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Official minutes of the February 20, 2014 Council Meeting
Approved by City Council March 6, 2014
The council meeting was called to order by Mayor Rozier with Councilman Myrick giving the invocation remembering the Johnson and Stephens families during their loss. Councilmembers Griffin, Grizzard, Kerby, Key, Myrick, Otto, Attorney Raymond Dickey, City Administrator Charles Akridge and Asst. City Clerk Diane Proudfoot were present.
Councilman Myrick made a motion to approve the draft copy of the minutes of the February 6, 2014 council meeting. Councilwoman Griffin seconded the motion and it passed with six affirmative votes. Councilwoman Griffin made a motion to approve the agenda of the February 20, 2014 meeting with the removal of item #9 and the addition of personnel to the executive session. Councilman Kerby seconded the motion and it passed with six affirmative votes.
Recreation Director Foley reported baseball/softball/soccer signups are underway with approximately 50 signed up so far. A project is underway at the park to convert the old bathrooms to a storage room for the pitching machines. Benches have been installed at the community building playground and additional tables have been installed at the Taylor Park pavilion.
1. Consider Rate Increase for base rate Sanitation Services $3.00 from $17.75 to $20.75(Res) from $23.40 to $26.40(Com).
2. Consider Rate Increase for base rate Sanitation Services $2.00 from $17.75 to $19.75 for seniors (65 & over).
3. Consider Rate Increase of $1.00 for Water Service base rate (Res & Com).
4. Consider Rate Increase of $1.00 for Sewer Service base rate (Res & Com).
5. Consider Rate Increase of $.25 for usage over base rate per category for water/sewer services (Res & Com). Councilman Grizzard made a motion to approve items 1-5 with an effective date of April 1, 2014. Councilman Myrick seconded the motion and it passed with six affirmative votes.
Mayor Rozier and Councilmembers informed citizens that the rate increase is a necessary step to balance the budget and generate revenue to pay the bills without imposing taxes.
6. Consider amendment to the Ordinances to Increase Penalties on all Utility services from 15% to 20%.
Councilman Myrick made a motion to approve the first reading, to dispense with the second reading and approve the amendment to the ordinances to increase penalties on all utility services from 15% to 20% with an effective date of April 15, 2014. Councilman Kerby seconded the motion and it passed with six affirmative votes.
7. Consider increase for Sanitation Services to Magnolia Apartments. Councilman Otto made a motion to approve a sanitation rate increase from $600 per month to $1000 per month for the sanitation service to Magnolia Lane Apartments. Councilwoman Key seconded the motion and it passed with six affirmative votes.
8. Consider increase in Fence Permits from $10 to $50. Councilman Myrick made a motion to increase the fence permits from $10 to $50. Councilman Kerby seconded the motion and it passed with six affirmative votes.
9. Consider a well permit application submitted by Brian Meiners for 887 Osteen Road for household water supply. Councilman Kerby made a motion to approve a well permit to Brian Meiners for his property at 887 Osteen Road. Councilman Otto seconded the motion and it passed with six affirmative votes.
10. Consider transmission replacement for Fire Engine 84. Councilman Kerby made a motion to grant the City Administrator authority to approve the replacement of the transmission for Fire Engine 84 at a cost not to exceed $8,200. Councilman Otto seconded the motion and it passed with six affirmative votes.
Councilwoman Griffin made a motion to adjourn into executive session to discuss potential litigation and personnel matters. Councilman Grizzard seconded the motion and it passed with six affirmative votes.
At the conclusion of the executive session, Councilman Myrick made a motion to return to regular session and approve the execution of the affidavit as required by the Open Meetings Act. Councilwoman Griffin seconded the motion and it passed with six affirmative votes.
Mayor Rozier reported that this concluded the items presented for consideration for inclusion on the Council agenda prior to the deadline of Wednesday, February 12, 2014.
The accounts payables were presented with Councilman Myrick making a motion to pay the bills. Councilwoman Griffin seconded the motion and it passed with six affirmative votes.
There being no further business, Councilman Otto made a motion to adjourn at 8:05pm. Councilman Kerby seconded the motion and it passed with six affirmative votes.


The next version of NL2000 will contain the Gemini wind farm. It actually concerns two wind farms, about 65 km north of Schiermonnikoog with 150 turbines and 2 High Voltage Stations.
The eastern part of the park has a heliport at the High Voltage Station.


Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton have been portrayed as each other's nemesis over the last two hundred years not only in U.S. History textbooks, but in the arts. Two Broadway shows, "The Patriots" and "Hamilton," who won drama awards sixty years apart, have emphasized the differences, fostered the myth, and consistently, rendered one a hero and the other, a goat.
After a teacher-led preview activity examining the playbill from 1943's The Patriot, students will analyze excerpts from Sidney Kingsley's play, The Patriot, with matching primary documents from the Founding Era. Inquiry into excerpts of the play and letters from Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and George Washington will be in two collaborative learning activities from first, a small group case study activity, to second, a roundtable discussion. Students will then analyze the lyrics from five Hamilton songs and match dialog excerpts from The Patriots. The student assessment is a written essay to an essential question on myth.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates Jefferson Memorial.
After winning a Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1933 for his play, Men in White, in 1943, Sidney Kingsley won New York Drama Critic's Circle award for Best American Play for his play "The Patriots." "Written out of the questions raised by the fearful epoch of World War II through which…Hitler was rising, threatening the concept of democracy," Kingsley studied the American Revolution. He "read the letters" of Jefferson, Hamilton, Madison and Washington and found a way "not to rewrite history but to dramatize the significant meaning of events." After two months on Broadway, Kingsley's production received an invitation to "produce the play at the Library of Congress to open its celebration of the bicentennial of the birth of Thomas Jefferson." Catching the attention of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, an admirer of Jefferson, Kingsley was invited him to sit in the "private family box" at the inauguration of the Jefferson Memorial in Washington D.C. (quotes from Kingsley's reflections).
In May 2009, Lin-Manuel Miranda was invited by President Barack Obama for a White House poetry jam to perform what would become the opening number of "Hamilton." "It's a concept album about the life of someone I think embodies hip-hop: Treasure Secretary Alexander Hamilton," Miranda announced to a laughing President and Michelle Obama. "Hamilton" would go on to win in 2016, the MacArthur "Genius Grant," the Pulitzer for drama, two Grammy Awards, an Emmy Award and a record-breaking 16 Tony Award nominations with three Tony award wins.
The inspiration of this lesson and the basis of essential questions are based on Gordon-Reed's and Onuf's book, "Most Blessed of the Patriarchs."
Students should have studied and analyzed the Declaration of Independence, events (political, military and home front) of the American Revolution and Constitutional Convention.
The discord and disunity that existed in early American politics, including the views the Founding Fathers had of one another.
The issues that prompted/promoted factionalism in early America, as well as the fears and concerns of the citizenry.
The nature of historiography and its relationship to current events.
The myth is supported by purposely selected primary sources.
The consequence in artistic interpretation effects the legacy of the Founders.
The creation and interpretation of art reflects the current political struggles of the time period the art was created.
PREVIEW: A preview assignment is a short, engaging task that foreshadows the upcoming content. This preview assignment introduces the student to a playbill from 1943. The teacher will lead a short discussion on what is in the playbill, such as acts and scenes of the play. Note, the students may enjoy the advertisements from the 1940's.
Students select roles and read the play excerpt out loud.
Students will find textual evidence from the primary sources that match the play's dialog and put it in the column. The textual evidence needs to only be a phrase, not necessarily a whole sentence.
ROUND-TABLE INSTRUCTION-The teacher will change the groups from the homogenous groups of the case studies to a heterogeneous group for sharing the results of the case studies. For instance, if the teacher chose only three case studies for analysis, "The Debt Deal," "Jupiter, Body Servant," and "Election of 1800", the teacher would have three students in the round-table group from those case studies. Each team should follow the procedure to complete the round-table discussion.
Each student will read their play excerpt.
Each student will then report on the textual evidence.
Each student will present his or her answer to the corresponding essential question.
HAMILTON LYRICS ANALYSIS-In the same medium groups, the students will read (rap or sing) the five Lin-Manuel Miranda lyrics. (Note: Students may comprehend much quicker if they listen on their cell phones or on a Chromebook. This depends on the rules on electronic devices of the teacher and/or the school.) Students select phrases from the raps that are textual evidence that support or do not support the dialog from Kingsley 1943 dialog on Jefferson. The students will write the supporting textual evidence in green and the disagreeing textual in red within the textual evidence column.
WHAT MAIN IDEALS DID JEFFERSON SUPPOSEDLY EMBRACE ACCORDING IN THE 1943 PLAY?
WHAT MAIN IDEALS DID HAMILTON SUPPOSEDLY EMBRACE IN THE 2016 PLAY?
WHAT ISSUES WERE THEY ON COMPLETE OPPOSITE SIDES?
WHY ARE HAMILTON AND JEFFERSON THE PERFECT NEMISIS FOR EACH OTHER?
WHAT WAS THE STRONG HISTORICAL EVIDENCE THAT CONTRADICTED EITHER PLAY?
MYTH: The students will answer the following question using the textual evidence from the case studies: How does each play, "work of art" forward the myth of Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton?
From this excerpt of the play's prologue, how is Jefferson "the most blessed patriarchs"?
In Most Blessed of the Patriarchs Peter Onuf and Annette Gordon Reid wrote "Jefferson…view[ed] that the manners, or moeurs, of a people were foundational to its politics. Certain conditions had to obtain before republicanism could take hold among the people and make them ready for self-governance." From the Kingsley's play, Act I, Scene I and Jefferson's letter to Kercheval, list the "manner, or moeurs" that Jefferson thinks the people should embody.
How does the excerpt from Kinglsey's play, Act I, Scene 1, contradict the evidence in letters by Jefferson and Hamilton to the Washington, the "patriarch" of the country?
How does Sidney's Kingsley's dialog in Act I, Scene 2 match with Jefferson's letter to Washington in 1792?
Using textual evidence, how is the excerpt from Kingsley's play, Act II, Scene 3, backed up from the excerpts from Jefferson to Rutledge and Madison and can be used to support that Jefferson is the "blessed patriarch" of the country?
How does Hamilton's letter to Otis and the excerpt from Kingsley play from Act III, Scene 1, support Hamilton's suspicions of Burr's character?
Assessment(s): On days one through four, the teacher should take formative assessments checking the worksheets while monitoring both the homogenous and heterogeneous group activities. The summative assessment is individual on the fifth day and is the written answer to the essential question. The students should use their worksheet from the formative assessments to help complete the summative assessment.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.9-10.8: Assess the extent to which the reasoning and evidence in a text support the author's claims.


The last thing anyone wants to deal with after a long, hot day is walking into a hot house and realizing that the air conditioning isn't working. When it's hot inside the house, everything seems miserable. Tempers flare easier, sleeping is hot and sticky and cooking seems like too big a chore to handle. You need to call an a company that does air conditioning repair Knoxville and set up an appointment to have a technician come out as soon as possible to repair your unit. There are a few simple troubleshooting ideas you can try before you call, but unless it's something very simple, it's best to call for a repair instead of doing more damage to the unit or injuring yourself trying.
One of the most obvious, but surprisingly common, causes of the air conditioning not working properly is that the unit is not coming on because the thermostat is set too high. If you always have it set at 76 degrees, it should turn on when the temperature goes higher. If inadvertently, someone set the thermostat to 90 degrees you may think the unit is broken, when it's not. You may end up paying for a service call you didn't need to.
Another simple fix is a dirty air filter. It can cause problems with the unit. Before calling for an air conditioning repair Knoxville, check the condition of the filter. If it's filthy, full of dust and debris, it stands to reason that air can't get through it and your unit will not work properly. If this is the case, either wash the filter, if you have a permanent type, or dispose of it and replace it with a fresh new one, if you have the disposal type. This may solve your problem and allow your air conditioning to work more efficiently.
If neither of this simple solutions seem to solve your air conditioning dilemma, don't hesitate to call for an air conditioning repair service call. A qualified technician will be able to come to your house to determine the problem with the unit and get your air conditioner working again without delay.


Anne Marinier and her team of chemists and biologists develop two components of research linked to drug discovery.
In a first component they design, synthesize and characterize new small molecules having biological or therapeutic activity in the area of cancer and other unmet medical needs. Through in-depth structure-activity relationship studies, the therapeutic function of compounds known as hits, identified either during high-throughput screenings or else synthetically, is optimized to lead to compounds that are candidate for clinical trials.
The second research component bears on the design and synthesis of chemical libraries based on new structures belonging to unexplored chemical scaffolds. Following cell-based screenings, the hits coming from these libraries are used to identify new therapeutic targets following various biochemical and genetic strategies. Those new targets then play a key role in innovative therapeutic approaches to the treatment of cancer.
We invite you to view the broadcast about the project on multiplication of stem cells in a unit of cord blood on Radio-Canada. Click here (available only in French).


Taylor Lewan is making wide receiver money.
The Tennessee Titans announced the left tackle signed a contract extension on Friday.
NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported the extension is for five years, worth $80 million ($16 million per season) with $50 million in guarantees, per a source informed of the deal.
The contract makes Lewan the new highest-paid offensive lineman in NFL history, topping Nate Solder's four-year, $62 million deal from earlier this offseason.
Lewan is slated to make $9.34 million under the final year of his rookie deal. Now he's under contract in Tennessee through the 2023 season.
The No. 11 pick in the 2014 NFL Draft, Lewan has developed into one of the top left tackles in the NFL. The Michigan product owns a nasty streak that, while it can get him in trouble at times, enables him to dominate opponents off the ball.
Lewan stayed away from offseason activities earlier this spring as both sides negotiated. The left tackle reported to training camp this week in a good-faith effort. By all accounts, the willingness to report to camp helped finish off the deal.
For the Titans, securing Marcus Mariota's blind side into the future was a priority. With first-round right tackle Jack Conklin dealing with a knee injury, it behooved Tennessee to make Lewan happy entering the season.
As salaries continue to rise and solid offensive tackles become scarce, odds are Lewan won't hold the mantle as the top-paid offensive lineman long. But the stalwart has earned the badge today.


Pozzis, peat bog, near the Col de Verde.
"Salt meadow with glasswort (Salicornia europaea) and sea lavender (Limonium vulgare), Vlieland, province of North Holland, The Netherlands, Europe"
Bog myrtle myrica gale in autumn, on wet heath, at millyford green,:new forest.
"Flowering Cottongrass, Cotton-grass or Cottonsedge (Eriophorum sp.) in raised bog wetlands, Nicklheim, Bavaria, Germany, Europe"
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Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency Associated With the Mmalton Variant. Description of a Family
Déficit de alfa-1-antitripsina asociado a la variante Mmalton. Descripción de una familia
Juan Marco Figueira Gonçalvesa,
juanmarcofigueira@gmail.com
Corresponding author.
, Francisco Martínez Bugallob, David Díaz Péreza, María Dolores Martín Martínezb, Ignacio García-Talaveraa
a Servicio de Neumología y Cirugía Torácica, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, Spain
b Unidad de Genética, Servicio de Análisis Clínicos, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, Spain
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Table 1. Characteristics of Study Family.
Up to 95% of cases related with alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) are associated with the PI*ZZ genotype, while the other 5% are associated with PI*SZ and PI*MZ genotypes or other extremely rare combinations of PI*S or PI*Z with other deficiency or null alleles. These rare alleles account for 1.6% of the deleterious variants recorded in the Spanish Register of Patients with AAT Deficiency, and the most common of these is the PI*Mmalton variant.1 The clinical manifestations of this variant are similar to those of the PI*Z phenotype, and diagnosis is typically delayed by its structural similarity to the Pi M2 allele. We report the case of 2 members of the same family group (Table 1) with a diagnosis of AATD associated with homozygous deficiency PI*Mmalton allele.
Characteristics of Study Family.
Smoking History
AAT Levels (mg/dl)
Forced Spirometry
Liver Function
Case 1 Yes 16 Mmalton/Mmalton Obstructive Altered
Sister 1 of case 1 Yes 19 Mmalton/Mmalton Normal Normal
Sister 2 of case 1 No 84.3 M/Mmalton Normal Normal
Daughter of case 1 No 83.4 M/Mmalton Normal Normal
Son of case 1 No 85.8 M/Mmalton Normal Normal
Father of case 1 No 77.3 M/Mmalton Obstructive Normal
Mother of case 1 No 90.3 M/Mmalton Normal Normal
AAT: Alpha-1 antitrypsin.
The index case was a 47-year-old man, native of the island of Gomera (Canary Islands, Spain), with a clinical history of spontaneous pneumothorax in 2005, and former smoker of 30 pack-years, referred to the respiratory medicine clinic due to a 1-year history of dyspnea on moderate exertion (mMRC 2). Lung functional tests showed FEV1/FVC: 0.5; FEV1: 1.73 l (51%); FVC: 3.38 l (77%); DLCO: 73%; and KCO: 75%. High-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) revealed centrilobular and paraseptal emphysema, predominantly in the upper fields. Abdominal ultrasonography found no signs of chronic liver disease, despite mildly elevated transaminases. Complete blood count and IgA, IgM, IgG and IgE levels were within normal limits. Alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT) was determined by nephelometry, revealing severely reduced levels (16mg/dl), so DNA testing was performed to determine the presence of PI*S and PI*Z alleles, but the result was negative. Given the absence of these deficiency variants and the low AAT levels in serum, we performed a molecular analysis of the SERPINA1 gene, amplifying both coding exonic regions and flanking intronic sequences of exons 4, 5, and 6. This analysis revealed the presence of the homozygous PI*Mmalton (F52del) allele.
The patient's sister, 42 years old, former smoker of 35 pack-years denied any respiratory symptoms. Lung functional tests showed FEV1/FVC: 0.74; FEV1: 2.68 l (96%); FVC: 3.62 l (110%); DLCO: 81%; and KCO: 82%. HRCT, abdominal ultrasonography, and general laboratory tests were all normal. AAT determination revealed severely reduced levels (19mg/dl), and molecular analysis of the SERPINA1 gene detected the homozygous PI*Mmalton allele.
Various AADT patient registries describe the PI*Mmalton allele as the third most common deficiency variant in Spain,2 although this is the first report of its existence in the Canary Islands. Like the Z gene, the Mmalton allele produces improperly folded protein, of which 80%–90% is polymerized in the hepatocyte, expressing levels of less than 15% in blood. The co-existence of emphysema and hepatic cirrhosis is often described in patients with homozygous PI*Mmalton,3,4 although this was absent from our cases; however, the behavior of the heterozygous forms appears to be far more variable. Most PI*M/Mmalton patients have no changes in lung or liver function, in contrast to the PI*Z/Mmalton genotype that appears to be associated with an increased risk of emphysema.5 With regard to liver involvement, Canva et al. described the case of a PI* Mmalton/M patient who developed end-stage liver disease despite no history of hepatitis, alcohol abuse or liver disease in childhood.6 Similarly, Piras et al., found that less than 13% of subjects with either the homozygous or heterozygous PI*Mmalton variant showed evidence of chronic liver disease.7
Our case is remarkable because of the clinical differences observed in our patients, despite their consanguinity and similar exposure to tobacco smoke at a similar intensity, demonstrating different patterns of clinical manifestations of the same PI*Mmalton/Mmalton genotype.
F. Rodríguez-Frías, M. Miravitlles, R. Vidal, S. Camos, R. Jardi.
Rare alpha-1-antitrypsin variants: are they really so rare?.
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Clinical phenotypes of Italian and Spanish patients with alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency.
Eur Respir J, 42 (2013), pp. 54-64
http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/09031936.00104712 | Medline
C.L. Reid, G.J. Wiener, D.W. Cox, J.E. Richter, K.R. Geisinger.
Diffuse hepatocellular dysplasia and carcinoma associated with the Mmalton variant of alpha 1-antitrypsin.
Gastroenterology, 93 (1987), pp. 181-187
D.T. Curiel, M.D. Holmes, H. Okayama, M.L. Brantly, C. Vogelmeier, W.D. Travis, et al.
Molecular basis of the liver and lung disease associated with the alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency allele Mmalton.
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B.J. Sproule, D.W. Cox, K. Hsu, M.L. Salkie, F.A. Herbert.
Pulmonary function associated with the Mmalton deficient variant of alpha 1-antitrypsin.
Am Rev Respir Dis, 127 (1983), pp. 237-240
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V. Canva, S. Piotte, J.P. Aubert, N. Porchet, M. Lecomte-Houcke, G. Huet, et al.
Heterozygous M3Mmalton alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency associated with end-stage liver disease: case report and review.
Clin Chem, 47 (2001), pp. 1490-1496
I. Ferrarotti, J. Baccheschi, M. Zorzetto, C. Tinelli, L. Corda, B. Balbi, et al.
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Please cite this article as: Figueira Gonçalves JM, Martínez Bugallo F, Díaz Pérez D, Martín Martínez MD, García-Talavera I. Déficit de alfa-1-antitripsina asociado a la variante Mmalton. Descripción de una familia. Arch Bronconeumol. 2016;52:617–618.
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Today I worked on my December Daily! I just love how its turning out! Remember, there are no rules for smashing! Get creative and have fun! Emma's stamps and dies are ideal for any kind of crafty! Thats why I love her products!
Thank You for stopping by today! Make sure you check out the rest of the design team for more inspiration! Big crafty hugs!!!
What a darling Daily Book, great memories for the family in the future!
I really love your December Daily and everything you've come up with for it. You are such a talented scrapper. I love too how you've used Miss Emma's goodies. Your pages are amazing and so cute and your pics are fab. I can only image how awesome your pages look in person. I truly love what you do and how you do it!!!
Fabulous December daily!!! Wonderful projects all week!
This is a great Dec Daily project...kuddos to you. I could never find the time to do this kind of project.
Wow! that's a lot of work. It all looks great. Love the tabs etc.
Your book is gorgeous! Good for you that you are keeping up with your December Daily album.
That is an amazing Smash Book!!! :) What an awesome keepsake!
Super cute smash pages:) Your creativity always inspires me. Thank you for sharing.
Your keepsake of memories just becomes more and more beautiful each day! Thank you for sharing and inspiring!
Wonderful pages I wish this way of keeping memories was around when my daughter was growing but I do still have many, many pictures etc so maybe I should give this a go. Thank you for sharing some of your families moments with us and for all the hard work that went into this week. Have a safe and happy holiday season.
FAB pages Nancy! Love all the stamps and dies!! such a GREAT memory you have created!
THis is turning out so cool. Love the FROZEN movie pics.
This Daily Book is so creative - loved how you used so many elements in your design.
Great idea for keeping those memories alive!
Awesome SMASHING! I didn't realize there was a Christmas SMASH book until I saw Emma's video with the SMASH book prize. I love the idea of doing a DECEMBER DAILY SMASH version. That had not entered my mind. Thanks for your wonderful inspiration and the pages from your book you've shared.
This is a great way to preserve those memories. Love your layouts in this. Great Job!
Wow....love your December daily!!! You can definitely tell you put a lot of work into it:) Thank you so much for sharing!!
Great job on your video and all of your pages. The movie sounds like a good one and you all had fun watching it. Thinking I should see it. I like to see how you design your pages as you go. Wonderfl job!
Fantastic smash book! I really enjoyed your video showing how you put the page together. Thanks so much for sharing your memories with us.
Oh Nancy ~ you know how I feel about your work and smashing ~ now daily ~ this is something you and your children will TREASURE forever! You make this look so easy ~ I am always in AWE!! So BEAUTIFUL just like you and your children...oops forgot to mention the hubs too! LOL! Beautifully done as always! Also I am coming to your house for a week so I can sit and watch you ~ so I can learn even more!
I love your December Daily!! It is absolutely adorable!!!!!
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Putting two and two and one together in one small corner of the Bowland Fells
Mark October 18, 2018 October 18, 2018 18 Comments
The locations of five Hen Harriers whose satellite tags have mysteriously ceased to transmit in and adjacent to an SPA set up to protect Hen Harriers:
SD596621 tag id 94591 tagged by NE 23 June 2010, ceased transmitting 18 Aug 2010
SD617605 'Hope' tagged by RSPB summer 2014, ceased transmitting 13 September 2014
SD624632 Thor tagged by RSPB summer 2018, ceased transmitting 3 October 2018
SD634615 'Sky' tagged by RSPB summer 2014, ceased transmitting 10 September 2014
SD673604 tag id 58870 tagged by NE 12 July 2010, ceased transmitting 21 August 2010
The furthest distance between these five locations is about 5 miles – most are within a couple of miles of each at least one other last resting place.
On which note, don't the red markers look a bit like tombstones? They might as well be. Very short lives – none of them got to the end of the grouse shooting season let alone Christmas, let alone their first birthdays, let alone their first nesting attempt, let alone their first successful nesting attempt.
Will 'manda be sobbing into her hankie and saying 'It's so sad, it's so sad. So many tragic and unexplained accidents'.
Will Andrew Gilruth be retweeting YFTB nonsense or addressing the ills of shooting for once?
Will the Natural England senior management and Board be able to look themselves in the mirror tomorrow morning? Brood meddling is the solution to any of this? The hell it is!
Will Richard Benyon cough with embarrassment at the fact that he rejected vicarious liability for wildlife crime when he was a Defra minister?
Will Rory Stewart blush that he did nothing to end wildlife crime in his tenure at Defra?
Will Therese Coffey say anything about raptor persecution?
How long will the tombstones gather on the map? How blindingly obvious do the patterns have to be before someone gets a grip of wildlife crime in the uplands? When we talk about wildlife crime hotspots there are few that are as closely gathered into a single spot and are so very hot.
Now, I wonder whether NE and the Lancs police have twigged yet that there is something serious going on here?
Driven grouse shooting? I'd ban it tomorrow if i had the power.
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Michael Roberts says:
In may 2014 I cycled across the Salter Fell Road. A gamekeeper came out of the Mallowdale Fell track in his Landrover. He had guns (normal). I took a photo of the LR and he jumped out and was agressive. I wonder why.I am just a cyclist
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Terry Pickford, North West Raptor Protection Group says:
Michael, why should anyone be surprised at such behaviour. My vehicle was severely damaged by someone who had kicked in the side panels wearing spiked boots several years ago. At the time my vehicle was parked in a pub car park while I was attending a joint raptor group / gamekeeper meeting convened to discuss hen harrier persecution in Bowland.
On a second occasion I was maliciously accused by a gamekeeper of attempting to run him down while driving my vehicle on an estate road. The evidence which I was able to produce proved this accusation to be false and unfounded. When I threatened to take the matter to court the gamekeeper withdrew his accusation [Mark writes: small section removed because it alleges things about individuals which I cannot possibly know to be true]
One of my most interesting encounters in Bowland occurred when my wife and I were walking along a forest track, a known goshawk territory. The track was positioned adjacent to one of the two grouse moor area where Mark Avery has attached the 5 grid reference on the map above. I recall it was snowing as we approached the end of the track close to the edge of the moor to our left. At this point we encountered two men on the track in front of us walking down towards my wife and myself. One of the two men I identified as a gamekeeper from the adjoining estate. As we walked towards the two men, now about 50 metres in front of us, I saw the second much younger man holding something in his hand before he quickly moved what he was carrying behind his back out of sight. It was at this point the older man appeared to walk briskly towards my wife and myself blocking our way in an aggressive manner, asking loudly what we were doing. It was my wife that noticed the younger of the two men disappearing into the wood on our left taking with him whatever he had been holding with him. The individual who stopped us then made a determined effort preventing my wife and I walking past him. Eventually when we were allowed to pass we tried to follow the second man's footsteps from where he had disappeared into the wood. Despite a determined search following the footsteps the best we could into the wood, they completely disappeared below the forest canopy the deeper into the wood we walked, we never saw this man again.
I am unable to say what the second man had been concealing behind his back, but whatever it was it was something both individuals definitely did not what my wife and I to see.
Alex Milne says:
Nick Lyall said in his blog which talked about Thor today "Amanda Anderson, Director of the Moorland Association said: "We join this appeal without hesitation and it is vital the police receive any possible information. This year we have been hugely encouraged by the best hen harrier breeding season in a decade and the fact that 60% of this year's successfully fledged chicks had help from gamekeepers. At this stage it is not known if anything has happened to Thor beyond that the tag has stopped transmitting. It is widely recognised that that there is a high natural mortality rate for young hen harriers with only two out of every ten expected to survive their first year. We all know that collaboration is the key to successful conservation. As such, enhanced transparency and greater sharing of satellite tag data from the outset of birds' lives would be a huge step in the right direction.""
I don't think she will get much traction at the RPPDG for her desire to get (and for gamekeepers to get) current sat tag data but she may get an easier hearing at Natural England. I'm surprised that she wants greater transparency though. Perhaps that is why NE has released location information. Surely that is not linked to Amanda's previously expressed desire for access to current data?
Rob Thomas says:
Which estate is that?
There are two gamekeepers employed to manage the areas depicted on your map, one on each of the two estates. It is no coincidence in my opinion that two of the three historic peregrine territories on both estates have not contained an active peregrine nest since 2006. In 2010 one of the three peregrine territories was found occupied, the nest containing two chicks in May. This may have had a connection with the fact that the resident gamekeeper who managed this area left the estate taking up duties elsewhere at the end of 2009. This left a gap of five months months allowing a new pair of peregrines to take up residence at the site, laying a clutch of eggs in April before a replacement gamekeeper had been appointed towards the end of May. When I examined the nest for a second time in the first week of June I discovered the nest was empty, and both chicks I had seen in in May along with the breeding pair had disappeared. This territory along with the other two remain vacated to the present day, I wonder why?
Lizzybusy says:
Keep up the great work Terry. You and your wife are obviously seen as a threat. And thanks for your informative blog.
On my local estate, there's a similar story.
The badgers occupying 14 setts (yes 14 setts) disappeared within one season following the (iirc) tripling of the number of gamekeepers on the estate. The badgers have not re-located to the setts or re-established setts elsewhere on the estate (thousands of acres) in the intervening 10 years or so, yet the habitat remains the same.
Similarly, the raptors pretty much disappeared over the same period - apart from temporary appearances on the edge of the estate.
By coincidence the boundaries of the estate are where bird traps and stink pits are used, together with shooting of 'vermin' on the estate and spring traps along all the waterways and snares in all the woods. It's a deadly place for wildlife that try to enter the estate.
In my opinion, this is a concerted, coordinated campaign of predator extermination of all species, regardless of legal protected status or otherwise, and it's happening across the board on the more 'productive' shoots. It stinks.
Lizzybuzy, I appreciate your words of support, as you probably know yourself it's very frustrating having to stand back and watch nest after nest being destroyed on a patch of Lancashire's moorland I have been involved with since 1973.
Peregrine license for use in Bowland which members of our group had held since 1974 were withheld by Natural England in 2010 because of the damaging detail of destroyed nests, missing eggs and young, together with adult breeding birds that vanished with regular frequency throughout the Forest of Bowland each season. It is easy to understand why these criminal acts being uncovered embarrass estates and their gamekeepers, who would not wish to see the detail made public because of the bad publicity such information would cause.
Finding an occupied peregrine nests these days on any of Bowland's privately owned estates is most unlikely. To my knowledge there have been no records of an occupied peregrine nest on any private estate in Bowland since 2014, let alone a successful nest.
If you examine Mark Avery's map above depicting the five grid reference where satellite tagged hen harriers had disappeared at Roeburndale and Lowgill, it is understandable why the three peregrine territories once established in these areas are no longer tenanted, a result of systematic persecution. Despite reporting incidents of persecution from both regions to the police and wildlife Crime Officer, even asking if the WCO would speak with each of the keepers responsible for managing these areas, nothing has changed. I can confirm in the rare event of a peregrine turning up at Roeburndale and Lowgill at one of the historic territories in the spring, the ones I have seen quickly vanish before settling down to breed.
Great little map Mark....to the point, a real wildlife tragedy, particularly on the basis that absolutely nothing is being done by the 'now informed' powers that be to remove the insidious threat to raptors by the shooting brigade. What will it take to stop this happening...depressing!!
Public interest in this topic is taking off. Perhaps it's time for an article without acronyms and jargon, explaining in simple terms the facts and the background.
For me the killing of the little owls has really got my attention and probably many many others. Do you smell a turning point?
How many gamekeepers work in that rural area? How many shotgun owners live in that rural area? It wouldn't take long for one of them to squeal if they were all taken into custody in the early hours of the morning and questioned about the killings - unless the police aren't really interested in finding the culprits that is.
jbc says:
Dave J, that would be illegal for good reason.
"Let's take all the Muslims/Black people/ Teenagers in the area and lock them up until one of them squeals... "
I agree entirely that the Police should pull their finger out and investigate this properly, as organised crime, but they need to act within the law themselves when they do so.
This will never stop until there are Ministers in Defra who do not suck up to the large estates, their associated income streams (of benefit to the overall economy(?)), or more likely their voting potential and realise that their Departmental acronym contains the word Environment. Most are too thick(skinned) to be easily embarrassed but the more this abuse is publicised, and challenged, the more we can hope for progress.
Stuart Carlton says:
The deafening silence from Coffey and Gove gets louder by the passing days. I don't suppose we have to struggle too hard to understand why! If they had any real interest, other than that vested in the continuation of driven grouse shooting, we would surely have heard from them by now. Not a word not a peep from either so we must draw our own conclusions.
Chris Steel says:
I understand of the thirteen or so hen harriers that have fledged this year only three were tagged. Of these, how many are they still transmitting ? Surely a species that has such a tenuous hold within the Trough should merit a blanket surveillance programme. I fear for the tagged birds.....the rest well !!!
That really is disappointing. It would need all the English chicks to be tagged to get through to the pubic what is going on. I am sure there are limits to resources but a crowdfunder could have sat-tagged all of them .
Totally agree with this what you are proposing. Had this been undertaken in Bowland this year we may have been looking at a figure of 13 tagged birds lost, not just the ones that were in fact tagged; think of the bad publicity this would have generated. The cost although high, may have proved a sound investment, proving once and for all what we all know has been taking place on red grouse moors for decades.
I have been wondering about the total number of chicks tagged but there is no public information of which I am aware. Do you know otherwise?
For instance, Mabel was tagged by NE (and I'm glad that they stated the fact) when it was announced as disappeared no trace. I'm not aware that they have stated that they satellite tagged any number of birds. You could always ask Amanda, as she is quite close to NE, I believe, and may know. She has asked for current satellite tag information a few times on the grounds of transparency (and possibly other reasons), I believe.
Also Thor (now sadly disappeared no trace) was tagged by the RSPB but was not listed on their website as a tagged birds only 12 of which were selected to be on the website listed birds. The RSPB said that was only a proportion of the Hen Harriers tagged.
Sorry for cross posting (from RPUK) but this is important.
I made a map with a 1 mile radius (as the RSPB did for Sky and Hope) for the 6 killed Hen Harriers. I put Thor directly between Sky and Hope as the RSPB stated in their statement.
https://i.imgur.com/PZwd14k.jpg
Notice how close id94591 is to a public road and farms
https://i.imgur.com/GJ8hNZ4.jpg
I want to know what the police have done and why this cluster still isn't being mentioned by the police even this week with another fatality. NE told me they informed the police about their [dead] birds and that they have searched for them. So why is no one talking about this? I have asked Nick Lyall (raptor PPDG) why he hasn't mentioned the NE birds.
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After solving the above, I wanted to use geoQuery to build a mapping solution.
Appreciate any help in resolving this.

A: I think this should work
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Drain, spread on clean kitchen napkin. Keep aside.
Heat oil, add all the vegetables, stirfry for 2 minutes.
Add ketchup, salt, chilli sauce.
Place one chappati on a work surface.
Place one spinach leaf on it.
Spread some stuffing on it.
Fold in opposite ends and roll lightly like a spring roll.
Place all the canneloni in a greased baking tray.
Pour white sauce over it, sprinkle cheese.
Bake in a hot oven till cheese melts.


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From Kirana to Kopitiam: A Case Study of the Changing Indian Retail Industry
Using the PESTEL Framework to Analyze the Transforming the Indian Retail Industry
We explore the Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Environmental, and Legal forces that impact the Indian Retail Industry using the PESTEL framework. This framework is especially pertinent and relevant as it lends itself to a thorough macro analysis of the industries and more importantly, provides a useful lens by which one can view how broader forces and trends shape the evolution and transformation of the industry.
All Politics is Local – the Political Forces at Play in the Indian Retail Sector
To start with, Political factors play a significant role in determining the fortunes of the Indian Retail Industry. While governments in the Western world tend to deregulate and liberalize the industries based on free market and capitalist principles, the Indian Government, thus far, has been hesitant to throw open the Indian Retail Industry to foreign competitors.
Where it has done so, it has proceeded haltingly as can be seen from the way it allowed FDI or Foreign Direct Investment into Single Brand Retail but not Multi Brand Retail. This means that foreign retailers can set up shop and sell products of a particular brand under one roof but not open stores where everything is available under a single roof.
While this has led to much lobbying by giant retailers such as Walmart and Tesco and Target, the fact remains that the Indian Establishment does not want to displease the Trader segment which forms a significant and crucial voting bloc that comes in handy during fundraising and election time.
Indeed, no discussion on the Indian Retail Industry would be complete without mentioning the role of the Kirana and the Small Shop lobby which is both numerically and financially powerful.
Economic Factors Shaping the Future Evolution of the Indian Retail Industry
Having said that it is also the case that the economic forces at work throughout the world and especially in Indian would sooner or later lead to the Indian Retail Industry becoming more transparent and global in nature.
This is mainly on account of both changing consumer preferences as well as the sheer impact of the economies of scale as far as the operations of the retail industry are concerned.
For instance, the world over, Mom and Pop stores or the equivalent of the Kirana stores have found it difficult to survive the onslaught of Big Retailers mainly as the latter have deep pockets and also because they operate on a scale which means that they can give attractive discounts which the former cannot match.
Also, automation ensures that efficiencies accrue which on top of the inbuilt advantages of size and convenience means that sooner or later, the Indian Retail experience would see more malls and supermarkets when compared to the neighborhood stores.
However, the Kirana stores are unbeatable as far as servicing the Bottom of the Pyramid consumers is concerned.
Indeed, given the fact that India is still a rural economy despite urbanization, it is clear that the unparalleled penetration of the Kirana stores in the hinterlands, as well as the inner city neighborhoods, means that they are not going to disappear completely.
The Aspirational Indian Consumer and the Changing Social Mores and Attitudes
The changing social mores and the consumer choices and preferences are the key drivers of the Indian Retail Industry. Compared to previous generations, the youth and those in their 30s have been exposed to Western modes of living since they grew up after the liberalization of the Indian Economy and especially with the internet and the Smartphone revolutions.
In addition, with more and more Indians traveling abroad on tourism, work, or to visit their relatives, they see for themselves what Western consumers prefer and how Western retailers service them.
Thus, the social forces of liberal mindsets and the economic forces of free-market capitalism combine to create a consumer base that is impatient with the traditional modes of shopping and consumerism and this is driving the transformation of the Indian Retail Industry.
It is also the case that older Indians also find it convenient to shop in Malls and online portals and this is another critical factor impacting the transformation of the Indian Retail Industry.
ECommerce and mCommerce Revolutions and Technology Led Consumerism
Talking about online and mobile shopping, the emergence of the eCommerce and the mCommerce sectors can be thought to be the most important trends in the last decade or so. Indeed, homegrown companies like Flipkart and foreign ones such as Amazon have seen their revenues grow manifold ever since they established a presence in India.
Thus, technology led shopping and consumerism makes the Indian market a very exciting prospect. This is the reason for the American retail giant, Walmart, acquiring Flipkart recently wherein the former wants a pie of the mouthwatering action in the Indian Retail Space.
Apart from this, it would not be an exaggeration to state that the proliferation of Mobiles and Smartphones in India has allowed it to bypass the traditional evolution from landlines to mobiles and instead, leapfrog directly into the Smartphone and Mobile era.
Thus, the technological factor that is transforming the Indian Retail Sector is evident from these trends. Also, last mile connectivity issues have been mainly sorted out wherein it is now routine for Indians of all incomes and hues to either order online or through phone and have their goods delivered to their doorsteps free of cost.
Again, the better coordination in the consumer value chain between the consumer, the merchant, and the delivery personnel is mainly being driven by technology.
The Emergence of the Eco Chic Consumer and What it Means for the Indian Retail Industry
With increasing social and environmental consciousness among the Indian Consumers, the Retail Sector has had to grapple with its business practices that were widely seen as being polluting and environmentally damaging.
For instance, the widespread use of Plastic Bags for carrying the goods brought in groceries was banned by the Courts since such plastic carry bags were found to be environmentally damaging. Unlike cloth and paper bags, the plastic bags do not decay or merge with the soil.
Hence, the courts felt that Kirana and Supermarket stores should not use them. In addition, the rise of the Eco Chic Consumer or the Consumers who insist on buying so-called Green Brands meant that such brands that are deemed to cause minimal environmental damage were found to be in demand more than others.
Moreover, with the Indian and Foreign Media focusing on these issues and how the Retail Sector was reacting, there was added pressure on it to rectify and correct their business practices.
Legal Ramifications Affecting the Sector
Apart from that, the courts and the government too took an active interest in how the Indian Retail Sector was responding to the growing social and environmental practices. The combined effect of all these trends meant that Child Labor was outlawed, Green Practices were prescribed, Food Safety was mandated, and Adulteration and Quality issues were subject to stricter fines including cancelation of licenses.
Taken together with other legal measures such as sealing of shops in residential neighborhoods as well as banning encroachments meant that overcrowded footpaths and dingy shops were now being elbowed out.
While this move was widely hailed, the fact remains that those at the lower end of the Retail Pyramid were more impacted than Big Supermarkets and Stores.
The Double Whammy of Demonetization and GST and How the Industry is yet to Recover
No discussion on the Indian Retail Industry would be complete without analyzing the impact of Demonetization and the introduction of the GST or the Goods and Services Tax.
Indeed, when compared to the other sectors in the Indian Economy, the retail sector perhaps took the biggest hit in terms of lost revenues as well as disruption of the supply and value chains.
This is mainly because the Indian Retail Sector is a Cash Driven one where Cash is King and hence, the sudden move to withdraw nearly 80% of the money in circulation led to large-scale disruptions in the way the sector operates.
The effects can be seen on the sector in terms of lost revenues on account of the days and months it took for the cash supply to be restored, the disruption to the livelihoods of the Millions of owners, traders, supplier, and employees who make up the workforce in the Retail Value Chain.
In addition, the introduction of the GST dealt another blow to the Indian Retail sector long accustomed to multiple taxation structures as well as not having paid direct taxes like Income Tax earlier.
In other words, the Millions of Kirana shops and Neighborhood Grocery Stores, the Merchants and the Traders, were simply out of the Tax Bracket before GST was implemented.
Thus, the introduction of GST meant that they all now had to register themselves as Taxpayers in addition to filing taxes every month or quarter.
While this move was intended to both simplify the Taxation Structure and Broaden the Tax Base, the way in which it was implemented led to serious and severe disruption in the workings of the Indian Retail Sector.
It would be an understatement to say that the Sector has yet to recover from the Twin impacts of Demonetization and GST fully. Indeed, one can go so far as to say that the Retail Sector was hit by a Double Whammy by the Demonetization and GST Measures.
Culture and the Glocal Approach: How to Woo the Conservative Indian Consumer
The discussion so far has examined the ongoing transformation of the Indian Retail Sector using the PESTEL framework. As can be seen from the points made so far, it is clear that the Indian Retail Sector is rapidly changing with the confluence and the convergence of all these trends.
However, a key factor that both aids as well as inhibit further transformations is the very real impact of Culture. Given that India is a socially and culturally conservative country, it remains to be seen as to how far the transformation of the Sector happens in terms of the ongoing attempts to westernize it.
Indeed, this is the reason why many Foreign, as well as Indian Retailers, have begun to Think Global, but Act Local, or to use a famous term, adopt Glocal strategies.
In other words, any retailer wishing to do business in India has to necessarily adopt a Glocal strategy wherein world-class infrastructure and consumer experiences are merged with highly localized marketing and advertising strategies as well as product and brand choices.
This is the reason why McDonald's in India sells McTikka and McAloo in deference of Indian tastes and this is also the reason why many Indian Retailers use their Indianness as a Unique Selling Proposition.
Conclusion: The More Things Change, the More they Remain the Same
In the final analysis, it is our view that the changes underway in the Indian Retail Sector would take time to have deep and meaningful impacts on the way the Indian Retail Sector operates.
Indeed, the confluence and the convergence of all the trends discussed so far means that while there would be attempts to reform and rejuvenate the sector, overall, we can expect the changes to be glacial in both the speed as well as the basic structure of the sector are concerned.
To conclude, these are the best of times and worst of times to be a Retailer in India and hence, it is advisable for all players to be cautiously optimistic and realistic at the same time as far as their strategies are concerned.
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Coda Won Best Picture- But Disabled People Can't Watch It
I was thrilled to wake up yesterday to the news that Coda won three Oscars on Sunday night. A movie about a Deaf family, starring mostly Deaf actors, winning Best Picture is a definite and thrilling moment of progress for Deaf people, Disabled people, diversity and media representation.
Troy Katsur, the first Deaf man to ever win an Oscar, was right to dedicate his Best Supporting Actor win to the Deaf and Disabled communities.
In my excitement, I went to see how I could watch Coda online. That's where I found a problem in this massive moment of progress. Coda is only available to watch on AppleTV+. A paid subscription service costing £5 a month.
I don't mean to discriminate but a large percentage of the audience for most movies about disability are disabled people or carers themselves. Disabled people and carers can rarely spare the price of a subscription service such as AppleTv+. With the general cost of living rising, many of them will be able to find a much better use for £5 a month. Some may be lucky enough to be able to borrow accounts from family members to watch movies, but that percentage is likely to be very small. Yes, there is a free trial period, but how many people remember to cancel those?
The point is that especially now that Coda has had such high profile Awards success, it should be made available to a free streaming service by Apple, or made available for free on AppleTV+, at least for a limited but reasonable period of time, maybe a month. Even better, it could be shown on a terrestrial channel so that people could record it and watch it at their convenience.
As one reader told me earlier today, by leaving Coda to only be available on Apple TV, TV and streaming services are actually discriminating against a lot of the film's probable target audience. They added "This is the first film in AGES that I've been super excited about seeing and WE can't……"
So this is a call to anyone who agrees with me to do everything possible to get Coda made available for free so that it can have the audience it so clearly deserves and the target audience it wants. I'll happily sign petitions to TV channels!
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Progress in building the networks for the future
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Early progress in building the networks for the future
Telstra's Chief Operations Officer, Robyn Denholm, highlights the progress being made in building Networks for the Future with enhancements to the reach, capacity and capability of Telstra's networks.
With the explosive growth that is underway in the number and variety of smart devices, online services and digital applications, we are expecting five times the traffic and more than quadruple the number of devices across our networks over the next five years.
These figures sound impressive but this is about more than raw numbers. It represents connecting you with friends and family; enabling Australian businesses to take advantage of cloud computing, machine to machine communications and artificial intelligence; supporting the development of a host of new startups; and giving you control over the smart home of the future.
To make this future a reality in Australia we are undertaking a once-in-a-generation program in building the Networks for the Future. This will see Telstra build networks that underpin the way our customers work, learn and play for years to come. Networks that will usher in 5G and make the Internet of Things a reality.
With the hard work of our leading engineers, developers and technicians bringing the best technologies from around the world to Australia and collaborating with our technology partners, we have made some exciting progress on this journey. By increasing the reach, capacity and capability of key parts of our networks in recent weeks we have put the foundational building blocks in place for the connected world of the future.
Increasing capacity
Only 20% of the capacity we are going to require on our networks by 2020 existed at the start of this year. So clearly we have a lot of work to do!
A critical part of delivering our services is our transmission network. These are the big pipes that form the backbone of our national network and support everything from mobiles and home broadband, to data for our business and government customers. So upgrading the capacity and capability of this network is a key early step in building Networks for the Future.
We are currently rolling out optical transport technology across our transmission network, which will increase both capacity and flexibility of the network as well as improve resilience.
Tasmania is the first place to benefit from this new technology. We have lit up the optical transmission technology across the state and on the cable routes running across Bass Strait. The upgrade will increase Telstra's network capacity on each of Telstra's two subsea cables running across the Bass Strait from 400 Gigabit to 1 Terabit per second – the equivalent of 200,000 HD videos being streamed simultaneously.*
Importantly, the next generation optical transport technology offers huge upside for supporting growth. With future system deployments we anticipate we can scale up to 100 Terabits per second or more.
We will now be progressively upgrading our optical transport capability around Australia, with Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia the next in line to benefit from from inter-capital upgrades.
Telstra's 4G coverage now reaches 99% of the Australian population
With new mobile sites being completed in Woongenellup, Western Australia and in Kongwak, Victoria as well as 4GX upgrades in Cardwell, Queensland and in Grace Plains, South Australia among several other towns in recent weeks, we have now expanded our 4G coverage to reach 99 per cent of the Australian population. This means more regional and remote communities than ever before have access to mobile services using the latest technologies.
We now offer 4G across more than 1.4 million square kilometres, which is more than five times the landmass of the United Kingdom and means more Australians have access to our world leading network where they live, work and play.
Australia's largest Internet of Things footprint
Telstra has activated Cat M1 across our 4GX coverage footprint, becoming the first network operator in Australia to offer the technology and accelerating the growth of IoT-based businesses and applications across the country. We will shortly deploy range extension capability which will take the Cat M1 coverage footprint for compatible Cat M1 devices to more than 3 million square kilometres.
Cat M1 enables low cost IoT devices, like sensors and monitors, to have greater reach in distance and depth into buildings. It also offers the opportunity for battery life measured in years rather than hours and days.
This is great news for a range of industries. We see this as an investment in the IoT ecosystem in Australia that will support new start-ups across multiple sectors, including agriculture, transportation, healthcare and mining. We are working with the sector to develop products and service that can take advantage of our IoT capabilities. Telstra has also commenced the rollout and testing of software that supports the NarrowBand IoT standard and we expect to enable that capability later this year.
* Based on a 5Mbps per streamed HD video
This article was first published on Telstra Exchange
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Economic Interest Association Croatia's Renewable Energy Sources gathers electricity producers from renewable sources with more than 70% of total installed power. In Croatia, this is also the only renewable energy project we have. In the last 15 years in Croatia, investments in renewable energy sources are almost exclusively carried by the private sector.
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ROMO Wind is the exclusive provider of the patented iSpin spinner anemometer. The iSpin system is based on ultrasonic technology and measures and monitors wind conditions where it matters – directly at the spinner in front of the rotor. iSpin allows for higher yield lower loads and better performance analysis.
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LAKE NONA, FL- New England will send four teams to USTA's National Campus in Lake Nona, FL for the 2017 Junior Team Tennis (JTT) National Championships. Sippican Tennis Club (14U Advanced), from Marion, MA and MadRackets (14U Intermediate), from Madison Racquet and Swim Club in Madison, CT will compete from September 21-24, while North Shore Legends (18U Advanced), from the Boston area and New Hampshire Rogues (18U Intermediate), from Bedford, NH will play from September 28-October 1.
The Nationals appearance will be the fourth consecutive for MadRackets, the second straight for North Shore Legends, and the first each for Sippican and NH Rogues.
All four teams advanced to Nationals by winning their respective flight at the New England Section Championships in August at Harvard University.


US lawmakers are calling on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to probe privacy complaints about Google's Buzz, following a tirade of grumbles that greeted the creepy injection of the real-time Twitterbookish tech into Gmail in February this year.
On 25 March, 11 American lawmakers from the House of Energy and Commerce Committee penned a letter (link courtesy of Paid Content) to FTC chairman Jon Leibowitz, asking his office to investigate allegations that Google revealed personal details of its users without first securing their consent.
"Due to the high number of individuals whose online privacy is affected by tools like this - either directly or indirectly - we feel that these claims warrant the commission's review of Google's public disclosure of personal information of consumers through Google Buzz," reads the letter.
Last month the Electronic Privacy Information Center filed a similar complaint with the FTC.
According to the letter, the lawmakers welcomed Google's response to Gmail users, who complained bitterly about Mountain View's pathetic privacy oversight when it launched Buzz.
The company was forced to tweak the feature to appease Gmail users who did not like Google's stealth dump of Buzz within their online email system.
"Google has since made several changes to the service to fix this, and we commend these efforts," reads the letter.
"While we are glad to hear that Google is working on these problems, we remain concerned that personal information was publicly disclosed without notice or choice and as yet to be appropriately secured."
In the same missive, the lawmakers said they were worried about children being put at risk by the privacy flaws found in Buzz.
Earlier this month an outgoing commissioner with the FTC laid into Google for the privacy-envelope-pushing launch of Google Buzz, which she characterised as "irresponsible conduct".
In response to the latest complaint, Google reasserted to the Los Angeles Times that it did respect its Gmailers' privacy online.


Royal Passeig de Gràcia Hotel is witihin 50 meters of La Pedrera and Diagonal Metro Station. The hotel features a seasonal rooftop sky lounge with panoramic views of Barcelona. This 4-star hotel also has an interior garden.
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Helping Others is a Good Feeling (July 2020 – CSR)
The 2020 monsoon season has caused massive landslides and floods in Sindhupalchowk, Nepal resulting in 100 houses being swiped away and displacing 100s of people that need support. The GrowByData team with the help of VCN (Volunteer Corps Nepal) – a non-profit Humanitarian and Development organization made an effort to alleviate the dire situation of the community affected by the floods.
As a part of our mission to give back to the community, we conducted a clothing and food drive for the flood victims. COVID-19 had made it especially tough for us to continue our philanthropic work regardless of our eagerness to help the community. But despite the difficulties, we managed to partner with VCN in getting relief aid in the form of clothing and food (noodles, rice, biscuits, etc.) to the flood victims of Sindhupalchowk. Our charitable efforts were able to provide some relief for 90 families affected by the disaster.
We would like to thank all the GrowByData team members for donating. And a big thank you to VCN's Mr. Deepak Chapagain and his team for their continuous efforts to help the needy. We hope to continue working with VCN in the future as part of our CSR and giving back to the community endeavors.


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