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Update: AMD "Paper Launches" 2700+, 2800+ Athlon XP
By Mark Hachman on October 1, 2002 at 1:34 pm
While Advanced Micro Devices announced its 2700+ and 2800+ Athlon XP microprocessors today, customers may be asking when they can buy the chips the company announced in August.
AMD, Sunnyvale, Calif., will launch the 2800+ Athlon XP today in "limited quantities", a phrase that analysts say hearkens back to the race to 1-GHz—when AMD, not Intel Corp., was the company that broke the tape with volume quantities of 1-GHz chips.
The 2800+ processor will be sold to selected "enthusiast" OEMs, not top-tier OEM vendors, and only at the end of November. Major PC OEMs will begin shipping Athlon XP-based PCs using the 2700+ chip also at the end of November, executives said. Both chips will use a faster 333-MHz system bus compared to the 266-MHz bus used by AMD's older Athlon XPs.
In a webcast Tuesday morning, AMD executives characterized the announcement of the two new chips as something akin to a preview of the company's fall lineup. AMD executives trotted out executives from Nvidia Corp., Epic Megagames, an analyst from International Data Corp., and a race car driver to make the point that the "megahertz myth" was dead. AMD's model numbers are part of its "True Performance Initiative" to better characterize the performance of a PC's microprocessor.
"The whole megahertz-gigahertz thing is as dead as corduroy," said Mark Rein, a vice-president at Epic.
The idea may be to steal some of the limelight away from Intel, whose 3-GHz Pentium 4 launch is "imminent", analysts say—and who expect Intel to back up its launch with volume shipments of processors. AMD's latest launch may be another story.
"It's clearly a 'paper launch', on one side," said Nathan Brookwood, an analyst with Insight 64, a consultancy in Saratoga, Calif.
Ed Ellett, vice-president of client business at AMD, said that the company was "setting the stage" for the fourth quarter. "Right now we're setting the stage for the Q4 high volume season," he said. "We wanted to set the stage for that …and be clear for when systems were available."
Meanwhile, AMD's 2400+ and 2600+ Athlon XPs, announced on Aug. 21, have just begun to trickle into the reseller channel. While the chips are listed on such sites as PriceWatch.com, several dealers are listing today as the first day they expect the parts to be available.
Ellett denied that the company was experiencing any manufacturing problems or issues with yields. The 2400+ and 2600+ processors were announced in August and shipped to OEMs like NEC in late September, with worldwide shipments scheduled for the fourth quarter, he said.
"We expect strong availability of the 2200+ 2400+ in the Q4 timeframe to satisfy high demand for those parts," Ellett said.
Ellett also said AMD has entered what he called "phase 2" of the True Performance Initiative. The first phase, Ellett said, was to use the model numbers to begin encouraging people to consider an alternative ot megahertz. The second phase, Ellett said, was to encourage PC buyers to seek out testing and review publications and web sites to compare the processors using AMD-approved tests.
The AMD 2800+ offers 109 percent of the performance of the AMD 2600+ Athlon XP, the company claims, while the AMD 2700+ processor delivers 107 percent performance compared to the 2600+ chip.
Generally speaking, the number of processors available in each "bin split", or number of functional processors which will run at a rated speed—decreases as the devices are clocked at higher rates. The 2700+ should ship in higher volumes than the 2800+, said analyst Dean McCarron of Mercury Research.
And the PriceWatch entries are telling, McCarron added. "Clearly, we're looking at a speed distribution of model numbers which tailors off after the 2200+," he said.
During 1997 and 1998, AMD was unable to manufacture sufficient quantities of the K6 microprocessor, then struggled to ramp a 333-MHz K6-2. While AMD's fabs now seem to be able to churn out millions of functional microprocessors, the company risks falling behind in the speed race that weighs on the minds of hard-core enthusiasts.
McCarron said it's possible that AMD's development of the 0.13-micron silion-on-insulator process, combined with the larger cache sizes of the delayed "Barton" processor, as well as the need to develop working samples of the Opteron and 64-bit Athlon processors, may be hindering the company. "They have a lot of balls in the air," he said.
So far, AMD is suffering from the double whammy of a falling economy and its own missteps. The company's microprocessor revenue fell from $684 million during the first quarter to $380 million during the second quarter ended in June, when AMD lost $184 million. Still, the economy is delivering a backhanded assist to AMD: while an appetite still exists for high-end products, consumers are buying middle-of-the-road or older products, Brookwood said.
"Ultimately if they can't deliver it will show up in their revenue results," Brookwood said. "One has to assume there's a method to their madness. In the case of the 2800+ the goal is cachet, exclusivity. They're only there for serious gamers." AMD's "enthusiast" OEMs will include ABS, Alienware, Falcon NW, MicronPC and Voodoo PC.
The bottom line, analysts say, is that AMD is still wagering the company on Hammer—the latest Athlons are just a side bet. Still, AMD's newfound reputation for quality may be showing signs of wear, and the fickle hearts of enthusiasts may be shifting.
"They're clearly not sustaining the level of volume (at) introduction they did a year ago," McCarron said.
The AMD Athlon XP processors 2800+ and 2700+ will be priced at $397 and $349, respectively, in 1,000-unit quantities.

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How the Barbarians Became Noble Savages: The Changing Image of Native Americans in European Cartography
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How the Barbarians Became Noble Savages
Creating the First Native American Stereotype: Early Maps of the New World
The Role of the Native in Enlightenment Cartography
Beaver Wars: The Fur Trade in North America
The Fall of the Noble Savage
Broken Promises: Treaties, Land Disputes and Dimishing Reservations
The European attitude towards the Other largely depended on the images and descriptions available to them. Images on grand, impressive maps were intended for intellectuals, who were interested in, not only geography, but also anthropology and ecology. These subjects were once a single discipline, studying both the Earth and its inhabitants. Through maps and atlases, the upper and developing middle classes (or "middling sort") could explore the world and experience new people, even if they were fictional experiences, derived from biased descriptions. Appealing to European intellectuals, maps of the Americas incorporated descriptions and images of native people, flora and fauna. Although the European image of Native Americans varied between the mid-sixteenth and late-eighteenth centuries, they were all used as part of an ongoing propaganda campaign, to encourage colonial support and reinforce European dominance. Native Americans were generally referred to as either barbarians or savages, depending on their relationship to a particular colonial power. The Enlightenment thinker, Baron de La Brede et de Montesquieu, distinguished barbarians from savages in his piece, The Spirit of the Laws; "one difference between savage peoples and barbarian peoples is that the former are small scattered nations which, for certain particular reasons, cannot unite, whereas barbarians are ordinarily small nations that can unite together." The maps in this exhibit had no practical purpose. Rather, they were intended to support western ideology, ethnocentrism and colonial expansion, thus aiding in the fall of the indigenous peoples of America.
Although the title of this exhibition suggests that the European image of Native Americans changed only once from barbarians to noble savages, in reality it was not so simple. The first depictions of indigenous Americans were barbaric. Then, the Enlightenment thinkers pushed the idea of the Noble Savage – the natural vision of man not yet corrupted by civilization. But then the technological advancements of the modern era reverted the Native image back to the primitive barbarian. It was not until the last century that the idea of the Noble Savage came back as a representation of the Back-To-The-Land movement, still persisting in contemporary western culture.


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Dear partners and colleagues,
In 2013, Russian Railways celebrated its 10th anniversary. During this year, we saw an increase in management efficiency, innovation, energy efficiency and human capital development. As a natural monopoly where the state owns 100% of our shares , the Company always maintains a balance between national and corporate interests in its operations.
Today, Russian Railways Group largely sets the rhythm of life for the country. It is a reliable partner of industry, makes a large- scale contribution to ensuring the mobility of the population, stimulates technical and technological innovations and is one of the largest investors in the real economy.
Russian Railways is responsible for 43% of the country's rail freight turnover (over 85%, excluding pipelines) and approximately 30% of the country's passenger traffic. It generates more than 1.6% of GDP, 1.3% of all tax revenues and 3.5% of investments into the country's fixed assets.
In 10 years of operation, the Company has shipped more than 12.8 billion tonnes of freight, transported approximately 11.7 billion passengers, and invested RUB 4.3 trillion (at 2013 prices) into the renovation of property assets, rail upgrades and the implementation of large infrastructure projects. Extensive work was undertaken during the year to reduce the share of rail tariffs in the price of industrial enterprises'
end products. This was facilitated by the increased use of infrastructure and locomotives, as well as more than doubling transportation productivity over the past decade.
The Group includes 123 subsidiaries and affiliates, which are governed in accordance with Russian
and international standards. The Group employs more than one million people; 1.5% of all those employed in the country. Given the scale of its activities and the status of Russian Railways as one of the country's largest employers, one of its key priorities is ensuring the stable development of human resources and the implementation of a policy of social responsibility towards employees, society and the state. Almost RUB 104 billion was allocated to these issues in 2013, and sealed with a collective agreement.
Despite all the challenges we faced in 2013, we successfully implemented several ambitious projects set by the state:
Construction of the infrastructure for the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games 2014 in Sochi;
Providing passenger transport for the XXVII World Summer Universiade in Kazan;
Developing the key aspects of a new corporate governance system to meet current market conditions;
Undertaking extensive work to attract new investment in the development of the industry;
Acted on decisions made by President V.V. Putin to prepare for the implementation of two large-scale projects: the development of the Trans- Siberian and Baikal-Amur Mainlines and the construction of a high-speed railway between Moscow and Kazan.
Due to our timely response, we coped well with the economic crisis in 2013 and achieved a positive financial result in a difficult year. Work carried out by the Board of Russian Railways allowed to us decrease the Company's expenses by almost RUB 100 billion more than originally planned, taking into account increased tax pressures. Main optimization activities included: an increase in internal operations (including improving the efficiency of technological processes), fixed assets conservation, a decrease in total overhauling volume, and effective interaction with suppliers and contractors to improve pricing policies. By freezing freight tariffs, we also laid the foundation for financial stability in the year ahead.
A mechanism for issuing infrastructure bonds was launched by Russian Railways with the support of the Russian Government. These bonds are unique, long-term investment tools with a guaranteed return of inflation +1% per annum, and have proved to be a popular and attractive way to preserve and increase savings for retirement.
In 2013, the total amount of bonds placed with a maturity of up to 30 years was RUB 150 billion.
With the mobilisation of all sources, the Russian Railways investment programme reached
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The procurement of 804 locomotives and 450 units of railcar rolling stock is unique amongst our investment projects. This is a record in post-Soviet history and represents a significant contribution by Russian Railways to the development of the domestic engineering industry. It reinforces existing rolling stock with advanced machinery due to long- term agreements with international manufacturers.
Decisions taken by the President of the Russian Federation and the Government in 2013 demonstrate the state's decision to incorporate railway transport into its strategy. As such, the Group is at the forefront of the economic and socio-political life of Russia, guaranteeing its accelerated development.
I am confident that our work will continue to be at the heart of our country's socio- economic activity, and we will make every effort to ensure that this remains the case.
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Little doubt that the expanded definition of disability leads to more claims of disability
The Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA) has reinvigorated the ADA, and the proof is in recent U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) statistics. Total EEOC settlement amounts increased significantly among people with mental disabilities as well as physical disabilities.
Poor performance: chicken or egg?
Can an employer deny a requested accommodation because of an employee's poor performance, which is caused by a disability? In a recent court case, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York denied an employee's request to telecommute or to relocate his office to a different Fed building because the employee had been rated as "below standard." The employee had been trapped in his office on 9/11 and when his department moved to the building that overlooks Ground Zero he became anxious and depressed to the point that he had suicidal thoughts. During that period, he received his first substandard ratings.
The court denied the employer's motion to dismiss the plaintiff's claim, stating, "This explanation is troubling, since denial of an accommodation on the ground that a non-accommodated, disabled employee is experiencing performance inadequacies turns the rational for the ADA's rule of reasonable accommodation on its head." Goonan v. Federal Reserve Bank of New York, (S.D.N.Y. January 7, 2013).
New poster deadline March 8
The U.S. Department of Labor has issued uncontroversial regulation changes to the Family and Medical Leave Act relating to military caregiver leave for veterans, qualifying exigency leave for parental care, and job-protected leave for airline personnel and flight crews that takes effect March 8.
As a result, employers with 50 or more workers are required to post an updated poster that depicts the changes no later than March 8.
For more information on the new regulations, visit https://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/posters/fmlaen.pdf.
American Bar Association (ABA) Summary of 2012 cases available
The American Bar Association's Federal Labor Standards Legislation Committee has published its annual comprehensive report that covers virtually all-significant FMLA cases.
Side job does not prevent FMLA claim
In the California case, Richie v. AutoNation, the court ruled in favor of an employee who violated his company's leave policy prohibiting outside employment during leave. The court ruled that FMLA/CFRA (the California equivalent) has a process to follow if it is believed that an employee no longer qualifies for leave and that the employer did not adhere to the process. Furthermore, an employee working for a second employer does not mean that he or she is not incapacitated from working in his or her current job and an employer's policy on secondary employment during FMLA leave must be the same as that for employees who are not on FMLA leave. Otherwise, the policy itself violates the law.
Lawyer may not recover attorney fees from medical provider under common fund doctrine - Nebraska
Under the "common fund doctrine," a party who incurs costs in creating a common fund that benefits others may call on them to share those costs. The Supreme Court of Nebraska recently considered whether a law firm that secured Workers' Compensation benefits on behalf of an injured worker, including medical expenses in the amount of $33,011.20 owed to a surgical firm, could take action against the surgical firm under the common fund doctrine. A trial court earlier had dismissed the law firm's action and the high court affirmed. The court indicated that the last sentence of Neb. Rev. Stat. 48-125(2)(a) plainly stated that attorney fees could not be deducted from any amount ordered to be paid for medical services, nor could medical providers be charged for attorney fees.
No death benefit for scientist's widow - New York
The appellate division has ruled the state Workers' Compensation Board was justified in denying death benefits to the widow of a State Police forensics scientist who falsified data in dozens of criminal cases before committing suicide in 2008. His widow, who submitted a claim for death benefits, argued her spouse's death was a result of depression caused by improper actions taken by State Police during the investigation. The Board determined the scientist experienced "normal workplace levels of stress" before taking his life and the appellate division concurred.
Obesity, diabetes not pre-existing conditions that allow for benefits - New York
An appellate court recently ruled that an injured worker's diabetes and obesity are not pre-existing conditions that would allow the self-insured Schenectady Community Action Program Inc. reimbursement from New York's Special Disability Fund for an injured employee's Workers' Compensation benefits.
The long-term employee, who had a history of controlled diabetes and obesity, sustained back and shoulder injuries while assisting students exiting a bus. The court ruled the employee's diabetes and obesity did not hinder her ability to perform her job.
Wal-Mart protected by exclusivity in wrongful death suit - North Carolina
The estate of a Wal-Mart store greeter who died after a loss-control employee and an alleged shoplifter collided with her cannot sue the giant retailer for wrongful death. While the plaintiff claimed a goal or "quota" system that required a loss prevention employee to make eight apprehensions per month may have led, at least indirectly, to the death, the court observed that the employer had implemented a written policy requiring all loss prevention employees to never to chase a shoplifter more than ten feet and never to engage in a physical confrontation with a customer or shoplifter. The stated purpose of the policy was to ensure the safety of all persons on the employer's premises and after the incident, the employee was terminated for violating the no-chase policy. The court held that the allegations of the plaintiff failed to show that the employer had engaged in the requisite level of intentionality to support a tort claim.
Worker fails to link leukemia with work-related benzene exposure - North Carolina
One week after a worker left his employment with a company that manufactured a product designed to protect airport runways, he was diagnosed with leukemia. He claimed that his exposure to benzene caused or significantly contributed to the development of his disease. The components of the product did not list benzene and the employee smoked and was exposed to second hand smoke. The worker also sued two of his previous employers, alleging that his exposure to gasoline and toluene caused him to develop leukemia.
Based on physician testimony, the North Carolina Court of Appeals held that he was not entitled to benefits. To prove the existence of an occupational disease, a worker must show a causal connection between the disease and the employment.
No right to add new injury after C&R approval - Pennsylvania
In DePue v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board the injured worker settled the wage loss part of his case in a Compromise & Release Agreement (C & R). The agreement related to injuries of a severe closed head injury with seizure disorder and short-term memory loss. Later, the employee filed a Petition for Penalties, because the Workers' Compensation insurance carrier refused to pay for medical treatment to the left shoulder (it had been paying for such treatment for years), and a Petition to Review, to add the left shoulder as an accepted injury. The Court found written memos between the parties, agreeing that the left shoulder was not included in the C & R.
The court ruled, "When a claimant does not expressly reserve in a Compromise & Release Agreement the right to add a new injury to the description of work injuries, he is precluded from adding the work injuries more than two years after the approval of the C&R. The employer's voluntary payment of medical expenses is not an admission of its liability and cannot be construed as a promise to continue to make such payments."
Return to part-time work results in suspension of undocumented worker benefits - Pennsylvania
What a Workers' Comp insurance carrier must prove to stop benefits to undocumented workers was examined recently in the matter of Ortiz v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board. Since the employer of an injured worker who fell from a ladder and fractured his leg and ankle had no Workers' Comp insurance, the injured worker filed a Claim Petition against the Uninsured Employers' Guaranty Fund (UEGF).
During the litigation before the Workers' Compensation Judge (WCJ), the injured worker went back to work on a part-time basis. The WCJ granted the Claim Petition and awarded ongoing Workers' Comp benefits, based on the injured worker's earnings.
Subsequently, the UEGF filed a Petition for Suspension, alleging that the injured worker was not legally able to work in this Country, and was capable of some employment, making him ineligible for continued PA Workers' Compensation benefits. According to the Commonwealth Court, a suspension of benefits is proper when a Claimant's loss of earning power is caused by his status as an unauthorized alien and not his work injury.
Temporary employee entitled to maximum benefits - Tennessee
A staffing agency employee, who developed severe carpal tunnel syndrome in his right hand after three weeks on a temporary job, underwent surgery and was released to return to work with no restrictions, and assigned a 4% permanent medical impairment rating. As a result of the injury, the temporary assignment was ended and the staffing agency terminated the injured employee as part of its standard business practice.
The employee went on to work as a security guard at an ammunition manufacturing firm. Under Tennessee law, workers whose employers return them to a wage less than what they earned at the time of injury are eligible for maximum benefits of up to six times their medical impairment rating. In Timmy Dale Britt v. Dyer's Employment Agency, the Tennessee Supreme Court unanimously reversed a decision of the Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel that held the staffing agency could not be faulted for the employer's termination of the temporary employee. According to the Supreme Court, "The relevant inquiry is whether the pre-injury employer returned the injured employee to work at a wage equal to or greater than the pre-injury wage." Tennessee Workers' Comp law does not distinguish between temporary and permanent employees.
Appellate Court refuses to adopt the Substantially Certain Rule related to intentional torts - Tennessee
In Rodgers v. GCA Servs. Group, Inc the requirement that janitorial employees work for extended periods of time in close proximity to mold, mildew and other hazardous conditions after the discovery of standing water, mildew, mold and other potential contaminants was not sufficient to open the employer to intentional tort liability, held a Tennessee appellate court recently. Acknowledging that a number of other jurisdictions had adopted the "substantially certain" exception to intentionality, the Tennessee court indicated that prior court decisions within the state had refused to do so.
Workers' Compensation exclusive remedy for custodian who suffered emotional distress after cleaning up student's suicide - Washington
Workers' Compensation is the exclusive remedy for a school custodian who sued for emotional distress after she cleaned up the scene of a student's suicide, a Washington appellate court ruled. The custodian recognized the victim and also picked up a book bag containing a bomb that was detonated by a bomb squad, cleaned up the memorials to the student and was distressed by the crying of students in grief counseling sessions.
The custodian sued the school district and the superintendent in May 2007, claiming intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress. After a series of appeals, a trial court found and the Court of Appeals agreed, that Workers' Comp was the exclusive remedy. The court concluded that one traumatic event rather than several caused the PTSD, which classified her condition as an industrial accident under Washington's Industrial Insurance Act.


Doctors Keith and Courtney purchased the practice from Dr. Alan Haroian back in the 2013. They are continuing the same vision of putting their patients first and delivering the best, most comfortable and comprehensive care they can with the state of the art technology.
Dr. Dressler was married to Dr. Courtney Dressler after dental school. They were proud to return to Courtney's hometown of Hampstead in 2009 and join the team at Hampstead Family Dental. Doctors Courtney and Keith have 2 daughters: Kaelyn and Madelyn. They enjoy spending time with their families and currently live in Hampstead and enjoy being a part of the community.


Steel Reinforcment assembled with the new MAX Rebar Tieing tool ensures rigid, straight rebar placement in critical areas. Rebar chairs position rebar at the correct depth for full concrete strength.
Using an accurate laser level and mega screeds helps maintain a smooth surface and proper drainage.
Industrial Concrete Paving (8" limestone; geotextile fabric; 12" concrete with #5's spaced 12" on centers. Cutting control joints as soon as possible.


With the significant growth of 3D sensing technologies point clouds have become a viable solution, since they provide practical ways for capture, storage, delivery and rendering in augmented reality, mixed reality, virtual reality, medical imaging and 3D printing applications, among others. There is a need for an interchange and delivery format allowing an efficient point cloud compression with minimal or no impact on their quality. This challenge solicits contributions for this purpose. Moreover, new evaluation methodologies are sought. Furthermore, additional publicly accessible point cloud content along with evidence for compression efficiency as well as other attractive features are also accepted.
This grand challenge is focused on heterogeneous face recognition, specifically on polarimetric thermal-to-visible matching. The motivation behind this challenge is the development of a nighttime face recognition capability for homeland security and defense. The challenge organizers will provide a polarimetric thermal and visible face database for algorithm development. Participants will be asked to provide heterogeneous face recognition algorithms in the form of executables, that take a pair of images (an aligned polarimetric thermal face image and an aligned visible face image) as input and provide a similarity score as output. Algorithms will be ranked by their face verification performance using ROCcurves.
However, compared with segment-based HTTP download, chunked transfer coding makes the bandwidth estimation a lot harder for any ABR playback algorithm. This Grand Challenge is to call for signal-processing/machine-learning algorithms that can effectively estimate download bandwidth based on the noisy samples of chunked-based download throughput.
Sebastiaan Van Leuven, Twitter Inc.
Densely-sampled light field (DSLF) is a discrete representation of the 4D approximation of the plenoptic function, where multi-perspective camera views are arranged in such a way that the disparities between adjacent views are less than one pixel. DSLF is an attractive representation of scene visual content, particularly for applications which require ray interpolation and view synthesis. However, direct DSLF capture of real-world scenes is not practical. In this Grand Challenge, proponents are invited to develop and implement algorithms for DSLF reconstruction from decimated-parallax imagery, i.e. from a given sparse set of camera images.
The MPEG DASH standard provides an interoperable representation format but deliberately does not define the adaptation behavior for the client implementations. In a typical deployment, the encoding is optimized for the respective delivery channels, but various issues during streaming (e.g., high startup delay, stalls/re-buffering, high switching frequency, inefficient network utilization, unfairness to competing network traffic, etc.) may limit the viewer experience.
The goal of this grand challenge is to solicit contributions addressing end-to- end delivery aspects that will help improve the QoE while optimally using the network resources at an acceptable cost. Such aspects include, but are not limited to, content preparation for adaptive streaming, delivery in the Internet and streaming client implementations.
Recent VR/AR applications still face important challenges. Particularly, understanding how users watch and explore 360° content and modelling visual attention is a key tech to develop appropriate rendering, coding and streaming techniques to create a good experience for consumers.
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Alamo Lake and its Lost Submerged Ghost Town
by Tristan McCormick | Oct 1, 2017 | Life on the Ranch | 1 comment
Located 40 miles southeast of the ranch lies the vast and secluded Alamo Lake. This Arizona State Park is a very unique feature for it's remoteness and fascinating history behind it's construction, as it is actually a manmade lake. Lakes are made often by damming a river and letting the water build up behind it to flood a valley. This is done as a means of flood control and to build new recreation spot for campers, boaters, off-roading and fishing. These lakes give birth to a rise in tourism and an opportunity for all to explore.
Alamo Lake
Alamo Lake started in 1968 when a dam was contracted along the Bill Williams River by the Army Corps of Engineers. The dam is 283 ft tall and is a earthfill style of construction, unlike the Hover and Parker dams that are solid concrete. Earthfill dams are made up of layers of rock and sand, using the strongest materials in the middle and the softer materials on the upstream and downstream sides. While the lake was built originally for flood control, the lake levels rose significantly in the decade that followed it's construction and that made way for recreational opportunities due to the increased depth and surface area of the water. One fascinating story about the lake is that there is actually an ghost down at the bottom of the lake! Before it's construction, along the Bill Williams river laid the town of Alamo Crossing. The town was established in the 1890s and boasted a post office, a mill, and a few stores, not particularly large for those times. It was abandoned in 1918 and sat in ruin for 50 years. It was supposedly one of the better preserved ghost towns in the area and everything was left there during the creation of the lake. So to this day one could scuba dive down to the bottom of the lake, which has a max depth of 80ft, and explore a flooded town on the bottom. Talk about a unique and eerie experience, as you look into the past of the west from an entirely different perspective.
Alamo Crossing before it was flooded
Today, the Lake has two very different sides and entrances, the north and south side. The south side is a more popular area where there are campgrounds, cabins to stay in, an RV park and a park visitor center nearby. A few miles south of the lake is the Wayside Inn, a bar and grill for weary travelers who need a much needed meal, as the road to the Lake is a long ride through the desert. There is also a boat ramp in order to access the water. This is by far the more popular side to visit as it has amenities and easy paved access. Now, the north side is a completely different experience, and for us here at the ranch, it is actually our favorite area. This is what makes our ranch unique, because we are much closer to the northern side than the south, and we really offer the best access to it for people to stay overnight. The lake is about a hour drive from our ranch to the waterline, but there's a few very good reasons for that. Mainly because the drive there is very scenic and very remote as you drive through mountain ranges and really get a great experience of the wilderness that is out there. There are no houses or paved roads or really many modern features the whole way there, which really gives you an amazing feeling. The road is dirt the whole way which also makes for the adevnture. One you reach the lake the road just continues into the water and that's the end. But this is the quiet side, since it has none of the features that the south side has, yet camping is still permitted and available. With options like these we often say 'to each their own', some prefer modern conveniences while some prefer rugged adventure, which is what makes Alamo Lake great for anyone.
Veronica Medina	on September 28, 2018 at 9:06 pm
Gosh! I didn't know about that town. I loved visiting ghost towns, but I don't scuba dive. Nice photos, Tristan!
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Update: Good news! The pricing for Skype for Business Server 2015 is the same as it was for Lync Server 2013. There was no price increase for the server license or the CALs when the new version was released. However, remember that the price of many User CALs (including Skype for Business) will be going up on August 1. See here for more information.
As my illustrious comrade Daryl pointed out last week, Skype for Business is here! Lync 2013 is old news. It has evolved into Skype for Business 2015. Daryl covered the technical issues last week. In this post we'll focus on the Skype for Business licensing issues.
To begin, let's draw a line between the online version and the on-premises version of the product. A glance at Microsoft's version comparison chart will show you that there are two ways to purchase a license of Skype for Business. You can buy subscription licenses to Skype for Business Online for either $2.00 or $5.50 per user per month, or you can purchase permanent licenses to Skype for Business Server 2015. In this post, we will focus on the on-premises solution.
Although you may get the impression from the media hype that Microsoft has whipped up something completely new, all that has happened is that we have moved from one version of the product to the next. Just as we went from SQL Server 2012 to SQL Server 2014 last year, we have now passed from Lync Server 2013 to Lync Server 2015. However, this version upgrade comes with a twist. … Three and a half years ago, Microsoft acquired Skype, so the new version of Lync integrates Skype features and connects Lync users with the Skype community. Instead of calling this "Lync Server 2015," Microsoft opted to rebrand the product as "Skype for Business Server 2015." (Our poor engineers are going to have to get all their Lync certifications updated to Skype4B certs. Sorry, dudes.)
So, this really is just a new version of an existing product. That said, if you had your Lync licenses covered with Software Assurance (SA), then you're good to go! The FAQ page on the Skype for Business website confirms: "Current Lync Server customers with Software Assurance will have rights to deploy Skype for Business." I have argued on this blog before that SA is more than just version upgrades, but today the "free" version upgrades of SA get the limelight. If you own licensing for Lync Sever 2013 and you don't have them covered with SA, then you will need to purchase new licenses of Skype for Business Server 2015 before you can upgrade.
For more information about the benefits of buying software assurance, check out my post, Should I Buy Software Assurance with My Microsoft Licenses?
Whenever there is a version upgrade of a Microsoft product, one of the first questions I ask is: Are there any changes to the licensing model? Sometimes the changes can be drastic (like when we moved from SQL 2010 to SQL 2012… yikes!) but most of the time the changes are minimal or non-existent. Fortunately, this situation falls in the "most of the time" category. In a recent Reddit AMA session, someone asked the Skype for Business team if there would be any licensing changes for the on-premises version of the product. Someone from the team answered, "Nope. Licensing remains the same." The current Product Use Rights document confirms this. Here's a summary of what it says:
If you have an on-premises deployment of Skype for Business Server 2015, then you will need a server license for the front end server and Standard CALs for all your users or endpoint devices.
You can also purchase optional Enterprise CALs to add conferencing and desktop sharing, and/or purchase Plus CALs to add in voice telephony and call management.
Finally, if you want your users to have a desktop application so they can use all the bells and whistles, you will need a client license of "Skype for Business 2015." The client license is also included in the Office 2013 Professional Plus suite.
The next natural question is: Will there be any price changes for the new version of the product? Unfortunately, we don't have that answer yet. Although the new version of the client application has been pushed out already to existing users, Skype for Business isn't available for purchase until May 1. A call to my distributor confirmed that Microsoft is being quiet about what the new licensing will cost, so check back with me next week.
If you have questions about your Microsoft licenses or Software Assurance, we can help. Send us an email or give us a call at 502-240-0404.
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Mitch McConnell froze when a Capitol Police officer rushed into the Senate chamber carrying a semiautomatic weapon. The bulk chief had been so engrossed within the Electoral Faculty debate taking place earlier than him that he hadn't realized something was amiss—till pandemonium erupted.
Mere moments earlier than, Mike Pence's Secret Service element had subtly entered the room and beckoned the vp away from the dais the place he was overseeing proceedings, a rarity for brokers who normally loitered exterior the doorways. A hum unfold by means of the chamber as employees shut down the controversy, whispering to senators that "protesters are within the constructing."
"This can be a safety state of affairs," a safety officer stated into the microphone on the dais. "We're asking that everybody stay within the chamber. It's the most secure place."
Instantly, armed guards have been racing to McConnell, hurriedly escorting him out of the room. With no entry to a cellphone or tv—neither was allowed within the Senate—McConnell had no thought what was taking place, however he definitely had a guess. Throughout a quick break within the January 6 Electoral Faculty proceedings, he had caught just a few televised snippets of Donald Trump's speech on the Ellipse. The outgoing president, who had been spewing falsehoods that the election had been stolen from him, was spinning up his supporters, encouraging the hundreds who had come to Washington to take their protest to the Capitol.
Earlier that afternoon, McConnell had as soon as once more implored his GOP colleagues to face down in objecting to the Electoral Faculty. From a lectern within the Senate chamber, he famous that there was no proof of fraud on the extent Trump was alleging. And he argued that "if this election have been overturned by mere allegations from the shedding facet, our democracy would enter a dying spiral."
Exterior, unbeknownst to McConnell, a minimum of 10,000 Trump supporters have been besieging the Capitol. Agitators had damaged by means of a sequence of flimsy bike racks marking the Capitol's outer perimeter and begun scaling the perimeters of the Capitol constructing, chanting, "We would like Trump! We would like Trump!"
Capitol Police tried to push them again with riot shields, shelling out tear fuel into the gang. However they have been rapidly overwhelmed by the swelling mob, which turned their flagpoles—bearing a mixture of Accomplice, American, Trump, and "Don't Tread on Me" banners—into makeshift lances and spears.
McConnell's element whisked him all the way down to the Capitol basement and thru the snakelike tunnels that weaved by means of the complicated. As his employees up to date him on the unraveling state of affairs, officers hurried him away to an underground parking storage and shoved him in a automobile to get him off the property. As McConnell's SUV pulled away from the Capitol grounds, his aides pulled up photos and movies on their telephones to indicate their boss the chaos exterior.
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McConnell was dumbfounded. For the primary time in additional than two centuries, the Capitol was below siege.
In a small personal room off the facet of the Senate chamber, Pence was refusing to evacuate. Regardless of the rioters coursing by means of the hallways exterior, when his Secret Service element instructed him it was time, he stated no. A couple of minutes later, Secret Service brokers tried once more. As soon as once more, Pence refused. "The very last thing I need is for these folks to see a motorcade fleeing the scene," he stated. "That's not a picture we would like. I'm not leaving."
As Pence resisted his Capitol evacuation on January 6, Trump continued to taunt him on Twitter. "Mike Pence didn't have the braveness to do what ought to have been carried out to guard our Nation and our Structure, giving States an opportunity to certify a corrected set of information, not the fraudulent or inaccurate ones which they have been requested to beforehand certify," he wrote. "USA calls for the reality!"
Two minutes later, Pence's Secret Service brokers stopped giving him a say within the matter. Pointing to the glass panels on the chamber door, they instructed the vp they may not shield him or his household there.
"We have to go!" a Secret Service agent stated.
The officers managed to get Pence so far as the basement storage of the Capitol earlier than the vp started protesting his evacuation once more. His safety element implored him to a minimum of sit contained in the armed limousine they'd standing by. Once more, Pence adamantly refused.
Standing within the parking storage, Pence turned to his longtime chief of employees, Marc Brief, to plot a plan. Trump, by design or by circumstance, wasn't responding to the chaos unfolding above their heads contained in the Capitol. Somebody wanted to behave presidentially and finish this insanity.
"Get Kevin McCarthy on the cellphone," Pence instructed. Brief pulled up his cell and pressed the decision button.
McCarthy, for his half, was on the cellphone with Trump. He screamed into the receiver on the president as his element spirited him away from the Capitol, the place protesters had overrun his workplace. Bombs had been found on the Republican and Democratic Nationwide Committees, the Home minority chief instructed Trump. Somebody had been shot.
"You've acquired to inform these folks to cease," he stated.
Trump wasn't . "Effectively, Kevin, I suppose these persons are extra upset in regards to the election than you're," he replied blithely.
When Trump instructed McCarthy that the rioters should "like Trump greater than you do," the GOP chief fumed. What number of instances had he bent over backwards to guard the president? What number of instances had he buried his head within the sand when he knew the president's actions have been mistaken? Trump owed him—and all Home Republicans—an intervention to cease the assault. Their lives have been on the road.
"Who the fuck do you suppose you're speaking to?" McCarthy yelled. Trump instructed McCarthy that antifa was behind the violence, not his personal supporters. McCarthy was aghast.
"They're your folks," McCarthy stated, noting that Trump supporters have been at that very second climbing by means of his workplace window. "Name them off!"
As his automobile sped away from the Capitol, McCarthy tried to provide you with a plan. He known as the president's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, begging him to get to the White Home and make Trump put an finish to the violence. McCarthy started to consider attempting to achieve Trump through tv. Perhaps if he took to the networks, he might break by means of by calling the president out publicly.
Earlier than McCarthy might do something, his cellphone rang. It was Pence. McCarthy instructed the vp what Trump had simply stated to him.
That is the story of Republican leaders' impolite awakening on January 6, as they realized that regardless of their previous loyalty to Trump, their get together chief would do nothing to save lots of them. GOP leaders had spent 4 years defending Trump by means of an impeachment and an infinite stream of scandals. However on the day they wanted him most, the president did nothing to assist even his loyal rank and file escape violence.
Though Republicans have since rallied behind the previous president, that day, the chasm between GOP leaders and Trump couldn't have been wider. From their lockdown off campus, in a sequence of beforehand unreported conferences, McConnell and different GOP leaders would flip to their Democratic counterparts for help in browbeating the Pentagon to maneuver the Nationwide Guard to ship armed troops to the Hill. Collectively, the bipartisan leaders of Congress, agreed of their conviction that Trump was stonewalling if not outright maneuvering in opposition to them, joined forces to do what the president wouldn't: Save the Capitol.
At the opposite finish of Pennsylvania Avenue, Trump sat in a eating room abutting the Oval Workplace, watching tv protection of his devotees storming the Capitol. A number of aides have been dashing out and in, begging him to make a public assertion calling for peace. "That is uncontrolled," Pence's nationwide safety adviser, Keith Kellogg, instructed Trump, imploring him to ship a white flag through Twitter. His daughter Ivanka additionally stored operating out and in of the room, pleading along with her father to name off the riot. "Let it go," she pleaded along with her dad, referring to the election.
Even Trump's son Donald Jr., who had urged Trump's followers to "combat" on the rally that morning, had been alarmed by the chaotic scene on the Capitol. From the airport, earlier than he departed city, he had tweeted, "That is mistaken and never who we're. Be peaceable." He additionally texted White Home Chief of Workers Mark Meadows, imploring him to get his dad to cease the violence.
"He's acquired to sentence this shit ASAP," he texted. "We'd like an Oval Workplace tackle. He has to guide now. It has gone too far and gotten out of hand."
Don Jr. wasn't the one one interesting to Meadows. Fox Information personalities akin to Laura Ingraham and Sean Hannity begged the White Home chief of employees to get the president to name off the crowds. Down the corridor, Meadows's employees warned him that Trump's supporters "are going to kill folks."
Shortly after 2:30 p.m., Trump begrudgingly issued a tweet calling on his supporters to "please assist our Capitol Police and Legislation Enforcement." So far as Trump was involved, the riot was Congress's downside, he instructed his aides. It was their job to defend the Capitol, he stated, not his. Perversely, the riot had truly buoyed Trump's hopes that he would possibly have the ability to strong-arm his technique to overturning the election. When the chaos began to unfold, he started calling his GOP allies in Congress—to not test on their well-being, however to ensure they didn't lose their nerve about objecting to the election outcomes.
Across the Capitol campus, in a big Senate convention room guarded by cops, tensions have been reaching a boiling level. The sometimes even-keeled Mitt Romney was lambasting Josh Hawley, blaming him for triggering the riot by endorsing Trump's outlandish election objections. Lindsey Graham, Trump's closest ally within the chamber, flew right into a match of rage on the "yahoos" who had invaded the Hill and screamed on the Senate sergeant-at-arms, who was hiding within the secure room with them.
"What the hell are you doing right here? Go take again the Senate!" Graham barked on the chamber's prime safety official. "You've acquired weapons … Use them!"
Graham solely grew angrier upon listening to a rumor that began circulating amongst Trump allies within the room: that the president was refusing to ship in troops to assist safe the Capitol. From their lockdown, he tried to name Trump to get readability. When the president didn't reply, Graham phoned Ivanka, asking her whether or not her dad was deliberately preserving the Nationwide Guard from responding to the disaster. He couldn't see another cause it was taking so lengthy for reinforcements to reach.
Ivanka assured Graham that this wasn't the case, however Graham was nonetheless livid at Trump's nonchalant response to lots of of his followers laying waste to the Capitol. He pressed Ivanka to get her dad to do extra. He then known as Pat Cipollone, the White Home counsel, and threatened that Republicans would forcibly take away Trump from workplace utilizing the Twenty-Fifth Modification if the president continued to do nothing. Lisa Murkowski was equally shaken as she waited out the violence. The Alaska Republican had been in her personal hideaway workplace within the Senate basement when the riot had begun. Unexpectedly, she had heard somebody stumbling into the toilet subsequent to her workplace and heaving into the bathroom. Peeking exterior, she noticed a rest room door open and a police officer washing his face within the sink.
"Can I allow you to?" she requested, shocked. "Are you okay?"
The officer had paused and appeared up at her, his eyes purple and swollen almost shut from what seemed to be tear fuel.
"No, I'm okay," he stated virtually frantically, racing out of the toilet. "No, I've acquired to get on the market. They want my assist."
As she waited out the violence, hoping the marauders wouldn't discover her, Murkowski might nonetheless hear the police officer's retching, enjoying like a monitor on repeat, again and again in her head.
A couple of miles away, at a navy set up alongside the Anacostia River, Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer have been attempting to determine what was occurring with the Nationwide Guard. The speaker and the minority chief had been evacuated to Fort McNair, together with the opposite most senior lawmakers in Congress from each events. For the reason that second they'd arrived, they'd turned their holding room right into a command heart for his or her determined operation to save lots of the Capitol.
Sitting round a big break room with a leather-based sofa so worn that it was held along with purple duct tape, Pelosi and Schumer tried to make sense of the unfolding state of affairs. Pelosi had been ushered away so rapidly that she'd left her cellphone on the Home chamber dais. Schumer had his antiquated flip cellphone out and was calling his rank-and-file members and aides, asking for updates. Each jiffy, their Capitol safety particulars hovering within the corridor would race into the room with a bit of stories. Lawmakers in each chambers had been led to secret holding rooms within the congressional workplace buildings, although there was no telling if the mob would observe and discover them. There have been experiences that a few of the rioters have been armed. And a bunch of Pelosi's aides had barricaded themselves in a convention room, hiding below a desk as rioters yelled, "The place's Nancy?" and tried to kick down the doorways. Considered one of Steny Hoyer's prime aides was calling him frantically, insisting that the leaders clear the Capitol.
A big projection display screen had been lowered and tuned to CNN. The leaders gaped as, for the primary time, they took within the full scene exterior the Capitol. It appeared like a warfare zone—with Congress on the shedding facet. Outnumbered cops clashed with protesters. Rioters have been breaking down doorways and shattering home windows. Police have been getting sprayed with tear fuel.
"That is all Trump's fault!" Hoyer cried out helplessly, to nobody specifically. Pelosi agreed. The person who began all of this, she reminded them grimly, nonetheless had management of the nation's nuclear codes.
"I can't imagine this," she stated indignantly. "Have you ever ever seen something like this?"
Elsewhere in D.C., the top of the Nationwide Guard had put armed troops on buses as quickly because the Capitol Police chief alerted him to the riot underway on the Capitol. However he had nonetheless not obtained required orders from the Pentagon to deploy them. Troops in Virginia and Maryland have been prepared to maneuver, the Democratic leaders have been listening to—but they too had not obtained the inexperienced mild.
At 3:19 p.m., simply over an hour after the Capitol was breached, the Democratic leaders related through cellphone with prime Pentagon brass and demanded solutions. Military Secretary Ryan McCarthy insisted that his superior, Appearing Protection Secretary Christopher Miller, had already authorized mobilization of armed Nationwide Guard items. However seven minutes later, the besieged Home sergeant-at-arms instructed them the alternative: He was nonetheless listening to from D.C. Guard leaders that no such order had been given.
Hoyer was getting an identical message from Larry Hogan, the governor of Maryland, who had 1,000 Nationwide Guard troops on standby, prepared to maneuver. In a frantic cellphone name, Hoyer tried to clarify to Hogan that the Pentagon had given these troops permission to mobilize—the highest Military brass had simply instructed Schumer so. However Hogan protested.
"Steny, I'm telling you, I don't care what Chuck says," the governor stated. "I've been instructed by the Division of Protection that we don't have authorization."
The Democratic leaders checked out each other, alarmed. What the hell was actually occurring? They requested one another the unthinkable: Might the issue be Trump? Was it potential that the president of america was telling the navy to face down—or worse, serving to to orchestrate the assault?
Dpersonal the corridor, Kevin McCarthy was working different channels. Pacing the convention room the place GOP leaders have been sequestered at Fort McNair, he screamed at Dan Scavino, a prime White Home aide who typically dealt with Trump's Twitter account. The tweet Trump had put out round 2:30 p.m. calling for calm was not adequate, McCarthy insisted. They needed to do extra to cease the violence.
"Trump has acquired to say: 'This has to cease,'" McCarthy growled into the cellphone. "He's the solely one who can do it!"
Within the GOP room, McConnell; his No. 2, John Thune; Home Minority Whip Steve Scalise; and different GOP lawmakers have been additionally on the telephones attempting to determine what was taking place. It was clear that McCarthy's appeals to Trump have been falling flat. They would want to discover a technique to work across the president—the person they'd collectively defended for 4 years—in the event that they needed to get the Nationwide Guard to the Capitol.
The GOP leaders, nonetheless, couldn't work out who was in cost. They stored returning to fundamental questions: Who had the authority to order within the troops? Was it the Military secretary? Was it the appearing protection secretary? Did they want Trump's approval?
Since he had arrived at Fort McNair, McCarthy had ordered his aides to get him on as many tv networks as potential. He stored darting out and in of the room to take their calls, hoping Trump can be watching one of many channels he was talking on.
"That is so un-American," McCarthy stated in a Fox Information look at 3:05 p.m., making an attempt to disgrace Trump into appearing. "I couldn't be sadder or extra disillusioned with the best way our nation seems at this very second."
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At one level between tv hits, McCarthy introduced to the room that he had lastly gained a concession from the White Home: Trump, after a lot begging, had begrudgingly agreed to file a video calling for calm. The information, nonetheless, was not significantly reassuring to the Republicans within the room. The president was completely unpredictable. Would such a video assist—or make it worse? they requested one another. And what of the Guard?
Off within the nook, Scalise was scrolling by means of Twitter on his iPad, photographs of the Capitol. One photograph specifically made him cease brief: a rioter rappelling down the wall of the Senate chamber and onto the podium the place Mike Pence had been presiding. Scalise held his gadget out so McConnell might see.
"Look, they're within the Senate chamber," he stated.
McConnell's face paled.
For the reason that evacuation, McConnell had been torn between emotions of disbelief and irrepressible anger towards Trump for fomenting the assault. The Capitol had been his dwelling for many years. The members and the employees who labored there would possibly as nicely have been his household. But the president had put all of them in mortal hazard. McConnell's aides had been texting his chief of employees, who had accompanied him to Fort McNair, in regards to the state of affairs on the Capitol because it grew extra precarious. Rioters have been banging on their workplace doorways, claiming to be Capitol Cops to attempt to achieve entry. Others have been scaling the scaffolding exterior their home windows, attempting to look inside. Within the hallway exterior their barricaded doorways, staffers might hear a lady praying loudly that "the evil of Congress be delivered to an finish."
McConnell knew that his aides had been coordinating with Schumer's workplace from their lockdown, working their Rolodexes to summon assist from the federal companies. That they had been calling and sending cellphone photos of the chaos to anybody and everybody they knew on the Pentagon and Justice Division. They'd even roused former Lawyer Normal Invoice Barr and his chief of employees to make use of inside channels.
"We're so overrun, we're locked within the chief's suite," McConnell's counsel Andrew Ferguson had whispered to Barr's former chief from his hiding place, preserving his voice down in order to not be heard by rioters. "We'd like assist. When you don't begin sending males, folks would possibly die."
McConnell knew that interesting to Trump straight can be a waste of time. He hadn't spoken with the president since December 15, the day McConnell publicly congratulated Joe Biden for successful the election. Trump had known as him afterward in a rage, hurling insults and expletives. "The issue you have got is the Electoral Faculty is the ultimate phrase," McConnell had instructed him calmly. "It's over."
McConnell didn't hassle calling Trump once more. Even on the morning of January 6, he purposefully ignored a cellphone name from the president, believing he might now not be reasoned with. So when the Capitol got here below assault, McConnell centered on getting in contact with navy leaders, leaving it to his chief of employees to speak with Meadows to enlist the White Home's assist to quell the riot—if they'd assist in any respect.
An FBI SWAT staff had arrived on the Capitol campus simply because the leaders of Congress have been being escorted into Fort McNair. However McConnell knew they would want extra manpower to cease the rampage. It was why he known as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Workers, Mark Milley, to implore him to assist dispatch the Guard. However so far as McConnell might inform, the Guard nonetheless wasn't shifting.
Because the obligation officers at Fort McNair tried in useless to hook up a tv so the Republicans might watch the most recent scenes of destruction on the Capitol, McConnell huddled along with his employees round a phone, attempting to achieve the Pentagon. "I've the bulk chief on the road," McConnell's aide introduced, attempting to attach her boss with Appearing Protection Secretary Miller. They have been promptly placed on maintain, infuriating GOP lawmakers within the room who couldn't perceive why the Pentagon was dodging their inquiries.
Round 3:40 p.m., an hour and a half after the breach occurred, McConnell's persistence gave out. He stormed out of the room and crossed the corridor to search out Pelosi, Schumer, and Hoyer. "What are you listening to?" McConnell requested his Democratic counterparts as the opposite GOP leaders adopted him into the room. "Have you learnt what the holdup is with the Guard?"
They didn't know any greater than he did. At a loss, Pelosi and Schumer had simply signed off on a joint assertion demanding that Trump name for an finish to the violence. Everybody knew it was little greater than a gesture. It was time to deliver the mixed weight of all 4 congressional leaders to bear on the administration.
"Get Miller on the cellphone," somebody barked.
As aides labored to arrange the decision, the Republicans who had simply entered the room stared on the CNN footage on the projector display screen. It was the primary time they'd witnessed the enormity of the scenes on the Capitol on something bigger than their cellphone or pill screens. The footage rolling in was surprising: Rioters, having ransacked the constructing, have been now taking selfies and cheering. They have been stealing historic artifacts as keepsakes; one even carried away the speaker's lectern, waving with glee on the digital camera. On one finish of the Capitol, protesters have been storming the Senate chamber and rummaging by means of senators' desks. On the opposite, insurrectionists have been doing the identical in Pelosi's workplace.
"That's my desk!" one Pelosi aide blurted out when a picture of a person sitting in her chair along with his toes propped up by her pc flashed on the display screen. "They're going by means of my desk!"
Hoyer, nonetheless livid, began lecturing Scalise that the riot was the GOP's fault for enabling Trump.
"This isn't the time for that," Scalise retorted. "Proper now, we have to get the chamber again, secured and open."
McConnell, Schumer, and the opposite lawmakers, in the meantime, stood by awaiting the decision. Amid the chaos of the afternoon, two particular elections in Georgia had been formally known as for the Democratic candidates. That meant Schumer's get together can be taking management of all of Washington—and he would quickly be taking McConnell's job. McConnell had already congratulated Schumer on his forthcoming promotion.
A couple of minutes later, huddled round a cellphone, the leaders collectively excoriated Miller for his snail-like response to what had all of the markings of a coup on the Capitol. It was maybe the primary time since Trump took workplace that the congressional leaders had offered such a united entrance. Why hadn't troops been despatched in already? they demanded to know. The place was the Nationwide Guard?
"Inform POTUS to tweet, 'Everybody ought to depart,'" Schumer insisted, yelling into the gadget over speakerphone.
"Get assist in ASAP," McConnell stated firmly. "We would like the Capitol again."
Miller stammered that Pentagon leaders wanted to formulate a "plan" earlier than they moved troops.
"Look, we're attempting," Miller stated. "We're how to do that."
His obscure reply didn't suffice. There was no time to waste, the leaders insisted, as they pressed him to say how quickly armed troops would arrive. After demurring a number of instances, Miller lastly gave them a partial reply: It might take 4 hours to get the Nationwide Guard to the Capitol, and up till midnight till the constructing may very well be cleared.
At that, Schumer misplaced it.
"If the Pentagon have been below assault, it wouldn't take you 4 hours to formulate a plan!" he roared. "We'd like assist now!"
Scalise pressed Miller to inform them what number of troops they may count on to reach. When once more the secretary declined to reply, Pelosi exploded.
"Mr. Secretary, Steve Scalise simply requested you a query, and also you're not answering it," she stated. "What's the reply to that query?"
However Miller merely dodged once more, murmuring that they have been attempting their finest.
That probably the most highly effective nation on this planet didn't have a plan in place to guard its personal Capitol from assault was unthinkable to the leaders. And the truth that Miller was refusing to offer clear solutions appalled them. There was just one different individual in Washington who might need extra sway than they did. Hanging up on Miller, they reached out to their final hope: It was time to name Pence.
In the parking storage within the basement of the Capitol, Pence listened because the congressional leaders beseeched him to assist dispatch troops to the Capitol. As vp, he had no authority to imagine Trump's powers as commander in chief and provides orders to the secretary of protection. However he couldn't perceive why the Guard wasn't already on its approach. One thing needed to be carried out.
"I'm going to get off this name and name them, then name you proper again," Pence instructed the lawmakers, hanging as much as dial Miller and Milley.
Subsequent to him, Pence's brother, Greg, and his chief of employees, Marc Brief, have been nonetheless seething at how cavalierly Trump had deserted them. That they had learn the president's most up-to-date Twitter assault in opposition to Pence on their telephones within the Senate basement, fuming that within the warmth of the riot, the president had chosen to fire up extra vitriol in regards to the vp as an alternative of calling to test on him. Trump's conspiratorial advisers have been additionally emailing Pence's staff, telling them that the riot was their fault for not serving to overturn the election. It was outrageous.
The vp, nonetheless, didn't have time to dwell on the slights. Once they'd first arrived within the storage, he had phoned McCarthy and McConnell, then Schumer and Pelosi, to ensure all of them have been secure. He didn't hassle dialing Trump. Brief, nonetheless, angrily known as Meadows to inform the White Home that they have been okay. And in case he or anybody else was questioning, Brief added, "we're all planning to return to the Capitol to certify the election tonight."
Meadows didn't object. "That's in all probability finest," he replied.
On the White Home, aides have been regularly giving up hope that the president would do something helpful to revive order on the Capitol, although by mid-afternoon, the stress on Trump to behave was relentless. Republican lawmakers; longtime Trump allies, together with Barr and former Chief of Workers Mick Mulvaney; and conservative influencers akin to Ann Coulter reamed him publicly. Even former President George W. Bush had issued a reprimand. Trump ignored all of them.
As they labored the telephones, Pence's employees heard {that a} high-level assembly had been convened on the White Home to debate the chain of command and get the Nationwide Guard shifting. The truth that the administration couldn't work out who was in cost because the Capitol was overrun was past alarming—although, within the estimation of Pence and his staff, Trump at any level might have picked up the cellphone and compelled the Pentagon to maneuver sooner. That he hadn't, all of them agreed, spoke volumes. And due to that—and the Hill leaders' desperation—Pence knew it was time for him to step up.
At 4:08 p.m., Pence known as the appearing protection secretary and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Workers. Mustering his most commanding tone, he gave an order that was technically not his to difficulty.
"Clear the Capitol," he stated. "Get troops right here. Get them right here now."
Back in lockdown at Fort McNair, McConnell was issuing orders of his personal.
"We're going again tonight," he insisted to Pence and Pentagon officers on a 4:45 p.m. cellphone name with Hill leaders. "The thugs gained't win."
The vp's order to the navy appeared to have lastly snapped issues into place. Pence had let congressional leaders know that armed Guard troops have been on the best way. It could take one other half hour for them to reach.
McConnell had at all times delighted in good political fight. However when the votes have been in, he believed in accepting outcomes with dignity. There was no dignity in what had occurred that day—solely embarrassment for the Republican Social gathering. And McConnell was simply that: embarrassed. Trump didn't even have the decency to be sorry. That afternoon, as congressional leaders joined forces throughout get together strains to get reinforcements to the Capitol, the president had been egging on his supporters.
"These are the issues and occasions that occur when a sacred land-slide election victory is so unceremoniously & viciously stripped away from nice patriots who've been badly & unfairly handled for therefore lengthy," Trump wrote on Twitter. "Bear in mind this present day ceaselessly!"
Even within the video he launched calling for "peace," Trump praised his followers for revolting in opposition to a "fraudulent election," calling them "very particular" and including, "We love you."
It was an excessive amount of for McConnell to abdomen. After the senator had spent 4 years attempting to accommodate the president's calls for, Trump had threatened his Capitol, and McConnell was lastly carried out with him. Congress needed to certify Biden as the following president, and so they needed to do it that night time, in prime time, he insisted. The entire nation needed to know that Trump had misplaced, and that his gambit to cling to energy had failed.
There was one main obstacle to McConnell's plan. Capitol Police have been saying the constructing wouldn't be safe sufficient to welcome lawmakers again that night time. They needed to sweep the chamber for bombs and be sure that no straggling rioters have been hiding in a rest room—and there was no approach to do this rapidly. Protection officers had even advised busing lawmakers to Fort McNair to certify the election that night time from the navy base.
To McConnell, ready till morning was completely out of the query. He knew that the vp and different leaders had his again. They have been simply as adamant as he was that Trump's flunkies wouldn't push Congress out of its personal Capitol. Pence had even supplied the Capitol Police his personal Okay-9 unit to assist sweep the constructing sooner.
Given the sensitivity of the dialogue, the congressional leaders had gathered in a smaller area down the corridor, away from the probing eyes and ears of aides and different lawmakers who had joined them at Fort McNair. Inside minutes, Pelosi had lit into the navy brass, accusing them of ignoring the blaring warning indicators of coming violence within the days earlier than the assault.
"Have been you with out information of the susceptibility of our nationwide safety right here?" Pelosi demanded of Miller, her persistence dwindling.
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"We assessed it will be a tough day," Miller stated. "No thought it will be like this."
For a quick, resolute second on January 6, the GOP's leaders have been ready to do no matter they wanted to do to deliver Trump to heel. Pence acted that day to revive peace. Social gathering affiliation made no distinction to Republican leaders as they labored with Pelosi and Schumer to save lots of their rank and file.
However these flashes of defiance have been fleeting. Mere days later, when Democrats moved to question Trump for inciting the riot, Republicans balked. Each McCarthy and McConnell voted in opposition to impeachment, and Pence, whose aides had steamed about Trump whereas in hiding, barred his employees from testifying at Trump's second trial. Within the months since, GOP leaders have carried out their utmost to bury the reality of what occurred that day—leaving Republican voters with the distinct impression that Trump and his followers did nothing mistaken. In the meantime, because the nation contends with the protracted penalties of their whiplash, Trump is plotting a return to the White Home.
This text has been tailored from Rachael Bade and Karoun Dimirijan's new e-book, Unchecked: The Untold Story Behind Congress's Botched Impeachments of Donald Trump.
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Charting Checkup – Non-Conference Games
On September 22, 2017 By RKIn - Offense
Our first Charting post of the year. If you weren't around last year, Charting posts look at the big picture of the Huskers offense. What percentage of the time are we under center? Do we have a favorite personnel group? How often are we running motion with our plays? Any particularly explosive offensive concepts?
Last year it was weekly feature. This year, because I've already incorporated some of the numbers in regular posts, we'll look at Charting Checkups every 3 games. So with that, let's see what looks different this year.
Quick disclaimer. With only three games played, one of which involved Nebraska playing an entire half from way behind, these numbers are a bit distorted from what we'll see the rest of the year. Thus, hold the big conclusions for the midway point of 2017. For now though, I think there are some unique things coming out this year as the offense transitions back into more of what it looked like in 2015.
Personnel, Formations and Motions
Let's take a final look at what Nebraska was in 2016 before we start talking this year. With Tommy Armstrong at the helm, Nebraska was essentially an 11 personnel Shotgun team, lining Armstrong up deep on 70% of its plays. Of those plays, 29% of them involved some sort of motion. Here were the Huskers' favorite personnel groups last year:
00 (0 RB/0 TE/5 WR): 0%
11 (1 RB/1 TE/3 WR): 52%
None of that is surprising. Nebraska was a Zone Read team in 2016 with Armstrong at the helm, and they also lined him up in Gun to give him a better view of the secondary shell to help read coverages.
This year, we're seeing a pretty heavy move away from that. Most obvious is that offensive coordinator Danny Langsdorf has largely scrapped the Zone Read. But he's also gone under center much more, lining up in Gun only 40% of the time. Why? Probably a couple reasons. One, play action is easier to sell from under center because the QB can hide the ball longer. And Nebraska has frequently tried to take deep shots off play action in 2017. Two, Tanner Lee is, or should be, better at reading coverage, and so there is less of a concern about needing to help him along. But if the first three games are any indication, maybe they should go Gun a bit more to simplify things for him.
We're also seeing a shift in personnel groups to heavier looks. 11 personnel is down, with the difference largely sliding over to the two tight end sets:
11 (1 RB/1 TE/3 WR): 43% (down 9%)
12 (1 RB/2 TE/2 WR): 41% (up 14%)
13 (1 RB/3 TE/1 WR): 1% (down 5%)
22 (2 RB/2 TE/1 WR): 5% (up 3%)
Some of this is sleight of hand, as Langsdorf has frequently used Luke McNitt similar to how he used Andy Janovich. Line him up in traditional tight end and H-Back spots while maintaining the flexibility to motion him into the backfield as needed.
Why the increase in heavier two tight end personnel? It all starts and ends with pass protection. With the offensive line struggling to protect Lee, Nebraska is more frequently running 7-man pass protections early this fall by adding a tight end into the protection. Has it worked? Not really. Nebraska's tight ends are struggling to get guys blocked in the running and passing games. If the Huskers are going to stay in 12 personnel, those guys have to pick it up.
Motion and shifting is also way up this year, currently sitting at 40%. With that, we've seen a couple new movements from the Huskers in 2017. The first is a constraint motion off Nebraska's typical Jet motion:
It's designed to create a shift from the defense anticipating the Jet Sweep before switching directions and taking advantage of that shift.
The second is a pre-snap shift into the I formation. Langsdorf has always liked to shift in short yardage situations. Make the defense declare a strength, then shift into something that gives you the ability to attack away from that strength. Here, we also see the value of Luke McNitt being able to play from both fullback and traditional tight end locations on the field:
McNitt initially lines up in an H-back position before shifting back into the fullback spot in the I. What was once a run heavy formation to the left becomes more balanced, giving Nebraska the ability to attack the weak side of the field.
Though I don't expect motion and shifting to stay up in the 40% range all year, it's pretty clear we're trying to help create confusion in the defense to make things easier on a struggling offensive line. Thus far, it's been hit and miss.
Before the season started, I talked about how infrequently we pulled linemen last year and how I anticipated seeing that increase in 2017. That prediction turned out correct, as Nebraska pulled more linemen in the first three games this year than they did in all of 2016. Much of that comes from two concepts, Counter and Pin and Pull. We've talked about Counter before and Pin and Pull is an upcoming Concept Wednesday, so we won't cannibalize that post here.
Instead, let's look at something they've tweaked with Counter. New in 2017 is running it to the side of the back:
Being able to attack both sides of the defense from the Gun is important to prevent predictability. If you only run to the side away from the back, it's not long before you start seeing run blitzes from that side when you go into the Gun. Whereas Nebraska typically likes to run Counter from under center, the play above puts Tre Bryant beside Lee while also giving the Huskers the ability to attack that side.
And more pulling has already paid dividends for the offense. The group has 12 runs of 10+ yards this year. Half of them involved pullers. If Nebraska can get back to healthy on the offensive line, look for that to continue.
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Now back to football. Certainly been a wild week in Lincoln, adding yet another layer of unpredictability to a team that already struggles with consistency. No clue what's going to shake out this weekend against Rutgers. You'd like to think Nebraska could handle a team like the Scarlet Knights with ease, but nothing has been easy in 2017.
And Rutgers head coach Chris Ash is an excellent defensive coach, so he's going to be sure and press the Nebraska offense where they've struggled the last 4 quarters. He'll also be well aware that true freshman Brenden Jaimes is starting at right tackle this weekend.
Speaking of Jaimes, keep an eye on that kid. He's not at ideal weight yet, but he'll be the fifth true freshman in program history to start a game on the Huskers' offensive line. He's also probably Nebraska's most natural offensive tackle right now, with both Gates and Farniok better suited inside. If he can step up and man the position, it bodes well for the flexibility of the offensive line in 2018. And it also plugs a huge hole in our roster for 2017.
If you put me on the spot, I'd say I expect a low scoring, classic Big 10 snoozefest tomorrow. Rutgers hasn't had much luck scoring against FBS opponents this year, and Nebraska's offense has played poorly the last 5 quarters. So course, with the way 2017 has gone, Nebraska will come out and drill Rutgers while putting up 40+ points, right?
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Some finished copies of our next book, Autonomy: the cover designs of 'Anarchy' 1961–1970 were delivered to the office this morning. This is the culmination of several years of work by the book's editor Daniel Poyner; he was joined by designer Peter Brawne and sub-editor Robin Kinross to form a group of three people who made the final book. The result feels like a very solid (820 gm) and well-manufactured contribution to graphic and political culture. It has been printed by Die Keure in Bruges and bound by Hexspoor at Boxtel in the Netherlands, using the Otabind process with cold glue. The book stays flat at every opening: essential for the central sections of the book in which we show back-and-front covers of all 118 issues of the journal as double-page spreads. Autonomy will be published formally on 15 November. It should put in its first public appearance tomorrow at the Anarchist Bookfair in London (go to the stands of Housmans Bookshop and Freedom Press).


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Arguably one of the highest-profile and most popular artists in the world today, Banksy has become synonymous with graffiti culture, modern art and record-breaking auction prices.
Banksy (British, born c. 1974/1975) started painting graffiti in Bristol in the early 90´s and developed his signature stencil style during these formative years as part of the city´s renowned underground scene.
Pioneered by the French artist Blek Le Rat, stenciling presented a practical solution for creating and replicating detailed works in the streets while evading the long arm of the law. In the early 2000's Banksy relocated to London and under the stewardship of friend and photographer-turned-art dealer Steve Lazarides initiated a series of increasingly elaborate art interventions and publicity stunts which garnered the anonymous artist huge notoriety.
Banksy's trademark infusion of anti-war, anti-capitalist or anti-establishment slogans with subversive and satirical social and political commentary – taking aim at everything from the surveillance state to the trappings of the fine art world – has undoubtedly had a huge influence on public perceptions of graffiti and street art, and its role in talking truth to power.
In addition to his regular art practice – which includes creating a fully-functional 'bemusement' park in Weston-Super-Mare in 2015 and the boutique Walled Off Hotel in occupied Palestine in 2017 – Banksy often creates works for specific charities.
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A certificate is issued by the college on the successful passing of the exam on behalf of the Maritime Coastguard Agency.
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