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Volcanoes near Usulután, El Salvador
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The Pacific coastline of much of Central America is marked by a line of active and quiescent volcanoes known to geologists as the Central American Volcanic Arc. The volcanoes result from the upward movement of magma generated along the subduction zone between the Cocos and Caribbean tectonic plates. Frequent earthquakes also occur along the plate boundary. This astronaut photograph includes four stratovolcanoes—a type of volcano common in active subduction zones—in El Salvador, near the midpoint of the Central American Volcanic Arc.
While all of the volcanoes shown here have been active during the Holocene Epoch (from about 10,000 years ago to the present), only the 2,130-meter- (6,990-foot-) high San Miguel (also known as Chaparrastique) has been active during historical times. The most recent activity of San Miguel was a minor gas and ash emission in 2002. The stratovolcano's steep cone shape and well-developed summit crater are evident, along with dark lava flows. Immediately to the northwest, the truncated summit of Chinameca Volcano (also known as El Pacayal) is marked by a two-kilometer- (one-mile-) wide caldera. The caldera formed when a powerful eruption emptied the volcano's magma chamber, causing the chamber's roof to collapse. Like its neighbor San Miguel, Chinameca's slopes host coffee plantations.
Moving to the west, the eroded cone of El Tigre Volcano is visible. El Tigre formed during the Pleistocene Epoch (1.8 million to about 10,000 years ago), and it is likely the oldest of the stratovolcanoes in the image. Usulután Volcano is directly southwest of El Tigre. While the flanks of Usulután have been dissected by streams, the mountain still retains a summit crater that is breached on the eastern side. Several urban areas—recognizable as light gray to white regions contrasting with green vegetation and tan fallow agricultural fields—are located in the vicinity of these volcanoes, including the town of Usulután (lower left) and Santiago de Mara (upper left).
Astronaut photograph ISS023-E-22411 was acquired on March 31, 2010, with a Nikon D3X digital camera fitted with an effective 340 mm lens, and is provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations experiment and Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, Johnson Space Center. The image was taken by the Expedition 23 crew. The image in this article has been cropped and enhanced to improve contrast. Lens artifacts have been removed. The International Space Station Program supports the laboratory as part of the ISS National Lab to help astronauts take pictures of Earth that will be of the greatest value to scientists and the public, and to make those images freely available on the Internet. Additional images taken by astronauts and cosmonauts can be viewed at the NASA/JSC Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth. Caption by William L. Stefanov, NASA-JSC.
Differences in size and surface features reveal the histories of four adjacent volcanoes.
Minchinmavida and Chaiten Volcanoes, Chile
This astronaut photograph highlights two volcanoes located near the southern boundary of the Nazca–South America subduction zone in southern Chile. Dominating the scene is the massive Minchinmávida Volcano at image center. At bottom center is its smaller, but currently active, neighbor Chaitén.
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Ubinas Volcano, Peru
Free of vegetation, the gray and white lava-covered peak of the Ubinas Volcano looks like it could be on the Moon or some other extraterrestrial body in this detailed true-color image from July 24, 2010.
Cosiguina Volcano, Nicaragua
Three Central American countries—El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua—have coastline along the Gulf of Fonseca, which opens into the Pacific Ocean. The southern boundary of the Gulf is a peninsula formed by the Cosigüina Volcano. Cosigüina is a stratovolcano, which is a cone-shaped volcano formed by alternating layers of solidified lava and volcanic rocks produced by explosive eruptions.
Sabancaya Volcano, Peru
The snowy peaks of the three Peruvian volcanoes provide a stark contrast to the surrounding desert of the Puna Plateau in this astronaut photo from July 15, 2010.


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Ten-to-one odds
It sounds a bit un-balanced, doesn't it? But there are three particular sets of odds that affect race relations between blacks and whites. First, in America, whites out-number blacks ten-to-one. Second, in South Africa, blacks outnumber whites ten-to-one. And third, world-wide, blacks are outnumbered about ten-to-one by non-blacks. (Not just whites but all the other skin colours as well.)
These proportions present some interesting permutations and combinations. I see four pictures in my mind, composed of circles large and small. The first picture is a small circle outside a large circle. The large one is ten times bigger than the small one. Some call this "segregation". In South Africa, it was the model for Apartheid – keep the little Bantustans apart from the big Republic. Divide and conquer. In fact, if you look at a map of South Africa you will find that Lesotho and Swaziland are ring-fenced. This was a combination of political, tribal and racial. But the former Bantustans were racial. That's why we used to be called the "Racist Republic".
In America, black people had to sit at the back of the bus. In South Africa, there were not only Men's and Women's toilets, but also separate toilets for black women and white women. Some beaches were for whites, others were for blacks, and so on. If you turn this around the other way, you get the model of Orania. Whites living in an enclave – surrounded by blacks. They don't live and move in one another's circles. The dawn of Democracy was supposed to change all that. But did it?
In America, a white supremacist assassinated Abraham Lincoln just after the Civil War ended. It was a huge blow to progress. Slavery ended, but soon there was something called "Convict Leasing". Blacks could be arrested for minor misdemeanors like drunkenness or fighting, and given long prison sentences. Then they could be hired out to factories and farms by the prisons as cheap labour. Instead of the plantation economy being re-jigged, it just became mechanized. Blacks migrated away from the South to the North and West – but they urbanized. Very few stayed on the farm. They were exploited in other ways, living in ghettos, still apart from whites.
This brings to mind a second picture – a smaller circle superimposed on top of a larger circle – the larger one being ten times bigger than the smaller one. There are different names for this. In America, blacks kept to themselves and built their own social structures. A classic figure was Malcolm X. Some called it "black supremacy" because it rejected any whites in its internal decision making. This was a kind of "Two-State Solution" as it is called in Israel, with the Palestinian Authority ruling itself, but inside the same borders.
This can be so severe that when Malcolm X started flirting with whites or even blacks of other religions, in terms of collaboration, he was assassinated – not by whites but by blacks. This same attitude of "eKasi" is emerging in South Africa. Somehow resigned to the fact that there are simply not enough white homes for blacks to occupy, even if they were all invaded, blacks are evolving a whole township culture of their own. Whites are not welcome, and those who flirt with whites could be "impimpi" or "oreos" or "coconuts".
This is moving away from the Democratic ideal of non-racialism – sometimes called the Rainbow Nation. That society was expected to be inclusive or "mixed race". Attitudes of forbearance and forgiveness were modeled by Nelson Mandela. He wanted to address both black bitterness and white fear. You can understand where both come from. Whites are hugely out-numbered and thus afraid of being over-powered. Blacks are on the poor side of those photos taken from drones by Johnny Miller. They can visit malls and shops freely now, without dompass books, but the Consumerism is driving them crazy.
Worse yet, the economy is not performing well, limiting their options because of the high unemployment rate. So they buy on Credit and end up in a hole. Especially young blacks are getting frustrated and starting to assert themselves with hostile demands like Free Tertiary Education. There is a lot of pent up resentment, and it is becoming manifest in phrases like "radical economic transformation" (RET) and "white monopoly capital" (WMC). These are the talk of the township in election year.
A third picture comes to mind – for the Rainbow Nation. Now there is only one large circle, with dots inside it. The dots are both black and white. There are ten black dots for every white dot, but they are like a deck of cards that has been shuffled. They are "homogenized". Some call it a "melting pot". Others call it "diversity" or even "multiculturalism". The South Africa flag has these two streams coming together into one stream going forward.
But there is a fourth picture that is at the base of white fear. In it, the white dots are all around the perimeter of the circle, which only has black dots on the inside. Call it "exclusion". It was the model for the Slave Trade because the Africans came from many different tribes and cultures. They were not "organized". (In that case, the black dots were around the circle's perimeter, the white dots inside.)
It's what happened in that classroom where the white learners sat at the main table with the black learners to the side. The Rohingya were forced out of Myanmar into a half-life along the border of Bangladesh. Buddhists pushing out Muslims. This is religious intolerance. When the Hutus committed genocide against the Tutsis, it was racism – because the Hutus are Bantus, and the Tutsis are Nilotics. Two different races. It was more than mere tribalism, it was "ethnic cleansing".
South Africa is the only place where affirmative action has been used in favour of the majority. Usually it is practiced in favour of a minority or a disadvantaged group – like women. (Who number about the same as men, biologically speaking.) Frankly, this worries whites a bit. White men in particular find it hard to compete in an environment of BEE – doubled by "cadre deployment". "Patronage" is always mentioned with "corruption". Whites are on the back foot, although they have always enjoyed privilege in the past. But the ten-to-one odds could quickly turn into a nastier form of exclusion. Like Idi Amin expelling all the Asians from Uganda – and thereby decimating that country's economy.
There is another known way to even the score – reparations. This usually happens after wars, but the new policy of "expropriating land without compensation" is right on the edge of reparations. These sometimes work, but they can also back-fire. After losing the Great War, the Germans languished under a heavy load of reparations. This fed the populism of Adolf Hitler and the Nazis. There is more to Peace than the cessation of hostilities. Peace has to sink in and give people security and some future prospects.
Sadly, South Africa's social cohesion is dis-integrating. Its diversity is not coming together, it is falling apart. One cabinet minister publicly referred to Chinese compatriot as a "fong kong". The populist EFF has repeatedly made unacceptable remarks about whites. Femicide is raging. There are periodic outbreaks of xenophobic violence. Much as crime and corruption worry me on the surface, the deeper loss of equilibrium in terms of non-racialism worries me most. One opposition party is led by a man in a mixed marriage. This is symbolic. It is cause for optimism.
As a white man, I decided to cross the colour bar, and I paid Lobola for a black lady. But when I went to Home Affairs to register the marriage, I was turned away. I was told that Customary Marriages are only for "indigenous" people. Which makes me wonder why there is not just one comprehensive marriage legislation in South Africa, like in Kenya? Why are there several? Three laws – for white weddings, traditional marriages, same-sex marriages… and no such thing as "common-law" marriage yet, in the midst of all the disadvantages by Gender. Where is that Domestic Partnerships Bill?!
"A house divided against itself cannot stand."
Chuck Stephens is the Executive Director for the Desmond Tutu Centre for Leadership and writes in his personal capacity.
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Ready to buy a top of stairs baby gate?
I hope you'll agree that a baby gate for the top of the staircase is probably the most important type of gate you need to buy.
Every parent's worst nightmare is their baby falling from the top of the stairs. These falls may cause serious head injuries and even the dead to a small child.
Recent studies reveal that every year almost 2000 children in the US need to be rushed to the emergency room because of baby stair gate related accidents.
Most of these accidents (60%) involved boys older than the age of two.
How do those injuries occur?
Parents carrying a baby down the stairs, somehow they slip and fall together with the child.
By using a pressure-mounted baby gate at the top of the stairs, a child can fall down together with the gate if he bumps into it with too much force.
Not removing the gate when a child is old enough to climb over the gate.
For instance, stop using the baby gate when your child understands the potential dangers and is able to climb up and down the stairs on his own. By the age of two, you can learn your toddler how to do this safely.
Also, for the top of the stairs, the only safe gate is a hardware mounted baby gate. If you are afraid of damaging your walls or banisters read our post on how to install baby gates using an installation kit. Pressure mounted gates can be used at the bottom of the staircase and in doorways in between two rooms.
Baby walkers are still responsible for about 2.6 % of all stair accidents. If your child still uses a baby walker you should know they are very dangerous. And if you are under the impression that these walkers teach your baby how to walk; the opposite is true, they can actually delay a child's normal development. Of all injuries caused by baby walkers 75% to 95% are from falls down the stairs.
When carrying your infant on the stairs make sure you wear proper footwear. For example, this Mom fell down the stairs with her baby in her arms when her flip flop suddenly broke.
You can purchase a top of stairs baby gate for less than $50.
Here are my top recommendations for hardware mounted baby gates that you can use for the top of your staircase.
The Evenflo Walk Through is a good quality metal gate that is fairly easy to install.
A very robust gate that is ideal for at the top of the stairs.
Can fit any size opening (extends from 29 to 42 inches) with a few modifications.
The gate doesn't automatically shut, you have to deliberately close the lock.
The Easy Swing & Lock Gate fits many openings because of its adjustable width.
This gate has no bottom bar you need to step over.
The gate will swing either way but can be adjusted so it does not swing out over stairs.
Not the easiest gate to install. It requires some fiddling to get it right.
They provide different measurements wich is very confusing. The gate fits openings between 28.68" to 47.85" and not 28 to 48" as it says further down in the description.
A strong gate made of heavy duty steel.
Can be instaled on angles..
Requires only one hand to open which is convenient when you are holding a baby.
Screws included for wall mounting are realy small. You may need to buy your own for a sturdier result.
Excellent quality gate and safety latch that can be used without problems for many years.
Be careful when painting the panels of this unstained wooden gate. After one or more layers of paint, the two panels may not slide against each other anymore.
You can easily remove the whole gate from its wall mounts.
This silver colored aluminum gate has a beautiful sleek design.
The solid construction is capable of withstanding the fiercest toddler attacks.
This gate requires a very precise installation to close properly.
Below is a cool video that will show you how to install a hardware mounted baby stair gate.
You may need to install your new top of stairs baby gate on a different surface than shown in the installation guide. Often included with the gate you get an installation kit that will make this possible. Otherwise, you are able to purchase one online. Click here for more info on how to install baby gates in difficult locations.
You should be able to open and close a top of stair gate with one hand. Though some gates advertise a one hand operation while in reality the latching mechanism is complicated to use. You don't want to stand at the top the stairs fiddling to open the latch with your baby on one arm. If possible try the latch in the store or read reviews what other consumers say about how well the latch works.
The space between the bars should be no more than 3 inches apart so a toddler's head won't fit through. It should have vertical bars (slats) to prevent climbing. Do not use retractable accordion-style baby gates as the v-shape of the slats can be used as a foothold by your toddler to climb over the gate.
A child climbing over a top of stairs baby gate is considerably more dangerous than climbing over any other gate. So, it's very important your new gate has a minimum height of 22 inches and is at least three-fourth of your toddler's height.
How to properly install baby gates.


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Salute from Hayabusa-2
A little more than a month ago, the Japanese Hayabusa-2 device fired its most spectacular shot at Ryugu asteroid. The probe dropped an impactor with explosives (in simple terms, a bomb) and a special camera to look at the explosion from the side, and he hid behind an asteroid. The operation was successful - the camera filmed an explosion, and recently Hayabusa-2 dropped to the impact area and found a fresh crater there.
Photo 2 (left) and 25 seconds after the explosion
The protagonists are the Small carry-on impactor (SCI) and the detachable DCAM3 camera.
SCI, hereinafter JAXA
SCI images are a small projectile or, rather, a bomb. With a diameter of 30 cm, it weighs 14 kg and carries 9.5 kg of explosive in the form of a funnel, which gives a directional explosion. A 2 mm copper sheet is installed in the lower part, which during the explosion became the main force forming the crater.
Explosives inside SCI
The calculated shape of a copper sheet in the first 500 microseconds after a DCAM3 explosion
DCAM3 is a detachable module, and not with one, but with two cameras, analog and digital. Analog transmits a signal in worse quality, but in real time, digital provides better picture quality, but with a delay. Each camera has its own equipment for processing and transmitting data.
"Hayabusa-2" went on the trajectory of decline, dropped the impactor, stepped aside, dropped the camera and went beyond the horizon of the asteroid, just in case.
Scheme of movement
The target for bombing was the S01 area near the equator and just west of the Kolobok crater. Criteria for selection - the estimated miss to 200 meters does not allow working in high latitudes (risk to miss), the area must be flat so that the crater is visible, and the probe can land.
On April 5, the Hayabusa-2 onboard camera captured the last flight of the impactor. To the asteroid about 500 meters, time is greatly accelerated.
185 seconds before the explosion. See the gopher SCI in the photo on the left? And he is there!
In the very first photo at the top is an image from an analog camera. Digital quality will be better. 3 seconds after the explosion.
And on April 25, the probe dropped to 1.7 km to find traces of the explosion. In the photo before and after the crater is clearly visible.
The diameter of the crater was estimated at 20 meters, ahead of its study. For example, based on data on changes in the surface temperature of the asteroid depending on the local day that the TIR-S infrared camera collects, it will be possible to draw conclusions about how porous the crater material is.
The Earth made the first "bombardment" of the asteroid in 2005 - the Deep Impact probe dropped the impactor onto Tempel Comet 1. Then the collision looked more beautiful - because of the relative speed of 10.6 km / s, the explosion energy was five tons of TNT.
The impact results of the Impact impactor Deep Impact, NASA photo
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The Role of Inland Ports to Tackle Supply Chain Congestion
Even before the pandemic hit and historically long lines of cargo ships extended beyond the horizon as they waited to unload, inland ports were viewed as part of a key strategy to help reduce congestion and the capacity crunch at coastal ports.
A 2017 article from Inbound Logistics described the potential of inland ports like this: "As maritime seaports in North America reach capacity and seek expansion strategies, inland ports have emerged to provide a solution to increased demand on supply chain infrastructure. Though inland intermodal terminals are not a new logistics trend, the rise in the number of inland ports in the United States is providing new strategies in global trade, and relief from capacity headaches plaguing some North American deepwater container ports."
The article noted that inland ports have been around for decades, and although Class I railroads and commercial real estate developers were the early parties showing interest, "port authorities are getting into the act by developing intermodal terminals that enhance container traffic flow in international commerce."
In this context, inland ports aren't viewed as competitors to maritime ports, "but as complementary solutions to relieve capacity for land-constrained port terminals."
A 2018 Freightwaves article highlighted additional benefits offered by inland ports—which are especially important in light of the current era's challenging dynamics: "Inland ports can give shippers more options, which can potentially lead to cheaper transport costs and faster transits. This is especially important in an industry in which a capacity crunch has given carriers the upper hand. …In particular, inland ports allow shippers to rely less on the trucking industry, which has been experiencing higher freight rates fueled by increased diesel costs, as well as the driver shortage and capacity crunch."
With all that's happened in the years since those articles were written, it's no wonder inland ports are becoming more popular than ever.
What's considered an inland port?
The Journal of Commerce describes inland ports like this: "Ordinarily located along Class 1 railroad lines and major road networks, inland ports offer intermodal transfer facilities and international trade processing and other services that may be linked to specific seaports. Distribution centers and other warehousing facilities are generally co-located with inland ports, even on site. Each emerging full-fledged inland port…functions as a hub designed to move international shipments more efficiently and effectively from maritime ports inland for distribution elsewhere."
Global real estate firm JLL notes that inland ports are "on the rise" and that investors see a "logistics opportunity" in the dynamics involved.
Noting the important role of rail to move cargo away from ports, JLL describes the dilemma: "Large ports lack the road and warehousing infrastructure to cope with the amount of cargo they can process and those located in busy cities cannot build new road networks, so they handle increased volumes by rail." JLL refers to railways as "rivers of steel" that take cargo to inland areas where land is both more available and more affordable.
Examples of Major Inland Ports
The following provides just a few examples of major inland ports that connect with coastal U.S. ports.
Appalachian Regional Port (ARP)
Joint effort between the state of Georgia, Murray County, the Georgia Ports Authority and CSX Transportation.
Located on 42 acres in Murray Count in Northwest Georgia
Current capacity: 50,000 containers per year with 10-year development plan to double capacity
Connects with the Port of Savannah: "Exclusive CSX service on a direct, 388-mile rail route to/from Garden City Terminal"
"Features easy access to Interstate 75 and U.S. 411"
Inland Port Greer
Owned and operated by the South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA)
"Rail-served inland port facility in Upstate South Carolina"
"Extends the Port of Charleston's reach 212 miles inland via rail"
"A dedicated Norfolk Southern train runs 6 days per week and provides overnight service in both directions."
In April of 2021 the SCPA announced plans for expansion
International Inland Port of Dallas (IIPOD)
"An intermodal and logistics district that encompasses 7,500 acres and 5 municipalities"
"Direct access to three major interstate highways (I-35, I-20 & I-45)"
"The Union Pacific Dallas Intermodal Terminal in southern Dallas County provides intermodal access to the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach"
"Foreign Trade Zone 39 and its alternative site management framework allows for 'usage-driven' trade zone sites in the IIPOD area. FTZ designation may allow businesses to delay, reduce or eliminate customs duties on some import categories."
Logistics Park Kansas City (LPKC)
"A 3,000-acre master-planned distribution and warehouse development in Edgerton, Kansas — just southwest of downtown Kansas City"
"Served by global intermodal transportation leader, BNSF Railway"
"…a world-class inland port with capacity for 17 million square feet of industrial buildings"
"14.4+ million square feet of distribution facilities"
Connects to Southern California ports via BNSF Railway
Midwest Inland Port
"…a multi-modal transportation hub located in Decatur, Illinois that delivers both domestic and international flexibility for companies through a well-positioned transportation corridor, connecting the Midwest to the East, West and Gulf Coasts of North America"
"Direct access to 4 railroads connecting to all North American rail networks"
"Intermodal ramp with 25-minute average turn times"
"An airport equipped with a U.S. Customs Office, a Fixed-Based Operator (FBO) and runways measuring 8,400' long and 150' wide to handle large aircrafts"
Utah Inland Port Authority and the Utah Inland Port
The Utah Inland Port Authority (UIPA) has been in the news over the past year, and its approach is viewed by some as a potential model to deal with ongoing port congestion.
The UIPA says it is "not a singular place; it's a statewide, generational logistics system," as described in the following video.
The UIPA says that "An inland port development in Utah has been the subject of studies and countless discussions in and around the Salt Lake City area for more than 40 years. In 2018, a renewed interest spurred the state legislature to create the Utah Inland Port Authority to support the production and movement of goods in and out of Utah."
There has been some controversy surrounding the opening of the Utah Inland Port in Salt Lake City, but according to Transport Topics, it opened in 2019 and became "fully operational" in mid-2021.
In May of last year, the UIPA signed a deal with the Port of Oakland to "improve the flow of cargo to and from the Northern California gateway and the Utah logistics system."
According to a press release, "The cooperative agreement focuses on reducing congestion and cost associated with goods movement through the corridor by optimizing the existing on- and near-dock rail system of the Port of Oakland to reduce dwell times and improve the speed and consistency of rail deliveries to and from Utah. UIPA will, in turn, develop transloading capacity within its jurisdiction to accept those imports and increase export capacity from Utah businesses."
Quoted in the announcement, Jack Hedge, Executive Director of Utah Inland Port Authority described the positive impact expected: "This partnership is a huge step to establishing Utah as a transformational location in trade logistics. Working directly with the nation's Western cargo gateways will shape new trade patterns for the Western U.S."
Referencing the "nonstop trade surge" that showed "no signs of slowing" at the time, Port of Oakland Maritime Director Bryan Brandes said, "This collaboration with the Utah Inland Port Authority creates a path to long-term stability in the supply chain by improving fluidity and velocity as goods move inland."
In June, the UIPA did the same with the Port of Long Beach (POLB).
Quoted in the announcement, Mario Cordero, Executive Director of the Port of Long Beach said, "This agreement is vital to the Port's strategic goals to diversify exports and create new partnerships that will help alleviate the unprecedented cargo surge we've experienced since last summer. Our enhanced on-dock rail facilities will be crucial in delivering cargo to Utah while also strengthening the Port's competitiveness and reducing emissions."
In October of last year, the POLB, the UIPA, and Union Pacific Railroad announced "a bold initiative that brings rapid relief from existing Port congestion by optimizing rail deliveries between California and Utah."
In a joint statement, Cordero and Hedge said "The direct, regularly scheduled rail service connecting the Port of Long Beach to Salt Lake City will allow cargo destined for all of the Intermountain West to be rapidly evacuated from terminals in Long Beach to Salt Lake City for further distribution throughout the region. Much of this cargo traditionally moves to Utah, Colorado, Nevada, and Idaho by truck, and thus must be removed from the port terminals one container at a time. Reengaging this direct rail service will allow removal of blocks of containers at a time."
Cordero also said that "A direct connection to Utah links two critical points in the supply chain and immediately reduces pressure on terminal storage, gates, chassis, and the local drayage community on the coast. Not only is this a more efficient service for importers in the Intermountain West, but it's also a major step forward for exporters from the region."
Late last month, the UIPA hosted a meeting with logistics industry leaders to discuss the supply chain challenges that continue to plague the nation and Utah's role in providing solutions.
Source: KSL TV
Ocean freight tendering for 2022: What can shippers expect?
4 Supply Chain Disruptors That May Lie Ahead in 2022


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When Scott started the new adventure, he found himself in a strange world ruled by robots called Castlebots. It seemed as if their only purpose was to have fun. Their idea of fun included jousting, torobot roping and riding, and foxbot laser tag. However, after Scott met a mysterious, outcast Castlebot named Threadneedle for the second time, he learned a dark and dangerous secret about the Castlebots. Can Scott bring the news to the rest of the Castlebots before it is too late?
After several days of relaxation and fun Scott was abruptly challenged by a strange Castlebot named Lady Pearl. Pearl said that Scott was a spy from people called space pirates. Can Scott prove his innocence before it is too late and a cataclysmic disaster occurs?
I would recommend this book to people who like adventure with a smattering of science fiction. At the top of each chapter there was a quotation from the Bible that would relate to what happened in the chapter. "Castlebots Book One: From Earth to the Asteroid" was a fun read and left off on a cliffhanger. I can't wait to read the next one.


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OOPS: Elizabeth Warren Denounces Her Own Supporter in Facebook Rant
By Alex GriswoldDec 13th, 2016, 9:17 am
In an angry Facebook rant last week, Democratic Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren denounced multimillionaire Wall Street executive Whitney Tilson, evidently not realizing that he was a big supporter of her political causes.
"Hedge fund managers like Whitney Tilson are thrilled by Donald Trump's economic team of Wall Street insiders," Warren complained, citing a Tilson quote from a Bloomberg story on Trump's cabinet picks: "I think Donald Trump conned [voters]. I was worried that he was going to do crazy things that would blow the system up. So the fact that he's appointing people from within the system is a good thing."
"Tilson knows that, despite all the stunts and rhetoric, Donald Trump isn't going to change the economic system…" Warren continued. "If Trump gets his way, the next four years are going to be a bonanza for the Whitney Tilsons of the world – at the expense and pain of everyone else."
There's only one problem: Tilson isn't a Trump supporter at all. The hedge fund manager was a big-time Hillary Clinton donor, has a long history of donating to Democrats, and publicly backs Warren's controversial anti-Wall Street proposals.
Tilson told The New York Times he was not pleased. "Personally, I feel betrayed," he said. "In recent years, I've really stuck my neck out by very publicly supporting her, the [Consumer Financial Protection Bureau], and a tough regulatory approach to banks — none of which wins me many friends — and this is how she repays me."
If that weren't bad enough, Tilson's wife is also a personal acquaintance of Warren's:
Mr. Tilson's wife, Susan Blackman Tilson, was one of the students in the first Harvard Law School bankruptcy class that Ms. Warren taught, in fall 1992. The student has remained loyal to her professor; Mrs. Tilson wrote in a letter to Ms. Warren last week that she had been "cheering from the sidelines as you rose to national attention for your excellent work on behalf of consumers."
Still, Warren refuses to remove the Facebook post. In a letter to the Tilsons, an aide said they would remove language calling him a billionaire, but left the rest of the post up.
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package simplifyslice

import (
	"bytes"
	"fmt"
	"go/ast"
	"go/printer"

	"golang.org/x/tools/go/analysis"
	"golang.org/x/tools/go/analysis/passes/inspect"
	"golang.org/x/tools/go/ast/inspector"
)

const Doc = `check for slice simplifications

A slice expression of the form:
	s[a:len(s)]
will be simplified to:
	s[a:]

This is one of the simplifications that "gofmt -s" applies.`

var Analyzer = &analysis.Analyzer{
	Name:     "simplifyslice",
	Doc:      Doc,
	Requires: []*analysis.Analyzer{inspect.Analyzer},
	Run:      run,
}

// Note: We could also simplify slice expressions of the form s[0:b] to s[:b]
//       but we leave them as is since sometimes we want to be very explicit
//       about the lower bound.
// An example where the 0 helps:
//       x, y, z := b[0:2], b[2:4], b[4:6]
// An example where it does not:
//       x, y := b[:n], b[n:]

func run(pass *analysis.Pass) (interface{}, error) {
	inspect := pass.ResultOf[inspect.Analyzer].(*inspector.Inspector)
	nodeFilter := []ast.Node{
		(*ast.SliceExpr)(nil),
	}
	inspect.Preorder(nodeFilter, func(n ast.Node) {
		expr := n.(*ast.SliceExpr)
		// - 3-index slices always require the 2nd and 3rd index
		if expr.Max != nil {
			return
		}
		s, ok := expr.X.(*ast.Ident)
		// the array/slice object is a single, resolved identifier
		if !ok || s.Obj == nil {
			return
		}
		call, ok := expr.High.(*ast.CallExpr)
		// the high expression is a function call with a single argument
		if !ok || len(call.Args) != 1 || call.Ellipsis.IsValid() {
			return
		}
		fun, ok := call.Fun.(*ast.Ident)
		// the function called is "len" and it is not locally defined; and
		// because we don't have dot imports, it must be the predefined len()
		if !ok || fun.Name != "len" || fun.Obj != nil {
			return
		}
		arg, ok := call.Args[0].(*ast.Ident)
		// the len argument is the array/slice object
		if !ok || arg.Obj != s.Obj {
			return
		}
		var b bytes.Buffer
		printer.Fprint(&b, pass.Fset, expr.High)
		pass.Report(analysis.Diagnostic{
			Pos:     expr.High.Pos(),
			End:     expr.High.End(),
			Message: fmt.Sprintf("unneeded: %s", b.String()),
			SuggestedFixes: []analysis.SuggestedFix{{
				Message: fmt.Sprintf("Remove '%s'", b.String()),
				TextEdits: []analysis.TextEdit{{
					Pos:     expr.High.Pos(),
					End:     expr.High.End(),
					NewText: []byte{},
				}},
			}},
		})
	})
	return nil, nil
}

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Mahoniss Graham, 6, holds one of the treats he won for his first-grade class in a snow contest in February at the Syracuse Academy of Science.
How smart is your first-grader?
Smart enough to explain the significance of the Code of Hammurabi?
Or explain the significance of gods and goddesses, ziggurats, temples and priests in Mesopotamia?
Or identify Hatshepsut as a pharaoh of ancient Egypt and explain her significance?
A lesson plan put forward as a model for schools by the New York State Department of Education says that by the end of the 16-lesson unit, first-graders will be able to do those things and much, much more - in fact, 78 other things, many of comparable complexity.
The unit on Early World Civilizations is part of a 10-unit English language arts curriculum for first-graders that the state is featuring on its engage.ny website. The state is featuring the curriculum for local school districts to use if they choose.
The state says the curriculum is a way to widen children's horizons, enrich their vocabularies and prepare them for the deeper learning that is part of the Common Core academic standards that have been adopted by New York and 44 other states.
For critics, it's a prime example of how out-of-touch they say New York's education bureaucrats have become.
eighth or ninth or tenth or eleventh or twelfth grades," Diane Ravitch, a professor at New York University and a former U.S. assistant education secretary, wrote on her blog recently.
"Six-year-olds may have trouble pronouncing some of the words, let alone developing a historical sense of why these facts matter or how they relate to one another," she said.
She called the unit "a circus trick, an effort to prove that a 6-year-old can do mental gymnastics."
New York schools are required to prepare their students to meet the new academic standards, but they are not required to use any of the model curriculums put forward by the state. And by the looks of it, few districts are choosing to use this one.
Jeff Craig, assistant superintendent of the Onondaga-Cortland-Madison BOCES, said he doesn't believe any of the 23 school districts in the BOCES are adopting the curriculum. Neither is the Syracuse City School District, which is not a part of the BOCES.
Craig did not criticize the curriculum directly, but he did say the Early World Civilization unit "looks like it has some similarities with ninth- and tenth-grade global (studies)."
He said the curriculum has a stronger emphasis on historical facts and trends than local schools are looking for in first-grade English language arts.
The Education Department defends the curriculum, whose other first-grade units - or "domains," as it calls them -- include Early American Civilizations, Astronomy, the Human Body, the History of the Earth and more.
The units are part of a curriculum developed by the Virginia-based Core Knowledge Foundation and its founder, education scholar E.D. Hirsch. The state Education Department is using the prekindergarten through second grade portions as curriculum models.
The curriculum is based on the idea that children learn to read not just by gaining "decoding" skills but by hearing rich oral language and vocabulary and learning enough background knowledge to understand what they are reading.
Kate Gerson, senior fellow for Common Core and educator engagement for the Regents Research Fund, a privately funded non-profit that is consulting with the state Education Department, said the curriculum is developmentally appropriate.
The Early Worlds Civilizations unit is part of the curriculum's Listening and Learning strand, which involves teachers reading aloud to students. The readings expose children to vocabulary and "foundational knowledge" that they will build on year after year, Gerson said.
She said the lessons can be particularly important to children from low-literacy backgrounds who may not be exposed to rich vocabulary and texts. The read-alouds "recreate" the kinds of language and content children in affluent households hear every day, she said.
"They are exposed to NPR in the background. They're exposed to dinner-table conversation. They're exposed to older siblings being read complex texts. They're going to cultural museums..." she said. "We need to be sure that the experiences and exposures that our students are having are equal."
But for many local educators, Early World Civilizations is a bit too rich for first-graders.
Margie Carpenter, K-8 instructional coach for English language arts in the Liverpool school district and a supporter of the Common Core standards, said the unit contains many words that are important to the deeper understanding that the standards demand - words like explain, describe, identify and compare.
But when she read over the content of the unit at the request of The Post-Standard, she said it looked like a fifth- or sixth-grade unit.
"I think it would be overwhelming to a first-grader," she said.
Here are the 81 things the state says first-graders will be able to do after taking the Early World Civilizations unit. For the full model first-grade curriculum on the state's website, go here.


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Even though it is rated as moderately difficult this hike is perfect for taking the family out on a summer adventure due to the refreshing temperature drop while walking along the creek. This is also a out-and-back trail, so if you do not think you can make the full 2 miles out to the seventh bridge you can always turn back early.
With the beginning of the trail being accessed by Gold Camp Road, an old gravel road that used to be a railway leading to Cripple Creek before tunnel #3 collapsed in 1988, you are immediately awarded with gorgeous views of Cheyenne Canyon and Helen Hunt Falls. Once on the trail, the forest canopy covers the majority of your hike with the creek running alongside you every step of the way.
Another fairly easy yet massively rewarding hike located in Cheyenne Canyon, take the whole family (including Fido, provided he is leashed) out to explore the Seven Bridges of Cheyenne Canyon.
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Gov't Employees Ins. v. Avanguard Med. Group
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In an insurance action, brought by plaintiff insurance companies seeking declaratory relief, the Appellate Division's order is affirmed where...
People v. Gray
Conviction for second-degree intentional murder is affirmed where defendant's attorney did not render ineffective assistance of counsel by failing to...
In re N.Y.C. C.L.A.S.H.
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In an environmental action, challenging a Town Board's positive declaration under the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) and requiring a...
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ACPA's Commission for Admissions, Orientation and the First Year Experience is constantly looking for ways in which professionals can stay up to date with their own development throughout the year. However, with so many options for engagement, it can sometimes become overwhelming determining how one can find the development opportunities best suited to them. That is why AOFYE is proud to release the Professional Development Curriculum to its members.
The AOFYE Professional Development Curriculum is an open access, live document that is meant to aggregate various developmental opportunities within the fields of admissions, orientation, and the first-year experience. The curriculum is broken into three components.
Upcoming developmental opportunities and resources sponsored by AOFYE, including anticipated dates for webcasts, blogs, and submission deadlines. Additionally, for all recent developmental opportunities sponsored by the commission, hyperlinks are provided to access these resources throughout the year.
Information on national conferences, meetings, and call for programs relevant to the fields of admissions, orientation, and the first-year experience. General information is also provided on relevant regional/state conferences.
A working topical timeline of areas common to practitioners within admissions, orientation, and the first-year experience. While this list is not exhaustive nor representative of all institutions, it does work as a guide to inform the work of the commission and its members.
This resource is meant to be updated throughout the year, and we welcome your feedback if you believe any information is missing. You can access the Professional Development Curriculum by clicking here.
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