text:
\section{Introduction}
\label{sec:intro}

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey \citep[SDSS,][]{aba09} revolutionized
Local Group astronomy in the last decade by discovering more than a
dozen new dwarf galaxies around the Milky Way (MW)\@.  We are now in
the midst of another revolution.  The Panoramic Survey Telescope and
Rapid Response System \citep[Pan-STARRS,][]{kai10}, the Dark Energy
Survey \citep[DES,][]{fla12}, and other Dark Energy Camera (DECam)
imaging surveys have discovered more than 20 previously unknown MW
satellites \citep[e.g.,][]{lae15b,bec15,kim15e}.  The greater
photometric depth and expanded sky coverage of Pan-STARRS and DES over
SDSS has enabled the discovery of many new satellites with
luminosities less than $10^4~L_{\sun}$ and also satellites more
distant than 200~kpc.

Dwarf galaxy candidates are discovered through imaging, but their
identification as galaxies or star clusters is made secure through
spectroscopy \citep[e.g.,][]{wil12}.  A candidate can be considered a
galaxy if it shows evidence for dark matter, including a velocity
dispersion in excess of what would be expected from stellar mass alone
or a dispersion in stellar metallicity, which indicates chemical
self-enrichment.  Spectroscopy of satellites discovered in the last
two years has already confirmed five new galaxies and one globular
cluster \citep{sim15,wal15,kop15b,kir15b,mar15b}.

\citet{lae15a} discovered Triangulum~II (Tri~II) in Pan-STARRS images.
Its luminosity (450~$L_{\sun}$) and 2-D half-light radius (34~pc) are
comparable to Segue~1, the faintest galaxy known
\citep{bel07a,geh09,sim11}.  \citeauthor{lae15b}\ suggested that
Tri~II could be associated with the Triangulum--Andromeda halo
substructure \citep{maj04} or the Pan-Andromeda Archaeological Survey
(PAndAS) stream \citep{mar14}.  If so, then it could be one of the
progenitors of that tidal debris.  However, spatial coincidence is not
sufficient evidence for the association.  The velocity of the
progenitor should also match that of the debris.

We obtained spectra of stars in Tri~II in order to learn about its
origin and identity.  The velocity dispersion can identify it as a
galaxy or a star cluster, and the mean velocity can support or
disprove an association with stellar debris.  We describe our
observations in Section~\ref{sec:obs} and our measurements of
velocities and metallicities in Section~\ref{sec:spectroscopy}.  We
consider whether Tri~II is in dynamical equilibrium or tidally
disrupting in Section~\ref{sec:equilibrium}.  Finally, we discuss the
nature of Tri~II and its importance for the study of dark matter in
Section~\ref{sec:discussion}.

\section{Observations}
\label{sec:obs}

\subsection{Imaging}

\addtocounter{footnote}{-1}

We imaged Tri~II with Keck/LRIS \citep{oke95} on 2015 July 15.  We
obtained simultaneous 10~s exposures with $V$ and $I$ filters in the
blue and red channels, respectively.  We also obtained 10~s exposures
of the photometric standard field PG0231 in the same filters.  We
performed aperture photometry on both fields using SExtractor
\citep{ber96}.  The photometric zeropoint was determined by finding
the offsets between our instrumental magnitudes and P.B.~Stetson's
calibrated magnitudes in
PG0231.\footnote{\url{http://www.cadc-ccda.hia-iha.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/en/community/
 STETSON/standards/}} We discarded resolved galaxies by eliminating
objects with $\texttt{class\_star} < 0.5$.

\subsection{Spectroscopy}

\begin{figure*}[t!]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=0.82\textwidth]{f1.eps}
\caption{({\textit a}) Color--magnitude diagram from LRIS photometry,
  showing spectroscopic members (large blue points) and non-members
  (red crosses).  The cyan line shows the ridgeline of the metal-poor
  globular cluster M92 \citep{cle06}.  ({\textit b}) The map of
  spectroscopic targets shown as distances from the center of
  Tri~II\@.  The DEIMOS slitmask outline is shown in green.  The full
  slitmask extends beyond the bounds of the figure because the field
  of view of LRIS---from which we selected DEIMOS targets---is smaller
  than for DEIMOS\@.\label{fig:cmd_map}}
\end{figure*}

We designed a slitmask for Keck/DEIMOS \citep{fab03} from the LRIS
photometry.  We selected 19 stars for spectroscopy based on their
locations in the color--magnitude diagram (CMD,
Figure~\ref{fig:cmd_map}a).  Stars near the sub-giant and RGB
tracks---the ``ridgeline''---of the metal-poor globular cluster M92
\citep{cle06} were considered for spectroscopy.  However, the field is
dense enough that we could not target every star.  When slitmask
design constraints forced a choice among several stars, we chose to
target the brightest star.  Figure~\ref{fig:cmd_map}b shows the 17
spectroscopic targets with S/N sufficient for velocity measurements
(see Section~\ref{sec:spectroscopy}).

We obtained 61~minutes of DEIMOS exposures in 1.6\arcsec\ seeing on
2015 October 6.  The poor seeing resulted in low S/N for the fainter
stars.  We obtained 52~minutes of exposures in 0.9\arcsec\ seeing on
2015 October 7.  The spectra from the first night were used only to
compare with velocity measurements from the second night
(Section~\ref{sec:rvmet}).  The measurements of velocity and
metallicity dispersions for Tri~II are based only on data from 2015
October 7.

We reduced the data with the \texttt{spec2d} software
\citep{coo12,new13} with modifications described by
\citet{kir15b,kir15a}.  Among other improvements, the 2-D wavelength
solution was improved by tracing the sky lines along the slit, and the
extraction was improved by taking into account differential
atmospheric refraction along the slit.

\section{Spectroscopic Measurements}
\label{sec:spectroscopy}

\subsection{Radial Velocities and Metallicities}
\label{sec:rvmet}

We measured heliocentric radial velocities ($v_{\rm helio}$) and
metallicities ([Fe/H]) in a manner identical to \citet{kir15b}, who
based their analysis on \citet{sim07}.  Radial velocities were
computed by finding the velocity that minimized the $\chi^2$ between
the observed spectrum and eight template spectra observed with
DEIMOS\@.  The template spectrum with the lowest $\chi^2$ was used.
We corrected the velocity shift due slit mis-centering by measuring
the observed wavelength of telluric absorption in the stellar spectrum
\citep[e.g.,][]{soh07}.  We computed errors due to random noise by
finding the standard deviation of the velocities of $10^3$ Monte Carlo
realizations of the spectrum.  The total error, $\delta v$, was
calculated by adding the random error in quadrature with a systematic
error of 1.49~km~s$^{-1}$.  The systematic error includes sources of
uncertainty that cannot be attributed to random noise, such as
uncorrected spectrograph flexure or small errors in the wavelength
solution.  The magnitude of the systematic error was calculated by
\citet{kir15b} by comparing repeated measurements of the same stars.

We tested our estimate of velocity errors by comparing the low-S/N
measurements of $v_{\rm helio}$ from 2015 October 6 to the high-S/N
measurements from 2015 October 7.  Of the six stars we determined to
be members (Section~\ref{sec:sigmav}), five velocities were measurable
with data from the first night.  We computed $(v_{\rm helio,1}-v_{\rm
  helio,2})/\sqrt{\delta v_1^2 + \delta v_2^2}$ for each pair of
measurements of the member stars.  The variance of this quantity
should be 1 if we estimated errors properly.  We measured it to be
$\varvdiff \pm \varvdifferr$.  Hence, the error estimates are
reasonable.

We measured effective temperatures ($T_{\rm eff}$) and metallicities
for member stars with sufficient S/N in the same manner as
\citet{kir08a,kir10}.  First, we divided the spectrum by a polynomial
fit to regions of the spectrum free of absorption lines.  Next, we
estimated temperatures and surface gravities ($\log g$) by fitting
Yonsei-Yale theoretical isochrones \citep{dem04} to observed stellar
colors and magnitudes.  Then, we used these parameters and an initial
guess of ${\rm [Fe/H]} = -1.5$ to construct a synthetic spectrum at
the observed spectrum's resolution.  This spectrum was linearly
interpolated from \citeauthor{kir10}'s (\citeyear{kir10}) synthetic
spectral grid.  In order to minimize $\chi^2$ between the observed and
synthetic spectra, we changed the synthetic spectrum's $T_{\rm eff}$
and [Fe/H] but held $\log g$ fixed.  The measured values of $T_{\rm
  eff}$ and [Fe/H] are those of the synthetic spectrum with the
minimum $\chi^2$.  The error on [Fe/H] is the appropriate diagonal
term of the covariance matrix added in quadrature with a systematic
error of 0.11~dex, which \citet{kir10} determined from repeat
measurements.  We kept [Fe/H] measurements of the three stars with
uncertainties less than 0.5~dex and discarded the others.

These three stars lie in the range $-3 < {\rm [Fe/H]} < -2$ with a
mean of $\langle {\rm [Fe/H]} \rangle = \fehmeanw \pm \fehmeanwerr$.
Tri~II has the lowest measured mean metallicity of any galaxy except
Segue~1 \citep{fre14} and Reticulum~II \citep{sim15,wal15}.  However,
the metallicity measurements for Tri~II are based on only three stars.
While the standard error of the mean is $\fehmeanwerr$~dex, the mean
metallicity of a larger sample could be substantially different.

\begin{deluxetable*}{lcccccr@{ }c@{ }lcccc}
\tablewidth{0pt}
\tablecolumns{11}
\tablecaption{Target List\label{tab:catalog}}
\tablehead{\colhead{ID} & \colhead{RA (J2000)} & \colhead{Dec (J2000)} & \colhead{$V_0$} & \colhead{$(V-I)_0$} & \colhead{S/N\tablenotemark{a}} & \multicolumn{3}{c}{$v_{\rm helio}$} & \colhead{Member?} & \colhead{$T_{\rm eff}$} & \colhead{$\log g$} & \colhead{[Fe/H]} \\
\colhead{ } & \colhead{ } & \colhead{ } & \colhead{(mag)} & \colhead{(mag)} & \colhead{(\AA$^{-1}$)} & \multicolumn{3}{c}{(km~s$^{-1}$)} & \colhead{ } & \colhead{(K)} & \colhead{(cm~s$^{-2}$)} & \colhead{ }}
\startdata
166                     & 02 13 11.42 & $+36$ 12 33.0 & 17.99 &            0.85 &          115 & $  11.0$ & $\pm$ & $ 5.9$ & N & \nodata & \nodata & \nodata \\
174                     & 02 13 12.85 & $+36$ 11 20.2 & 18.06 &            0.64 &          102 & $-100.8$ & $\pm$ & $ 1.6$ & N & \nodata & \nodata & \nodata \\
177                     & 02 13 13.21 & $+36$ 11 35.5 & 19.73 &            0.69 &     \phn  36 & $-280.7$ & $\pm$ & $ 2.5$ & N & \nodata & \nodata & \nodata \\
126                     & 02 13 14.11 & $+36$ 12 22.9 & 16.81 &            0.97 &          127 & $   2.4$ & $\pm$ & $ 1.5$ & N & \nodata & \nodata & \nodata \\
128                     & 02 13 14.21 & $+36$ 09 51.4 & 19.78 &            0.80 &     \phn  24 & $-384.9$ & $\pm$ & $ 3.2$ & Y & 5292 & 3.17 & $-2.72 \pm 0.39$ \\
127                     & 02 13 14.33 & $+36$ 13 04.3 & 19.31 &            0.71 &     \phn  54 & $ -86.0$ & $\pm$ & $ 1.8$ & N & \nodata & \nodata & \nodata \\
116                     & 02 13 15.92 & $+36$ 10 16.0 & 20.26 &            0.71 &     \phn  26 & $-377.6$ & $\pm$ & $ 3.7$ & Y & \nodata & \nodata & \nodata \\
113                     & 02 13 16.16 & $+36$ 11 16.3 & 18.97 &            0.78 &     \phn  72 & $ -57.6$ & $\pm$ & $ 1.6$ & N & \nodata & \nodata & \nodata \\
111                     & 02 13 16.42 & $+36$ 13 01.5 & 18.86 &            0.64 &     \phn  66 & $ -62.0$ & $\pm$ & $ 1.9$ & N & \nodata & \nodata & \nodata \\
106                     & 02 13 16.51 & $+36$ 10 45.9 & 17.10 &            0.99 &          219 & $-382.3$ & $\pm$ & $ 1.5$ & Y & 4922 & 1.88 & $-2.86 \pm 0.11$ \\
100                     & 02 13 18.03 & $+36$ 12 33.2 & 18.64 &            0.87 &     \phn  87 & $ -38.0$ & $\pm$ & $ 1.6$ & N & \nodata & \nodata & \nodata \\
91                      & 02 13 19.28 & $+36$ 11 33.4 & 20.14 &            0.78 &     \phn  29 & $-386.0$ & $\pm$ & $ 3.1$ & Y & \nodata & \nodata & \nodata \\
84                      & 02 13 19.69 & $+36$ 11 15.3 & 19.22 &            0.77 &     \phn  60 & $ -66.4$ & $\pm$ & $ 1.7$ & N & \nodata & \nodata & \nodata \\
82                      & 02 13 19.87 & $+36$ 12 12.4 & 18.41 &            0.86 &          101 & $-177.0$ & $\pm$ & $ 1.6$ & N & \nodata & \nodata & \nodata \\
76                      & 02 13 20.55 & $+36$ 09 46.7 & 20.72 &            0.61 &     \phn  17 & $-389.7$ & $\pm$ & $ 3.0$ & Y & \nodata & \nodata & \nodata \\
65                      & 02 13 21.48 & $+36$ 09 57.6 & 18.85 &            0.85 &     \phn  81 & $-374.5$ & $\pm$ & $ 1.7$ & Y & 5169 & 2.74 & $-2.04 \pm 0.13$ \\
45                      & 02 13 24.21 & $+36$ 10 15.3 & 17.07 &            0.85 &          152 & $ -62.1$ & $\pm$ & $ 1.5$ & N & \nodata & \nodata & \nodata \\
\enddata
\tablenotetext{a}{To convert to S/N per pixel, multiply by 0.57.}
\end{deluxetable*}

Table~\ref{tab:catalog} lists the radial velocities for all the stars
we observed with DEIMOS except two stars with spectra that were too
noisy to identify any absorption lines.  Temperatures and
metallicities are given for the three member stars with sufficient
quality for those measurements.

\subsection{Membership and Velocity Dispersion}
\label{sec:sigmav}

We identified a peak in the velocity distribution of the observed
stars around $-380$~km~s$^{-1}$.  We took stars within 50~km~s$^{-1}$
of this peak as the initial member list.  We measured the velocity
dispersion ($\sigma_v$) of these six stars in the same manner as
\citet{kir14,kir15b}, who based their analysis on \citet{wal06}.  We
estimated $\sigma_v$ via maximum likelihood.  A Monte Carlo Markov
chain (MCMC) with $10^7$ trials explored the parameter space of mean
velocity ($\langle v_{\rm helio} \rangle$) and $\sigma_v$.
We quote the values corresponding to the peaks of the probability
distributions as the measurements of $\langle v_{\rm helio} \rangle$
and $\sigma_v$.  The asymmetric $1\sigma$ confidence interval on
$\sigma_v$ is the range on either side of the mean value that bounds
68.3\% of the trials.

We measured $\langle v_{\rm helio} \rangle = \vmean \pm
\vmeanerr$~km~s$^{-1}$ and $\sigma_v =
\sigmav_{-\sigmaverrlower}^{+\sigmaverrupper}$~km~s$^{-1}$.  All six
candidate member stars are within $1.1\sigma_v$ of $\langle v_{\rm
  helio} \rangle$.  Furthermore, all six stars are close to the M92
ridgeline in Figure~\ref{fig:cmd_map}a, indicating that they pass a
CMD membership cut.  None of the six stars shows a strong Na~{\sc
  i}~8190 doublet, which would have indicated that the star is a
foreground dwarf.

\begin{figure}[t!]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=\columnwidth]{f2.eps}
\caption{Small regions of DEIMOS spectra of the six member stars shown
  against observed wavelength.  The full spectrum---much wider than
  shown here---is used for the velocity measurement.  The dashed red
  line shows the observed wavelength of Ca~{\sc ii}~8542 at the mean
  geocentric velocity of Tri~II\@.  The blue dotted lines show the
  observed wavelength of Ca~{\sc ii}~8542 for each star, and the blue
  whiskers indicate the $\pm 1\sigma$ uncertainty of the observed
  centroid of the absorption line for each star.  The spectra are
  ordered from the lowest to highest radial velocity.  The shift of
  Ca~{\sc ii}~8542 is apparent even by eye.\label{fig:spectra}}
\end{figure}

Figure~\ref{fig:spectra} shows the spectra of the six member stars in
observed wavelength.  Ca~{\sc ii}~8542 appears at a different observed
wavelength for every star, showing that we have resolved the velocity
dispersion of Tri~II.

Other than Tri~II, only three galaxies with $L < 10^4~L_{\sun}$ have
published measurements of $\sigma_v > 5$~km~s$^{-1}$: Bo{\" o}tes~II
\citep{koc09}, Pisces~II \citep{kir15b}, and Ursa Major~II
\citep{sim07}.  \citeauthor{koc09}\ measured $\sigma_v = 10.5 \pm
7.4$~km~s$^{-1}$ for Bo{\" o}tes~II, but more recent measurements have
found a smaller dispersion (M.~Geha et al., in prep.)\ and the
presence of at least one binary that inflates the apparent dispersion
\citep{ji15}.

Even if all of the stars are members, some of them might be binaries.
The orbital velocity of the binary would artificially inflate our
measurement of $\sigma_v$ for the galaxy.  We tested the robustness of
our measurement of $\sigma_v$ by jackknife resampling.  We
recalculated $\sigma_v$ for each of the six subsets of member stars
formed by removing one star.  All of the probability distributions are
well separated from zero.  The minimum velocity dispersion, calculated
by removing star \smallsigmavobjname, is
$\smallsigmavjk_{-\smallsigmavjkerrl}^{+\smallsigmavjkerru}$~km~s$^{-1}$.
The jackknife error, calculated as the standard deviation of
$\sigma_v$ for all of the jackknife trials, is
$\sigmaverrjk$~km~s$^{-1}$, somewhat smaller than the error calculated
from the MCMC distribution.

\section{Dynamical Equilibrium}
\label{sec:equilibrium}

\begin{deluxetable}{lr@{ }l}
\tablewidth{0pt}
\tablecolumns{3}
\tablecaption{Properties of Triangulum~II\label{tab:properties}}
\tablehead{\colhead{Property} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{Value}}
\startdata
$N_{\rm member}$ &  6 & \\
$\log (L_{V}/L_{\sun})$ & $2.65 \pm 0.20$ & \\
$r_h$ & $3.9_{-0.9}^{+1.1}$ & arcmin \\
$r_h$ & $ 34_{-  8}^{+  9}$ & pc \\
$\langle v_{\rm helio} \rangle$ & $-382.1 \pm 2.9$ & km~s$^{-1}$ \\
$v_{\rm GSR}$ & $-262$ km~s$^{-1}$ \\
$\sigma_v$ & $5.1_{-1.4}^{+4.0}$ & km~s$^{-1}$ \\
$\log (M_{1/2}/M_{\sun})$\tablenotemark{a} & $5.9_{-0.2}^{+0.4}$ & \\
$(M/L_V)_{1/2}$\tablenotemark{a,b} & $3600_{-2100}^{+3500}$ & $M_{\sun}~L_{\sun}^{-1}$ \\
$\rho_{1/2}$\tablenotemark{a,c} & $4.8_{-3.5}^{+ 8.1}$ & $M_{\sun}~{\rm pc}^{-3}$ \\
$\langle {\rm [Fe/H]} \rangle$ & $-2.50 \pm 0.08$ & \\
\enddata
\tablenotetext{a}{These quantities presume that Tri~II is in dynamical equilibrium.}
\tablenotetext{b}{Mass-to-light ratio within the half-light radius, calculated as $M_{1/2} = 4G^{-1}\sigma_v^2 r_h$ \citep{wol10}.}
\tablenotetext{c}{Density within the half-light radius.}
\tablerefs{The measurements of $\log L_V$ and $r_h$ come from \citet{lae15a}.}
\end{deluxetable}

Table~\ref{tab:properties} gives some characteristics of Tri~II,
including the mass within the 3-D half-light radius
\citep[$M_{1/2}$,][]{wol10}.  This quantity and its associated
quantities, mass-to-light ratio [$(M/L_V)_{1/2}$] and density
($\rho_{1/2}$) within the 3-D half-light radius, presume that the
galaxy is spherically symmetric and in dynamical equilibrium.
However, the velocity dispersion accurately reflects the mass even in
the presence of moderate tidal forces \citep{oh95}.  If the velocities
of the stars we measured are very heavily affected by tides, then
these quantities are not meaningful.  We now consider whether the
center of Tri~II is in dynamical equilibrium.

The MW exerts the maximum tidal shear on satellite galaxies at their
pericenters \citep[e.g.,][]{may01}.  It is more likely to find a
tidally disrupting galaxy close to the Galactic center than far from
it.  Tri~II is only $D_{\rm GC} = 36 \pm 2$~kpc from the Galactic
center \citep{lae15a}.  It is also rapidly approaching its pericenter.
Assuming a solar orbital velocity of 220~km~s$^{-1}$, the velocity of
Tri~II relative to the Galactic standard of rest (GSR) is
$\vgsr$~km~s$^{-1}$.  The fact that Tri~II is approaching pericenter
rather than receding from it is consistent with its imminent tidal
disruption.  However, its large velocity limits the time that it will
spend near pericenter and consequently reduces the total tidal effect.

A tidally disrupting galaxy could have a high ellipticity.  The
ellipticity of Tri~II is $\epsilon = 0.21_{-0.21}^{+0.17}$
\citep{lae15a}.  In contrast with presently disrupting galaxies, like
Sagittarius \citep[$\epsilon = 0.65$,][]{maj03}, Tri~II is not
obviously elliptical.

Along with high ellipticity, ongoing tidal disruption could cause a
non-Gaussian velocity distribution.  A Shapiro-Wilk test gives a $p$
value of 0.87.  A completely Gaussian distribution would have a $p$
value of 1.  Therefore, there is no evidence for non-Gaussianity in
the velocity distribution.  Of course, our small sample size limits
the significance of this result.  Furthermore, we have measured only
line-of-sight velocities, and even a tidally disrupting system may
have normally distributed velocities along some lines of sight.

We estimated a lower limit to the tidal radius assuming that $M_{1/2}$
is the entire mass of Tri~II\@.  The Roche limit for a fluid satellite
is $r_{\rm tidal} \sim 0.4\,D_{\rm GC}(M_{1/2}/M_{\rm MW})^{1/3}$,
where $M_{\rm MW} \approx 10^{12}~M_{\sun}$ is the MW's mass.  Under
these assumptions, $r_{\rm tidal} \approx 140$~pc for Tri~II, or about
three times its 3-D half-light radius ($4/3$ of the 2-D, projected
half-light radius).  The tidal radius would shrink to the same value
as the 3-D half-light radius at $\sim 12$~kpc from the Galactic
center.  Therefore, all of the stars we observed in Tri~II are
presently insulated from Galactic tides.  Although this estimate of
tidal radius presumes that the velocity dispersion reflects the
present mass, simulations suggest that the velocity dispersion is a
good indicator of the instantaneous mass except for a short time after
pericenter, even for systems experiencing significant tidal stripping
\citep{oh95,mun08,pen09}.

\citet{lae15a} noted the possible association of Tri~II with the
Triangulum--Andromeda halo substructure \citep{maj04} or the PAndAS
stream \citep{mar14}.  Association with such halo debris might
indicate that the galaxy is being disrupted and that it is the source
of the debris.  However, \citet{dea14} measured the GSR velocities of
these structures as 30--70~km~s$^{-1}$, which is roughly
300~km~s$^{-1}$ different from $v_{\rm GSR}$ for Tri~II\@.  Therefore,
there is no presently known stream that could be associated with
Tri~II\@.  This does not prove that Tri~II is in dynamical
equilibrium, but it does show that, if Tri~II is being tidally
disrupted, it is not the source of the Triangulum--Andromeda or PAndAS
stellar debris.

\begin{figure}[t!]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=\columnwidth]{f3.eps}
\caption{({\textit a}) Luminosity--metallicity relation for MW
  satellite galaxies.  The dashed line shows the linear fit to the
  galaxies except Tri~II \citep{kir13b,kir15b,fre14}, and the dotted
  lines show the rms dispersion about the fit.  ({\textit b}) Masses
  of MW satellite galaxies within their 3-D half-light radii assuming
  dynamical equilibrium.  Data are from \citet[][and references
    therein]{mcc12}, \citet{sim15}, \citet{kop15b}, and
  \citet{kir15b}.  ({\textit c}) Mass-to-light ratios and ({\textit
    d}) densities within the 3-D half-light radii.  Bo{\" o}tes~II and
  III are not shown because their published velocity dispersions do
  not reflect their dynamical masses.\label{fig:trends}}
\end{figure}

The luminosity--metallicity relation (LZR, Figure~\ref{fig:trends}a)
is a diagnostic of tidal stripping.  The LZR for classical dwarf
galaxies is very tight, with an rms of only 0.13~dex
\citep{kir11a,kir13b}.  If a galaxy initially conforms to the LZR, then
tidal stripping will decrease its luminosity while keeping its average
metallicity roughly constant.  This corresponds to a leftward move in
Figure~\ref{fig:trends}a.  Some of the galaxies with $L \lesssim
10^4~L_{\sun}$, especially Segue~2 \citep{kir13a}, lie significantly
to the left of the LZR\@.  On the other hand, Tri~II is consistent
with the LZR\@.  Therefore, any tidal stripping that already happened
is likely to have been mild.

\section{Discussion}
\label{sec:discussion}

Tri~II satisfies the definition of ``galaxy'' given by \citet{wil12}.
The velocity dispersion is much too large to be explained by stars
alone.  We also found a large dispersion in metallicity.  The stars
span 0.8~dex in [Fe/H], which is evidence for chemical
self-enrichment.  The present mass of stars alone would not have been
enough to retain supernova ejecta.  Hence, without substantial mass
loss, the velocity and metallicity dispersions are evidence for a
large amount of dark matter.

It is unclear whether Tri~II is in dynamical equilibrium.  With a
total luminosity of only 450~$L_{\sun}$, the galaxy has very few stars
available to measure its shape very precisely.  Even fewer stars are
available for spectroscopy.  Therefore, resolving this question will
be very difficult.  Regardless, we now consider Tri~II's place among
the MW satellite population under the presumption of dynamical
equilibrium.

Figures~\ref{fig:trends}b--d show the trends of $M_{1/2}$,
$(M/L_V)_{1/2}$, and $\rho_{1/2}$ with luminosity.  Tri~II has the
largest mass-to-light ratio
($\ml_{-\mlerrlower}^{+\mlerrupper}~M_{\sun}~L_{\sun}^{-1}$) of any
galaxy except Bo{\" o}tes~III, whose tidal disruption is nearly
complete \citep{gri09,car09}.  If Tri~II is in dynamical equilibrium,
then it is the most dark-matter dominated galaxy known.

The five galaxies with $\rho_{1/2} > 1~M_{\sun}~{\rm pc}^{-3}$ in
order from densest to least dense are Willman~1, Horologium~I, Tri~II,
Segue~1, and Pisces~II\@.  Four of these galaxies comprise the least
luminous galaxies with measured velocity dispersions.  This
correlation could arise because these galaxies also have the smallest
half-light radii.  If galaxies' mass profiles peak in the center, then
smaller galaxies will be observed to have larger $\rho_{1/2}$, even if
their total masses and mass profiles are identical.  The correlation
between $\rho_{1/2}$ and $L_V$ could also arise because less massive
galaxies are more susceptible to tidal stripping.  Hence, the
measurement of $\rho_{1/2}$ would be invalid because the galaxies are
not in equilibrium.  Willman~1 has a velocity distribution that does
not seem consistent with dynamical equilibrium \citep{wil11}.  The
velocity dispersions of Horologium~I, Pisces~II, and Tri~II were all
measured from 5--7 stars \citep[][and this work]{kop15b,kir15b}.
Hence, Segue~1 \citep{sim11} remains the galaxy with the most secure
measurement of a very high central density.

In summary, we measured $\sigma_v =
\sigmav_{-\sigmaverrlower}^{+\sigmaverrupper}$~km~s$^{-1}$ for
Tri~II\@.  The present measurements cannot determine whether the
galaxy is in dynamical equilibrium or being tidally disrupted.
However, the possibility that it is in equilibrium is very exciting.
Tri~II would be the most dark-matter dominated galaxy known, and it
would be an excellent candidate for the indirect, gamma-ray detection
of dark matter annihilation.  The annihilation signal scales as
$\rho^2$, which makes very dense galaxies---possibly including
Tri~II---the best prospects for detection.

\acknowledgments We thank Gina Duggan for obtaining LRIS images, Emily
Cunningham for helpful statistics advice, and the anonymous referee
for helpful feedback.  PG acknowledges support from NSF grants
AST-1010039 and AST-1412648.  We are grateful to the many people who
have worked to make the Keck Telescope and its instruments a reality
and to operate and maintain the Keck Observatory.  The authors wish to
extend special thanks to those of Hawaiian ancestry on whose sacred
mountain we are privileged to be guests.  Without their generous
hospitality, none of the observations presented herein would have been
possible.

{\it Facility:} \facility{Keck:I (LRIS), Keck:II (DEIMOS)}

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West coast of North America from Alaska to Gulf of California.
Howe Sound, near Vancouver, British Columbia, [Canada]. Appprox 2 cm. long. Photo: Marli Wakeling.
Translucent cream with pinkish red specks, this cephalaspid opisthobranch, like all members of the Gastropteridae, is able to swim quite vigorously by flapping its greatly enlarged parapodial flaps. These parapodia are lateral extensions of the foot. Behrens (1991) records this species from the intertidal to about 1400 feet [approx 500m].


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Today in Soap Opera History (May 29)
1984: All My Children's Jenny wanted a baby.
1989: Another World's Nicole confessed to murder.
2003: Days of our Lives' Lexie gave birth.
2006: The execution of One Life to Live's "Todd" began.
"All true histories contain instruction; though, in some, the treasure may be hard to find, and when found, so trivial in quantity that the dry, shrivelled kernel scarcely compensates for the trouble of cracking the nut."
― Anne Brontë in "Agnes Grey"
1939: Radio soap opera The Affairs of Anthony debuted on the Blue Network. Henry Hunter starred as Anthony.
1975: On Another World, Alice Frame (Jacqueline Courtney) agreed to let her husband, Steve, be buried in Chadwell.
1980: On Guiding Light, Dr. Ingrid Fisher told Lucille Wexler that she was capable of inflicting serious physical harm to those closest to her.
Thanks to Jennifer for sending in the item above.
1984: On All My Children, Jenny Nelson (Kim Delaney) told her husband, Greg (Laurence Lau), that she wanted to have a baby.
1984: On Guiding Light, Bert Bauer (Charita Bauer) told her sons, Ed (Peter Simon) and Mike (Don Stewart), that it still felt like her amputated leg was still there.
1986: On General Hospital, in the hills of Catalina, Kevin O'Connor (Kevin Bernhardt) tried to convince his wife, Terry Brock (Robyn Bernard), that he wanted her to be free from the guilt of being a murderer. So he gave her a gun.
1988: Charla Doherty, the original actress to play Julie Olson on Days of our Lives, died at age 41.
1989: On Another World, Nicole Love (Anne Howard) confessed to Cass Winthrop (Stephen Schnetzer) that she murdered Jason Frame.
Note: Read Nelson Aspen's interview with Anne Marie Howard here.
1997: On The Young and the Restless, Jack Abbott (Peter Bergman) told his sister, Ashley (Shari Shattuck), that things were back on track between him and Diane Jenkins. Meanwhile, Hope Wilson got upset with Victor Newman after she overheard his conversation with Diane, who was secretly working for him.
2001: On As the World Turns, Damian Grimaldi (Paolo Seganti) felt the walls closing in after receiving a mysterious phone call.
2003: On Days of our Lives, Lexie Carver (Renee Jones) gave birth to a baby boy, Theo.
2006: On One Life to Live, Todd Manning's (Trevor St. John) execution began as he was injected with the drugs that would end his life.
Kevin Conway (ex-Earl, One Life to Live; ex-Bud, A World Apart) - 76
Anthony Geary (Luke, General Hospital; ex-George, The Young and the Restless; ex-David, Bright Promise) - 71
Tracey E. Bregman (Lauren, The Young and the Restless; ex-Lauren, The Bold and the Beautiful; ex-Donna, Days of our Lives) - 55
Robin Johnson (ex-Darcy, Guiding Light) - 54
Matthew Porretta (ex-Dan, Beverly Hills, 90210) - 53
Michael Goldberg (ex-Chad, The Dreamers)
Katherine Ellis (ex-Taylor, Days of our Lives) - 37
Mark Hapka (ex-Nathan, Days of our Lives; ex-Nathan, Empire) - 36
Alessandra Torresani (ex-Haley, Husbands) - 31
Kristen Alderson (ex-Kiki/Starr, General Hospital; ex-Starr, One Life to Live) - 27
Gregg Sulkin (ex-Liam, Faking It) - 26
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DBS Firms Profit From Cable Co.'s Sins
Greg Tarr ⋅ Published: January 1, 1970
Like vultures fighting over fresh carrion, the nation's two leading satellite providers swooped into Time Warner Cable's largest territories this month with aggressive promotional offers aimed at grabbing away outraged cable customers who lost ABC Network stations for a 39-hour period.
The activity was sparked by the heavily publicized decision of Time Warner Cable to drop ABC-TV affiliate stations in some of its largest territories — including Houston, New York, Los Angeles and Philadelphia — at the start of sweeps week.
The tactic was used to protest the higher prices and conditions ABC-parent Disney was asking for the right to carry its services under new cable contracts.
The stunt appeared to backfire on the cable operator, which hastily negotiated a temporary deal to keep ABC affiliates on its cable platforms until a longer-term deal could be ironed out with Disney. A July 15 deadline has been set for that agreement.
At the same time, a number of enraged local and federal regulators staged public hearings and issued sharp warnings over what they saw as an illegal action and a violation of its franchise agreements with local municipalities.
The Federal Communications Commission found Time Warner violated a rule that prohibits cable companies from deleting local signals during the sweeps week period, which is critical to broadcasters in determining advertising rates. The commission said it will consider enforcement actions separately.
"Time Warner Cable committed a clear violation of FCC rules," FCC chairman William Kennard said. "Unfortunately, millions of consumers paid the price. No company should use consumers as pawns in a private contract dispute."
Meanwhile, both satellite providers were virtually giddy over the wave of negative publicity that sent more reactionary consumers to satellite dealers to avoid similar stunts.
The day after the blackout, EchoStar began peppering the local media in the cities with full-page newspaper ads announcing a new promotional offer and pointing out that local ABC stations were available on its platform in affected markets.
EchoStar actually announced two different offers at the same time, one open to customers across the United States, the other targeted specifically to Time Warner subscribers.
The first offer, the "Digital Dynamite" program, offered new customers the chance to pick up two DBS receivers for a one-time fee of $99, plus a one-year commitment to take the Dish Network America's Top 150 programming package for $49.99 per month. EchoStar said the $99 charge covers the cost of installation and the $5 monthly fee traditionally assessed for second or more receivers.
In addition, customers get a three-year price guarantee on the AT-150 package and the promise of in-home service and support.
The IRD models selected for the program include model 2700 and model 4922, which has OpenTV capability.
The second offer, called "It's Easy As ABC," offered Time Warner subscribers a free single-IRD system and installation after a commitment to a year of the AT 150 package for $39.98 per month. For others, EchoStar has extended its One Rate Plan, offering a free system for a commitment to an AT 150 package at $39.98 per month. However, customers must pay $99 for professional installation under that program.
"We've seen a spike in business since the Time Warner incident," stated an EchoStar spokesman. "EchoStar has a true alternative to cable, and we think we have the best offer out there."
In addition, he said, EchoStar is assuring customers that it will not increase subscription rates for at least two years.
DirecTV, meanwhile, negotiated with ABC parent Disney to co-sponsor a similar promotion for its system. In Houston, Los Angeles and New York, local ABC affiliates ran full-page newspaper ads offering a $198 rebate from the station for the first 1,000 Time Warner subscribers to order DirecTV systems and installation. The advertised "sample retail cost for a basic DirecTV system and standard installation" was $198.
The headline on the ad stated, " If Time Warner can dish it out, so can we. At no cost to you," and a special hotline number was listed to take orders. A DirecTV spokesman said the offer was so successful, selling out in hours in both New York and Los Angeles, that it was expanded to an additional 1,000 subscribers in each market.
Although EchoStar also carries ABC stations in those markets, the Dish Network was not included because, according to an EchoStar spokesman, EchoStar is still trying to reach a retransmission deal with the local stations.
Although unlikely, the possibility remained that EchoStar could lose some of the ABC affiliates if deals are not completed by May 29, when the FCC transition period ends and satellite providers must have formal retransmission agreements in place to carry local signals.
An EchoStar spokesman said the company is planning to announce all of its retransmission deals at one time prior to the FCC deadline. "It's very unlikely that we would not have reached an agreement [with ABC affiliate stations] by then," he said.
Despite the hype from programming providers, IRD manufacturers were downplaying the potential for a spike in hardware sales.
Executives from Thomson (RCA) and Hughes Network Systems said they had no evidence of a spike in orders immediately prior to the ABC blackout. One executive added, "I don't expect this to be much of an issue."
Comparatively, the Time Warner territories represent a relatively small pocket of total U.S. consumers. Additionally, many of the cable operator's territories are in large urban markets where multiple-dwelling-unit housing predominates. Although inroads have been made, satellite operators have a harder time installing satellite systems in apartment and condominium facilities, where consensus agreements are required and building association covenants can bar the use of dishes.
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Q: Cluster simulator for Hadoop MapReduce I am looking for a cluster simulator to test my Hadoop MapReduce Java applications (Driver, Mappers, Reducers, ...).
There is something that could simulate the HDFS, the execution of the tasks of each virtual nodes?
I am not clearly interested in performances, I have a Intel Core i7 and 16GB RAM maybe that's enough to simulate a small cluster.

A: There are multiple ways to simulate your cluster.

*

*Hortonworks or cloudera docker image , which you can spawn and connect to it in your code.

*Run MR locally by setting
conf.set("fs.default.name", "file:///");
conf.set("mapred.job.tracker", "local");
See Integration test in : http://bytepadding.com/big-data/map-reduce/word-count-map-reduce/

*Use  hbase-testing-util which spawns service of HDFS , HBASE as threads and cab be run loacally.
http://bytepadding.com/big-data/hbase/hbase-readwrite-from-map-reduce/

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Provinces vow to resist Trudeau's landmark carbon tax
April 1, 2019 10:37 AM Reuters0 Comments
Justin Trudeau's federal government on Monday imposed a landmark carbon tax on four provinces which had defied Ottawa's push to combat climate change, prompting unhappy premiers to say they would challenge the measure.
Trudeau, citing international commitments to fight global warming, had made clear for two years he would slap the tax on any of the 10 provinces that did not come up with their own plans by April 1.
The measure is opposed by Ontario, the most populous province, where Trudeau's Liberals need to do well to stand a chance of retaining power in a federal election this October.
Carbon pollution will initially cost $20 a tonne, rising by C$10 a year until it reaches C$50 in 2022. It also applies in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and New Brunswick.
"As of today, it's no longer free to pollute anywhere in Canada," Environment Minister Catherine McKenna said on Twitter.
"Climate change is real … some politicians may not care much, but our kids and our grandkids do."
Official data regularly show Canada has little chance of meeting its climate change goals of reducing emissions by 30 percent from 2005 levels by 2030.
Although Ottawa says the money collected will be returned to taxpayers in the form of rebates, right-leaning parties portray it as a cash grab.
The Conservatives, who polls show could win the October election as a scandal over alleged political interference dogs Trudeau, promise to scrap the measure.
Ontario premier Doug Ford vowed to oppose what he called "the worst tax ever" in court.
"We're going to keep fighting this carbon tax with every single tool at our disposal," he said in a filmed statement.
Scott Moe, the premier of Saskatchewan, which has already launched a challenge, said he hoped the tax was an April Fool's joke.
"We now have four provinces representing half the population in this nation that say this is a flawed policy," Moe told the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.
Trudeau's other efforts to combat climate change are also proving a challenge.
Last year the government unveiled legislation to overhaul environmental assessments of energy projects, paying more attention to greenhouse gas emissions. Critics say this will deter future investment at a time when existing projects are already in trouble.
Canada bought Kinder Morgan Canada Ltd's Trans Mountain crude pipeline for $4.5 billion last year after the company expressed doubts it could proceed with plans to more than double the existing capacity.
Carbon Tax Kinder Morgan


Several of our beginners in Godalming have levelled up to full membership recently. After taking their safety tests and being cleared for sparring, they can now attend all classes at all three sites as well as our regular sparring.
The test consists of several exercises to assess technical knowledge, skill and above all control.
Congratulations to Maria, Michael, Sarah, Joshua and Sebastian!
In Reading tonight we had a Rapier & dagger sparring and feedback session while the spada a due mani group practiced an assalto from Marozzo.
Today we held our opening of The School of the Sword Oxford, with Q&A sessions, mini classes, demonstrations and sparring.
We had an enthusiastic group of newcomers to HEMA who put in a great effort, and we look forward to welcoming them to our Beginners Course.
The School has always been praised for the quality of its teaching, and to maintain this level of tuition we run periodic gatherings of instructors to discuss and consolidate on teaching practices across the three sites. It was a very productive morning, with lots of insights and ideas shared among the senior members.
Fightcamp is the largest and longest running HEMA event in the UK, and three people from the School entered the Rapier tournament which resulted in three medals for the School! Congratulations to Adrian, Apollon and Alexander for achieving 3rd, 2nd and 1st place respectively.
Alexander went on to win silver in the longsword competition, first place went to Jack Gassmann who has also taught at the School in the past.
On Monday in Reading we had a very special evening full of lots of fights as Stewart and James took their Spadaccino and Laureando exams.
Laureando is the second exam students at the School can take after the initial safety test (to make sure they are safe to spar). This is typically after 200 hours of study and some experience of teaching others. James took part in five 3-minute bouts, ending in an exchange against a weapon he hadn't encountered before, in this case it was a katana! James chose sidesword and put in an impressive performance. He will also submit a written piece of research.
Spadaccino is the most senior rank in the school and Stewart racked up an impressive ten bouts of three minutes at a time in sword & buckler, rapier & dagger, spadone and dussack. As our treasurer and with 0ver 400 hours of study and many sessions of teaching under his belt, it was time he showed us what he was made of – and on a very hot August evening he cut a swathe through all opposition and emerged victorious! His final match was using parrying gauntlet and rapier, and he has submitted a longer written piece. Well done to both and all who helped take part in the bouts.
On Sunday in Godalming we held a women's open day after sparring. We were pleased to have a fantastic group who all did some Q&A with all our women instructors and students, took mini lessons in longsword with Emilia, sword & buckler with Fran and rapier with Masha. By the third sparring session everyone was really getting into it! We hope to see plenty of them at our beginners course in January.


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Q: SQLite select rows if timestamp matches today's date I Would like to select all entries from an SQLite table if the entries timestamp matches todays date.
I am querying an SQLite database as follows:
// Tasks table name
private static final String TABLE_TASKS = "tasks";

// Tasks Table Columns names
private static final String KEY_ID = "id";
private static final String KEY_TIMESTAMP = "timestampGMT";
private static final String KEY_DESCRIPTION = "description";

String selectQuery = "SELECT  * FROM " + TABLE_TASKS + " WHERE "+ KEY_TIMESTAMP+">=date('now', '-1 day')";

This behavior is the closest I have come but I do not wish to select all entries within the last 24hrs. I only want to select if todays date matches the timestamp.
How can I select only the rows in the table who's timestamp matches todays date.
date format is: 2014-07-05 12:59:35 in the database.

A: does this work?
date('now', 'start of day')

A: For local timezone:
date('now','localtime','start of day')


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2001 Chateau Fayau Cadillac (750ml)
Cadillac, Bordeaux, FRANCE
Cellar 8 - 10 years (2012-2014)
Be quick to secure your stocks!
The 2001 vintage in Sauternes has been acknowledged as one of the greatest ever, resulting in wines of immense power and concentration that are now mostly unaffordable. According to vintners who have both red and sweet white, 2001 could be the sweet white vintage of the century. Picking began in most parts (left bank: Sauternes, Cerons, Barsac; right bank: Saint-Croix-du-Mont, Loupiac, Cadillac) on the first of October and continued almost without interruption until October 19th. Botrytized wines are picked in several runs, selecting each time only those grapes which have reached the right stage of noble rot (botrytis). Exceptional weather conditions with hot sunny days and virtually no rain at harvest time meant that the grapes could be picked in as few as two or at most three tris (selections). The grapes needed to be gathered quickly because potential alcohol was very high, as much as 21-22° with barely an interruption between the tris. Noble rot was uniform and not spoilt by rain. In addition the favourable east wind dried out the grapes from the morning dew, dispersing the mist that bring the botrytis. The praise for the 2001 Sauternes continues. Patrick Jen of Domaine du Noble, President of the Loupiac Syndicat said, "It is as yet early to make a definitive appraisal but after tasting the wine already in fermentation I can say there is plenty of substance; full of richness and finesse. It is as good as, probably better than, the great 1990 vintage and could be similar to the mythical 1929 which I tasted recently."
However, Sauternes enthusiasts have long known that across the Garonne River they can procure what is arguably the greatest value wine in sweet white Bordeaux, which in exceptional years produces a wine equal to Sauternes which may sell at two or three times its price. This bizarre anomaly is the Chateau Fayau Cadillac, and although the wine cannot be labelled Sauternes as such, it is essentially identical in every way. Like the great wines of Sauternes, Fayau depends upon the formation of a special mould, Botrytis Cinera, (Latin for 'Ashy Cluster,' and in fact that is what the grapes look like on the vine), and like Sauternes only hand selected botrytis effected Semillon & Sauvignon Blanc grapes are picked, which necessitates harvesting over successive weeks.
The manner in which the Chateau Fayau Cadillac is produced, is almost as remarkable as its affordability. The Botrytis mould is a freak of nature and requires rare climatic conditions to be present for it to initially germinate, and then grow. In Sauternes a cool trout stream called the Ciron, whose origins are in the Lendes region, runs quickly into the Garonne river creating a new microclimate of humid mist during autumn. This mist is followed by a hot noon sun and the conditions are perfect for the creation of Sauternes. It has been found that for Botrytis spores to germinate, the humidity must be around 90% for about 24 hours. For the Botrytis to continue to grow, the humidity must then drop below 60% together with temperature in the range of 20-25ºC. By then, the spores are hard at work growing, both onto and into the skins of the grapes. As the spores envelop each grape, an enzyme is secreted which actually takes up the water from the pulp of the grape, leaving behind a concentrate of sugar. The berries begin to shrivel up and take on the appearance of dried-out mouldy raisins. One of the trade-offs in producing botrytis wines is to retain sufficient acidity to avoid the wine from becoming cloying on the back palate. That is, it is undesirable for a 'sticky' to be so sticky that it sticks. The 2001 Chateau Fayau Cadillac, like the greatest example of Sauternes, achieves this balance beautifully.
Chateau Fayau has been in the Medeville family since 1826. The estate consists of 10ha of vineyard, which is located close to the town of Cadillac on South facing slopes (equivalent to North facing slopes in the Southern Hemisphere). The soil is composed of clay and silica. The vines are 28 years old with 90% planted to Semillon and 10% to Sauvignon Blanc. Unlike many Sauternes vineyards there is no Muscadelle planted. In a good year, Chateau Fayau produces 4,500 cases which are snapped up quickly by wine merchants around the world. We had advance samples air freighted to us and must confess that this is indeed an exceptional wine and value for money wise, remains unchallenged. The critical aspect of making sweet white wines is to create a palate profile where by the sugars and acidity are perfectly balanced and yet generate a sense of complexity. Creating a complex flavour profile without botrytis is very difficult since the tongue's ability to perceive the sweet flavours is limited. At Fayau, once picked, the grapes are given a delicate pressing over a three hour period, followed by a 24 hour lapse in which the must settles prior to fermentation. Fermentation takes place in stainless steel tanks at temperatures varying from 20-22 degrees. After a few weeks on yeast lees, the wine is then racked and aged in underground vats for 18 months prior to bottling.
For those uninitiated in Sauternes, let it be said that the versatility of these wines cannot be underestimated and the results can be some of the most exciting wine and food matching sensations one is likely to experience. Apart from desserts, cream caramel, fruit pies, soft fruits or freshly cracked walnuts, there are more adventurous alternatives for this sensational drink. For example, rough barbeque lamb chops marinated in Sauternes, Roquefort cheese, ewes milk cheese, a quiche or black pudding and apples (boudin aiy pomsies), pan fried trout and needless to say, the traditional combination of Sauternes and foie gras. However, perhaps the most surprising match, and a favourite of Comte Lur Saluces, owner of Château d'Yquem, is Crayfish and Sauternes. The combination is nothing short of sublime, and when one considers the price of the 2001 Chateau Fayau Cadillac, it is an indulgence that should not be out of the question! And then there is the classic dish of Sauternes and duck....need we tempt you further?
CHATEAU FAYAU REPRESENTS ONE OF THE GREATEST VALUESWEET WHITES IN BORDEAUX
Tasting Notes: An exceptional wine from a great Sauternes vintage. Brilliant golden colour. Superb nose showing strong botrytis character. Aroma of honey, apricots and spice overlaid by super ripe peaches. The palate is still youthful and has the structure to live for many years. Over time the colour will deepen, the gold will eventually turn to a golden brown and the sweet fruit will change to display flavours of toffee and caramel. At present the palate is rich and luscious, displaying a degree of viscosity that is definitely classed growth Sauternes. Rich mouthfilling flavours of apricot, honey, ripe peaches and raisins fill the mouth. Outstanding length with a remarkable twist on the palate that is missing from the Australian stickies - the wine finishes with a classic dryness and then 'powers on' with an aftertaste of honey and apricot.
Cellar: 8-10 years plus (2012-2014)
Alc/Vol: 13.5%


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Should the symbolic 100-website ban be lifted?
Lim Guohao
In the Year 2010 Censorship Review Committee Report (CRC Report), the Committee recommended that the symbolic 100-website ban imposed by the government should be lifted.
The local government practices a light-touch approach to the Internet regulation in Singapore since July 1996, where users do not require prior approval from MDA to operate a website. However, a 100-website ban was introduced in the 1990s, where the government bans websites that contains mainly pornographic contents, or sites that incite racial and religious intolerance, as a symbol to reflect the community's stand against objectionable web content and social values.
Many argued that the policy is losing its effectiveness as the Internet is overflowing with excessive information at a rapid rate in which the government may find it hard to control. However, I feel that the 100-website ban should stay as the policy continues to serve as an important message to the public in regards to non-mainstream ideals or culture. More so, adapting from the Cultivation theory, users, under the intense media usage, will also be cultivated with standardized and acceptable behaviors in Singapore.
Currently, Singapore is encouraging a media environment that fosters 3-prong social responsibility approach, in which more responsibilities are passed down to the media players, parents and individual consumers. However, I feel that the public is not ready to welcome a media environment that is of total-freedom given the followings:
Firstly, when responsibilities were passed down to the media players previously through the recommendation for more Internet content filters, such services were inadequately promoted and the relevant products produced by the media players were minimal. Also, given the survey conducted by the CRC, over 60% of the households with children are not aware of such filters available from the Internet providers, which are Singtel and Starhub.
Furthermore, given the Internet as a targeted medium, the Internet media players did not take the initiative to practice self-censorship by instilling restriction or verification measures to cater to the different needs of the various age groups.
Thus, we can see that the media players are not ready to welcome a total-freedom Internet environment that requires high level of censorship.
Secondly, the public, or more so the parents themselves, felt that they are not ready to take up the full responsibility in controlling the contents the young are accessing on the Internet. In the CRC report survey, 67% of the respondents supported retaining the policy, and 38% of them even recommend the authorities to expand the scope in order to cover more websites for ban. In Singapore, we can observe that there are growing households which having both parents to work in the day, this in turn restricts the ability of them to control their kids from accessing inappropriate contents from the web. Another reason would be, there are still parents who are not technology-inclined, and they find it impossible to set computer barriers for their kids. Thus, given the lack of cyber wellness knowledge of parents, the policy would be a more effective approach in instilling social values amongst the young.
As for the individual consumers, cyber awareness is still lacking among the users, especially the young, as we see more than 20,000 cyber crime cases per year in Singapore (22,711 in 2005; 19,522 in 2007, Singapore Department of Statistics, 2008). Such figure is worrying, as it ranks Singapore second in the Internet crime rates globally. Not only that, we see a shift in how consumers consume media contents nowadays, 71.8% of the users aged 15-17 interviewed in the CRC survey only viewed contents online, in comparison to nearly 20% in 2007. Given such high penetration rates, tighter governmental controls should be in place to ensure that the "gatekeeper" role is well performed.
Thus, to ensure that the 3-prong censorship approach is effective, we must ensure that all the media players, the individuals and the government work hand in hand, and that the public does not just rely on the government to do the job. However, given current local trends as mentioned above, I feel that public is not ready to welcome such total-freedom Internet environment. Thus, despite the foreseen increased costs, governmental controls, such as the 100-website ban, should stay as it continues to serve as an important tool to convey the stand of the mass public with regards to sensitive issues. However, tighter controls such as forming Internet police squads like what Australia has been doing, and expanding the website ban coverage could be done. More importantly, more public education on cyber wellness should be conducted through the means of seminars; interactive activities or TV shows to educate the public on potential Internet risks, in order to progress towards the aim of achieving a total-freedom Internet environment.
Moreover, governments from all around the world are concerned about how to protect the young Internet users from objectionable content. Even in the free media of Korea, a network securitycommitteewas set up to monitorthe objectionable information.Thus, the 100-website ban should stay, and together with more mitigating measures, it will aid in shaping the norm social values amongst the young web users, and that they are denied from undesirable materials.
Written as part of the assignment for Ngee Ann Polytechnic's Media Ethics, Law and Policy module.
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About the Bayit
The idea for a Reform Bayit in Berkeley was conceived in the Spring of 1980 and modeled after collective Jewish houses on other college campuses. Jason Gwasdoff, Marci Fox, Dori Taback and Karen Desser were the Berkeley students who took the initiative for beginning the project. They felt it was important, as Jews, to live in an environment that encouraged active participation in progressive Judaism, community, and personal growth. Other Jewish students at Berkeley shared this belief in taking responsibility for the development of their Jewish identities, and seven other students soon joined in the establishment of the Berkeley Reform Bayit at 19 Hillside Court in September of 1980.
The Berkeley Reform Bayit was founded with an ideology. The functional running of the eleven-member household with work shifts, shopping, meal preparation, and community service was organized after the model of a Kibbutz, stressing the ideological importance of work as an expression of commitment to the group ideal. This same commitment to community was expressed in the discussions and practice of Judaism. The celebration of Judaism was explored, debated and practiced in rituals such as Shabbat T'fillot and Holiday celebrations, and the active relationship to Israel and Zionism. It was and is essential that Bayit members realize the goal of the Berkeley Bayit is to be the strengthening of individual and communal commitment to Judaism and Zionism through active exploration and participation.
At its inception in 1980, the Berkeley Reform Bayit program was endorsed by the Union of American Hebrew Congregations ("UAHC" now "URJ" Union of Reform Judaism) College Education Department. Initially, programmatic resources of the UAHC were made available for educational, communal, and religious development and programming.
In 1982 the owner of 19 Hillside Court wished to sell the property. With the support of the UAHC Pacific Northwest Regional Director, Rabbi Morris Hershman, UAHC Camp Swig Director, Harvey Shapiro and UAHC Camp Swig Board Chair, Leonard Cohn, the UAHC coordinated the purchase of the home. As the Union had a program to encourage Jewish community at college campuses, it was a natural fit for the organization to assist in the fundraising and design of the organizational structure necessary to purchase the home. The former LeConte Manor, a Julia Morgan designed house, built in 1908 for Joseph LeConte, a physician, geologist, professor at the University of California, Berkeley and early California conservationist, who was one of the co-founders and President of the Sierra Club thus became the property of the UAHC. The home was purchased with assistance of former Bayitnik parents, Bayitniks and community members including but not limited to the Koret, and Haas Foundations, Leonard and Roberta Cohn, Rob and Ruth Fox, Miriam Manber, Debbie Trubowitch, Racquel Newman, Tom Lowenstein, Jim Sammet, Aaron and Fran Greenberg and Shirley Tartak).
From 1980 until 1989 the Bayit was overseen and aided in programing by the UAHC Director of College Campuses, Rami Arian and in organization and property management by the UAHC individuals mentioned above. Many of the Bayitniks during these years were deeply involved with UAHC Camp Swig as counselors, songleaders, program directors, administrators or former campers or as UAHC youth group advisors or Sunday school teachers.
The Bayit became a place of Jewish community for both the members and the Berkeley Jewish community. The Bayit sponsored a number of events each year, including: a breakfast after Yom Kippur, Sukkot Party, Open Shabbatot, Chanukah Party, Havdallot, Pesach Seders, and numerous discussions on a wide range of topics related to Jewish practice and thought.
In 1988 the UAHC National Board decided that it was not well enough equipped to manage a robust college program nor duplicate programming in competition with Hillel so it decided to eliminate the programming and transfer the ownership of any of its college housing arrangements, including the Berkeley Reform Bayit. In an effort to provide a smooth transition, it helped create an independent non-profit - 501(c)(3) - organization to own the house and aid the students with organizational or programmatic support.
So in 1989 the Berkeley Bayit Inc., a non-profit corporation, was born. Many of the individuals named above were active on the board with Len Cohn being the original chair of the non-profit. Critical support came from the original Bayit Corporation board (Leonard Cohn, Karen Goldberg, Aaron Greenberg, Tom Lowenstein, James Sammet, and Shirley Tartak) and a number of other benefactors. This new independent board took over ownership of the house and management of the Bayit. The Board's responsibility for capital improvements is something most students are not prepared to do and thus a logical on-going responsibility of the Board.
It was an important aspect of the vision of the original members, and the Board has adopted the position that the house be run by the students. The Board has felt that for the students to truly understand the responsibility of community and of Judaism that they must be responsible for all aspects of the daily operation of the house. The Board's purpose is to provide support, resource and continuity as well as to facilitate the long-term sustainability of the house and institutional knowledge. However, all decisions about who resides at the house, the level of Judaic practice, the type of programming and roles of the Bayitniks have been determined each year by the Bayitniks.
Over the years since the founding of the Board, in its efforts to be good stewards of the house and the mission, the Board has engaged in a series of capital improvements/major renovations of the house including a new roof, kitchen, bathrooms, upgrading of the electrical and plumbing systems, providing internet services (not something ever contemplated in 1980) all while keeping in mind the historic character and features of the house. The Board also hired a property manager to facilitate contracting and collecting fees, timely responses to maintenance and repair needs, and accounting. In addition, the Board has provided funding and resources to support programming at the Bayit. These efforts continue.
The Bayit continues to provide a Jewish home to students and serve the community through its regular programming and by providing a place for other students to enjoy a Jewish home environment. Over the years, the Reform origins of the house became less apparent as the Bayitniks included students who came from and participated in all denominations of the Jewish community and the house took on the persona of a progressive Jewish cooperative living environment. The Bayit continues to support students of diverse Jewish backgrounds as they explore a progressive Jewish identity. The Bayitniks have served many roles in the UC Berkeley Jewish and student communities including student government, chairing numerous Jewish campus organizations and events, as well as forming a close tie with Berkeley Hillel. As a result, The Bayit and Hillel have jointly sponsored a number of events, with the Bayit providing a more intimate home environment that complements Hillel's larger communal environment.
Current financial support for programming comes mainly from Alumni and several organizations in the Jewish community. Throughout the 2000's, the Board has been efficiently led by just a few individuals, most notably chaired by original and current Board Chair, Karen Goldberg, former Board Chair Paul Eykamp, Treasurer has been Joel Siegel, each of whom have served on the Board for over 15 years. Without them the Bayit would have lacked the continuity and commitment necessary to stay operable.
The Berkeley Bayit is now the longest continuously running Jewish co-op in the country.
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Noah Preminger Talks About His Bold Jazz Protest Album, 'Meditations on Freedom'
Tristan Kneschke
Photo: Jimmy Katz 2015 (with permission of photographer)
Protest music is both an empathizing artform and an empowering oppositional force. Saxophonist Noah Preminger has taken his own stand, releasing his sixth album on Inauguration Day.
Noah Preminger
Meditations on Freedom
Artist website: www.noahpreminger.com
Label: Self-released
Preminger fights hate with a collection of covers and originals.
The unfathomable reality of President Trump has exploded citizen activism, collecting unity and outrage across the globe. Resistance against the new administration has also manifested musically. Dave Eggers' "30 Songs, 30 Days" project, kicked off with indie artists Death Cab for Cutie and Aimee Mann, provided a slew of 30 protest ballads against Trump months even before his first day of term. With song titles like "With Love from Russia" and "Demagogue", it was easy to see why the Washington Post cheekily touted the site as "a playlist of songs that Donald Trump will hate." The project quickly ballooned to promise a thousand songs in as many days.
For over a century, artists have used protest to channel collective rage and rally support for civil rights, worker's rights, environmentalism and more. Indeed, protest music is both an empathizing art form and an empowering oppositional force. One need only utter the words "Get up, stand up", "I ain't no fortunate one", or "Won't get fooled again", or perhaps "Fight the power", "And now you do what they told you", or "Born in the U.S.A.", to become stirred by their political messages.
Though protest music is used by artists of all creeds, its core in America is rooted in slavery and its legacy. Dr. Will Boone, a professor of African American music at North Carolina State University who earned a PhD in ethnographic research on contemporary black gospel music and spirit-filled worship, spoke about the topic in his lecture, "Possibility and Protest in African American Roots Music", at this year's Moogfest in Durham, North Carolina. He cited spiritual songs used by slaves to send coded messages and coordinate movement on the Underground Railroad as early examples of protest. "If you heard songs with lyrics like 'follow the drinking gourd'", he explains, "you knew there would be something happening that night. These kinds of coded messages were actually sent in a very explicit way, giving music a resistive or political dimension." Protest is intimately tied to the development of music itself; black protest spirituals like "No More Auction Block" set the stage for the development of blues long before music was even recorded.
Jazz artists spread dissent as the genre rose in prominence. In 1929, pianist Fats Waller penned "Black and Blue", a lamenting tune bemoaning his skin color. Its lyrics, "I'm white inside / Cause I can't hide, what is on my face" and "My only sin / Is in my skin / What did I do to be so black and blue?" would reach an even larger audience when it was covered by the king of jazz, Louis Armstrong. Several years later, legendary pianist Duke Ellington composed the suite "Black, Brown, and Beige", calling the ambitious work a "tonal parallel to the history of the American Negro." Its 1958 recording featured vocalist Mahalia Jackson, who sang to Martin Luther King, Jr. and urged him to tell people about his dream, which he turned into one of the most famous speeches ever given. And no one can forget Billie Holiday's famous and stirring lynching song "Strange Fruit".
The tumultuous Civil Rights era is the most familiar period for protest music. The era produced a slew of protest songs: Bob Dylan's "The Times They Are A-Changin'", Sam Cooke's "A Change Is Gonna Come", James Brown's "Say It Loud -- I'm Black and I'm Proud", and the Beatles' "Revolution" are just a few of many. The era's most prominent protest jazz selections come from Max Roach, Charles Mingus, and John Coltrane. Roach's We Insist! The Freedom Now Suite is largely a narrative of the African slave experience that begins with the harrowing slave driver narrative "Driva' Man", proceeds through Emancipation with "Freedom Day", and toward the chaotic catharsis of "Prayer/ Protest/ Peace". Mingus' Mingus Ah-Um contains "Fables of Faubus", an indictment of governor Orval Faubus' heinous decision to use the National Guard to resist the Supreme Court's decision to racially integrate public schools. Coltrane's "Alabama" is a mournful outpouring in the aftermath of the Klan bombing that killed four black girls and injured 22 others at a Birmingham church, just a month after Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous speech.
Jazz protest continues today. In 2014, jazz wunderkind Vijay Iyer released the three-part "Suite for Trayvon (and Thousands More)" on his album Wiring. New York City's 2017 Winter Jazzfest featured over 100 acts and centered on social justice, drawing a crowd of over 8,500. And tenor saxophonist Noah Preminger has taken his own stand, releasing his sixth album Meditations on Freedom on Inauguration Day.
At just 30 years old, Preminger is a prolific jazz force with eight leader releases and six more as a sideman. His first album Dry Bridge Road earned Debut of the Year in the 2008 Village Voice Critics' Poll and was named one of the top ten albums of the year in JazzTimes, Stereophile and The Nation. He's been selected for the Downbeat Critics Poll several times, earning second place last year behind Kamasi Washington, whose three-hour album The Epic earned critical nods even outside the jazz world. In other words, he had stiff competition.
Meditations is Preminger's third collaboration with Jason Palmer on trumpet, Kim Cass on double bass and Ian Froman on drums. Preminger got the idea for writing a protest record by talking to photographer Jimmy Katz, who has snapped images of many of jazz's icons. Preminger says, "I'm a songwriter and a storyteller, and playing saxophone is one way to tell stories. I decided to release it on Inauguration Day to bring attention to various topics that I feel are important as a human being caring for others. I set myself a two-week deadline in what I felt was an insane urgency."
Meditations on Freedom contains five original compositions about freedoms the saxophonist felt were vanishing: Native American freedom, women's rights, racial injustice, income inequality, and the planet's health. The dreamy "Women's March" begins with swirling saxophone and trumpet, emphasizing the global unity of millions marching together, before bursting into exuberant solos pointing toward a brighter future. "The 99 Percent" has a more lamenting, dizzying quality. The record's shortest cut, the lead instruments coalesce during its initial passage, holding long notes to create a lagging feeling of inertia. Preminger's sax then breaks free with the only solo, an uplifting major-key articulation beginning with assured staccato bursts, giving the song a caffeine boost as if illustrating a lone speaker giving voice to the hopeful crowd. The theme briefly returns to close out the song, this time with a renewed sense of energy and optimism.
"Mother Earth" begins as a languid funeral procession, but a groove develops, the song illusorily picking up speed as instruments fill the space. "We Have a Dream" gives Cass a workout while the solo runs flirt around the scales with breezy effortlessness.
Meditations on Freedom also includes several interpretations of classic protest songs, suggesting the ongoing fight for social justice is never over -- it merely switches personnel. Among the selections are Bob Dylan's "Only a Pawn in Their Game", Bruce Hornsby's "Just the Way It Is", Sam Cooke's "A Change Is Gonna Come", and George Harrison's "Give Me Love, Give Me Peace on Earth". Preminger transforms the melody of "Only a Pawn in Their Game", about the death of civil rights activist Medgar Evers, into a syrupy, calming mixture. The tempo never really escalates to the point to which your pulse quickens, and even without the lyrics, Preminger manages to articulate a sense of desolation many felt when the election results were announced. The main riff of "Just the Way it Is" is the only element that ties it to the original, a recognizable point of reference that appears amid the band's freeform playing.
Though Meditations on Freedom stakes a political claim, the originals and the covers are more relaxed, featuring little of Max Roach's bombastic kit, none of the excited shouts of Charles Mingus, and just a smidgen of John Coltrane's free jazz bluster. Instead, Preminger's strategy on Meditations on Freedom is in enticing listeners through familiar issues that galvanize and divide us.
Trump's daily disregard for facts is especially abhorrent for artists who strive to elucidate life's truth in their work. Preminger advises everyone to talk about the issues and engage in protest. "Going to rallies really makes a difference. Call your elected officials and tell them what you want, what you believe is right, and what you'd like for them to change. If you're an artist, keep sending messages out there." On a recent tour across Ohio and West Virginia -- places that aren't as blue as his home of New York City -- Preminger was struck by the level of civility in conversations with people he met. "People really respond well to good art and positive messages. Talking to people on stage can go a long way, and they can spread the word. If you're positive, change is going to come."
Meditations on Freedom is available through Preminger's site. See Preminger live throughout the summer.
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Places you might find my artwork, and music.
Located in Spring City, Royersford. This is where I play my open mics, and hang some of my artwork at. This place has great sound, and a nice atmosphere. I have had a lot of positive experiences getting involved with the music scene here. You might find me there on Sunday nights for their open mic. I usually go on about 8:30, or so. Depends if I make it in time for sign ups.
This is another coffee house located in Pheonixville that I frequent. Tuesday nights are good nights to come and see local musicians play. Not too crowded. Good artwork on the walls.
This is a friend of mine from Chaplin's Music Cafe. He takes videos of local musicians, and has a taste for metaphysics, and new age concepts. He plays some spacey guitar, and helps me out sometimes.
3911 Ridge Pike, Collegeville, Pa. A friend of mine Steve Galie, has a dad who owns this particular antique shop. Steve keeps telling me he wants to bring events to this location concerning open mics, and art shows for local artists he is affiliated with. Good idea, we need more events around here. His dad has a few of my pieces, hopefully on the wall at this time. I need to show him more work that is mainstream, like still lifes, and cottages, and other stuff people would love to collect, and hang in their house. He doesn't like my skeletons, and other scary stuff.


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Министерството на строителството и архитектурата (МСА) е историческо министерство в България, съществувало през 1981 – 1984 година.

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Създадено е на 18 юни 1981 г. с указ № 1226. Структурата на министерството се състои от министър, зам.-министри, главен секретар и колегиум. Сред задачите на министерството е държавен технически контрол в строителството, проектиране и следене за спазването на Правилника за капитално строителство. Министерството участва и в работата на Постоянната комисия на СИВ за строителство, както и в ОНИДО при ООН.

Преименувано е на Министерство на строителството и селищното устройство с указ № 7 от 4 януари 1984 г.

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This instrumental fusion takes the listener on an unforgettable journey to the rhythmically colorful world of Ainu Upopo.
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CNN claims the Easter story, about Jesus' death and resurrection, is a '#MeToo moment
Chris Enloe
CNN article claims the Easter story is a "#MeToo" moment. (Image source: Getty Creative)
Is the Easter story also a "#MeToo" story? According to a CNN article published on Friday, the two stories are one in the same.
"How Easter became a #MeToo moment," the article's headline reads.
What does it claim?
The article, which wasn't placed in CNN's opinion section, analyzes how "some pastors and biblical scholars say" the Easter story is also a #MeToo story.
"The men refused to listen to her story. She was publicly smeared as a whore. And when she emerged as a celebrated advocate, powerful men tried to silence her because she threatened their status," the article says. "Nevertheless she persisted."
"The woman we're talking about, though, is not a leader in the #MeToo movement -- the viral campaign raising awareness about sexual assault and harassment against women. She is Mary Magdalene, the first person Jesus appeared to after his resurrection, according to the New Testament, and the first person to preach the good news that he had been raised from the dead," it adds.
The article goes on to claim the Easter story highlights many of the "same behaviors" that sparked the #MeToo movement, such as "the sexually predatory behavior of men, the intimidation of women and an orchestrated attempt to silence women who drew too much attention when they spoke up."
"One of the most obvious links between Easter and #MeToo, some say, is the way Mary Magdalene has been slut-shamed," the article states.
The rest of the article summarizes four characteristics that make the Easter story just like the #MeToo stories from Hollywood. They are:
"The men didn't listen to 'hysterical' women"
"They pushed women into the shadows"
"Discrediting women by calling them bad girls"
"Using sexual humiliation as a weapon"
"If linking the Easter story with the #MeToo movement is offensive and bewildering to some, perhaps that is fitting," the article concludes.


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William Byron after the win: This one is for my mom, she has brain cancer
"I kind of felt like she was riding in there with me"
(VIDEO) Fight between NASCAR drivers after the race!
The scenes after the race were shocking..
NASCAR driver misses races due to death threats of his 'fan'
"His official words were, not that he's going to kill Chase, but that he's going to come … and be the last thing Chase ever sees."
NASCAR managing director explains Kyle Busch grille tape penalty
"We certainly needed to do our due diligence on how it got there and what it really was"
Kevin Harvick is open about potential retirement
"We've put in a lot of time this year – the simulator, we've been to two tests so far"
(VIDEO) What is the reason behind Ross Chastain's 'watermelon' ritual?
"I didn't have watermelons everywhere. At my first race, we had a ton of watermelons"
William Byron after Richmond: The middle of the race we were terrible
"I'm like ok I got him, but then the 4 (Harvick) and the 11 (Hamlin) were on a totally different planet. That's just part of it."
Denny Hamlin after Richmond victory: There was no doubt in my mind
"Just so proud of this whole FedEx Camry team, man, just never giving up"
Martin Truex Jr. explains the key problem after Richmond
"I mean, it's frustrating. But that's part of it here. It's part of the whole day,"
Ryan Blaney: With my past history here, I can use all the track position I can get
"Honestly, I didn't think I got a very good lap. It was kind of an ugly lap on my end but I did have speed"
Chase Briscoe reveals the reason for his good performances
"It'll definitely be interesting to see how this car impacts tire saving and guys going hard and things like that."
Jordan Taylor on NASCAR Next Gen at Le Mans: Good to get some new eyes on the sport
"I'm sure they'll want some big NASCAR names, which makes sense to take them over there"
Trackhouse Racing Team on the atmosphere within the team and the results
"Trackhouse is an investment in the people. The thing is this car – I really believed since day one that this car delivers an opportunity"
Alex Bowman on Chastain: He is a pain in the ass to race, but I am happy for him
"I'm on the wrong side of it, but just I know what he's feeling right now and I'm pumped for him and all the work he's put in for this"
A.J. Allmendinger: We all have to look ourselves in the mirror
"You know those moves are going to be made at times"
Ross Chastain after COTA win: I can't believe Justin Marks hired me to drive this car
"I was thinking about on those late restarts, my dad used to make me race on old tires, and back then I was not going to win"
A.J. Allmendinger after COTA win: Thanks to my wife crying about how much I suck
"I wanted to win so bad. But I knew if I just drove right, it would have speed"
Ryan Blaney: I wouldn't say I'm the best road course racer
"Pretty fast car, No. 1'm really proud, man."
Corey LaJoie: It is a little bit weird looking at the points
"Seeing (Hamlin) and (Bell) behind you in points five races into the year is a little bit unique"
Rick Hendrick comments on NASCAR changes
"It's something different to talk about"
NASCAR drivers, Kyle Busch and Aric Almirola on impressions before COTA
Almirola: "This car is absolutely designed more for a road-course race type situation"
William Byron after Atlanta victory: It's just a crazy, exhilarating feeling
"I would say the first thing I felt comfortable was walking into the shop and feeling like I could speak my mind"
Austin Cindric honestly about the race in Atlanta: I was just kind of a victim
"To be honest, I still can't quite figure out if there's a trick to what we were doing (Sunday), but just a shame"
Ross Chastain: The Chevy was fast. It was so fast
"It's so cool to race with, again, buddies"
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Home > Investment Gurus > Laszlo Birinyi Believes the S&P 500 is Attractive
Laszlo Birinyi Believes the S&P 500 is Attractive
By Barron Maestro on November 1, 2011
Laszlo Birinyi was interviewed by Adam Johnson of Bloomberg regarding his current views on the market.
Birinyi is still positive on the market's prospects, but he has tempered his bullishness from earlier this year.
Birinyi said he wanted to be a little more cautious and prudent and focus on tactics as he expects the recent volatility to last for awhile.
Birinyi said he still considers this a long term bull market which further to run. He compared the current market to the ones in 1982 and 2000 (he meant 1990) which were positive for 5 years.
When asked which index has the potential to run the most, Birinyi said "I think the S&P." He's concerned about the NASDAQ and the systemic risk of the over-the-counter market. He clarified by saying there are a lot of dealers and people trading for themselves. He added that the fiduciary responsibilities are not as stringent as they were some years ago.
Birinyi indicated he believed there should be more regulation on Wall Street. He gave the example of ETFs where he questioned whether they are doing what they are supposed to do citing the tracking error in some of them.
Johnson cited research from Birinyi stating since 1974 there have been 6 times the market advanced at least 14% in three weeks. In each case, six months later the average return for the market was 15%. Birinyi said, "it's pretty powerful, six out of six works for me." He added he wouldn't bet the ranch on it, but one thing he likes about this market is that a lot of the positive things are defensible and a lot of the negative things are not. Birinyi thinks the tangibles come out on the side of the bulls citing earnings coming through.
Birinyi's bullish picks include Amazon (AMZN), Mastercard (MA), and Whole Foods Market (WFM). His pans include General Electric (GE), 3M (MMM) and Goldman Sachs (GS).
Birinyi was wildly bullish earlier in the year (link).
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Home News Company News Rude Health sponsors World Bog Snorkelling Championships
Rude Health sponsors World Bog Snorkelling Championships
Jane Wolfe
Rude Health is sponsoring the 34th annual World Bog Snorkelling Championships being held in Wales on 25 August.
The international annual event held in the UK's smallest town, Llanwrtyd Wells, features bog-loving swimmers who compete by donning a snorkel and flippers (and often fancy dress) to race two lengths of a 60-yard water-filled trench. Conventional swimming strokes are strictly against the rules.
Explaining the reason behind the sponsorship, Rude Health co-founder Camilla Barnard, says: "We hardly ever sponsor anything, but if I could imagine up an activity which totally encapsulates the Rude Health energy, it would be this. Bog snorkelling is fun, inclusive, batty and competitively uncompetitive. It couldn't be more in rude health."
The brand will be serving its dairy-free turmeric lattes and hot chocolates, as well as a range of snacks at the event, the name of which has been changed to The Rude Health World Bog Snorkelling Championships. The Rude Health logo will also appear on the official Bog Snorkelling medal, which all participants receive.
Bob Greenough (Bob From The Bog), who has worked for the competition organizer Green Events since 2007, says: "Bog snorkelling is utterly ridiculous and it's for everyone, all ages, abilities, shapes and sizes. The championships attract serious athletes but also lots of people in fancy dress who are there to make fun of themselves. Rude Health is a great sponsor for the event because their brand spirit mirrors the spirit of all of our competitors."
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DHS privacy committee joins Real ID opposition
New Hampshire officials say no to Real ID
Senators question smart card ID requirements
Real ID opposition sparks revisions to national driver's license standard
Privacy groups renew push against Real ID bill
Public comments about the measure are due next week
By Jaikumar Vijayan
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Privacy advocates are making a last-ditch effort to muster public opposition to the controversial Real ID bill, which proposes to create a national standard for issuing state driver's licenses and other forms of state-issued identification.
Earlier this week, a broad coalition of more than 40 organizations launched a national campaign urging the public to submit comments to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) expressing opposition to Real ID.
The effort comes less than a week before a May 8 deadline for submitting comments on a set of draft regulations for implementing Real ID. Those regulations were released by the DHS in March.
"Basically, this large coalition is trying to solicit public comment to stop the national ID system created by the Real ID Act," said Melissa Ngo, senior counsel for the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), a Washington-based privacy group. "There already is a large groundswell of public support against this national ID program. What we are trying to do is rally the public. They didn't get a chance to speak out when Real ID was pushed through Congress attached to a military funding bill."
The Real ID Act of 2005 was passed as part of a wider effort to combat terrorism. It establishes certain minimum national standards that states must use when issuing driver's licenses and other forms of identification. This includes a photo ID, documentation of birth date and address, proof of citizenship or immigration status and verification of Social Security numbers. States are required to hold digital images of each identity document for periods ranging from seven to 10 years. The cards themselves will include all of the standard elements found on most driver's licenses today and will be machine-readable to allow for the easy capture of information from the card.
Under the act, all state driver's license databases would be linked, with shared access across them. The system will allow information in a person's record in any state to be accessible by officials in other states and by the federal government. The database could include images of birth certificates, marriage licenses, Social Security numbers, divorce papers and other information used to issue state identification cards.
Though states are not required to issue Real ID cards, individuals would need Real ID-compliant cards for air travel or for getting into federal buildings such as courthouses and nuclear facilities -- even for receiving federal benefits such as Medicaid or Social Security.
"Make no mistake, this is a national identification system that will affect your everyday life" and could eventually be used for a wider range of purposes than the DHS has stated, Ngo said.
The act substantially changes how driver's licenses are issued and used, said Pam Dixon, executive director of the World Privacy Forum, a San Diego-based advocacy group.
"The biggest difference is that a license will be linked to a centralized database" accessible from anywhere, Dixon said. The sheer size of the database, the kind of information it will contain and the number of access points it offers, make it more susceptible to security threats she said. But the DHS has set no minimum privacy or security safeguards to protect the data from external or internal compromise or misuse, she said.
"The stated goal of this system is to make the country more secure, but no studies have been done to really substantiate that," Dixon said. "This has been done backwards. We need a vigorous national debate on this," she said.
Machine-readable driver's licenses and identity cards that are linked to a central access point raise privacy implications for library users, said Tara Olivero, assistant director of government relations at the American Library Association in Washington D.C. "[Real ID] would create a national database of information," she said. "We are concerned that the data could be used for purposes that were never intended such as profiling and even surveillance. All of us are for the security of the community and we are all aware of the new threats. We are a smart and innovative group of individuals in this country. We can develop new security that also protects privacy and civil liberties."
The act would also result in significant administrative burdens and expenses for state governments, which will need to update driver's license issuing processes and systems, she said.
Montana, Maine, Idaho, Arkansas and Washington have already said they will not issue Real ID cards as defined by the DHS. Several members of Congress have also expressed their opposition to the bill. Sens. Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii) and John Sununu (R-N.H.) in February introduced a proposal called the Identification Security Enhancement Act of 2007 that would fix some of the shortcomings in the Real ID Act. The bill's co-sponsors include Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.).
Meanwhile, Rep. Tom Allen (D-Maine) introduced similar legislation in the House in February. His bill, the Real ID Repeal and Identification Security Enhancement Act of 2007, seeks to address some of the concerns raised about the Real ID Act.
Jaikumar Vijayan is a freelance technology writer specializing in computer security and privacy topics.