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KAZ-4540: technical characteristics, photo. Trucks of Kutaisi Automobile Plant
The development of machine building in the USSR was paid specialAttention. Each plant tried to create a technological car that would take its niche in the infrastructure chain of the country. The plant in the city of Kutaisi kept up with the general tendencies and fulfilled the set requirements and tasks. The designers created a truck, which became legendary, KAZ-4540.
History of creation
In 1975, at the request of the USSR Goselhoztekhniki, NAMITogether with the City Clinical Hospital of Balashov, which specialized in the creation of trailers for automotive and tractor machinery, and with the Yaroslavl plant, the development of new machinery began. The task was to create a new model of a road train for the needs of agriculture. The truck was supposed to be some missing link, which included the collection of crops on the field, their further loading, as well as rapid transportation and unloading.
In the early 80's on the basis of Kutaisi plant wasproduction of new all-wheel-drive road trains was established. The basis for the new model was a prototype NAMI-0215, created from the conventional KAZ-608B, with upgraded running equipment and a two-axis drive.
Before starting a batch production andTo produce a new truck in the former USSR, full-scale testing of the samples was carried out. To this end, initially 20 machines were created, on which all road and bench checks were carried out. In 1981, a new train was successfully completed at the NAMI training ground. The designers did not stop there and made a number of amendments and changes to the individual nodes and parts of the design. After this, new experiments followed and further tests. The new KAZ-4540 had nothing in common with the previous models of the brand "Colchis".
Already in January 84th, when interdepartmental tests were completed, the truck was recommended for launch in production. A month later, they created the first batch of 500 cars.
On the basis of this truck was developed and a truck tractor. He received a new marking - KAZ-4440.
"Colchis"
This name was given to the lineup of tractorsproduction of Kutaisi plant. The first truck left in August 1951. Most of the components were brought from the Stalin plant. Thanks to the nodes of the Moscow enterprise, dump trucks, small-size truck tractors, and also cargo vehicles under the Kolkhida brand were assembled. The photos of the new copy did not look like any of those existing at the time.
"4540" - a model created to meet theneeds of agriculture. Production continued from 1985 to 1998. During this period, several different modifications of the truck "Colchis" were created. A distinctive feature of KAZ-4540 was a bright orange cabin with very large windscreens.
Freight transport KAZ-4540, which differed fromall other models by two leading bridges, was often used in conjunction with the GKB-8535 trailer. This bundle was a kind of road train used to transport agricultural products.
KAZ-4540 dump truck is a universal machine withpossibility of unloading on three sides. Depending on the specifics of the materials or terrain, one particular method was used. The truck was equipped with an all-wheel drive with an additional locking differential rear axle.
The technological design made it possible to applyThe machine is paired with combine harvesters for harvesting cereals and cotton. "Colchis" is a car with sufficient cross-country capability required for machinery used in agriculture and a capacity of 11 tons.
In 1990, the designers prepareddocumentation that would allow the car to be equipped with a refrigerator, used together with a cargo platform, and also to create a car for firemen. Unfortunately, the developments were not further developed and remained only on paper. "Colchis", the photo of which is presented below, is the most popular specimen at the time of the creation of the machine.
Cabin - beskapotnaya, located aboveengine. Such an arrangement made it possible to increase maneuverability and maximize the use of the entire platform. "Colchis" - a car with a short wheelbase and an excellent overview for the driver. The large-capacity cabin had a separate seating area, a fan, and a heater. All this in the aggregate provided a sufficiently high comfort parameter for long and long flights. In 1985, it was a very good indicator.
In 1990, the production of modernizedversion. It was equipped with a hydraulic system to control the opening of the sides. When unloading to any of the working parties, the board was automatically closed.
Power component
The car was equipped with a diesel motor brandYaMZ-KAZ-642. The KAZ-4540 engine was installed behind the wheelbase and worked in tandem with an eight-speed gearshift (4 available gears and an additional divider).
The power plant was located directlyabove the front bridge, and all the bodies providing the control have been moved forward as much as possible. The driver's seat was above the motor. The decision to create such a layout was caused by the need to increase the usable area on which the transported materials were located. By increasing the angle of exit increased the patency. Such a scheme ensured uniform distribution of the load on both axes. The front part is 6.12 tons of weight, and the rear - 6.14 tons.
Uniform loading has allowed to use single wheels with wide tires, and also considerably simplified the system of the control of pressure in air chambers.
A lot of innovations were introduced when creatingKAZ-4540. One of these was the disk joint, which is more reliable than the spherical analog. The maximum speed was 80 km / h, but the load-carrying capacity was only 6 tonnes.
The running equipment allows the car to moveon heavy dirt roads, as well as on fields after plowing. The KAZ-4540 dump truck was equipped with a transmission with 8 positions, providing forward movement, and also two - back. It was a complex design, consisting of a 4-speed transmission and a divider with 2 modes of operation.
Dry clutch mounted with frictiondiscs and pneumatic drive. Rotation from the motor was fed to both bridges. In the transfer case, a differential was installed for interlocking. The control was carried out using a separate button located on the instrument panel.
Suspension of the front axle is assembled from longitudinal springs and telescopic shock absorbers. At the back there are semi-elliptic twin springs.
Drivers who worked on Kolkhida branding technology note that the most successful model was KAZ-4540. Reviews are not entirely unambiguous, but in many ways converge. The main advantages that were noted:
- "4540" is the first dump truck in the USSR, created exclusively for the needs of agriculture.
- Simple maintenance and repair due to easy access to almost all nodes and mechanisms.
- Excellent cross-country ability with maximum load of the road train.
- Cargo platform with three variants of unloading.
- A full-size cockpit cab, which was equipped with the latest technology.
Low qualification of factory workers did not allow to create production of high-quality machines. KAZ-4540 had quite a number of shortcomings:
- Often the mechanism responsible for lifting the cabin failed.
- Frequent leaks of working fluids and oil at the junctions of the transmission and motor mechanisms.
- The injection pump was not able to produce the required parameters.
- Weak places were also rivets, responsible for fastening the front springs to the frame.
Some advantages with incorrectoperation and improper driving turned into shortcomings. The same load on both bridges allowed to increase the patency, but with aggressive driving there was a high probability of tipping the car. KAZ-4540, the characteristics of which are presented in the article, is still used in some regions of Russia, Ukraine and other countries of the former USSR.
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Raj Aggarwal Details Jobs' Tenacity in AT&T/Apple Revenue Sharing Deal
Friday August 16, 2013 3:52 pm PDT by Juli Clover
Steve Jobs was able to strike an unprecedented revenue sharing deal with AT&T (formerly Cingular) due to his deep involvement with the iPhone, says Raj Aggarwal, a former telecommunications consultant who worked with Jobs on the deal.
In an interview with Forbes, Aggarwal details the history behind the deal, which saw Apple receiving a portion (approximately $10) of the monthly service charges that AT&T collected from each iPhone user. The revenue sharing agreement, which ultimately ended in 2008, allowed AT&T to offer the iPhone exclusively as other carriers, like Verizon, were unwilling to agree to the terms of the deal.
Under the terms, Apple also had control over pricing, branding, and distribution, in addition to getting AT&T to create a number of new features for the phone.
Aggarwal, whose Adventis consulting stint with Jobs occurred in "early 2005," said that Jobs was able to pull off the AT&T deal because of his personal involvement in the details of the iPhone, his efforts to build relationships with carriers, his willingness to make demands that others perceived as outrageous, and his nerve to bet major resources on that vision.
According to Aggarwal, Jobs was hands-on in a way that no other CEO was. He personally met with the CEOs of each carrier, and "got deeply involved in the details he cared about." Jobs, Aggarwal recounts, was willing to take risks to "realize his vision" and made "outrageous" demands that ultimately worked out in Apple's favor.
Aggarwal also found Jobs unique in his outrageous demands. As he explained, "Jobs said, '$50 a month unlimited voice, data, and SMS plan — that's our mission. We should ask for and go after something unreasonable that no one has been willing to accept.' He would come up with these outrageous demands and fight for them — getting much more than he otherwise would have."
AT&T's exclusivity agreement expired in 2010, but the deal Jobs struck with the company earned both AT&T and Apple an enormous amount of money thanks to the iPhone's immediate popularity with customers.
mdelvecchio
We will never see things like this from Cook.
give it a rest, already... you have no idea how cook operates since youve never been in the same room w/ the man.
stop trying to build this narrative of which you are not involved.
MyCarHasAbs
I still laugh at the thought that Verizon originally wanted to put their sh***y V-Cast software on it.
Illusion986
Now this is a reason how apple can be doomed without Steve...his involvement and ambition was off the charts!
boshii
"Jobs said, '$50 a month unlimited voice, data, and SMS plan -- that's our mission. We should ask for and go after something unreasonable that no one has been willing to accept.' He would come up with these outrageous demands and fight for them -- getting much more than he otherwise would have."
chado53
just shows you steve's intensity to get what he wanted. i feel like apple has a bunch of wusses running the show; that's probably why their products are so stale now.
quantumphysics
I still remember waiting in line for the very first one at ATT/Cingular. Coolest thing ever when I finally got my hands on it.


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Lanicemine (AZD6765) is a low-trapping NMDA receptor antagonist that was under development by AstraZeneca for the management of severe and treatment-resistant depression.   Lanicemine differs from ketamine in that it is a low-trapping NMDA receptor antagonist, showing similar rapid-acting antidepressant effects to ketamine in clinical trials but with little or no psychotomimetic side effects. However, lanicemine did not meet study endpoints, and its development was terminated by AstraZeneca in 2013.

See also
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 AD-1211
 Apimostinel
 CERC-301
 Diphenidine
 Ephenidine
 Esketamine
 Lefetamine
 Memantine
 Methoxphenidine
 MT-45
 Rapastinel

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Using location data for stock picks? Watch for stale data models
Because so much of the location data gathered to gauge foot traffic at restaurants, car dealerships or other business locations is gleaned via mobile apps, several variables can affect the validity of measurement models. Yet, most investors, money managers and consultants are unaware of the risks that lurk when providers of this alternative data fail to update their data models.
Data in the Digital Age
By Gladys Kong, Contributor, CIO	 Jul 24, 2018 10:15 am PDT
The use of alternative data sets for informing stock picks or long-term investments in industries such as retail, airlines, real estate and auto is growing. In the case of mobile location data, investors and others use it as a valid indicator of consumer interest or even sales. But without regular system updates, these indicators may be less than valid. In fact, the information used by money managers to make extremely important business decisions could be dated or even faulty because some location data providers may not regularly revise data baselines to account for factors such as artificial foot traffic growth and historical shifts in mobile usage patterns.
Like marketers and advertisers, more and more investors, fund managers and consultants today include location data showing consumer foot traffic to business locations such as restaurants or car dealerships in their data and analytics tool chest. In fact, an April report from capital markets consultancy Opimas predicts the market for mobile device location data in the money management industry will grow 40 percent annually to $250 million by 2020.
Despite all that excitement around mobile location data, people are unaware of the risks that lurk when providers of that information fail to update their data models.
Why is it so important to recalibrate location data baselines? At the core of the issue is the huge growth in the amount of information generated by our mobile interactions, prompted by greater adoption of mobile devices, more robust device capabilities, decreasing costs of data plans, and an explosion of data-heavy websites and apps. In November 2017, Ericsson reported that mobile traffic in North America will reach 48 gigabytes per month per smartphone by the end of 2023, up from an estimated 7.1 GB in 2017.
Protecting that $250 million prediction
All that mobile growth results in tons of additional individual data points, which over time reflect changes in usage patterns. The increase in data points can be misattributed as growth in foot traffic because some location data providers do not regularly recalibrate their data models. But if the industry is to hit that $250 million mark, that should change. Revising data models should be common practice to ensure the location information used to gauge foot traffic in store and restaurant locations actually reflects what's happening in real life.
Before listing several reasons why below, I'll put this in the context of an investor scenario. Let's say you're a mutual fund manager evaluating the performance of Chipotle Mexican Grill and Qdoba-owner Jack in the Box to determine whether they are solid long-term stock investments. Of course, you'd consider recent earnings reports from both companies, and delve into articles about new menu item launches, retail location openings and promotions.
However, if you also include alternative data sets in your evaluation of these fast-casual Mexican restaurant rivals, it likely includes mobile location data indicating how many people visited certain locations and possibly information such as the amount of time patrons spent in those outlets, as well as related demographic data. You might set up a search in a software platform for foot traffic data during a given period for all Chipotle and Qdoba locations. But if your location data provider has not updated its stale models, you might be putting key business decisions at risk due to misleading information.
More mobile data means more reasons to update location models
Because so much of the location data gathered to gauge foot traffic at restaurants is gleaned via mobile apps, there are several variables that can affect the validity of measurement models:
More mobile devices: While the same number of people may be visiting restaurant locations, a larger percentage of those customers could own smartphones today than did in the past. We need to factor that into data models to prevent mistaking more phones for more people.
More app partners: Most location data firms obtain their data through relationships with app publishers and app networks. If data firms have added apps to their list of app publisher partners, this change must be accounted for when recalibrating the models. Are location data firms taking in more data because there actually is more usage among the same number of devices represented by the same number of apps as six months ago, or could that data influx be the result of new partnerships with additional app providers? Either way, it affects how we estimate the number of people visiting a location.
Shifting mobile app usage patterns: The way in which people interact with certain apps evolves and fluctuates all the time, altering the app usage pattern landscape. Sometimes app publishers change features, more users adopt app categories such as ride-sharing apps, or people get excited about a new gaming app one month and have stopped playing it a few months later. If you recently added the Lyft app to your phone, or haven't played Pokémon Go lately, you know what I mean.
Geographic and seasonal usage distinctions: People engage with apps differently depending on where they live, too. If you're on the east coast in the springtime when weather can fluctuate hour-to-hour, you might open a weather app several times a day. People in New Mexico expecting sun may not open their weather apps for days. When fewer people open apps used to pick up on location pings, it doesn't necessarily mean that fewer people were physically present in a location.
Each of these factors has an impact on the validity of the location data used by investors, marketers, municipal planners and others to make crucial business decisions that affect how budgets are allocated, what stocks are added to a portfolio, or whether a neighborhood gets a new restaurant that could generate jobs.
When location data providers make a point of revising data model baselines regularly, the value of mobile location data has a better chance of reaching its full potential.
Gladys Kong, CEO of UberMedia, is an expert in mobile technology and data solutions. Gladys is dedicated to innovating and developing new ideas within technology startups. Since joining UberMedia as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) in 2012, Gladys has been responsible for taking UberMedia from social media app development company to a leading mobile advertising technology company and recruiting one of the best data science teams dedicated to consistently producing data solutions that anticipate and respond to today's diverse marketplace.
Gladys's tenure in technology is extensive: she was CEO and co-founder at GO Interactive, a social gaming firm. Prior to that she was VP of Engineering at Snap.com, and VP of R&D at Idealab, where she helped create numerous companies, including Evolution Robotics, Picasa, X1 Technologies and many more.
Gladys holds a B.S. degree in Engineering and Applied Science from California Institute of Technology and an M.S in Computer Science from the University of California, Los Angeles. Gladys participated in UCLA's CoBase Project, where she conducted research and development on intelligent and cooperative access methods to distribute large-scale database systems. She is currently on the board of directors for Innovate Pasadena, a nonprofit organization promoting technology innovation and entrepreneurship by supporting collaboration across businesses and education to attract companies, entrepreneurs, innovators and capital to the broader community.
In 2015 and 2016, Gladys was named one of Business Insider's "30 Most Powerful Women in Mobile Advertising." In 2016, Mobile Marketer named her one of the 25 "Mobile Women to Watch." Her expertise and passion for innovation has directly contributed to UberMedia being ranked 16th in The Wall Street Journal's Top 50 Start-ups and listed as one of Fast Company's "50 Most Innovative Companies," one of OnMedia's Top 100 Private Companies, and one of the "Best Entrepreneurial Companies in America" by Entrepreneur Magazine.
The opinions expressed in this blog are those of Gladys Kong and do not necessarily represent those of IDG Communications, Inc., its parent, subsidiary or affiliated companies.


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The power of love and forgiveness – how to be happy
No matter how much work I do I am always absolutely stunned by the power and beauty of the human heart's capacity to get over pain and return back to love and forgiveness. Physical fitness is assessed by looking at how quickly a person's pulse will return to normal after it has been at it's maximum rate. In much the same way we could consider emotional fitness to be the length of time it takes you to return to peace and love after being most upset.
The more work on myself I do, the more I realise that cultivating freedom is not about living in a world without problems. There will always be challenges, disappointments and frustrations. Freedom is about developing the capacity to find our centre more rapidly, to not take things so personally, to be upset but not to attack, to be scared but not to panic.
In times of stress or contraction bringing our attention back to the heart is always the answer. Scientists have now proven that your heart does create molecules of thought. It makes neuro-peptides. It is communicating with you and if you take the time to pay attention it will remind you of what is beautiful about letting people be who they are. Your heart knows it is empowering to take ownership of your own reaction and return to your loving and peaceful centre without doing or saying anything that you will later regret.
Learning how to be happy involves understanding our first and maybe even second fearful and defensive response. Thanking those draconian parts of us that want to keep us safe and protected helps ground us in times of difficulty. We have inside us ancient warriors that will protect out territory and fight tooth and nail to hold onto what we have. Blessing those parts and loving them for their intention and breathing them back to peace is the key.
From there we are truly free to respond with love and peace and that always makes things better. Even if that involves laying a very clear and tough boundary in such a way will be deeply unpopular, we can still hold strong with love in our heart.
Underneath all of the fear, resistance, competition and aggression the human heart and its' capacity to love is truly the greatest natural wonder of the world.
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The exhaust system is essential for your comfort, the performance of your engine and the protection of the environment. Exhausts must meet strict standards and manufacturer specifications.
The purpose of your exhaust system is to remove gases from the engine that are created when burning fuel. These gases pass through a number of different components, such as the catalytic converter, in order to reduce harmful emissions and noise.
HOW CAN I TELL IF THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH MY EXHAUST?
If you suspect there's an issue with your exhaust, often you will see a drop in performance or fuel efficiency.
You may want to do a quick visual check of your exhaust, although checking the entire length of the system can be tricky. A certain amount of corrosion to the system is normal, but if this has caused a crack at any point in the system then you'll need a technician to take a look.
One of the easiest ways to identify a problem with your exhaust system is a change in noise. If there's a problem with a silencer, your engine will make a roaring noise.
Hissing or rattling sounds from the under - side of the car could be signs of a leak, misalignment or another fault. You may also experience some vibration through the steering wheel as a result.
• Service your car regularly. This will help to extend the life of your exhaust system and catalytic converter.
• Shorter trips allow water vapour to turn back into a liquid inside the system, which can lead to erosion and rust.
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The National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) organizations are historically African-American; however, they are open to men and women of all races.
The UT Dallas chapter of the National Pan-Hellenic Council was chartered on Nov. 11, 2001. Membership in an NPHC organization is selective and is a life-long commitment that continues long after your collegiate career. NPHC has graduate/alumni chapters nationwide that students may affiliate with upon graduating.
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Each organization has different requirements for their membership intake process. Each group will host an interest meeting either in the fall or spring semester where a student can officially express their interest and receive details about what is required to attain membership with their group.
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2.2 Bid No. 99-65 – Discussion and possible action on the sale of two (2) Automated Collection Trucks in the amount of $63,097. Recommend award to Temple Iron & Metal Co. as the highest bidder.
2.3 Discussion and possible action on ratification of emergency purchase of Wood Utility Poles in accordance with LGC 252.022(a)(2), a procurement necessary to preserve the public health or safety of the municipality's residents. Estimated expenditure to Conroe Wood Products in the amount of $37,854.02. Funds available in Capital Projects, New Services and Extensions.
2.4 Discussion and possible action on the abandonment of a 0.05 acre public utility easement located in Lot 1, Block 1, Dartmouth Addition.
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2.6 Discussion and possible action on a resolution approving a Professional Services Agreement with CSC Engineering and Environmental Consultants, Inc. for Ground Water Monitoring, Topographical Survey and related services in the amount of $76,040. Funds available in BVSWMA Fund Landfill Operations Budget.
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2.8 Discussion and possible action on request for oversize participation in the amount of $62,879 for extensions of an 18 inch sanitary sewer line from near the intersection of FM 2818 and Welsh Avenue to the northeast corner of the Steeplechase Subdivision to be constructed with the Steeplechase Section 2.
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3.4 Discussion and possible action on appointments to the College Station Business Development Corporation (a 4b Corporation).
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Michigan's next governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general and secretary of state could get pay raises under a recommendation by the State Officers Compensation Commission.
Seven years after a 10 percent salary cut and a wage freeze since, Michigan should restore its pay for governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general and secretary of state to the 2010 level, the Michigan State Officers Compensation Commission agreed Friday morning.
And members of the Michigan Supreme Court should get a 10 percent raise, their first wage hike since 2002, the commission said in their recommendation.
The recommendation does not include Michigan legislators, whose pay also was cut 10 percent in 2010. Lawmakers currently make $71,685.
The State Officers Compensation Commission met Thursday.
"I personally think (legislators' pay) should be restored" to the 2010 level, "but that's too difficult politically," said Joseph Smalley, chairman of the commission. That's because the Legislature votes on the commission's recommendation, which means lawmakers would have to give themselves a pay raise.
The governor and lieutenant governor also would see a 10 percent increase in their expense accounts. The governor's account would increase from $54,000 to $60,000, and the lieutenant governor's from $18,000 to $20,000.
All the raises would take effect in 2019, after the current governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general and secretary of state leave office because of term limits.
The commission is established in the constitution, and is charged with making recommendations about salaries and expenses for elected state officials.
The commission's recommendations haven't been approved since the pay cut in 2010.
The six commissioners at Friday's meeting came to quick agreement that pay should increase in 2019.
"We've create a logjam that needs to be broken," Commissioner James Hallan said.
But the six debated at length whether to recommend a cost-of-living increase for 2020.
Commissioner Mary Kay Shields urged a recommendation that pay increase at the same percentage as state civil servants. "It's only fair," she said. "We're not even really restoring" pay to 2010 levels because the cost of living has gone up.
But others questioned whether the commission could recommend anything other than a set amount and her proposal was dropped.
Another reason for their hesitancy was the fact that the Legislature rejected the commission's last two recommendations in 2013 and 2015.
"This is our third shot," Commissoner Rodney Alberts said. "Let's get what we can."
The only testimony Friday came from Chief Justice Stephen Markman who made the case for raising the pay of his justices.
The current wage freeze since 2002 is "the longest judicial pay freeze in the nation," he said. "This has created challenges for the court."
He said the average pay of state Supreme Court justices has increased by 37 percent since 2002, and Michigan has gone from having the fourth highest-paid justices to 31st.
He also noted that state employee salaries have risen 33 percent over 15 years, and are slated to get a 3 percent raise this year and 2 percent next year.
In addition, Markham pointed to rising pay for federal judges and attorneys in private practice.
"I thought the arguments made by the chief justice were compelling," Shields said. "We want the best and the brightest" on the Supreme Court.


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Iran Pulse
Tehran says it will stick to phased reduction of nuclear deal commitments
Al-Monitor Staff July 10, 2019
Iran told a French envoy that it will continue to scale back its commitments under the nuclear deal unless the other signatories honor their end of the deal.
Nazanin Tabatabaee/WANA via REUTERS
France's top diplomat Emmanuel Bonne meets with Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Tehran, Iran, July 10, 2019.
In a sign that Iran is sticking to its guns, one of the country's top officials told a visiting French envoy that Tehran will adhere to the phased process of abandoning the obligations it assumed under the landmark 2015 nuclear deal until "its rights promised by the agreement are fully materialized."
The meeting with Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of Iran's powerful Supreme National Security Council, is part of a two-day mission that French diplomat Emmanuel Bonne has been tasked with by President Emmanuel Macron.
According to Iranian media, Bonne is in Tehran to discuss with Iranian officials how European signatories of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) could implement their obligations and explore ways of salvaging the pact, which has been in tatters ever since the United States withdrew from it last May.
"Iran will no longer unilaterally comply with the accord while the other sides refuse to honor their commitments," Shamkhani told Macron's aide. The Iranian official also downplayed the US "maximum pressure" campaign against his country as "a failed policy," adding that "language of force" will not work on Iran, which has demonstrated its "capacity in fighting off multiple challenges."
Ever since Iran announced its plans to scale back on nuclear commitments in response to what it perceives as inaction from European signatories, France has been in a diplomatic frenzy to keep the deal alive. President Macron was the only European leader to personally contact his Iranian counterpart after the Islamic Republic officially revealed that the level of its uranium enrichment had broken the cap placed on it by the JCPOA.
The official dispatched from Elysee Palace said Macron is seeking joint initiatives for a "cease-fire in the US economic war on Iran" to help de-escalate the situation in the region. But the roots of that escalation, according to the spokesman for Iran's Foreign Ministry, should be traced in the US Middle East policies. "We are not pinning hopes on anyone or any country. But the door to diplomacy remains open," Abbas Mousavi said of the French envoy's visit to Tehran. "If they [Europeans] are worried about the deal's fate, they can take practical steps … and not merely stick to photo opportunities."
In the meeting with Shamkhani, Macron's diplomatic adviser stressed that he was not there for mediation or to deliver a message from the Americans. Iranian media reported that the French envoy had also acknowledged Tehran's "proven power of resistance against 40 years of outside pressure" and that Iran's role in regional and international calculations had significantly grown.
During his phone conversation with President Hassan Rouhani of Iran, Macron proposed that the two sides contemplate fresh initiatives for negotiations in a week's time. Now, Rouhani is under fire by rival hard-liners for giving a green light to the offer. Ultraconservative paper Kayhan likened renegotiation to "driving on the reverse gear" and a "signal of weakness."
To those with moderate political leanings, however, France is trying to exercise its independence from the United States in foreign policy choices and is worried that Iran's phased breaches will eventually lead to a collapse of the JCPOA. Reformist daily Aftab-e-Yazd argued that Paris needs to save the JCPOA to maintain its enormous trade volume with Tehran.
Yet doubts continue to be cast over France's capacities and intention in its push to salvage a deal, which is by many standards on life support. Mizan, a news agency affiliated with the Iranian judiciary, said Paris "had a foot in both camps" and said its role was that of the "bad cop" that went the extra mile to sabotage the 2015 nuclear talks. The conservative outlet said the French government was an "untrustworthy" partner since it refuses to stop hosting annual conventions by the MEK, or Mujahedeen-e-Khalq — an opposition group that took up arms against the Islamic Republic in the aftermath of the 1979 revolution and remained on the US State Department's list of terrorist organizations until 2012.
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Al-Monitor Staff
EU, Iran try to stand ground against Trump's sanctions
EU says Iran deal parties trying to salvage deal, not ready to trigger dispute mechanism
Iran calls for concrete steps from Europe to save nuclear deal
IRGC denies it tried to capture British tanker
Iran grants additional visas to Iraqis to boost its economy
Trump, Macron talk Iran as French envoy heads to Tehran to try to defuse crisis


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The Hotel Rosslyn Annex is a historic building in Los Angeles, California built in 1923 at the corner of 5th and Main streets.  The structure was designed by the firm Parkinson & Parkinson in the Beaux Arts style and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.

The building is across the street from the original 800-room Rosslyn Hotel built in 1914. Designed as a twin, both were topped by mammoth glowing signs featuring the names surrounded by a heart, the shape acknowledging the Hart brothers who owned the hotels.

The 264-unit Hotel Rosslyn Annex was renovated in 2015 to house a mix of homeless veteran, low-income and market-rate tenants.

See also
 List of Registered Historic Places in Los Angeles
 The Million Dollar Hotel, a 2001 movie

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Confession: Today was interesting. I realized just how far I need to go to work on my confidence.
I think I underestimate myself constantly. I spoke with my husband today and was ridiculously self-righteous talking about how I have been dealing with my stress levels in a positive way.
What a big load of horse manure.
I've been fooling myself thinking that my anxiety is well-managed but the brutal honesty is that I hide it well. Really well. By the time anyone else sees it, my nerves are epically out of control. Recently I saw this meme and I wanted to laugh, but it really hit home.
Today was a perfect reminder of this, and I realize just how much I have to work on.
Some of you may know that my back has been killing me. I rode Ferrous the other day, and we had a great time. He was a little fresh due to the break in cold weather, but nothing crazy. A few hours later I had shooting pains down my spine and couldn't breathe for the pain. I had trouble sleeping and knew that I had to finally get my back looked at by a chiropractor. I thank everyone who responded to my Facebook post requesting suggestions. It really helped to know you all care and the suggestions were amazing.
I found a chiropractor and made an appointment. My first session was today. Not only was the entire right side of my body locked up, but my hip and leg were almost an inch and a half shorter because of it. WHAT!!!!????
As I lay on the table while the chiropractor worked, I realized that maybe I don't handle my stress all that well after all. I'm trying to build my client roster, sell books, and write several more as well as all the work I do with other publications and events. I love everything I do, but it is a balancing act. Oh, and did I mention that I have three children, homework, house, pets, and a husband that all need me? Sometimes it can be overwhelming. Riding my horse is an outlet for me, but that in itself can be a source of stress too if I have a bad ride, become tense, or even become fearful.
After my session, I felt amazing and left having booked several sessions over the next few weeks to get me back to baseline. With zero restrictions, I headed to the barn excited to go on a trail ride for the first time in months. After the polar vortex last week, we had a few days of 50 degrees F weather, and wanted to enjoy it as much as possible!
Ferrous loves riding on the extensive trails at our barn, and I confess I love it too. His usual pokey attitude in the ring is brightened up and he marches down the path with ears alert. He becomes forward and frankly the happiest pony in the world. He prefers to lead and that doesn't bother me, although I would prefer he could go in the middle or behind other horses. When I try to encourage a different lineup, he bobs his head aggressively which makes me nervous. Today was no exception.
I was used to him on a hack. That is until we went another trail up to the woods. The footing was not great after weeks of freezing and thawing, so it was slippery, rocky, and uneven. He kept trying to trot and he was difficult to bring back. Not too far in I asked the others if we could turn around and head back to the open field, where he is much calmer. They balked, knowing me well enough to prod me a little forward. If I pushed back, we would turn around. But if I really thought about it and said I could handle it we would move forward. I tend to react first with nerves and then find my courage and inner strength. Today was no exception.
The trip back downhill was nervewracking. Ferrous didn't do anything bad. He was just excited and moving quickly at the walk. He wasn't dangerous or out of control, however, it was enough to make me nervous. Honestly, I felt out of control even with something so minor, and it made me internally panic. He marched back to the trail loop ten lengths ahead of the other two horses, the mare behind jigging in place.
We headed back to the barn, through the flowing and icy stream, and finally Ferrous began to relax. We have 500 acres of property in suburban New Jersey. I'm happy exploring the trails as a pleasure rider. Ferrous is a Steady Eddy, hardly balking at anything but there are always exceptions. I realized as I nervously laughed off his behavior and tried to explain it away that I was trying to convince myself we were okay. The thing was, we were always okay. In my mind I created a bigger problem in my head than there actually was in reality.Did I need to hold him back as much as I did? Maybe. I feel he needs more trail time and lessons out there to calm and listen to the pace of the other horses. After all, this wasn't a race. Perhaps I should lend him out to my friend training for the Gobi Desert Cup this year and she can enter him in some Hunter Paces?
There was no rearing, spooking, bucking or anything like that. My pony just wanted to move. Yet I kept trying to hold him because I was nervous, which then made him frustrated and pull harder. We argued and neither of us was relaxed. That being said, my friend and trainer agreed he might make a good endurance horse after all! He certainly has the drive and passion for it. Me? I have a long way to go.
I'm glad my friends wouldn't let me back off. I worry about everything, and guess what? I proved to myself that I can face a challenge. I think both Ferrous and I could use a little desensitizing to new situations.
*Note, many of you have questions about why I would ride a horse I couldn't handle, or why a fearful rider goes on the trails. So, I wrote a second part to this post to give more information in response to your comments on social media. Read It's Not My Horse, It's Me.
I really enjoyed this article! You're not alone in worrying when there's no need, lacking confidence when we should stand tall and accepting a push (or a helping hand) when we need one. You may see your life as hectic, but it looks pretty darn good from here.
Thank you Hindy, I'm glad you understand exactly what I was trying to say. It's not easy sometimes to admit that I am not perfect.
I'm glad you're taking better care of yourself – and your photos are gorgeous! I'm definitely guilty of hiding stress rather than deal with it, and I'm trying to be more attentive of that as I move out on my own with my dogs – and to understand that it's okay to need help sometimes.
Thank you for the compliment on the photos! As a mom, asking for help feels so odd. I'm happy to hear that you are trying to be more attentive to that yourself.
Ferrous is such a beautiful horse! It sounds like he is an "alpha", kind of like my Husky Icy. She wants to Go, Go, Go and gets annoyed when we hold her back. I don't have any good tips for keeping calm & carrying on, but please share some if you get any! I'm so glad your back is doing so much better after seeing the Chiropractor, and I'm Glad you had an awesome ride, hope you have many more!
He is definitely a smart horse! He is happy to take the middle road in his herd but steps up when he needs to. With me, we have a really cool relationship. He trusts that I have him when he's nervous. But when I'm nervous he tends to take lead. It's probably not ideal but I really should learn to trust him a bit more. He's never let me down yet.
I used to be confident around horses until I ended up riding a stubborn, unfriendly one. Now I'm afraid to even try.
Oh, that is too bad! It is not uncommon for one bad experience to put a bad taste in your mouth however, I hear this a lot from others. No need to push unless you really want to be involved with them.
This post is an excellent analogy of how the human relationship unfolds as well! I'm so glad you are feeling better and getting relief – I was concerned when I read about your back on FB!
Thank you! After two sessions I am so much better. I can't believe how tense and locked up my right side was. I realized just how much my stress internally affects me.
You say it perfectly! I get in my own way and need others to help me challenge myself without putting me in danger. I am lucky to have that in a horse and friends!
Hello from a fellow New Jerseyan! Ferrous is lovely. I don't have a lot of experience with horses, but I can totally relate to having anxiety and working with animals. I have two dogs, one who is a little ball of nerves himself, and I've found my own anxiety can really complicate how we jive together. I've had to learn to try to put my own anxieties aside when I work with him, because I know he feeds off how I'm feeling and if we're both anxious it just makes everything we do so much more stressful. It's not always easy. A lot of times during training sessions I feel like we're working on training me just as much as we are him!
It is great that you are taking care of yourself which is something I think many of us forget to do because we are so caught up with everything. I am petrified of horses but reading your post about the ride makes me wonder what am I missing out on.
That is nice of you to say! A good hack in the woods is like hiking, just on a thousand-pound animal LOL. A little different than Layla. However, most of the time it is quite relaxing.
I totally get the anxiety thing, not as an equestrian – I haven't ridden since middle school – but just generally. Sadly it does tend to control my life. I applaud you for letting Ferrous take you a little out of your comfort zone. Sometimes it takes a friend, furry or otherwise, to get us past the next step.
Thank you for saying so! That is exactly what I am trying to share with my post. Others may feel I'm riding a difficult horse or stepping above my level, however, that is definitely not the case. 99% of the time we are amazing together and he helps to quiet my anxiety. But every once in a while I am reminded that I need a little push to be better and that I can do more. Good luck with your own experience and I hope you have someone that you can rely on.
You are not alone. I often feel a mix of excitement and fear riding , especially when my horse wants to run. We all juggle a lot of stress and try to seem ok. I love massage to relax and relieve pain.
Everyone should come with a label "What you see if not what you get" because people rarely show their true selves – and it is wrong not to be honest. (and it gets me into trouble). I got tired of being OK, then Dash died and OK was not within the realms of possibility for several years, but I am getting there and if I am worried or scared or concerned I am learning to say so.
Back ache – agony. I went straight to a chiropractor because I could not move and I don't do pain at all well. I need to step outside my comfort zone with the blog and get my courses unfinished and up online. My own version of Ferrous I think!
You are so right. People judge us on appearance but that is rarely the truth. Part of that is why I write what I do, because it is important to me that we all talk about and understand that we aren't perfect and we all have something we are working on or dealing with. Losing a beloved pet is life-altering. I still mourn my Puck.
Can't wait to see what you do with the courses! I've been toying with doing an online course myself but want to make sure I do it the correct way and give my readers what they need. So I'm taking my time with it.
I, too, wish I knew how to relax and enjoy life. So many people believe I'm so calm and in control, but I hold everything inside and suffer because of it. I hope your back is doing better.
Thank you, Paula. I'm sorry to hear but I know exactly what you mean. After all "still waters run deep". I used to be quiet but was constantly judged and told that I was a snob. So I learned to behave in the opposite way to avoid that censure. That also has its pros and cons. I'm most comfortable reading a book or spending time with my animals. I hope your knee is better! How are Truffle and Brulee?
First, to repeat that popular phrase, you are stronger than you think! It's amazing where we find inner strength from when we are in much pain. And…how well we can hide the pain and anxiety from others, and sometimes from ourselves! I am so sorry for you pain and anxiety…I understand the body pain. I was diagnosed almost 7 years ago with RA and Fibromyalgia, the latter making me think of you for the locked up feeling, pain, etc. To top it off, I fell on black ice a week ago and am now nursing an extra inflamed and pained body and a boot on my ankle. I, too, do holistic treatments – chiro and acupuncture, supplements, and occasional Tylenol or Advil. I do use a fantastic CBD lotion on my brusies and sore muscles and joints. Helps with inflammation, but each day is different. They say a trauma – physical or emotional – can flare Fibromyalgia, so just some food for thought. I do believe anxiety goes hand-in-hand with injuries, pain, and stress. Stress can truly wreak havoc on our bodies! You are actually brave. I commend you for sharing your experiences. Hug Ferrous and allow that animal-human bond to fill you with warm feelings of love and peace. I hope your pain subsides soon, and take some of that stress with it.


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Geoff Fox: My Permanent Record
Back when I was in school teachers would always scare me with stories of how my exploits would end up in my permanent record. I believe this is it! – Geoff Fox
The Watch Eclectic
My friend Peter has made up a slogan for the station: "WWVB, all time, all the time."
I have this fascination with watches. I can't tell you why, because I don't know why!
It probably started on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, where buying knockoff watches is a sport enjoyed by three generations of my family.
Over time, Helaine has bought me some really nice watches too, including the one pictured. Made in Germany, it is identified on the face as Synctime. Whether that's really the manufacturer or the name of the model has not been established.
This watch has a tiny radio inside. Every morning at 1:00 AM, it listens for a signal from WWVB in Boulder, CO (My friend Peter has made up a slogan for the station: "WWVB, all time, all the time"), and then resets itself to the correct time.
I'm not sure how a little wristwatch can hear this very low frequency station, but it does. It doesn't catch it every night, but I've still never seen it drift off even a second. Because the station is on a frequency well below the AM broadcast band, the antenna should be extremely long. Obviously, that's no impediment.
It has had its band repaired twice and the stem replaced once. The crystal has a few deep gouges. It does not take a licking and keep on ticking.
When I first got the watch, I'd send it to Chicago every year or so to get the little button battery changed. The process was described by the importer as difficult. It is. I know, because tonight, I changed the battery.
You know it's time to replace the cell inside because when the second hand points to the "12", it stops for five seconds, then races to the "1." That's disconcerting the first time you see it. Watches aren't supposed to do that.
There are four tiny screws on the back of the case and another tinier one that holds the battery inside. A rubber grommet, probably meant to keep it watertight, immediately pops off as soon as the case is dismantled.
Wearing a set of magnifying lenses, I made the change in about 15 minutes. Then, pushing the stem in a staccato fashion, I electromechanically lined the hands up at 12:00:00. From there, it was placed it on a windowsill.
I waited. The instructions say recalibration can take five days! Until the clock 'hears' WWVB, the hands don't move at all.
Tonight, it only took around 10 minutes. Once the signal is heard, the hands race around the face, stopping at the correct time… in California. A pull of the stem and twist of its knob, moves the hour hand, one hour at a time, until EDT is reached.
I love this watch. It's thin and stylish (though its band has sometimes wreaked havoc on my shirt cuffs) and still 100% geek approved.
Author Geoff FoxPosted on April 21, 2008 Categories UncategorizedTags California, Chicago, Germany, rubber grommet3 Comments on The Watch Eclectic
Will try and put in an entry later today, but this will be a full day of traveling, so who knows.
My plane leaves LAX this afternoon at 12:40 PST. We stop in Chicago (MDW) before landing in Hartford. Helaine says the flight has been early the last two days. I'd like them to go three for three.
This has been a wonderful trip. I've done pretty much everything I set out to do… and then some. Nothing was a disappointment.
When I get home, I'll go through the photos to pick out some 'orphan' shots that were cool, but didn't fit in any blog entry.
The first time I ever told Helaine I missed her was back in our dating days. I was on-assignment in Germany doing PM Magazine stories. It was the early 80s. I called her from a pay phone in Frankfurt.
I miss her even more now… and now I'm totally sure why.
Author Geoff FoxPosted on January 11, 2008 Categories SoCal Trip 2008Tags Chicago, doing PM, Frankfurt, Germany, HartfordLeave a comment on Return Trip
Look, Up In The Sky
Since watching the video today, I've been reading as much as I could about the Russian rocket that burned up over the Rocky Mountain States, Thursday.
The beautiful video came from a Denver TV station's helicopter starting its early morning run aloft. Lucky catch, and well done.
What you see burning up in the atmosphere, the rocket, had only been up since last Wednesday. That doesn't seem very long.
NORAD says they tracked it all the way. Hey, guys, thanks for the heads up – not!
This rocket was part of the launch vehicle for a French satellite, COROT. Very international – French satellite with six international partners: the European Space Agency (Esa), Austria, Spain, Germany, Belgium and Brazil, launched on a Russian rocket in Kazakhstan. But that's not the interesting part.
COROT will look for planets, hospitable to life, outside our solar system. There's a practical idea! What didn't get funded so this could?
These planets, hopefully around Earth-sized, are too far away to see. We can, however, detect their shadows across the stars they orbit. This is beyond geeky.
I'm sure in the long run, there's important scientific knowledge to be discerned, but if we find a nice place, it will be much too far to visit. Imagine, a journey taking entire generations. The distant ancestors of the people who decided to go would be the passengers upon arrival.
Not gonna happen.
Someday, COROT too will fall to Earth. Probably a whole less spectacular then.
Author Geoff FoxPosted on January 5, 2007 Categories UncategorizedTags Austria, Belgium, Brazil, European Space Agency, Germany, Kazakhstan, SpainLeave a comment on Look, Up In The Sky
Global Warming And Me
It is increasingly difficult to be a skeptic when it comes to global warming. That's not because I am doubting my scientific beliefs, but because it's more socially acceptable to be fearful of Vanuatu being inundated or Greenland turning green.
I was listening to the Faith Middleton Show today on Connecticut Public Radio. Global Warming was the topic and Dean James Gustave Speth of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies was a guest.
Dean Speth is a heavy hitter on the subject. I could copy his CV here, but I am so overshadowed by his achievements, I'd rather not risk the comparison.
Still, after hearing Dean Speth, I felt I had to send him this note:
Dear Dean Speth,
I listened to your broadcast today with great interest. Though I am skeptical of the harshest global warming pronouncements, I enjoy listening to experts, such as yourself and learning when I can.
Trust me when I say, it would be much easier to be a believer. It is a much more socially acceptable viewpoint to have.
Nearly ten years ago, I was invited to the White House to listen to then Vice President Gore speak on the subject. In spite of all I'd been told, he was a masterful speaker, making scientific points to an audience of meteorologists without benefit of notes or a written script. And yet, I wasn't won over.
Though it's purely anecdotal, most of the other meteorologists I spoke with then and speak with now, feel as I do. As operational forecasters, we use computer modeling on a daily basis and understand how weak it can be. We know we can't always forecast tomorrow's temperature accurately, much less next month's or a few decades from now. Heck, we can't always accurately initialize the models! It's not for lack of trying.
Long range global modeling makes too many assumptions and takes too many shortcuts to keep me comfortable.
Unfortunately, the rhetoric concerning global warming has gotten so out of hand that lay people are starting to say they notice it! Summers are warmer. Storms are stronger. Winters have less snow.
Last summer and fall, our wild tropical season was attributed by many (Trenberth and Shea as an example) to global warming. Has it abated this year?
If global warming is science and not politics, why is every consequence I hear a negative one? Are there no positives, even in the most dire global warming scenarios? Won't I save on heating oil? How about road wear and plowing in North America, Europe and parts of Asia? Won't Siberia and the Great Plains of the US and Canada have a longer growing season?
And if Kyoto is the answer, why are the exclusions that exist in that treaty, and other exclusions which some countries have unilaterally declared (Germany's removal of coal restrictions) for themselves, never mentioned? You made no mention of these today when declaring all the industrial countries had ratified Kyoto. If I were India or China, I'd ratify a million Kyotos which weaken my competitors and don't touch me.
Again, it would be so much easier to believe. I am not a political extremist. I believe a clean and pure environment is good in the abstract. I am just scared we're being sold an expensive bill of goods based on shaky science and strong emotional appeal.
Thank you for taking the time to read my email.
Geoff Fox
I don't expect Dean Speth to read my email and have a Eureka moment. I didn't expect to be won over when I listened either.
Still, one of us has to be wrong. If it's me, I'd rather know now than later. I hope he feels the same way.
Author Geoff FoxPosted on September 6, 2006 Categories UncategorizedTags Asia, Canada, China, Connecticut Public Radio, Dean James Gustave Speth, Europe, Geoff Fox Hamden, Germany, Gore, Greenland, India, Kyoto, masterful speaker, North America, oil, United States, Vanuatu, vice president, White House, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies4 Comments on Global Warming And Me
Dead In Two Places At Once
This website is hosted by a company out of Chicago. They in turn lease space from ServerCentral. This afternoon when I went to check something out – gone.
My other websites (there are multiple sites running on a singe server account) are hosted by an international company. I can't be sure, but I think that server is in Germany.
It doesn't make much difference where it is, as long as the connection back to the states is sufficiently wide.
This afternoon, that server too was gone!
What are the odds against that? Neither of these companies give 100% service, but they're reasonably dependable.
Anyway, they're back. Otherwise, how could you see this?
Author Geoff FoxPosted on August 3, 2006 Categories UncategorizedTags Chicago, GermanyLeave a comment on Dead In Two Places At Once
The soundtrack is Spencer Davis Group's&#185 "Gimme Some Lovin'." The video (film actually) shows my contemporaries from the 60s wearing granny glasses and tie dye, long hair over facial hair, with a VW camper thrown in for good measure.
This commercial couldn't be more aimed toward me.
The fantasy only ends when they dissolve from the long hairs to these 40 and 50 year olds. Damn you television – I can't handle the truth.
The problem is, all these 'simpler times' images are trying to sell grown up financial planning. That was the last thing I was thinking about back then. Even now that I'm the target demo, the company sponsoring this ad knows I won't watch unless they seduce me.
The funny part is, as much as they show these images, back when I looked that way, I would not have been welcomed with open arms. Now, they can't live without me.
Funny how times change, isn't it?
&#185 – As it turns out, the Spencer Davis Group (now touring in Germany) has a website.
Author Geoff FoxPosted on October 16, 2005 Categories UncategorizedTags Germany, Gimme Some Lovin', Spencer Davis GroupLeave a comment on Too Close For Comfort
Global Warming Revisited
This is probably the only controversial subject I address on the blog – Global Warming. I think I've made it clear I'm a skeptic, and the others I know who forecast the weather are also mainly skeptics.
It's not a small thing. If I'm wrong, I'm asking you to sit by and doom the planet. If the Global Warming proponents are wrong, they've asked that we cripple our industrial base, allow others to continue to spew 'greenhouse gasses'… and all for naught.
Every time I feel my position is solid, I think of reading things like:
Dr Naomi Oreskes, of the University of California, analysed almost 1,000 papers on the subject published since the early 1990s, and concluded that 75 per cent of them either explicitly or implicitly backed the consensus view, while none directly dissented from it.
That always gives me second thoughts.
Now there's more… but it's nothing I ever expected. It's an eye opening article in the Telegraph from the UK. In case the link 'expires,' I will place the actual text at the bottom of this entry.
Here's a little excerpt:
However, her (Dr Naomi Oreskes, of the University of California) unequivocal conclusions immediately raised suspicions among other academics, who knew of many papers that dissented from the pro-global warming line.
They included Dr Benny Peiser, a senior lecturer in the science faculty at Liverpool John Moores University, who decided to conduct his own analysis of the same set of 1,000 documents – and concluded that only one third backed the consensus view, while only one per cent did so explicitly.
I have often feared Global Warming is a politically and not scientifically motivated
campaign.
I'll keep my ears open for more on this.
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My Trashy Story
Every week, on Friday, our trash goes to the curb. Every other week it's supposed to be accompanied by recycling. It doesn't work that way in our household.
Whether it's our distance from the curb or the amount of recycled newspapers we have (we subscribe to both the New Haven Register or New York Times) or maybe all the boxes we get because of online shopping, going to the curb bi-weekly doesn't work. So all of this recyclable material piles up in the garage. A few times a year we stuff it into the SUV and I drive it to the transfer station.
Transfer station, what a lovely phrase. It's so much more genteel than town dump.
I drove up to the transfer station this morning only to find the new policy – no newspapers. I had an SUV full of recyclables, and of course, the supermarket bags of newspapers were on top!
I unloaded the 20 or so bags of newspapers to get to the cardboard and other material underneath. At this point the transfer station folks took pity on me and found a place… a transfer station loophole if you will… that allowed me to drop the papers off. From now on it's newspapers to the street, I suppose.
I want to be a good citizen, but it is increasingly difficult to follow the rules. In fact, it would be much easier to hide the newspapers and cardboard and bottles with our weekly trash. I'm sure a lot of people do just that. It also always strikes me as a little ironic that the two most talked about recycled products are made from sand (glass) or grow on trees (paper).
I know this is supposed to be good for the environment, and I'm for that. But, is it really? Is this just a feel good exercise with no payoff… or negative payoff?
From "Recycling Is Garbage" – New York Times Magazine, June 30, 1996:
Every time a sanitation department crew picks up a load of bottles and cans from the curb, New York City loses money. The recycling program consumes resources. It requires extra administrators and a continual public relations campaign explaining what to do with dozens of different products — recycle milk jugs but not milk cartons, index cards but not construction paper. (Most New Yorkers still don't know the rules.) It requires enforcement agents to inspect garbage and issue tickets. Most of all, it requires extra collection crews and trucks. Collecting a ton of recyclable items is three times more expensive than collecting a ton of garbage because the crews pick up less material at each stop. For every ton of glass, plastic and metal that the truck delivers to a private recycler, the city currently spends $200 more than it would spend to bury the material in a landfill.
I don't know what to think. I want to do what's right, but I am really not sure. Until I know otherwise, I will follow the rules.
In the meantime, part of our recycling life at home will have to change. Newspapers to the curb. I can hardly wait for the first really big rain on a Thursday night.
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Another Reason Not To Smoke
I saw this just a moment ago on wired.com:
A San Francisco man learned the hard way that littering — especially burning objects — is not a good idea. Jonathan Fish was driving across the Bay Bridge on Thursday when he tossed his cigarette out the window. But the cigarette blew back into his $30,000 Ford Expedition, igniting the back seat and filling the SUV with smoke. Fish pulled over and leaped from the flaming vehicle, which kept rolling and crashed into a guardrail. "It was in flames by the time he got out," said CHP Officer Shawn Chase. "He had some of his hair singed on the back of his head. (The car) burned down to the frame." Fish likely faces a misdemeanor charge for littering, which carries a fine of up to $1,000.
It's a sort of funny, ironic story. Except for me, now over 20 years a non-smoker, it hits home.
It had to be 1969, wintertime, and a Saturday night. I was living in Boston, making believe I was attending Emerson College and working as a talk show producer on the Steve Fredericks Show at WMEX.
Being a talk show producer sounds more glamorous than it really was. WMEX was a second rate station with an awful signal. It was owned by Max Richmond, a larger than life caricature of himself. Everything he did was done with an eye to cost. That's fine, but reward should be factored in as well.
We were in a building originally designed by a movie studio for their Boston operation. That's probably the reason it was built of cinder block with no insulation.
I answered calls and watched the door to the outside. I didn't even screen all the phone lines. Some came to my little booth – others didn't.
The show ended at (I think) 2:00 AM. I found my car, a faded green 1960 Volkswagen Beetle&#185 and headed toward the Mass Pike. I was going to Albany, NY to see my friend Larry Lubetsky, a student a SUNY Albany.
Back then I was a smoker. My cigarette of choice was Tareyton. That was the brand which showed smokers with black eyes and the caption, "I'd rather fight than switch."
This was the time when a pack of cigarettes in a machine cost 40&#162. I remember going to WHDH-TV (then Channel 5) for a conference and seeing cigarettes in a hallway machine for 35&#162!
I'm sorry. This story isn't going in a straight line. Back to what I'm writing about.
As I drove, I smoked. And, as the cigarette would burn down toward the filter, I'd roll down the window and flick it outside. Looking back, that was wrong and I apologize to society in general for my selfish attitude.
Somewhere between Worcester and Springfield the car seemed a little smoky. Of course I had been smoking. So, I rolled down the window, let in some fresh wintry air, and then rolled it back up.
You didn't want to keep the window down long in a 1960 VW. The heating system was vigorous enough to keep you warm through early September. After that it was a losing battle against the elements.
I continued driving, though the toll booth at the eastern end of the turnpike and through the Berkshires into New York State. The smoky conditions were getting worse. The window was going down more frequently.
It is only in retrospect that I realize I should have stopped and looked.
I merged off the Berkshire Extension of the New York State Thruway onto the main line. Even at this late hour there was truck traffic and my VW's lack of power (the car topped out at around 60 mph… and took around a minute to get there) made me check my mirrors constantly. It was then I spotted the red glow from behind the back seat.
The 1960 Volkswagen had bucket seats in the front and a bench seat in the back. Behind the bench was a rectangular, deep pocket where you could store things. When I bought the car, there had been covers on the front seats. These fabric covers were in that pocket and they were on fire. One of my flicked cigarettes must have been blown back into the car.
I pulled to the side and jumped out. I didn't think about safety at the time as I reached back in, flipped the front seat forward, pulled the slipcovers out and began stomping on them on the shoulder of the New York State Thruway.
I left them there, on the side of the road where they could commiserate with lost shoes and socks and the other things you find at the highway's edge. I was shaking, now realizing what had… and what could have happened.
Still, I had to make it to Larry's apartment before dawn. I hopped back in the car, lit another cigarette and started to drive.
Blogger's note – I have been smoke free since the winter of 1984-85. This event had nothing to do with quitting. Of all the things in my life that were smart, quitting smoking was one of the smartest.
&#185 – I couldn't find an actual photo of a green 1960 VW Beetle. I did find a yellow one and with Photoshop, made it green. Helaine took a look and said the color was unnatural. Actually, the color is pretty close. Though this was glossy paint when it left Germany, it was a very dull green during my ownership.
Author Geoff FoxPosted on February 20, 2005 Categories UncategorizedTags Albany, Bay Bridge, Boston, CHP Officer, Emerson College, Ford, Ford Expedition, Germany, glossy paint, Jonathan Fish, Larry Lubetsky, Mass Pike, Max Richmond, New York State Thruway, Shawn Chase, Springfield, SUNY, talk show producer, Volkswagen, Volkswagen Beetle, WHDH-TV, WMEX, Worcester1 Comment on Another Reason Not To Smoke
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Grandma Moses, hard at work on a painting at age 99.
When Anna Mary Robertson Moses died in 1961 at age 101, then-President John F. Kennedy released a statement praising her paintings for inspiring a nation, noting, "All Americans mourn her loss" [source: New York Times]. Governor of New York Nelson Rockefeller had declared on her 101st birthday that there was "no more renowned artist in our entire country today" [source: New York Times]. President Harry S. Truman once played the piano just for her.
Who was this woman who captivated U.S. presidents and art audiences at home and abroad? Anna Mary Robertson Moses was better known to the world as Grandma Moses, a woman who didn't begin to paint until the age of 76, when her hands became too crippled by arthritis to hold an embroidery needle. She found herself unable to sit around and do nothing, even after a long life spent working on farms.
Grandma Moses never had any formal art training -- indeed, she'd had very little formal education at all -- but she painted every day, turning out more than a thousand paintings in 25 years [source: May]. When an art collector passing through her town saw the paintings selling for a few dollars in a drug store, he bought them all and arranged for them to be shown at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Even with her newfound fame, her topics remained the same: nostalgic, colorful scenes of farm life, such as the first snow or a maple sugaring. That doesn't mean that Grandma Moses' audience was limited, however; by the time of her death, she had paintings in museums as far away as Vienna and Paris.
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The purpose of The Ryders Cycling Society of Canada, spearheaded and supported by Canadian professional cyclist, Ryder Hesjedal, is to create and sustain opportunities for young Canadians to ride bicycles. By doing so RCSC will support and expand the social benefits of cycling and the cyclist's lifestyle. Those benefits include, but are not limited to: better individual health and fitness; enhanced environmental awareness and ecological impact; improved community cohesion; and greater economic sustainability.
Since its inception in 2012 to date, Ryder Hesjedal's Tour de Victoria has helped raise $31.5k for the Ryders Cycling Society of Canada allowing them to support cycling based initiatives.
At RCSC, we are committed to developing the next generation of Canadian cyclists.
I like to give back to the sport that has given me so much, so that is part of the mission of the RCSC. If I can inspire young folks to get on the bike, then that is a success in my eyes.
To me, cycling means so much. Like Ryder, I had a career in professional mountain bike racing that took me all over the globe. I lived a dream in this portion of my career- exploring trails in remote parts of the globe was beyond my wildest dreams when I started! I grew up on a bike, and then got into mountain biking when I was 14. I picked up racing shortly thereafter, and went on to race for 19 years. This timeframe saw me conduct a 15 year professional racing career which took me to two Olympics and two Commonwealth Games.
Now, cycling is a part of me. I can't go too long without riding the bike. It's a way of life. It's a way for me to explore, get healthy, challenge myself and to enjoy nature. The sport of cycling has taught me the value of hard work, honesty, discipline, and many other solid values that I use in my daily life.
My post racing career has seen me stay involved with cycling. I am now a cycling coach and the director of Ryder Hesjedal's Tour de Victoria. This gran fondo style event exposes the average cyclist to a non-competitive world class cycling experience, similar to what Ryder experiences in the Tour de France. The event saw 1500 cyclists enjoy the beautiful cycling we have in Victoria BC. We are now seeing a huge rise in popularity in cycling, partially due to Ryder's efforts on the world stage!
Cycling is an activity that promotes strong communities, builds character and provides immeasurable health and environmental benefits.
To me, the bike represents freedom. Every ride brings me right back to childhood memories of taking off further than ever before into my neighborhood. I still approach life with that same sense of adventure and enthusiasm.
I've been lucky to have friends like Ryder and Seamus in my life, inspiring me to work hard and push my personal capabilities. I'm stronger for it both mentally and physically. Cycling is a pure and noble endeavour that brings out the best in me, and I'm excited about the future of RCSC; knowing that we have the opportunity to inspire youth, partner with like minded companies and individuals and make a difference in Canada.
"I like to give back to the sport that has given me so much, so that is part of the mission of the RCSC. If I can inspire young folks to get on the bike, then that is a success in my eyes."
Ryder Hesjedal's Tour de Victoria is also one of the main fundrasing platforms for Opportunity International. They support local microfinance organizations that provide innovative financial solutions to empower people, create jobs and build vibrant communities. Their products, services and training enable clients to develop businesses, to save and to insure against an uncertain future.
SInce 2012 Ryder Hesjedal's Tour de Victoria has helped Opportunity International in raising over $265k helping communities where poverty is rife and small loans can lead to big changes.