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Written by Martha Nalukenge
Ordinand Muwulya Moses went through a very painful and life-changing ordeal that not only grew his faith but also led him to priesthood; the heart-rending death of his daughter. He then delved into journalism as a health reporter in a bid to teach people about health issues and dissuade them from treating conventional diseases in non-conventional ways (witchcraft). He shares with Vice Versa Global's correspondent Martha Nalukenge about his daughter's death and turning point to Christ.
Primarily a teacher, 36-year-old Moses became a trained journalist focusing on health issues who worked with Daily Monitor, a leading Ugandan daily. Afterwards, he did communications with Kitovu Mobile, a medical and community empowerment organization. He left the latter to concentrate on the Ministry of God, a calling he admits wasn't easy given the painful circumstances that led to it.
Moses' calling to ministry stemmed from the painful experience of nursing his daughter, the late Nabuuma Claire Kisakye, who later succumbed to cancer. She had been diagnosed with retinoblastoma cancer, an eye cancer that begins in the retina. "From the day my baby saw the light of day, this disease troubled her, and would eventually take her life. Unfortunately at the time, we had no idea what ailment it was," he confesses. In his quest to find out what could be the issue, he visited a couple of witchdoctor shrines to try and get to the root of the problem. He admits that he wasn't a staunch believer in God at the time.
In one of the shrines, his elder daughter astounded them when she burst into a gospel worship song that scared the gods. Apparently, the gods came but they were vexed by it. That day marked the beginning of his turning point in life. The witch doctors gave them charms that didn't work, they just made things worse. "When I called him to complain, he responded by telling me that the Sovereign Lord had not willed it!" he recalls. This was a loud statement both spiritually and mentally. In another shrine that he visited, he was moved by a young girl who was told to sip fresh blood oozing from a slaughtered goat.
Nabuuma Claire Kisakye was two and a half years old when she lost her sight. She was taken to Mengo Hospital, in Mengo where she was diagnosed with cancer from where they were advised to take her to Ruharo Health Center in Mbarara District. The doctors at the hospital suggested that she would have to undergo surgery to remove her eyes to avoid further spread of cancer to the brain. However, this wasn't possible due to the fact that she was underweight at the time, so they had to postpone the operation to give her time to gain some weight. Sadly due to the delay, cancer spread to her spinal cord. She developed several convulsions that persisted until she took her last breath.
When his daughter died on 29/09/2015, he was told by a priest to accept Christ as his Lord and savior. He told him that their daughter, whom they loved dearly, had gone to be with the Lord. He added that it will be hard for them to see her again if they did not accept Jesus Christ in their lives. That was his ultimate turning point to turn to God whom he had come very close to after worrying for the life of his child. Two years later, he accepted Jesus after reading the scriptures and finding inner peace.
The guilt of visiting shrines that had been eating him up had vanished. He recalls the young girl in the shrine who sipped blood and wonders if she also got saved and got some peace of mind, which Jesus gives. Inspired by his past failures and ignorance about divine mercy, he made a resolution. He resolved to see people getting saved from the troubles of the world.
Making the bible his friend, he landed on Romans 10:1 which showed him that St Paul had the same wish. "The subsequent verses in this scripture reveal that my wish would not come true if I don't preach the gospel." He goes on to say, "No one would preach if they haven't been sent, and they can't be sent if they have not been called." That's when he embraced his calling of joining the ministry to preach the Word of God and have people saved. "I am happy that people have accepted Christ."
While most people go through misfortunes that befall them Moses Muwulya did not only go through pain but grew through it. We pray the country promotes awareness among her people to deter them from treating conventional diseases in non-conventional ways (witchcraft). This will go a long way in demystifying the mystery of cancer which is widely assumed to be witchcraft.
To Nabuuma Claire Kisakye and all the other victims who have succumbed to this deadly disease, may your souls rest in peace.
BY MARTHA NALUKENGE
Moses Muwulya
I am just humbled by this article! I am a writer but when one writes about it, I get mesmerised. I hope this article inspire our readers. Blessings to the writer. My dear friend,Martha . Blessings to the readers.
Alex Ssegawa
Great story, Hope everyone accepts that Jesus is the only answer to our problems
Who's cutting onions! Jesus is Lord. You write so well, Martha.
Kigundu Joseph wamala
Always that's how GOD find his people be strong muwulya our GOD is a great GOD
Violet Anita
The strength of a man is always in his beliefs. Happy are those who believe that Jesus Christ is our only saviour. It's a touching story. Blessings to the writer.
Kenneth Lukyamuzi
Moses, for me am not wondering as to why these these things have started happening, this is what I expected from you. Let our Lord give you more strength.


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The Mark IX was popular as a ceremonial car for state dignitaries. When Charles de Gaulle paid a state visit to Canada in 1960, the official cars for the motorcade were Mark IX Jaguars, rather than Cadillacs or Lincolns. The British Queen Mother had a Jaguar Mark VII which was progressively upgraded to be externally identical to the later Mark IX. The Nigerian government bought forty Mark IXs, painted in the Nigerian state colours of green and white. The large Jaguars of the 1950s were sufficiently popular in western Africa that "Jagwah" survives as a colloquialism for "smart man-about-town".


American Enterprise continues to be recognized throughout the industry as a company with excellent financial strength. This allows us to be able to provide you with greater solutions to protect the health, happiness, and financial security of your entire family.
In March 2018, A.M. Best Company, Inc. affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A- (Excellent) of five of American Enterprise Group, Inc.'s insurance subsidiaries and upgraded Great Western Insurance Company's FSR to A- (Excellent) from B++ (Good). Our A- (excellent) rating is fourth highest of 15 possible ratings given by A.M. Best Company. As an independent, non-government company, A.M. Best does not recommend products or services but does provide independent opinions of a company's overall financial strength.
Our roots date back to the inception of American Republic Insurance Company in 1929. The company was founded by Watson Powell, a pioneer in the health and accident insurance business. Medico Insurance Company was founded in 1930 as a health and accident association under the title Central Catholic Casualty Company with home offices in Columbus, NE. Great Western Insurance Company was established in 1983 in Ogden, UT, by John E. Lindquist, owner of Lindquist Mortuaries & Cemeteries. Medico Insurance Company was acquired in 2012, and Great Western Insurance Company was acquired in 2018.
Today, American Enterprise has multiple insurance companies under the American Republic®, Great Western, and Medico® brands. These companies are licensed in 49 states, plus the District of Columbia. Our insurance products are marketed through various distribution channels, including independent agents, career agents, direct marketing, funeral homes, and distribution partners. They include American Republic Insurance Services® and Americare Group®.
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I spoke to my mum yesterday. On the phone. Mostly it's on the phone.
They live a three hour drive south. Gone are the days I would join her for breakfast, or drop in for a tea. Our phone conversations are always too long. I talk and talk without taking a breath except to sip the tea I made for the occasion.
She's the one who cares the most about the little things. The funny things the kids say, the succulents I re-planted, my latest hair. She squeezes in snippets of her life too, I do let her.
This weekend is my parents 30th wedding anniversary.
Mum never owned an engagement ring. She has always worn a simple, delicate rose gold band, and yesterday dad bought her a diamond.
It was from an antique store and dates back to the 1920's. It has sapphires. It is so her.
Diamonds are perfect for so many years of marriage.
Diamonds are perfected under pressure. They're cut. Chiseled. Refined.
In my adult years I've seen them walk through the fire, seen them under pressure.
They've shown me how to grit my teeth, knuckle down and keep ploughing.
They've walked through it, and by the grace of God they are still walking.
I didn't say that to mum over the phone.
Only that she is so deserving of finally having her diamond.
That 30 years is amazing, and that I love them both.
Oh hi, March. I'm ready for you, bent over hands together like a wicket keeper behind the stumps.
I'm not going to let you pass by unnoticed. I'm going to catch everything in store for me.
I also had the crazy idea to include a daily self portrait this month. Lets just see how I feel about that tomorrow.


LEUVEN, Belgium, April 8, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, at SiliconPV 2019 [https://www.siliconpv.com/home/], imec, a world-leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies and partner in EnergyVille, announces that its n-PERT (Passivated Emitter and Rear Totally diffused) solar cells developed with Jolywood, a leading Chinese manufacturer of n-type bifacial solar cells and modules, have reached a certified front-side conversion efficiency of 23.2 percent. With cost-efficient processing and a clear path to higher efficiencies, this makes these n-PERT cells a serious contender to p-PERC technology.
"Compared to the previous results imec reported, we have further optimized the fully screenprinted bifacial n-PERT cell process and adopted a design with twelve busbars. The current cells also have a screenprinted front grid and rear soldering pads that use less silver," says Loic Tous, project leader at imec/EnergyVille. "The open circuit voltage (Voc) is now above 690mV with fill factors up to 83%. These remarkable results are obtained using the same industry-compatible equipment to produce bifacial p-PERC cells, with the addition of a boron diffusion."
A batch of 12 new M2-sized cells (244.3 cm²) measured at ISFH CalTec showed an average conversion efficiency of 23.0 percent, with the best cell topping 23.2 percent, and our own measurements revealed a bifaciality above 80 percent. Moreover, used under standard front illumination conditions in conjunction with an additional 0.15 sun rear illumination, the cells can achieve an effective conversion efficiency of almost 26 percent. In addition, ISFH Caltec measured an average reverse current of -0.4A (at -12V) indicating excellent breakdown characteristics.
The developed n-PERT technology has a number of inherent advantages over p-type PERC cell technology, which is demonstrated in these newest cells: the potential for higher efficiencies because of a lower sensitivity to metal impurities, and the absence of light induced degradation (LID). Therefore, n-type PERT technology could become a cost-effective contender to p-type PERC cells. To enable this, the current cells have a screenprinted front grid and rear soldering pads which together amounts to less than 80mg of silver used per cell.
Imec and Jolywood are confident that their bifacial n-PERT cells will soon reach efficiencies above 23.5 percent, coupled to a bifaciality above 90 percent.
Jia Chen, R&D director at Jolywood: "Jolywood targets to bring the best solar solution to the market. Devoted to R&D and manufacturing of the world's best n-type cells and modules, we believe n-type technology can contribute to the industry with high performance, high reliability and low LCOE . We have chosen imec to help us reach that target because of their unique expertise and research infrastructure. We are also developing bifacial n-PERT cells with passivating contact technology, and have already achieved efficiencies above 23%. Combining all the technology know-how, we are confident that our bifacial n-type solar cells will achieve an efficiency above 24% very soon."


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Q: Ruby On Rails: Sign up error using devise & sendgrid UPDATE:
Now i get only on heroku (locally everything works fine) the following error:
    2017-02-08T17:32:19.012088+00:00 app[web.1]:
2017-02-08T17:32:19.012090+00:00 app[web.1]: MyMailer#new_user: processed outbou                                  nd mail in 0.6ms
2017-02-08T17:32:19.012890+00:00 app[web.1]:    (0.6ms)  ROLLBACK
2017-02-08T17:32:19.013352+00:00 app[web.1]: Completed 500 Internal Server Error                                   in 152ms (ActiveRecord: 10.9ms)
2017-02-08T17:32:19.015070+00:00 app[web.1]:
2017-02-08T17:32:19.015072+00:00 app[web.1]: TypeError (no implicit conversion o                                  f nil into String):
2017-02-08T17:32:19.015073+00:00 app[web.1]:   app/mailers/my_mailer.rb:4:in `ne                                  w'
2017-02-08T17:32:19.015073+00:00 app[web.1]:   app/mailers/my_mailer.rb:4:in `se                                  ndgrid_client'
2017-02-08T17:32:19.015073+00:00 app[web.1]:   app/mailers/my_mailer.rb:31:in `n                                  ew_user'
2017-02-08T17:32:19.015074+00:00 app[web.1]:   app/models/user.rb:7:insend_not                                  ification'
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A: The problem appears when you init a new SendGrid client (line 3)
Here is my example
2.2.2 :005 > SendGrid::API.new('xxxxxxxxxx')
ArgumentError: wrong number of arguments (1 for 0)

According to the sendgrid-ruby gem documentation, the code should be SendGrid::API.new(api_key: ENV['SENDGRID_API_KEY']).
2.2.2 :004 > sg = SendGrid::API.new(api_key: 'xxxxxxxxxx')
 => #<SendGrid::API:0x007fde228f06d0 @api_key="xxxxxxxxxx", @host="https://api.sendgrid.com", @version="v3", @user_agent="sendgrid/4.0.7;ruby", @request_headers={"Authorization"=>"Bearer xxxxxxxxxx", "Accept"=>"application/json"}, @client=#<SendGrid::Client:0x007fde228f0360 @host="https://api.sendgrid.com/v3", @request_headers={"Authorization"=>"Bearer xxxxxxxxxx", "Accept"=>"application/json"}, @version=nil, @url_path=[], @methods=["delete", "get", "patch", "post", "put"], @query_params=nil, @request_body=nil>>

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HomeAndroidSix Amazing Features That Make the New Android Oreo Superior
Six Amazing Features That Make the New Android Oreo Superior
Oreo is Android version 8 released in August 2017. Like all software updates, one would expect the updates to be better than the previous version, and to a 'small' extent, that's true for Oreo. It adds a few new features to the system while mostly tweaking features found on Nougat 7 to make them more outstanding and more convenient.
These changes are so subtle that you can easily miss them or confuse the Oreo version with Android Nougat. So, I believe it wouldn't make any sense to buy a new phone to enjoy these features, but it'll be worthwhile if you can get your hands on it.
I've covered the various essential features of Android Oreo in this review as well as the new features like Auto-fill, picture-in-picture, and project Treble. These new features make it superior to its predecessor, Nougat.
For convenience sake, I've segmented the article into various parts. I'll start with the least noticeable change.
1. Notifications
Notification is a big part of the Android system but at the same can be very annoying. Android Oreo gives you more power to manage your notifications. While nougat offers you this same control option, it is not as flexible as Android Oreo.
In Oreo, you can set the type of notifications to receive from an app while blocking the rest. For instance, you might want to accept DMs from Twitter while at the same time preventing notifications about new followers, happenings, new tweets and so on.
You can easily access this feature by gently sliding the notification bar of the app you want to set. By pushing the notification bar gently to the right or left, you'll see a gear icon and a clock. Click on the gear icon, and you'll be taken to the notification section of the app where you can block the annoying ones.
The clock icon mentioned above offers another option to manage your notifications. If you ever have a notification that you'll like to 'work on' later, you can snooze it and then let it reappear again after the set time with the clock icon.
Another significant tweak to the notification is the addition of notification dots to apps. I believe you're already familiar with the 'red number' telling you of messages on your WhatsApp icon. Oreo add a little tweak to this. With the notification dots, you can see the messages by long-pressing the app icon without opening it.
That's about all there is to notifications update in Oreo. While they may seem a little dull, I think they make it easier for managing notifications.
2. Picture-in-Picture
PiP let's you play video on a small video screen floating over other apps. You can quickly move the video around the screen with your touch.
PiP is especially useful if you want to take notes while listening to lectures. On the downside, very few apps support this functionality.
3. Play Music Notification Bar
Android Oreo has also made a little change to the music notification bar. Instead of the boring white or black notification bar you get with other versions of Android, the Oreo color your notifications with the album cover of the song you're playing. I believe this is especially useful in making your bar stand out. Other than that, it's nothing special.
4. Auto-fill
Now, here's what I like best about the Nougat update – the Auto-fill feature. The Auto-fill feature makes it easier to fill things like passwords and addresses. Well, this may not sound new to you as you are probably already familiar with it in most common Android browsers. But Oreo takes it out of the browsers and spread it all over the system. So, now, you can auto-fill while in your browser, map, Gmail or any other app that asks for information you already have.
5. Smart Select
Google took the select feature overboard with Android Oreo. You can now do much more than copy and paste with the select options. Oreo smart select offers to translate selected foreign words. Also, the intelligent select can learn your sharing habits and easily help you save time. By selecting a phrase, it can anticipate the app you're going to open next and bring it as an option with the select button.
6. Project Treble
Project Treble aims to make software updates easier. With the success of this project, Oreo users are guaranteed to get the next Android version P as soon as it is available without waiting for manufacturers to tweak it, which often cause delays in software updating.
Android Oreo comes with other numerous features like smart Bluetooth 5 support, disk space limits for cached data (this clears app cache once its storage quota has been exhausted), Wi-Fi aware and more expressive emojis, which makes the update worth the wait.


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Q: Pandas: Shift one column by other column value I'm trying to use one column's values to shift another columns values by that amount.  Pandas shift(), per the documentation, takes an integer, but is there a way to instead use a Series?
Current Code:
import pandas as pd

df = pd.DataFrame({ 'a':[1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10],
                    'b':[0,0,0,0,4,4,4,0,0,0]})

df['a'] = df['a'].shift(df['b'])

...which is of course not working.
Desired output:
    a  b
0   1  0
1   2  0
2   3  0
3   4  0
4   1  4
5   2  4
6   3  4
7   8  0
8   9  0
9  10  0

If it makes it easier, the shift will always be the same, so theoretically the 'b' series could be True / False or some other binary trigger, and the .shift() could still be an integer.  Feels a little hacky going that route, but it would get the job done.

A: we can use numba solution:
from numba import jit

@jit
def dyn_shift(s, step):
    assert len(s) == len(step), "[s] and [step] should have the same length"
    assert isinstance(s, np.ndarray), "[s] should have [numpy.ndarray] dtype"
    assert isinstance(step, np.ndarray), "[step] should have [numpy.ndarray] dtype"
    N = len(s)
    res = np.empty(N, dtype=s.dtype)
    for i in range(N):
        res[i] = s[i-step[i]]
    return res

result:
In [302]: df['new'] = dyn_shift(df['a'].values, df['b'].values)
# NOTE: we should pass Numpy arrays:   ^^^^^^^         ^^^^^^^

In [303]: df
Out[303]:
    a  b  new
0   1  0    1
1   2  0    2
2   3  0    3
3   4  0    4
4   5  4    1
5   6  4    2
6   7  4    3
7   8  0    8
8   9  0    9
9  10  0   10

A: Figured it out:
df.loc[df['b'] == 4, 'a'] = df['a'].shift(4)

...this is the 'hacky' version I referred to above.  The first 4 is really just a trigger and the second 4 would be hard-coded.


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Harvey James Kloss, 72
Harvey James Kloss, age 72, of Elizabeth, IL, passed away, Saturday, March 7, 2020, in his home surrounded by family.
A funeral mass was held Monday, March 16, 2020, at 11am, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Elizabeth, IL, with burial to follow at St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery. Visitation took place from 5pm to 7pm, Sunday, March 15, 2020 at Law Jones Funeral Home in Elizabeth, as well as one hour prior to Monday's mass, at the church. Family and friends are invited to share in Harvey's life at lawjonesfuneralhome.com.
Harvey was born September 3, 1947 in Savanna, IL, the son of Cyril and Leona (Groezinger) Kloss. He attended Elizabeth schools, graduating from Elizabeth High School with the class of 1965. Following school he went into the Electrician trade, owning and operating Northwest Electric for more than 50 years. He was dutifully devoted to his business and his employees. Harvey was at the shop every morning to see his guys off, until a broken ankle and ALS stripped him of much of his independence.
Harvey had a great love of horses and centered much of his life around them. He was a member of the Elizabeth Saddle Club and enjoyed riding, showing, and training and breeding them. He sold his horses all over the country, and even took his horse sales as far as Germany. But it was family that Harvey loved most. He adored his grandchildren, often taking them to the Broken Yolk for his morning routine of breakfast and coffee, and family get togethers were where he was at his happiest.
Harvey will be dearly missed by his four children, Matt (Danielle) Kloss, of Elizabeth, IL, Tony (Sheree) Kloss, of Elizabeth, IL, Mitch (Amanda) Hopkins, of Seward, IL, and Teri (Donald) Shellenberger, of Elizabeth, IL; and his 13 grandchildren. Harvey is preceded in death by his parents, Cyril and Leona and brothers, Robert, Russell, Stanley, and Tom Kloss.
Ruth "Audrey" Bohnsack, 93
Ruth "Audrey" Bohnsack, age 93, of Elizabeth, IL, passed away Wednesday, March 11, 2020 at the Elizabeth Nursing Home.
A funeral mass was held at Tuesday, March 17th at 11 am at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Elizabeth, IL. Burial will be at Evergreen Cemetery in Hanover, IL. Visitation took place from 5pm to 7pm, Monday, March 16, 2020, also at St. Mary's Catholic Church, as well as one hour prior to Tuesday's mass. Family and friends are invited to share in Audrey's life at lawjonesfuneralhome.com.
Audrey was born July 16, 1926, in Hanover, IL, the daughter of Paul and Edna (Campbell) Meyer. She spent her entire life in the area, attending Elizabeth schools, and graduating from Elizabeth High School in 1943. On April, 19, 1945, Audrey married Marvin L. Bohnsack, and they were married for over 60 years. The two went on to have four children together, and later, make their home on an Elizabeth farm they bought, in 1962. She and Marvin ran that farm together for many years, and Audrey also spent 20 years at Eaton Corp., in Hanover.
Faith, family, and work ethic were the pillars of Audrey's life, and she spent nearly every waking hour involved with at least one of them. She was a core member of St. Mary's Catholic church, participating in altar and rosary groups. She was a caring and loving wife, mother, and later, grandmother and great-grandmother. But that caring devotion didn't end with her family tree. She maintained many lifelong friends, and was beloved in the nursing home in her later years. She was affectionately referred to as "Grandma" by fellow residents, and staff, alike. Audrey was always very thankful for the care she received at Elizabeth Nursing Home, and her family wanted to make a special mention of how much they appreciate the excellent work by the nursing home staff.
Speaking of her family tree, Audrey held a great interest in her ancestry, and was proud of her Irish heritage. She was fortunate enough to visit Ireland on two occasions, and with the help of her family, was able to trace her roots to, and visit, an old family homestead in Northern Ireland. It is quite fitting that Audrey will be laid to rest on St. Patrick's day.
Audrey will be dearly missed by her three sons, Terry (Mary Rubel) Bohnsack of Elizabeth, IL, Tim (Cindy) Bohnsack, of Hanover, IL, and Mark ("Cub") (Anna Pintozzi) Bohnsack, of Elizabeth, IL; daughter, Karen Glasgow, of Ankeny, IA, sister Dorothy Bowman of Edmond, OK; eight grandchildren; six great-grandchildren, and many dear cousins, nieces and nephews.
Audrey is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Marvin Bohnsack; two brothers, Paul Brutus "Bud" Meyer and Ramon Charles "Ray" Meyer; two grandsons, Adam Glasgow and Nathan Glasgow (infant); and a brother-in-law, Don Bowman.
Francis "Mike" H. Tessendorf, 81
Francis "Mike" H. Tessendorf, 81, of Lena, IL passed away Sunday afternoon, March 8, 2020 at home.
He was born on October 5, 1938 to Henry and Marion (Saxby) Tessendorf. He lived in the Red Oak, Lena, Freeport area all his life except when he served his country in the United States Air Force. He married Marsha (Sargent) Haeft on October 6, 1990.
Mike's main occupation was carpenter, floor covering installer, and handyman. He learned floor covering installation at The House of Lindberg and worked for Floor Covering Plus and Leamon's also before and during going out on his own as "M&M" Carpet Service" with his wife, Marsha.
He is survived by his wife Marsha, his children; Mark (Bonnie) Tessendorf, Danny (Nancy) Tessendorf, Jodi Veer, and Rosalie (John) Jacobs all of Rockford, also his step children; Dawn Howarth of Cedarville, Melody Haeft of Freeport, Lloyd (Megan) Haeft of Swansboro, NC, Jeremy (Tammy) Haeft of Davenport, IA, sisters; Patricia Kurth and Victoria (Mark) Rogers both of Lena, and an uncle Fred Tessendorf of Lena, mother-in-law Gloria Sargent of Shullsburg, WI, many grandchildren, great-grandchildren and nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother-in-law Peter Kurth, and many aunts and uncles.
A celebration of life will be held at a later date. Cremation rites have been accorded. A memorial has been established in his memory.
Condolences may be sent to the family at http://www.leamonfh.com.
George H. Schall, 88
George H. Schall, age 88, of Freeport, IL, formerly of Mt. Carroll, IL, passed away Saturday, March 7, 2020 at Allure Nursing Home in Mt. Carroll. A private family memorial will be had in his honor. Family and friends are invited to share in George's life at lawjonesfuneralhome.com.
George was born May 14, 1931, in Mt. Carroll, IL, the son of William and Bertha (Kraus) Schall. He attended Mt. Carroll schools, and graduated from Mt. Carroll High School with the class of 1949. On November 2, 1952, George married Virginia Walter at Lanark Methodist Church. They went on to have a son and two daughters.
George spent most of his life working his and Virginia's family farm. However, always known for his work ethic, he usually took on other work as well. He worked with Glen Smith, painting and decorating interiors, spent a couple years as a custodian for the Mt. Carroll school district, and had multiple factory jobs, most recently with Elkay. His factory friends would often joke with him to take it easy, because he was making the rest of them look bad.
A trapper, hunter, and fisherman, George was a true outdoorsman. If it involved the outdoors, he tried it! His family will always treasure memories of their camping trips, and how George involved them in the things he loved. One fond memory involved George pulling the grandkids on a tube behind the tractor, in the snow. Though Virginia had her worries at the time, she can now look back and laugh. Family was life to George, and his devotion as a husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather, proved this every day.
George will be dearly missed by his wife Virginia, of Freeport, IL; his daughters, Karen (Michael) Reynolds, of Berea, KY, and Teri Schall, of Yuma, AZ; daughter-in-law, Kathy Schall, of Mt. Carroll, IL; seven grandchildren, Elizabeth (Tony) Timm, Amanda (Steve) Honchell, Robert (Bill Lombardi) Schall, Bryan Reynolds, Michelle (Randy) Robinson, George (Annette) Stutzman and Crystal Dawn; nine great-grandchildren, Roman, Jessi, Jenni, and Nathan Timm, Katie and Nikki Honchell, Gage and Rook Robinson, and Alison Stutzman; 3 nephew, and a niece. George is preceded in death by his parents, William Schall and Bertha Schall-Turnbaugh; his brother, and two sisters; son, William Schall; and great-grandson, Zackary Timm.
Norma E. Liberton, 90
Norma E. Libberton, age 90 of Freeport, IL passed away Monday, March 9, 2020 at Liberty Village.
She was born July 14, 1929 in Mt. Carroll to the late Lee and Hattie (Schubert) Bucher. Norma married Cid Libberton on February 14, 1952 in Pleasant Valley. Cid passed away on August 19, 2016.
She was a member of Community Reform Church of Freeport. Norma farmed with her husband in Pleasant Valley and enjoyed working with their animals. She liked reading, singing, music, church work, and decorating cakes.
Norma is survived by her sons, Thomas (Theresa) Libberton of Baileyville, Gary Libberton of South Wayne, WI, and Dan Libberton of Pueblo West, CO; her daughter, Sue (Rich) Mansfield of Peoria, IL; her 12 grandchildren and several great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; four brothers, Harold, Earl, Robert and Merle; and two daughters-in-law, Penny and Diana.
The funeral service was held on Friday, March 13, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. at Hermann Funeral Home in Stockton with a visitation beginning at 10:00 a.m. There was also a visitation on Thursday, March 12, 2020 at the Funeral Home from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Interment will take place at Ladies Union Cemetery in Stockton. In lieu of flowers a memorial fund has been established. Condolences may be shared at http://www.hermannfuneralhome.com.
Kenneth L. Eden, 81
Kenneth L. Eden 81 of Stockton died Thursday March 12, 2020 at FHN Memorial Hospital.
He was born September 4, 1938 in Freeport, Il the son of the late Raymond & Esther (Krug) Eden. Kenny married June Westaby on October 8, 1961 in Stockton. After graduating from Stockton High School in 1956 he served in the US Army and Reserves.
Kenny farmed all of his life and was a life time member of St John's Lutheran Church in Massbach where he had served on church counsel many times. He also served on the Stockton School Board, The ASCS Board, Farm Credit Board, and Area Vocational Board. He received the Conservation Family of the year award from the JoDaviess SWCD.
He enjoyed being a Pioneer Seed Salesman, his toy tractor collection, the Chicago Bears, dancing, listening to Molly B Polka music and spending time with his grandchildren and great grandchildren.
He is survived by his wife June of Stockton, Daughter Lori (Todd) Workinger of Freeport, Son's David (Deanna) Eden of Bushnell, IL, Jeffrey (JoAnn) Eden of Stockton and Daniel (Julie Ann) Eden of Pollack Pines, CA, Grandchildren Amanda (Jacob) Williams, Jessica (Ryan) Hahne, Rebekah, Sarah & Hannah Eden, Jamie & Justin Eden, Mary Ann, Christina & John Eden. Great Grandchildren Harper, Greyson & Emerie Williams, Mckenzie & Addison Hahne. Brother Marlin (Sharon) Eden of Stockton.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Visitation was held at the Hermann Funeral Home in Stockton Monday 4pm to 7pm. Funeral service was held at 11:00 Am on Tuesday at St. John's Lutheran Church in Massbach with burial in the church's cemetery.
A memorial fund has been established. Condolences and remembrances can be shared at hermannfuneralhome.com
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Last night, another young man was murdered in Battersea, London.
Lejean Richards was working as a pizza delivery driver, getting his world back on track after falling into the wrong circles. But, just like that, the flame of life was cruelly extinguished by more senseless violence.
I live in the local area, and you can listen to my take on the situation in the video below. But there are no easy answers to this endemic problem.
When will it end? Nobody seems to have any solutions.
The problem of knife and gun crime in our cities is a multilayered, complex issue that needs to be handled thoughtfully and with empathy. To turn a knife on someone simply because they are from the wrong borough demonstrates a deep emotional pain in the mind of the killer that lies within communities.
To fix that, we need to rebuild trust between friends, families and their political leaders. Because, right now, there isn't any - and that's a problem.
On the enforcement side, the police need to be seen as stewards of the community rather than enemies. And that requires work on both sides of the divide. Our communities are extensions of our homes - places where we need to feel safe, secure and warm.
For the power of gangs to be curbed, we must radically reform the country's approach to drug-related issues. The war on drugs has not worked in the USA and it is not working here. To take power away from criminal gangs, we need to have a serious conversation centred on decriminalization.
One thing's for sure - this can't go on. Let's confront this problem with dignity and honesty, and make the radical changes necessary to stop the deaths.
Renew's David Britten, from Battersea, comments on another murder in his local area.


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Charles Shumway, one of the original pioneers of Utah, was born August 1, 1806, at Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, a son of Samuel and Polly Shumway. In 1832 Charles married Julia Ann Hooker of Sturbridge, Massachusetts. Following the move of his father and brother, Samuel and Polly purchased property and settled at Galena, Illinois, where Charles constructed a house and sawmill, and cleared land for farming.
In 1841 missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints had the pleasure of teaching and baptizing Charles and Polly. After a visit to Nauvoo where he met the Prophet Joseph Smith, Charles returned to Galena and soon loaded his possessions on a raft and floated the raft down the Mississippi River to Nauvoo, a distance of approximately 200 miles. At Nauvoo, he took an active part in the community, working on the new Temple and helping with construction of homes and other buildings. And, as the need arose, he was involved in defending the saints against mob violence, being one of the city police. In 1845 Charles entered into the practice of polygamy, taking a second wife, Louisa Minnerly.
In February 1846, Charles was among the first to cross the Mississippi River with exiles from Nauvoo, and assisted to establish them at Winter Quarters (North Omaha, Nebraska). While at Winter Quarter he assisted in construction of a grist mill, a council house and homes. November 14, 1846, his wife Julie Ann passed away.
When he was selected as a member of the Brigham Young Pioneer Company, he asked that his son, Andrew P. Shumway, then a boy fourteen years of age, might accompany him, which he did. After a short sojourn in Great Salt Lake Valley he and his young son returned later the same year (1847) with President Brigham Young, to Winter Quarters. Having again come to the "Valley" in October 1849, Charles was asked to serve as the first counselor to Isaac Morley, responsible for leading a pioneering group to the area where Manti, Utah, is now located. Here he helped in the construction of the first saw mill in the area and in 1851 was elected to serve as a member of the legislature representing Sanpete County.
On June 31, 1851, Charles married a third wife, Henrietta Bird. In 1857 he married Adaliza Lauretta Truman, a brief marriage that ended in divorce.
Obedient to requests to help in the establishment of new settlements, he resided at Payson, Utah, South Cottonwood, Cache Valley and then Mendon, Utah, where he resided for some 18 years. At Mendon he constructed a rock chapel and established a saw mill. He also entered into his fifth marriage, marrying Elizabeth Jardine.
Brother Shumway filled two missions, one to Canada and one to the Eastern States.
When asked by President Brigham Young to move south, he assisted in founding settlements in southern Utah and then Arizona. In 1880 he erected a grist mill on the present site of Shumway, near Taylor, Arizona, which settlement was named in his honor.
Charles Shumway died at Johnson, Kane County, Utah, May 21, 1898, survived by a large family. His burial place: Taylor Cemetery, Taylor, Navajo County, Arizona.
Brigham Young, in speaking of Charles Shumway once made the following statement: "There was never a more faithful man in the Church. He was a man who was not wed to his gold. He would give everything he had to the Church, to the building of the Kingdom of God."
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Family reunion presentation – Charles Shumway by Dale R. Shumway
LDS Biographical Encyclopedia – Vol. 4 page 718
Pioneers & Prominent Men of Utah – page 1159
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US Federal 1850 Census for Manti, Sanpete, Utah Territory
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Published book (available): The Charles Shumway Family, 1806-1979 – By Robert Owens
History in book Over the Rim, the Parley P. Pratt Exploring Expedition to Southern Utah, 1849-50 Page 38
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Q: Schrödinger equation energy level Currently going through an old question which concerns a particle of mass $m$ on the interval $[-a,a]$ with potential $V=V_0$. In the question it says to show that the energy levels of the particle are $E=V_0+\frac{n^2\pi^2\hbar^2}{8ma^2}$, but after numerous tries and checks I keep getting $E=V_0+\frac{n^2\pi^2\hbar^2}{2ma^2}$, just want to check that the answer in the question isn't just wrong so I stop wasting my time trying to figure out where I went wrong. Thank you for your help!
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Letting $k=\frac{(2m{E-V_0)^\frac{1}{2}}}{\hbar}$, I got the only non trivial solution to the SE is $Acos(kx)+Bsin(kx)$ and using the conditions that the wave function should be 0 at the endpoints, I got $ka=n\pi$, but the answer in the question works only if $ka=\frac{n\pi}{2}$ and im not sure why this should be the case.

A: The wavefunction must be assumed to be $0$ at the endpoints $\pm a$. Therefore
$$\begin{cases}A\cos (ka)+B\sin (ka)=0\\
A\cos (-ka)+B\sin(-ka)=A\cos(ka)-B\sin(ka)=0
\end{cases} $$
Hence there are two classes of solutions:

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*odd solutions: $A=0$ and $ka=n\pi$, $n\in \mathbb{Z}$.

*even solutions: $B=0$ and $ka=n\pi+\pi/2$, $n\in \mathbb{Z}$.
Combining odd and even solutions you have a solution for any $k_n=\frac{n\pi}{2}$, $n\in \mathbb{Z}$ and its associated energy is given by
$$E_n=\frac{\hbar^2k_n^2}{2m}+V_0=\frac{n^2\pi^2\hbar^2}{8ma^2} +V_0,\qquad n\in \mathbb{N}$$


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By FizX on July 28, 2021@fizx
It was released on PC a year ago, Microsoft Flight Simulator was released on Xbox Series X/S, where it's also available via Game Pass. It's a large game, measuring in at nearly 100GB—and that's not including any of the optional "world updates," which can make its file size inflate well beyond that. But you needn't download the whole thing to get it working on a next-gen Xbox.
Microsoft Flight Simulator comes in two files on Xbox Series X/S, one that combines the game (42.4GB), and one that enables you to play in an offline mode (59.7GB). You can play the game without that second file, provided you A) have a solid, stable internet connection and B) don't have a data cap. When you first get the game, you'll get the chance to select, piecemeal, which files you want to put on your console. Or, if you downloaded both and need to remove the second one,, follow this…
Go to the "my games and apps" menu.
Hover over the Microsoft Flight Simulator icon and press the menu button.
Scroll down to "Manage game and add-ons."
Click on the first option that pops up, which should be a line item listing the game's name, the version you've downloaded, and the total number of "game items" you've installed.
You should see two options: one for the game itself, and one for "World – offline mode." Deselect the latter, then hit "save changes."
Since Microsoft Flight Sim is a next-generation game, you have to keep it internally or on the $200 expansion card. If you're rocking an Xbox Series S, which comes with just 364GB of internal storage capacity, Flight Sim takes up about a third of your disc space. On Xbox Series X, it takes up an eighth. In either case, that's not much space for other massive games like Destiny 2.
According to Digital Foundry testing, Microsoft Flight Sim uses anywhere from 500MB to 700MB of data per hour, so, if you have a data cap, you might want to limit how much Flight Sim can use. You can set change restrictions in the game's "Data" tab, under the "General Options" menu.
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Ukraine To Receive HAWK, Aspide Surface-To-Air Missiles From Spain
Along with Spain's air defense donations, France's Crotale short-range air defense system may also be headed to Ukraine.
byEmma Helfrich| PUBLISHED Oct 13, 2022 8:47 PM
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Spain and France have announced that they will both be delivering ground-based air defense systems to Ukraine. This development has taken place as NATO member countries collectively rush to provide Ukraine with advanced air defense capabilities they need to combat attacks like the recent barrage of Russian cruise missiles and drones on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities.
In a press briefing held Thursday, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced that Spain would be sending four medium-range Homing All the Way Killer (HAWK) air defense systems to Ukraine. The country is also providing Kyiv with ground-based Aspide anti-aircraft missile systems, on which 19 Ukrainian servicemen have been training since early October. French President Emmanuel Macron has yet to reveal which specific air defense systems France intends to send to Ukraine, but all signs are currently pointing to the Crotale short-range missile system.
Crotale NG missile launcher of the Air Defence Squadron 12/950 Tursan at the Bastille Day 2013 military parade. Credit: Marie-Lan Nguyen/Wikimedia Commons
The Spanish Ministry of Defense first confirmed the delivery of the Aspide system, which is currently used by the Spanish Air Force, this summer, and Ukrainian forces are projected to complete their training course on the type Friday, October 14. Aspide is an Italian surface-to-air missile system first produced in the 1970s by what was then known as Alenia Aeronautica and is now Selenia, which is a part of Leonardo under the MBDA European missile consortium.
Reminiscent of the U.S.-made AIM-7 Sparrow, the Aspide missile comes in four different variants, Mk.1, Mk.2, 2000, and Citedef. While it is unclear which model will be sent to Ukraine, Spain in the past has purchased the Aspide 2000 variant that can be launched from the export versions of the Skyguard short-range air-defense (SHORAD) system designed by Oerlikon Contraves now known as Rheinmetall Air Defense and the Spada 2000 SHORAD system built by Selenia. The Aspide 2000 missile system features a semi-active radar-homing seeker and can effectively engage targets at a range of up to 15 miles (25 km) while flying at speeds of Mach 4. It's equipped with a 77-pound (35-kg) high-lethality fragmentation warhead and a high-thrust single-stage rocket motor.
Aspide missile of Peruvian Navy. Credit: Martin Garcia/Wikimedia Commons
While there has been no official confirmation from the Spanish government about the HAWK delivery, in a separate press briefing held yesterday, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark A. Milley specifically mentioned HAWK was requested by Ukraine. Spain currently operates two HAWK types, Phase I and Phase III, but all HAWKs underwent a major improvement program in the 1970s that redesignated the system as Improved-Hawk, or I-HAWK, which is how it's being referenced by the U.S. government.
"What needs to be done here by all of the various countries that were at the conference today is to chip in and help [Ukraine] rebuild and sustain an integrated air missile defense system, specifically, older systems … Ukraine has asked for HAWK, or Improved-HAWK, I-HAWK, as it's called. That's a medium-altitude, medium-range system. It's an older system, but it's quite effective," said Milley.
Long before the missile system was upgraded, HAWK entered service with the U.S. Army in 1959. Also known as MIM-23, Raytheon's HAWK medium-range surface-to-air missile was introduced as a more flexible and mobile option than the MIM-14 Nike Hercules by sacrificing altitude and range for reduced size and weight. Raytheon redesigned HAWK in 1971 by replacing the missile's radar systems, adding improved electronic counter-countermeasures, and introducing a new warhead among other modifications to eventually offer I-HAWK. By 1978, all U.S. Hawk units had begun using the improved variant.
An MIM-23 HAWK missile is fired by the 3rd Light Anti-aircraft Missile Battalion during a training exercise. Credit: CPL. C. COPE/Wikimedia Commons
The I-HAWK officially left U.S. service in 2002 despite never actually being used in combat but was also adopted and used to varying degrees of success in many other nations, including Spain. The I-HAWK system comes in three different phases designated as Phase I through III, and as aforementioned Spain possesses the MIM-23B I-HAWK Phase I and Phase III.
The I-HAWK's technical specifications vary between phases, but the improved version overall uses an M192 launch unit and features a 163-pound blast-fragmentation warhead and an M112 rocket motor with a boost and sustain phase on top of the improved guidance package noted earlier. The new motor increased the I-HAWK's engagement envelope, with the missile boasting a minimum range of just under a mile and a maximum range of just under 22 miles.
Introduced with the I-HAWK Phase III was a new Pulse Acquisition Radar (PAR) to optimize the missile system's ground equipment for use against longer-range, higher-altitude targets. The new AN/MPQ-50 PAR employed a digital Moving Target Indicator intended to help separate targets from otherwise distracting ground clutter. The Phase III battery also features a Continuous Wave Acquisition Radar (CWAR) designated as AN/MPQ-62 that comes mounted on its own mobile trailer to acquire a target's radial speed as well as raw range and directional data. The inclusion of a Low-Altitude Simultaneous Hawk Engagement (LASHE) system is also beneficial in saturation attacks as it allows I-HAWK to simultaneously intercept multiple low-level targets.
A MIM-23 HAWK air defense system training unit. Credit: Los688/Wikimedia Commons
In 2021, Spain began upgrading its I-HAWK systems to what it calls HAWK 21. These modifications included newly digitized electronic components for the otherwise analog tracking radars and launchers with the intent to ensure the system's compatibility with next-generation technologies, although it is unclear what those are. Spain also hopes that the upgrades will extend the HAWK's service life into the 2030s.
While there has yet to be an official statement detailing which air defense systems and radars France will provide, Reuters has cited an unnamed source familiar with the transfer who claimed that Paris will be delivering Crotale short-range air defense systems to Ukraine in the coming weeks, which is certainly a viable option.
Despite being unconfirmed, the delivery of Crotale systems would be beneficial in intercepting the low-flying missiles, aircraft, and especially drones that have been threatening Ukraine's airspace since the beginning of the conflict. The Crotale air defense system was developed by the France-based company now known as Thales Air Defense and versions of the system are currently in service with militaries in a number of countries including France, Finland, and Greece.
France currently operates the new-generation Crotale, or Crotale NG, which entered production in 1990. This version is designed with a new VT-1 missile that can reach speeds of Mach 3.5 and a range of nearly seven miles. The missile is equipped with a 28-pound focused blast and fragmentation warhead and features Command to Line-Of-Sight (CLOS) guidance using radar and electro-optical sensors. The system includes an S-band pulse-Doppler radar that can perform sectored surveillance functions and has a built-in IFF (identification friend or foe) antenna.
The Thales-designed Crotale air defense system at rest. Credit: Thales
These new pledged Spanish and French transfers have come after the United States and Germany both notably provided their own air defense systems to Ukraine. The United States announced the first two National Advanced Surface to Air Missile Systems (NASAMS) would be arriving very soon, and the first of Germany's IRIS-T Surface-Launched-Missile (SLM) systems have already arrived in the country. On top of that, in an effort spearheaded by Germany, 14 NATO countries and Finland have agreed to form a common air defense procurement and deployment alliance called the "European Sky Shield Initiative" (ESSI) to jointly develop an air defense system using common acquisition solutions. This will include advanced ballistic missile defenses. Israel's Arrow 3 is being eyed for this role. The War Zone has detailed the extent of ESSI in this recent feature.
The response from these NATO countries was directly inspired by a number of long-range missile attacks launched by Russia on civilian areas in Ukraine's capital city of Kyiv and other cities earlier this week. The strikes are widely believed to have been intended as revenge for Ukraine's recent attack on Russia's prized Kerch Strait Bridge leading into Crimea — or at least they were framed that way — an incident that you can read all about here and here.
Needless to say, the West is evidently massively accelerating its deliveries of the air defense systems that Ukraine has been requesting and top U.S. officials are now talking openly about their commitment to building Ukraine a multi-layered integrated air defense system (IADS).
Contact the author: Emma@thewarzone.com


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As you can see, everything went fine, so I decided to do it on the MainNet. However, even though the messages and all are correct, it ate my ETH and nothing happened. I have accepted the loss of the Ether, but I am wondering, why would it not work, even tho it did on the TestNet?
Using their first account, they deployed a HiddenQuestionSender contract, which passes through commands, with this transaction.
12 days later, using their second account, they deploy their X_GAME contract with this transaction.
Right after that, using their first account, they tell HiddenQuestionSender to set up the question, StartGame with 0 Ether, and change the hash, NewQuestion, with this transaction. In the call data, you can see the question but not the answer; but it doesn't matter in the end. You can also find the new fake hash: 0xaee11ed86334ac3afdac440921f36b90a937dfbc02f43b02a81b763b769fca4a.
Right after that again, using their second account, they call StartGame with 1.03 Ether with this transaction. Notice the TxReceipt Status: Success.
Later, you tried your luck with this transaction and 1.01 Ether. You lost it to the contract.
At some point, they collected their rewards, with this transaction, which is also listed in the internal transactions of X_GAME. It's the only one there, and is too late to alert you.
You could also have used Ganache to --fork from the main net and safely test the outcome of your own attack.
Sorry you fell for this!
NewQuestion was called before you attempted to take the ether.
I believe this is the transaction that did it: https://www.etherchain.org/tx/f1df0e4113cdd8e864235ff2bbd472c98703794ae10e923cd51c8aea260f102a/parityTrace. Search for 0x3e3ee859, which is the function selector for NewQuestion(string,bytes32).
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Artist Interview: Krooked Tongue
Words and Photos by Abbie Humphries
The latest artist interview is with Krooked Tongue, the grungy alt-rock trio going from strength-to-strength. After spending the last year defining their sound, they have highlighted themselves as one of the biggest emerging bands in the UK Music and Bristol indie scene. After graduating from BIMM Bristol, and having won BIMM Live in June, the band didn't lose momentum and ploughed through a headline tour in mid-November. Since then, they've spent 2019 honing their craft and expanding their insanely dedicated fan base.
Formed in 2017, lead vocalist and bassist Oli Rainsford, drummer Harry Pritchard, and guitarist Dan Smith released their debut single, I Wanna Steal Your Car, in early November. This built upon their initial success by scoring 30k streams and created a significant national buzz which attracted the attention of BBC Introducing presenter, Alex Noble. Vibrant tracks, Swarm and Girls with Knives spark an infectious live energy, with a (borderline) dangerous stage presence. Noble said the band were "known for their powerful combination of heavy riffs and melodic hooks".
In early December, I had the pleasure of grabbing a drink with Oli and Harry and got the chance to pry into the past, present and future of the band.
So, Krooked Tongue, what's the story behind the name?
Oli: I don't actually remember, the name just came out of thin air like a meteor shower from the gods. We found out there's a clothing brand with pretty much the same name – they spell it with a 'C' and 'S' on the end.
Harry: We originally spelt it (Krooked Tongue) with a 'C' and then we found out about the brand and changed it to a 'K'. If you look on our very first Instagram post it's still a 'C'… when we were a four-piece.
Was the four-piece under the same name?
H: (laughs) No, we had Can't Control The Vandals.
O: Which was a quote graffitied by some pisshead in The Canteen.
H: That was too long ago…
O: Yeah back in the day, when we were shite!
How would you describe your sound now?
H: Really, really good.
O: Yeah probably the best band ever. Too much?
H: Too much.
O: Genre-wise, underground rock.
You've just come back from a headline tour! How was that?
O: Class, like, really cool.
H: Never done anything like it before, it was really fun. It was a nice amount of time too – a week with one day's rest in the middle. It was just so fun. We supported Sœur in Cardiff just after which was amazing too.
O: Every show had a really good crowd.
Who had the best crowd?
O: Birmingham had probably the tamest crowd, but biggest crowd and in the biggest venue. The other three were mental, bodies flying everywhere.
H: Clunk treated us really well in Falmouth – got us free booze, free photographer and were just super friendly.
O: Liverpool was really cool too, we had people jumping on and off stage.
H: Yeah people would jump on and mosh with us – we love it when people do that!
Following the tour, you had a debut release of single, I Wanna Steal Your Car, how did that come about?
H: We've had that song for ages, it was in the original set two years ago.
O: It was one of the songs where our sound started to develop, but the production on it is more commercial than our actual sound. Shout out to Mark Underdown who did a great job producing it and shout out to BIMM's HUBB records, who helped put it together.
Who are your major influences in music?
O: Highly Suspect are definitely, one of my favourite bands. Death From Above 1979 are so good at riff writing. H: I played some Death From Above to my dad and he said: "you can tell Oli writes a lot of his riffs with inspiration from these guys."
O: A lot of my songwriting influences are from all sorts of places. I really love 90's hip-hop. I don't know if that weaves its way in sometimes, maybe, but I also like a lot of old folk artists, 70's psych and grunge.
H: I take influence from a lot of rock drummers like Brad Wilk (Rage Against The Machine), Joey Castillo (Queens Of The Stone Age) and of course the god himself, John Bonham (Led Zeppelin). O: Dan likes John Mayer – he reminds me of Tom Morello in the way he plays and comes up with little tone changes that are very much the signature of sound, which is very hard to do as a guitarist – he's a great guitarist.
H: Dan never overplays, it's always simple yet effective. Not that it's just 'plain and simple', because he's a fantastic guitarist.
You've grown so much in the last year, what role do you think social media has played in helping this?
H: Social media has really helped us out, it's so important these days. That's where you get a lot of your fans nowadays.
O: It's definitely one of the biggest parts to getting your name out there now. For us, we like to put the focus on our live shows and how they are received. We get the most of our followers and fans from live performance – they'll see us and then follow us because of that. Getting playlisted helps of course, but as cringe as it sounds social media is good for pestering people because if you don't, they won't listen to it. Once they listen, they can either say 'oh I like this' and if they don't, fuck them who cares.
Social media is a huge tool for the industry. Is there anything happening in the industry right now that you would change?
H: Stop shutting down music venues.
O: Definitely. Fuck that shit. Fuck people moving in from the big city, moving next door to music venues and then complaining about it. Like, don't live next to a music venue.
H: Curfew is usually like 11 anyway so fuck it.
Have you had any of your favourites close down?
O: Well they tried to close Thekla down.
H: They've tried to close The Fleece and The Exchange as well.
O: That's the thing about Bristol though, the community is too strong that they can't really close them down. That's why Bristol is so good.
These are vital music and party venues. What's your party trick?
H: I can do this (demonstrates the wave with his index fingers) I call it the finger- worm.
O: That's how he pulls doing that.
H: I've never met anyone else that can do it! What's yours then?
O: I don't really have one… Just getting drunk.
On a serious note, what are we to expect next from Krooked Tongue?
H: Planning the next single release in February, the big one.
O: Shall we say what it's called?
H: Shall we?
Let me guess, Girls And Knives?
O: How'd you know that?!
What can I say, I've seen a few live sets and I can't wait to see one next year! Thanks for talking guys.


The flag is a fixed object of the past which needs to become more fluid and in conversation with our present. Often the flag doesn't reflect the changes in the lives of Americans. Within the few weeks that I mused on this, Stephon Clark became the 79th unarmed black American killed by police since 2015, and Saheed Vassell the 80th. Should there be upside-down flags in their backyards and across Sacramento and New York City? In this age of big data and social media, it has become more difficult to filter out fake news and tune into our realities. Online hashtags are the "keepalives," but in real life, it is out of sight, out of mind. We need more objects and experiences that embody America's truths to be integrated into our daily lives and city streets/the fabric of our cities. It's time to repurpose some of these flag codes to create more nationwide visibility, solidarity, and accountability for issues like police brutality or, furthermore, reimagine American symbols like the flag.
Object Lessons is a new collaboration between AN and Façadomy that asks a diverse range of designers and artists to reflect on an object (material or otherwise) that has made a significant impact on their practice. Through personal anecdotes from notable practitioners, the series highlights the myriad ways in which the built environment informs our identities.
Previous pieces have featured Nancy Davidson considering a weather balloon, and Gaetano Pesce reminiscing on using a Giacometti sculpture for a coat rack.


As if the revolutionary 'low fat' avocados weren't exciting enough, Marks and Spencer have brought out stoneless avocados. That's right, the stone in the middle (responsible for numerous 'avocado hand' injuries) has gone.
These 'cocktail avocados' also have an edible skin, meaning you can just chomp right away into it, without the need to peel and chop. As if you were even considering not mashing it up with some lime, chili, and pepper, and slathering on toast. Then instagramming.
They're hitting M&S stores in December and will be available while stocks last, and cost £2 for a pack. Now, are there any recipes to incorporate them into your Christmas dinner...?


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Iranian assassins tied to notorious Quds force
Wire transfers, phone conversations, face-to-face meetings link man who hired under-cover agent and Quds Force commander, his cousin.
By REUTERS, JPOST.COM STAFF
Iranian Revolutionary Guard 311 (R)
US Federal authorities accuse Manssor Arbabsiar and Gholam Shakuri, who officials describe as a "case officer" for the Quds Force, with plotting to assassinate the Saudi ambassador, Adel al-Jubeir.
Court papers indicate that some of Arbabsiar's conversations discussing the alleged plot with the government informant were recorded. The documents also say that after his arrest Arbabsiar confessed to the plot, and disclosed that one of his cousins in Iran, whom US officials identified as Abdul Reza Shahlai, was a high-ranking Quds Force official.
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Shahlai is a member of militant Shi'a cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's notorious brigade, which is infamous for attacking American soldiers in Iraq.
According to a report by the Washington Post, Arbabsiar and Shahlai grew up together in the Iranian city of Kermanshah, now called Bakhtaran.
In the 1970's Arbabsiar moved to Texas, but remained in contact with his cousin. It was on a visit to Iran earlier this year that the Shahlai, now a commander in the Revolutionary Guard's elite Quds Force, recruited him to make contact with a drug cartel, initially to kidnap, but then later simply to assassinate the Saudi Ambassador to the United States, Adel al-Jubeir, according to the report.
Under the supervision of investigators, Arbabsiar also recorded an incriminating phone conversation earlier this month with Gholam Shakuri back in Iran.
US authorities say that before his arrest, Arbabsiar facilitated two wire transfers, totaling just under $100,000 from overseas to a US bank account controlled by American investigators.
US officials have declined to provide precise details regarding the money's point of origin or how it was transferred to the United States. But they say that still-secret information about the wire transfers provides strong evidence corroborating the involvement of Quds Force operatives in the alleged plot.
In addition to wire transfer evidence which pointed to Quds Force, US officials said a significant body of intelligence was found corroborating the role of Shahlai, Arbabsiar's cousin, as a Quds Force commander who had previously been involved in anti-US operations in the region. This intelligence, which is still classified, helped convince skeptics inside the government that the plot was real.
But many outside experts, and at least some officials inside the government, remain wary, with some expressing concern that the administration of President Barack Obama is inflating the significance of a questionable plot to score political and diplomatic points against Tehran.
A former US intelligence official said it was unlikely that FBI Director Robert Mueller and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would publicly tout the alleged Iranian government angle if they had qualms about the intelligence.
"There are too many people who are defending it to think it's totally bogus," a former intelligence official said.
But the official added: "I'm having a real hard time believing it is as orchestrated and centrally run as they seem to be implying. If it weren't for the fact that there were so many people standing up and publicly talking about it who ought to know, then I would be even more skeptical."


Since nuclear power was first introduced, there has always been a culture of learning from each other to take on board best practices in nuclear safety and radioactive waste management. Following the Chernobyl accident in 1986 there was an added impetus to increase international co-operation and accelerate moves to harmonise global nuclear safety standards to ensure that all countries had confidence in the safety of their neighbours' nuclear installations. A number of international bodies and in particular the IAEA develop guidance - contained in published international standards - on best practice in nuclear safety, radioactive waste management and the regulation of these. This guidance is used by national regulators in the EU for developing national standards and practices.
OECD/ NEA is also the secretariat for the Multinational Design Evaluation Programme(MDEP). The MDEP was set up to share the resources, knowledge and information accumulated by national nuclear regulatory authorities during their assessment of new reactor designs, with the aim of improving both the efficiency and the effectiveness of the process.


Pursuant to the Social Security Act 1991 (Commonwealth) a charge in favour of the Secretary of the Commonwealth Department of Social Security may be registered by lodgment of a Request form 11R accompanied by a copy of the notice of the charge. The request must state that the charge has arisen by virtue of s1138 Social Security Act 1991 (Commonwealth). The request does not require marking by Revenue NSW and the certificate of title is not required. See Baalman And Wells, Land Titles Office Practice, Lawbook Co. 2001 [65.800].
A charge under the Social Security Act 1991 may be cancelled by lodgment of a Request form 11R (PDF 150 KB) executed by the Secretary of the Commonwealth Department of Social Security. The request does not require marking by Revenue NSW and the certificate of title is not required. See Baalman And Wells, Land Titles Office Practice, Lawbook Co. 2001 [65.800].


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From Site Selection magazine, September 2015
Site selection is critical as fast delivery becomes more important in the B-to-B market.
UPS Airlines' system includes international air hubs in Cologne, Germany; Shanghai; Miami (to serve Latin America), an intra-Asia hub in China; and UPS Worldport in Louisville, Ky. The company's ground hubs include CACH — the Chicago Area Consolidation Hub — in the southwest Chicago suburb of Hodgkins.
Photo courtesy of UPS
by JACK ROSENBERG and ADAM BRUNS
It wasn't too long ago when logistical marvels such as Amazon transformed the B-to-C product delivery world. Now, many B-to-B companies are realizing that these same shortened delivery expectations are filtering into their world, with warehouse site selection critical to a successful fulfillment program.
There was a time when B-to-B companies worked on order fulfilment expectations of one week. Then that moved to 72 hours, and now next-day delivery is increasingly becoming the norm. One such company listening to its clients' needs for quicker order fulfillment is Lawson Products.
Since 1952, Chicago-based Lawson Products has supplied high-performance maintenance and repair products to customers across North America. With approximately 300,000 products, the company serves customers through distribution centers in McCook, Ill. (southwest Chicago); Suwanee, Ga. (northeast Atlanta); Fairfield, N.J.; Reno, Nev.; and Mississauga, Ont., near Toronto Pearson International Airport.
"With enough lead time, a corporate distribution user can create a virtual auction among qualified developers that want to win the assignment."
— Jack Rosenberg, National Director, Logistics and Transportation Solutions Group, Colliers International
Photo courtesy of Flagler Global Logistics
I have worked with Lawson for five years. Most recently they contacted me to assist them in finding a location that would allow for a later UPS pickup — from the regular 7 p.m. cut-off time to 11:30 p.m. This extended pickup window would be critical in getting orders out the same day, and reducing the need for next-day-air deliveries. Air shipments are not a cost-effective option for Lawson or its customers, as their products tend to be heavy and relatively low cost per sku. Thus building an efficient ground delivery network is critical to maintaining profitability.
We spent 12 months thoroughly researching opportunities, looking at both existing locations and possible new-build spaces. We concentrated our efforts around the I-55 corridor, an area that runs about 10 to 35 miles southwest of the Chicago loop.
We visited 16 prospective sites, and Lawson decided to rent a build-to-suit facility in McCook, just four miles from the UPS Cach (Chicago Area Consolidation Hub) facility in Hodgkins, allowing them to improve their customer service.
The McCook location gave Lawson four-and-a-half more hours of order picking and preparation every day. In addition to an expansive one- and two-day delivery area, this has allowed Lawson to minimize the need for overnight freight shipments while still meeting the customer's needs of quick delivery.
Existing Location or New Build?
A situation that inevitably arises is the question of whether to build your warehouse to spec, or locate in an existing building. There are pros and cons to each, and each situation requires a different weighting of criteria.
According to June 2015 analysis by Dodge Analytics for NAIOP, "Warehouse construction registered a fourth strong year of increased expenditures in 2014, gaining 19.7 percent. In 2011, expenditures for warehouse construction increased 17.8 percent; in 2012, they increased another 28.4 percent; and in 2013, they increased 38.1 percent." Warehouse construction totaled 157.4 million sq. ft. (14.6 million sq. m.) of space in 2014, accompanied by total capital investment of more than $10.7 billion.
Building to suit (BTS) allows a company to have the new facility tailored specifically to its needs. E-commerce companies such as Amazon often need 2,500 parking spaces for a 1-million-sq.-ft. (92,900-sq.-m.) distribution center (DC). A normal DC will need about 350 parking spaces. E-commerce companies also often want 40-ft.-clear ceilings to accommodate multiple levels of mezzanines for multi-level order picking. If a company has very specific needs, a build-to-suit is often the best option.
BTS projects can also yield impressive results in their economics. With enough lead time, a corporate distribution user can create a virtual auction among qualified developers that want to win the assignment. This competition can result in a lower rental rate than existing buildings.
This economic benefit has been especially valuable during the recent years of near zero interest rates and the cap rate compression that has driven investor prices for leased assets to record high per-sq.-ft. prices.
The downside of a BTS project is that it will take around 18 months to design the building, negotiate the rent and the lease and construct the building. So the BTS process is not available for those distribution users that cannot wait for space.
The economic slowdown that started in 2008 and lasted through 2011 stopped the real estate development industry dead in its tracks. Industrial developers were not able to secure loans nor financial partners to build new speculative (spec) industrial buildings. When the debt and equity for spec buildings returned, lenders and equity partners approved smaller buildings that could be divided for several tenants, thus mitigating the risk of being limited to looking for a single tenant.
A groundbreaking ceremony was held in July 2015 at the future site of the Titusville Logistics Center, Port Canaveral's first multimodal inland port facility being developed by Flagler Global Logistics.
However, the industrial real estate market fundamentals continued to improve from 2012 through 2014. All over the US, absorption grew and vacancies declined. As of August 2015, the industrial real estate market is the strongest landlord's market in this author's 30-plus year career.
Rents are rising, demand is strong, vacancy is low and those spec buildings underway have undergone significant pre-leasing.
2015 has already been a very strong year for new spec construction, including single-tenant buildings from 600,000 to 1.2 million sq. ft. (55,740 to 111,480 sq. m.). 2016 will be a record year for industrial real estate construction.
Global Signposts
Two signature companies sign on to new lgistics commitments around the world.
Follow a few blue chip companies and you'll find some blue chip clues to the logistics locations and best practices of tomorrow. The acronyms APM and DHL are good places to begin.
This summer, Netherlands-based APM and Compañia de Puertos Asociados S.A. (Compas S.A.) committed to jointly investing more than US$200 million in upgrading and expanding Compas S.A.'s multipurpose Cartagena Terminal in Colombia, which has an annual throughput capacity of 250,000 TEUs and 1.5 million tons of general cargo.
The upgrade will triple annual throughput capacity for the terminal to handle the larger vessels transiting the widened Panama Canal.
"Colombia represents one of the most promising investment opportunities in the region, and we are pleased to participate in the country's ongoing economic growth and development," said APM Terminals CEO Kim Fejfer. The facility becomes the sixth operational Latin American facility within the APM Terminals Global Terminal Network, which includes interests in operating port facilities in Callao, Peru; Buenos Aires, Argentina; and Santos, Pecém, and Itajaí, Brazil. Compas S.A. is a major terminal operator in Colombia, but also has terminal interests in Houston and Panama. APM Terminals also has two new deep-water terminals under construction in Latin America at Moin, Costa Rica, and Lazaro Cardenas, Mexico.
A major stop for more than 30 shipping lines, Cartagena was the second-busiest container port in South America in 2014, and the fifth-busiest in the Latin American/Caribbean Region, with a throughput of 2.23 million TEUs, trailing only Balboa and Colón, Panama; Santos, Brazil and Manzanillo, Mexico, in container volume, and shipping more than 40 million tons annually. The Port of Cartagena's annual container volume growth rate was 13 percent from 2013 to 2014.
DHL now offers three regular multimodal rail services between China and Europe from Zhengzhou, Suzhou and Chengdu which span across central, eastern and western China.
Courtesy of DHL
It's been a long road from 20 years ago, says Aníbal Ochoa, commercial coordinator for the Port of Cartagena, when the site was "a very torn-up terminal" that prospects rejected as soon as they saw it. After some global benchmarking, the port grew to just under 700,000 TEUs annually by 2005, and has taken off since then. Among $16 billion in projects now underway in the city's industrial zone (including expansion of the Tenaris petrochemical complex), the $660-million Contecar container terminal is being developed to take the port complex's overall capacity up to 5.2 million TEUs, and the new El Cayao LNG terminal will open nearby in 2016, as Cartagena reiterates its role as a transshipment hub for all of the Americas and aims to be among the 30 largest-volume ports in the world once all investments are complete.
"Two big reasons for more cargo in the Caribbean are that north-south trade is becoming more important, and there is more near-sourcing," says Ochoa. "Customers are shifting production from Asia to Mexico, Brazil and the Latin American countries, and the labor in China is no longer as cheap as it used to be."
As for the potential for future logistics facility supply in the area, "We are thinking of a third location for a port, " says Ochoa. "We are okay now. But look at Singapore — that's what we want. That's where we're going."
Even as it consolidates its US port terminals to locations in Elizabeth, N.J.; Miami, Fla.; Mobile, Ala.; Los Angeles, Calif.; and Tacoma, Wash., APM is growing in Santos, Brazil, too. The company's Brasil Terminal Portuário (BTP) handled its millionth container in July, just 20 months after operations began. Elsewhere, in partnership with Bolloré Africa Logistics and the Ghana Ports and Harbour Authority, APM will invest $1.5 billion in a massive upgrade of Tema, Ghana's most important port. The project will add 3.5 million TEUs in annual throughput capacity and help create more than 5,000 jobs. And in May, APM reiterated its commitment to keep growing operations at the Poti Seaport in the Republic of Georgia, where an expansion envisioned for completion in 2018 would bring annual throughput capacity to 1 million TEUs and position the port as a gateway for Black Sea, Mediterranean and Central Asian trade.
Innovation Inroads
DHL this year opened a redesigned Innovation Center in Troisdorf, Germany, near Bonn, and will open its new Asia Pacific Innovation Center later this year in Singapore.
"At Deutsche Post DHL Group, customer-centric innovation is key to two of our major ambitions," said Frank Appel, CEO Deutsche Post DHL Group, said at the opening ceremony in Troisdorf. "One is to play a pioneering role in spearheading the global evolution of logistics, which is at the core for the sustainability of our planet. Second, to remain the logistics leader by innovating products and services that our customers need most — whether that is to make an e-commerce delivery, design a global supply chain or ship temperature sensitive pharmaceuticals."
The Singapore facility will be located within the new $100-million DHL Supply Chain Advanced Regional Center currently under construction.
In March, DHL Express unveiled the blueprint of DHL Express South Asia Hub, a 24-hour express hub facility located within Changi Airfreight Center at Singapore Changi Airport. It's part of a recent series of plans to bolster DHL Express' network infrastructure in the region, including DHL Express' Central Asia Hub in Hong Kong (which boasts the region's largest throughput), the North Asia Hub in Shanghai Pudong International Airport and a new gateway in Tokyo slated for completion in 2016.
In July, DHL Global Forwarding signed an MOU with Kazakhstan Temir Zholy Express which will aim to provide greater rail connectivity and trade among China, Kazakhstan, the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries and Europe. In June DHL committed to further expansion of its multimodal services in China with a new twice-weekly service between Zhengzhou and Hamburg via Poland (see infographic).
Freeze It!
DHL Freight this summer added sites in Lyon, France; Milan, Italy; and Madrid, Spain, as certified Life Sciences & Healthcare Competency Centers in its LTL (less than truckload) ColdChain network, with another in Budapest scheduled to be added soon.
Photo courtesy of DHL
Cold storage plays a key role in the food and pharmaceutical sectors, both of which continue to grow in importance to regional economies. As such, the role of the cold storage supply chain — the cold chain, in industry parlance — is increasing in value to the players in those economies.
Exhibit A: APM Terminals and GF Group recently announced the acquisition of 100 percent of the Vado Ligure Reefer Terminal S.p.A. by APM in Vado, Italy. Reefer Terminal, the largest refrigerated terminal in the Mediterranean for more than 30 years (handling 600,000 pallets per year of fresh produce), is part of the port master plan to create new supply chains to markets in Northern Italy, Southern France, Switzerland and Bavaria. The Reefer Terminal is located adjacent to the construction site of the APM Terminals Vado port project, which will open in January 2018 with 800,000 TEU annual capacity.
"The integration of the Vado Reefer Terminal with our new, future semi-automated container terminal enhances the logistics options for businesses and the shipping lines calling [on] the Ligurian coast, serving all of Northern Italy and beyond," said APM Terminals Vado CEO Carlo Merli. "We are building Italy's port of the future with ideal access to Turin and Northern Italy manufacturing zones as well as consumer markets. Equally important, we will have the best port system and product in the market capable of serving container vessels, reefer vessels, RoRo and breakbulk vessels. The APM Terminals Vado facility will be the only port in Italy able to handle Ultra-Large Container Ships (ULCS) of over 18,000 TEU capacity when it opens in January 2018."
A June research note from Cushman & Wakefield reported that cold storage buildings, particularly those constructed since 2000, sell at approximately double the price per square foot of standard warehouse/ distribution facilities. Emerging technologies in newer buildings have pushed values even higher. There are currently 1,497 cold storage facilities in the U.S., totaling 4.06 billion sq. ft. (377 million sq. m.), and controlled by just a handful of operators.
"Industry growth largely depends on household income and consumer spending," said the report. "With both on the upswing post-recession, growth in US cold storage capacity has increased by an annual average of 9.3 percent since 2008."
Chill Capacity
In June, DHL Freight integrated three certified Life Sciences & Healthcare Competency Centers into its LTL (less than truckload) ColdChain network, adding new stations in Lyon, Milan and Madrid, with another in Budapest scheduled to be added soon. Targeting the life sciences and healthcare industry, an integrated "Solution Suite" from DHL offers services specifically tailored for these customers' needs, as well as an IT platform, CoolTrack, that allows continuous monitoring and real-time tracking of cargo temperature via GPS.
Running twice a week, DHL's ColdChain service in Europe includes central routing via a cross-docking center in Mechelen, Belgium, from which shipments can be further transported under predefined temperature conditions (2-8° Celsius or 15-25° Celsius) to 30 countries in Europe.
"Our customers in the life sciences and healthcare sector are looking for better ways to manage the risk of product damage and loss from temperature deviations in increasingly long and diverse supply chains. With DHL's pan-European LTL ColdChain network we are embedding the new standard for cold-chain road freight transport further into Europe," said Amadou Diallo, CEO, DHL Freight.
Those same nettlesome issues of port and customs delays affecting temperature-sensitive shipments are present in South America.
Aníbal Ochoa, commercial coordinator for the Port of Cartagena in Colombia, says his team has responded by dedicating special personnel to tracking perishables, as transshipment of reefer containers has grown by 500 percent at the port over the past five years. He's also looking for an international partner to develop a cold-chain cross-dock facility on the port.
As the port grows, he says, "This business unit will become very important."
We'll Take It From Here
In a pilot phase at the Audi plant in Ingolstadt, Germany, that started in February, two robots nicknamed "Ray" independently transport cars from production to an interim storage area.
Photo courtesy of Audi
Logistics plays a key role for our company's success."
With those words, Markus Schäfer, member of the Divisional Board of Mercedes-Benz Cars, Production and Supply Chain Management, welcomed the opening of the division's new consolidation center in Speyer, located in the Southwest German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, in July.
Anyone wishing to study global logistics decision-making can benefit from studying the recent actions of German automotive giants. In Mercedes-Benz's case, the focus will be on securing the supply of materials in its global production networks, reducing inventories, ensuring on-time deliveries of new vehicles to customers around the world, and incorporating the logistics organization into the continuous advancement of the global production network at an early stage.
Supply Chain Management at Mercedes-Benz Cars employs nearly 7,500 people, and numerous service providers. "Our investment of several hundred million euros in our Supply Chain Management organization will optimize logistics throughout our global production networks," said Alexander Koesling, head of Supply Chain Management, Mercedes-Benz Cars. "By reducing our logistics costs per vehicle we will improve our competitiveness, since logistics have a major impact on our overall cost position."
Noting that increased versions and customization options are straining logistics operations, the company plans to have highly specialized logistics service providers consolidate supplier shipments in an optimal manner to ensure deliveries from Speyer to the three major Mercedes-Benz Cars plants abroad — in China, the US and South Africa.
"The setup of similar consolidation centers in the upcoming years is being considered, especially in growth regions like China and NAFTA," said the company.
A total of approximately €90 million was invested in the Speyer facility. When it becomes fully operational in 2016, the center will ship several hundred sea containers per week via inland waterways or rail to Antwerp and Bremerhaven, where they will be loaded onto freighters and transported to assembly plants in Beijing; Tuscaloosa, Ala.; and East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa. "After intense examination, Daimler chose Speyer for the new center because of the available space and the geographic location," said the company.
Bremen is BLG's largest facility in the field of auto parts logistics.
Photo courtesy of BLG
Until now, logistics service providers in Bremen were solely responsible for managing shipments of materials from German and European suppliers to the major Mercedes-Benz plants abroad. Thanks to the new consolidation center in southwestern Germany, deliveries from European suppliers south of the Main River will no longer have to be shipped over long distances, which will significantly reduce the logistics costs.
Activities in the area of outbound logistics revolve around the realignment of the global transport network in order to prepare it for the significant increase in unit volumes at plants around the world, said the company. "A key strategic project in this area was recently given the green light. It involves the construction of a new network hub at a port in the Adriatic Sea that will be used to ship vehicles to Asia."
Deals for Dealers
Getting parts to automotive dealers in their worldwide networks is another challenge automakers are meeting head on. Last November, Mercedes-Benz pledged to invest $2.8 million to expand its parts distribution operation in Jacksonville, Fla., which opened in 2010. Porsche invested $90 million in a new parts distribution center in Sachsenheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, while also collaborating with Volkswagen in a $41-million shared parts distribution investment in Siezenheim, Salzburg, Germany.
This summer, Volkswagen Group of America announced plans to invest $6.8 million to opens a new Pacific Northwest Parts Distribution Center in Sacramento, Calif., which will be VW's second parts distribution warehouse in California, along with a facility in Los Angeles.
Daimler, meanwhile, recently started benefiting from a new parts distribution facility in Kunshan, Jiangsu Province, China, operated by Kerry Logistics. And it's taking advantage of the parts distribution prowess located in Bremen, where BLG Logistics operates 300,000 sq. m. (3.2 million sq. ft.) of indoor storage exclusively for auto parts logistics, largely at the Güterverkehrszentrum (Freight Village – GVZ). BLG recently occupied "LC GVZ 2" after its development by Panattoni Europe.
Each year more than 40,000 containers with vehicle parts are packed and delivered just-in-time to assembly plants in Asia, the Americas and Africa from Bremen. "The parts and components arrive from the Daimler plants in Germany and from several hundred suppliers," said a BLG release in August. "Due to a new production strategy implemented by the customer, transport volume has been increased considerably. The volume of containers shipped to China alone, thanks to the expansion of the Daimler plant in Beijing, will rise to 20,000 units."
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