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Take Simulation Underground
Byron Stanley, CTO, WaveSense, Inc., Somerville, U.S.A. and Ansys Advantage Staff
While it would not seem to matter what is under the road an autonomous car is driving on, WaveSense engineers are using Ansys HFSS electromagnetic solutions to develop a system to map the underground features of roads for precise location verification in all conditions.
In the race to create the technologies that will make autonomous driving a reality, most engineers have focused on getting sensors to detect, interpret and react to objects from the road up. To solve one of the toughest challenges — keeping the vehicle in its driving lane when the painted lane markers are in poor condition or are obscured by snow, fog or rain — engineers at WaveSense are pointing their radar devices straight down. The radar positioning system is also being actively used in parking garages, on overpasses and in parking lots.
The idea is to use ground penetrating radar (GPR) scanning at approximately 100 times per second and reaching 10 feet underground to detect the unique radar signature of subsurface objects like different types of soil, rocks, pipes, rebar, tree roots, etc. The resulting radar "fingerprints" are collected to create a radar map of a particular stretch of road. With this radar map stored in an onboard computer, an autonomous vehicle equipped with GPR technology can compare real-time radar signals to the map to pinpoint its position within a tolerance of 1 inch — plenty of resolution to determine whether it is drifting out of its lane.
As a vehicle is driving, it localizes by scanning the subsurface and instantly matching the scans to a prior map.
The concept was developed by researchers at MIT's Lincoln Laboratory around 2009. GPR was first deployed on automated 9-ton military vehicles in Afghanistan in 2013, where roads are often not clearly defined, and where drifting off the standard path might prove fatal. In 2017, MIT researchers created the spinoff company WaveSense, Inc., to design GPR units suitable for passenger vehicles and trucks for the consumer market. The WaveSense team is using Ansys HFSS to optimize radar performance while reducing costs and getting the product to market faster. The company gained access to HFSS as a member of the Ansys Startup Program.
The company measures and records reflections from underground pipes, roots, rocks and soil, and constantly updates WaveSense's database of maps.
The Logistics of Mapping the Roads of the World
Though it might seem challenging to generate underground data maps for enough of the world's roads for general use, WaveSense offers a solid approach. First, they are starting by mapping the highest value areas — large ride-hailing markets, major parking structures and lots, and the biggest freight routes. Maps of these areas produce value from the start without offering comprehensive coverage of every street or highway in the world. Once the highest value areas are mapped, they will then spread out to the smaller traffic arteries. And, because the subsurface structure is generally stable, much of the map will not need updating for years or decades.
WaveSense does not plan to do all the mapping themselves. Besides its own fleet of vehicles, the company will work with partners who already have large fleets of trucks and cars on the road. In a nod to the gig economy, WaveSense also is in discussions to team up with ride-hailing services and eventually mass-produced consumer vehicles equipped with map data update systems. There are a lot of ways to fill out the map, and WaveSense plans to take advantage of all of them.
Engineering and Education Challenges
As a proof-of-principle device, the first-generation GPR units for military purposes were as wide as the vehicle itself. WaveSense is now engineering the production design — with a bill of materials less than $100 — to fit into a 1-by-2-foot-by-1-inch footprint for installation underneath commercial automobiles and trucks. Because automakers are generally concerned about weight and space, WaveSense must miniaturize and optimize the radar antenna and associated electronics without sacrificing resolution or accuracy. HFSS enables them to virtually prototype various configurations of geometry parametrically and use optimization routines to help find ideal geometry that delivers acceptable performance.
Understanding radar gain patterns in various environments is another challenge. HFSS is helping the engineers understand how radar patterns are affected by the nearby mass of metal — the car or truck body — and the nature of the roadway materials and underground features being
Simulation Below the Surface
The WaveSense GPR system emits signals in the UHF to VHF frequency range. At these wavelengths, a great deal of character is visible from radar reflecting from underground features. Any changes in the electromagnetic properties of the road produce a unique fingerprint that is essential for creating the radar maps that make this technology viable. Though it seems like the onboard radar map would require significant data storage space, it only takes up a small fraction of the data space required by other systems in an automated vehicle.
Using simulation, WaveSense engineers are able to reach their design points in a timely manner and at a more reasonable cost.
The radar positioning system is being actively used in parking garages, on overpasses and in parking lots.
Using HFSS, the engineers simulate various radar antenna sizes and configurations, along with the shape of the radar transmission energy and how it disperses into the environment. This is used to determine performance in a range of different physical environments and ground conditions. To date, they have run thousands of HFSS simulations using automated meshing with subwavelength features, including parameter sweeps, ground and vehicle effects studies, and infrastructure and material studies. Depending on the complexity, simulations take from hours to days on a 32-core server. Ansys engineering simulation technology has helped WaveSense develop a better understanding of optimal design parameters, materials and overall performance. It saves significant time and effort to simulate before building each revision of a design. Using simulation, WaveSense engineers are able to reach their design points in a timely manner and at a more reasonable cost than by building and testing physical prototypes.
WaveSense is mapping the highest value areas — large ride-hailing markets, major parking structures and lots, and the biggest freight routes — first.
Using Gpr in Sunny Weather
GPR will always provide significant value in bad weather, when lane markers are not visible to the cameras mounted on autonomous vehicles. But even in fair weather, the fact is that an above-ground visual camera, lidar or other sensor will eventually fail, so having an independent GPR unit is a good idea. Fusing GPR with more standard autonomous sensors leads to substantially lower overall failure rates for autonomous systems.
In any case — rain, snow, fog or shine — WaveSense continues to use Ansys HFSS to optimize ground penetrating radar technology to create maps that most of us had never thought of — maps of the underside of the roads we drive on.
Autonomous Vehicle Radar: Improving Radar Performance with Simulation
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Henry shows his class
Henry Hubert didn't like his one draw at Wyndham today (Sunday). After being well off the gate when it dispatched in the Nuggets Final, starter Ben Ward deemed that the horse behind Henry Hubert - Franco Rebel, was disadvantaged at the start and he called a false start. Henry Hubert was then sent to the outside of the second row for the re-run. But at the end of the day it didn't matter. Driver John Dunn settled the three year old last after the early rush with Vin Scully taking up the early lead. At the 1000 metre mark Dunn followed up a couple of improving horses and was putting the pressure on Vin Scully at the 800 metres. At the 600 metres Henry Hubert had taken the lead and there he stayed beating Vin Scully by two and a quarter lengths. Easy winner in the rain - Henry Hubert - Photo Bruce Stewart. "The last two weeks he's drawn one which was probably the worst I could have drawn. He's been really good from outside the front line. There's no need for it (his behaviour) but he'll come to it," said Dunn. The Group Two Alabar Southern Supremacy Stakes in April on Diamonds Day is certainly one of the Bettor's Delight colt's late season aims. "He's got the ability but his manners and his gate manners would need to improve for us to bring him down. But that's definitely the aim. He went massive in the Sires Stakes Consolation getting home in the sectionals like he did." Dunn was full of praise for the Southern Harness scene, complimenting the area on it's various series. "We have Pitch Black trained by father in-law (Craig Edmonds with his daughter Aimee) and Borntobeastar which we hope to bring down for the Southland Trotting Oaks." The $20,000 feature will be held at the Northern Southland Trotting Club's feature day on Saturday 10th March. Bruce Stewart Southland Harness Racing
Private Investigator to fight doping case
A leading harness racing stable under investigation for doping has enlisted a controversial restaurateur and private detective to help fight the case. Robert Dunn Harness Racing Stables, headed by Robert Dunn and his son John Dunn, has been the subject of a Racing Integrity Unit investigation which has dragged on for seven months. Four horses in the care of the of the stable returned positive swabs containing caffeine which were taken at the Nelson Winter Cup two-day meeting on June 9 and 11. The Dunns have claimed that the horses were nobbled – the caffeine was administered by an outside party. The claim has caused rifts within the Canterbury harness racing community, with those accused of the nobbling threatening their own legal action. Racing Integrity Unit general manager Mike Godber told The Star yesterday the investigation had been completed. But the decision on whether to charge the Dunns has been delayed for two weeks after Robert Dunn requested more time for a private investigator he has enlisted to complete his own inquiries. The private investigator, Simon Lamond, a former Christchurch police detective now based in Auckland, refused to talk to The Star. But his brother-in-law, controversial restaurateur and former jockey Leo Molloy, who is also making inquiries for the Dunns, believed the horses had been nobbled. Mr Molloy is the sister of TV reality queen Dame Julie Christie – the wife of Mr Lamond. "There is zero chance they weren't nobbled," said Mr Molloy. "I don't think anyone believes the Dunns did it. "It's an unfortunate situation. All I will say is that I hope whoever did it is held accountable. "My role is very minor and I really have little to offer. I have strong feelings about it but not always based on cold, hard facts." West Coast-born Mr Molloy is a former jockey-turned-veterinarian who became a millionaire with his first venture into the hospitality trade, a student bar called the Fat Lady's Arms in Palmerston North. He then co-founded the popular Euro Restaurant and Bar in Auckland's Viaduct Harbour. Mr Molloy has also previously helped trainers under investigation by the Racing Integrity Unit. But he is often in the headlines for all of the wrong reasons, including: • Launching a string of personal attacks against a tattooed man who was denied service at a bar he owned on the Viaduct Harbour. • Getting into a heated Facebook stoush with a MasterChef contestant. Mr Molloy and Mr Lamond would not say who had engaged them to investigate. Said Mr Lamond: "Talk to Robert Dunn." Neither Robert or John Dunn returned calls to The Star. But when The Star spoke to Robert Dunn in July he suspected foul play and believed that the horses had been nobbled. He was not at the race meeting in Nelson when the horses returned positive swabs. He has been based at his Pukekohe stables for the past five years, with John overseeing the Woodend stables where three of the four horses were from. By Gordon Findlater Reprinted with permission of The Star.Kiwi
Dunn confident on Alta Maestro
Canterbury harness racing trainer Robert Dunn has a big team of horses engaged tonight at Addington and also has two runners entered at Alexandra Park. Robert thought the best chance of all his runners tonight was Alta Maestro in the NRM Sires Stakes heat at Addington, when speaking to TAB bookmaker Stephen Richardson today about his team and their chances tonight at both venues. " Alta Maestro has been getting back in his races from the draws but hopefully he can land further forward tonight. If he can lead then I think whatever beats him will win",he said, "Last season he struggled a bit with tie up issues but I am much happier with him now and he is relishing the beach training". Robert speaks about his Addington runners: Race 2 Mahksman - "I am very happy with the horse. Funatthebeach looks very hard to beat, but I give our horse a good chance of finishing in a place the way it is working at home". Race 3 Woodstone - " John said it got a bit of a check last start but was travelling well at the time. I could see it finishing in the first four if it did everything right." Race 4 Better Chance - " The draw will help and she has been working well. Place chance" Lovetodream - "Is as sit and sprint type of horse and might have to go back at the start from the wide barrier. The draw is a concern but she is well" American Tart - "She is trialing well and is ready to go a big race. She is targeting a 4yo listed mares race on show day but I expect her to be in the first two tonight". Race 5 Foreverman - "He should go a good race and the field is not overly strong. The run at Kaikoura will have topped him off nicely". Race 6 Alta Orlando - " He is up against some tough opposition and will need luck in that field" Race 7 De Lancome - "Up against some good fillies and the draw is good but she will improve with the run" Race 8 Alta Maestro - "He has been getting back in his races from the draws but hopefully he can land further forward tonight. If he can lead then I think whatever beats him will win",he said, "Last season he struggled a bit with tie up issues but I am much happier with him now and he is relishing the beach training". Henry Hubert - "He is probably six months away from showing his best and a very strong field here". The Brooklyn Brawler - "The draw is against him and he might struggle from there, especially if the pace is on". Race 9 Yagunnakissmeornot - "She has never really gone that well left handed but I am happy with her. She can run a place with luck in the running" Alexandra Park Race 4 Wrangler - "I was a bit disappointed with him last start but his bloods came back ok. I expect him to run in the first three with the drop in class". Race 6 Dreams To Reality - "He has a good draw and is working well. He will race forward and if he could find the lead he wont be far away" Harnesslink Media Courtesy of Stephen Richardson (TAB)
Ray Green qualifies two for the final
Pukekohe harness racing trainer Ray Green has trained the quinella in the first heat of the NRM Sires Stakes Series at Cambridge Raceway last night. Breeders Crown winner King Of Swing led all the way in the hands of Philip Butcher to narrowly beat the Green trained stablemate Recco Lover by a short margin. The winner paced the 1700m journey in a 1-56.0 mile rate with a closing 800m in 56.0 and the final 400m in 27.1 seconds. King Of Swing (Rocknroll Hanover - Twist And Twirl) and Recco Lover (Bettor's Delight - Castellina Lover) have both qualified for the $170,000 Group One Final at Addington on November 14. The Robert Dunn trained Alta Maestro, who was the TAB favourite in last nights race sat parked and faded to finish last. Tim Vince trained a double at last nights meeting when both Drover's Eyre and Romanite won their respective races. Romanite won the amateur drivers race and paced a quick 1-57.4 mile rate when winning over 1700m in the hands of Sheree Wigg. The Art Official gelding zipped over his last 800m in 55.7 seconds to beat the Vince trained stablemate Curlimore. Drover's Eyre led all the way when winning the highest rated race of the night for junior driver Jack McKinnon. The Falcon Seelster eight year old was having his 87th start, but showed there was still some pep left in his legs with a 56.4 closing 800m off the back of a 2-01.3 mile rate for the standing start 2200m. King Of Swing winning last night Harnesslink Media
King Of Swing for the win
Ray Green is not stupid --- which means Breeders Crown winner King Of Swing will try for an all the way win at Cambridge tonight. The exciting three-year-old has drawn the ace in the first heat of what looks a very even Sires' Stakes series, with the northern crop having way more depth than recent season. Already King Of Swing has won at group one level, as has race rival Mach Shard while Alta Maestro paced a couple of national records last season and returned with a win against older horses at Alexandra Park last Friday. There is little between the trio or their other three rivals tonight but early season Sires' Stakes heats tend to be dominated by leaders and trailer as the sprint distance and reluctance for fresh horses to be given hard runs can often mean those up front get handed the race. Alta Maestro showed blistering gate speed last season but trainer Robert Dunn was keen to see him driven less aggressively when he won last Friday and if he opts for similar tactics tonight then King Of Swing should lead, always crucial in a Cambridge sprint. And Green says that will be the plan, especially after King Of Swing led to win the $300,000 Breeders Crown at Melton in late August. "We would be stupid not to use the ace draw around Cambridge so that will be the plan," says Green. "He only had a week off after the Breeders and won well at the workouts last Saturday so I think he is ready for a 1:55 mile rate this week." While Alta Maestro is an obvious danger, Green thinks his stable second stringer Recco Lover could trail and have an upset hope. "He has very good speed and isn't much inferior, if at all, to King Of Swing. So if he trails he has a good hope." Mach Shard returns after a great start to last season but having little luck later and trainer Barry Purdon knows he faces a huge task from barrier five. "We have seen enough of these Sires' Stakes heats at Cambridge to know how hard they can be to win if there is no pressure so I am hoping they have a go at each other early," says Purdon. The heat is strangely not a leg of tonight's $100,000 Pick6, one that lacks any real anchors but also has a few legs with only two or three major chances so it worth attacking. The problem child for Pick6 punters is Agincourt, who should win the last leg on raw ability but whose manners have let punters down twice in as many starts. He should be anchored on one ticket but well covered on another. Michael Guerin
Hannon field down to seven
The field for todays PGG Wrightson Hannon Memorial at Oamaru has been reduced down to a field of seven, with the latest scratching of the Greg and Nina Hope trained Usain Colt, who has been sold to Australia. Hope still has the current second favourite Seel The Deal engaged in the race. He is a big mover on the FF win fixed odds, caving in to $3.80 after opening longer than $5.00 on Thursday night. There is a lot of confidence in the Hope stable that Seel The Deal can go a cheeky race today, in preparation for the New Zealand Trotting Cup in November. Driver Ricky May is also quietly confident about the seven year old geldings chances and said "he could need the run without any racing, but I like him a lot in that race" Seel The Deal has been ticking along nicely at the trials and workouts. He ran slashing final sectionals at the Rangiora trials on the 13th September, running home in around 55 seconds for his last 800m in that Rangiora trial. Race rival Alta Orlando trained by Robert Dunn, zipped over his last 800m in a tick over 54 seconds in the same trial, also justifying his readiness for todays race. The Graeme Anderson trained and Dexter Dunn driven Titian Banner is currently the warm favourite ($1.65 FF) to win the Hannon Memorial, after an easy win fresh up at Addington on the 1st September and then a good second placing to Have Faith In Me in last weekends New Brighton Cup. Seel The Deal and Alta Orlando in their latest trial Robert Dunn also has the speedy Tuapeka Trick engaged today in Race 6 with John Dunn doing the driving. Tuapeka Trick was placed last season in the group three kindergarten stakes behind stable-mate The Brooklyn Brawler and has come back a stronger horse judging by his latest dominant win at the workouts. The well bred Bettor's Delight colt is raced by the Westview Racing Super17 Syndicate, many of whom are heading down to watch the race today. Harnesslink Media
Nelson's new home
High-class kiwi pacer Franco Nelson is moving to Australia. Trainer Shane Tritton confirmed the son of Christian Cullen would arrive at his Menangle stable on Friday. "It's exciting to have a horse of his calibre join the team. I know he's in the twilight of his career, but he raced in great form last season and has been out for a good break," he said. "I'm certainly not thinking he's joining the stable with retirement just around the corner. Quite the opposite, the handicapping system here is great for extending the careers and creating opportunities for horses like him. "And I've got a good record of rejuvenating older horses like him if you take a like through Mach Beauty, Suave Stuey Lombo and others." Tritton said the McKay clan, majority owners of Franco Nelson, initiated the move. "The McKays had horses with my Dad (Peter) and have sent me one already. They have said for a while they are keen to support me," he said. Franco Nelson hasn't raced since a second to Addington on May 12 when trained by Robert and John Dunn. He's battled injuries through his career, but still managed 65 starts for 18 wins, 22 placings and earned $758,127. "He ran some great races last season, including that unlucky fifth in the Inter Dominion final," Tritton said. "He's been out spelling so we are getting him from scratch. The aim is to have him back and primed for the Miracle Mile Carnival." In other stable news, Tritton is focused on a Perth Inter Dominion raid with the speedy Yayas Hot Spot. "I want to time-trial him at Penrith this Thursday night then I think we will go first-up into the Smoken Up (Melton, October 6) then the Victoria Cup (October 14)," he said. "Then it's onto Perth where he will love the tight track. Tritton's star four-year-old of last season Salty Robyn is recovering from surgery following an acute bout of colic. And his former glamour mare Arms Of An Angel is close to a racetrack return. "That's got us all excited. She's only a month away," he said. Adam Hamilton
Kerr makes flying start
Rookie Rangiora trainer Mitchell Kerr has two potential Derby contenders and a perfect three wins from three starts to open the new harness racing season. Kerr, 25, is in his first full season as a trainer based at Rangiora Raceway and produced impressive Addington three-year-old winner The Dorchester on Friday night, followed by another exciting three-year-old in Alta Shelby, who scored easily at Oamaru on Sunday. He also trains four-year-old American Ideal gelding Run Boy Run, who won well at Oamaru. "It's been a lucky start really. I'm still pinching myself,'' Kerr said on Monday. The Dorchester, by Mach Three, is the first foal of five-win Falcon Seelster mare Meet Me In Mayfair. "He's got a big motor there and a lot of natural ability … I think he'll go a long way but he's as green as grass. "He was going to win by two or three lengths, but knocked off and started pissing round. He's got a lot to learn,'' said Kerr. The colt settled back and moved up parked at the 800m at Addington, but ran greenly in the last 200m for leading driver Blair Orange, hanging on to beat Benhope Rulz by a head and deny rookie junior driver Ben Hope his first race win. The Dorchester ($1.60) clocked 2:25.8 (mobile 1950m), with his last 800m in 55.7s and the 400m in 26.9. "He's paid up for all the big three-year-old races so hopefully he keeps improving,'' said Kerr. "It was his first time off the place, apart from the Rangiora workouts where I train from. ''There was a bit of an unknown factor on Friday night, but he delivered which was great.'' Alta Shelby, a half-brother by Mach Three to Alta Orlando (six wins, 2014 Sales Series winner), is also a potential Derby contender and was never out of second gear winning at Oamaru for driver Matt Anderson. "The more racing he has the better he'll be,'' said Kerr. Kerr is the son of veteran Ohoka-based trainer Paul Kerr, who gets the young horses up and going before sending them to Mitchell for the last two months of their build-up to racing. ''Dad had him [Alta Shelby] originally and had a good opinion of him. His manners are improving all the time.'' Anderson, who recently left the Mark Purdon-Natalie Rasmussen All Stars stable, helps Kerr in the mornings at Rangiora and the trainer is keen to give him more chances. "He's a good wee driver with a future. He's really neat, looks good in the cart and makes good decisions.'' Anderson gave Run Boy Run a dream run in the trail and he scored nicely in the junior drivers' race at Oamaru, clocking 3.15 for the mobile 2600m, his last 800m in 56.9s. "He's been knocking on the door and was really unlucky [third when late clear] at Rangiora the start before. He's developed into a nice horse and won it pretty easily.'' The Dorchester will probably head to the Kurow meeting at Oamaru on August 20, while Alta Shelby will target Addington. ''The Dorchester has the edge at this stage on ability, but they are both really nice horses.'' Kerr says talented four-win pacer Forgotten Highway is ''coming up really good'' after a short spell. "Hopefully, we can get him to the New Zealand Cup meeting and up to Auckland in December.'' Kerr has previously worked for his father, Robert Dunn at Woodend Beach and Gareth Dixon in Auckland, going out on his own full time this season after securing 10 boxes and a barn at Rangiora Raceway and developing the outside yards and paddocks, before moving the horses in about June 20. "Dad does the young ones and jogs them up - then they come over to me for the last couple of months. It works out really good.'' Kerr has driven 112 winners since 2009, but always wanted to train on his own. "I have always really loved the training side of it … Dad pretty much taught me everything I know and you just sort of take the good points from trainers like Gareth Dixon and Robert Dunn and mould it all together with your own ideas.'' With his blue and yellow colours atop the national premiership early on, he has made the ideal start. NZ Harness News http://www.theinformant.co.nz/
Bain – From sheep to standardbreds.
Roxburgh breeder Bill Bain has been involved in animal genetics most of his life. It just happens that he's gone from breeding award winning sheep, to breeding and racing Standardbreds. Bill is a fourth generation farmer in the Roxburgh district, and prior to retirement farmed five miles south of Roxburgh on a 1500 acre block. He also had a runoff block which backed onto the Old Man Range. For years he successfully bred Corriedales continuing on with the breed that had been started by his late father Arnold. "It's a New Zealand breed that started in the 1890s. Dad started a stud in the early 1940s. When I left school at the end of 1960 I wanted to get into them a bit more. Dad had sixty ewes. I've been share farming for the last ten years with the Wilsons in West Melton and we got up to five to six hundred ewes," he said. Bain started showing his stock at A & P Shows in the Central Otago area in the early days before heading to the Christchurch shows in 1970. "In 1971 I took two sheep there and blow me down I ended up getting two red tickets (first prizes). In 1974 there was a World Conference in Christchurch and I took out first woolly sheep at the show and he ended up scooping the pool. And it was also named champion." Sheep bred by Bain still go to the shows but are now under his breeding partner's name of GR and RW Wilson. In the 1970s Bain also started a Dorset Downs Stud and for fifteen years he held a one day sale on his farm, selling up to 120 rams at each sale. "I think we were averaging seven to eight hundred dollars. That was really good money for sheep then." The high point of those sales was receiving nine thousand dollars for one ram selling a half share in another for ten thousand dollars. Always in amongst the sheep there were horses which were mainly ridden as hacks on the farm. "My father had gallopers with Hec Anderton. We always used to make good lucerne hay. I tried to keep it for my rams but he always kept the best for his horses. His best galloper was Harkaway. It only won one race but he thought he'd won the Melbourne Cup I think. He started to breed off her but she had twins and that was the finish of her." Arnold Bain was also the first Clerk of the Course for the Roxburgh Trotting Club so there was an early connection to the local Standardbred community. Bill's brother-in-law Norman Sinclair who lived at Lincoln, got Bill and his wife Pauline interested in racing. "He got Pauline and I a horse called Reklaw's Girl in the early 2000s. She was bred by Merv Walker. We gave it to Alan Parker to train. We took her to her first race meeting and she came home in the middle of the field. At her second start she came flying home and got third. Someone wanted to buy her but I said 'no way.' It took 26 starts before she won (laughter)." In 2001 Bill and Pauline decided to retire from the farm handing it over to their son David. Tragically he was killed in a car accident shortly after. The following year they sold the farm. In amongst the racing of horses Bill Bain progressed his interest in the breeding side and in 2006 he bought into Presidential Ball mare Onedin Dancer. "Geoff and Jude Knight had been given this filly to break in by Lynley Stockdale. After she qualified they wanted to put her on the market, so I approached them to see whether they would sell a half share. I finished up buying Lynley out. She (Onedin Dancer) had a lot more ability than she showed." She won twice as a three year old before being retired at four at which point they started breeding from her. Onedin Dancer was well enough bred being a half -sister to Onedin Crusader (the winner of seven here and a further 15 in Western Australia) and Onedin Legacy who's nine wins included an Invercargill Cup. Of the foals she (Onedin Dancer) has left, Changeover gelding Onedin Onyx has been the best of her foals, winning six races. In the years that followed, Bain bought more of the Stockdale's Onedin line including Washington VC mare Ashanna who had won three races in the North Island for Mike Stormont. "We won two more races at Forbury that winter then I put her to stud. I also bought the last of the Onedin line Stylish Onedin. She's been the best mare for me at the sales. Her foals have sold for reasonable money. Her best has been Onedin Mach who won ten here and was sold to America. She's got a full brother foal to Onedin Mach at foot." Stylish Onedin a Stand Together mare won twice. She's also left a couple of very good race horses in Onedin Hustler which won seven races for Peter Hunter and has gone on to do a good job in Australia winning another seventeen. After taking horses to the sales and getting moderate returns Bain realised that he had to look at buying into more modern families and in 2009 he sorted out five well-bred fillies at the Christchurch sale and headed north with a $30,000 budget. At the end of the second day of the sale he got what he finally wanted. "I was looking at buying a filly that was well bred with a mother that had won races with a good time. I was told not to spend too much so we bought Pembrook's Delight." Friend Judy Campbell was bought into the partnership and the Bettor's Delight filly began her racing career as a three year old. As a four year old she was in her prime winning five races that season including the $150,000 Group One 2012 Four Year Old Mares Diamond at Cambridge. "We were rapt just to have one in the race. Pauline and I had just come back from South America. Geoff (co-trainer Geoff Knight) had rung me a couple of weeks before, after she had a run at Addington where she went terrible. They found out she was dehydrated. I rang him when we got into Auckland and he said 'she's just worked super.' Matty was told to go to the front and hand up to one horse (Bettor Cover Lover). It worked out perfectly. I didn't realise she'd won because we were back a bit from the winning post. Just to get a place for us was good enough. To win we were over the moon. I'm not a big bettor but I got her at fixed odds of 51 to 1. I got enough to shout for the locals when we got home. We took the cup and cover down to the pub. It was a good night for the district." Pembrook's Delight ended up winning nine races before heading to stud. Her first foal by Somebeachsomewhere (named Beach Boy) was sold to Michael House who reoffered him last year at his Ready to Run sale. He remains unsold. "I spoke to Michael and he said he was going well. He got a bit crook. It took him a long time to get over the sales. He said he's turned down $50,000 for him. He said they'll have to pay more than that for him now." Her next foal, a filly by Art Major, was bought by Robert Dunn at this year's sale. "Although we only got $35,000 for her I don't think she was too dear at all." Her latest foal is another filly by Art Major. Although he still has a handful of young progeny from his older mares Bain freely admits that the Onedin horses have probably served their purpose and it's time to move on and head in a more commercial direction. "It's probably an old fashioned breed. But if you want to sell at the sales you've got to have a bit more background." To that end he has recently bought two very well bred mares. Heart Stealer was bought at the 2013 Australian Classic Yearling Sale for $95,000. He now shares in the ownership with his wife Pauline and friend Doug Gollan. She's a five year old mare by Bettor's Delight out of Fight Fire With Fire. Fight Fire With Fire was trained throughout her career by Mark Purdon and Grant Payne winning seven times in forty four starts banking $151,657. Heart Stealer is unraced and has a yearling filly by Sir Lincoln. "She (Heart Stealer) looked good on the sale day but she never grew from the day we bought her. She could have qualified but we decided to put her in foal." In 2015 he also bought Change Time which had won seven races when trained by Ken Barron. She's by Christian Cullen out of Chaanger and as a yearling was bought by Thompson Bloodstock for $45,000. Bain has bred an Art Major filly from the mare. "We bought her (Change Time) after we sold the Corriedale stud. I gave my grandson Ryan a half share. He's a qualified mechanic." Chaanger which was by Vance Hanover won six races in a limited career. Her claim to fame though was leaving Changeover the winner of 29 races and nearly two and a half million dollars. Bain has also recently purchased a weanling off Vin Devery which is by Bettor's Delight out the 14 win Badland's Hanover mare Western Dream. "Paul Davies did the deal. He also found Change Time for me. My nick name round here is Bunter so I've called this young one Bunter's Dream. He's being broken in at the moment." Bain has also been a part of the strong group of racing syndicates that Geoff and Jude Knight have set up in the Central Otago area. As well as being part of the successful Central Courage Syndicate he's also in the Yshearasheep Syndicate which raced six win pacer Christian Ruler and the Gottashearasheep Syndicate which had success with Memphis Mafia. That syndicate's latest race horse, a two year old by Mach Three colt out of Cap Off called Unloaded, qualified recently. "I said to somebody that you're better off having a tenth share in ten horses than having one by yourself." Bain was also a handy rugby player in his day playing halfback for Otago Country. He played in the same era as All Black halfback Chris Laidlaw. "I never played against him. He was too good for Town versus Country games." He's played golf over the years and has won local junior bowls titles. He also recently received a special contribution award for Harness Racing in Otago and is in his last year as President of the Roxburgh Trotting Club During his sheep breeding days he was President of the New Zealand Corriedale Society and the New Zealand Sheep Breeders Association. After he ceased breeding he was named a Life Member of both Associations as well as the Dorset Downs Association. After a lifetime involvement in matching rams with ewes, Bill Bain is more than ever carrying that knowledge and experience into breeding racehorses. He's getting a lot of enjoyment from it and with his recent investment in modern bloodlines, I'm sure there'll be more success to come. Bruce Stewart Southland Harness Racing
Dunn in for a good night
A 40m handicap coupled with a junior driver might usually be a recipe that makes punters nervous but trainer Robert Dunn is comfortable with both at Alexandra Park tonight. Dunn trains rejuvenated mare Yagunnakissmeornot who faces that often prohibitive back mark with young Jack MacKinnon in the sulky tonight, taking over from her recent winning driver Maurice McKendry. MacKinnon is no novice, his 16 wins for the season placing him sixth on the national junior driver's premiership and second equal among the North Island junior and boss Dunn has no concerns by the driver change. "Jack knows her well and a very good young driver as well as being very mature," said Dunn. "She can be a funny horse to drive and took us a long time to work out because she is vastly better when you drive her with a sit, which Maurice has done brilliantly lately. "But Jack knows that and in many ways that and her handicap takes any pressure off him because he already knows where he is likely to be and what he needs to do." Backing favourites off 40m handicaps in feature trots at Alexandra Park is not a sound long-term financial plan but Yagunnakissmeornot has been racing like an open class trotter, beating many of her rivals tonight by six lengths under similar circumstances two starts ago. "And the make up of the field helps us," says Dunn. "Most of the really good horses in the race are back on 30m so she should be with them straight after the start and I don't see a tearaway leader to run them really hard off the front line. "So I think she can win, even though they don't often off 40m." Dunn, who trains the northern arm of his team while son John takes care of the Canterbury horses, sits second on the national premiership with 87 wins and thinks he can end the season with at least two, maybe three tonight. "Cmeerock has a good chance in race two because it is her sort of field, although we have worked out she is also best when driven with a sit. "And the horse who has really improved for us has been Johnny White (race six). "He has always had ability but developed a few problems and took us ages to get right. "But he won well last Friday and has the draw to be handy again this week. If he leads or trails, which I think he will, then he has to be hard to beat." The pacing highlight of the night will be Butcher dominated, with drivers David (Vasari), Zac (Northview Hustler) and Ben (Max Phactor) on the three favourites. Max Phactor was a very brave second when the tempo of his comeback race was against him last Friday and might have an experience/class edge over his three-year-old rivals but tonight is his first standing start so punters will want $3.50 to take the chance, even though as a very clean pacer who should handle the stand. Michael Guerin
MacKinnon to end the season in style
Jack MacKinnon will be looking to put the icing on another premiership-winning season at Alexandra Park on Friday. The 22-year-old Pukekohe horseman has all but wrapped up the 2016-2017 Junior Driving premiership at northern headquarters and should seal the title when he reins hot favourite Yagunnakissmeornot in the seventh event. MacKinnon's title comes a year after he won last season's Junior Driving premiership by a 0.159 of a point on the UDR strike rate. Both he, Andre Poutama and Kyle Marshall all recorded seven wins apiece. This year MacKinnon has won nine races at Alexandra Park – three more than Robert Argue. Sean Grayling is actually second, with eight wins, but he now resides in New South Wales. Unless Argue can win all three of his Friday drives and MacKinnon can't pick up a winner in four attempts on then MacKinnon will pick up his second consecutive Alexandra Park Junior Driving title. "It's been an a very good season and I'm delighted to have won the Alexandra Park premiership again, because it is the main track in the North island and you never get sick of winning there. "I have been able to drive better horses this year and that's why I'm getting more winners. I'm grateful to everyone who has helped me especially Robert Dunn, Tim Vince and Steve Telfer & Chris Garlick. They have been very supportive. "I think my season highlight was training and driving Kissmeimloaded in the Jewels Final (3yo Ruby Trot) this year. That was my goal at the start of the season and I achieved it," MacKinnon said. "My next goal would be to represent New Zealand at the Australasian Junior Driving Champs," he added. MacKinnon has recorded a personal best 16 wins this season ($155,745) – nine at 'The Park' and seven at Cambridge Raceway. His previous best in five seasons of driving was the 12 wins ($145,123) he recorded last year. All-up the former Mount Albert Grammar student has won 40 of his 523 lifetimes starts, placed 95 times, and netted $426,406 in career stakes. His lifetime UDR is 0.1606 compared to his 0.1942 this season. The Robert Dunn employee should win at least one race on Friday. He said Yagunnakissmeornot had come of age lately and MacKinnon thought he would be very hard to beat. "Robert has worked her out and since then she's really come of age. She seems to be getting better with each race. She is my best drive on Friday," MacKinnon said. Here's what he had to say about his quartet of drives: Race 4: The Ivan Court trained Arden Lustre (8) - "He's up here from the South Island staying with Steve and Chris, and he won his workout pretty well on Saturday. It's not going to be easy from the draw, but Steve is happy with him and we expect him to go a bold race first-up." Race 5: The Stephen Argue trained Speedy Lavros (10) - "He didn't go too bad last time but he can be a funny horse at the start. He's a hit or miss type but feels like he will win one next season. Things would have to go his way from his unruly (five) draw." Race 6: The Robert Dunn trained Lambros (9) - "Three-year-old who should go better this week. He's still learning but follows out his stablemate (last start winner, Johnny White) which should assist him. First four." Race 7: The Robert Dunn trained Yagunnakissmeornot (11) - "Lovely mare who shouldn't be too bothered with the 40m handicap, because she does things right at the start and loves this distance (2700m). She has won three of her last four starts and finished second and it's good to be back driving her again. She's the best horse in Robert's Pukekohe barn. It took a while for Robert to work her out but now that he's achieved that she's a very serious trotter. She's been unstoppable of late and I think that trend should continue on Friday. The other good horses in the race are also handicapped. It would be a great way to end the season for me. I would love to win my 10th race on the track and I've got a very sensible horse to do it." Duane Ranger
Harness stable under investigation
Positive drug tests have been taken from horses trained at the stables of top Canterbury harness racing trainer Robert Dunn. The positive tests were taken from some stable runners at the Nelson two day meeting in June this year, which has been confirmed by the Racing Integrity Unit manager Mike Godber. Godber said "the investigation was still ongoing and it would be another week or two before the RIU determined what further action would follow" Robert Dunn is currently sitting second on the trainers premiership table with 87 wins from 663 starters this season. Harnesslink Media
Dance Time proves too good
Steve Telfer has purposely taken his time with rising three-year-old, Dance Time, and that strategy worked the oracle second-up at Alexandra Park on Friday night. The black son of Rock N Roll Heaven justified his favouritism in the first of the nine races carded by the Auckland Trotting Club. He was having just his second start after finishing second behind Gooddealehemily on debut on the same track a fortnight earlier. David Butcher has driven the two-year-old both times. "We gelded him and held him back until late in the season. His mother was a Group One winner and she was a big nice filly who took time to get going. He's from the type of family that needs time and that's why we held back on him. "He's got a lot of ability and I thought he would go close to winning that race, but he's still very green and has a heap to learn. He's had some wayward traits all right, but has got better and better with time," Telfer said. "Ability-wise he's one of the better two-year-olds we have got," he added. The Telfer and Garlick trained gelding was too strong pacing the $12,000 Franklin Park Yearling Parade (July 29) Mobile, for two-year-olds, pacing the 1700m mobile in 2:08.1 (mile rate 2:01.2) and came home in 57.1 and 27.4 He got up by a head and paid $2.50. Dance Time is fourth of five foals out of the 2002 Sands A Flyin mare, Time To Fly. She won eight races ($105,153) for trainer Robert Dunn - including the $200,000 Group One 2008 New Zealand Standardbred Breeders Stakes. "I'll give him another three or four starts this preparation, and then bring him back later in the season, when he's a more mature three-year-old. It's all about ridding him of that green-ness now," said Telfer who works a team of about 30 with Garlick at Ardmore. They have now won 37 races this season - four less than their best year recorded in 2015-2016, but the $469,509 they have earned this season, is a personal best by $63,575. Ray Green was the most successful trainer on Friday night, landing three winners via Alta Intrigue (Zac Butcher) in the feature pace, the $14,999 Italian Night (August 11) R75 to R93 Pace; Spring Campaign (David Butcher) in the $14,000 Hydroflow R55 to R65 Mobile; and King Of Swing (David Butcher) in the Australasian Breeders Crown 2YO Colts and Geldings Pace. Green's 34 winners ($422,755) this season is also a personal best - by three. Alta Intrigue was the most impressive winner on Friday night notching up his fourth win in 26 starts ($98,631) with a slashing 1:57.6 mile rate. The only other horse to go a sub two-minute mile rate was the Steven Reid trained, and Zac Butcher driven Utmost Delight (1:59.7) in the fourth event. Alta Intrigue and Zac Butcher led all the way in the 1700m mobile holding out favourite, Max Phactor (Philip Butcher) by half a head. The three-year-old Mach Three colt stopped the clock in 2:04.3, and came home in 57 even and 28.1. Lola Jones and Todd Macfarlane were a head back in third. Duane Ranger
Bullet fires at Addington
As far as exceeding expectations go, Bite The Bullet well and truly met the brief at Addington on Sunday. So much so in fact that John Dunn considered himself more than impressed with the four-year-old's effort to produce a dashing final furlong to win in his first appearance since April of last year. "After such a long time away from the track, to produce an effort like that first up was pretty impressive," Dunn said. The Mach Three gelding, who ran sixth behind Lazarus in the Sires' Stakes Final as a three-year-old, is owned by the Ashburton trio of Alan and Ian Neumann along with Brent Clarke and has endured a rather tumultuous last couple of years. He's had two wind operations, the second coming after the first was unsuccessful and it's been a long and slow build up to get back to the track. But judging by Sunday's win, the wait has been worth it. "His work and everything leading up to the weekend had been really good, we thought he would go a good race. "But even half-way down the straight I thought he was just going to finish the race off strongly, but I didn't really expect him to pick them up in the way he did. "He really flattened out and sprinted, to get to them as quick as he did left me pretty impressed." With a record of four wins and seven placings from 23 starts and his wind issues, hopefully, behind him there's a good platform from which Bite The Bullet can now launch from - although the direction he's headed is still up in the air. As a Rating 70 pacer, options are limited but not scarce and being a part of the dual-located Dunn stable will has its advantages. Auckland is an option, particularly with the stake levels on offer, but Dunn is happy to take it day by day and see what transpires. "We haven't worked that out what we will do next," Dunn said. "There are options there but it's a case of sitting down and figuring them out." Bite The Bullet was one half of a driving double for Dunn on Sunday. He also saluted with the ever-improving son of The Pres, Red Hot Poker for Graeme Telfer. With 68 wins next to his name for the season, it's not going to end quite as fruitful as some of his recent seasons but Dunn is still a happy man and he and his father Robert will go close to triple figures again in the training ranks. "We've got a really nice team due to come back to the track soon, some really talented types so that's always exciting. "But it's been a good season, the wins have come again and we have to be happy with what we have achieved." Dunn sighted the emergence of the talented Captain Dolmio as one of his real highlights from the season. The former Southlander is back in work at Woodend Beach and will be aimed at a New Zealand Trotting Cup campaign in the spring. Matt Markham
Donegal's delight
The continued improvement of Donegal Carrickfin has seen the once rogue pacer become one of the finds of Canterbury racing season and the fun might not be over yet. The former Kaikoura pacer, who is now in the barn of Ken Ford at West Melton, has been in stellar form since the end of January, winning four times in his last nine starts. But today, in the Marlborough Winter Cup at the transferred meeting at Addington, the four-year-old will face one of his toughest challenges. Yet, Amanda Tomlinson who takes the reins this week from her daughter Sheree, is seemingly unfazed. "He seems to handle everything we have thrown at him," she said. "I think he's always been a very good horse," Tomlinson said. "We've just done a bit of fine tuning and changed a few wee things here and there and he's grown up a bit." Sunday will bring a new challenge though with the stand start an interesting aspect. Tomlinson didn't say it would be a problem, but then again she didn't say it wouldn't be either. All she's hoping for is another good performance to help lift the spirits of the pacer's former trainer and still owner, David Broadhurst. "David's not well at the moment, so it's been a real privilege for us to be able to give him some enjoyment with the horse going so well." Had everything gone to plan, Broadhurst would have got a real kick last Friday night but a mix up early on in the life of Donegal Carrickfin meant his nomination for the Uncut Gem wasn't accepted due to his ineligibility as he wasn't paid up. "That was gutting, we thought it would be a great opportunity for him. "We tried everything and had a lot of people helping us, but in the end he wasn't paid up so he couldn't race." The task on today won't be easy even taking into account the standing start as the Marlborough Harness Racing Club will be over the moon with strong nominations received for the major race of the meeting. Impressive Oamaru winner, Torrid Bromac will be joined in the leading contenders list by the likes of Usain Colt, Ultimate Desire, Boomer Bailey and Alpha Rock while there will be plenty of eyes on the talented Lovetodream who makes her debut for the Robert Dunn stable. Formerly trained by Nigel McGrath, the five-year-old daughter of Bettor's Delight hasn't raced since winning at Ashburton back in October of last year but showed her readiness for a big showing this weekend with two impressive victories at Rangiora workouts and trials in recent weeks. Usain Colt may be the handicappers special in the event due to a drop back in quality from fields he has faced recently. The Greg and Nina Hope trained tradesman has been beaten in three of his last four starts by the talented Cash N Flow and has been running home strongly in each performance. He will start off the 20 metre backmark with three others on today Matt Markham
Gavin's Gem goals
With uncut gems on the line, a princess would be a more than fitting winner tonight at Addington. And Gavin Smith feels he has the perfect candidate for a major race success in one of three new races to the calendar at tonight's meeting - the Uncut Gems. Smith picks up the drive on North Island mare, Rocknroll Princess in the $40,000 event and the pair will be looking to emulate their effort when they last combined at Addington, which saw them impressive victors. The Steve Telfer and Chris Garlick trained mare hasn't been sighted since the Harness Jewels, but will relish a drop in class for tonight's assignment - even from her outside of the second line draw. "She was massive the last time I drove her at Addington," Smith said. "Her bad draw at the Jewels over a mile pretty much took her out of play straight away, but back to the 2600 metres should really suit her I think. "With no real superstars in the mix she has to be a pretty big show." Domiciled at the Robert Dunn stable on Woodend Beach while in the South Island, Rocknroll Princess should start close to favourite in what is a reasonably even looking field. Her potential in the second race of the night could see Smith kick off in style on what should be a good night at the office. He has a number of his own runners engaged at the meeting, including the reigning two-year-old Trotting Filly of the Year, Di'z Luck who is again a chance in an open maiden trot. Smith was blaming himself her for her last start effort at Ashburton but is still realistic about her chances tonight. "She was driven upside down last time out, as she is better saved for the one run. "We've got a tough draw this week, but she will be running on strong at the end of things." Smith will chase a second uncut gem when He's Like The Wind lines up in the trotters' event - taking on the likes of Lemond and Dark Horse. He too disappointed when heavily supported at Ashburton. "He was awful," Smith said. "So I've upped his workload and made a few changes in his diet. "I wouldn't say I'm sure he's 100 per cent, but at his best he could probably lead them up and place I think." All Settled Down will also line up for the North Canterbury trainer, and on her best day she would go close to winning tonight in an even field, but her chances often are a reflection of her mood and manners. "I'm not sure a big gap in between her races was the right thing for her last time. "She's good enough to win, and her work has been strong, but she will need to behave and get that little bit of luck." Smith's final runner tonight is arguably the most exciting prospect in his stable in two-year-old Bright Diamond who looked set to cause a major upset short of the post at the Harness Jewels before he laboured late and finished fourth. "I thought his run was super, we were over the moon with it." The promising colt lines up in a $8,000 two-year-old event tonight and even with some quality opposition on hand to try and spoil his party, Smith still feels he's a big winning chance. "I think he will be hard to beat, even with some really nice types in there." Smith also has a decent each way chance early in the night with Sharknado who will operate from a handy draw for Phil Burrows. Matt Markham's Addington Selections Race 1: Idle Moose, Di'z Luck, Sunrise Spur, Unique Marshall Race 2: Rocknroll Princess, Sails, RR Sand Dollar, Amazon Lily Race 3: Vinny Gambini, Sharknado, Covered N Diamonds, Camwell Park Race 4: Pirate Bay, Indianna Dreaming, Daylight Robbery, Hayley Nicole Race 5: Dark Horse, Lemond, Petite One, He's Like The Wind Race 6: Sheriff, Bright Diamond, Angel Of Harlem, Samskara Race 7: Mongolian Storm, Duplicated, Shineonyoucrazydiamond, Franco Tai Race 8: All Settled Down, Craddock, Rum In The Sun, Cuddly Jess Race 9: Cash N Flow, Moonrock, Superfecta, Usain Colt Race 10: Jungle Gem, Burning Rubber, Motu Bettor Be Quick, Dance N Jewel Best Bet: Cash N Flow (Race 9) Value: All Settled Down (Race 8)
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She earned master's degrees in finance and management from the College of Saint Scholastica. Hatch received a bachelor's degree from Northwestern College, according to her LinkedIn profile. She didn't immediately return a phone message requesting comment Thursday afternoon.
Roder has a history of municipal management across the Midwest. The North Dakota native has been city manager of Independence, Iowa — a town of about 6,000 in the northeastern part of the state — since 2014.
Prior to that he was county administrator for Harper County, Kansas, and city administrator for Norfolk, Nebraska, and Northfield.
According to the Star Tribune, Roder left Northfield in 2008 for the position in Norfolk because of disputes with the mayor there. Roder was the city administrator of Norfolk from August 2008 until September 2010, when City Council members voted to terminate his contract with a severance package, according to the Norfolk Daily News. The mayor there said she requested Roder's termination, but he had done nothing wrong.
Roder in an interview Thursday said political leadership and wills sometimes change and take different directions, but he has a track record of overseeing growing cities and developing their infrastructure and tax bases.
The best way to do the job is carefully, he said, coordinating city policies and making sure employees make the best decisions possible.
Roder has children and grandchildren living in Prior Lake and Savage and said he knows Prior Lake well.
"We're excited," he said, adding he's glad for the opportunity to continue his career here.
Roder has an master's in public administration from the University of Nebraska, Omaha and a bachelor's degree in business administration from Moorhead State University.
Wedel, an Eden Prairie native, has a history of public works and engineering in the southwest metro. Since leaving Prior Lake in April, he's held the title of Public Works director and city engineer for Chanhassen.
Wedel came to Prior Lake through his time with local firm WSB & Associates. According to his LinkedIn profile, Wedel began by managing municipal engineering projects in Prior Lake and communities like Woodbury, Wayzata, Savage and Elk River. He took on the title of director and engineer during more than two years with Prior Lake.
He held similar positions in Lino Lakes and Long Lake.
Wedel spent almost seven years working or participating in the development of Savage. He was public works director and city engineer there from 2001 to 2005, followed by a three-year stint as vice chair of the city's Planning Commission.
Wedel received an master's in business administration from Bethel University and a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from the University of Minnesota. He didn't immediately return a phone message requesting comment Thursday afternoon.
Dan Holtmeyer contributed to this report.
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Third baseman Adrian Beltre will make the trip despite straining his left hamstring on Wednesday. He'll be evaluated over the next few days and is day-to-day.
"We talked about putting a foot down at home. Protect your house," manager Jeff Banister said.
If Beltre does have to go on the disabled list, it would temporarily solve the issue of finding a position for Jurickson Profar, who collected his ninth multi-hit game and extended his team-high hitting streak to 12 games Thursday while making his first start of the season at third base.
Rangers manager Jeff Banister said Yu Darvish should remain on schedule after leaving Wednesday's game early and said Adrian Beltre's sore left hamstring will require teammates to pick up the load (Video by Stefan Stevenson/Star-Telegram).
Shortstop, his natural position, is the only infield spot Profar hasn't yet played since being called up from Triple A Round Rock on May 27. His infield single tied the game at 2-2 during a three-run third inning. Nomar Mazara's single to left scored Bryan Holaday to put the Rangers up 3-2.
When you have an offense and defense like we have now you just go out there and enjoy the game. You don't have to be scared to face anybody.
Astros starter Collin McHugh left in the fourth after allowing four runs on seven hits and a walk.
Martin Perez left with a 4-2 lead after six innings and 100 pitches. The Astros took advantage of two one-out walks to score twice in the third inning. He allowed four hits and four walks but retired eight of the last nine batters he faced.
Rangers left-hander Martin Perez improved to 5-4 with Thursday's 5-3 win against the Astros. He allowed two runs over six innings (Video by Stefan Stevenson/Star-Telegram).
The Astros pulled to within 4-3 with a run against Tony Barnette in the seventh, which was aided by a throwing error by Profar that put the leadoff batter at second base.
We've got something special. This is a great group of guys and we continue to play well together. It makes it a lot of fun.
Reliever Chris Devenski held Texas hitless for 3 1/3 innings before Scott Feldman started the eighth. Rougned Odor's homer to right-center field on a 2-2 curveball gave the Rangers a two-run cushion.
Matt Bush struck out three to work around a walk in the eighth and Jake Diekman pitched a scoreless ninth to earn his first career save.
Although Beltre's availability on the road trip remains uncertain, the fact that he's making the trip is encouraging to the Rangers.
The Rangers are 24-10 at home, the second most home wins through 34 games in club history. They have a 3 1/2 -game lead in the American League West on the Mariners, who they swept to start the homestand.
Rougned Odor, who hit his ninth homer in the eighth inning in Thursday's 5-3 win against the Astros, says the Rangers play well because they're tight like a family (Video by Stefan Stevenson/Star-Telegram).


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Karl Adolf Schwabe (* 30. September 1909 in Grün, Sachsen; † 4. April 1990 in Leichlingen (Rheinland)) war ein deutscher Politiker (NSDAP).

Leben
Nach dem Schulbesuch arbeitete Schwabe als Färber, später als Färbermeister in Leichlingen. Politisch betätigte er sich seit den späten 1920er Jahren in der NSDAP, für die er sich unter anderem an der Gründung der Ortsgruppe Leichlingen beteiligte. In den Jahren 1935 bis 1945 leitete Schwabe diese Ortsgruppe. Von Januar bis Oktober 1935 amtierte er zudem als Ratsherr der Stadt Leichlingen.

Am 22. Juli 1944 zog Schwabe im Nachrückverfahren für den ausgeschiedenen Abgeordneten Rudolf Feick in den nationalsozialistischen Reichstag ein, dem er bis zum Ende der NS-Herrschaft im Mai 1945 als Vertreter für den Wahlkreis 22 angehörte.

Nach 1945 trat Schwabe politisch nicht mehr hervor.

Literatur
 Joachim Lilla, Martin Döring, Andreas Schulz: Statisten in Uniform. Die Mitglieder des Reichstags 1933–1945. Ein biographisches Handbuch. Unter Einbeziehung der völkischen und nationalsozialistischen Reichstagsabgeordneten ab Mai 1924. Droste, Düsseldorf 2004, ISBN 3-7700-5254-4.

Reichstagsabgeordneter (Deutsches Reich, 1933–1945)
NSDAP-Mitglied
Deutscher
Geboren 1909
Gestorben 1990
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Airtel Africa's growth continues offsetting losses of parent company
Bashir Ali | September 30, 2019
In late August 2019, Airtel Africa passed the 100 million subscribers mark in Africa for the first time. This milestone is impressive since its parent company, Bharti Airtel has been struggling in its core market of India. Bharti Airtel has spent billions to upgrade its LTE network and defend its market share against a hostile competitor, Reliance Jio. However, Airtel's strategy of fending off Jio has failed as the latter has been able to gain market share by building an extensive 4G network coupled with extremely low entry level prices. For instance, in the last 2 years Bharti Airtel subscribers in India have declined from 381 million in 2017 to the current figure of 324 million. In contrast during the same 2-year period, Airtel Africa's subsidiaries added 20 million subscribers. Indeed, Bharti Airtel is becoming increasingly dependent on the continued growth of its Africa operations.
Ethiopia's telecoms sector expected to liberalise
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Ethiopia has the distinction of being one of Africa's few, remaining, major markets to liberalise its telecoms market. For instance, Ethio Telecom is the state-owned monopoly and the country's only mobile operator for a country with a population of 105 million. On 13th June 2019, Ethiopia's Federal parliament passed the Communication Regulatory Proclamation law. The law lays the legislative foundations for competition through the creation of an independent telecoms regulatory authority that will offer licenses to private and foreign companies.
Axiata and Telenor merger is almost official
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MTN Nigeria in the firing line, again
Bashir Ali | April 30, 2019
In 2018, MTN's Nigeria unit has continued to fall foul of the Federal government of Nigeria with fines being levied against MTN by both the Attorney General's office and the Central Bank of Nigeria. On 4th September 2018, Nigeria's Federal government via the Attorney General's office demanded that MTN pay USD $2 billion in tax arrears on imported equipment and payments to suppliers dating back a decade. MTN Group instead responded by filing for an injunction at the High Court and pointing to its total payments of around $700 million, over this same 10-year period, to fully settle said tax arrears.
Uganda's government puts pressure on MTN to repatriate profits and list locally
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Bharti Airtel consolidating its position in Kenya's mobile market
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On 15 January 2019, it was reported that Airtel Kenya is in talks to acquire British-based Helios Investment Partner's 60% stake in Telkom Kenya. Airtel Kenya's efforts to acquire Telkom Kenya has been driven by a shift in strategy from its parent company, Bharti Airtel in terms of its operations in African markets through its sub-unit, Airtel Africa Ltd. Bharti Airtel adopted a strategy of consolidation for its Africa operations, meaning it plans to strengthen its position as market leader or a strong number two in the 14 African markets Airtel has a presence in.
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Samsung Electronics Co. unveiled the Galaxy S5 smartphone at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2014 which has been taking place in Barcelona, Spain during 24-27 February. The product has the 5.1-inch, full HD active-matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED) screen and adds new features: 16-megapixel camera, heartbeat sensor, swipe fingerprint reader and water and dust resistance at the degree of protection of IP67.
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The move by Samsung Display and LG Display to explore other avenues for AMOLED use comes at a time when the panels, delivering high contrast ratios and superior images, may have hit a wall in the smartphone space. Performance has been lower than expected for some flagship smartphone models in the high-end segment, where AMOLED panels are used in the largest volume, and the panel market has suffered as a result.
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5.0 out of 5 stars"Witness" is Fantastic!
Love the album! I was new to Katy's fan-base (I of course know who she is, and have for years) and was looking for something to new to listen to. This collection of songs filled the gap! The songs are deeply written with an electronic style. I love it! "Swish Swish"
Expected the album to be better, not bad, though..
This album flows really well and has a lot of good songs. "Witness", "Roulette", "Miss You More", "Tsunami", "Bigger Than Me", "Save As Draft", and "Pendulum" are all good. I like the singles as well.
I enjoy this CD. However I was hoping for more upbeat songs- dance music. There is one really good bouncy, dance floor song.
Totally happy with the cd. She is the best singer and composer I have ever heard.
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Conca, Aldo; De Negri, Emanuela; Rossi, Maria Evelina
Contracted ideals and the Gröbner fan of the rational normal curve. (English) Zbl 1163.13002
Algebra Number Theory 1, No. 3, 239-268 (2007).
Let \(R= K[x, y]\) be the polynomial ring in two indeterminates over a field \(K\), and let \(m= (x, y)\). A homogeneous \({\mathfrak m}\)-primary ideal \(I\) is called contracted if there exists a linear form \(z\in R\) such that \(I= IR[{\mathfrak m}/z]\cap R\). Contracted ideals have been introduced by O. Zariski in his studies on the unique factorization property of integrally closed domains [cf. O. Zariski and P. Samuel, Commutative algebra, Vol. II, Van Nostrand, Princeton (1960; Zbl 0121.27801)]. One of the goals of the authors is to determine those contracted ideals \(I\) whose associated graded ring \(\text{gr}_1(R)\) is Cohen-Macaulay. By a result of the authors and A. V. Jayanthan (cf. [Graded rings associated with contracted ideals, J. Algebra 284, 593–626 (2005; Zbl 1098.13007)]), this amounts to characterizing the lex-segment ideals with Cohen-Macaulay associated graded ring.
This leads to a surprising equivalence of the stated task with the problem of describing the Cohen-Macaulay initial ideals of the defining ideal \(P\) of the rational normal curve in lid. The authors solve that problem by showing that \(P\) has exactly \(2^{d-1}\) Cohen-Macaulay initial monomial ideals. In terms of the Gröbner fan of \(P\), an initial monomial ideal \(\text{in}_a(P)\) is Cohen-Macaulay if and only if a belongs to a union of \(2^{d-1}\) maximal closed cones which are explicitly described by linear homogeneous inequalities.
The authors also show that the union of a certain subfamily consisting of \(f_d\) of these cones (where \(f_d\) is the \((d+1)\)st Fibonacci number) is itself a cone. They call it the big Cohen-Macaulay cone and present some explicitly computed examples with small \(d\).
Reviewer: Martin Kreuzer (Passau)
Cited in 6 Documents
13A30 Associated graded rings of ideals (Rees ring, form ring), analytic spread and related topics
13P10 Gröbner bases; other bases for ideals and modules (e.g., Janet and border bases)
13D40 Hilbert-Samuel and Hilbert-Kunz functions; Poincaré series
Gröbner fan; rational normal curve; Rees algebra; Cohen-Macauley ring; contracted ideal
Zbl 0121.27801; Zbl 1098.13007
\textit{A. Conca} et al., Algebra Number Theory 1, No. 3, 239--268 (2007; Zbl 1163.13002)
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While most doctors believe they are doing their patient a service by issuing a strongly worded request for lifting or standing restrictions, they may be helping the employer make the decision to fire the pregnant woman. Despite the protections offered by the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, many employers will still fire a pregnant woman.
A pregnant woman and her doctor may not understand that any request for accommodation needs to be precisely drafted and specifically tailored to the patients work duties and medical condition.
Too broadly worded, and an employer may demand that the woman immediately begin unpaid leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). The problem with unpaid FMLA leave is that, one, it is unpaid, and many women cannot afford three months of zero income. Second, a significant portion of the workforce does not work for an employer subject to the FMLA, meaning if they cannot perform their job duties, they could be fired.
They must have worked the requisite number of hours for their employer and that employer must have at least 50 employees at their location in order to even qualify for FMLA leave. Residents of New York and New York City may have broader rights than those granted under the FMLA.
If you do qualify, you should still explain carefully to your doctor specific elements of your job that may require an accommodation and determine when those accommodations are specifically necessary, to avoid overbroad requests.
If such narrowly tailored requests still result in pushback or threats of termination from your employer, you may wish to consult the NYC Commission on Human Rights or an attorney for additional assistance.


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#include <aws/iotthingsgraph/model/SystemTemplateSummary.h>
#include <aws/core/utils/json/JsonSerializer.h>

#include <utility>

using namespace Aws::Utils::Json;
using namespace Aws::Utils;

namespace Aws
{
namespace IoTThingsGraph
{
namespace Model
{

SystemTemplateSummary::SystemTemplateSummary() :
    m_idHasBeenSet(false),
    m_arnHasBeenSet(false),
    m_revisionNumber(0),
    m_revisionNumberHasBeenSet(false),
    m_createdAtHasBeenSet(false)
{
}

SystemTemplateSummary::SystemTemplateSummary(JsonView jsonValue) :
    m_idHasBeenSet(false),
    m_arnHasBeenSet(false),
    m_revisionNumber(0),
    m_revisionNumberHasBeenSet(false),
    m_createdAtHasBeenSet(false)
{
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}

SystemTemplateSummary& SystemTemplateSummary::operator =(JsonView jsonValue)
{
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  {
    m_id = jsonValue.GetString("id");

    m_idHasBeenSet = true;
  }

  if(jsonValue.ValueExists("arn"))
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    m_arn = jsonValue.GetString("arn");

    m_arnHasBeenSet = true;
  }

  if(jsonValue.ValueExists("revisionNumber"))
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    m_revisionNumberHasBeenSet = true;
  }

  if(jsonValue.ValueExists("createdAt"))
  {
    m_createdAt = jsonValue.GetDouble("createdAt");

    m_createdAtHasBeenSet = true;
  }

  return *this;
}

JsonValue SystemTemplateSummary::Jsonize() const
{
  JsonValue payload;

  if(m_idHasBeenSet)
  {
   payload.WithString("id", m_id);

  }

  if(m_arnHasBeenSet)
  {
   payload.WithString("arn", m_arn);

  }

  if(m_revisionNumberHasBeenSet)
  {
   payload.WithInt64("revisionNumber", m_revisionNumber);

  }

  if(m_createdAtHasBeenSet)
  {
   payload.WithDouble("createdAt", m_createdAt.SecondsWithMSPrecision());
  }

  return payload;
}

} // namespace Model
} // namespace IoTThingsGraph
} // namespace Aws

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World leaders vow to protect forests, plug methane leaks at UN climate summit
By Frank Jordans, Jill Lawless, Associated Press
Updated: November 2, 2021 Published: November 2, 2021
Colorful trees stand near a road through the Taunus region near Frankfurt, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2021. More than 100 countries are pledging to end deforestation, which scientists say is a major driver of climate change. Britain hailed the commitment as the first big achievement of the United Nations climate conference in Glasgow. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
GLASGOW, Scotland — World leaders promised to protect Earth's forests, cut methane emissions and help South Africa wean itself off coal at the U.N. climate summit Tuesday — part of a flurry of deals intended to avert catastrophic global warming.
Britain hailed the commitment by more than 100 countries to end deforestation in the coming decade as the first big achievement of the conference in the Scottish city of Glasgow, known as COP26 — but experts noted such promises have been made and broken before.
More than 120 world leaders were heading home after two days in which they received stark warnings about the state of the Earth from Johnson, naturalist David Attenborough, Queen Elizabeth II and — most powerfully — the people of countries and regions already facing climate upheaval.
Johnson said at a news conference that it was important to "guard against false hope," but added that he was "cautiously optimistic" about the outcome of the talks. The conference aims to keep the world on track to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels — the goal set at the Paris climate conference six years ago.
Johnson had a message for negotiators from around the globe who will strain over the next 10 days to turn politicians' climate promises into reality: "The eyes of the populations of the world are on you."
The U.K. said it has received pledges from leaders representing more than 85% of the world's forests to halt and reverse deforestation by 2030. Among them are several countries with massive forests, including Brazil, China, Colombia, Congo, Indonesia, Russia and the United States.
More than $19 billion in public and private funds have been pledged toward the plan.
Experts and observers said fulfilling the pledge will be critical to limiting climate change, but many noted that such grand promises have been made before — to little effect.
"Signing the declaration is the easy part," U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said on Twitter. "It is essential that it is implemented now for people and planet."
Alison Hoare, a senior research fellow at political think tank Chatham House, said world leaders promised in 2014 to end deforestation by 2030, "but since then deforestation has accelerated across many countries."
Forests are important ecosystems and provide a critical way of absorbing carbon dioxide — the main greenhouse gas — from the atmosphere. But the value of wood as a commodity and the growing demand for agricultural and pastoral land are leading to widespread and often illegal felling of forests, particularly in developing countries. Indigenous peoples are often among the hardest hit.
Britain's Prince Charles, center, arrives with worldwide indigenous leaders ahead of a session on Action on Forests and Land Use, during the UN Climate Change Conference COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021. (Chris Jackson/Pool Photo via AP)
"We are delighted to see Indigenous peoples mentioned in the forest deal announced today," said Joseph Itongwa Mukumo, an Indigenous Walikale and activist from Congo.
He called for governments and businesses to recognize the effective role Indigenous communities play in preventing deforestation.
"These are billions in investment towards environmental preservation, but it's very difficult for this money to reach Indigenous communities, reach traditional communities," said Chief Ninawa, a leader of the Huni Kui people from the Amazon attending the summit.
Some campaigners said the forests pledge was a step forward. Luciana Tellez Chavez, an environmental researcher at Human Right Watch, said there were "quite a lot of really positive elements."
She said it was positive to see China and Brazil pledging to protect forests, but noted that Brazil's public statements don't yet line up with its domestic policies and warned that the deal could be used by some countries to "greenwash" their image.
Brazil's government has been eager to project itself as a responsible environmental steward in the wake of surging deforestation and fires in the Amazon rainforest and Pantanal wetlands that sparked global outrage in recent years. Critics caution that its promises should be viewed with skepticism, and the country's president, Jair Bolsonaro, is an outspoken proponent of developing the Amazon.
On Tuesday, the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden launched a plan to reduce methane emissions, a potent greenhouse gas that contributes significantly to global warming. The announcement was part of a broader effort with the European Union and other nations to reduce overall methane emissions worldwide by 30% by 2030.
Clamping down on methane flaring and leaks from oil wells and gas pipelines — the focus of the Biden plan — is considered one of the easiest ways to cut emissions. Reducing methane from agriculture, in particular by belching cows, is a trickier matter.
Helen Mountford, a climate expert at the World Resources Institute, said the agreement "sets a strong  floor in terms of the ambition we need globally."
Separately, the U.S., Britain, France and Germany announced a plan to provide $8.5 billion in loans and grants over five years to help South Africa phase out coal.
South Africa gets about 90% of its electricity from coal-fired plants, a major source of greenhouse gas emissions.
But campaigners say the world's biggest carbon emitters need to do much more. Earth has already warmed 1.1 degrees Celsius (2F). Current projections based on planned emissions cuts over the next decade are for it to hit 2.7C (4.9F) by the year 2100.
Increased warming over coming decades would melt much of the planet's ice, raise global sea levels and greatly increase the likelihood and intensity of extreme weather, scientists say.
"I don't think that activists are being heard here," said Mitzi Jonelle Tan, a climate activist from the Philippines.
"We have to make sure that we really rally together and make sure that we're so loud that the world leaders can't keep ignoring us," she said. "Because every fraction of a degree, every step towards the right direction is what matters here."
Some 25,000 people are expected to attend the vast COP26 gathering, from heads of state to activists and charity workers. Attendees on Tuesday included Leonardo DiCaprio, who drew a crowd of journalists and fans. The Hollywood star, who is a U.N. climate change representative, visited an exhibition highlighting the role plants can play in providing solutions to climate change.
As countries announced major initiatives, those attendees appeared ready to do their small part: For a few minutes Tuesday, the vegetarian version of haggis — a Scottish delicacy typically made with sheep's lungs — was sold out. It was outselling the traditional version, servers said — perhaps unsurprising in a crowd well aware of the impact of meat-eating on the climate.
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