Treating PTSD With Omega-3? Is Fish Oil Effective for PTSD?
We all know what the "fight or flight" response feels like. We know what it feels like to be on alert. And, we know what it feels like to have bad memories. However, with most of us, those feeling are fleeting. They are there in isolated moments then fade away. But, imagine if they didn't go away. What if you always felt stuck in "fight or flight" mode, were always on alert, and always plagued by a particularly bad memory? What would that be like?
For people suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, that 'what if' is their reality.
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is relatively common. While it is mostly associated with the psychological aftermath of combat or certain types of assault, it can develop in the wake of any traumatic experience, including accidents and severe bouts of illnesses. PTSD typically develops within the first three months after the traumatic incident and it has a wide range of symptoms. The most common symptoms are the constant feelings of fear, helplessness, and of being in danger. Memory is also heavily affected. Many people with PTSD either have a memory block on parts of the incident and can't remember certain things or they have vivid flashbacks that can be triggered by anything associated with the incident. Many suffers also report bouts of paranoia, insomnia, and heightened irritability and aggression.
The 'why' of PTSD is fairly straight forward but the 'how' is a little more complicated.
The brain is extremely flexible. It has a trait called plasticity that allows it to change and adapt. This trait is generally a good thing and is vital when it comes to the brain healing from physical injury. Yet, there are a few cases where brain plasticity can be harmful. Traumatic events and stress can trigger changes within the brain, and this is what happened when PTSD develops. PTSD is the result of the brain getting rewired – the interactions and the mechanisms of neurotransmition are altered. There are two parts of the brain that are most heavily affected by trauma: the hippocampus and the amygdala.
The hippocampus is the part of the brain that is responsible for creating new memories. It also plays a role in retaining memories, learning, and handling stress.
The amygdala is where the feelings of fear, awareness, and confusion are produced. It is also associated with triggering temporary amnesia and affecting aggression.
Both the hippocampus and the amygdala interact with the prefrontal cortex, which controls the expression of emotions and impulses, the ability to focus, and the storage of memories.
As was explained in previous posts, omega-3 fatty acids are important for brain health and repair. That makes it useful at treating the symptoms of most conditions involving brain function and that holds true with PTSD as well. While the trauma of an event can change the brain, that change is not always permanent and can be changed to function normally again. Diet is one of the factors that can help change the brain and keep it maintaining its proper function. Recent studies into the affects of omega-3 on the development of PTSD have shown that these types of fatty acids not only have a preventive effect, but may also help reverse the trauma-induced changes.
There are people who may be more prone to developing PTSD after a traumatic event. It is believed that those with smaller amounts of grey matter in the hippocampus and the amygdala have a greater risk for experiencing PTSD symptoms. However, it not known for sure if the decreased grey matter was a preexisting situation or if the response to trauma and stress lead to those parts of the brain shrinking. The thing that is known for sure is that the hippocampus and the amygdala are significantly smaller in those with the disorder.
Omega-3 has been shown to boost hippocampal neurogenesis. Neurogenesis is the process of new neurons being created, so boosting neurogenesis in the hippocampus leads to more grey matter in that area of the brain. One study showed this effect when ER patients were started on a regiment of omega-3 fish oil directly after being involved with a traumatic accident. The study resulted in a significantly decreased risk of developing PTSD in the months following the accident. The boost in neurogenesis was observed, showing the omega-3 not only helped create new neurons in the hippocampus but also promoted their maturation. A similar effect within the amygdala was noted as well.
The hippocampus can be damaged by a stress hormone called a glucocorticoid (e.g Cortisol). This hormone is released in response to stress, including the stress of a traumatic event. It affects the transmission of glutamate, a neurotransmitter than plays a large role in memory, learning, and cognitive abilities. Since the hippocampus is abundant in glutamate receptors, it's highly susceptible to getting overloaded when there is a large or chronic release of glucocorticoid. The study showed that omega-3 counteracted the glutamate transmission by suppressing the release of glucocorticoid. This protects the hippocampus from becoming damaged by stress or undergoing the changes that can lead to the development of PTSD.
Omega-3 may also be helpful at lessening a few of the symptoms associated with already developed cases of PTSD. Those with PTSD have reported experiencing bouts of depression and omega-3 has been shown to lessen the severity of depression in multiple studies. Heightened aggression is another symptom of PTSD that omega-3 fatty acids may help alleviate. The amygdala has a central role in the expression of aggression and when the neurotransmitter circuit is altered, either by injury or in response to stress, it can result in feelings of irritability and aggression. Omega-3 appears to protect that circuit and is believed to have a calming effect.
PTSD is common but it's not thoroughly understood yet. Only a few decades ago, it was considered a social ailment, but we now know that it is a physical condition that is controlled by biological and chemical processes. With omega-3 being so important to brain health, it's a logical step to consider these fatty acids as a tool to help repair brain function. In combination with therapy and standard treatments, omega-3 can help get the brain back on track and promote recovery from a traumatic event.
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New details over proposed Derby County US deal emerge as Championship club seeks pay cuts
Derby County news - American media is reporting new details over the potential deal to inject cash into the Rams
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A report in America has published what it claims are fresh details about a proposed cash injection in Derby County.
The Daily Telegraph yesterday reported the Rams were in advanced talks with billionaire Michael Dell, owner of MSD Capital, over a deal, which could include a significant loan, investment or a takeover.
Now renowned financial outlet Bloomberg say the deal would be with MSD Partners, an investment firm tied to Dell's family office.
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Their reported added: "The deal will probably take the form of a loan secured against the club, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the discussions are private."
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Window to open until January
FIFA will speak to clubs about extending the length of the transfer window to counter the financial hit of the coronavirus outbreak.
Owners, players and clubs are expected to take a significant hit after coronavirus led football across Europe to be paused and spending on transfers is expected to be reduced this summer as a result.
According to The Telegraph, there has been support from a number of chief executives to extend the next transfer window so that the money spent can help to get the football world back on its feet.
Clubs have reportedly informed the agents of players that they are currently in limbo and have no concrete plans for the next transfer window due to the uncertainty of the long-lasting effect of coronavirus.
In England, football in the Premier League and the EFL will not be played until April 30th at the earliest but, with the government warning the peak of the outbreak is yet to hit, there is every chance the suspension of fixtures will be extended.
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The FA have this afternoon confirmed that the football season at steps 5 and 6 for 2019/20 is over.
The FA League committee are still to decide on promotion and relegation, or whether the season will be completely null and void.
According to recent reports, there is currently a 50-50 split over which is the best decision to make regarding the conclusion of the campaign.
Like all professional football leagues in England, all non-league football was brought to a standstill on Monday March 16 due to the coronavirus outbreak.
A further statement posted by the Essex Senior League revealed that following an online conference on Tuesday, the FA confirmed the season would end for the two steps immediately.
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This is your round up of all things Derby; the one-stop shop that will keep you updated on the latest goings on at Pride Park and beyond.
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Birmingham City have reportedly asked some of their players to take a wage deferral as the suspension of football because of coronavirus starts to impact Championship clubs.
According to a report in the national press, players who earn over £6,000 per week at St Andrew's will see their salaries cut in half for the next four months.
The Telegraph report that Blues' players will be repaid in full from June onwards, by which time the football authorities hope matches will be back underway.
The outbreak of Covid-19 has suspended all-but one of Blues ' remaining nine games of 2019-20, the May 2 clash with Derby County the only match scheduled to go ahead.

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Qatar foreign minister vowed that his country will reject the 13 demands made by four Arab countries to resume its diplomatic relations with Qatar.
Qatar's Foreign Minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani, at a news conference in Rome, the capital of Italy has announced that his country will deny the demands and 13 conditions of Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain and Egypt to resume its diplomatic relations with Qatar.
The Qatari foreign minister considered the demands of these countries contrary to the international laws and Qatar's sovereignty and said: "These four Arab countries act against freedom of speech and try to impose a system against Qatar."
"We are looking to build a constructive dialogue with Kuwait, which the United States is also advocating the mediation. Qatar is moving in line with a responsible accountability model and intends to have a constructive role," he added.
"It is necessary to observe the documents of these allegations. After submitting these documents, we can sit down for negotiating. Qatar is ready for dialogue, but others must also respect the principle of Qatar's sovereignty," he asserted.
On June 5, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Egypt had cut their diplomatic relations with Qatar accusing it of backing terrorism and other countries in the region had followed
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The goal of Waste Connections of Canada (Waste Connections) and the Ridge Landfill is to meet current disposal demands by serving the community and its customers for an additional 20 years.
Waste Connections of Canada has completed the environmental assessment for the proposed expansion of the Ridge Landfill. The proposed expansion required the completion of an Individual EA under the Ontario Environmental Assessment Act's mandatory two-step process that included a Terms of Reference (approved by the Ministry of Environment Conservation and Parks on May 1, 2018) and the second step, conducting the EA, which was approved on October 29th, 2020.
A letter from the Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP) as well as the Notice of Approval for the Environmental Assessment can be found in the "Final EA" tab below.
The Final EA Report and Supporting Documents, as well as consultation material, can be found in the "Final EA" tab below. Other project documentation is included under the "Draft EA" and "Archives" tabs.
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An effective monitoring program ensures that the Ridge Landfill will operate as expected, that mitigation measures are effective, and that unforeseen problems are identified and addressed. Monitoring programs provide assurance to the surrounding community that the facility is safe and potential environmental impacts are minimized. The compliance monitoring program will monitor the implementation of the Ridge Landfill Expansion to ensure it is implemented in accordance with the EA and in particular with respect to mitigation measures, public, consultation, and additional studies.
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Kelly Loeffler's WNBA Ownership Stake Undermines Everything The League Says It's About
WNBA players spoke out this year, including against incumbent Senator — and Atlanta Dream co-owner — Kelly Loeffler.
NATALIE WEINER, JANUARY 8, 2021
This year, the WNBA said all the right things.
As the 2020 bubble season was being organized (an effort that preserved the league's PR momentum through the COVID-19 pandemic but put workers' lives at risk), Minneapolis police murdered George Floyd on video. In response, the WNBA's players — who often use their platforms to speak out against racism and police brutality — once again helped put those injustices front and center.
The difference was that this time, instead of attempting to stifle their efforts (as they had in previous years), the league more or less embraced them. In collaboration with the WNBPA, the player's union, the WNBA announced that they would be dedicating the 2020 season to social justice — specifically, to the Black Lives Matter and #SayHerName movements. There was a new Social Justice Council of players, and programming intended to foster any activist inclinations.
It was a move that, as any move made by a massive corporation is bound to be, was ultimately as cynical as it may have appeared altruistic. The league had already launched a rebrand in 2019, deploying the services of an expensive consulting firm to tell them that marketing should focus on the remarkable people who play in the WNBA.
It was a correct assessment that, all the same, almost certainly would not have been made prior to this moment, one in which diversity, inclusion and representation — especially when it comes to Black women and non-binary people, a category that includes most of the league's players — has become an increasingly (again, correctly) mainstream concern.
Encouraging players' interest in activism, in advocating for the kinds of issues that affected them the most deeply because of — unfairly — their identities, is then in line with the WNBA's broader mission of doubling down on the idea that Black women and non-binary people's empowerment can be bolstered by watching them play sports. Regardless of your take on that conclusion, seeing it deployed for profit — which is, of course, what the WNBA is doing, because not only is it not a 501(c)(3), its leaders are constantly griping about its insufficiently ample revenue stream — is discomfiting.
The players characteristically took the inch the league was willing to give them and ran miles, speaking out consistently and compellingly to advocate for equality, for progress, for an end to systemic racism. Nowhere was their impact felt more potently than in the Georgia senate race, which included incumbent Senator — and Atlanta Dream co-owner — Kelly Loeffler.
When the league announced its dedication of the 2020 season to social justice movements, Loeffler wrote an open letter to the WNBA in which she said, "I adamantly oppose the Black Lives Matter political movement." The league's response to this, an open rebuke of not only WNBA players but the safety and well-being of Black people in America, was toothless.
The players' was not. They immediately began campaigning for Loeffler's senate challenger, Rev. Raphael Warnock, with a tangible impact on Warnock's reach and visibility. Players, including players on Loeffler's own Dream, fearlessly spoke out against her cruel, proudly Trumpist policies and statements — and their work has been rewarded with her election loss. Where she still has a seat at the table, though, is within the WNBA — this league that has made progressive thinking and activism part of its marketing campaign.
Loeffler has done plenty to justify a Donald Sterling-esque lifetime ban from the WNBA. There were the suspicious stock sales that just happened to capitalize on the COVID-19 pandemic, as Americans died at an unprecedented clip and even more fell into poverty. The bill Loeffler introduced to ban transgender girls from girls' sports. The fact that she donated her Senate salary to anti-abortion groups, and an adoption agency that explicitly discriminates against LGBTQ adopters.
All this without considering her countless bigoted, hateful speeches — and her rejection of her own players. Maybe LeBron will come through on his interest in buying the team, but even if he doesn't, if the WNBA wants their commitment to social justice to be even slightly believable, Loeffler needs to go.
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Reverdia (the JV between Roquette, France and Royal DSM, Holland) and Dezhou Xinhuarun Technology (China) have signed an agreement to jointly develop and promote Biosuccinium™-based microcellular polyurethane (PU) foams. These new microcellular foams will be used in soles for footwear and further applications.
Biosuccinium™ is the trade name of Reverdia's bio-based succinic acid produced since 2012 in Cassano Spinola (Italy). Biosuccinium™ is a buiding block for the production of downstream chemicals like 1,4 butanediol (BDO), polyurethane resins, and biopolymers such as polybutylene succinate (PBS) used, amongst others applications, in paints and coatings, automotive and textiles.
Xinhuarun has been dedicated since 1996 to the development and manufacturing of functional footwear, shoe soles and innovative polymers. As an industry pioneer, Xinhuarun has adopted technologies which lead and serve the footwear market, including polymer synthesis, chemical modification, blending modification and dynamic vulcanization.
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The crash took place in a Microsoft module. Your system configuration may be incorrect. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver on your system that cannot be identified at this time.
Another question: Has this problem occurred soon after upgrading from ram? What is the specification of the new ram memory?
did you solve it yet?, i have the same problem, and i guess its because the windows update, the problem occur after i updated to ver 1809, i can run games but for programs such as adobe premiere and after effect, i randomly get bsod, in some case while playing youtube on chrome(yea, i use nvidia for chrome) bsod occur, maybe ill try to roll back to april update, please let me know if you solve the problem, thank you in advance.
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California State Teachers Retirement System decreased Boyd Gaming Corp (BYD) stake by 9.45% reported in 2017Q2 SEC filing. The 14-day RSI is now sitting at 40.08, the 7-day is at 28.70, and the 3-day is spotted at 15.57 for Independence Realty Trust Inc (IRT).
Qts Realty Trust Inc (QTS) shares are moving today on volatility 0.09% or $0.05 from the open. Stifel Financial Corp who had been investing in Digital Rlty Tr Inc for a number of months, seems to be less bullish one the $24.53 billion market cap company. A P/B ratio of less than 1.0 can indicate that a stock is undervalued, while a ratio of greater than 1.0 may indicate that a stock is overvalued. About 266,988 shares traded. Lexington Realty Trust (NYSE:LXP) has risen 5.44% since December 11, 2016 and is uptrending.
Analysts await Lexington Realty Trust (NYSE:LXP) to report earnings on March, 7. The real estate investment trust reported $0.41 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.16 by $0.25. DLR's profit will be $324.80M for 18.88 P/E if the $1.52 EPS becomes a reality. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 6.1% compared to the same quarter last year. equities research analysts forecast that First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. will post 1.56 EPS for the current year. KeyCorp reissued a "buy" rating and set a $130.00 target price on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a research note on Friday, August 25th.
The investment professionals in our partner's database now possess: 1.55 billion shares, down from 1.56 billion shares in 2017Q1. Bernstein maintained International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE:IBM) on Tuesday, July 19 with "Market Perform" rating.
Shea Patterson , the highly touted MS quarterback looking for another school in the wake of NCAA sanctions, is headed to MI . In what was perhaps the worst kept secret around town, Patterson had just wrapped up a weekend visit to campus.
Overkill has said that each of the four playable characters will have their own skill trees, story arcs and special abilities. The game will support different play styles, so you can choose to silently take out enemies, or charge in guns blazing.
Investors sentiment decreased to 1.08 in 2017 Q2. Its up 1.03, from 1.03 in 2017Q1. It turned negative, as 41 investors sold FRT shares while 117 reduced holdings. The institutional investor owned 72,159 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock after acquiring an additional 16,896 shares during the quarter. Gateway Inv Advisers Ltd Limited Liability Company holds 0.01% in Lexington Realty Trust (NYSE:LXP) or 111,415 shares. Spirit Of America Mngmt Corporation New York reported 0.66% in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its stake in Cedar Realty Trust by 2.0% during the 1st quarter. Also, the Hold rating count is 0, as of 12/8/2017. Victory holds 0% or 9,359 shares. Citigroup invested in 332,660 shares.
Lexington Realty Trust is a real estate investment trust (REIT). Quantres Asset Ltd owns 0.62% invested in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. Manufacturers Life Insurance The owns 167,728 shares or 0% of their USA portfolio. Da Davidson reported 1,500 shares. Therefore 59% are positive. The firm has "Hold" rating by KeyBanc Capital Markets given on Friday, September 22. On Monday, September 18 the stock rating was maintained by Stifel Nicolaus with "Hold".
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Saakashvili, who was refusing food to protest the arrest, said that the first thing he now wants is to get back home and eat. A court hearing on the case is expected be held in Kiev on Monday.
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The school was cordoned off as deputies with the San Juan County Sheriff's Office and other police agencies cleared the buildings. No information has been released as to whether the shooter was a student at the school or a visitor.
It's unclear if the developer intentionally made a decision to ride on the coattails of MyEtherWallet. The developer of the app, listed as Nam Le , doesn't seem to have any other finance apps out there.
Huckabee said that Handler was "jealous" of his daughter due in part to the abortions she has had. False or misleading media reports, Sanders complained, became a "big problem" in previous weeks.
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The firm owned 6,004 shares of the oil and gas company's stock after purchasing an additional 2,001 shares during the quarter. As per Thursday, September 3, the company rating was upgraded by Citigroup. (NASDAQ:TILE) rating on Friday, October 27.
Jpmorgan Chase & owns 39.58 million shares or 0.39% of their USA portfolio. 91 funds opened positions while 513 raised stakes. In the case of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY ), Zacks tracked 16 brokers to create the consensus EPS estimate.
On his first pass back, McCown tried to throw a deep ball to Robby Anderson , only to have it picked off by Darian Stewart . I hate that it went this way, man". "It's been the best because of the guys", McCown said, tears running down his face.
It worsened, as 48 investors sold LUV shares while 291 reduced holdings. 94 funds opened positions while 186 raised stakes. Southwest Airlines Co . on 9/29/2017 reported its EPS as $0.75 with the analysts projecting the EPS of the stock as $0.7.
The investor is now holding $3.82 million shares due in part to a decrease of 59200 new shares in their portfolio. Envestnet Asset Management Inc reported 0.01% in EQT Corporation (NYSE:EQT). (NYSE: KMI ) or 196,617 shares.
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At 3:40 a.m. central time (0940 GMT) on Monday, the futures contract that expires in January was trading at $17,600. Traffic to the CBOE website was so heavy right after the start of trading that the site experienced outages.
This same time past year , the national average price for a gallon of gas was 25 cents cheaper at $2.21. On the week, most South and Southeast states are seeing moderate gas price drops - two to three cents.
He gave chase to his wife and yelled for her "to get back in the vehicle ", police said in the arrest warrant. PWInsider reported Swan was released from the Alachua County jail in Gainesville, FL Sunday afternoon.
Among 18 analysts covering American Tower Corporation ( NYSE:AMT ), 17 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 1 Hold. (NasdaqGS: CSCO ) is 5. In other news, CEO Charles Robbins sold 121,390 shares of Cisco Systems stock in a transaction on Wednesday, September 13th.
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Wilson Sporting Goods est un équipementier sportif américain, basé à Chicago.

Cette société est détenue depuis 1989 par le groupe finlandais Amer Sports, qui possède également les marques Atomic, Suunto, Precor, et la firme française Salomon.

Wilson fabrique des équipements pour de nombreux sports dont le badminton, le baseball, le softball, le basketball, le golf, le football américain, le squash, le tennis, et le volleyball. Wilson est un équipementier reconnu du football américain.

Historique
Sulzberger fonde en 1913 la société Ashland Manufacturing Company spécialisée dans la fabrication de produits à partir de dérivés d'animaux. L'entreprise fabrique alors des cordages de tennis de même que des cordes de violons. La société développe ses activités par la production de chaussures de tennis et de baseball.

En 1915, Thomas E. Wilson est nommé président et renomme la compagnie en Thomas E. Wilson Company. L'entreprise se développe dans les domaines du golf, du basket-ball et du football américain. Le rachat de la Chicago Sporting Goods Company est alors effectué. La société sait alors innover dans le matériel qu'elle propose et travaille avec Knute Rockne.

En 1925, le nom de la compagnie est à nouveau modifié et devient Wilson-Western Sporting Goods. Après la mort de Knute Rockne, l'entreprise concentre ses activités sur le golf, innove en présentant le R-90, inspiré par la victoire au British Open de Gene Sarazen en 1932. La société change une dernière fois de nom en 1931 et est renommée Wilson Sporting Goods Company.

Pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, la National Football League adopte officiellement le ballon Wilson.

Après la guerre, la société se focalise sur le tennis, avec Jack Kramer qui développa ses lignes de raquettes.

En 1955, l'acquisition de la Ohio-Kentucky Manufacturing, spécialisée dans le football, est faite. De même, la Wonder Products Company, société de fabrication de jouets, est rachetée. Ainsi des équipements sont développés comme les casques pour footballeur américains.

En 1967, Wilson Sporting Goods Company est rachetée par LTV Corporation puis par PepsiCo en 1970. Aujourd'hui la société appartient au groupe finlandais Amer Sports.

On trouve aussi un ballon de Volley dans le film Seul au monde, où il se trouve être le seul "compagnon" du protagoniste principal.

Tennis
En 1979, les premières balles de tennis Wilson furent utilisées par le tournoi du US Open. Depuis 2006, elles sont utilisées à l'Open d'Australie. Wilson est également le partenaire exclusif de la boutique de l'Open d'Australie et de l'US Open pour les raquettes, les sacs et les accessoires des marques Australian Open et US Open.

Les raquettes de tennis Wilson sont utilisées par de nombreux joueurs de tennis professionnels. Beaucoup de grands joueurs de l'histoire utilisèrent des raquettes de cette marque. Chez les hommes, Roger Federer (20 tournois du Grand Chelem), Pete Sampras (14), Jimmy Connors (8), Stefan Edberg (6), ou Jim Courier (4). Chez les dames, Chris Evert (18 tournois du Grand Chelem), Serena Williams (23), Venus Williams (7), Justine Hénin (7), mais aussi Lindsay Davenport (3) ou Mary Pierce (2), sans oublier Steffi Graf (22) qui joua avec cette raquette dans les années 90.

La dernière gamme de raquettes Wilson, dénommée BLX, a été lancée début 2010 et s'appuie sur des fibres de basalte. On peut citer notamment la Pro Staff Six.One 90 BLX utilisée par Roger Federer ou encore la Pro Tour BLX de Juan Martín del Potro et du Français Michaël Llodra. De même, Venus Williams et Serena Williams utilisent la [K] Blade Team et Justine Henin une Tour BLX.

Wilson organise la commercialisation de ses raquettes autour de séries. Parmi les plus courantes en 2012 figurent les suivantes :
 Pro Staff (axée contrôle et précision)
 Six One (axée contrôle et polyvalence)
 Blade (axée punch, stabilité et contrôle)
 Steam (axée puissance et effets)
 Juice (axée puissance, polyvalence et cadence)

La société produit aussi des vêtements de tennis, des sacs de raquettes et des accessoires divers de tennis.

Golf
Wilson est aussi un équipementier de golf. La société équipe ainsi un certain nombre de golfeurs professionnels des circuits européens et américains comme le champion Pádraig Harrington. La division golf de Wilson Sporting Goods est le Wilson Staff.

Dans la culture
Wilson est le fabricant éponyme du ballon de volley-ball dont Chuck Noland (Tom Hanks) fait son ami imaginaire dans le film Seul au monde.

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Entreprise ayant son siège à Chicago
Équipementier sportif ayant son siège aux États-Unis
Équipementier de tennis
Fabricant de chaussures
Marque de vêtements de sport
Équipementier de squash

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Cuomo says he's not worried about Cynthia Nixon, but actions indicate otherwise
Gov. Andrew Cuomo delivers remarks at Planned Parenthood Day of Action rally.
In the days since actor and progressive activist Cynthia Nixon indicated she might want to run against Andrew Cuomo in a Democratic primary for governor, Cuomo has made a number of public appearances and taken several steps to shore up his political base.
It's just over two weeks until the state budget is due, but there's been little talk of that at the Capitol. Instead of meeting with legislative leaders to hash out health care spending and possible new taxes, Cuomo has focused on issues important to left-leaning Democrats in the state. He might need them as voters in a September primary if he's challenged from a candidate to the left like Nixon.
The governor spoke to a gathering of abortion rights lobbyists in Albany on Tuesday, where he gave an award to Cecile Richards, former president of Planned Parenthood and the daughter of former Texas Governor Ann Richards, and touted his record on women's issues.
"We've enacted the best paid family leave program in the United States of America," Cuomo said to cheers.
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Gov. Cuomo also delivered remarks at the annual SOMOS gala and dinner.
Cuomo also spoke at a major conference of Hispanic lawmakers in Albany, where he recounted his work to help storm-damaged Puerto Rico and railed against President Donald Trump's policies on immigrants.
"But make no mistake. Theirs is an anti-immigrant agenda. They can't even be clearer," Cuomo said on March 10. "We believe in the exact opposite. We believe America is America because of immigrants. It's immigrants that built this country and made it what it is."
Nixon is a leading spokesperson of a movement to get more money to help children at the poorest schools in the state. She's worked closely with the Alliance for Quality Education, a group that has condemned the governor for not adhering to a court order in the Campaign for Fiscal Equity case that said the schools need billions more a year in state aid. Nixon was at the Capitol to rally in 2014.
"We are number five out of 50 states in terms of how that money is spent inequitably and unfairly," Nixon said.
Since the talk of Nixon's campaign surfaced, the governor has made a major push to fight critics of his school funding policies. He instructed his budget director, Robert Mujica, to issue a lengthy statement defending the governor's policies on school aid and accusing opponents of spreading "distractions, myths and legends." Cuomo also met privately with leaders of charter schools that serve African-American students.
Billy Easton, AQE's executive director, said it's no coincidence that the governor is suddenly attacking opponents of his school aid record.
"This is all happening in the middle of the governor having a total freak-out moment over just the rumor that Cynthia Nixon, who is a school equity champion, might run against him," said Easton, who called Cuomo's track record on school funding "weak."
Nixon is gay, and in recent days, reporters have received emails detailing endorsements for Cuomo's re-election from prominent LGBTQ figures, including Elton John.
Hudson Valley Congressman Sean Patrick Mahoney, in a statement, even asked Nixon to reconsider running, saying that he owes his marriage to the governor. Cuomo shepherded same-sex marriage into law in New York in 2011.
Cuomo has implied that Nixon is a B-list celebrity, and even made a joke about her that involved Vladimir Putin.
In recent days, though, he said he's unconcerned about facing a primary challenge.
"I'm not nervous about whoever runs," Cuomo said in New York City on March 14. "That's called elections and that's fine."
So far, Nixon has been silent on her future plans. The cable channel New York One reported that Nixon appeared to be shooting a potential campaign ad in New York City over the past few days.
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About Identified Linear Models
What are IDLTI Models?
Measured and Noise Component Parameterizations
Linear Model Estimation
Black Box ("Cold Start") Estimation
Structured Estimations
Estimation Options
System Identification Toolbox™ software uses objects to represent a variety of linear and nonlinear model structures. These linear model objects are collectively known as Identified Linear Time-Invariant (IDLTI) models.
IDLTI models contain two distinct dynamic components:
Measured component — Describes the relationship between the measured inputs and the measured output (G)
Noise component — Describes the relationship between the disturbances at the output and the measured output (H)
Models that only have the noise component H are called time-series or signal models. Typically, you create such models using time-series data that consist of one or more outputs y(t) with no corresponding input.
The total output is the sum of the contributions from the measured inputs and the disturbances: y = G u + H e, where u represents the measured inputs and e the disturbance. e(t) is modeled as zero-mean Gaussian white noise with variance Λ. The following figure illustrates an IDLTI model.
When you simulate an IDLTI model, you study the effect of input u(t) (and possibly initial conditions) on the output y(t). The noise e(t) is not considered. However, with finite-horizon prediction of the output, both the measured and the noise components of the model contribute towards computation of the (predicted) response.
One-step ahead prediction model corresponding to a linear identified model (y = Gu+He)
The various linear model structures provide different ways of parameterizing the transfer functions G and H. When you construct an IDLTI model or estimate a model directly using input-output data, you can configure the structure of both G and H, as described in the following table:
Transfer Functions G and H
Configuration Method
State space model (idss)
Represents an identified state-space model structure, governed by the equations:
x˙=Ax+Bu+Key=Cx+Du+e
where the transfer function between the measured input u and output y is G(s)=C(sI−A)−1B+D and the noise transfer function is H(s)=C(sI−A)−1K+I.
Construction: Use idss to create a model, specifying values of state-space matrices A, B, C, D and K as input arguments (using NaNs to denote unknown entries).
Estimation: Use ssest or n4sid, specifying name-value pairs for various configurations, such as, canonical parameterization of the measured dynamics ('Form'/'canonical'), denoting absence of feedthrough by fixing D to zero ('Feedthrough'/false), and absence of noise dynamics by fixing K to zero ('DisturbanceModel'/'none').
Polynomial model (idpoly)
Represents a polynomial model such as ARX, ARMAX and BJ. An ARMAX model, for example, uses the input-output equation Ay(t) = Bu(t)+Ce(t), so that the measured transfer function G is G(s)=A−1B, while the noise transfer function is H(s)=A−1C.
The ARMAX model is a special configuration of the general polynomial model whose governing equation is:
Ay(t)=BFu(t)+CDe(t)
The autoregressive component, A, is common between the measured and noise components. The polynomials B and F constitute the measured component while the polynomials C and D constitute the noise component.
Construction: Use idpoly to create a model using values of active polynomials as input arguments. For example, to create an Output-Error model which uses G = B/F as the measured component and has a trivial noise component (H = 1). enter:
y = idpoly([],B,[],[],F)
Estimation: Use the armax, arx, or bj, specifying the orders of the polynomials as input arguments. For example, bj requires you to specify the orders of the B, C, D, and F polynomials to construct a model with governing equation
y(t)=BFu(t)+CDe(t)
Transfer function model (idtf)
Represents an identified transfer function model, which has no dynamic elements to model noise behavior. This object uses the trivial noise model H(s) = I. The governing equation is
y(t)=numdenu(t)+e(t)
Construction: Use idtf to create a model, specifying values of the numerator and denominator coefficients as input arguments. The numerator and denominator vectors constitute the measured component G = num(s)/den(s). The noise component is fixed to H = 1.
Estimation: Use tfest, specifying the number of poles and zeros of the measured component G.
Process model (idproc)
Represents a process model, which provides options to represent the noise dynamics as either first- or second-order ARMA process (that is, H(s)= C(s)/A(s), where C(s) and A(s) are monic polynomials of equal degree). The measured component, G(s), is represented by a transfer function expressed in pole-zero form.
For process (and grey-box) models, the noise component is often treated as an on-demand extension to an otherwise measured component-centric representation. For these models, you can add a noise component by using the DisturbanceModel estimation option. For example:
model = procest(data,'P1D')
estimates a model whose equation is:
y(s)=Kp1(Tp1s+1)e−sTdu(s)+e(s).
To add a second order noise component to the model, use:
Options = procestOptions('DisturbanceModel','ARMA1');
model = procest(data,'P1D',Options);
This model has the equation:
y(s)=Kp1(Tp1s+1)e−sTdu(s)+1+c1s1+d1se(s)
where the coefficients c1 and d1 parameterize the noise component of the model. If you are constructing a process model using the idproc command, specify the structure of the measured component using the Type input argument and the noise component by using the NoiseTF name-value pair. For example,
model = idproc('P1','Kp',1,'Tp1',1,'NoiseTF',...
struct('num',[1 0.1],'den',[1 0.5]))
creates the process model y(s) = 1/(s+1) u(s) + (s + 0.1)/(s + 0.5) e(s)
Sometimes, fixing coefficients or specifying bounds on the parameters are not sufficient. For example, you may have unrelated parameter dependencies in the model or parameters may be a function of a different set of parameters that you want to identify exclusively. For example, in a mass-spring-damper system, the A and B parameters both depend on the mass of the system. To achieve such parameterization of linear models, you can use grey-box modeling where you establish the link between the actual parameters and model coefficients by writing an ODE file. To learn more, see Grey-Box Model Estimation.
You typically use estimation to create models in System Identification Toolbox. You execute one of the estimation commands, specifying as input arguments the measured data, along with other inputs necessary to define the structure of a model. To illustrate, the following example uses the state-space estimation command, ssest, to create a state space model. The first input argument data specifies the measured input-output data. The second input argument specifies the order of the model.
sys = ssest(data,4)
The estimation function treats the noise variable e(t) as prediction error – the residual portion of the output that cannot be attributed to the measured inputs. All estimation algorithms work to minimize a weighted norm of e(t) over the span of available measurements. The weighting function is defined by the nature of the noise transfer function H and the focus of estimation, such as simulation or prediction error minimization.
In a black-box estimation, you only have to specify the order to configure the structure of the model.
sys = estimator(data,orders)
where estimator is the name of an estimation command to use for the desired model type.
For example, you use tfest to estimate transfer function models, arx for ARX-structure polynomial models, and procest for process models.
The first argument, data, is time- or frequency domain data represented as an iddata or idfrd object. The second argument, orders, represents one or more numbers whose definitions depends upon the model type:
For transfer functions, orders refers to the number of poles and zeros.
For state-space models, orders refers to the number of states.
For process models, orders denotes the structural elements of a process model, such as, the number of poles and presence of delay and integrator.
When working with the app, you specify the orders in the appropriate edit fields of corresponding model estimation dialogs.
In some situations, you want to configure the structure of the desired model more closely than what is achieved by simply specifying the orders. In such cases, you construct a template model and configure its properties. You then pass that template model as an input argument to the estimation commands in place of orders.
To illustrate, the following example assigns initial guess values to the numerator and the denominator polynomials of a transfer function model, imposes minimum and maximum bounds on their estimated values, and then passes the object to the estimator function.
% Initial guess for numerator
num = [1 2];
den = [1 2 1 1];
% Initial guess for the denominator
sys = idtf(num,den);
% Set min bound on den coefficients to 0.1
sys.Structure.Denominator.Minimum = [1 0.1 0.1 0.1];
sysEstimated = tfest(data,sys);
The estimation algorithm uses the provided initial guesses to kick-start the estimation and delivers a model that respects the specified bounds.
You can use such a model template to also configure auxiliary model properties such as input/output names and units. If the values of some of the model's parameters are initially unknown, you can use NaNs for them in the template.
There are many options associated with a model's estimation algorithm that configure the estimation objective function, initial conditions and numerical search algorithm, among other things. For every estimation command, estimator, there is a corresponding option command named estimatorOptions. To specify options for a particular estimator command, such as tfest, use the options command that corresponds to the estimation command, in this case, tfestOptions. The options command returns an options set that you then pass as an input argument to the corresponding estimation command.
For example, to estimate an Output-Error structure polynomial model, you use oe. To specify simulation as the focus and lsqnonlin as the search method, you use oeOptions:
load iddata1 z1
Options = oeOptions('Focus','simulation','SearchMethod','lsqnonlin');
sys= oe(z1,[2 2 1],Options);
Information about the options used to create an estimated model is stored in the OptionsUsed field of the model's Report property. For more information, see Estimation Report.
Types of Model Objects
Available Linear Models
About Identified Nonlinear Models


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The October Kaiser Health Tracking Poll finds public support for health reform unchanged since last month, with more in favor than opposed. Fifty-five percent of Americans believe that it is more important than ever to take on health care reform now, while 41 percent say the country cannot afford it right now.
The survey also shows about half of the public believes that if reform passes, help for the uninsured and changes in insurance market rules would arrive within the first year, years ahead of the timetables contemplated in the legislation.
There is initial public support for a public plan option, an individual mandate and taxing insurers, but opinion is highly moveable. A continuing majority support taxing wealthy households (63%) and health insurance companies that offer the most costly policies (55%). The initial support for the insurer tax is quite malleable depending on what specific arguments are offered.
Also, 57 percent of the public say they favor the creation of a "government-administered public health insurance option," however the poll indicates that this support dips to one-third (32%) when initial supporters are told that such plans "could give the government plan an unfair advantage over private insurance companies." Alternatively, support for the public plan rises to two-thirds (65%) when initial opponents are told that public plans would be "a fallback that would only kick in if not enough people had affordable health plans available through the private marketplace."
The October poll, the seventh in a series designed and analyzed by the Foundation's public opinion survey research team, examines voters' specific health care issue interests and experiences and perceptions about health care reform.
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Review - Bastille - All This Bad Blood
British alt-rockers/pop aficionados Bastille have decided to continue the success of their debut album 'Bad Blood' by re-releasing it with a second disc. This is common practice these days--sell a ton of copies of your CD, and just as the buzz dies and the lives of your singles quiet, re-release it with a bunch of new songs and see your sales pick back up. A new version of an already-existing and popular album is probably a lot cheaper and easier than an entire new campaign.
'All This Bad Blood' is the companion album to 'Bad Blood', and I do mean album literally. Instead of adding a few new tracks, the boys have given us 13 new songs, many of which we've never heard. A number of the songs were previously featured on mixtapes the band released before making it big, but those aren't popular, so these will be shiny and new Bastille tracks for all of those but the diehard fans.
If you were a fan of the original album, you're going to be almost as in love with this new LP. 'All This...' is essentially more of the same, but perhaps without the long life caused by single after single. Lead cut "Of The Night" is actually a mashup/cover of two 90's dance jams, and Bastille not only make it their own, they create another brooding, expressive masterpiece. Expect more of the same beautiful instrumentation and lyrics, and lead singer Dan Smith doesn't get better.
I was trying to think of how to phrase the sentence "If you could only have one of the discs…", but you can just as easily own both, so why not?
Listen to: "Of The Night", "Durban Skies", "What Would You Do" (yes, a cover of the City High song from back in the day)


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Baryonyx (del grec, 'urpa pesant') és un gènere de dinosaure teròpode amb mandíbules similars a les d'un cocodril, útils per a una probable dieta a base de peix. Les seves restes s'han trobat a Surrey, Anglaterra, i al nord d'Espanya a estrats del Cretaci inferior.

Podia arribar fàcilment els 9 metres de llargada, 3 d'alçada i al voltant de 1.700 quilograms de pes.

Les restes de Baryonyx s'han trobat a Anglaterra però és possible que aquest dinosaure també estigués difós per Àfrica, on s'han trobat fòssils que segons alguns paleontòlegs podrien pertànyer a aquest dinosaure pescador.

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Will president's pledge unlock PPA jam?
SOUTH AFRICA: Political turmoil and the state utility's heel-dragging on renewables development are stifling wind-power growth in one of the world's most promising markets. But the president's promise to force Eskom into action has raised hope of breaking the deadlock.
South African president Jacob Zuma's state-of-the-union address on 9 February started over an hour late. Opposition MPs held up proceedings, first by throwing corruption allegations at him, and then throwing punches at members of his government. Footage of the brawl was broadcast around the world.
Zuma did finally get to make his speech, and it contained the words the country's wind-power developers were desperate to hear: a clear promise to force public utility and grid operator Eskom to sign a 2.38GW backlog of renewable power purchase agreements (PPAs), nearly 1.4GW of which relates to wind projects.
All the projects had won rights to PPAs through the third and fourth rounds of the Department of Energy's (DOE) rigorous renewables bidding process.
South Africa had been globally heralded as a star of emerging wind markets, but progress came to an abrupt halt in mid-2016 when Eskom refused to sign any further PPAs.
Contentiously citing excessive costs of renewables capacity, Eskom said in May it would wait for government guidance before unblocking pending PPAs.
Zuma has now provided that guidance.
"Easier said than done," is the reaction of Joffrey Dupuy, a regional analyst at global energy consultants Make. "The president did not provide any details on the timeline regarding the resolution of the problem."
Brenda Martin, CEO of the South African Wind Energy Association (SAWEA), takes a more positive view while admitting that the political mayhem hardly inspires confidence in the administration. "It's not every day a president issues such direct support for a sector," she says. "It's no small deal."
Eskom told Windpower Monthly in early March that it had approved the backlog in renewables PPAs, including nearly 1.4GW for wind. Eskom insisted its investment and finance committee and the public enterprises minister have approved the PPAs, and that regulator Nersa "has provided assurances for (PPA) cost recovery".
Martin, however, remains sceptical. She says the Independent Power Producer's Office — the watchdog for power contracts — had registered no change to the hiatus. "More smokescreen from Eskom," she says.
Longer-term policy supports wind power. Prior to Zuma's address, the DOE had completed a draft integrated resources plan (IRP) - South Africa's infrastructure road map — which signals the need for around 37GW of cumulative wind capacity to 2050. That builds on 2010's IRP, which envisaged 8.4GW of wind to 2030.
South Africa has "little choice" in the matter, argues Martin. "Renewables is the only way to deploy cost-effective power rapidly, shoring-up a weak grid plagued by load shedding, while supporting local communities."
She accuses Eskom of a smear campaign, deliberately exaggerating wind-power prices by citing those from earlier power auctions rather than today's much-reduced going price.
Martin's argument is supported by a report from national watchdog the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).
This states that wind power's average auction price fell from ZAR 1,510/MWh ($115/MWh) in Round 1 (2012) to ZAR 620/MWh ($48/MWh) in Round 4 (2015).
That makes wind 40% cheaper than new coal, and more than 50% cheaper than older coal-fired generation, according to the CSIR. Solar PV prices have fallen even faster — from ZAR 3,560/MWh to ZAR 620/MWh in the same period.
Eskom appears more interested in kick-starting a 9.6GW nuclear programme, for which it says 27 firms are responding to a request for information. But the CSIR's findings of ZAR 1,300/MWh for nuclear generation provide another reason why it would be politically foolish to continue blocking wind power, says Martin.
SAWEA estimates the PPA blockage is holding up ZAR 50 billion in investments, roughly half of which is for wind power. With around half of renewables investments sourced locally - a cornerstone of South Africa's renewables programme - that is a big deal for local communities and jobs.
But the present-day reality is decelerated wind-market growth, with just 433MW of new capacity connected in 2016, according to SAWEA, compared with 483MW in 2015 and 555MW in 2014. Cumulative capacity at the end of last year stood at 1,471MW across 19 projects.
"We remain cautious about the shortto medium-term development and do not expect the president's stated commitment to ensuring PPAs will go through to solve all the problems," says Dupuy.
Make expects more tempered growth in the medium term, estimating around 5.5GW of wind capacity to 2025 to reach 7GW in total. This represents an annual rate of build of just under 700MW; below expectations in 2015, when 1.2GW annually was expected for 2016-2020.
SAWEA sees steering wind power back on course as a lengthy process requiring consistency. Despite the seemingly fast deployment in 2014-2016, South Africa's renewables framework itself, the renewable energy independent power producers procurement programme (REIPPPP), took over two years to draft and approve.
The REIPPPP initiated a process of competitive bidding in 2012, largely aimed at ending outages, load shedding and dependency on the 34GW of coal capacity, which supplied 88% of all electricity consumption. Its exacting demands on project and developer viability provided solid assurances to investors and financers.
The bidding process allocates successful developers the right to finalise a 20-year PPA with Eskom. The REIPPPP has already finalised five calls for bids (rounds 1-3, 3.5 and 4), procuring a total of 6,376MW across wind, solar and biomass, according to figures from state regulator Nersa.
Eskom has signed PPAs on just over 4GW across 64 sites, with 2,738MW of renewables online at the end of 2016. The 36 projects pending PPAs, all but one from round 4, amount to 2.38GW, 1.4GW for wind.
"Even if pending PPAs are signed in the second quarter, a minimum of one year needs to be added considering construction time, resulting in projects not being commissioned before mid-2018," says Dupuy.
Round 5, which was to call for 1.8GW of renewables capacity, has been on hold since May 2016, producing even more delays in new capacity deployment. No figures have been set for subsequent rounds.
In the longer term, however, Dupuy sees a continued future for South African wind. "Large and well-spread wind resources combined with continuously decreasing costs in renewable energy allows the country to produce power at a low price," he says.
SAWEA believes the sector is more than primed to get back into overdrive. Since 2012, global and local industrial players and investors have responded to REIPPP's long-term assurances.
Developers include Ireland's Mainstream Renewable Power, which created a joint venture last year with global energy investors Actis.
The partners commissioned the 80MW Noupoort wind plant in the Northern Cape last summer, bringing its online wind capacity in the country to 118MW. They have a further 280MW of wind capacity building and were awarded the 137MW Kangnas and 110MW Perdekraal East in round 4.
Italy's Enel Green Power (EGP), commissioned its 88MW Nojoli wind plant in Eastern Cape in October 2016 and is currently building the 111MW Gibson Bay project. EGP was allocated 275MW in round 4, across the Soetwater (139MW) and Garob (136MW) projects.
Chinese utility Longyuan and France's EDF also have major project stakes, as do Spain's Acciona, as well as other global developers, and even Eskom itself.
SAWEA wants immediate action to prevent wind-factory closures. Tower and blade factories are now completing orders for round 3, Martin says. DCD Wind Towers, near Port Elizabeth, says it cannot rule out liquidation due to empty order books for round 4.
"Developers are also struggling," says Martin, explaining the bidding process requires financial guarantees and that, besides hiring staff in preparation, they have also put money aside. "And money costs money," she says.
Since Zuma's promise, industry signals have been mixed. Eskom said its investment and finance committee had approved all 2.38GW of outstanding PPAs, pending developer signature.
Yet trickery is suspected. Before the PPAs are signed, developers need to negotiate so-called "budget quotes" with Eskom.
The quotes are Eskom's calculation of the costs that developers must pay for new power lines and related infrastructure to interconnect their wind projects. Eskom's budget quotes "seem to be vastly exaggerated, more than doubling expected costs", confided one developer adviser, suspecting the utility of delaying tactics. The coming months will tell.


Ontario's "The Merry Widow" is a winner. It's the kind of evening in the theatre that has a great start and just gets better and better. The love of the cast and musicians for this operetta pervades every aspect of the performance from first to last.
"The Merry Widow" ("Die lustige Witwe" in German) has been one of the world's most popular operettas since it premièred in Vienna in 1905. Its music is of such a high order of invention that it has become one of a handful of operettas to join the repertory of the world's great opera houses. Like "Die Fledermaus", "The Merry Widow" is set in the contemporary world of its creators which it has since come to immortalize--1870s Vienna in "Die Fledermaus" and Paris at the turn of the last century in "The Merry Widow".
The operetta begins in a whirl of activity in Paris at the embassy of the tiny fictional country of Pontevedro. Hanna Glawari, the young widow of the wealthiest man in the country, is in town and it is of vital importance to Baron Zeta and the embassy clerk that she marry another Pontevedrian as soon as possible--and not one of the score of Parisians pursuing her--so that her millions will not leave the country and bankrupt it. Unfortunately, Danilo Danilovich, the most eligible Pontevedrian in Paris wastes his affection on the "grisettes" of Maxim's and his money on gambling. He also has an aversion to Hanna since she spurned his love when they were young. In the deliciously laxity of Paris where marriage vows are meant to be broken, the baron's own wife is having an affair with a Frenchman which his own bumbling prevents him from discovering. Whether Hanna and Danilo will ever get together and whether Valencienne and Camille will be found out are the twin threads that lead us through Lehár's incomparably melodic score.
This production is so successful because all of its elements are in harmony with the work and with each other. Canadian director Brian Deedrick, unlike so many who approach comic opera, has wisely decided that the work is funny enough on its own without added gimmicks, gags or updating. He directs the operetta with the same attention to detail and character as if it were a comic play where the cast just happens to break into song and dance. Scene after scene is staged to heighten the dramatic impact of the work, whether it is Hanna's entrance tossing banknotes at her money-hungry admirers or the non-singing scene of Act 2 when a waltz offstage subtly rekindles Hanna's and Danilo's memories of love. The vitality that courses through the stage action is matched by the taut conducting of the young American Alexander Frey. At every turn he chooses the perfect tempo and leads the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony to play this familiar music with such freshness that it sounds newly minted. There is so much dance in this operetta that Allison Grant's choreography shares equally in its success. Whether it is the many expected waltzes, the series Pontevedrian national dances, the boisterous can-can of Act 3 or the hilarious routines for the men in "Ja, das Studium der Weiber ist schwer", her work, like Deedrick's and Frey's, is always imaginative and elegant.
Opera Ontario has borrowed a beautiful Art Nouveau-inspired set from Virginia Opera and rented an exquisite set of costumes. Stephen Ross's lighting so blends the set and costumes you would not know they were from different sources. He creates an especially lovely mood of nostalgia in the garden scene of Act 2.
The all-Canadian cast is well-attuned to the Viennese style. Theodore Baerg more fully characterizes the rakish Danilo than I've seen before. He makes clear that Danilo's life of pleasure is really an attempt to distract himself from love lost as he makes clear in his increasingly bitter reprise of "Da geh ich zu Maxim" in Act 2. His strong, ringing baritone and intelligent phrasing ideally suit the suaveness of his character. In the title role Eilana Lappalainen, a fine actress, gives us a Hanna by turns elegant, folksy, sentimental and wild. She certainly must be one of the few opera singers who can hold her own in a can-can line! Still, there is no disguising the fact that her powerful voice becomes squally under pressure, with her top notes clear only if floated. Because it lies lower and is sung softly, the "Vilja-Lied" in Act 2 is her finest moment.
In secondary roles, Liesel Fedkenheuer, fresh from the COC Ensemble, gives a vocally and dramatically assured performance that makes Valencienne's vacillating scruples about her affair both comic and believable. Kurt Lehmann's Camille de Rosillon is not quite up her level, pleasant but not as powerful of voice and not making enough of the comedy or romance of his role. The comic roles of the pompous Baron Zeta and the harried clerk Njegus are played to the hilt by Gregory Cross and Jim White. Their interactions are laugh-out-loud funny. White even has the chance to display his dancing skills familiar from his many Stratford appearances. Hugues Saint-Gelais and André Clouthier are Danilo's ineffectual Parisian rivals, with Clouthier making the more positive impression. The contribution of the chorus and dancers is excellent.
Deedrick has made the right decision in having the large swathes of dialogue that set up the action played in English while the classic songs are sung in German. It is one of the peculiarities of the perceived split between "popular" and "high" culture that the top price tickets for this eminently accessible, highly entertaining operetta with a cast of - and with - musicians in the pit should cost less that the equivalent ticket for a big musical in Toronto or Stratford with fewer personnel on stage and with at most 15 amplified musicians. If this "Merry Widow" had a longer run, I would not hesitate recommending it to people for their first opera. They would find that it is not as alien as they might suppose. Now that the Canadian Opera Company has moved into more abstruse repertoire, I am glad to see a company like Opera Ontario picking up the kind of large-scale operetta that the COC has seemingly abandoned. In future, I hope we see more of Johann Strauss, Franz Lehár and even Emmerich Kálmán in Hamilton and Kitchener. For, a production like this where all the elements come together can truly raise one's spirits. At the end of the show when the audience is showered from above with Pontevedrian banknotes, it suddenly seemed like New Year's Eve in May.
Photo: Eilana Lappalainen as Hanna Glawari (on stairs). ©2001 Opera Ontario.


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Комо () — місто () в США, в окрузі Гопкінс штату Техас. Населення — 702 особи (2010).

Географія
Комо розташоване за координатами  (33.059967, -95.475637).  За даними Бюро перепису населення США в 2010 році місто мало площу 2,87 км², з яких 2,86 км² — суходіл та 0,01 км² — водойми.

Демографія

Згідно з переписом 2010 року, у місті мешкали 702 особи в 253 домогосподарствах у складі 181 родини. Густота населення становила 245 осіб/км².  Було 280 помешкань (98/км²).

Расовий склад населення:

До двох чи більше рас належало 2,0 %. Частка іспаномовних становила 26,9 % від усіх жителів.

За віковим діапазоном населення розподілялося таким чином: 30,5 % — особи молодші 18 років, 57,0 % — особи у віці 18—64 років, 12,5 % — особи у віці 65 років та старші. Медіана віку мешканця становила 34,6 року. На 100 осіб жіночої статі у місті припадало 94,5 чоловіків;  на 100 жінок у віці від 18 років та старших — 94,4 чоловіків також старших 18 років.

Середній дохід на одне домашнє господарство  становив  доларів США (медіана — ), а середній дохід на одну сім'ю —  долари (медіана — ). Медіана доходів становила  доларів для чоловіків та  доларів для жінок. За межею бідності перебувало 21,6 % осіб, у тому числі 26,9 % дітей у віці до 18 років та 16,9 % осіб у віці 65 років та старших.

Цивільне працевлаштоване населення становило 259 осіб. Основні галузі зайнятості: виробництво — 29,0 %, освіта, охорона здоров'я та соціальна допомога — 17,0 %, науковці, спеціалісти, менеджери — 13,1 %.

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Містечка Техасу
Населені пункти округу Гопкінс (Техас)


If you've ever seen the look on a child's face when they learn how to read a word, then you know there is simply nothing else like it. Reading is the basis for developing critical thinking skills and lifelong learning and that's why it's critical for our city to prioritize this issue. Students that do not end third grade reading proficiently will face a higher risk of unemployment, incarceration and a shortened life expectancy. We're not simply talking about students passing a test; we're talking about students developing the skills to survive.
That's why my office started Turn the Page KC in 2011. We've used MAP scores to help us assess how far we've come as a city since then. The 2017 MAP scores are out, which means it's time to take a look at our report card.
We've made progress. We've made great strides to increase our third-grade reading proficiency rate in Kansas City, Missouri, from 33% in 2011 to 55% in 2017. But we're still below the state average of 62%. In order for our city average to reach and go beyond the state average 62%, we're going to need to close some major gaps.
In the Kansas City metropolitan area, there still remains a substantial racial gap. In 2017, Black students made up 42% of the KCMO third grade population. All else being equal, we would expect a proportionate number of black students to represent the third grade population who scored Proficient or Advanced. However, black students made up only 27% of the Proficient or Advanced Third Grade population. The same disparity is true for Hispanic students in Kansas City. While Hispanic students fare better, their proficient population is still not proportional to their enrollment population. Meanwhile, white students, who make up 39% of the population, account for 57% of the proficient population. Clearly all is not equal or equitable. These looming disparities in who achieves what are often viewed as intractable social problems that won't ever change. But I say that is a narrow perspective and limits our City's potential from our diversity. We can do better, but we'll all have to roll up our sleeves.
In order to close the gaps in reading proficiency experienced by Black and Hispanic students, we must close the access gaps to quality learning and support services, and in those efforts, we all have a role to play. Schools, families, nonprofits, program providers and community members must be a part of it. High quality pre-K and early learning services, like home visiting programs and health screenings, help to better prepare students. Parents that talk, read and play with their kids provide their child's brain with the stimulation they need to build a strong foundation for lifelong learning. Community members that volunteer for programs, like Lead to Read KC, the Phoenix Family HIKE program, the Upper Room, and Reach Out and Read, provide our early elementary students with more opportunities to practice their literacy skills and allow volunteers to become greater stakeholders in the educational community.
The Hickman Mills School District illustrates what these efforts can look like. Last school year, all elementary schools in the Hickman Mills School District performed below the state average. However, in the 2014-2015 school year, Hickman Mills began providing universal preschool, and when those students reach the third grade in 2018-2019 school year, we expect third-grade reading proficiencies in the district to increase substantially. In the meantime, Turn the Page KC's Summer Learning Work Group is looking to expand the availability of quality summer learning opportunities and school year access to tutors for the Hickman Mills School District. With coordinated community planning, investment, and engagement, we can move the needle.
When the National Civic League named Kansas City, Missouri, an All-America City for progress in third-grade reading proficiency, it signaled that we're on the right path. But we're not done yet. In the coming year, we must keep our foot on the pedal to remove barriers, expand opportunities, and continue building cross-sector collaboration to achieve third-grade reading proficiency for all kids in our community.
Let's put our children first.
To take part in increasing third-grade reading proficiency in KC, join us by volunteering. Find opportunities at turnthepagekc.org/volunteer.
For school enrollment information, Show Me KC Schools websites and services are best place to start at showmekcschools.org.


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Refugee portal needs to go
The refugee protection portal is so deficient that it must be withdrawn while improvements are made.
BY Brigitte Pellerin 14 Dec 2021
The Immigration Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association strongly expresses its commitment to access to justice and a robust refugee determination system. But it has concerns with Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship Canada's new Refugee Protection Portal, introduced on October 6, 2021 as the primary means for submitting a refugee protection claim.
In a letter to IRCC, the Section worries the new portal will "preclude many from successfully initiating refugee claims, undermining Canada's longstanding commitment to the protection of refugees." There is also a concern that the barriers presented by the portal may lead refugee claimants to turn to unauthorized immigration representatives for assistance which, "we are all too aware, often results in serious damage to refugee claimants and to the integrity of Canada's refugee determination system."
There are several substantive and technical problems with the portal, which the Section notes could have been addressed with prior consultation with stakeholders. They are summarized below.
Legal representation, difficulty to obtain information, privacy
One of the thorniest issues is that lawyers do not have their own dedicated representative portal, and most use login credentials that belong to each refugee claimant. "This presents an impediment to claimants obtaining legal advice and representation," the CBA Section says.
Refugee claimants are required to provide substantive information in support of their claims, yet there is no guidance from IRCC on what information claimants should prepare in advance. And without access to legal advice, claimants are liable to omit some information which could lead to allegations of misrepresentation being levelled against them, with disastrous consequences for their eligibility.
In addition to these difficulties, the requirement that claimants provide contact information for their family members "raises privacy and safety concerns for vulnerable family members of claimants, and for claimants whose agents of persecution are family members."
Not every claimant has access to secure email, a Canadian telephone number or computer peripherals like a printer or a scanner. Yet the portal requires all those, which can "prevent some claimants from exercising their right to seek asylum in Canada or jeopardize their ability to prove the merits of the claim itself," the letter reads.
Portal deficiencies
The portal requires claimants to complete their claim in one sitting, as partial information cannot be saved or be entered in any other way than chronologically. Users are prevented from going forward or backward to edit previously entered information.
In addition, once their claim is complete, claimants are unable to check on the status of their claim.
Among other technical glitches, CBA Section members have documented frequent denial of access, the inability for claimants to select English as their first language or to leave expiry dates blank for certain identity documents that have no expiry dates.
The CBA Section supports the objective of reducing refugee claim eligibility determination delays. But the problems with the current portal present significant barriers for a highly vulnerable group.
These problems are so significant that, until the portal can be fixed, the Section says, it should be withdrawn.
Brigitte Pellerin is the Editor for Publications with the Canadian Bar Association.
Abuse of Dominance 101: Legislation vs Jurisprudence
In-depth An action plan for decarceration
A proposed CBA resolution would urge Canada's governments to take action on finding alternatives to incarceration for Indigenous inmates.
BY Justin Ling
Access to justice Retour au cercle
Comment les Anishinaabe du Manitoba souhaitent se réapproprier leur système de justice
BY Julien D.-Pelletier
Opinion Why referendums don't always produce constitutional change
Some reflections following Alberta's vote on the principle of equalization.
BY Eric M. Adams


The proposal: Position cameras above all major American cities and shoot one frame — a 24th of a second of film — each day at noon. The frames would be strung together gradually to create a continuous chronicle of each city's development.
…but how cool would it be it someone had started this 50 years ago? It would be fascinating to see the last half-century of human habitation in LA — ooh, or Detroit, I wanna see Detroit — condensed like this.
Is he imagining a satellite, though, or just a camera bolted to the top of a hill?
I think the aerial view would be more interesting — maybe it could be a blimp or a balloon or something, not a satellite — 'cause you'd really get to see the macro patterns of growth, the rings of development (leaving orbits of decrepitude in their wake).
It's all very Long Now, you know?
Rob's blog made me do something I try to do only when absolutely necessary. It made me bust out my calculator.
A frame of film takes a ridiculously short amount of time: only 1/24th of a second. A year's worth of footage, then, would yield only a little more than 15 seconds worth of film: five years, one minute. What's more, a film of this length wouldn't show very much that would catch the eye: the huge scale and length of time between frames would register only the most dramatic changes. Even the seasons would only register for about three or four seconds each. You'd be lucky if the camera caught a building the size of a sports stadium be built, let alone the eye register the change.
But when you extend the time period over decades or centuries, this changes dramatically. Robin's "Fifty Years of Urban Decay" project would yield about 12 and 1/2 minutes of film time: not bad for a creative short or public policy presentation piece. Three centuries gets you 76 minutes, the length of a short feature. (The entire history of the United States would take less than an hour.) Five hundred years is even better, more than two hours of footage.
At this macro-level, though, the project becomes something horrible. What seemed absurdly fast before now becomes absurdly slow: to watch a city be founded, grow, expand, and collapse, with every five years taking a full, continuous minute? A minute of screen time is long enough for a sense of stability to sink in, a sense of "this is the way things are now." Over a hundred times, that sense would be ripped away, replaced by sudden or gradual decline or growth: history's angel in the storm of progress.


Large, comprehensive high schools in urban areas are often troubled environments for teaching and learning. Research strongly indicates that, in such schools, ninth grade is a year in which many students start on the path to low achievement and dropping out.
An approach to educational reform that is gaining increasing currency is the one taken by the Bay Area School Reform Collaborative (BASRC), a not-for-profit grantmaking and support organization that aims to increase educational equity among students in six San Francisco Bay Area counties.
The problems of urban middle and high schools are rooted in the inadequate preparation that too many students receive in elementary schools, and these problems become most visible in the ninth grade, when students encounter more demanding coursework and tougher requirements for grade-level promotion.


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