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import codecs
import csv
import datetime
import glob
import locale
from operator import itemgetter, methodcaller
import os
import re
import sys
import time
from time import mktime
from datetime import datetime

# This script counts disk I/O on Windows. Use the Process Monitor tool to
# capture all I/O for a given process (chrome.exe). Then save out the main
# view to a CSV file. Use this program to categorize the results.
#
# python chromeio.py <log_file.csv>
#

output_csv = False
# Process Monitor -> File -> Save... (to CSV) to this file.
if len(sys.argv) < 2:
    print >> sys.stderr, "Must supply the Process Monitor log file"
    sys.exit(1)

procmon_log_name = sys.argv[1]

sort_by = 'Written'
if sort_by == 'Written':
    sort_title = 'Written'
else:
    sort_title = 'Read'

class Amount(object):
    @staticmethod
    def ToString(bytes):
        if bytes >= 1024*1024*1024:
            return "%5.1fGB" % (float(bytes) / 1024 / 1024 / 1024)
        if bytes >= 1024*1024:
            return "%5.1fMB" % (float(bytes) / 1024 / 1024)
        if bytes >= 1024:
            return "%5.1fKB" % (float(bytes) / 1024)
        return "%5d B" % bytes

    @staticmethod
    def PerDay(bytes, duration):
        seconds_per_day = 86400
        bytes_per_sec = bytes / duration.seconds
        bytes_per_day = bytes_per_sec * seconds_per_day
        return "%s/day" % Amount.ToString(bytes_per_day)

class FileTotals(object):
    def __init__(self, path, read, written):
        self.path = path
        self.read = read
        self.written = written

    def Increment(self, read, written):
        self.read += read
        self.written += written

    def Read(self):
        return self.read

    def Written(self):
        return self.written

class Category(object):
    def __init__(self, name, total=None):
        self.name = name
        self.files = {}
        self.total = total

    def AppendFileTotals(self, file_totals):
        if file_totals.path in self.files:
            # Append to existing entry
            existing_entry = self.files[file_totals.path]
            existing_entry.read += file_totals.read
            existing_entry.written += file_totals.written
        else:
            self.files[file_totals.path] = file_totals

    def Increment(self, path, read, written):
        if path in self.files:
            self.files[path].Increment(read, written)
        else:
            self.files[path] = FileTotals(path, read, written)

    def ExtractPath(self, path):
        return self.files.pop(path, None)

    @staticmethod
    def GetBytesString(amount):
        return "%ld=%s" % (amount, Amount.ToString(amount))

    @staticmethod
    def GetAmountString(amount, total, duration):
        percentage = 0
        # Avoid divide-by-zero errors.
        if total > 0:
          percentage = 100.0 * amount / total
        return "%s=%4.1f%%=%s" % (Amount.ToString(amount),
                                 percentage,
                                 Amount.PerDay(amount, duration))

    @staticmethod
    def GetBothAmounts(read, written, total_read, total_written, duration):
        return "R[%s], W[%s]" % (Category.GetAmountString(read, total_read, duration),
                               Category.GetAmountString(written, total_written, duration))

    def Print(self, name_col_width, duration):
        if self.total:
            print "%s: %s" % (self.name.ljust(name_col_width),
                          Category.GetBothAmounts(self.Read(), self.Written(),
                                                  total.Read(), total.Written(),
                                                  duration))
        else:
            print "%s: %s" % (self.name.ljust(name_col_width),
                              Category.GetBytesString(self.Written()))

    def Written(self):
        total_written = 0
        for f in self.files:
            total_written += self.files[f].Written()
        return total_written

    def Read(self):
        total_read = 0
        for f in self.files:
            total_read += self.files[f].Read()
        return total_read

    def Empty(self):
        for f in self.files:
            info = self.files[f]
            if info.Read() or info.Written():
                return False
        return True

    def PrintCsv(self):
        print "%s,%ld" % (self.name, self.Written())

def is_leveldb_file(fname):
    b = os.path.basename(fname)
    base, ext = os.path.splitext(path)
    return 'MANIFEST' in b or ext == '.ldb' or ext == '.dbtmp'

def is_cookies_file(fname):
    b = os.path.basename(fname)
    return 'Cookies' in b

total = Category("Total")
null_category = Category("Null") # Never printed
cache = Category("Cache", total)
font_cache = Category("Font Cache", total)
cookies = Category("Cookies", total)
gpu_cache = Category("GPU Cache", total)
extensions = Category("Extensions", total)
idb = Category("IndexedDB", total)
local_state = Category("Local State", total)
local_storage = Category("Local storage", total)
media_cache = Category("Media Cache", total)
other = Category("Other", total)
preferences = Category("Preferences", total)
session_storage = Category("Session storage", total)
sqlite_temp = Category("Sqlite temp", total)
sync_data = Category("Sync Data", total)
sync_extension_settings = Category("Sync Extension Settings", total)
sync_app_settings = Category("Sync App Settings", total)
local_app_settings = Category("Local App Settings", total)
temp = Category("Temp", total)
shortcuts = Category("Shortcuts", total)
safe_browsing = Category("Safe Browsing", total)
index_journal = Category("Index Journal", total)
file_system = Category("Filesystem", total)
gcm_store = Category("GCM Store", total)
jump_list_icons = Category("JumpList Icons", total)
favicon = Category("Favicons", total)
pnacl = Category("PNACL", total)
bookmarks = Category("Bookmarks", total)
crx_install = Category("CRX Install", total)
web_data = Category("Web Data", total)
history = Category("History", total)
visited_links = Category("Visited Links", total)
quota_manager = Category("Quota Manager", total)
network_action_predictor = Category("Network Action Predictor", total)
current_session = Category("Current Session", total)
current_tabs = Category("Current Tabs", total)
ev = Category("EV", total)
service_worker = Category("Service Worker", total)
custom_dictionary = Category("Custom Dictionary", total)
user_policy = Category("User Policy", total)
top_sites = Category("Top Sites", total)
transport_security = Category("Transport Security", total)

categories = [
    bookmarks,
    cache,
    cookies,
    crx_install,
    extensions,
    favicon,
    file_system,
    font_cache,
    gcm_store,
    gpu_cache,
    idb,
    index_journal,
    jump_list_icons,
    local_state,
    local_storage,
    media_cache,
    pnacl,
    preferences,
    safe_browsing,
    session_storage,
    shortcuts,
    sqlite_temp,
    sync_data,
    sync_extension_settings,
    sync_app_settings,
    local_app_settings,
    temp,
    web_data,
    history,
    visited_links,
    quota_manager,
    network_action_predictor,
    current_session,
    current_tabs,
    ev,
    service_worker,
    custom_dictionary,
    user_policy,
    top_sites,
    transport_security,
    other
]

idb_origin_categories = {}

def AddIDBOriginIO(origin, path, bytes_read, bytes_written):
    if origin in idb_origin_categories:
        category = idb_origin_categories[origin]
    else:
        category = Category(origin, total)
        idb_origin_categories[origin] = category
    category.Increment(path, bytes_read, bytes_written)

def GetCategory(path):
    base, ext = os.path.splitext(path)
    b = os.path.basename(path)
    if 'etilqs' in path:
        return sqlite_temp
    if b.startswith('pnacl') or b == 'nacl_validation_cache.bin' or 'PnaclTranslationCache' in path:
        return pnacl
    elif 'Index-journal' == b:
        return index_journal
    elif 'Safe Browsing' in b:
        return safe_browsing
    elif '\\JumpListIcons\\' in path or b == 'JumpListIconsOld':
        return jump_list_icons
    elif 'IndexedDB' in path:
        return idb
    elif 'Favicons' in path:
        return favicon
    elif 'Bookmarks' in path:
        return bookmarks
    elif b.startswith('Preferences') or b == 'Secure Preferences':
        return preferences
    elif '\\Local State' in path:
        return local_state
    elif 'Shortcuts' in b:
        return shortcuts
    elif '\\CRX_INSTALL' in path:
        return crx_install
    elif '\\Extensions\\' in path or \
         '\\Extension Rules' in path or \
         '\\Extension State\\' in path or \
         '\\Extension Activity' in path or \
         '\\Local Extension Settings\\' in path or \
         '\\Managed Extension Settings\\' in path:
        return extensions
    elif '\\GCM Store\\' in path:
        return gcm_store
    elif '\\Cache\\' in path:
        return cache
    elif '\\File System\\' in path:
        return file_system
    elif '\\Media Cache\\' in path or '\\MEDIA CACHE\\' in path:
        return media_cache
    elif 'ChromeDWriteFontCache' in path:
        return font_cache
    elif '\\GPUCache\\' in path:
        return gpu_cache
    elif '\\Sync Data\\' in path or '\\Sync Data Backup\\' in path:
        return sync_data
    elif '\\Sync Extension Settings\\' in path:
        return sync_extension_settings
    elif '\\Sync App Settings\\' in path:
        return sync_app_settings
    elif '\\Local App Settings\\' in path:
        return local_app_settings
    elif '\\Session Storage\\' in path:
        return session_storage
    elif '\\Top Sites' in path:
        return top_sites
    elif '\\Local Storage\\' in path:
        return local_storage
    elif '\\Web Data' in path:
        return web_data
    elif '\\Visited Links' in path:
        return visited_links
    elif '\\History' in path:
        return history
    elif '\\QuotaManager' in path:
        return quota_manager
    elif '\\Network Action Predictor' in path:
        return network_action_predictor
    elif '\\Current Session' in path:
        return current_session
    elif '\\Current Tabs' in path:
        return current_tabs
    elif '\\Service Worker\\' in path:
        return service_worker
    elif '\\User Policy' in path:
        return user_policy
    elif 'Custom Dictionary' in path:
        return custom_dictionary
    elif b.startswith('TransportSecurity'):
        return transport_security
    elif 'ev_hashes_whitelist.bin' in path:
        return ev
    elif is_cookies_file(path):
        return cookies
    elif ext == '.tmp' or ext == '.temp' or "\\Temp\\" in path:
        return temp
    else:
        return other

def GetDirSize(start_path):
    total_size = 0
    for dirpath, dirnames, filenames in os.walk(start_path):
        for f in filenames:
            fp = os.path.join(dirpath, f)
            total_size += os.path.getsize(fp)
    return total_size

def IgnoreFile(file_path):
    (d, f) = os.path.split(file_path)
    if 'Windows\\Prefetch' in file_path:
        return True
    return f in ['chrome.dll', 'chrome_child.dll', 'chrome_debug.log', '$LogFile', '$Mft']

def GetNumLevelDBOpens(log_dir):
    files = {}
    reg = re.compile("^(.*): (\\d+)$")
    for log_file in glob.glob("%s\\leveldb_*_open.log" % log_dir):
        with open(log_file, "r") as f:
            for line in f.readlines():
                m = reg.match(line)
                if m:
                    db = m.group(1)
                    num = int(m.group(2))
                    if db in files:
                        files[db] = files[db] + 1
                    else:
                        files[db] = 1
    return files

def PrintStats():
    dbs = GetNumLevelDBOpens('D:\\src')
    for f in sorted(dbs.keys()):
        print "%s: %d" % (f, dbs[f])
    print "Total: %d db's" % len(dbs)
    dir_size = GetDirSize(r'D:\src\out\Release\${HOME}\.chrome_dev')
    print "Chrome dir size: %ld, %.1f MB" % (dir_size, dir_size/1024.0/1024.0)

def ParseDetail(detail):
    items = {}
    for item in detail.split(', '):
        if item == 'Paging I/O':
            items['Paging I/O'] = True
        elif item == 'Synchronous Paging I/O':
            items['Synchronous Paging I/O'] = True
        else:
            pair = item.split(': ')
            if len(pair) == 2:
                items[pair[0]] = pair[1]
            else:
                print >> sys.stderr, 'Cannot parse "%s"' % item
    return items

# Find a path summary and (if found) extract it from it's current category
# and return it.
def ExtractFileTotalsFromCategory(path):
    for category in categories:
        file_totals = category.ExtractPath(path)
        if file_totals:
            return file_totals
    return None

def IsTempFile(fname):
    if r'AppData\Local\Temp' in fname:
        return True
    b = os.path.basename(fname)
    if b.startswith('etilqs_'):
        return True
    (f, ext) = os.path.splitext(b)
    return ext == '.TMP' or ext == '.tmp'

# Change from "null_category" to one of the others to write out counts
# for each file in that category
counted_category = null_category
counted_category = preferences

duration = None
idb_origin_re = re.compile(r'.*\\([^\\]+)\\IndexedDB\\([^\\]+).*$')
# See comment below.
# with codecs.open(procmon_log_name, 'r', encoding='utf-8-sig') as csvfile:
with open(procmon_log_name, 'r') as csvfile:
    first_time = None
    last_time = None
    time_col_idx = None
    op_col_idx = None
    path_col_idx = None
    detail_col_idx = None
    result_col_idx = None
    reader = csv.reader(csvfile, delimiter=',', quotechar='"')
    row_idx = 0
    for row in reader:
        row_idx += 1
        if row_idx == 1:
            # A hack to embed the encoding here, but reading properly (with
            # codecs) is about 10x slower. Reordering the columns in procmon
            # will break this.
            time_col_idx = row.index('\xef\xbb\xbf"Time of Day"')
            op_col_idx = row.index("Operation")
            path_col_idx = row.index("Path")
            detail_col_idx = row.index("Detail")
            result_col_idx = row.index("Result")
            continue
        last_time = row[time_col_idx]
        if first_time == None:
            first_time = last_time
        path = row[path_col_idx]
        if 'startup_complete.txt' in path:
            break
        if IgnoreFile(path):
            continue
        if row[result_col_idx] == 'SUCCESS':
            write_bytes = 0
            read_bytes = 0
            op = row[op_col_idx]
            if op in ['IRP_MJ_SET_INFORMATION', 'SetRenameInformationFile']:
                detail = ParseDetail(row[detail_col_idx])
                # If the Detail column has a 'Type' field that is set to
                # SetRenameInformationFile (the format used when op is equal to
                # IRP_MJ_SET_INFORMATION) or if op is equal to
                # SetRenameInformationFile (the new procmon format) then process
                # the rename operation.
                if detail.get('Type', op) == 'SetRenameInformationFile':
                    old_name = path
                    if True:
                        file_totals = ExtractFileTotalsFromCategory(old_name)
                        if file_totals:
                            # Move info totals for old file to new file
                            new_name = detail['FileName']
                            category = GetCategory(new_name)
                            file_totals.path = new_name
                            category.AppendFileTotals(file_totals)
            elif op in ['IRP_MJ_WRITE', 'FASTIO_WRITE', 'WriteFile']:
                detail = ParseDetail(row[detail_col_idx])
                write_bytes = int(detail['Length'].replace(',', ''))
            elif op in ['IRP_MJ_READ', 'FASTIO_READ', 'ReadFile']:
                detail = ParseDetail(row[detail_col_idx])
                read_bytes = int(detail['Length'].replace(',', ''))
            if read_bytes or write_bytes:
                total.Increment(path, read_bytes, write_bytes)
                category = GetCategory(path)
                category.Increment(path, read_bytes, write_bytes)
                if category == idb:
                    m = idb_origin_re.match(path)
                    if not m:
                        print path
                    assert m
                    name = '%s-%s' % (m.group(1), m.group(2))
                    AddIDBOriginIO(name, path, read_bytes, write_bytes)
    start = datetime.strptime(re.sub(r'\.\d+', '', first_time), "%I:%M:%S %p")
    end = datetime.strptime(re.sub(r'\.\d+', '', last_time), "%I:%M:%S %p")
    duration = end - start

print
print "Counted files (%s):" % sort_title
print "============================="
total_counted = 0
counted_files = []
for info in counted_category.files:
    counted_files.append(counted_category.files[info])
sorted_files = sorted(counted_files, key=methodcaller(sort_by), reverse=True)
for info in sorted_files:
    if sort_by == 'Written':
        amount = info.Written()
    else:
        amount = info.Read()
    total_counted += amount
    if amount:
        print "%ld B: %s" % (amount, info.path)
print "Total counted: %ld" % total_counted

if output_csv:
    for category in sorted(categories, key=methodcaller(sort_by), reverse=True):
        category.PrintCsv()
else:
    print
    print "Categories (%s):" % sort_title
    print "=========================="
    col_width = max(len(category.name) for category in categories)
    for category in sorted(categories, key=methodcaller(sort_by), reverse=True):
        if sort_by == 'Written':
            amount = category.Written()
        else:
            amount = category.Read()
        if not category.Empty():
            category.Print(col_width, duration)
    total.Print(col_width, duration)
    print
    seconds_per_day = 86400
    write_bytes_per_sec = float(total.Written()) / duration.seconds
    write_gb_per_day = (write_bytes_per_sec * seconds_per_day) / 1024.0/1024.0/1024.0
    read_bytes_per_sec = float(total.Read()) / duration.seconds
    read_gb_per_day = (read_bytes_per_sec * seconds_per_day) / 1024.0/1024.0/1024.0
    print "Over %s, Chrome is:" % duration
    print "  Reading %.1f Bps (%.1f GB/day)" % \
            (read_bytes_per_sec, read_gb_per_day)
    print "  Writing %.1f Bps (%.1f GB/day)" % \
            (write_bytes_per_sec, write_gb_per_day)

    print
    print "IndexedDB:"
    print "=========="
    for category in sorted(idb_origin_categories.values(), key=methodcaller(sort_by), reverse=True):
        category.Print(60, duration)


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Olegário Manuel Bartolo Faustino Benquerença (nacido el 18 de octubre de 1969 en Batalha) es un exárbitro de fútbol portugués.

Nacido en Batalha, e hijo también de un árbitro de fútbol, Benquerença tiene su residencia habitual en Leiría, y trabaja en una multinacional aseguradora. El 25 de enero de 2004 dirigía el encuentro entre el SL Benfica y el Vitória de Guimarães cuando, y tras mostrarle una tarjeta amarilla, el futbolista húngaro del Benfica Miklos Feher se desplomó en el suelo y falleció instantes después a causa de una tromboembolia pulmonar.

Además de ser árbitro de la Liga portuguesa de fútbol, donde debutó en 1995, a lo largo de su trayectoria ha dirigido encuentros en cuanto a clubes de la Liga de Campeones de la UEFA y de la Copa de la UEFA. En su condición de árbitro internacional también ha dirigido encuentros de clasificación para la Copa Mundial de Fútbol de 2006, Eurocopa 2008 y Copa Mundial de Fútbol de 2010.

Después de dirigir el encuentro de la Liga de Campeones de la UEFA 2009-10 entre el Inter de Milán y el F. C. Barcelona, disputado el 20 de abril de 2010, recibió críticas desde varios medios debido al arbitraje realizado, siendo acusado por algunos integrantes del club español de favorecer al equipo italiano. Algunos medios de comunicación catalanes señalaron incluso que Benquerença era amigo personal del entrenador del Inter, José Mourinho, y que habían sido socios como propietarios de un restaurante en Leiría, informaciones de las que se hicieron eco otros medios de comunicación.

En 2009 fue preseleccionado entre los colegiados que podrían arbitrar encuentros de la fase final de la Copa del Mundo de Sudáfrica en 2010, y en febrero de 2010 fue confirmado como uno de los 30 que dirigieron la competición, celebrada entre el 11 de junio y el 11 de julio de ese año. Benquerença dirigió tres partidos del campeonato, dos de la fase de grupos y uno de cuartos de final.

Referencias

Enlaces externos

 Ficha en fifa.com

Nacidos en Batalha (Portugal)
Árbitros de fútbol de Portugal
Árbitros de fútbol de la Copa Mundial de 2010
Árbitros de fútbol internacionales

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Who pulled out the plug? The 'bathtub ring' on the banks of the Colorado river that's thousands of miles long
Eleven of the past 14 years have been droughts for Lake Powell reservoir
Reservoir at Arizona-Utah border is 45 per cent below 'full pool' capacity
Lake will drop even further as it gives water to Hoover Dam's Lake Mead
By Christopher Brennan For Dailymail.com
Published: 18:47 EST, 30 March 2015 | Updated: 07:09 EST, 31 March 2015
A drought in the western United States has left water levels in the Colorado River basin far below their normal levels.
Lake Powell, a reservoir at the Arizona-Utah border, is 45 per cent below its capacity, and the lack of water has left a 'bathtub ring' at the bottom of its majestic rock formations.
The lake, from which the Colorado eventually snakes through Grand Canyon National Park, has lost 4.4 trillion gallons of water in a recent drought.
The river's basin has been experiencing the drought for eleven of the last 14 years, shrinking a reservoir that was one-fourth the size of Rhode Island when it was at 'full pool', according to National Geographic.
Lake Powell, which is the country's second-largest reservoir when it is at 'full pool' capacity, now has a white bathtub ring in its canyons from dropping water levels
The Colorado provides water for Nevada, Arizona and California, the last of which has seen large areas in 'extreme' and 'exceptional' drought levels and is trying to restrict how much water residents use.
Seven states and 40million people get water from different parts of the river's basin, which extends into the southern reaches of Wyoming.
Many climate scientists think that the Southwest is also due for a megadrought this century that would far outlast the current phenomenon.
Lake Mead, the reservoir next to Hoover Dam, shrunk to 39 per cent of its capacity last year and was at its lowest level since the dam was built in the 1930s.
To help the other reserve keep a steady supply, Lake Powell will release 8.23 million acre-feet (2.68 trillion gallons) downstream over the course of this year.
The release is estimated to lower the water level at Powell, the second largest reservoir in the country behind Mead, by another meter.
It is in danger of seeing its surface elevation fall below 1,075 feet above sea level by September, which would be the lowest level on record, set in 2005, and increase the size of its bleached white ring.
Minerals in the water turn the walls of the sandstone canyons white, according to the Weather Channel.
Minerals in the Colorado River turned the sides of Lake Powell's canyons white before the water levels dropped and the discoloration could be seen
Lake Powell provides water to Nevada, Arizona, and California, which has been experiencing its own drought problems
The reservoir is now at 45 per cent capacity after losing water from drought for most of the past 14 years
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The Colorado River basin stretches from the southern reaches of Wyoming to southwestern states such as Arizona (pictured)
Lake Powell is a major Arizona vacation spot and draws more than 2million visitors to the reservoir each year
Sections of Lake Powell that used to be under water, such as this are of Big Water, Utah, now stand dry and pebbles from the riverbed are exposed
Lake Powell will release trillions of gallons of water through Glen Canyon Dam (pictured) so that Lake Mead, next to Hoover Dam, will not dramatically lose water levels
The diminishing of the Colorado River has exposed vegetation from the riverbed, such as that on this section around Horseshoe Bend
Motorboats can still navigate on some stretches of the river, though paddle boats are necessary for other parts
Water lines are visible on a section of Lake Powell that used to be under water but has now been exposed by a drought
Not all areas sport the white bath tub ring from where water used to be, though areas such as this part of Big Water, Utah, are also dramatically diminished from their surging heydays
Lake Powell reached a record low of 3555 feet in 2005. Above, boaters tour the Cathedral in the Desert formations in 2007
Scientists believe that the western United States may be due for a megadrought sometime this century
This map shows the severity of the drought in the western US, with 'exceptional' drought in dark red, 'extreme' drought in red and 'severe' in orange. Drought levels are based off precipitation and moisture indices
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Have your cameras ready to capture Kirkjufell, the famous church-shaped mountain and its waterfalls. This is among the most photographed places in Iceland and it is as beautiful as it looks on the pictures.
Our journey continues to the black beaches of Djupalonssandur and the stunning lava and basalt formations of Londrangar, before getting to Arnarstapi, an old fishing village at the bottom of the majestic Snaefellsjokull, mentioned in Julius Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth. Arnarstapi has beautiful sea cliffs populated by different bird species.
We will have the chance to walk to the top of an old crater, we will see the famous black church in Budir and, with some luck, we will spot some seals in Ytri-Tunga before making our way back to Reykjavik.


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Governor Carney Signs Body Camera Legislation
Department of Justice | Department of Safety and Homeland Security | Governor John Carney | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Wednesday, July 21, 2021
House Bill 195 requires law enforcement to wear and use body cameras
NEWARK, Del. – Alongside members of law enforcement, advocates and members of the General Assembly on Wednesday, Governor John Carney signed legislation requiring police officers and certain employees of the Department of Correction and the Department of Services for Children, Youth, and Their Families to wear and use a body camera. Body cameras will be used to record interactions with members of the public in accordance with the regulations that will be established by the Council on Police Training. Governor Carney supported this proposal in his 2021 State of the State Address.
"Here in Delaware, we look out for each other because we care for our neighbors," said Governor Carney. "We can do great things if we work together, and this legislation shows that we are moving forward productively. Thank you to the members of the General Assembly and the Delaware Black Caucus, Attorney General Jennings, advocates and law enforcement for your leadership on this important piece of legislation."
This Act requires state agencies to implement the statewide body camera program through the procurement of cameras, development of a central data storage program, and provision of necessary personnel. Governor Carney's Fiscal Year 2022 budget includes $3.6 million for the development and deployment of body cameras.
"Body-worn cameras have the ability to be a game-changer in police-community relations. They greatly improve transparency and accountability, while providing increased protection for both the police and the community," said Representative Sherry Dorsey Walker. "There is a reason that law enforcement, community members, and lawmakers all have advocated for universal body camera usage throughout our state, and we are seeing the result of that collaborative effort here today. This is a part of the Delaware Legislative Black Caucus' Justice for All Agenda, and I'm very grateful to see it come to fruition."
"The Delaware Legislative Black Caucus made a commitment last summer to advance legislation that improves transparency and accountability in policing," said Senator Darius Brown. "This legislation helps to do both, and I thank Governor Carney for signing this bill into law today."
"This is a good day for accountability," said Attorney General Jennings. "Everyone in this state — advocates, police, prosecutors, and the public — agrees that body cameras are good for transparency, good for trust, and good for justice. We worked hard for more than a year to design this program and I am eternally grateful to the advocates who called for change, to the legislators who took up the cause, to the Governor who ensured the initiative was funded, and to the police leaders who worked to get this legislation across the finish line."
"While there is still work to be done, the signage of this legislation is the next step in our States continuing efforts to promote accountability, transparency, and legitimacy," said Secretary McQueen of the Delaware Department of Safety and Homeland Security. "It will also enable Delaware Law Enforcement to continue to build trust and foster positive relationships within our communities.
"The FOP is appreciative for the opportunity to be a part the discussions surrounding this legislation," said Lt. Jamie Leonard, President of the Delaware State F.O.P. Lodge. "We wholeheartedly agree that body cameras will help increase transparency and accountability for our police officers and the public we serve. We would like to thank the Sponsors of this legislation, and all the members of the General Assembly, for ensuring this bill's passage. The FOP recognizes the financial burden this legislation could have placed upon many towns and municipalities therefore, we are thankful to Governor Carney for making the funding of this initiative a priority. We look forward to working with all the stakeholders as we join efforts to create a model policy which benefits all Delawareans, citizens and police officers alike."
"The Delaware Racial Justice Collaborative is proud to work alongside so many individuals and organizations in the fight for racial justice," said the Delaware Racial Justice Collaborative. "Today, we celebrate a great win and make Delaware a trailblazer in the nation by holding both police and citizens accountable through body worn cameras."
Photos from today's bill signing can be found here.
Re-watch the bill signing ceremony here.
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An international team of physicists, engineers, and technicians has been working to assemble sPHENIX. From left to right: a segment of the detector's electromagnetic calorimeter, the experiment's superconducting magnet as crews carefully moved it into place, and a tracking component called the Time Projection Chamber being prepared for installation.
Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, Director of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science, visited DOE's Brookhaven National Laboratory on Jan. 27 to celebrate the fast-approaching debut of a state-of-the-art particle detector known as sPHENIX. The house-sized, 1000-ton detector is slated to begin collecting data at Brookhaven Lab's Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), a DOE Office of Science User Facility for nuclear physics research, this spring.
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Daniel Brandenburg and Zhangbu Xu at the STAR detector of the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC).
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A comprehensive analysis of data from the STAR detector at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), above, reveals that conditions created just as heavy ions collide in the center of the detector have the biggest influence on the asymmetric flow of particles from these collisions. The results will help scientists zero in on key properties of a unique form of matter that mimics the early universe.
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Scientists in the STAR collaboration at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC)—an atom smasher at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory—have published a comprehensive analysis aimed at determining which factors most influence fluctuations in the flow of particles from heavy ion collisions. The results, published in Physical Review Letters, will help the scientists zero in on key properties of a unique form of matter that mimics the early universe.
Initially, Celeritas will accelerate simulation of data from the Compact Muon Solenoid detector (shown schematically) at CERN's Large Hadron Collider. Credit: Seth Johnson/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy
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Artist's impression of the ALICE study of the transparency of the Milky Way to antimatter (Image: ORIGINS Cluster, Technical University Munich)
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Gluons at the Speed of Light Gluons are always popping in and out of existence like blinking fireflies. But when nuclei or protons are accelerated to high energies, the gluons inside appear to multiply. That's because time operates in weird ways near the speed of light. The "blinking" appears to slow down, which makes the gluons linger longer. Energetic particle collisions can help physicists study this gluon-dominated state and, guided by new approaches to nuclear theory, search for signs of gluon saturation.
Brookhaven Lab to Lead New 'Saturated Glue' Theory Collaboration
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Hubble image of the spiral galaxy NGC 1068. Credit: NASA/ESA/A. van der Hoeven
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By: Ross Ruediger (lynchnut@gmail.com)
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This particular Bullz-Eye chat necessitates a bit more back story than usual.
It's important to understand the circumstances under which I interviewed Piers Wenger, one of the executive producers of the current era of "Doctor Who," and it's equally important to understand how I dropped the ball on this interview, which is a huge shame, because anyone who knows me knows I'm a freak for "Doctor Who," and I've no excuse for botching this one.
Except that I do.
Well, maybe not an excuse, but certainly a reason, and one which leaves me with no one to blame but myself. The story which follows will, I hope, serve as a warning for all who read it.
The phoner between Mr. Wenger and I was scheduled for Monday the 15th at 11 A.M. I knew this well in advance, and even though I'm generally not at my best until post-noon, I anticipated no problems, despite the fact my 39th birthday was the day before. This in and of itself should not have been a red flag, as any celebrating I was going to do would be on Saturday night. By all counts, I'd be in fine shape for Monday morning.
Saturday night, however, is merely where it all started, as I gathered with friends at my favorite bar and commenced the celebration, making merry, drinking, and having a grand ol' time. As the night wore on, the festivities moved to my friend Paul's place, where I indulged, alone, in a specific spirit, one which was given to me as a gift that night.
"I finally passed out around midnight or 2 A.M. on Sunday night…or, rather, Monday morning…having consumed over the course of 24 hours a bottle and a half of Ouzo, plenty of vodka, and probably a few other party favors that won't be mentioned. In addition, I had forgone sleep for 36 hours. To my addled mind, eight or so hours was plenty of time to get into proper shape for the phoner with Piers."
Ouzo, the famed Greek aperitif that smacks of black licorice, is a curious mistress. It courts you in the early stages of the night, seduces you into surrender later on, and then, when you're not looking, comes up and violently takes you from behind and doesn't let go. Those crazy Greeks. Around dawn, when it was time to share a cab home, I had finished about ¾ of the 80-proof bottle…which, you'll remember, was on top of all the drinks I'd had earlier in the evening. Upon arriving at my place, my wife wisely went to bed. I, however, stayed up, intent on finishing the Ouzo (not to mention some vodka that was sitting around), listening to music and watching Blu-rays. I'm sure at some point I even put on the "Doctor Who" Season Five Blu-ray, and thought, "That interview with Piers is going to rock!")
Before I knew it, it was noon on Sunday, and I was still awake, trashed beyond recognition. My teenage son and his friends, who were just starting their day, looked at me as though I was insane. It didn't faze me, as today was my 39th birthday, and I clearly needed to prove something to myself, although what that was I didn't exactly know. (In hindsight, it appears I needed to prove that I could be as stupid at 39 as I could be at 29.) My wife, who was up by this time, was kind enough to not come down on me on my birthday, and she let me be. There was still more vodka to put away. The Ouzo, however, was gone…or, at least, the first bottle was.
Now here's where things went disastrously wrong.
A friend dropped off a birthday gift on my front doorstep Sunday afternoon, and you'll never guess what that gift was: another bottle of the exact same brand of Ouzo. Perhaps it should be mentioned at this point that my love for Ouzo is well-known amongst my friends. At the time, it seemed like a gift from Dionysus himself. In retrospect, it was actually more of a cruel joke, because of course I opened the bottle and began consuming. Long story short (too late), I finally passed out around midnight or 2 A.M. on Sunday night…or, rather, Monday morning…having consumed over the course of 24 hours a bottle and a half of Ouzo, plenty of vodka, and probably a few other party favors that won't be mentioned. In addition, I had forgone sleep for 36 hours. To my addled mind, eight or so hours was plenty of time to get into proper shape for the phoner with Piers.
I arose around 10 or so, a disheveled mess, awaiting the call with an appropriate sense of dread, shaking, not so much hung over but still drunk on some level. I had my recorder hooked up, the little thingamajig in my ear. The call came through about 15 minutes late, which I was perfectly OK with, and as the interview commenced, I swear I hit "record." About four minutes in, though, I looked down and saw the recorder hanging by its cord, dangling between my legs on the floor. I reached down as Piers enthusiastically talked…and saw that the recorder was off. At this point, the only thing to do was roll my eyes at my pathetic self and belatedly press "record."
Do I remember what Piers said in those four minutes? Not exactly. I know my first question for him was, "What's your personal history with 'Doctor Who'?" As is the case with many of the folks who've been working on the show over the past five years, Piers euphorically explained how as a child he was obsessed with the show, and that Tom Baker and Peter Davison were "his" Doctors. I believe he said when he was a kid, he either wanted to, or actually had his bedroom door painted to look like the TARDIS, but it's possible I imagined that. He full well acknowledged that it was a dream job for him, and went on to enthusiastically speak about working with Steven Moffat and Matt Smith, and a host of other names that are now lost to either dodgy technology or my inability to press "record" when the situation called for it.
We'll now join the interview "in progress," with a few bits of italicized commentary from the interviewer. I've transcribed my end of the interview verbatim, as well kept my schizophrenic line of questioning squarely in place. Keep in mind, also, that a big part of this interview was supposed to be about the Series Five Blu-ray and DVD.
Piers Wenger: I think we knew there was a look for it [Series Five] that would feel absolutely 2010 and not 2005, and how do you give the "Doctor Who" audience the best television production has or had to offer? And we thought there was stuff we could do that would update it and give it all the freshness and polish and technology that we possibly could. That was on my station – to make it feel like a show that has absolutely, squarely been made in 2010.
Bullz-Eye: I'm curious about the "Meanwhile in the TARDIS" scenes on the DVD. Were those always planned as something for the DVD?
"I went over to Steven's [Moffat] house for dinner on Saturday night, and he was kind of jumping up and down saying, 'You've got to see this. You haven't seen anything until you've seen ('Doctor Who') on Blu-ray!' And he was right. I feel for those actors because every wrinkle and line and lump and bump is on show, but in terms of the depth of field and the level of polish that you get from the image, it's a huge thrill to see the show in that format."
PW: Um, yes, it's quite a task to produce a DVD box set that you give the audience special features, and "Doctor Who" fans love to scrutinize every detail and we just wanted to give them something new to criticize, something additional to scrutinize, that kind of joined the dots between some of the stories.
BE: Uh, how is, uh…thank you for coming to the United States to shoot!
PW: OK! We're delighted. I'm just sad not to be there myself. They flew out on Saturday.
BE: I see that Matt Smith is even going to be on one of our talk shows.
[Writer's note: Wow, the opportunity to possibly discuss the finer details of "Doctor Who" finally shooting in the U.S. after all these years, and I move on to Craig Ferguson.]
PW: Yeah, yeah on Tuesday night on "The Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson."
BE: Um, I, I'm, I, uh, are the cameras you're using now different than the ones that were used on the specials?
PW: Yes, they are. They're a new sort of HD camera called the Sony F35, which is I think the camera they used to film "Iron Man 2." They're a very good HD camera. [Writer's note: Wenger unloaded a couple sentences of techie whizz-bang here that was difficult to decipher. Needless to say, he had more to say on the subject than "they're a very good HD camera."] It's a more sophisticated camera – a more cinematic look. That constant pressure you're under, to make a drama like "Doctor Who," to make sure it can hold a candle to the best drama pieces that the movie world offers. Because 8-year olds watching "Doctor Who" don't realize you have a tiny budget compared to Christopher Nolan or whoever, so you have to use the things that are available to you to give them something which is as close as possible to a movie-sized image.
BE: Well, the Blu-ray just looks incredible. I was completely blown away by the look of it.
PW: I'd never seen it in Blu-ray, but I went over to Steven's [Moffat] house for dinner on Saturday night, and he was kind of jumping up and down saying, "You've got to see this. You haven't seen anything until you've seen it on Blu-ray!" And he was right. It really, really does. I feel for those actors because every wrinkle and line and lump and bump is on show, but in terms of the depth of field and the level of polish that you get from the image, it's a huge thrill to see the show in that format.
BE: Yeeeesss, definitely. I'm curious if you, what you think, uh, what kind of dynamic do you think that it kind of brings to the show right now, because we have a show that's kind of like, it's about two couples now all of a sudden, and "Doctor Who's" never really been like that before.
PW: You mean River and the Doctor, and Amy and Rory?
[Writer's note: How Piers deciphered what I was talking about I'll never know, but I was obviously happy that he did.]
BE: Yes, yes, yes!
PW: Well, I've never really thought of it like that to be honest, because the Doctor, although he and River have a past, it's not a relationship that's lived out conventionally. Their timeline is going in different directions, so every time they meet, the Doctor remembers her less and she remembers him more, so it doesn't feel cozy in terms of there being two couples, but I think there is for Amy and Rory the big dilemma that underpins the life of any companion who travels with the Doctor, and that's is he the only man in her life or is there room for anyone else? Although their relationship [Amy and the Doctor's] isn't a romantic one, she's know him since she was nine years old, and she waited to travel with him for 12 years after that, before she gets the chance she's got now. That's a fairly deep-rooted, emotional tie to him. And that adds a big complication to her relationship with Rory.
BE: Um, are you excited about Season Six?
"I watched an assembly of the first three weeks of filming of the first two episodes (of Season Six) on Saturday, and I e-mailed Toby Haynes, who's directing those episodes, to say, 'You are shooting the coolest and possibly the scariest new 'Doctor Who' monster in years.' I really, really truly believe that. They are quite terrifying. I worry for the sanity of some of our fans. They are really going to make the Weeping Angels look like a bunch of stuffy old statues."
PW: Yeah, it's really exciting, but it's a lot pressure though. I feel that when I saw the box set for the first time for Season Five a few weeks ago, I felt just so proud and pleased for Matt and pleased for Steven that it's worked out as well as it has, and that we've been able to do things for the audience and for the fans that we've been able to do, like getting Richard Curtis to write an episode and going off to film an episode in Venice and an episode set in Provence in the 19th century. I just thought there were some terrific things in that series that took a hell of a lot of planning, but which have hopefully more value to "Doctor Who" fans than they've ever been offered before. Now the pressure is on us to top that, and that's the challenge we're currently engaged in. That's why we're going off to the States to film for the opening two-parter, and that's why Steven is coming up with more dark and complicated and strange things to inflict upon Rory and Amy and to complicate their relationship; to kind of mine the Doctor's relationship with River, to reveal some pretty big truths about that relationship, and also to make some brilliant new monsters. We're much more interested in new monsters than we are in classic ones, to be honest. I watched an assembly of the first three weeks of filming of the first two episodes on Saturday, and I e-mailed Toby Haynes, who's directing those episodes, to say "You are shooting the coolest and possibly the scariest new 'Doctor Who' monster in years." I really, really truly believe that. They are quite terrifying. I worry for the sanity of some of our fans. I worry for our own sanity! They are properly scary. They are really going to make the Weeping Angels look like a bunch of stuffy old statues.
BE: That is quite the tease! That's a bold statement, Piers.
[Writer's note: By this point, I was enthralled. This guy was pure class, unlike the person he was talking to.]
PW: (Laughs) It is, it is! It is thrilling, but it's probably more chilling than it is thrilling, actually.
BE: Oh, I can't wait. You've got me soooo excited. How's "A Christmas Carol" [this year's Christmas special, which will air on BBC America on Christmas night] coming along?
PW: We are fairly close to finishing that. We're still working on the effects shots. We're going to be showing a trailer for it on "Children in Need" which is a big charity telethon here, which I think is on a week from Friday. People will get the first glimpse of that. The slogan for the special is "If Christmastime can be rewritten," which is why "A Christmas Carol" made so much sense as a basis for this year's special.
[Writer's note: I believe Piers had more to say about the Christmas special, but in a moment of madness I moved on to something else.]
BE: It's funny that you bring up "time can be rewritten," because I think that's something Steven has brought to the show that's completely changed the dynamic of the series.
PW: It happens in River and the Doctor's relationship as well, they keep meeting each other in the wrong order – what happens when time lines are crossed? What impact does that have on the future? It's something that utterly fascinates me, and one of the things that makes the show as rich and as broadly appealing as it is, because not only is it a big, dark funny sort of glossy action adventure show, it's also got lots and lots and lots of really big, intellectual, philosophical ideas to experiment with, and that's what we all love, that's what we all secretly want. We want our brains to work, and our intellects to be fed at the same time, as we're being made to laugh and being made to be scared. We always said that's what we set out to do in every single episode we make, to explore the two extremes of fear and fun. That's what sort of gets Steven out of bed in the morning, I think.
BE: Did you ever worry that the season might be too complex for people?
PW: You know, I don't really think that's possible. I think there are definite episodes of the show, when I sit down and watch them, and I think, "I'm having to work really hard to keep up," but I'm never bored, and I think the worst thing you can do is not to be complex and to bore people, and I think that's what we try to avoid.
Post-script:
It was at this point the BBC publicist chimed in, and said we needed to start wrapping things up, and did I have any more questions for Piers? Under normal circumstances, I'd have had plenty more, but in that moment, all I could think was "Thank the Greek Gods this is over," though that's not a reflection on Piers, obviously.
Mr. Wenger, if by some chance you read this, I owe you a huge apology, and I've nothing but respect for what you do and what you've brought to my favorite TV series. I hope that someday you'll grant me another interview…but just to be on the safe side, let's make sure it's not on the Monday morning after I've celebrated my 40th birthday.


I mention it to illustrate how kids of my generation formed our early impressions of American history in general and the Plains Indians in particular. "Battle of the Little Big Horn" was recorded in 1959. Because of songs like that and certain John Wayne movies, we were sometimes reluctant to take our turns being Indians during our playground battles. It just wasn't that fun being the bad guys and having to die all the time.
Nathaniel Philbrick's new book The Last Stand isn't the first to revise the '50s version of Custer and the U.S. Cavalry, but it's one of the better ones. Unlike Evan Connell's pedantic and rambling Son of the Morning Star, Last Stand manages to read more like a good story than a collection of facts and official testimony. Philbrick draws sharp portraits of the remarkable personalities involved, but he also sketches some pretty sharp landscapes – the physical and political geography upon which Custer and Sitting Bull played their roles in 1876.
Terrain played a big role in the battle. If you've ever walked the battlefield near present-day Hardin, Mont., you can appreciate Philbrick's stirring description of how and why the fight unfolded as it did. I was also interested to learn about the role the Yellowstone River played in Custer's last campaign: a specially built steamboat called the Far West used it to supply the Seventh Cavalry in the weeks prior to the battle. Afterward, it steamed up the Little Bighorn river to evacuate the wounded. In one passage, Philbrick describes how the strong Yellowstone current overwhelmed a boat carrying mail from the Seventh Cavalry. A man was drowned, and the mail wasn't recovered until after the battle. From recent experience, that part had special resonance with yours truly.
I do call this the Fiction Warehouse because that's usually what I read. But once in awhile some nonfiction comes along that equals a good novel. The Last Stand is such a book.
Before I close, I'll also recommend another history I read over the summer: Empire of the Summer Moon. It's all about the Comanche Indians, and how the tribe retained their dominion over the American Southwest long after the great Eastern tribes had been driven down the Trail of Tears. They were considered the best cavalry in the world. And arguably the most brutal. Beside them, Sitting Bull's fighters look like Jesuit priests. It's a great read, though. Dave Bob says check it out.


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In 1941 Be-Ge cars became sales agent for Scania Vabis trucks and this is where Be-Ge's fascination and involvement in trucks & buses began, today we are the World's oldest Scania dealer.
In 1946 AB Be-Ge Karosserifabrik was established to manufacture truck cabs. It was quite common back then for truck manufacturers to outsource production of cabs to independent bodybuilders and Bror Göthe Persson realised that there was a potential, not just to make a cab similar to other cabs on the market, but lead the way on improving manufacture, design, comfort and more importantly safety.
Due to Scania's continued expansion, in 1966, Scania-Vabis acquired ownership of our cab manufacturing plant. Scania still manufactures truck cabs there today in Oskarshamn and is one of Kalmar County's largest employers.
Even back in the 1940's Bror Göthe Persson valued the importance of vehicle safety and was a pioneer in truck occupant safety and began testing our cab strength in three directions vertically and dynamically. This was unheard of at the time and even though its something we take for granted as a norm today, it shows the pioneering spirit and importance in safety within Be-Ge right from its early days.
Now run by the third generation of Bror Göthe's family, today there is a bit of Bror Göthe's pioneering spirit in all of us at Be-Ge. We have our manufacturing plants based in Sweden, Denmark & Lithuania and a network of dealers spanning the globe. We are proud of what we do and its reflected in the products we produce. Our investment in vehicle seating safety testing puts us at the forefront of seating supply solutions.


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Hydroxychloroquine not approved as anti-malarial drug in India, says Ipca Laboratories Joint MD
By Medical Dialogues Bureau Published On 2020-04-14T13:45:08+05:30 | Updated On 14 April 2020 8:15 AM GMT
Mumbai: The Joint Managing Director of Ipca Laboratories Ajit Kumar Jain on Saturday said that hydroxychloroquine is not approved as an anti-malarial drug in India.
He said it is going viral across social media that hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is an anti-Malarial drug. "But in India, it has no approval as an anti-malarial drug," Jain said.
He said two key starting materials needed for HCQ production are produced in India only.
"We neither import starting materials nor the drug from abroad. We export it across the globe," he said.
Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Saturday said that hydroxychloroquine or HCQ should be used as prophylaxis to prevent the coronavirus and not as a treatment for COVID-19.
India's total cases of coronavirus on Saturday climbed to 7,529 including 242 deaths and 652 people, who have either been cured or discharged, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
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The Future SEO: Boardroom edition
Pamela Rich November 3, 2021
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SEO's dynamic nature and Google's mysterious algorithm specifics keep the industry on its toesIs it possible to simply spot the inefficiencies of SEO in its infancy and foresee trends?With over 20 years of leadership roles, SEO pioneer Kris Jones taps into his experience to help SEOs derive more strategic value
Pretty much anytime we speak about something's future, we're doing something called extrapolating. By definition, extrapolating involves extending existing data or trends to assume the same procedure will continue in the future. It's a form of the scientific method that we probably use every day in our own lives, quite reasonably, too: the summers will be hot, the downtown traffic will be bad at 9 AM, and the sun will rise tomorrow morning.
But how can we look into the future of something as complex and ever-changing as SEO? As with all cases of hindsight, we are clear on how SEO began and how it has transformed over time.
We see the inefficiencies of SEO in its infancy and how advancing search engines have altered the playing field.
The catch is this: how can we surmise about the future of SEO without having access to all the mysterious algorithm specifics that Google itself holds?
The answer is simple: we have to extrapolate.
I've seen SEO from the boardroom perspective for more than 20 years. I've seen the old days of keyword stuffing to the semi-modernization of the late 2000s to the absolute beast that Google has become now, in the 2020s.
Given that, where do I think SEO is going in the not-too-distant future? Here are some thoughts on that.
User intent will remain crucial
One aspect of SEO that is essential right now and will become only more vital as time goes on is user intent in search queries.
It's an antiquated view to think that Google still cares much about exact-match keywords. Maybe 15 to 20 years ago, getting keywords exactly right in your content was a huge deal. Google matched queries to corresponding word strings in content and then served the best of that content to a user.
Today, trying to optimize for exact-match keywords is a futile effort, as Google now understands the intent behind every query, and it's only going to get better at it as time goes by.
If you recall Google's BERT update from late 2019, you'll remember that this was the change that allowed Google to comprehend the context of each search query, or the meaning behind the words themselves. And the latest Multitask Unified Model (MUM) update adds further depth and dimensions to understanding search intent.
No longer does Google look only at the words "family attractions." It knows that that query references children's activities, fun activities, and events that are generally lighthearted and innocent.
And all of that came from two words. How did Google do it? Its consistent algorithm updates have allowed it to think like a human.
All of this is to say that user intent has to be part of your keyword and content strategy going forward when you're doing SEO.
Produce more evergreen content
Sometimes, over the years, I have heard people mention that devising an effective content marketing strategy is difficult because as soon as a topic's period of relevance is over, that content will never rank again. Use your data to analyze content performance and strike the right balance between content and formats.
If you don't know any more about this subject, you might be tempted to believe that. Maybe, at one time, you got a content piece entitled "Top Furniture Brands of 2019" to rank for the featured snippet. That makes sense. The post was probably a long listicle that described the best brands and linked out to the manufacturers' websites or retail stores that carried those brands.
But maybe, as spring of 2019 transitioned into fall and winter, that post fell way down the rankings and now can't be found anywhere anymore.
The reason is obvious: you haven't made the content evergreen. The best furniture brands of 2019 may not be the best brands of 2020 or 2021 or 2022. So, what do you do? You put the work in to make the blog post evergreen by updating it. Go through and change out the best brands, change the content, change the post's title, and then republish the post.
You can also just plain focus on subjects that will almost never need any updating at all:
"Top 20 Christmas cookies to bake this year""How to train a dog""10 Steps for Hanging Heavy Objects on the Wall"
Whether it's 2021 or 2050 or 2100, there are going to be people who have never hung a thing on a wall before and will need some help online.
Whatever your market niche is, do some topic research in Answer the PublicSemrush, or BuzzSumo to find relevant subjects for you. You can also mine the SERPs to see what kinds of content are ranking already for your desired topics. Just remember to mix in plenty of evergreen content with your more timely content posts. Google will reward you for it.
Mobile will remain first
This final point is about mobile-first indexing, but you likely already know about that. It's certainly no secret that Google is going to rank your website's mobile version when it crawls your pages. About 60 percent of all searches are now performed on mobile devices, and so Google now prioritizes a site's mobile web pages over the desktop versions.
As I said, you knew all that.
What some people still may not know is that Google's new Core Web Vitals should be a major part of your mobile page optimizations.
The Core Web Vitals are primarily a web-dev task. Overall, the three vitals work together to give users positive, seamless experiences when they access a web page.
The vitals are Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS), Largest Contentful Paint (LCP), and First Input Delay (FID).
CLS refers to the amount of moving around that a web page's content does before it actually loads fully.
If you have a high CLS, that's bad. It means some elements are appearing before the page loads all the way, which increases the chances of a user clicking on something that then moves elsewhere. That, in turn, means the user will probably click on something unintended.
LCP, meanwhile, is the time it takes for a page's content to appear. It specifically refers to the amount of time between when you click on a URL and when the majority of that URL's content appears for you to see.
Finally, FID measures how long it takes users to be able to interact with a web page in any way. These actions could be typing in a field or clicking menu items.
Even if you don't work in web development, you can see how useful these three measures actually are. They all take user experience into account, which, coincidentally, is why they are part of Google's larger 2021 Page Experience update.
The Core Web Vitals are essential in and of themselves, but I think my "boardroom" perspective on them is one we can all safely adopt: that they are just examples of more great things to come from Google.
The search engine giant is always thinking of new ways to make users have better, more helpful, and more positive experiences on its platform. As SEOs, we need to be ready to respond so we don't get left in the dust.
To know the future, look to the past
We know that extrapolation can be taken only so far, but that's why the past is so vital to understand. It can give us hints at what lies ahead.
What will Google think of next? It's going to respond to whatever need is out there for improved online search experiences.
Think of 2020, when the pandemic was in its infancy. People needed information, and Google responded. Within months, you could tell whether restaurants were requiring masks indoors, how many virus cases were in your county, and where you could go for more information or help.
What, then, is the future of SEO? It's going to be whatever the masses need it to become.
Kris Jones is the founder and former CEO of digital marketing and affiliate network Pepperjam, which he sold to eBay Enterprises in 2009. Most recently Kris founded SEO services and software company LSEO.com and has previously invested in numerous successful technology companies. Kris is an experienced public speaker and is the author of one of the best-selling SEO books of all time called, 'Search-Engine Optimization – Your Visual Blueprint to Effective Internet Marketing', which has sold nearly 100,000 copies.
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The fifth Puerto Vallarta College Challenge will feature another impressive roster of Division-I softball programs, who will get the rare pleasure of firing up the 2020 season in the only D-1 event held outside of the United States. Teams play at the revamped, refurbished Nancy Almaraz Stadium in the perfect warm-weather start to the season ahead. Here's a capsule look at the 13 teams playing in Puerto Vallarta:
Session 1, Feb. 6-9
BYU (30-26 in 2019, 12-3 West Coast Conference, reached NCAA Regionals)
The Cougars have played in three of the previous four PV College Challenges. The offense will be paced by the skilled, steady Rylee Jensen, who hit .381 last year as a junior and led the team in extra-base hits and walks. She developed her strong arm throwing potatoes with and at her three brothers on the family farm. Arissa Paulson is the other returner with an above-.300 batting average from last year (.304), and she was a primary pitcher as well, winning 15 games with a 2.74 ERA. The other main hurler is junior-to-be Autumn Moffat (13 wins, 2.54 ERA). Head coach Gordon Eakin has 671 wins in 17 years at BYU.
George Washington (44-18, 15-7 Atlantic 10, lost at NISC Liberty Regional)
The Colonials are on the upswing; win totals since 2014 have been 18, 25, 23, 28, 33 and 44, and last year the team hit .341 overall under first-year head coach Shane Winkler. Sierra Lange has a terrific sophomore season in 2018, hitting .411 and adding 17 stolen bases, and the Texas Glory Adkins Gold product also threw 272 innings, notching 31 wins with a 2.81 ERA. Jenna Cone was another impact bat for GW; as a junior she hit .381 and had 67 RBI, and she has a chance to finish near the all-time NCAA Top 20 in RBI with a productive senior campaign. Cone's total of 20 home runs was tied for 11th nationally.
Long Beach State (25-25, 12-9 Big West)
The Beach graduated a talented group; back for more is junior Alyssa Gonzalez, who sat a year after transferring from Ole Miss and hit .338 with 40 RBI last year. The heart of the pitching staff is back with seniors Kellie White (11 wins, 138 innings, 2.89 ERA) and Ashley Coleman (13 wins, 134 innings, 3.08 ERA). The Beach will hope for a boost from two California natives who are transfers, graduate Abby Lockman (Tennessee) and Kyra Snyder (Louisville). Head coach Kim Sowder has run the program for 13 years and posted 424 career victories.
Nevada (29-27, 11-13 Mountain West, lost at NISC Nevada Regional)
The Wolf Pack are fueled by Reno native Sadaria McAlister, who as a junior hit .361, and classmate Sierra Mello, who closed at .353. Senior-to-be Kenzi Goins had a team-high 10 home runs and hit .314, and Hawaii native Dallas Millwood drove in 52 runs as a freshman. There are some innings that need to be filled at pitcher, but Kendall Fritz did nice work as a freshman (11 wins, 154 innings, 3.82 ERA). In all three years under head coach Josh Taylor, the Wolf Pack has made the field of the NISC postseason tournament.
Oklahoma (57-6, 18-0 Big 12, lost to UCLA in NCAA Finals)
The Sooners roll out a harrowing lineup annually; returning junior Jocelyn Alo (an OC Batbusters product) is a .399 career hitter, and returning pitcher Giselle Juarez has one year left after going 28-4 last year with a 1.39 ERA and 269 strikeouts in 186.1 innings. The team is young and affected a bit from transfers and graduation, but look for impact from Auburn transfer Taylon Snow, who hit .324 for the Tigers last year and started 52 games at shortstop. Snow is recovering from shoulder surgery. Oklahoma has won four NCAA titles under head coach Patty Gasso, who has won almost 80 percent of her games at OU.
Oregon (22-30, 5-19 Pac-12)
The Ducks dealt with a dramatically reworked roster last year and saw some valuable pieces emerge. As a freshman, Jasmine Sievers hit .326 and added 15 doubles, and classmate Allee Bunker chipped in with a team-high 32 runs while hitting .347. Junior-to-be Jordan Dail did all the heavy lifting at pitcher after transferring from Virginia Tech, closing with 18 wins, 248 innings, 240 strikeouts and a 4.12 ERA. Second-year coach Melyssa Lombardi has been looking for supplements to the pitching staff and will look to freshman righthander Makenna Kliethermes.
Utah Valley (15-31, 7-11 Western Athletic)
The Wolverines are led by senior-to-be Lyndsay Steverson, who hit .331 last year with 20 extra-base hits. Classmate Devyn Cretz is the leading light in the pitching circle, as she had 11 wins last year and 172.2 innings pitched. The roster will get a boost from JUCO all-American and Texas native Jade Miller, who hit .466 with 18 home runs last year and was a top-100 player (FloSoftball) as a high school senior. Head coach TJ Hubbard is entering his fourth year at Utah Valley; he's rebuilding a program that won nine games in 2016.
Session 2, Feb. 13-16
Cal Baptist (21-33, 8-10 Western Athletic)
The Lancers were chugging along nicely in their first year as a D-I program, stumbling at the end with a seven-game losing skid. In anticipation of eight seniors departing, head coach Bill Baber has a class of 11 players (all California natives) ready to go for 2020. This year's top returning hitter is Caitlyn Lloyd, who as a junior hit .331 and scored 23 runs. Classmate Brittany Galvez closed at .322 with a team-high 22 extra-base hits. Junior-to-be Giana Lopez threw 111 innings last year, but playing time in the circle for 2020 is wide open.
Colorado State (39-12, 18-6 Mountain West, reached NCAA Regionals)
One of the surprise programs from last year, the Rams won their first NCAA tournament game since 1997 and had their best-ever win total including 20 victories in a row. Kentucky transfer Ashley Ruiz is back for her senior year; she hit .386 with 11 home runs and will be backed by junior-to-be Tara Shadowen, who finished at .352 with 14 home runs. In the circle, Jessica Jarecki is the primary returner after going 15-4 last year with 121 innings and a 2.65 ERA. Head coach Jen Fisher enters her 10th season with the program.
Ole Miss (41-20, 13-10 Southeastern, reached NCAA Super Regionals)
The Rebels are looking for that next bounce after a notable season; it marked the second-highest win total for the program and the highest finish (5th) in the SEC. Abbey Latham's sophomore year saw her hit .330 with 23 extra-base hits, 17 stolen bases and 54 RBI; six freshmen got time last year, with Tate Whitley hitting .290. Lefty Molly Jacobsen is the primary returning pitcher; the senior-to-be won 14 games, pitched 166 innings and had a 2.15 ERA with 166 strikeouts. Head coach Mike Smith enters his sixth season; the Rebels were picked to finish 12th in the SEC last year.
Tennessee (43-17, 14-10 Southeastern, reached NCAA Super Regionals)
The Volunteers needed one more win to reach the Women's College World Series; with more than a dozen players returning, spirits are higher than ever. Ashley Rogers had a stellar freshman debut, winning 21 games with 209 strikeouts in 173.3 innings and a 1.94 ERA, with senior-to-be Caylan Arnold (11 wins, 2.26 ERA) a reliable force in the circle. Chelsea Seggem hit .366 as a junior and had 24 extra-base hits and a .471 OBP; Kaitlyn Parsons is a major factor after her freshman year -- she hit .340 and stole 12 bases. Co-coaches Ralph and Karen Weekly have guided the program for 18 seasons and will top 900 career victories this season.
Texas (46-17, 12-6 Big 12, reached NCAA Super Regionals)
The Longhorns were a topic of conversation all year after head coach Mike White took over after leaving Oregon; the team responded and was just one game short of making the WCWS. Junior-to-be Janae Jefferson hit a robust .408 with 39 runs, striking out just seven times in 196 at-bats; classmate Mary Iakopo hit .356 and drove in 43 runs with a .461 OBP. Pitching muscle is found in Miranda Elish, who as a junior won 18 games, struck out 226 batters in 185.3 innings and had a 1.81 ERA. The offense should get a lift from UCLA transfer Colleen Sullivan, who started 32 games for the eventual 2019 national champion.
Utah (19-35, 7-17 Pac-12)
The Utes put three players on the all-conference team, including senior-to-be Alyssa Barrera (.376, .432 OBP, 20 extra-base hits) and Julia Noskin (.318, nine stolen bases). Two transfers are suiting up; Charles Pond (Ohio) hit .323 as a freshman in 41 starts, and Elicia Espinosa (Texas), who showed plenty of power as a prep star in Colorado. The most experienced pitcher coming back is sophomore-to-be Sydney Sandez, who threw a team-high 130 innings last year. Head coach Amy Hogue has more than 500 career wins.
Triple Crown Sports
Based in Fort Collins, CO., Triple Crown Sports has been producing events in youth athletics and the college ranks for more than 35 years. TCS runs both the preseason and postseason WNIT basketball events, powers the "WNIT" model of the NISC (softball) and NIVC (volleyball) postseason events and produces the men's and women's Cancun Challenge tournaments in November, which have been recognized by Sports Illustrated as a top-5 destination tournament for D-I basketball programs. TCS youth fastpitch tournaments (including the 1,000-team Sparkler/Fireworks event) draw the nation's finest club programs, and hundreds of college coaches attend TCS events for recruiting purposes.
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