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HullWiper to launch mobile hull cleaning in Namibia
Press Release: HullWiper Ltd is teaming up with KWINT Offshore Services Namibia (Pty) Ltd to bring green, safe and port-approved hull cleaning solutions to vessels calling at Walvis Bay. Namibia's Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism has issued an Environmental Clearance Certificate to KWINT to operate the hull cleaning solution, making HullWiper's eco-friendly Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) the only hull cleaning equipment approved to meet growing demand for sustainable shipping solutions that comply with local port regulations.
KWINT joins the growing network under HullWiper's lease agreement launched in 2017. This initiative allows partners around the world to offer ship owners and operators an affordable, brush- and diver-free alternative to traditional methods, to protect both expensive anti-fouling coatings on vessel hulls and the delicate ocean ecosystem.
Namibia is the first country where hull cleans will be conducted using HullWiper's recently introduced self-contained 40ft hull cleaning container. The customised container includes a fully functioning engine room, workshop and control area from where trained technicians work. The air-conditioned unit will be stored in a Walvis Bay jetty for quick and easy mobilisation and demobilisation for vessels calling at the port or outer port limits.
"KWINT's addition to the HullWiper family continues our global expansion and increases availability of our environmentally friendly services to principals, both existing and new ones," says Simon Doran, HullWiper Managing Director. "We share with KWINT a consistent approach to reducing the spread of invasive species with operations that significantly reduce the risk to life."
HullWiper's ROV is recognised as 100% environmentally friendly as all pollutants removed during a clean are collected by a unique onboard filter unit for safe disposal onshore. The system uses adjustable seawater jets as the cleaning medium, instead of brushes or abrasives, to minimise the risk of damage to coatings. Removing fouling from vessels' hulls results in optimal performance, energy efficiency and reduced CO2 emissions, and avoids the expense of recoating in case of damage. No divers are used, so there is no risk to human life and cleaning can be conducted day or night, in most weather conditions, and whilst cargo operations are underway.
The hull cleaning operations in Namibia will be headed by Ciska Swart of Hull Cleaning Namibia, whose passion for environmental cleaning and care for our oceans for future generations helped bring this pioneering hull cleaning solution to West Namibia.
"HullWiper is the future for Namibia's drive to bring eco-friendly solutions to our shores," she says. "We are proud to be part of this green future and excited to bring environmentally-friendly hull cleaning solutions to Namibia."
Jerry Bakx, KWINT General Manager adds, "Our partnership with HullWiper is in full support of Namibia's 2030 vision to introduce innovative, eco-friendly solutions to various sectors that operate in the country. This collaboration is a move in the right direction to provide our clients with a cost-efficient solution to remove biofouling from their vessel hulls, whilst protecting our delicate marine eco-system."
Since its launch in late 2013, HullWiper has expanded from its first base in Dubai to key locations across the Middle East, as well as ports in Australia, Denmark, Egypt, Gibraltar, Norway, Singapore, Sweden, Panama and Mauritius. Plans are in the pipeline for new locations including Sri Lanka, Korea, South Africa, Chile and Bahamas. HullWiper is also available for lease where the company does not have its own base.
To date, HullWiper has performed hull cleans for more than 1,000 vessels worldwide.
For more information about what HullWiper can do for you and your fleet, go to www.hullwiper.co.
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The Winx games are always magical but this time we have a very special Winx game for you and we are sure you are really going to enjoy it because you are about to play with the Winx pets, of course that is if you are curious enough to come and try out this cute fairy game we have prepared for you, a puzzle game which is also very interesting. In this cute Winx game the pets are going to learn how to read the clock and if you don't know how to read the clock, it is the perfect time for you to learn too, there is a digital clock in the middle of the game which tells the clock, of course, and your mission is to click on the analog clock which shows the right one, you have a certain amount of lives so you have to pay attention and not miss , if you concentrate we are sure it won't be very difficult for you to learn. Good luck!


Well, it has been a very long time since I posted anything on this blog. In all honesty, I have not really had anything interesting to blog about, and I have been pretty busy with my "regular life", so to speak.
Fortunately I have been reading quite a bit lately. Last night I finished the Dark Disciple trilogy, which was only the second time I read it. I enjoyed it immensely, while at the same time being a little bit sad that Wizards of the Coast has killed off Dragonlance. I think the world Margaret Weis portrays in this trilogy is very exciting, and it could have made a good foundation for further Dragonlance gaming products and novels. Alas, that is not going to happen.
So, what am I going to do now in terms of my gaming? Well, unexpectedly, I received an email from my DM, and it looks like we will actually be playing again in August. At least we are going to make the attempt. Of course, that means I have to find my wizard and give that second level he earned a year ago.
The world in which we play is not Krynn, it is Mystara. I always liked Mystara a lot, so I am fine with that. However, I have little hope or expectation that we will ever become a tightly knit gaming group, or that we will play with the frequency we used to, but I will take what I can get these days.
As for this blog, I have been looking into a redesign and I am now down to three options. One of these evenings I will make the transition, which will hopefully make the blog a little bit more appealing visually. As for the content part I am still at a loss. I have not produced any new material that I can post here, and since there are no new novels coming out there's not much left to do but to complain about the state of things.
I'd rather not have this blog turning into something negative, so at least I will write about the campaign in which I partake. I have thought about getting more into the community as well, so I will be looking into that as well.
Should anybody feel inclined to get in touch with me, I can be reached via email: dragonlance (at) gigaboot (dot) dk. Drop me a line if you have any suggestions for the blog, or if you just want to say hi.
PS: I have created a new Gmail/Google Id, so future posts will seem like they come from a different author. That is not the case though. I am the person behind both handles.
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Brown-Forman is a company that manufactures alcoholic drinks such as Jack Daniel's whiskey, Finlandia vodka, Southern Comfort whiskey, el Jimador Tequilas, and Korbel wines and champagnes, among many other products. Through these alcohol brands, Brown-Forman literally turns water into gold.
With minimal leverage employed, with assets nearly doubling liabilities on the balance sheet, Brown-Forman enjoys incredible margins on its products. Gross margins at nearly 70%. Operating margins at 33%. Net profit margins of 22%. The high margins allow Brown-Forman to boast Return on Assets of 16.5%, Return on Equity of 35%, and Return on Invested Capital of 23%. What makes this even better is that margins have expanded over the past 10 years and so have the profitability ratios. This is a company, like a fine wine, that has been getting better with age.
When we take a look at the revenues generated over the past 10 years, we see that it has gone from $2 billion to $3.1 billion today, for a modest annual average growth rate of 4.5%. Net profit has gone up from $320 million to $684 million due to expanding margins, which has allowed net profit to grow at almost double the pace of revenue at nearly 8% on average every year. With total shares outstanding shrinking 10%, from 231 million to 209 million by 2015, earnings per share has been able to grow at an even higher rate than revenue or net profit, growing by almost 9% every year on average from $1.38 to $3.21 per share.
The strong economic engine of this business has allowed it to pay out dividends at an ever increasing rate over the past decade: you got to experience dividend growth of 8% year after year over the past 10 years with a payout ratio of around 42% of net profits. While the dividend yield may be relatively low for those who focus on dividends, the cash profit being generated by this firm is incredible. With a smaller starting yield and relatively low payout ratio, you should expect to experience greater dividend growth year after year as opposed to a stock with a high initial yield.
However, while the business is as excellent as one I have ever seen, the stock is not quite as attractive at current prices. Right now, based on trailing twelve month earnings, you are paying almost 30 times earnings for a piece of the business. This is a stock that has a normal earnings multiple around 22 based on historic data. While paying almost 30 times earnings for a stock of this quality would probably work out fine over the long, long run, if you are after value, this is a stock you add to your permanent watchlist and wait patiently for the valuation to get to a more reasonable point.
Brown-Forman is the type of business that you add as a permanent, pillar holding in your portfolio. This is something you buy at a great price and leave alone for the rest of your life. The consistency at which it sells its products at a premium is something to behold when looking through its financials. Add it to your watchlist and wait patiently.


Bergen New Bridge Medical Center (BNBMC), a clinical affiliate of Rutgers, has joined the Collective Medical Network as part of a statewide effort led by the New Jersey Hospital Association (NJHA) to combat the opioid epidemic.
Earlier this year, the NJHA partnered with Collective to enable care teams across the state to better monitor opioid prescriptions. The partnership gives NJHA member hospitals, including BNBMC, access to Collective and its ED-specific solution: Collective EDie™ — a real-time, risk-adjusted event notification and care collaboration application.
Collective's technology has been proven to significantly impact the opioid epidemic. For example, the Collective Platform™was used as the technical backbone for Washington State's "ER Is for Emergencies" initiative. A Brookings Institution review of the program found the initiative saved $34 million in ED costs, ED visits declined by 9.9 percent, and ED opioid prescriptions decreased by 24 percent, all in the program's first year.
Similarly, at Mat-Su Regional Medical Center in Palmer, Alaska, utilization of Collective combined with statewide prescribing guidelines resulted in a 61 percent reduction in opioid scripts written between 2015 and 2017 and a 47 percent reduction in opioids administered in the ED.
Bergen New Bridge Medical Center, a clinical affiliate of Rutgers, is a 1,070 bed hospital located at 230 East Ridgewood Avenue in Paramus, NJ. Founded in 1916 to treat patients with contagious diseases, the medical center is both the largest hospital and licensed nursing home in New Jersey and the fourth-largest publicly-owned hospital in the nation.
Bergen New Bridge Medical Center, a non-for-profit safety net facility, provides high-quality comprehensive services including acute care, behavioral health care, and long-term care to the greater Bergen County community. The Medical Center, including its Long-Term Care Division, is fully accredited by the Joint Commission. Bergen New Bridge Medical Center is one of the largest medical facilities providing a continuum of care for the behavioral health community.
Bergen New Bridge Medical Center offers acute medical services, including: 24/7 emergency department; surgical suites; physical rehabilitation; pharmacy; laboratory; radiologic services (including digital mammography) and more than 26 medical specialties available through its Ambulatory Care Center. The Medical Center is a Veterans Choice Provider proudly serving the healthcare needs of veterans. Learn more at www.newbridgehealth.org.


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Q: What do the coordinates on the Sketchup Ruby API mean? I'm very new to the Sketchup API and programming in general so sorry if this is a very basic question.
I tried clicking on a cuboid I drew and inputted this code to get the coordinates of the bounding box:
model = Sketchup.active_model
model_bb = model.bounds

However, sketchup returns this:
#<Geom::BoundingBox:0x0000005063c360>

What does this mean and how can I turn these into x,y,z coordinates that I can work with?
Thanks.

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#<Geom::BoundingBox:0x0000005063c360>

What does this mean[?]

Its the object being returned by model.bounds and being set to model_bb. Whilst working with Ruby via the console it will echo back the last returned result.

how can I turn these into x,y,z coordinates that I can work with?

You can retrieve each of the 8 Point3d corners of the Bounding Box with its corner(corner_index) method like so
points = (0..7).map { |n| model_bb.corner(n) }

You can find out more information by reading the SketchUp Ruby API Documentation

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Home > Delhi > CM greets people on New Year
CM greets people on New Year
Team MP1 Jan 2021 6:52 PM GMT
New Delhi: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal greeted people on New Year's Day on Friday and hoped the vaccine for COVID-19 will be available soon in India and normal life restored.
He also cautioned people to follow rules for prevention of the disease.
In a video message, the chief minister said last year was difficult not only for India but the whole world. The world faced the biggest pandemic of the human history, he added.
"I salute the Corona warriors doctors, nurses, medical staff, police personnel, sanitation workers, and social and religious organisations. You all got down to serve the people despite a very tough situation," Kejriwal said.
The chief minister asserted that the strong medical system in Delhi presented many examples before the world amid the pandemic.
"Delhi did many things that were later followed by many countries and governments," he said, referring to his government's COVID-19 management.
The year has passed but the coronavirus is still there, and there is a need to maintain caution and follow rules to remain safe, Kejriwal said.

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A young girl presented with recurrent UTIs.
Contributed by Sherril Sego, FNP-C, DNP, a staff clinician at the VA Hospital in Kansas City, Mo., where she practices adult medicine and women's health. She also teaches at the nursing schools of the University of Missouri and the University of Kansas.
A 3-year-old girl presented with recurrent urinary tract infection (UTI)/pyelonephritis (three occurrences within the last year). She is potty-trained but wears a diaper at night. Each time, she responds well to antibiotic therapy and has a positive culture for E. coli. Urologic workup was ordered, and a VCUG was done, which showed a grade-3 VUR on the left side with mild hydronephrosis. Interestingly, a "spinning top" formation was noted in the distal urethra. This is a widening of the distal urethra, creating a "pseudo-bladder." When voiding, this area empties, and the patient feels she is done. The chronic, large, postvoid residual eventually leads to the presenting problems.


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Meta: Subscription Wonkiness
posted by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday February 21 2018, @12:26AM
from the who writes this crap code dept.
Over the past week we've had at least three occurrences of this particular bug crop up. It's currently already fixed but I thought I'd fill you lot in just in case it got you too and you haven't noticed yet.
On the subscription page there are two radio buttons if you're logged in. One is to subscribe for yourself and one is to give a gift subscription. For some reason they were both set unchecked. If you didn't check one your subscription would to go NCommander's non-admin account, mcasadevall. It beats the complete hell out of me why this would be the default but it is.
If you've purchased a subscription recently please check that you got credit for it. If you didn't please let us know either here or via email.
~TMB
Happy Birthday to SoylentNews -- Four Years Old!
posted by martyb on Monday February 19 2018, @01:00PM
from the cake-for-everyone! dept.
martyb writes:
It is my great pleasure to announce that SoylentNews has just celebrated four years of service to the community! The very first story on the site appeared on 2014-02-12 and actually went live to everyone 2014-02-17.
It all started when a story on Slashdot made reference to its "audience" which ticked off quite a number of people. Soon after came a boycott of Slashdot — aka the "Slashcott". While this was in effect, an intrepid few people somehow managed to take a years-old, out-of-date, unsupported, open-sourced version of slashcode and somehow managed to get it up to speed to run on much more recent versions of Apache, MySql, etc. Recurring crashes and outages were the norm. (See last year's anniversary story for many more details!) Further, on July 4th, 2014 our application to become a Public Benefit Corporation was approved — this set the stage for us to be able to accept funding from the community.
By the time you read this, we will have posted 20,980 stories to the site to which over 639,907 comments have been made!
We could not have done this without all of you. You (the community) submit the stories for the site. You write the comments... and moderate them, too. You made recommendations for improvements to the site. You are SoylentNews.
It has been my privilege and honor to work with a great group of folks who have done the behind-the-scenes skunk-work which has kept this site running. It does bear mentioning that this site is entirely staffed by volunteers. Nobody here has received even a penny's worth of income from the site. Like you, we have home and work responsibilities, but in our spare time we still strive to provide an environment that is conducive to discussions of predominantly tech-related matters.
Having said all that, I must add that income to the site has dropped recently. Having let my subscription lapse in the past, I know how easy that can be. Take a moment to check your subscription status. We have on the order of 100 people who have subscribed in the past, have visited the site in the past month, and whose subscription has expired. If your subscription is up-to-date, please consider either extending it or making a gift subscription (default is to UID 6 - "mcasadevall" aka NCommander). NB the dollar amounts presented are the minimum payments required for that duration -- we'll happily accept larger amounts. =)
If financial contributions are infeasible for you, we always appreciate story submissions. Submit a link, a few paragraphs from the story, and ideally a sentence or two about what you found interesting and send it to us. Any questions, please take a look at the Submission Guidelines.
Of course, the comments are where it's at. Thoughtful, well-reasoned, well-supported comments seem to do best here. Inflammatory histrionics garner attention, and usually down-mods, too. Speaking of which, if you have good Karma, and have been registered with the site for at least a month, you are invited to participate in moderation. Unlike other sites that up-mod or down-mod to infinity, we have something more like olympic-scoring here. A comment score can vary from -1 to a +5. This is how I look at scores: -1 (total waste of your time), 0 (meh), +1 (okay), +2 (good), +3 (quite good), +4 (very good), +5 (don't miss this one!).
Meta: Unplanned DB Maintainence
posted by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday February 08 2018, @01:13AM
from the there-go-most-of-our-nines dept.
As you're probably aware we experienced some unplanned downtime today. It has been claimed it was entirely the fault of Russian Hackers. They invaded fluorine and caused the database updating code in rehash to not update the database this last site update. Which is just as well, I suppose, since two of the SQL statements refuse to complete even when run manually. That I'm going to have to chalk up to a misconfigured ndbd on helium and neon.
tl;dr The long and short of it is, we'll be fine until we can get those updates into the database, but it is going to mean more downtime this weekend.
Meta: Much Delayed December Site Update (Complete)
posted by The Mighty Buzzard on Sunday February 04 2018, @02:02AM
from the yes-it-WOULD-help-if-you-got-out-and-pushed dept.
The Mighty Buzzard writes:
Yeah, so life has managed to delay our December Update until February. Things happen. The only change to what's in it is that I wrote up a simple plugin to syndicate content to Twitter, which is very much preferable to our current situation since we're pushing stories from a hacky little script on my desktop at the moment and I'd like to be able to boot Windows 7 for some vidya once in a while.
Downtime should be five minutes or less starting around 2:00AM UTC (an hour and forty minutes from now).
Server Reboots... and then there was One (for now): hydrogen 2018-01-19 @ 05:00 AM UTC
posted by martyb on Thursday January 18 2018, @08:00PM
from the ups-and-downs dept.
Continuing Linode's efforts to mitigate the Meltdown/Spectre issues, we have learned that the last of our servers has been scheduled for its first reboot. This time it is hydrogen which, among other things, hosts a copy of our database is one of our web frontends. The reboot is scheduled for tonight, 2018-01-19 @ 05:00 AM UTC (Midnight EST) or approximately 9 hours from the time this story is posted. Our plans are to move hydrogen's workload over to fluorine to cover the load during the hiatus and expect there to be no interruption of service on the site.
Please be aware that Linode considers these reboots to be "Phase 1" of their remediation efforts. We will keep you posted when we learn of other phase(s) being scheduled.
We appreciate your understanding and patience as we deal with this situation.
I recently came upon an article on Ars Technica which revealed that Linode (amongst many, many others) learned of these vulnerabilities at the same time as the rest of us -- when the news hit the press. They had no advance notice with which they could have performed mitigation planning of any kind. That has to count as one of their worst days, ever.
Server Reboots (lithium, sodium, boron) Site Down for ~10 Minutes Starting at 2018-01-18 at 0900 UTC
posted by martyb on Thursday January 18 2018, @02:00AM
from the severed-servers dept.
Linode (our server provider) is continuing with their server reboots to mitigate Meltdown/Spectre. This time, three of our servers are scheduled to be rebooted at the same time: lithium, sodium, and boron.
From TMB's update to our earlier story System Reboots: beryllium reboot successful; lithium, sodium, and boron soon to come [updated]:
[TMB Note]: Sodium is our currently-configured load balancer and we weren't given enough notice to switch to Magnesium (DNS propagation can take a while), so expect ten minutes or less of site downtime. Or temporarily add 23.239.29.31 to your hosts file if ten minutes is more than you can wait.
This reboot is scheduled for: 2018-01-18 at 0900 UTC (0400 EST). That is about 7 hours from the time this story goes 'live'. We anticipate no problems... that the site should resume operations on its own.
A workaround is to temporarily update your hosts file to include:
23.239.29.31 soylentnews.org
Upcoming: We just learned that hydrogen is scheduled for a reboot on 2018-01-19 at 05:00 AM UTC. Since we can get by just fine for a few hours on one web frontend though, no service interruption is anticipated.
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System Reboots: beryllium reboot successful; lithium, sodium, and boron soon to come [updated]
posted by martyb on Wednesday January 17 2018, @12:56PM
[Update: Reboot of beryllium was successful and our IRC services were restored without issue. Hat tip to our sysops who made this happen so smoothly! --martyb]
Linode, which hosts our servers, is rolling out fixes for the Meltdown/Spectre bugs. This necessitates a hard reboot of their servers, and that means any guest servers will be down while this happens. beryllium is scheduled for a reboot with a two-hour window starting at 2018-01-17 07:00 AM UTC (02:00 AM EST). The outage should be relatively brief — a matter of just a few minutes.
We expect this will cause our IRC (Internet Relay Chat) service to be unavailable. We do not anticipate any problems, but if things go sideways, I'm sure the community will find a way to let us know via the comments.
Planning ahead, we have learned that lithium, sodium, and boron are all scheduled for a reboot at on 2018-01-18 at 09:00 AM UTC.
We appreciate your understanding and patience as we strive to keep the impact to the site to a minimum.
[TMB Note]: Sodium is our currently configured load balancer and we weren't given enough notice to switch to Magnesium (DNS propagation can take a while), so expect ten minutes or less of site downtime. Or temporarily add 23.239.29.31 to your hosts file if ten minutes is more than you can wait.
Previously: Scheduled SN Reboots Due to Meltdown and Spectre; 2-Hour Window Starts: Fri 2018-01-12 @ 10:00:00UTC
Scheduled SN Reboots Due to Meltdown and Spectre; 2-Hour Window Starts: Fri 2018-01-12 @ 10:00:00UTC
posted by cmn32480 on Thursday January 11 2018, @09:06PM
from the reboots-are-like-getting-new-shoes dept.
We recently received notifications that Linode, our hosting provider, will be performing "Emergency Security Maintenance" as a result of the recently Disclosed Meltdown and Spectre security issues.
So far, we have been informed of maintenance windows for two of our servers: magnesium and fluorine.
There is a two hour window for these reboots starting on Friday January 12th at 10:00AM UTC. Reboots should take on the order of about 10 minutes per server.
The reboot of magnesium should cause no service disruption as it is one of our redundant front-end servers. The same cannot be said for fluorine as TheMightyBuzzard so succinctly summed it up: "slashd and site payments won't work while fluorine's down".
We have not yet received any information as to when our other systems will be rebooted -- we will keep you advised as we learn more.
Nearly End-Of-The-Year Summary
posted by mrpg on Friday December 29 2017, @08:11PM
from the wishes-it-were-more-summery-here dept.
Another year is almost behind us and I thought it would be useful to take a look at what we have accomplished up to this point.
For those who may be new-ish here, SoylentNews went live on 2014-02-17. Since then, we have:
Reached 244th place in the world with our folding-at-home team.
Had nearly 780 site subscriptions.
Had over 2740 articles posted to journals.
Signed up over 6,800 user nicks/accounts.
Published over 20,000 stories.
Received over 24,000 story submissions.
Had over 403,000 comment moderations.
Posted over 615,500 comments.
Had nearly 9,200,000 hits (views) on stories.
All of this was provided with absolutely no advertising by a purely volunteer staff!
Please accept my sincere thanks to all of you who have subscribed and helped to keep the site up and running! We could not have done it without your support.
I must also report that we have just over 100 people who have accessed the site in the past month whose subscription has lapsed. It is easy enough to do -- I've let it happen, myself. So, please go to the subscription page to check/renew your subscription. Be aware that the preferred amount is the minimum for the selected duration; feel free to increase the amount (hint hint).
Oh, and I would be remiss in not thanking the staff here for their dedication and perseverance. Linode decided to open a new data center and we had to migrate our servers to the new location. We accomplished this with almost no downtime on the site, and only about a 30-minute hiccup on our IRC (Internet Relay Chat) server.
Because of performance degradation on our servers when loading highly-commented stories, we rolled out a new comment display system early in the year. It had several issues at the outset, but seems to have settled down quite nicely. We appreciate your patience, and constructive feedback reporting issues as they arose. It helped greatly in stomping out those bugs.
We have a bug-fix update to the site in the works... mostly minor things that are waiting on testing for release. We hope to roll those out in the next couple of weeks.
To all of you who have contributed to the site, in other words: to our community, thank-you! It has been a privilege to serve you this past year and I look forward to continuing to do so in the year to come. --martyb
Meta: Site Update Update
posted by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday December 28 2017, @04:45PM
from the i'm-not-dead-yet dept.
So, among the many nifty presents I brought back from my holidays with the family was a case of the black plague. Or possibly a cold. Either way, I don't want to be deploying new code on the production servers while my thinking's impaired*, so we're pushing the site update we'd planned for this weekend back another week**. That's all. Enjoy the last bits of 2017.
*Shut up.
**or two. [martyb here. I've not had the time to finish testing the changes and am recovering from overload-mode at work and the start of a cold, as well.]
Meta: A Quick December Update
from the sic-semper-insectus dept.
Seems we've hit one of those rare days where circumstances have conspired to keep all the eds busy enough that the story queue ran dry, so I figured I'd go ahead and tell you lot about the upcoming December site update just so they have a little less time to fill now that a couple of them have appeared and started refilling the queue.
It's mostly just a minor bug-fix update, stuff I could get coded quickly and didn't require extensive testing that martyb doesn't have much time for right now, so don't get your hopes too high. Most of the good stuff is currently slated for spring of next year. Here's what we've currently got up on dev for testing with an expected release date of between Christmas and New Years Eve:
Add an admin-configurable minimum karma requirement for a journal entry to show up in the Most Recent Journal Entries slashbox. Should eliminate having to see journal spam by folks who don't otherwise contribute anything to the site.
Fixed the <spoiler> and a couple other unnoticed tags to work properly in journal entries.
Removed the size limit on Editor Notes (the admin page ones, not the ones Eds add to the bottom of a story). Should make takyon happy.
Put a link to the submission queue on the left sidebar.
Fixed the spacing around <ol> and <ul> lists.
Made chromas have to work harder to post comments with no apparent subject or text.
Fixed an annoying bug in the admin interface that was trying to use a comment mode no longer in existence.
Like I said, not a whole lot there on account of us not having time to thoroughly test much what with the holidays coming up. Here's the list (using tinyurl due to a Rehash bug that will definitely make the Spring 2018 cut) of what we'd like to get done for this spring if you're curious though.
Them of you of the disposition to celebrate Christmas, have a merry one. Them of you who celebrate otherwise, happy whatever you're celebrating. Them of you who don't celebrate at all, have a happy rest of December.
[Ed note: I nudged the time this story was due to be released by just a few minutes so that it coincided with the beginning of the Winter Solstice in the northern hemisphere... and the Summer Solstice for those of you who are south of the equator. Maybe we can get the next release out at the start of the equinox (2018-03-20 @ 16:15:00 UTC). --martyb]
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posted by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday December 18 2017, @08:33PM
from the stupid-blue-bird dept.
So, apparently around November 5th we stopped posting to Twitter. We didn't find out until around the end of that month and when we did nobody had the time and/or ability to look into why until this past week.
Now how we get our headlines over to Twitter is overly complicated and, frankly, idiotic. It's done by one of our IRC bots pulling headlines from the RSS feed and posting them on Twitter as @SoylentNews. The bot was written back in 2014 with hand-rolled (as opposed to installed via package manager) Python libraries and hasn't been updated since. This was breakage that should absolutely have been expected to happen. Twitter's penchant for arbitrarily changing their unversioned API means you either keep on top of changes or expect things to break for no apparent reason.
Here's the question: do we even care? We can either find someone who's willing to rewrite the bot to a new Twitter library, do it the sane way as either a cron or slashd job, or just say to hell with it since we only have two hundred or so followers on Twitter anyway. What say you, folks?
[TMB Note]: Twitter's who-to-follow algorithms really impressed me this morning when I logged in to manually post this story. How did they know we were all huge @JustinBieber and @BarackObama fans?
[Update]: We're again annoying Twitter users by spreading relative intelligence across their platform of choice. Credit goes to Crash for wisely pointing out that we don't have to code everything ourselves.
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Singapore, one of the most expensive places in the world to buy a vehicle, has announced it will freeze the number of private cars on its roads from next year but vowed to expand public transport.
The growth cap for all passenger cars and motorcycles will be cut from 0.25 percent a year to zero with effect from February, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) said. The affluent city-state of 5.6 million people already imposes a quota on the number of vehicles sold and the number on its roads, and has avoided the massive traffic jams that choke other Asian cities.
Singapore makes it costly for those wanting to buy a vehicle, who must first get a "certificate of entitlement", valid for 10 years -- the average cost of a certificate is currently around Sg$50,000 (US$37,00). A Toyota Corolla Altis, a five-door sedan, can cost up to around Sg$111,000 in Singapore, including the price of the certificate, or about four times what it costs in the US.
There were more than 600,000 private cars in Singapore at the end of 2016. No timetable was given for the freeze but the number of buses and goods vehicles will be allowed to continue growing.
In a statement announcing the change Monday, the LTA said 12 percent of Singapore's total land area was already taken up by roads and there was limited room for expansion.
However it said the government would spend Sg$28 billion over the next five years to expand and upgrade the transport system, including the metro, which has recently faced criticism for a series of breakdowns.
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Pelosi Hasn't Really Started the Impeachment Process
Hans von Spakovsky / @HvonSpakovsky / Thomas Jipping / @TomJipping / October 09, 2019
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's claim that there is no "House precedent that the whole House vote before proceeding with an impeachment inquiry" is simply false. (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Hans von Spakovsky / @HvonSpakovsky
Hans von Spakovsky is a senior legal fellow at The Heritage Foundation, a former commissioner on the Federal Election Commission, and former counsel to the assistant attorney general for civil rights at the U.S. Department of Justice. He is a member of the board of the Public Interest Legal Foundation.
Thomas Jipping / @TomJipping
Thomas Jipping is a senior legal fellow with the Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation.
Does an impeachment inquiry require a vote of the full House of Representatives? President Donald Trump and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., maintain that it does. Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., claims that it doesn't.
Pelosi is correct that the Constitution doesn't explicitly require it. It simply gives the House the "sole Power of Impeachment." But the gravity of even considering impeachment, fundamental principles of fair and impartial justice, and preserving our republican form of government, do require it.
Pelosi alone announced on Sept. 25 that the House was opening an impeachment inquiry, directing six different committees to investigate the president. This is radically different, and much more partisan, than how this serious step was taken in the past.
In 1974, like today, a Republican was in the White House and Democrats controlled the House. On Feb. 6, the full House voted 410-4 to authorize an impeachment investigation of President Richard Nixon by the Judiciary Committee. Similarly, on Oct. 8, 1998, the full House voted 258-176 for the Judiciary Committee to open an impeachment investigation of President Bill Clinton.
Pelosi's claim that there is no "House precedent that the whole House vote before proceeding with an impeachment inquiry," therefore, is simply false.
Other than declaring war, there is no more serious undertaking by the House of Representatives in our constitutional republic. Why? Because through impeachment, the House is charging a president with misconduct so serious that he should immediately be removed from office. In other words, the House is effectively seeking to neutralize the choice—and the votes—of the American electorate.
That is an extraordinary action, especially in a system of government based on the people electing their own leaders. And it's also the reason that impeachment alone cannot remove the president; that requires conviction by two-thirds of the Senate (67 senators). Neither of the presidents who were impeached—Andrew Johnson in 1868 and Bill Clinton in 1999—were convicted and, therefore, stayed in office.
In an Oct. 3 letter, McCarthy asked for a vote of the full House. He reminded Pelosi that the Judiciary Committee report on the Clinton impeachment investigation said: "Because impeachment is delegated solely to the House of Representatives by the Constitution, the full House of Representatives should be involved in critical decision making regarding various stages of impeachment."
An investigation to determine, in the words of the Clinton resolution, "whether sufficient grounds exist" for impeachment should be authorized by the body with the "sole Power of Impeachment"—the House of Representatives. Moreover, such a resolution should, as it did for the Clinton impeachment investigation, outline the rules under which it will be conducted.
McCarthy asked important questions that Pelosi's announcement did not answer. Will the ranking minority member of the investigating committees have the authority to issue subpoenas and to question witnesses, or simply be ignored by the majority? Will the president's lawyers be able to attend all hearings and depositions; to present evidence; to object to the admittance of evidence; to cross-examine witnesses; or to recommend witnesses to be interviewed?
As McCarthy says, if Pelosi says "no" to these questions, then she will be "denying the president the bare minimum rights granted to his predecessors." Doing so would indicate that Pelosi and these committees do not intend to provide the fundamental due process rights we extend even to those accused of wrongdoing in our courts.
All Americans have an interest in the integrity of our government and the legitimacy of its actions. Departing from precedent; single-handed directives; freewheeling roving investigations by multiple committees; and running roughshod over the minority undermine that interest.
On the other hand, that interest is served by the entire House considering and authorizing an impeachment inquiry; a transparent investigation; authority for both the majority and minority committee members to investigate, subpoena, and call witnesses; and outlining the scope of the investigation.
America's Founders did not put impeachment into the Constitution as a partisan tool to be used for overturning an election. How this process is conducted today will reveal who in the House of Representatives agrees with them.
Originally published in Fox News.


Yeah, it's real. I wish I could find my list of what was there. Standouts: The '57 Testarossa in the front right, Schumacher's '97 F1 car, Tazio Nuvolari's 1935 Alfa P3, the 275 GTB-4 NART Spyder, the 300SL Gullwing, the Fiat Ferrari transporter, the Lotus 18, hell, the whole place.
Moto44, is it just me or do we have some parrallels here? Btw, this is what I have done in the last week as we just moved here. My first garage in 2 decades! Welcome to the Man Zone as my wife calls it.
Btw, ignore the garbage and stuff next to the bikes. That was all going out tonight. Got used to apartment living and 365 day a year dumpsters at the ready.
OK. Technically, it is a garage and I took the picture, so it's personal...and there are a few Elans on the left-hand side of the photo...Andy's photo inspired me.
Well, compared to Qball's, my little 1 car garage is the size of a broom closet. BUT, it's carpeted!
Posted before, but what the heck.
It's crazy what's tucked away in warehouses up here. I know of at least ten world class collections in the area that deserve to be in a book somewhere.
From some photos I've seen of track days at PIR, he seems to be quite the track junkie with his collection as well.
I wish more of these collectors would put up galleries or sites or something, even anonymously, as some are our true custodians of automotive and racing history.
Yeah, all of the guys that I have met have been very excited to share their collections and talk at length about the cars. It's not like they're hoarding them. I think they just tend to be so busy that a well organized site would have to be a 'maybe later' project.
Looking at Jon Shirley's collection (the Ferraris above), he actually tracks or races just about all of the cars, including the ex-Schumacher F1 car! He doesn't baby them. I love that.
While I went on vacation, I got four cars to fit in my two car garage.
Glad to "hear" from you, Moto44. Your Elise has been a most welcome addition to my garage. No photos, though - my garage can't compare to yours.
My garage isn't nearly as interesting without the Elise parked in it. I have been very pleased to see that you have been enjoying it!
OMG!! Todd...you got your floor dirty!!!!!!!
I still sweep it once a day.
I sweep mine once a year whether it needs it or not!
I have been very pleased to see that you have been enjoying it!
Todd, your Elise does have its own bay with enough room that I can play a tiny bit at learning how to work on cars. I've put 6000 miles on it since September. Thanks for being the source of the most fun I've had, aside from raising my daughters, since I discovered girls in junior high.
My garage in Winnetka CA. The Lotus is in the one car.


Not many people realise just how large, and potentially dangerous, the problem of mould in carpeting can be.
Airborne mould spores can take hold and start to grow and expand in almost any damp area with even a minimal food supply from dust or soil buildup. Rugs and carpets make ideal targets.
Once it has started to grow, the mould will release new spores into the air. Inhaling, and sometimes simply touching, the spores can cause some people to experience allergic reactions. Typically, those reactions are much the same as other allergies, causing symptoms like sneezing, itching, runny nose, congestion and dry skin. They can also cause hay fever-like symptoms and trigger asthma if they reach the lungs.
There are some difficulties involved with figuring out exactly when or where someone may have come in contact with mould in carpeting. First of all, it may not be at all obvious that there is any mould present. Only the most severe cases tend to be visibly noticeable. Furthermore, reactions to mould can sometimes be delayed for several days after exposure.
Water damaged carpet– mould growth becomes very likely when water damaged carpet has not been cleaned or dried within 48 hours. In this case, cleaning may help, but the carpet should probably be replaced.
Wet carpet padding – Sometimes a leak may come up from below the carpet and mould may grow in both the padding and the carpet above if the padding has become damp.
In the basement – Carpeting in basements, below ground level, is especially at risk because of the possibility of high humidity.
mould tends to be hard to spot in carpeting since it rarely grows on the upper surface. However, if mould growth is obviously visible, typically manifesting as darker grey or brown spots, the best bet is to dispose of the carpet.
Try the smell test – A "mildewy" odour in the room or carpet is a definite red flag that mould may be present.
Check for wet spots. Feeling around to check for wet spots is an effective way to reveal problem areas that may lead to, or already contain, mould growth (be sure to wash your hands afterwards).
The best way to combat mould is to not allow it to grow in the first place. The best way to do that is to make sure that mould-friendly conditions never arise. Below are some specific methods to prevent mould growth in carpets.
Keeping carpets clean is probably the best way to prevent mould. Vacuuming regularly removes most of the dry soil and dust that could sustain mould, and the occasional deep cleaning via hot water extraction should remove the rest. Removing food sources, and spores that may have drifted in, directly reduces the likelihood of mould. Be sure that carpets are dried quickly after using wet cleaning methods.
If humidity is an issue in your space, use dehumidifiers to help reduce the moisture in the air. This denies mould spores the water they need to grow. Most guidelines indicate that 30% to 60% humidity is acceptable for interiors.
Related to the above, avoid installing carpet in areas like bathrooms or kitchens that are likely to frequently become wet or humid. Carpet in such locations quickly becomes a breeding ground for mould because of the constant water use in those areas.
When you are installing carpet, consider using solid, rubber-slab padding with anti-microbial properties. This type of pad is often used in commercial settings and resists furniture indentation and crushing much longer than other types of pads. It can be a bit more expensive, but it also provides the best mould mitigation, especially for environments with seasons of high humidity.
It does not take very long for water to ruin carpet, so leaks or spills need to be cleaned and dried quickly. For larger spills, the top and bottom surfaces of the carpet, the padding, and the floor below should be cleaned and completely dried. In the case of a large flood, or prolonged exposure to standing water, the carpet will probably need to be replaced.
Carpet is an ideal floor covering for enhanced air quality and comfort. However, it can be susceptible to mould growth without proper care and attention to carpet conditions. Hopefully these tips will help you maintain clean and healthy indoor spaces, and your carpet investment, for years to come.


How do Lawyers Calculate Pain and Suffering in a Georgia car accident?
When you get into a car accident, you'll probably suffer injuries. This means you'll need medical treatment. You could require surgery and physical therapy. You could be in a great deal of pain. This means you may be entitled to pain and suffering.
The good news is, you can demand pain and suffering Georgia. Some states limit how much you can ask for. Your attorney won't have this problem. However, he'll still have to do two things: calculate pain and suffering and prove your damages.
Unlike other types of damages, there is no way to prove pain and suffering objectively. There isn't a receipt your lawyer can introduce. You can't get a print out of how much money your pain and suffering is worth. Your attorney will have to prove it to a jury.
If you're seriously injured in a car accident in Atlanta, Georgia, call a car accident attorney. Your attorney will make sure you get all the compensation you deserve.
However, you can't measure pain and suffering in this way. They're considered non-economic damages.
Does the person act like a person in pain would act?
Did the victim have any pre-existing injuries or conditions?
Can the victim do normal, everyday activities?
What did the person do for a living?
What did the individual earn prior to the accident?
How old is the victim? How many more years would they work?
Does the claimant have a family and children?
Your attorney can present all of this information to a jury. He'll let them know how much you're demanding. He will have to prove your pain and suffering in court. The defendant's insurance company won't just admit to pain and suffering. They won't offer to pay it.
Your Georgia Car Accident Attorney Can Explain What Pain and Suffering Is?
Economic damages, such as medical bills and property damage, make you whole. They reimburse you for whatever money you've lost or paid out of pocket. Pain and suffering are different.
Your lawyer will present different types of evidence to prove your damages.
How Will Your Georgia Car Accident Lawyer Prove Pain and Suffering?
Your lawyer is going to have to prove pain and suffering. The jury won't just award you this money. Your attorney will have to present evidence to prove that you've experienced emotional and physical distress.
These things can hurt your case, and your attorney will prepare to overcome these challenges in advance.
If you've been seriously injured in a car accident, you should contact a Georgia car accident attorney today. He can review your case and answer any questions you may have. He'll look to see if you are entitled to pain and suffering. He can also assess what other damages you're entitled to.
Your attorney will contact the insurance company and see if they're interested in a settlement. Nobody wants to go to court. Chances are, the insurance company wants to settle as badly was you do.
Call and schedule your initial consultation today. You can meet with an experienced lawyer and see how strong your case is. The consultation is free and you pay nothing until you settle your case.


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When the Jaguar XE was first released in 2014, it was a totally fresh entry in the competitive entry-luxury sports sedan segment. But it didn't hit the U.S. market until late 2016, and it took a while for the XE's engine lineup to get fully fleshed out. Since then, major competitors like the BMW 3-series, Mercedes-Benz C-class, and Volvo S60 have either received complete redesigns or major refreshes, pushing the XE toward the middle of the class. Now, the XE has been given a comprehensive list of enhancements for 2020, bringing the car more in line with the competition in terms of technology and fresh styling.
The XE has always been a sharp-looking car, but fairly subtle styling changes have actually done a lot to improve the look of the XE and keep it looking up to date. LED headlights with a more modern design are now standard, and the LED taillights have been redesigned to align with those of other Jaguar models like the E-Pace. The grille is larger and has a new mesh design, the front bumper has bigger openings and is more angular, and the rear diffuser has been redesigned. R-Dynamic models get different front and rear fascias with an even more aggressive look.
Even bigger changes have been brought to the interior. The XE gets Jaguar Land Rover's latest InControl Touch Pro Duo infotainment system as an option, which augments the standard 10.0-inch upper touchscreen with a smaller 5.5-inch unit between the knobs on the lower dash. The setup is similar to the one found in the electric I-Pace crossover, with the lower screen controlling secondary functions including climate control and vehicle settings. A new steering wheel is brought over from the I-Pace, and the new electronic shifter has been taken from the F-type, as has a new driving-mode toggle switch. Jaguar has redesigned the XE's door panels and armrests, which it says has increased storage space and improved comfort. Higher-quality finishes and new soft-touch materials have been applied to many of the interior surfaces, and leather seating is now standard.
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With a new coach, quarterback and swagger, the Pitt football team is positioning itself as a conference contender..
Following Staurday's road win at Georgia Tech, the Panthers are now at the top of the ACC Coastal with a 3-0 conference record, while finding themselves ranked 25th in the Associated Press top 25.
Pitt head coach Pat Narduzzi looked back on the game, the ranking breakthough and his quarterback's performance in his weekly press conference Monday.
Pitt's standing in the top 25 marks the first time the poll has placed Pitt since 2010. It's a considerable achievement for a team that went 6-7 last year, though Narduzzi brushed the recognition off as meaningless at this point in the season.
"I came in here last night and congratulated them, but really, what does it mean? It doesn't mean a thing until the end of the season," Narduzzi said.
Narduzzi knows that Pitt's spot in the rankings can vanish in an instant. He added that the AP poll saw a number of teams ranked in the preseason only to fall out quickly after lackluster performances.
There is greater accomplishment in garnering the recognition during the season, Narduzzi said. It means that his team earned it as opposed to a team that earned the ranking in the preseason.
That ranking is paired with a 5-1 record, which Narduzzi values more.
"5-1 is the success. It's not the number that they put next to our name," Narduzzi said.
Though he doesn't think much of the ranking, Narduzzi expects competitors to now look at his team as target.
Though the 31-28 win against Georgia Tech was the final result for which Pitt aimed, their run defense was helpless at times against the Yellow Jacket's tricky rushing scheme. Georgia Tech's triple-option offense ran for 376 yards that afternoon.
Because of the particularity of the triple-option offense as opposed to more conventional offenses, Narduzzi doesn't take the suboptimal performance as an indictment of his defense.
Pitt will revisit that tape multiple times during the offseason, Narduzzi said, but will move forward from their performance against the triple-option for now.
Narduzzi still gleaned a positive angle from the overall subpar performance. After letting up 21 points in the first half, the Panthers allowed just seven in the second. Narduzzi credits that in part to their changes at the intermission.
Another game, another accurate performance for quarterback Nathan Peterman. Against Georgia Tech, Peterman completed 14 of 21 passes for 162 yards and three touchdowns. On the year, Peterman has now completed 66.7 percent of his passes and compiled a 9-to-3 touchdown to interception ratio.
Peterman's completion percentage ranks 18th in the country while his quarterback rating of 157.8 stands at 13th.
Narduzzi was complimentary of his signal caller's play.
Pitt offensive coordinator Jim Chaney helps guide Peterman to success, Narduzzi said.


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Lebenswelt origins of the sciences: Working out Durkheim's aphorism
Book Two: Workplace and documentary diversity of ethnomethodological studies of work and sciences by ethnomethodology's authors: What did we do? What did we learn?
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Human Studies volume 30, pages9–56(2007)Cite this article
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Quote Dusan Bjelic and Mike Lynch for clear probative descriptions of the two parts of a lebenswelt pair that constitutes the lived work of mathematical theorem proving in each, all, and every particular case, in and as of mathematical theorem proving's embodied action.
Insert pages from Tim Koschmann's "criticism" of "grounding" in contribution theory of "communicative interaction" in theory of computer supported cooperative work.
"Immortality" is explained in Garfinkel (2002 footonote 1, p. 92).
Cite Lois Meyer's thesis
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[We shall use his article, Cultures of Proving, as a convenient representative of his publications in which that argument is carried out.]
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(What is the case with Section Chapters 1 to 11 in Ethnomethodology at Work, by Rouncefield and Tolmie, mss submitted to Ashgate Publishing Ltd, June 26, 2004.)
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CITE Eric Livingston (1986). Credit him with the discovery and specification of domain-specific details as an identifying orderliness of the lived work by mathematicians and of discovering and proving mathematical theorems in mathematics' disciplinary-specific details
Discusss: Frake's ethnoscience gloss.
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Cite authors of traveling wave phenomena in freeway traffic flow.
Cite Stacy Burns Ph.D. thesis, UCLA, Department of Sociology.
For further discussion see Garfinkel and Livingston (2003) Chapter 2 "Phenomenal Field Properties of the Order of Service in formatted Queues and Their Neglected Standing in the Current Situation of Inquiry."
Cite Ken Liberman, (2004).
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Edmund Husserl (1990)
It is worth noting that Social Constructionism is not a unified approach but a gloss on competing perspectives and points of view.
Credit Eric Livingston for defining "first cases" in Livingston (1986).
FN: Garfinkel, Livingston, Lynch, Pack, Robillard, Wieder, Respecifying the Natural Sciences as Discovering Sciences of Practical Action
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Cites: In Anthropology: Boas, Benedict, Evans-Pritchard, Mead, Bateson, Geertz. In Sociology, the Lynds, Whyte, the Chicago ethnographers.
Thanks to Mike Lynch, (1993: Chapter 4)
Brown, B., & Laurier, E. (2005). Maps and journeys: An ethnomethodological investigation. Cartographica, 4(3), 17–33.
Garfinkel, H. (2002). Ethnomethodology's program: Working out Durkheim's aphorism. Edited and with an introduction by A. W. Rawls, Boulder, Rowman and Littlefield.
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The holiday spirit might not totally explain what makes Rudolph's nose glow so bright.
Thirty years after a nuclear power plant exploded at Chernobyl, the reindeer that walk the picturesque, snow-capped mountains of Scandinavia are still radioactive.
They weren't the only ones affected. For generations, the Sami people, native to the Arctic North, lived in harmony with nature. Many worked as boazovázzi, or "reindeer walkers," herding the animals over hundreds of miles of terrain and selling their meat come slaughter season. The reindeer were a cultural and economic centerpiece for the Sami people.
But the explosion — considered the worst civilian nuclear disaster in history — coated the earth with toxic material, turned the reindeer radioactive, and poisoned the Sami people's way of life.
Photographer Amos Chapple with Radio Free Europe traveled to the Norwegian village of Snasa, where he met with herders fighting to preserve their traditions.
Chapple shared a few photos with us, and you can read the whole story here.
In the fallout of Chernobyl, streams of radioactive material spewed into the atmosphere above the Soviet Union and across Europe. Among the most dangerous fission products was cesium-137.
Wind and rain carried contaminants to the ground. In Norway, a relentless downpour allowed 700 grams of radioactive cesium-137 to settle on the ground there.
The radioactive materials poured into the lakes and forests, contaminating wildlife, berries, and plants. It also got to a spindly green fungus called lichen, a reindeer's favorite snack.
Lichen has no roots system and absorbs nutrients from the air, making it well suited to sponge up all that cesium-137. The reindeer gorged themselves and became radioactive.
For 9,000 years, the Sami people tied their cultural identity to the reindeer. The animal provided food, income, and traditions they passed on. Chernobyl brought an abrupt end.
"The aftermath of Chernobyl was devastating," Chapple tells Business Insider. "[The herders] went from living this timeless lifestyle, completely at one with nature, to suddenly working in one of the most contaminated places on earth."
Thirty years later, conditions have improved. The radioactivity of the cesium-137 released has decayed by half, but much of the slow-growing lichen remains unsafe. In 2014, hundreds of reindeer failed inspection due to strong fungus growth.
Sami herders in Snasa, who eat reindeer, get tested annually for radiation. They tell Chapple they will always live in the shadow of Chernobyl.


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This 2000 Honda Civic was stolen from a Campbell River grocery store clerk while he was on shift at Thrifty Foods on Wednesday night
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The Excellence in Manufacturing Consortium (EMC) has announced several staff changes, which were effective as of February 12.
Amanda Doman, EMC's director of finance, is now the vice-president and general manager.
"Since starting with EMC 20 years ago, I have watched manufacturers change and evolve with new products and technologies," Doman says.
"It has been great to be part of our initiatives that allow us to assist these companies as they grow. I am excited to see the changes that are yet to come and what the future holds for manufacturing!"
Scott McNeil-Smith, national director, projects and partnerships for EMC is now vice-president, manufacturing sector performance.
"Working with the many thousands of manufacturers EMC has touched over the past 20-plus years, has been both a privilege and an exciting challenge," McNeil-Smith says.
"As we continue the next phase of helping industry of all sizes to foresee the path towards excellence, Canada's largest manufacturing consortium will be looking at needs, capabilities and solutions that have not been envisioned yet. I look forward to what the future will bring for EMC and its members, helping the Canadian manufacturing sector to grow and prosper."
The final appointment is Bren de Leeuw, formerly operations manager, Western Canada for EMC, who is now vice-president, community partnerships and stakeholder relationships.
"I am absolutely delighted to be contributing to the success and growth of our EMC members and for Canadian manufacturers as a whole," says de Leeuw.
"After nearly 20 years at EMC, without a doubt I continue to be amazed at the depth and breadth of products produced and marvel at the entrepreneurial spirit, ongoing ingenuity and at the innovative ideas which spur Canadian industry forward in a constantly growing global marketplace."
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The Hunger Games Adventures version 2.0 is a major update to all aspects of the mobile version of the game and marks the first availability of the game for iPhone. The Hunger Games Adventures was rebuilt from the ground up to take advantage of the latest Apple devices including stunning Retina graphics, Game Center support with achievements and improved touch controls. In addition to these major feature updates, the new version gives players hours of new official Hunger Games story-based content as a lead in to the release of the second film in the series, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, in theaters November 22, 2013.
Over 100 new quests have been added to the game, including an exclusive new storyline that gives players a sneak peek at District 1. For the first time, the official map of Panem is revealed. Unlock the secrets of The Hunger Games universe and explore areas never before revealed.
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Czech Foreign Minister Petříček wants a foreign policy that advocates for human rights
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Czech Foreign Minister Tomáš Petříček (Czech Social Democratic Party - ČSSD) said in an interview with the Czech News Agency that the Czech Republic should have a self-confident foreign policy that includes not just following economic interests, but also advocating for values like human rights. Examples from around the globe, according to the Foreign Minister, demonstrate that it is possible to clearly hold on to a values-based starting point for diplomacy while also aiding trade relations.
Petříček also said he would like to focus not just on traditional areas for human rights support, but also on Africa, where the issue is associated with migration. "I am convinced that a country like ours should have a self-confident foreign policy," he said.
"One component of such a policy is not just economic diplomacy and following our own interests, but also advocating for the values our society considers important: protecting human rights, strengthening democracy, freedom of the press," he said. According to the Foreign Minister, examples from all over the world show that it is possible for countries to support their export firms while also adhering to their own particular standpoints when it comes to values.
"Germany, the Netherlands - these are very open economies that are also export-oriented, and human rights also belong among their top priorities," the minister said. Another example, according to him, is that of the Scandinavian states.
Petříček does not believe he will risk clashing with Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babišem (ANO) or with Czech President Zeman, neither of whom raise the question of human rights in their diplomacy as much as he does. "In my opinion, a self-confident foreign policy is about negotiating with our partners very openly and also seeking opportunities, on the basis of mutual respect, so that our interests can intersect, for example, in the economic situation as well," the minister said.
He wants to continue the existing programs the Czech Foreign Ministry has for activities in support of human rights, through which the country focuses especially on Burma, countries in the Caucasus, Cuba and Eastern Europe. "Nevertheless, for me this will also be a question of the opportunity to improve the state of human rights in some African countries, because I perceive that as an opportunity for our engagement on the continent to be reborn," he said.
The minister sees an association between human rights violations in some African countries and migration from Africa to Europe that involves illegal activity. "I see this as a comprehensive approach to Africa where, in addition to our development cooperation, we must also follow the situation in the area of human rights, of civil society, to support democracy and the rule of law," he said.
"Those are the steps that are able to contribute to these countries stabilizing and conflicts being prevented," he said. Fewer people, according to the minister, will want to flee their countries if human rights protections improve in them.
The Czech Republic will also be advocating for human rights during its three-year membership on the United Nations Human Rights Council, to which it was elected for 2019-2021. According to Petříček, Prague is currently not seeking to chair the council, but wants to especially express its views there on situations in countries where the upholding of human rights is problematic, such as China, Venezuela or Yemen.
The minister said he does not believe that the withdrawal of the USA from the council this year has damaged its reputation at all. "On the contrary, I believe such institutions are, at this moment, even more important because the international order, based on norms and rules, is currently under a certain amount of pressure," he said.
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I delivered the following eulogy on December 30, 2013, at St. Mary's Ukrainian Catholic Church in Colchester, Connecticut.
Bohdan Kachorowsky was my godfather and uncle. My most vivid image of him was captured on the day my father was buried, in November, 1982. A car drove our family from the cemetery in Glastonbury to the Ukrainian National Home in Hartford. The driver pulled behind the building to let us out, and promptly became ensnarled in gridlock. Half a dozen cars had converged on the same parking spot from various directions. For a moment the situation appeared hopeless. In the finest Ukrainian tradition, no man was willing to yield to another. But then, a ray of hope. A man materialized amidst all the cars. He was a compact ball of energy. He whipped into action, pointing, waving and motioning at cars like a seasoned police officer. Thirty seconds later order was restored and our path was cleared. "Look," I said to my mother. "It's Uncle Bohdan."
On this, my mother's second darkest day, she managed to glance out the window and almost smiled. "Of course it's Bohdan," she said. The literal translation of what she then said in Ukrainian was "He's the kind of man you apply to a wound." The figurative translation was "Of course it's Bohdan. He solves problems. He is a healer." Those words were spoken by my mother more than thirty-one years ago, yet I remember them verbatim. "He's the kind of man you apply to a wound." For me they defined my uncle and godfather more than any other description.
Among my earliest recollections of Uncle Bohdan was the help he bestowed on our family with our home in Glastonbury. The first time I saw him work was when he finished a room in our basement. It was an awe-inspiring experience. Uncle Bohdan didn't approach a project with the relaxed demeanor of one friend helping another during his off-hours. He attacked it as though his fate depended upon the project's immediate completion. He didn't utilize all his skills to complete the project, he unleashed them. He became a whirling dervish of muscle, craft and determination. To be a child by his side and hope to lend him a helping hand, was to be an impediment to his mission. So I had no choice but to get out of the way and watch my uncle's generosity spring to life.
He was a resilient and resourceful man, with an enormous heart, a love for America and his ancestral homeland of Ukraine, and an extraordinary work ethic. He was a man of class and integrity. I dare you to find an instance where he made a disparaging comment about any one. He built a family, constructed homes with his bare hands, and crafted solutions to friends' and families' problems in his spare time. No project was too complex, no request for assistance was to be denied.
When my Uncle Bohdan saw a friend or family member in need, he seemed to promise assistance first, and contemplate the magnitude of the responsibility he'd assumed later, or more likely, never. Such was the case when my mother suffered a stroke earlier this year. He traveled from Colchester to Hartford with my Aunt Sonia to visit her in the hospital almost daily. And when my mother had recovered sufficiently to return home, he volunteered to install safety equipment to make her stairs and bathroom more user-friendly.
I was thrilled at this development. Some forty-years after the aforementioned room was finished in what is now my mother's basement, I would have a second chance. I would be able to assist my uncle instead of watching him. Let me make the following observation perfectly clear: age had not slowed the man one bit. Perhaps his breathing was a bit more labored, but that was the only difference I could detect, four decades later. He launched into the project, practically bouncing off the walls of the bathroom as he attached the safety grips. This time I was one step ahead of him, knowing precisely what tool, what screw, what wall anchor he would need. It was a simple job and yet it was a joy. During the installation, my uncle Bohdan taught me a trick, and the wisdom associated with it.
We were searching for a wooden stud behind a wall. I offered him the stud-finder I'd brought for the job. He wasn't interested. Instead he reached into his bag and produced the world's thinnest nail. It was no wider than a sewing needle. I had to put my glasses on to even see it. He proceeded to gently tap the nail through the wallpaper at unobtrusive spots until he hit pay dirt and found the stud. Later, when the job was gloriously completed in record time, my wife asked me if I'd learned anything. Yes, I said.
"I learned that sometimes you have to poke holes in a wall for the greater good, and that a man of experience can render such holes invisible."
The greatest good in my uncle's life was his family. His great-grandchild, his grandchildren, his children, and his wife. They were the light in his eyes. No doubt his family will remember those eyes flickering, his body exuding a palpable pent-up energy just before saying whatever he had on his mind. The words would burst from his lips in the same warp speed with which he worked. It was as though he were in a constant hurry because there was so much more for him to do. For strangers, for friends, and especially for his family. No doubt his family will remember him at Christmas celebrations, directing carols and spreading joy, studying the various generations around his table and wondering, "who is in need? Whom can I help and how?" No doubt his family will remember him as a man who provided, sheltered, nurtured and encouraged them. They will remember him as a man of kindness, compassion and good-nature. A man who carried himself with a manifest zest for life, a zest he wished for all of them.
I, myself, will remember him differently. For me, he was and always will be, the kind of man you apply to a wound.


It was Saturday, under the sign of Virgo (see planets position on September 13, 1930). The US president was Herbert Hoover (Republican). Famous people born on this day include Akira Suzuki and James McLane. Big Boy, directed by Alan Crosland, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1930 On TV people were watching Betty Boop.
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Adidas ' Y3 line continues to make headlines throughout the year and fast fowarding to Fall and Winter 2016, is a preview of the upcoming line by Yohji Yamamoto.
Perhaps inspired by the Holiday season, the adidas Y-3 Fall/Winter 2016 Collection will feature red tones as the focal point for all silhouettes, and will include the Qasa Primeknit – a brand knew take on the popular qasa model featuring a sock for Women.
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