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After a tough 2018, solar is getting ready for a major boom
Definitive solar market data by Wood Mackenzie and SEIA show tariffs taking a bite out of the U.S. market, but also a near-record number of new projects under contract.
March 13, 2019 Tim Sylvia and Christian Roselund
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2018 was a rough year for the U.S. solar industry. The Trump Administration's Section 201 tariffs wreaked havoc on utility-scale solar project development, including during the period of uncertainty before tariff levels were set, leading to a mid-year slump.
But solar is roaring back, as revealed in the figures in the latest U.S. Solar Market Insight report, a joint publication of Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA). This report shows 4.2 GWdc of solar installed in Q4 2018 and 10.6 GWdc over the full year, only a 2% fall from 2017 levels.
And the best is yet to come. The United States finished 2018 with nearly 24 GWdc of utility-scale projects under power contracts, a volume only ever exceeded three months ago. Furthermore, 2.6 GWdc of those contracted projects are already under construction.
When looking beyond projects which have contracts secured, Wood Mackenzie identified more than 42 GWdc of projects that have been announced and are in their respective interconnection queues nationally.
This is much less than pv magazine has found. In looking in the interconnection queues of six grid operators at year's end, we reported 139 GWac of solar projects. Add in the 25 GWac of projects in the Southwest Power Pool queue, and it brings you to 164 GWac – and this doesn't even count the Mountain West or the South, which do not have wholesale power markets overseen by third-party grid operators.
It is likely that Wood Mackenzie and SEIA are only looking at a subset of projects, and it is not clear what the criteria are. In either case not all of these projects will get built, given the highly speculative nature of project development, but what is clear is that solar project development activity has reached levels never seen before.
Residential rebound
Both utility-scale solar and Wood Mackenzie's "non-residential" category – which includes commercial, industrial, government, non-profit and other distributed solar installations – declined in 2018 versus 2017 numbers. In some states the fall in the non-residential segment was driven by state policy changes, with the wait for the roll-out of the Solar Massachusetts Renewable Target (SMART) program leading to a 64% year-over-year decline in Massachusetts' market.
But while these two categories fell, residential installations bounced back, growing 7% over 2017 levels. The 2.4 GWdc of installations during the year did not bring residential solar back to 2016 levels, but did show resilience in this segment. While Arizona, New Jersey and New York were sluggish, California installations came back to nearly 1 GW, while Florida rose to the 5th-largest residential market.
And this recovery does not mean that it is easy sailing for residential solar installers, particularly as regards customer acquisition. "As major state markets continue to grow past early-adopter consumers, higher costs of customer acquisition will challenge the industry to innovate," warns the report's executive summary.
Gas dominates new capacity
For the first time since 2013, solar and wind were not the majority of new capacity installed over the course of the year. Solar Market Insight estimates that solar accounted for 29% of new U.S. electricity generating capacity additions in 2018, with wind adding another 16%.
Instead, 2018 was a record year for natural gas build-out. FERC's Energy Infrastructure Update estimated that 20 GW of gas came online, and the U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Information Agency (EIA) put that number at 19.3 GWac of new capacity, versus 4.7 GWac of gas retirements.
Many of these new gas plants were located on the East Coast, Midwest and South, with gas largely replacing an estimated 12.9 GWac of retiring coal plants during the year.
The Lone Star rises
Finally, it's time to look at one of our favorite features in every edition of this report: state installed capacity rankings. Outside of California, this year's big winner was Texas. The Lone Star State vaulted from having the fourth-largest market in 2017 to second-place in 2018, adding nearly 1 GWdc. Texas passed North Carolina, which fell one spot to #3, with Florida, Nevada, New York, New Jersey, Minnesota, Arizona and Massachusetts rounding out the top-10.
We're expecting a lot more from Texas in 2019, as the state's grid operator has already approved more than 5 GW of projects, nearly all of which are expected to come online over the next three years.
Wood Mackenzie is optimistic about this period on the national scale, expecting that 2019 installations will come in around 12 GWdc, and that the market will rise to nearly 16 GW in 2021, during the most favorable portions of the declining Investment Tax Credit.
More articles from Tim Sylvia
Christian Roselund serves as US editor at pv magazine, and joined in 2014. Prior to this he covered global solar policy, markets and technology for Solar Server, and has written about renewable energy for CleanTechnica, German Energy Transition, Truthout, The Guardian (UK), and IEEE Spectrum.
More articles from Christian Roselund
Actually, as of the ERCOT February report Texas has 6.163GW of solar with interconnection agreements – an increase of 1GW since the January report. Planned completion:
2019: 2026.40MW
2021: 953.30MW
Both 2020 and 2021 grew by more than 500MW from the month earlier report.
FERC proposal pipeline data is showing similar growth for solar:
Dec 2018: current cap=35.82GW, add=70.904GW
Jan 2019: current cap=37.10GW, add=77.069GW
Over 6GW of new proposals in a month.
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Michigan legislators, MPSC, and DTE utility have joined forces to change the net metering program.
My question, can someone please bullet point all the specifics of the changes for the net metering change…. such as they lowered the "dollar value" of the residual/extra kWh produced. Does this mean that one kilowatt hour of banked energy will only cover about one-half of a kilowatt when I need to draw it back for my use? Under the original net metering DTE credited excess with retail value.


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Witness the Rise & Fall of Organized Labor in the Charlotte Labor Journal
Posted on April 25, 2022 by Sophie Hollis
"The Big Idea," 1953
Issues of the Charlotte Labor Journal and Dixie Farm News from 1935-1953 are now available in our North Carolina Newspapers collection thanks to our partner the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. According to the Library of Congress, the paper was published weekly as the "organ of the Charlotte Central Labor Union."
The first issue we have online, from January 24, 1935, was published less than a year after the General Strike of 1934, when between 300,000 and 500,000 textile workers along the East Coast (most from North and South Carolina) protested working conditions. Despite the large turnout and national recognition, though, workers in the Southern states did not see their demands met, which made many members lose faith in their unions.
Portraits of the AFL Council from January 24, 1935
The issues that we have online roughly follow the trajectory of organized labor in the state overall; the last issue we have is from 1953, when Operation Dixie officially ended, ultimately failing to unite textile workers into a single large union. Part of that failure stemmed from opposition by the AFL, the union behind the Charlotte Labor Journal.
To see more materials from UNC Charlotte, visit their partner page or their library website. To see more digital content about labor unions in North Carolina, click here.
Microfilmed Newspaper Nominations Selected for Digitization, 2021-2022
Posted on October 29, 2021 by Lisa Gregory
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Back in August, we announced our annual call for microfilmed newspaper digitization. We asked institutions throughout North Carolina to nominate papers they'd like to see added to DigitalNC. As it is every year, it was an incredibly tough choice – we are typically able to choose between 40-60 reels out of over 300+ nominated. This year we've chosen the following titles and years.
Nominating Institution
The Alleghany Times / News / Star-Times (Sparta, N.C.) 1933-1947 Alleghany County Public Library
The Charlotte Labor Journal and Dixie Farm News (Charlotte, N.C.) 1939-1953 UNC Charlotte
The Daily Record (Dunn, N.C.) 1963-1965 Campbell University
The Eagle (Cherryville, N.C.) 1942-1954 Cherryville Historical Museum
The Highlander (Highlands, N.C.) 1937-1978 Highlands Historical Society
The Kings Mountain Herald (Kings Mountain, N.C.) 1958 Mauney Memorial Library
North Carolina Catholic (Nazareth, N.C.) 1946-1968 Catholic Diocese of Raleigh
The Roanoke News (Weldon, N.C.) 1923-1944 Halifax County Library System
The Valdese News (Valdese, N.C.) 1938-1950 Burke County Public Library
The Yadkin Ripple (Fort Bend, N.C.) 1893-1944 Yadkin County Public Library
For our selection criteria, we prioritize newspapers that document underrepresented communities, new titles, papers that come from a county that currently has little representation on DigitalNC, and papers nominated by new partners. After selection, we ask the partners to secure permission for digitization and, if that's successful, they make it into the final list above.
We hope to have these titles coming online in the first half of 2022.
This blog is maintained by the staff of the North Carolina Digital Heritage Center and features the latest news and highlights from the collections at DigitalNC, an online library of primary sources from organizations across North Carolina.
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Body Parts Boss Can Plead Guilty in NYC
Prosecutors had misgivings after making a plea deal with a man accused of plundering dead bodies and selling their parts to tissue companies for transplants.
The victims' families clamored for a trial, and prosecutors felt there was plenty of evidence for one. So they moved to rescind the deal.
They were rebuked Wednesday by a judge, who said their regrets weren't grounds for them to renege on an agreement reached weeks ago.
The judge's order means Michael Mastromarino, 44, will go to prison for 18 to 54 years for his ghoulish crimes — possibly putting him behind bars for the rest of his life.
"Mr. Mastromarino may never see the light of day," said Brooklyn Judge Albert Tomei, whose words brought Mastromarino's mother to tears.
Prosecutor Monique Ferrell said there had been a "change in circumstance" and a trial was needed to reveal the full "scope of harm he caused." She said prosecutors became fully aware of his activities only in the last year.
In a statement e-mailed after the hearing, a spokesman for the Brooklyn district attorney's office provided a clearer explanation of why prosecutors sought a trial.


Naivety is no defense for illegally sold contact lenses that put patients' health at risk. Just ask violators nationwide currently facing repercussions under patient safeguards that AOA diligently champions, especially as the Halloween threat of novelty lenses return to retailers' shelves.
In an attempt to protect patients, we are reporting suspected violators to the FDA and FTC.
"In many ways, this is a relatively serious offense," remarked U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrew Wistrich at sentencing of a Los Angeles boutique owner this past March. The owner, found guilty on misdemeanor violation of the U.S. Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, admitted she wasn't aware of illegality when she sold an undercover agent four pairs of contact lenses sans prescription.
But the true affront? Three of those pairs—marketed as Halloween or beauty accessories—were contaminated with sight-threatening pathogens. Were it not for the investigative work of Operation "Fright Night," a sting operation led by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last fall, 10 Southern California businesses might have continued selling such "misbranded" and dangerous contact lenses.
"These products pose a serious danger to unsuspecting Halloween shoppers," commented U.S. Attorney Eileen M. Decker in a U.S. Department of Justice news release. "As required by law, contact lenses should be used only when they are prescribed by a knowledgeable medical professional."
It's law of the land, most recently enforced against 21 San Antonio-area convenience and dollar stores that agreed to pay $50,000 in civil penalties as a settlement with the Texas Attorney General's office this September. Reportedly, San Antonio police determined the stores not only sold novelty contact lenses without prescriptions, but also acquired the products from vendors who allegedly stored the lenses in the back of vans, raising questions about how storage conditions affected the lenses' integrity.
So, too, were the safety of faux contact lenses brought to light when the FDA took down a major, fraudulent online retailer of contact lenses earlier this September. The FDA says Dmitriy V. Melnik, owner of Candy Color Lenses, plead guilty to running an international operation that imported counterfeit and misbranded contact lenses from Asia, and sold them online to tens of thousands of Americans.
Melnik admitted to the FDA that "some of the contact lenses he sold were tested and found to be contaminated with potentially hazardous bacteria."
Contact lenses are a safe and effective vision correction option for nearly 40 million Americans, but there is a reason all contact lenses-whether corrective or decorative plano-are classified as medical devices that require a valid prescription to purchase: When improperly or carelessly worn, contact lenses can cause significant damage.
"As Halloween approaches, we know that people will be tempted to purchase theatrical lenses online," says Jeffrey Sonsino, O.D., AOA Contact Lens and Cornea Section (CLCS) chair. "Unfortunately, many of the online retailers sell lenses illegally and without a prescription. In an attempt to protect patients, we are reporting suspected violators to the FDA and FTC."
This month, AOA intends to confront offending retailers with a 31 in 31 campaign: 31 letters issued to as many suspicious contact lens retailers across October's 31 days. Copied to both the FDA and U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), these letters are disseminated to businesses flagged by AOA's reporting hotline, stopillegalCLs@aoa.org, and address their alleged violations.
While the AOA is not a regulatory enforcement entity, a central mission of the AOA is to serve as a resource to the public for reliable and current information related to eye and health care policy. As such, reiterating these egregious violations with the industry's enforcement agency, the FTC, will help put these concerns under the spotlight.
"By establishing the email stopillegalCLs@aoa.org, the AOA CLCS has collected hundreds of cases of patients being harmed by illegal online sales of contact lenses," Dr. Sonsino says. "We are working diligently with the FDA and FTC to combat the illegal practices of retailers who import non-FDA approved lenses, gray-market commonly available lenses, or sell to the public without a prescription."
That's why the AOA is proud to support bipartisan, bicameral legislation that would bolster patient safety requirements and increase accountability for the internet contact lens sales industry. The Contact Lens Consumer Health Protection Act of 2016, S. 2777 and H.R. 6157, would reinforce the distinction that contact lenses are medical devices and should be treated as such.
"The Contact Lens Consumer Health Protection Act of 2016 is an incremental, conservative, common-sense approach to improving the Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act and the Contact Lens Rule," says Clarke Newman, AOA Federal Relations Committee chair. "It represents good public policy."
He adds, "The answer for sellers and prescribers when addressing these statutes and regulations is simple-follow the law."


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Coaches Pick Framingham State Men's Cross-Country To Finish Fifth
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FRAMINGHAM – The Framingham State University men's cross country team has finished fifth in the 2021 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) Men's Cross Country Preseason Poll as voted upon by the seven MASCAC head coaches.
The Rams return Adam Banat (Shrewsbury) who finished with a time of 34:44 over the 8k course in 2019.
Bridgewater State has been selected by the seven coaches from around the conference as the preseason favorite to repeat as this year's cross-country champion. The Bears received five first place votes for 34 points. Fitchburg State is second with the final two first place votes for 30 points and landing in the third spot with 29 points is Westfield State.
Sitting in fourth place is Worcester State with 21 points followed by the Rams in the fifth spot with 14 points. Rounding out this year's preseason poll is Massachusetts Maritime and MCLA in seventh and eighth with 13 and six points, respectively.
The Rams open their season on Friday, September 3, when they travel to Franklin Park in Boston to take on Suffolk University.
Photo and press release courtesy of Framingham State athletics
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Tales of the Wild West: Indians
Rick Steber
"According to popular theory the first inhabitants of north America arrived during the last Ice Age. Between 15,000 and 40,000 years ago people are believed to have crossed from Asia to North America on a natural land bridge, where the Aleutian Island chain now exists.
These people migrated south, hunting mastadons and mammoths, giant ground sloths, camels and long-horned bisons. They ate the meat and used the hide for clothing and shelter. Their weapons consisted of rocks and obsidian-tipped spears. In time the atlatl, a device used to throw spears or darts, was developed. It was not until about 3,000 years ago that the bow and arrow was introduced to North America.
On the eve of the white man's arrival the population of North America, divided among 500 tribes, was estimated to exceed one million. But the Europeans brought with them diseases from which the native people had no natural immunity and plagues of smallpox, fever, tuberculosis, measles and venereal disease swept through the Indian nations with devastating results. Ninety percent of the people died: entire tribes were wiped off the face of the earth. Those who remained were rounded up and placed on reservations. The way of life they had known for countless centuries was doomed.
More Books by Rick Steber
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Q: jQuery DataTables: Unsorted View Does the jQuery DataTables plugin support the concept of "unsorted" or "natural sort order".
That is -- I have a table where the order that the rows are printed out is significant.

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Short of creating a specific numerical column that tracks sort order

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Does the DataTables plugin have support for a "unordered" sort.  The behavior I'm looking for (that I've seen in other computer user interfaces) is where one click sorts one way, a second click sorts the other, and a third click restores the "unsorted" state.

A: There is an API plugin for restoring the original order. Include the plugin and call order.neutral() on the table.
If you are looking to actually add functionality of the third click you would probably have to modify the click handler for the sort arrows.

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Travo is an LA-based travel startup that streamlines the reservation process for business travelers who do not use travel agencies to book their trips.
With data analytics, Travo tries to quickly find the best airfare, accommodation, and transportation choices and package its recommendations in "a perfectly-timed itinerary".
The company has received a $2.4 million seed round of funding from investors including Great Oaks Ventures, Dennis Phelps, Dan Shin, Baroda Ventures, Valence Ventures, TYLT Lab, Seung Bak, and Rob Sweeney (managing director at Goldman Sachs).
In November, the company launched its app and platform in an invitation-only, beta format.
For many small businesses I've been a part of, signing up with a travel agency or a managed travel service is very low on the priority list.
At the same time, I've always felt that the gap for trip planning assistance between managed corporate travel vs. DIY leisure focused OTAs is too great. Even though I had no experience in the travel industry, I knew there was a significant market being underserved.
I've had successes with startups bringing innovation in a wide-range of industries. I've previously grown companies from 20 to 250 employees as the chief operator and been part of three successful exits in digital media, ad tech, and consumer electronics. So why not travel?
After all, the trait I saw for what determines an entrepreneur to bring disruptive technology to market has never been industry experience. More than anything, every successful startup I've been part of had one common trait: speed. Move fast, fail fast, and when something works, as Jeff Weiner would say, "next play".
Travo is comprised of 10 employees. Every employee is in product and/or engineering with a background in big data, game theory, and algorithms.
We raised a $2.4 million funding round led by leading institutional and angel investors.
Business Travel is approximately 1/3rd of travel – but we start with a much smaller segment of business travel. Our initial target market is focused on travel planners and travellers within a specific demographic we have yet to disclose.
Short term, it's everyone trying to make travel planning fast and easy. There are a LOT of solutions out there and we'll learn from their successes and failures.
Long-term, our competitors are corporate travel agencies who currently help business travellers plan and book travel.
Although our product won't be able to completely replicate the services offered by travel agents, we believe many travellers prefer to have control over their trips as long as it's fast and easy.
We have partnerships with some of the best OTAs and directly with brands in the hotel space. As we do not book on our site, we're happy to pass along highly qualified traffic to our partners for commissions.
Let's say you're going to an event in Paris that starts at 10AM on a Tuesday and ends 5PM on a Wednesday. Now think about the logistics for that trip.
Do you know what day you need to leave to get there on time?
Once you're there, how are you going to get around?
After your meetings, based on traffic conditions and your transportation, when are you going to need to leave to get to the airport on time so you don't miss your flight?
How much is all this going to cost, and does it combine the right level of comfort, price, and timing that is in tune with a business trip?
With Travo, we can generate a scientifically calculated end-to-end itinerary in around a minute so you can feel confident in your trip planning.
We tested many features and even platforms at different stages of developing the product. In the beginning we started too wide and too feature heavy.
In fact, our first version of the product (which was completed in February) had more features than our product does today.
However, I believe this is a death sentence for many startups. In the beginning, nobody knows who you are. Which means, if it takes you longer than a sentence to describe what your product does, people tune out and don't know what you really do.
Throughout all the changes and pivots we've made, the biggest realization we came to was determining we WON'T do.
For example, we don't do post-booking itineraries like TripIt or Worldmate does. We don't do bookings on our site because that would lead to a need for a massive customer service team (which is not our core competency).
We don't do corporate travel restrictions and backend financial integrations that companies such as Egencia and many others are doing. Rather, we are partnering with the best companies who do these things extremely well.
We make business travel planning simple, fast, and cost effective.
We're going to be razor focused on a particular demographic of users. This means marketing at events that they attend, being where they are on the web, and offering promotions that encourage change in user behavior.
We're not interested in turning TRAVO into a nice little business. I think the investors and I started this company to shoot for the moon in what is arguably the largest and the most competitive industry.
So, in three years we'll either be out of business or we'll be one of the most successful startups in travel.
I'm obviously betting on the latter but it won't be easy. The biggest challenge with any travel startup is customer acquisition and how much your spending to acquire that customer.
The other challenge comes after you've successfully acquired a customer to try your product - how you're going to change user behavior?
I think "wrong" is a strong word as there's pretty much a solution to any travel need at this point. Companies in this space have been around for a long time and have innovated a great deal.
However, there are parts of the travel industry that I think would benefit from applying more focus.
For us, that is helping business travellers with the actual planning of the trip before they make selections to book.
Logistically, it's pretty complex piecing together a unique trip based on preferences of the traveller while simultaneously taking into account price, location and time requirements.
One of the companies I have a ton of respect for in the trip planning space is Roadtrippers. They have a fantastic road trip planning tool that is easy to use and like Travo, looks at your trip from start to finish and recalculates based on choices you make.
Developing this product, we can certainly appreciate how complex things are to make a product like that run smoothly.
I'm not sure how big the road-trip market segment is in the US, but these guys do 3+ million unique users per month. That's a whole lot of Roadtrippers! Which company would be the best fit to buy your startup?
Great thing about the travel industry is there is no shortage of companies making investments in the travel space. I think software companies from Microsoft to pure-play travel companies like Priceline all can make acquisition in this space.
As for us, it's not a topic we even think about. We're more focused on turning Travo into the best solution for business travellers and building a profitable, fast growing business that can stand on its own.
Business travel booking tools are facing more competition from upstart companies like NexTravel, Rocketrip and, to an extent, Expensify. The 28 million small businesses in the U.S. and the countless unmanaged solo entrepreneurs out there are also looking for consumer-grade solutions to travel booking, like the ones being floated by Cinch Travel and 30 Seconds to Fly. All of these startups have feature sets that somewhat compete with what Travo is promising. But the market seems to be large enough to offer plenty of segments and players for all. Market research firm Phocuswright has estimated that more than 70% of all business travelers are unmanaged. Travo certainly faces a lot of potential upside if it can effectively cut business deals with online travel agencies and global distribution systems -- plus add direct links to travel suppliers like Lyft. It's to be praised for having sought ought good mentorship with advisory board members like Kathy Misunas, ex-CIO of American Airlines and ex-CEO of Sabre, and Flo Lugli, a consultant who was former EVP of marketing at Wyndham and a senior executive at Travelport. User acquisition is always tough and, with the product still in beta-testing, it's hard to judge what the word-of-mouth marketing will be. But we're eager to see what Travo gets up to next.


My research touches on topics that cut into broad, existential questions of life, such as why do we love and hate, and why are we moral yet so damned tribal? In framing my approach to these questions, I contemplate how evolutionary pressures such as disease transmission, coordination problems, and intra-sexual competition might be relevant to the emergence of the psychological mechanisms that produce within-group cooperation and between-group conflict. Crucial to this enterprise is an investigation of the decision rules that tie within- and between-group processes together, and how such rules are represented in the human mind as social norms, "gut feelings" or moral intuitions. Theory and method are adopted from emerging perspectives across the social and natural sciences, including social psychology, behavioral ecology, and social neuroscience.
Current projects include: (1) life history and achievement inequality; and, (2) biases in moral, group, and political judgments, and (3) cooperation and conflict .
For a fuller view of my current research interests, click here. Selected publications and manuscripts can be found here. Information about working as a graduate researcher or an undergraduate experimenter in my lab can be found on my lab pages.
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After testing last year's Toyota camry Solara coupe, we described it as "a welcome addition to the sadly depleted 2-door ranks," and praised Toyota for turning an already good everyday sedan into a genuinely desirable coupe. But now Toyota has turned the Solara coupe into a Solara convertible. But as we all know, cutting the roof off a good hardtop sometimes results in a bad softtop. So, is the sunny Solara good, bad, or something in between?
Well, we won't waffle on styling. This looks good! The 2000 Toyota Camry Solara Convertible wears almost the same sleek, yet conservative, lines as the hardtop Solara Coupe. But adds a certain rakish dash, with its clean, top-down, profile, and this rear deck lid spoiler. As well as our mid-level SE V6 test car's standard 16-inch alloy wheels.
When folded, the fully-lined power top hides under an easy-to-fit tonneau cover, and when needed, rises smoothly and quickly to present an equally handsome face, even in less inviting weather.
The SE interior follows the same lines as the exterior, very clean and very functional. Yet also attractive, with standard wood-grain trim, and optional leather upholstery. The front bucket seats offer good back, but only moderate lateral support. But they can be equipped with available side-impact airbags. The gauges that those seats face are large and clear, if somewhat sparse, with big vents and efficient climate controls. And standard stereo, with both cassette and CD, are straightforward and easy to use.
Rear seat room is adequate for two adults, despite the top mechanism, though the bench seat is on the hard side. The trunk loses the most space. At 8.8 cubic feet, it's over a third smaller than the coupe. Yet, it's still quite functional.
Speaking of function, Solara offers a choice of twin-cam engines. A 135-horsepower 4- cylinder, or our SE's 3.0-liter 24-valve V-6. Output is 200 horsepower, and 214 pound-feet of torque. And it sends it to the front wheels through a Toyota-smooth 4-speed automatic transmission. At the track, this combo delivers a respectable 0 to 60 time of 8.2 seconds. And runs the 1/4 mile in 16.0 seconds at 87 miles-per-hour.
But while the drivetrain is quite refined, substantial body flex manifests itself as soon as you hit the gas pedal, and got worse as we turned through our low speed slalom. Like the coupe, there is lots of front drive cornering push, only letting up as the tail loosens. Add in a serious lack of feel from the power rack-and-pinion steering, and you have one of Toyota's less successful efforts at a sporty 2-door.
On the plus side, the anti-lock equipped 4-wheel disc brakes deliver a decent average stopping distance of 124 feet from 60. Stops are straight and stable. And the pedal feels firm, with good feedback.
Out on the open road, as long as things are smooth, so is the Solara Convertible's ride. But when the going gets rough, the Solara's body flex again rears its ugly self, twisting over every lump. And we hear far more squeaks and rattles than we expect in a Toyota.
Fuel mileage was more satisfying. EPA estimates for our V6 Solara Convertible are 19 city/26 highway. We averaged a very healthy 25 miles-per-gallon in mixed driving.
As for the money matters, the 4-cylinder Solara Convertible carries a base price of $25,523. Go for the V6 engine SE, and the price jumps to $28,463. With options, our test car carries a final price of $30,388. Which, for a true 4-seat convertible, is very affordable.
So good, bad, or something in between? The latter we think. After our positive experience with the Camry Solara Coupe, we must admit to being a bit disappointed with the convertible. It is an affordable buy, and still better constructed than some competitors. But, it's also hardly Toyota's best work, and proof that not every good coupe makes a good convertible.


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title: Stakeholder dell'innovazione, tra pubblico e privato
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date: '2014-08-04 17:29:33 +0200'
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- id: 18815
  author: Maurizio Sbogar
  author_email: maurizio.sbogar@gmail.com
  author_url: ''
  date: '2014-08-05 10:33:00 +0200'
  date_gmt: '2014-08-05 09:33:00 +0200'
  content: Non ci sono ancora Digital Champion e quelli indicati sono in attesa di
    nomina , purtroppo !
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  author_url: http://dottorblaster.it/
  date: '2014-08-06 10:13:00 +0200'
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  content: Mmmmh nì, in realtà in Parlamento qualche persona di qualità ce l'abbiamo,
    in più sicuramente la Poggiani alla guida di Agid può fare ;)
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    […]"
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  author: Visto nel Web – 143 | Ok, panico
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  date: '2014-08-10 08:02:11 +0200'
  date_gmt: '2014-08-10 07:02:11 +0200'
  content: "[…] Stakeholder dell'innovazione, tra pubblico e privato ::: Bl@ster's
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Siamo nella situazione prevista da Lawrence Lessig nel suo Code. Le leggi le fa il software. La sfiducia nella politica impedisce di ritenere possibile e sensato un intervento democratico.

Luca De Biase fa un degno punto della situazione correlando alcuni fatti di questi giorni, e correlandoli piuttosto bene. Ci sono però alcune precisazioni da fare, e qualche bastonata da dare a chi dovrebbe fare di più ma rimane evidentemente impantanato nel proprio operato.

Perché è vero che le leggi in questo momento le sta facendo il software - o meglio, chi sta dietro a un preciso software - però c'è sempre da dire che le leggi hanno il compito di regolare e in parecchi casi coadiuvare il rapporto tra individui e tra enti; e se i software, per così dire, hanno potere legislativo in questo tavolo è solo perché dovrebbero esserci altri stakeholder immersi in questa trattativa, in questo caso (per l'Italia) drammaticamente assenti.

Dove sono i nostri digital champion? Dove sono le istituzioni, quelle vere? Non sono dell'opinione di Luca, in Parlamento abbiamo diverse figure competenti in materia; è che probabilmente non vengono indirizzate queste competenze nella maniera giusta. Infine, un grosso plauso al concetto del mettere in piedi un'infrastruttura in cui tutti possano muoversi nella norma, senza daneggiare nessuno, e senza il bisogno di costruire la Google Nation. Che sennò poi c'andiamo a rimettere.

Digital champion italiani, vi si aspetta al varco, metteteli voi i paletti ché nessun altro è qualificato per farlo.

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Barn, now house and garages. Early C17 with late C19 and mid-to- late C20 alterations. Weatherboarded timber frame, partly rebuilt in partially rendered coursed limestone rubble; graded stone slate and slate roof. Probably 4 framed bays. One storey and one storey and attic. House to right with rendered stack behind ridge to right, gabled semi dormer with 3-light casement to left, ground floor late C19 four-pane sash to right and C20 half-glazed door with window to left; garages to left with 2 pairs of large boarded doors; 2 fixed small-paned windows to right and smaller boarded door to left. Left-hand gable-end with 2-light attic casement and 4-light ground floor casement. Interior: peculiar enlarged bases to frame posts (like jowls); double purlin roof, and collar-and-tie-beam trusses with queen struts.


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The History of White Supremacy
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Altar with K eagle in black robe at a meeting of nearly 30,000 Ku Klux Klan members from Chicago and northern Illinois. Wikimedia Commons
by Nicki Lisa Cole, Ph.D.
Dr. Nicki Lisa Cole is a sociologist. She has taught and researched at institutions including the University of California-Santa Barbara, Pomona College, and University of York.
Historically, white supremacy has been understood as the belief that white people are superior to people of color. As such, white supremacy was the ideological driver of the European colonial projects and U.S. imperial projects: it was used to rationalize unjust rule of people and lands, theft of land and resources, enslavement, and genocide.
During these early periods and practices, white supremacy was backed by misguided scientific studies of physical differences on the basis of race and was also believed to take intellectual and cultural form.
White Supremacy in US History
The system of white supremacy was brought to the Americas by European colonists and took firm root in early U.S. society through the genocide, enslavement, and internal colonization of indigenous populations, and the enslavement of Africans and their descendants. The system of slavery in the U.S., the Black Codes that limited rights among newly freed blacks that were instituted following emancipation, and the Jim Crow laws that enforced segregation and also limited rights combined to make the U.S. a legalized white supremacist society through the late-1960s. During this period the Ku Klux Klan became a well-known symbol of white supremacy, as have other major historical actors and events, like the Nazis and the Jewish Holocaust, the apartheid regime of South Africa, and Neo-Nazi and white power groups today.
As a result of the notoriety of these groups, events, and time periods, many people think of white supremacy as an overtly hateful and violent attitude toward people of color, which is considered a problem mostly buried in the past. But as the recent racist murder of nine Black people at Emanuel AME church has made clear, the hateful and violent breed of white supremacy is still very much a part of our present.
Yet, it is important to recognize that white supremacy today is a multifaceted system that manifests in myriad ways, many not overtly hateful nor violent—in fact often quite subtle and unseen. This is the case today because U.S. society was founded, organized, and developed in a white supremacist context. White supremacy and the many forms of racism it employs is infused into our social structure, our institutions, our worldviews, beliefs, knowledge, and ways of interacting with each other. It's even encoded into some of our holidays, like Columbus Day, which celebrates a racist perpetrator of genocide.
Structural Racism and White Supremacy
The white supremacy of our society is evident in the fact that whites maintain a structural advantage over people of color in nearly every aspect of life. White people maintain an educational advantage, an income advantage, a wealth advantage, and a political advantage. White supremacy is also evident in the way communities of color are systematically over-policed (in terms of unjust harassment and unlawful arrest and brutalization), and under-policed (in terms of police failing to serve and protect); and in the way that experiencing racism takes a societal-wide negative toll on the life expectancy of Black people. These trends and the white supremacy they express are fueled by the false belief that society is fair and just, that success is the result of hard work alone, and an overall denial of the many privileges that whites in the U.S. have relative to others.
Further, these structural trends are fostered by the white supremacy that lives within us, though we may be wholly unaware that it is there. Both conscious and subconscious white supremacist beliefs are visible in social patterns that show, for instance, that university professors give more attention to potential students who are white; that many people regardless of race believe that lighter skinned Black people are smarter than those with dark skin; and that teachers punish Black students more harshly for the same or even lesser offenses committed by white students.
So while white supremacy might look and sound different than it has in centuries past, and may be experienced differently by people of color, it is very much a twenty-first-century phenomenon that must be addressed through critical self-reflection, the rejection of white privilege, and anti-racist activism.
For detailed and riveting historical accounts of how white supremacy was wielded in pursuit of economic, political, cultural, and social domination by Europeans from the 1500s on, see The World is a Ghetto by sociologist Howard Winant, and Orientalism by postcolonial theorist Edward Said.
For information on how white supremacy historically affected indigenous populations, Mexicans and Mexican Americans, as well as immigrants from Asia, see sociologist Tomás Almaguer's book Racial Fault Lines: The Historical Origins of White Supremacy in California.
Sociologist Eduardo Bonilla-Silva investigates this phenomenon at length in his book White Supremacy and Racism in the Post-Civil Rights Era
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Anorexia kills 88-pound Brazilian model
The death of an anorexic model who weighed just 88 pounds has shocked fashion-conscious Brazil.
The Associated Press · Posted: Nov 16, 2006 9:16 PM ET | Last Updated: November 17, 2006
The death of an anorexic model who weighed just 88 pounds has shocked fashion-conscious Brazil, where many young women dream of becoming the next Gisele Bundchen.
Ana Carolina Reston, 21, died Tuesday of generalized infection caused by anorexia nervosa, a disorder characterized by an abnormal fear of becoming obese, a distorted self-image, a persistent aversion to food and severe weight-loss, said officials at Sao Paulo's Servior Publico Hospital.
"Take care for your children because their loss is irreparable," Reston's mother Miriam told the O Globo newspaper.
"Nothing can make the pain go away. No money in the world is worth the life of your child."
Reston began her modelling career at the age of 13 after winning a local beauty contest in her hometown Jundiai, on the outskirts of Sao Paulo.
"Ever since she was a little girl, she dreamed of becoming a model," her mother said. "She would put on my shoes, dress and makeup and pose."
Reston spent the last eight years working as a model for several agencies, includingworking in China, Turkey, Mexico and Japan, local media said.
"I noticed something was wrong when she returned from Japan," her mother told the Estado de Sao Paulo newspaper.
"She was too thin … and when I told her to eat something, she would say:`Mom, please don't fight with me. There is nothing wrong with me, I'm fine."'
Afflicted with bulimia
Dani Grimaldi, Reston's cousin, said she also suffered from bulimia, a disorder marked by binge eating, followed by vomiting or the use of laxatives.
"Fifteen minutes after eating she would lock herself in the bathroom and turn on the shower so no one could hear her vomiting," Grimaldi told the Estado de Sao Paulo.
The world of high fashion and modelling has long been targeted by critics who say it encourages women and girls to emulate rail-thin models.
In September, a Spanish fashion show responded to such criticism by barring models with a body mass index below 18. Body mass index is a calculation doctors normally apply to study obesity — anyone with an index below 18.5 is considered underweight.
Reston, who was 5-feet-8, would have had a body mass index of 13.4 at the time of her death, a calculator on the website of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicated.
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Programmed is the first album by American heavy metal band Lethal, released in 1990 by Metal Blade Records.

Reception
In 2005, Programmed was ranked number 414 in Rock Hard magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.

Track listing
 "Fire in Your Skin" – 5:40
 "Programmed" – 3:59
 "Plan of Peace" – 2:57
 "Another Day" – 6:16
 "Arrival" – 4:20
 "What They've Done" – 5:42
 "Obscure the Sky" – 3:58
 "Immune" – 4:58
 "Pray for Me" – 3:07
 "Killing Machine" – 5:36

Personnel
Tom Mallicoat – vocals
Eric Cook – guitar
Dell Hull – guitar
Glen Cook – bass
Jerry Hartman – drums

References

1990 debut albums

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I participated in the March for Science in Poughkeepsie, NY last year. Alas, this year's conflicts tutoring SAT math tomorrow, an obligation I've taken on locally in Greensboro. I will miss this year, but be there "in spirit." I should be able to participate in Earth Day next Sunday.


While any rapid response to an emerging pandemic is inherently prone to uncertainty, it would appear that the US government has been exceptionally poor at managing public reaction to the 2009 H1N1 virus. On the one hand, we are told vaccination is essential — as we should be vaccinated as quickly as possible. On the other hand, vaccine production was wildly overestimated, and vaccinations even for most of those in the highest risk groups has been impossible. These twin conflicting messages can only increase public anxiety.
The sudden combination of declaring a "national health emergency" while the media presents stories such as "U.S. May End up Discarding Unused H1N1 Vaccine" sends a confusing message to the public. Given the contradictory and inaccurate messages from official sources , it is little wonder that so much wild misinformation is circulating around the topic.
In the end, we were very fortunate that this H1N1 pandemic was not more serious. Had it been more serious, the poorly coordinated government response and conflicting messages could have caused a public panic that itself could have been as threatening as the disease.
People expect that the government will be completely inept at providing accurate information and totally ignorant, misleading and incompetent on most important matters, including public health.
No rational human expects anything else.
Which part of these expectations needs to be "managed"?


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Paterson looks to ease immigrants' fears to boost its census count
Local immigrants' fear of deportation will be a roadblock when Paterson residents are counted as part of the 2020 U.S. census, city officials said.
Paterson looks to ease immigrants' fears to boost its census count Local immigrants' fear of deportation will be a roadblock when Paterson residents are counted as part of the 2020 U.S. census, city officials said. Check out this story on northjersey.com: https://njersy.co/2NmzDG6
Ed Rumley, Paterson Press Published 2:03 p.m. ET Sept. 19, 2018 | Updated 5:43 p.m. ET Sept. 20, 2018
Mayor Andre Sayegh addresses a meeting of the Paterson Alliance that held a recent workshop to discuss the city's census count, which is still more than a year away.(Photo: Photo by Ed Rumley/Paterson Press)
PATERSON – Immigrants' fears and distrust of authority loom as some of the main obstacles in Paterson's effort to get all of its residents counted in the upcoming census, according to local officials and community leaders.
At stake in the census count is the potential for Paterson to get a substantial increase in various types of federal funding if the city surpasses the 150,000 population mark, the threshold for designation as a "first-class" municipality, according to local officials.
In the last census, the city fell a few thousand people short of 150,000, even though local political leaders insist Paterson's population is much higher than that.
The Paterson Alliance last week held a workshop about Paterson's census issues, an event attended by about 40 representatives of various community groups. Among the speakers was Rosa Lopez Huitzitzilin of Make the Road New Jersey, a statewide organization that advocates on behalf of immigrants and working class families.
"Four out of five members of immigrant communities have never registered for the census," said Huitzitzilin, during the gathering at the Paterson Free Public Library. "Three out of five don't even know about it."
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Mayor Andre Sayegh has made increasing Paterson's census count one of his primary goals and last month established a committee to work on the task, even though the counting doesn't start for another 20 months.
"Paterson has been numbered at around 147,000 in population," the mayor stated. "Our vision is to make everyone count. We need to get the correct numbers to be able to obtain more financial resources at both the state and federal levels."
Huitzitzilin said that the main reason for the low percentage of census participation among immigrants will be fear.
"People are afraid if they give out information they will be deported or harmed in some way," Huitzitzilin stated. "They don't feel safe to register. This is not unprecedented in the United States. In the 1940s, the census led to Japanese-American citizens being placed in concentration camps."
Scott Novakowski of the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice talked about the ongoing debate and possible litigation over the Trump administration's plan to add a question about citizenship status to the census questionnaire.
Editorial: Paterson gets early jump on preparing for census
Data: New Jersey grows more diverse, with Asian and Hispanic residents driving the change
Novakowski said the question would discourage non-documented immigrants from participating in the census. "It is not favorable for the country," he said. "An accurate count is necessary for increased funding for school, roads and more."
During the workshop last Thursday, organizers distributed materials from the U.S. Census Bureau that identified Paterson as one of New Jersey's cities with the greatest likelihood for undercounting. Among the other places on the list were Newark, Camden, Irvington and Lakewood. In Paterson, according to the census bureau, 87 percent of children under the age of 5 live in neighborhoods designated as "hard to reach."
Participants at the forum suggested that houses of worship host community meetings about the census to encourage greater participation in the head count. They also recommendation posters, fliers and social media posts.
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Aristànder de Paros (en llatí Aristander, en grec antic Άρίστανδρος) fou un escultor de l'illa de Paros.

Va ser l'autor d'un dels trípodes elaborats a partir de les restes de la batalla d'Egospòtam (405 aC) dedicats a Amicles. L'altre trípode el va fer Policlet. Els dos trípodes tenien figures a sota, entre els peus, el d'Aristànder una imatge d'Esparta amb una lira, i la Policlet una figura d'Afrodita.

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Popular blogger Lara Casey helps us identify the areas of our life that need cultivating and gently prompts us towards creating making lasting change in this inspiring book – one of my favorite books of the year!
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Sam Duckor-Jones, who sculpts his whimsical world in words and clay, has a busy year in prospect.
Sam Duckor-Jones can't wait for his eight housemates to leave. The 36-year-old artist and poet shares his Wairarapa home with eight whimsical sculptures, that live in his garage waiting to be finished and set free into the world.
For more than a decade, the artist has been making playful male figures from clay and he's not quite sure why.
The figures he moulds are loud and bold – big, playful men, often colourful, some camp. Duckor-Jones is the opposite. When we meet, he wears a plain, dark top and a beanie covers his shaven head. He drops his eyes, talking quietly as though he's not quite sure of himself.
In previous interviews, he's talked about how he is much braver with written words and clay. He sculpts the whimsical men as a form of expression, in the same way he sculpts words into poems to "make noise".
Son of the award-winning author Lloyd Jones, Duckor-Jones published his first book of poetry, People from the Pit Stand Up, last July. Some of his poems are about sculpting, focusing on his men. Blood Work explores the way men are shaped from clay: "Sometimes you look in the mirror & ask how many clay men does one man need? Probably not many & maybe I'd like a man who can sing …''.
Duckor-Jones' eight "sharp-nosed husbands'' (as he calls his men in Blood Work) will be positioned in the lobby of a new Wellington Airport hotel which is opening soon.
He turns quiet. "I hope people touch them. I hope people put their arms around them. I think they're quite affectionate,'' he says softly.
Their departure will give the artist the space he needs to prepare for a busy 2019: a two-month residency at Rayner Brothers Gallery in Whanganui from next month, where he will "relearn'' to make small sculptures in a smaller kiln; he hopes to write another book of poems; his solo show of a series of 40 pink vases at Auckland's TSB Bank Wallace Arts Centre (the Pah Homestead) will be unveiled next month to coincide with the Auckland Pride Festival.
He also hopes to return to the capital, which is where his heart lies. He describes himself as an artist in exile – forced out of his hometown to Featherston because he couldn't afford the rent for a city house and garage that would allow him to create big sculptures.
The entire three-bedroom villa he rents has become his studio: one bedroom is for painting, one for clay; in the lounge, he photographs things, and the kitchen is full of papers and office stuff; the kiln – and the men – are in the garage.
His book of poetry touched on this, conveying his sense of isolation. It also conveys the area's quirks: its birds, the rugged Ngawi coast near Cape Palliser, lawnmowers. "Husbands lean on mowers and consider their good fortune. People do live here and have full and active lives,'' he writes.
He says: "It's not very well disguised. It's about how one particular person manages that isolation. I guess it's about searching for some kind of community connection and attempting to find it in art.
Duckor-Jones' sense of isolation started when he was a shy, young gay man in his senior years at Hutt Valley High School. He was in his late teens when he came out, and in his early twenties when he told the members of his family, which he describes as "really close".
His brother, Avi, 34, published his first book, Swim, this year. His younger sister, Sophia, is a journalist. Otherwise he won't talk about his personal life. He says he doesn't want to be known as "Lloyd Jones' son'' and won't talk about his father or any influence.
At primary school, he showed signs of being a future potter. His school desk was filled with junk and sticks from the playground. He took bark chips and made them into pots. He made small clay men.
When he left Hutt Valley High, he says, he drifted. "I probably should have done something, learnt how to be an electrician or a carpenter. Instead, I was kind of hopeless. I got fired by cafes.
In 2006, still drifting and unsure what to do with his life, Duckor-Jones took a handful of small sculptures into Bowen Gallery, in Wellington. The gallery directors, Jenny Neligan and Penney Moir, liked his modelling-clay creations and commissioned him to produce his first show, Old Men Playing, which sold well. They were smaller, more cartoon-like figures than those he makes today. "I owe a lot to them,'' he smiles.
Like others who know his work, the gallery directors talk about Duckor-Jones' talents across media – writing, drawing and sculpture. Essayist and editor Ashleigh Young, who edited his book, says he is one of her favourite poets. She sees a connection between his poems and his clay men.
"Most poets are all about the looking at things, but Sam's poems are especially about the looking at things. The person in these poems is always looking and always making something of what he sees. All of this looking engenders a lushness and an incredible specificity in his work.
Duckor-Jones scrolls through his phone to show photographs of his bold, pink fluorescent vases which will be showing at his Auckland exhibition. Why a series of empty vases? "Pink I just love, especially fluorescent pink. That came out of spending more time with poetry and getting more comfortable with abstraction: not having to put a face on everything.
He pulls out a battered leather notebook containing his drawings and poems. While his sculptures make him money to live – at times he gets sick of clay, then returns to it weeks later – he scribbles poems all the time.
His poetry and sculpture speak to each other. He says: "I'm engaging in both forms for exactly the same reasons.'' However, he feels he can be freer in his poems, allowing the gestural quirks he must "fix'' in his sculptures.
"It's about making a bit of noise in my very quiet life. If I can fill up the day with words and objects, it means there has been chatter and action. It makes the shy life bearable.
The exhibition "First I Lay With Adam" is at the TSB Bank Wallace Arts Centre, Auckland, February 12-March 31.


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La carriera di Sara Shaw inizia nei tornei scolastici statunitensi, partecipando con la Westlake High School; nel 2009, inoltre, fa parte della nazionale statunitense Under-20. Al termine delle scuole superiori entra a far parte della squadra di pallavolo femminile della University of Southern California, con la quale partecipa alla Division I NCAA dal 2010 al 2013: raggiunge due volte la Final four nei suoi primi due anni, perdendo in entrambe le occasioni in semifinale.

Nella stagione 2014-15 firma il suo primo contratto professionistico all'estero, ingaggiata nella 1. Bundesliga tedesca dal Fischbek di Amburgo, per poi approdare nella stagione seguente al Neuchâtel, club della Lega Nazionale A svizzera.

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Franz Streitt, or Franciszek Streitt (24 November 1839 – 29 December 1890) was a Polish-born German painter.

Family
His father was a tax collector.

Education
He graduated from the Realschule in Lviv, followed by studies at the Technical University. From 1856 to 1866, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków with Władysław Łuszczkiewicz and Jan Matejko. He completed his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, with Eduard von Engerth, graduating in 1871.

Later life
He initially settled in Cracow and painted historical scenes, inspired by his mentor, Matejko.

He was only there briefly, however, before moving to Munich, where he and Antoni Kozakiewicz opened a joint studio. Together, they formed a group of expatriate Polish artists that included Józef Brandt and Alfred Kowalski. He also became a member of the Kunstverein München. Later, he took several study trips to Galicia and Hungary.

Over time, he switched from historical painting to genre scenes, from the lives of farmers and Gypsies. His works may be seen in collections in Germany, Austria, England and the United States. Some of his works appeared as illustrations in Die Gartenlaube of Leipzig.

In 1881, he married the painter, Maria Theresia Friedl (1855-1908).

Sources
 Biography from the Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich @ WikiSource

External links

 More works by Streitt @ ArtNet

1839 births
1890 deaths
19th-century German painters
19th-century Polish painters
19th-century German male artists
German genre painters
Polish emigrants to Germany
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STEM education, broadband access and cybersecurity take center stage as governors deliver their broadest policy speech of the year.
Click on each state for insight into the technology initiatives mentioned and our thoughts on how they did based on a rating scale of 0 to 5, with 0 being no technology mentions and 5 representing extensive technology plans. The more color you see, the more technology mentions were made in a governor's address.
Traditionally, even tech-savvy governors have left specific mentions of IT-centric initiatives out of their annual addresses to the legislatures and citizens of their state. But over the past few years, that tide has shifted. Technology has increasingly snared a larger percentage of the limelight, indicative of its growing prominence in policy conversations.
Vulnerabilities across the cyberspectrum have propelled IT security to the forefront, with many state leaders announcing the development of, or progress on, multi-agency cyberinitiatives to confront the growing threat to government and citizens alike. Broadband is getting plenty of executive attention too — an acknowledgement of the importance of high-speed connectivity across both urban and rural areas. And that attention is followed by investment, with many governors citing proposals for new money for broadband.
Education always takes center stage during state of the state speeches, as is the case this year. Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) curriculum continues to get a boost, signaling a growing awareness of the needs of today's and even more so, tomorrow's, economy. Many governors detail plans to beef up computer science curriculum as well as STEM teaching expertise in their states.
What emerged this year more than ever was the growing realization that the economy, and therefore the workforce, is undergoing a fundamental change. Notably, but not surprisingly, policymakers now understand that jobs of the future require more training and education. What governors aren't saying explicitly is that technological advances in robotics and automation are responsible for the change. But it's exactly these trends that are driving investments in preparing the workforce for careers in highly skilled industries. Savvy governors are pairing those investments with incentives to keep skilled workers within their borders.
Check out page 2 for our detailed analysis of each State of the State speech delivered to date.


Prominent among the early friends of liberty in North Carolina was Col. Joseph Winston. He belongs to an old Yorkshire family, which had settled in Wales and afterwards emigrated to Virginia soon distinguishing itself thereby its talent and its love of liberty. These qualities were nobly illustrated in the lives of Judge Winston and of Patrick Henry, the great Virginia orator, who mother was a Winston. Some authorities say that Patrick Henry's mother was the sister of Col. Jos. Winston's father. Col. Winston was born in Louisa county, Virginia, June 17th, 1745 inheriting the liberty-loving spirit of his ancestors and a fondness for the hardships ad adventures of the chase.
He received a fair education according to the standard of the day, but was more adventurous than studious. At the age of 17 he joined a company of Rangers formed for the purpose of fighting the Indians, who were very troublesome in that section. During an expedition to the frontier for the object of punishing a marauding party, his company was ambuscaded and made a desperate resistance, but were overpowered and put to flight. During this skirmish young Winston acted with great gallantry. His horse was killed under him and he himself received to balls; one in the thigh, and the other in the body. Dragging himself painfully into the underbrush, the Indians in pursuit of the retreating Rangers, passed him by. Here he would doubtless have perished had he not been discovered by comrades, who like himself had sought the brush for refuge. His friend being unwounded aided him in escape, faithfully carrying him on his back for three days, until they reached the welcome shelter of a frontier man's cabin. During this toilsome and painful journey they had no food save the berries of the wild roses, which fortunately, were quite plentiful. One of the bullets which he then received was never extricated and continued to the end of his life to be a source of suffering.
Early in 1770, Winston migrated to what was then Surry, now Stokes County, North Carolina, settling in the vicinity of the forks of Dan River. He embraced with ardor the cause of the Colonies in the dispute with the mother country, and was chosen by the people of his county to represent them in the important Provincial Congress of 1775. In February following the was one of an expedition against the Scotch Tories on Cross Creek, who in the endeavor to effect a junction with the royal troops under Sir Henry Clinton were signally defeated at Moore's Creek Bridge on the 27th of that month.
By the Provincial Congress of April, 1776, he was appointed lst Major and Commandant of the Militia for the county of Surry. In this capacity he served under Gen. Griffith Rutherford in arduous expedition across the mountains in the fall of the same year. By this expedition the Cherokees were so effectively humbled that they continued peaceful during the rest of the war.
Under the Constitution of 1776, Major Wins ton was elected a member of the first House of Commons, which met the following years. Upon him, in conjunction with Waighstill Avery and Robert Lanier, was conferred the important duty of effecting a permanent settlement with the lately humbled Cherokees. They succeeded in securing the celebrated treaty of the Long Island of Holston, thereby extinguishing the Indian tititle to a large area of land and establishing a peace which enabled the western people to devote all their engeries to the defeat of the British. Without this treaty the victory of King's Mountain would have been impossible, as the mountaineers would have been exposed to the attacks of the savages.
During the Britain invasion of North Carolina, Major Winston was in active service against them and against the Tories. He fought with the gallant but unfortunate General William Davidson against Cornwallis and afterwards with Col. Cleveland against the Loyalists of New River.
From 1807 to 1813 he served as a Trustee of the University of North Carolina, thus showing his interest in higher education, which was just then struggling for recognition. Immediately after the battle of King's Mountain, the General Assembly of his State voted Colonel Winston a sword, in recognition of his gallantry on that memorable day; but in the harassing trials of the war, the vote was not carried into effect. It was not until the beginning of the second War of Independence that this duty was performed.
His reply when this honor was conferred upon him was characteristic of the man, and in its laconic brevity breathes the sublime virtue of the ancient Spartan. He said, "Mr. Speaker, I am at a loss for words to express my sense of honor which the General Assembly has conferred upon me by this grateful present. I trust that the sword which is directed to be presented to me, will never be tarnished by cowardice, but be wielded in defense of my country[s right and independence." Thus was his last public service crowned by a noble testimonial of his people's love and gratitude. He died on the 21st of April, 1814.
In person, Col. Winston was of commanding presence and fine manners. His form was stately, his countenance noble and expressive; in some features resembling his kinsman, Patrick Henry. His nature was fitted rather for action than for contemplation or speech.
Warrior, Statesman, Patriot, Educator, he yet "lives in the hearts of his countrymen." His monument in the thriving and progressive town of Winston, which was fitly named in his honor, since the liberty he so greatly aided in establishing, alone made its existence a possibility.


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Verona Quartet named Oberlin Conservatory 2020-21 quartet in residence
Formed at Indiana University, the ensemble is the winner of the 2020 Cleveland Quartet Award
The Verona Quartet, winner of Chamber Music America's 2020 Cleveland Quartet Award, will serve as quartet in residence at Oberlin Conservatory for the 2020-21 academic year.
The ensemble will give secondary lessons and chamber music coaching to students from the College of Arts and Sciences, and will also collaborate with the Oberlin Arts and Sciences Orchestra, formed of college musicians and members of the community. The quartet will in addition perform a series of concerts at Oberlin Conservatory throughout the upcoming season.
Formed at Indiana University, the quartet — Jonathan Ong and Dorothy Ro (violins), Abigail Rojansky (viola) and Jonathan Dormand (cello) — is currently resident at Indiana University Summer String Academy, North Carolina's Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle, and the Lunenburg Academy of Music Performance. Former fellowships include the Juilliard School, New England Conservatory, and Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music.
Read: Verona Quartet receive 2020 Cleveland Quartet Award
Watch: Verona Quartet performs Janáček's String Quartet no.2 'Intimate Letters' I: Andante
The group has previously won prizes at the Wigmore Hall, Melbourne, Osaka, and M-Prize competitions, and received the 2015 Concert Artists Guild Competition. As recipients of the Cleveland Award they receive performance opportunites over a two-year period at venues and institutions including the Buffalo Chamber Music Society, Carnegie Hall, Chamber Music Society of Detroit, and the University of Texas at Austin.
The new Oberlin residency is particularly meaningful for Rojansky, a 2011 Oberlin Conservatory graduate. 'I have always been so thankful for the ways Oberlin opens students up to opportunities and encourages you to pursue your passions,' she said. 'I left Oberlin with the sense that I could do whatever I wanted to. There were no limitations, and this quartet grew out of that same sensibility.'
Verona Quartet
Jeff Phillips named Chicago School of Violin Making associate director
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Ariana Nelson to join Carpe Diem Quartet
The cellist succeeds Greg Sauer, who has left after eleven years with the group
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Oh Yum, now I am so hungry. Jakarta was our first post and I still miss the wonderful Indonesian food. I am going to get back there someday! Try taking the keycap manis and slicing a cabai pepper into it for a dipping sauce. Sweet, salty, spicy and oh so good. We did that instead if the peanut sauce for several dishes since I am not a fan of peanuts.
Try Gado Gado (full of veggies, tahu, tempeh, peanut sauce), when you get a chance and Rawon (like a dark soup and famous in that part of Indonesia).