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Davis, C. A., B. G. Brown, R. G. Bullock, and J. E. Halley-Gotway, 2009: The Method for Object-based Diagnostic Evaluation (MODE) applied to numerical forecasts from the 2005 NSSL/SPC Spring Program. Weather and Forecasting, 24, 1252-1267, doi:10.1175/2009WAF2222241.1.
The authors use a procedure called the method for object-based diagnostic evaluation, commonly referred to as MODE, to compare forecasts made from two models representing separate cores of the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model during the 2005 National Severe Storms Laboratory and Storm Prediction Center Spring Program. Both models, the Advanced Research WRF (ARW) and the Nonhydrostatic Mesoscale Model (NMM), were run without a traditional cumulus parameterization scheme on horizontal grid lengths of 4 km (ARW) and 4.5 km (NMM). MODE was used to evaluate 1-h rainfall accumulation from 24-h forecasts valid at 0000 UTC on 32 days between 24 April and 4 June 2005. The primary variable used for evaluation was a ?total interest? derived from a fuzzy-logic algorithm that compared several attributes of forecast and observed rain features such as separation distance and spatial orientation. The maximum value of the total interest obtained by comparing an object in one field with all objects in the comparison field was retained as the quality of matching for that object. The median of the distribution of all such maximum-interest values was selected as a metric of the overall forecast quality. Results from the 32 cases suggest that, overall, the configuration of the ARW model used during the 2005 Spring Program performed slightly better than the configuration of the NMM model. The primary manifestation of the differing levels of performance was fewer false alarms, forecast rain areas with no observed counterpart, in the ARW. However, it was noted that the performance varied considerably from day to day, with most days featuring indistinguishable performance. Thus, a small number of poor NMM forecasts produced the overall difference between the two models.
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Bret Easton Ellis: Six Quotes (from Imperial Bedrooms)
By Christopher Lynsey, September 29th 2010
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Literary agent provocateur and self-proclaimed satirist, Bret Easton Ellis ruptured the book world's calm with his first novel, Less Than Zero, a smart tale of teenagers in orbit (1985). Since then he's added five more novels to his list, including the most recent, Imperial Bedrooms (2010). Chronicler of the ups and downs, ins and outs of the alienated and angst-ridden, he writes of the most horrific, violent acts – rape, murder, carnage, total breakdown – in language at once cool and without affect. Think of him as Proust on speed, or Capote without Southern charm, or Kerouac off the road. Imperial Bedrooms is an updating of Less Than Zero; a number of characters reappear, older, but no wiser; the heat's been turned up to inferno levels; and violence has its way. It's an even darker fiction than the others; but the style is a triumph of affect and disconnect, with a surface as placid and undisturbed as a lake before a hurricane, a hellish hurricane, of course.
They had made a movie about us.
That's how I became the damaged party boy who wandered through the wreckage, blood streaming from his nose, asking questions that never required answers. That's how I became the boy who never understood how anything worked. That's how I became the boy who wouldn't save a friend. That's how I became the boy who couldn't love the girl.
During the audition I look at Rain Turner's IMDb page on my laptop. She reads for another role and I realize with a panic that she'll never get a callback. She's simply another girl who has gotten by on her looks—her currency in this world—and it will not be fun to watch her grow old.
Everything she says is an ocean of signals. Listening to her I realize she's a lot of girls, but which one is talking to me? Which one will be driving back to the apartment on Orange Grove in the green BMW with the vanity plate that reads PLENTY? Which one would be coming to the bedroom in the Doheny Plaza? We exchange numbers. She puts her sunglasses on.
At the Getty there's a dinner thrown by two Dream-Works executives for a curator of a new exhibit and I go alone and I'm in a better mood, just floating through it all, looking good, a little buzzed, and I'm standing on the terrace gazing out over the blackest sky and asking myself, What would Mara say?
"I want to be with you," I'm saying,
"That's never going to happen," she says, turning her face away from me.
"Please stop crying."
"That was never going to be part of it."
"Why not?" I ask. I press two fingers on both sides of her mouth and force her lips into a smile.
"Because you're the writer."
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Emergency Services Network programme director John Black
ESN exclusive: in sight of the finishing line
Philip Mason talks to Emergency Services Network programme director John Black about key learnings from the previously troubled project, as well as his predictions for the future of the critical communications market.
Can you give me an update on the progress of the Emergency Services Network? What's the current state of play?
Honestly, I'd say that we're really getting to the sharp end of this project now, particularly over the course of the last year or so. There have been some interesting experiences and technical challenges, as well as some resets, but we are now very focused on getting ESN over the line.
One of the first things I asked the team for when I came on board in July of 2020 was focus. We know what we've got to get done, and we've got a plan as to how to do it. The job now is to deliver.
Was the scope of the project – what you needed to get done – not clear prior to your arrival?
It was, but we've now done an awful lot of work with our user community so that they're comfortable and confident with that scope too.
I'd say that we've still got a bit of work to do in the coverage space, but apart from that, everything's been agreed in principle and is currently going through users' governance processes. We're making really good progress when it comes to the technology.
What progress has been made on the delivery side? You mentioned coverage – could you go into that, as well as devices and the control room piece?
Dealing with coverage first, most of the required 950 additional masts [as distinct from EE's commercial network] are built and activated. At the same time, there's still quite a lot of work to do when it comes to rural locations, particularly regarding the acquisition of the sites and connecting them up. We're well over halfway through that journey, though.
In terms of devices, we now have handheld and fixed vehicle solutions, as well as for ESN Air, which is the air-to-ground element of the project. We've also made some really good progress in the control room space over the course of the past year. A big part of that has been figuring out the interworking with the existing Airwave solution.
The handheld devices for the project were procured several years ago. Given the fast-moving nature of the broadband market, is there a danger that those Samsung products are starting to become obsolete?
The device world does move faster than our project timescales, and that is certainly a challenge that we need to address.
The handheld solution that we procured two years ago is indeed coming to the end of its life, meaning that we've had to carry out discussions with the suppliers about how we move forward. That in turn has needed to be fed back into communication with the users, because whatever we procure obviously also has to work for them.
What we have currently is a set of devices that work, and which will ultimately allow us to get through testing, which in itself is extremely positive. The other really encouraging thing we're seeing when it comes to the handheld solution is that price points seem to be coming down significantly, which will, again, stand us in good stead going forward.
The programme is currently engaged with testing the Direct 2 handheld product, which provides interworking between ESN and Airwave. What's next when it comes to the device piece?
There are several products in our sights at the moment. The first is ESN Connect, which enables emergency services to just access data, without having to use a commercial network. There's considerable interest in that, for instance from the UK Ambulance Radio Programme (ARP).
On the mission-critical push-to-talk (PTT) side, we've got Direct 2, which you mentioned. That is currently with a small number of users for testing and in production. The next two iterations are ESN Beta and ESN Version 1.0, the first of which we're in the middle of testing at the moment.
Mass transition onto the network will ultimately take place following the roll-out of ESN Version 1.0, built on Kodiak version 12. Beta operates on version 11, which is missing certain critical user features.
What's the current timeline for rolling out ESN Version 1.0?
Mass transition for the first user organisations is due to start at the beginning of 2024. Between now and then, the programme will be massively focused on testing, as well as integration of the control room side.
To be honest, there really isn't much more that we need to accomplish when it comes to functionality, so the task now becomes proving the safety which is so critical
to our users. After the testing we'll have a further year during which operational evaluation will be carried out by the organisations themselves. That will be centred around specific scenarios, large-scale events or incidents and so on.
We're having to balance carrying the work out as quickly as we can, in order to switch off Airwave, with the absolute need to ensure safety. We won't take any chances, and we've made that very clear to the users.
What's the situation when it comes to device-to-device? Is the Home Office looking at any kind of workaround?
Device-to-device is interesting, and obviously, there's currently a lot of speculation around it. From our point of view, we know that it's a clear requirement from the user side and that we need to pursue it.
That said, we still have the question of what that requirement is ultimately going to look like. My experience with other large technology programmes is that expectations are often driven by the way the current system works rather than by the actual capabilities of the new system, and we need to be mindful of that.
The key to the device-to-device piece will be to try out some solutions, by getting them into users' hands and finding out what works. At the moment, we're still looking at a solution in which that component is delivered through TETRA frequencies rather than local LTE. One potential workaround is building that capability into a remote speaker mic sitting on the officer's vest, with the main device in their pocket.
We've actually had a go at procuring a solution in this area, which, frankly, was not very successful. The real challenge – at least in that case – was not so much the technology as finding a supplier willing to make an upfront investment on the basis of future volumes. We're currently looking to see if there's a financial model which can get us to the point of putting something in the field.
With that in mind, earlier on in the interview you mentioned that the cost of procuring commercial devices for public safety is starting to drop. Is that also a matter of increased volumes?
There are a couple of factors in play with that, the first being that the cost of the technology overall is coming down, simply in the natural run of things. The same technology comes at a cheaper price point year on year, and we're seeing a bit of that benefit.
The second significant factor is that the critical communications PTT standards are starting to become absorbed into key manufacturers' basic device builds as a matter of course. Previously, these standards had required specialised firmware, as well as specialised versions of the Android operating system. That's increasingly not the case.
Why is that happening now?
It's primarily a matter of increased volume. In previous procurements, the suppliers we were talking to had no choice but to build their business case according to the volumes that we could offer. By contrast, in a more recent scenario, a supplier came to us and said they had a new device, but also considerable commitment from many other customers around the world.
All of these signs are really encouraging for the sector. We've already seen that reflected – subject to contract – in some significantly lower price points for us.
Returning to the timescale for roll-out, could you give some more detail around the Home Office's current contract with Airwave? Are you now able to simply renew it on a rolling basis?
Yes. Fundamentally, the contract allows us to extend as required, and we're in constant discussion with Airwave regarding how much longer we're going to need it for.
This relationship with Airwave allows us to approach things differently than may have been the case earlier in the programme. For instance, there had previously been real fear on the part of the user community that ESN wouldn't be functional by the time we needed to switch Airwave off. This was essentially because we'd said to them that the Airwave system was going away on a particular date.
What we're saying now is that Airwave is being replaced as fast as we can do it, but we'll only switch it off when users are happy with ESN. Driving ESN switch-on to a particular date was a route to introducing potential risk, particularly if the date wasn't realistic.
We've now turned the whole thing on its head. This is not a system that we're prepared to take risks with.
Changing the subject slightly, how is ESN regarded by the international critical communications community? The UK was one of the first countries to embrace emergency services broadband, so to what degree are people looking to learn from the project?
At this point, pretty much every major country has a plan to move away from TETRA or LMR and onto 4G LTE, and it would be fair to say that they're all looking at us.
In terms of our engagement with other countries, we have some pretty good forums now, looking in particular at PTT. We're in contact with a lot of other programmes who are also using Kodiak, and that's really helpful.
What has been the key learning so far?
It's actually quite difficult to talk about key learning from an organisational point of view, because the models of adoption are very different depending on where you are in the world.
For instance, FirstNet in the US has done some fantastic work, but they're essentially based around a 'pull' model, where users need to be encouraged onto the system. I'd say that a big focus of that project is actually sales and marketing, alongside a very heavy focus on data rather than voice.
Our world is almost diametrically opposed to that, in that we're not trying to attract people to a new solution so much as get people off the old one. We have to convince the whole community that ESN is safe to move to, all in one go.
I recently asked [FirstNet CEO] Ed Parkinson what the advantages were of a 'competition-based' model. Given what you've just said, what would you say are the advantages of a more centralised structure?
I'm not sure whether you'd call this an advantage or not, but I don't have to go out and convince the users to adopt my system. My target is very clear – provide Airwave equivalence, make it safe and get the users migrated.
Coming back to potential learning, what would you say has been the most important thing from a technological point of view?
Again, I don't think you can identify one specific thing on the technology side. There will undoubtedly be plenty of operational learning, for instance, rules around point-to-point communication, talk group management and so on.
We have certainly learnt an awful lot already, some of which was admittedly fairly obvious, but you only realise certain things with hindsight. At the moment we're grappling with questions around rates of user arrival at a major event or incident.
In terms of running the programme itself, for me the learning is all about making sure you stick to the basics of any big technology project.
When I came in last July, the key question I asked was, are people working together? Are we all pulling in the same direction? And if not, why not?
To be honest, the answer at the time was no, not really. Given what we've accomplished in the last 12 months, I'd say that the answer would be very different now.
All systems go for BAPCO 2022
Registration has opened for the 2022 BAPCO Conference & Exhibition, taking place in March of this year.
Syntony GNSS joins TCCA
Location navigation systems provider Syntony GNSS has become a member of TCCA.


Whilst the parents were up visiting earlier this week, we went on a lil' trip to one of the castles my mum is researching for her current project. So I took my camera with me and got a few shots – thought I'd share them with you!
Just a quick post today to keep ya updated! Got my Uni summer project – we have to create a ten page magazine – so I'll be working on that and keeping you updated with that progress!
Promo Packaging: The rest 'o the picks!
So my internet's being co-operative today… here's the rest of the packaging pictures! These are of the postcards and their packaging, and the t-shirt rolled up/ opened out.
So that's 2nd year of Uni over and done with for now … I'm off to the pub – cya!
So after three weeks, we have a final promotional packaging and items!
In our group (Visual communication: Ross Geelan, Graphic Design: Me & Maarten Smets, Digital Design Media: Eilidh Dunshire) we had to create a piece of promotional packaging for a "Classic Design" exhibition, along with a promo tee, 6 A5 postcards, a promo item (in our case – 3D glasses) and a fold down A3 poster, whilst Eilidh created an advert on 3D Maxx. Our project was "3D" themed, with a designer per decades of our choice.
Here's pictures of the box, poster and glasses in their packaging – I'll add a picture of the glasses folded out on Sunday – they have a little more tweaking to do! I'll add the rest when my internet allows me to load more – sigh!
No Adobe … Nope … Not a single bit!
So after a brilliant birthday and St. Patrick's Day we were given a new brief to do!
For this project we had to design an A2 poster without the help of technology – no Adobe, no laptop, no nothin'!
We had to pick a capital city out of a cup (not a hat, a cup), and that was our city that we had to convey in the poster.
I got … *drum roll* … Helsinki!
My scene *spoiler alert* is about 3 drunks heading home after one of them has had the worst day ever! He loses his job, his sixteen year old daughter is pregnant, and his wife wants a divorce – oh, and his brand new car gets vandalized as well – all in all, *bad times*.
So based on the research I felt that the overall look of the poster would have to be ornate, but simple at the same time. The colour scheme based on the goth scene but using a warm colour of paper to print on.
I used the technique "lino printing" to create my image, which is a simplified version of the 3 men at the beginning of the scene drunkenly leaning on each other. The shape, at a glance is also meant to look like a heart forming, and the lines coming from it are like veins, so this ties into the pregnancy. The top left corner of the next board shows the 3 men leaning. Below that are some of the initial idea boards.
So the next few images are of the lino print process and the layout development of the poster. The font was traced, then altered and light boxed onto the final poster. I also experimented with a mix of textured papers until I got the result I was looking for.
Anyways, tis the easter holidays and I have a project and essay to do! Shall fill you all in about that soon!
Aka – MAJOR catch up – I was going to be a pain and stick up three separate posts of Saturday but instead you are getting two bearable doses of blogging!
We shot over 3000 images at day and night with different exposures and then edited the frames in Photoshop and the timings in Final Cut. There's also a bit of audio editing, we added an audio excerpt from an old 40s/50s advert at the beginning and end of the video to help tie it all together.
The above colour story boards are key points in the video and the below black and white storyboards were transitions for the animatics or overlays.
This is a screen shot of some of the images from the falling scene we did with Jaime, probably one of the most difficult scenes to do, especially since the camera kept freezing!
Here's some of the shots where we used some Photoshop, these are just a few as we had to edit quite a bulk or else the effect would not last long enough for it to be seen.
So straight after that our class were off and raring to go to the other side of the pond – NEW YORK!!!
We had a great time and crammed so much in – the MoMa, Guggenheim, Empire State building, Statue of Libby, Times Square – and our accommodation was conveniently right next to Central Park.
Our studio visits were fantastic and very inspiring too!
On Friday we went to Utopia Photography Studio and got a great insight into how being driven, inspired and damn good at networking/ what you do, can get you far. We even got a sneak peak at a photoshoot which was brilliant. On Tuesday we visited KarlssonWilker Inc. and got a nitty gritty insight into building up your business and how you gotta go for it and give it a go having your own studio.
All in all it was a fantastic trip and I'd happily go there again!
Anyways, I'll be posting a bit more NYC picks (like the night-time shots from the Empire State Building) on my second post at the weekend after St. Paddys/ me n' my flatmate's 21st!


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Amid coronavirus panic buying, Santa Clarita deputies remind shoppers: Don't call 911 over line-cutting
by: Tracy Bloom, Lauren Lyster
The coronavirus pandemic is prompting more people to "panic buy" household essentials, leaving shelves empty and creating long lines at markets across Southern California.
But as frenzied shoppers rushed to replenish their own stores of toilet paper, bottled water and cleaning supplies on Thursday, the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station offered this reminder: do not dial them for help over minor shopping-related grievances.
"Please don't call 911 because people are cutting in front of you in line at the store. It ties up valuable resources for real emergencies!" the agency said on Twitter.
The message came after someone called 911 Thursday to report a huge fight at a local Costco involving more than 1,000 people over toilet paper and bottled water — a claim that turned out to be false, according to the Sheriff's Department.
SoCal Costco places purchasing limits on some items as panic buying creates long lines, supply shortages
Costco says it's getting a boost from coronavirus panic shopping
Deputies respond to Chino Hills Costco after shoppers become upset over bottled water shortage: SBSD
"All is calm over at Costco," the agency said in another tweet. "Yes, there are long lines but contrary to what a 911 caller said, there are no fights."
All is calm over at Costco. Deputies checked it out. Yes, there are long lines but contrary to what a 911 caller said, there are no fights. pic.twitter.com/8HtOISmSmX
— SCV Sheriff (@SCVSHERIFF) March 12, 2020
This wasn't the first time law enforcement responded to a Costco in Southern California.
Last week, deputies from the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department responded to the location in Chino Hills after customers apparently became unruly when the store ran out of bottled water and toilet paper. As in Thursday incident, deputies found no evidence of any physical altercations.
The rush on certain items, however — like paper goods and hand sanitizer — has led to purchasing limits at some stores like Costco, Target, Walmart and others.
The Department of Homeland Security recommends that people have a two-week supply of food and water to prepare for a pandemic. DHS also advises having a continuous supply of prescription drugs on hand, as well as nonprescription drugs like pain relievers, cough and cold medicines and stomach remedies.
The American Red Cross also advises a two-weeks supply of food and water, but also has a more comprehensive list of what people should have on hand to prepare for a disaster.
by Los Angeles Times / Jan 15, 2021
Los Angeles County is in a race against time to vaccinate as many people as possible against the coronavirus before a variant thought to be even more contagious takes hold locally, officials said.
The new strain, first identified in Britain, weighs heavily in the minds of L.A. County public health officials as they weigh potential new health orders aimed at stymying the spread of the disease.
by Ellina Abovian, KTLA Digital Staff / Jan 15, 2021
Lines started forming in the wee hours of Friday morning, as people showed up at Dodger Stadium to get the coronavirus vaccine.
Starting at 8 a.m. Friday, anyone eligible for a coronavirus vaccine will be able to drive up to Dodger Stadium, roll down their vehicle window, and receive and get an injection.
Friday forecast: Gusty winds, warm temperatures continue
by Henry DiCarlo / Jan 15, 2021
Look for gusty winds and warm temperatures to continue Friday.
Henry DiCarlo has KTLA's forecast on Jan. 15, 2021.
COVID-19 cases stop SoCal from reopening schools as state lowers threshold for resuming in-person classes


The time has passed for universities to decide whether they will renew their collective licences with Access Copyright. Below is a table (after the jump) I will use to keep track of the decisions once they become public. The table includes all of the universities that are members of Universities Canada (formerly AUCC). This table only shows whether they've renewed the current licence, but does not indicate if they are in negotiations for a new one.


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Good afternoon ladies and gentleman. I would like to provide a brief update to the Hartman Short Term Income Properties XX for investors, financial advisors, and broker dealers.
On July 8, 2022, the board of directors of the Company temporarily suspended the distributions to the Company's stockholders. Rising interest rates, inflation, and recession uncertainty are anticipated to pose challenges to our free cash flow. While the Board and management continue to actively pursue refinance options for our floating rate portfolio, the current state of the credit markets makes obtaining appropriate fixed rate debt challenging. The Board and management believe that cash preservation is of critical importance, and the temporary suspension of the distributions is a prudent measure to strengthen our balance sheet and support the long-term fiscal health of the Company.
The Board approved a refinance of our loan portfolio, including our $259m floating rate single-asset single-borrower CMBS loan, during mid-2021. As a result of the planned merger with Hartman vREIT XXI, Inc., assets from that fund, which are subject to floating rate debt, were included in the planned refinance. There was an expectation that marketing the refinancing of these two loans simultaneously through an advisor and intermediary would create significant interest from the debt market and various options for a replacement program that would primarily include long-term fixed rate debt as well as a shorter-term debt facility.
In September of 2021, we hired an advisor and loan broker, giving them a significant incentive to deliver fixed rate financing. By the end of the engagement in March of 2022, the advisor was not only not able to deliver a loan to us on a timely basis but also fumbled on assimilating the data provided regarding underwriting the 50 assets. By the end of the engagement, we had to terminate the relationship and pivot immediately to working with our two current lenders: Goldman Sachs and East West Bank.
Had we completed the refinancing in March of 2022, we anticipated locking in rates below 4% fixed for the next 10 years on nearly 80% of our properties, improving free cash flow by millions of dollars per year and supporting the distribution at the current level.
Goldman Sachs has worked diligently to complete a fixed rate loan as a part of a refinanced portfolio, but they have been working against a backdrop of rising inflation, rising inflation expectations, reluctance from capital market participants to pursue office buildings and ultimately rising recession expectations. Goldman Sachs and other major lenders raise money for loans through CMBS and issue bonds to raise this capital. The bond market has seen perhaps its worst six-month performance during the first half of this year. Through much of this period, ten-year treasuries, our primary index rate, rose dramatically as inflation and inflation expectations rose quickly and substantially. As the Federal Reserve tapered their bond purchases rapidly and positioned for policy rate increases, the capital markets began to reflect a growing concern about recession risk and credit spreads moved out dramatically. During these events, Goldman Sachs and other CMBS issuers were working with bond buyers who have since taken a more conservative approach to investing in CMBS loans. Many bond buyers within the CMBS market are not moving forward on many of the loans working in the market. Our ability to finalize a multi-lender refinance has stalled as a result. Goldman Sachs is in dialogue with major CMBS bond buyers and is working to find an acceptable loan structure in current market conditions.
Following the fall of our platform-wide occupancy to 79% in December 2020, 18 months ago, due to covid, we have seen a great resurgence in office leasing, bringing our platform-wide occupancy to 84%. Our management, marketing, leasing, and construction teams have worked diligently to create attractive marketable spaces, generate prolific customer leads, and solidify customer acquisition opportunities. It is our expectation to be at 88% occupancy across the Hartman platform by the end of the year, which is our current budget, and 90% soon thereafter.
We have also focused on tenant retention and tenant satisfaction as the property management team drove their Net Promoter Score (NPS) from approximately 30% four years ago, to 69.3% this year. The NPS measures whether tenants are promoters or detractors of the company and nets out the two sides, and getting a high score indicates high tenant satisfaction. There are 17 commercial real estate companies that utilize this system, and we are far and away the best of the 17. We even score better than well-known brands like Apple and Honda, that have scores in the 50s, and are close to Ritz Carlton at 72%. All companies over 70% are considered World Class.
During 2021 and 2022, the capital invested in tenant improvements and capital expenditures to acquire new customers and retain existing was $17.1 million. We also have worked fastidiously on keeping operational costs low. Unfortunately, electricity rates have doubled in the last six months. We are in the process of cutting all overhead items that we could possibly cut in our internal operations.
In looking forward, I believe that 90% occupancy across the Hartman platform is achievable in 2023. As the current inflation spike subsides, Fed policy becomes more accommodative, and the capital markets more conducive to refinance, the future is bright for company performance and substantial increase in free cash flow so that distributions and redemptions will be available again in 2023. In the interim, redemptions have been suspended and the merger with Hartman vREIT XXI, Inc. is on hold.
Since I have not taken a salary for decades, I want shareholders to understand that my primary source of income is dividends from stock ownership in this fund. Consequently, the impact of this dividend suspension presents significant challenges for my personal finances as it does for all of you. I sincerely thank you for your patience as we work through this temporary setback together.
The Board and management will continuously evaluate the Company's financial condition and the economic environment to determine an appropriate time for the reinstatement of the distribution to stockholders.


Disco: A cold front will move through tonight with fizzling precipitation. Right now there are a few severe thunderstorms associated with this front in W/C PA but as diurnal heating ceases, so should the activity. NNJ and parts of CNJ could see a quick wash and possibly some rumbles but the energy should mostly fizzle by the time the front nears SNJ tomorrow morning. After the frontal passage, high pressure should move out of central Canada and stall near Nova Scotia before pulling away. This stall should set up a period of onshore flow for most of the week. This should in-theory keep the immediate coast cooler than interior NJ locations and possibly bring some mid-week showers. Eventually a synoptic system could drift through in the Thursday-Friday period which would lead to a colder weekend of N Canadian flow. Thursday-Friday rainfall would be highly dependent on low track and proximity to NJ. Let's revisit that in a few days.
Monday (April 17) high temperatures should reach into the upper-60s/lower-70s for most. A few interior CNJ/SNJ locations could flirt with reaching 75. Skies should eventually be mixed with sun and clouds after any AM rain remnants along the cold front clear through. Winds should be light-to-breezy out of the NW. Overnight lows should fall into the 40s for most. The immediate coast could hang around 50 and NNJ elevations could see a frost with upper-30s.
Tuesday (April 18) high temperatures should reach the upper-50s/lower-60s statewide. Skies should be mixed with sun and clouds. Winds should be light-to-breezy out of the E (breezier along the coast). Overnight lows should fall into the 40s statewide.
Wednesday (April 19) high temperatures should be held in the 50s. Skies should be mostly cloudy with a chance of rain showers, especially during the afternoon. Winds should be breezy out of the SE (again breezier along the coast). Overnight lows should fall into the 40s statewide.
Thursday (April 20) high temperatures should reach the upper-60s/lower-70s statewide. Skies should be mostly cloudy with rain possible. Winds should be light out of the S. Overnight lows should fail to drop below the 50s as a warm front moves through.
Friday (April 21) high temperatures should reach the mid-60s statewide. Skies should start mostly cloudy but possibly clear and improve by evening hours. More rainfall is possible favored during AM hours. Winds should switch to the N/NW. Overnight lows should fall back into frost territory for NNJ elevations but likely just the 40s/50s for the lower 2/3 of NJ.