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How to Fix Silicon Valley's Sexist Algorithms
Computers are inheriting gender bias implanted in language data sets—and not everyone thinks we should correct it.
by Will Knight
The presidential campaign made clear that chauvinist attitudes toward women remain stubbornly fixed in some parts of society. It turns out we're inadvertently teaching artificial-intelligence systems to be sexist, too.
New research shows that subtle gender bias is entrenched in the data sets used to teach language skills to AI programs. As these systems become more capable and widespread, their sexist point of view could have negative consequences—in job searches, for instance.
The problem results from the way machines are being taught to read and talk. Computer scientists are feeding them huge quantities of written or spoken language, and letting them draw connections between words and phrases.
The resulting data sets, known as word embeddings, are widely used to train AI systems that handle language—including chatbots, translation systems, image-captioning programs, and recommendation algorithms. Word embeddings represent the relationships between words as mathematical values. This makes it possible for a machine to perceive semantic connections between, say, "king" and "queen" and understand that the relationship between the two words is similar to that between "man" and "woman." But researchers from Boston University and Microsoft Research New England also found that the data sets considered the word "programmer" closer to the word "man" than "woman," and that the most similar word for "woman" is "homemaker."
James Zou, an assistant professor at Stanford University who conducted the research while at Microsoft, says this could have a range of unintended consequences. "We are still trying to understand the full impact that comes from the many AI systems using these biased embeddings," Zou says.
Zou and colleagues have conducted some simple experiments that show how this gender bias might manifest itself. When they wrote a program designed to read Web pages and rank their relevance, they found the system would rank information about female programmers as less relevant than that about their male counterparts.
The researchers also developed a way to remove gender bias from embeddings by adjusting the mathematical relationship between gender-neutral words like "programmer" and gendered words such as "man" and "woman."
But not everyone believes gender bias should be eliminated from the data sets. Arvind Narayanan, an assistant professor of computer science at Princeton, has also analyzed word embedding and found gender, racial, and other prejudices. But Narayanan cautions against removing bias automatically, arguing that it could skew a computer's representation of the real world and make it less adept at making predictions or analyzing data.
"We should think of these not as a bug but a feature," Narayanan says. "It really depends on the application. What constitutes a terrible bias or prejudice in one application might actually end up being exactly the meaning you want to get out of the data in another application."
Several word embedding data sets exist, including Word2Vec, created by researchers at Google, and GloVe, developed at Stanford University. Google declined to comment on research showing gender bias in Word2Vec, but the company is clearly conscious of the challenge. A recent blog post describes a technical approach to removing bias from decision-making AI systems without affecting their usefulness.
Biased AI systems could exacerbate the unfairness that already exists, says Barbara Grosz, a professor at Harvard University. "When you are in a society that is evolving in certain ways, then you are actually trying to change the future to be not like the past," says Grosz, who cowrote a report called AI 100, a project from Stanford University aimed at understanding the potential dangers of AI (see "AI Wants to Be Your Bro, Not Your Foe"). "And to the extent that we rely on algorithms that do that kind of predicting," Grosz says, "there's an ethical question about whether we're inhibiting the very evolution that we want."
Grosz concedes that there may be situations when it doesn't make sense to remove bias from a data set. "It's not that you can avoid all these kinds of bias, but we need to be mindful in our design, and we need to be mindful about what we claim about our programs and their results," Grosz adds. "For many of these ethical questions, there isn't a single right answer."
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LDS Denies association with Fundamentalist Church
Wednesday May 9, 2007 FLDS, Mormonism/Mormon Church, Polygamy
KAMC-28 told you last week about a fundamentalist group that has purchased a building in Lockney in Floyd County which has some residents feeling uneasy about what this means for their town.
The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is not associated with the modern Mormon Church. And with the news that the fundamentalist group is moving in to Lockney, some have questions about what the group is all about!
"There`s always some apprehension on the part of the church members of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints to hear the fundamentalist name come up in connection with us because there is no connection" with LDS Spokesperson, Dave Walker.
Polygamy and the Birth of Mormon Fundamentalism
The doctrines and practices of the Mormon Church are as changeable as the weather, because the Mormon Church claims that their God changes his mind from time to time. The FLDS is one of many sects of Mormonism that have held on to the doctrine of polygamy.
How polygamy went from being a "most holy and important doctrine" to being rejected – sort of – by the Mormon Church
The name may sound similar, but to those of the LDS faith, more commonly known as Mormon faith, there`s nothing similar about them.
"At some point in the past there was a connection but that was something like 100 years or more when some of the same families came from the same group. But that connection was severed years and years ago" says Walker.
But that connection is moving close to home for the LDS church here in Lubbock. The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints purchased a building in Floyd County.
"Certainly, any religious group in the past that is new is scary to people. And while I don`t anticipate a large growth of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in the Lubbock area or surrounding areas, we just don`t know a lot about this group" says Wes Crawford an Assistant Professor at Lubbock Christian University.
But what experts do know is the issue of polygamy. They say in the 19th century, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, or LDS ruled out polygamy from its faith. But a small group, the Fundamentalist Church upheld the polygamist beliefs. The group`s current leader, Warren Jeffs was arrested last August and is facing charges of rape as an accomplice, stemming from his groups` support of marrying underage girls to older men.
"They don`t uphold the laws of the United States of America and certainly the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints do. And that`s very, very important for us to do that" says Walker.
And what`s also important, guarding beliefs that won`t be mistaken.
"We're no different than any other church or religion like that. Yes, we have faithful, good, strong members and no one in any other particular faith wants an imposter group coming in and representing them or anyone mistaking them for that" says Walker.
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Centennial Gun Club's Richard Abramson is a recipient of the SHOT Business Award for Independent Retailer of the Year.
Centennial Gun Club is a membership-based firearms store, shooting range and training facility located in the suburb of Centennial, Colorado, south of Denver. Since 2012, this facility has offered a complete "Equip-Prepare-Practice" experience that combines an exceptional firearms dealer with a state-of-the-art firing range and outstanding firearms training.
Though membership-based and boasting about 5,600 members, the facility is also open to the public. It is staffed by 52 employees Monday through Friday 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Saturdays 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. and Sundays 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The nearly 5,000-square-foot retail space is stocked with approximately 1,500 new and 300 used handguns, shotguns and rifles (primarily MSRs) for target shooting and defensive use, as well as their complementary accessories. The shooting facility maintains 44 lanes, there are four training classrooms and four on-staff gunsmiths.
Each year at SHOT Show, the Centennial team attends SHOT Show University. In the last two years staff has also attended the new Executive Management Seminar. Of both, Abramson says they glean useful information that they implement immediately after the show.
"Information on products is shared with our staff upon return from SHOT Show," he explains, adding that if they see interesting new products at SHOT, they will take photos or video for later posting on their social media sites, provided the products will be available in the store in the near future.
Centennial does not necessarily place a lot of orders at SHOT Show, but Abramson says they will take advantage of show specials that give them the best opportunities to boost margins or bring interesting new products to their store.
"In addition to the retail products, we spend time with the range equipment manufacturers to find new innovation that will bring more shooters into our range. This includes new types of target systems that make the shooting experience more fun and bring additional revenue to our business. We also look for new training tools to use in our instruction," he says.
At SHOT, Abramson asks manufacturers to provide looping video that can be used on Centennial's digital in-store signage, social media, e-blasts and website.
"When new items arrive at the store, we take a photo or video and post it on social media with a product introduction," says Abramson, adding that they move out old inventory post-show by marking down prices.
An annual Firearms Festival attracts approximately 5,000 customers who enjoy everything from live music to meeting special guests.
Another one of Abramson's objectives at SHOT is to get commitments for vendor weekends and support for Centennial's large annual community event, their Firearms Festival. The festival attracts nearly 5,000 guests who enjoy everything from live entertainment and prizes, games, food trucks, vendors, sales, pro shooter appearances and swag to meeting special guests such as two of the heroes of Benghazi, John "Tig" Tiegen and Mark "Oz" Geist.
For the majority of its marketing communications after SHOT Show is over and new product intros have been decided on for the year, Centennial relies on email, Instagram and Facebook, though the gun club created a unique closed group within Facebook to communicate more freely with its customers. To join the closed group, Facebook users must request permission to join and be accepted.
"Facebook is so discriminatory against the firearms industry, about the only way you can get a message out on Facebook is by the group," Abramson explains about why they created the group. Though there is organic growth to the group, Abramson says Centennial Gun Club pushes joining its range membership through email messages and in-store displays. "It's getting close to 5,000 users right now," he says of the Facebook closed group.
"We're an active membership-based organization," he added, "so I think we probably have a bit more of a personal relationship with our customers than those ranges that aren't membership-based," Abramson says, also explaining how Centennial uses everything from in-store suggestion boxes to email feedback as listening posts for what customers want.
Centennial's training programs help segment customers by having them select a training track that meets their interests. The ability to meet those interests is driven in large part by the range equipment manufacturers Centennial's staff meets with at SHOT Show.
One of its regular social media campaigns is Centennial's clever "Gun of the Month" program in which a specific model is offered at special pricing or packaged with various accessories, a rental model is free that month and there is a drawing for a free firearm.


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PAGE 10A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, JULY 31, 2009 i Weekly roundup of world briefs from JTA France, Switzerland call for stop to settlement building JERUSALEM (JTA) " France questioned Israel's ambassador over settlement policy as Switzerland called on Israel to halt settlement construction. Ambassador Daniel Shek answered a summons to ap- pear July 23 before officials in the French Foreign Ministry. Officials. echoing calls earlier in the week by French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouch- ner and President Nicolas Sarkozy, called for an im- mediate freeze in settlement construction, including in eastern Jerusalem. saying it was necessary for a two-state solution. Also on July 23, a statement released by Switzerland's Foreign Ministry called on Israel to halt settlement construction. The statement also expressea the ministry's concern "over the destruc- tion of-houses near East Jerusalem's old town and the planned eviction of Palestin- ian families.'" The call comes a day after the U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on Israel to freeze settlement building in eastern Jerusalem. "l urge the government of Israel to commit fully to its obligations, including freez- ing settlement activity and natural growth," said Ban. addressing a United Nations meeting in Geneva. "If Israel continues settlement activ- ity, it will not only be acting contrary to international law but also to a strong interna- tional consensus." The European Union and Russia also called on Israel last week to halt a building project on Jewish-owned lan4 in Arab eastern Jerusalem. Jerusalem mayor: All faiths can live in city JERUSALEM (JTA) Jeru- salem Mayor Nir Barkat said members of all faiths should be allowed to own and develop property in the city. Barkat, in New York for a private visit, was reacting to the diplomatic row between Israel and the United States over Jewish construction in eastern Jerusalem during a news conference July 22. 'If Jews want to build at Shepherd Hotel ... then I believe it is unacceptable" to prohibit them from doing so, Barkat said, referring to the site of a controversial Jewish- owned housing project in eastern Jerusalem. which is largely Arab. "It would be wrong and discriminating to allow to build or not to build for any person based-on his religion." Barkat reiterated his sup- port for full Israeli sover- eignty over the oity, which the Palestinians claim as the capital of their future state. "I agree with [President] Obama that Jerusalem needs to be open to all religions," he said, adding that "it is not practical to divide a city, certainly not the eternal city of Jerusalem." Barkat also spoke about his vision for the future of the city, noting his goal of increasing the number of tourists from 2 million to 10 million a year by 2019. On the matter of recent Sabbath riots by fervently Orthodox residents on a scale not seen in more than a decade. Barkat sounded an unapologetic tone, saying the decision to open a park- ing lot in central Jerusalem. which sparked the violence. was made in accordance with police advice. Asked if he would have done anything different. Bar- kat replied, "Probably not." 'Nakba' removed from textbooks JERUSALEM (J-TA) "Nakba," the Arabic term meaning "catastrophe" used to describe the creation of the state of Israel, will be removed from school textbooks. The announcement was made July 22 by Israel's Edu- cation Ministry. The term was approved for use in a textbook for Arab- Israeli schools ill 2007. "After studying the matter with education experts, itwas decided that the term nakba should be removed," Visrael Twito. a spokesman for Edu- cation Minister Gideon Sa'ar. told Ha'aretz. "It is inconceiv- able that in Israel we would talk about the establishment of the state as a catastrophe." Clinton: Nuclear Iran would face U.S. 'umbrella' WASHINGTON (JTA)-- Hillary ROdham Clinton said the United States would create a Middle East"nuclear umbrella" should Iran obtain a nuclear weapon. "If the U.S. extends a defense umbrella over the region, if we do even more to support the military ca- pacity of those in the Gulf, it is Unlikely Iran will be any stronger or safer," the U.S. secretary of state said July 22 in an address in Thailand to an Asian security forum, according to a report from the French news agency AFP. "They won't be able to intimidate and dominate as they apparently believe they can once they have a nuclear weapon." Clinton made clear the Obama administration was set on using diplomacy and sanctions to have Iran stand down from its suspected nuclear program. "We will still hold the door open," she said. "But we also have made it clear that we will take action as I've said time and time again crippling action--working to upgrade the defense of our partners in the region." Clinton in her failed presi- dential candicacy last year had proposed a "nuclear umbrella." modeled on Cold War-era tactics aimed at containing the Soviet threat. She made it clear it was one of several possible Options to confront a nuclear Iran. An Israeli Cabinet minister said the statement was unfor- tunate because it suggested that the United States was ready to live with a nuclear Iran. Bibi adamant about keep- ing security fence NEW YORK (JTA) Israel has no intention of disman- fling the West Bank security fence. Prime Minister BeMa- min Netanyahu said. The Israeli leader called the fence "a critical component of Israel's Security" and told Knesset lawmakers July 22 that it "will remain in place and will not be dismantled." Reports in the Israeli media July 22 had indicated that the Palestinian Author- ity had relayed a demand to President Obama that the fence be removed because the West Bank security situation had improved. Palestinian chief negotia- tor Saeb Erekat told Reuters he had approached the United States on the issue. "The Israelis know that the wall adds to the complexi- ties." he said. "It's part of the problem and not part of the solution." Netanyahu told Knesset lawmakers that the fence should be credited with re- storing security and prevent- ing,the entry of Palestinian suicide bombers into Israeli towns, and thus it should stay. In his speech, Netanyahu said Israel welcomed "a cer- tain improvement in the functioning of Palestinian security forces" in the West Bank. But he added: "The fence is important." Agriprocessors sold, to remain kosher SAN FRANCISCO (JTA)-- The Agnprocessors plant in P'ostville. iowa, was sold to a Canadian company. SHF Industries, a company formed in May by Canadian plastics manufacturer Her- shey Friedman and his son- in-law Daniel Hirsch. bough[ the failed kosher meatpack- ing plant for $8.5 million. The sale was approved July 20 by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Iowa. Friedman. an observant Jew, indicated in interviews that he plans to continue operating the business as a meatpacking plant focusing on kosher products. He told the Mishpacha Jewish Family Weekly that he hopes to have- production up and running in ime for the High Holidays. The purchase price was well below the $22 million the plant owes to unsecured creditors, including back wages and benefits to hun- dreds of employees� It is also much less than the $40 mil- lion Soglowek Nahariya Ltd. of Israel was prepared to offer going into a March auction for the bankrupt company. The company rescinded before the .auction took place. According to the Iowa Independent, SHF will ad- vance $1.8 million to the Agriprocessors estate in order to pay debts owed to First Bank Business Capital and MLIC Mortgage. Under the conditions of the sale. the new owners do not have to make good on any other debts owed. Agriprocessors, formerly the largest kosher meat pro- ducer in the United States. has been operating at a frac- tion of it's capacity since a May 2008 raid that trained a national spotlight on the issue of illegal immigration. It also forced the Jewish community to grapple with issues relating to the ethi- cal treatment of workers at Jewish-owned businesses. Several company officials have faced criminal charges for their roles in employing the illegal workers and other alleged violations. Cantor: Set Mideast poli- cies in 'Judeo-Christian' tradition WASHINGTON (JTA) Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) told Christian Zionists that U.S. policies in the Middle East State Department photo/Creative Commons Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat, with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in March, says it would be wrong for home building to be based on religion. must be "firmly grounded" in Judeo-Christian principles. "Reaching out to the Mus- lim world may help in creat- "ing an environrfient for peace in the Middle East, but we must insist as Americans that our policies be firmly grounded in the beliefs of the Judeo-Christian tradition upon which this country was founded," said Cantor (R-Va.), the House minority whip and the only Jewish Republican in Congress, in a speech to the Christians United For Israel annual conference in Washington. Cantor's 10-minute speech mostly focused on the im- portance of U.S. support for Israel. and the threats to the Jewish state from Iran and terrorist groups such as Hamas and Hezbollah. He told the group that "now. more than ever. it is vital you're here, at a critical mo- ment in history." "Critics say the stum- bling block" to peace in the Middle East "is settlements or Jerusalem or refugees," Cantor said. "We all know the real stumbling block to peace is posed by those who vehemently deny the nation of Israel's historical right to the land of Zion." Romanian mayor goose- steps in German uniform JERUSALEM (JTA)--The mayor ofa Romanian city and his son dressed in German World War IIaniforms for a fashion show. The mayor Of Constana, a Black Sea port city, and his 15-year-old son, wearing the uniforms of German in- fantry generals that did not have swastikas on them and reportedly had nothing to do with the Nazi SS, goose- stepped across the stage of a weekend fashion show. The Center for Monitoring and Combating Anti-Sem- itism filed a complaint July 20 with the country's general prosecutor, Reuters reported. Wearing a Nazi uniform is illegal in Romania. as is the display of swastikas, which is punishable by up to three years in prison, according to reports. Ukrainian committee bans xenophobic books � KIEV. Ukraine (JTA) A Ukrainiannational commis- sion banned two xenophobic books that it said incite interethnic hatred. The National Expert Commission of Ukraine on Public Morals banned the books "The Secret History of Ukraine" byAleksandr Shyro- korad and "Life. History and Reality" byVladimir Putyatin for degrading the Ukrainian and Jewish nations. The chairman of the com- mission said "The Secret History of Ukraine" contains a chapter in which the author denies that the Holodomor, or Great Famine, of 1932-33 took place, hnd is an outrage upon the memory of Holodo- mor victims and damages national dignity. "Life. History and Real- ity," according to experts' findings andthe decision'of the commission, contains expressions and statements of undisguised anti-Semitism and thus incites xenophobia and interethnic hatred. The commission examined the books at the request of the Ukrainian Secret Service. Ukrainian Jewish leaders welcomed the decision of the commission of experts, but also believe that Ukraine must do more to counteract xenophobia and anti-Semi- tism in the country of 46.5 million. Mumbai gunman confesse' JERUSALEM (JTA)The only surviving gunman from last November's Mumbai attacks pleaded guilty in an Indian court. MohammadAjmal Kasab, a 21-year-old Pakistani citizen. was charged July 20 with 86 separate offenses in the three-day attack including murder and waging war against India, according to reports. Kasab. who had pleaded not guilty in May, is facing a possible death sentence. He is the only one of the 10 al- leged gunmen captured alive during the attacks. Kasab rose in court dur- ing routine interviewing of witnesses and confessed his guilt. Reuters reported. OU renounces Vatican- Hezbollah booklet WASHINGTON (JTA) The Orthodox Union dis- tanced itself from a pamphlet that implies friendly meet- ings between Vatican and Hezbollah officials. The booklet, by a purported former Hezbollah fighter who converted to Jud,ism, stirred controversy last week In Israel after it was revealed that Israeli army officials had distributed it among their troops. According to the booklet, the Vatican initiated meet- ings with Hezbollah figut'es and suggested to them that they. sympathized with the Lebanese terrorist group's aim of destroying Israel. The army ordered a stop to the booklet's distribution. The booklet includes an � endorsement from the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congre- gations of America. "Upon investigation, it has been ascertained that this endorsement was made by staff at the Orthodox Unioffs Israel branch office. and was never submitted to, nor approved by, senior Orthodox Union manage- ment." the OU statement released July 20 said. Its col/tents are "antithetical to the well-known views of the Orthodox Union regarding respect for other faiths and " their leaders. The Orthodox Union rescinds the en- dorsement of the book and disavows any connection to the views expressed in it." The statement also pledged a review of OU procedures to prevent a recurrence. Fire destroys Anne Frank barrack JERUSALEM (JTA) A suspicious fire destroyed the wooden barrack that Anne Frank stayed in while de- tained in a Dutch work camp. The fire Saturday night, July 18, in northeast Holland destroyed two barracks from the Westerbork work camp, where Frank stayed before being deported to Auschwitz in 1944. Her barrack, number 57, was set to be moved back to the site of the work camp as part of a Holocaust memorial center. The cause of the fire is unclear, according to reports. The barracks had been sold in 1957 to a nearby village and were used to store farm equipment. Israelis questioned in hu- man egg trafficking case JERUSALEM (JTA)--Some 30 Israelis suspected of be- ing involved in human egg trafficking were detained for questioning in Romania. Most were released July 20 Roundup on page 23A


Part of Westport's charm is its historic buildings and layout with narrow streets dating back to the 1830s when the area was designed for pedestrians, horses, and wagons. So, consider your best options to get to the area. Over 40% of visitors use the convenience of rideshare options, buses and taxis but there are many parking options as well.
Parking is available for public use on the streets and in several lots throughout the week with some spaces reserved by day for specific business use that are open for use at night. Review the information below for what works best for you.
Almost all of the 430 on-street parking locations have a two-hour time restriction during the hours of 10am through 10pm Monday through Saturday. While curbside parking is free of charge, a ticket for occupying a free curbside space for too long can be expensive. If you think you will be out longer than two hours, use one of the many off-street parking lots or garages in and adjacent to Westport, or consider taxi, bus, or rideshare options.
There are 24 off-street parking locations for public use in Westport with over 1365 spaces. However, many of the lots as well as several hundred spaces in the parking garage are reserved for specific business use during weekday business hours 8am to 5pm.
Westport has many parking spaces for those that prefer to drive. Most are free anytime, while some close and convenient parking lots (marked clearly with the ParkMobile signage) and the Manor Square Garage will have a $5 fee on weekend nights.
Download the ParkMobile app in order to locate available close and highly-convenient spaces and pay for prime parking on weekend nights (6pm-3am). This is the same app used for downtown Kansas City, MO parking and has millions of users nationwide. Westport's ParkMobile is a set fee for the night. It is not hourly so visitors can relax and not worry about a meter. It only expires once you leave the lot or if the vehicle remains in the lot by 6pm the following day. How ParkMobile works.
The Manor Square Garage can accept cash or credit card, whereas the prime lots only accept credit cards using the app or by calling 877-727-5973 to pay by phone. The revenue generated by parking fees helps pays for extra security staff, lighting, and security cameras in Westport.
Vehicular traffic within the pedestrian zone on Westport Road and parts of Pennsylvania Avenue is prohibited from 11pm-3am. As a result, street parking in this area should not be utilized for anyone wishing to leave after 10:30pm on Friday and Saturday nights.
City regulations prohibit removal of the street barriers to protect the large pedestrian presence during the 11pm-3am weekend times. Therefore, vehicles cannot exit or enter the area surrounded by the street barriers (with exception to emergency vehicles).
No parking on Westport Road between Mill Street and Bridger Street is allowed from 9pm-4am on weekend evenings to provide curbside drop-off and pick-up from rideshares and taxis. Taxis services offered on the south side of the block while rideshare services are on the north side.
Rideshare, taxi and bus accessibility are increasingly becoming the preferred mode of transportation to and from Westport, especially during the evening.
A designated drop-off and pick-up zone for WEEKEND nights is available for rideshares and taxis from 9pm-4am along Westport Road between Mill Street and Bridger Street.
RideKC, Kansas City's public transit authority, offers a variety of routes with stops in or near Westport, including routes 35, 39, 47 and Main MAX.
Please note, on Friday and Saturday evenings from 10:30pm to 3am parts of Westport Road and parts of Pennsylvania Avenue are a pedestrian-only area. During these times, bicycles will not be allowed into this area.


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Schoolplicht is een wettelijke verplichting voor kinderen om vanaf een bepaalde leeftijd een school te bezoeken. Deze plicht moet worden uitgevoerd door de opvoedingsgerechtigden, meestal de ouders. Schoolplicht moet niet worden verward met leerplicht, die wel de verplichting oplegt om onderwijs te volgen, maar geen verplichtend bezoek aan een school of andere vorm van onderwijsinstelling. Vaak worden beide begrippen echter door elkaar gebruikt.

Nederland kent sinds 1969 bijna volledige schoolplicht, daar thuisonderwijs sindsdien in principe verboden is. Op bepaalde gronden kan hier echter vrijstelling voor worden aangevraagd, bijvoorbeeld wanneer er sprake is van zogenoemde richtingbedenkingen; dat de ouders geen school in hun omgeving kunnen vinden die overeenkomt met hun eigen levensovertuiging.

Vlaanderen kent geen volledige schoolplicht. Als een van de thuisblijvende ouders kan aantonen over onderwijskundige vaardigheden te beschikken of een privé-leraar in de arm neemt, kan ook aan de leerplicht worden voldaan door huisonderwijs. De ouders moeten echter aantonen het te kunnen bekostigen en de onderwijsinspectie controleert of het onderwijs naar behoren plaatsvindt.

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Invasion of Privacy; Why release of alleged Justice Lucky recording should concern us all!
August 7, 2019 ~ dennisedemming
A feeling of fear covered me as I read a recent report of a recording of a private conversation allegedly between Justice Gillian Lucky and another person. I was further panicked because the Trinidad Expressnewspaper got hold of the tape, transcribed it and used it as a news story.
Where was the moment of pause to ask the question: is this the right thing to do? Is this the only way this story could be covered? Is it news at any cost? I know the answer will be that it was already out on social media, but does that make it right?
Photo: High Court Judge Gillian Lucky.
Shouldn't there be some institution monitoring such releases or are we now in a free-for-all in which your conversations can be recorded without your knowledge or consent and used as someone else deems necessary? If you can tape the conversation of the judge and use it in this way, what will you do to an ordinary citizen?
Something is wrong with this scenario and it makes me feel that yet another of my freedoms is being violated. What will be next?
Facebook and other social media can operate according to the law of the jungle, but the state needs to play a role in protecting the rights of citizens. A huge deterrent to deviant behaviour is swift punishment. The source of the release of this recording should be swiftly tracked down and punished, if only for it to act as a deterrent to others who may feel it fair game to tape another's conversation without their knowledge and use it without appropriate authority.
Every citizen should be afraid; not because big brother is listening, but because the systems which should be protecting our privacy do not exist or are being ignored. How is it that a private citizen's phone call can be recorded, but we still have the police saying the hit was ordered from inside the prisons and they do not have the voice recording to be able to punish the perpetrator?
Is it that we are selectively targeting citizens? And if we are, should there be some publicised criteria so that citizens are aware of what will be flagged for recording by the state? How is it that someone who has the capacity to monitor and record the conversation of the judge can distribute the information with no penalty?
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The steps are small from state surveillance, to censorship, to harassment and indefinite detention (Bail Bill). The steps from citizen surveillance to blackmail are even smaller.
I am all in favour of using the best technology for our common good, but there has to be known guidelines and citizens must be aware of the boundaries. There must be standards and practices which are adhered to and punishments dispensed for breeches.
We need systems and processes to protect our privacy and a clear understanding of how to access these systems and processes.
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Here's what may well be a more plausible explanation … In a WhatsApp conversation with another, a voice note can be left instead of typing out one's thoughts. It is up to the recipient to delete or store after a period of time has elapsed. Said individual/recipient may indiscriminately share the voice note, tell someone else of its existence and intentionally or not, disseminate to a wider audience.
This says it is not necessarily the action of "big brother" nor is it a malicious invasion of one's privacy by an unknown; instead it may well be a mere betrayal of trust or breach of fiduciary duty.


I was reminded of that piece today when I read an essay by Poynter Institute staffer Keith Woods, who warns journalists against adopting the language of the military in reporting on the war.
"Language," Woods writes, "has always had a power that tilts toward those who define the terms. Journalists interested in maintaining their independence - real and perceived - have to pay attention to the difference, say, between a war and a 'campaign;' between 'collateral damage' and the killing of innocent people."
He urges reporters to "recapture the language with specifics and precision," reminding them that "as people die and buildings fall and the unpredictable future unfolds, remember that the words you use to tell the story will tell a story of their own."
This is wise advice. Jargon reflects laziness and false authority, both of which undermine good journalism. To see military jargon embraced without reserve, channel surf between CNN, Fox and MSNBC for an hour and count the references to "shock and awe."
The best journalism doesn't hide reality behind obfuscation. If it shocks or leaves a reader in awe at all, it does so because the writing is direct, unflinching and descriptive.
UPDATE: Andrew Cline of Rhetorica, always in the know on issues of language, said yesterday that " 'shock and awe' provides an excellent example of the power of words as weapons of war." He also pointed to the source of the phrase more clearly than I did -- a 1996 Pentagon report.
The Guardian: The opening article in what it calls an effort to decode the language of war.
PBS: Terms and acronyms from the Vietnam War.
Last night I heard an NBC journalist "embedded" with the Third Infantry report that on entering Iraq, they had to "take out" (you could hear the quotes in his voice) an observation post, so that they couldn't report back to headquarters. It was very creepy.


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The Long Path Home
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A young woman on the run finds a second chance in World War II Italy in a thrilling novel of love, intrigue, and redemption by the author of A Girl Divided.
1944, Chicago. From desperate small-town teen to star of the burlesque circuit, Violet Ernte has survived tough choices and more than one reinvention. Now, framed for an underworld murder, she has one way out: agree to keep Marcie, a reckless USO showgirl and mobster's daughter, on the straight and narrow. Vi's new act: play innocent ingenue and join the all-American song-and-dance troupe bound for overseas to a war-torn Italy.
When a USO headliner goes missing soon after landing, the disappearance has treacherous implications for the entire troupe. With Marcie's safety in peril, Vi turns to battle-roughened army sergeant Ansel Danger for help. But getting closer to Ansel means exposing her past and her double life of scandal and deception. And in a heartbeat, she could lose everything.
Defiant and resilient, Vi is used to taking risks. This time it's for redemption. To love, and to be loved. And for a second chance at a future she thought was lost forever.
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Ellen Lindseth is a graduate of University of Colorado, Boulder, and the Carlson School of Management. She has also studied at the Loft Literary Center (Minneapolis, MN) and is a member of the Women's Fiction Writers Association and the Romance Writers of America (RWA). She is the author of the novel A Girl Divided, a 2019 finalist for the RWA's prestigious RITA Award, and "As Time Goes By," a short story chosen for publication in the Midwest Fiction Writers' anthology Festivals of Love.
When not writing about resourceful women of the 1940s, she feeds her passion for adventure by flying as a private pilot, researching new experiences (such as performing burlesque onstage for a local fundraiser), and traveling the world with her husband (also a pilot) in search of plot ideas. Currently she calls Minnesota home, where she resides with her husband, two rescued cats, an elderly bearded dragon, and a handful of fish. For more information, visit www.ellenlindseth.com.
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Dopo aver giocato in patria nel , Lindberg nel settembre 1967 si trasferisce presso gli statunitensi del , risultando il primo giocatore effettivamente ingaggiato dal club di Dallas per la stagione 1968.
Con i Tornado partecipò al tour mondiale voluto ed organizzato dal nuovo allenatore del club, il macedone-canadese Bob Kap, che vide la franchigia impegnata in una serie di massacranti incontri tra Africa, Europa, Asia e Oceania. Il tour ebbe effetti devastanti sulla squadra durante la stagione regolare, la prima della neonata NASL, che nonostante l'allontanamento di Kap, inanellò una lunga serie di sconfitte. La squadra chiuse il torneo al quarto ed ultimo posto della Gulf Division, con sole due vittorie e quattro pareggi ottenuti a fronte di ben 26 sconfitte. Negli Stati Uniti giocò anche con i .

In seguito si trasferì agli svedesi dell'Ope, dove militò fino al 1975. Nel 1976, fu ingaggiato dallo Örebro, per cui disputò 59 incontri nell'Allsvenskan. Fu poi in forza al  con cui giocò due incontri nella Coppa delle Coppe 1979-1980, raggiungendo con il suo club i quarti di finale del torneo, venendo eliminati dai futuri finalisti dell'.

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Il 17 settembre 1966, vestì la maglia della  in occasione della sconfitta per 1-4 contro la . In due circostanze, fu in panchina per degli incontri con la Nazionale maggiore, ma non riuscì mai ad esordire.

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CLTS in South Africa
Is South Africa a late comer into CLTS?
In August 2011 Petra Bongartz who manages the CLTS Knowledge Hub at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) at the University of Sussex UK and I were invited by the Community Water Supply and Sanitation Unit, Cape Peninsula University of Technology to introduce CLTS in South Africa. The work, supported by the Water Research Commission aimed at piloting CLTS in the Eastern Cape region of South Africa. Even though it had been over 4 years since CLTS had been introduced in the region, it had not yet made its way to South Africa– the African economic giant. Over 34 African countries had already adopted it, with 12 incorporating it in their sanitation policies and strategies.
Open Defecation in South Africa
While there I learned that about 10 million South Africans, mostly in rural areas could still be defecating in the open. But SA is unique- citizens here are entitled to sanitation subsidies. Most of them hold to the view that the councillor, municipality and by extension the government ought to give them toilets-it is a constitutional right. There are contracted professionals to undertake hygiene promotion and help with the installation of an approved subsidized design of a factory-made toilet in all household. However, it seems, the subsidized toilets have taken decades to reach the households. Those we spoke to were not even certain when they will ever get theirs: there are huge backlogs and households have waited for years. While they wait open defecation continues as we saw in Coffee Bay region.
Changing the high tolerance for open defecation (OD)
Amatole Municipality where we did this work is not so far from Madiba's (Nelson Mandela's) ancestral home. The Xhosa people seem to have a high tolerance for OD –meeting a chief who seemed unashamed about OD was a big shock to me. Beautiful house and expensive sofa sets but when I asked him where he defecates he was quick to point to the bushes along the slopes near his homestead. He said,
"…the dogs and the pigs clean up the shit after me and my family members".
He even pointed to his neighbour's home which looked equally endowed with resources and asked me, "…look do you see any toilet there? It is our culture here; we have always done it (open defecation).
Here the question was not about waiting for any government's subsidy but a mindset where OD was seen to be a normal practice.
Why the scepticism and discomfort
The day for community presentations after triggering was a short one. However the Natural Leaders that had emerged during the hands-on triggering gave me a lot of hope. They had grasped the CLTS concept and method very well. Their passion and enthusiasm was a clear demonstration that communities had the potential to take CLTS forward. However, even after these very clear signs there seemed to be a very deep rooted fear and scepticism by the professionals. This was a surprise to us since the participants had grasped and applied CLTS in triggering the communities successfully. Could it be that most of the professionals wanted to maintain status quo as they were benefiting from the toilet subsidy programme?
How many people defecate in the open in South Africa?
The day the natural leaders came to share their post-triggering reports was special I started with a short quiz to see whether anyone had any idea how many people in Africa go to defecate in the open every morning. One natural leader made us laugh –his response? Countless. No doubt if what happens in his community was anything to go by across Africa there must be many Africans doing it every morning. I asked the same questions about South Africa –again an interesting response from another natural leader- "…at least 1 million of them are white". His argument? Irrespective of colour/race there are South Africans who are defecating in the open every morning. I had heard that about 10 million people in SA did not have access to improved sanitation. l left an assignment for them to find out where these people defecate!
The growing movement to end OD
The 4 communities and their natural leaders no doubt were about to join a growing movement of communities in Africa, who after going through CLTS had resolved to end open defecation and were now living in open defecation free environments. The movement, as of July 2011, had reached about 10 million people. Moreover they had an opportunity to be the first villages to attain Open Defecation Free (ODF) status in SA.
The language of CLTS seems to have caught up within a very short time. I remember a moment when the natural leaders were presenting when a chief jumped in to indicate that their NL had forgotten to present the tons of "Ukunya" (Shit) their village was generating and that all the shit was going into the water pans and streams where they fetch water and they were ingesting it. I took on the chief and asked him if there were chiefs who were also defecating in the open. To my surprise he said he was one of them and he went further to point at another chief who was in the room and they all agreed most chiefs have no toilets and were indeed open defecators. You should have seen this chief-in a suit, tie and well-polished black shoes, expensive mobile phone and car keys daggling in his hands. He is not a small man- he had driven to the meeting. I asked him-
How could you possibly be shitting in the open sir? We have always done it (he responded) …it has been part of our culture (He added). So will you continue shitting in the open after this triggering experience (I probe)..No I have already put up a temporary structure and I am going to construct a good one (toilet)…already in my village one day after triggering people have started digging pits…chiefs have to be an example to the rest of the community…(he responded).
I thought to myself, if this chief is well-off and influential and he is an active participant in mass open defecation, how about the ordinary citizens in his village? Why should they be any different? No doubt this was a fertile ground for CLTS. The CLTS experience had immediate impact on him and his family after the triggering exercise. He was even inviting the organizers of the CLTS training to come and trigger the remaining neighbouring villages as he felt it will not make sense for his village to be ODF when their neighbours continue defecating in the open and make them ingest their "Ukunya" (shit).
"...the CLTS experience has just made us see everything clearly. There is no doubt we must all be singing the same song. It is like a white cat walking over a black patch of land that has just been ploughed-everyone can see it.
This powerful analogy was made by one Natural Leader in reference to how the triggering process had made communities in one of the villages see the realities of open defecation. He concluded by saying.
"…we have decided to take action on our own to end open defecation in our village. Come at the end of September 2011 and see the progress we will have made".
I had no doubt in my mind that our hands-on CLTS training had impacted some people and that the fire of ending open defecation will burn on in spite of the challenging professionalized and subsidy-ridden environment we encountered at this early stage. Now I am preparing to head back to South Africa on invitation to a seminar to hear what the pilot has yielded. The seminar is scheduled for 21st February 2014. I do not know what to expect but I am hopeful of some positive developments and that we are getting somewhere with CLTS in South Africa.
Samuel Musyoki is Country Director for Plan International in Zambia. He previously worked at Plan Kenya.
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I am wondering how can I do this using the SurveyMonkey API. How can I create a "Shared Data Link" using the API? Is there any other way to show the Analyze Page to users?

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Murmańsk-BN () – rosyjski system walki elektronicznej przeznaczony do rozpoznania radiowego, przechwytywanie sygnałów łączności dalekiego zasięgu i ich zagłuszania.

Historia
System został opracowany przez rosyjski Koncern Technologii Radioelektronicznych (), jego testy trwały od 2013 r. Do służby w armii rosyjskiej został przyjęty w 2014 r. System został wprowadzony w 2015 r. na wyposażenie 841 Centrum Walki Radioelektronicznej Floty Bałtyckiej stacjonującego w obwodzie kaliningradzkim w miejscowości Jantarnyj. Również w tym samym roku system wszedł na wyposażenie 471 Centrum Walki Radioelektronicznej w Pietropawłowsku Kamczackim. W 2017 r. otrzymało go 475 Centrum Walki Radioelektronicznej stacjonujące na Krymie w rejonie Sewastopola.

W styczniu 2021 r. system został wykorzystany podczas manewrów Floty Północnej. Rozmieszczony na Półwyspie Kolskim, wg doniesień rosyjskich mediów, miał zakłócić łączność amerykańskich samolotów B-1B Lancer i norweskich F-35 Lightning II oraz zmusić je do przerwania misji w pobliżu granicy Federacji Rosyjskiej. Te doniesienia nie zostały potwierdzone przez siły NATO.

Opis techniczny
Podstawą systemu jest jednostka składająca się z dwóch ciężarówek KamAZ 53501, z których każda holuje przyczepę z dodatkową anteną. Pełny system Murmańsk-BN składa się z czterech takich grup, co pozwala na wykorzystanie 16 anten. Wysokość masztów antenowych wynosi 32 metry, mają konstrukcję teleskopową, a ich podnoszenie odbywa się z wykorzystaniem systemu hydraulicznego. Pełny skład systemu Murmańsk-BN umożliwia tłumienie sygnałów o wysokiej częstotliwości na obszarze 640 000 km2. Przejście systemu do położenia bojowego (ustawienie anten, kalibracja i aktywacja elektronicznego systemu monitorowania) zajmuje 72 godziny. Każda z grup może działać pojedynczo lub też jako część systemu. Do rozmieszczenia pełnego składu systemu potrzebna jest powierzchnia o wymiarach 800x800 metrów. Dodatkowo w skład systemu wchodzą pojazdy wsparcia na podwoziu ciężarówki KamAZ 6350:
 pojazd dowodzenia,
 pojazd z generatorem pozwalającym dostarczyć czterem grupom anten 400 kW mocy.

Podstawą działania systemu jest zakłócanie transmisji na poziomie operacyjno-strategicznym i operacyjno-taktycznym (np. pomiędzy sztabami, samolotami i okrętami NATO) w zakresie wysokich częstotliwości używanych przez siły NATO (np. High Frequency Global Communications System) oraz wojskowej łączności satelitarnej. Obejmuje cały zakres fal krótkich z częstotliwościami od 3 do 30 MHz, stosowanymi powszechnie przez okręty wojenne i samoloty sił NATO. Według rosyjskich źródeł wojskowych może zakłócać systemy łączności o zasięgu od 5000 do 8000 km. System automatycznie zbiera dane o nadajnikach w paśmie HF, klasyfikuje i określa rodzaj i siłę przeciwdziałania. W przyszłości przewidywany jest rozwój możliwości systemu w zakresie zakłócania działania systemu nawigacji satelitarnej GPS.

Użycie bojowe
Ministerstwo Obrony Rosji poinformowało, że system został wykorzystany bojowo podczas agresji Federacji Rosyjskiej na Ukrainę w 2022 r.

Przypisy

Linki zewnętrzne
 РЭБ "Мурманск-БН", dostęp: 2022-06-24
 Развертывание комплекса подавления коротковолновой связи «Мурманск-БН» в условиях Арктики, dostęp: 2022-06-24
 Специалисты РЭБ Северного флота развернули комплекс «Мурманск-БН» на учении в Арктике, dostęp: 2022-06-24
 Российский комплекс РЭБ «Мурманск БН вызвал «приступ паники» у европейцев, dostęp: 2022-06-24
 Войска радиоэлектронной борьбы проводят учения, dostęp: 2022-06-24.

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Series: The God Stone Trilogy #2
Author: Joaquin Lopez
Release Date: 28 February 2012
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After 17 years of praying to the Gods Jack begins his long journey home. However, Jack is not aware of the test the Gods have for him before he can truly go home. First he must realize he is the long ago profecied Chosen One, then he must survive the test before he can try to go home and attempt to fulfill his promise to Linnie.
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Joaquin was born in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas. He grew up a migrant farm worker. Not wanting to do this the rest of his life he applied himself in school. After high school he started working full time at a bank and attending college at night. After several years he completed his degree in accounting. While attending college at night he began to read The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan and became hooked on the genre. He still works full time at a bank in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas. He has enjoyed reading the science fiction fantasy genre so much that he decided to try writing himself.
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The small volume of verse, Scarlet Flow, is a selected record of one decade of the author's thoughts, which celebrates the value of beauty, perceived, whether in painful or more pleasant circumstances, of the past but also that in the moment, spontaneously; these two portions of our lives are seen to flow into each other, giving the wisdoms necessary for the sustenance of a healthy self. No perceptive experience is too small or grand, neither positive or too negative to be included into what becomes a cathartic record as much as a worded picture, illustrated, of the feast of life: the past is, because it was, and the moment is a celebratory journey in itself. Therefore, a memory of the childish pleasantry of playing marbles with brothers or catching back the residual beauty of a past relationship allows the flow of one's life to become a record and a release toward a good peace.
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Drugs. Sex. Detox. Art. Recovery. Prostitution. Music. Street life. Poetry. Toxic love. And, those are just on the surface. The layers and complexities of Addictarium will shock and enthrall you…
When wild-child, and south Florida escapee, Danielle Martino finds herself curled in a ball on the cold tile floors of her filthy rank bathroom in the tiny studio she rents with her fiancé and partner-in-crime, she knows it's time to quit abusing heroin. Severely impaired from shooting a bad batch of black tar heroin, and already partially blind from the infection that the muddy poison has caused, she is forced to hitch a greyhound bus to New York City, and to abandon her care-free, American-bohemian, drug infested life-style.
Hailed everywhere as a beautiful, unique, honest, raw and poetic account of recovery, Addictarium takes readers on a compelling journey through the life and eyes of the narrator; a creative, nomadic, deep–but, incidentally broken–young woman, and underlines the contributing factors to what it's really like to suffer from addiction. With magnificent candor–and sometimes emotionally crippling descriptions–we witness Danielle's fight towards recovery from more than just heroin, as Addictarium brings the readers on a fascinating and harrowing, brutal tale of a young women's recovery from total and mass self-destruction.
–Addictarium highlights in the starkest of lights, why it is so difficult for addicts to receive the recovery they seek, when they finally do decide to put the drug down.
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Nicole was raised in Niagara Falls, a tiny town bordering Canada, and can remember being as young as six, when writing her first lyrical, and philosophical poems. She also points out being selected at 6, for the "Young Authors Club," which was a city-wide project.
Nicole won two city-wide essay contests between the ages 9-11, which was when she received her first typewriter and then she started a fan-club and newsletter for her childhood hero, as well as penning letters to over 30 pen-pals internationally.
Though Nicole (who was an honor student) rebelled by 15, and was incidentally expelled from school, she still wrote habitually. She once showed her "alternative-school" teacher a poem titled: "That's Life," which she penned at 14. He was so impressed with the piece; he had it faxed to every school in the city.
At 16 Nicole was uprooted from her small town and moved to Boca Raton, where she felt displaced and started to deal with depression. Hereditarily, mental illness and substance abuse ran rapid in her family tree, and by 20 she experimented with a plethora of chemical substances. By 23, she became addicted to shooting heroin, and was engaged to her co-conspirator and partner-in-crime. She attended an art school for photo journalism, but withdrew half-way through the year, due to a devastating addiction to injecting various drugs.
Addictarium was written while she spent two years in a therapeutic community for seriously addicted, and mentally ill, patrons. The author outlines her experiences, including the tale of losing her eyesight due to shooting a poisoned bag of heroin, which is when she was forced to hitch a greyhound bus from South Florida to Manhattan, and after several weeks of surgeries, was admitted to Daytop Village for long-term treatment, and drug addiction recovery. The book outlines many of the experiences
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In the last weeks, Students of Team Sonnenwagen Aachen visited the Institute of Electrical machines (IEM) at RWTH Aachen University, to measure the electric motor of their vehicle. Sonnenwagen Aachen e. V. is a student association that works on the development and production of a solar vehicle, with which they attend solar races all around the globe.
After successfully participating in the World Solar Challenge (WSC) 2017, the "toughest solar race in the world", through the Australian Outback from Darwin to Adelaide, Team Sonnenwagen Aachen is currently working on the redevelopment of a solar vehicle, in order to start again at the WSC 2019. However, in order to achieve better results than 2017 and being able to beat 44 teams from other top universities, such as TU Delft, MIT and Stanford, the team still has a long way to go. Driven by the motivation to be part of an outstanding project for sustainable mobility and to create the future due to innovations, approximately 45 students analyze in which areas the next solar car has the greatest potential for improvement. Besides the vehicle aerodynamics, the lightweight body and the chassis, the focus lies one the electrical drivetrain. As an essential component, the design of the electric traction machine takes a high priority in terms of weight and efficiency. In recent months, the IEM has offered Team Sonnenwagen Aachen the opportunity to measure the electric motor from their solar car of 2017 on the test stands. The engine is an ironless, permanent-magnet synchronous machine with axial flow design, which is directly integrated in the wheel and thus is designed as a direct drive. Since the engine is an external rotor with a high diameter, the first major challenge was already the constructive connection between the engine and the load machine of the test rig. The solution was developed by the students in close consultation with the IEM and included, additionally to the engine, two test-bench angles, one for fixing the motor axis and another for guiding the torque-transmitted shaft. The torque itself was carried over the pitch circle of the disk brake of the electric motor using a self-constructed adapter.
The aim of the survey was, on the one hand, to determine efficiencies at various operating points in order to derive a characteristic curve of speed, torque and efficiency. This is essential for developing an efficient and optimal driving strategy for the race in Australia. It also showed that the self-developed engine achieved efficiencies of up to 98%, which is comparable to many electric motors available on the market. On the other hand, it was necessary to identify and quantify power losses of the entire system, for instance coils, inverters and motor. In addition to the electrical losses, especially the power loss resulting from the storage and engine aerodynamics should be considered. It could be shown that the air friction accounts for a significant portion of the total power loss by masking the rotor geometry with a special aero foil and carrying out comparative measurements. The results of the bearing losses have also made it clear that a future design of the bearings should aim low-loss ceramic bearings.
The IEM was delighted to be able to support Team Sonnenwagen Aachen in the measurement of the engine and thus be part of this ambitious project. We hope that the accumulated experiences will help to achieve the goals set in the World Solar Challenge 2019 in Australia: Then it is time for the team from Aachen to succeed, which would mean a victory for sustainable mobility!


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Bob Eshuis | Waste
The Dutch tradition of still life paintings dates back to the Golden Age of the 17th century. These paintings were known for their abundant depictions of expensive objects and foodstuffs. As the country prospered, Dutch still lifes developed into a unique genre known as "Vanitas", meaning "futile" or "worthless". These were philosophical paintings which criticised the wealth they exhibited as being frivolous and empty. While reflecting the wealth of the times, the paintings were filled with symbols that spoke to the transience of life: Rotting exotic fruits and wilting flowers alongside silverware and skulls, all of which pointed to the ultimate fate of mankind and reminded the viewer that nothing is eternal.
Bob Eshuis (1966) is a Dutch photographer who photographs the waste he collects on the streets of Amsterdam in compositions similar to traditional Vanitas paintings, depicting used, mundane objects in an extravagant light. He places plastic bottles on pedestals and replaces the fruit and flowers of the Vanitas paintings with old containers. The representation of these objects is misleading: At first glance, they present a harmonic picture reminiscent of the hedonism of the old Dutch paintings. Upon a closer look, however, they are revealed to be common waste, which unlike the Vanitas objects is neither transient nor perishable.
By photographing 21st-century waste in the style of 17th-century still lifes, Eshuis' work not only links two different artistic media but also seeks to rekindle the criticism of ostentatiousness and the worship of material things which stood at the heart of the Vanitas genre, reflecting it in its modern form – a world in which people may still be disposable and temporary, but their non-perishable waste, the result of materialism and short-term thinking, has become devastatingly permanent.
In collaboration with the Netherlands Embassy
Bob Eshuis
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This was my ideal kind of assignment. Pick up a nice hire car, drive it to Italy to find a bike race, have dinner with the first of the Campagnolo equipped teams and photograph their daily comings and goings in a grand tour. The Italian one.
The planning was done, helped considerably by a list of when which team was staying where. So I had my maps printed out, hotels booked into and nice Merc saloon loaded and just the one border to cross before the coffee got better and the pizzas were edible.
Long story short, I arrived at Movistar's hotel in the Veneto on a final week tour of a grand tour that would end staying at my virtual family's home at the race's end in Torino for the first time since I was 11.
I remember my father driving through Turin swearing and needing wine and more wine after arrival at the home of my virtual family, but it was no worse than East Croydon at rush hour to be honest and to me, considerably more exotic.
This family removed was real family nonetheless. There my whole life and growing up together once a year or so, these Italian cousins are the son and daughter of my mother's life long pal that befriended her on a Lake Garda beach in the 50s while she opeared for an Italian family for a couple of years there. They stayed in touch, bringing up respective families and crossing paths at every Anglo-Italian opportunity (theirs teaching of English teaching, ours teaching of architecture.
Staying overnight at the interesting apartment in central Turin and looking out of the window at the looming Alps before breakfast was a re-lived moment from the age of 11. It felt so usual and familiar even given it's thirty gap years.
If you love cycling visiting a grand tour is the cup final of bike racing. Having an invite to wander freely amongst the gladiators before and after each tournament is a valued honour to all the people behind the scenes I imagine. From camera crews to carpenters, if they like cycling, and it's a religion in Italy, they know. And this is an honour I never take for granted. Watching a time trial on a team bus when all the staff can do is watch and need not follow and therefore can eat ice cream is a pleasure an apostle of pro cycling and Italy can behold. I am lucky to have now had many of these ice cream moments across Europe with various teams, to the point even that certain crews remember which coffee I prefer and I they.
Mountains and Lakes, towns and cities and even a day off to Gap to reconnect with my native French tongue came and went. As did my hire car. To cut a long and dull story short, I realised half way up a Dolomite my rental Merc had one problem, that it's horn didn't work. Not the end of the world admittedly but trying to drive up a mountain before a race arrived in an hour along with every local pro cycling fan riding up to see the peak finish on an old clunker loaded up with everything and in one case, a picnic table and chairs, was at best sketchy.
The cherry on the rental car cake being the attempted avoidance of the reversing Movistar team bus at the hotel car park in the mountains that night with the crucial aid of a horn traded for a low out of eye/mirror-shot brick wall and a destroyed tyre and expensive AMG wheel.
Two days of local garage finding tyre specialists and pigeon Italian paperwork do overs continued and I was back for the end.
Tailing the Giro to it's finish was something alright. Sharing that finish in what was kind of a hometown from home was something else. I won't forget that trip in a hurry. Friends were made. Family met. Cars were fixed.


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Uns geht's Prima [Lo estamos haciendo grande] es el primer álbum de Die Ärzte. Después del EP de 1983 Zu schön um wahr zu sein, fue su segundo lanzamiento, que causó polémica al usar como portada una cruz roja, por lo que la Cruz Roja Alemana reclamó el uso de la señal, después, los colores fueron cambiados a negro, azul, café, dorado, verde, plateado, turquesa, blanco y amarillo. Teenager Liebe fue el primer sencillo.

Canciones
 Mein kleiner Liebling [My pequeña amada] (Felsenheimer, Runge/Felsenheimer) – 2:26
 Sommer, Palmen, Sonnenschein [Verano, palmeras, sol] (Urlaub) – 2:50
 Der lustige Astronaut [El astronauta divertido] (Urlaub) – 2:29
 Kopfhaut [ Cuero cabelludo ] (Urlaub/Felsenheimer, Runge, Urlaub) – 2:57
 Teenager Liebe [Amor adolescente] (Urlaub) – 3:18

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The 2011 EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies, commonly referred to as the EU Roma Framework, have set ambitious goals up to 2020 to close the gap between Roma and non-Roma in the key policy areas of education, employment, housing, and health, as well as to protect Roma against discrimination. While some progress has been made, evidence shows that the EU Roma Framework failed to achieve substantial impact in all policy areas, including the field of non-discrimination. Now as the EU Roma Framework 2020 is coming to a close, conclusions are being drawn to imagine an improved EU-Roma strategy post-2020.
The Open Society European Policy Institute (OSEPI) prepared a report "POST-2020 EU ROMA STRATEGY: THE WAY FORWARD" serving as a critical analysis of the EU Roma Framework, providing recommendations for the EC on the way forward. Thanks to contributions of seven OSF programs and counting with contributions of key Roma organizations, the report recommends that the next EU Roma Framework upgrade to a fully-fledged strategy, and make the goals in the four policy areas more concrete and realistic to achieve. The paper also argues that the EC should make the next EU Roma Strategy obligatory for member states and put the fight against Antigypsyism at the forefront of every policy area.
ERIAC was among one of the contributors to the report, providing essential feedback to the post-2020 future of the Framework, highlighting the need for the new policy strategy to include the field of arts and culture as one of the priority areas. Based on ERIAC's expertise, the social inclusion of Roma will never be possible without cultural inclusion. In this sense, measures in the field of arts and culture will be complementary to other investments and will provide a specific preventive approach to the fight against antigypsyism.
Arts, Culture and History are completely left out of the current EU Roma Framework, and therefore also from the Commission's Evaluation, which only reflects how skeptical the Framework is about the exclusion of the Roma cultural heritage from the collective European narrative. The centuries of Roma cultural productions and masterpieces of their tangible heritage are not properly researched, documented, and presented. A comprehensive mapping conducted by ERIAC on Roma cultural heritage estimated that there are approximately 10,000 artefacts of Roma culture kept in the basements and storerooms of ethnographic museums, but only two on permanent display in Europe. The aim to erase the negative stereotypes and discriminated imagery of the Roma in the different member states will never be achievable without exposing the mainstream societies to the parallel cultural inheritance of Roma, which ought to be displayed within their national museums' collection.
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Phoebis sennae, in all its glory shares a name with its host plant. Note the tiny water droplets on the tiny hairs of the Cloudless Sulphur catterpillar. Note the web-like threads the larva has woven on the Senna leaves.
-My intro above tells most of the story. Although most of the grass will be back next year, only few patches of Sideoats Grama and Little Bluestem have recovered enough to produce seed this year. Here's a partial list of wildflowers blooming at press time: Broom, Crow Poison (in very large numbers), False Gaura, Gayfeather, Giant Blue Sage, Heath Aster, Maximillian Sunflower, Old Plainsman, Skydrop Aster, Two-leaf Senna, Vervain, Wild Garlic. FYI: The weather is nearly perfect for kicking around at Tandy Hills and discovering these treasures. Golf-ball size heads of Wild Onion (or is it Garlic???) are a cheerful sight in October. False Gaura flowers atop their long, long legs. A few Gayfeather plants bloomed after October rains adding some much-needed color to Tandy Hills.
The moment for this odd-looking plant has just passed, but during October, it flourished in a few odd locations at Tandy Hills. Beach Groundcherry (Physalis cinerascens) is in the Solanaceae or, Nightshade family whose members include potato, tomato, tobacco and many toxic plants. The fruit, encased in a lantern-like sack, is similar-looking to Tomatillo. It tends to grow in disturbed areas such as, near the street, so it is easily overlooked. Nonetheless, it was one of the few bright spots on the prairie in early October. Quarter-size blossoms of, Beach Groundcherry, basking in the morning light of Indian Summer. Lantern-like fruit of, Physalis cinerascens, are reminiscent of Tomatillo's.
Debora Young found this exquisite fossilized shell at Tandy Hills recently. It reminded me that Tandy Hills has, is and will continue to undergo its own kind of metamorphosis. I think this example is from the Cretaceous period, a time when the Earth belonged to no one and to everyone. Check out this nifty website devoted to North Texas fossils: http://www.northtexasfossils.com/ Trigonia calvigera? aka: a Clam. A relic from a time when Tandy Hills was ocean-front property.
On the morning of October 24, a heavy fog crept over Tandy Hills allowing me to observe the magical ways that H20 clings to wildflowers.
"The fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on."
-Carl Sandburg, 1916 Giant Blue Sage flower petals look striking in any kind of weather. Note the tiny Cicada on the fog-drenched Two-leaf Senna flower. Fog adorns Two-leaf Senna leaves in distinctive patterns.
Do you know me? My long prickly vines thread discreetly through the tall grass at Tandy Hills, year-round. But when my blooms are on the vine you'll think it's the 4th of July! Right now I'm getting ready for Spring so, all you'll see of me are my very touchy leaves. That's a BIG hint and the only one you you get. (Be the first to guess my name and win a beautiful, organic cotton Tandy Hills bandana that'll blow your mind.) Stumped by the September puzzler? Answer: Eryngo (Eryngium leavenworthii) Fog droplets on my little leaves give me the shivers. What's my name?
An American Kestrel Hawk was seen patrolling the sky over Tandy Hills in October. They seemed to be less leery of humans than Cooper's and Red-tailed Hawks, allowing me to get much closer. A lone American Kestrel is a new addition to the Tandy Hills fauna.
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The integration of books and computer is thrilling but as a writer it's also a bit terrifying. From small connections like this, to large ones like Kindle, it's changing!
Great post Jessica... The message of "e-book does NOT equal Kindle" is so important. If you look carefully at the numbers, more people have been reading books on iPhones than anywhere else. In fact, Amazon has been very careful not release any meaningful Kindle sales data (the device or the content) because right now, it's all about hype. More importantly, the closed, vertical business model that Amazon has adopted for the Kindle, is, IMHO, doomed to fail. Even Apple has opened up the iPod, and is now experimenting with value based pricing.
And, ditto on your praise for the dialog Jenn and Stephanie have stoked!
Jessica -- So glad you've waded into this conversation (it's something I've been thinking about quite a bit, but, not being a bookseller, am still wrapping my head around all the concepts). I appreciate that you make it clear that ereader does not equal Kindle. In fact, I've noticed many professionals going with Sony due to file management (folders) capability. The Kindle is a mess in that regard.
But your broader point about variety and options is important. I'm a NetGalley customer as well (and enjoyed Unbridled's "Last Night in Montreal" so much!), so I'm hoping stakeholders enter into conversations with NG about making it easier to port the digiarcs to other devices. Everyone has different reading needs, so this kind of flexibility would be a bonus.
And oh yeah, someone should buy you and iPhone or ereader. If publishers put all the money they waste on mailing books to us (not that I don't love FedEx and UPS!) into digital reading solutions, they'd come out ahead in the long run, I'm convinced of it!
just a note: the music industry never agreed upon mp3 as a standard. mp3 happened TO them while they did their best to ignore the issue.
I was just having this conversation with someone the other day, especially since Google has decided to gather up the copyrights of "dead" books (which I think is a great idea) and academic libraries all over the country started freaking out. Why? This IS the digital age and the more old media fight new media, the more they become like the dinosaur: extinct. All one has to do is watch the newspaper struggles with the Internet since the late 1990s. By resisting coming up with new ways to utilize the web, newspapers are running themselves out of existence. To what purpose? Look, e-books are a natural progression and we in the bookstore industry shouldn't be fighting it. As booksellers we hold the responsibility to recommend and sell books in any form and the next step in printed word evolution is naturally without paper. I agree with Jessica and would love to see the publishing industry take up this challenge. Or struggle against change and slowly die out like the newspaper industry.
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