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by Jordan Michaels on September 3, 2020
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A former executive for the National Rifle Association will release next week a tell-all book about his experience with the NRA titled, "Inside the N.R.A.: A Tell-All Account of Corruption, Greed, and Paranoia Within the Most Powerful Political Group in America."
Josh Powell was fired in January after allegedly improperly using NRA funds. He was also accused of gender discrimination and sexual harassment.
The New York Times received an advanced copy of Powell's book, and they outlined in a recent article his accusations against his former employer.
Powells claims the NRA has abandoned "its roots as an organization focused on gun safety and education" by turning its back on the majority of gun owners, who Powell claims support universal background checks and red flag laws.
"I was part of a message machine that helped to perpetuate the problem and exacerbate the extremism of the gun debate, something I wouldn't fully appreciate for a long time," he writes. "I would become lost. And my experience would ultimately convince me that the N.R.A. itself had lost its mission, and lost its way too."
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While Powell personally doubts the efficacy of universal background checks, he believes the NRA should take that issue off the table. He also believes they should support red flag laws that allow family members and friends to petition a court to confiscated a person's firearms – "as long as there is a process" that "involves both medical doctors and psychiatrists, and some sort of bipartisan oversight."
He also accuses the NRA, and specifically Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre, of significant financial mismanagement.
LaPierre "couldn't run an organization on a fiscally sound basis to save his life," Powell claims.
Powell was himself a businessman, but his previous ventures into men's clothing catalogs were not successful. He was sued numerous times in connection with the catalogs over the nonpayment of debts, according to the New York AG's lawsuit against the NRA.
Powell claims that LaPierre confided in him about quitting last year. According to Powell, LaPierre speculated that former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee or former House member Jason Chaffetz might replace him.
The NRA denied Powell's version of that conversation in an interview with the New York Times. A spokesman claimed that LaPierre spoke to many people about succession planning "if, and when, he ever left the N.R.A."
The Times also reports that, in the weeks before he was fired, Powell was seeking to restructure his contract and receive $1.7 million as a consultant.
"My loyalty to the Association is without question," he wrote to LaPierre at the time.
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RIC CARTER December 20, 2021, 11:39 am
Get rid of Wayne and his henchmen, and we would gain a million members.
↩ ∞
Hank December 4, 2020, 11:12 am
Fecal matter is fecal matter and the NRA has had it at the top of the organization far to long! As a mechanic would say, the heads need to be replaced!
Hank December 4, 2020, 9:05 am
Red flag laws not only go against the Constitution, but above all else get innocent people killed! There are are ready laws on the books where family members can request a mental evaluation! Envision this, you are driving your vehicle which has a hunting or pro gun sticker on it and some wacko liberal sees the sticker, gets your plate number and calls you in as a gun nut! Guess what happens next, who may get shot? Not a good thing for anyone involved in a red flag event! It has already happened where Marxist government has enacted these discrimination red flag laws! Not for America sorry!
Pat J September 10, 2020, 9:07 am
Sweaty little TV politico-preacher: "They want to take away your christmas, morons, send me money!"
Sweaty little mongrel W. LaPierre: "They want to take away your guns, morons, send me money!"
Something I learned in Texas long ago, "don't give money to trash, they just get into trouble with it."
I also learned that Texas girls really know how to whisper in the dark, and horsewomen have the best asses.
I believed those girls more than I will ever believe any religionist jack-ass or East Coast NRA "leader/thief",
and I know some of those girls were lying to me. But what a place to be 26 years old.
Thomas September 6, 2020, 7:41 pm
Red flag laws seem to be a weapon against gun owners take all the guns from a bad guy he will have another by morning, all you do is p..,, him off.
Dale Kehrer September 6, 2020, 12:27 pm
This guy is a proven liar and thief and I'm supposed to believe him? Yeah right! With all the gun buying going on since Covid 19 feces, I'm sure most Americans want the unconstitutional red flag laws.
Michael September 4, 2020, 11:00 pm
Support Gun Owners of America – the real non-scompromising 2and Am
Raymond Smith September 4, 2020, 3:06 pm
I am a life member since early 80s and it seems like the NRA has moved away from the teaching of gun safety and classes for the younger next generation of owners. I think they should return to their roots and lose some of the hard line stances the executives stances. We must as responsible gun owners pass on the rights to the next generation. Thanks Raymond
Kane September 6, 2020, 10:03 am
The NRA has been a one issue lobby group since 1969, well before my time. Do you get a monthly magazine of "American Rifleman" or "American Hunter"?
D.J. September 4, 2020, 11:01 am
I am certain we all can see why Mr. Powell is a " former " excecutive ,
can we not ?
Nothing like loyalty to a cause , eh ?
RJ September 4, 2020, 10:00 am
Judging by his comments, perhaps the red flag law should be enforced on him. Insanity ???
michael September 5, 2020, 7:46 am
Exactly. Let him get a taste of it & see if he still wants them.
2WarAbnVet September 4, 2020, 9:48 am
Consider "The Reign of Terror" that followed the French Revolution. It was possible for anybody to accuse somebody they held a grudge against as a counter-revolutionary. Since defense counsel and witnesses weren't allowed, the accused was almost invariably condemned and faced the guillotine. The similarity between "Red Flag Laws" and "The Reign of Terror" and the totalitarian dogma that spawned both is unmistakable.
Excellent post, the French Revolution was early left-wing politics before Marx refined the horrendous philosophy.
skipNclair September 4, 2020, 9:29 am
Well Josh we don't care what you think, as we don't take kindly to traitors.
Rich K. September 4, 2020, 9:27 am
A=nd then people ask me why I don't support the NRA any more. Over the last few decades, especially, they have been caving in more and more often to leftists, while all the while smiling at gun owners and lying and saying that they are on our side.
Michael Boyd September 4, 2020, 10:36 am
Exactly why I will not be renewing my membership!
Kane September 4, 2020, 9:59 pm
A dubious former executive named Josh Powell claims the NRA has catered to extremists and then people claiming to be former supporters argue that the NRA " have been caving in more and more often to leftists." The NRA will never be able to totally satisfy the standard deviations on every issue.
Chris September 4, 2020, 8:21 am
The NRA has never been anything but an infringement organization. The NRA wrote some of the most damaging legislation to ever affect the Bill of Rights.
William Matthew Dennis September 4, 2020, 6:32 am
This is why I send my money to a real 2nd organization.
Jrp September 4, 2020, 6:18 am
Sounds like someone is a little disgruntled and 99.9% communist. Forget about due process let's just do everything the movie minority report does. Don't worry about the ending though where it turns out to be a sham. Back to the unconscious bias we all have. Got to keep that free thinking in check. Can't legislate evil out of existence. This what years of indoctrination will do. Like Iran teaching their kids to blow themselves up.
Darren September 4, 2020, 3:28 am
And that is why most of the NRA executive leadership is a cancer. They are the ones responsible for the most egregious gun laws anyway and then the current leadership uses it as an opportunity to strike fear in people to get money out of them. If people can be restricted, then the same thing should be applied to teachers and professors. They can't practice without bipartisan oversight and if they suffer the mental illness that is modern liberalism, they should have their license for teaching taken away.
Something a lot of "common sense" people like him fail to realize is that if a compromise is always increasing gun control as it has done for the past 90 years, then there is no compromise. If there was a discussion of "Well that didn't work, we'll roll that back if we can find something that might work," then we could believe it.
And that is why most of the NRA executive leadership is a cancer. They are the ones responsible for most gun laws anyway and then the current leadership uses it as an opportunity to strike fear in people to get money out of them. If people can be restricted, then the same thing should be applied to teachers and professors. They can't practice without bipartisan oversight and if they suffer the mental illness that is modern liberalism, they should have their license for teaching taken away.
Taxx73 September 3, 2020, 9:18 pm
This nitwit actually owns guns? He's a liberal plant. No true American believes that criminals will obey laws. That's why they are called criminals. Gun laws only affect law abiding citizens. Universal background checks only work with universal registration which leads to 1 thing… confiscation. Red flag laws are so unconstitutional that it's almost funny but when people start to say "NO you are not taking my guns!!" it will be the start of a 2nd civil war.
TRUMP 2020!!!!!
Remember If you come for mine you better bring yours!!!!
LEAVE OUR RIGHTS ALONE!!!!!!!
Hardtimez September 4, 2020, 10:21 am
Trump supports red flag laws
I know but its either Trump or a demonrat. Nobody's perfect.


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\section{Introduction}

There is renewed interest in developing small modular reactors and micro-reactors.
Innovation is necessary in both construction and operation methods of these reactors to be financially attractive \cite{petti2018future}.
For construction, methods such as additive manufacturing \cite{ornl3dprint} is under active development.
For operation, an area of interest is the development of fully autonomous reactor control \cite{Wood2017}.
Significant efforts are necessary to demonstrate an autonomous control framework for a nuclear system, while adhering to established safety criteria.
For \textit{critical} reactors of interest, the latter precludes implementing such a framework.
Therefore, our group has proposed and received support for demonstration of an autonomous framework on a subcritical system: the MIT Graphite Exponential Pile (MGEP)\footnote{Details on the MGEP available at \cite{Gale2018}.}.

The autonomous system under development aims to incorporate a surrogate model.
Why is a surrogate model necessary?
The preliminary system layout is presented in \cref{fig:system}.
There are two areas where a model is necessary: determining the extent of the system perturbation, and determining the appropriate response given a particular objective (e.g.,\@\xspace symmetric flux distribution).
In order to have a fast response (on the order of miliseconds), we must extract specific capabilities of general-purpose system codes to a surrogate model.
Thus, we have adopted current state-of-the-art neural network libraries to build surrogate models.

\begin{figure}
\includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{system_layout.pdf}
\caption{Control system layout.
	Blue boxes indicate processes where a neural network surrogate can be deployed.
	RCR: Reacting control rod (controlled); ICR: Initiating control rod (unknown pertubation).}
\label{fig:system}
\end{figure}

\subsection{Previous applications of Neural Networks}

Previous work in the applications of Neural Networks (NNs) to Nuclear Engineering problems is summarized.
Several authors have focused on \textit{identification of transients} \cite{Basu1994,Santosh2007,Bartlett2017} such as: LOCA, CR ejection, total loss of off-site power, \etc
Determining the \textit{optimal fuel loading pattern}, with an objective to flattening flux \cite{Sadighi2002} or achieving a particular burnup \cite{Leniau2015}.
A majority of work was focused on providing a \textit{point parameter regression}:
to determine the thermal power \cite{Roh1991};
to predict DNBR using NNs \cite{Kim1997,Lee2003} and hybrid techniques \cite{Zhao2020};
to predict the $k_{eff}$ and maximum power \cite{Mazrou2009}.
Only a single study was found that considered a \textit{multi-dimensional regression} problem.
The work used a NN to predict the transient 3-D power distribution of a theoretical homogeneous cubic reactor \cite{Boroushaki2005}.

\subsection{Objectives}

The literature review indicates that there has been no work in providing a multidimensional regression of a realistic nuclear facility.
Towards achieving our goal of demonstrating autonomous control in the MGEP, we first assess using a neural network surrogate against a well established model.
Thus, this study focused on providing a NN surrogate of the MIT reactor (MITR).
The \pkg{MCNP5} MITR model used in this study has been thoroughly validated \cite{sun2014validation}.
The cross-sectional geometry of the MITR is presented in \cref{fig:mape}.
There are 27 total positions which are filled with fuel elements, aluminum dummies, or experiments.
In this study, a 22-element core is modeled, with other positions occupied by dummies.
The result will be a surrogate model that will accept a control rod (shim blade) position vector, and provide a full-core power distribution.

\section{Surrogate Model}

Our work uses a neural network as a surrogate model.
Neural networks provide several advantages over traditional machine learning algorithms (SVM, Random Forest, \etc).
Neural networks are under active development and the underlying algorithms are continuously optimized for deployment on various computing architectures.
There are powerful open-source libraries that abstract the development process and allow rapid deployment.
Additionally, the architectures of neural networks can be modified to address varying problems (regression of power distribution, or, inversely regression of control rod position).

\href{https://github.com/a-jd/npsn}{\pkg{NPSN}} is the package developed to support this work and is available online at \href{https://github.com/a-jd/npsn}{github.com/a-jd/npsn}.
The major components of \href{https://github.com/a-jd/npsn}{\pkg{NPSN}} is summarized in \cref{fig:arch}.
The preparation of datasets involved preparing multiple permutations of the shim blade heights.
Latin hypercube sampling of 6 heights was used to generate 151 permutations.
For each permutation, an input deck for \pkg{MCNP5} v1.60 is generated and executed.
The output from \pkg{MCNP5} is post-processed to generate power distributions for all 22 elements, with each element further discretized into 16 axial nodes.
Therefore, the input of the NN will be a vector of size $(6)$, and the output will be a matrix of size $(16,22)$.

\begin{figure}
\includegraphics[width=0.9\linewidth]{script_structure.pdf}
\caption{\href{https://github.com/a-jd/npsn}{\pkg{NPSN}} package layout. The left-hand graph shows the three major components. The right-hand graph shows the neural network architecture and examples of hyperparameters that are modified during the optimization process (\textcolor{hypred}{\textbf{\htxt{X}}}: IDL layer shape, \textcolor{hypred}{\textbf{\htxt{Y}}}: number of layers)}\label{fig:arch}
\end{figure}

The NN architecture is dependent on the type of problem and data structure -- there is no precise prescription for the structure.
The general structure implemented is presented in \cref{fig:arch}.
The \htxt{Dense}\footnote{Details on layer functions available at \url{https://keras.io} \cite{chollet2015keras}.} layer is used for all intermediate connections between the input and the output.
There is an Intermediate Dense Layer (\htxt{IDL}), which consists of a variable quantity of \htxt{Dense} layers and a variable shape.
To arrive at an optimal configuration systematically, we have implemented a meta-learning procedure.
The structure and hyperparameters of the neural network are optimized based on a Tree of Parzen Estimator \cite{Bergstra2013}.
Several hyperparameters such as the batch size, IDL number of layers, IDL shape of layers, IDL activation function, network loss function, \etc, were probed.

Post-processing is an important step in determining the viability of the model.
This is achieved by evaluating the error in providing a regression of ``unseen'' input datasets (known as test data).
If the error of the test datasets matches the error in evaluating training data, the model has good \textit{generalization} and can be expected to perform accurately for novel inputs.
The error is defined as the mean absolute percentage error (MAPE),
\begin{equation}
\varepsilon_{i,j} = \frac{1}{N}\sum_{k=1}^N\left|\frac{\hat{x}_{i,j,k}-x_{i,j,k}}{x_{i,j,k}}\right|~,
\end{equation}
where $\hat{x}_{i,j,k}$ is the predicted power and $x_{i,j,k}$ is the \pkg{MCNP5} power.
The subscript $i$ represents the element node, $j$ the axial node, $k$ a particular permutation of the shim blade heights, and $K$ is the total number of permutations.
The total number of summations $N$, depends on the averaging mode.
If we seek element-wise error, core-wise error, $\varepsilon_{i,j}$, $N=K$.
Additional summations can lead to, e.g.,\@\xspace total error $\varepsilon$, $N=22\cdot 16\cdot K$.
In addition to accuracy, we also test for precision of the model.
The precision is an important consideration as large variances in model outcome could lead to an unstable system.
The precision is quantified by the standard deviation of the error amongst the test datasets,
\begin{equation}
\sigma_{i,j}= \sqrt{\frac{1}{N}\sum_{k=1}^N\left(\varepsilon_{i,j,k}-\varepsilon_{i,j}\right)^2}~,
\end{equation}
where $\varepsilon_{i,j,k}$ is the error before averaging over $k$.

\subsection{Optimization}

The optimization process provides a useful guideline for selection of hyperparameters.
In this work, the optimization process involved 500 iterations, presented in \cref{fig:optim_results}.
There are some clear patterns that lead to a more successful model.
A quantity and shape of IDL does not translate to a better model. Thus, an excessively large model is detrimental to performance.
There is a benefit in using the \textit{logcosh} loss function when evaluating the neural network, and using the \textit{ReLU} IDL activation function.
There is a significant benefit in using the \textit{adam} optimizer during training.
On the opposite end of the spectrum, apart from the network loss function, there are no patterns noted that guarantee a poor model.
Therefore, a systematic optimization process is vital in building a neural network.

\begin{figure}
\includegraphics[width=0.88\linewidth]{optimization_results.pdf}
\caption{Outcome of 500 iterations during optimization.
	Each plot represents a particular hyperparameter that was modified.
	The x-axis represents permutations sorted in ascending loss.
	The top 50 model configurations are highlighted in red.}
	\label{fig:optim_results}
\end{figure}

\section{Results}

This section will detail performance metrics of the optimized model.
We are interested in arriving at a model that generalizes well, while minimizing error and noise.
The model had a less than 0.1 \% difference in test vs.\@\xspace training $\varepsilon_{i}$, presented in \cref{fig:generr}.
Therefore, we can expect the model to provide a good regression of unseen input data.
However, this assumption is invalid if the input range exceeds that of the training dataset (i.e.,\@\xspace if a shim blade is in an anomalous position).

\begin{figure}
\includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{generalization_error.pdf}
\caption{Difference between test \& training set element-wise error.
		The training set contains data that the surrogate model has been exposed to and used for tuning neural network parameters.
		The test set contains data that the model has not been exposed to.
		A large discrepancy would indicate that the model is unable to provide a regression for unseen data.}
		\label{fig:generr}
\end{figure}

The spatial distribution of error and its standard deviation is discussed next.
The values of $\varepsilon_{i,j}$ and $\sigma_{i,j}$ are presented in \cref{fig:errdist}.
There is a coherent feature in the spatial distribution of both parameters: the geometric area towards the center of the core and C-ring elements have larger values of $\varepsilon_{i,j}$ and $\sigma_{i,j}$.
The C-ring is the outermost ring of the MITR core.
In fact, the shim blades are inserted towards the outer region of the core.
Furthermore, the tip of the blades lie towards the center of the core nominally (i.e.,\@\xspace centroid of sampled heights).
Therefore, the larger values of $\varepsilon_{i,j}$ and $\sigma_{i,j}$ correspond to spatial locations which experience the greatest perturbations from shim blade movement.
This outcome is reasonable as we would expect spatial regions where the power distribution is relatively static, with respect to shim blade movement, to be predicted with far greater accuracy.
The spatial dependence of the error is demonstrated in \cref{fig:mape}.

\begin{figure}
\includegraphics[height=3.7cm]{error_dist.pdf} \includegraphics[height=3.7cm,trim=2.1cm 0 0 0,clip]{sig_dist.pdf}
\caption{Left: Evaluation of the error function across entire test dataset. Right: Evaluation of the error function standard deviation across the entire test dataset.}
\label{fig:errdist}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}
\includegraphics[width=0.95\linewidth]{core_mape.pdf}
\caption{Element-wise error ($\varepsilon_{i}$) across all test sets.
	The red bars indicate the approximate shim blade (control rod) locations in the MITR.
	Gray elements with suffix (D) indicate empty fuel element positions.
	Gray elements with suffix (E) indicate empty in-core experiment positions.
	Empty positions are modeled as dummy aluminum elements.}
	\label{fig:mape}
\end{figure}

The magnitude of error and its standard deviation is discussed next.
The error ranges from 0.10-1.16 \%, over 31 \textit{test} datasets.
The corresponding standard deviation ranges from 0.06-0.77 \%.
Since this is a first-of-its-kind study, there is no available literature to contrast to.
However, the maximum error plus maximum standard deviation (1.93 \%) falls below the experimental uncertainty of the neutron detectors we will use ($\approx2$ \%).
Therefore, our study shows that a NN is a viable surrogate to use in conjunction with experimental data.

As the training data (generated by \pkg{MCNP5}) is limited by computational resources, it is interesting to determine if sufficient data has been generated.
The number of training sets vs.\@\xspace $\varepsilon$ and $\sigma$ is presented in \cref{fig:mape_vs_data}.
It is apparent that, initially, the error and standard deviation is decreasing with respect to training dataset size.
After the training dataset size is greater than 80, there improvement saturates.
Thus, our work shows that approximately 100 datasets are necessary to appropriately train and test a surrogate neural network.

\begin{figure}
\includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{loss_vs_training_size.pdf}
\caption{Variation in model performance as a function of total dataset size.
	The composition of test sets is kept constant, while the training sets vary.
	}
	\label{fig:mape_vs_data}
\end{figure}

Lastly, the computational runtime to provide a regression is highlighted.
During the \pkg{MCNP5} data generation process, 151 datasets were generated.
Each dataset took $\approx\SI{12}{\hour}$ on a 32-core processor to achieve satisfactory statistics.
In contrast, the time required to provide a regression using the NN surrogate is $\approx\SI{5}{\micro\second}$ (using a single NVIDIA TITAN RTX GPU).
The runtime can be reduced further if we optimize the NN compilation using \href{https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorrt}{\pkg{TensorRT}}.
Therefore, the surrogate model will not be the limiting component in the overall system response.

\section{Concluding Remarks}
This work focuses on establishing the capability of neural networks to provide an accurate and precise multi-dimensional regression of a nuclear reactor's power distribution.
The results indicate that neural networks are an appropriate choice for surrogate models to implement in an autonomous reactor control framework.
The MAPE across all test datasets was $<$ 1.16 \% with a corresponding standard deviation of $<$ 0.77 \%.
The error is low, considering that the node-wise fission power can vary from \SI{7}{\kilo\watt} to \SI{30}{\kilo\watt} across the core.
This work also provides guidance for best practices in network architecture, hyperparameter selection and dataset size.

The code used in this work is available online as an open-source python package, \href{https://github.com/a-jd/npsn}{\pkg{NPSN}}.
The package is written to abstract the process of importing and pre-conditioning data, optimizing the neural network architecture, and post-processing.
An example of the code syntax for the end user:

\begin{lstlisting}
import npsn

# Define dataset directory
data_dir = '~/some/data_location'
# Define model name (for output file label)
proj_nm = 'npsn_surrogate'

# Define number of control blades
n_x = 6
# Define nodalization of power distribution
n_y = (16, 22)  #(axial_nodes, fuel_locations)

# Train neural network without optimization
npsn.train(proj_nm, data_dir, n_x, n_y)
# Or with optimization
npsn.train(proj_nm, data_dir, n_x, n_y, max_evals=100)
# Post-process to quantify error
npsn.post(proj_nm)
\end{lstlisting}

\section{Acknowledgments}
This work is supported by DOE NEUP Award Number: {DE-NE0008872}.
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Easy Autocentres has been acquired by Goodyear UK ("Goodyear") in an undisclosed transaction.
Easy Autocentres is a leading fast-fit provider of tyres, exhausts, batteries and car servicing, operating from 17 sites across the wider Midlands. As one of the largest independent service providers in the UK the acquisition of the HiQ branded units represents a strategic acquisition for Goodyear.
Chris Kisby, Managing Director and majority shareholder of Easy Autocentres, who has extensive experience within the tyre industry and fast fit sector commented that "Having developed Easy Autocentres through acquisition over the past 12 years I am delighted to have concluded the sale to Goodyear. The Easy Autocentres business with its strong market presence in the Midlands provides Goodyear with an excellent platform to further develop its HiQ brand in the UK and I look forward to seeing the business continue to go from strength to strength under new ownership".
Easy Autocentres was advised by David Neate, Partner and Tom Hammond, Executive at Springboard Corporate Finance.
David commented: "The fast-fit sector has seen a considerable amount of consolidation over recent years as tyre manufacturers and wholesalers seek to expand and act to protect their routes to market. We expect to see this trend in the marketplace continue over the next few years. Having previously advised Chris on the acquisition of the Easy Autocentres, a subsequent acquisition and refinance, we are delighted to have been able conclude this deal and deliver a successful exit for him."
Chris Kisby, Managing Director - Easy Autocentres
Springboard has been my chosen partner since acquiring the business in 2008. The team has helped me acquire the initial business, refinance the company, make a strategic acquisition and ultimately sell the business twelve years later. As an owner manager I have valued the partner-led approach, giving quality and pragmatic advise. They were fully committed to deliver the best outcome for me and I would have no hesitation in recommending them.
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David qualified as a chartered accountant with Coopers & Lybrand before moving to Ernst & Young to join their corporate finance team in 1998. Having risen through the Ernst & Young team, David co-founded Springboard Corporate Finance in 2005.
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Simon is a partner at Springboard Corporate Finance and has more than 25 years' experience advising institutions, owner managers, founders and corporates on all types of transaction, in a range of sectors.
Simon's previous experience in private equity has enabled him to build a profile in working on a range of private equity deals including management advisory services, working with management teams in a number of secondary and tertiary buy-out situations, sale mandates and providing acquisition advice to PE backed businesses.
Simon qualified as a chartered accountant with Price Waterhouse. He has also spent time with Catalyst Corporate Finance, and had a spell in banking with RBS. Prior to joining Springboard in 2012, Simon spent 10 years as a principal investor working in private equity with Livingbridge and EV Group.
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Ben is a partner with over 21 years' experience. He has extensive experience of advising institutions, owner managers, founders and corporates from both a buy side and a sell side perspective, using experience gained in both debt and equity investing to structure deals creatively.
Ben qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Deloitte in 1997 and swiftly moved into Corporate Finance where he specialised in Lead Advisory, spending the next 10 years in both London and Birmingham advising on management buy-outs, corporate disposals and acquisitions in both public and private arenas. He joined Springboard as a partner in January 2015.
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James is a Director at Springboard Corporate Finance with over 10 years of advisory experience, and an extensive track record across all aspects of a corporate finance transaction.
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Tom is an Executive at Springboard having joined in 2019 and works a variety of buy and sell-side assignments.
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Daniel graduated from Loughborough University with a degree in Geography and Management in 2017, during which he undertook a placement year at Springboard Corporate Finance. Prior to re-joining, he worked at a small-cap private equity house identifying and evaluating potential investment opportunities.
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Creating exceptional shopping and service experiences is fast becoming the key to retail success. However, many retailers fall short when it comes to offering this because they can't effectively manage a customer journey through every touch point, both physical and digital. In 2019 we will see retailers invest to bridge this gap and embrace tools and technologies that have not only been specifically designed for the complexity of modern commerce but enable them to really listen to their customers. This new era of customer engagement will allow associates – in the store and in call centres – to have actionable customer insights at their fingertips; offering better service and ensuring customer loyalty. But retailers cannot forget the growing population of digital natives, young buyers who look for self-service options online first. Whether in the contact centre, the store or online, leading retailers in 2019 must be able to engage anywhere.
The 'buy anywhere / deliver anywhere' expectations of today's omnichannel shoppers may just make 2019 a 'make or break' year in the history of retail. For retailers without the means or commitment to embrace omnichannel commerce, the future is becoming bleak. For those who have started down the track, a continued devotion to delivering on the customer promise will be required to have a shot at survival. Retailers must become committed to being able to fulfil anywhere in 2019.
The warehouse will become a critical enabler, as retailers look beyond the store and recognise that the warehouse will be critical to support omnichannel commerce. The ability to process wholesale and store replenishment wave processes simultaneously with consumer-direct wave-less processes becomes critical in the time and cost constrained world of unified commerce. We will also see more retailers implementing advanced automation in the warehouse. The use of robotics in new and existing warehouses is expected to boom and the ability for these new technological resources to work with inventory awareness effectively, alongside human capital, is key. For many, the mindset has often been man versus machine, however, if retailers want to future-proof their warehouse in 2019, they must look to the synthesis of man and machine to drive growth and efficiency.
The retail store network should be an advantage against the large, online market-places. However, store fulfilment duties, along with customer service and selling is a major challenge for store associates. As such, stores are, in many ways, more complicated than a distribution centre, so the traditional 'closest location' sourcing logic doesn't work when hundreds of stores are added to the network. The good news is, the latest omnichannel technology is making ship from store a sustainable, more profitable part of retail's new normal. Where store associates are equipped with intuitive and responsive apps that guide them through tasks across multiple orders, allowing them to easily pause and resume, fulfilling orders quickly during periods of downtime becomes a practical reality. Additionally, an order management system that learns in real-time, and understands not only location and hard parcel-shipping costs, but understands markdowns, closeouts, in-store labour capacity, and more, means ship-from-store can be done efficiently and profitably for retailers investing to fulfil anywhere.
Inventory accuracy within the store has traditionally been a huge challenge for retailers, as items tend to move within the store, as they are left in changing rooms or returned to stock in the wrong location. As retailers accelerate the rollout of store-based fulfilment options such as 'click and collect' and 'ship-from-store', it is crucial that they have a high level of inventory accuracy within the store.
As the cost and size of RFID technology drops to a level that allows companies to embed RFID chips into smaller, everyday products, retailers are able to monitor the status of each item of inventory, wherever it is in the store. This level of accuracy also creates better associate experiences, as team members who are locating items for store pickup or shipment can be directed to the exact location of the items needed. Not only does this mean the promises being made to the customer can be delivered faster and more efficiently, it lowers overall costs for the retailer.
2019 will be the year when retailers must begin facing the returns bullet. After years of growth in online orders being returned for free and low or no cost shipping putting increasing pressure on margins, expect to see retailers embracing various approaches this year to try and take back control. Modern order management technology can offer an accurate, real-time view of all network inventory, including inbound and received returns, allowing pioneering merchants to begin looking for ways to leverage what is becoming an ever-increasing source of new supply back into the network, in creative ways. In parallel, by embracing online fitting tools that create accurate sizing measurements, providing better merchandise descriptions and offering free return shipping, retailers can significantly reduce the impact of returns on the bottom line. And do not be surprised to see some merchants begin to explore policy changes to try and take back a little ground in the quest to reduce the negative impact to margins created by a growing segment of the customer base who can be considered serial returners.


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Lola Rodríguez Aragón (Logroño, 29 de septiembre de 1910 - Pamplona, 30 de abril de 1984) fue una soprano española.

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Discípula de Elisabeth Schumann, empezó a actuar muy joven en París, junto en el compositor Joaquín Turina, que la consideraba su hija espiritual. Como soprano interpretó a Mozart, Schubert, Falla, Joaquín Rodrigo y otros grandes compositores. Joaquín Rodrigo escribió para la cantante el Romance del comendador de Ocaña, con texto literario de Antonio Tovar.

Cantante de extraordinaria sensibilidad, estaba impregnada de un profundo sentimiento romántico. Fue gran intérprete de lieder y estrenó música española no solo en la Península, sino también en el extranjero. Como cantante de ópera, comenzó a actuar en 1945 en el Teatro Nacional de San Carlos de Lisboa y en obras como La vida breve de Falla o Las bodas de Fígaro de Mozart. Animada por el éxito, organiza en Madrid las denominadas Temporadas Oficiales de Ópera. Fue una gran divulgadora en España de la música de Mozart y su mayor vocación, la enseñanza.

En 1970 acepta una invitación del Instituto Superior de Arte del Teatro Colón de Buenos Aires para dar un curso de canto de cinco meses de duración. A su vuelta, en el mismo año, funda en Madrid, la Escuela Superior de Canto, dirigida por ella misma hasta su jubilación en 1980, y el coro de la Escuela, posteriormente convertido en el Coro Nacional de España. Realizó una trascendental tarea como pedagoga musical y entre sus discípulos figuran cantantes de la talla de Teresa Berganza, Ana Higueras, Jorge Chaminé, María de los Ángeles Morales, Ana María Iriarte, Ángeles Chamorro, María Orán, Blanca Seoane, Isabel Penagos y Teresa Tourné. Falleció el 30 de abril de 1984 y fue sepultada en la misma tumba que su pareja la pintora Marisa Roesset Velasco en la Sacramental de San Isidro.

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So this weekend I went with some people to watch 'I Am Legend' the movie with Will Smith, and supposedly he's the last living person left in the entire world. Well, if you have not seen the movie yet, and you plan on it, BE WARNED…you might want to wear a diaper or something, haha. I did not realize that there were a bunch of creepy zombie-people running around and stuff, so I felt the need to give everyone else a heads-up.
Anyway, on a more cheerful note, today I got my graduation photos taken, and I'm now officially counting the days until graduation (which I'm very excited about!). Getting to wear the cap and gown got me thinking about how soon I will really be done with college. It took me an extra year to finish, but I'm glad I did it that way. Some of you may know, I switched majors in the middle of my junior year. Initially it was kind of scary making a major change when I was already 2 ½ years into college. I realized that I wasn't doing what God wanted me to do, and I wasn't about to spend my entire life doing something different, just so I could graduate on time! So, I switched what I was doing, and started working towards my new degree. To be completely honest, it was one of the best decisions I have made. Once I was on a path that lined up with God's plan for my life, things started to go more smoothly, and I started to really enjoy school again. I was never really miserable, but it wasn't until I switched that I realized how much more God had for me. It's a great feeling of peace and excitement knowing that I'm working towards the things God designed me for. So with that a new chapter will be starting soon after I graduate. Until then, I suppose I should try and go to at least some of my classes and try and finish strong. I guess we'll see.
So this week I went to the NRB Convention in Nashville, TN. It was a lot of fun to walk around and talk to all the TV networks about TVOneLife, but I have to say my favorite moment came at a time I least expected it. James Dobson held a luncheon on Tuesday and right before it a bunch of people were taking pictures with him. So Sean told me it would be fun to take a picture with him that we could put up on the website or on myspace. I agreed and our quest began. So I worked my way through the crowd to James Dobson (or The Dob as we like to call him) and right as I was getting ready to tap him on the shoulder to ask if I could get a picture a bunch of news crews surrounded him and began to interview him. At this point I was standing maybe six inches away from The Dob, so I (since I do a lot of work with TV, haha) could tell that I was also in the camera's shot. So I was faced with a decision, what do you do at this point? Do you run away and get out of the way of the camera? Do you act goofy and make silly faces? So many choices. What did I do? I decided to sit there and stare at The Dob and be interested in what he was saying. And then after the interview was over I finally got my picture with him. But that isn't the end of the story… when we got back to the hotel later and were watching the local news, a story came on about the NRB, and in the story was a piece on the James Dobson interview. And right there next to The Dob, as if a bodyguard or something, was me. We all were laughing so hard we almost fell off our beds. So I decided to see if anyone had put up this footage on youtube, or anywhere on the internet, not really expecting much since the story had just aired. But to my surprise someone had posted the entire interview with James Dobson uncut, all three and a half (or so) minutes of it. After we saw that I don't think we stopped laughing for ten minutes. We never imagined going to take a picture for fun would turn out so well. So you can go to youtube and see the video, just search for 'James Dobson in Nashville'.
But in other news, we should have some really cool news soon about the NRB and more networks that you will be able to watch TVOneLife on. So be on the look out because TVOneLife may be invading a TV near you very soon!!
Sorry everybody…no history today. This is my second blog, and I guess that makes me a professional by now, or at least a semi-pro. The closest I got to making history today was watching an episode of Rob and Big, and watching Rob break like 21 skateboarding records from the Guinness Book of World Records. Which actually inspired me, and I want to find an obscure record to try and break. So if you have any suggestions of a fun world record that you think I could break (or you think would be funny to watch me try and break…please let me know!!!!). Oh, if it's the record for the longest jump while riding a tiger bare-backed…forget it.
I've been watching some of TV OneLife on a few different networks here and there when I'm not at school, or at work…or playing disc golf. (just in case you were wondering…which I know you weren't, but that's okay…I finally shot an entire round at even par on our local disc golf course!!). Something I've noticed while watching the show is that our producers are very nice. It's fun to watch the final cuts of these shows and I just have to smile at all the dumb things I did that didn't make the show. All the times when I said something stupid, or ran into something, or tripped and fell, or looked dumb, or forgot what I was even doing…that never made it to the final show…well, THANKS! I know I don't give them much to work with, but I'm glad they at least attempt to make us look decent, and find the few things that I said well.
I don't know if you've seen the episode with our goat herding adventure yet, if you haven't…you need to keep an eye out for it. I just watched that segment, and could not stop laughing. I think about the day we were on location to shoot that challenge. We had to get up waaaaayyy too early to drive to the middle of nowhere onto this farm, so I was really tired, which means I was really grumpy. But then we finally got let loose in the field with all the goats, and it was so much fun running around with them. I know in the episode it looks like we got the goats corralled in like 5 minutes, but it probably took closer to half an hour to get all the goats and chickens in. By the time we finished we were all hot and sweaty and tired, and probably smelled like goats (by probably…I mean absolutely) but I was in such a great mood. It's amazing what a little exercise can do to lift your spirits (oh, and running around with some really goofy goats too). What's the moral of the story? Go get your friends together and chase your neighbor's goats!?! Just kidding! No, but if it's a nice day…get up and go do something…it'll be worth it!
Well guys, you are all a part of history. You are reading the very first "blog" entry ever written by yours truly. I have lots of friends, no names here, who have made quite the hobby out of blogging…I guess I'm a little bit late. But hey, that's what this year has been all about…trying new things.
I know it's probably hard to tell, but I have…well…never worked in a TV show before. Honestly, this was a lot different than I ever expected. Working to create TV OneLife was certainly challenging, and pushed me in a number of different ways. I'd say one of the hardest parts is just trying to be real on camera. Whenever the cameras are turned on and rolling, all of a sudden I feel all this pressure, to 'be myself' that everything becomes very awkward.
A lot of our shoots for various episodes put me in uncomfortable positions, doing things that I didn't want to do, and asking people questions that I didn't really want to ask. Putting myself in a position where I was really pushed out of my comfort zone helped show me a lot about myself. When I get pushed, and stressed, that's when my true emotions come out. On several occasions, the result was disappointing. However, it has helped me a lot to observe myself and the way I act from another perspective (through a camera, or from a producer's comments). It's given me a chance to evaluate my attitude, and work to improve the way I interact with people, and handle difficult situations. Overall, I think I'm a lot better off because of it!
So shooting season 1 is over, and what a ride it was. Being a part of the OLU crew was really awesome. I may not have enjoyed it at the time (like spending the night on the street on a cold rainy night with no blankets), but looking back I had so much fun doing it. I think the thing that I am most blown away with is God's ability to move through people as long as they are willing. When we first started shooting the TV show we weren't the most experienced team. But when I watch the show on TV and I see the final product I can see the hand of God all over it. The other night I was watching an episode and it had the 'Break Dancing Made Easy' commercial on it. I was laughing so incredibly hard. But then it made me sad because the main actor (Andy) was my roommate and he just went back to school in Delaware and had to move out. Part of me is happy for him, and part of me wants him to flunk out and move back to NC.
My step-grandma died the past week. I wasn't super close to her (my dad has only been remarried for a couple years), but death is such a hard thing to see. She died from cancer. I have never really had the experience on seeing someone on their deathbed before. The chemo had failed and she was just at home waiting to go. Whenever I was in the room with her all I could do was pray, pray for her, for the family, I just felt so helpless. Death is something I don't quite understand yet. You always hear people say "they had done all that God wanted them to do." And I also wonder, well yeah but couldn't there have been more? And cancer is just so nasty. I hate that we live in a world with those kinds of diseases. I want to just be able to reach out and grab the cancer out of her and help her up off the bed and back to her normal life. I understand now why Jesus would send out all the crying and mourning women when he went to heal someone. Because I know full and well that Jesus can heal anything, but in the room I could just feel a presence of hopelessness. And without faith it is extremely hard for Jesus to move. The Bible says in Matthew 13:58 "And so he did only a few miracles there because of their unbelief." But I will be the first to admit that faith for healing is not the easiest thing to have. Especially when it is cancer that has spread all throughout someone's body. So yeah, death is a pretty rough thing that makes you evaluate a lot of stuff.


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Ground zero for groundwater
Land use changes make groundwater a visible resource
By LORI HERMAN
Aspect Consulting
The growing conflict over water for people and fish has brought new emphasis to an old standard for land development projects — how land use changes impact groundwater recharge and groundwater discharge to streams and wetlands.
Changes in the land surface and their effect on stormwater runoff and drainage have been important considerations in development for the past decade, and many new models and requirements are used to assist in managing surface water concerns.
Recently, however, the hydrology arguments are being increasingly focused on a hidden component of the water cycle — groundwater.
The increasing focus on groundwater impacts is the result of several factors. Groundwater is the source of water supply for much of the state, and, in light of de facto moratoriums on development of new water sources and the difficulty in obtaining new water supplies, water has become a highly valued commodity.
An even bigger factor is the listing of fish species as endangered or threatened, which has heightened awareness of stream flows in consideration of salmon recovery. Groundwater is considered the most significant contributor to stream flow in late summer and early fall, during prime salmon spawning season.
What does this mean for the developing region? More public focus on real or imagined impacts of development on ground water, and ever increasing requirements for permitting changes in land use. The good news is impacts are often less significant than the conventional wisdom would suggest; and where necessary, mitigation is generally feasible given an adequate understanding of the physical factors involved.
What is groundwater recharge?
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Land use permits will increasingly emphasize stormwater infiltration and assessment of how that recharge may affect streamflows.
Groundwater recharge is the fraction of rainwater that infiltrates the ground surface and moves downward to become groundwater. It is one component of the water balance — a mathematical accounting of the water moving into and out of a hydrologic system. With precipitation being the primary source of water, hydrologists use a water balance to estimate the amount of stormwater runoff, evaporation and plant transpiration, with the residual often being the component that moves downward to "recharge" the groundwater system.
The amount of water that recharges the groundwater system is a function of the land cover, soil type and land slope, among other more esoteric factors. Every land use change will change the water balance on some scale, as these factors change in every land development. But such effects need to be considered in the context of the watershed. Is the effect significant and if so, what engineering tools and management practices are available to mitigate the effect?
Heading towards complexity
Water that infiltrates the land surface can travel many pathways because of complex layering of subsurface geology, but eventually most groundwater makes its way to surface water bodies. In the Puget Sound region, many of these are salmon-bearing or potentially salmon-bearing streams. Determining the amount of recharge and the subsurface route of the water are complex, and groundwater hydrologists (hydrogeologists) are the scientists most commonly used to map this pathway.
Some fundamental aspects of groundwater hydrology — namely heterogeneity of subsurface earth materials and the scale of the hydrologic system — place large error bars on the parameters used to describe the groundwater flow system. In addition, the variable nature of precipitation and other weather factors combine to make the most commonly used analyses only generalized estimates, no longer adequate to address potential impacts, in the view of many regulators.
With judicious monitoring and analyses, these generalized estimates can be improved to the level of defensible approximations, suitable for adaptive mitigation.
The hydrology linking groundwater recharge and stream flows is best evaluated on a basin-wide scale. The slower movement of groundwater, the complex layering of subsurface materials, and the tools hydrogeologists have to evaluate the water balance, combine to make the basin-scale the most appropriate level for planning and monitoring. This does not excuse the obvious need to develop land with goals of stormwater infiltration and maintenance of groundwater recharge.
What is important, however, is to understand the level of control needed and to be realistic about the geographic scale of the problem and the monitoring needs.
Some controversy
Just mention impacts to water supply or stream flows and a large constituency will rally against a land use project — in part because it may be difficult to understand the hydrogeologic or "underground" processes, and in part because of the push for salmon recovery. However, there is also genuine controversy among experts and regulators on just how significant the impacts to the groundwater recharge are, particularly given the best management practices required for permitting land use projects today.
On one hand, consider the "one-molecule" standard used by the Department of Ecology in permitting water rights. Under this standard, any withdrawal of groundwater affects streamflow somewhere. Since most rivers do not meet required minimum flows at some time, any reduction in the local groundwater resource could be considered an impact to streamflow. With this standard, it's not hard to imagine that any land use activity will somehow change the groundwater recharge component, and thus affect a molecule of water reaching the stream.
In reality, impacts of land development on ground water recharge are generally less than is commonly believed, especially with appropriate stormwater management. Basin-scale analysis can generally bracket the level and timing of impacts to be anticipated. In many cases, mitigation to address the "best estimate" impacts is not unduly burdensome. With a credible analysis and well-tailored monitoring plan, mitigation for generalized or "worst-case" impacts should not be necessary.
The new reality
So what are the new realities for land use changes? Not only a strong emphasis on stormwater infiltration, but also assessments of where the water is going in the subsurface, how fast it will get there, and whether impacts to streamflow will occur.
In some cases, development projects are held to performance standards requiring that stormwater be infiltrated in a manner that preserves the pre-development magnitude and timing of the groundwater's arrival in streams or wetlands. This is a potentially costly requirement that needs careful assessment.
The land use challenge will be to facilitate land development with meaningful hydrogeologic assessments that may extend beyond site boundaries. Appropriate basin-scale analysis combined with realistic mitigation and monitoring should meet regulatory concerns cost-effectively, while simultaneously preserving the aquatic environment.
Lori Herman is a principal hydrogeologist and partner at Aspect Consulting LLC, a specialty practice focused on groundwater hydrology, water resources, environmental restoration and geological engineering. She can be reached at (206) 780-9370 or lherman@aspectconsulting.com.
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Ansu Fati is a Spanish professional footballer, well known for playing as a left-winger for FC Barcelona, and also he plays for Spanish National Team. He is taken as one of Spain's most exciting football talents and one of the world's best young players.
Name Ansu Fati
Birthday October 31, 2002
Profession Footballer
Parents Boji Fati(Father) and Lurdes Fati(Mother)
Instagram @ansufati
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Ansu Fati Age, Religion, Wikipedia, Height
Ansu Fati is currently 18 years old.
He was born in Guinea-Bissau on 31 October 2002, and he'll be turning 19 years this year.
Details about which religion he follows are still a mystery as he has not shared any information regarding his religion on the internet.
Ansu Fati has been recognized by Wikipedia, as they have published him under his name Ansu Fati where we can find his early life, bio, education, and other information.
His height is 5 feet and 8 inches tall.
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Ansu Fati has not revealed any information about his relationship status. We don't know whether he has a girlfriend or not.
Fati has an Instagram account under the name @ansufati, where he has over 5.7 million followers, and he has posted around 138 posts. He is a verified user of Instagram.
10 Facts About Ansu Fati
Ansu Fati is a young footballer currently playing for Spanish Team FC Barcelona and Spanish National Team.
He plays as a left-winger with jersey number 22 for Barcelona.
His parents are Boji Fati(Father) and Lurdes Fati(Mother). He grew up with two brothers and two sisters in his family.
He made his debut for Barcelona in the Champions League against Borussia Dortmund at 16 and 321 days.
Ansu scored and assisted in the game and set the youngest player's record to score and provide assist in LaLiga and as the youngest player to score at Camp Nou.
His full name is Anssumane Fati Vieira, and his nationality is Spanish.
He is also active on Facebook(Ansu Fati) and Twitter(@ANSUFATI).
About his physical features, he has black hair with brown eyes, and his ethnicity is black. He is 5 feet and 8 inches tall.
Ansu Fati has been nominated for the 2021 Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year Award.
His role model is his brother Braima, and his top football players are Victor Valdes, Puyol, Xavi/ Iniesta, Messi, and Cristiano.
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'Democrats for Hogan' are the tip of a rotten iceberg
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) delivers his annual State of the State address to a joint session of the legislature in Annapolis on Feb. 1, 2017. (Patrick Semansky/Associated Press)
Opinion by Woody Woodruff
July 27, 2018 at 4:09 p.m. EDT
Woody Woodruff, a former opinion page editor of the Prince George's Journal, is a volunteer with Progressive Maryland.
A couple dozen Democrats have endorsed Gov. Larry Hogan (R) in Maryland's upcoming gubernatorial election. The "Democrats for Hogan" are mostly older, white men.
The geography of the endorsements, map-wise and mentally, is also telling; these Democrats mostly are from the Eastern Shore, Western Maryland and Anne Arundel and Carroll counties — places where party allegiance has been and remains fluid. Anne Arundel's Robert R. Neall has carried a D and an R after his name at different points in his political career.
Two factors need a closer look. First, the "Democrats for Hogan" are the tip of a rotten iceberg: The state's Democrats, including the local central committees, are riddled with business-entangled elected types who have been slow to warm up to Democratic gubernatorial nominee Ben Jealous.
Second, Hogan's popularity masks an administration that caters to the business community for whom party comes a very distant second to money. Working families are collateral damage from this relationship.
Hogan, as Gov. Robert Ehrlich's (R) appointments secretary back in the day, had his pick of Ehrlich retreads to populate his own satrapies and took advantage of it. And while Hogan fronted a sunny-day regime for a state still riding the Obama economic boom, a distinctly pro-business bias suffused the most powerful and consequential departments, emphatically including the Maryland Department of the Environment. The MDE's smooth-talking honcho, Ben Grumbles, a rare import without Ehrlich ties, has presided over significant rollbacks of pollution and carbon controls.
Hogan was overridden by the General Assembly several times for his veto of measures that aim to increase the state's commitment to renewable energy sources and the jobs that would ensue.
Transportation Secretary Pete K. Rahn shamelessly pushes Hogan's agenda of more roads and less mass transit.
Local governments around the state have reason to remember the way Hogan's stacking of regulatory commissions and other bodies has coddled big business and stymied local planning. His appointments to the Public Service Commission rubber-stamped the merger of Exelon and state power companies, meaning local ratepayers will probably wind up paying for the outrageously expensive decommissioning of Exelon's aged-out nuclear plants. And the new Prince George's County hospital's ability to serve a broad swath of the public was severely crippled by one Hogan appointee to a health-care regulatory commission, carrying out the mandate of the Heritage Foundation whence he came.
These pro-business Democrats have been helping Hogan in the legislature, too. Early in Hogan's term, for instance, Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. (Calvert) and House Speaker Michael E. Busch (Anne Arundel) torpedoed a progressive measure that would have created a commission to refashion the state's economy to reduce dependence on Pentagon spending and jump aboard the post-carbon future. Instead, they peremptorily created a pro-business commission headed by the retired chief executive of Lockheed Martin to find ways to make Maryland more business-friendly. General Assembly leadership then rapidly packaged and passed the recommendations, including tax relief for businesses.
By contrast, the long struggle to enact paid sick leave for Maryland's 700,000 uncovered workers took at least five years to get out of the General Assembly, where pro-business Democrats sandbagged it year after year — and finally required an override of Hogan's veto.
It would not be entirely a surprise that many Maryland Democrats, existentially tight with corporations and business interests, might stay quiet on the sidelines in a tilt between Hogan and Jealous, long a progressive champion. They might be surprised how that would affect their own reelection chances in the post-Bernie Sanders environment.
Between his cheery frontman stance and his centrist (including Democratic) enablers, Hogan indeed seems to have what Herb Smith, a professor of politics at McDaniel College, described as "a cloaking device or something." The real Hogan, with his supportive corporate-entangled Democrats and all, is (at least for now) distinctly under the political radar.
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Herbert to guest on top-rating Indian television show
Football coach Ricki Herbert is heading to India to make a special appearance on the top-rating television show LTF (Let's Talk Football).
The founder of the Ricki Herbert Football Academy will appear on the show which covers aspects of the sport in countries around the world.
It follows his previous work as a football commentator and sideline analyst during the India Super League season which draws more than 400 million viewers.
Herbert has maintained an affinity with Indian football since coaching in the ISL in 2014 and then returning three teams during his term in charge of the Maldives national team.
He will be in India for a week at the start of May, and says he's looking forward to seeing how the game is progressing on the continent.
Photo: Herbert appearing on the show last year.
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Vu Cong Dien, born 1976 in Vietnam, is a graduate of the Hanoi Fine Arts University in 2005. In this short span of time, Dien's works have already been highly regarded for his meticulous approach and the manner in which he seamlessly blends nature and the human family to form the perfect balance. He has successfully exhibited his works internationally including UK, Europe, UAE, Japan, Hong Kong, and continues to be in high demand by private collectors and galleries globally.
Dien grew up in the Quang Ninh province - a mountainous region with abundant land, forest and water. This experience contributed to and shaped Dien's visualisation and aesthetic sense in his paintings. His hallmark representations of quiet and peaceful landscapes that are often accompanied by the visual play on colours of the four seasons in transition are now internationally recognised as quintessentially Dien's.
2004 The Club of Young Vietnamese Artists.
2005 Group exhibition of Students in the Fine Art University.
2005 National Fine Art Exhibition, Hanoi.
2006 Group exhibition in Tokyo, Japan.
2006 Group exhibition in Hanoi.
2007 Exhibition in Tokyo, Japan.
2007 "The color of The East" exhibition at The Red Gallery, Dubai, UAE.
2008 "The Dreamy Land of Vu Cong Dien" in Hanoi.
2008 "The Dreamy Land of Vu Cong Dien" in Singapore.
2008 "Through Their Eyes" in Tokyo, Japan.
2015 Participation at the "Art for Heart" Charity of Heart Beat Vietnam in HCMC.
6/2016 Participation at the Art Auction of Operation Smile Vietnam in HCMC.


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