For many enthusiasts, motorcycles provide an escape into freedom and endless thrilling adventures. Unfortunately, the design of a motorcycle doesn't provide any protection to a rider if they are involved in an accident. When it comes to facing hazards, cars and trucks represent the greatest threats to motorcyclists. In fact, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the fatality rate for motorcycle riders is 6 times the fatality rate for car drivers.
If you're a motorcyclist who has been injured due to the negligence of another person, contact the Ponca City motorcycle accident attorneys at Martin, Jean & Jackson. We are considered the premiere personal injury law firm in Oklahoma and have over 100 years of combined legal experience. Our lawyers have the skills and resources you need to file a successful claim and secure maximum damages.
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While motorcyclists are entitled to the same road rights as cars and trucks, some drivers become frustrated and make decisions that put riders in danger. When a motorcycle accident occurs, it typically leads to catastrophic injuries and even fatalities. This is because a motorcycle provides little to no protection to the operator.
At Martin, Jean & Jackson, we represent injured riders no matter how difficult or complex their cases may be. We understand that being awarded damages may be your only chance at alleviating the cost of your medical care and ensuring your quality of life. When you schedule a consultation, we can evaluate your case and explore your legal options. By understanding your circumstances, we can create a customized strategy that reflects your legal objectives.
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We offer all our consultancy services to landscapers, designers, architects and housing developers.
Even though we work from our Stokes Croft office in the cultural and artistic hub of Bristol, technology means that we can provide our services to anyone anywhere in the UK. We have clients located from Cornwall to Scotland!
Do you need to visit the site?
We often have no need to go on site.
For designs, we can work with the architectural and engineering drawings, site photos and topographic plan, together with a client brief, and that's enough information for us to get started.
For estimates sometimes all we need is the detailed landscape plan. Site photos often help but are not always essential.
In some cases it may be necessary to visit the site but this will be agreed from the start.
For designs and drafting we use a mix of AutoCAD and Vectorworks, depending on client needs, and can export as PDF or provide the files in native formats.
3D visuals are modelled in Vectorworks or SketchUp and then rendered in Lumion or Renderworks.
Estimates are worked out in our own Excel spreadsheets and we will provide an exported PDF for your client, together with the Excel file for your records. We have experimented with specialist estimating software in the past but found that Excel is easiest for our clients to view the calculations.
Would my clients know you are involved?
Not if you don't want them to know.
For designs and drafting we can use your branding if required. This means your client will be under the impression you have your own CAD team in your office.
With estimates and tendering we will always provide you with documentation displaying your logo and contact details, as it is you who will be carrying out the works.
Will you treat my info and projects as confidential?
Any files and documents submitted to YES Landscape Consultants are deemed confidential. This information is used solely for preparing of quotes, designs and documentation as required.
Where necessary for extra security, we are happy to sign confidentiality agreements. We have previously signed for special projects but sshh, don't tell anyone.
We generally charge an hourly rate that is agreed prior to commencing any project. In some cases a fixed fee or percentage may be more appropriate – we will always agree this up front.
We will provide detailed invoices that show exactly how much time was spent on each project.


My barn cat - Honey Delite.
June is National Adopt a Cat Month, so I wanted to write a little bit about adopting feral cats as barn cats. A couple of months ago, my dad asked me to find him some cats for his barns because we're having a bit of a critter (voles to be exact) problem around the property. We also have rabbits. That's how we ended up with Honey Delite.
I went to my local animal shelter's website and saw that they had a feral barn cat program. Turns out that many shelters offer very similar programs. Farmers and other property owners can adopt cats who are not suitable to live as a family pet to come and live in their barn. The cats, who would be otherwise euthanized, get to go live with the farmers and hunt mice and other rodents.
There are many benefits of choosing to adopt a cat from your local shelter's barn cat program, if they offer one. Here are some of them.
Keep rodents and other unwanted creatures out of your barn and property. Protect any grains or other feed from rodents by employing the cats to hunt for you!
The cats are already spayed/neutered and vaccinated. Most of the things I have read offer the barn cats to farmers for free. If not free, the charges are relatively low. This way, your cats won't overpopulate your property.
Cats are enjoyable to watch. Whether or not you're able to pet your barn cats, they are still pleasant to watch.
You'll be saving a life! The cats who are adopted out in these barn cat programs would otherwise be euthanized. They are usually considered feral or not friendly enough to adopt into new family homes.
I'm sure there are other benefits, but these are some of the main ones. You will still need to offer the cats food and water on a daily basis, as well as an area that they can find shelter when needed. Veterinary care for the cats is also something to be considered.
hunter - Kitty Kitty Meow Meow.
If you or someone you know has a farm with a barn or some other type of property, perhaps you can check out your local animal shelter to see if they offer a similar program. Especially if you have rodents on your property.
What a great program!! And so true, it is a win-win for the cats and the farmers! I hope people will consider this option during Adopt-a-Cat month!
Mom and I think this is a great idea! It is very sad that so, so many feral kitties have to go over the bridge when they could be doing an important job and living a good life instead.
That is such a great program, I wish we had a barn or extra space!
The business that Honey Delite was hired to hunt for is a garden nursery. Our property used to belong to a horse veterinarian so there is a barn here with some other building structures too. The barn is used as a tool/shed/ checkout area now.
It is a great idea. If we had a large garden and a barn we would for sure. Have a marvellous Monday.
I sure wish there were more barns available for the sweeties.
Need to get a barn!! A lot of farmers here have cats for the very purpose of keeping rodent population down. They are well looked after while working on the land.
What a great idea! I did not even know that such programs exist. Thank you!!
What a terrific program. I wish there were more barns available for kitties.
I'm not really a barn girl either, we just happen to have one!
Shared this post over on Twiiter - what a great idea!
That's cool. I didn't know such a program existed. Quite frankly, I thought the shelter would see "living in a barn and fending for themselves" as an irresponsible practice bordering on animal abuse. Glad to see they are still open-minded so kitties who aren't people kitties can still have a wonderful life.
I'm sure there are some who might still think that way. The shelters of course encourage the people to still feed their cats on a daily basis and continue providing them with medical care. So they aren't completely on their own.


Earlier this week, the SEC, for the first time, issued a charge of whistleblower retaliation under section 922 of the Dodd-Frank Act, charging a hedge fund adviser and its owner with "engaging in prohibited principal transactions and then retaliating against the employee who reported the trading activity to the SEC." Paradigm Capital Management and its owner, Candace King Weir, agreed to settle the charges by paying $2.2 million, including $1.7 million of disgorgement, a $300,000 civil penalty, and pre-judgment interest on the disgorgement amount. The whistleblower, himself, had previously brought a separate suit which was settled in 2012.
The whistleblower, who was Paradigm's head trader, reported potential securities law violations to the SEC in March 2012 and continued to work there without issue for a number of months after the report. However, on July 16, 2012, he revealed himself as a whistleblower. A day later, Paradigm removed him from his head trader position, ordered him to investigate the conduct he reported to the SEC, stripped him of his supervisory responsibilities, while further marginalizing him, ultimately leading to his resignation.
The SEC's power to pursue firms for anti-retaliation violations does not actually arise from the Dodd-Frank statute itself but instead from its rule implementing section 922 of Dodd-Frank. Interestingly though, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has a nearly identical whistleblower program under Dodd-Frank but does not claim to have authority to enforce the Act's anti-retaliation provisions. Accordingly, the SEC's position will have to be upheld in court in order to determine whether or not it has this stated authority. Additionally, it remains to be seen whether the whistleblower in this case will apply for and receive a six-figure bounty from the SEC in addition to the remedies already secured to date under Dodd-Frank's whistleblower program.


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Titans Host Mark Covert Classic, Start Times Adjusted
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FULLERTON, Calif. – Cal State Fullerton begins the 2017 cross country season on Saturday morning when the Titans host the Mark Covert Classic at Carbon Canyon Regional Park in Brea, Calif. The men will run an 8,000-meter race that commences at 8 a.m. PT while the women's 5K is set to start at 8:45 a.m. Those times are 30 minutes earlier than what was originally set due to high temperatures in the forecast.
The Titans return eight student-athletes from the men's squad that took third place at the 2016 Big West Championships. That third-place finish was the team's best finish at the league championships since 1993. The women's team welcomes back six student-athletes from the 2016 squad that took fourth place at the league championships.
Both teams were ranked No. 15 in the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches' Association (USTFCCCA) preseason regional rankings. Both teams were 15th in the west region and ranked third among Big West Conference members. It is the first time in program history that both teams earned preseason regional rankings.
Head coach John Elders is excited to host the Mark Covert Classic this weekend and expects the Titans to run well. #TusksUp pic.twitter.com/gS9rR7W7r8
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"We're excited to get started and see where our teams are at," head coach John Elders said. "The expectation here is to go out and get some experience racing and find a routine in terms of warming up and preparation. The early meets are for trying to find our groove."
Seniors Joe Casco and Jason Hillquist will look to lead the men's squad this year. At the 2016 Mark Covert Classic, Hillquist took second in the 8K with a time of 25:14.6 while Joe Casco finished in ninth place at 25:49.9. The Titans finished in second place with a score of 28 and were just two points behind Loyola Marymount in the standings.
"I have high expectations for our teams this weekend, I think we can challenge for the title in both the men's and women's races," Elders said. "I'm excited to see what we can do."
The women's squad won the 2016 Mark Covert Classic with a score of 31 points, besting San Diego State by 16 points in second place. Sophomore Sam Huerta took third place overall and led the Titans with a 5K time of 18:12.9. Junior Brianna Jacklin finished right behind her in fourth place at 18:18.9.
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@ Santa Clarita, Calif. | Central Park
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@ Notre Dame, Ind. | Burke Golf Course
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So, I got HBOMax, finally. This is good, as there are a pile of shows I want to watch, and bad, as where will I find the time? But the tipping point, of course, was the release of WW84[1]. If you are looking for a comics movie that leans really hard into the four-color aesthetic and into being a comics movie, look no farther!
I said (unless someone else did, but I'm pretty sure I did too) that Into the Spiderverse was the first movie I'd seen that felt like reading a comic, and that is still true. Nevertheless, there have been plenty of MCU movies that lean really hard into both the comics aesthetic (anything with Thor) and comics sensibilities (anything with Peter Quill). But this is the first DC movie I've seen that did so.
It's not that the plot didn't make sense, like I've heard plenty of people claim. It hung together quite well, start to finish, with only one big complaint on my part[2]. But everything that happens relies of accepting that the logic of comic books is not the logic of the real world. Things happen that are not really magic, which is what a lot of people rely upon to suspend disbelief; instead things happen that rely on accepting that comics science is not the same as our science (much less when you mix science and magic together!), and that is maybe a harder proposition.
In a nutshell: what if we fast forward Diana to, say, the '80s, where she is working at the Smithsonian on the strength of her knowledge of artifacts and like 130 languages (living and dead), and also she still isn't over Steve Trevor yet 70 years later? And then she runs into a magic rock at the same time that a mousy new co-worker and an oil tycoon with a secret also run into said magic rock? And then the writers lay down a righteous comic book plot over these facts, with nary a care in the world for if it could even mildly happen or be fixable back to some kind of status quo that allows her to show up in Dawn of Justice even if it could happen in the first place?
In the end, that kind of thing either makes you want to punch some writers, or it's your bread and butter. It wasn't particularly good, but it was pretty damned amazing.
[1] Weird thing, with weird corollary. The movie is never referenced in any way besides WW84, at the start and end. Likewise, Diana Prince has never been referenced as Wonder Woman in either of these movies. Was she in her other DCCU appearances? I have literally no way of knowing!
[2] And that was more science-based than plot. Technically a spoiler: if you are going to electrocute someone for something, then you have to electrocute them for doing something equally electrocutable 30 seconds earlier, or else you don't get to electrocute them now! Consistency, that's all.
This entry was posted in Film and tagged action, comics, DC, fantasy, HBOMax on December 29, 2020 by Chris.
I saw the new Spider-Man movie over two weeks ago. You may consider primal scream therapy to be occurring during the paragraph break, because, seriously. I am consistently too busy when at work and too mentally drained when not at work to do almost anything thinky, and yet the further from the movie I get and the more other reactions I see, the harder the thinking part of a review becomes. It's awesome[1].
So here's the thing about Peter Parker. My formative experiences with the character (as opposed to Spider-Man, who was a sufficiently popular Marvel character that I was always baseline culturally aware of him) were in the Ultimate Series, where he was the glue that held everything together. Naturally, therefore, a movie that is positioning him for the same role in the MCU, as a result of massive spoilers from Endgame, is going to be my bread and butter.
Things that remain to be said:
Far from Home is a title with very little nuance that I can detect. It's straight up, Peter goes on a class trip to Europe, where some things that he was hoping to avoid if he wanted to keep his identity a secret occur. It feels like it should have been deeper than that?
This movie does not explore the social and cultural ramifications of another massive spoiler from Endgame. It handwavily acknowledges them, and then ignores them. Which is good! That could be a very dark movie, and if I want to watch grim comics[2], that's what DC is mostly doing.
What the movie does instead is team up Spider-Man and Nick Fury and a new guy (unless you've heard of him elsewhere) against giant elemental creatures who want to devour the world and then move on to other dimensions, just like they did before now. Which is kind of big for a friendly neighborhood Spider-Man, but least he has the best AI acronym that has ever happened (E.D.I.T.H., and if you have somehow not seen this movie and can figure out the acronym, I'll buy you a beer) to help him along the way.
It was good. It almost had me tricked on one plot point, which was impressive (but I cannot explain how of course). Another plot point was handled pretty clumsily, to the point where I'm not sure what they were going for, and the most obvious explanation equals truly bad writing. But my point is not that it was great, even by MCU standards. It was good, and it was consistently fun, and that's the right tone of movie to follow the end of their ten year grand experiment.
[1] On the (haha) bright side, I have managed to spread a Fables graphic novel out over this whole period, and am zero books behind. ….but seriously, send help. This is a nightmare.
[2] But man would I watch a grim Marvel TV show about it. Which is what I thought Agents of SHIELD would do, but no, they had to go and prove complete divergence from the movies instead. Which is dumb and bad and wrong, and the writers are dumb and bad and wrong (or Kevin Feige is for forcing it on them), and grr, argh.
This entry was posted in Film and tagged action, comics, MCU, sci-fi on July 20, 2019 by Chris.
My job really is the worst right now, as I've learned over the past week of no longer having a co-worker. Because, obviously, the workload did not change to accomodate my new circumstance. Which is why, despite being seemingly the only person in the country who saw Dark Phoenix (and over a week ago, at that), I'm only now getting to a chance to review it. Ah, you ask, but how do you have time to write it now, on a Monday morning?
Joke's on, well, on both of us really. Because the only reason I had time was that my machine was failing to connect to the network, so I can do some internet piggling instead. Only, now it's back up, so, who knows when I'll have time to get beyond these two paragraphs and into the actual review? (Answer: oh, look. Not only is it now Tuesday morning instead, but I'm also another review behind. Cool. Cool cool cool.)
Where was I? Oh, right, Dark Phoenix. And my understanding that it has not done well. This makes sense if you go by a random sampling of my friends, who watched the previews and were justifiably irritated that they showed a bunch of scenes on the theme of, "Oh no, what if a woman had a whole lot of power, but then she couldn't use it properly and everyone were in danger?" Because, you know, it's important for a company owned by Rupert Murdoch to keep banging that particular drum, if women are going to insist on continuing to run for high public office.
So, and here's the spoiler that I cannot usefully review the movie without spilling: sure, they spent half the movie with her flailing around from betrayal to betrayal, lashing out with predictably tragic results. But in the second half of the movie, the people betraying her get their shit together and start supporting her again, because they realize she has not been the problem and that her power is not intrinsically bad or uncontrollable. Like everyone, she just needs her family (whatever that means to you) to support her.
All of this is not to say that it's a great movie. But it's a pretty good X-Men movie, and I am fine with it as the final entry in this version of their stories. Also: the precipitating space shuttle scene in act one? Completely worth the price of admission.
This entry was posted in Film and tagged action, comics, X-Men on June 18, 2019 by Chris.
For once, my long delay in seeing a big event movie did not work against me! This is because, as nearly as I can tell, nobody else has actually seen Aquaman yet, so being a month late still gets me first out the gate. Exciting!
And a little sad, because this is probably second best of the, what, six now? DC movies that have come out. If you had asked me to predict that I would consider Aquaman a quality movie, after having considered him lamest of the lame all throughout childhood, well, that is not a prediction I would have made.
I mean, am I claiming it's a great work of art? I am not. But it's big, it's bright, it's flashy, it has an overstuffed with drama plot full of monologuing villains, lost heirs, fate of the world stakes, an (okay, this is more of a negative) overly-forced romance subplot… in short, it's everything you want out of a comic book movie. Notably, it is not dark or grim or overwrought or in love with its visual or emotional sense of deep, unfixable misery. Y'know, not unlike the other really good DC movie.
So, yes, I did genuinely enjoy it. But even if I hadn't, I would have probably rated it the second best DC movie regardless. Because now there's a much smaller chance that Marvel will make a movie about the goddamned Sub-Mariner[1]. A victory for us all!
[1] Maybe that's why I found myself actually liking Arthur Curry. Because Namor is a lot closer in tenor and attitude to King Orm than to Aquaman.
This entry was posted in Film and tagged Alamo Drafthouse, comics, DC, fantasy on January 20, 2019 by Chris.
Hack/Slash: Friday the 31st
I'm not sure yet, and I've been… well, "burned" is a little strong, but I've been bitten by this before. Anyway, although I'm not sure yet, it looks like Friday the 31st marks the Hack/Slash series' evolution from a novelty into something pretty damn cool. The character development that has always been its strongest suit (well, aside from the art) has been supplemented, in the form of people that slasher-slaughtering hottie Cassie Hack and her hulking companion Vlad have saved over the past couple of books, who are now banding together and offering to help out with finding new problems to solve and people to save.[1]
And at some point, I guess the series got picked up by a publisher, because after a normal one-shot (though, also as usual, continuity-influencing) issue co-starring Chucky[2], the book collects the first two storylines / four issues of the monthly Hack/Slash comic run, still apparently ongoing. The first storyline serves as a reintroduction to the characters and premise for people who might not have been aware of the haphazard schedule[3] under which all the one-offs were printed, and the second features a Cthulhian death metal band and more virgins than you can shake a stick at. And since there are at least two more books yet to go, I'm certainly looking forward to what they throw at me next. I mean, in several months when I read volume 4. Not literally next.
[1] And helping out with any unexpected costs or emergencies that might crop up. If the first such emergency and offered assistance is any indicator, I'm going to like the new Scoobies. Both directly and thematically.
[2] Yes, the evil doll.
[3] And probable spotty availability; though in both cases, I am purely speculating here.
This entry was posted in Words and tagged Chucky, comics, Cthulhian death metal bands, graphic novel, her hulking companion Vlad, I've been bitten by this before, more virgins than you can shake a stick at, problems to solve and people to save, slasher horror, slasher-slaughtering hotties, Tim Seeley on March 31, 2009 by Chris.
Return of the Jedi: Infinities
I know it seems like I should be a long way behind, but I'm not. No movies in an Age, one of my books vanished (and has since been replaced, but I'm in the middle of another books right now, which is huge and comfort material, because I wanted to turn my brain off for a bit), I've been playing Final Fantasy (and sure, doing well, but the end is days off yet at the minimum). However, I have read several comics lately, and I think I'm willing to review them. So, there's that.
I was out looking for issues of Serenity, and I came across a 4-part Dark Horse offering, Return of the Jedi: Infinities. A minor change during one of the Jabba's Palace scenes launches an alternate history of Episode VI. I like Star Wars, and I like alternate history, so I went for it.
Here's the thing: it's got flashes of unique vision, although a lot of the story seems to involve moving the chess pieces around such that the characters wind up in essentially identical situations, only slightly more bleak about it, for maximum angst. Which isn't that bad in itself, except that the closing scene of the story is complete cheese, both on paper and in the execution. I didn't buy it a bit, put the thing down in disgust, and may have been scarred for life if only I wasn't aware of the awesomeness of other comics that are available these days. (Such as that Serenity I mentioned, once the third issue comes out and I finish the story. Or Sandman.)
This entry was posted in Words and tagged alternate history, angst, comics, did not finish, disgust!, flashes of unique vision, maximum disbelief, only slightly more bleak, sci-fi, Star Wars on August 27, 2005 by Chris.


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French automotive engineering company Valeo says that it's camless engine development project will likely be ready by 2010 or 2011, and it already has a few customers working together with them, though Valeo board member Martin Haub declined to name who the customers are.
Valeo's camless engine is not a full camless engine, but rather half camless, where only the intake valves are electronically actuated with a camshaft. The exhaust valves are actuated using the traditional camshaft method. Valeo says it took the half camless approach because this gives the Valeo half camless engine 80 percent of the performance of a fully camless engine while keeping costs down by half as much – as it is, a four-cylinder half camless engine is about 300 euros more than a normal camshaft engine. As for benefits over a normal engine, Valeo says the engine has 15% to 20% better fuel economy, as well as 15 to 20% better torque at the low end of rev ranges.
Mercedes Benz already has it's own camless engine project called KDI EVT, with the resulting cam-less valvetrain engine expected to be supercharged with direct injection. BMW is also researching the technology, but is concerned with cost and durability, says BMW general manager for calibration V8 engines Christian Bock. Bock says the technical barrier to camless engines are not the valve actuators themselves but rather the sensors to make it all work with precision. Currently sensors are no accurate enough and have engine-life durability and reliability issues.
Look after the jump for a diagram from Valeo explaining how their electronic valve actuators work.


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Monthly Archive for August, 2016
: August, 2016
An already-hot Permian basin continues to draw crowds
By David Hunn	on August 31, 2016 at 3:02 PM
West Texas' Permian Basin has held the hottest oil land in the United States for about two years. And it's not slowing down. Last week, another energy firm bought in. Denver-based PDC Energy bought 57,000 acres from New York-based private equity asset manager Kimmeridge Energy for $1.5 billion, or about $21,000 per undeveloped acre. Since 2015, about 1 in … …
Lucas Energy acquires Oklahoma, Texas properties
By Staff	on August 31, 2016 at 10:47 AM
By Katherine Blunt Lucas Energy, a Houston oil and gas company, has finalized its acquisition of properties in Oklahoma and Texas, marking an expansion of operations concentrated in the Eagle Ford and Austin Chalk formations. Lucas Energy purchased 114 producing wells that yield approximately 1,000 net barrels of oil equivalent daily, more than half of … …
Market Currents: Slowing imports indicate lower Chinese teapot demand
By Matt Smith	on August 31, 2016 at 9:30 AM
Crude prices are softening for a third consecutive day thus far, as a decent ADP employment report out in the U.S. has boosted expectations from Friday's official employment report, as well as for an interest rate hike. The dollar is looking higher again, while oil prepares itself for a build to crude stocks from the weekly … …
Former Cheniere exec joins Charif Souki at Tellurian as CEO
By FuelFix.com	on August 31, 2016 at 9:28 AM
A former Cheniere Energy executive has joined that company's co-founder at Tellurian Investments as president and CEO. Meg Gentle had previously been executive vice president of marketing at Cheniere, the company co-founded by Charif Souki. Cheniere ousted Souki as CEO in December, and he resigned from the company's board in February. He then formed Tellurian with … …
Lamar Smith to hold hearing over Exxon climate fight
By James Osborne	on August 31, 2016 at 9:28 AM
The fight around whether Exxon Mobil and other oil companies committed fraud in past statements downplaying the impact of climate change on the planet will get a public airing in Congress next month. Rep. Lamar Smith, R-San Antonio, has scheduled a hearing Sept. 14 to examine the investigation undertaken by state attorneys general led by … …
Oil stumbles, but heads toward best month since April
By Bloomberg	on August 31, 2016 at 8:51 AM
Oil is poised for the biggest monthly advance since April as the global surplus diminishes and OPEC's planned talks fan speculation it could reach an accord on output. Futures slid 1 percent in New York, trimming the monthly gain to 10 percent. Iraq's Prime Minister Haidar Al-Abadi said Tuesday the country would support a proposal among … …
Westlake completes Axiall takeover
By Staff Reports	on August 31, 2016 at 8:36 AM
Westlake Chemical Corp. of Houston said Wednesday that it closed on its $3.8 billion acquisition of Axiall Corp., concluding a four-year pursuit of the Atlanta petrochemical maker. The combined company becomes North America's second-largest producer of polyvinyl chloride, the plastic known as PVC. "This transaction aligns two remarkable companies, creates a company with greater financial and … …
Berkshire Hathaway adds to Phillips 66 stake
By Associated Press	on August 30, 2016 at 3:38 PM
OMAHA, Neb. — Berkshire Hathaway has continued adding to its 15 percent stake in oil refiner Phillips 66. Warren Buffett's company said in a regulatory filing Monday that it bought another 83,466 shares to give it roughly 79.6 million shares of Phillips 66 stock. The latest purchases worth roughly $6.5 million were made after Berkshire … …
Market Currents: Gasoline oversupply persists
By Matt Smith	on August 30, 2016 at 11:42 AM
As the dollar rallies again, as Gulf of Mexico storm fears dissipate, and as a build is expected from tomorrow's EIA report, crude is heading lower once more. Hark, here are five things to consider in oil markets today: 1) Strong Northwest European gasoline imports into the U.S. East Coast in Q2 helped PADD1 gasoline … …
Adams Resources & Energy CFO retires after 31 years
By Jordan Blum	on August 30, 2016 at 11:12 AM
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(LEAD) (U20 World Cup) S. Korea blank South Africa 1-0 for 1st win
South Korea defeated South Africa 1-0 for their first victory at the FIFA U-20 World Cup on Tuesday, taking an important step toward their second straight knockout berth.
Kim Hyun-woo's header in the 69th minute was the difference in Group F action at Tychy Stadium in Tychy, Poland, as South Korea bounced back from a 1-0 loss to Portugal on Saturday.
Kim Hyun-woo of South Korea celebrates his goal against South Africa in the teams' Group F match at the FIFA U-20 World Cup at Tychy Stadium in Tychy, Poland, on May 28, 2019. (Yonhap)
With three points, South Korea climbed to second place in the group behind Argentina, which defeated Portugal 2-0 earlier Tuesday to clinch a knockout spot.
South Korea and Portugal both have three points apiece, but South Korea are ahead in goal difference, zero to minus-1.
The top two teams from each of the six groups, plus the four best third-place teams, will advance to the round of 16. Since the tournament expanded to the current 24-team format in 1997, only Zambia in 1999 have failed to reach the knockouts with four points.
South Korea will close out the group play Friday against Argentina, back at Tychy Stadium.
Head coach Chung Jung-yong came out with a different formation and made a few lineup changes from Saturday. He replaced a defensive-oriented 3-5-2 formation with an aggressive 4-2-3-1 setup. And two attackers who provided some second-half spark off the bench against Portugal, Oh Se-hun and Um Won-sang, got the starting nods in this one. Defensive midfielder Jeong Ho-jin made his tournament debut.
South Africa, reeling from a 5-2 loss to Argentina on Saturday, took control of the match early and enjoyed some sustained pressure on the offensive end. Goalkeeper Lee Gwang-yeon single-handedly kept this a scoreless match for South Korea, flashing his catlike reflexes on some key saves.
In the 15th minute, Lee denied Siphesihle Mkhize on a header following a corner kick. About five minutes later, Lee made a huge stop on James Monyane, who pounced on a rebound after Lee punched a free kick right back to the South African striker standing near the penalty spot.
South Korea tried to respond in the 26th minute, but forward Cho Young-wook missed the net after goalkeeper Khulekani Kubheka was briefly caught out of position trying to clear an aerial pass.
South Africa pushed back in the 35th, and Lee fanned on a punching attempt following a corner kick that nearly cost South Korea a goal. Fortunately for them, Keenan Abrahams bounced his header wide left of the open net.
In the late moments, Monyane got off a volley on the right side, and Lee was there to keep it out of the near side.
South Africa outshot South Korea 5-0 in the opening 45 minutes.
South Korea turned the tide in their favor to begin the second half. Four minutes in, South Korea had multiple shot attempts blocked by the flustered South African defense. Then in the 51st, Oh Se-hun headed a Choi Jun cross just over the net.
In the next minute, Oh received a pass from Choi and teed it up for Cho Young-wook, who fired one high and wide.
Jeong Ho-jin rang a shot off the crossbar in the 62nd minute, after a loose ball trickled to the midfielder just outside the box.
South Korea kept the South Africans on their heels, as Lee Kang-in cut in from the right wing and missed the far side in the 67th.
South Korea finally solved South Africa in the 68th. Defensive back Kim Hyun-woo soared over multiple defenders to head in a corner kick past Kubheka, giving South Korea their first goal of the tournament.
The pendulum remained firmly on the South Korean side. Jeon Se-jin, who started the first match but came off the bench in this one, nearly doubled the lead with his left-footed shot in the 81st, with Kubheka making a desperation save.
Goalkeeper Lee wasn't nearly as busy in the second half, but he came through when the team needed him the most. Only seconds before the final whistle, Malebogo Modise tried to head home a corner kick, and Lee made a diving save right at the goal line to preserve the narrow victory.
It looked as though the win might have come at a cost for South Korea. Kim, the goal scorer, was stretchered off the field late in the match with an apparent foot injury, after landing awkwardly in a clearing attempt.
Though he looked to be in a lot of pain, Kim declared himself fine afterward.
"I should be ready for the next match if I can get some treatment and rest," he said. "It wasn't a serious injury, but I felt a bit of pain, and I wanted to get ready for the third match."


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After Rome (Italy) and Chiba (Japan) the third edition of 2019's World Taekwondo Grand Prix series comes to Sofia (Bulgaria). The grand tournament is on 18-20 October. This is the first time this championship comes to Bulgaria.
Hosted by the Bulgarian Taekwondo Federation, this elite-level event brings together the top 32 athletes in eight weight categories.
"I am confident Sofia will prove an excellent host, and all of us at World Taekwondo look forward to this event," said WT President Chungwon Choue. "With Tokyo 2020 now so close, we are expecting high-octane action at this Grand Prix."
Grand Prix brings together the top 32 athletes in eight weight categories, competing for prize money and valuable ranking points ahead of Tokyo 2020.


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Registration is now open for the Region 2 Ted Scripps Leadership Institute, SPJ's premiere leadership development program. Several of our chapter leaders have attended this event and benefited greatly from the training. The event will be held November 8-10 at the Richmond Omni.
Applications are due by Sept. 29.
The program was established in 1996 and is funded through a generous grant from the Scripps Howard Foundation. The Institute is named for Ted Scripps, grandson of the founder of The E.W. Scripps Company. Participants are responsible for their travel costs to and from the training, but lodging and meal costs are provided.
One of the chapter's objectives this year is to improve relations with the SPJ college chapters and college journalists throughout the state of Virginia.
As a direct result of that, we're launching an event we hope will be a source of learning, networking and skill-building for the state's budding journalists.
On Saturday, Oct. 19, we'll host a College Media Day at The Richmond Times- Dispatch in downtown Richmond. The day will include panels and workshops put on by some of the state's top journalists.
In addition, we'll connect college journalists with reporters, editors and other pros for one-on-one critique sessions.
Mark the date on your calendar now and look for more information over the next few weeks.


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Most likely, over the next few days, we'll hear a bunch of people try to stake out a middle ground that says, "the executive order goes too far, but it's sensible to do more scrupulous vetting of refugees." Sounds reasonable! But it doesn't bear up under scrutiny.
Does anybody honestly believe we're not already using all the available information to investigate refugees before we allow them to immigrate? Do you imagine that when we search for a criminal history, we choose not to check some of the available databases? That doesn't sound like us. We are actively looking for reasons to reject applications, not the other way around.
I'm not convinced it's genuinely possible to do "extreme vetting." Even with a wealth of data, you can't tell for sure what someone's going to do 10 years out – not even you. We all already know this, in our hearts of hearts.
If someone demands perfection, where perfect means "able to predict the future with complete accuracy," it's not a serious negotiating position. All you can really say is "let's let x-number of people in, and make sure ICE agents have enough funding to do their work as sorters." Anybody who doesn't name a number is weasling around.
I think this is an interesting take, but I don't necessarily co-sign it, for a little reason I like to call recent Gallup polls Bannon has to be aware of. This administration doesn't seem to care much about doing things people like, and has opted pretty consistently to take the OPPOSITE of a hearts-and-minds approach, so I'm not sure why this one thing would be different.
But, you know, just in case: keep an eye on this.
The affection I feel for Angela Merkel has increased so much in the last few months that it's started to have a halo affect where I experience added warmth toward my friends who are named Angela.
All not-Angelas, you're on notice. Step it up.
If you can't do that, maybe you shouldn't say anything. Maybe this isn't a topic where you need to weigh in.
Given all the "while you were paying attention to THIS Trump was doing THIS" posts I've seen flying around, I imagine it's occurred to some of you that the Republicans in Congress (a.k.a. the majority of both houses of Congress) who might otherwise object to insane executive orders are currently distracted by trying to come up with a replacement 2700-page health bill which Trump 'n' them promised they'd roll out any day now.
At least I hope that's why they've been largely silent. That's gotta be it, right?


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            Transferring,
      Translating and Transforming: An Integrative Framework for Managing
      Knowledge across Boundaries

      Authors

      Paul R. Carlile

      Notes

      Author on knowledge transfer, boundaries, recommended by Patrick. The
      scenario I'm looking at is very much simpler than their "Beta motors"
      example - just users and firmware engineers. They emphasise the relevance
      of knowledge transfer in the early phases of product design, and firmware
      co-design is almost completely the opposite end of this - the product is
      mostly settled. Their case concerns complex interdependencies amongst
      multiple specialist groups. Core concepts are "difference and
      dependence." meaning the separation of different specialists, as well as
      their need to get along, or resolve things together. On this analysis,
      users and engineers max out both dimensions.

      He discusses the use of a 'clay model' (carving of a car?) as a kind of
      boundary object, or in his terms a kind of 'knowledge' which failed in
      certain ways to accommodate new conflicts and transfers between teams
      with different function in delivering a new car design. He evolves the
      term boundary object to consider "boundary processes" and "boundary
      infrastructure"

      Field of Study

      Concepts

      Difference and Dependence, Syntactic Boundaries, Semantic Boundaries,
      Pragmatic Boundaries, Competency Traps [credited to Barnett and Hansen,
      1996], communities of practice [credited to Wenger], creative abrasion
      [credited to Leonard-Barton 1995], path-dependent knowledge, boundary
      process

      Quotations

      "The framework describes three progressively complex types of boundaries—
      syntactic, semantic and pragmatic—each managed by a different
      process—transfer, translation and transformation."

      "Each increasingly complex boundary requires a more complex process to
      facilitate communication and innovation across specialized forms of
      knowledge."

      "From a knowledge perspective, differences at a boundary arise from
      variation in the type of skills and backgrounds or amount of experience
      between individuals or groups."

      "When a shared syntax or language sufficiently specifies the differences
      and dependencies at the boundary the boundary is "unproblematic;" the
      primary concern becomes "processing" or transferring knowledge through
      this shared syntax."

      "successful movements of knowledge occur when the parties are specialized
      in the same type of activity, so the primary difference is only that the
      sender is experienced in the best practice and the receiver is not."

      "The value of a syntactical approach to managing knowledge across a
      boundary is realized when a shared and stable syntax/language exists.
      Based on this knowledge can be efficiently transferred at the boundary.
      Such a shared and stable syntax/language is constructed from previous
      efforts at a boundary to address the critical differences and
      dependencies between the two groups—and once established only the costs
      of transferring knowledge are faced at the boundary."

      "Under these conditions a shared and sufficient syntax that had been used
      in the past is no longer able to address the novel differences and
      dependencies which arise. So, while a shared syntax is necessary, it is
      not always sufficient to address all conditions at a boundary."

      "A semantic approach to crossing a boundary recognizes that problems of
      interpretation exist because the contexts in which people develop their
      knowledge are different or as novelty increases, interpretive or semantic
      differences as to what a word, measurement or outcome means arise at a
      boundary."

      "Frequently highlighted in the community of practice literature is the
      role of "stories" as an effective means of sharing knowledge and meaning
      (Wenger, 1998). In Orr's (1996) study of Xerox repairman, "war stories"
      proved an effective tool in sharing knowledge about the complex technical
      and social situations that arise when repairing a copier."

      "When moving knowledge across [a] boundary often the problem is one of
      different interests, not just different meanings that need to be
      reconciled."

      "To understand the problematic nature of knowledge, it must be understood
      as localized, embedded and invested in the tasks, methods and outcomes of
      a specific practice (i.e., knowledge-in-practice). Knowledge is costly to
      develop (i.e., education, training, experience) and to change, so it
      should be seen as "at stake" for the individuals in a given practice
      (Bourdieu and Wacquant, 1992). This helps us see more clearly why
      accommodating the knowledge of another group is not a neutral or costless
      effort. The cost for any group dealing with increasing novelty at a
      boundary is not just the cost of learning about what is new. It is also
      the costs of adjusting or transforming their "current" ways of doing
      things to accommodate the knowledge developed by another group to
      collaborate at a boundary."

      "a complex boundary process has to be developed where current and more
      novel forms of knowledge can be represented, learned about, and then
      jointly transformed"

      "the clay model's representational capacity to support such a pragmatic
      process was undermined as the conditions at the boundary became
      increasingly novel during the 80's and early 90's The clay model could no
      longer represent the differences and dependencies that were relevant
      across the four groups involved as it did not provide a means for them to
      collectively make trade-offs and transform their current
      knowledge."

      "I have identified three following characteristics...that we might expect
      to see in an effective boundary process: establishes a shared language to
      represent knowledge; provides a concrete means of specifying differences
      and dependencies; and facilitates a method in which individuals can
      jointly transform the knowledge used"

      "A climate control engineer summed this up nicely, when he said, "we
      disagree sooner and know what we are disagreeing about more productively
      when we have a shared basis to compare our requirements."

      "The first characteristic required to effectively manage knowledge across
      a pragmatic boundary is the development of some shared language or syntax
      to represent knowledge at the boundary...The second characteristic
      required to manage knowledge across a pragmatic boundary is that the
      individuals involved need the ability to represent their preferences to
      others...The third characteristic required to manage knowledge across a
      pragmatic boundary is that the process or tool can be used to alter or
      transform the knowledge being used at the boundary."

      "the ability and willingness of individuals to change their knowledge or
      position only emerges when a process of identifying how it negatively
      impacts others is established"

      "The gap at many boundaries cannot be resolved with one try, but requires
      an iterative process of closing the gap—experimenting and shaping
      alternatives and solutions overtime....

      References

      Nonaka

      Wenger

      Methodology


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Q: How to get identical font-rendering in Chrome on OSX and Ubuntu I'm trying to use chrome in headless mode to do screenshot-comparison testing. I want to take a screenshot of my page, and fail the test if it doesn't perfectly match an existing screenshot.
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IT departments have never had it so good, with Java, .NET, SOA, and open source architectures, but these versatile apps are difficult to monitor.
by Herman Mehling
In terms of rapid software development, software architects and IT departments have never had it so good. Java, .NET, SOA and open source architectures enable organizations to build highly distributed applications better and cheaper than ever. These apps can run across cloud, virtual, and physical environments.
But, here's the rub: These very versatile apps are difficult to monitor and troubleshoot, especially if they contain a mix of open source and proprietary components. They often contain blind spots that can lead to critical problems. These apps need a new kind of application performance management (APM) tool.
Complicating matters ever more, time-to-market pressures force organization to leverage agile development to introduce frequent updates to production apps. Performance issues must be prevented immediately, as many apps provide revenue-critical services. And, finger-pointing blame games between operations and development teams must be resolved within hours.
"Legacy APM tools were not built for distributed applications in cloud, virtual, and physical environments," says Steve Roop, vice president of marketing for AppDynamics, which recently introduced AppDynamics 2.0., an APM tool designed to deliver rapid problem resolution for highly distributed applications.
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At the end of last year, Compuware integrated its Vantage application performance management solution and its Gomez Web performance management solutions. The result: technology that powers visibility across the entire application delivery chain -- from internal systems behind the firewall to the Web browsers of users around the globe. Unified dashboards accelerate the investigation and resolution of application performance issues impacting customers and critical business services.
A few months ago, DynaTrace updated its flagship DynaTrace product to provide performance management coverage for the Microsoft application stack, enabling developers to monitor, diagnose and prevent performance issues in software development, test and production.
"Our software gives developers a deep, granular look into what they are creating, from the browser to the application and into the development environment – without changing the nature of their software or adding much code 'weight'," says Eric Senunas, dynaTrace's senior director of marketing and communications.
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In response to the opioid public health emergency in Massachusetts, a four-city coalition is working together on strategies to prevent overdoses and raise awareness about prescription opioid safety.
OPEN (Overdose Prevention and Education Network) is a coalition of fire, police, health departments, and community organizations from Cambridge, Everett, Somerville, and Watertown. OPEN is funded through a grant from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health's Bureau of Substance Abuse Services and based at the Cambridge Public Health Department.
"We strongly support Governor Baker's action plan to address the statewide opioid crisis. The disease of addiction doesn't recognize municipal boundaries and requires action at every level," said Tali Schiller, Substance Abuse Prevention Coordinator for the Cambridge Public Health Department and facilitator of the OPEN coalition.
Governor Baker's Action Plan to Address the Opioid Epidemic in the Commonwealth, released in June, reflects the recommendations of an 18-member expert panel appointed by the Governor. "We are pleased that OPEN's current prevention strategies are in line with the Governor's action plan, and we'll be working closely with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to roll out new recommendations," said Schiller.
Since the coalition formed in 2013, OPEN has been promoting the use of naloxone (a drug that reverses the effects of a heroin overdose), encouraging residents to safely store and dispose of medications they no longer need, and raising awareness about the Massachusetts Good Samaritan Law.
In addition, the Cambridge Public Health Department is developing an overdose surveillance system to monitor fatal and nonfatal overdoses in Cambridge. This system will assist in identifying hotspots and allow community partners to respond and allocate resources as needed. This project is funded through CHNA 17 grant from Mount Auburn Hospital.
Hosting eight Drug Take Back Days in 2014 and 2015, which collected more than 200 pounds of unused medication.
Hosting a public forum in May 2015, "Saving Lives Together: An Opioid Community Summit." Over 40 people from the four OPEN communities discussed youth drug use, community awareness and engagement, supporting long-term sobriety, and the role of families in the opioid crisis.
Partnering with Learn to Cope to offer emotional support and naloxone for parents and families of people who have a drug addiction.
Providing up-to-date information to the community about stigma, prevention, intervention, and treatment on the OPEN website, http://odprevention.org.
Encouraging residents to safely store and dispose of medications they no longer need, including distributing literature to residents about medication safety and disposal.
Raising awareness about the Massachusetts Good Samaritan law, which provides limited immunity from arrest or prosecution for minor drug law violations for people who call 911 when they witness an overdose.
Distributing overdose prevention educational materials to doctors' offices, mental health providers, homeless shelters, human services agencies, schools, and local businesses.
For more information about OPEN, contact Tali Schiller at naschiller@challiance.org or 617-665-3872, or visit the OPEN website at http://odprevention.org.
OPEN (Overdose Prevention and Education Network) is a regional collaboration between the communities of Cambridge, Everett, Somerville and Watertown to address the issue of opioid use and abuse and fatal and non-fatal opioid overdoses. OPEN is based at the Cambridge Public Health Department. For more information, visit the OPEN website at http://odprevention.org or follow OPEN on Twitter @OPENCambridge.