Forty-eight out of 51 pedestrian stops, or 94.1 percent, made by the University of Chicago Police Department (UCPD) in 2017 were done on black people, and 520 out of 631 UCPD traffic stops in 2017, or 82.4 percent, were performed on people of racial or ethnic minorities, according to studies released by the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT).
These figures are disproportionate to the racial and ethnic demographics of the Hyde Park–Kenwood area, though they do more so reflect the demographics of the UCPD's extended patrol area, where the UCPD acts in a supporting role to the Chicago Police Department. That area extends roughly from 37th to 64th streets and from Cottage Grove Avenue to Lake Shore Drive, though the UCPD is primarily responsible for patrolling the University of Chicago (U. of C.) campus.
Forty-four of the UCPD pedestrian stops involving black people involved a pat-down, with eight done by consent and 36 done by reasonable suspicion. Two pedestrian stops involving black people led to a search beyond a pat-down, two led to a warning or citation and 14 led to arrests.
All three of the pedestrian stops involving white people involved pat-downs conducted by reasonable suspicion. No pedestrian stops on white people led to searches, warnings, citations or arrests.
The UCPD only stopped white and black pedestrians in 2017.
All 111 UCPD traffic stops involving white drivers were the result of moving violations, as did all but six traffic stops involving minority drivers. Minority drivers experienced three stops resulting from equipment violations and three from licensing or registration violations.
Nine percent of traffic stops involving white drivers resulted in a citation; 16.9 percent of those involving minority drivers did. The one vehicle search done by the UCPD during a traffic stop was of a black driver's vehicle.
A study by the federal Department of Justice (DOJ) Bureau of Justice Statistics found that 84 percent of white drivers pulled over by the police in 2011 felt they had been stopped for a legitimate reason, compared to 68 percent of black drivers and 74 percent of Hispanic drivers.
In April, The Chicago Reporter, an investigative race and poverty journalism nonprofit, showed that UCPD pedestrian and traffic stops had "increased significantly" early this year.
The DOJ's National Institute of Justice (NIJ) said in a 2013 online post that the nationwide discrepancy of traffic stops involving people of color compared to white drivers may result from areas' differences in police exposure.
The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning estimated that the 2015 racial and ethnic breakdown of Hyde Park's population was 46.8 percent white, seven percent Hispanic or Latino, 29.9 percent black, 12.1 percent Asian and 4.2 percent other. The estimate for Kenwood was 16.9 percent white, 3.8 percent Hispanic or Latino, 67.7 percent black, 8.6 percent Asian and three percent other.
The populations of the Oakland and Woodlawn community areas, which in part make up the UCPD's extended patrol area, are 92.6 and 84.7 percent black, respectively.
Out of the University of Chicago total student population of 15,918, 41.1 percent are white, 7.8 percent are Hispanic, 4.3 percent are black, 12.9 percent are Asian, 0.2 percent Native American and seven are Pacific Islanders. A quarter of students are non-resident aliens, 2.7 percent are of two or more races or ethnicities and six percent are unspecified.
Minority drivers were the subject of 84.6 percent of Chicago Police traffic stops in 2017. The racial breakdown of the Chicago Police's 2017 pedestrian stops was 7.9 percent white, 71.5 percent black, 0.1 percent American Indian, 19.4 percent Hispanic, 0.8 percent Asian and 0.2 percent other.
Chicago's racial and ethnic breakdown is 35.6 percent white, 32.1 percent black, 0.2 percent American Indian, 26.2 percent Hispanic and 5.9 percent Asian.
Police departments are required to collect and submit data for the Illinois Traffic Stop and Pedestrian Stop studies, the former through July 1, 2019.
The article notes that "These figures are disproportionate to the racial and ethnic demographics of the Hyde Park–Kenwood area." But this is the wrong comparandum: the right one is whether the figures are proportionate to the drivers/pedestrians in the UCPD patrol area, which includes part of Woodlawn, down to 64th St (past the Charter School). For too many purposes, the Herald reports as though only HP/Kenwood exist, and ignores the composition of Woodlawn, where the entire south campus sits, south of the Midway. So the reporter is comparing apples (UCPD stops) with oranges (racial makeup of HP/Kenwood). We simply can't conclude much from the latter; this is especially true for drivers, since a significant part of the racial makeup of HP includes students, who tend overwhelmingly not to drive.


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Leptura quadrifasciata, the longhorn beetle, is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.

Adult beetles are 11–20 mm long, black with four more or less continuous transverse yellow bands. In extreme cases the elytra may be almost entirely black. It is found throughout the northern and central Palaearctic region.

Larvae make meandering galleries in various trees, including oak, beech, birch, willow, alder, elder and spruce. The life cycle lasts two or three years.

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Lepturinae
Beetles described in 1758
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus

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Q: Finding Geodesics on the Unit Cylinder I am currently working through a problem in Andrew Pressley's Elementary Differential Geometry.
Question 9.2.1

Let $p$, and $q$ be two distinct points on the unit cylinder. Show that there are either two or infinitely many geodesics whose end points are $p$ and $q$.

The first part of this question is quite easy. Suppose $p$ and $q$ lie on the same circular arc around the unit cylinder. Then there are exactly two geodesics joining $p$ and $q$.
But I can't seem to figure out how there are infinitely many geodesics if $p$ and $q$ don't lie on the same circular arc. The book says that there are infinitely many helices joining the points. That is easy enough to understand, but to be a geodesic don't the helices need to be locally length minimizing? How can this be?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!

A: $f(\phi,h)=(\cos \phi,\sin\phi,h)$ defines a local isometry  from $\mathbb{R}^2$ onto the embedded unit cylinder in $\mathbb{R}^3$ and hence sends geodesics in $\mathbb{R}^2$(=straight lines) to geodesics in the cylinder. Assume $p=f(\phi_p,h_p)$ and $q=f(\phi_q,h_q)$. For each $k\in\mathbb{Z}$ the straight line connecting $(\phi_p,h_p)$ with $(\phi_q + 2\pi k,h_q)$ gets mapped to a geodesic $\gamma_k$ joining $p$ and $q$. If $h_p\neq h_q$, then all the $\gamma_k$ are disjoint.

A: I found another solution with the geodesic equations.
$$
(G) = \left\{\begin{array}{c}
\frac{\mathrm{d}}{\mathrm{d}t} (Eu'+Fv') = \frac12(E_uu'^2+2F_uu'v' + G_uv'^2) \\
\frac{\mathrm{d}}{\mathrm{d}t} (Fu'+Gv') = \frac12(E_vu'^2+2F_vu'v' + G_vv'^2)
\end{array}\right.
$$
So first we need to find the coefficient of the first fundamental form is easy enough to compute with the parametrization given by Jan Bohr in the accepted answer above: $\sigma(u,v) = (\cos u,\sin u, v)$, we have $E=G=1$, and $F=0$, so both of the geodesic equations vanish. We can deduce that $u''$, and $v''$ are both identically zero:
$$
\sigma_{uu}\cdot\sigma_u = (-\cos u, -\sin u,0)\cdot(-\sin u,\cos u,0) = 0
$$
And likewise for $\sigma_{vv}\cdot\sigma_v$.
Then we have $u=a+bt$ and $v=c+dt$. If $b=0$ then this system gives a circular arc around the cylinder, otherwise we obtain a circular helix, and without restrictions on $b$ there are infinitely many solutions when $b\neq 0$, and only two when $b=0$ depending on the orientation of $v$.

A: The helices
$$\gamma_a(t)=(\cos(t),\sin(t),t/a) $$
are all geodesics, since $\gamma_a''(t)=(-\cos(t),-\sin(t),0)$ is perpendicular to the cylinder.
Since you mention that "the book says that there are infinitely many helices joining the points. That is easy enough to understand, but to be a geodesic don't the helices need to be locally length minimizing?", the above should be enough for you.
If someone coming here does not understand why there are infinitely many helices joining the points:
Given $p,q$ not on the same circular arc, we have that $p_3 \neq q_3$. Since rotations along the plane and translations along the $z$-axis are isometries, we can assume that $p=(1,0,0)$ (this is just for simplification, not necessary at all), and thus $q_3 \neq 0$.
Pick $T$ such that $q=(\cos(T),\sin(T),q_3)$. The geodesics $\gamma_{(T+2k\pi)/q_3}$ ($k$ running through the integers) all connect $p$ and $q$. Indeed,
$$\gamma_{(T+2k\pi)/q_3}(0)=(1,0,0)=p $$
and
$$\gamma_{(T+2k\pi)/q_3}(T+2k\pi)=(\cos(T),\sin(T),q_3)=q.$$

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Krukemeyer and Cohn brings you the 3rd Annual Diamond Dash this Sunday. This is your final chance to get your two-person team signed up. Go to KandCDiamondDash.com to sign up to win the $12,000 Hearts On Fire diamond ring. Find out more here. Last year, Baby Boy and I competed for fun. Watch us join the fun.


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Q: How do I log excel usage in SQL table? I've tried to Google this and have not found anything. I have excel Pivot tables connected to a SQL database. I want to be able to log user data and usage to a SQL table.

A: If you are using SQL Server 2008 and above you can use a built in feature called SQL Server Audit which can log every select against a table. If you want to only log excel usage set up a view that excel uses and audit uses of the  view. Triggers don't work on select statements.


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Martha Meier Weiland Professor in the School of Medicine and Professor of Bioengineering, Emeritus
Paul Yock, MD
Yock began his faculty career as an interventional cardiologist at UC San Francisco and then moved to Stanford in 1994. Yock is known for his work in inventing, developing and testing new devices, including the Rapid Exchange angioplasty and stenting system, which is the primary approach used worldwide. Yock also authored the fundamental patents for intravascular ultrasound imaging, conducted the initial clinical trials and established the Stanford Center for Research in Cardiovascular Interventions as a core laboratory for analysis of intravascular ultrasound clinical studies. He also invented the Smart Needle and is a co-inventor of the strain-reduction patch for wound healing. Yock was founding Co-Chair of the Department of Bioengineering and continues research related to new device technologies. Yock also was the founding director of the Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign -dedicated to advanced training in medical technology innovation.
M.D., Harvard Medical School, Medicine (1979)
M.A., Trinity College, Oxford, Philosophy and Physiology (1975)
A.B., Amherst College, Chemistry, Independent Study (Philosophy) (1973)
yock@stanford.edu
BioX Clark Center Faculty
Stanford Biodesign Website

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HomeSportSoccerMalajila joins Tunisian club
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Malajila joins Tunisian club
Zimbabwean international striker Cuthbert Malajila has become the first player to join a Tunisian soccer club when he finally completed his long-anticipated move away from Dynamos when he signed for Club Africain on Monday.
Malajila's manager Gibson Mahachi could neither deny nor confirm that his client had made the switch to Tunisia and referred all questions to his original club Chapungu.
"I am not qualified to comment on the deal because the player in question belongs to Chapungu. The best person who can comment on the issue is Nesbert Chasakara. He should be in a better position to shed more light on the issue," said Mahachi.
Chasakara, the director of sports at the Air Force of Zimbabwe club, who are the employers of Malajila, could not be reached for comment as he was said to be at his farm somewhere in Manicaland and his mobile phone was not reachable.
However, Club Africain's official website (www.clubafricain.com) confirmed yesterday that Malajila had signed a three-year contract with them, which means he will be at the club until August 2013.
"The Zimbabwean international striker and Dynamos Football Club's Cuthbert Malajila (born 1985) has signed a 3-year professional contract for the benefit of Club African," reads the statement on the website.
His move signals an end to the protracted transfer wrangle between his former employers Chapungu who accused Dynamos of fielding the player even when his loan deal had already expired.
The row had threatened to put Malajila's career to a halt as he remained adamant that he wanted to play for Dynamos while his employers (Chapungu) claimed that Dynamos had no basis to field him.
When Malajila jetted out of the country last week, it was expected that the free-scoring striker would join the trek to South Africa.
Malajila becomes the second Zimbabwean player to feature for a North African side after Quincy Antipas played in Morocco before he left for Denmark.
Malajila, who was last season's Soccer Star of the Year runner-up, has established a reputation for himself in the local Premiership as a dangerous marksman since his days at former topflight side Chapungu.
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SHINee's Key nabs his dream fashion editor role for "Elle Korea"
SHINee's Key gets the ultimate fashion dream role as he joins Elle Korea as a fashion editor.
On April 22nd, Key teased a few details of his new job role through his personal Instagram account. In the short clip, he revealed that he will be joining Elle Korea for a whole month as he transforms into his new role as an editor.
In his short stint for the fashion magazine, Key will be writing his own column called "Key Story." The big challenge is a dream come true for the singer as he known to be passionate about fashion and style.
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A Sussex man who was detained in a Turkish jail for six weeks after a family holiday says he is relieved to be finally home.
Toby Robyns was arrested on suspicion of attempting to leave the country with coins he found while snorkelling, according to his MP, Tim Loughton.
Mr Robyns, from Southwick, said today: "I am delighted and relieved to be back at home with my family after the ordeal of the last six weeks.
Toby Robyns was stopped at Bodrum Airport on August 19 when returning from holiday with his family.
At the time his MP, Tim Loughton, confirmed Mr Robyns had been arrested on suspicion of finding Turkish artefacts and not notifying the authorities.
Mr Loughton said Mr Robyns had found coins while snorkelling.
But after being detained for six weeks he finally returned home to Southwick on Monday.
Mr Robyns praised his family: "They have been unwavering in their support and worked hard to secure my release.
"I am also very grateful to friends and members of the local community who have been very supportive in so many ways which has undoubtedly made a difficult time more bearable.
"I am particularly grateful for the practical assistance and encouragement provided by the Foreign Office and especially the embassy staff in Turkey, my MP, Tim Loughton, my attorney, and my family contact in the UK, both of London Legal International.


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San Ramon Teen Council back in action
City provides teens a voice in decision making
Sydney Cicchitto
From left to right, the San Ramon Teen Council comprises Cal High students Emily Cooper, Jenny Lin, Diya Madhok, Arpita Gupta, Suyash Goel, and Saachi Sharma.
Vishwas Balla, Staff Writer
Imagine representing the teen voice of San Ramon.
Well, that's exactly what the 19 high school students – six from Cal High – do as members of the San Ramon Teen Council.
These students recommend to the San Ramon City Council what they believe would be good for teens in the city.
For example, the Teen Council may say they think a certain event would be good, or that a new facility would be helpful, said Cal junior Arpita Gupta, who is part of the Teen Council.
The Teen Council has been meeting in person since the new term began in August after meeting online last year.
"We're supposed to be the bridge between the city council and the teens of San Ramon," Cal senior Jenny Lin said. "We're supposed to represent the voices of the teens in San Ramon to voice their opinion on city projects."
Other Cal students who are part of the Teen Council include senior Suyash Goel, senior Diya Madhok, sophomore Emily Cooper, and junior Saachi Sharma, who is The Californian's News Lite editor.
Madhok is the only one of Cal's six members who is not new to the Teen Council.
Each member submitted an application and was interviewed before being selected. There are 17 voting members and two alternates chosen to be a part of the Teen Council.
The group has conducted several workshops and has run campaigns in hopes of making San Ramon a better place for teens.
One of the Teen Council's more successful projects was a campaign against drugs. During the campaign, council members showed teens drugs that were hidden in plain sight to illustrate how discreetly they could be disguised. Afterwards, a police officer visited and spoke to them, Lin and Madhok said.
The Teen Council also sets up different workshops, such as career workshops to help students find what they are interested in and what they want to do in the future.
Here's a closer look at each Teen Council member from Cal.
Emily Cooper
Cooper joined Teen Council because she wanted to be a voice for the teen community in San Ramon.
Cooper feels she can make an impact through the council, especially since she gets to talk to adults, which she says can be difficult for some teens.
"I want to make San Ramon a more fun and safe place for teens," Cooper said.
Cooper would like to make mental health a bigger priority for teens both at home and in school while she is on the council.
In her free time, Cooper enjoys listening to and playing music on the piano and bass, especially indie and alternative music. Cooper has been playing the piano for five years and started playing the bass last summer.
Suyash Goel
Goel joined Teen Council after being a part of Teen Council Ambassadors in his freshman year.
Teen Council Ambassadors was a way for middle schoolers to try out Teen Council. It also allowed students who didn't make it into the main council to have an opportunity to be a part of it, Goel said.
"[San Ramon] really raised me. We have great schools, great community, Goel said. "It really shaped who I am."
Goel has always been interested in politics and was one of the field organizers for the California Democratic Party in 2020. He has also helped with local campaigns during the election and served as the internship director for City Councilmember Sabina Zafar's campaign in her 2020 mayoral race.
Outside of politics, Goel also has an interest in computers and coding and has taken AP Computer Science Principles and AP Computer Science A.
"Especially after COVID, [I want to] increase mental health resources for teens," Goel said.
He hopes to help to represent the problems that the teens are facing.
Arpita Gupta
Gupta hopes to make positive change through Teen Council.
"I wanted to make a tangible impact on the community," Gupta said. "It's a really impactful way to be able to kind of put teens opinions out there, and just kind of tell the adults that make the decisions in this city what teens want in the city"
Gupta enjoys debate and often does community service and volunteer work. She is the president of the Cal High Red Cross Club.
"I volunteer for the Red Cross because they are a humanitarian organization that doesn't discriminate based on anything and they're impartial," Gupta said. "They kind of just help everyone."
Gupta is a tutor and said she enjoys it because she likes to teach younger kids. She also loves painting in her free time.
Jenny Lin
Lin also joined Teen Council this year after being a part of Teen Council Ambassadors. She was another intern for Zafar, who was previously vice mayor.
"I've always had a passion for connecting with San Ramon and what I can do for the city," Lin said. "I just really appreciate everyone here."
Outside of Teen Council, Lin has run cross country and track for Cal since her freshman year.
Lin is the vice president of the TEDxCHS club, which had its first talk on Zoom last school year. Speakers at the event discussed issues both local and global in 2020.
In the future, Lin wants to major in International Relations. She is interested in the way countries work with each other and loves learning new languages, so she would also like to minor in linguistics.
Diya Madhok
Madhok is serving her second year on the Teen Council. She first joined because she wanted to find a way to get more involved with the community.
Although Madhok's first year on the council was virtual, she still believes they were still able to make an impact.
"We were able to push out [the] Teen Ambassador program," Madhok said. "They were working on women empowerment, ways to get involved with the community through COVID, reintegration."
Madhok is the chair of the council's community outreach committee and helps promote activities such as Teen Ambassadors and the Outstanding Teen Citizen award.
The award is given to a teen in San Ramon who has done something above and beyond for the community.
Madhok is also a part of the U.S. Naval State Cadet Corps where she does a lot of volunteer work and leadership building. She is also the secretary for Cal's American Cancer Society and co-captain for Cal's girls lacrosse team.
Saachi Sharma
Sharma joined the Teen Council in September after hearing about it from fellow member Madhok. She wanted to join because she felt her interests matched the objectives of the Teen Council.
"I love politics, I love leadership positions and I really wanted to help[the community]," Sharma said.
Sharma hopes to make a difference in the community of San Ramon and believes that being on Teen Council is one way to accomplish that.
Sharma also plays golf for Cal, participates in theatre and is a member of the school's Speech and Debate Club. She is also the club president of the Worldwide Club.
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Vishwas Balla
Sophomore Vishwas Balla is a first year reporter for The Californian. In his free time he enjoys running and in the winter, loves to ski. He hopes to write...
Sydney Cicchitto, Staff Writer
Sydney Cicchitto is a senior at Cal High, and it is her first year reporting for the Californian. In her free time she enjoys spending time with her dog,...


From Stick Doggy Dog in the forum, with all of the Amare hype, should the Warriors be giving up on a talented big man so early when he shows some promise? The Warriors have been notoriously bad at developing big men, especially with Don Nelson at the helm. Traditional low post big men without a consistent outside shot aren't the norm for the Warriors. Wright has potential to be a good up and down PF for the Warriors, but will he get the chance? A front line of AR/BW/Beans could be an athletic, active, shot blocking team, but will we ever see it?
Brandan Wright is still a kid. He will not turn 22 until October. His body type is 100% ectomorph and relatively immature even for a 21-year-old so he while he can get stronger now, he will not be able to gain much weight for a few years. By the time he turns 24, though, he should finally be able to break 225.
Over the last two NBA seasons, Brandan Wright proved that he is already an efficient NBA player over his 1064 career minutes at age 20 and 21.
His career field goal percentage is 54% and his career free throw percertage is 72%.
Last season, Wright's free throw percentage climbed from 68% his rookie season to 74%.
Last season, Wright was among the top 30 NBA players with more than 30 blocks in both blocks per minute and blocks per foul. He was also in the top 40 in the NBA in fewest turnovers per minute among all players who played more than 500 minutes.
Wright holds onto the ball. He is a superior NBA finisher from 12 feet in and especially at the rim. He doesn't complain. He doesn't need plays run for him. Best of all, he won't reach his full potential until he has already been locked into a relatively cheap second contract.
When you add Wright's pre-draft reach together with pre-draft vertical, he's one of just 25 players currently in the NBA (along with Randolph and Stoudemire) who can get his finger tips a full 2 feet above the rim. Not one player from this year's draft can say that.
Wright's big weakness is literally his weakness. He also gives sporadic effort on defense and the boards compared to what he could give if he had, say, Randolph's motor and tenacity. But Wright is just 21. He should get stronger every year. He should gain a few pounds every year. He should extend his jump shooting and jump hook range a bit every year. He should learn to hold his own on defense a little more every year. What makes anyone think he will not?


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NEWS: Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer Joins Stephanie Murphy for Tour of Local Business Incubator
ORLANDO – Yesterday, Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) joined Stephanie Murphy for a tour of local business incubator Canvs. Established in April 2015, Canvs is home to 100 companies, dozens of start-ups, and the Orlando Tech Association.
"I was pleased to join Stephanie for a tour of Canvs, an organization working to promote innovation and job growth here in central Florida," said Whip Hoyer. "Recently House Democrats relaunched the 'Make It In America' jobs plan to encourage entrepreneurs to create jobs here at home. As a businesswoman herself, Stephanie is committed to encouraging the growth of small businesses in the Seventh District, and I'm confident she will continue her work for Florida in our nation's capital. I'm proud to support her in her campaign for Congress."
"I want to thank Steny for joining me in Orlando to discuss the ways in which we can work to encourage job growth in central Florida and across the United States," said Murphy. "We need an economy that works for more Americans. As a businesswoman in the private sector, I'll work in a bipartisan way to create better, higher-pay jobs in central Florida so that every family has a fair shot at the American Dream. That's why I support the 'Make It In America' plan, so that we can promote entrepreneurship and innovation that strengthens our economy and puts our families first."


"Matters of Community" (MOC) is a California registered nonprofit organization that was started in early 2004 by Neal Bharadwaj while he was a junior at Washington High School, Fremont, California. Neal was inspired by the volunteering experience he obtained at another nonprofit organizations sch as Jeena, that also support the needs of disabled children.
MOC envisions enhanced self-esteem and improved integration of special needs children around the world into mainstream community through the use of music, art, theater and sports. MOC takes on projects directly supporting individuals and organizations as well as sponsors projects and funds activities of other nonprofit organizations globally that support its mission.
• Every child is special & must be treated equal. Mainstreaming their educaiton must be a goal.
• Education system must be designed with "special needs" considerations right from the beginning.
• The education must be individualized for all children to maximize opportunity creation.
• Among other techniques, elements of Music, Arts, Theater and Sports (MATTERS) support these goals.
Conference organized by Government of India and may philinthropic organizations from across the world. in New Delhi to invite People of Indian Origin from all over the world to discuss among other topics, Mass Education In India. At this conference, Neal Bharadwaj, founder of MOC worked with another non-profit US organization called Global Organization of People of Indian Origin and made a presentation at the conference. It illustrated the need to provide unrestricted access to all opportunities with individualized delivery in order to ensure successful mainstreaming of special needs children. Stressing further that such children must be guaranteed equal rights in the Indian Education system by the constitution.
* A focused discussion on special education in context of the education for masses of India would be useful.
* GOPIO-Youth could participate with philanthropic organizations like MOC to undertake more special education projects in India.
MOC supports the Niles Canyon Challenger Little League (NCCLL) that organizes baseball for specal needs children belonging to the Fremont Unified School District. Here the founder of MOC personally volunteered as the bench coach and found that experience very rewarding. He also recruited other volunteers to help out with the game and also worked as a buddy for some of the children. MOC intends to continue support the NCCLL in its sports activity by helping recruit volunteers as well as provide possible baseball equipment for the use of the children.
MOC supports the excellent work being done by Jeena, a nonprofit organization that works with disabled children and provides resources to their parents. It is here that the founder of MOC began working with disabled children as a volunteer and was awarded "volunteer of the year" for helping special needs children learn how to dance. He eventually was able to make a team of dancers that also included special needs kids and showcased their talents at several public events including Martin Luther King Celebration in East Palo Alto, District 7 Day Celebration in San Jose, and Festival of Light Celebration at Great America Park, Santa Clara.


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In case you were wondering why some in #Israel are suspicious of the #Iran regime
From today's Quds day Friday prayers. Read what it says about Israel.
In case you were wondering why I belong to a tiny minority in Israel who backs nuclear negotiations with Iran, then read the sign in front of today's Friday prayer leader in Tehran. It says in Persian and English "Israel must be wiped from the pages of time".
Since the start of the Iranian revolution in 1979, Israelis have been told by the Iran regime their country is a cancer, a microbe and that it should be wiped out. It even said so on the walls on my Jewish school in Tehran. I had to see it every day.
From my observations as an Iranian – Israeli who lives in Israel, a small minority in Israel don't want a deal with Iran regime because they want war. Majority of those who don't want a deal with Iran don't want war, but at the same time find it difficult to trust a regime that has financed the killing of many of their compatriots, and has been calling for the elimination of their country, which is their home.
I believe that a diplomatic solution will serve the interests of the state of Israel as it will increase inspections and will distance the Iranian regime from a nuclear weapon in a peaceful manner. I also think it will reduce an important threat to Israel. I think its unlikely that the Iranian regime would break such a deal, if there is going to be one. Why agree to increased inspections on your soil if you want to "sneak out" to make a nuclear weapon?
That said, I understand the logic of those in Israel who do not trust the Iranian regime. I don't agree with them, but I understand their suspicion.
No regime has the right to call for the elimination of another country, time after time after time, for 36 years. And for what? The Iranian regime says its calling for the elimination of the state Israel because it wants to defend the rights of the people of Palestine. Well, the people of Palestine have not given a mandate to the Iranian regime to do that. Majority of them don't even like the Iranian regime. According to the latest survey by Pew research, 57% of Palestinians have a negative view towards the regime in Tehran.
Yes to peace with the people of Palestine. Yes to diplomacy. No to threats of elimination by a regime which says it's the defender of Muslims, yet it finances and helps the Assad regime which has gassed and killed hundreds of thousands of Muslims in Syria.
Tags: Iran, Israel
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Confession time: we had two centrifuges at out house in #Iran →


Census area units shape files (available from Statistics New Zealand for free here).
School directory (directory-school-current.csv available for free here).
R with some spatial packages (also free).
We'll read the school directory data, aggregate ethnicity information to calculate the Herfindahl–Hirschman Index of diversity and then plot it.
Ethnic diversity in schools at the Census Area Unit level (0 very diverse, 1 not diverse at all).
Just because it is Monday down under.
Similar map produced with point and click in QGIS.
Map rendering is so much faster in QGIS than in R! Clearly the system has been optimized for this user case.
The code was seriously mangled by a problem with a WordPress plugin; I have cleaned the code and it should now run. Thanks for letting me know of the problem. That line was supposed to calculate and index when total was greater than 1 or just use 1 as the index.


A delicious oatmeal and chocolate chip cookies recipe. It is made with butter, oats, sugar, eggs, flour, chocolate chips and raisins. The oatmeal cookies are easy to make and tastes better than anything you get in the cafes. Do give this a try.
In a bowl, add butter and beat until smooth. Add caster sugar and beat again.
Add brown sugar and beat for 2 minutes, until smooth and creamy. Add eggs and beat until combined well. Add vanilla extract and beat again.
Scrape the sides of the bowl using a spatula and mix well.
Next, add flour in batches to the batter, while mixing continuously. Once all the flour has been incorporated, add baking soda and mix nicely. Then, add salt and mix again.
Now, add in the choco chips and raisins to the cookie batter, and mix well. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour or until firm.
In the meantime, line a baking tray with parchment paper and keep aside and preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F) for about 20 minutes.
Take the batter out of the refrigerator, make small balls with the batter and flatten them out into 3-inch disks. Place the cookies onto the lined baking tray and bake in the preheated oven for 10-12 minutes in batches.
Once cooked, transfer the cookies to a wire rack and allow them to cool at temperature.
Serve the cookies with milk.


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Loblaws to open new grocery store in downtown Edmonton
A new "urban concept" grocery store will be opening in the downtown Ice District, at the site where the former Greyhound bus station. It's the first downtown supermarket to open since the Sobey's on 104th street closed in 2014.
CityMarket store to open in the Ice District on the site of the former Greyhound site
CBC News · Posted: Mar 25, 2019 7:53 AM MT | Last Updated: March 26
The store, located on the site of the old Greyhound terminal, is slated to open in fall 2020. (Ice District)
A new "urban concept" grocery store will open in Edmonton's downtown Ice District, at the site where the Greyhound bus station had been located up until 2016.
Loblaws plans to open a CityMarket grocery store on the site in 2020, the Ice District announced Monday in a news release.
A spokesperson for the Katz Group, which owns Ice District, said residents have been advocating for a more walkable community.
"The big thing again people have been telling us is, 'We want a grocery store where we can walk to. We don't want to get in the vehicle. We want to be able to walk or bike to the grocery store, have that truly downtown urban lifestyle,' " said Tim Shipton.
"To me, having the anchor tenant in Loblaws as a grocery store is a huge win for downtown. It's a huge win for our project."
Tim Shipton with the Katz Group stands next to the lot on 103rd Avenue and 103rd Street where Loblaws is set to open a grocery store in the fall of 2020. (Rod Maldaner/CBC)
Those who work and live in the area aren't complaining.
Megan Karasek works in the Stantec Tower on 103rd Avenue and drives to work. She's still looking forward to the convenience of a nearby grocer.
"I can just run to the Loblaws right there, which I think is going to be really cool. And then that might free up time in the evening."
"I think it is really important because there's so many people moving down here," she said. "And if we want to make Edmonton more walkable we need to have these grocery stores downtown."
David Owen also works downtown and said a nearby grocery store is well overdue.
"It's about time," he said. "The people who live here can walk to work but they can't get their groceries by walking, they have to drive."
David Owen, a downtown worker, stands across the street from the lot of the future Loblaws supermarket on 103rd Avenue. (Rod Maldaner/CBC)
Experts have called Edmonton's downtown core a "food desert" due to a lack of retail stores in the neighbourhood that sell fresh produce.
"I think it's a pretty huge deal," said Craig Patterson, director of applied research at the University of Alberta, who studies retail.
"That part of downtown Edmonton is growing in terms of population, there's a lot of condominium buildings going up and there's really a lack of grocery stores in the downtown core."
Several grocery stores in the area have closed in recent years.
Organic grocery store Earth's General shuttered its 104th Street location in 2017, a former Sobeys location on 104th Street has been vacant since 2014 and Family Foods further west on Jasper Avenue closed in 2014 as well.
When the Sobeys opened in 2008, the store also branded itself as an "urban concept" store. But it closed after eight years because it wasn't financially viable, according to a spokesperson.
Former Sobeys on Jasper Avenue and 104th Street gets new lease on life
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Edmonton's core gets new major grocery store
Patterson said despite the growing number of residents in the area, it's still difficult for grocery stores to be profitable in the area.
"It still doesn't have a critical mass to support large grocery," he said. "Downtown Edmonton's population needs to at least triple before it has any real relevance in terms of a dense urban experience."
Shipton said the company has started to sell condominium units at the top of Stantec Tower. He's confident the Ice District and surrounding core will have the population in the coming years.
Derrick Pittman, a Loblaws vice-president, said the "trendy, desirable" district in downtown Edmonton is a good fit for the CityMarket brand.
The location, expected to open in fall 2020, will be the second CityMarket in Edmonton; one in the Brewery District opened in 2016.
The 22,000-square-foot store will be located on the second floor of the Block BG building at 103rd Avenue and 103rd Street. According to the news release, visitors in the public plaza being built south of Rogers Place will have convenient access to the grocery store, including an escalator directly to its doorstep.
Downtown Edmonton, Calgary underserved by grocery stores, study find
An underground parkade and indoor pedway system will also provide access to the supermarket.
Patterson noted that attitudes in Edmonton may be shifting.
"Edmonton is still very much a suburban experience," he said.
"A lot of people go to other grocery stores to save money or because they have a more suburban lifestyle, even residents in downtown Edmonton," he said, "But not all of them. There are certainly some who choose not to drive a car much or have one at all."


In recent weeks, President Trump has boldly exercised his executive authority and fired a Cabinet official and the national security adviser. I am talking about former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and National Security Adviser Gen. H.R. McMaster. Both of these individuals were at odds in large part with the president's agenda and deserved to be let go. The country is better for it, particularly in the later respect with the appointment of John Bolton to replace McMaster as The Donald heads into a meeting and possibly negotiations with Kim Jong-un of North Korea over its nuclear program.
Undoubtedly, there will be more changes in the coming weeks and months, as the president continues to "fine tune" his team, getting rid of "destructive deadwood." Clearly, with the White House leak this week that Trump had been recommended not to congratulate Vladmir Putin on being re-elected as president of Russia, the moles and traitors in the people's house need to be shown the door, once and for all.
But for all of these past and coming changes in the high-level staffing of the administration, the biggest, if not major sore point – and a continuing crisis for not just the president but the American people – is the continuing presence of Jeff Sessions as attorney general. Put simply, Sessions is more than an embarrassment. He, as the chief law enforcement officer of the republic, is an enemy of our justice system.
I used to think that Sessions, if nothing else, was a least a nice guy. But after over a year of him occupying space at my alma mater, the U.S. Department of Justice, I no longer even give him credit for being that. Put simply, "nice guys" don't sell out We the People during these treacherous times, when the Obama-Clinton Deep State and other evil forces continue to wreak havoc both in the corrupt Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the intelligence agencies, to cite just a few examples.
While some of the two-faced pygmies on Capitol Hill, and even the likes of Hannity on Fox News, made a big deal about Sessions' recent firing of Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe, please tell me what this is about. Boosting their own egos, or television ratings? Unfortunately, a simple firing is not enough to restore confidence in the American people that the establishment elites in Washington, D.C., and around the country, including our compromised federal judiciary, are not above the law.
It is indeed a sad and frightening state of affairs when firing a career civil servant who committed beaucoup crimes, including but not limited to illegal surveillance of the Trump Tower, using the Steele dossier as a fraudulent pretext to get a warrant from an equally corrupt or grossly negligent judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, constitutes justice. Both McCabe and the federal judges who went along with or furthered this felony should be indicted, tried and convicted and thus hauled before the bar of justice.
But of course, our so-called attorney general would never do that! Because to do so would subject him to likely blowback by the Obama-Clinton Deep State, with dirt about Sessions flying out of government "dossiers" that might make Christopher Steele and Fusion GPS look like amateurs.
This week we also learned that, not coincidentally, Sessions was also being investigated by McCabe at the FBI for alleged perjury during his confirmation hearing. There, the would-be attorney general blatantly lied under oath that he had not met with the Russian ambassador in his Senate office, while also serving on the Trump election campaign team as an adviser. While this lie was benign – as there was nothing wrong for a senator to meet the the Russian ambassador – its clear, as I have predicted from the outset, the Sessions has been inert because he knew that he could himself potentially be indicted, and not just over this perjury.
This brings us to Special Counsel Robert Mueller's so-called Russian collusion and obstruction of justice investigation. Here, Sessions is also a criminal target or subject, particularly over his alleged role in the firing of former FBI Director James Comey. And again, while Sessions did nothing wrong, his defensive crouch over all of this explains why he has been a do-nothing waste of an attorney general!
Couple this with Sessions having failed, as he promised me he would do from the outset, to conduct an independent review of the Obama commenced and now failed political prosecutions of Cliven Bundy and his family (see www.clivenbundydefensefund.org for more information), his failure to pursue the Hillary Clinton private email server scandal, where over 33,000 emails were destroyed by her, in addition to her cellphones and other incriminating evidence, and abdicating his responsibility by allowing the corrupt deputy attorney general to appoint Robert Mueller as special counsel in the first instance, and the stench of Sessions actions and inactions takes on a putrid odor.
And, I am not done! Where has the attorney general been as this hack of a prosecutor Mueller and his compromised, conflicted left legal staff, continue to leak grand jury information to damage President Trump, his family and associates, as his "witch hunt" of an investigation lumbers on with apparently no end in sight? These leaks are criminal and are calculated to destroy the Trump presidency even short of Mueller seeking indictments or preparing and sending to Congress an impeachment report, all of which would be bogus and merely political in any event.
Last but hardly least, given the space limitations of my column, is the hard fact that Sessions has not reigned Mueller in with regard to his patently exceeding his mandate to investigate only alleged Russian collusion. Now, this "crooked clown" is off investigating the entire Trump business empire, searching frantically to find something to indict the president and his family over. And, of course, Sessions still sits on the appointment of a special counsel to investigate the Clintons, Obama and their co-conspirators in crimes against the nation!
The bottom line is this! Sessions needs to resign or be immediately fired! He is worse than deadwood! The attorney general is a national disgrace, and it's time he perhaps take his "rightful place" as a K Street political lobbyist. Go to www.freedomwatchusa.org to sign the petition demanding Sessions' resignation or firing.


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At the Hotel Relais Tenuta San Pietro in Lucca it is possible to participate at degustations of Oils and Wines in the dedicated rooms, to let you know and appreciate Tuscany gastronomic products.
The Degustations of oil in Lucca are one of the tasty activity in our structure, an amusing way to discover one of the pride of the regional products, and the symbol of Italian gastronomic culture.
The Cellar Room is an elegant place where you will start to know the different qualities of extra virgin olive oil, but you will also know the secrets, anecdotes and characteristics of this authentic patrimony of the territorial tradition.
One of the protagonist is the Oil of our Hotel, which has the DOP Certification since 2009, in the same year it won the second prize for "Best Extra Virgin DOP in Lucca" in the category Fruity Intense.
The romantic restaurant in Tuscany is the ideal scenery for the tasting of our products, but also for degustations at Fattoria Montechiari, Villa Baldaccini and Tenuta di Valgiano.
It is possible to organize guided visits to the olive oil mill, and it is also possible to buy 0,5 or 0,75 oil bottles, deliverable in Italy and Europe.
During Novembers you can have a delicious meal with a very special menu enhanced by this unique ingredient.
The wine tastings in Lucca are one of the activities not to be missed, we organise it in our property, proud to show the great and historical tradition of Lucca wines.
Our territories produce very high level products, celebrated with prizes and awards and listed on the wine list of famous restaurants abroad, such us Maccioni's "Circus" in Manhattan.
Rosso, Sangiovese, Merlot, Bianco, Vermentino, Sauvignon, Vin Santo, are some of the prides of this area, mentioned in Veronelli, Bolaffi, Dallas collections.
The Tuscany restaurant for cerimonies is the perfect scenery for an high quality food and wine experience, with a winery that has the best local and national wines.
The classes, can be organised both for big and small groups, and will be flavoured with our extra virgin olive oil seasoned bruschette.
The degustations in Lucca will continue along the Street of Wine, with Tenuta Valgiano, Fattoria Montechiari and Colle Verde, Terre del Sillabo and Sardi Giustiniani cellars.


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Q: How to bind a controller to dynamically added HTML? I am inject html inputs from the controller and I am trying to bind the scope variables but its not working.
Here is my code
HTML :

       {{user}}

CSS :
var app = angular.module('app',[]);
var addHTML = function ($scope,$sce) {
     $scope.user = {};
     $scope.user.someVariable = "";

    //inject some html
    $scope.html = '<input type="text" ng-model="user.someVariable">';
    $scope.trustedHtml = $sce.trustAsHtml($scope.html);

};

You can find it on the fiddle here : http://jsbin.com/miluguni/1/watch?html,js,output

When typing in the input the scope variables isn't changed.

A: ngBindHtml directive does not $compile templates, it only inserts the template to the DOM.
I copied ngBindHtml ( source code ) and added $compile to it
new Directive:
app.directive('compileHtml',['$sce', '$parse', '$compile',
  function($sce, $parse, $compile){
  return {
    link: function(scope,element,attr){
      var parsed = $parse(attr.compileHtml);
      function getStringValue() { return (parsed(scope) || '').toString(); }
      scope.$watch(getStringValue, function (value) {
        var el = $compile($sce.getTrustedHtml(parsed(scope)) || '')(scope);
        element.empty();
        element.append(el);
      });
    }
  };
}]);

Template:

Here is a demo : http://jsbin.com/miluguni/3/edit


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A President Misjudges His Audience
Whenever a major political event occurs or news story breaks, it's only a matter of time before political commentators shift from a discussion of the topic itself to predictions about its "political" implications—by which they usually mean its presumed effect on the attitudes of the typical American voter. "It's true that all of Washington is obsessed today with [a new international treaty / a congressional budget agreement / a missile test launch by a band of Nova Scotian separatists]," they'll ask each other, "but do you really think this issue is important to the average [factory worker in Ohio / factory worker in Michigan / factory worker in Indiana]?"
Accusations that the political media devote too much attention to poll-driven "horse race" journalism and not enough to the substance of policy are neither new nor entirely invalid. But the political implications of current events are hardly irrelevant or frivolous subjects of analysis—after all, how can Americans understand their political system without understanding politics? Neither "substantive" nor "political" coverage should be produced, or consumed, to the exclusion of the other—we need plenty of both to be properly informed about what's going on in the world.
The real problem with "political" analysis is that it is too often restricted to dissecting the results of past polls or speculating about the results of future polls. In truth, the subject of politics encompasses much more than the collective opinion of the mass public at any given moment. If we insist on judging the importance of political events through the narrow lens of whether or not they cause immediate, measurable shifts in citizen attitudes, we often risk missing the real story.
As you may have heard, President Trump held a long and contentious press conference yesterday that left the press with a lot to chew on—not least because journalists themselves were primary targets of Trump's anger and sarcastic contempt. One instinctive response to such a development is to engage in extensive debate about whether or not the average voter, or even the average Trump supporter, will feel more or less warmly toward Trump because of his behavior on Thursday. Did Trump hurt himself in the eyes of John and Jane Q. Public by his blustery performance? Did smacking around the press instead merely endear him further to the denizens of middle America who installed him in the presidency? Or do "real people" (a Washington phrase that, even though it is usually used half-seriously, still contains an off-putting element of unwitting condescension) not care either way, because they have other things to occupy their attention?
But this reflexive how-does-it-play-in-Peoria mentality misses the true story, at least in the present case. Over the past four weeks, a pivotal class of political actors both in this country and around the world has rapidly converged on the belief that the Trump administration is a terrible mess in nearly every conceivable respect. Members of Congress (of both parties), interest group leaders, bureaucrats, federal judges, media figures, foreign leaders, and even top staffers (and would-be staffers) within the White House itself are by all accounts agape with disbelief at this state of affairs, which has no remote parallel in the modern history of the nation.
Trump apparently wished to dispel this conclusion on Thursday, but his antics only reduced his stature still further in what turned out to be a serious political miscalculation. (The New York Times reported that the press conference was Trump's own idea, overruling the well-founded misgivings of his advisors—or at least that's what the advisors ran to tell the Times after it was over.) Trump may not believe that he needs to care about whether or not other political elites—a term I use descriptively rather than pejoratively—view him as competent, trustworthy, honest, patient, strategically acute, or mentally well-balanced. Or maybe he does care, but has no idea how to conduct himself in order to create such an impression.
Either way, the political implications of the press conference have little to do with whatever slight or temporary effect it might or might not have on the president's public approval rating. The most important audience for Trump's appearance was the highly observant set of other influential political figures whose trust and cooperation is essential to the success of any administration, but who have grown increasingly uneasy over the course of the past month. Even if nobody else watched or cared, the president was making a fool of himself before a powerful group of people with considerable capacity to frustrate his policy ambitions and damage his political standing. When even the Kremlin is beginning to waver in its enthusiasm, it's time to wonder how many governing allies the new president will manage to maintain during his time in office.
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The Huawei Ascend Y300 II is very similar to the Android-based Ascend Y300 device, except that it runs Firefox OS 1.1 instead of Google Android.
The Huawei Ascend Y300 II is available through standard retail channels.
The device's system image is locked, so you can only update the software when the network operator releases an OTA update. The device system image is based on Firefox OS 1.1.


"Dare to win - and to fight every day to become that little bit better."
Born on the 29th December 1975, Teresa Perales Fernandez enjoyed practicing Karate in her youth, but had never participated in swimming before a neurological disease affected her lower extremities at the age of 19.
But it was during a summer vacation where Terersa first started to familarise herself with the sport of swimming - "The water provided me with the freedom that sometimes you can lose through a disability. The best thing about swimming is that almost anyone can practice it. It also helps you to float and breathe in a co-ordinated manner. From the very beginning I realised I was quite good at it". Upon returning home, Teresa decided to join a swimming club. Catching the attention of one of the coaches, he considered Teresa's ability as a 'rough diamond that we need to polish' - and so her professional training began.
"When I started, I didn't have any idea what to do, much less without my mobility or feeling in my legs. But gradually, almost from the beginning, I noticed that I was good in the water. I tried doing a lap and noticed the time I achieved it in was very fast. I was then really lucky to fall into the hands of a great coach - and together we achieved great goals".
Attending her first World Championships in Spain, Teresa's immediately took to the competition aspect of the sport, "The competition, the versatility of the challenges and the atmosphere amongst the athletes - that's what I love the most. Plus the feeling of floating, trying to dominate a medium that's not natural for humans to be in". With numerous wins at the World, European and Paralympic Championships since - and setting 5 world records in the process - Teresa hasn't looked back since. "I always go into competitions with a lot of ambition. I want to win all the events that I participate in. I like to dream big and believe anything is possible".
With a degree in Physiotherapy, Teresa also enjoys encouraging the next generation of disabled athletes through motivational speaking and seminars - "Swimming is an excellent way of teaching values. I've always participated in sport, even before my injury. It's strengthened me a lot as a person and helped me to understand the difference between losing and winning. Losing is not daring to give up, whilst not momentarily getting what you're pursuing. But it's also taught me to dare to win - and to fight every day to become that little bit better. Anything is possible when you commit to seriously achieving it".
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[App_rpt-users] Fw: 1750Hz tone burst sequence (rxburstfreq)?
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Sorry for the first html mail!
very thanks for the development of the app_rpt module, and these mailing list. If one is interested in hamradio and linux this is a good way to build a repeater.
I have to manage a repeater with echolink in Germany and I would like to use the app_rpt because there are many possibilities with this software.
Here we use the 1750Hz tone burst to open the repeater for any time. After  sending the tone burst, the repeater has to go in squelch only mode for some time and then falling back in tone burst opening mode.
Is there a possibility to put the repeater after sending the first tone burst in squelch only mode for some time (a new time parameter?). This is this sequence, that we use at the most German repeaters.


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Reading As Punishment
Nick Moran June 27, 2012 | 4
First a judge ordered a man to write a book report, and now Brazil is offering inmates sentence reductions for every book they read. When did reading shift from pleasure to punishment?
Wednesday Links
Editor December 12, 2006 | 1
Some very cool Hunter S. Thompson photography showing now at an LA gallery. The show coincides with a pricey new "collector's edition" book that "presents a rare look into the life of Thompson." (via)Another most literate cities list has arrived. In 2006, Seattle wins, with Minneapolis second. My hometown Washington, DC, is tied for third and LA, where I lived when I started this blog, is eighth. The last two cities I've lived in, Chicago (39th) and, now, Philadelphia (tied for 33rd), fail to crack the top ten. Not sure what conclusions I can draw about that, but USA Today draws its own conclusions in an article about the list.Somebody gets into Gwenda's garbage, her papers fly everywhere, and before you know it, she's cought in a "indie movie scene wrought with ironic symbolism." Brilliant.Lesser-Known Editing and Proofreading Marks. Also Brilliant. (via Languagehat)On a more serious note, Tim O'Reilly explains why the book search efforts of Google, et al, are broken. The problem is that we must search in Google's (or Yahoo's) walled garden. There is no way to search across all of the books that have been digitized, which is very much at odds with our experience on the Web, where we can search everything at once.
Roger Angell on the Triple Play
Nick Moran April 20, 2014
The Man and His Image
Bruna Dantas Lobato June 7, 2016
Recommended Reading: Can we separate Knausgaard the writer from Knausgaard the narrator?
New Release Day Continued
C. Max Magee March 9, 2011 | 1
A couple more big name books out in paperback this week: David Mitchell's The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet and Next by James Hynes. (Thanks, Dan)
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Meredith Ann Rutter says:
Wow – not punishment but rehabilitation of the highest order!
I have to agree with Meredith. Being rewarded for doing something doesn't really sound like punishment. Rather it sounds more like a reward for putting real effort into their own rehabilitation.
Sounds like a fabulous idea to me. Wouldn't reading & writing book reports be a great alternative to solitary confinement?
I don't see the sentence reduction as a punishment, but as an inducement to better themselves.
Best of Full Stop
Nick Moran January 4, 2012
Good News, Grammarians!
Alison Baverstock takes a wide eye look at ten ways self-publishing has changed the book world. One item of note? "The copy editor, a traditionally marginalised figure, is now in strong demand."
Thom Beckwith March 11, 2013
"A must-read for: anyone who has grappled with mood disorders/And: anyone interested in the nature of creativity/And: anyone interested in insightful stories told with honesty, pathos, and wit." On Ellen Forney's Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michaelangelo & Me.
General Spring Feelings
Brian Etling September 26, 2015
"Welty and Millar struck up an epistolary friendship that endured until his death in 1983, exchanging some 345 letters. Even after the onset of Alzheimer's disease left Millar unable to reply, Welty wrote him." On the enduring friendship and almost-romance of Eudora Welty and Ross MacDonald from The Paris Review.
Brian Etling


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https://www.nhregister.com/connecticut/article/5-Connecticut-nursing-homes-fined-after-11328284.php
5 Connecticut nursing homes fined after resident's death, care lapses
By Kate Farrish Conn. Health I-Team Writer
Connecticut Health Investigative Team
Photo: Journal Register Co.
State health officials have fined five nursing homes at least $1,500 each in connection with residents who were abused or injured and one who died in July after being outside in sweltering heat for hours.
On Aug. 10, Gardner Heights Health Care Center in Shelton was fined $3,000 in connection with a resident who died after being outside in a garden for more than three hours on July 27 in 95-degree weather, according to the state Department of Public Health (DPH) citation.
The resident, who frequently sat in the garden, was in good condition at 2:30 p.m. that day but at 5 p.m., was found to be unresponsive and died about 40 minutes later, the citation said. A review of video at the home could not substantiate that the resident had been checked by staff between 2:30 and 5 p.m., the citation said.
Ann Collette, a spokeswoman for Apple Rehab, which owns Gardner Heights, said the company cares for more than 10,000 patients a year and takes all incidents seriously and investigates them fully.
"All patients who enjoy independent activities are evaluated and care [is] planned for accordingly," she said. "We are deeply saddened by the loss of our patient and have closely investigated the incident."
On Aug. 5, another Apple home, Watrous Nursing Center in Madison, was fined $2,130 in connection with a nurse's aide who held down a resident's hands on June 6 when the resident was combative, the citation said.
The resident, who reported being afraid of the aide, was bruised on the hands and wrists, the citation said. The aide was fired after the physical abuse was substantiated, the citation said.
Collette said Apple maintains a zero-tolerance policy for abuse.
"The care, safety and preservation of dignity are our primary focus," she said. "All staff (at Watrous) received one-to-one education regarding our abuse policy and were required to sign off that they understood the policy and the ramifications for failure to comply."
A third Apple home, Orchard Grove Specialty Care Center in the Uncasville section of Montville, was fined $1,740 on June 23 in connection with a resident who slid off a shower chair Jan. 13 and broke a hip.
DPH's citation said an official at the home concluded that a nurse's aide should have used a shower chair with foot supports and a seat belt.
Collette said all of the Apple homes have strict fall prevention programs.
"Policies and practices regarding fall prevention were reviewed (at Orchard Grove) and in-service education was administered to staff on all shifts," she said.
On July 8, Talmadge Park Health Care of East Haven was fined $2,230 in connection with a resident who was cut on the head during a fall from a mechanical lift July 24, 2015, DPH's citation said.
The home's investigation found that two nurse's aides should not have had a bed in its lowest position when moving the resident onto the bed from a wheelchair, the citation said. The aides also should have reported to a nurse that the resident was restless before the transfer was attempted, the citation said. The aides were retrained on making transfers with a lift.
The home was also cited in connection with a resident who was hospitalized after being fed 800 milliliters of nutrients through a tube instead of the 150 milliliters that a doctor had ordered, the citation said. The home found that a licensed practical nurse had connected the feeding tube incorrectly, the citation said.
Administrator Ted Vinci said the home has provided additional training for its staff. He added, "The facility strives to provide quality care to its residents and has taken appropriate disciplinary actions."
RegalCare Prospect was fined $1,530 on July 18 in connection with a resident who fell from a wheelchair and broke a hip on June 4, the citation said.
Staff at the home failed to document that an assessment had been done of the resident before footrests were removed from the resident's wheelchair, the citation said.
RegalCare's administrator could not be reached for comment.
This story was reported under a partnership with the Connecticut Health I-Team (www.c-hit.org).


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HighTide Theatre started life in a London private members' club. It was the summer of 2007, and I had been invited there to be interviewed by one of the producers of the inaugural HighTide Festival of new short plays.
I travelled to London from Hull, having been made redundant from my job as Hull Truck's literary manager. I was 23 years old and tied to a flat rental contract in Hull. I had no savings, needed to earn a living and had nothing to lose.
The person I met was as alien to me as the club we met in, and they sounded as posh as they looked. It takes a special confidence to advertise a job in the Guardian with no salary in a company that doesn't exist, but the producer had what I later recognised as the preternatural confidence of someone who had learned how to succeed.
This was the first time I'd consciously met a young Oxbridge graduate and, through then working together, I observed up close how the privileged operate. They knew how to doggedly pursue influential people, to control conversations and enlist others; to flatter, flirt and charm.
I've since met many actors, directors, writers, producers and administrators who graduated from other elite universities, including Newcastle and Edinburgh, who also have these abilities. They come in all the forms of diversity that employers now rightly monitor. Many are also talented artists. But privilege cuts like a knife right through the differences we're currently alert to.
On occasion, a young white male has confided to me that their generation is on the sharp end of a quick change, and this is unfair. But fears of this being a hard time to be white and male just aren't being borne out – crucially, there remain variations of all-white males in public life. It's just now, finally, that more space is being made alongside them for others.
Representation really matters to me because I want theatre to be part of as many people's lives as possible. Recently, after a performance of Nine Night at the National Theatre, the audience member beside me turned and thanked me for coming. She wasn't working on the show, but, as dual-heritage British Jamaican, she thanked me for sharing in aspects of her story. The producer that starts a West End theatre dedicated to staging Bollywood musicals will be as successful as Cameron Mackintosh. The growing diversity in Britain's population should be seen as an opportunity to renew and widen the audiences for theatre.
HighTide became strongly supported very quickly, and in this respect resembled a privileged company. I believe that support was harnessed effectively and put to good use, championing new, diverse artists and increasingly working with communities without access to professional theatre.
But my feelings about my own class and privilege trouble me. I'm now irrefutably part of the theatre establishment, having run HighTide for 11 years. I've learnt a lot through observing those who experienced independent schools and the elite universities, and I've adopted their tactics that I recognised as positive and effective.
I continue to expect to meet emerging artists and administrators from a similar background to my own, but this isn't happening in anywhere near as demonstrable a way as those with the diversities that employers and funders are recording and prioritising. I don't believe that we can't categorise class. We can self-categorise. The issue is that we choose to turn a blind eye because it's convenient to hide how many artists benefited from privilege. Instead we're choosing to highlight our other diversities. But only when people from all backgrounds can afford to become, and sustain themselves as, artists can the industry be representative.
I've shared what I've called #MyStory on my Twitter account. The contents of the tweet are: #BornLiverpool1984 #FatherMilkman #MotherCareworker #ComprehensiveSchool #UniversityReading.
I, like many others, bristle at the suggestion that my life is defined by my past. But it's irrefutable that the opportunities we have growing up shape our world view. And if we're to understand the prisms through which artists reflect their worlds, then we need artists to share their stories. A birthplace, date, parents' professions, school and universities don't give a full picture, but they're still illuminating.
I won't advocate any #MyStory as being more or less virtuous than another. I hope that people will take up the hashtag and do it themselves, engage and be forthcoming, and then we will start to see some looming gaps if enough people care to look.
Surely the primary function of investing public funds in culture is to enable positive change. If Arts Council England and the other UK funding bodies devised categories to record privilege and class, and made it a condition of national portfolio organisation and project funding that this information be submitted on all artists and participants involved in funded projects, we would have the beginnings of a comprehensive picture of those who engage in culture. Then funding could be targeted at the gaps. This is how diversity is currently recorded, but class and privilege is currently not part of the reporting.
For this to work requires self-assessment and transparency. We must not be afraid of revealing what we know or suspect to be privileges. Excellent art will continue to be made by elite, university-educated sons of investment bankers. What we as a sector, and Arts Council England as the financier of change, need to be able to spot is where the gaps are and take the barrier of affordability away.
It's astonishing to think that money, which is such a universal concern, has fallen off the diversity agenda. It can't be allowed to again, because not having access to money is the biggest single barrier to being an artist.
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/**
 * a point light emits rays in all directions.

 * the position is inherent from absolute transformation of its container.

 * useful in simulating a light bulb.

 *

 * when calculating a light's contribution to the illumination of a vertex, that light's color is multiplied a polynomial function of distance.

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 *

 *    d = distance from light to vertex position
 *    c = constant attenuation
 *    l = linear attenuation
 *    q = quadratic attenuation
 *
 *                              1
 *    attenuation factor = ------------
 *                         c + ld + qdd
 *

 * note: the default values of ( constant=1, linear=0, quadratic=0 ) reduce the attenuation factor to 1.
 *
 * @author Dennis Cosgrove
 */
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	public static final Property LINEAR_ATTENUATION_PROPERTY = new Property( PointLight.class, "LINEAR_ATTENUATION" );
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	private double m_constantAttenuation = 1;
	private double m_linearAttenuation = 0;
	private double m_quadraticAttenuation = 0;
	/**
	 * @see #setConstantAttenuation
	 */
	public double getConstantAttenuation() {
		return m_constantAttenuation;
	}
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	 *
	 * @param constantAttenuation (default: 1)
	 * @see #getConstantAttenuation
	 * @see #setLinearAttenuation
	 * @see #setQuadraticAttenuation
	 */
	public void setConstantAttenuation( double constantAttenuation ) {
		if( m_constantAttenuation != constantAttenuation ) {
			m_constantAttenuation = constantAttenuation;
			onPropertyChange( CONSTANT_ATTENUATION_PROPERTY );
		}
	}
	/**
	 * @see #setLinearAttenuation
	 */
	public double getLinearAttenuation() {
		return m_linearAttenuation;
	}
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	 * sets the linear attenuation(kl) of the contribution factor ( 1 / ( kc + kl*d + kq*d*d ) ).
	 *
	 * @param linearAttenuation (default: 0)
	 * @see #getLinearAttenuation
	 * @see #setConstantAttenuation
	 * @see #setQuadraticAttenuation
	 */
	public void setLinearAttenuation( double linearAttenuation ) {
		if( m_linearAttenuation != linearAttenuation ) {
			m_linearAttenuation = linearAttenuation;
			onPropertyChange( LINEAR_ATTENUATION_PROPERTY );
		}
	}
	/**
	 * @see #setQuadraticAttenuation
	 */
	public double getQuadraticAttenuation() {
		return m_quadraticAttenuation;
	}
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	 *
	 * @param quadraticAttenuation (default: 0)
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	 * @see #setConstantAttenuation
	 * @see #setLinearAttenuation
	 */
	public void setQuadraticAttenuation( double quadraticAttenuation ) {
		if( m_quadraticAttenuation != quadraticAttenuation ) {
			m_quadraticAttenuation = quadraticAttenuation;
			onPropertyChange( QUADRATIC_ATTENUATION_PROPERTY );
		}
	}
}

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AnthiaZammit Legal / Publications / American Pharmaceutical Companies See Malta as Providing Cost-Effective Base for Overseas Operations
American Pharmaceutical Companies See Malta as Providing Cost-Effective Base for Overseas Operations
January 13, 2012 Anthia ZammitPublications
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Malta, the Mediterranean island-state, is one of the most stable economies not only in the Eurozone but possibly in the world, sustaining its prosperity in difficult times through a steady policy of fiscal conservatism and the twin blessings of booming tourism and a healthyindustrial base.
Details about the country and its business-friendly environment were provided to industry executives at a Pharmaceutical Symposium that was organised in New York City last week by the Embassy of Malta in the US and Malta Enterprise, the Malta Government's arm for trade and investment promotion.
Ambassador Saviour Borg, Malta's Permanent Representative at the UN, provided a general overview of the country and briefly touched on the excellent relations between Malta and the US.
John Mizzi, Malta Enterprise's Regional Leader for the US and the Senior Commercial Attaché at the Embassy of Malta in New York, emphasized "Malta has a competitive edge in attracting American pharmaceutical companies because we have a fully trained, English-speaking labor pool and a Pharmaceuticals curriculum at the University of Malta."
Participants at the event also heard first hand testimony from Mark Rosenbaum, the GM at Watson Pharmaceuticals' Malta manufacturing facility, and Greg Groenke, SVP and GM, Environmental Technologies, Cardinal Health, which also operates a highly successful plant in Malta.
"Watson's Malta operation is a big financial success. Corporate tax is very competitive, effectively amounting to just 5% which in some cases can be lowered even to zero. Additionally, Malta is far lower risk than operating in Asia, where language and culture can be a problem. It's a win-win situation in Malta," said Rosenbaum.
Groenke added "the fully-outfitted Freeport complements Malta's strategic location at the geometric center of mature markets in Europe as well as emerging markets in Africa and the Middle East, thereby making it easy for American companies to access other key markets from Malta."
Anthia Zammit, a lawyer specializing in pharmaceutical law, outlined incentives for pharmaceutical companies, particularly concerning R&D, and the beneficial tax optimization packages available to companies registered in Malta.
Front row, from left to right: H.E. Mr. Saviour F. Borg, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Malta to the United Nations in New York; Anthia Zammit who specializes in pharmaceutical law in Malta. Back row, from left to right: Mark Rosenbaum, GM for Watson Pharmaceuticals Malta operation; Greg Groenke, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Environmental Technologies, Cardinal Health; John Mizzi, Malta Enterprise's Regional Leader for the US and the Senior Commercial Attache at the Embassy of Malta.(Photo: Business Wire)
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        }

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    }

    if ($AddHtmlActionRow) {
        #TODO
    }

    return $AnalyzedInformation
}


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How are teachers doing?
By Samuel WheelerThe Bethel Citizen
Second grader Helen DeMaio working on an assignment from the comfort of her home. submitted photo
BETHEL — The outbreak of COVID-19 has forced everyone to make adjustments to their everyday lives. Perhaps one of the more challenging transitions has been for our local teachers, who are now practicing remote learning as a way to continue to educate area youth. With everything being online for the time being, teachers have explored new ways to keep their students focused during these trying times. Following are how some MSAD 44 teachers are dealing with the new setup.
"Teachers in our district have done an amazing job of transitioning to an online platform. I have had close to full attendance at many of my Zoom sessions. Families and students are working hard from home. I am impressed with their dedication to working with teachers to support their child's learning," Second Grade Teacher at Crescent Park School, Alice Lee, said.
With keeping students focused a primary concern of many teachers, Lee starts off a "Zoom session" by allowing her students to talk with other friends through the app before class starts. Lee has used websites like BrainPOP Jr., Scholastic News, Mystery Doug and Go2Science as tools to help teach her class.
To see if her students have a strong grasp on the concept, students have been using Kahoot, an online learning site where students can take multiple choice quizzes. IXL is another learning platform students have used, which can teach students an array of subjects. Lee has also been using Flipgrid, which gives teachers the opportunity to set up online discussion boards with students.
"The only other thing you should know is that teachers are working around the clock to support their students and families," Lee said. The teachers I have talked with are putting in more hours than ever to make this work. We are a dedicated and hard-working group of educators. In addition, families are stepping up to the challenge of juggling things on the home front. Our community is amazing."
Teacher and Librarian Kelley Fraser said one of the biggest challenges of working around the COVID-19 pandemic is that she has not been able to meet with her students in person, so they do not have an understanding of her expectations and routines.
Fraser never had the opportunity to meet with the new group of students before the new trimester started (school closed right before the start).
She noted that all of her students have checked in with her since the start of the trimester, though.
Fraser has provided free online resources for her students through the SAD 44 website, including databases, online non-fiction books, newspapers, and the Digital Download Library.
She has been using Google Classroom to reach her students, a service she has used in the past and has found to be helpful. Google Classroom allows Fraser to monitor all of her students' work, and she can also do her grading there too.
She said it's also been helpful to email her students and their parents. With the number of emails students receive increasing at a high rate due to the remote learning set up, Fraser is planning on teaching the students more about emailing and Gmail soon.
This week her students did a project on Code.org, which gives students the chance to learn more about computer science.
Last Wednesday, Fraser had a Zoom meeting with her students to see how they're doing and to hear of any problems. Students have access to their teachers from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., except on Wednesdays when the schedule is a bit different to accommodate parent schedules, according to Fraser.
"My colleagues are doing a great job responding to the whole student and not just their academic needs. I am proud to be working with such an amazing bunch," she said.
"There are so many levels to the impact of school closures (emotionally, technologically, meeting basic needs, finding best ways to collaborate with colleagues, contact with students and parents). The adjustment is ongoing and it's pretty exhausting, quite frankly," Dean of Telstar Middle School, Lindsay Luetje said. Luetje also teaches an eighth grade public speaking course.
The school is in its fourth week of distance learning.
"I think the biggest challenges that remote learning presents is that as teachers, we rely on the contact with our kids in order to drive our instruction. Being able to read their body language, respond to questions in real time and convey our enthusiasm for our subject areas and for their learning is nearly impossible to do remotely," Luetje said.
Luetje explained that the other challenge is that remote learning has created a barrier between the bond teachers feel with students and other staff.
"This is the time of year when we should be capitalizing on our investments and when kids really start to turn corners, open up, show vulnerability and take risks. As a result of feeling so supported, we usually see impressive growth–light bulbs turn on, things start to click and kids share a real sense of change when they reflect about their learning," Luetje said.
Perhaps another concern with remote learning has been student attendance. Luetje said that a "solid" 50 percent of students have been active participants in online classes, completing their work and making contact with their teachers on a weekly basis. Another 20 percent of students have been doing some of the work, and participating when they can. Luetje said the school has compiled a list of students who they have had trouble getting responses from. They have reached by phone, email and other forms of messaging, but have not gotten any answers.
"Myself and the our amazing staff of social workers and other support staff are double down our efforts with these families to first and foremost, make sure that their basic needs are met: food, safety, health, as well as helping with wifi connectivity, and helping them makes sense of all the digital content," Luetje said. "It's all rather overwhelming and can be tricky to navigate, and that's without having the stressors of loss of income, feeling isolated from friends and family. So we understand why it's difficult for many students and families right now."
"Our teachers are working so hard to meet the needs of their students. Everything we are doing truly has the best interest of kids in mind," she added. "Whatever our students can work on and accomplish is something to be celebrated. We know that kids are in all different places right now (physically, mentally and emotionally). We want them to ask for help, and parents too, just give it their best shot."
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Lincoln Drive Expansion to Close Entrance/Exit Starting March 14
Beginning March 14 and continuing through June 2022, the Lincoln Drive entrance/exit at Old Georgetown Road will be closed for major construction to widen and improve the intersection. Once complete, Lincoln Drive will have two lanes of incoming and exiting traffic, improved pedestrian safety, and other safety, security and egress enhancements to expedite traffic flow in both directions. The closure of Center Drive at Old Georgetown Road will not occur until Lincoln Drive is re-opened.
To view a rendering of what the new intersection will look like when complete, visit: https://go.usa.gov/xzBGc.
While Lincoln Drive is closed, the hours of operation for South Drive at Old Georgetown Road will be expanded to Monday – Friday, 6am – 7pm for inbound and outbound traffic. For a complete list of the hours of operation for all entrances/exits, please visit the NIH Employee Access Map at: https://ors.od.nih.gov/maps/Pages/Employee-Access-Map.aspx.
During construction, the pedestrian portal at Lincoln Drive will also need to be temporarily closed. Once closed, we ask staff to use the pedestrian entrance at South Drive and Old Georgetown Road or the portal located in the Battery Lane neighborhood as an alternative.
The Lincoln Drive improvements are part of the NIH Building for All campaign (https://buildingforall.nih.gov), a joint effort of the Office of Research Services and the Office of Research Facilities. To date, these mitigation strategies to address traffic and parking issues also include:
* Addition of Express Shuttle from Lots 41 & 42 to Building 10
* Changes to the MLP-9/ACRF (P-2/P-3) parking garages
* Converting Lot 4A to valet parking
The Building for All campaign was launched in response to major construction projects on the northwest portion of the Bethesda campus beginning in early to mid-2022, including a:
* 5-story addition to the Vaccine Research Center
* New MLP-14 Patient/Patient Visitor Parking Garage and Utility Vault
* 9-story Surgery, Radiology and Laboratory Medicine (SRLM) wing of the hospital.
The NIH recognizes and appreciates the considerable adjustments staff are making as we undertake these major, critical improvements to our research capabilities, patient experience and hospital operations. Mitigation strategies aimed at reducing congestion and distributing parking were based on expert traffic modeling and other data-based decision-making.
Additional information about upcoming changes, including suggestions on where to park and enter campus based on where you live and work and the most up-to-date information to the NIH campus related to parking, traffic and associated construction are available at the NIH Traffic website: https://traffic.nih.gov.
For construction-related questions, use the ORF Response mailbox (orfresponse@mail.nih.gov). For traffic/parking/access questions, use the ORS Information Line at orsinfo@mail.nih.gov or 301-594-6677.
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