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Real March Madness as Lions and Tigers and Bears Face Threats
PHOTO: Droughts driven by climate change are already threatening the reproductive health of ocelots and sea level rise is expected to wipe out some of the ocelot's coastal habitat. Photo credit: Mike Fisher
AUSTIN, Texas – As fans across Texas get ready to root on their favorite teams for March Madness, new research shows mascot namesakes, such as lions and tigers and bears, are facing real threats from climate change.
Doug Inkley, a senior scientist with the National Wildlife Federation, says NWF researchers found that the trend to more weather extremes is having a negative impact on critical habitat.
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In addition to developing clean energy and reducing carbon pollution, Inkley stresses a third part of the solution is to make sure that climate change is taken into account when it comes to wildlife and natural resource management.
Among the wildlife mascots featured prominently in the report are bears.
And as fans of the Baylor Bears watch to see if they'll make the big dance, Inkley says bears in the wild have been left desperately hungry by the consequences of climate change, including drought.
"Climate change is pushing these species to the edge of their ability to survive, and they're forced into human areas to find food," he says. "It puts these bears at much greater risk."
The study also details the impact on wild cats, which are losing ground to climate change.
That includes the ocelot, which used to roam statewide and in states to the east, but in the U.S. are now only found in extreme southern Texas.
John Michaelson, Public News Service - TX


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Annals of King Edward Medical University
Evaluation of the Treatment of Frozen Shoulder by Hydraulic Distention Under
Shakeel Khan Ghauri
Muhammad Aftab Anwar
Asif Hanif
Muhammad Akram
https://doi.org/10.21649/akemu.v15i1.28
Objective: To evaluate the result of treatment of frozen shoulder by Hydraulic Distention under local anesthesia with steroid
and intra-articular steroid alone.
Study Design: It was a prospective and comparative study.
Samples size: 60 patients were taken in this study and were divided into two groups.
Duration and Setting: The study was conducted in 2000 - 2001 treated in the department of Orthopaedic, Mayo Hospital
Lahore.
Methodology: The patients were divided into two groups. Group-I were treated by hydraulic distension of glenohumeral
joint with 50 ml normal saline under local anesthesia with steroid followed by medicines (oral analgesics and muscle
relaxants) and exercises. Patients in group-II were treated by intra-articular steroid followed by medicines (oral analgesics
and muscle relaxants) and exercises.
Results: The average age of patients in group I was 52 ± 2.16 years and 50 ± 2.03 in group II. There were 37 (63%) females
and 22 (37%) males in our study. Female to male ratio was 1.7:1. All patients in group-I noted immediate pain relief with
excellent return of range of motion (ROM) and resumption of normal sleep. At the end of 45 days of follow up all patients
had returned to their normal daily activities. Most of them got excellent ROM and pain relief. All patients in group-II noted
immediate pain relief and resumption of almost normal sleep. At the end of 45 days of follow up most of the patient
presented with good relief of pain but could not return to most of their normal activities because of less improvement in
ROM.
Conclusions: Hydraulic distension technique is a quick, safe and gives early results, so it should be considered first for the
treatment of frozen shoulder.
Key Words: Frozen Shoulder, Hydrologic Distention, Intra articular steroid.
Ghauri, S. K., Anwar, M. A., Hanif, A., & Akram, M. (2010). Evaluation of the Treatment of Frozen Shoulder by Hydraulic Distention Under. Annals of King Edward Medical University, 15(1), 31. https://doi.org/10.21649/akemu.v15i1.28
This is an open-access journal and all the published articles / items are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. For comments publications@kemu.edu.pk
Muhammad Faheem Afzal, Amna Shafiq, Muhammad Naeem Afzal, Akmal Laeeq Chishti, Asif Hanif, Knowledge and Perception of Hand Hygiene among House Officers in a Tertiary Health Care Centre in Punjab, Pakistan , Annals of King Edward Medical University: Vol. 22 No. 3 (2016): AKEMU
Asif Hanif, Asim Butt, Syed Muhammad Awais, Importance and Understanding of Bio-Statistics among Post Graduate Students at King Edward Medical University Lahore - Pakistan , Annals of King Edward Medical University: Vol. 15 No. 3 (2009)
Nudrat Rashid, Asif Hanif, Samia Malik, Incidence of Fetal Distress in 6 Hourly Vaginally Administered 3 Doses, of Misoprostol Versus Dinoprostone for Labour Induction: A Comparative Study , Annals of King Edward Medical University: Vol. 19 No. 3 (2013)
Muhammad Akram, Abdul Latif Sami, Rana Muhammad Arshad, Asif Hanif, Posterior Approach for Intra-Articular Steroid Injection for Shoulder Arthropathy and Subacromial Impingement Syndrome: Simple Techniques , Annals of King Edward Medical University: Vol. 16 No. 2 (2010)
Rabia Wajid, Saira Bashir, Asif Hanif, Treatment Outcome of Adherent Placenta: An Experience at Tertiary Care Hospital , Annals of King Edward Medical University: Vol. 23 No. 1 (2017): AKEMU
Abdul Latif Sami, Asif Hanif, Syed Muhammad Awais, Causes of Failure of Conservative Treatment of Club Foot , Annals of King Edward Medical University: Vol. 16 No. 1 (2010)
Abdul Latif Sami, Asif Hanif, Faisal Masood, Syed Muhammad Awais, Cross sectional Study of Club Foot at Tertiary Care Hospital , Annals of King Edward Medical University: Vol. 16 No. 1 (2010)
Shahid Ahmed, Tayyba Hassan, Asif Hanif, Effects of Lumbar Stabilization Exercise in Management of Pain and Restoration of Function in Patients with Postero Lateral Disc Herniation , Annals of King Edward Medical University: Vol. 18 No. 2 (2012)
Aisha Farid, Syed Muhammad Javed Iqbal, Asif Hanif, Muhammad Ashraf Sultan, Diagnostic accuracy of Modified Kenneth Jones Scoring Criteria (MKJSC) in confirmed cases of Tuberculosis in children , Annals of King Edward Medical University: Vol. 19 No. 2 (2013)
Mohammad Akram, Syed Muhammad Awais, M Rabiulislam, Asif Hanif, Occupational Hand Injuries Presenting at Accident and Emergency Department / Mayo Hospital Lahore. A Review of Six Months , Annals of King Edward Medical University: Vol. 16 No. 1 SI (2010): Special Issue
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1981 AFC ESCORT CHAMPIONSHIPS
The 1981 AFC series was the second season of national football involving all the VFL, SANFL and WAFL clubs in the same competition, with lower ranked teams advancing through qualifying rounds and earning the right to face the top teams in the main draw.
A total of thirty-four top level clubs from across Australia played 35 matches over five months, with the qualifying rounds held during the pre-season and the main draw held midweek throughout the premiership season.
The 1981 competition was even more heavily-stacked in the VFL's favour with the VFL's top six teams entering directly into the main draw, whereas all 10 SANFL and 8 WAFL teams now had to advance through qualifying (in 1980 the top two clubs from SA and WA bypassed qualifying).
This imbalance resulted in no SANFL or WAFL teams making it to the quarter finals for the first time in the AFC era.
DOUBLE-HEADER
On May 5th the first double-header at VFL Park was played. The opening match was a qualifying play-off between Footscray and the A.C.T. and kicked-off at 6:30pm. This was followed by a Round 3 match between Hawthorn and East Fremantle at 8:30pm.
1981 Grand Final programme (David Eastman collection)
The VFL later trialled the concept twice during the 1986 premiership season at the MCG (Rd.5 Melbourne-Sydney/North Melb.-Geelong and Rd.19 (Melbourne-Geelong/North Melb.-Footscray) and then at Waverley during the 1988 Night Series (Rd.1 Geelong-St Kilda/Hawthorn-Brisbane) before shelving the concept.
ESSENDON'S BREAKTHROUGH
The 1981 series is best remembered for the "Baby Bombers", led by their rookie head coach Kevin Sheedy, overcoming a heavily-favoured Carlton side in the final. Trailing at halftime by 16 points, the Dons piled on 8.9 to 2.5 in the second half to steal the trophy from the Blues' grasp; Essendon's first senior silverware since their 1965 VFL premiership win. Tim Watson's epic leap over a pack followed by a running goal remains this author's fondest memory of the match.
TOURNAMENT FORMAT
The competition again featured 34 teams (all 12 VFL clubs, all 10 SANFL clubs, all 8 WAFL clubs + Tasmania, Queensland, N.S.W. and the A.C.T.) but due to a change in the qualifying format, the number of matches increased from 33 to 35.
Clubs were ranked based on their ladder position in their respective competitions the previous year.
As with the 1980 series, rounds 1 and 2 were qualifying rounds but in 1981 the format was modified so that each of the leagues and state teams split into their own groups for qualifying, competing against each other for the right to advance to the main draw (Round 3). This was intended to reduce travel and increase crowds for the early stages of the competition.
ROUND 1 (QUALIFYING)
Teams 7-12 from the 1980 season:
Essendon (7) d. Fitzroy (12)
Hawthorn (8) d. St Kilda (11)
Melbourne (9) d. Footscray (10)
- Essendon, Hawthorn and Melbourne advanced directly to Rd.3
- Footscray (losing VFL team with best %) advanced to a Rd.2 playoff
against the top State team
- St Kilda and Fitzroy were eliminated
Port Adelaide (1) d. Woodville (10)
Norwood (2) def. by West Adelaide (9)
Sturt (3) def. by North Adelaide (8)
Glenelg (4) def. by South Adelaide (7)
West Torrens (5) def. by Central District (6)
- South Adelaide (winning SANFL team with best %) advanced directly to Rd.3
- Port, West, North and Centrals advanced to Qualifying Rd.2
WAFL
Teams 1-8 from the 1980 season:
South Fremantle (1) def. by Subiaco (8)
Swan Districts (2) def. by East Fremantle (7)
East Perth (3) def. Perth (6)
Claremont (4) def. by West Perth (5)
- the four winning teams advanced to Qualifying Rd.2
STATE TEAMS
All four representative teams:
Tasmania d. Queensland
A.C.T. d. New South Wales
- the two winning teams advanced to Qualifying Rd.2
The teams were re-ranked based on their ladder % after Round 1 of Qualifying (see the Match Reports section below for the ladders)
Central District (2) def. by West Adelaide (5)
North Adelaide (3) def. by Port Adelaide (4)
- West and Port joined South Adelaide in Rd.3
East Fremantle (1) def. by West Perth (4)
East Perth (3) d. Subiaco (4)
- East Perth and West Perth advanced to Rd.3
- East Fremantle also advanced to Rd.3 as the losing WAFL team from Rd.2 with the highest % after both qualifying rounds
(119.47% compared to Subiaco's 94.78%)
STATE TEAMS & VFL
A.C.T. d. Tasmania and advanced to a playoff against the VFL's losing team from Round 1 with the highest % (Footscray).
The match was held at the end of qualifying and Footscray won, advancing to Round 3 and eliminating the A.C.T. from the competition.
ROUND 3 (MAIN DRAW)
The competition became a straight-knockout format at this point and the match-ups were random (in qualifying match-ups had been based on each team's ranking).
Teams 1-6 from the 1980 season (Richmond, Collingwood, Geelong, Carlton, North Melbourne, South Melbourne) joined the competition at this stage.
They were joined by the four VFL teams that survived qualifying (Essendon, Hawthorn, Melbourne, Footscray).
Eight of these 10 VFL teams advanced to the quarter finals.
The three teams that advanced from qualifying (South Adelaide, Port Adelaide, West Adelaide) were all eliminated at this stage.
The three teams that advanced from qualifying (East Perth, West Perth, East Fremantle) were all eliminated at this stage.
QUARTER FINALS / SEMI FINALS / GRAND FINAL
Straight knockout format: all winners advanced and losing teams were eliminated.
Whilst the modified qualifying format had reduced the amount of travel for all teams, the fact that all SANFL and WAFL teams now entered at this stage, while VFL teams 1 to 6 still bypassed qualifying, again tipped the advantage too far in the VFL's favour. The direct result of this was no SANFL or WAFL teams in the quarter finals for the first time in the AFC Night Series era.
16.11 (107)
Claremont Oval, Perth
Sat (D)
Subiaco Oval, Perth
VFL Park, Waverley
Sat (8:40pm)
Sun (D)
Swan Districts
East Perth
Leederville Oval, Perth
Norwood Oval, Adelaide
Mon (6:30pm)
West Torrens
West Adelaide
Tue (6:30pm)
Sturt
South Adelaide
Fri (8:30pm)
Chelmer Oval, Brisbane
Football Park, Canberra
(Phillip Oval)
North Hobart Oval
Tue (6:00pm)*
SEMI FINALS
FIXTURE NOTES
No night series match due to the Easter split-round in the VFL premiership competition
*A double-header played at VFL Park - Footscray v ACT (6pm) followed by Hawthorn v East Fremantle (8:40pm)
(this experiment was later trialled again in the 1988 Night Series when Geel-StK and Haw-Bris played back-to-back at VFL Park)
North Melbourne v Collingwood postponed due to torrential rain (moved to June 16)
Originally Richmond v Carlton (moved to June 9 so NM-Coll could be played on the 16th to avoid a schedule clash for Collingwood)
*Luders and the Cowboy saddle-up - West Adelaide's Roger Luders and Kevin 'Cowboy' Neale, the former St Kilda champion, both had days out during the qualifying rounds.
Luders kicked 8 goals versus Norwood followed by a 7-goal haul a week later against Central District. Neale then starred for the A.C.T., kicking 7 goals in their upset win over Tasmania.
*Leading goalkicker of the series - not surprisingly, both players topped the goalkicking for the series; Luders led all scorers with 19 goals from 3 games, closely followed by Neale on 17 goals from 3 games. Carlton's Peter Bosustow (Carlton) was third with 11 goals from 4 games.
*Big names make their debut - three VFL Premiership-winning coaches of the 1980s made their debuts in the 1981 Night Series.
The opening round match between Essendon and Fitzroy marked the official start of Kevin Sheedy and Robert Walls' senior coaching careers. Sheedy remained in charge of the Bombers until 2007, leading them to flags in 1984-85, 1993 and 2000. Walls coached in all but one-season between 1981 and 1997, spending time at the helm of Fitzroy, Carlton, Brisbane and Richmond and leading Carlton to the 1987 premiership.
Carlton's Wayne Harmes flies high during the Blues' win over Footscray (Escort Championships programme)
Allan Jeans had previously coached St Kilda from 1961 to 1976, the highlight being the Saints' sole VFL premiership (in 1966). The opening round night match between Hawthorn and St Kilda was Jeans' return to coaching at the top level and signalled a return to glory for the Hawks, with Jeans leading them to premierships in 1983, 1986 and 1989. This match was also notable as the VFL-AFL debut of SANFL champion Rick Davies.
*Collingwood massacre the Royals - the biggest blowout win of the 1981 series was Collingwood's 98-point thumping of East Perth. The Royals soon recovered, later playing finals and finishing 4th that season in the WAFL.
*Fixturing fiasco - the quarter final between Collingwood and North Melbourne was originally scheduled for May 26 but was postponed due to torrential rain. June 9 was a vacant date in the Night Series fixture due to the Queen's Birthday split round (June 6/8) in the VFL competition.
However, Collingwood were fixtured to play their split round match on the 8th so a night match on the 9th would result in them playing twice in two days. Richmond and Carlton were playing on the Saturday of the split round (the 6th) so their Night Series match was moved from the 16th to the 9th and the North Melbourne-Collingwood match was moved to the 16th, allowing all teams a three day break between matches.
Such scheduling clashes caused by split rounds or Sunday games in the VFL fixture became an annual headache for AFC officials and ultimately led to the night competition moving to pre-season over the 1987-88 seasons.
Listed below are match reports for all 35 games played during the series. This is the first time these reports have been collated and published online or in print.
Unless otherwise noted the information was sourced from The Age and The Sun News Pictorial newspapers.
Match 1 - Saturday, March 7
BEST PLAYERS:
B. Taylor, Brown, Buckenara, Johns, Begg, Melville
Vigona, Rioli, Monteath, Cronan, Shaw, Morley
GOALKICKERS:
B. Taylor 5, Begg 3, C. Brown 2, Hamilton 2, Melville 2, N. Taylor, Johns
Monteath 4, Carter 2, Vigona, Hardy, Morley, Rioli, Shaw, Cronan
UMPIRES:
Buckey, Ball
CROWD:
Hillier, Holden, Alderton, Watling, Jager, McEvoy
Melville, Moss, Panizza, J. Krakouer, Malaxos, Shaw
Alderton 6, Hillier 2, Watling 2, Bewick, Campbell, Hendriks
J. Krakouer 4, Shaw 2, Malaxos, Ralph, Phillips, Moss, Daniels
Rowe, Powell
S. Madden, Hawker, Foulds, Carman, Eustice, Bennett
Quinlan, Alexander, Wilson, Smith, Serafini, Cox
S. Madden 3, Carman 2, Foulds 2, Buhagiar, Stoneham, Merrett, Crow, Bennett, Eustice
Quinlan 2, Conlan 2, Parish, Cox, Roos
AGE/West Australian
Kevin Sheedy and Robert Walls both made their senior coaching debut in this match.
A practice match between Collingwood and Hawthorn was played as a curtain-raiser - the Magpies won 17.15 (117) to 11.9 (75)
Match 4 - Sunday. March 8
Judge, Peake, Sewell, Carter, Lester-Smith, Ellis
Fitzgerald, Mullooly, Melrose, Richardson, Rance, Neesham
Thomson 4, Judge 3, Sewell 3, Chimmon 3, Sims 2, Kickett 2, Brenton, Lester-Smith, Trott, Peake
Melrose 2, Cransberg, Holmes, True, Richardson, Narkle, Sidebottom, Neesham
Morris, Hearne
East Fremantle's big win gave them the highest % of all WAFL teams in Round 1 of qualifying and virtually assured them a spot in Round 3.
Match 5 - Sunday, March 8
Campbell, Williams, Curtis, Hayes, Michalczyk, Ironmonger
W. Simms, Johnson, Montgomery,Cousins, D. Simms, Dowell
Campbell 4, Hayes 4, Nolan 3, Otway 2, Michalczyk, Curtis, Cox, Ironmonger, Turner, Walsh
D. Simms 4, Montgomery 3, Cousins 3, Johnson 2, Baynes, Collins, W.Simms, Turner
Capes, Phillips
Match 6 - Monday, March 9
Moore, Gillies, Van Dommelle, Cochrane, Ruciack, O'Brien, Krieg, McLay
Hill, Inglis, McSporran, Grambeau, Hanna
Ruciack 5, George 3, Wilson 2, Van Dommelle 2, Kreig, McLay
Johnston 2, Foote 2, Hanna 2, Hank, Hill, Rendell
Kinnear, Argent
First part of a double-header, this game started at 6:30pm.
Giles, Abernethy, Cunningham, Eckermann, Clifford, Boyd
Kersten, Huppatz, Beecroft, Parker, Hounsell, Davis
Boyd 4, Cunningham 2, Evans 2, Clifford 2, Agius 2, Abernethy, Cahill
Beecroft 4, Lukosius 2, Close, Hewitt, Carty, Huppatz
Schofield, Field
Second half of a double-header, this game started at 8:30pm.
Match 8 - Tuesday, March 10
Gregg, Luders, Tate, Borchard, Dunlop, Falting, Fielke
Turbill, Gallagher, Wilkinson, Dalwood, Stemper
Luders 8, Falting 3, Pierson, Tate, Hamilton, Rechner
Adler 4, Turbill 2, Wilkinson 2, Dalwood, Hoffman, Aish, Woodcock
Mead, G. Hilton
Riley, Lokan, McAdam, Maksimovic, Nunan, Arnold, Gehling
Craig, P. Heinrich, Howard, Fry, Smith
Schmidt 3, Algate 3, Lokan 2, Ah Chee 2, Arnold, McAdam, Gehling, Maksimovic, Schlein
Hollis 3, Heinrich 2, Welch, Klomp, Brand, Hargraves, Wilson
Match 10 - Friday, March 13
Naley, Palmer, Dawkins, Butler, Emery, Linke, White
Carey, Cornes, Weston, Marshall
Linke 4, Naley 2, Harradine 2, Dawkins 2, Schneebichler, Collins, Slattery
Twelftree, Marshall, McInerney, Copping, MacFarlane, Holst
South Adelaide advanced directly to the main draw (Rd.3) as the winning SANFL team with the highest % from Round 1 of qualifying.
Catoggio, Giles, Flower, Gaunt
I. Dunstan, Hampshire, McKenna, B.Reid, Berry
Gaunt 4, Martyn, Catoggio
Templeton 2, McKenna, N. Cordy
James, Cameron
Footscray's narrow loss allowed them to advance to Qualifying Rd.2 as the losing VFL team with the highest percentage after Rd.1.
Match 14 - Saturday, March 14
Matthews, Scott, Goss, Davies, Dipierdomenico, Hendrie
Barker, Jesaulenko, Roberts, Dunne, Duperouzel, Kellett
Matthews 5, Scott 4, Ablett, Davies, Goad, Eade, Hendrie, Kennedy
Dunne 2, Breen, Sartori, Duperouzel, Meehan, Fehring
Nash, Robinson
Allan Jeans' first match as Hawthorn's senior coach and SANFL champion Rick Davies' first match for Hawthorn.


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How did they take photos in the 1980s?
What was NYC like in the 1980s?
When did the first photography studio in New York?
When did crack come to New York?
What was New York like in the late 1990's?
When did studio photography become popular?
What happened to New York's homeless in the 1980s?
Polaroids were the camera du jour for young people, because you could take pictures practically anywhere and hang them everywhere right away. There's nothing more 80s than posting a bunch of rad polaroids of your bestie and crush on your bedroom mirror.
Compared to the 1970s, the 1980s were a time of restrained optimism in New York. The boom on Wall Street was fueling the speculative real estate market, and unemployment numbers dropped noticeably.
The earliest known photography studio anywhere opened in New York City in March 1840, when Alexander Wolcott opened a "Daguerrean Parlor" for tiny portraits, using a camera with a mirror substituted for the lens.
Did they take selfies in the 80s?
Back in the 80s, taking a selfie was a very different experience indeed, and without digital technology to help us, it required a certain amount of skill and patience – if you couldn't afford the luxury of a camera with a timer, then the task became almost impossible!
Did they have Photoshop in the 80s?
Photoshop started off in the 1980s as a program called 'Display' written by Thomas Knoll, before being renamed 'Photoshop' in 1990 – the year that the first version of the software shipped to customers.
The name "crack" first appeared in the New York Times on November 17, 1985. Within a year more than a thousand press stories had been released about the drug.
At the dawn of the 1990s, New York City was in an unremittingly bleak state. Following two decades of continuous decay, 1990 brought yet another all-time record high in violent crime and to this day, 1990 and the three years that followed remain the most homicide-plagued stretch in the city's last five decades.
While the earliest studio in the History of Studio Photography was likely that of Niépce, photography studios became far more common around 1840.
Where can I find photos of New York City from 1980s?
New York Public Library 's map of images of New York City, as well as Richard Sandler's photographs, are both a treasure, indeed. Enjoy these photos of NYC from the 1980s, images that depict what New York City was like decades ago.
What was New York like in the 70s and 80s?
The 1970s and 1980s were gritty, exciting times in New York City. Manhattan pulsed with energy, with different sides of the city revealing danger and opulence. As the city transformed into the New York we now know, those heady days seem a distant memory. Why are people so interested in New York during the 70s and 80s?
As government assistance dwindled and drug addiction increased, homelessness soared in New York during the 1980s. Pictured, a woman exits the subway station at Grand Central among a score of sleeping homeless individuals. A homeless man sleeps above a grate vent. A pair of men sleep in the Bowery.
How do I contact TalkTalk in the UK?
Can pregnancy cause MS symptoms?


A World War II veteran got a celebration some 80 years in the making, this week.
92-year-old Thomas Williams of Central Bridge, N.Y., received his war medals, Tuesday, including the Bronze Star.
Williams was just 19 when he enlisted in the Army. His family said he'd mention his medals but didn't go into great detail about his World War II service. As it turns out, he was part of the 100th Infantry Division, which saw some of the fiercest fighting during the war.
Williams' daughter and son-in-law reached out to their local congressman for help securing the medals. He finally received the hardware this week, but the Bronze Star was a surprise. Williams was awarded that medal because of witness accounts of his bravery in combat.


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Data center growth in Africa creates new opportunities
By Michael Abendanon
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South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria are at the forefront of a digital revolution. Amid a rise in connectivity and digital capability, the African continent is shifting economic gears through the intelligent use of technology. This growth is reflected in ongoing investment by international market leaders, including the launch of an NTT data center in Johannesburg.
Data centers are central to enabling this growth. They provide the stable foundations required to drive the delivery of data services on the continent.
Around the world, data centers have thrived as organizations digitalize, eliminate their on-site infrastructure and invest in hybrid, public and private cloud infrastructure. This allows them to focus on their core businesses, enable a more agile hybrid-working environment and adapt more effectively to change.
The data explosion defining Africa
In 2019, only 28% of the population of Africa had access to the internet, according to International Telecommunication Union research. The continent had 34 mobile broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants compared with 97 in Europe and 104 in the Americas. It also lagged significantly in terms of international bandwidth usage per internet user.
The 2021 figures show that there has been measurable growth relative to the rest of the world: internet use in Africa was up by close on 18% (from 28% to 33%). Yet, the continent remains a hugely underserved market when it comes to internet connectivity and hyperscale-ready tier 3 data centers.
With the population of Africa expected to double by 2050 and again by the end of the century, and the internet driving economic growth and digitalization, there's a growing need to host enormous volumes of data.
Enter the data center and its potential to transform the continent. While Africa has 17% of the world's population, 13% of its mobile connections and 5% of its broadband connections, it accounts for only 1% of the world's data center space, according to the Cisco Annual Internet Report (2018–2023).
And while Africa typically lags four to seven years behind developed-world economies, the explosion in the number of data centers is now hitting the continent's shores. There has never been a better time to provide organizations and countries with access to the speed, storage and scale that these centers deliver.
Hyperscalers' needs are driving growth
Although hyperscalers are often primary data center tenants, much of the growth comes from other organizations that can't keep up with the demands of digitalization. They need an affordable, scalable and secure environment that can fulfil their data needs and tick the boxes of compliance and regulatory adherence – some applications need high network performance to run effectively, so location and data sovereignty legislation are important factors.
Data center tenants are like retailers – they're not in the property game, and they do not specialize in building and operating shopping centers. They just take up space in them while the property companies take care of the infrastructure and associated services. Similarly, running a data center is a specialist remit that requires hands-on expertise to manage multiple aspects and complexities unique to the operating environment, such as loadshedding in South Africa and the high cost of establishing a data center.
It costs roughly USD 10 million per megawatt (MW) to build a hyperscale-ready data center, while building a 10 MW facility would cost about USD 100 million. It makes sense for an organization to rent the space rather than take on the monumental task of building and managing its own data center.
We know that our clients are dealing with an explosion of data and that their use of the cloud is growing as they simplify their platforms and as more of their employees work from home. They need to host their digital assets somewhere while they focus on their core business operations.
This is one of the important building blocks of our value proposition. We offer the connectivity that organizations need to become digitally enabled, with private 5G, cloud, managed services and security all housed in a secure environment.
Exciting prospects
Our first foray into South Africa – and NTT's first such facility in Africa – is the Johannesburg 1 Data Center. It's a 12MW, 6,000m2, tier 3 facility. A hyperscaler has already signed up and there is plenty of interest from both multinational and local organizations.
We're excited to make the most of the opportunities presented by the data explosion in Africa. Get in touch to speak to an expert about our data centers and discover how we can help drive your organization forward.
Michael Abendanon is Head of MEA at NTT Global Data Centers EMEA.
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Statement: The economic policies of Tampere University break down people as well as walls
We appeal to the Board of Tampere University that it returns for further consideration the facilities development action plan which it is set to discuss at its meeting on 12 November. The proposed plan does not take into enough consideration the effects that the reduction of facilities has on teaching, research, and students' well-being. We believe that the proposed cuts to the University's facilities would have serious consequences on the quality of teaching and research, as well as the community's well-being and confidence in the University.
We students are disappointed in the way that the University attempts to stabilise its finances through the currently on-going cooperation negotiations and the proposed cuts to facilities. Student union magazine Visiiri published an article on the University's financial situation on 21 October (article in Finnish), in which the University's Director of Finance Patrik Marjamaa stated that "the target of the Board has been that the return of investment capital could be allocated for new initiatives and development of education and research." We think that the basic functions of the university, in this case the support services and facility and personnel policies, should be secured before making new initiatives. This is especially true in the current situation, as concrete examples of these initiatives and allocations of funds are yet to be shown. Now is not the time to make cuts to the basic functions – the focus should be in recovering from the pandemic. The proposed cuts to facilities would have immediate effect in our community. Quality teaching and research and a healthy community are prerequisites for a top university, and cuts that affect them either directly or indirectly do not support the University's strategic goals.
The arguments for these operations to stabilise finances include that the University has not been successful enough in the financial competition of the Ministry of Education and Culture, which means the basic funding will be reduced by around five million euros in the upcoming years. We find it contradictory that the University attempts to stabilise its finances by functions that will decrease the level of teaching even further, by, for example, transferring the tasks of support services to the teaching and research personnel. These measures will further weaken the standard of our university, and, thus, its funding. This kind of economic policy is not very far-reaching, and it supports the opinion had in our community: that the University's decision-making actions lack predictability and cautiousness.
The decisions to cut personnel and facilities in an attempt to stabilise the finances do not match the University's values of openness and responsibility. The university community is frustrated with how our views and needs seem to be of no importance to the university management. Decisions that affect the university community on a wide scale are made in a manner that does not create trust, and it is starting to harm the University's credibility and reputation as a provider of quality teaching and research. The commotion that is continuously caused by decision-making overshadows the achievements made in our university. The constant negative attention that the University receives is soon starting to affect the attractiveness of the University as a place to study and work at, as well as current students' willingness to finish their studies here. This worrying effect goes beyond the university community, as well: the economy in Tampere will suffer if the quality of education goes down, and the choices made by the University will also affect the attractiveness of the city of Tampere as a place to move to and stay at.
We criticise the way that the proposal on cuts to facilities has been prepared and brought to the Board. The university community did not have enough time to participate in the preparation. During the round of comments, all necessary information, such as proposed alternative actions for the cuts to facilities, was not available even to those making the comments. It appears that out of the comments made by Faculty Councils, TREY, and other operators, mainly positive comments were included in the summary and critical views and comments were left in separate attachments. We encourage the Board to look into the comments from the community in full detail, as they provide a significantly more diverse view into the matter. TREY's comment stresses the importance of university facilities to students' well-being, and the comment made by the Faculty of Social Sciences' Council, for example, is significantly more critical in tone than what the summary implies.
We hope that the Board returns the action plan concerning the development of the University's facilities for further consideration, and that the preparation of the plan after that truly allows the participation of the community and is done with enough time and transparency. We also call for for a discussion on what the university's economic policies should be like so that they would support the basic functions of the university in the long run.
Chair of the Board Iiris Taubert, puheenjohtaja@trey.fi
Secretary General Venla Monter, paasihteeri@trey.fi
We will gather for a demonstration in Sorsapuisto near Tampere-talo on Friday 12 November from 8.45 AM to 9.15 AM to make our voices heard. We appeal to the Board so that it refers back the University's facilities development action plan. The preparation of the plan needs to take into account what our community has to say on the matter! Read more about the demonstration on its own event page.


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Wow, the end of an era and the start of a new one. Randall is discontinuing the MTS modular line (which includes preamp modules for signature artists Kirk Hammett, Scott Ian and George Lynch). The company recently announced the hiring of Mike Fortin, founder of Fortin Amplification,to craft a new series of high-end, high gain all-tube amps including the new 150 watt Kirk Hammett signature model head. The photo above appears to be one of Fortin's six-channel Meathead amps but with a Randall logo, which is serving as the jumping-off point for the Hammett amp.
Chicago, April, 2012 – Randall Amplification would like to formally introduce Mr. Mike Fortin as an exclusive design engineer for Randall Amplification. Mike, as the founder of Fortin Amplification has forged a worldwide reputation for creating cutting edge high gain amplifier designs. We are excited to have Mike be a part of our team!
Mike's first priorities will be a new multi-channel, 150 watt Kirk Hammett Signature Model Head and a whole range of high end, high gain all tube amplifiers to be manufactured in North America. The new Fortin designed series of Randall amplifiers will replace the discontinued MTS Series.


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Why Amazon's bold move to dominate logistics just might work
Amazon is taking an interesting hybrid approach to conquering the shipping and logistics industry.
"It's not as glossy as space travel or flashy as AI, but the $1.5 trillion a year business of moving stuff around is one of the most lucrative and complex industries in the U.S. And Amazon is attempting to conquer it. … It wants to build an army of deliverers. It's adding robots and collecting tons of data about the billions of boxes it will ship. And it's turning logistics from a cost to a revenue source by offering its shipping capabilities as a service."
So, on the one hand, it's building more reliance on robots, and on the other hand, suggesting to its employees that they should start small businesses around shipping. I would like to focus on the latter and the immense potential it has.
The main idea is the following: Amazon is paying employees $10,000 plus three months of pay to quit and start small businesses that deliver Amazon packages.
The operational model here is not all that different from what we see in China, where Cainiao — a firm in which Alibaba is a majority stakeholder — is already doing exactly what Amazon is only now beginning to do. Whether you call it fourth-party logistics (to distinguish from third-party logistics) or name it Logistics as a Service, this approach has vast potential.
Amazon's plans will entirely disrupt the logistics industry — even just moving Amazon's shipping from FedEx and UPS to its own platform is bound to send tremors throughout the industry — and it's going to start by first perfecting the model for itself.
However, this is going to be only the first step. Just like for Amazon Web Services, these will be internal services modularized within the organization, allowing any business unit or service to access them. The next step will be then to open these services, once perfected with the right interfaces for outside usage, in what we referred to earlier as Logistics as a Service.
Amazon has already demonstrated the power of this approach. Not only does offering this service not require significant investment in assets, it attracts more logistics service providers, whether those created by former Amazon employees or elsewhere. This in turn attracts more customers, which then attracts more service providers, resulting in the flywheel effectAmazon has previously perfected in its retail and cloud businesses.
While initial media coverage makes it sound like a new business model, and reports are quite skeptical of the approach, it's actually Amazon's predominant approach to new markets. So why do I think it's going to work? And what are the criteria under which such an approach might succeed?
Amazon already owns quite a bit of data that can be used to leverage existing assets, and this model is going to create even more data. Furthermore, the logistics tasks that are going to be completed by these service providers are well defined, making them able to be "modularized" — that is, one can create a clear interface between that service and preceding and succeeding services. There is potentially ample capacity — and potential to invest in it — due to the lack of unique skills needed to accomplish the tasks. These are precisely the type of services that benefit from creating an eco-system where the firm (in this case, Amazon) is merely the platform that mediates the market between consumers (mostly retailers) and small logistics providers.
The industry has two major players in FedEx and UPS, and many small players with different roles along the value chain. However, it is clear that with the significant growth in e-commerce and the relative structural stagnation of logistics, this is an industry that is prime for disruption (no pun intended). The approach Amazon is taking, and the fact that the firm has significant experience with it, is promising, and exciting.
Source: The Hill. "Why Amazon's bold move to dominate logistics just might work". (https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/445030-why-amazons-bold-move-to-dominate-logistics-just-might-work). Gad Allon. May 22, 2019
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At 6 years old, John Hirokawa found himself hooked on magic.
Library visits with his parents provided him with books on the topic, but Hirokawa couldn't yet read. So his mother, the late Ruth Hirokawa, took the time to attempt it, figuring out tricks and passing on whatever knowledge she was able to glean.
"She was kind of like my teacher throughout that time," he says.
Hirokawa, of course, has since proven that magic was more than just a childhood fancy. At age 12, he appeared on stage alongside David Copperfield, and at 16 he won the junior division of Federation International des Societies Magiques in Belgium.
His passion for magic was one Hirokawa always hoped to channel into a career. With no magic acts in Waikiki, Hirokawa saw performers like Copperfield and Siegfried & Roy, and sought to bring that caliber of skill to Hawaii's entertainment scene.
Eventually, after stints at birthday parties and conventions, Hirokawa met Roberts Hawaii and Roy Tokujo (then with Paradise Cove Luau).
"(They) actually had the vision to see that it would work," says Hirokawa of a show in Waikiki.
On April 15, 1990, Hirokawa debuted Magic of Polynesia. Only 25 years old at the time, he was one of the youngest headliners ever to perform in Waikiki.
"It was just that excitement of not knowing and just getting to do what I love as a hobby, professionally now," he recalls.
Now, 25 years later, Hirokawa, who appeared on MidWeek's June 27, 1990, cover, still is enjoying the life of a professional magician.
"Through the years, that excitement and that fun have never changed, honestly," he says.
Some things certainly have, though. Every three years or so, Hirokawa and his team incorporate major changes into the show. It can be a challenge, he admits, to constantly come up with new and innovative acts.
Lately, Hirokawa has enjoyed performing "close-up" magic, which involves a lot of interaction with the audience. It's a sort of realism that requires good sleight of hand. He might, for instance, walk up to someone, take his or her rings and link them together, or borrow money and make it disappear then reappear somewhere else.
Still, Hirokawa's favorite portion of the show is during the finale, when he makes it snow.
For 23 years, Hirokawa has been married to wife Nadine, with whom he has three grown children. Life, he says, has gone by so quickly.
Magic of Polynesia celebrates its 25th anniversary with a "25 for 25" kamaaina special. From now until May 9, residents may purchase tickets to the show for only $25 (regular price is $59). For more information and tickets, call 971-4321 or visit magicofpolynesia.com/25for25.


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Malaysia sends ex-Goldman banker facing 1MDB charges to the US
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May 06, 2019 18:10 pm +08
KUALA LUMPUR (May 6): Former Goldman Sachs banker Roger Ng has been sent to the United States to face charges over 1MDB-related offences in a deal worked out between Malaysian investigators and the US Department of Justice (DOJ).
The US had asked for Ng, a Malaysian, to be extradited. Ng initially fought the extradition in a Malaysian court but later changed his mind and volunteered to go. However, Malaysian investigators objected, as Ng was already charged here for similar 1MDB offences.
But an agreement was finally worked out between the two authorities last week.
"I can confirm that he left last Friday and is now in the US under the watch of the DOJ," a source told theedgemarkets.com.
Ng was deputy to Tim Leissner, who ran the 1MDB transactions for Goldman, which raised US$6.5 billion for the Malaysian sovereign wealth fund. The US DOJ and Malaysian investigators have alleged that as much as US$4.5 billion was stolen from 1MDB between 2009 and 2014 in what has been called the world's biggest ever kleptocracy fraud.
Leissner has pleaded guilty in the US to 1MDB-related charges and is awaiting sentencing.
Both men worked out of Goldman's office in Singapore.
Bloomberg reported last week that Singapore authorities had sent back to Malaysia US$35 million that was seized from Ng and his family. The money is said to have been illegal payments related to 1MDB transactions.
Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has been slapped with 42 1MDB-related criminal charges while fugitive financier Low Taek Jho, the central figure in the scam, has gone into hiding.


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Q: How can I multiply each row by a number depending on the values of the row? I have this DF and I'm looking to multiply the the number of rows depending in the amount of words col3 has. Is this something that can be done in Python?
col1    col2    col3
A1      B1      a - ab - abc
A13     B13     a - ab
A27     B27     abcd

desired output
col1    col2    col3
A1      B1      a - ab - abc
A1      B1      a - ab - abc
A1      B1      a - ab - abc
A13     B13     a - ab
A13     B13     a - ab
A27     B27     abcd

A: Use Index.repeat with Series.str.count for counting words and then repeat rows by DataFrame.loc:
df = df.loc[df.index.repeat(df['col3'].str.count('\w+'))].reset_index(drop=True)
print (df)
  col1 col2          col3
0   A1   B1  a - ab - abc
1   A1   B1  a - ab - abc
2   A1   B1  a - ab - abc
3  A13  B13        a - ab
4  A13  B13        a - ab
5  A27  B27          abcd

If there are always separated words by - is possible count it and add 1:
df = df.loc[df.index.repeat(df['col3'].str.count('-') + 1)].reset_index(drop=True)

Or solution by @sammywemmy, thank you with splitting and length of lists:
df.loc[df.index.repeat(df.col3.str.split('-').str.len())].reset_index(drop=True)

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By Joshua Herchl
Enhancing Sanitary Sewer Pump Station Performance
Systems fabricated from engineered plastic pipe add capacity, provide security & flexibility
Today's utilities often find that existing pump stations do not have the necessary power or capacity to meet demand. Frequent breakdowns and electrical outages often shut down the stations, causing flooding, creating financial burden and destroying communities.
There is a trend gaining momentum that enables cities and towns to economically control sanitary sewer overflow. The traditional method of installing pump stations throughout a system is being augmented with underground detention systems. Made from large-diameter polyolefin pipe, the systems are economical, easy to install, can be configured to conform to any layout, meet capacity needs, and can last 50 to 75 years or longer.
Most sanitary sewer systems count on pump stations, which are installed at intervals within the collection system. Some collection systems lift sanitary sewage 20 to 70 ft to the treatment plant because the pipe has to be deep in order to continue a gravity flow. This can be expensive. The design, components and installation are costly.
Aside from the cost, pump stations can be mechanically unreliable. Even if they are brand new, they can get overloaded. Electric pumps do not work well when they are flooded. During Hurricane Sandy in September 2012, at the Bay Park Sewage Plant in East Rockaway, N.Y., on the south shore of Long Island, failure of the pumps due to flooding caused an environmental problem, with 100 million gal of raw sewage flowing into the adjacent bay and the surrounding residential area. When pump stations flood, municipalities flood and sewage backs up.
Most municipalities have multiple pump stations that often have pumps of different sizes, from different manufacturers or with different components.
A municipality has to maintain those pumps, which requires manpower, expertise, spare pumps, spare pump seals, spare pump breaker boards and electrical components. This inventory naturally ties up capital and can mean an additional expense for taxpayers. There also is personnel to consider. Someone must be available at 2 a.m. on a Saturday or a holiday when the pump shuts down.
CSO Mandate
Municipalities are required to maintain a clean water system through the Clean Water Act and to keep their NPDES permit for treating storm water.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) combined sewer overflow (CSO) control policy is a national framework for controlling CSOs through the NPDES permitting program. It provides guidance on how communities with CSOs can achieve Clean Water Act goals in a flexible, cost-effective manner.
When it rains, storm sewers can overflow into the sanitary portion of the combined sewer, and sanitary sewage is dumped into waterbodies. Water quality storage systems help meet EPA and NPDES requirements by holding back the storm water to alleviate flooding in the storm sewers so the effluent can be stored and treated later.
For some municipalities, it can be too expensive to separate the systems. Residents often do not want their roads torn up to put in the new pipeline, so the systems remain combined and storm water is held in a detention system.
For a city of 40,000 residents with a wastewater treatment plant rated at 2.5 million gal per day (mgd) of sanitary sewage overflow—standard for a city of 40,000—there might be upwards of 3 mgd of water typically going through the wastewater treatment plant. But during a rain event, that flow can reach up to 6 mgd and the plant has no way of treating the extra water. A bypass system may be designed to flow into a lake or stream, but the municipality is not permitted to outlet to that body of water. Doing so would result in a fine.
One major problem for the pipe in a sanitary sewer system is hydrogen sulfide gas. When the sewage is exposed to oxygen, mainly above the flow line, it starts to decompose, emitting hydrogen sulfide. Then, combining with oxygen and water condensed on the pipe walls, the hydrogen sulfide creates the highly corrosive sulfuric acid. Our nation's concrete sewers are rotting due to naturally occurring hydrogen sulfide gas and the resulting sulfuric acid.
The development of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) and polypropylene pipe provided a solution with favorable economics and was inert to the effects of both hydrogen sulfide as a gas and sulfuric acid as a liquid.
Consider a car battery. Liquid sulfuric acid is inside a car battery, and the casing is made of polypropylene. SaniTite HP pipe also is made from polypropylene. Traditional materials cannot stand up to the corrosive nature of the acid. PVC is equally resistant to the effects of hydrogen sulfide, but the PVC industry cannot fabricate the type of fittings that are needed for many projects. Advanced Drainage Systems (ADS) provides an inert product resistant to hydrogen sulfide and sulfuric acid corrosion, while also making fittings and a manifold system that is more cost-effective than a precast tank.
The pipe provides a smooth interior and exterior wall design supported by a corrugated structural core for stiffness and beam strength to minimize deflection and enhance long-term performance. It meets ASTM F2736, ASTM F2764 and exceeds ASTM D3212 for water tightness with dual-gaskets and banded reinforced bell.
Pipe provides flexibility in many areas, including diameters, length of runs, and configuration, such as L-shaped designs. It can be installed wherever needed, especially near easement lines and in shallow ground. A pipe detention system does not necessarily negate pump stations. Instead of requiring a large pump capable of pumping a 30-in.-diameter sewage line, the pipe system can reduce that pump station requirement to a more standard 8-, 12-, 16- or 18-in. pump. The city can have 50 of the same 8-in. pumps all across its collection system, for example. With all the same pumps, the utility or municipality does not have to carry a variety of parts. Maintenance is much easier, saving labor and electricity.
There are more examples of this way to economically handle excess sanitary sewer and emergency overflows. Some of the more recent projects include:
American Applications
Fort Madison, Iowa, elected to install a disinfection system near one of its CSOs into the Mississippi River. The treated water needed to have residence time to disinfect and purify it. Originally, the city considered a concrete vault to hold 20,000 cu ft of sewer water, but because of concrete's high costs, it decided to use an underground pipe detention system made up of 1,000 ft of 60 in. diameter pipe with fabricated fittings. SaniTite HP was chosen for the project due to pipe strength and for its long-term service life, which is based on its corrosion and abrasion-resistant nature. It also has a dual-gasket joint system, and the ability to fabricate the pipe into bends and convert RCP tee manholes into cost-efficient HP pipe with risers.
In Worthington, Ky., the city needed to minimize sanitary sewer overflows into the Ohio River from a small pump station on the bank of the river. The project consisted of 860 ft of 60-in.-diameter SaniTite HP pipe. Installed in a three-row configuration, the fabricated manifold fittings with 24-in. Nyloplast inline drains were constructed at the ADS plant and delivered to the site ready for installation.
As part of the ongoing CSO program in North Vernon, Ind., the surcharging of one lift station was solved by using long, parallel runs of large-diameter pipe instead of replacing or enlarging the lift station.
Located on the Muscatatuck River in the southeast corner of the state and just north of the junction of Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio, the city's southwest lift station—Lift Station Number 22—would overflow several times each year. With three pumps, each with a flow of 634 gal per min, to service 988 acres, it is the largest of the 21 stations in the system. The new pipe system temporarily stores wet weather volumes upstream from the lift station. The water will flow from the pipes to the lift station and be pumped to the treatment plant. The pipeline was designed to handle a 10-year, one-hour event, which required a storage volume of 128,000 gal—a capacity that also took into account the existing pumping capacity. The new pipe system provides more than 147,000 gal of storage.
SaniTite HP polypropylene pipe was used. It was approved by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management in 2010. At project completion, the system was tested with no leakage.
The design called for twin 316-ft runs of pipe for half the design and then three, 335-ft lines further upstream. A total of 1,600 ft of 48-in.-diameter pipe was used. There are eight risers and cover ranges from 3 to 4 ft. Fabrication of all fittings was done at the ADS manufacturing plant.
Water stays in the detention pipe system for one to two hours depending on the severity and volume of rain. It flows to the station, then to another sub-basin, and then by gravity to the treatment plant.
"The advantage of this offline storage detention system is its relative simplicity," said Michael Gangstad, P.E., senior project engineer of Lochmueller Group Inc. "It's a passive, gravity-flow system. There are no mechanical or electrical controls. And the operation and maintenance costs are low."
Industrial Plant Optimization
The method of using pipe to construct a sanitary sewer system is not limited to utilities. Industrial facilities also are finding this method to be valuable help in controlling wastewater. A plant in Ohio constructed a system for a lift station using 416 ft of 48-in.-diameter SaniTite HP pipe to carry water used to rinse and cool parts during the manufacturing process. The pipeline was installed 15 ft deep with minimal slope from the plant to a new lift station. The hot water contains pollutants that cannot be discharged in to the storm sewer system. The line is over-sized so it can store the wastewater for a period of time, and then engage the lift station to pump it into the municipal sewage collection system for treatment. SaniTite HP was used in this application because of polypropylene's chemical resistance and inertness to the effluent, redundant double gasketed joint and cost-effectiveness.
Enhancing sanitary sewer pump station performance is now possible with the addition of a high-volume detention system constructed of large-diameter pipe. For decades this method was successful in taking care of storm water runoff. Now, engineered grades of polypropylene material, the design and construction of the pipe, watertight joints and favorable installed costs have extended the use of detention systems to even the most caustic sanitary sewer application.
Joshua Herchl is national infrastructure market manager for Advanced Drainage Systems Inc. Herchl can be reached at [email protected] or 330.703.9083.


4940 PLEASANT MILLS ROAD is Block 4904, Lot 12 in Mullica Twp, Atlantic County.
. See sales information for 4940 Pleasant Mills Road back to 2000.
The Deed for 4940 Pleasant Mills Road is filed with the County Clerk in Book 5080 on Page 325.
This property is partially within the AE Zone (within floodplain). Approximately 3.20 acres (98.91%) of the property is within this zone.
View the list of properties within 200 feet of 4940 PLEASANT MILLS ROAD. Useful for determining certified mailing lists when applying for a variance or permit.


This impressive centre's sophisticated office space is modern, spacious and light. A mix of businesses ranging from entrepreneurs to top law firms, finance companies, investment banking, medical practices and insurance companies are located around this historic building to make best use of the international advantages of Germany's capital. The centre is close to Munich's central square at Marienplatz where the town hall is located. Marienplatz is also the closest S-Bahn and has a U-Bahn station, as does nearby Odeonplatz. Buses and trams also stop at the Nationaltheater at the Theatinerstrasse.
The heart of Munich's old town is home to the this centre - located in the CityQuartier, a successful downtown architectural development that features shops, residential apartments, arcades and five courtyards. Within the immediate area, you can find several parks such as the beautiful Hofgarten, museums, galleries and inexhaustible tourist attractions. Just a short drive way, you can reach Maximiliansanlagen, a tree lined garden by then river. The site is highly accessible from the 2 and 2R road links.
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package org.openo.nfvo.resmanagement.util;

import org.openo.sdno.testframework.checker.IChecker;
import org.openo.sdno.testframework.http.model.HttpResponse;

import net.sf.json.JSONObject;

/**
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 *

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 *
 * @author
 * @version NFVO 0.5 Sep 21, 2016
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public class AddSuccessChecker implements IChecker {

    String addMsg = "org.openo.nfvo.resmanage.common.update.success";

    @Override
    public boolean check(HttpResponse response) {
        String data = response.getData();
        System.out.println(data);
        JSONObject dataObj = JSONObject.fromObject(data);
        if(response.getStatus() == 200 && addMsg.equals(dataObj.getString("msg"))) {
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }
}

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Students Study STEM through Interactive Presentations
By Elizabeth Lockyear
Albuquerque District Public Affairs
Published Feb. 14, 2014
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., -- As part of the District's growing STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) program, 70 students from two area schools gathered at the District's main office Feb. 12, 2014, to learn more about the importance of STEM and some of the various ways these subjects are essential in what the Corps of Engineers does on a daily basis.
Tom Bueno, project manager in the District's Military Section, explained how it takes a team of people with skills in STEM subjects to complete the expansion and upgrade work the District is doing at Cannon Air Force Base. Tom Plummer, a project manager in the District's International and Interagency Support Section, engaged students with the wonderful properties of water and why water quality matters. Dewey Mann, electrical engineer with Honeywell, captured student's attention with his presentation on Aerospace and Electrical Engineering, explaining how there are two kinds of lift on wings and showing video demonstrating aerodynamic principles.
Beverly Noel, chief of the District's Operations Support Branch, spoke about her career as a Park Ranger and how those interested in natural resources can work with the Corps to protect endangered species, educate the public and improve public lands for future generations. She involved the students by having them identify which bird a feather belonged to.
Jennifer Schuetz; science coordinator for the Bosque Ecosystem Monitoring Program, spoke about what BEMP does to restore, protect and improve the Bosque in the middle Rio Grande. She brought props to help students learn how to measure ground water levels which is important for plants, especially the cottonwoods along the Rio Grande. Students took advantage of the opportunity to take measurements using a sensor designed to hum when it reaches the groundwater.
Andrew Trainor, a chemist in the District's Environmental Engineering Section, finished the afternoon with a lively and interactive chemistry demonstration. To demonstrate the Leidenfrost effect, he poured liquid nitrogen (at a temperature around -200C) on his arm.
"My arm (temperature around 36.8C) is significantly hotter than the boiling point of liquid nitrogen, (-196 C)," Trainor said. "The liquid nitrogen evaporates before it comes into contact with my arm. This creates an insulating layer of nitrogen vapor that prevents the liquid nitrogen from contacting my arm, preventing any harm," he said.
Trainor also demonstrated how temperature affects texture. He poured liquid nitrogen on a bowl of marshmallows and let the students feel the change in texture.
District Commander, Lt. Col. Antoinette R. Gant concluded the afternoon, asking students what they learned and encouraging them to study STEM subjects, especially Math and Science which apply to a myriad of life situations.
The middle and high school students attend the SAMS (Southwest Aeronautics, Mathematics, and Science) Academy and T'siya Day School (Zia Day School). The SAMS academy teaches grades 7-12 using an integrative STEM educational model, with a focus on aeronautics. The T'siya Day School is a public school serving students in kindergarten to eighth grade.
(Photos by Elizabeth Lockyear)
Related Link: USACE STEM website
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Camping en Camargue » The region
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Between vineyards, sea and mountains, Montpellier is a territory of crossroads with a rich cultural and architectural heritage. Between Nîmes and Béziers, it is renowned for its gastronomy, its festivals and the richness of its built heritage. A walk through the historic centre of the city will allow you to discover remarkable 17th and 18th century private mansions, the oldest medical school in the West, and Saint Peter's Cathedral, a sublime example of southern Gothic architecture. Also worth discovering is the large pedestrian square of la Comédie, l'arc de Triomphe, or le quartier contemporain d'Antigone. On the leisure side, the Odysseum area awaits you in Montpellier, which includes an aquarium and a planetarium.
The great Motte
Between ponds and the Mediterranean Sea, La Grande Motte was born in the 1960s from the visionary spirit of architect Jean Balladur: a green city with many pedestrian walks and 3 hectares of fine sandy beaches, La Grande Motte surprises with its unique modern architecture inspired by the pre-Columbian pyramids. guided tours take you to discover the different symbols of its buildings: its congress centre, its Saint-Augustin church, or its Saint-Jean footbridge. A city of water, La Grande Motte is also a paradise for water sports and leisure: from family boat trips to sensational towed buoys, scuba diving, paddling or jet skiing.
Between Nîmes and Montpellier, the fortified city of Aigues Mortes is a must for your holidays in the Camargue. Perfectly preserved, the city's ramparts have six defensive towers and the aesthetic markers typical of Gothic architecture. From the top of the dungeon or the walkway awaits you an exceptional panorama of the Aigues-Mortes saltworks. A visit by miniature train, on foot or by bike allows you to discover the salt tradition and the rich biodiversity that the area has to offer. On the Rhône Canal, Aigues-Mortes also has a marina where it is very pleasant to stroll. Historical visits, discovery of the salt marshes, horse riding or water sports, there is no shortage of activities in Aigues-Mortes!
Nicknamed the « French Rome », Nîmes is renowned for the importance and incredible preservation of its Gallo-Roman architectural heritage. During a walk or through a guided tour, you will discover its arenas, its Roman enclosure and the Magne tower, the Diana temple, the famous Maison Carrée, or the castellum. The city of Nîmes also evokes, of course, the mythical Pont du Gard. At the crossroads of Hispanic, Camargue and Provençal cultures, Nîmes is finally renowned for its festive spirit: great festivities, Roman games, flamenco festivals and night markets enliven this city with its rich cultural heritage.
On the banks of the Vidourle, Sommières has preserved a charming medieval village full of charm in the alleys of which it is pleasant to stroll, and which earned it its label of « Small city of character ». Among the remarkable architectural heritage to be discovered in Sommières are its very picturesque market square, its Bermond tower, a relic of the medieval castle, and its rare specimen of an inhabited bridge in Europe. The city is animated by many bullfighting shows from May to September. The major Camargue summer festivals, which take place over 12 days, are an opportunity to discover regional traditions, particularly equestrian and bullfighting traditions.
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A closer look at Prez Akufo-Addo as he celebrates his birthday today (Photos)
by Justice Kofi Bimpeh
in general news
Today, March 29, 2020, marks the birthday of President Akufo-Addo, let's take a closer look at him as he celebrates his birthday.
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is a legal luminary, politician and a businessman. He was the Presidential candidate for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the 2016 polls in Ghana. He contested and lost in 2008 and 2012.
Nana Addo was elected three times between 1996 and 2008 as Member of Parliament for the Abuakwa South constituency in the Eastern region of Ghana. He served his nation from 2001 to 2007 as Cabinet Minister, Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, and later as Foreign Minister during the government led by President John Kofi Agyekum Kufuor.
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Akufo-Addo resigned from the Kufuor government in July 2007 to contest for the position of the presidential candidate of his party, the NPP, the then ruling party of Ghana, for the 2008 elections.
Competing against 16 others, he won 48% of the votes in the first round of that election but was given a unanimous endorsement in the second round, making him the party's presidential candidate. In the 7 December 2008 presidential race, he received, in the first round, more votes than John Atta Mills, the eventual winner. In the first round, Akufo-Addo received 4,159,439 votes representing 49.13% of the votes cast, placing him first, but not enough for the 50% needed for an outright victory. In the run-off, Mills received 4,521,032 votes, representing 50.23%.
Akufo-Addo again contested in the 2012 national elections against the NDC candidate, John Mahama, and lost. That election generated considerable controversy and was finally decided by the Supreme Court in a narrow 5/4 decision in favour of John Mahama. In March 2014, Akufo-Addo announced his decision to seek his party's nomination for the third time ahead of the 2016 election. He secured 94.35% of the votes in the party's presidential primary in October, 2014, in a contest of 7 competitors. Akufo-Addo served as Chair of the Commonwealth Observer Mission for the South African elections in 2014.
Akufo-Addo once served as the General Secretary of People's Movement for Freedom and Justice (PMFJ).This group led the "NO" campaign in the UNIGOV referendum of 1978, designed to solicit popular support for a one-party military-led State. In 1991, Akufo-Addo was the chairman of the Organising Committee of the Danquah-Busia Memorial Club. Akufo-Addo travelled throughout Ghana to establish branches of the Club all over the country. These branches eventually transformed into local organs of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) prior to the elections of 1992. In 1992, he was the first National Organiser of the NPP and, later that year became campaign manager of the party's first presidential candidate, Prof. Albert Adu Boahen.
In 1995, he led the "Kume Preko" (Kill me already) demonstrations of the Alliance For Change (AFC), a broad-based political pressure group to protest the harsh economic conditions of the Rawlings era. Akufo-Addo was elected three times between 1996 and 2008 as Member of Parliament for the Abuakwa South constituency in the Eastern region of Ghana. Between 2001 to 2007, he served as Cabinet Minister, as Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, and later as Foreign Minister under the government of President Kufuor John Kufour
Legal and Business Career
Akufo-Addo stayed in France for five years as a lawyer at the now-defunct New York-based international law firm, Coudert Brothers. In 1975, he returned home to Accra to continue with his legal career. He joined the chambers of U.V. Campbell from 1975 to 1979. In 1979, he co-founded the law firm Akufo-Addo, Prempeh & Co. Akufo-Addo has served on the boards and committees of a number of political, legal, commercial, and social organizations in the country. He was the first Chairperson of DHL (GH) Ltd; Chairperson, Kinesec Communications (Co) Ltd., publishers of The Statesman; and the first Chairperson of the Ghana Committee on Human and Peoples' Rights. He was responsible, through his association with the US Company, Millicom, for introducing mobile telephony into the country.
Akufo-Addo received his primary education first at the Government Boys School, Adabraka, and later at the Rowe Road School (now Kimbu), both in Accra Central. He went to England to study for his O-Level and A-Level examinations at Lancing College, Sussex. He returned to Ghana in 1962 to teach at Accra Academy Secondary School, before going to read Economics at the University of Ghana, Legon, in 1964, earning a BSc(Econ) degree in 1967. He subsequently studied law in the UK, and was called to the English Bar (Middle Temple) in July 1971. Akufo-Addo was called to the Ghana bar in July 1975.
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was born and raised in Ga-Maami (Accra Central) and in the Nima area of Accra. His father's residence, Betty House at Korle Wokon in Accra, was effectively the headquarters of the country's first political party, the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC), after it was formed at Saltpond on 4 August 1947.
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Q: Watir-webdriver How to click first element by class in a carousel of links? I have a carousel of links all with the same class however some of them cannot be seen (not visible) due to how the carousel works.
The code I have tried using is:
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However I keep getting an error saying .first is un-defined even though I have seen others using it.
My question is how to click the first link in a carousel of links that have the same class.

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Episode 1 of BET's Hip-Hop documentary, The Message, covers roughly the first decade of Hip-Hop. It addresses pioneers like Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaataa, Grandmaster Flash, LL Cool J, Run-D.M.C., Cold Crush Brothers and more. It also features several luminaries including Doug E Fresh, Fab 5 Freddy, Ice Cube, DJ Premier, Grand Wizard Theodore, Nas, MC Lyte, Questlove, Russell Simmons, Snoop, RZA, Sway, Talib Kweli, Kendrick Lamar, Eve, Swizz Beatz and about 50 others. Check out the full video and catch part 2 tonight (6/11) at 10pm.