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Houston's mayor and others say they will work to provide assistance to residents whose homes were damaged after a massive explosion at a warehouse that killed two workers and injured 20 others. Mayor Sylvester Turner on Saturday walked through the …
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DigiTech Partners with Sam Ash for East Coast Truck Tour Featuring iStomp
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – HARMAN's DigiTech today announced it has joined forces with music retailer Sam Ash as its demo truck hits the road for an East Coast Tour to 17 Sam Ash locations beginning Sunday, April 30th. Each stop will offer clinician product demonstrations and special giveaways for gear and other prizes. Beginning in Miami Lakes, Florida the truck will travel up the coast and finish at Sam Ash in New Haven, Connecticut.
"We are hitting the road to bring our newest pedals to the guitarist's door step. We know there are countless musicians who want to see and hear our latest products in person and our partnership with Sam Ash is the perfect opportunity for this," stated Rob Urry, vice president, HARMAN Professional Division and general manager of Signal Processing and Amplifier Business Units.
The DigiTech demo truck will be featuring the eight new e-pedals it has introduced for the iStomp since its launch this past January at Winter NAMM. Offering virtually limitless sonic possibilities, the DigiTech iStomp programmable pedal connects to an Apple® Macintosh® computer, iPod touch®, iPhone® or iPad® and enables musicians to load the effects pedal of their choice into the iStomp via DigiTech's The Stomp Shop website.
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Q: BVP for $y'' - 2y^3 = 0$ where $h= 0.25 , y(-1) = 0.5 y(0) = 0.5 , [-1.0]$ by using finite difference method find BVP for $y'' - 2y^3 = 0$ where $h= 0.25 , y(-1) = 0.5 y(0) = 0.5 , [-1.0]$ by using finite difference method.
I have been trying to solve this but I got a system of equations where my variables are more than my equations. Any help please... and can I use Gaussian elimination.

A: As mentioned in the comments, the finite difference discretization leads to the nonlinear system
$$
\begin{cases}
y_2-2y_1+\frac 12 -2h^2y_1^3=0\\
y_3-2y_2+y_1-2h^2y_2^3=0\\
\frac 12-2y_3+y_2-2h^2y_3^3=0
\end{cases},
$$
which you can solve by a numerical method of your preference. If you use Newton's method starting from $(0,0,0)$, you'll get 6 correct digits after 5 iterations.

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A 24/7 Police Line-up: Clearview AI, the RCMP, and Privacy Laws
July 16, 2021 in Privacy0by Editor
Photo Credit: Michael Jakubowski (Unsplash)
Natalie Bravo is an IPilogue Writer and a 2L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School.
Facial recognition technology (FRT) is an increasingly popular and controversial tool used by public authorities and commercial institutions. FRT increases surveillance methods for investigative or security work. FRT easily collects vast quantities of biometric information with minimal cost or effort. Sensitive identity-based data is particularly valuable.
These databases and data collection methods are not without risk. Reports of racial bias and Canadian privacy law violations weaken the argument for implementing FRT. On June 10, 2021, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner ("OPC") issued a 29-page report on FRT and Royal Canadian Mounted Police ("RCMP")-related surveillance as it pertains to the Canadian public. The special report specifically investigates the RCMP's use of Clearview AI (with FRT), pursuant to section 39(1) of Canada's Privacy Act.
What is Clearview?
Clearview AI ("Clearview") is an American-based entity that has amassed a wide catalogue of facial images with associated location information. Users with Clearview accounts can access the images for matching purposes. In October 2019, the RCMP confirmed that it acquired Clearview licenses and utilized free trials. The OPC subsequently received a complaint under the Privacy Act. Clearview also has their fair share of legal troubles in the United States.
Canadian Legislation
The OPC investigation and report engages the Privacy Act, specifically section 4: "No personal information shall be collected by a government institution unless it relates directly to an operating program or activity of the institution."
Further, the Personal Information and Protection of Electronic Documents Act ("PIPEDA") applies to "private-sector organizations across Canada that collect, use or disclose personal information in the course of a commercial activity." Commercial activity is defined by law as "any particular transaction, act, or conduct, or any regular course of conduct that is of a commercial character, including the selling, bartering or leasing of donor, membership or other fundraising lists."
Alberta, British Columbia, and Quebec have their own privacy laws that may apply instead of PIPEDA. Most organizations within these provinces rely on provincial privacy laws, except for "transactions involving personal information transferred across borders," or "federal works, undertakings or businesses (FWUBs) such as banks, telecommunications and transportation companies," where PIPEDA applies.
2020 Investigation into Clearview
On February 21, 2020, the OPC, along with privacy authorities in Alberta, British Columbia, and Quebec ("the Offices"), began investigating Clearview, their FRT database, and database disclosures pursuant to section 11(2) of PIPEDA. Clearview's collection practice was found to contravene privacy laws in all investigating jurisdictions. This investigation provided much of the backdrop for the subsequent RCMP investigation. As outlined in the PIPEDA Report of Findings #2021-001, the Offices set out to identify whether Clearview:
"obtained requisite consent to collect, use and disclose personal information; and
collected, used and disclosed personal information for an appropriate purpose."
The Commission d'accès à l'information (CAI) also sought to determine if Clearview had:
"reported the creation of a database of biometric characteristics or measurements."
PIPEDA Report of Findings #2021-001
The OPC's February 2021 report of Clearview's facial recognition tool identified the following functions.
"Clearview:
"scrapes" images of faces and associated data from publicly accessible online sources (including social media), and stores that information in its database;
creates biometric identifiers in the form of numerical representations for each image;
allows users to upload an image, which is then assessed against those biometric identifiers and matched to images in its database; and
provides a list of results, containing all matching images and metadata. If a user clicks on any of these results, they are directed to the original source page of the image."
The OPC found that Clearview's database contains over three billion images of faces with biometric identifiers, including pictures of Canadian faces (including children) collected without their knowledge or consent. Clearview allows law authorities and commercial entities to match people to online images within their database. The OPC found that the large image database "of biometric facial recognition arrays …[for] providing a service to law enforcement personnel, and use by others via trial accounts, represents the mass identification and surveillance of individuals by a private entity in the course of commercial activity." The OPC stated that police authorities can "essentially" subject billions of people to a non-consensual "24/7 police line-up".
The OPC concluded that Clearview's operations harm Canadians as they may detriment individuals whose photos are used without their explicit and informed consent. The method in which images were scraped from web pages was also found to be "unreasonable", among other Clearview activities.
The OPC provided three recommendations for Clearview to better comply with federal and provincial privacy laws: "(i) cease offering its facial recognition tool to clients in Canada; (ii) cease the collection, use and disclosure of images and biometric facial arrays collected from individuals in Canada; and (iii) delete images and biometric facial arrays collected from individuals in Canada in its possession."
Clearview disagreed with the OPC's findings, noting that they had withdrawn from Canada during the investigation, and did not commit to the recommendations. Clearview also suggested that the OPC should suspend the investigation and not publish the report.
RCMP Investigation in the Special Report: Police Use of Facial Recognition Technology in Canada and the Way Forward
As Clearview was clearly found to contravene privacy laws, the RCMP's use of Clearview technology was also found to contravene the Privacy Act's collection policies.
Curiously, the RCMP initially told the OPC that they did not utilize Clearview; that was false and concerned the OPC. According to Clearview's records, the RCMP made hundreds of search requests through the database on at least 19 accounts. The OPC assessed the RCMP's "controls to ensure it complies with Section 4 of the Act when it collects personal information in novel ways and from new sources." They found that the RCMP failed to properly ensure that their use of Clearview technology complied with the Privacy Act. Further, the RCMP did not report any system implemented to "track, identify, assess, and control" Clearview's data. This represented a serious lack of care regarding the sensitive information collected. Ultimately, the OPC recommended "systemic measures" and "pertinent training" within a year to handle (any) novel collections of data.
The RCMP did not agree that they violated section 4 of the Privacy Act. In fact, they argued that under the Act, they do not have a duty to ensure legal compliance of private third parties like Clearview. However, they did agree to OPC's recommendations in an effort to improve operations.
Soon after the OPC launched their RCMP investigation, the RCMP internally worked to address some of the issues. They restricted their use of Clearview and started the "National Technology Onboarding Program" to look into how novel investigative techniques comply with the Privacy Act and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. As of July 2020, Clearview stopped offering its services to Canada, and the RCMP stopped using it altogether.
In light of this report, the OPC published the "Draft privacy guidance on facial recognition for police agencies" ("the Draft") to provide provincial, regional, federal, and municipal police agencies with more detailed privacy compliance information. The guide offers a privacy framework with various related lawful authority guidance, and data management related to collection, retention, security, transparency, accountability, and more.
The OPC also offers up-to-date information on the accuracy of FRT and algorithms, emphasizing the unreliability and prevalence of false results. In the same way, the guide underlines "data minimization." In other words, agencies should only collect and retain what is necessary, rather than cast a wide net. The Draft is a rather thorough document with many references to specific case law and related authority. It demonstrates the importance of privacy in Canadian society and the seriousness in which Canadian officials deal with consent, surveillance, and novel technology. FRT may evolve into a useful tool, but until it meets the recommendations of the OPC, the RCMP will need some constructive and careful effort to use FRT again.
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Since 1969, Tokyo Concerts Inc. administering Tokyo Concerts Lab. has contributed to creating new music pieces called contemporary music with composers and musicians, being active at the forefront. We believe that the challenging spirit of contemporary music is one of the important elements to develop our culture. That is the reason why we named our hall 'Lab', laboratory. We hope that your ideas and creativity will create new opportunities to connect art with people. The size of Lab. is 190㎡ and the number of seats are 120. Lab. is very suitable not only for ensemble concerts and performance art events, but also for rehearsal of orchestra, choir, and dance, etc. We look forward to receiving your bookings. * In March, we had a renewal construction and the area was broadened from 160㎡ to 190㎡.
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For concerts or other types of performance: the first business day in a month, 1 year before the date of using (minimum number of time frames to book is 2).
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Technology: a friend not foe for getting kids active
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Technology in commonly seen as the reason for increased sedentary behaviour amongst children and young people, but how can we turn this on its head and use tablets and devices to activate kids? This session will explore the latest approaches and wins for technology and digital approaches for getting kids active, and how social media can impact on young peoples health and wellbeing.
The role of social media and technology in activating teens – what does the research tell us?
Dr Victoria Goodyear, Lecturer in Pedagogy of Sport, Physical Activity and Health at School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham
Dr Victoria Goodyear
Lecturer in Pedagogy of Sport, Physical Activity and Health - School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham
Victoria is a Lecturer in Pedagogy in the School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK. Victoria's research focuses on understanding and enhancing young people's health and wellbeing through research on pedagogy and digital technologies. Her work utilises participatory digital methods and digital ethical procedures. Victoria's research has been supported by research councils, trusts and industry, and she has published in pedagogy, education and qualitative research journals. Victoria has given keynotes and invited talks in numerous countries around the world, as well as communicating her research to policy and the media. Victoria is an associate editor of Research Quarterly in Sport and Exercise, and she serves on the editorial boards for Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy and Quest. Victoria can be found on Twitter: @VGoodyear and an example of her research can be accessed here: http://opencpd.net/Guidelines.html
Using digital to get more kids more active
Steven Day, Head of Participation at The Football Association
Steven Day
Head of Participation - The Football Association
Steve joined The FA in June 2017 as Head of Participation (now Head of Grassroots Development) and is responsible for the growth and development of football participation across England. Key priorities include doubling female football participation, growing and retaining participation in disability football and leading the FA's grassroots digital development roadmap. He also manages a number of key FA relationships with key strategic partners including Sport England, the Premier League and the EFL. Steve is also responsible for the football development outcomes from the forthcoming EURO 2020 Championships, part-hosted at Wembley. Steve is also member of UEFA's Grassroots Panel & leads on the FA's EURO 2020 football
Prior to joining The FA, Steve was Chief Executive of Fulham Football Club Foundation for over eight years where he transformed the organisation into an award-winning community sports charity.
Previously, Steve was Director of Community Development for the Harris Federation Multi-Academy Trust, spent five years as Merton's School Sports Partnership Development Manager and also worked at the Youth Sport Trust, Sport England and in central Government. Steve has held a number of Non-Executive roles, including inaugural Chair of London United, Board member of EFDN, Governor at Harris Academy Purley, Non-Exec Director at Fulham College and until recently Chair of Active Surrey, Surrey's Active Partnership.


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Haydn holds a PhD degree from Imperial College London, and MPhil, BSc from The University of the West Indies. He is a Past President of the Association of Professional Engineers of Trinidad and Tobago (APETT), and Fellow of IChemE.
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Simple Interventions Can Make a Big Difference in Helping People Quit Cigarettes
From JAMA Internal Medicine, "Effect of Mailing Nicotine Patches on Tobacco Cessation Among Adult Smokers: A Randomized Clinical Trial":
Importance The efficacy of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) is well demonstrated in clinical trials in which NRT is accompanied by behavioral support. Epidemiologic data, however, indicate that people using NRT are no more likely to successfully quit smoking than those who do not use NRT.
Objective To evaluate the effect of mailing nicotine patches to smokers without behavioral support on quit success rates.
Design, Setting, and Participants A single-blinded, 2-group randomized clinical trial of adult smokers recruited across Canada by random-digit dialing of home and cell telephone numbers from June 4, 2012, through June 26, 2014. Follow-up was completed on January 5, 2015, and data were analyzed from May 24, 2015, through July 6, 2015. A total of 2093 individuals who smoked more than 10 cigarettes per day were interviewed at baseline and asked if they would be hypothetically interested in receiving nicotine patches by mail to quit smoking. Those who were interested and deemed eligible to participate (no contraindications to NRT) were randomized to the experimental group to be mailed a 5-week supply of nicotine patches or to a control group. Telephone follow-ups were conducted at 8 weeks and 6 months.
Interventions Participants in the experimental group were sent a 5-week course of nicotine patches by expedited postal mail (3 weeks of step 1 [21 mg of nicotine], 1 week of step 2 [14 mg of nicotine], 1 week of step 3 [7 mg of nicotine], no behavioral support provided). Participants randomized to the control group were not offered the nicotine patches or any other intervention.
Main Outcomes and Measures The primary outcome was 30-day smoking abstinence at 6 months.
We know that nicotine patches work to help people quit smoking. That doesn't mean everyone uses them. This trial was an attempt to make things easier for smokers to see if that would help them quit.
Adult smokers in Canada were recruited by random digit dialing over two years. They managed to enroll 1000 people who smoked more than 10 cigarettes a day. They were interviewed and randomized to one of two groups. The first was mailed a 5-week supply of nicotine patches. The other was not. That's the study.
They were called 8 weeks later and six months later. The outcome of interest was whether people had been smoke-free for at least 30 days at six months.
The quit rate among those who did not receive the nicotine patches was 3%. The quit rate among those who did receive the patches was 7.6%. Of course, that's what people "said". It's possible they weren't telling the truth.
The researchers tried to get them to send in saliva samples, but only about half of the people did. Of those who did, the verified quit rate in the control group was 1% versus 2.8% in the intervention group.
The magnitude differs based on whether you rely on self-reported quitting or saliva tests, but it's clear that simply mailing people nicotine patches at least doubled the quit rate of people quitting smoking. Compared to the effort and cost of behavioral interventions, this is a reasonably cost-effective intervention.
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We have started a new feature for Bear Patch. This is not a brand new idea to the world, but I have seen it used at Barnes & Noble and Total Wine, so why not at Bear Patch!? It helps me pick a good book and a bottle of wine, so it could help you pick a new favorite thing, too!
Accuracy of cutting improves because you don't have to pick up and move the ruler for each cut.
There are handy little stars and squares on the ruler to bring your eye right to the inch or half-inch markings.
It's a heavier acrylic material so it's more stable than another brand of grid cutting ruler. And like all Creative Grids rulers, it has little grippy spots on the back.
sub-cutting strips or strip sets.
(GE Designs). We like to support local entrepreneurs!
Directions are included in the ruler packaging, with additional video support on Creative Grids and Checker websites.
Just got this ruler and highly recommend it and Gudrun's patterns.
Love that you are going to showcase items on the blog!
Hi Kathy! We hope to have a series of "Favorite Things" to share with you!


After a long time, Venkatesh is starring in an out-and-out action entertainer like Shadow. The Meher Ramesh-directed film hit the screens on Friday. Here are the movie review highlights.
The title song 'Shadow' filmed on Venkatesh is quite stylish and his costumes are trendy.
Venkatesh, who makes his entry with punch dialogues and a fight sequence, makes quite an impact. His dialogue 'Nenu evaru anedhi mystery, nanu catch cheyalante history, meeru chudaboyedhi naa victory', evokedmany whistles. While he does look good, Venky's character lacks intensity and he comes across as rather subdued. His comic timing is not the best either.
Meher Ramesh incorporates a parody of the Gabbar Singh Anthyakshari scene. Venky however, fails to pack a punch in the Gabbar Singh costumes. Also, the spoof of tracks from Mahesh Babu and Jr NTR's are not as as impressive as expected.
As the film progress, the narrative becomes tedious and uninteresting - perhaps the director and editor ought to have used their scissors more liberally as the action thriller ends up dragging along at a snail's pace.
Meher seems to lose his grip over the narration with the introduction of quite a few characters, who dosen't gel with the script and with the pace of the film. The dialogues, too are not very powerful.
The movie loses out in the humour quotient too. Meher has got the style of the movie right with its good looking frames and visuals, but the story and screenplay isn't too convincing. It's a mash up of several other movies and does not showcase anything new.


Euronext wheat fell on Monday, giving up most of its steep gains from the previous session, as traders awaited clearer signs as to whether top exporter Russia would restrict shipments this season.
Forecasts for some rain in drought-hit eastern Australia and slow European Union exports also cooled the market after Friday's rally.
By 1605 GMT, benchmark December milling wheat on Paris-based Euronext, was down 3.00 euros, or 1.4 percent, at 211.75 euros ($242.18) a tonne.
"The fall is explained by the absence of bullish news," one futures dealer said.
On Friday, the contract had climbed as much as 3 percent to 216.50 euros, approaching a 5-1/2 year high of 218.25 euros struck in early August, after a meeting between Russia's agriculture ministry and grain traders fuelled speculation about possible export curbs.
Some traders reported that the agriculture ministry would consider curbing 2018/19 grain exports once they reach 30 million tonnes, as requested by meat-producing regions, but the ministry denied discussing any restrictions.
The news reinforced doubts over Russia's capacity to meet the ministry's forecast of 35 million tonnes of wheat exports in 2018/19, given an expected drop in production and very brisk shipments at the start of the season.
Traders are sensitive to any suggestion of export curbs in Russia after the country imposed a full ban back in 2010/11 following a severe drought, sending global prices surging.
Russian traders said on Monday they might step up exports in the first half of the season to avoid potential limits later in the season.
Separately, the Interfax news agency quoted the agriculture ministry as saying that Russia plans to sell about 2 million tonnes of grain from state stockpiles in 2018/19, expanding an initial programme of 500,000 tonnes.
The speculation around Russian export policy added to a lull on the physical market in France.
"After the meeting in Russia on Friday, people started thinking back to 2010. So sellers are holding back a bit and are waiting to see what happens," one French cash broker said.
Many market participants were returning from summer holidays, with activity expected to pick up gradually this week.
Weekly data from the European Commission showed that EU soft wheat exports in 2018/19 had reached 1.8 million tonnes by Aug. 19, down 40 percent from a year earlier.


Boscombe is in the province of Alberta.
The community was named for Boscombe, Wiltshire, England.
Sections below provide additional information and links about Boscombe travel and tourism, maps, recreation, government and transportation.
Boscombe locator map. Use the navigation tools in the upper left to move the map center or to zoom in or out. You can also click and drag the map to move in any direction.


In the northern Great Basin, low sagebrush and mountain big sagebrush roll across the arid landscape, providing valuable habitat for hundreds of species of wildlife and productive grazing lands for livestock. A broad coalition of cooperators and contributors are partnering on landscape-scale removal of encroaching conifers to improve range health across borders in southeastern Oregon, northeastern California, and northwestern Nevada.
Western junipers are encroaching into sagebrush rangelands, threatening sage grouse strongholds and agricultural operations. While junipers are native trees, altered fire regimes have allowed woodlands to expand ten-fold beyond their historic footprint, overtaking former sagebrush and grass-dominated habitats. As these conifers expand, they outcompete other native shrubs, grasses, and wildflowers for precious water resources and soil nutrients.
Junipers are particularly problematic when they take over sage grouse breeding habitat, since the birds avoid lekking and nesting in areas with as little as 3-4% tree cover in the vicinity. Bighorn sheep, mule deer, and sagebrush songbirds also suffer when conifers outcompete sagebrush and perennial grasses, which provide important food and cover resources.
The above map shows areas where conifers have been removed on both public and private lands throughout the Warner and Vya regions since 2013.
Removing conifers before understory shrubs and grasses are lost improves habitat for sagebrush-dependent wildlife and preserves forage for livestock. Two different landscape-scale projects straddling the Oregon, California, and Nevada borders are strategically removing western juniper from places they don't belong.
Partners in these areas are prioritizing tree removal on former sagebrush sites in and around sage grouse strongholds where conifer encroachment is still in the early stages invasion (e.g., the tree canopy cover is generally less than 20%). To minimize the impact to sagebrush vegetation and soils, areas are treated primarily using chainsaws and the resulting slash is either scattered, or burned during the winter when the ground is frozen. Seeding is also occasionally needed to help reduce weeds.
For the Warner project in southern Oregon, partners began scaling up conifer removal across private and public lands in 2011, while simultaneously monitoring the response of sage grouse and native sagebrush vegetation. Over 30,000 acres were identified for treatment, and the cuts are now 95% complete.
In the Vya project area on the border of northern California and Nevada, work began in 2013 to cut encroaching conifers within 19 sub-project areas. Over 10,000 acres of sagebrush range have been treated so far, with another 10,000 acres slated for conifer removal to occur by 2019.
The Vya and Warner habitat improvement projects are also outstanding examples of how to effectively integrate monitoring into on-the ground conservation. Ongoing studies are evaluating the long-term outcomes of conifer removal on sagebrush ecosystems. These research findings—which have appeared in peer-reviewed literature—provide valuable insights for conservation practitioners across the American West.
BLM began radio-collaring birds in 2009 (prior to any conifer treatments) to study sage grouse movements. In 2011, a long-term study was initiated in partnership with NRCS, University of Idaho, Oregon State University, and Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife to evaluate outcomes of land treatments.
Within just three years of cutting conifers from rangelands, 29% of marked birds shifted back to nesting into treated habitats.
Additional research also documented benefits of conifer removal for sagebrush songbirds: the abundance of Brewer's sparrow, green-tailed towhee, and vesper sparrow more than doubled following mechanical conifer removal.
This video shows the movements of two sage grouse hens in the Warner Mountains of southern Oregon. The birds were marked with GPS units, and traveled through a study area where encroaching conifers had been removed by the Sage Grouse Initiative.
In 2017, BLM partnered with Oregon State University researchers in the Warners to extend their study south into the Vya region by placing GPS collars on sage grouse in the project area.
Researchers tracked a hen that lekked in the Warner Valley then moved south to spend the summer at Cowhead Lake, an area treated for conifer in the Vya area, which shows the landscape-scale benefits of conserving habitat across boundaries.
The University of Nevada Reno selected Vya as one of its study sites for a multi-year research project evaluating the broader wildlife response to conifer removal. UNR began collecting data in 2017 on how a variety of sagebrush-obligate species (such as insects, reptiles, birds, bats, and small mammals) respond to cuts.


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Q: normal cone to sublevel set I came across the following interesting and important result:
Let $f$ be a proper convex function and $\bar{x}$ be an interior point of ${\rm dom} f$. Denote the sublevel set $\{x:f(x)\leq f(\bar{x})\}$  by $C$ and the normal cone to $C$ at $\bar{x}$ by $N_C(\bar{x})$. Moreover, assume that $f(\bar{x})>\inf f(x)$. Then, we have $N_C(\bar{x})={\rm cone}\, \partial f(\bar{x})$.
Many textbooks have this result as a theorem. But most of them proved this result by citing many other results. The basic idea is to show $(T_C(\bar{x}))^{\circ}={\rm cone}\,\partial f(\bar{x})$, where $T_C(\bar{x})$ is the tangent cone to $C$ at $\bar{x}$.
I tried to show this result by a naive approach, i.e., by showing $N_C(\bar{x})\supset{\rm cone}\,\partial f(\bar{x})$ and $N_C(\bar{x})\subset{\rm cone}\,\partial f(\bar{x})$. Indeed, it is trivial to show $N_C(\bar{x})\supset{\rm cone}\,\partial f(\bar{x})$. The difficulty comes from the other direction.
I am wondering if there is any simple/insightful way to show this result.
Thanks.

A: Proof of $R_+ \partial f(\bar{x})\supset  N _C(\bar{x})$ (by contradiction)  :
(1). $\bar{x} \in core(dom f)$ $\Rightarrow$ $\partial f(\bar{x})$ is bounded.
(2). $f(\bar{x}) > \inf f$ $\Rightarrow$ $0 \notin \partial f(\bar{x})$.
Assume that  $R_+ \partial f(\bar{x})   \supset  N _C(\bar(x))$ doesn't hold. Then there exists nonzero $d$ such that $d \in N _C(\bar{x})$ and $d \not\in R_+ \partial f(\bar{x})$. Let $D=R_+\{d\} $. Then $\partial f(\bar{x}) \bigcap D=\emptyset$.
From (1), (2) and hyperplane separation theorem, there exists
$a$ such that $\langle a, d \rangle \geq 0$ and $\langle a, \phi\rangle < -\epsilon$ for any $\phi \in \partial f(\bar{x}) $, where $\epsilon>0$.
From the max formula, $f'(\bar{x},a)<0$. Thus, $a$ is a descent direction for $f$, we have $\langle a, d\rangle <0$, which leads to a contradiction.

A: Here is one possibility to show the reverse direction
and the only used fact is
\begin{equation*}
 f'(\bar x; d ) = \sup_{\lambda \in \partial f(\bar x)} \langle \lambda, d \rangle
 .
\end{equation*}
The desired inclusion $N_C(\bar x) \subset \mathrm{cone}\partial f(\bar x)$
is equivalent to
$N_C(\bar x)^\circ \supset \mathrm{cone}\partial f(\bar x)^\circ$,
that is, we have to show
\begin{equation*}
 T_C(\bar x) \supset \partial f(x)^\circ,
\end{equation*}
since $\partial f(\bar x)^\circ \supset \mathrm{cone}\partial f(\bar x)^\circ$.
Let $d \in \partial f(\bar x)^\circ$ be given.
Hence, for all $\lambda \in \partial f(\bar x)$, we have
\begin{equation*}
 \langle \lambda, d \rangle \le 0
\end{equation*}
and this means
\begin{equation*}
 f'(\bar x;d) \le 0.
\end{equation*}
By using a point $\tilde x$ with $f(\tilde x) < f(\bar x)$, it is easy to show
\begin{equation*}
 f\Big( (1-\lambda_n) \, (\bar x + n^{-1} \, d) + \lambda_n \, \tilde x \Big)
 \le
 f(\bar x),
\end{equation*}
with $\lambda_n = \mathcal{o}(1/n)$,
which yields $d \in T_C(\bar x)$.
This proof is also insightful.
It just means that if you have a direction $d$,
which is polar to all subgradients, it has to be a descent direction (i.e. $f'(\bar x;d) \le 0$)
and thus lies in the tangent cone of $C$.

A: Here's my attempt to explain a proof that I learned from the book Fundamentals of Convex Analysis by Hiriart-Urruty and Lemarechal.
Some background knowledge and notation:
I'll first review some relevant background knowledge from convex analysis.

*

*Let $K \subset \mathbb R^n$ be a convex cone. The "polar" of $K$ is the cone $K^\circ$ defined by
$$
K^\circ = \{ w \in \mathbb R^n \mid \langle v, w \rangle \leq 0 \text{ for all } v \in K\}.
$$
It can be shown that if $K$ is a closed convex cone, then
$$
(K^\circ)^\circ = K.
$$

*Suppose that $C \subset \mathbb R^n$ is a convex set and $\bar x \in C$. A "feasible vector" or "feasible direction" for $C$ at $\bar x$ is a vector $v \in \mathbb R^n$ such that $\bar x + t v \in C$ for some $t > 0$. (So if you start at the location $\bar x$ and move a short distance in the direction $v$, you will not leave $C$.) The set of all feasible vectors for $C$ at $\bar x$ is denoted $F_C(\bar x)$. The tangent cone to $C$ at $\bar x$, denoted $T_C(\bar x)$, is by definition the closure of $F_C(\bar x)$:
$$
T_C(\bar x) = \overline{F_C(\bar x)}.
$$
(This definition of the tangent cone is only correct when $C$ is convex.)

*The normal cone to $C$ at $\bar x$ is the set $N_C(\bar x)$ defined by
$$
N_C(\bar x) = \{ w \in \mathbb R^n \mid \langle x - \bar x, w \rangle \leq 0 \text{ for all } x \in C \}.
$$
It can be shown that $T_C(\bar x)$ and $N_C(\bar x)$ are both closed convex cones and that
$$
N_C(\bar x) = T_C(\bar x)^\circ.
$$

*Suppose that $f:\mathbb R^n \to \mathbb R \cup \{\infty\}$ is a convex function and $\bar x \in \mathbb R^n$. A "subgradient" of $f$ at $\bar x$ is a vector $g \in \mathbb R^n$ such that
$$
f(x) \geq f(\bar x) + \langle g, x - \bar x \rangle \quad \text{for all } x \in \mathbb R^n.
$$
The set of all subgradients of $f$ at $\bar x$ is called the "subdifferential" of $f$ at $\bar x$ and is denoted $\partial f(\bar x)$.

*The "effective domain" of a function $f:\mathbb R^n \to \mathbb R \cup \{\infty\}$ is the set $\textbf{dom} \, f$ defined by
$$
\textbf{dom} \, f = \{ x \in \mathbb R^n \mid f(x) < \infty \}.
$$
It can be shown that if $f$ is convex and $\bar x$ is in the interior of the effective domain of $f$, then $\partial f(\bar x)$ is a non-empty, convex, compact set.

*It can also be shown that if $f:\mathbb R^n \to \mathbb R \cup \{\infty \}$ is convex and $\bar x$ is in the interior of the effective domain of $f$, then
$$
D_v f(\bar x) = \max_{g \in \partial f(\bar x)} \langle g, v \rangle.
$$
Here
$$
D_v f(\bar x) = \lim_{t \to 0^+} \frac{f(\bar x + tv) - f(\bar x)}{t}
$$
is the directional derivative of $f$ at $\bar x$ in the direction $v$.

*If $f:\mathbb R^n \to \mathbb R \cup \{\infty\}$ is convex and $\bar x$ is in the interior of the effective domain of $f$, then the function
$$
h(v) = D_v f(\bar x)
$$
is a finite sublinear function. It follows that $h$ is continuous.

Statement of theorem:
Let $f:\mathbb R^n \to \mathbb R \cup \{ \infty \}$ be a proper convex function. Suppose that $\bar x$ belongs to the interior of the effective domain of $f$ and that $\inf_{x \in \mathbb R^n} f(x) < f(\bar x)$. If
$$
C = \{ x \in \mathbb R^n \mid f(x) \leq f(\bar x) \}
$$
then
$$
N_C(\bar x) = \mathbb R^+ \partial f(\bar x) = \{ t g \mid t \geq 0, g \in \partial f(\bar x) \}.
$$
Here $N_C(\bar x)$ is the normal cone to $C$ at $\bar x$.

Proof strategy:
We can prove this theorem in the following steps.

*

*We'll first show that the tangent cone to $C$ at $\bar x$ is
$$
\tag{$\spadesuit$} T_C(\bar x) = \{ v \in \mathbb R^n \mid D_v f(\bar x) \leq 0\}.
$$

*Because $\bar x$ is in the interior of the effective domain of $f$, we have that $\partial f(\bar x)$ is nonempty and compact and
$$
D_v f(\bar x) = \max_{g \in \partial f(\bar x)} \langle g, v \rangle \qquad \text{for any } v \in \mathbb R^n.
$$
We notice that
\begin{align}
\{ v \in \mathbb R^n \mid D_v f(\bar x) \leq 0 \} &=
\{ v \in \mathbb R^n \mid \langle g, v \rangle \leq 0 \text{ for all } g \in \partial f(\bar x) \} \\
&= \{ v \in \mathbb R^n \mid \langle tg, v \rangle \leq 0 \text{ for all } g \in \partial f(\bar x), t \geq 0 \} \\
\tag{$\clubsuit$}&= \left( \mathbb R^+ \partial f(\bar x) \right)^\circ.
\end{align}
Here
$$
\mathbb R^+ \partial f(\bar x) = \{ t g \mid g \in \partial g(\bar x) \}
$$
is the convex cone generated by $\partial f(\bar x)$.
Because $\partial f(\bar x)$ is compact, the set $\mathbb R^+ \partial f(\bar x)$ is in fact a closed convex cone.

*Putting the above pieces together, we see that
\begin{align}
N_C(\bar x) &= T_C(\bar x)^\circ \\
&=
\{ v \in \mathbb R^n \mid D_v f(\bar x) \leq 0 \}^\circ \\
&= \left(\mathbb R^+ \partial f(\bar x) \right)^{\circ \circ} \\
&= \mathbb R^+ \partial f(\bar x).
\end{align}
This is what we wanted to show.

Proof details: Steps 2 and 3 above are already complete. We only need to provide details for step 1.
Equation ($\spadesuit$) seems plausible. Certainly if $v$ is a feasible direction for $C$ at $\bar x$ then $D_vf(\bar x) \leq 0$. Indeed, if $f(\bar x + tv) \leq f(\bar x)$ for all sufficiently small positive $t$, then
$$
D_v f(\bar x) = \lim_{t \to 0^+} \frac{f(\bar x + tv) - f(\bar x)}{t} \leq 0.
$$
Because the function $v \mapsto D_v f(\bar x)$ is continuous, it follows that if $v$ is a limit of feasible directions then $D_v f(\bar x) \leq 0$. Thus,
$$
\tag{1} T_C(\bar x) \subset \{ v \in \mathbb R^n \mid D_v f(\bar x) \leq 0\}.
$$
The only challenge is to prove the reverse inclusion.
Let
$$
S = \{ v \in \mathbb R^n \mid D_v f(\bar x) < 0 \}.
$$
It is clear that
$$
S \subset F_C(\bar x)
$$
because if $D_v f(\bar x) < 0$ then moving a short distance away from $\bar x$ in the direction $v$ will reduce the value of $f$.
Thus,
$$
\bar S \subset \overline{F_C(\bar x)} = T_C(\bar x).
$$
But it can be shown that
$$
\tag{2} \bar S = \{ v \in \mathbb R^n \mid D_v f(\bar x) \leq 0 \}.
$$
It follows that
$$
\tag{3} \{ v \in \mathbb R^n \mid D_v f(\bar x) \leq 0 \} \subset T_C(\bar x).
$$
The results (1) and (3) together show that $T_C(\bar x) = \{ v \in \mathbb R^n \mid D_v f(\bar x) \leq 0 \}$, which is what we wanted to show.

The only missing detail in the above proof is to establish equation (2).
Let $h:\mathbb R^n \to \mathbb R$ be the function defined by
$$
h(v) = D_v f(\bar x).
$$
As mentioned in the "background knowledge" section above, this function $h$ is finite and sublinear, hence convex. We are given that there exists a point $x^* \in \mathbb R^n$ such that $f(x^*) < f(\bar x)$. It follows that
$h(v^*) < 0$, where $v^* = x^* - \bar x$. Equation (2) now follows from the following lemma.
Lemma: Suppose that $h:\mathbb R^n \to \mathbb R$ is convex and that $h(v^*) < 0$ for some vector $v^* \in \mathbb R^n$. Then
$$
\tag{4} \overline{\{v \in \mathbb R^n \mid h(v) < 0 \}} = \{ v \in \mathbb R^n \mid h(v) \leq 0 \}.
$$
Proof of lemma:
Any convex function $h:\mathbb R^n \to \mathbb R$ is continuous. Hence, the set $\{ v \in \mathbb R^n \mid h(v) \leq 0 \}$ is closed. It follows that
$$
\tag{5} \overline{\{v \in \mathbb R^n \mid h(v) < 0 \}} \subset \{ v \in \mathbb R^n \mid h(v) \leq 0 \}.
$$
Is the reverse inclusion true also? Well, suppose that $v \in \mathbb R^n$ and $h(v) \leq 0$.
We are given that there exists a vector $v^* \in \mathbb R^n$ such that
$$
h(v^*) < 0.
$$
Let
$$
v_k = \frac{1}{k} v^* + \frac{(k-1)}{k} v \quad \text{for each positive integer }k
$$
and note that $v_k \to v$ as $k \to \infty$.
Because $h$ is convex, we have that
$$
h(v_k) \leq \frac{1}{k} \underbrace{h(v^*)}_{\substack{\big \uparrow\\ < \, 0}} + \frac{(k-1)}{k} \underbrace{h(v)}_{\substack{\big \uparrow \\ \leq \, 0}} < 0
$$
for each positive integer $k$. So $v$ is a limit of vectors $v_k$ which satisfy $h(v_k) < 0$. This shows that
$$
\tag{6} \{ v \in \mathbb R^n \mid h(v) \leq 0 \} \subset \overline{\{v \in \mathbb R^n \mid h(v) < 0 \}}.
$$
Equations (5) and (6) together show that (4) holds, so the lemma is proved.


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Shoe Drive To Benefit Local Basketball Team
By Quoron Walker
| Manchester
The New England Hurricanes Basketball Program is collecting shoes to help raise funds to travel to Maryland for the AAU National Junior Championships in July.
The deadline for donations is May 5.
The New England Hurricanes Basketball Program is a girls' basketball program based in Manchester. Students from Manchester High School, Illing Middle School, East Catholic High School, and Saint Bridget School are all participants.
The girls get words of wisdom from Coach 'Tiny.' (Quoron Walker / Courant Community)
Players range from grade eight to 10. There is currently one team in the program. The program is going on its eighth year.
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"I want to empower them and teach life lessons," said Juan "Tiny" Cains, director and head coach.
The New England Hurricanes partnered with Funds2Orgs for the shoe drive. The goal is to collect 100 bags, each filled with 25 pairs of shoes. At the end of the fundraiser, representatives from Funds2Orgs weigh the shoes and give a participating programs 40 cents per pound.
"New, used, gently used, worn, men's, women's, kids', boots, flip-flops – we'll take then all. All types of shoes," said Keren Prescott, fundraiser organizer and New England Hurricane parent.
Cains has been coaching for more than 45 years, 16 of which were spent coaching AAU programs. He looks to provide the players with lessons on and off the court. He isn't concerned with winning. He wants them to be able to overcome adversity.
Coach Juan "Tiny" Cains says he teaches life lessons to the players. (Quoron Walker / Courant Community)
"We've got all these coaches pushing winning, pushing the result but not the process. So the kids are a reflection of that," Cains said.
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Increasing self-esteem and promoting mindfulness are also focused on in the program. Cains also tells his players to not get discouraged by words of others.
"They don't pay your bills. They aren't going to give you a car. They don't put food on the table at home. So why are they so important that they would define your happiness? Don't let them," Cains said.
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Lessons learned on the court are also carried home. Prescott received words of wisdom from her 14-year-old daughter, Jaden, which she learned from Cains.
Prescott lost her job last summer. With the latest blow added to her health issues, Prescott felt broken. She was crying one day, only to be uplifted by Jaden.
"She said, 'Mom, we just have to look at this as a game. The bills – that's like the defensive player. We've just got to figure out a maneuver to get around that,'" Prescott said. "I had to come to [Cains] and thank him for everything. My daughter said that's like her dad."
To donate or to help volunteer in any way, email loveyourprettysmile@gmail.com.
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A real cutie Taboom the armadillo loves having his tummy tickled. But when his piercing eyes see a wall, he goes kamikaze. Encased with dynamite and protected by his prehistoric shell, he rolls himself up, hurtles himself against enemy walls, and reduces them to rubble. Kaboom!
Floating on his cloud, Shaman is the most mysterious character of the tribe. Behind his mask, he sees and feels everything. Above the battlefield, his magical mushroom-sceptre sends healing rays to the weak or injured members of his tribe. Praise be to Shaman's powerful medicine!


Now – I may be cynical about the timing, but I do wonder if they THOUGHT that there would be less of an outcry over the holiday period! At the same time the website disappeared from the web….Now it ends up as a godaddy parked page.
…..please contact apple directly, we have no way to issue one, we're sorry.
They would be willing to sell the business and are looking for a buyer.
Now – once again they have gone silent and GPush is dead. I have solemnly declared it a #ZombieApp.
Older and wiser I suspect! Once you look at it, I don't see how this could have survived. The business model is fundamentally flawed from the outset. Any company offering a sole product as an ongoing – time unlimited – service with no revenue stream can simply not survive! How on earth did Tiverias expect to maintain the infrastructure required to provide the service?? Why did we – the users – expect them to be able to?
To expect it to survive otherwise is naive at best and stupid at worst.
I am surprised that Apple allows these sort of apps onto the store and do wonder what provision for abandoned users exists within the Apple – iPhone App-store framework….?
I – for one – will think twice about plonking down money (how ever little) for another App based on this flawed model.
As for Tiverias Apps postulated plans…. I can NOT see another company buying their buisness for the stated reasons above. PERHAPS they will sell their user base/lists – and that raises a whole lot of issues about their right to sell it.
YOU HAVE CHANGED YOUR PASSWORD HAVEN'T YOU?
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You forgot that they increased the price to 9€ in the last months. Had they had a good relation with the costumers they could have asked to support/donations or even change their business model!! Foxmarks come to mind.
Now the real question is, were they selling a app, or a service? If it's a service they have to refund the users… Anyone had any luck with that?
…."9€ in the last months." … Wow! I didn't know… one wonders if that was in the situation of Tiverias knowing that closure was imminent!
As for an app versus a service … they aren't mutually exclusive – by definition it was an app – that relied COMPLETELY on a service provided by the app seller! If the app had relied on a service by another party – then you might feel more sympathetic if the closure was because the other party closed – BUT if you offer an app/service (for a fee) you can NOT divorce the two – IMHO.
Refund – hmm no idea – and is it worth pursuing? Certainly – in principle – I agree ; and I think Apple needs contingency plans to deal with this too…..
At one point, TiveriasApps sent out an email asking whether users would be interested in paying an annual subscription fee for GPush. I said no, purely on the basis that the company hadn't proven itself trustworthy enough to pay an annual fee. From day one, they were very poor at responding to users' questions, complaints and problems. Add to that, the occasional extended periods when the app did not work. Do we need GPush as a working app? Yes. Do we need TiveriasApps operating it? No. In fact, I would not purchase any app developed by TiveriasApps. They do not stand behind their product.


There I sat. In a packed car, sitting on the edge of freeway traffic whizzing by, as the sweltering sun hit my face and beads of sweat slowly moved down my face. The contemplation was done, and I had made up my mind. A shiny steak knife was in my left wrist, pointed logistically at my right. What made this decision ring even more true to me was how three highway policemen had moved past me without a purpose. It was finally going to happen. I was set to check out, wondering what my final thought would be as my final moment passed. Right before doing so, something crossed my mind. And that something was the question of how did it come to this? How is it that two weeks before I was present at the premiere of a film I in fact produced? This was supposed to be a happy time. Why did my mental capabilities feel the need to fulfill my life's promise like this? How does someone go from the proud arrival in his parents' arms to just wanting to give it all up? And how long before my body would follow suit?
I know. That is a lot of questions to start an article off. Before I get into the answers to all these questions and more, let me give a bit background on myself. Because most people who come to this blog are probably looking to read what is going on in Mr. Norris' life and probably has no idea who the hell this person he gave the space to is blabbing away. My name is Garrett Collins and I work with Luke at a little site called Binge Media.
While he handles sports, I handle a lot of the film side of things. My show I host over there, called the Binge Movie Aftertaste, is one of the most fun things I have ever had the pleasure of doing. In addition to doing hosting duties and writing reviews & opinion pieces for the site, I also make movies. My first production, the already mentioned Refuge, has been striding toward the festival circuit. With at least three other projects on the horizon, including a film produced with my podcast hosting partner Jason Morris and starring Lance Henriksen, are all stuck in development hell. The dream of making movies has happened. So why am I not content? Because I felt the need to ignore the things most adults pay dapper attention to in order to chase a dream.
Close human relationships are essential to living. This type of contact is needed for support. I always thought I could get away with not having it, and just chasing the dream. But emotionally, I tend to push away instead of open myself up. Unlike most of my colleagues, I do not have a family or supportive significant other. These are things that I am missing, and my statement of individuality was by ignoring this problem. In doing research for a new project involving suicide cults, I learned the exact way of cutting a vein so that it would leave the cutter to die quick and painlessly. This was supposed to be used for authenticity. Not personal fulfillment.
A job loss can be a detrimental thing. But the fact is that I did not have a family to support and only myself. But word came down that the huge company I had been working for was doing some downsizing. Another personal note: I had filed for bankruptcy the year before. The downhill rolling of boulders would not stop. For two weeks, I applied and was rejected. Sometimes being told by even fast food kitchens that I had not been up to par with at least two other applicants going for the same job. How can someone go from working behind a desk to going to a starving man not able to get one job?
So why would I go on and on about this? Because I want to tell people feeling the lowest of the low that there is hope. I was feeling selfish. Evidence being once I did finally get a good job, my body rejected it. On the 4th of July, I was getting ready to go to a party when all I can describe as the most violent of stomach pains hit me following a bout with bloody urine. When people say pain hits them like a ton of bricks, I can't help thinking they have experienced appendicitis. With a stroke of luck I was with someone who could get me to the hospital, and I fathom to think what would have happened if I did not have that luxury. All the signs were there. Even when things were crumbling around me, the lights of hope were just that.
Thing is, all of this could have been prevented. When someone tells you to 'grow up,' usually there is a tough love motive. By ignoring all warnings, my body started rejecting me. My point in writing this article is not to selfishly get my story out there. It is to warn any and all readers out there that if your body or mind talks to you, don't ignore them. Your body tells you to 'grow up,' please listen. And no matter what, you are selfishly negating people of your presence and love if you end it. I have no idea why, but I put that knife away that day. I decided to metaphorically and physically give myself another chance. People around you will talk to you like you love them, and you can take what they say any which way you can. But when your body tells you otherwise, don't ignore it. All you are doing is making it worse. That knife went away, and my life got back on track. I know yours has just as much hope.
I want to thank Luke a ton for giving me this space to talk to you all. I hope your desecration is not being looked at through rose colored glasses, but also not ignored. Now I have made a residence in Los Angeles and am at a job I know will lead to the dreams I have worked so hard at. But I have also grown to be unselfish and as for you, I know that if you work at it, it will improve. Thank you.
Man I love you on all the Binge related shows you do man. You have such a great perspective on things and sound like a very genuine person. Sorry that you've haves some bumps on the road man, but just from what I've heard on you on the podcasts it sounds like you have so much to give and a lot to live for man. Thank you for sharing you're story and I hope you know your an awesome person a,d I hope to hear your voice for many years to come. Babadick!!!!
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Petition to North Carolina Officials: Free Dontae Sharpe.
Time and time again the criminal justice system in the United States continues to disappoint and traumatize Black communities — ripping families apart and leaving communities to deal with the consequences of the lack of accountability from police officers, prosecutors, and judges. In North Carolina, we are confronted daily with a morally corrupt criminal justice system that destroys people's lives, people like Dontae Sharpe.
Dontae has been incarcerated since the age of 19. He has now spent 22 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit.1 Dontae has spent decades behind bars despite a complete lack of evidence against him, recanted witness testimony and mounting evidence of misconduct by police and prosecutors in Greenville, NC.
In the face of such grave injustice, we must act on the moral imperative to repair the harm to Dontae, his family and community. In this holy week, we must not forget that the Bible reminds us of our moral responsibility to proclaim liberty to the prisoner.2 For more than a year the North Carolina NAACP has called on the government of North Carolina to free Dontae Sharpe. Now, along with Dontae's mother, Sarah Blakely, I am asking for the support of Color Of Change members to bring him home.
Help bring Dontae home. Tell North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper, Attorney General Josh Stein and Pitt County District Attorney Kimberly Robb to free him now.
Dontae was convicted of a murder connected to a drug buy in 1994 but the case quickly fell apart. The prosecution's key witness recanted her testimony within two months of the trial and a detective from the case has come forward to admit that Dontae was wrongfully convicted and that evidence in the case was selectively documented to build the case against him.
Yet, Pitt County Prosecutor Kim Robb refuses to reverse course. The actions of the Pitt County District Attorney's Office have convinced us that Robb has lost her way — focused on avoiding accountability for a grave misdeed, while Dontae is sacrificed in the name of maintaining the status quo. She knows that Dontae's freedom exposes crookedness in the Pitt County Criminal justice system that continues to this day. It is time for her office to take responsibility and right this wrong, or declare a conflict in this case.
Dontae has spent over half of his life behind bars because he maintains his innocence. If he'd confessed to the crime he was convicted of he would be home today. His case is a tragic example of the deep-rooted brokenness of our criminal justice system where prosecutors and police can exploit racism and inequality to try and extract guilt from innocent people.
Demand North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper, Attorney General Josh Stein and D.A. Kim Robb overturn Dontae Sharpe's conviction.
There is a long history of Black people enduring the pain of being mistreated by the judicial system. From coerced confessions to ineffective eyewitnesses, misconduct by police, mishandling of DNA evidence, to biases from judges and prosecutors, Black communities suffer from a criminal justice system that repeatedly discriminates against them.
But I believe we can correct these harms by joining together to call on those in power to do what's right. Last year, in a troublingly similar case, we were able to help free Kalvin Michael Smith, after he was wrongfully imprisoned for 19 years by pressuring the Attorney General to show leadership.5 We can do the same for Dontae.
Dontae's youth, freedom, and life are being stolen by the criminal justice that should have been protecting his innocence. Governor Cooper, Attorney General Josh Stein, and D.A. Kim Robb can now correct the mistakes made by the courts 2 decades ago— they can overturn this wrongful conviction and unite Dontae with his loved ones and return him to his community. We can't wait another decade. We can't wait another day.
Tell North Carolina Governor Cooper, Attorney General Josh Stein, and D.A. Kim Robb to overturn Dontae Sharpe's conviction.


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The story of 25 year old Riley Yeomans and her dog Yashka is a perfect illustration.
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A guide dog not only helps its owner navigate, move around and perform daily tasks. He is also her best friend and provides her with invaluable support, especially on days when morale is low. The story of 25 year old Riley Yeomans and her dog Yashka is a perfect illustration.
" A moment I will never forget when I found out I was going to have a guide dog. I was just looking forward to meeting Yashka and starting a new chapter in my life with her," recalled the young man. It's about the moment he was told in May 2016 that he was going to get a guide dog after spending 4 years on the waiting list.
He has just started his first year at the university. With the animal by his side, he was able to continue his studies brilliantly.
"Yashka is the reason why I have come this far. Everything I have achieved is because of her," he says.
With the help of a 7 year old golden retriever, Riley Yeomans completed her degree in creative writing from the University of Derby and then her master's degree from Nottingham Trent University. The duo then moved to Ipswich in Suffolk (East of England) where the student is doing his PhD at Manchester Metropolitan University.
The dog gives him the strength to move forward, make plans and speak out about the blindness he has suffered from since he was two years old due to retinal dystrophy and nystagmus (uncontrolled eye movement).
"Whether she accompanies me on public transport, sits at my feet at a conference, or sits under the table while I hang out with friends, her very presence is extremely reassuring and uplifting. Whatever life brings us, as long as we're together, I know we'll be fine.»
"All she wants in return is love, tummy rubs and food. She is the best friend I could wish to have," he concludes.
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Dow Jones Industrial Average Slides Nearly 60 Points as Italian Debt Crisis Accelerates
By Garrett Baldwin, Behavioral Trading Specialist, Money Morning • October 2, 2018
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell nearly 60 points pre-market hours as investors digested increasing economic instability in Europe. Yesterday, a Eurosceptic economist said that Italy would not have its ongoing economic problems if the nation had its own currency. Italy fully abandoned use of the Italian lira in favor of the euro in 2002.
Those statements contradicted the Italy's deputy prime minister, who said that he didn't want to depart the European Union or seek a new currency. The debate comes as the United Kingdom is working toward its departure from the world's largest economic bloc in less than 200 days.
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The price of Brent crude oil pushed above $85 per barrel yesterday, its highest level in four years. Analysts are projecting that oil could easily hit $100 per barrel in the next few weeks, as OPEC and Russia continue to focus on pushing prices higher. The recent price rally has been driven by the Trump administration's Nov. 4 deadline for nations to stop purchasing crude from Iran.
Gold prices are sitting under $1,200, one week after the U.S. Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the third time this year. However, Money Morning Resource Specialist Peter Krauth has predicted a big bounce for gold prices in the coming months. Just how high will gold bounce thanks to the ongoing geopolitical problems around the globe? Find out right here.
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Shares of Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) are in focus after the company announced it will raise its minimum wage to $15 per hour. The change will take place on Nov. 1. The wage change will affect 250,000 employees.
Pepsico Inc. (NYSE: PEP) leads a busy day of earnings reports. The beverage company topped Wall Street expectations with an EPS of $1.59 on top of $16.49 billion in revenue. Those numbers beat consensus forecasts of $1.56 on $16.38 billion in revenue. CEO Indra Nooyi is stepping down this week, but she will remain the chair of the board.
Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) announced it produced 83,500 vehicles in the third quarter. The stock has been on a whirlwind in recent days. On Monday, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced it had settled a case with CEO Elon Musk over his misleading tweets about taking the company private. Musk and Tesla will pay $20 million each, and Musk will step down from his role as chair for at least three years.
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Temple Of The Dog Reunites And Will Tour For First-Time Ever!
Temple of the Dog – the Seattle supergroup featuring Soundgarden's Chris Cornell, Pearl Jam's Jeff Ament, Stone Gossard, and Mike McCready, and drummer Matt Cameron (who plays drums with both Soundgarden and Pearl Jam) – has reunited and will tour for the first time ever since forming in 1990. The band will play five cities, Philadelphia, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Seattle, in November. A special ticket pre-sale for fans signed up to the Ten Club, Soundgarden, and Chris Cornell email lists begins immediately and runs through July 27th. Tickets will go on sale to the general public at 12:00 PM local time on Friday the 29th. $1.50 from each ticket sold will benefit the Chris and Vicky Cornell Foundation and an additional $1.50 will benefit Pearl Jam's Vitalogy Foundation.
The tour marks the 25th anniversary of the release of Temple of the Dog's first and only album, a self-titled set that was released by A&M Records on April 16th, 1991. "We wanted to do the one thing we never got to do … play shows and see what it feels like to be the band that we walked away from 25 years ago," Cornell says of the 2016 tour.
On September 30th UMe will release a special Temple of the Dog 25th anniversary reissue collection of their landmark album, newly mixed by Brendan O'Brien. The collection will be available in four configurations, including a four disc Super Deluxe, a double LP, a two CD Deluxe, and a single CD. Physical pre-orders are available today along with a detailed list of the contents of each configuration HERE.
Temple of the Dog came together from the ashes of Mother Love Bone following the death from a drug overdose of its frontman Andrew Wood, Cornell's close friend and roommate. Cornell wrote future TOTD songs "Say Hello 2 Heaven" and "Reach Down" to help process his grief, "but the songs didn't have any destination," he says. "I was compelled to write them and there they were – written in a vacuum as a tribute to Andy. My thought was that maybe I could record these songs with the remaining members of Mother Love Bone and that maybe we could release them as a tribute."
Mother Love Bone's Gossard and Ament began playing with McCready, and they brought in Soundgarden's Cameron to drum on demos. Because this was a collaboration, and a tribute, there was no commercial expectation for the Temple of the Dog album. It would be, Gossard would later observe, "the easiest and most beautiful record that we've ever been involved with." Adds Cornell: "Temple was about making an album simply for the joy of doing it. We weren't concerned what anyone outside of our group of friends would think of it. It was the first and maybe only stress-free album that we all made."
Gossard, Ament, and McCready were also simultaneously forming a new band, which more than six months later would be known as Pearl Jam. A singer from San Diego named Eddie Vedder, who was vying to lead the project, came into the studio to sing background vocals on three of the Temple songs. When Cornell thought another song, "Hunger Strike," needed a duet, Vedder was enlisted. "Hunger Strike" became a hit single, peaking at No. 4 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.
Temple of the Dog performed live only a handful of times, most notably in Seattle, in November and December of 1990. Those shows have become some of the most legendary Seattle concerts of all-time. Their 2016 shows mark the first time the band has ever toured. (Cornell joined Pearl Jam in 2014 at the Bridge School show and for two nights at PJ20 in Alpine Valley, WI, and the Temple line-up played "Reach Down" and "Call Me a Dog" at Seattle's Benaroya Hall in January 2015.)
"This is something no one has ever seen," Cornell says of the official reunion. "We wanted to stop and recognize that we did this and pay homage."
Temple of the Dog's upcoming tour dates are as follows:
11/04 – Philadelphia, PA – Tower Theater
11/07 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden
11/11 – San Francisco, CA – Bill Graham Civic Center
11/14 – Los Angeles, CA – The Forum
11/20 – Seattle, WA – Paramount Theater


Rafting in the Smoky Mountains - Bear Camp Cabin Rentals.
When you close your eyes and imagine your Smoky Mountain vacation, what do you see as the most thrilling part of it inside the mountains surrounded by forestry itself? Is it climbing to the top of Rainbow Falls and gazing at the famous Gatlinburg landmark? Is it seeing (or fleeing) from the wildlife that co-exists with us? Is it the miles and miles of God's own wonder stretched out before you as you get to the top and know that over 90% of the world is below you? Or is the chance to get down from the top and ride nature's own rollercoaster across a turbulent patch of the Little Pigeon River with a group of friends as you gleefully scream and cheer at the same time?
To each man and woman their own, but surely on some level, we can all agree the last item on that list provides the most natural thrills you can get inside the park itself, yes? Then what're you waiting for? You and your family or group should plan on going White Water Rafting in the Smoky Mountains this season!
Whitewater rafting is where you and the aforementioned group take a raft with a qualified professional guide and paddle up, down and against the Rapids. The waters crash all around you and create a strong white fizz for a moment after colliding with you (hence the name) and while it is a tempestuous ride with a lot of wild movement, it is, in fact, safe for people of most ages. With all companies providing whitewater rafting in the area, you are given inspected safety gear and travel with an expert guide on each ride. Rides generally last about 1.5 to 2 hours depending on which rafting provider you go with and which section of the river you choose to go on. Most rafting companies have a minimum age of 8 years of age for children, but some may go as young as 3 years of age. Some companies may also provide transportation either as part of the package price or for an additional fee.
– 6.5 miles in length.
– Class 3 and 4 rapids (moderate and moderately heavy).
– Roughly 70 rapids from the length of this section.
– Scenery includes sections of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Cherokee National Forest.
– 5.5 miles in length.
– Class 1 and 2 rapids (calm and moderately calm).
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Investor Outreach on Rev Rec Rule Needed: SEC Official
The new revenue standard could change "not only the top line, but also the bottom line and analysis that depends on the financial statements."
David KatzMay 10, 2016
Given the sweeping changes companies will likely have to make under the new Financial Accounting Standards Board's revenue recognition standard, they should focus on reaching out to investors to help them understand the effect of the new standard on their financial reporting, according to Wesley R. Bricker, deputy chief accountant of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Revenue is the origin of such key performance measures as operating income, net income, and earnings per share, Bricker noted late last week at the 2016 Baruch College Financial Reporting Conference. Sales is also the starting point for important analytical ratios like margins, return on equity, and return on assets, as well as for such valuation metrics as revenue multiples and price-to-earnings, he said.
"As a result, the new revenue standard has the potential to change not only the top line, but also the bottom line and analysis that depends on the financial statements," Bricker added.
"While all industries and business models will likely be impacted to some degree by the new guidance, investors should pay particular attention to those companies with complex business models (such as those with long-term contracts or multiple performance obligations within a contract), since the new guidance could significantly impact the timing and amount of reported revenue, " he said.
Under the new standard, he noted, "revenue is recognized when control of the good or service transfers from the seller to a customer. This model represents a shift from the current revenue recognition guidance which emphasizes the transfer of 'risks and rewards,' rather than control, as a criterion for recognition," he said.
To provide perspective on how many transactions could be affected by the new revenue standard, as well as FASB's new leasing standard, the SEC accounting official noted that in 2014, the S&P 1500 companies, which comprise about 90% of U.S. market capitalization, recognized revenue in their financials that adds up to more than $12.8 trillion. And that, of course, doesn't include the potential recognition of currently deferred revenue when the new guidance becomes effective.
FASB requires public companies to apply the new revenue standard to interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017. Nonpublic organizations should apply it to interim reporting periods within annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2019.
When interpretive questions come up about the new revenue recognition standard concerning their specific revenue arrangements, corporate finance managers and independent auditors should refer them to FASB's Revenue Transition Resource Group, said Bricker.
While the SEC staff "will continue to respect well-reasoned, practical judgments … grounded in the principles of the standard," he said, "aggressive interpretations that appear to be taken to achieve a specific outcome, such as preserving existing reporting, will not be well received, particularly when that outcome is inconsistent with the principles of the new standard," the commission official declared.
Bricker encouraged corporate accounting managers to consult with the SEC's Office of the Chief Accountant when their companies have "unusual, complex, or innovative transactions for which no clear guidance exists" or are "applying the guidance in a manner differently from the manner in which [Transition Resource Group] members believed the guidance should be applied."
For example, corporate accountants might want to check with the SEC if they have questions about how the word "contract" may be defined under the new standard. "While a future contract might appear to be likely or even compelled economically or by regulation, in the staff's view it would be inappropriate to recognize revenue for a contract before the contract exists with enforceable rights and obligations," he said.
Bricker also noted that guidance in the new standard "explicitly limits what contracts may be combined" for purposes of revenue recognition. The SEC's accounting staff, for instance, has "objected to a registrant's proposal to extend the contract combination guidance beyond contracts with the same customer or related parties of the same customer," he noted.
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