Author commentary: Although the RC-CAM3 system is no longer used, you will certainly learn a lot by reading the details to building it. Like many good things, its useful life has come to an end and it has been replaced by the latest project called RC-CAM4. But for historical benefit, the original RC-CAM3 project is listed below. Enjoy!
If you haven't read about my RC-CAM1 or RC-CAM2 prototypes then please click the links at the top of this page. Otherwise, lets get into the details on how you can build your own miniature video system for about $200. The project moves quickly, so we will soon have it mounted on a radio controlled model helicopter.
The improved wireless camera system is called RC-CAM3. If you built the RC-CAM2 system and would like to upgrade to this better design, then do not despair. Fortunately, you can re-use most of the electronics from the other system. But you will need to restore your XCam video transmitter to its original factory state. Yes, oddly enough, we must move backwards before advancing to the future.
So, if you have built the other system then just remove the modifications that were made to the video sender/transmitter and reinstall the circuit board in the original plastic case. I will not specifically address the resurrection of your XCam video transmitter, since most folks joining our project will be using brand new parts.
RC-CAM3 can be built using the discontinued "XCam" or the newer "XCam Anywhere" camera systems that are sold by x10.com . You should also be able use their "DVD Anywhere 2000," which is a camera-less version of the XCam. This equipment appears to be very similar to the Radio Shack #15-1971 Room-to-Room A/V Link.
There is a lower cost wireless camera called XCam2, but this system is a one-piece design (camera and transmitter are integrated). Sometime later this year (Sept 2001) I will post the details on to how to hack this camera. In the meantime, you are on your own if you use it or any other brand of wireless Audio/Video transmitter. By the way, the RC-CAM user-to-user forum has lots of information on nifty XCam2 hacks.
Although you may be using one of the other A/V video products that was mentioned, I will specifically address the modifications that are needed to use the XCam Anywhere system. The vendor that sells this item offers a full description of it at http://www.x10.com/products/x10_vk34a.htm.
I will just refer to the video system as XCam. It currently sells for $88, which is a very reasonable price for a color camera, 2.4 GHz transmitter and receiver. You even get some nice cables too. The photo on the right shows the major elements of the stock system. To see more, just click the photo. In case you haven't noticed, the original XCam, the new XCam Anywhere, and the DVD Anywhere 2000, all use the same video transmitter and receiver units.
The XCam transmits on 2.4 GHz and does NOT require a ham radio license to operate. As you may recall, this was an issue with my original RC-CAM1 which operated on the 434 MHz ATV HAM band. Line-of-site range is about 300 feet. A better receiver antenna would easily double the range, but I have not had the need to design one (my video recording is mostly while hovering and close range forward flight).
But, we will not use the color camera that is included with the XCam, since it does not work well in our application. This entry level camera is based on a consumer quality CMOS video chip. It was designed for fixed installations, so the auto-iris is easily confused when the background intensity changes. Unfortunately, as we fly our helicopter around this issue becomes a nuisance and translates into washed out and/or dark pictures.
The RC-CAM3 video improvements are due to the use of a Panasonic GP-CX161-53P CCD color camera. This is a tiny but very high quality chip camera and it is available for about $100. Its on-board microprocessor ensures that we get the optimum video quality, even with the rapid light intensity changes that occur while we fly our model aircraft. It weighs barely eight grams, making it a perfect match for our application.
But, the higher performance comes with a price. It is a bare board camera and so it does not have an enclosure -- just a nice glass lens mounted on a small 1" square circuit board. Also, it is based on a CCD imaging array, so the current draw is quite high -- about four times greater than the earlier camera. But, none of this is a major issue.
Ok, where are we going with all of this? Let's see... we need lightweight airborne electronics, simple battery operation, and an small omni-directional antenna. But wait, the XCam system is kind of bulky, is powered by household current, and has a big crummy antenna system. Time to put on the tool belt!
Like RC-CAM2, this project involves modifications to the stock XCam transmitter. But, the alterations that we will make are minor compared to those made on the RC-CAM2 system.
So, let me impress upon you that you must check your XCam system to see if it works before you attempt my modifications. This is your chance to see if your new XCam system works correctly and to your satisfaction. If not, return it now.
We do NOT need to alter the transmitter's circuit board, but we still need to open up the case. So, grab the transmitter unit, labeled "VT30A," and remove the four (4) bottom case screws. You may wish to peel off the rear label too (heat it with a hair dryer first).
Before I continue lets get one thing perfectly straight. By taking the product apart you have no moral or legal right to return the unit to the vendor. If you damage it, then you lose. If becoming the not-so-proud owner of a dead camera system freaks you out then by all means put away the screwdriver before you dork the unit up!
As I mentioned, the Video Sender transmitter is marked VT30A. It is the unit with the vertical whip antenna on the side. Do NOT take apart the identical twin receiver identified as the VR30A.
Now with the case apart you can look inside the video transmitter. You should be able to quickly identify the coax cable connecting the RF section's metal can with the Mickey Mouse Ear style polar antenna. Also note the wire connecting to the vertical whip antenna.
If you do not feel comfortable poking around the guts of the transmitter then STOP, re-install the cover, and don't look back. Otherwise, let's march forward.
Using a small screwdriver, pry apart the paddle antenna and carefully unsolder the coax cable from the double sided circuit board antenna. Do not damage the coax. Cold "hot melt" glue peels off without a fuss.
On the underside of the top cover, unscrew the rear antenna mount and remove the plastic pieces. The coax should still exit the top cover -- leave it in place. You need the full length of the coax cable, so don't trim it!
Unsolder the vertical whip antenna from the circuit board. This was a brown wire in my unit. Remove the antenna.
Take the PT30A AC wall adapter, two plastic antenna paddle shells, MME antenna board, vertical whip antenna, three antenna mount pieces, and put them in your junk box. They will not be used.
The XCam video transmitter requires at least 9.6 VDC. However, the radio control system in my model helicopter is powered by a 4.8 VDC battery pack, which thankfully is compatible with the Panasonic camera. But shucks, the camera draws too much current to be safely shared with the model's R/C gear.
But this situation is not a problem. I could have used a second 4.8 VDC NiCd battery pack for the camera and a 9.6 VDC NiCd for the XCam transmitter, but I wanted a more elegant solution. The thought of three battery packs seemed excessive to me.
Using two battery packs is probably easier to deal with than using three. This will certainly simplify the installation at the expense of a little up-front work. But you can skip my high tech solution and simply use three battery packs. One for the R/C gear, a separate 4.8 VDC @ 600mAH battery to operate the Panasonic camera, and a 9.6 VDC @ 300 mAH battery to power the XCam transmitter. By the way, all of these battery voltages are compatible with a standard R/C system's battery charger.
The custom power supply circuitry I devised will allow me to run the camera AND video transmitter from a spare 4.8 VDC/600 mAH NiCd battery pack.
CAUTION: Do NOT share your R/C gear's battery with the camera system. The combined current draw is substantial and your model's R/C receiver and servos will be affected. Can you spell C-R-A-S-H?
Our battery reduction magic is obtained from a tiny DC-DC power converter. The idea of using a DC-DC power module began with RC-CAM2. In our new application we will step-up the 4.8V battery to 12 volts and plug it directly into the power entry jack on the Video Sender transmitter. If you wish to use the three battery solution, just directly plug a 9.6 VDC battery into the transmitter.
But I will assume that you are interested in using my battery reduction circuit. The trick is performed by a PT5041N, a special voltage regulator IC offered by Texas Instruments (Power Trends division). It is nearly ready to use -- just three low cost filter capacitors are needed on the output (see the data sheet). To use this little jewel you just apply roughly 5VDC in and you instantly get 12 VDC out. Gosh, this is getting too easy!
Chapter VI: How Much is That IC in the Window?
The electronic components can be obtained from www.digikey.com, www.mouser.com and www.supercircuits.com.
Of course you can use your local supplier if you know how to substitute the parts. But PLEASE don't email me asking for my opinion of your sub'd part. If in doubt please go to these sources. If mail order is not convenient then by all means use your favorite source.
Let me remind you that I do not work for, nor represent, ANY supplier of the parts used in RC-CAM. Any reference to a vendor is for your convenience and I do not endorse or profit from any purchase that you make.
Chapter VII: Its Tool Time!
We will build the circuit elements in stages and test each one. The two circuits are the DC-DC Power Supply and the Microphone Preamp. Here is what we will be building. Are you up to it?
A plastic enclosure will house the color camera board, the DC-DC convertor, and the optional microphone preamp. The Pactec K-JM22 enclosure is the perfect size, but you can freely choose any other plastic box that you wish.
The photo on the right shows the front holes that I drilled to mount the Panasonic Camera board. The larger hole is slightly bigger than the camera lense and the two smaller ones are drilled to accept 2-56 machine screws. Just use the Panasonic camera to mark their locations.
The DC-DC chip, labeled U1x in the schematic, is functional right out of the box, but we need to add a filter capacitor and the connectors. We also need to add some power connectors for the XCam transmitter (12V) and Panasonic camera (4.8V).
I'll try not to go into the details of how to solder the parts together since each electronic tech has his/her favorite method. In my unit everything is mounted "dead-bug" style and fits snugly in the PacTec box. The special Panasonic camera harness (P1x) is a must have item. Please recognize that your finished work will go into a very harsh environment (severe vibration and G-forces) so build it as such.
I did not install a power switch. Rather, I installed a female servo connector on the circuit's NICAD input so that I could unplug the battery when it is not in use. Pay attention to the polarity or I suggest you look for some good fire insurance.
Before applying power to your newly completed circuit please unplug the camera harness and XCam power cable. If you made a wiring mistake these expensive parts WILL be destroyed.
Give your finished wiring a thorough visual inspection. When satisfied that you made no errors, take your ohmmeter and verify that you do not have a short across the "NICAD" input. The resistance should be over 2K ohms. If not, fix your mistake now or prepare a bucket of water.
It's time to get serious. If you have a regulated bench supply then set it for +4.8 VDC (5.0 is fine too). If possible, limit its current to about 500mA. Otherwise you will need to use a 4.8VDC 600mAH NiCd battery pack. But hold on, don't apply power just yet.
Hook a DVM (digital voltmeter) across the +12 VDC and Gnd output connections. Now apply the 4.8 VDC power. If you don't see +12 VDC (+/-0.5 VDC) then turn off power NOW and fix your mistake. Smoke or burning odors are not a good sign either.
If things look good, check the voltage at P3x (XCam Power Plug). Ensure that the center pin is +12 VDC. If the polarity is backwards then fix it now.
Measure the voltage across the red and black wires of P1x, the special Panasonic camera harness. The red wire should be +4.8 VDC. A reverse voltage will soon cost you $100.
So far things are looking good. Unplug the power supply. Connect the XCam transmitter and the Panasonic camera to the circuit. Re-apply power.
Verify that the previously measured voltages are still good. You can now try sending the video to your television or VCR. Just install the video receiver and give it a go. The antenna is unfinished, so your range will be under five feet. We will fix that in a minute. Smile, you're on TV!
I wanted to record the audio while flying, so I added a little electret mic and preamp circuit. You may not care about audio (but it adds another dimension to the recorded flying experience) so just ignore this circuitry if you wish to omit the mic feature.
I built the preamp on the bottom of an 8 pin DIP machine pin socket. Keep the component leads short and follow the schematic.
After mounting all the discrete parts to the bottom of the socket, connect the preamp to the three mic leads (Power, Signal, Gnd). Using about five inches of stranded wire, connect the preamp to +12V and Gnd of the regulator circuit. Solder RCA plugs to the output of the preamp. Use enough cable to reach the left and right audio input jacks on the XCam transmitter.
Cover the finished preamp circuit with heatshrink tubing or electrical tape. The microphone element is mounted in a big rubber grommet, which is glued to the top half of the Pactec enclosure. Drill a 1/8" hole in the enclosure near the center of the mic.
The old RC-CAM2 used a full wave vertical whip antenna. Our new system will use one that is about half the size. Hey, wait a minute -- won't a shorter antenna reduce the system's range? No, it will actually improve it.
You see, the RF wavelength of our 2.4 GHz system is about 4.7 inches. An ideal antenna of similar length would provide the best reception. But, the coax cable connected antenna is optimized for a 50 ohm load, which is the typical impedance of a 1/4 or 1/2 wave antenna. Using good impedance matching increases the efficiency of the overall antenna circuit.
I settled on a "rubber ducky" style half-wave dipole antenna. It is not very efficient (RF wise), but it is easy to build and is rugged too. It is not a traditional dipole since I rotated the elements 90° and layed the grounded element against the coax cable (see photos). It is made by carefully trimming some insulation off the XCam's coax, adding two short wires, then covering everything with heatshrink.
Start by cutting two pieces of 18 AWG solid wire to EXACTLY 30 mm (1.18 inches) long. These will be the antenna's quarter-wave dipole elements. They are shown in the sample photo, on the left, as the orange colored wires. Accuracy counts on this exercise, so measure VERY carefully.
Now, trim the end of the XCam's coax cable so that a tiny length of the shield and center conductor is exposed. These will be soldered to the 30mm dipole wires that you just cut. The inset at the right shows the intricate soldering that is required. Make sure that the center conductor is not shorted to the shield when you are done (use your ohmmeter). Clean off the flux too!
For a better antenna you can substitute the shield connected element with a piece of brass or copper tubing. It will slide OVER the shield (protected by the outside coax insulation) and then be soldered to the shield as before. I found some brass tubing at the hobby store that was a perfectly snug fit over the coax. A similar method uses just the coax shielding. It can be folded over itself to accomplish the task. But, the XCam coax length is too short for this nifty trick.
One of the elements is now sticking out and is unsupported. This is a rather fragile configuration, don't you think? Now for the "rubber ducky" part. Cut a piece of heat shrink tubing to about 7 cm long. Slip the heat shrink over the two exposed elements and apply heat. Repeat this with two or more heatshrink applications. You now have a durable flexible antenna.
The antenna must hang down vertically during flight. This is the best orientation for good reception. All I did was to bend the coax a little to help the antenna tip drop down and the weight of the heatshrink does the rest. The best antenna mounting location is below your model helicopter. In a moment you will see what I did.
The photo on the right shows you what my custom airborne equipment looked like at this point . With luck, yours will look similar.
To check the camera and microphone you will need to install the XCam receiver on your TV or VCR and apply power to everything.
Verify that you have video and audio. If you run into trouble then check that the XCam transmitter and receiver are still set to the same channel (A-B-C-D) and that their On/Off switches are "on."
Turn on your model's R/C transmitter and move twenty feet from the XCam equipment. If you find video interference then change the XCam transmitter and receiver to a different A-B-C-D channel. My radio caused lots of snow on two of the settings.
Perform a video system range test. You should get up to 100 feet inside the house and about 300 feet while outdoors (line of site). Verify that the mic works too.
We need to make a battery cable for the VR30A XCam receiver since it normally uses a 12VDC AC wall adapter. I know you don't want to drag 115VAC mains power to the flying field to operate the ground equipment.
You can use your 12V GelCell field (starter) battery to operate the XCam receiver. All you need is a 5.5mm x 2.5mm power plug and some cable.
Use a six foot length of 22AWG color coded two conductor cable and solder the red lead to the center post and the black to the shield lug of the power plug. Solder some alligator clips to the bare ends or use banana plugs if you use a power panel. Color code everything or invest in a fire extinguisher!
Whenever your XCam receiver needs power just clip it on to your 12VDC field battery. I recommend that you find a way to avoid reverse voltage issues since the XCam receiver will go up in smoke if you make a connection mistake at the field (oh, that will never happen you say?).
All that remains is to mount the camera system on your model heli. I'll leave the exact details to this task up to you, since each aircraft will be different. Just use your creative talents to install the video gear. But to help you out, I will summarize what I did.
On my Concept 30 model helicopter I fit everything between the landing skids near the model's center of gravity. After playing around with different arrangements, I decided to flip the video transmitter over (upside down) and mount the camera on top of it.
This created a compact package, but my helicopter did not have enough height under the skids to accommodate everything. This was easily fixed by installing some 3" diameter pool noodles, those crazy colorful foam tubes that kids use to float in the water. I just cut the foam noodles about 4" longer than my skids, made a shallow lateral cut, just like a hot dog bun, and then slipped each noodle onto a landing skid. Several rubber bands and plastic tape hold them securely. I like these fat skids so much that I leave them on even when the camera gear is not being used.
I wanted the video transmitter, color camera, and NiCd battery pack to be a one-piece deal. You know, something that would easily come off in a minute or less. It had to be durable and offer some protection against vibration. Since very little can be done to provide real crash protection, I did not burden my design with such amenities (airbags and seatbelts, anyone?).
I fabricated a simple platform design. I merely took some flexible 3/32" sheet plastic (you could use hobby plywood) and I cut a 11.5" x 2" piece to act as a skid mounting brace. The length was based on the width of my noodle equipped landing gear, so your dimensions could be different.
To keep fuel and oil off the transmitter's connectors, I decided to face them towards the front of the model (furthest point away from the engine). Using four 4-40 machine screws, the plastic brace was attached across the center of the Video Transmitter. Since the transmitter is upside down, its flat surface lays nicely against it. At the ends of the brace I punched some holes and looped #64 model airplane rubber bands through them. They will be used to strap the equipment to the helicopter.
I then cut a 6" square piece of clear lexan to use as a splash shield. It is mounted on top of the brace and its purpose is to prevent fuel from getting into the electronics. I highly recommend this feature.
Using servo mounting tape, I installed the camera assembly on top of the splash shield. For shock and vibration protection, there is a piece of 1/2" thick rubber foam between the shield and camera assembly.
The battery pack is mounted on the splash shield behind the camera (I also put a small splash shield over it). Again, double-sided servo mounting tape holds everything together. Although this may sound like a fragile arrangement, it is very strong and works great. Total weight (with batteries) is 14 ounces.
To install my platform based video system I just slide it on top of the foam noodles, attach my rubber band straps together, and go fly. Installation is about thirty seconds. Whatever you build, please use common sense or you may drop "camera bombs" while flying.
I find that the video antenna works best if it is allowed to hang free under the helicopter. Mine drops below the model after take-off (almost vertical), which provides good range for me. If the antenna is near the model's body the range will decrease. I get very reliable reception to about 200 feet, which is perfect for making hover videos and close forward flight scenes.
Longer range will require a better antenna on the video receiver, but that part is up to you. Just in case you ask -- Yes, a high gain yagi or dish antenna design could increase your range to about 1,000 feet.
If at any time you find video interference then change the XCam transmitter and receiver to a different A-B-C-D channel. If anything appears strange DO NOT FLY until you resolve the trouble.
Chapter X: Quiet on the Set, Please.
Hey, its time to fly. When you get to the flying field you should do a complete range check on your R/C system and the RC-CAM. Just connect the RC-CAM receiver to your camcorder, set it for the A/V input mode, and use its eyepiece monitor to see the transmitted video.
Quiet on the set. Lights, Camera, Action. Enjoy!
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Buhari's Supporters Considering Former President Jonathan to Succeed Him
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In a major political development fuelled by power intrigues and permutations, President Muhammadu Buhari's supporters are considering backing former President Goodluck Jonathan for a 2023 presidential run.
The thinking is that it will satisfy the increasing clamour for power shift to the South, while also ensuring a single term for the incoming president. Going by Nigeria's constitution, a president cannot be elected into office more than twice.
Buhari's close loyalists believed that Jonathan would be harmless to their group interest and as such the right person to take over if power were to shift to the South. "He handed over power peacefully and nursed no bitterness against anyone and therefore will not be a threat to the interest of the north," a top source in Buhari's camp told THISDAY.
According to multiple sources within the northern establishment spoken to by THISDAY, the idea of having Jonathan succeed Buhari is a very attractive preposition. "The former president is a good man, he did well in his first term and we believe he has learnt his lessons and where he failed and is unlikely to repeat those mistakes that cost him the presidency in 2015. He did a lot for the North, so why not?"
Another source privy to the development also told THISDAY on Saturday: "Yes, we are looking at the Jonathan option, he is a safe bet and of course a very amiable gentleman, who is not likely to rock the boat."
Thus, within the northern establishment, the consensus is beginning to gain momentum, with Buhari's loyalists pushing the button to have Jonathan succeed their boss.
THISDAY checks also showed a growing number of influential northern leaders of thought are favourably disposed to the idea of Jonathan's second coming.
This is particularly because a majority of those, who have bought into this idea, were of the view that the former president represented the shortest route for the north to regain power.
Those supporting Jonathan reason that if another southerner emerges, more so a young candidate, he is likely to spend eight years in office before power returns to the north.
The north, and Buhari in particular are said to be impressed with the way Jonathan conceded defeat and proceeded to hand over power, when he lost the 2015 election and the way he has since conducted himself out of power.
Multiple sources told THISDAY that Buhari and his loyalists have over the years come to see Jonathan as someone, who is trustworthy and dependable, and to whom he could hand over power in 2023.
For instance, they also point at the growing friendship and bond between both men, as Buhari on many occasions, had expressed his astonishment at the way Jonathan conceded defeat and praised him as a statesman.
One of such occasions was in January 2018, Buhari at a dinner for top members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) at the presidential villa in Abuja had said he went temporarily into a coma when former President Goodluck Jonathan called him to concede defeat in the 2015 presidential election.
He had said then he felt Jonathan had stayed long enough in office to have caused problems when he lost the election. He described the former President's decision to accept defeat as a "great" one.
"When the former president rang me, I went temporarily into a coma," the president said. "I will never forget the time. It was quarter past 5 p.m. and he said he called to congratulate me and that he had conceded.
"He asked if I heard him, and I said yes. I thanked him for his statesmanship," he said.
"The truth is after being a deputy governor, a governor, vice president and president for six years, and he took that decision is great. He could have caused some problems. He had stayed long enough to cause problems."
The Nigerian president's loyalists pushing for a Jonathan return have further cited the fact that Jonathan was the only former head of state with Buhari at the 60th independence anniversary celebration of the country at the Eagle Square, Abuja.
Tobi Soniyi, Gboyega Akinsanmi

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Toyota Corolla Verso T180 2.0 & 2.2 D-4D DPF Removal Problem Solved!!
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For the last 2-3 years we've regrettably been having to tell customers that there was at the time no option for them to remove the Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) from their vehicles. This left customers with no choice but to purchase brand new parts from the main dealer or copy parts, which we don't encourage due to the nature of the manufactured part.
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The general public should know as soon as possible where the planned new prisons in England and Wales are going to be built. On the 7th March an appeal failed challenging the non-disclosure in a recent Freedom of Information [FOI] request, of a number of councils currently in talks with the Ministry of Justice [MoJ] to build a new prison. The appeal supported the original decision that under the public interest test it was important to withhold some of the councils who submitted plans so that there could be "a 'safe space' in which the early stages of discussions of this nature can be carried out between the Council and government officials". If we are going to discover the location of the new prisons then alternative ways of finding out information need to be explored.
There has in recent weeks been some excellent journalism, including that by local BBC radio stations (such as BBC Radio Northampton, BBC Radio Essex and BBC Radio Merseyside), highlighting the problems of building new mega prisons. Journalists in South Wales have also been checking carefully whether Rhondda Cynon Taf council are planning to build a new prison, resulting in firm denials published on WalesOnline. The investigations so far have included engaging in dialogue with local councilors and politicians about the location of the proposed new prisons and also opening up the debate to the general public for rational and considered discussion.
We need other journalists around the UK to check as rigorously whether prisons are planned or not in any of the 20 councils that have been revealed in the FOI response last month. Other local councils need also to be pressed for information because there is, despite the claims of the MoJ, a clear public interest in knowing as soon as possible whether a new prison is going to be built in their locality. Whistle blowers may be prepared to come forward regarding plans and give details of the likely human and environmental costs that the new prisons will bring with them. The harms of a new prison are something that is recognised by the MoJ, which is one reason accurate information is hard to come by.
Investigating the authorities near to the 20 local councils disclosed by the MoJ. The councils that have been revealed are largely clustered together. This is revealing as the clusters map onto areas with high levels of prison overcrowding. The exception is Rhondda Cynon Taf, which is isolated. Given that a number of councils that submitted details of suitable land have been withheld and the high levels of prison overcrowding in this region, the release of the name of only one council has fueled suspicions that a local authority somewhere in South Wales is planning to build a new prison. What we do know from the "safe space" policy is that the councils which are most likely to be planning to build a new prison probably remain undisclosed. We therefore need people to check if any local councils near to those that have been disclosed are currently in discussions with the MoJ. When pressed recently, Greater Manchester local authority indicated that it is currently in discussions to build a new prison. If carefully questioned other local authorities may also reveal if this is the case.
Questioning local authorities which have an old prison on expensive land in an inner-city area. The explanatory notes of the Prison and Courts Bill (published February 2017) reiterated the policy to close old prisons (on expensive land) and to use the money from the sale to build a larger and cheaper prison near to this (on much cheaper land) as a replacement and part of the plans for expansion of 10,000 prison places.
Highlighting the local authorities which have the most overcrowded prisons: as the prison building plans are also about increasing capacity to ease crowding, another indicator of where the prisons could be built would be in areas where a new prison can most effectively reduce pressure on prisons which are most overcrowded.
Focusing especially on any local authorities which combine all three of the above (i.e. have a prison / prisons which are overcrowded; have an old prison in inner-city area or on potentially expensive land; and reflect the mapping of prisons revealed in the FIO disclosure).
Prisons are profoundly harmful to local people, local environments and local welfare and health services. There is a clear public interest for information on the new prisons to be made widely available as soon as possible.
The general public should be told about the potential negative impact of a new prison on the community, such as in terms of land and house value, concerns around safety, loss of jobs through prison industries, impact on families of prisoners, deterioration in local health care provision, harm to local reputation and workings of democratic accountability alongside the need for residents and business to engage in long term planning (among a number of other economic, social, environment and political considerations).
Given the historic failings of the prison to meet its rehabilitation goals and the current tightening of government budgets, when it comes to dealing with overcrowded prisons the most sensible and rational approach is to reduce the prison population. We should not be spending taxpayers' money on new mega prisons but rather reinvest the proposed money to help ordinary people in the community and ensure that all people have access to decent health care, welfare provision and education.
Pressure has been mounting on the government since the start of the year to halt the £1.3bn prison building programme. Grass roots organisations, including Reclaim Justice Network, Reclaim Holloway, JENGBA, INQUEST and SMASH IPP are calling for a moratorium on prison building.


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Cheap Hotels & Motels in Miami
Ocean Front Hotels on Miami Beach
Cheap Things to Do at Miami Beach
Elizabeth Smith, Leaf Group
Miami Beach is a prime spot for sunbathing (Photo: miami beach sunworshipers image by Wimbledon from Fotolia.com )
South Beach Hotel Deals in Miami, FL
What Beaches Are Close to Miami?
Miami Beach, playground of the rich and famous, can be a daunting place for travelers on a budget. If you're looking for cheap activities, however, do not despair: Miami Beach is full of wallet-friendly things do to year-round. By traveling on a budget, you'll see more of Miami beach than clubs and high-end restaurants without draining your bank account.
Hit the Beach
Miami Beach is famous for its long strip of white sand beach, most of which is free and open to the public. Pack up your beach gear, water, a book, and some snacks and access the beach by one of the many paths from the main road. In South Miami Beach, head for the southernmost point on the eastern shore to find the smallest crowds and whitest sand. Here, you can relax for hours without spending a dime. If you're looking for exercise, Time Out Miami recommends, "For an easy workout, grab a paddleball set or Frisbee at any store on the South Beach, join a game of soccer or round up a volleyball team."
Miami Beach's famous Lincoln Road is a pedestrian street lined with restaurants and stores, where locals and visitors come to see and be seen. Visit at lunch and head for the open-air seating area at one of the many affordable restaurants, such as Pizza Rustica, for excellent food and people-watching. Nearby, head to the Cuban Puerto Sagua, which the New York Times' Frugal Traveler calls, "old-school, with drop ceilings, poor lighting and a kitschy three-dimensional mural of a Havana street scene on one wall." Along the main roads and side streets of Miami beach, try any of the take-out places for cheap, filling fare that ranges from pizza to empanadas.
Experience Art Deco
Miami Beach retains architecture and design from the Art Deco period. Take a break from the beach to do a walking tour through the buildings on Ocean Drive. According to Time Out Miami, 'Park Central Hotel and the Imperial, designed by New Yorkers Henry Hohauser and L Murray Dixon, feature bold bands of colour and window 'eyebrows', characteristic of this flamboyant style. This is the ideal place to start off exploring the Art Deco District, which contains over 800 buildings from the 1930s and '40s.'" When you're ready for a break, have a snack or a drink in the News Cafe, which is open 24 hours.
If you want to get a taste of the famous Miami nightlife without paying the high drink and admission prices, get dressed up and head for the city's many happy hours. In South Beach, the Miami Examiner says, "The DiLido Beach Club hosts the two-day pick-me-up with $7 signature rum cocktails, plush cabanas and hookahs with flavored tobaccos for added euphoria.Stop by and stay a while Thursday and Friday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m." Other restaurants and bars offer discount drinks and appetizers on weekdays. Try Raise Your Spirits from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM at the Bourbon Steak in Aventura or the drink specials at RA Sushi in South Miami from 3:00 to 8:00 PM on Monday through Saturday.
Visit a Museum
Miami Beach is full of world-class museums with low entrance fees. When you've tired of the sun, head indoors to the Miami Art Museum, the Miami Science Museum, or the Wings Over Miami Museum. If you are traveling with children, the Miami Children's Museum offers both changing and fixed exhibitions. For a taste of elegance, head to the Vizcaya Museum & Gardens to explore a classic Miami mansion.
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Elizabeth Smith has been a scientific and engineering writer since 2004. Her work has appeared in numerous journals, newspapers and corporate publications. A frequent traveler, she also has penned articles as a travel writer. Smith has a Bachelor of Arts in communications and writing from Michigan State University.
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Virginia Beach City Public Schools » About Us » Schools » Safe Water Initiative
History of the VBCPS Safe Water Initiative
Water Testing Program Brochure
As part of the safety and security of the entire educational environment, Virginia Beach City Schools (VBCPS) is always working to protect and nurture the physical well-being of its students and staff. This includes a robust and proactive testing and flushing program for the consumable water sources in our schools and administrative offices.
Key points of the Safe Water Initiative
Initial testing for lead and mitigation has been completed on all buildings built on or before 1986.
"Not for Drinking or Cooking" signs will remain at water sources not intended for consumption in pre-2014 facilities.
Individual, routine flushing plans are in place for each building to maintain water quality.
VBCPS will continue to use the expertise of Virginia Beach Public Utilities and AH Environmental Consultants.
The division proactively began testing samples from drinking water sources within its schools in 2016. The samples collected during that cycle met what were, at the time, state and federal lead-level limits of less than 15 parts per billion (ppb).
A year later, a state law was passed that required public schools to develop and execute a plan to test drinking water, prioritizing schools built in or before 1986.
Please click HERE for more historical information regarding testing in VBCPS schools.
Testing in 2019-2020
In the summer of 2019, VBCPS applied its testing protocol to all potable water sources, to include those for drinking and food preparation, as well as showers and sinks that dispense water generally not intended for human consumption. During that testing cycle, VBCPS focused on 33 schools constructed during or before 1986. When results came back, 96% of drinking and food prep sites were below threshold. However, 51 drinking and food-prep sources in 25 of those schools returned results with lead levels greater than 15 ppb, or what the industry refers to as "actionable levels." Those water sources were taken offline or replaced and re-tested to confirm that levels were below the 15 ppb threshold. * Water sources not intended for drinking or food prep were clearly identified as "Not for drinking or cooking." Testing of drinking and food-prep water sources in all pre-1986 schools and buildings was completed by the end of the 2019-20 school year.
New law in 2020
A new school lead testing bill (SB392 & HB797) became effective July 1, 2020. This legislation stipulates that:
"Each local school board shall develop and implement a plan to test and, if necessary, remediate potable water from sources identified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as high priority for testing, including bubbler-style and cooler-style drinking fountains, cafeteria or kitchen taps, classroom combination sinks and drinking fountains, and sinks known to be or visibly used for consumption. Such plan shall be consistent with guidance published by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency or the Department of Health. The local school board shall give priority in the testing plan to schools whose school building was constructed, in whole or in part, before 1986. Each local school board shall submit such testing plan and report the results of any such test to the Department of Health. Each local school board shall take all steps necessary to notify parents if testing results indicate lead contamination that exceeds 10 parts per billion."
In response to the new regulation, the VBCPS water testing team revisited the 2019 results and found that all consumable water outlets were in full compliance at the time they were tested or remediated. However, due to the lowered notification level (>10ppb), VBCPS believes it is in the best interest of the division and the community to retest and remediate any consumable outlets that had results that fell between 10 and 15 ppb. This includes 70 outlets at 29 schools and one administration facility. Those buildings are: Alanton Elementary, Brandon Middle, Creeds Elementary, Fairfield Elementary, First Colonial High, Holland Elementary, Independence Middle , Indian Lakes Elementary, Kempsville Elementary, Kempsville Middle, Kings Grant Elementary, Kingston Elementary, Laskin Road Annex, Luxford Elementary, Lynnhaven Elementary, Malibu Elementary, North Landing Elementary, Pembroke Elementary, Pembroke Meadows Elementary, Point O'View Elementary, Princess Anne Elementary, Princess Anne Middle, Princess Anne High, Rosemont Elementary, Rosemont Forest Elementary, Shelton Park Elementary, Technical and Career Education Center, Thalia Elementary, Trantwood Elementary and White Oaks Elementary.
The following schools were tested during the 2020-21 academic year:
Holland Elementary, Kempsville Elementary, Kings Grant Elementary, Kingston Elementary, Pembroke Elementary, Point O'View Elementary, Princess Anne Elementary, Shelton Park Elementary, Thalia Elementary, White Oaks Elementary.
Families and staff are notified when testing is scheduled to be conducted in their school.
As part of the plan to test consumable water sources at all facilities built before 2014, the following schools were tested during the 2020-21 school year: Glenwood bus garage, Glenwood Elementary, Christopher Farms Elementary, Corporate Landing Elementary, Landstown Elementary, Ocean Lakes Elementary, Red Mill Elementary, Salem Elementary, Strawbridge Elementary, Tallwood Elementary. Families will be notified when testing is scheduled to be conducted in their school.
In addition, the VBCPS water team is revisiting elementary classroom gooseneck faucets that were originally classified as non-consumable and had "Handwashing Only" signs installed. These sinks often also have a bubbler with a "Drinking Water" sign, and this has caused confusion. Therefore, VBCPS will retest 48 gooseneck faucets at 17 schools where testing results returned >15 ppb. Once remediated and below the threshold of 10 ppb, the outlets will be available for consumption and the signs will be removed.
Those schools are: Creeds Elementary, Fairfield Elementary, Holland Elementary, Kempsville Elementary, Kings Grant Elementary, Kingston Elementary, Luxford Elementary, Lynnhaven Elementary, Pembroke Elementary, Pembroke Meadows Elementary, Point O'View Elementary, Princess Anne Elementary, Shelton Park Elementary, Thalia Elementary, Trantwood Elementary, White Oaks Elementary and Williams Elementary.
Families are notified when testing is scheduled to be conducted in their school.
*It is important to note that the Environmental Protection Agency actionable level of 15 ppb of lead in water is markedly below levels that would pose a risk to children. This is an intentional action to ensure the safety of children. VBCPS has been advised by the Virginia Beach Department of Public Health and the University of Virginia's Clinical Toxicology Program that, based upon reported water lead concentrations, the risk of elevated lead concentrations in children solely from school water consumption, is very low.


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Player Andrey Semenov attempting an overhead kick during Russia's ill-fated match against Belgium Sunday.
With the final round of games about to start in the World Cup groups, there is plenty to play for and a plethora of permutations for many of the 32 teams competing for glory in Brazil.
Here are the main possibilities based on the latest standings.
Still at stake: Brazil and Mexico are joint top of the group on four points. They will both qualify if they beat Cameroon and Croatia respectively on Monday.
Brazil is currently first with a superior goal difference but only one more than Mexico, so both Latin American sides will be aspiring to top spot which would reward them with a game against the runners up of Group B on June 28.
If Brazil draws or loses to Cameroon, then Croatia, currently on three points, could still win the group if it beats Mexico. A Croatia-Mexico draw, and Brazil defeat, would see the hosts eliminated on goal difference to Croatia.
Still at stake: Having secured maximum points in their first two games, the Netherlands and Chile play each other on Monday looking for a victory they hope will enable them to avoid facing Brazil in the next round assuming the host tops Group A.
A draw would be enough to give the high-scoring Dutch top spot due to a goal difference of +5 versus Chile's +4.
Australia and Spain, also meeting on Monday, are battling for pride alone. The 2010 champion needs to win in order to avoid the ignominy of bottom spot due to Australia's superior goal difference.
Still at stake: Colombia is at the top of Group C with six points from two wins, but needs at least a draw against Japan on Tuesday to ensure top spot and the reward of a knockout game against the runners up of Group D.
The Ivory Coast, on three points, would qualify with a win over Greece in its remaining game on the same day.
Greece, which has one point from two games could reach the last 16 if it beats Ivory Coast to reach four points and Japan — also currently on one point — draw or lose to Colombia.
If Japan and Greece both win, then the second position would depend on goal difference, with Greece needing to catch a two-goal deficit to Japan. If they ended level on goal difference, it would go down to goals scored over the three group games.
Still at stake: Italy will qualify for the next round with a win against Uruguay in its game on Tuesday or a draw thanks to a superior goal difference. Uruguay must win to join Costa Rica, who is guaranteed passage with two wins out of two.
Should Costa Rica lose to England in its match on Tuesday, and Italy or Uruguay win, the top two teams would finish on six points and the group winner would be decided on goal difference. Costa Rica currently has a +3 goal difference to Italy's 0.
England, bottom on zero points, needs a win to have any chance of catching Uruguay or Italy and avoiding the humiliation of last spot. But even that would be impossible if Uruguay and Italy draw.
Still at stake: With maximum six points and an enviable goal difference of +6, France looks assured of qualification from Group E but does not yet have mathematical certainty.
It would take a heavy Ecuador defeat of "Les Bleus" and a big win from Switzerland over Honduras on Wednesday to cause that unlikely scenario. Should France win or draw against Ecuador, it would top the group and face the runners up of Group F in the knockout stage.
Though bottom on zero points, Honduras could still qualify if it beats Switzerland and Ecuador loses, though goal difference would be the deciding factor. Honduras would have to hope the games produce a five-goal swing between itself and Ecuador, who like the Swiss is currently on three points.
Switzerland will be hoping that France beats Ecuador, which would mean a draw or win against Honduras would promote it to second in the group.
Still at stake: Nigeria and Iran are battling for the second qualifying berth in Group F, with Nigeria on four points and Iran one.
To have any chance, Iran has to beat Bosnia, which is already out on zero points, and hope that Argentina, top on six points, defeats Nigeria.
A 1-0 win for Iran and 1-0 defeat for Nigeria would leave them level on both points and goal difference. In that rare scenario, the rules state the teams must be separated by goals scored in all matches, then points between them and goals between them. But given Iran and Nigeria would have both scored one goal each in the group, and they drew 0-0 against each other, that would not separate them so there would have to be a drawing of lots.
Still at stake: With Germany and the U.S. on four points, and Ghana and Portugal on one, there are a lot of possibilities in Group G.
Germany and the U.S. play each other on Thursday, with a draw ensuring passage for both and top spot for Germany on goal difference. A win for either would open the door for Ghana and Portugal to slip into second place.
If Germany wins, Portugal would need to beat Ghana and hope it can overturn a goal difference deficit of five with the U.S. If the U.S. wins, Portugal would have to win and close a deficit of eight goals with Germany to pip them.
Ghana has a better goal difference than Portugal, -1 to -4, so if it beats Portugal and the U.S. loses then Ghana would go through provided it surpassed the goal difference deficit of two between it and the United States.
If Ghana won 1-0 and the U.S. lost 1-0, however, both would be on four points each with the same goal difference. In that case, the U.S. would qualify because it beat Ghana in its group game earlier.
Still at stake: With group favorite Belgium already qualified on a maximum six points from two games, Algeria is in pole position for the second berth after securing three points from a win against South Korea.
A win for Algeria against Russia on Thursday would ensure that its passage to the last sixteen. If it draws, however, Russia is eliminated but South Korea could sneak second place if it wins heavily against Belgium.
If Algeria wins and Belgium loses, Algeria will top the group on goal difference.
If both Russia and South Korea win, they would move to four points each from one now, and second place will be decided on goal difference between the two of them.
Russia has a one goal advantage right now.
If Russia beats Algeria and South Korea draws or loses against Belgium, Russia would take second spot on four points.
If South Korea is to finish second, it would need to beat Belgium by a healthy margin and, at the same time, hope Algeria and Russia draw, or Russia beats Algeria but by a narrow margin.
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IN A PRIVILEGE SPEECH, Sen. Vicente 'Tito' Sotto III lamented that he was perhaps the first Philippine senator to fall victim to cyberbullying. And probably the first senator who saw it coming.
President Aquino announced the appointment of his defeated vice presidential candidate Mar Roxas as the new DILG secretary. Observers believe Roxas' appointment is a big boost to good governance, transparency, and the Liberal Party.
Following the announcement, TV and radio stations asked LP stalwart Senator Frank Drilon if Mar Roxas was a good choice. That was like asking Annabelle Rama if Richard Gutierrez was a good actor.
Randy Jackson is leaving American Idol. Who let the dawg out?
Randy Jackson is out as an American Idol judge. Whoever's going to replace him has a very big chair to fill.
Randy Jackson is out as a judge in American Idol. Based on recent events, there's a huge chance his replacement will come from the Liberal Party.
British Member of Parliament in manila for study tour has thief break into her hotel room and steal her belongings. Interaksyon.
Wow. What service in 5 star hotels!
Between that and the 'lying thief' senator sotto of the philippines!, which she could not fail to read about, i dont think her report back will be complimentary, or help investment/aid/begging bowl.
Originality, like economics, faces his great foe: scarcity, generally, in words. Better grab it while you can, Tito Sen.
is she the drug funded troll sotto is referring to!
Will it be possible that this Tito read his speeches with Carabuena in slapping distance?
does this means that it's alright if they steal as long as they will not be caught?
and it is alright if they will get caught as long as they will ask forgiveness?
and i am with sotto, naturally because i am an eat bulaga fan hahaha but seriously because sotto acknowledged the original owner who is not pope..
The problem is arrogance. Remember the initial defense of senator tito?
A simple apology could have remedied the mistake but they choose to be arrogant and get deserve the backlash.


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UM School of Music: Maryland Opera Studio, Werther April 18, 2007
University of Maryland - Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
University Of Maryland, Ste. 3800
College Park, Maryland 20742
Massenet's celebrated romantic tragedy, based on Goethe's best-selling 'The Sorrows of Young Werther,' has captivated audiences since its debut in 1892. Chronicling the sensitive poet who falls passionately in love with his best friend's betrothed, 'Werther' tells a story of love at first sight, love letters and love denied. The performance is in French with English supertitles, accompanied by piano.
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The primary crime deterrent is the obligation to identify customers and beneficial owners, a process known as customer due diligence (CDD) or Know Your Customer (KYC). The hypothesis goes: by forcing asset owners and all participants in a transaction to disclose their identity, bad actors will refrain from even attempting to penetrate the system. Another important set of obligations are the detection, investigation and reporting of suspicious activity. Financial institutions then need to develop expertise in and deploy processes and technologies to be able to fulfill these obligations.
In the pre-blockchain era, regulated financial institutions could only perform intra-company transactional analyses, and had to share information via analog or documentary methods. The open nature of public blockchain-based ledgers such as Bitcoin's has enabled enhanced transactional analyses that transcend organizations, industries and jurisdictional borders. For the first time, it is now possible to analyze transactions and flows of funds in an unprecedented way, adding another acronym and set of procedures to the AML/CFT toolkit, namely, KYT (Know Your Transaction) or KYFF (Know Your Funds Flow).
At a high level, two approaches to detecting suspicious activity are possible: deanonymization and anomaly detection. The former consists of linking identity-less addresses and transactions on the blockchain to real-world bad actors. This is done by means of crawling or scraping the web for identifiers and then building lookup tables. The latter consists of identifying patterns of activity associated with known suspicious cases, what is known as supervised learning, or simply providing statistics about the activity and measuring deviations from a threshold, what is known as unsupervised learning. Some of these techniques are already widely used in traditional financial services, especially those that focus on volume, frequency and velocity. Not all anomalies are indicative of illicit activity, however. The goal is to detect transactions that are both anomalous and suspicious, and therefore reportable.
Identifying and understanding past suspicious activity, however, is not enough. The holy grail of analytics is being able to predict and anticipate future behaviors. Thanks to recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) at scale in many fields, from fraud in financial services to cybersecurity and astrophysics, the ability to discover and predict novel, anomalous and suspicious events and behaviors has become increasingly possible and accurate. These AI techniques include traditional approaches such as one-class SVM, Mahalanobis distance, K-means clustering, and newer ones such as deep learning and graph-based pattern recognition.
Data scientists at Skry use proprietary techniques to map the Bitcoin transaction graph (the entire blockchain transaction history), and to extract, transform, scale, normalize and select specific features to build predictive models. The result of this enormously complex process is a predictive risk score that lies at the heart of Spectrum, our first technology solution created to address the transaction monitoring challenges facing financial institutions operating with Bitcoin.
Scores are both an art and a science that require constant refining (i.e., "learning"), and they are important because they are shortcuts for decision-making: with them analysts are able to quickly assess transactions at the customer onboarding stage, and establish the legitimacy of the source of incoming funds. As non-trivial and useful as scoring is, it is far from being the only feature in a good financial risk management product.
It is widely known that Bitcoin's blockchain is missing two sets of data that are expected, and even required, for financial institutions and law enforcement to assess risk and fulfill their investigative and reporting duties: the identity and geography of the transaction participants. The open nature of public ledgers justifies the exclusion of such confidential data. This, however, does not relieve organizations from the obligation to obtain identity and location data from other sources.
Here's the challenge: financial crime detection requires systems that are able to ingest and fuse multiple varieties of data from a multitude of sources, both public and private. All in a privacy-preserving way. In a future in which legacy data stores will coexist with public, private and hybrid blockchains, the optimal solutions will be those that are able to build and optimize algorithms for detection and prediction of financial crime by combining data from any source and delivering actionable insights at the right time and in the right manner.
Special thanks to Masoud Nikravesh for help with this article.
Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency, created and held electronically on your PC or in a virtual wallet. No one controls it or sees it – it is decentralized so no person, institution or bank controls the currency.


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And finally we will have our number without the .0 in the variable that we created previously "@phone"
Now, to process any data, generate a new variable with a value, and display it in Landbot, we need an input from the user. That is why we do this two things in this block. We call a function that will transform the @number, create a new Landbot variable @numbertwodecimals with the new value, and once the user clicks the button, it will be ready to use.
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Парламентские выборы в Швейцарии проходили 26 октября 1899 года. Свободная демократическая партия сохранили абсолютное большинство в парламенте, получив 84 из 147 мест Национального совета.

Избирательная система

147 депутатов Национального совета избирались в 52 одно- и многомандатных округах. Распределение мандатов было пропорционально населению: одно место парламента на 20 тыс. граждан .

Голосование проводилось по системе в три тура. В первом и втором туре для избрания кандидат должен был набрать абсолютное большинство голосов, в третьем туре достаточно было простого большинства. Каждый последующий тур проводился после исключения кандидата, набравшего наименьшее число голосов.

Результаты

Наивысшая явка была зарегистрирована в кантоне с обязательным голосованием Шаффхаузен (86,4 %). В кантоне Обвальден явка оказалась наименьшей (21,3 %).

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Выборы 1899 года
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Sheffield United: Striker set to stay this month, leaving Blades to decide on contract extension
Liam Shaw makes honest Sheffield Wednesday admission after Celtic loan
WORLD OF SPORT: Bolt romps to 200m gold, Burgess in World Cup squad, Murray drawn against controversial Aussie
Today's big stories from the world of sport...
By Ricky Charlesworth
Friday, 28th August 2015, 6:00 am
Usain Bolt won the rematch and 200m gold as he ran a wonderful bend to once again leave rival Justin Gatlin chasing silver and fresh air at the World Championships in Beijing.
On a sweaty, sticky night in the Bird's Nest, Bolt was out of the blocks quicker and opened up an unassailable lead over the first 100m before coming away down the straight and jabbing his thumbs at his chest as he crossed the line. (BBC Sport)
Christine Ohuruogu finished last behind impressive winner Allyson Felix in the final of the 400m at the World Championships in Beijing.
Defending champion Ohuruogu briefly threatened to challenge early leader Felix at the end of the back straight, but she faded rapidly in the final 100m and was passed by the remainder of the field. (Sky Sports)
England have confirmed that Sam Burgess has been selected in their final 31-man squad alongside fellow centre Henry Slade, but there is no place for Danny Cipriani after the Sale Sharks fly-half was one of seven players to be axed. (Independent)
Britain's Andy Murray has been drawn against controversial Australian Nick Kyrgios in the first round of the US Open, which begins on Monday.
The 28-year-old has played Kyrgios twice in Grand Slams this year, winning in straight sets at both the Australian and French Opens. (BBC Sport)
Leeds Rhinos half-back Danny McGuire says he will never tire of the big stage as he prepares for his 400th appearance.
McGuire is expected to reach his personal landmark in Saturday's Challenge Cup final against Hull KR. (Sky Sports)
Biggest hint yet dropped on Sheffield Wednesday's Josh Windass as remarkable run goes on
Darren Moore admits Massimo Luongo's Sheffield Wednesday future is uncertain beyond this season
Former Sheffield United striker Marc McNulty says he'd rather be unemployed than return to Reading
Former Liverpool defender opens up on Sheffield United struggles after one of career's toughest spells
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Scanning today's market activity, one of the biggest gainers is email solutions specialist Mimecast Ltd (NASDAQ:MIME). The shares were last seen trading up 19.7% at $51.24, already tapping a record high of $51.66, as Wall Street reacts to the firm's quarterly report, which revealed better-than-expected results and an upbeat outlook. A ton of analysts have blitzed MIME stock with price-target hikes, too, with Northland Capital and Jefferies setting the highest ceiling at $55.
Mimecast is not a name that sees much, if any, options volume, but yesterday someone bought to open some positions at the February 45 call. It looks like most of the calls crossed for 90 cents, and today they're boasting an ask price of $6.40. As such, it would seem these options traders are sitting on massive paper profits, since there's been little option activity today.
MIME stock is now up 53% year-over-year, and the outperformance has earned it broad praise from Wall Street. That is, nine of 11 brokerage firms already had "buy" or "strong buy" recommendations on the security coming into today.
Another name that saw unusual call activity yesterday was Voya Financial Inc (NYSE:VOYA). Call volume actually hit an annual high on Monday, and the bulk of the activity occurred at the May 55 call, where buy-to-open activity was detected. Trade-Alert suggests one trader may have rolled up their position from the May 40 call. The May 55 call now holds open interest of 12,228 contracts, compared to the next closest, the soon-to-expire February 55 call, where just 3,249 contracts sit.
VOYA stock was last seen up 2.5% on the day at $49.23, which would be its highest close since the first half of October. The retirement investment shares could be digging out a foothold atop their 200-day moving average, as they try to enter back into the low $50 range where they spent most of 2018.


The Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that no exception exists to Tennessee's general prohibition on direct actions against an insurer, even in cases where the insured has declared bankruptcy triggering an automatic stay before a judgment in the underlying action. Mauriello v. Great American E&S Insurance Co., 2014 WL 321921 (6th Cir. Jan. 30, 2014). In so holding, the Sixth Circuit reasoned that an adequate remedy remains notwithstanding the automatic stay for a claimant to obtain a judgment against a bankrupt insured.
The insurer issued various professional liability insurance policies to two real estate management companies. The claimant filed an action alleging fraud against the insureds in relation to certain real estate purchases. The insureds filed for bankruptcy protection, triggering an automatic stay of the fraud action. The claimant sought relief from the automatic stay to continue the action, and the bankruptcy court granted such relief "only if there is available insurance" and directed that the claimant "shall not obtain in personam relief against the [insureds] but rather shall only obtain in rem relief against [the insureds] to the extent of available insurance." The claimant voluntarily dismissed the fraud action prior to obtaining a judgment against the insureds, and instead filed a direct action against the insurer seeking a declaration that the claimant was the intended third party beneficiary of the insurance policies and that the insurer had defense and indemnity obligations under the policies for the fraud action. The insurer filed a motion for summary judgment, arguing that the direct action was barred under Tennessee law.


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Impressions of Cuba, pt. 1- life in a time warp
On March 7, 2015 By aronsbarronIn Culture, Politics, Uncategorized
As Sun Country's flight 8830 touched down in Havana the morning of February 25th, the flight attendant announced, "Ladies and Gentlemen. Welcome to Havana." A cheer went up, people clapped, and some eyes misted over. It was an inexplicably emotional moment, but it speaks to the fact that Cuba and the United States, just a 49-minute flight separating them, absolutely should have normal relations. And not just because the temperature in Havana was 100 degrees warmer than the minus 13 degrees left behind in Boston.
Cuba is of a different era, or a combination of eras. Colonized by Spain in the 15th century, which wiped out its indigenous population, it was a hub of shipping and trading routes. The British occupied it in 1762. The Spanish got it back a scant year later, and for more than a century built European architecture and colonial institutions. In the mid 19th century, Cuba became just the fifth country in the world to build a railroad. The project drew indentured workers from China and Ireland and slaves from Africa.
In 1898, the United States entered the Spanish-American War (viewed by Cubans as a war of independence) only to exploit Cuba economically, especially for its sugar and tobacco. By the 1940's and '50's, Cuba under Fulgencio Battista, who stole mercilessly from his own people, was effectively run by the Mafia. Cuba's many efforts to achieve true independence succeeded only briefly in 1959 when Fidel Castro threw out the corrupt overlords, driving out Battista, burning the contents of the casinos. But he turned it into a Communist state, driving out the landowners and business people and becoming dependent on the Soviet Union. With the collapse of the Soviet Union in the 1990's and the disappearance of financial supports, Cuba was on its own to survive economically, and the people of Cuba, who were never prosperous, have suffered mightily ever since.
photo Jim Barron
The poverty is dramatic, in the hemisphere second only to Haiti. And it is a country in disrepair. Neoclassical and baroque buildings lining the main streets of its cities bespeak eras of bygone elegance but are badly in need of restoration. Paint is peeling; stucco is stained and crumbling; shutters are broken. Mansions have been subdivided. Where once a single family lived, ten families now do, each with six or seven members. Laundry hangs out to dry in most of the once lovely balconies. New Soviet-style apartment buildings also sprung up and have deteriorated. Of the entire housing stock, most are about 75 years old, and an average of three buildings are said to collapse every day.
The poverty and lack of economic development are even more visible outside Havana, where men still till the soil by pulling plows and harvest sugar cane using machetes, sometimes aided by ancient combines. Many go to work in horse-drawn carts with ladders and tool boxes on the backs. In towns we visited, for the most part even tiny darkened homes had their porches swept clean, with relatively little litter in their yards.
In 1959, the Castro government cut rents in half and committed to eliminating eviction and homelessness, but there are still waiting lists to get into housing. A person may buy a home, without, of course, any "market" setting the price. People have 20 years to pay, and there is no mortgage, no interest. So now some 94 percent of housing stock is in private hands, but people own their own units without owning the building.
According to a Havana University professor and architect with whom we met, the result is that no one in Havana takes responsibility for the common areas of their buildings, which feeds the disrepair. With an average monthly salary equivalent to $20, a gallon of paint costs 30 percent of one's salary. A new toilet costs 444 percent of that salary. Where you do see a freshly painted building, it's likely to come from remittances, gifts of money sent from families abroad.
So life is a struggle, but the people are proud, friendly and, in the wake of recent talks about normalizing US/Cuba relations, seem now to have a sense of optimism. The fact that some restoration is under way, that some private enterprise is getting traction, that the health and education systems are highly developed and that arts and culture are important to the government and the people, all combine to provide a foundation for a Cuba on the move, however glacial that forward momentum might be.
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4 thoughts on "Impressions of Cuba, pt. 1- life in a time warp"
DiywithD
In my opinion all the money that's going to be spent in such trips visiting Cuba is going to end up in Castro's hands, not the Cuban people because Fidel and Raul own everything, tourism is owned by Castro's thugs, so I don't think it's a good idea to go to Cuba.
The United States still considers Cuba a state sponsor of terrorism, major changes need to happen before I would support visiting Cuba and lifting the embargo.
Robin Washington
Sun Country? So the first official flights to Cuba are discount. Cool!
Burt Peretsky
Very interesting; very well written. Looking forward to future installments.
Jessica McWade
Great piece, Margie. Welcome back. We're eager to get there ourselves. I look forward to the next installment.


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Biografia
Era il secondo figlio di Simon de Clermont signore di Nesle, e di Alix de Montfort, e fratello minore di Raoul, connestabile di Francia.

Prese parte alla guerra di Fiandra nel 1297. Filippo il bello, durante l'assedio di Lilla affidò un distaccamento di truppe agli ordini suoi e del connestabile suo fratello: i due attaccarono lungo il corso del Lys un contingente di truppe nemiche facendo numerosi prigionieri di rango.

Morì con il fratello alla battaglia degli speroni d'oro, trovandosi alla testa dell'attacco francese.

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It is a well known adage that red sky in the morning forecasts shepherds' delight, whereas a red sky in the morning should be shepherds' warning. Another version replaces shepherds with sailors, although the signification is the same – a rosy red sunset suggests that good weather is on the way, where as a beautiful red sky in the morning is usually a foreboding sign of bad weather ahead.
According to wikipedia, the proverb is a rule of thumb for weather forecasting dating back over 2000 years – allegedly it has a scientific basis as well: due to the rotation of the Earth from west to east, storm systems tend to travel eastward across the globe. As a result, a reddish sunrise, caused by particles suspended in the air, often foreshadow an approaching storm which will arrive from the West within the day, while conversely, a reddish sunset (because it sets in the West) indicates that the storm is travelling away from the viewer.
It seems almost churlish that the skies commence the day with such beauty and promise, only to then gather together so many clouds, and so much wet, cold, autumnal gloom as the day moves on that all light is obliterated and beauty destroyed. Still, one must find the silver lining in every cloud, as another adage stipulates, and in enjoying the beauty of these brief morning moments, I at least find a reason to drag myself out of my warm cosy bed, all the quicker so that I can capture the beauty on camera before it slips away into grey.
Here's hoping for a red sunset tomorrow!
I love the red-sky sunsets, particularly when it gets to a shade that I usually refer to as 'watermelon red'.
Do you remember the awful fire some years ago… I think in Hemel Hempstead? I know it was quite a long way outside of London… the sunsets after that were astonishing because of all the pollution in the air, yet thinking about what caused it marred it a lot.


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Q: Using a function on change in Kendo UI datepicker I create a datepicker and ask to launch an alert on change :
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    $("#datepicker").kendoDatePicker({
    change: function() {
    var value = this.value();
    alert(value); //value is the selected date in the datepicker
    }
    });

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No problem with this, it's working.
Now I try to make a function that take the value of the datepicker, and display it on an alert :
function Test(){
var toto = $("#datepicker").data("kendoDatePicker");
var value = toto.value();
alert(value);
}

And modify the the datepicker like this :
<input id="datepicker" />
<script>
    $("#datepicker").kendoDatePicker({
    change: Test()
    });
</script>

And it's not working anymore. The "Test" method is launched without changes on the datepicker, and the datepicker now look like this :
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Any ideas ?

A: Change the last part to this:
<input id="datepicker" />
<script>
    $("#datepicker").kendoDatePicker({
    change: Test
    });
</script>

You were setting the change event to return value of the Test() function

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谢玉梅,汪雪川.金融发展对经济增长的影响――基于贫困县与非贫困县的比较[J].江南大学学报(人文社会科学版),2017,16(6). Abstract:This article selects the annual data of 89 counties and county-level cities in Shandong province from 2004 to 2016,uses a panel VAR model to analyse the interaction between financial and economic developments in the county regions of Shandong province. The study finds that,financial development has a certain role in promoting economic growth,as well as the overall development of economy;on the other hand,economic growth will promote the expansion of financial scale,but it will have an inhibitory effect on the improvement of financial efficiency and credit support,meanwhile,economic development will promote the expansion of financial scale and credit support,but hinder financial efficiency. To achieve the positive interaction of the financial and economic development,it is suggested that the governments and the financial management departments should adopt policies to improve the efficiency of the financial market to convert savings into investments,and increase the credit intensity of the county financial market.


It is not uncommon for football players, particularly at the high school level, to play multiple positions. Usually, those positions are in different aspects of the game, that is, you may play one position of offence, one on defense and maybe even one on special teams. And that is, of course, because you cannot physically be in two positions on the field at the same time. However, this somehow has not prevented Saskatchewan's Rylan Erdelyan from putting out highlight tapes showcasing his talents at safety, wide receiver, and quarterback!


1 week until Ireland's 1st Aviation Career Expo!
Ireland's first Aviation Career Expo is being held on September 19th from 10:00 – 16:00 in the Crowne Plaza, Northwood, Santry.
The IASA Aviation Career Expo aims to attract second level students who are looking for opportunities to learn about all aspects of the aviation industry, through third level degrees and apprenticeships, third level students looking for job opportunities and internships in the industry, and fresh graduates who are just about to embark into their own careers. There will be a variety of leading companies from various sectors of aviation such as: airlines, MROs, aircraft leasing, aerospace, professional services, manufacturing, airport operations and aviation startups. The event will feature 30+ aviation related companies, flight training schools and educational institutions in attendance.
Ryanair, Barden recruitment and Conor Keeling, Executive Coach will be conducting free CV clinics for all attendees at the career expo. All you have to do is bring a printed copy of your CV to the career expo on the 19th September.
Also, during the course of the event there will be many prizes and giveaways.
Student tickets are currently on sale here at a price of €10 and Promo Code: CE2018 can be used for 50% discount on tickets. All attendees should have their ticket downloaded and ready for check in. Alternatively, you can print out your ticket and produce it at check in! Check in opens at 10 am, however you can arrive at any time throughout the day up until the event finishing up at 4pm.
There are various methods of public transport to get yourself to the Career Expo which are outlined below. We are looking forward to seeing you there!
There is a FREE shuttle bus that runs from Dublin Airport to Crowne Plaza Hotel. Transfer time is 7 minutes or up to 10 minutes during rush hour.