servers that store the data mirrored to each other and provide these clients
- Distributed Replicated Storage : multiple servers that store the data among themselves distributed and mirrored
- Striped Storage : multiple servers, in which the data is striped to provide higher performance and disk IO bandwidth
- Cloud / HPC Storage : Distributed Replicated Storage
- NFS-like standalone storage server 2 : similar standalone storage, it is more than just a file system provided
- Aggregating Storage Servers : three servers that provide a unified file system using Unify, without redundancy
GlusterFS uses a modular design, so that all the described functions can be mapped with few components. The components are data partitions (volumes), transport groups and translators. The translators provide the opportunity to expand the file system functions, in particular whether it should communicate via Infiniband, TCP or a mixture of both, which physical partitions or directories to be included and which RAID level to use. To illustrate the modular concept, a ROT13 translators exists to “encrypt” the file system.
Most of the functionality of GlusterFS is implemented as translators, including:
- File-based mirroring and replication
- File-based striping
- File-based load balancing
- Volume failover
- Scheduling and disk caching
- Storage quotas
Under GNU/Linux OS, we can start GlusterFS through the
/etc/rc.local script. If we have installed from RPM or DEB like package, we can start through
init.d scripts as well.


With an initiative of the Prime Minister of Georgia, the Competition Agency will scrutinize the current situation in view of fuel prices and will report to the Economic Council by May 15, 2022.
The referred decision was made at the Economic Council Meeting held by Irakli Garibashvili.
Irakli Lekvinadze, Head of the National Competition Agency briefed the Council Members about the fuel pricing trends for the past 3 months. Report was discussed and decided to commission the Agency to continue its observation on the fuel market and come up with comprehensive recommendations to facilitate a healthy competition on the market.
In addition, Council Members also discussed the current position of the pharmaceutical market. Active implementation of reforms on the grounds of the Expertise Opinion released by the National Competition Agency was deemed positive as prices are declining on the medication in high demand among the public. It was also noted that greater access to medication has been significantly boosted by the exposure to the Turkish market with an initiative of the Prime Minister of Georgia, as a result of which over 250 most demanded medication can be acquired at a price 70-80% cheaper. In addition, an electronic and generic prescription system has been introduced in the country to further increase the transparency at the pharmaceutical market.


M. Ares et al., "Handheld 3D Scanning System for In-Vivo Imaging of Skin Cancer", in Proc. of 5th Int. Conf. on 3D Body Scanning Technologies, Lugano, Switzerland, 2014, pp. 231-236, doi:10.15221/14.231.
Handheld 3D Scanning System for In-Vivo Imaging of Skin Cancer
Miguel Ares, Santiago Royo, Meritxell Vilaseca, Jorge A. Herrera, Xana Delpueyo, Ferran Sanabria
CD6 UPC Barcelona Tech, Terrassa (Barcelona), Spain
We present a handheld scanning system for measuring in-vivo the 3D topography of the human skin surface. The system has been envisaged for analyzing the 3D shape of skin cancer lesions, providing a more precise characterization of the lesions compared with the conventional examination done by using the naked eye and dermoscopy methods. The 3D scanning system is composed of cost-effective and commercially available components, including two monochrome cameras placed in a stereo configuration, a color camera, and a compact projector unit. The 3D measuring principle is based on the technique of stereovision combined with the projection of structured light patterns. A first scanning prototype has been recently developed for imaging skin surface areas of 19 x 14 mm2. A graphical user interface (GUI) has been also implemented to operate with the prototype. Preliminary experimental results showing the performance of this initial prototype for imaging different skin surface zones are also presented.
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The United States is the fourth largest country in the world by geographical area, but only 74th by population density. As a result, there are many vast and relatively empty spaces for overlanding enthusiasts to explore.
With a sense of adventure and ample research, there are almost infinite possibilities for planning overlanding trips, blending together public wilderness lands managed by the states and federal government.
Here, we will focus on more or less established overland routes in the United States that have been mapped out and tested by vehicle-based adventurers over the years. In most cases, these aren’t “officially” designated trails but rather routes defined by the people who first established them and grooved by those that followed.
Some do follow trails that are managed by various government agencies and sometimes enter private lands where the owners allow transit, so in those cases, you have to follow the rules established by the powers that be–meaning, don’t go off-trail if you aren’t supposed to.
Below are a number of terrific overland routes in the United States, listed in alphabetical order, not by popularity or quality. Some can be traversed in stock 2-wheel-drive vehicles, while others require serious off-road capabilities.
The Alpine Loop Backway is a 65-mile mountain loop in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado that connects the towns of Silverton and Ouray with Lake City.
The trail, which passes through San Juan National Forest, reaches an elevation of 12,800 feet as it passes through dramatic alpine tundra and old mining ghost towns from the 1880s, such as Animas Fooks and Capitol City.
|Time of Year||Upper passes are typically opened in May or early June and close again in late October. Areas at lower altitudes open earlier in the season. Check with the National Forest Service office to find out what’s open.|
|Vehicle requirements||You can access about two-thirds of the route in a two-wheel drive, but to complete the entire loop through the high-mountain passes you’ll need a high-clearance four-wheel drive.|
|More information||Colorado Tourism Office Guide and San Juan National Forest website and brochure (PDF).|
The route, which is only open in the summer, can be driven in a day. But spending more time along the way will allow you to explore the many opportunities for world-class hiking, mountain biking, off-roading, fishing, camping, and wildlife viewing. There are many side roads and trails that can be explored.
The Continental Divide, forming the spine of the Rocky Mountains, runs through the middle of the United States from Canada to Mexico. To the west of the divide, all water flows to the Pacific. To the east, it all ends up in the Atlantic.
|Length||It depends. But if you loosely followed the Continental Divide Hiking Trail, you’d be covering around 3,100 miles.|
|States||Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona|
|Time of Year||Year-round, but snow will likely close mountain passes in winter|
|Vehicle requirements||It depends. It’s entirely possible to travel along the Continental Divide all on paved or well-maintained gravel roads. If you want to get more adventurous, you’ll want an off-road capable vehicle.|
|More information||Exploring Overland Trip Report|
Continental Divide Hiking Trail Guide
Colorado Overlander guide to Colorado trails
Traveling the Continental Divide as an overland route isn’t as established as, say, the Pacific Crest Overland Route mentioned below. But there is plenty to see and do for intrepid travelers willing to blaze their own trail (or at least map it out on Google maps).
The Continental Divide runs through numerous states, including Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona. It’s possible to plot a route through each state from the Canadian border to the Mexican border, or vice versa. Or you could just travel segments of the divide–the way people section hike shorter stretches of massive thru-hikes.
Of all the US overland routes, the James W. Dalton Highway is the most remote. Dalton Highway is a 414-mile stretch of gravel and dirt road that runs through some of Alaska’s most isolated wilderness, from the town of Livengood up to the outpost of Deadhorse on Prudhoe Bay.
|Time of Year||Open all year, but winter (pretty much anytime outside of late June to early August) requires special preparation.|
|Vehicle requirements||An all-wheel-drive vehicle capable of handling snow is recommended, as snow is a possibility year-round. If you are tackling the route in colder months, you’ll need to make sure you’ve got a vehicle capable of handling deeper snow and ice (not to mention appropriate supplies, clothing, and safety gear).|
|More information||Colorado Department of Transportation Guide|
Dalton Highway is one of the most northern roads in the world extremely remote: there are only three towns along the entire stretch, and the last 215-mile stretch offers nowhere to get fuel, food or lodging. If you’ve seen the show Ice Road Truckers, you’ve seen the road.
The road was built in the 1970s to facilitate the construction of an oil pipeline and to service the oil fields on Alaska’s North Slope. It’s now managed by the state of Alaska and mostly used by cargo trucks bringing supplies to the oil facilities in Deadhorse–and a few intrepid overlanding adventurers.
For explorers, the attraction is the remoteness of the area and the boreal forests, flanking the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge, and the Arctic National Park and Reserve. There are a few campgrounds along the way and plenty of places for dispersed camping. The area is home to a range of wildlife, including wolves, bears, and musk ox.
The road is remote and driving conditions can be difficult, so an all-wheel-drive vehicle and extra gear and supplies.
Basically, you need to be ready to be self-sufficient should you get stranded in a remote area. The summer window for driving the road is narrow, as winder conditions can last from early August through June.
For more information on adventures in Alaska, check out our overlanding guide for the state.
The Georgia Traverse is an overland route that visits the southern states of North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Alabama. Mapped out by David Giguere, the route covers 390 miles of paved and unpaved roads, with 226 miles traveling along with dirt or gravel roads and trails.
|States||North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia|
|Time of Year||The route is open year-round, but snow or heavy rains might impact the dirt and gravel portions of the road. Check the national forest alerts for important information on road conditions.|
|Vehicle requirements||An SUV with higher clearance and more capable vehicles should be fine (e.g., Subaru wagons).|
|More information||Georgia Overland Website|
The trail starts in Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests near the North and South Carolina border and ends on the Alabama/Georgia border, near the Chattooga River.
Giguere has put together a detailed guide to the route on his website, Georgia Overlanding, including a map with over 500 waypoints along the way. Nobody can say he isn’t thorough!
The Mojave Road is America’s OG overlanding route. The rugged 150-mile-long route, first used by indigenous people and then by European settlers in the 1800s, traverses the Mojave Desert from near Los Angeles to the California/Nevada border.
|Time of Year||November – May (Summer is crazy hot)|
|Vehicle requirements||An all-wheel-drive vehicle is recommended.|
|More information||Mojave Road Guide Book|
NPS Overview of Route
NPS Road Conditions Report
This is an overland route where high-clearance, 4-wheel-drive vehicles are recommended, as the road is not maintained and gets sandy and rough in places.
Most of the Mojave Road is within the boundaries of the Mojave National Preserve, and the road passes through a remarkable landscape of canyons, mountains, mesas, and the remnants of human history, including mines and homesteads.
The map below shows the portion of the route that passed through Mojave National Preserve.
It generally takes around three days to complete the trial. There are a number of undeveloped campsites and camping is first, come first served.
Pan American Highway
The Pan American Highway is one of the longest defined overlanding routes in the world, stretching over 19,000 miles (that’s three zeros!) from the Arctic Ocean to the southern tip of South America.
|Time of Year||Year-round (except possibly the Alaska portion)|
|Vehicle requirements||Other than the Alaska portion, a two-wheel-drive vehicle will work for the North American portion. If you plan to head all the way to Argentina, an all-wheel-drive vehicle may come in handy.|
|More information||Excellent Wikipedia page|
Lonely Planet Guide
History of the Pan American Highway
In contrast to the other routes on this list, the Pan American Highway is overlanding in the more classic sense of adventure travel that crosses multiple continents – along the lines of the Silk Road and the route across Africa from Cairo to Cape Town. It was originally conceived in the 1920s as a way to establish political and economic links between countries in the Americas.
The Pan American Highway starts at Prudhoe Bay, the terminus of Dalton Highway in Alaska mentioned above, and uses an interconnected system of highways (with the exception of an area between Panama and Colombia known as the Darién Gap) to reach the city of Ushuaia in Argentina.
The portion of the route in Alaska travels from Deadhorse south to Fairbanks then passes into Canada. More recently, the United States has declared the entire U.S. highway system part of the PAH, so there are multiple routes you can take through Canada and the US to the Mexican border. It’s a bit of a choose your own adventure situation.
The Rubicon Trail is a legendary, 22-mile-long off-road trail in California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains that travels through rugged terrain and amazing views. The trail runs from Georgetown, California to Tahoma, California, near Lake Tahoe.
|Time of Year||The trail is open year-round and some intrepid souls attempt it in winter. But most people stick to the warmer months when the trail is clear of snow.|
|Vehicle requirements||A serious off-roading rig: 4-wheel-drive, suspension lift, and axle lockers are recommended.|
|More information||Eldorado County Guide|
What it lacks in length, the Rubicon makes up for in difficulty and spectacular scenery. Widely regarded as the premier off-road trail in the United States, the route requires a serious off-road vehicle, ideally lifted, armored, and ready to tackle some serious obstacles.
While the Rubicon can be tackled in a single day, some drivers chose to camp overnight and explore the area on foot as well as by vehicle — hence we’re including it in this list of overland routes. Due to the technical nature of the trail, cumbersome overlanding rigs aren’t ideal for this journey, and it’s more typical to see people tent camping than lugging a roof-top tent.
Trans America Trail
The Trans America Trail (TAT) is a 4,253-mile overland route that crosses the United States east to west. The route was mapped out and popularized by Sam Correro, who charted a way to cross the continent using public roads and trails.
|Time of Year||Year-round, though summer heat and winter snows could prove inconvenient.|
|Vehicle requirements||A high-clearance four-wheel-drive vehicle is recommended, to handle deep sand, mud, loose gravel, rocks, and snow that may be found along the trail.|
|More information||Trans America Trail Website|
The original route started in Tennessee and made its way across the country to finish up in Oregon. Additional spurs of the trail have been mapped out over time. Correro developed the route as a motorcycle trek, but it is also traveled by trucks and SUVs as well. Adventure cyclists have mapped out their own cycle-friendly version.
The trail mostly passes along dirt and gravel roads, with brief sections of paved roads connecting them. To get a sense of the route, you can check out the episode of Jay Leno’s Garage below, where the comedian travels with Correro.
It’s also worth reading this article by Motor Trend journalists, who were the first to travel the route in an electric truck in 2021.
More overland routes coming soon…

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Port of Tallinn eyes LNG terminal in Paldiski
Estonia’s Port of Tallinn (Tallinna Sadam) and AS Alexela Invest have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly working on the possibility of the development of an LNG terminal to serve LNG tankers and bunkering, and establishing port facilities for loading and unloading LNG on the Pakri peninsula by the Lahepere bay in Paldiski.
Port of Tallinn to invest 1.8 mln euros in Paldiski South Harbour
This week (27/06/2014) the Supervisory Board of AS Tallinna Sadam approved the 1.8 million euro investment in bottom dredging of the water area of Paldiski South Harbour, which will allow larger vessels than before – with the gross tonnage up to 75 000 GT – to be docked in the harbour, reported BC port’s press service. The investment aimed at increasing competitive ability of Paldiski South Harbour will support bottom dredging of the turning ring and the channel of the water area of the port from the current 13.5 metres to 14.5 metres. At the moment Paldiski South Harbour is mainly used for handling of ro-ro goods, scrap metal, timber, peat and petroleum products. Another important area of activity is transit and pre-sale service of new cars intended for neighbouring markets. The investment in increase of capacity of Paldiski South Harbour will allow to satisfy future needs of existing customers and to increase attractiveness of the harbour for new customers.
Estonia, Finland sign accord on building joint LNG terminals
Estonia and Finland signed an agreement on building two new liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals on either side of the Gulf of Finland and a pipeline connecting the two countries. The countries have competed for more than a year over a project to build a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal and the Estonian Economy Minister Juhan Parts made the compromise proposal in January this year. "The intent of the signed Memorandum of Understanding is for cooperation between the Estonian and Finnish LNG terminal developers to build liquefied natural gas terminals on both sides of the Gulf of Finland," the Estonian economy ministry said in a statement. The ministry added that by the end of May the project developers, Finland's Gasum and Estonia's Paldiski terminal developer, must present the joint project's technical and economic details to their respective countries' regulators and the European Commission. Analysts say the region's gas demand only warrants one LNG import terminal, in terms of construction costs and gas import prices. A single LNG terminal is estimated to cost around 500 million euros ($690.58 million) and provides an alternative to gas supplies from Russia. A pipeline that would allow Finland and Estonia to share imports would cost some 100 million euros. The European Union could fund up to 40 percent of a regional terminal provided it serves the interests of more than one country, and there are several Baltic states vying for funds. Finland and the three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania consume about 10 billion cubic metres of gas per year, all currently supplied by Russia's Gazprom. Source: ReutersUpload News


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A senior police officer in Northern Ireland has been handed a fine and driving disqualification following a drink-driving incident on Christmas Eve.
District Judge Rosemary Watters described a “big mistake” as she heard how Chief Superintendent Patricia Foy, who formerly headed the PSNI’s Professional Standards Division, took the decision while off duty to drive to a shop after two or three gins.
Ms Foy, 57, whose address was given as PSNI headquarters, appeared in person before Lisburn Magistrates’ Court in Co Antrim on Thursday morning.
She was charged with driving with excess alcohol, failing to stop at a damage-only accident and driving without due care and attention. The court heard that on Saturday December 24, at about 4pm, police were made aware of a damage-only road traffic collision, where a car had collided with a traffic light.
Police also received a report about a car colliding with a parked car. Officers observed the defendant walking from the vehicle to her home address where she failed an alcohol breath test and was arrested.
A lawyer for Ms Foy said she regrets finding herself before the court and apologised for the incident. He said she had served the public with distinction for 34 years, but has been suspended as a result of her actions.
“On the day in question, Christmas Eve, she made the very foolish decision to drive a three-minute journey to the supermarket to buy some last minute provisions for Christmas Day,” he said.
“She can remember obviously certain aspects of the day, she had consumed perhaps two (or) three large gins, made the foolish decision to drive, she has little memory or recollection at all of the collision at the traffic signal, or much of returning home. She has since consulted with a psychologist.”
Judge Watters commented: “Of course, I think we all know that if you have too much to drink sometimes you don’t remember what happened.”
Ms Foy’s lawyer continued saying that there had “understandably been public interest” in the case, adding there has also been “a certain amount of unhelpful or unpleasant social media comment”.
“She realises that she erred on this day, there is no excuse that I can proffer on her behalf,” he said, adding that she had a clear record.
Judge Watters described the incident as a “big mistake”.
“I suppose people who drink and drive always make big mistakes, I will deal with this defendant in same way I would deal with anyone else,” she said.
Ms Foy received a fine of £250 and was disqualified for 18 months for the drink-driving offence.
She also received £50 fines and six month disqualifications for failing to stop and failing to report, and a fine of £100 and six-month disqualification for driving without due care and attention.
The driving bans will run concurrently with Ms Foy being banned from driving for 18 months, and then having to retake her driving test.
A PSNI spokeswoman said: “The officer remains suspended. We have no further comment to make at this time.”
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Interested in supporting local farmers, and shopping for some delicious and fresh #HartfordGrown produce?
Stop by KNOX’s inaugural Frog Hollow Farmers Market kicking off on Monday, July 10th. Purchase vegetables, herbs, fruits, and more grown right on-site here in Hartford by the farmers in KNOX’s Incubator Farm program.
The incubator program supports individuals who are passionate about farming and want to make a career out of it. Currently, six farmers are growing food familiar to their cultural background, developing necessary partnerships with local farmer’s markets, and actively improving and upscaling their production. KNOX provides these farmers with access to land, infrastructure, equipment, and one-on-one support during the first few years of farm business start-up.
Their farmers hail from agrarian societies all over the world and aim to grow specialty crops specific to their culture. Chances are that you’ll see some veggies you’ve never heard of before!
We always love seeing our Climate Stewardship Council members thrive, and KNOX is one with a great mission. They will have tables set up in the dirt lot past the main driveway to KNOX (75 Laurel Street) on Mondays and Friday from July – October, 3-6 p.m.

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Many people that work in the business world realize how important security regulations really are. This article is going to help you to learn a little more about securities regulation, specifically private placement within securities regulation.Within this article, you will be able to learn some more about securities regulation and how private placement can be affected by these types of regulations that are now so common. It is important to realize that those without legal experience may have a hard time deciphering security laws so that they can make sense of them. This article is meant to help you make some sense of the information that you may already have heard and see how this applies to you.
Securities regulation D is about making sure that those that are selling securities to a private buyer have an exemption if they are unable or do not wish to register these securities first. If this confuses you, it is important to remember that this is not as convoluting as it may seem. If you are someone that is trying to sell securities, it is crucial that you make sure that any of the securities you are selling are actually exempt or you will have to end up reporting them to the government anyway.
It is important to make sure that you are aware of the different types of provisions that will not be exempt by the government, including anti-fraud provisions, because you have to have this information for yourself. The reason that not all of the provisions will be able to become exempt is because consumers that invest in companies need to be fully informed, but entrepreneurs should also be able to raise their capital without having to be reviewed.
Regulation D was designed to help small businesses that make a lot of money quickly and to help them make that money quickly without having to deal with the overhead or having to report everything to the federal government, which can take quite a bit of time. Small businesses should not have to hide anything from the government, but this is simply to help make sure that the money that small businesses make can stay with them rather than go to paying for a lawyer to help them report the income that they made. It is very true that small businesses have to be able to make some money in the beginning in order to sustain themselves.
If you know more about the type of securities regulations that can affect you, such as this one, you can better decide how to change your equity to finance and how you can make more money in the long run. There is definitely more to be learned about regulation D and why it matters, but this was simply a short description.

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Specifying and Analyzing a Software Testing Ontology at the Top-Domain Ontological Level
Keywords:ontologies, software testing, terminologies, top-domain ontological level, vocabularies
One of the Software Engineering areas that supports quality assurance is testing. Given that specific processes, artefacts, methods and ultimately strategies for software testing involve a large number of domain concepts, it is valuable to have a robust conceptual base, that is, a software testing ontology that defines the terms, properties, relationships and axioms explicitly and unambiguously. Ontologies for instance foster a clearer terminological understanding of process and method specifications for strategies, among many other benefits. After analyzing both the results of a conducted Systematic Literature Review of primary studies on conceptualized software testing ontologies and the state-of-the-art of testing-related standards, we decided to develop a software testing top-domain ontology named TestTDO that fits our goals. Therefore, this article specifices development, verification and validation aspects of the TestTDO, which was built following the Design Science Research approach.
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Happy post-Father’s Day to all the dads out there! While today’s post isn’t strictly about Firestorm, it is geek-related. And this is technically my blog, so I think the occasional digression is reasonable.
I had a fantastic Father’s Day weekend with my family! Spent some good quality time with my six year old daughter — a daddy-daughter date on Friday, and the whole day to ourselves on Saturday! Sunday the whole family spent together playing, snacking, and swimming in the pool! All in all a very relaxing and enjoyable weekend.
I received some very nice “normal” Father’s Day gifts, but I simply had to share these geek-related items I received…
My step-son gave me the super-cute JLA plush toys below! They look like steroid monsters — massive upper bodies, tiny little legs.
From a marketing perspective, it’s interesting the tags feature The New 52 JLA (and even state “The New 52″ when you unfold the tag). Yet the plush toys feature the classic costumes. Seems like the merchandising hasn’t caught up with the new look just yet.
Next, my daughter gave me these super-cool Star Wars pint glasses! Love them! Now I have to decide whether to drink from a Firestorm pint glass or these while recording THE FIRE AND WATER PODCAST. Decisions.. decisions..
That’s it for geek-related presents this year. However, I can’t mention Father’s Day without sharing the amazing gift I received back in 2009. My wife commissioned local artist, Billy Penn (Hot Shot & Mighty Girl, Savage Dragon), to do a comic book cover featuring me. For the full story on this parody of Flash #123 (Sept. 1961), check out the original post on ONCE UPON A GEEK.
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Will you Finish the Unfinished Swan?
Unfinished Swan is a PlayStation exclusive title developed by Giant Sparrow. It was on the PlayStation store that I stumbled upon this title. The title didn’t really catch my eye, but I was intrigued by the trailer. The game world is very unique. It takes place in a world entirely covered in white. Throwing black paint to reveal objects and pathways is the only way to illuminate the world.
I’ve always been fascinated by the loss of sight mechanic since I played Beyond Eyes. Unlike Beyond Eyes, where the world will naturally fill in as progress is made, Unfinished Swan lets you fill in the world through exploration. This artistic contrast is starkly beautiful.
The beginning of story introduces Monroe and his Mother. Mother loves painting, but she never finishes paintings, scattering high-finished canvases throughout Monroe’s home. When she died, Monroe was only able to keep one of his mother’s unfinished paintings. He chose the Unfinished Swan. One night, he wakes to find the Swan has disappeared from the canvas. Taking his mother’s paint brush he ventures into a door he had never seen before. Thus begins the story of Unfinished Swan, as Monroe enters a fantasy world to search for the missing swan.
Along within the central story, there’s a parallel story about the King of the world. The King’s story often mirrors Monroe’s story. For instance, the King and Monroe’s mother are both incapable of finishing projects. The story is narrated much like a children’s book. Finding certain areas reveals different chapters of the story which explains more about the King and the world’s past. It’s all told by a very soothing grandmotherly narrator. However, it’s not The Cat In The Hat. There are some adult tones, the most obviously being a boy losing his mother.
From a gameplay aspect, the pure white area does not last forever. Later chapters alter the environment and your tools to explore and solve puzzles. While still beautiful, I found the new environments to be a bittersweet change from the first pure white area. Having a blank slate to explore was the primary reason for purchasing the game. One reason for me even getting the game was for that pure white area that I would then explore and discover in. Granted, the change was somewhat of a relief. I got lost several times in the beginning area and ended up going in circles several times.
The black paint will not stick around forever either. There are a few different balls that you can throw depending on the area of the game. The first will be the black balls that will help in seeing the objects around you. The blue balls, which seem to be water, can be used for visuals. They are not permanent like the black ones and will fade within a few moments. They are more useful in the directing the vines that will help you climb through areas. Finally there is a darker blue building ball. In areas with a blue print like surface you can throw balls to make blocks and platforms that will help you progress.
There is little direction to the game. After hearing the opening of the story all I saw was the white screen. It took mashing buttons to figure out the R2 and L2 would throw the balls out to give me some idea of where I was. The lack of direction isn’t terrible in it of itself. It does allow for more exploration, which can be helpful in finding balloons. Balloons are hidden collectibles that act as currency. With balloons you’ll be able to buy abilities, but some will not be available till after at least the first play through.
My only other issue was the ladder mechanics. For whatever reason it felt like the controls inverted whenever I got on a ladder. I would be almost to the top when for no reason I would start climbing back down. Not sure what caused this issue since it was only on the ladders that it even happened. Anytime I climbed on vines there was no problem. This isn’t a deal breaker, but it is frustrating.
Did I enjoy The Unfinished Swan? Yes. Will I be playing it again? Probably not. Beyond hunting for balloons, there is little replay value. The story was always the most important aspect of the game, so knowing how it ends takes away the enjoyment of the game. Since the story is like a children’s book, there is a deeper meaning beyond the surface. The Unfinished Swan is a short beautiful children’s story. It’s easily worth a few hours of your time and won’t put a dent in your wallet (there’s an added bonus if you’re like me and have trouble finishing things).

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China's tech giant Huawei on Monday took the wraps off a seven-inch tablet running a cutting-edge version of Android.
Engadget calls the MediaPad device "downright luscious" and marvels at the Android 3.2 software, which Hauwei said is an iteration of Android 3.1 that's optimized for seven-inch tablets rather than 10-inchers. the MediaPad is the first tablet to date running Android 3.2 software.
The device's display is reportedly one of its top highlights. "Currently, the Motorola Xoom has the highest pixel density of any mainstream tablet on the market at 160ppi. The Huawei MediaPad's 7-inch WSVGA display boasts a pixel density of 217ppi, which bests the iPad 2's pixel density of 132ppi by some margin," notes Electronista.
Powered by a 1.2GHz dual-core Snapdragon processor, Huawei's upcoming tablet will feature a range of competitive specs, outlined by PCWorld:
The MediaPad is lighter than an iPad, coming in at 0.86 pounds, but it's slightly thicker at 0.4 inches, versus the iPad's 0.34-inches. Huawei's tablet also features dual cameras, one 5MP lens at the rear, which can record HD video (but no mention on whether it's 720p or 1080p), and a 1.3MP sensor on the front for self-portraits and video calls. [...] Along with 3G (HSPA+) and Wi-Fi support, the MediaPad can play 1080p videos and offers 8GB of internal storage, as well as microSD (up to 32GB) and HDMI slots.
Huawei also claims 6 hours of battery life.
The company expects the MediaPad to drop in the United States during the third quarter of 2011, though no specific date--and no price tag--were officially announced.
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London head coach Danny Ward and his assistant Jamie Langley had to convince the Broncos players that promotion to Super League was a realistic target back in November.
London Broncos are back in Super League after denying Toronto Wolfpack in a dour, tryless Million Pound Game in Ontario.
A rare and rather stinky species of plant has bloomed at Toronto Zoo in Canada, with the zoo capturing the spectacular flowering cycle in a time-lapse video.
A flower that is more than a metre tall is set to come into bloom – and release the pungent smell of a corpse in the process.
An upcoming performance by Demi Lovato has been cancelled as the singer recovers from a suspected overdose.
Drake has announced the date for his highly anticipated upcoming album.
Toronto striker Jermaine Defoe has passed his medical at Sunderland as he closes in on a move back to the Premier League.
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How to Die in Oregon
Directed by Peter Richardson
In 1994, Oregon became the first U.S. jurisdiction to legalize physician-assisted suicide, joining Belgium, Switzerland and the Netherlands. How to Die in Oregon tells the stories of some of the more than 500 people putting into practice the state’s “Death with Dignity” law, which grants terminally ill patients — those with less than six months left to live — access to prescribed lethal barbiturates.
The film, which won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, begins with cancer patient Roger Sagner drinking the deadly cocktail surrounded by an inner circle of family and friends. His accelerated death sets a solemn, unsettling tone, which is continued throughout the movie.
Director Peter Richardson surveys a handful of other cancer-ridden people, including those willing to take life-ending drugs and the community of volunteers helping to administer the doses. The film’s emotional core, though, is provided by 54-year-old wife and mother Cody Curtis. She suffers from resurgent liver cancer despite successive operations to eliminate the disease. Outlasting her six-month prognosis, she reconsiders her decision to die, her resolve challenged by the instinct to carry on. But like her spell of good health, the feeling is terribly short-lived.
Artfully using vérité footage of Curtis’s home life, Richardson delves into this divisive issue, yielding powerful results. Less political than philosophical, as thought provoking as it is compassionate, How to Die in Oregon deals head-on with the complex, agonizing process of deciding to end one’s own life.
Sure, films about terminal illness are invariably heart wrenching. But this straightforward offering is not only a case for the right to death, it's a tribute to those forced to consider a self-administered departure, whichever way they choose to go.
A health-care practitioner herself, Curtis acknowledges the critics who say that it’s more honourable to die slowly and woefully, and the doctors who contend that physician-assisted suicide is “not the practice of real medicine at all.”
On her own deathbed, Curtis asserts — tersely and plainly — that “there’s a certain grace in accepting the inevitable” on one’s own terms, too.
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Casting call and online auditions for lead, supporting, and extra roles for Disney’s High School Musical 4
About the High School Musical Franchise
In 2006, Disney introduced the teen world to its ‘High School Musical’ franchise. The original film which was then followed by 2 sequels revolved around the school and love life of high school students Troy Bolton (Zac Efron) a star athlete at East High, and the small town beauty with brains Gabriella Montez (Vanessa Anne Hudgens). The two along with their other co-stars made musicals seem ‘cool’ and inspired a generation to struggle to strike a balance between their dreams and obligations.
A decade later, Disney is reviving what proved to be one of its most successful brands. High School Musical 4 will be directed by Disney’s resident Jeffrey Hornaday of the Teen Beach Movie fame. The script is written in collaboration with Dan Berendsen who also wrote Hannah Montana: The Movie, and Peter Barsocchini of the High School Musical fame himself.
Casting Calls for High School Musical 4
Disney is looking for new talent to cast in the latest lease of one of their most successful franchise. Every time audition calls from Disney lure hundreds of hopeful kids to display their talent for a chance at Disney stardom. This year around too, casting directors Kendra Patterson and Natalie Hart are expecting to witness some exceptionally great talent turnover at the online auditions.
They are looking for teens that can act, sing, and dance well for:
- Lead Roles
- Supporting Roles
The details of the roles for the upcoming project have not been disclosed so far. However, Disney Worldwide President, Gary Marsh stated, “It embodies all that we stand for. As a way of continuing to embrace that heritage, we’re excited to announce ‘the start of something new’ — as we launch a search for a new class of East High Wildcats to star in a fourth installment of the High School Musical franchise.”
Therefore it is safe to assume that the makers of the movie are looking for another fresh lot of the likes of Zac Efron, Vanessa Anne Hudgens, and Ashley Tisdale for the movie.
How to Apply for a Role in High School Musical 4
To apply for ANY role, upload your audition on the Disney Applause App available both on iOS and Android.
Auditions begin on Monday, April 18, 2016.
The last day of submission is Monday, May 2, 2016.
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If you grew up watching Troy Bolton, Gabriella Montez, Sharpay Evans, and the rest of the High School Musical stars singing and dancing their way surviving high school and chasing their dreams – you now have a chance to take their place and inspire a whole new generation of teens like you. Please note, you will need your parent’s or legal guardian’s permission to apply for a role in the audition.
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Synopsis: This article explains the concept of exclusionary/divestiture strategies, one of the four principal sustainable investing strategies, the various exclusions that are typically considered by investors as well as the challenges associated with targeting specific exclusions, in particular when investing in managed funds such as mutual funds and ETFs.
Exclusionary strategies (sometimes also referred to as negative screening) involve the exclusions of companies or certain sectors from portfolios based on specific ethical, religious, social or environmental guidelines or preferences. Traditional examples of exclusionary strategies cover the avoidance of any investments in companies that are fully or partially engaged in gambling and sex related activities, the production or manufacturing of alcohol, tobacco or firearms, or even atomic energy. These exclusionary categories have been extended in recent years to incorporate additional considerations, for example, firms that are the subject of serious labor-related actions or penalties by regulatory agencies or demonstrate a pattern of employing forced, compulsory or child labor, or firms that exhibit a pattern and practice of human rights violations or are directly complicit in human rights violations committed by governments or security forces, including those that are under US or international sanctions for grave human rights abuses, such as genocide and forced labor.
Closely related is the strategy of divestiture or divestment. Divestiture strategies involve current holdings that are liquidated over time as their eligibility is no longer consistent with the owner’s objectives, such as fossil fuel companies. But divestiture strategies may also involve a much broader universe of securities, when for example, divestiture strategies were applied to apartheid practices in South Africa in the 60s and 70s. At that time, any company doing business with South Africa was taken off the list of eligible investments.
In general, this investment approach, when applied exclusively and viewed through the prism of equity mutual funds, in particular, has in the past produced an uneven-to-poor financial track record or total return results.
Size of Exclusionary Segment
A sustainable investing approach, reliance on exclusionary practices is today the most pervasive across portfolios managed for the individual as well as institutional investors. By some estimates, negative/exclusionary strategies across the globe are associated with about US$15 trillion in assets under management as of early 2016. That is up from US$12 trillion, or an increase of 25% relative to 2014. The number is even higher, rising to US$21 trillion, when norms-based screening, or screening of investments against minimum business practices on the basis of international norms, is added in.
Approach to Implementing Exclusionary Strategies Vary
On the surface, the implementation of exclusionary strategies may seem straight forward. Yet the lack of industry-wide conventions on how to execute such a strategy poses some challenges for investors who must make their own decisions on how best to achieve and meet their specific ethical, religious, social or environmental objectives. For example, tobacco companies might clearly be subject to exclusion, but should this policy also apply to manufacturers and servicers of vending machines. Even when a decision is made to avoid investing in companies that are engaged in similar activities, such as tobacco or weapons, there is no consensus or consistency around the thresholds that should be used for the exclusion of these companies. Firms could be excluded when the designated activities represent the company’s primary or significant source of revenues or these could be excluded if any revenues at all are derived from such activities.
Using the prism of mutual funds, the table below (refer to Exhibit 1) illustrates the variations in the application of exclusionary strategies across five fund firms that offer some of the largest sustainable mutual funds.
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Theoretically, investing in funds or portfolios that limit exposure to certain stocks or eliminates them entirely should require some financial sacrifice. This is because portfolios subject to such restrictions are less able to diversify due to the fact that large segments or entire market segments, such as
tobacco or alcohol, are excluded from the investment universe. Also, one or more of these segments of the market may actually experience intervals of outperformance as was recently the case with tobacco company stocks. The same argument holds for portfolios that add social criteria to the traditional risk-return based financial analysis. Moreover, firms with high ethical standards may incur additional costs in the process of doing so, thereby potentially lowering the performance of their common stocks. Consequently, portfolios with higher ethical screens should exhibit lower performance.
Indeed, past performance of equity oriented mutual funds that have relied largely or entirely on exclusionary strategies have produced an uneven-to-poor financial track record or total return results. At the same time, there have been empirical studies showing that the performance of funds that employ ethical or social considerations is close to that of their equity fund counterparts that don’t employ such considerations. Fewer studies have extended this analysis to fixed income.
This being the case, investors adopting exclusionary strategies should be aware of this still continuing debate and be prepared to potentially accept lower total returns over time.
 Source: 2016 Global Sustainable Investment Review, Global Sustainable Investment Alliance

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The Supreme Court would today deliver judgement in the election petitions filed by Labour Party and Peoples Democratic Party filed against the victory of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the February 25 presidential election.
The cases were thrown away by the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal but the litigants were unsatisfied and decided to appeal the judgement.
The main opposition are Mr Peter Obi of LP and Atiku Abubakar of PDP who are against the election of President Bola Tinubu of APC.
The PDP presidential candidate and his LP counterpart have lodged appeals challenging the September 6 ruling of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) that upheld Tinubu’s electoral victory.
The judgement date was confirmed by all parties involved on Wednesday.
At its last sitting on Monday, the apex court reserved judgement filed by Atiku and the PDP against the verdict of the Presidential Election Petition Court which affirmed Tinubu’s victory in the February 25 presidential poll.
A seven-member panel of the court, led by Justice Inyang Okoro announced this on Monday after counsels to parties adopted their briefs of argument and made final submissions.
The apex court also took arguments from lawyers to parties on the motion filed by Atiku to supply fresh evidence on forged documents.
Counsel to Atiku Abubakar, Mister Chris Uche, urged the court to grant the motion and allow their appeal, grant the prayers sought, and disqualify Tinubu.
Counsel to the Respondents, Abubakar Mahmoud for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Wole Olanipekun for President Tinubu, and Akin Olujinmi for the All Progressives Congress (APC) urged the court to dismiss both the motion and appeal for lacking in merit.


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KOCHI: Implementation of the e-governance project will help bring in more transparency in administrative activities of the civic body, while reducing corruption, said Kochi Mayor Soumini Jain. Talking to mediapersons here on Friday, a day after assuming office, Soumini said once the e-Governance project is completed, all the documents of the Corporation would be available online - one of the top priorities of the Council lead by the new Mayor.
“Our primary agenda is to sort out the basic issues facing the city. Firstly, efforts will be made to make Kochi a ‘water-logging free city’. A Masterplan will be prepared for betterment of the drainage system. The proposal mainly aims at deepening, cleaning and reconstructing all the major canals in the city. This will help in curbing water-logging, which is one of the main problems facing the city,” she said, adding that the council would bring in more women-friendly projects so as to ensure their safety and security.
In addition, more public toilets will be constructed, which is something the city needs desperately. We will identify areas in the city where there are no public toilets, and take steps to construct toilets there,” she added.
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KATHMANDU, April 2: Had the heavy storm that struck villages in Bara and Parsa districts on Sunday taken place within a 200-kilometer radius of Surkhet, weather radar would have detected it four hours earlier. Meteorological Forecasting Division (MFD) officials said there would have been enough time to take precautions if enough radars had been in place in the country.
Sunday's storm, which left at least 27 persons dead and destroyed hundreds of houses, hit areas that were beyond 200 meters of the weather radar in Surkhet . The Surkhet radar was supposed to be the first of three that were being installed to keep the country safe from such weather incidents. The other two radars were to be installed in Palpa and Udayapur.
“If adequate budget had been allocated for the radar project, such storms could have been predicted four hours in advance,” MFD meteorologist Barun Paudel told Republica. He said the state-of- the-art radars have an impact radius of 200 kilometers and three such radars were required for timely forcastings. Sources at MFD said if there had been no budget constraint, the radars would already have been in place.
According to MFD, the storm that hit villages in Bara and Parsa on Sunday had a vertical direction of action. “Our initial investigations show two short vertical storms lasting less than two minutes that sucked up material from the ground,” meteorologist Paudel said. He added that such storm do take place in the terai region but they are generally on a very small scale. Sunday's storm was an amalgam of various local storms.
MFD currently uses satellite mapping, numerical analysis and data from neighboring countries to forecast storms.
Paudel also spoke of the need for more storm-resistant housing . “Kathmandu witnessed similar weather but there was no damage,” he said.
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“They said it couldn’t be done,” commented Board President Aaron Peskin in regard to San Francisco’s push for universal health care. But at last, after seventeen separate hearings scrutinizing and re-scrutinizing every stipulate of Tom Ammiano’s Health Security Ordinance, the measure was passed unanimously at Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting. Even before the final vote, one could sense Ammiano’s confidence in the headway the legislation had made as he spoke before the board.
“There’s only been rare moments when we stand on the verge of something as significant and innovative…as this merged piece of legislation,” he humbly noted. And indeed the efforts of Ammiano and the other seven sponsors of the ordinance have been both “significant and innovative”. Though jurisdictions in Massachusetts, Maryland, and New York, are experimenting with health care reform, San Francisco, according to Ammiano’s office, is on the “cutting edge of universal health care reform”.
The Health Access Program (HAP) provides prescription drug, hospital-based, and specialty care services to patients previously relying on emergency room visits as their only form of health care. It signifies a shift from reactionary to preventative care for the nearly 82,000 uninsured residents of San Francisco. The legislation provides patients a “medical home” where they can receive primary care services and testing for illness.
Supervisor Alioto-Pier, however, argued there is room for improvement in the specifications of the HAP’s designated services. Specifically, she pointed out exceptions in the legislation which “leave out vision, dental, cosmetic, and fertility” services from the HAP’s required coverage. She begged the question, “Why at this point are we making exceptions?”
This time Alioto-Pier asked the tough questions, and Dr. Mitch Katz had the answers. Though his initial explanation — that certain items were not covered in order to protect commercial healthcare — was not particularly satisfying, he approached Alioto-Pier’s follow-up questions gracefully. When Alioto-Pier expressed concerns that a patient with glaucoma would not be covered, Katz explained the legislation merely did not cover the costs of prescription glasses rather than the costs of treating optic diseases.
A similar point was stressed in the case of reconstructive surgery. Though the program will not pay for the costs of nose reconstructions or facelifts, it would cover the costs of reconstructive surgery for a patient with breast cancer.
As Katz emphasized in his rebuttal, the board always has the option of stepping in and ruling on any point of contention as the program is implemented. Despite what he characterized as “imperfect” language used in the legislation, he assured the supervisors they could always rehash any particular rule they found inadequately defined and “act accordingly”.
The ordinance unanimously passed on first reading, earning a standing ovation from the audience as well as the hugs and handshakes of each board member. Needless to say, most business owners probably remained seated.
Though concessions were made to businesses, the bottom line is they still have to pay. Newsom was hesitant in agreeing to this but eventually, according to Ammiano, the two arrived on “common ground”. Businesses will be required to pay health care expenditures, though they may choose in what capacity they will do so. Whether it is by means of directly paying employees, organizing a commercial health care basket for all employees in a firm, or paying the city, smaller businesses especially will feel the sting of this universal right.
But it is well worth it, even for businesses because healthy workers are more efficient workers. It is the economic concept of efficiency wages; you pay your employees higher than market wage rates in order to ensure greater productivity. Worker health is a key-determining factor of worker productivity. Ideally, the fewer sick days a worker is taking, the more hours he is putting into labor.
Of course this probably does not strike most businesses as a particularly promising outcome. Despite the board and the mayor’s office express opposition, firms may try to finagle the system to dump workers into the HAP and avoid minimum spending requirements. Unfortunately, the uninsured are only left with the vague reassurance that the Office of Labor Standards Enforcement (OLSE) will be tasked with ensuring employers comply. I say unfortunately because it is the same body that has struggled for the past two years to implement the minimum wage law.
Future complications aside, the board achieved a major accomplishment. In the words of Ammiano, the supervisors managed to put “health care before profits” and “petty politics”. Unlike their colleagues in Washington D.C. who are “running in place”, San Franciscan politicians are miles ahead of the pack, setting the pace.
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It's ten years since Hovis Presley's untimely death and tonight sees the relaunch of his famous book: Poetic Off-Licence. There will also be a short play 'Hovis in Wonderland' written by Dave Morgan.
On the bill as well readings from radical playwright and poet Cathy Crab and from Manchester poet, Dave Viney. They will perform a selection of their recently-published work.
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Bacteria that feed on vinegar and waste water zapped with a shot of electricity could produce a clean hydrogen fuel to power vehicles that now run on petrol, researchers report.
These so-called microbial fuel cells can turn almost any biodegradable organic material into zero-emission hydrogen gas fuel, says Professor Bruce Logan of Penn State University.
This would be an environmental advantage over the current generation of hydrogen-powered cars, where the hydrogen is most commonly made from fossil fuels.
Even though the cars themselves emit no greenhouse gases, the manufacture of their fuel does.
"This is a method of using renewable organic matter, using anything that's biodegradable and being able to generate hydrogen from that material," Logan says.
In research published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Logan and colleague Dr Shaoan Cheng used naturally-occurring bacteria in an electrolysis cell with acetic acid, the acid found in vinegar.
The bacteria slurp up the acetic acid and release electrons and protons creating up to 0.3 volts of electricity.
When a bit more electricity is added from an outside source, hydrogen gas bubbles up from the liquid.
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This is far more efficient than water hydrolysis, where an electric charge is run through water to break it down into its constituent parts of oxygen and hydrogen.
"It uses about a 10th as much energy as water electrolysis," Logan says.
That is because the bacteria do most of the work, breaking the organic material into subatomic particles, so all the electricity does is juice these particles to form hydrogen.
The resulting fuel is a gas, not a liquid, but could still be used to power vehicles.
Although it sounds futuristic, microbial fuel cell technology is available now. The researchers have filed for a patent on this work.
These cells are too large to be put into cars, so the gaseous hydrogen fuel they produce must be made in a factory.
"You could put one of these reactors at a food processing plant and take the waste water and make hydrogen out of it," Logan says.
"Or you could go to a farm, where there's lot of cellulose or ... agricultural cellulosic residues, take that and make hydrogen there."
This would be unlikely to work in big cities but might well be effective in rural areas.
"The first step is just to start using locations where we have waste waters that were spending money on treating, and turning those water treatment plants into hydrogen production plants," Logan says.


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”When people say they’re tired of seeing the same stories regurgitated over and over again, this is the answer,” says Channing Tatum, who stars in a planet-hopping sci-fi-romance-action opus by Andy and Lana Wachowski (The Matrix). He plays an alien bounty hunter sent to rescue a human janitor named Jupiter (Mila Kunis) who doesn’t know she’s a member of intergalactic royalty. ”She’s a smart-ass, but she ultimately becomes a badass,” says Kunis of her character. ”She’s like the Batman of girls.” For Tatum, the Wachowskis’ commitment to non-CG stunts was a big lure — and led to a few close calls. ”There was one tense moment when Mila and I were hoisted about 70 feet up on wires, and the camera was moving on a crane straight toward us,” he says. ”I had to just kick the camera to get us out of the way.”
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