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What Does Salesforce Mean for Cloud?
The quarterly earnings couldn't get much better for Salesforce (NYSE: CRM). Last week, the customer resource management (CRM) software-as-a-service (SaaS) vendor blew past analyst predictions to announce quarterly revenues of $5.15 billion, a 29% gain year-over-year and the first time the vendor showed over $5 billion in one quarter. Q2 GAAP EPS was $2.85, and non-GAAP EPS was $1.44. A deal with AT&T (NYSE: T), announced in February, seems set to turn golden. And Salesforce's large-scale funding and equity partnership with unicorn Snowflake seems poised to profit as well, given that the virtual data warehousing startup filed for IPO this week.
In addition, at the end of then month, Salesforce will be added to the elite Dow Jones Industrial Average. All this news has contributed to Salesforce shares vaulting more than 30% since earnings.
AT&T a Significant Contribution to Growth
So what does this all mean -- and what does it mean for the cloud?
Salesforce execs attributed this quarter's outperformance to a handful of factors, including better-than-expected new business, consistent spending by existing customers, and the rewards from meeting business obligations from the sales deal with AT&T. According to CEO Marc Benioff, that arrangement has so far materialized in deployment for 35,000 users in the carrier's stores across North America. And so far, it looks as though things could improve substantially as AT&T focuses on 5G rollouts and its own virtualized edge technologies.
Salesforce's focus on CRM clearly played a role in landing the AT&T contract. "We're tightly focused. We're not all over the field like a lot of our competitors," said CEO Benioff on the earnings call with analysts. "A lot of our competitors are everywhere. They're in every market. Some of them are in enterprise and consumer. They're not just in CRM….They're in ERP. They're public cloud."
But that focus could also prove challenging as Salesforce faces more competition from the leading cloud "titans," including AWS, Google, and Microsoft Azure, as those suppliers move farther into Salesforce's range of influence.
After Tableau Deal, Salesforce Slows M&A
Salesforce's acquisitions over the last couple of years seem to be panning out. Tableau contributed 41 points to a 66% growth in Q2 cloud platform sales. Saleforce also has raised its full-year revenue guidance to $20.7 billion to $20.8 billion, thanks in part to $100 million of revenue from Vlocity, the vertical Salesforce integration startup Salesforce acquired in February 2020.
But M&A is a costly strategy, even for a smart company like Salesforce. Perhaps thankfully, execs have put aside any further purchases for now. "[W]we're not in a good M&A environment. I just don't see it. Maybe things could change. Of course, things always are changing…. But I think this isn't part of our plan right now," said CEO Benioff on the earnings call.
Snowflake's IPO and Salesforce
Salesforce could stand to gain from any IPO by its protege company, Snowflake. Benioff and company already have proven they know how to manage the timing of selloffs, given the recent way Salesforce cashed out a massive haul of shares in Zoom, in which it had a stake.
Much depends on how Snowflake performs in the market. It's not yet profitable, though its financial losses seem to be headed in the right direction. Still, a lot can happen on the way to the public markets.
Salesforce execs made clear they know it's too soon to be overly optimistic. While raising guidance for next quarter to a range from $5.24 billion to $5.25 billion, they hedged their enthusiasm. "While our performance in Q2 leaves us optimistic about the future, it is important to note that we remain mindful of how the pandemic may continue to impact our customers and our community," said CFO Mark Hawkins on the earnings call. And with six months left in the fiscal year, that's probably a wise outlook.

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Surfer Blood: How to Turn Loss into Creative Fuel
By Sarah Brooks on April 11, 2017
2016 was a tough year for many of us. With the currently divisive state of society, how could it not be? For multitudes, struggle, as well as its counterpart resilience, were a big part of the year, too. For John Paul Pitts, the year included not only the loss of his bandmate, Thomas Fekete, but also his mother's cancer diagnosis. Amid all this, his band, Surfer Blood, was planning to release a new album—laden not only with the endlessly catchy ballads they're known for, but heavier material that allows us to connect with his personal experiences as if we've learned them as our own.
Since the band's debut album, Astro Coast, Surfer Blood have been honing their production. For Snowdonia, the band's latest, Pitts continued the trend from their first record and wrote and mixed the work entirely by himself. What remained was a sense of autonomy amid collaboration, where solitude reigned supreme. He used the skills he had gained over the years, and was able to create a multifaceted album that explores the depths of human emotion.
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Though the album has been crafted by Pitts once more, there's a whole lot that's different, too. Bassist Lindsey Mills provides guitar backings as well as strong vocals, and they experiment with an instrument that's not-so-commonly played: "One of the cool things we discovered is one of those rotating cabinets, it's called a Leslie cabinet – it's used on an organ, and we were able to rig it up so you can play it through a guitar. It's so cool because you can't really tell if it's a guitar or organ, because it sounds like a guitar, but it has a really warm quality of an organ."
The album was polished and ready to go in May of 2016—however, this time period also coincided with one of great loss. One of Surfer Blood's original bandmates, Thomas Fekete, lost his battle with cancer that same month. Pitts struggled with the dual loss of his dear friend as well as his musical counterpart.
"I think January 2, 2015, we got wind that Thomas was really sick and going on tour was just not an option for him. That was the first time we had known anyone who that happened to who wasn't our grandparents or something. That was really crazy, and it was pretty obvious that he wasn't going to be around to help us write songs anymore, that everything else in his life was now second to his fight. That was really hard on me. That took a lot of getting used to and was a huge adjustment. I considered walking away from the band. That was separate from when he actually passed in May and I just knew that I wasn't ever going to see him again. That took a long time to process and that was a much different feeling: losing your bandmate and your writing partner, someone who introduced you to all the music and has come to influence you. Just realizing the seriousness of what he was going through, how scared and lonely he must have felt, influenced me a lot while I was writing songs, for sure," Pitts notes with an air of sorrow.
In a way, Fekete helped Pitts realize he was a true musician. Pitts was in college, without a major, when Fekete urged him to go on tour and take these big risks that musicians do. And Pitts was ever so grateful when it paid off. "I think that if he had not pushed me or encouraged me to just put it all on the line for what I truly loved, then what was I doing? I didn't have a major, I didn't want to be there. But saying goodbye to all that and going on tour with a band seemed like something that happened to other people. Tom encouraged me to believe in myself more than I ever would have on my own."
Along with having an intensely emotional year, Surfer Blood found themselves stretching their limits creatively while recording the new album. Though Pitts wants the tracks to sound "pretty and clever," he also admits that this collection of songs is more personal than he had initially let on. And after his explanation, how could they not be? "I feel like most writers, even when they're writing about other people, are writing about themselves or people they know. And that's true for me; that's always been true for me. A lot of this record is like an ode to getting older, because it is crazy how the years go by and you wake up one day and you're 30, and you still feel connected to the person you were when you were 23 and started this band. But at the same time, so much has changed in your life. I guess this record sort of helps me sort that all out and take a look at it."
With Snowdonia emerges a new sense of soul-searching for both Pitts and the rest of the bandmates in Surfer Blood. As for the future, Pitts wants to keep soaking up music like a sponge, and growing and learning from these listening sessions. In this, Pitts hopes to keep evolving Surfer Blood, too. "The one thing that stays constant is you're always trying to make all your favorite records at once. And I guess the thing that really changes is you and the things you hear that you think are interesting, and maybe worth exploring. That's constantly evolving."
Surfer Blood is consistently asked for advice from teens coming to their shows. And they're the perfect people to give that advice. When the band's songs got someone through a tough time, Pitts recalls his own adolescence, when those groups for him were Modest Mouse and Built to Spill. Today, he's hoping to pay it forward. For a band who homes in on the art of creating pretty and clever ballads, Surfer Blood sure knows how to find strength amid struggle, and pass it on to others who are enduring tumultuous times, too.
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Walking in a winter wonderland: the climate change remix
Updated / Wednesday, 19 Dec 2018 09:51
"A warmer planet would lead to floods, hurricanes, droughts and sea-level rises". Photo: iStock
By Professor John Sodeau
Centre for Research into Atmospheric Chemistry
Opinion: here's how a scientist would use Christmas to talk about the challenges we face with climate change and air quality
Scientists find it difficult to communicate science to the public, though there are notable exceptions like David Attenborough and Jacob Bronowski. Part of the problem is the unemotional and rational state required to make authentic discoveries about the natural world - and humour is definitely not used when publishing scientific observations and facts in research journals. But let's see if we can use a light-hearted Christmas theme to explain the challenges we face with climate change and air quality.
Turkey on your table…ammonia in the air
Ever since Ebenezer Scrooge woke up from his ghostly nightmare and bought his poorly-treated clerk, Bob Cratchit, a turkey, the bird has been a centrepiece of our Christmas dinner. To get there though requires a lot of plumping up with feed...and inescapable outcomes on the ground at the farm.
Those "outcomes" release ammonia gas, which you may know better as the main ingredient of smelling salts, the saviour of many a Jane Austen character after a bit too much eggnog. But the release of ammonia into the atmosphere harms our air quality by its reaction with sulphur compounds emitted by burning coal and from the fuel used in ships. The result is the formation of tiny particles that we can breathe in and can go on to kill us.
From RTÉ Radio One's Drivetime, Stephen Treacy from the Environmental Protection Agency on the rising levels of pollutants like ammonia and nitrogen oxides in the air
The global effect is not small. In fact, small particles are estimated to cause over three million deaths every year with more than half of the particles found in the eastern and central United States coming from farming. (We do not know the figures for Ireland). However, we do know that about 20 percent of the contribution from agriculture is due to poultry droppings.
By all means, tuck into your turkey but do ask yourself a question: are we really the ones who are voting for Christmas?
Chestnuts roasting on an open fire are not good for your health
Getting a lump of coal in your Christmas stocking traditionally means that Santa Claus thinks you've been naughty rather than nice. Ironically, if you've been burning coal, peat or wood in your living room fire, then you have been very naughty indeed.
Domestic solid fuel burning is one of the largest sources of air pollution in Ireland. Especially in small towns like Enniscorthy as the CRACLab SAPPHIRE project for the EPA showed.
Your fire is not only harmful to you in your own house, but also to your neighbours because 90 percent of the smoke and chemical fumes end up next door. So, if you want to give Number 11 some toxic chemicals like benzene and other carcinogens for Christmas, get the matches out.
From RTÉ Archives, a RTÉ News report by Cathy Halloran from 1988 on Dublin Corporation's plan to ban the burning of smokey solid fuels in Ballyfermot to improve the air quality for residents
Burning coal, wood and peat is especially harmful to asthmatics, the young, the old, people with existing heart conditions and the pregnant. That's quite a Christmas list.
And just think what it does to poor old Santa when he tries to deliver your fantastic presents down the chimney. We can only hope that he has good medical insurance back in the North Pole.
To keep Santa (and us) healthy, put some solar panels on your roof, insulate your homes better and install a heat pump. Clean energy means clean air.
Santa Claus is coming to town - but how does he get here?
In a few days' time, Santa Claus will be starting his mammoth 365,174 km journey around the Earth to deliver gifts to all of us who have been good in 2018. He starts and ends at the North Pole making countless drop-offs in between. Now we all think we know how Santa gets to all those chimneys, but do we really?
Perhaps Santa needs a bike?
It starts with the elves loading up the sled with goodies. Fortunately, they do not need to fill it up with petrol or diesel. If that was how Santa's journey was powered, it would release between 45,000 to 50,000 kg of carbon dioxide (CO2) gas into the air trapping heat over the next 100 years. That is not good for our climate because a warmer planet would lead to floods, hurricanes, droughts and sea-level rises.
The sled would also shed enormous but unquantifiable amounts of toxic nitrogen dioxide (NO2). Also, the small particulate matter we call PM2.5 (made up of carcinogens, acids and heavy metals) that gets into our lungs, our arteries and our brains.
Santa, of course, knows that using fossil fuels for power would mean that in the next 50 years or so the place where he lives might be underwater and his annual visit to all of us would stop. Can you imagine the tears and tantrums if that were to happen?
From the Documentary On One series, The Reindeer Santa Left Behind tells the story of what happened when one of Santa's reindeers got badly injured in Ireland
Instead, Santa invented a Green Technology called Antlaerodynamics®. Rather than filling up with petrol or diesel, the elves saddle up Rudolph, Donner, Blitzen and the rest of the reindeer gang to pull the sled without bad climate change and air pollution effects. If you want to know how everything gets off the ground, I am only authorised to say that it depends upon wind flow across the antlers to form a vortex of the type that makes the spout of a tornado.
And that's how Santa gets here - and why Santa is seriously thinking of going back to his green outfit rather than keeping the current red one.
Ho, ho, ho.
The views expressed here are those of the author and do not represent or reflect the views of RTÉ
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By Watchdog reporter
Uganda President Yoweri Museveni on Sunday met with the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the Tsokyo International Conference on African Development in Nairobi, Kenya.
Mr Museveni told Shinzo that Uganda and Africa have supported the Japanese economy for decades by buying their products such as motor vehicles and it was only fair that Japan reciprocated the gesture by ensuring a fair balance of trade.
The Ugandan leader cited four areas in which this can happen; increased access to the Japanese market, infrastructure support and development, tourism and ensuring Japanese companies set up shop in Uganda.
At the end of the meeting, the Japanese prime minister introduced several CEOs of companies interested in investing in Uganda.
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Located 35 kilometers away from Riyadh city center, King Khalid International Airport is a rather important hub functioning as a passage to the other regions of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Covering a very large area of 225 square-meters, the airport has been giving service since 1983. The facility designed to meet the increasing international and local air transport needs of the region contains 5 terminals. Currently, there is no public transport going to the airport from Riyadh city center. However, you can go to the airport by using the other options.
Since there is no public transport alternatives, taxi is used to go to King Khalid International Airport from Riyadh city center. It is possible to find a taxi at many points in the city center 24 hours a day. However, we suggest you be careful about that the taxi you will take bears the airport emblem or the official taxi emblem. You can go to the airport from Riyadh city center by taxi within 35 minutes on average.
Another option you can select to go to King Khalid International Airport from Riyadh city center is to rent a car. You can go to the airport comfortably and safely by receiving hourly or daily car rental service from the firms in the city center.
General Information on Istanbul
With its crowded population, location at the intersection of two continents, historical texture, deep-rooted history exceeding 8 thousand years, festivals in many branches of art, unique tastes, and architectural works, Istanbul is one of the most important and special cultural capitals of the world. In addition to industrial activities, the heart of the business world also beats in Istanbul. In this city where the means of education are rather developed, there are numerous students and a huge young population. With its never-ending energy, ability to keep the traditional and the modern on the same lands, and magnificent urban spirit, Istanbul is the tourists' favorite city.
Istanbul, which is preferred for tourism all seasons of the year, is known to have an advanced public transportation network composed of bus, metro, metrobus, tram, Marmaray, funicular, train, and marine public transportation vehicles. In Istanbul that is Turkey's most crowded and most developed city, it is possible to commute comfortably and pleasantly between two sides of Bosporus through Marmaray and Eurasia Tunnel as well as July 15 Martyrs Bridge, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge, and Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge that connect European and Anatolian sides of Istanbul.
How to go to the City Center from Sabiha Gokcen Airport?
Put into service in the year 2001 together with its elegant architecture, functional means of transport, and airport services, Sabiha Gokcen Airport has been named after Sabiha Gokcen, Turkey's first female pilot. Sabiha Gokcen Airport is the only airport of Istanbul Anatolian Side and Turkey's second highest capacity airport.
Sabiha Gokcen Airport is preferred rather frequently for the easiness of transfer to the centers like Pendik, Kartal, Bostanci, Kadikoy, Taksim, Besiktas, and Levent. Strategically located in Turkey's air traffic, Sabiha Gokcen Airport hosts almost 30 million domestic and foreign passengers a year.
After landing at Sabiha Gokcen Airport, you can go to any part of the city by getting in one of the taxis waiting in front of the arrivals exit gate. In Istanbul, taxis serve 24 hours a day. Besides, since the same fare is charged night and day, there is no price difference. Therefore, in case of night flights or flights in the small hours, taxi is the most preferred option, as the public transport options are limited. You can go to Istanbul city center easily by taking a taxi at Sabiha Gokcen Airport, too. You can use various taxi fare calculation applications to calculate the cost of a taxi journey in Istanbul, if you wish so.
Havabus
Another option preferred by the people who look for more economical options to go to Istanbul city center is Havabus shuttle buses. Havabus shuttle buses you can get on at the terminal in front of the airport passenger exit gate can take you to many points in the city directly. They can also take you to the central points on the Anatolian and European Sides rapidly and comfortably. You can find detailed information on Havabus services for Kadikoy, Taksim, and Yenisahra here.
Metro & Marmaray
Metro and Marmaray, two of the most used public transport networks in Istanbul, serve millions of passengers every day. You can also access the metro and Marmaray lines of the city by changing vehicles to go to the city center rapidly. To that end, you can get on Bostanci bus number E-9 departing from the terminal in front of the airport exit gate and come to Kartal stop. After getting off the bus at Kartal stop, you need to get on Kadikoy-Pendik metro train going to Kadikoy. If you wish so, you can change to Marmaray train going to Yenikapi at Ayrilik Cesmesi station that is the stop before Kadikoy in order to go to the European Side.
Car rental is one of the best options for those who want to tour Istanbul or just go to the city center comfortably. The city has a widespread public transport network, but those who still want to have a more private means of transport can receive car rental service from the firms in the airport. If you wish so, you can go to anywhere you want by selecting the car the suits your budget best after landing at Sabiha Gokcen Airport. If you make an early reservation through the online channels before arriving at the airport, you can find an opportunity to rent a car more economically, or save time by ensuring that your car is prepared before you come.
What to eat in Istanbul?
Istanbul, which was home to numerous different civilizations and capital to great empires, is a city that has transferred its cultural richness to its culinary culture as well. In addition to the meals of the European cuisine, the meals of the Asian cuisine and the Middle Eastern cuisine also play an important role in formation of the food culture in the city. Located at the connection point of two continents and an important commercial center, the city has a wide-ranging cuisine culture with the contributions of the tradespeople and visitors. In addition to these, the Ottoman cuisine also known as the "palace cuisine" has also developed within the city and enriched the culinary culture of Istanbul. Istanbul cuisine, which is composed of the meals mostly made of lamb meat, veal, and mutton, offers a rich feast of flavors with meals special to the districts of the city. The meals like olive oil dishes, pastry varieties, hunkar tarhana soup, Istanbul rice, and papaz stew are the meals that constitute the cuisine of the city.
In almost every locale in Istanbul that has a rich cuisine, you can find meals that are identified with that locale. Ortakoy kumpir (baked and stuffed potato), Vefa boza, Eminonu fish sandwich, Kanlica yogurt, and Sariyer filo pastry top the list of the foodstuffs that must be tasted in the city absolutely. Likewise, wet hamburger and kokorec identified with Beyoglu, Karakoy saray lokmasi and dry stuffed bun, Beykoz trotter soup, and Eyub kebab and cream are also the delicious tastes that will cheer up your palate during your Istanbul visit. Since it is a very big city, you can find almost every region's authentic meals and tastes in Istanbul, as cooked by the masters of those meals.
Where to stay in Istanbul?
In Istanbul that is the biggest and most crowded city of Turkey, there are very different accommodation facilities. You can find many options ranging from the luxurious hotels with Bosporus view to decent boarding houses where you can stay for an affordable price. In the city where you can find another accommodation facility in almost every locality, you can stay in historical mansions or wooden houses in nature, as you wish. You can also have a look at the boarding house options that meet your budget in Kadikoy, Besiktas, Mecidiyekoy, and the other districts. Additionally, the houses rented daily, weekly, or monthly are also available for those who look for the comfort of a house. However, if you want to be in touch with nature, join nature walks, and camp under the sky, you can also make a camp and stay in your own tent in the permitted areas of the national parks and forests.
Must-Do's in Istanbul
Istanbul that enthralls its visitors with its traditional historical texture proves that it is one of the world's rare cities with its deep-blue Bosporus separating two continents from each other. With its dynamic and crowded modern social life accompanying its centuries old historical heritage, Istanbul is a great location for those who want to both take a journey into history and enjoy a pleasant travel in the modern day city life. Let us remind you that an unforgettable travel awaits you at the end of this journey you will take with AnadoluJet Riyadh-Istanbul flight ticket. Here are the things you must do absolutely in your Istanbul visit:
Explore the Historical Peninsula and the historic buildings there such as Hagia Sophia Mosque, Blue Mosque, Topkapi Palace, and Basilica Cistern.
After a pleasant walk in Gulhane Park, drink samovar tea.
Witness the panoramic view of Istanbul from Galata Tower.
After shopping on Baghdad Avenue of Kadikoy, breathe some sea air at the shore.
Tour the streets of Moda, Kadikoy. Explore the next generation coffee shops.
Visit the Princes' Islands, which are the pearls of Istanbul. Rest your spirit at Buyukada, Heybeliada, Burgazada, and Kinaliada. Remember to climb the Hagia Yorgi Hill at Buyukada.
Shop on Istiklal Avenue and visit the passages and cafés on the avenue. Make sure to eat wet hamburger here.
Go to Istanbul Museum of Modern Art and Pera Museum while you are within the borders of Beyoglu. Walk the streets of Balat. Remember to examine the historical buildings.
See Maiden's Tower, one of Istanbul's symbols; feel nostalgic in Uskudar Kuzguncuk; enjoy unique Bosporus scenery from Nakkastepe Nation's Garden.
Meet Istanbul's green face by going to Atatürk Arboretum, Yildiz Park, Emirgan Grove, and Belgrade Forest.
Enjoy the sea on the beaches of Sile.
Have your breakfast by the river in Agva.
Tour the Antiques Bazaar of Ferikoy.
Walk across Galata Bridge to the Historical Peninsula.
Enjoy the Golden Horn view from the Pierre Loti Hill of Eyupsultan.
Enjoy your coffee in the cafés of Ihlamur Pavilions.
Enjoy a shopping tour brimful of flavors in Spice Bazaar of Eminonu.
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BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:40 P.M.) – The Turkish Army and their allies from the Euphrates Shield forces launched their second assault on the strategic mountaintop of Jabal Barsaya in the Afrin Canton today.
Backed by heavy airstrikes, the Turkish Army and their allies stormed the mountaintop in a bid to overwhelm the Kurdish-led People's Protection Units (YPG).
The Turkish Army and their allies initially captured this mountaintop on Monday; however, they were unable to hold the area after the YPG launched a swift counter-assault.


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One of the most important communities regarding the fight for LGBTQ non-discrimination protections is the business community. Through their economic influence, they have the ability to sway and start discussions regarding the need for comprehensive non-discrimination laws. Here, a selection of businesses who have gone on record as supportive of the effort to protect LGBTQ people from discrimination.
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Business Statement on Anti-LGBTQ State Legislation
By Communications Team • April 19, 2022, 4:00 am The companies joining this statement do business, create jobs, and serve customers throughout the United States. Our businesses strongly embrace diversity and inclusion because we want everyone who works for us or does business with us to feel included and welcomed as their true, authentic selves.
America Competes Coalition Denounces Passage of AL Anti-Transgender Bills
April 8, 2022, 2:44 pm Today America Competes, a business coalition that supports LGBTQ nondiscrimination protections and opposes measures that exclude, isolate, or harm LGBTQ people, expressed opposition to the recent passage of two anti-transgender, anti-LGBTQ bills in Alabama.
200+ Major U.S. Companies Oppose Anti-LGBTQ+ State Legislation
By Lola Olateju • March 31, 2022, 9:42 am The companies joining this statement do business, create jobs, and serve customers throughout the United States. Our businesses strongly embrace diversity and inclusion because we want everyone who works for us or does business with us to feel included and welcomed as their true, authentic selves.
Major Employers in Kentucky Oppose Anti-LGBTQ Legislation in the Commonwealth and Nationwide
March 9, 2022, 9:00 am Today, BASF, PNC, Honda, PepsiCo, and others are joining more than 160+ major companies vocally opposing anti-LGBTQ+ legislation in Alabama and across the country – highlighting a wave of legislation targeting LGBTQ+ youth. The list of signatories has more than tripled in the past year and represents tens of thousands of employees in the state of Alabama.
BASF, PNC, Honda Join 150+ Major U.S. Companies to Oppose Anti-Transgender Bills in Alabama and Across the Country
March 3, 2022, 11:00 am Today, BASF, PNC, Honda, PepsiCo, and others are joining more than 150+ major companies vocally opposing anti-LGBTQ+ legislation in Alabama and across the country – highlighting a wave of legislation targeting LGBTQ+ youth. The list of signatories has more than tripled in the past year and represents tens of thousands of employees in the state of Alabama.
Florida Chamber Leaders Call on Congress to Pass Federal Protections
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Literary Genres
Subject Literary Genres, Writers
Category Literature
Topic Book Review, Short Story, Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston in her short story "Sweat" includes the village men who make comments about the society and maintain the reader up-to-date with the events of the village. The men who like sitting at Joe Clarkes Porch hold discussing the happenings of the village and more so the activities of the main characters, Delia and Sykes. The literary approach used by the author is helpful in making the reader have factors of view that are different from the main narrator's. Since the story is about a couple; Delia and Sykes, the writer, ensures that much of what the guys on the porch discuss revolves around the life of the two. Moreover, the use of the village men to tell the story of Delia and Sykes presents the reader with raw information which has not been processed by the main narrator. That way, the reader's mind is challenged to picture the time and place where the most important things of the story happened. The men on the porch are significant in the story because they take the reader right into the center of the action.
The village men are funny, and through the fun they make a reader see what the narrator has not spoken about. In the first parts of the story, the narrator only makes the reader aware of Delia and Sykes as well as a woman that Sykes sees on the side. By the time the writer introduces the reader to the village men, the audience already has a picture of how evil Sykes is and how oppressed Delia is. That first narrative evokes feelings of hate towards Sykes for doing nothing and trying to spoil his wife's business which is the main source of income for both. When the village men begin to talk about the couple, the reader loosens up due to the humorous way in which the men on the porch express themselves. For example, when Walter Thomas suggests that if Sykes had not beaten him to wooing Delia, he would have married her (3). Based on the fact that the narrator had already mentioned that the village men were chewing sugarcane at the porch, the reader can imagine a funny looking Walter Thomas with pieces of sugarcane in the mouth or hand speaking of beating another man in a contest for a lady.
Apart from bringing in humor to the otherwise sad story, the village men give the audience an analysis of Delia and Sykes lives that is not provided by the narrator. The village men makes the reader aware of the fact that the whole town knows how Sykes beats up Delia. Furthermore, the village men reveal to the reader the kind of woman that Sykes is cheating on Delia with when Elijah Moseley says, " [How Sykes kin stommuck dat big black greasy Mogul he's layin' roun wid, gits me]" (3). The village men also describe to the reader how Delia was beautiful fifteen year ago and attribute her wrecked look to overworking and Sykes's beatings (4). The writer cleverly inputs the men on the porch in the middle of the story to connect the past and the present lives of the central characters.
The other important function of the village men in the story is to give the reader an idea of what is likely to happen later in the story. From the statements of the village men, the reader can realize that Sykes is expected to die since many people hate him and they wish he could be dead. It is through the talks of the village men that a reader who has already developed a hatred for Sykes realizes that other people within the story share similar views. In fact, all the men on the porch agree that they should kill Sykes and Bertha by drowning them in the swamp (4). The unanimous agreement to Old Anderson's advice is a suggestion to the reader that Sykes life scheduled to end.
Not only do the village men announce Sykes's death but they help the reader approve of such a punishment for Sykes crimes against Delia. At the point when the village men begin condemning Sykes's behaviors and empathizing with Delia, a reader who had already developed a hate for Sykes get the hope that there are characters who feel the same in the story. The author uses that literary technique to make the reader excited and heighten the reader's desire to find out more about Sykes and Delia. By the time the snake kills Sykes, the information availed by the men on the porch have already made the reader unsympathetic towards Sykes and just like Delia, the reader also imaginatively watches as Sykes succumbs to his wickedness.
The author of "Sweat," successfully uses the men on the porch to help the reader connect with the events of the story. There are vital pieces of information that a reader can only pick from the village men such as how beautiful Delia was before marrying Syke, the physical features of Bertha and the hatred that village people have for Syke. Therefore, if Zora, Neale Hurston would have left out the village men, the story would be less exciting, and many readers may not have connected well with it.
Hurston, Zora Neale. Sweat. http://wwwi.mcpherson.edu/~claryb/en255/handouts/sweat.pdf.
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Q: Permanent Changes to xkb-settings (12.04) I am able to remap caps lock to be an extra ctrl key by running the following:
setxkbmap -option "ctrl:nocaps"

However, as discussed in this question, the changes are not persistent (also after any lock, such as suspend). The first answer is not helpful, because I want the change all the time, not necessarily after I've opened a terminal (unless Ubuntu sources .bashrc on login?)
The second answer seems to be what I want, but the referenced org.gnome.desktop.input-sources doesn't exist for me.
Is there somewhere else in dconf editor (or elsewhere) to set this so it is permanent?

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Yale: Why BPA leached from 'safe' plastics may damage health of female offspring
Yale scientists show how bisphenol A induces epigenetic changes in pregnant mice that cause hormonal imbalance in the later life of female progeny
Here's more evidence that "safe" plastics are not as safe as once presumed: New research published online in The FASEB Journal suggests that exposure to Bisphenol A (BPA) during pregnancy leads to epigenetic changes that may cause permanent reproduction problems for female offspring. BPA, a common component of plastics used to contain food, is a type of estrogen that is ubiquitous in the environment.
"Exposure to BPA may be harmful during pregnancy; this exposure may permanently affect the fetus," said Hugh S. Taylor, Ph.D., co-author of the study from Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut. "We need to better identify the effects of environmental contaminants on not just crude measures such as birth defects, but also their effect in causing more subtle developmental errors."
Taylor and colleagues made this discovery by exposing fetal mice to BPA during pregnancy and examining gene expression and DNA in the uteruses of female fetuses. Results showed that BPA exposure permanently affected the uterus by decreasing regulation of gene expression. These epigenetic changes caused the mice to over-respond to estrogen throughout adulthood, long after the BPA exposure. This suggests that early exposure to BPA genetically "programmed" the uterus to be hyper-responsive to estrogen. Extreme estrogen sensitivity can lead to fertility problems, advanced puberty, altered mammary development and reproductive function, as well as a variety of hormone-related cancers. BPA has been widely used in plastics and other materials. Examples include use in water bottles, baby bottles, epoxy resins used to coat food cans, and dental sealants.
"The BPA baby bottle scare may be only the tip of the iceberg." said Gerald Weissmann, M.D., Editor-in-Chief of The FASEB Journal. "Remember how diethylstilbestrol (DES) caused birth defects and cancers in young women whose mothers were given such hormones during pregnancy. We'd better watch out for BPA, which seems to carry similar epigenetic risks across the generations. "
Author: FASEB* – Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, Why BPA leached from 'safe' plastics may damage health of female offspring, 25-Feb-2010.
* FASEB comprises 23 societies with more than 90,000 members, making it the largest coalition of biomedical research associations in the United States
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BrunO	28. February 2010 um 16:32
Meanwhile BPA is present in the media and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) considers to examine possible effects of bisphenol as Reuters says.
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE61O62F20100225
However, this mechanism of possible effects on the female offspring is known since 1971! It was discovered in connection with the synthetic estrogen medicament DES (diethylstilboestrol) which was given to protect against miscarriage. There was no such effect but it caused the increase of a rare cancer (vaginal clearcell adenocarcinoma) and birth defects. The Story also proved that the fetus is not protected against external influences by the placenta. The protection by the placental 'barrier' was taught until then. It was also a very early hint to consider the weakest an not an average adult when establishing thresholds of whatever.
Below is a PDF-link to the chapter about DES from the 2001 study "Late lessons from early warnings: the precautionary principle 1896–2000″ by the European Environment Agency (EEA).
http://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/environmental_issue_report_2001_22/issue-22-part-08.pdf
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Ordination, Pneumatology and Ontology Part 2: Incarnation and the Outpouring of the Spirit
By Taylor Burton-Edwards
Incarnation: Scandal and Foolishness, or Power and Wisdom?
"But we proclaim Messiah crucified, a scandal to Jewish people, foolishness to the goyim, but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Messiah, the power of God and the wisdom of God" - I Corinthians 1:23-24
I have to admire Paul's gutsy honesty here. He takes standard Jewish and Greek understandings with utter seriousness, and does not misrepresent or twist them to make them fit the gospel he proclaims.
The Christian doctrine of incarnation, that, as the gospel of John puts it, "The Logos became flesh and pitched tent among us" (John 1:14) simply was sheer foolishness, something completely incoherent in the standard Heraclitian/Platonic ontologies of the day. How? Because the entire ur-narrative of these Greek ontologies depends on Logos/Reason/Word/Wisdom remaining at a remove from the ephemerality, instability, and chaotic nature of material reality. Only at such a remove could the Logos become an informing, constraining principle of such material chaos. Communication was possible between the two, but any actual communion or intermingling was inconceivable. It was simply obvious, in this ur-narrative, that if the Logos were to become material, even worse, to become flesh, the most unstable and ephemeral of all material realities, all hope of order, civilization, even coherence itself would be lost.
Likewise, within the very narrative in Genesis from which we derived the biblical ontology we began to unpack in the previous post, there is a very significant additional agenda in place, one which likewise sees the co-mingling of human and divine realities as a source of chaos and destruction. Creation happens in Genesis 1 precisely because God keeps dividing one thing from another, creating boundaries which give room for each differentiated thing to have its place. The "Fall" in Genesis 2 happens in large part because humans have grasped after the knowledge of the Deity. The flood narrative beginning in Genesis 6 identifies a major cause of the contagion of violence ruining all creation as the "Sons of God" having offspring with "human daughters" generating the Nephilim, a race of superior warriors (Genesis 6:1-5). Later, God takes decisive action to end the efforts of humans to build a tower to reach heaven. Story after story, this message rings clear: God is God and humans are not and cannot ever expect to be God. Any notion of a human becoming God or God becoming human is therefore not simply foolish (Greek), but blasphemous. Calling Christian notions of incarnation a scandal to mainstream Jewish theology informed by the Torah may, indeed, be an understatement.
Of course, Paul isn't even addressing incarnation, per se, in the quote taken above. He is rather dealing with the heart of his proclamation in Corinth: Messiah crucified. Corinth was the active capitol of Greek culture and economic and political power in Paul's day. Athens was more of a cultural heritage site at that point. Corinth was also home to a significant Jewish diaspora community. Following an executed man, an ephemeral man judged not worthy of continuing life by his peers, was thus, indeed, foolishness to the Greeks. And it was sheer scandal in mainstream Jewish interpretation to claim Messiah, one of their own, had or could have been been crucified, for "cursed is anyone hanged on a tree" (Deuteronomy 21:23).
Paul makes a very different claim. Messiah crucified is "Messiah the power of God (Jewish) and the wisdom of God (Greek)." The gospel is the announcement of the paradoxical reversal of expectations that actually fulfills the true hopes of both cultures, Jewish and Gentile, which is to say, of the whole world, the cosmos.
Christians, with John and Paul, do proclaim Jesus as Word made flesh, God incarnate, and as Messiah crucified, buried, resurrected, ascended, and coming again. Both were and are foolishness and scandal when our earliest Christian ancestors declared them. Both still are. We, with Paul, still need to own this.
But in owning this, we need not retreat from the claims of incarnation or Christ crucified, raised and returning one iota. Because our ur-narrative is not a narrative of an ordering principle that must remain at some remove lest chaos ensue, and whose core work of ordering is the work of differentiation. Our ur-narrative is that narrative's reversal, the undoing of entropy, not by remove or further differentiation but by fully-restored fellowship. Our ur-narrative, starting with the birth of the church at Pentecost, is of the full restoration of all things in all their variety, variability and even ephemerality, reading backwards from the undoing of Babel toward the ultimate undoing of the Fall. That which was set apart into isolation as a check against chaos is brought back into full communion, a communion that reflects the full diversity within the original creation but no more of the hostility set loose at the Fall. Our ur-narrative leads back to the possibility of God looking upon all things in all their ephemerality, fleshliness and variety, and delighting, as they delight, completely, announcing an eternal "Tov meod!"
Now, this vision of restoration, of ultimate Shalom, of Tikkun Olam (the healing of the world) is not and never has been foreign to all forms of Jewish philosophy or religion, then or, perhaps, especially now. Incarnation and our proclamation as Christians of Jesus as crucified Messiah remain scandalous. But the ur-narrative of the restoration of all things by God with us is one in which Christians and at least some Jewish denominations may be increasingly able to collaborate.
The Outpouring of the Spirit and Christian Biblical Ontology
There are three moments in United Methodist ritual where we especially embody our theology of incarnation, grounded in our biblical ontology. These are baptism, Holy Communion, and ordination.
In all three, our collective prayer, led by an authorized presider, says "Pour out your Spirit on X, that X may be Y."
At Holy Communion we pray "Pour out your Holy Spirit on us gathered here and upon these gifts of bread and wine. Make them be for us the body and blood of Christ, that we may be for the world the body of Christ, redeemed by his blood."
At ordination or consecration we pray, "Almighty God, pour upon Name the Holy Spirit for the office and work of a deacon/an elder/a bishop in Christ's holy church."
And at baptism, which lies beneath and grounds the life of the whole church, and so grounds both Holy Communion and ordination, we pray, "Pour out your Holy Spirit to bless this gift of water and those who receive it, to wash away their sin and clothe them in righteousness throughout their lives, that, dying and being raised with Christ, they may share in his final victory."
Always at these pivotal moments we call upon the action of the Holy Spirit, the one ever-moving over the face of ever-moving waters, the Spirit whose breath and whose outpouring of gifts never ceases.
And in all of these pivotal moments, what we seek is for the Spirit to start something new or afresh in us, to initiate a flow the Spirit will ever sustain, but we may or may not continue to abide in.
Starting, though not completed, at baptism.
In none of these cases in our theology as United Methodists, including baptism, does the Spirit's action begun absolutely guarantee the outcome desired. Neither baptism nor ordination conveys any sort of "indelible mark" or "permanent alteration of character" in our lives or conduct.
Likewise, with many other Protestants and Anglicans, we deny transubstantiation, not because of any ongoing rebellion against Roman Catholic theology per se, nor any longer out of any proximity to the actions of the Council of Trent that led our Anglican forebears (and Wesley, copying them) to take such a strident stand against it as a doctrine that "overthroweth the nature of a sacrament" (Articles of Religion XVIII). Rather, we deny transubstantiation because our biblical ontology has no need of any "essences" or "substances" as a hedge against the contingencies and ephemeralities of our own material, fleshly state, or that of the bread and wine on which we also seek the Spirit's blessing. Instead, we are assured by Jesus, God in our flesh, that the living God in whom we trust pours out the Spirit freely and abundantly for and upon all who ask (Luke 11:13).
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Bank of England keeps interest rate at 0.5% and QE programme at £375bn
By Bauke Schram
Updated September 10, 2015 13:27 BST
The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee has kept the UK interest rate at its record low of 0.5%, the Bank announced. The organisation's asset buying programme is also unchanged at £375bn (€517bn, $579bn). The results of the MPC's September meeting were hotly anticipated, as it was the first one since the devaluation of the Chinese yuan started.
The second half of August saw global financial instability because of a large-scale stock market crash in China, which influenced markets worldwide. It was also the first meeting of Gertjan de Vlieghe, the new Belgian-British member of the MPC, who replaced longest-serving member David Miles, who was always seen as relatively hawkish.
The Committee intends to set monetary policy in order to ensure that growth is sufficient to absorb the remaining economic slack so as to return inflation to the target within two years
- MPC
In a statement, the committee said: "Global developments do not as yet appear sufficient to alter materially the central outlook described in the August Report, but the greater downside risks to the global environment merit close monitoring for any impact on domestic economic activity."
In an almost unanimous decision, only one of the nine MPC members voted against an increase in the lending rate. Ian McCafferty, who has previously expressed his hawkish tendencies, wanted to increase the rate by 25 percentage points to 0.75%.
Analysts said the BoE is highly likely to await a decision by the US Federal Reserve on 17 September on the rate. The committee has also said in the past it will look at the inflation rate, which was at 0.1% in July, still far from the bank's 2% target and has been hovering around 0% for months.
Although the economic recovery from the 2008 financial crash is visible in the UK, it is not only foreign threats that have kept the rate at its record low. Economic growth is slower than expected, more than seven years after the crisis started.
"The committee intends to set monetary policy in order to ensure that growth is sufficient to absorb the remaining economic slack so as to return inflation to the target within two years," the MPC minutes read.
Governor of the Bank of England, Canadian Mark Carney Reuters)
Ben Brettell, senior economist at Hargreaves Lansdown, admitted the 8-1 vote in favour of leaving the rates at 0.5% was no surprise. He said: "If the bank only considered domestic factors, the decision might well have been more finely balanced. With economic growth and the labour market recovery looking healthy, if unspectacular, the case for higher rates is strengthening – despite inflation remaining close to zero."
However, Brettell explained that, looking at global conditions, there is more cause for concern which causes policy makers to refrain from action.
He said: "A slowing Chinese economy and devaluation of the yuan, concerns over the health of other major emerging markets [Brazil's debt was downgraded to junk status overnight, the first Bric economy to lose investment grade status since the financial crisis began], and the resulting volatility in commodity prices could all create headwinds for the UK economy.
"Today's minutes noted that global developments weren't yet sufficient for the bank to change its outlook, but downside risks 'merited close monitoring' in the coming months."
US Federal Reserve
Although international factors have played an important role in the decision to leave rates as they are for the MPC, the Fed's Open Market Committee (FOMC) in the US is more likely to change the lending rate than the committee was in the UK.
If the FOMC decides against a rate increase in its 17 September meeting, its only chance to increase rates in 2015 is in its December meeting. A US rate rise is seen as more likely as the market consensus is a lot more positive.
"Like her UK counterpart Mark Carney, [Janet] Yellen has stressed that the trajectory of rates is more important than the timing of the first rise, and has said she anticipates the pace of rate rises will be gradual," Brettell said.
Although the US economy expanded by 3.7%, against a 3.2% market expectation, job reduction was lower than expected, which might postpone a rate increase initiated by the FOMC.
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BEYONCE'S new track Hold Up has hinted at problems in her relationship with Jay-Z.
Concern is growing among fans that the power couple could be at breaking point after cheating allegations surfaced.
But this throwback clip, which was featured in Beyonce's documentary Life Is But a Dream, proves that things haven't always been this way.
The duo were filmed celebrating Beyonce's pregnancy in 2011. With Coldplay's love song Yellow playing in the background, Bey and Jay sing a spontaneous duet and dedicate the song to each other.
The Formation singer comments on this romantic period, explaining,"Right now, we are really connected, this baby has made me love him more than I ever thought I could."
We hope that the couple can work out their differences soon.


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Whilst the prospect of these can lead to exciting opportunities, they are often a testing time for directors. Our experienced solicitors will guide you through every step of the transaction, giving you the knowledge necessary to make decisions with confidence.
Bringing in new investment to a business is critical; these agreements provide a legal basis for the relationships between investors, shareholders and the company itself. They are especially important for minority shareholders and can provide an exit mechanism for investors.
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I want to share some pictures of our front yard pond. It consists of four ponds around an evergreen tree. The sound of the fountain and falling water invites me to sit on the benches or rocking chair and relax. I have a few small fish in it and need some frogs. I only have frog statues for now.
That is lovely; so calming and refreshing!
I bet the sound of it sounds so nice in the mornings!
Lovely pond! Nothing like a water feature for relaxation!


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Premiere: Namesake Debuts Video For "Hole In The Wall"
Redeeming Features Coming October 15th Via Get Better Records
Sep 21, 2021 By Caleb Campbell Photography by Erikka Electra
Brooklyn-based surf punk quartet Namesake (formerly known as Honduras) is back next month with their sophomore record, Redeeming Features. The band earned some success in the early part of the 2010s with a string of EPs and their 2015 debut, Rituals, which secured them opening slots for Interpol and Blur. Though the band was thrown off course with the 2018 arrest of frontman Patrick Phillips and founding member Tyson Moore leaving the band last year, Namesake emerged this summer with a reinvigorated sound and a new album on the way.
The band announced the record with the amped-up energy of their single "I'm Sick" and followed it with their latest single, "Hole In The Wall." Now the band is back again with an accompanying video for "Hold In The Wall," premiering with Under the Radar.
"Hole In The Wall" slows the pace down from the band's previous single, instead steadily building from simple drum machine beats and wiry guitar lines into a heady mix of post punk grooves. Yet, the core of the track is a heartfelt tribute to special magic found in thousands of DIY venues. Namesake toasts the rundown spaces that gave them a home for years, spots where, as the band puts it, "literally there are holes in the walls" and "regulars got holes in their hearts."
Not only were these spaces a place for music and community, but they were a place of healing for Patrick Phillips. As he explains, "When I was 20 years old a music producer contacted me on MySpace. I had some songs I'd recorded after high school, and the producer said he'd help get me a deal; all I had to do was trust him. The next six months of my life I went through multiple instances of sexual abuse. I was eventually able to remove myself from the situation, but the following years were very isolating. I blamed myself, felt shame, and sexual confusion. I struggled to even attempt making music; the joy had been removed.
I was taking classes at Hunter College in Manhattan, and I met a kid named Jeremy. I was new to Brooklyn, and Jeremy invited me to a place called Shea Stadium. I didn't know what he meant, I knew he didn't like baseball, but when I arrived on Meadow St. in an industrial area of Brooklyn, it all soon felt like home. Young kids moshing, soaked in sweat, singing along to every word, covered in makeup, completely blissed out. Shea Stadium was the first DIY venue I started hanging out at, and it led us to start our band. Here was a way to speak your truth, just scream it out into the night.
The past ten years we've performed as well as worked at many DIY venues around NYC. The late-night aspect and instability make them difficult jobs, but ultimately, we've been grateful to lend labor to these spaces. Artists need spaces to be nurtured and develop, as well as find community. So to the Hole in the Wall's everywhere, where outsiders can find their separate peace, thank you for helping people like me."
Check out the video below and watch for Redeeming Features, coming October 15th via Get Better Records.


Around 4pm on Sunday 12th June, three females approximately 40 years old and a six year old female child set off along the Desert Walk track from the Wonga campground in Wyperfeld National Park. The walk was expected to take around one hour.
The group became disorientated and walked off the track and into Wyperfeld National Park on the Nine Mile Square track.
A rescue call went out when the group didn't return to the campsite to their remaining friends and family.
Rainbow Police Officer Leading Senior Constable Tony Clark and a member from Speed attended the scene and began conducting a search with other resources en route including an air wing unit, Parks Victoria employees, Police and SES.
The group of four were located at about 7pm, uninjured, cold but otherwise well. They ended up around 15 kilometres from where they had started.
They were returned back to their campsite, where tea and biscuits were enjoyed all around.
The group were equipped for a short walk only, with no water, food or matches or lighter for starting a campfire.
"We would like to advise all campers to carry these three items when attempting any bushwalk, whether short or long, as these can become lifesaving in an instance like this," LSC Clark said.
"Rescue efforts were hampered by the lack of mobile phone reception in the Park," LSC Clark said.
All parties would like to extend their thanks to Marg Krelle for her assistance and her local knowledge of the Park and surrounds.


Dublin Bus wishes to advise customers that due to roadworks the bus gate outside Pearse St. Garda Station will be closed from 19:00hrs to 23:30hrs on Wednesday 19th January 2011. As a result the following diversions will be in place.
Buses will not serve bus stop CU on Pearse St., nearest stop is at the wall of Trinity College, bus stop CW.


The "Bass Revstar" is a bass guitar digital reverb pedal. It has a special paint finish in a 125B enclosure and it takes a standard 9v power supply (There is no internal 9v battery option). This pedal features Mix and Decay knobs so its very easy to use and will give you an amazing ranges of sounds and ambience.


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Smoking Coal Bin Extinguished at University Power Plant
By southeast on	 July 19, 2004 older
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo.,
July 19, 2004 – A smoking coal bin was extinguished, no one was injured and no damage was incurred when coal in a bin began to smolder this afternoon in the Power Plant at Southeast Missouri State University.
Jim Daume, associate director of facilities, said the incident was believed to have been caused by spontaneous combustion in an interior dry storage bin on the third floor of the plant.
About four tons of coal were in the bin at the time.
Butch Stidham, co-generation plant manager, said 12 University employees were in the plant when one of them noticed smoke coming from an open window on the west side on the third floor of the plant at 3:40 p.m.
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded with four engine trucks, a ladder truck and two staff vehicles. Cape County Private Ambulance also responded to the call.
The smoldering coal was quickly extinguished, and the coal from the bin, along with the coal in the bins on either side, were emptied into a dump truck. The truck then dumped the coal to cool on the concrete on the west side of the power plant. Firemen used hoses to cool down the coal. Throughout the event, the University's Power Plant maintained consistent operation, and the turbines in the plant continued to function, Daume said. The fire did not disrupt steam or electric production, he said.
Daume said the smoldering coal in the bin was used to operate Boiler 3 at the Power Plant. Boiler 4 was being used at the time of the incident.
In the future, Daume said, Power Plant employees will empty the interior coal bins when they are not being used, and they will be filled only when needed.


The YN-622 TTL flash triggering system just became a whole lot more attractive to Nikon shooters, as they have officially announced that the new YN-622N-TX is now available. The new device is a I-TTL flash controller that allows Nikon shooters to control the power of their flash units wirelessly with the aid of an LED screen. The units were originally announced back in October, but are only now becoming available.
Previously, users of the YN-622N (N Stands for Nikon) had to either have a master speedlight attached to the transmitter on top of the camera, or have the YN-622N's in remote control mode, which was like a nightmarish version of some old video game code (up, up, down, right, up, left, down).
The Canon version of the YN-622 allows users to control the output of their flash units through the in-camera menu system, but this feature is not available in Nikon cameras. Hence, the need for a special unit such as this to make up for the lack of I-TTL controls on the Nikon bodies themselves.
In addition to just allowing wireless control of the off camera speedlights, the new YN-622N-TX offers users an auto-focus assist lamp, a shutter release mode, and a special Super Sync function that allows your camera to sync with speedlights and studio strobes at much higher shutter speeds than normal.
If you would like to learn more about these new controllers from Yongnuo you can check out the product page on Amazon.
With the YN622 TX there are 3 Groups with 7 channels. So in theory how many speedlights can the YN622 control?
I used these recently to shoot a wedding. D600, Nikkor 28-70mm, (2) Yongnuo YN622N, Yongnuo YN622 TX, two shoot through umbrellas on 10 feet light stands, (2) Sb8000's. Group photo 20+ people. All evenly lit, no cross shadows.
just got the nikon version (yn-622n TX) for my d800 and alien bee 1600. I'm positive people have successfully used the pocket wizard tt5/mini tt1 to hyper sync w/ the b1600. So I was hoping the tx, with it's adjustable timing, would work as well.
unfortunately, this isn't the case. I haven't been able to update the firmware since they're only PC compatible, but I'm pretty much giving up hope on this as the reason the pocket wizards hyper sync so well is the software utility that lets you select 'reduced clipping'.
Hmm.. and now I must think, do I need that LCD :) Can I buy new TX version for body, and as receivers use old ones?
Yes, the new one is a transmitter only and will not connect to a speedlight. It is meant to be used on the camera only.
LOL, no third party manufacturers like Pentax.
I wonder how you can wirelessly trigger the camera shutter? Do you need to throw an RF603 on top of it or is there another trigger?
Hopefully these will be made available for Canon as well…specifically for the SuperSync timing ability.
There is a Canon version announced, but not yet available.
I own the Canon version of these triggers, and I love them. I've used them on several shoots, and for $100/pair, they are one of the best values in regards to lighting I've used.
I have the Canon version as well and love them. I am hoping when they release the Canon version it will make it easier to turn them on and sync the triggers and cameras. I hate having to do everything in certain order to get the triggers to work.