In construction, shrewd builders deploy a technique called expansion joints to allow for unpredictable change. They are commonly found in sidewalks, buildings, roads, railroad tracks, ships, bridges, and other structures.
The reason expansion joints are needed is that sometimes there are vibrations, heat differences, or even movement in things. Before expansion joint gaps were introduced into these structures, solid unmovable objects would often crack under stress or pressure.
Really strong things became fragile.
People and companies need their own set of expansion joints too. In a production setting, allowing for the vibration of unpredictability can help keep things on schedule. You plan for the chaos.
Who doesn't want to reduce their stress?
What happens in your shop when your lead operator calls in sick, a machine goes down, there is a power failure or some inventory isn't delivered on the day it was scheduled to arrive?
Does all hell break loose? What type of stress dog-piles on your people or the company? It's not pretty.
What if you planned your own expansion joint into the process?
Let's pretend you have an order that has to ship Friday. In your shop when do all the various steps begin to take place so it will ship on that day? Have you mapped out your core processes and determined the timing and steps? Do you wing it and hope for the best?
In today's business climate, speed is an advantage. There is no waiting. You can't have a "I'll do it tomorrow" mentality. Leave that to the yahoo down the street.
A production expansion joint would be to have that Friday order deadline really due for completion in your shop on Thursday. When Friday rolls around that job is already handled and ready to ship. If you are really on top of things, the order shipped out on Thursday…a day early. Wouldn't this surprise and please your customer?
Does your company operate with the mentality of "get it done early"? If not, how does that happen on a regular basis?
Orders have to be entered the day they come in. Not tomorrow…today.
Inventory has to be ordered today too. Get it in by the distributor cutoff.
Art or digitizing has to happen as soon as possible to get the job approved well before production needs it. Artists tend to have their own internal clock on creativity, and often it isn't speedy. However, they do work well with deadlines, so you need to set them.
Screens and digitizing have to be ready one full business day before the job has to start production. The trick is to state on your schedule, or train your staff to figure it out, when the production day start is supposed to happen. If you do this the right way, nobody has to ask.
Inventory has to be delivered one full day before too. Everything has to be received correctly and counted, boxes have to be labeled with the order information and staged for production. You want to push this so production can grab what they need and stage it by the equipment. Make it easy.
The job has to be scheduled to production, and the crews given the expectation on when it is needed for completion. It shouldn't be a guess. Jobs should be lined up in order of completion by each machine with everything the crew needs to complete the job. They don't go look for anything. Ever.
When is each of the above steps due? Well, frankly that's up to your production speed and capabilities. What is your average production speed for your equipment (Not the manufacturer's suggested speed, but your's in your shop)? What is your turnover time between orders, (from when you finish one job to when you start the next)? How many jobs are already crowded on your dance floor? It's up to you to determine the landmarked timing for each step. Make it a procedural standard and stick to it.
By including a buffer day on when that job is due you are allowing for that occasional problem that always seems to come up. You know what I'm talking about. You are missing 12 mediums. Nobody ordered the metallic gold ink. A truck crashed into the utility pole down the street so there's no power until they fix it. There was a big game last night and half your shop has called in "sick".
These challenges surface, and like a row of dominoes, everything after that is late if you are always working down to the wire.
However, if your mantra is "If you aren't early you are running late", then a good chunk of your work is already completed when these problems surface. And they always surface. It's the expansion joint that keeps your unplanned production earthquake from fracturing your schedule.
Is this easy to do? Frankly no. You can only control so much. Sometimes you have to beg for more time. That is an expansion joint in itself.
For a lot of decorators, this is the busy season already. The schedule is packed and stress levels are already incredibly high. Doing things early just seems like a Jägermeister-induced pipe dream.
Emphasis on quality. Redoing something because you were in a hurry just slows you down. Make sure your staff double checks everything and is intensely focused on the task at hand. People tend to skip steps when overloaded or rushed. This leads to more failure and a vicious cycle of doom. Slow down. Do one thing right. Then the next. Then the one after that. Prioritize your work and get the biggest challenges handled first.
Set deadlines for customers to approve artwork or sew outs. "For your order to ship on time we need you to approve this by Tuesday at 12:00 pm", for example. After you send the approval out, follow up to make sure they have received it and can open the file. Any problems or questions? Set the expectation on the behavior you want from your customer.
Build standards for your shop as to how people work and the expectations you have for each task. Order entry has to occur the same day the job comes in, for example. If it is before the cutoff, goods have to be ordered that day too. Art has to be completed as soon as they can knock it out…the earlier the better. These three things greatly influence the amount of time production has on the back end to complete their work. When you push things on the front end, your production team will have more time to complete theirs. Typically production gets shafted on valuable time if your front office doesn't have the hustle mentality. If you are burning screens or digitizing embroidery, the same day the job has to ship, it's going to be extremely difficult to keep to a production schedule that makes sense. Front load your orders with attention to timing to set up your production crew for success.
Standardize the work and how you communicate in each department. "For this type of work, we do that." The more you train your staff on how you want it to be done, the faster they can move. Create independent thinkers. Your trained staff making decisions on their own creates that expansion joint. The "Check With Me" mentality slows you down and is far more rigid, not to mention it is a sign of insecure leadership. Experience, skill and training are what moves the bar upward with people. Create value with your troops by cross training your staff in multiple departments. Sometimes learning "why" that other department handles things a certain way creates some empathy for the burden they bear every day. For example, having Customer Service work in Receiving counting in shipments for a morning or two can create the understanding as to why tracking numbers and packing slips are needed for every order coming in. Communicating this information on your orders is the expansion joint for Receiving to do their work properly.
Learn to push back or say no. Already insanely busy? Adding another job to the pile isn't going to help. Does that order really have to ship Friday? Will Tuesday work? Have your staff trained to know your schedule and ask questions. If a job doesn't make sense, don't accept it…or still take it and contract it to another decorator. Don't make matters worse for yourself.
Bring in extra help when needed. That old adage, "Many hands makes light work", holds true. Getting some temp labor or summer part time help could be the expansion joint your company needs to get through the chaos. Your full time staff can do all the difficult work, but the new faces can handle unbagging that skid of polos or reclaiming that mountain of dirty screens. The expansion joint here is just an extra set of hands working. Sometimes it's worth the money Mr. Cheapo.
Know what your production capacity is and what you have booked. If you use production logs in your shop, you can get an average based on actual historical data on your daily speed. Use this as a benchmark when thinking about what is possible for a standard production day. Anything over this and there needs to be some thought as to how it's going to get accomplished. Can you bring in more people, work more hours, or contract some of the jobs out? You should be thinking several days if not a week ahead. Constantly map it out.
Make it easy for your crews to do the right things. Eliminate the need for them to make a choice. Line up the jobs in the order they need to be completed with everything they need to produce the order so nobody has to search for anything. For printers, this is screens, shirts & ink. For embroiders, this is shirts and cones of thread. For heat press jobs, this could be all the names and numbers ready to go. There is zero wasted time looking for something for the order. Eliminate the excuses. Churn and burn.
Here's some homework for your shop: Walk around your building and observe how people work. Think about your workflow. Look for the bottlenecks and friction points in the process.
What causes those? It could be any number of things. Communication, not enough people, not enough training, lack of follow through. Who knows? Dig into the challenge and work out a solution by making it easier for the correct outcome to occur.
Your goal should be that for each core process along the way, whatever is needed is ready and waiting to be worked on at the correct time. Time is your enemy here. Map out your processes and determine, based on your capacity, when things have to happen. Then, define and engineer that result. Create the expansion joints along the way to allow for the common problems that could happen.
It is up to you to set the tone for your shop and to keep things stable by introducing the expansion joints along the way that will allow for unpredictable changes.


A music-box-like construction of a typewriter conjoined with a conveyor belt, repeatedly typing on a loop of paper, "the errors one has sown into oneself, one must eradicate in this way, and every time one makes a mistake one must start over." As the exhibition progresses, the precision and legibility break down.
This work depicts three translations of the same text taken from Søren Kierkegaard's Either/Or. Imposed upon a screen of light, the sentences are divided into parts where the translators use the same words. A sheet of 3M optical film splits the image of the text in two, casting one line of text upon the other.
This work depicts six translations of the same text taken from Søren Kierkegaard's Fear and Trembling. Imposed upon a screen of light, the sentences are divided into parts where the translators use the same words. A sheet of 3M optical film splits the image of the text in two, casting one line of text upon the other.
All the work use text from the work of Søren Kierkegaard as their main subject matter. In all cases they are in some way presented in a repetitive manner that both allows one to focus in on its content and at the same time, make nearly illegible. The repetition is produced differently in the kinetic and light screen works. In one, the text is typed out over itself in a loop as the mechanisms of the machine gradually wear out. In the latter the text is presented in multiple English translations and then split with an optical film causing one line of text to rest on top of the other. In the kinetic work the content is best reflected in the functioning of the machine as it performs illustrative of the text it types out. In the light screen works, the content can be seen in the way the doubling effect of the optical film both conceals and heightens the visibility of different parts of the texts. These works trade in total legibility for devices that grab the viewer's attention and communicate on a more indirect level.
Robert Donnelly is a multidisciplinary artist who often employs performance, metal fabrication, video, electronics and text. His work frequently references parables and themes from works of the Danish writer Søren Kiekregaard. He has worked on other new media installations with artists such as Mitchell Chan, David Rokeby and Michael Awad. Donnelly studied fine art with an emphasis in sculpture at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam, Netherlands and the Ontario College of Art & Design in Toronto, where he received his BFA in 2011. He is currently working in Copenhagen at the Søren Kierkegaard Research Center and the Danish Art Workshops.
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Everytime I look on social media, there is a parent talking about the new car seat rules that are coming into effect in December but WAIT, are they really coming into effect in December or is this an assumption or more media speculation? The proposals are to restrict the development of new backless booster seats and limit their use to taller children, above the height of 125cm.
This changes only apply to new products and does not affect products that have already been regulated. Therefore, all existing backless booster seats, continue to be legal and safe per their usage instructions even after any changes in the regulations.(whenever the date might actually be).
mifold meets or exceeds all relevant regulatory requirements and will continue to do so after any proposed changes for all children aged 4+, weighing between 15kg and 36kg irrespective of height.
The schedule to implement new laws has been delayed again; the Department for Transport say that it will probably be later next year.
If new laws are implemented, the mifold Grab-and-Go booster seat will continue to be sold and used for the safety of all children aged 4+, weighing between 15kg and 36kg irrespective of height throughout Europe with no new, additional restrictions.
The European regulators are entrusted with monitoring the safety of children in cars. Their commitment to continue to license all existing booster seats for sale and continued use, without limitation, is their recognition that booster seats are a safe, well-established, practical, proven and cost effective method of restraining children in cars.
mifold is a safe belt positioning booster seat that is available all the time. Unlike traditional bulky booster seats, a child can always be safe with the innovative mifold belt positioning device - no matter whose car they are in.
Car safety is important to all parents and the mifold is mighty small and mighty strong. We are told that mifold is the most advanced, compact and portable booster seat in the world, although the thing that appeals to me the most is its compact nature, which is super handy for when we have playdates and family outings. Less bulky car seats means more room for school bags or picnic hampers!
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Blind Recruitment
Blind Recruitment: Building diverse organisations
by Veronica Schmilinsky
The organisation of the present and the future is diverse: gender, ethnicity, culture, age, professional path. All these elements, previously taken for granted, are at the fore-front in selection processes, with policies that support these practices and increasingly more tools that fulfil this need of the 21st century society.
Hiring new talent is a complex process itself. However, when we also want to revolutionise the way we think about people and eliminate our unconscious personal bias, the process reaches new levels of complexity.
A practice that is becoming widespread is Blind Recruiting, which consists in eliminating data that specifies certain characteristics that may cause discrimination, such as the person's name, gender, age, hobbies and interests, academic background, and so on, and instead focuses on the candidates' experience and skills.
Even though it is very popular now, this practice is not new. It was first used in the 1950s in the US, when the Boston Symphony Orchestra started having blind auditions to eliminate gender bias when choosing its members. The practice extended to orchestras throughout the country in the 1970s, allowing female representation increase from 5% to 30% nowadays, taking interpretation and musical skills, not gender, as the main factor for selecting individuals.
Using this model in a selection process in an organisation comes with a series of adaptations that result in less discrimination, at least in theory, during the first stages.
As mentioned before, the elimination of data that may lead to a bias is the first step. There is already software that does this, such as Gap Jumpers HYPERLINK "https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/28/magazine/is-blind-hiring-the-best-hiring.html", created by Kedar Iyer, an entrepreneur from Silicon Valley who noticed the same problem when selecting encoders in the IT world, leaving talent out of the equation because they did not attend renowned universities.
Other ways to incorporate Blind Recruitment is through anonymous skills tests; these can be predesigned tests, chatbots or technical tests, all of which don't show the information we wish to exclude.
One of the current needs when hiring new talent is the famous culture fit. When we understand it as a way to find people with the same work ethic, supported by behaviour consistent with the organisation's goals, it may be a good way to filter out applicants. Now, when culture fit is a way of perpetuating cultural hegemony, without much variety in the kind of people who make up the organisation, then it can become a place with low diversity and results coherent with this lack of plurality of visions.
While bias can be avoided in the initial stages of recruiting using these techniques, the unavoidable personal interview presents a challenge when trying to keep the selection with as little a bias as possible. This is why commitment with diversity must be within the organisation's core values, in addition to having continuous and proper training for the recruitment teams and HR in general, as part of a global strategy of inclusion.
The Blind Recruitment theory is pretty encouraging and seems to be a simple solution for a big problem; however, heterogeneous results have been reported. Even when Google uses this technique, among many others, for its selection processes, the company's representation figures in terms of diversity are not balanced.
That's why measuring results allows for a better delimitation of the inclusion strategy. Knowing the current company's structure and how the selection process is done before implementing certain measures will help you understand which practices benefit the organisation's diversification.
Inclusion problems in talent selection come from one source: human subjectivity. That's why technology and a conscious effort to eliminate preconceptions are strong allies for achieving culturally rich, diverse and constantly evolving organisations, driven by capable human beings and with a diversity of voices that reflect this century's complex globalised society.
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The social network is working with the U.S. government's investigation.
You know it's not good when the company lawyer writes an important blog post.
Indeed, Facebook revealed today that it turned over more than 3,000 ads that were linked to Russia to the Senate and House intelligence committees as part of their investigation centered on the 2016 presidential election. The ads were purchased by a Russian entity known as the Internet Research Agency, according to the digital giant.
Congress, the national media and the general public have been generally concerned with the Kremlin's impact on last year's U.S. election, which saw Republican Donald Trump beat Democrat Hillary Clinton, as well as elections in other Western democracies.
The revelation comes two weeks after the company publicly disclosed that 3,000 ads were purchased by such an operation.
And it came with two accompanying blog posts.
3) Let's go back to the beginning. Did Facebook know when the ads were purchased that they might be part of a Russian operation? Why not?
The vast majority of our over 5 million advertisers use our self-service tools. This allows individuals or businesses to create a Facebook Page, attach a credit card or some other payment method and run ads promoting their posts.
In some situations, Facebook employees work directly with our larger advertisers. In the case of the Russian ads, none of those we found involved in-person relationships.
At the same time, a significant number of advertisers run ads internationally, and a high number of advertisers run content that addresses social issues — an ad from a non-governmental organization, for example, that addresses women's rights. So there was nothing necessarily noteworthy at the time about a foreign actor running an ad involving a social issue. Of course, knowing what we've learned since the election, some of these ads were indeed both noteworthy and problematic, which is why our CEO today announced a number of important steps we are taking to help prevent this kind of deceptive interference in the future.
"The integrity of our elections is fundamental to democracy around the world. That's why we've built teams dedicated to working on election integrity and preventing governments from interfering in the elections of other nations," he said.
You can check out his full statement here.


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On April 2, 2019, a bilateral meeting was held between Minister of Digital Development, Defense and Aerospace
Date: 21/02/19 Minister Ramin Guluzade met with Dell representatives
Minister of Transport, Communications and High Technologies Ramin Guluzade met with representatives of Dell
Date: 20/07/18 Minister of Transport, Communications and High Technologies receives citizens in Gakh
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Date: 30/03/18 Minister of Transport, Communications and High Technologies receives citizens in Gobustan
Today Minister of Transport, Communications and High Technologies Ramin Guluzade received citizens in Gobustan city (citizens from Gobustan, Shamakhy, Aghsu and Ismayilly regions) in accordance with the schedule for the reception of citizens in cities and regions by heads of central executive bodies in March 2018.
Date: 17/03/18 Minister of Transport, Communications and High Technologies Ramin Guluzade meets with Deputy Prime Minister of Romania
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IRB Waivers of Informed Consent
What is a waiver or alteration of informed consent or parental permission?
The HHS regulations allow the IRB to waive the requirement for obtaining informed consent or parental permission or to approve a consent procedure that leaves out or alters some or all of the elements of informed consent otherwise required under 45 CFR 46.116(a) and (b).
Waiving the requirement for obtaining informed consent or parental permission means that the IRB has determined that investigators need not obtain the subjects' informed consent to participate in research. For example, some research about natural behavior may require that subjects be unaware that the research is taking place. Such research can only be approved by the IRB if the research meets the criteria for a waiver of informed consent under HHS regulations and for approving research according to 45 CFR 46.111.
An IRB may approve research for which some or all of the elements of informed consent at 45 CFR 46.116 (a) and (b) have been altered, or for which some elements have been left out. For example, some research designs require that subjects be left unaware of the particular purpose of the research, because the subjects' responses might be biased if they know in advance what the investigators are seeking. Such research designs do not preclude offering potential subjects some information about the research and giving them the opportunity to decide whether to participate. The IRB may approve such research in which investigators will leave out or alter elements of informed consent, so long as the research meets the criteria for approving research in 45 CFR 46.111, and the research meets the criteria specified in the HHS regulations for leaving out or altering those elements.
Applicable Regulations.
§46.116 An IRB may approve a consent procedure which does not include, or which alters, some or all of the elements of informed consent set forth above, or waive the requirement to obtain informed consent provided the IRB finds and documents that: (1) The research or demonstration project is to be conducted by or subject to the approval of state or local government officials and is designed to study, evaluate, or otherwise examine: (i) public benefit or service programs; (ii) procedures for obtaining benefits or services under those programs; (iii) possible changes in or alternatives to those programs or procedures; or (iv) possible changes in methods or levels of payment for benefits or services under those programs; and (2) The research could not practicably be carried out without the waiver or alteration.
An IRB may approve a consent procedure which does not include, or which alters, some or all of the elements of informed consent set forth in this section, or waive the requirements to obtain informed consent provided the IRB finds and documents that:
The research involves no more than minimal risk to the subjects;
The waiver or alteration will not adversely affect the rights and welfare of the subjects;
The research could not practicably be carried out without the waiver or alteration;and
Whenever appropriate, the subjects will be provided with additional pertinent information after participation.
The informed consent requirements in this policy are not intended to preempt any applicable federal, state, or local laws which require additional information to be disclosed in order for informed consent to be legally effective.
Nothing in this policy is intended to limit the authority of a physician to provide emergency medical care, to the extent the physician is permitted to do so under applicable federal, state, or local law.
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English but not English: Understanding Wasei Eigo in Japanese
In a previous blog post, we discussed the use of English-language loan words in the Japanese language. Generally referred to as "gairaigo" (外来語 [imported+word]), changes in pronunciation, abbreviations, and contractions can make these words very difficult for non-Japanese speakers to understand when listening and reading.
While briefly mentioned in the above link, in today's blog post, we take a slightly different deep dive into a similar yet different use of English in the Japanese language: "wasei eigo" (和製英語 [Japanese-made English]. Sometimes written in English and sometimes in katakana, one of the three Japanese "alphabets" that is used for writing foreign text, these words and phrases can be even more confusing than gairago because not only is their pronunciation often changed but they are also used in ways and combinations that do not exist in standard usage.
Time for a quick quiz! Without looking it up on the Internet, what do you think the following Japanese words mean? Remember, all of them are made from English words!
Hocchikisu, buraindo tacchi, and sukinshippu
And the answers are... cue drum roll... "stapler," "touch typing," and "skinship."
Hocchikisu (ホッチキス) is actually "Hotchkiss," the name of an American company founded in 1895 that manufactured staplers.. A similar example in English would be the use of the brand name "Kleenex" for tissues or the company name "Xerox" for photocopiers.
Buraindo tacchi (ブラインドタッチ) or "blind touch" makes sense once you discover the meaning.
But, wait, what the heck is sukinshippu (スキンシップ) ? Is it really English?
Well, it is, but it isn't. While "skin" and "ship" are English words, they have been fused together to create a new word in Japanese. Sukinshippu is a combination of "friendship" and "skin" and refers to close, physical contact with family or close friends. (We thought that was quite a nice one.)
However, this use of pseudo-loan words and phrases is not unique to Japanese. All languages are dynamic and change in response to internal and external cultural and societal influences. An example from English would be a "double entendre," a word or phrase that has a double meaning. The phrase combines an English word with a borrowed French word to come up with something unique that is also in common usage.
Let's take a short look at the history of wasei eigo, how it's used, and how it's changing even now.
The only constant thing is change
In the Meiji Era (1868 - 1912), when the country began to transform from an isolated feudal society to a more open one, Japan was eager to take advantage of what it could learn from the rest of the world, with a specific focus on Westernizing. During this time, change was dramatic as new ideas and knowledge were quickly absorbed by society at large. As many of these new concepts had no equivalent in Japanese, their foreign labels were quickly adopted, sometimes creating confusion and mistakes in pronunciation, meaning, and usage.
The newly opened borders meant that English-speaking people and their language became more and more familiar to Japanese people, so they naturally began to experiment with different ways of using it.
Thus, wasei eigo (和製英語 [Japanese-made English] was born and is still with us today, ever-evolving.
Exotic and a little bit racy...
While there are no rules for who creates new wasei eigo, who uses it, or even how it is used in Japan, one of the most common occurrences is in advertising and marketing. One main reason for this is that English can sound cool, hip, or fashionable to Japanese consumers, even if it is grammatically or otherwise incorrect.
Perhaps the most famous one that confuses many American visitors when they go into a convenience store is amerikan doggu (アメリカンドッグ). Don't worry; it's just a corn dog.
One of my favorites that I see every day near my house is the vending machine that proclaims "COST DOWN!" Who doesn't like a "lower price?"
Wasei eigo is also often used for taboo or risqué topics. The "foreignness" of the words creates a separation or allows for a safe and neutral discussion of something that might otherwise be awkward or controversial.
Perhaps the most infamous example of the above in Japan is rabu hoteru (ラブホテル or ラブホ). If you can'st guess what "love hotel" means, you can always Google it.
Japanese local eateries (Yoshokuya: 洋食屋) or coffee lounges (Kissaten: 喫茶店) serve this popular menu item - naporitan (ナポリタン). Do you know what it is?
The wasei eigo of 2021!
In November of last year, 日本の英語を考える会 (the Association for Considering English in Japan) conducted a Twitter survey to choose the wasei eigo word that symbolized 2021.
In preparation for the vote, the Association solicited submissions for candidate words from domestic and international participants and supporters, from which the top four were chosen.
Coming in fourth with 9% of the vote was "boriyuumiii" (ボリューミー). Meaning "voluminous or large in quantity," this "wasei eigo" is created by adding the letter "y" to the end of "volume." It can be used to describe a hearty meal or a bulky package.
Third place with 10% was "mainapointo" (マイナポイント), an interesting response to the digital transformation that is slowly happening to Japan, a traditionally paper-focused culture. In 2016, the Japanese government began issuing a social security and tax identification number to its citizens, called "My Number (マイナンバー)." In 2020, to encourage the adoption and use of the My Number program while giving the economy a consumer boost, the government created the MyNaPoint (My Number Point) system to allow people to make electronic payments.
Second with almost double the vote, "mauntosuru" (マウントする) or "to mount" is an expression that means "showing off one's superiority over others." For example, if you proudly tell a friend that you got a perfect score on a test, they may say, "点が良かったからってマウント取るなよな。" ("Don't mount me just because you got a good score.) or "言ったそばからすぐマウントしてくるママ友が苦手だわ~。" ("I hate mom friends who mount me immediately when I say something")
As mentioned before, wasei eigo is often created in reaction to sudden and dramatic change. Obviously, it could be easily said that in the last two-plus years, the COVID-19 global pandemic has played that role.
Fittingly、 the winner of the Twitter survey for the wasei eigo of 2021 was "wizukorona" (ウィズコロナ) with 62% of the vote. This combination of "with corona" can be used as a noun or an adjective and is unique to Japan. Some examples would be "ウィズコロナ時代を生き抜く" ("surviving the 'with corona' era") or "ウィズコロナとアフターコロナに向けた出口戦略" ("exit strategies for 'with corona' and 'after corona'").
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SHA1 crypto algorithm underpinning Internet security could fall by 2018
Attacks on weaker MD5 algorithm show how devastating a crack could be.
Dan Goodin - Oct 6, 2012 1:32 pm UTC
The principle of detecting near-collisions in cryptographic algorithms such as MD5 and SHA1.
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A widely used cryptographic algorithm used to secure sensitive websites, software, and corporate servers is weak enough that well-financed criminals could crack it in the next six years, a cryptographer said.
The prediction about the SHA1 algorithm, posted recently to a hash function mailing list sponsored by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, is based on calculations its author and fellow cryptographers admit are rough. The back-of-the-envelope math also incorporates several assumptions that are by no means certain. At the same time, the ability to carry out a reliable "collision attack" on SHA1 would have catastrophic effects on the security of the Internet.
Similar collision attacks on the weaker MD5 algorithm provide an example of how dire and widespread the resulting harm could be. The Flame espionage malware, which the US and Israel are believed to have unleashed to spy on sensitive Iranian networks, wielded such an exploit to hijack Microsoft's Windows Update mechanism so the malicious program could spread from computer to computer inside an infected network. Separately, in 2008, a team of computer scientists and security researchers used the technique to forge a master secure sockets layer certificate that could authenticate virtually any website of their choosing.
SHA1 is considerably more resistant than MD5 to collision attacks, in which two different plaintext sources generate the same ciphertext, or digital signature. As a result, SSL certificate authorities, software companies, and most other security-minded organizations have discontinued use of MD5 in favor of SHA1, or better yet SHA2, which is believed to be stronger still. (Just this week, NIST designated an algorithm known as Keccak to be SHA3.) Cryptographers have long presumed these more advanced algorithms will suffer the same fate as MD5, as computers' processing speeds become ever faster. With SHA1 a staple in digital certificates that certify the authenticity of websites, commercial software, and credentials used to administer corporate servers, a practical attack on it anytime soon would come with dire consequences.
"When it does happen, it's going to be a disaster, because SHA1 is everywhere," said Matthew Green, a professor specializing in cryptography at Johns Hopkins University. "You could be Microsoft, you could be Google, if you were able to get an attack on SHA1."
Some provisions mandated by the Federal Information Processing Standard currently require the use of SHA1.
SHA1 and other hash algorithms generate a digital fingerprint that in theory is unique for each different file or text input they sign. When the underlying plaintext is altered in even miniscule ways, the signature changes. The algorithms are used cryptographically to prove that no unauthorized changes have been made to websites or software code. Collision attacks undermine this assurance by allowing attackers to forge the cryptographic signatures provided by the algorithm.
Based on the rough calculations of Jesse Walker, an Intel employee and a designer of a SHA3 runner-up algorithm known as Skein, SHA1 may fall sooner than many expected. He reached that conclusion based on the continuing growth of computing speed and the advent of cloud services such as Amazon's EC2, which allow people to rent commodity servers for as little as 4 cents per hour.
"A collision attack is therefore well within the range of what an organized crime syndicate can practically budget by 2018, and a university research project by 2021," Walker wrote, according to a transcript included in a blog post by fellow cryptographer Bruce Schneier. Walker went on to say his assumptions didn't take into consideration the use of graphical processing units and other optimized hardware, so "the need to transition from SHA-1 for collision resistance functions is probably more urgent than this back-of-the-envelope analysis suggests."
Walker's estimate is also based on the assumption a collision attack exploiting SHA1 would be based on a technique laid out earlier this year by Marc Stevens, a cryptographer from the Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica in Amsterdam. If attackers came up with a more efficient method for bringing about a collision attack—as the world-class cryptographers behind Flame did—that might also be a factor that would accelerate the downfall of SHA1. The estimate also assumes that Moore's Law, the observation that computing speed capacity doubles roughly every 18 months, will continue for the foreseeable future.
"The point is," Schneier concluded, "that we in the community need to start the migration away from SHA-1 and to SHA-2/SHA-3 now."
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Is the transition away from SHA1 to something else a difficult one?
No it is not. Just webpages and browsers need to move to TLS 1.2. TLS 1.2 supports SHA-2 hashes. It's been around for years. I implemented a solution using it in a private EFT terminal implementation years ago.
Firefox and Chrome ironically are towing the chain and sad to say but IE and Opera lead in this regard. Websites aren't being migrated because browsers don't support it and browsers don't support it because there aren't any webpages that use it. Really browsers should lead here but they are pretty irresponsible.
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The problem is that SHA1 is embedded into many higher-level security protocols, which are embedded into many commercial products. The most notable example is SSL/TLS, used to secure web sessions and VPN tunnels.
The process to change is very long and difficult. It starts with the standards bodies updating the standard to include one of the newer SHA-2 algorithms (or preferably, SHA-3). Then, device and software manufacturers have to incorporate that standard into new products. These new products take (often) years to roll out into the consumer space and gain a decent adoption rate. The year 2018 isn't all that far off, in this context.
Software, such as web browser and the like, are fairly easy to upgrade with a patch. Devices are a lot harder. There are crypto algorithms baked into the firmware of modems, routers, switches, etc all over the infrastructure, to secure administration channels and other secure tunnels. Often, even if you could upgrade the firmware to include stronger crypto, the hardware on the device isn't able to perform the calculations in a reasonable timeframe due to their complexity.
Then comes the problem of backwards compatibility. What do you do with all the devices that can't effectively use the stronger crypto? What happens when mom-and-pop's router tries to connect to the network and the device on the other end requests SHA-3/RSA-3072 to secure the connection but the device only supports SHA-1/RSA-1024? Do you disallow them on the network? Subsidize a replacement device?
For background, I help major F-500 companies (and smaller) gain their FIPS 140-2 validations on IT products you use every day. SHA-1 is already 'deprecated' according to the standard (along with RSA-1024) so progress is being made. The transition schedule can be found here. The testing/validation methods for SHA-3 will be developed shortly, and with that, I believe many companies will begin to incorporate it quickly. However, FIPS allows the support of older algorithms for backwards-compatibility. So, ultimately, the problem has to be addressed at the standard-level, and vendors have to be prepared with products as soon as those standards are finalized.
This is a real problem, and the transition schedule of algorithms is an important issue to the vendors, and ultimately, to the general public. I appreciate Ars raising awareness on the issue.
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New Cars on the Block
April 2022 New Cars on the Block
2022 continues with a few revisions and some cool new options!
BMW's full-size flagship sedan returns with new bodywork and a host of new technologies that wouldn't be out of place in their Rolls-Royce big brothers. Notably absent from the next-gen 7, internally dubbed the G70, is the V12. What we will get, however, is a new V8 meeting stricter emissions standards while making more power.
With an approach different from competitor Mercedes and their slippery, tech-laden EQS, the all-electric version of the 7 will be based on the same underpinnings as the gasoline model. A more traditional sedan shape should entice those looking to blend in with their surroundings a bit more than some EVs.
2023 Ferrari 296 GTS
Following its 296GTB coupe stablemate, the GTS keeps the V6 hybrid technology and adds a retractable hardtop able to be folded in 14 seconds at up to 28 mph. Pricing will start in the mid-$300k range.
The first revision of Hyundai's smash hit full-size Palisade includes revised front and rear fascias to match Hyundai's exterior language, along with a refreshed interior with added driver seat massage function, steering wheel redesign, added USB-C ports throughout, and ventilated second-row/heated third-row seats.
As is often the case with cars on the same chassis, the Telluride will also get a few updates like its Palisade cousin. New are the sport-trimmed X Line model, as well as a more hardcore X-Pro model with smaller wheels, beefier tires, 5500 pounds towing capacity, and more ground clearance. All models get a new 12.3 inch screen and three new color options.
2023 Jeep Wagoneer L / Grand Wagoneer L
Jeep has sat on the sideline and watched as the biggest models from other domestic automakers offered an even longer version of their full-size body-on-frame people/cargo movers. Until now! With 7" additional wheelbase and 12" overall, the Wagoneer duo is ready to compete with the Suburban, Yukon XL, Escalade ESV, Expedition Max, and Navigator L. Along with the new Hurricane Inline-6, a few more MPGs will be realized vs. the current shorter Wagoneers.
2023 Mercedes-Benz EQS SUV
2023 Mercedes-Benz EQS
With the EQS and EQE sedans already out and confirmed for production, the EQS SUV follows suit as the luxury flagship seven-seater SUV from the world's older automaker. More aerodynamic but also more compact than the existing GLS gas model, the EQS580 4MATIC will have up to 536 horsepower and 300+ miles of range.
2022 Mercedes-Benz EQB
As the entry-level seven-seat Mercedes crossover option, the EQB promises a more affordable option in the budding EV SUV segment. Because of its low center of gravity, we predict it will also be fun to pilot around town. Active aerodynamics and 288 horsepower are standard.
2023 Toyota Supra manual transmission
The Toyota Supra will be getting a manual transmission for the 2023 model year. After several years with the terrific ZF 8-speed automatic, Toyota decided the time was right. As a joint venture with the BMW Z4, we hope to find the same setup in more BMWs down the road as well.
2023 Mazda's CX-30
The rotary engine will return, kind of. Mazda's CX-30 compact crossover is the lucky recipient of Mazda's historically significant, fan-favorite Wankel rotary engine as a range extender. While many hoped for a rear-drive coupe catered toward enthusiasts, the PHEV CX-30 will benefit from hybrid capabilities without range anxiety.
2023 GMC Canyon
As the Chevrolet Colorado/GMC Canyon is scheduled to be replaced in the near future, GMC has already teased an even more off-road-ready variant. The growing family of AT4X models usually includes hardware like locking differentials, spool-valve dampers, wider/taller suspension, and all-terrain tires. We are excited to see more than they have teased us with, but the rock rails are a fantastic start!
The Honda Insight will get the axe after the 2022 model year. In exchange, Honda is promising hybrid versions of their bread and butter Accord, Civic, and CR-V.
Chevrolet has teased and confirmed some kind of hybrid, AWD Corvette. Details are yet to come and we are excited to learn more!
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Dego Ride is the newest ride-sharing service to enter Malaysia, and it is already making headlines for all the wrong reasons. The motorcycle-based ride-sharing service has been ordered to stop operating in Malaysia by Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai.
The Transport Ministry had earlier declared Dego Ride illegal, and instructed the Road Transport Department to clamp down on the service. However, in the spirit of a true ride-sharing service, the company continued to operate. Dego Ride Founder and chief executive officer, Nabil Feisal Bamadhaj, had earlier said that there is nothing to stop Dego Ride as there are no provisions in the law for this sort of thing.
Interestingly, Dego Ride has already backed down from offering transportation services since it was declared illegal on 24 January. A blogpost on the company website indicates that it was transformed into a package delivery service. It also says that the company is looking to work with authorities to re-establish the motorcycle taxi service.
Ride-sharing services have been largely out of the news as Parliament has yet to take the next step in regulating the new industry. This was supposed to take place late last year, although there has been precious little news about the guidelines that were meant to be set down.
Both Uber and Grab had initially faced opposition similar to that of Dego Ride. The two companies eventually wore down the government's resistance to the idea, and are currently operating in a legal grey area while Malaysia's legislative bodies work on creating regulations.
In theory, this should have also applied to Dego Ride – which has been running since November 2016. However, JPJ director-general Nadzri Siron has said that his department's objection is due to concerns for public safety. The fact that Dego Ride uses motorcycles instead of cars sets it apart from other similar services as SPAD does not issue licenses for motorcycle-taxis.


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I first met Peter in 1987 whilst driving a coach on All Saints Church, Shrub End's tower outing to Suffolk. I stood in one of the churches watching when Bob Leavett came up to me and said "why are you not ringing?", as he was my tower captain at Tollesbury during my teenage years. I said "30 years have passed Bob since I last rang." At that point Ann Williams (another good friend and mentor) said "It's time you restarted." She then said to Peter "Can you stand with Trevor while he has a go?" Which Peter readily agreed to and this started 25 years' help and friendship, and I might also add that he helped many people in the same way. He was tower secretary at St Peter's, Colchester for many years combined with the job of Treasurer in both cases very efficiently. He also organized many tower outings and tours when he would call upon my help as a coach driver to sort the timings out so we could arrive on time at all the towers. Even during his final illness he remained the same Peter that I had known for more than 25 years. RIP Peter.
TREVOR FINCKEN
[see also obituary by Steven Clarke]


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Ben Derbyshire writes for Housing Today and BD Online: implications of coronavirus for the industry?
What are implications of coronavirus for the industry?
By Ben Derbyshire | 26th March
With experience of three recessions Ben Derbyshire analyses what the fall out from the current crisis could mean for the industry in the short, medium and long term
As I write this, the four offices of HTA Design LLP are effectively closed and our team of 225 or so are either working from home, or in the case of a small number of support staff, furloughed.
Reports are coming in of a constant stream of sites closed, and projects postponed. As a 66-year-old asthmatic, I'm working a full day but from the bottom of my garden and remote from colleagues with whom I keep in touch via Microsoft Teams and other digital media. The mantra is business as usual, with management meetings, design and technical reviews scheduled as normal, and every effort made to meet clients' information requirements. Our server rooms are kept alive, receiving remote instructions to update big BIM files throughout the day.
I have worked continuously through various manifestations of the practice, which I joined 1973. In that time, we have weathered three major recessions; in 1980, 1990 and of course 2008. Each of those lasted five quarters with lingering impacts in the aftermath, and we had really only just recovered from the last one when covid-19 struck in the first quarter of this year.
I have learnt the lesson to act quickly and decisively, not to hang on in the hope that things may go on as before and come right of their own accord. Never before, though, have the changes necessary been so radical as in the case of this pandemic. So, in this month's column, I'm taking a look at some of those, the short- and medium-term implications and the long-term legacy, where I'm searching for silver linings among the storm clouds.
By the time you read this, I feel certain that the debate about health and safety on site will have concluded with the wide-scale closure of building sites. I have always felt that Gordon Brown, and Richard McCarthy, then director at the Department for Communities and Local Government, were not given adequate credit for pumping billions into the housing sector, effectively saving the industry from collapse, in 2008. Grant rates were ramped up, deals were done that kept the builders building. But closing sites to prevent the spread of infection is effectively a spanner in the works that threatens to bring the entire development industry supply chain to a grinding halt.
We need measures to prevent the industry from descending into a blood-bath of contractual disputes
Upstream of site operations, investment decisions, bids, acquisitions, consultant appointments and construction contracts are on hold. Downstream, in housing, sales will dry up. It remains to be seen whether the cocktail of government support that has already been announced can keep the low-margin, cash-flow-dependent businesses in the supply chain afloat for the duration. Taking into account the thousands of self-employed and immigrant workers, myriad SMEs already struggling for want of credit, alongside the majors with their precarious finances, the prospect seems overwhelming. The chancellor has come out fighting, but there are many rounds to go yet and continued, and yet greater, Treasury support from his corner will be essential.
From the perspective of the architectural profession, the hope is that pre-construction commissions will hold up as the industry builds a stock of production-ready projects for when the supply chain starts to move again. Certainly, our new enquiries at HTA Design seem to suggest this may help to offset halted or postponed projects. Right across the industry we will need to be alert to the risk of lost capacity that would hinder the re-start when it comes. The furlough system is a real help, but if the industry runs out of cash there will be no jobs to return to.
The industry was already suffering from acute thrombosis in the flow of cash to suppliers and consultants and we have got used to having to work really hard at our ageing debtors list. Now we are threatened with a fight for survival and government must stiffen its policy framework around late payment in support.
Between us, we are going to have to find a way through a forest of challenges ahead. I'd prioritise two of these ahead of the rest. We need measures, formal or otherwise, to prevent the industry from descending into a blood-bath of contractual disputes, seeking to offset losses with claims and counter-claims for delay. We need some sort of blanket provision for force majeure, clarifying the definition and ensuring this is applied, even where contracts and appointments do not specifically invoke it. And then we must ensure the planning system does not stall because committees can't meet and planning officers are not able to write and submit reports. The dearth of resources in local planning authorities, drained by years of austerity, leaves them ill equipped to substitute virtual systems for physical ones.
What of the future and those silver linings? I feel sure we will see the back of some unfortunate old habits and wide uptake of new behaviours many of us have been slow to adopt. Will we learn that avoiding the weirdly instinctive annual migration to Cannes, like much other business travel, will be no great loss? Undoubtedly, we have all been catapulted into virtual meetings and project reviews so that this has become routine rather than, for some of us at least, exceptional. Cycling is a great way to get about, maintaining social distancing rules on the move. Some cities around the world, and I hope our own in Britain will follow suit, have cleared designated routes of motor traffic to enable this. As a result, the air is cleaner and public transport less in demand – a lasting legacy, we may dare to believe?
Most of all, my hope is that the sense of mutual support we are all experiencing as a result of the challenges of isolation will carry over into a lesson learnt in business as much as in society. We strive to be collaborative in the built environment professions and the more enlightened players in the industry do make an effort to think in terms of partnership and shared problem solving rather than mutual recrimination, blame and buck-passing. Nature is teaching us all a lesson in how we must behave out of respect for human life and for those whose job it is to preserve it. Let's carry that with us for the future.
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HTA Landscape Architect to give lecture on England's Post-war Designed Landscapes
John Nsiah promoted to Partner alongside other various promotions
HTA's Richard Foxley on New Year Honours List
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Zero Carbon project, Little Strand, receives unanimous approval
Cator Park wins two Landscape Institute Awards


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He attended Fountain Valley High school and later, Juilliard School of Arts, where he received a bachelor's degree in Fine Arts.He has appeared on numerous award winning TV shows including ER, The X-Files, Mad Men and True Detective.He is perhaps best known for his SAG Award winning role as Roy Anderson, the ex-fiancé of Pam Beesly on the US version of The Office. He attended 8 different schools while growing up all over Southern California.He has been in two celebrity relationships averaging approximately 6.1 years each. Both the actors played love interests of Jenna Fischer's character, Pam Beesly.


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Zoobiquity Colorado conference to focus on similarities in human, animal health
By CVMBS Communications
Zoobiquity Colorado: Connecting human and animal health through regenerative medicine is a two-day conference that will take place at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and Colorado State University Oct. 5 and 6. This national meeting, focusing on regenerative medicine advances, is built on a One Health concept designed to bring together leading clinicians and scientists in human and veterinary medicine.
Zoobiquity Colorado will highlight the laboratory and clinical research of human and veterinary investigators and foster ongoing and future collaborations. Researchers at CSU and CU Anschutz have collaborations that include clinical trials at CSU's James L. Voss Veterinary Teaching Hospital, and multiple studies in the CU Cancer Center and the Gates Center for Regenerative Medicine that involve natural animal models.
The program will consist of a half-day field trip to Fort Collins and tours of CSU research laboratories, followed by a full day of case presentations and panel discussions on the Anschutz Medical Campus in Denver. Busing between campuses and meals will be provided. Find more information on the Zoobiquity Colorado conference site.
Regenerative medicine approaches to cancer, wound healing, orthopedics, and ophthalmology
The regulatory environment in human and animal research
Perspectives from the Federal Drug Administration
Thought leaders in regenerative medicine
Faculty from the CSU College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, and the University of Colorado School of Medicine
About Zoobiquity
Coined by Dr. Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and Kathryn Bowers in their 2012 book, "Zoobiquity: The Astonishing Connection Between Human and Animal Health," zoobiquity comes from the Greek for "animal," zo, and the Latin for "everywhere," ubique.
Animals and humans share the planet, and they have many illnesses in common: cancer, arthritis, organ failure, injuries, and toxicities. In the past, the art and science of medicine was practiced across species because human and domestic animals were so co-dependent. But as humans have lived farther from their livestock and food-source wildlife, a gulf has opened between veterinary medicine and human medicine.
Zoobiquity seeks to bridge that gulf. Founded in 2011, Zoobiquity Conferences are designed to bring together leading clinicians and scientists in human and veterinary medicine to discuss the same diseases in a wide spectrum of animal species and human beings. The intention of this cross-disciplinary conference is to create conversations and relationships between human and veterinary colleagues confronted with similar clinical challenges. By crossing disciplines in this way, we can significantly expand the perspective of clinicians, scientists and patients about these shared disorders and broader health concerns.
In the case of regenerative medicine, this cutting-edge field is already familiar to veterinarians. The regulatory constraints prohibiting the use of certain stem cell therapies in humans have not hindered veterinary researchers, who have been using these therapies for two decades in equine patients. These treatments have been reimbursed by equine health insurance companies, as their effectiveness has been demonstrated and measured in horses.
About the Gates Center for Regenerative Medicine
The Gates Center for Regenerative Medicine was established in 2006 with a gift in memory of Denver industrialist and philanthropist, Charles C. Gates, who was captivated by the hope and benefit stem cell research promised for so many people in the world. The Gates Center aspires to honor what he envisioned—by conducting leading-edge research in stem cell biology and regenerative medicine to accelerate discoveries from the lab through clinical trials leading to effective cures and therapies for patients.
Led by Founding Director Dennis Roop, Ph.D., the Gates Center is located at the University of Colorado's Anschutz Medical Campus, the only comprehensive academic health sciences center in Colorado, the largest academic health center in the Rocky Mountain region and one of the newest education, research and patient care facilities in the world.
The Gates Center shares its services and resources with a growing membership of researchers and clinicians at the Anschutz Medical Campus, which includes University of Colorado Hospital, Children's Hospital Colorado and the future Veterans Administration Medical Center, as well as the Denver and Boulder campuses, National Jewish Health, Colorado State University, the Colorado School of Mines, and business startups. This collaboration is designed to draw on the widest possible array of scientific exploration relevant to stem cell technology focused on the delivery of innovative therapies in Colorado and beyond.
Among the Gates Center's services and resources is the Gates Biomanufacturing Facility, one of six combined cell therapy and protein manufacturing facilities in the United States and the only one of its kind within an 800-mile radius.
About the University of Colorado School of Medicine
Faculty at the University of Colorado School of Medicine work to advance science and improve care. These faculty members include physicians, educators and scientists at University of Colorado Hospital, Children's Hospital Colorado, Denver Health, National Jewish Health, and the Denver Veterans Affairs Medical Center. The school is located on the Anschutz Medical Campus, one of four campuses in the University of Colorado system. To learn more about the medical school's care, education, research and community engagement, visit its web site.
About the CSU College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
The mission of the CSU College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences is to improve the health of animals, people, and the planet through innovative and dedicated teaching, research, outreach, and clinical service. Through our actions, we empower the next generation of leaders to change the world.
Founded in 1907, and home to the highly ranked Doctor of Veterinary Medicine program, the college also educates undergraduates in biomedical sciences, environmental health and radiological sciences, microbiology, immunology and pathology, and neuroscience.
One of Colorado State's most productive research units, the college's research expenditure in 2017 was $44 million, driving discoveries in human and animal health.
The James L. Voss Veterinary Teaching Hospital treats more than 40,000 patients a year, and is home to the Flint Animal Cancer Center, and 79 faculty veterinarians representing 28 board-certified specialties. Veterinary students spend the third and fourth years of their doctoral program on clinical rotations in the hospital.
Scheduled to open in late fall 2018, the C. Wayne McIlwraith Translational Medicine Institute will draw on established areas of CSU research expertise in orthopaedics, biomedical engineering, immunology, infectious disease, surgical advances, and other medical fields. The institute will bring together educators and innovators from academia, industry, public agencies, and other entities to pursue development of promising medical technologies. Its state-of-the-art equipment, research space, clinical resources, and conference areas are designed to support this collaboration among animal and human medical specialists.
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From Sacramento to Yosemite: 3 Best Ways to Get There
Written by Brad Lane
Several travel options are available for those looking to visit Yosemite National Park from Sacramento. Driving is one of the most common options, taking approximately three hours depending on traffic conditions. The driving distance from Sacramento to Yosemite is about 145 miles. Buses and trains are also available but take longer to arrive.
Yosemite tops the ranks as one of America's most beautiful national parks. And no matter the means of transportation, the supreme nature on display at Yosemite is worth the travel.
Park visitation tops out at over five million people most years, with the majority of people visiting during June, July, and August. Expect to encounter gaggles of other tourists throughout the summer season and the associated traffic.
Review the options and consider your plans to find the best way to get from Sacramento to Yosemite.
From Sacramento to Yosemite by Car
From Sacramento to Yosemite by Train
From Sacramento to Yosemite by Bus
1. From Sacramento to Yosemite by Car
Road to Yosemite National Park
Having a car at Yosemite National Park makes getting around the expansive park easier. It's between a 140- and 175-mile drive to Yosemite from Sacramento, depending on the park entrance intended. All routes begin by heading south on Highway 99 out of Sacramento.
The quicker route veers off Highway 99 at Highway 4 near Stockton before connecting to Highway 120 near Copperopolis. Highway 120 then leads directly to the Big Oak Flat Entrance of the park, where the total drive takes approximately three hours.
Big Oak Flat is a worthwhile entrance to aim for. It's also one of the most popular entrances for anyone driving from the Bay Area, adding some significant congestion throughout the summer. But with old-growth sequoias greeting visitors within the first few miles, it's a spectacular place to visit. Big Oak also marks the beginning of Tioga Road – one of the most scenic summertime drives in the nation.
Tioga Road, Yosemite National Park
Arch Rock is the alternative entrance within driving distance from Sacramento. It's farther south on Highway 99, accessible with a turn-off onto Highway 140 from Merced. This drive takes a bit longer, averaging around 3.5 hours. It's a less-busy entrance than Big Oak Flat to the north but is still a popular thruway come summer.
The Arch Rock Entrance doesn't disappoint in showcasing Yosemite's natural beauty. The namesake caved entry greets visitors immediately upon entering the park. From here, the rest of the Yosemite Valley is accessible with a short drive.
Note that some of the roads through Yosemite National Park are seasonal and close in winter. This won't be a problem on this route but could affect your plans if you are carrying on to other destinations.
2. From Sacramento to Yosemite by Train
Overcrowded roadways in Yosemite National Park are a real issue in the summer. Congestion alone can add hours to a seemingly easy trip. For this reason, arriving at Yosemite via public transportation can save a lot of energy and daylight. One of the quickest and most popular means of public transport from Sacramento is by train.
Amtrak offers a popular trip to Yosemite National Park from Sacramento. It's a mixed-service route that includes a train ride and bus ride, both of which are booked through Amtrak. The journey starts by hopping on the San Joaquins Train in Sacramento before connecting with a bus ride in Merced.
Yosemite Area Regional Transportation System (YARTS) operates the bus ride from the Amtrak station in Merced to the park. The bus line makes a few stops along the way and turns around at the Yosemite Valley Visitor Center.
The total trip, including the train and bus ride, takes approximately six hours. Several trains depart Sacramento early to arrive at the park before noon.
3. From Sacramento to Yosemite by Bus
Half Dome, Yosemite National Park
Reaching Yosemite National Park from Sacramento by bus runs a similar route as the Amtrak service. But instead of heading to the Amtrak station, head to the Greyhound station to catch a ride to Merced. From Merced, bus riders transfer to the Yellowstone Area Regional Transit System (YART) to catch a ride into Yosemite Valley. These two bus rides must be booked separately.
This Greyhound bus route is the most affordable travel option but adds considerable time to the journey. The morning route leaving Sacramento at 9:10am. takes over five hours to reach Merced. And with the three-hour ride on a YART bus, the entire journey takes approximately nine hours.
Greyhound offers faster routes in the afternoon and evening for those with more flexible schedules. The bus departing Sacramento at 2:05pm, for example, takes just over three hours, with a 5:10pm arrival in Merced. From there, spend the night in Merced and catch an early YARTS bus the next day.
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Justices overturn Tennessee mail vote expansion for November
by: AP
Posted: Aug 5, 2020 / 08:00 PM EDT / Updated: Aug 6, 2020 / 05:17 AM EDT
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned the option for all eligible voters to vote by mail in November due to COVID-19.
The ruling nixes a June expansion order by a lower court that state election officials opposed. The decision came the day voters could start requesting absentee ballots for the general election.
It restores Tennessee's excuse-based system for November, with COVID-19 related additions that include exposure-based quarantining, caretaking and underlying health conditions. The ruling requires the state to provide "appropriate guidance" to voters regarding the underlying health conditions qualification, which was first discussed by the state during oral arguments last week.
Justices wrote that the decision doesn't impact ballots for Thursday's primary election.
"We find that the State's interests in the efficacy and integrity of the election process are sufficient to justify the moderate burden placed on the right to vote of those plaintiffs and persons who neither have special vulnerability to COVID-19 nor are caretakers for persons with special vulnerability to COVID-19," Justice Cornelia Clark wrote in the opinion.
Four justices voted in favor of overturning the expansion. Justice Sharon Lee opposed the move, but supported the absentee voting option for people with "underlying medical or health conditions that make them more susceptible to contracting COVID-19 or if they are vulnerable to greater health risks should they contract COVID-19, or if they care for someone with such a condition."
"This ruling does not go far enough," Lee wrote. "All qualified Tennessee voters — like voters in forty-five other states — should be allowed to apply to vote by absentee mail ballot during the unprecedented and deadly COVID-19 pandemic that is gripping our community, state, nation, and world."
Only a handful of states are not offering by-mail voting for everyone during the pandemic, though two-thirds of states allowed the practice before it.
Dominion Voting Systems sues Trump lawyer Sidney Powell for defamation
Republicans split on President Trump's responsibility in violence on Capitol Hill
Blackburn, Hagerty vote to certify Arizona's Electoral College results
Congress certifies Biden's Electoral College win
by Associated Press / Jan 8, 2021
WASHINGTON (AP) — Dominion Voting Systems filed a defamation lawsuit against lawyer Sidney Powell on Friday, seeking at least $1.3 billion for Powell's "wild accusations" that the company rigged the presidential election for Joe Biden.
"Dominion brings this action to set the record straight," the company said in the suit filed in federal court in Washington.
by Blake Stevens / Jan 8, 2021
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) - Republicans across the country are split on idea President Trump's words and unfounded election allegations contributed to the violence on Capitol Hill Wednesday. We spoke to an East Tennessee Congressman, and WATE 6 On Your Side Political Analyst George Korda for perspective.
Korda called the riot embarrassing and appalling. "This isn't a third world country. This isn't a place where we assault federal buildings to intimidate elected officials to get them to do what we want them to do," he said.
by Michael Geheren / Jan 8, 2021
WASHINGTON (NewsNation Now) — President Donald Trump released a video on Thursday evening, one day after a group of his supporters marched to the U.S. Capitol and attacked the building as Vice President Mike Pence and a joint session of Congress were counting the Electoral College votes.
"I would like to begin by addressing the heinous attack on the United State's Capitol," Trump said. "Like all Americans, I am outraged by the violence, lawlessness and mayhem."


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Just bought my first Alix board and installed zeroshell as a router. I run openvpn for my company on a server hosted with an ISP so we can connect to each other's machines as we are all working at home. Currently, the openvpn server assigns an IP address in the 10.8.0.0/24 range to each connected client.
I now want to connect the whole LAN behind my zeroshell router to the openVPN server.
The zeroshell routing table does not show any entries that reflect the VPN00 – I should be able to ping 10.8.0.1 (the openVPN server) but I can't. If I assign an IP address to the VPN connection (10.8.0.7 – I am guessing here), the VPN00 shows up in the routing table, put I still can not ping 10.8.0.1.
I think I'm doing something fundamentally wrong here….
Found the solution myself – you can't use tun interfaces, you have to use a tap interface. So I changed my server configuration from tun to tap and took out the additional commands to openvpn on the zeroshell router and things are fine.


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Excellent provisions are given for conferences and business meetings with a range of different sized conference suites to suit any business event. Presentation equipment is available at reasonable rates. Varied catering options are available for delegates - from working breakfasts to table snacks or a full hot meal service.
Elme Hall makes the ideal venue for those planning a function such as birthday parties, anniversaries, Ssummer balls, civil wedding ceremonies and receptions in one of the various function rooms, which includes the 530 capacity Gallery Ballroom.
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EMK Center is seeking applications for EMK Small Grant 2019 to provide deserving candidates with an opportunity to realize their dreams of making a positive contribution to society.
The EMK Center requests proposals from eligible applicants for works to be implemented and completed between January 1, 2019, and June 30, 2019.
The EMK Center honors the legacy of public servants worldwide, exemplified by the men and women who fought for Bangladesh's independence in 1971 and by U.S. Senator Edward M. Kennedy, who was moved to take action then and throughout his life in support of his convictions.
The Edward M. Kennedy Center for Public Service and the Arts (EMK Center) will award the Edward M. Kennedy Small Grants for Public Service and the Arts – of between two hundred thousand (2 lakh) and ten hundred thousand (10 lakh) Bangladeshi Taka.
Individuals or Groups who are active in volunteerism, women's empowerment, education, community development, youth engagement , entrepreneurship-related projects and the various forms of digital, audiovisual, graphics or performance arts in Bangladesh.
Proposals should be submitted in the form of one email at the address as email subject "EMK Small Grants 2019 – [name of individual/organization]" in the subject line. Please ensure that all the required information and necessary links are attached to/enclosed in that one email.
Project Completion between January 1, 2019, and June 30, 2019.
For more information, please visit EMK Center.
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When the EMK funding result will be announced. Kind response would be much appreciated.


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Owners of Highlands NC homes will soon have a new spot to buy cabinetry. Black Rock Granite & Cabinetry is known as the place to go for custom granite counters in the Highlands area. This month Black Rock will be opening a Cabinetry and Design Studio at 2251 North Fourth Street in Highlands. Their grand opening celebration weekend will be the weekend of October 24 and 25.
Kitchens are an important part of Highlands real estate, with many homes in the area featuring unique custom spaces that many chefs, amateur and professional alike, would love to call their own. This new showroom and design studio will be a perfect place to get ideas if you are considering remodeling the kitchen in your Highlands home.
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Tajikistan's National Bank is considering the use of President Emomali Rahmon's portrait on a proposed new 1,000-somoni banknote, which would be worth about $127.
An embattled Tajik defense lawyer could have four years tacked onto his already lengthy prison sentence for reading out a classic poem during his trial.
Authorities in Tajikistan have restored media accreditation to RFE/RL's correspondents in the Central Asian nation, 10 days after revoking their credentials over a report about a daughter of President Emomali Rahmon.