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Xperi Corporation to Showcase Innovation Leadership Across Portfolio of Brands at CES 2020
DTS® Brand Positioning Refined and Expanded to Include Audio, Imaging, and Sensing Solutions
SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Xperi Corporation (NASDAQ: XPER) ("Xperi" or the "Company") will participate at CES 2020, presenting the Company's latest audio, imaging, and semiconductor solutions across its leading brands, including DTS, IMAX® Enhanced, HD Radio®, and Invensas®. CES 2020 takes place from January 7 to 10, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada, where Xperi will showcase its portfolio of innovative technology, including onsite product demonstrations of offerings targeted for home, automotive, and mobile applications. In addition, the Company will debut new DTS brand positioning designed to be inclusive of audio, imaging, and sensing solutions, providing a brand framework that is built to better meet evolving customer needs.
"Xperi enables integrated, immersive, intelligent experiences through the delivery of premium audio, imaging, and semiconductor solutions to billions of consumer devices around the world," said Jon Kirchner, Chief Executive Officer of Xperi. "With an ever-increasing consumer desire to enjoy entertainment anywhere, anytime, on any device, we are dedicated to bringing innovative and strategically integrated solutions to market that support what consumers want most. Our leading technologies and competitive know-how enable our customers to differentiate their products and services, making experiences extraordinary whether in the home, on-the-go, or in the car. CES 2020 will provide an exceptional opportunity to showcase how we work together with our customers to set a new standard for the very best in audio, imaging, and semiconductor technologies."
At CES 2020, Xperi's location at the Las Vegas Convention Center's (LVCC) Central Hall at Booth #10048 will feature a heart-pounding, immersive IMAX Enhanced demonstration, in addition to featuring the program's growing ecosystem of device, streaming, and studio partners. The Company's presence in LVCC's North Hall Booth #5624 will display the latest advancements in automotive imaging and infotainment platforms, including global hybrid radio, immersive audio, HD Radio technology, as well as driver and occupancy monitoring systems and its latest 3D semiconductor technologies. Xperi will also provide private demonstrations for business guests featuring its home and mobile solutions at the nearby Renaissance Las Vegas Hotel.
Repositioned and Enhanced DTS Brand
As a part of ongoing efforts to further differentiate Xperi and its broad portfolio of brands, the Company is pleased to announce that its cutting-edge FotoNation® imaging technology will now be offered under the DTS brand along with its industry-leading audio solutions. As audio pioneers, DTS makes the world sound better, delivering immersive, engaging entertainment for home theaters, automotive, mobile, cinema, and beyond. As imaging innovators, DTS technology reframes what a lens can capture and comprehend, leading to applications that are more perceptive, intelligent, and capable. DTS will now move forward under a single premium brand inclusive of audio, imaging, and sensing solutions.
"Building upon DTS' foundation of innovation in audio, our brand repositioning reflects our view that consumers will delight and engage in even more immersive and intuitive ways with their favorite content as we bring more integrated and advanced imaging and sensing technology to optimize content presentation and device playback," said Kevin Doohan, Xperi's Chief Marketing Officer. "We are strategically pushing the DTS brand beyond the outstanding sound solutions customers and consumers have always known it to stand for, while integrating FotoNation's trusted innovative technology and solutions under the redefined DTS brand."
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The Best in Immersive At-Home Entertainment
Transforming at-home entertainment through integrated, intelligent, audio, imaging, and wireless solutions, Xperi will demonstrate its innovative technology for the home market at CES 2020, including:
IMAX Enhanced: Now available on four streaming platforms in seven countries worldwide and 17 device manufacturers, IMAX Enhanced is a premium home entertainment certification and licensing program from IMAX and DTS. To qualify and carry the IMAX Enhanced brand, the highest-end TVs, projectors, A/V receivers, loudspeakers, and powered subwoofers must meet stringent performance standards established by IMAX, DTS, and Hollywood's leading colorists in order to create a consistent and higher level of quality for home entertainment. IMAX Enhanced features remastered content, paired with optimized playback, on high performance devices. All of these elements are squarely focused on delivering the entertainment experience that the artist intended in homes around the world. The program's LVCC Central Hall Booth #10048 will showcase the latest top Hollywood content available in IMAX Enhanced, feature premium devices supporting its ever-expanding, global ecosystem and include a demonstration of the IMAX Enhanced program.
DTS:X® TV: DTS:X TV is a comprehensive immersive audio solution for televisions supporting decode, playback, and transcode of DTS:X bitstreams with full backward compatibility for streaming and disc-based DTS bitstreams. DTS:X TV also features seamless interoperability with a variety of devices, ensuring seamless playback on DTS:X, DTS-HD® and DTS legacy sync devices. As the exclusive audio technology for IMAX Enhanced, the DTS:X decoder enables the playback of IMAX Enhanced content delivering the immersive, powerful IMAX sound experience.
DTS Virtual:X™: DTS Virtual:X creates an immersive home theater experience using only a sound bar, TV speakers, or through speakers connected to an A/V receiver. Designed to perform in any room regardless of size, layout, or acoustics, DTS Virtual:X breathes new life into content so consumers can experience movies, music, and games like never before. DTS Virtual:X is the ideal companion for DTS:X immersive decoders and any other immersive audio decoder.
DTS Play-Fi®: With a growing presence in televisions, DTS Play-Fi brings category-leading wireless audio features such as surround sound, whole-home TV audio streaming, multi-room music, and app-based wireless headphone support to the entertainment hub of every room. DTS Play-Fi technology enables lossless multi-room wireless audio streaming from the world's most popular music services, as well as personal music libraries, on any supported product. In addition, DTS Play-Fi technology features advanced streaming functionalities like wireless surround sound, stereo pairing, music station presets, wireless multi-room audio, and A/V synchronization. Found on a variety of products including TVs, set-top boxes, A/VRs, media streamers, soundbars, and speakers, DTS Play-Fi technology continues to be the world's largest open platform for wireless multi-room audio with more than 300 products on the market from nearly 30 global brands.
DTS:X® Pro: Move beyond 11.1 for breathtaking realism that truly immerses the listener. DTS:X Pro is an advanced audio decoder solution that brings greater spatial resolution to premium home cinema systems with support for up to 30.2 channels of audio in nearly any practical speaker layout. Movies, music, and games will never feel the same with the exhilarating difference DTS:X Pro technology can make.
Defining the Future of Automotive Connectivity and In-Cabin Monitoring
Delivering hybrid radio as well as driver and passenger monitoring solutions that revolutionize the in-cabin automotive experience, Xperi will demonstrate its innovative technology for automotive imaging and infotainment platforms at CES 2020, including:
HD Radio: With radio reaching more consumers in the U.S. on a weekly basis than any other media and the majority of listening happening in the car, Xperi's HD Radio continues to be the leading solution for high-quality digital broadcast of local AM/FM stations in North America, including the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. Integrated by 41 automotive manufacturers in 300 different vehicle models throughout North America, HD Radio resides in more than 60 million automobiles with ongoing adoption momentum continuing as digital radio standards expand globally and all-digital AM broadcasting gains traction in the U.S.
DTS Connected Radio™: Set to become the standard in global radio infotainment platforms, DTS Connected Radio provides car infotainment systems anchored by the largest and growing global direct-from-source radio metadata solution. Working with an established network of broadcasters, DTS Connected Radio delivers feature-rich HMI capabilities, flexible-design, low-data compute resources, and a single-source for a new in-vehicle radio experience. Designed to create a common experience across analog and digital broadcasting, DTS Connected Radio brings an ever-increasing level of connectivity and infotainment interactivity to the cabin. DTS Connected Radio demonstrations developed for car customers by the world's largest infotainment suppliers will be available at Xperi's LVCC North Hall Booth #5624.
DTS In-Cabin Monitoring (ICM): Xperi is a leading provider of automotive in-cabin imaging solutions that deliver advanced insights and analytics inside the vehicle. DTS has more than 20 years of expertise in computer vision technology and has successfully deployed imaging solutions in billions of consumer electronics devices globally. With a database of millions of annotated images, DTS computer vision technologies provide high-performing Driver and Occupancy Monitoring Solutions (DMS and OMS, respectively).
DTS Driver Monitoring Solutions (DMS): Developed to monitor a driver's features in real-time, including head detection, head position, eye gaze, and eye closure level, among others, DTS DMS solutions center around accident prevention and are automotive production ready with driver alerts currently adopted by Denso and shipping with major truck brands.
DTS Occupancy Monitoring Solutions (OMS): Aligned with increasing demand to measure and understand all the passengers in the vehicle, DTS OMS captures, analyzes, and makes actionable in-cabin information, including passenger biometric identification, classification and tracking, as well as object and motion detection. Building on its recent announcement to provide this solution to a major European car manufacturer, Xperi expects to leverage this first design win and its deep OEM relationships to rapidly expand integration of DTS OMS into vehicles around the world to enable safer and more personalized driving experiences.
Emergency Alerts: The HD Radio Emergency Alerts feature provides visual and auditory notifications to end users who have an HD Radio receiver with this feature. The digital radio feature allows broadcasters to expand public service information in local communities. HD Radio receivers with the Emergency Alerts feature are available in select vehicles, as well as aftermarket, portable, and tabletop radios, in the U.S. and Canada.
At its LVCC North Hall Booth #5624, Xperi will feature a Karma Revero GT luxury electric vehicle, showcasing its industry-leading automotive imaging and infotainment technologies. The DMS system in this demo car is powered by AAC Technologies' camera system.
Delivering More Immersive Mobile Gaming and Image Capture Solutions
Delivering integrated, intelligent, immersive, edge-based imaging and audio solutions for mobile and gaming devices, Xperi will demonstrate its innovative technology for the mobile market at CES 2020, including:
DTS Headphone:X®: Amplifies gaming and video content by delivering immersive, ultra-realistic, 3D audio experiences when using Microsoft Spatial sound within Windows. DTS Headphone:X is designed to create an accurate and believable soundscape through a pair of headphones, enabling end-use consumers to truly lose themselves in their gaming and movie experience.
DTS:X® Ultra: Designed to enhance gaming, movies, AR, and VR experiences on headphones and speakers, DTS:X Ultra delivers an advanced audio solution that renders sounds above, around, and close to listeners, stepping up game play to new levels. DTS:X Ultra now features support for Microsoft Spatial sound.
DTS Clear Voice: Enables the world's leading podcasters sound quality by providing noise reduction and speech enhancement features for gamers and game-streamers.
DTS Stream Studio: A top tier experiential program for rising star broadcasters in a custom-built studio hosted at Xperi's offices in Calabasas, California, the DTS Stream Studio highlights the role DTS technology plays in the video gaming and streaming experience and creates meaningful sessions for streamers and their audiences alike. Launched in the fall of 2019, the program has showcased eleven guests to date and will continue to scale into 2020. During CES 2020, Jonah "SwanzzyJ" Swanson will stream live from the studio with integration into a private demo, along with daily partner product giveaways, for business guests.
DTS Electronic Image Stabilization: At the core of next-generation mobile cinematography, enabling professional-looking, gimbal-like video capture, DTS Electronic Image Stabilization delivers lightning fast image processing with best-in-class motion estimation to stabilize videos and eliminate rolling shutter artifacts.
Semiconductor Technology Scaling Beyond Moore's Law
Delivering 3D interconnect solutions that enable the industry to scale beyond Moore's Law, Xperi's Invensas brand will demonstrate its innovative technologies for the semiconductor market at CES 2020, including:
DBI® Ultra: A revolutionary die-to-wafer and die-to-die hybrid bonding technology platform for 3D stacked memory and high performance computing will be shown. DBI Ultra makes it possible to manufacture 4, 8, 12, and even 16-high bandwidth memory and 3DS DRAM stacks, while meeting the demanding packaging height and performance requirements for high performance computing in data center, automotive, and industrial applications.
DBI® for 3D NAND Flash Memory: A low cost, low temperature wafer-to-wafer hybrid bonding technology for 3D NAND will also be shown. With DBI technology, 3D NAND memory arrays of 64, 96, 128 layers, and beyond can be bonded to logic wafers with exceptionally fine pitch 3D interconnects providing design, performance, and cost benefits.
DBI® and ZiBond® for Image Sensors: DBI and ZiBond technologies in backside illuminated (BSI) image sensors in leading smartphones will be shown. These low cost, low temperature bonding technologies revolutionized modern day image sensors in mobile phones, tablets, and laptops by enabling digital still camera-like performance.
ZiBond for RF Devices: ZiBond enabling antenna switches in leading 4G LTE and 5G smartphones will also be shown. ZiBond technology allows cost-effective CMOS layer transfer and reliable bonding of dissimilar materials such as III-V semiconductors, glass, and piezoelectrics to silicon required for devices such as antenna switches, filters, and RF modules.
About Xperi Corporation
Xperi Corporation (Nasdaq: XPER) and its brands DTS, IMAX Enhanced, HD Radio, and Invensas are dedicated to creating innovative technology solutions that enable extraordinary experiences for people around the world. Xperi's solutions are licensed by hundreds of leading global partners and have shipped in billions of products in areas including premium audio, automotive, broadcast, computational imaging, computer vision, mobile computing and communications, memory, data storage, and 3D semiconductor interconnect and packaging. For more information, please visit www.xperi.com.
DTS, HD Radio, FotoNation, Invensas, Xperi, and their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of affiliated companies of Xperi Corporation in the United States and other countries. All other company, brand and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
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From our humble beginnings as a siding and roofing company, Hatchett Design Remodel has evolved into Hampton Roads' premier home remodeling firm. We couldn't have done it without our people! Each member of the Hatchett team contributes to our growth, so we'd like to take this opportunity to introduce you to one of our newest employees, Ashley West.
Ashley is a Designer based in our Virginia Beach showroom. Ashley has always wanted a career in which she makes a visible impact on someone's life. With a Marketing Degree from Radford University and her experience with a large wholesale distributor of plumbing fixtures, lighting, cabinets and appliances, Ashley has found her niche designing beautiful and functional spaces that bring both joy and value to her clients' homes.
When Ashley's not working, she keeps busy with her husband, two children and their family dog. The beach, hiking and gardening are her favorite outdoor activities.
To help you get to know Ashley a little better, we asked him a few questions.
How did your path bring you to Hatchett?
It was fate the first time I decided to open a job search website – I came across a job posting for an interior designer position in their Virginia Beach showroom. It was very apparent after talking with several industry professionals that Hatchett upholds an excellent reputation during their long history of providing quality designs and a professional remodeling experience, so I decided to pursue the opportunity. After a few interviews I knew Hatchett was the perfect home for me! I have been thoroughly impressed with the beautifully designed and built additions, kitchens, and bathrooms that I have seen Hatchett create. I continuously hear from our clients what a pleasurable experience the entire project was from start to finish, how smooth the remodeling time period actually went, and how they never dreamed their home could be that beautiful, and all within their given budget. I always wanted a career where I could make a visible impact on someone's life and what better way than helping our customers create a beautiful and more functional use of space in their own homes where they take the most pride!
I love coming to work every day and feel privileged to work alongside such a talented group of individuals that share the same passion for remodeling! All of our focus is devoted to creating an outstanding customer service experience beginning to end; from the attention to detail on every design aspect of the space, to setting realistic expectations during the remodeling process, and how our project managers carry out the scope of work all prove to be an integral part of our success in creating an enjoyable, stress free, and professional experience for the client. I am thrilled to be a part of the Hatchett team!
I enjoy spending my free time with family and friends, going to the beach, hiking, and gardening; I also have two children under 3 years old that keep me very busy these days! My daughter Ainsley is 2-1/2 and my son Blake is 11 months old. They are my greatest accomplishment. It has been so fun and rewarding to watch them grow into their own personalities!
We also have a Boxer named Riley that is so sweet and full of energy!
That's Ashley! We hope you'll soon meet her in person when you visit our new Virginia Beach showroom in the Spring of 2016. Stay tuned for updates and pictures… we look forward to sharing our progress with you!


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Q: Difference between width and flex-basis I've encountered difference in behavior between width and flex-basis which I am not able to explain by What are the differences between flex-basis and width?.

.outer {
  display: flex;
  background: yellow;
  padding: 10px;
}
.middle {
  display: flex;
  flex-shrink: 0;
  background: red;
  padding: 10px;
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.inner {
  flex-basis: 258px;
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Here is the example illustrating the problem I'm having. I'm expecting both rows to look the same, however, when using flex-basis (row 1), the flex container (.middle element) seems to ignore intrinsic width of its child (.inner element) and only takes the text into account.
This difference can be observed in the latest versions of Chrome, FF and Safari (but not in IE11/Edge).
Clarification: I'm not asking why IE11/Edge behaves the way it does. Its behaviour (in this case) actually seems logical to me. I'm asking why there is difference in all other browsers.
Update: Edge 13 behaves just like IE11.

A: This seems to be a bug.
An element which is both flex container and flex item seems to be ignoring intrinsic dimensions of its children if they are set via flex-basis, instead choosing to measure the width/height of contents of its children instead. It is ironic that IE11/Edge is the only browser implementing this correctly.
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A: This is because IE11 supports flex differently (only partially support technically). IE 11 requires a unit to be added to the third argument, the flex-basis property see msdn documentation in the source below.
So flex shorthand declarations with unitless flex-basis values are ignored.
flex-basis is the minimum width, a container can have, then it will grow/shrink based on your other rules. Width does not need to be used at the same time as flex and flex-basis, as they conflict with X-browser compatibility.
I've updated your codepen also, to help explain. Please see here: http://codepen.io/mattpark22/pen/wWqKpz
Now you can see how differently browsers handle flex with:
flex-basis: 258px;
width: 258px;

I've also removed
display: flex;

from .outer - this was having an effect also.
Source: http://caniuse.com/#search=flex-basis
Source: https://github.com/philipwalton/flexbugs#4-flex-shorthand-declarations-with-unitless-flex-basis-values-are-ignored
Source: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn254946%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

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Care for others marked Vandenberg's life
Martha Boschman Vandenberg
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OLDS, Alberta (Mennonite Church Canada Witness/Mennonite Mission Network) — Martha Boschman Vandenberg was known for her care, whether healing with her hands as a nurse at a Taiwan children's home or interacting with others through her decades-long ministry.
A Mennonite mission worker with her husband, Han, in Taiwan for 38 years, Vandenberg, 78, died March 13, 2007, at the Olds Long-term Care Centre in Olds, Aberta, after a long struggle with Lewy Bodies, a form of dementia similar to Alzheimer's disease.
Born on September 7, 1928, on the Canadian prairies, Martha grew in her desire to reach out to other people. A gracious host, writer, nurse, minister, wife, mother and grandmother, Martha's life – especially her warm hospitality and listening ear – touched many.
Raised on the prairies during the depression, Martha went on to study nursing and then Christian education at Canadian Mennonite Bible College, now Canadian Mennonite University. In 1955, she went as a single woman to Taiwan, learned the Taiwanese language and ministered there from 1957-1993 with the Commission on Overseas Mission, a predecessor agency of Mennonite Church Canada Witness and Mennonite Mission Network.
While in Taiwan she met co-worker Han Vandenberg from the Netherlands, who later became her husband. They retired to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, in 1992 and moved to Olds in 1999. Han died in 2005.
In a eulogy, long-time friend Susan Kehler said, "I clearly recall when visiting the Babies Home in Taichung how Martha did hands-on caring. For Martha, caring was more than an emotional tug or applying intellectual skills.
"After Martha's marriage to Han, she exchanged her full-time nursing to full-time church ministry with Han. But her caring continued. Many, many persons and, later, definitely, her family, were the recipients of her tender caring. No matter if it was coupled with praying, speaking words of encouragement, serving a meal or providing lodging, etc., her caring ministry was a model for all of us."
Martha's daughter, Tobia Veith, with her husband, George, and their children, Matthew, Michael and Marika, currently serve in Macau with Mennonite Church Canada Witness and Mennonite Mission Network. Martha is also survived by daughter Susan (Rod) Reynar and their children Anika and Joya, of Olds, Alberta, daughter-in-law Monica Schmidt Blais of Kitchener, Ontario, four brothers, three sisters and numerous nieces, and nephews.
Martha's funeral was March 19 at Didsbury (Alberta) Bergthal Mennonite Church. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the International Ministries department of Mennonite Church Canada Witness.


The proctoring of examinations is a service offered by the Wells County Public Library. The library will offer proctoring services based on the availability of personnel, facilities and technology to do so.
Students who are registered library card holders in good standing with the Wells County Public Library are eligible for this service.
There is no charge for each exam proctored. There is a $3 fee charged if faxing or mailing is required. All fees are payable just prior to taking the exam.
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The student will allow sufficient time to take the examination before the deadline that has been established by the institution.
Proctors will enforce any time limits that are placed on the exam, as well as other rules set forth in the examination materials. The use of cell phones or visiting with others is prohibited. Any perceived violation of the posted rules for the exam will be reported to the educational institution.
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Rumex verticillatus, also known as swamp dock, is a species of perennial flowering plant in the family Polygonaceae. Rumex verticillatus is native to, and almost entirely found in, the eastern half of North America. It is common to find this plant in edges of vernal pools and streams in woodlands, swamps, soggy islands in partially shaded areas, marshes, and roadside ditches.

Description
Swamp dock is a perennial plant about  tall with a central stem usually green in color. The leaves of the plant are alternate and about  in width and  long. The petioles of the plant become gradually shorter in length from the bottom leaves to the top leaves. The flowers of this plant have green tepals surrounding six stamens, yellow or white, in the center. The flowers have a droopy appearance and extend toward the base of the plant. The blooming period of swamp dock is usually in the summer and is short period of two weeks. The root system is a taproot and this plant is anemophilous.

Distribution
Swamp dock is found in North America, in  Illinois, Iowa, Florida, Georgia and other eastern North American states. The habitat of swamp dock is the edges of vernal pools and streams in woodlands, swamps, soggy islands in partially shaded areas, marshes, and roadside ditches.

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Food availability dimension addresses supply side of the food security and expects sufficient quantities of quality food from domestic agriculture production or import.
Food accessibility refers to the access by individuals to adequate resources for acquiring appropriate foods for a nutritious diet. It addresses whether the households or individuals have enough resources to acquire appropriate quantity of quality foods, thus, it encompasses their income, expenditure and buying capacity.
There are two aspects of food access – the economic and physical access. Economic access refers to factors such as income, poverty and other indicators of buying capacity. Physical access indicators are related to infrastructure and facilities that hasten the access to food.
Furthermore, the indicators were grouped into the level of importance which were either key or support. Key indicators are those which best describe the dimension. In the absence of available data for the key indicators, the support indicators will be the alternative for use.
Food utilization is one of the three dimensions of food security. It is defined as the ability of the human body to ingest and metabolize food through adequate diet, clean water, good sanitation and health care to reach a state of nutritional well-being where all physiological needs are met.
In this dimension, it is essential to know if the food available in a given period of time had been accessed and well utilized. A household makes decisions on what food to consume and how to allocate food within the household. Appropriate food intake is vital for nutritional status of the populace.
Exogenous factors that affect food security.


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I've learned an essential lesson about nonprofits from Alex Boyd, my supervisor at Kid Power, Inc.: "Sometimes you're so busy doing the work," he says, "that you don't have the time to think about what you're doing." With any non-profit organization, it's absolutely essential that they work to meaningfully engage the communities that they serve, in a way that provides ownership and roles with genuine power and changemaking ability within the non-profits. However, it can be difficult for smaller non-profits to consistently garner feedback and include community members in meaningful ways, as most staff members are simply occupied doing the work they need to do to have the organization run effectively. For my field placement with Kid Power I have been conducting a community needs assessment for the VeggieTime program, bringing together community thoughts and feedback and helping Kid Power to continue to work as a community-based organization going forward.
Kid Power provides no-cost daytime, afterschool, and summer programming at six Title 1 public schools1 in Washington, D.C. — five elementary and one middle school — with an emphasis on building student leadership and encouraging students' social and emotional learning. VeggieTime is one of Kid Power's most prominent programs. Its purpose is to deliver food-based education to students, including lessons on gardening, cooking, the environment, food from specific cultures, and anything else relating to food. The community needs assessment I am working on will primarily collect feedback on VeggieTime, but I am also considering how it is interconnected with Kid Power's other programs.
Running a school-based program is exceedingly difficult right now. COVID-19 continues to be an ever-present danger, especially at schools where kids are only now beginning to be able to be vaccinated. While most service organizations like Kid Power are doing in-school programs, many have had to scale them back in some ways. For example, Kid Power is not currently doing cooking lessons, and has put in place additional precautions around food distribution. Many schools and after-school programs are also facing massive staffing shortages and don't have the personnel to effectively run their programs. I have seen this frequently across all of the different organizations and schools I have talked to, and it definitely has had a profound effect on Kid Power as well. Lastly, due to a change in systems at D.C. Public Schools, getting a security clearance to enter any public schools has been exceedingly difficult — it took me two months to get full permission to enter schools, while previously such access would have been granted in a few days.
While attending VeggieTime programs after school, I've been able to see how these difficulties have negatively impacted students and their ability to engage with the programs. The kids seem restless, and are simply tired of learning and trying to focus. There's a widespread feeling of exhaustion that has spread from the adults in the rooms to the kids themselves. We can't keep asking everyone to be at their best when they are facing a wide multitude of issues from the pandemic and staffing shortages — this goes not just for the schools and Kid Power staff, but also the students themselves. I am a strong believer that kids are more intelligent than our society will ever give them credit for, and I think they can tell pretty easily when the programs at their schools are struggling. VeggieTime at its core provides students the opportunity to engage with the natural world and creates a school program that isn't solely based on academics where students can thrive — but it's not able to do those things fully without further support. These schools need better infrastructure to work around the pandemic, as COVID rates are still soaring at many of them. Additionally, they need more financial means to pay teachers and other school staff higher wages and create stronger support systems in order to combat their high levels of attrition2.
It has been inspiring to see how Kid Power has continued to do its work, despite all of the difficulties it has encountered. The organization has constructed an outdoor classroom for teachers and Kid Power instructors to use, held several produce pop-ups across their different schools to share free produce with families and school staff, and consistently has come up with a variety of fun programs for kids — anything from planting their own seeds, to painting pictures with plants from the garden, to helping make apple cider with an apple cider press. I've also gotten to hear about wonderful programs from other D.C. nonprofits: how FoodPrints has taught incredible culturally-conscious cooking lessons, how Martha's Table has hosted Joyful Food Markets at schools to provide produce and show off cooking skills, and how the Latin American Youth Center has connected D.C. youth with meaningful careers doing food education and garden work. Despite it all, these people that operate these programs find ways to keep working hard and making sure the kids they serve get the programs that they deserve.
My community needs assessment will not only allow me to gather thoughts and feedback from community members about Kid Power's programs, but it will also allow me to offer recommendations on how to introduce new ways of engaging with the local community. Every community is different, and it's essential to learn how each specific community wants to be engaged. With my placement at Kid Power, I feel that I am privileged to be able to tangibly help direct the future of VeggieTime through the recommendations and thoughts of the community members I have talked to. It's been an absolute pleasure getting to talk to a wide variety of stakeholders, including Kid Power staff, other food-based youth education organizations, teachers, school staff, and parents, about what they want out of the school gardens and the food-based education programs that VeggieTime offers.
I'm excited to create a formal report about my findings from the community needs assessment, and to work with Kid Power's leadership throughout this month to create a formal "next steps" document that can be shared back with the community. I hope to be able to recommend ways that Kid Power can work to more intentionally include parents and school staff within VeggieTime programming, and structural ways to continue to collect feedback and establish meaningful participation with the community. I see my community needs assessment as just a small part of Kid Power's continual efforts to best work with the communities that it serves.
"Title I School Information." District of Columbia Public Schools, 2021, dcps.dc.gov/TitleI [↩]
"Teacher and Principal Turnover in Public Schools in the District of Columbia." State Board of Education of the District of Columbia, September 28, 2018, sboe.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/sboe/publication/attachments/SBOE%20Teacher%20Turnover%20Report%20-%20FINAL.pdf [↩]
Robert Economou
Emerson Fellow
Robbie grew up in New Rochelle, New York, and graduated from SUNY Geneseo with a degree in Sociology. While attending SUNY Geneseo Robbie served as co-chair of a student activist group called Food Security Advocates, where he educated fellow students about hunger on college campuses, created a food pantry delivery program for students during the covid-19 pandemic, and passed a college resolution to create an on-campus food pantry. In the summer of 2021, Robbie was a speaker for the New York State Food Summit to speak on a panel about college food insecurity. Robbie also served as an intern at the federal policy office for WE ACT for Environmental Justice, where he worked on policy briefs and conducted research to ensure that environmental policies considered the intersecting issues of racial justice, gender equity, and income inequality at all times.
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SHPowerL

Compute the power of a real function for a single spherical harmonic degree.

Usage

power = pyshtools.SHPowerL (cilm, l)

Returns

power : float

Power of the function for a single spherical harmonic degree l.

Parameters

cilm : float, dimension (2, lmaxin+1, lmaxin+1)

The spherical harmonic coefficients of the function.

l : integer

The spherical harmonic degree.

Description

SHPowerL will calculate the power of a function expressed in real spherical harmonics for a single degree l. This is explicitly calculated as:

power = Sum_{i=0}^1 Sum_{m=0}^l cilm[i, l, m]**2 .

See also

shpowerdensityl, shcrosspowerl, shcrosspowerdensityl, shpowerspectrum, shpowerspectrumdensity, shcrosspowerspectrum, shcrosspowerspectrumdensity, shadmitcorr

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"User is not allowed to approve his own change request".
We do have requestor and approver both are having same role and hence, requestor can approve CR and approver can raise CR. In this case, how can we restrict for a particular user is not allowed to approve his own CR.
In this case at the User Agent Decision Table you have to assign different User Id means as approver user Id ..
I am waiting for this above solution, please help me out.
You have the same question posted here: http://scn.sap.com/thread/3525119.
Please post questions only once so that all related information is in one place.
I see your point. However, it is the same concept; you are trying to "exclude" agents from being included in a specific step. This agent can be the previous agent or the CR initiator. As I mentioned in that post, you can update the list of excluded agents for this.
Create an implementation for this Badi, where user agents could be changed dynamically.
I am not expert in workflow but can give one suggestion. In your UI screen, add one more custom field (no need to replicate) and ask the requester who is approver also to choose the other user id. Once the requester submit the request, take the user id from the CR entered by your requester as a a approver and then get it approved.
I can't see this question being answered anywhere. And I don't have the asnwer :-) but looking for it. Facing same issue with MDG-S/C 7.0 where users might have multiple roles like reqeustor, approver. I would appreciate if you could share your findings.
Can you check possibility by assing below roles?
The given problem has been resolved. The given problem can not be solved only by separating the role through pfcg. During separating the role, you are only separating the user. Here, Validator and Approver also can create CR and that time respect to that CR, their role will be requester not validator or approver.
So, what exactly you need to do...go to class builder and get into the CL_USMD_CR_GUIBB_GENERAL_DATA. Under this class interface go to "process_event" method and write a logic which will restrict user for not to approve his own request.


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At Queen Elizabeth II's 1953 coronation, ten statues called The Queen's Beasts stood guard at the entrance to Westminster Abbey. Each creature represented a strand of the young woman's ancient royal heritage that passed to her on that historic day. In 2016, the Royal Mint reincarnated the ten royal guardians in a beautiful new coin series called The Queen's Beasts. Each new release explores one of these ten fantastical protectors and the centuries-old story they have to tell.
The sixth release in the Queen's Beasts 10-coin series commemorates the majestic Falcon of the Plantagenets. The falcon and fetterlock passed to the Queen through the Plantagenet King Edward III as an emblem of the Houses York and Lancaster. The Falcon was later adopted by Henry VIII and established as one of his daughter Elizabeth I's favorite royal beasts. For 2019, the Falcon of the Plantagenets is beautifully reimagined in an impressive 10 oz of .9999 fine silver. Add this stunning sixth coin in the Queen's Beast series to your order today!
Contains 10 oz of .9999 fine silver in Brilliant Uncirculated condition from the Royal Mint.
Bears a 10-pound face value backed by the British government.
Shipped in a protective flip, mint-issued tubes, or Monster Boxes.
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The obverse displays coin artist Jody Clark's effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, along with the legend "ELIZABETH II, D.G. REG. F.D., 10 POUNDS", and the designer's initials surrounding the image.
Designed by Royal Mint coin artist Jody Clark, the reverse looms large in an impressive 89.15 mm design field, which features a regal Falcon grasping a shield. The shield's badge is ornamented with a smaller falcon and a partially-open fetterlock (padlock). The coin's weight, purity, year of issue, and "FALCON OF THE PLANTAGENETS" encircle the image.
Each 2019 British 10 oz Silver Falcon coin was produced at The Royal Mint, the world's oldest and most renowned mint. The Royal Mint, whose roots extend over 1,100 years, holds a long and distinguished tradition of craftsmanship, history, and artistry. Today, the Mint remains the world's leading manufacturer of currency, coinage, bullion, and medals.
The American Silver Eagle coin is arguably the best-selling silver coin in the world today. With millions of units sold each year, the Silver Eagle is a must-have addition for any investor or collector. Silver Eagles come in three different versions each year, with a bullion investment-grade coin and two collectible options in the proof and burnished coins.
Available to ship to you inside of protective plastic flips, mint tubes of 20 coins, or Monster Boxes with 500 coins!
35th release of the American Silver Eagle coins!
The face value of $1 (USD) is fully backed by the US government.
On the obverse is Walking Liberty.
The reverse includes the heraldic eagle of the United States.
There are no mintage caps on the bullion Silver Eagles and the US Mints goal is to produce the coins for as long as demand exists. The Burnished Silver Eagles and Proof Silver Eagles do not always have mintage caps, but demand for the collectible coins is lower than the investment-grade version.
All 2020 1 oz American Silver Eagle Coins are available to you today in Brilliant Uncirculated condition. The coins are housed individually inside of protective plastic flips, mint tubes of 20 coins, or Monster Boxes that contain 500 coins in 25 tubes of 20 coins each.
On the obverse of 2020 American Silver Eagles is the historic Walking Liberty design. This image was designed in 1916 by Adolph A. Weinman for the 50-cent piece in circulation in the US. It depicts Liberty in left-profile relief as she walks from right to left across the design field. Her right hand is outstretched toward the sun on the horizon while her left clutches the oak and laurel branches. The American flag is draped over her shoulders.
The reverse of 2020 1 oz American Silver Eagle coins includes the design of the heraldic eagle of the United States. Initially designed in 1792 by Robert Scot, the first US Mint Chief Engraver, it depicts the American bald eagle with the national heraldic shield, arrows in one talon, and an olive branch in the other talon.
American Silver Eagle Coins are predominantly struck at the West Point Mint, but supplemental coining in recent years has seen some coins struck at the San Francisco Mint. No American Silver Eagle bullion coins have mint marks.
The third and final Oriental Border Silver Britannia is accompanied by a limited mintage of 50,000 coins, which is sure to make this a collector and investor favorite.
The rich design was inspired by the British Trade Dollar but features modern elements such as Philip Nathan's Britannia figure.
Contains 1 oz of .999 fine Silver.
Each coin comes in a protective plastic capsule.
Limited mintage of 50,000 coins.
Eligible for Precious Metals IRAs.
Features an ornate border in a traditional oriental style.
Obverse: Displays the effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, along with the face value of 2 pounds on a guilloche design.
Reverse: Features the internationally recognized figure of Britannia standing firm against a powerful gale. Her image has symbolized Britain's strength and integrity on coinage since Roman times. The inscription "ONE OUNCE 999 FINE SILVER" appears to the left of the trident, while the text "BRITANNIA" is featured to the right of the trident.
This 2020 Silver Britannia coin would be a great addition to any bullion collection. Add this 2020 1 oz Silver Britannia with Oriental Border coin to your cart today!
Since she first appeared on coins in the Far East in the nineteenth century, Britannia has become a trusted symbol to investors in the Far East, instantly recognizable as the face of the British Trade Dollar.
The Royal Mint has released a special Oriental Border Britannia series, celebrating the expansion of their bullion business to Asia. Struck in fine Silver, Britannia is flanked by an ornate oriental border inspired by the Chinese-themed rooms at Buckingham Palace and the Royal Pavilion in Brighton.
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Congressman DeSaulnier and Senator Harris's Legislation to Expand John Muir National Historic Site Signed into Law
Photo by US Parks Service
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Mark DeSaulnier (CA-11) announced that his bill to expand the John Muir National Historic Site in Martinez, California was signed into law.
The John Muir National Historic Site Expansion Act (H.R. 1719) adds an additional 44 acres of donated land to the 330 acre park to help improve access to the East Bay's natural spaces and preserve the land for generations to come. Congressman DeSaulnier's bill first passed in the U.S. House of Representatives by a vote of 401-to-15, was then unanimously passed in the Senate, and was signed into law by the President. Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) authored the companion bill in the U.S. Senate.
"Contra Costa's own John Muir, the father of our National Parks, championed the revolutionary idea that America's wild spaces ought to be preserved for all to enjoy. Through his writings and teachings, he helped to shape our appreciation of open spaces by reminding us to 'keep close to Nature's heart,'" said Congressman DeSaulnier. "It has been an honor to help expand the site where Muir lived and wrote. Providing residents with additional ways to explore the beauty of the East Bay seems to be a fitting tribute to the man who loved and valued our natural wonders."
"The expansion of the John Muir Historic Site will ensure that future generations of Californians and others will have the opportunity to continue to learn about his legacy as the father of the National Park Service," said Senator Harris. "John Muir's advocacy paved the path toward the protection of Yosemite and Sequoia as national parks, and Californians owe him a debt of gratitude so I'm pleased that this expansion will now move forward. Our public lands are rich with natural diversity, and are worthy of our protection and preservation."
"Permanently protecting the legacy of John Muir is very much a team effort. Mark DeSaulnier, Kamala Harris and Dianne Feinstein are the foundation of just such a partnership. Their dynamic leadership, passion and commitment, supported by a remarkably generous group of John Muir Land Trust supporters, will permanently protect this beautiful property for future local, national, and international generations to enjoy forever. John Muir Land Trust is excited, and honored to share in this wonderful achievement," said Linus Eukel, Executive Director of John Muir Land Trust.
"Passing the John Muir Historic Site Expansion in this Congress is a remarkable achievement by Congressman DeSaulnier. We now know that the historic and environmental integrity of the site will be preserved for future generations in our community and in our country. It recognizes the importance of John Muir to the creation of our public lands in California," said former Congressman Miller.
Currently, the John Muir National Historic Site spans 330 acres of Contra Costa County, and includes the home where Muir lived and wrote. The new, 44 acre parcel of land is being donated by the John Muir Land Trust, and is located on the south side of Mount Wanda. Since the parcel of land donated exceeds the size the National Park Service is permitted to acquire administratively, the transfer needed Congressional approval. The legislative effort to acquire the land was first introduced by former Congressman George Miller, who previously represented California's 11th Congressional District.


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Veteran US Diplomat: Moscow Unlikely to Annex Eastern Ukraine
Andre de Nesnera
A red flag attached to a pro-Russian separatist tank is seen near a checkpoint of the Ukrainian national guard near the town of Slovyanoserbsk, Luhansk region, Sept.10, 2014.
A cease-fire is holding in Ukraine's eastern region.
The cease-fire halts five months of fighting between Ukrainian government troops and pro-Russian separatists, who Western nations say are directly helped by Russia, a charge denied by Moscow. Senior Russian officials, including Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, have recently stated there is no military intervention from Russia.
But the last U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union (1987-91), Jack Matlock, disagreed.
"Obviously they are intervening," he said. "I think they would say, 'look, you guys intervene wherever you want to. You even invade, like the United States invaded Iraq, which had not attacked it, and we are essentially using the same methods.'"
Will Putin annex eastern Ukraine?
Some experts have indicated that Russian President Vladimir Putin wants more than just to gain influence in that region -- that he eventually wants to annex eastern Ukraine, as he did Crimea. But Matlock said that would not be to Russia's advantage.
"I don't think there is an intent to add it into Russia. It would be a totally irrational intent," he said. "This is an economically-depressed area. It's going to be a basket case for anybody who tries to help."
Matlock said on many levels, however -- including politically, economically and emotionally -- eastern Ukraine is very important to Moscow.
"It is an area that for centuries was part of Russia, and where the ethnicity, the connections, people have close relatives on both sides of the border," he said. "They want to live in one country and you can't erase the history and these human and historical and economic ties. So this area is infinitely more important to Russia than it is to any of the NATO countries."
Some NATO members fear aggressive Russia
Several NATO members, such as the three Baltic States, have expressed fear that Russia might move aggressively against them, but Matlock dismissed that notion.
"They are members of NATO, they would be protected if they were attacked," he said. "They are not going to be attacked and so it seems to me that nervousness is misplaced."
Ukraine faces tough domestic problems
Matlock said in addition to major problems caused by the pro-Russian separatists backed by Moscow, the Ukrainian government faces important domestic issues, as well.
"The basic problems in Ukraine are internal because the country was never able to establish a real sense of what it meant to be Ukrainian. And each government they had, whether it came predominantly from the west or from the east, tried to dominate the other," he said.
Matlock said it is essential for all factions in Ukraine to work together in a unified way to tackle the country's problems, starting with the economy.
Andre de Nesnera is senior analyst at the Voice of America, where he has reported on international affairs for more than three decades. Now serving in Washington D.C., he was previously senior European correspondent based in London, established VOA's Geneva bureau in 1984 and in 1989 was the first VOA correspondent permanently accredited in the Soviet Union.
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Water trapped in dust grains from which the Earth formed can explain the current large amount of water on Earth. This is suggested by scientists from the Netherlands, Germany and the United Kingdom, based on calculations and simulations. The research will appear in two articles in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics.
Artist impression of a very young star surrounded by a disk of gas and dust. Scientists suspect that rocky planets such as the Earth are formed from these materials.
For a long time, scientists have been struggling with an explanation for the large amount of water on Earth. A first scenario states that the water is delivered by comets and asteroids that hit the Earth. According to a second scenario, the Earth was born 'wet' and the water was already present on ten-kilometer-big boulders from which the Earth was built up. However, the amount of water that these large boulders can contain, is limited.
Now, an international team of scientists has devised and calculated a variant of the boulder-with-water scenario. "Our work shows how collaboration between mineralogists, chemists, and astrophysicists helps to tackle the fundamental question on the origin of water on Earth and on other water-rich exoplanets," says Wing-Fai Thi from the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE), the lead author on the first paper.
The team shows that in the region where the Earth once originated, small up to mm-sized dust grains can hold enough water. The water-rich dust grains then clump together to form pebbles and eventually kilometer-big boulders. These boulders can then contain large amounts of water and they will eventually proceed to form the Earth as we know it.
The new calculations also show that the small dust grains can collect enough water in 'only' a million years to explain the amount of water on Earth. A million years fits easily in the time it takes to form the larger boulders.
"This is a new missing piece to the puzzle which links us to our progenitor cloud and Solar Nebula. Piece by piece, we hope to reveal soon our astrochemical origins!" comments Paola Caselli, who leads the Centre for Astrochemical Studies at the MPE.
Ten observatories in six European countries teamed up for recent observations of a stellar occultation by the dwarf planet Haumea, which surprisingly show a narrow and dense ring orbiting the dwarf planet. In addition, the astronomers at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics and more than 50 further institutions were able to constrain the size, shape and density of Haumea,which are closer to theoretical predictions than previous estimates but still puzzling.
For the first time, an international team of astronomers led by the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE) has observed a molecular outflow being launched from beyond the disk surrounding a young stellar object. Outflows carry away excess angular momentum and it has been proposed that these disk winds should be launched from a wide region in the protoplanetary disk. The recent observations now show that the outflows are asymmetric and that they are launched beyond the edge of the disk, at the position of the landing site of the in-falling material.
The first release of results from the Green Bank Ammonia Survey (GAS) are now being published in the Astrophysical Journal. A team from the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, the University of Toronto and the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics are aiming to map all Gould Belt star-forming regions visible from the northern hemisphere in the light of key molecular tracers. Accompanying the first data release, this impressive image shows ammonia molecules in a filament along a star formation region in the Orion Nebula.
Astronomers led by the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics and using the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory report the discovery of a spectacular extended jet from a young brown dwarf. With masses too low to sustain hydrogen fusion in their interiors, brown dwarfs occupy the mass range between stars and giant planets. While young stars are commonly found to launch jets that extend over a light year or more, this is the first jet with a similar extent detected from a brown dwarf. The result lends new insight into how sub-stellar objects form.
For a long time the formation of protostellar disks – a prerequisite to the formation of planetary system around stars – has defied theoretical astrophysicists: In a dense, collapsing cloud of gas and dust, the magnetic field would be dragged to the centre as well resulting in a braking effect. Hardly any rotationally supported disk can form this way, unless the tiny grains are removed from the cloud by growing or coagulating into bigger grains. This is the result from a new study published by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics and other institutions. The more realistic simulations now take into account non-ideal magneto-hydrodynamics and ionization chemistry to form a rotationally supported protostellar disk.
An international group of scientists from the Arcetri Astrophysical Observatoryin Florence, the Center of Astrobiology in Madrid and the Max-Plank Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics has detected for the first time the prebiotic molecule PO in star-forming regions. This molecule plays a key role in the double helix structure of DNA, and is therefore directly linked to the origin of life in the Universe.
Two laboratory experiments built in the CAS group at MPE have now achieved "first light". Both experiments are designed to support astronomical observations and astrochemical modeling of molecules by probing their rotational transitions in the laboratory. These laboratory studies enable the scientists to measure transition frequencies with high precision in the frequency range available at major long-wavelength telescopes such as IRAM NOEMA and ALMA. The new molecular studies in the CAS laboratories will be used as powerful new tools to understand the physical and chemical properties of interstellar clouds, where stars and planets form.
An international team of researchers has discovered something extraordinary in space: a new star system forming from parts of a filamentary gas cloud.


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The Ultimate Battle: Okinawa 1945—The Last Epic Struggle of World War II
By Bill Sloan
Read by Robertson Dean
Bill Sloan Blackstone Publishing
Respected historian Bill Sloan tells the full story of the Battle of Okinawa as it has never been told before, through the eyes of the men in battle. Using the same grunt's-eye-view narrative style of Sloan's acclaimed Brotherhood of Heroes, The Ultimate Battle is the full story of the largest land-sea-air battle ever waged by the United States, a battle whose staggering casualties and take-no-prisoners ferocity led Truman to drop the atomic bomb on Japan. From April through June 1945, more than 250,000 American and Japanese lives were lost, including those of nearly 150,000 civilians who either committed suicide or were caught in the crossfire. This book tells a gripping story of heroism, sacrifice, and death.
Respected historian Bill Sloan tells the full story of the Battle of Okinawa as it has never been told before, through the eyes of the men in battle.
Using the same grunt's-eye-view narrative style of Sloan's acclaimed Brotherhood of Heroes, The Ultimate Battle is the full story of the largest land-sea-air battle ever waged by the United States, a battle whose staggering casualties and take-no-prisoners ferocity led Truman to drop the atomic bomb on Japan. From April through June 1945, more than 250,000 American and Japanese lives were lost, including those of nearly 150,000 civilians who either committed suicide or were caught in the crossfire. This book tells a gripping story of heroism, sacrifice, and death.
"Gripping. Authoritative. Masterfully told. I cannot praise this book highly enough." —Alex Kershaw, author of The Bedford Boys and The Longest Winter
"Bill Sloan has a real feel for the human side of this horrific drama. He suggests there can never be such a battle again, and by the time you've finished reading, you will pray he's right. A powerful, moving book." —Evan Thomas, author of Sea of Thunder: Four Commanders and the Last Great Naval Campaign, 1941–1945
"A compelling, immensely evocative story…the defining battle of the Pacific War, seen primarily through the experiences of the sailors, soldiers, and airmen who suffered through it. This is a terrific work." —Donald L. Miller, author of Masters of the Air and D-Days in the Pacific
"Memory of an epic battle that altered history has begun to fade. Yet, the fighting for Okinawa was so ferocious that it influenced America's decision to use the atomic bomb. If Japan would fight so furiously for an island outpost, what would an invasion of the mainland cost? Bill Sloan answers that question in this close up, you-are-there account of the Pacific war's ultimate struggle. Battle reportage at its finest." —Joseph E. Persico, author of Eleventh Month, Eleventh Day, Eleven Hour: Armistice Day 1918
"Narrator Robertson Dean takes advantage of the chaos created by kamikaze attacks and bonsai charges to convey the desperation of the Japanese. His emotional level varies from almost shouting in battle to low whispers as men discuss the wounds of dying buddies while near them." —AudioFile
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