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Is the world ready for a virtual showroom? Audi believes so.
After launching in London and Beijing, the world's third Audi City opened on the " Kurfürstendamm," one of the most prestigious downtown locations in Berlin.
Audi City is a place where visitors can experience the virtual Audi world in stereo 3D. Audi said its Audi City also stands for innovative solutions for the brand's dealers: in the future, key technologies of the cyberstore will be available for tailor-made implementation at dealerships.
With the launch of Audi City, the brand is also piloting a very flexible usage model for premium mobility in Berlin, added Audi. Under the name "Audi select," the company will be offering customers of Audi City Berlin the option to switch between up to three different Audi models per year at an all-inclusive monthly rate.
"Audi City is showing the way to the future of sales. We are combining the best of two worlds with this concept: new digital possibilities and even more personal customer consultation," said Luca de Meo, Member of the Board of Management for Sales at AUDI AG. "We are now bringing the flagship of our premium customer approach to Berlin, one of the world's most exciting cities. Therefore, we have significantly pushed the development of Audi City – with new technologies and exclusive services."
Audi City presents the brand's entire model line-up in fully digital form, explained the company. Using innovative media technology, visitors can customize their automobile from several million options and experience it in realistic form on a 1:1 scale on ceiling-high powerwalls.
Afterwards, said Audi, customers can schedule a test drive or directly place the production order for their car.
The Audi City concept made its debut in London in July 2012, establishing itself as front-runner in digitalized car sales; Audi added it has been continually pushing this development.
Per Audi, the Berlin cyberstore offers a larger range of display options and enables customers to configure their own cars by selecting from all the functions, technologies and features offered by AUDI AG. The company said it is also introducing an additional presentation technology there – a stereo 3D powerwall, which lets customers experience the Audi world in a very emotional way for the first time with the extraordinary spatial effects of stereo 3D.
Berlin's Audi City location is a space measuring 375 square meters of floor area distributed over two levels, and 87 square meters of digital projection area.
For the premium car manufacturer, Audi City is an important innovation laboratory for digital technologies in sales and it is taking the next step of integrating the digital showroom into its international dealership networks. The company explained it has systematically developed Audi City technologies in order to prepare them for use in classic dealerships. In the future, Audi dealers will be able to integrate individual modules into their dealerships flexibly – such as the touch-sensitive "multitouch tables" for model configuration, the "powerwall" for car presentation and the "customer private lounge" for consultations in a more private ambiance.
As a start, Audi said this year, Audi City technologies will make their way into 16 conventional dealerships worldwide.
The next Audi City will open in Moscow – it will be the fourth location after London (July 2012), Beijing (January 2013) and now Berlin.


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The stencil duplicator or mimeograph machine (often abbreviated to mimeo) is a low-cost printing press that works by forcing ink through a stencil onto paper. The mimeograph process should not be confused with the spirit duplicator process.
Mimeographs, along with spirit duplicators and hectographs, were a common technology in printing small quantities, as in office work, classroom materials, and church bulletins. Early fanzines were printed with this technology, because it was widespread and cheap. In the late 1960s, mimeographs, spirit duplicators, and hectographs began to be gradually displaced by photocopying and offset printing.
Thomas Edison received US patent 180,857 for "Autographic Printing" on August 8, 1876.[1] The patent covered the electric pen, used for making the stencil, and the flatbed duplicating press. In 1880 Edison obtained a further patent, US 224,665: "Method of Preparing Autographic Stencils for Printing," which covered the making of stencils using a file plate, a grooved metal plate on which the stencil was placed which perforated the stencil when written on with a blunt metal stylus.[2]
The word "mimeograph" was first used by Albert Blake Dick[3] when he licensed Edison's patents in 1887.[4]
Dick received Trademark Registration no. 0356815 for the term "Mimeograph" in the US Patent Office. It is currently listed as a dead entry, but shows the A.B. Dick Company of Chicago as the owner of the name.
Over time, the term became generic and is now an example of a genericized trademark.[5] ("Roneograph," also "Roneo machine," was another trademark used for mimeograph machines, the name being a contraction of Rotary Neostyle.)
Others who worked concurrently on the development of stencil duplicating were Eugenio de Zaccato and David Gestetner, both in Britain. In Britain the machines were most often referred to as "duplicators," though the predominance of Gestetner and Roneo in the UK market meant that some people referred to the machine by one of those two manufacturers' names.
In 1891, Gestetner patented his Automatic Cyclostyle. This was one of the first rotary machines that retained the flatbed, which passed back and forth under inked rollers. This invention provided for more automated, faster reproductions since the pages were produced and moved by rollers instead of pressing one single sheet at a time.
By 1900, two primary types of mimeographs had come into use: a single-drum machine and a dual-drum machine. The single-drum machine used a single drum for ink transfer to the stencil, and the dual-drum machine used two drums and silk-screens to transfer the ink to the stencils. The single drum (example Roneo) machine could be easily used for multi-color work by changing the drum - each of which contained ink of a different color. This was spot color for mastheads. Colors could not be mixed.
The mimeograph became popular because it was much cheaper than traditional print - there was neither typesetting nor skilled labor involved. One individual with a typewriter and the necessary equipment became his own printing factory, allowing for greater circulation of printed material.
Advertisement from 1889 for the Edison Mimeograph
1918 illustration of a mimeograph machine
Jachson & O'Sullivan's "The National" Duplicator. Produced in Brisbane, Queensland during WWII.
Mimeograph machines used by the Belgian resistance during World War II to produce underground newspapers and pamphlets.
The image transfer medium was originally a stencil made from waxed mulberry paper. Later this became an immersion-coated long-fibre paper, with the coating being a plasticized nitrocellulose. This flexible waxed or coated sheet is backed by a sheet of stiff card stock, with the two sheets bound at the top.
Once prepared, the stencil is wrapped around the ink-filled drum of the rotary machine. When a blank sheet of paper is drawn between the rotating drum and a pressure roller, ink is forced through the holes on the stencil onto the paper. Early flatbed machines used a kind of squeegee. The ink originally had a lanolin base.[6] and later became an oil in water emulsion.
For printed copy, a stencil assemblage is placed in a typewriter. The typewriter ribbon must be disabled so that the bare, sharp type element strikes the stencil directly. The impact of the type element displaces the wax, making the tissue paper permeable to the oil-based ink. This is called "cutting a stencil."[7]
A variety of specialized styluses were used on the stencil to render lettering, illustrations, or other artistic features by hand against a textured plastic backing plate.[8]
Mistakes can be corrected by brushing them out with a specially formulated correction fluid, and retyping once it has dried. ("Obliterine" was a popular brand of correction fluid in Australia and the United Kingdom.)[9]
Stencils were also made with a thermal process; an infrared method similar to that used by early photocopiers. The common machine was a Thermofax.
Another device, called an electrostencil machine, sometimes was used to make mimeo stencils from a typed or printed original. It worked by scanning the original on a rotating drum with a moving optical head and burning through the blank stencil with an electric spark in the places where the optical head detected ink. It was slow and produced ozone. Text from electrostencils had lower resolution than that from typed stencils, although the process was good for reproducing illustrations. A skilled mimeo operator using an electrostencil and a very coarse halftone screen could make acceptable printed copies of a photograph.
During the declining years of the mimeograph, some people made stencils with early computers and dot-matrix impact printers.[10]
Unlike spirit duplicators (where the only ink available is depleted from the master image), mimeograph technology works by forcing a replenishable supply of ink through the stencil master. In theory, the mimeograph process could be continued indefinitely, especially if a durable stencil master were used (e.g. a thin metal foil). In practice, most low-cost mimeo stencils gradually wear out over the course of producing several hundred copies. Typically the stencil deteriorates gradually, producing a characteristic degraded image quality until the stencil tears, abruptly ending the print run. If further copies are desired at this point, another stencil must be made.
Often, the stencil material covering the interiors of closed letterforms (e.g. "a", "b", "d", "e", "g", etc.) would fall away during continued printing, causing ink-filled letters in the copies. The stencil would gradually stretch, starting near the top where the mechanical forces were greatest, causing a characteristic "mid-line sag" in the textual lines of the copies, that would progress until the stencil failed completely. The Gestetner Company (and others) devised various methods to make mimeo stencils more durable.[11]
Compared to spirit duplication, mimeography produced a darker, more legible image. Spirit duplicated images were usually tinted a light purple or lavender, which gradually became lighter over the course of some dozens of copies. Mimeography was often considered "the next step up" in quality, capable of producing hundreds of copies. Print runs beyond that level were usually produced by professional printers, or as the technology became available, xerographic copiers.
Mimeographed images generally have much better durability than spirit duplicated images, since the inks are more resistant to ultraviolet light. The primary preservation challenge is the low-quality paper often used, which would yellow and degrade due to residual acid in the treated pulp from which the paper was made. In the worst case, old copies can literally crumble into small particles when handled. Mimeographed copies have moderate durability when acid-free paper is used.
Gestetner, Risograph, and other companies still make and sell highly automated mimeograph-like machines that are externally similar to photocopiers. The modern version of a mimeograph, called a digital duplicator, or copyprinter, contains a scanner, a thermal head for stencil cutting, and a large roll of stencil material entirely inside the unit. The stencil material consists of a very thin polymer film laminated to a long-fibre non-woven tissue. It makes the stencils and mounts and unmounts them from the print drum automatically, making it almost as easy to operate as a photocopier. The Risograph is the best known of these machines.
Although mimeographs remain more economical and energy-efficient in mid-range quantities, easier-to-use photocopying and offset printing have replaced mimeography almost entirely in developed countries. Mimeograph machines continue to be used in developing countries because it is a simple, cheap, and robust technology. Many mimeographs can be hand-cranked, requiring no electricity.
Mimeographs and the closely related but distinctly different spirit duplicator process were both used extensively in schools to copy homework assignments and tests. They were also commonly used for low-budget amateur publishing, including club newsletters and church bulletins. They were especially popular with science fiction fans, who used them extensively in the production of fanzines in the middle 20th century, before photocopying became inexpensive.
Letters and typographical symbols were sometimes used to create illustrations, in a precursor to ASCII art. Because changing ink color in a mimeograph could be a laborious process, involving extensively cleaning the machine or, on newer models, replacing the drum or rollers, and then running the paper through the machine a second time, some fanzine publishers experimented with techniques for painting several colors on the pad, notably Shelby Vick, who created a kind of plaid "Vicolor."[12]
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Well a lot has happened since I last updated and what goes up must, inevitably, come down. So here I am. I was quite happy where I was until things went tits up, I think I'll begin with the job as it seems like a great way to start. Let's just say I'm not working there anymore on principal. You don't pay me I don't work, I think I was fair and patient with my employer. I just have one question: How stupid are you if you attempt to screw over the guy that earns your business money, trains the newbies, deals with admin and IT?
The answer to that is: A couple grand short. It was a simple thing really, I work and you pay me. I was lead to believe employment had worked like that for a while now. To be honest the employers loss of money and reputation wasn't worth the silly amount of money she refused to pay me (half of my wages) now she has lost more than triple that amount in clients and I've called my old co-workers in the same industry and informed them of the situation so nobody with any useful experience will work for her.
Other than that I've locked my computer and all files are encrypted so it'll take her a while to recover that information. I also uncovered some illegal activity that would likely have my ex employer sent down for fraud. Beyond that I could call her place of worship and inform them of a few big no-no's which would likely lead to her religion's version of being excommunicated. I haven't done these last two because despite my anger at her I am not a sociopath. Crippling her business is enough.
Other than that I took two parting gifts. The list of our business partners and the administrative passwords for all business accounts except the banking information. I don't want to touch that with a barge pole. That's the thing when you let people assume you are benign, they feel safe. They don't realise you're watching, listening and putting the pieces together. Doesn't help when your OPSEC is like wet cardboard. All going well I will go into business with those partners I previously spoke of because in this particular industry I have a reputation.
If I'm feeling particularly malicious I may inform those partners that my boss has been very dishonest and effectively destroy their business relationship. Until then I'm looking to make some fast money, nothing illegal but just enough to get by. This particular even and a few more are the reasons I haven't posted here in many months, then again by now any regular reader is probably used to this behaviour, something I have apologised for on many occasions now.
Back to my employer for a moment, if she thought I was stupid and that I trusted her for a second then she underestimated me greatly. Her mistake. This is business and you don't get anything for free, if you try to screw a partner then you deal with the consequences of such actions. If anything losing thousands is getting off lightly.
Some of you may be wondering if doing something like I have done will get me blacklisted in some way, it won't. The simple reason for this is she has committed a crime. If she blacklists me in any way I will blacklist her life and I've made it abdundantly clear to my her.
I'd continue from here but I think each of these events warrants a separate post…


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The latest version of Internet Explorer 8, released two weeks ago, will offer developers a whole new set of tools said IE program manager Travis Leithead.
Leithead was speaking at ReMix 08, Microsoft's event for web developers and designers in Brighton. While much attention on IE has focused on the user experience, not least the privacy aspect, Leithead said that there were a lot of new features for developers to get excited about.
He highlighted compatibility view where a developer is able to quickly assess how a site would look in other versions of the browser. There are two ways to look at the site: Browser Mode allows a developers to test what their site looks like in IE7, but still using IE8. There's also an alternative way to view, Document Mode, which allows developers to check what a site would look like if the rendering was changed.
Leithead picked out other features too. He said that the IE8 beta now allowed live CSS editing. "We're delivering full CSS 2.1 interoperability and we're looking forward to CSS 3," he said.
He also picked on the ability to change AJAX navigation allowing users to pinpoint exact web pages. "For example, suppose you want to pick out a place on a map and you put your pin on the map to show the exact location and send it to someone. When that person opens the link, all they find is the home page. We're allowing developers to solve this problem within AJAX," he said.
Leithead gave a brief summary of various other new features including client-side storage, support for ARIA usability spec and various tweaks to fix memory leaks and speed up processing time. He also explained that IE8 beta 2 contains additional protection for cross-domain requests. "Most browsers block cross domain requests to prevent malicious code, there are workarounds but these can be costly and dangerous." He said that the new version of the beta would have various new ways to allow cross-domain requests safely including HTML sanitation would take a string and strip out anything that was executable in it.
The full version of IE 8 is expected to be released later this year. Competition in the browser market is set to intensify with the launch of Google's Chrome and the forthcoming release of Firefox 3.1.


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A complex set of laws and regulations govern the rights of disabled public school students. Under the Individuals With Disabilities In Education Act (IDEA), a committee on special education (CSE) at the school district convenes to determine the student's individualized educational program, or IEP. If the parents don't like the IEP and the district will not reimburse them for alternative, private education, the parents can appeal to state educational officials and, as a last resort, federal court.
The case is T.Y. v. New York City Department of Education, decided on October 9. T.Y. is autistic and needs special educational services. The CSE decided to place the student at a public school in District 75, "a group of schools that specialize in providing education for children with disabilities." The CSE did not name the school until a month later. Dad went to the school and deemed it unacceptable. The CSE named another school, and that was also unacceptable. The parents enrolled T.Y in a private school and asked the city to reimburse the tuition. The city said no, the parents appealed unsuccessfully to state educational authorities, and then filed suit in federal court.
The argument is that the IDEA requires the city to identify the particular school in the IEP. The parents base this on the language of the regulations, which says "the parents of a child with a disability must be afforded an opportunity to participate in meetings with respect to ... [t]he identification, evaluation, and educational placement of the child." The law also says the IEP includes "the anticipated frequency, location, and duration of those services." The Second Circuit says these are compelling arguments ... but only at first glace. On second glance, the parents lose.
The parents lose because "educational placement" under Second Circuit case law "refers only to the general type of educational program in which the child is placed." In other words, this phrase refers to classes and services, not the "bricks and mortar" of the school. What about "location" under the IDEA? That won't cut it, either. U.S. Department of Education commentaries in 1999 rejected this interpretation, and so did the U.S. Senate in its 1977 commentary on the law. "Location" means the general environment of the overall program, not the specific school location. The distict does not violate the IDEA in failing to provide this information. Since the parents had the opportunity to participate in the process and sent their son to a private school without giving the city an opportunity to offer another school, they do not have a claim for reimbursement under the IDEA.
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I'd like to offer some thoughts I've had on Jehu J. Hanciles' Tanner Lecture at the 2014 meeting of the Mormon History Association. During his lecture, Professor Hanciles, a Professor of Global Christianity at Emory University, shared his research on the growth of Mormonism in Africa.
Hanciles' address largely spoke to the advantages and disadvantages within Mormonism in regards to performing missionary work in Africa. As far as aspects conducive to missionary work are concerned, Mormon beliefs regarding food storage, prophetic gifts, gifts of the spirit, and the celebration of family and kinship networks mesh well with many African cultures. On the other hand, Mormonism does a poor job of adapting to local circumstances through requiring local congregations to adapt to the American church. He gave examples of this trend, including insistence on using American hymnbooks, not offering leeway on church dress to jive with local dress and tradition, and church services which allow for more participation from the congregation.
He also spoke about the need for more people of color/international folks to be involved in MHA and the study of Mormonism.** He called out the tiny numbers of articles in major Mormon publications on non-white, non-western Mormon history and the deplorable fact that so few were written by people of color. While Hanciles did not offer his methodology for what history was written by non-whites, I believe that whatever framework he used is probably correct. This lecture came after Professor Ignacio Garcia's comment that he hoped one day MHA would be able to invite an expert on Mexican Mormonism to speak at MHA, rather than "just" a Mexican Mormon. Needless to say, academic guilt and white guilt felt palpable during the lecture and the Q&A period. Both Hanciles' and Garcia's comments, in my mind, were damning. We can do better. We must do better.
At the lunch following the lecture, several of us discussed the means by which MHA could involve more topics on non-western, non-white history and involve a more diverse membership. Our little group had several suggestions (listed below), but we largely have not followed up on our desire to "repent" and find ways to involve diverse audiences and scholars in the study of Mormon History. With that in mind, I hope that in the two weeks before paper proposals are due for MHA 2015 we can encourage more participants in MHA, particularly paper proposals on diverse themes and topics. MHA won't become more diverse overnight, or in one year. But I think that a concrete plan can and should be carried out to ensure that MHA not only thrives in the next fifty years, but has membership that reflects the racial diversity of Mormonism and those who are interested in Mormon History.
1. Provide travel funds specifically for scholars of color.
2. Work with schools with faculty studying Mormonism to hire research assistants of color.
3. Work with schools with faculty studying Mormonism to mentor students of color and encourage all research related to non-white, non-Mormon topics.
4. Work with Utah based schools to fund the attendance of MHA by more students. 2015 and 2016 present an opportunity for students at BYU, UVU, the University of Utah, Utah State University, SLCC, Westminster, LDS Business College, and other schools to attend MHA. If students are anything like me, after one MHA meeting you'll be hooked. Attending MHA (and other academic conferences) makes a person a better scholar if they participate. Also if they're anything like me, attending MHA will want them to attend again and again.
Any thoughts, readers? Any takeaways from Professor Hanciles? lecture or how to build a more diverse population of Mormon scholars? Or how to incentivize the study of non-white, non-American topics?
**He also noted that many issues of race regarding MHA and Mormon History could be said of other academic subfields and the academy in general.


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"On January 22, 2017, the command center of the Air-Space Forces of Russia based in Hmeymim received from the American side, via a direct line from the headquarters of the international coalition, the coordinates of IS targets in the area near al-Bab, Aleppo province. After conducting reconnaissance...two planes of the Russian Air-Space forces and two planes of the international coalition forces conducted airstrikes against terrorist objectives."Russia's Department of Defense appears to be stretching beyond the truth when it says Russia and the "international coalition" joined in a bombing mission in Syria against IS. Russian and Turkish media – and experts contacted by Polygraph.info - say recent air strikes on al-Bab were carried out by Russian and Turkish jets. While Turkey allows the U.S.-led coalition to use Incirlik air base, Turkish air strikes on Syria are not conducted under the coalition's command.
"McCain flew to Georgia to demand from officials in Tbilisi that they immediately release from prison the former (and future) Mayor of Tbilisi Ugulava… And as always, he was not refused."The managing editor of a pro-Russian news agency in Georgia said that a U.S. Congressional Delegation including Senator John McCain demanded a prisoner release from Georgian officials at a meeting in the Georgian capital. The former mayor of Tbilisi, imprisoned for mismanagement of city funds, was released after McCain's visit but not at the behest of the Senator, a Georgian official said.
"Russia actively promotes at the UN a positive human rights agenda. In the past year, our priorities were defense of the rights of children, the disabled, national, religious and language minorities and expansion of the rights and opportunities of women, as well as support of the family and recognition of its role in society."Partially True...Moscow's actions on Syria largely discredit Kremlin's claim as human rights champion.But Russia's poor voting record on both country-specific and issue resolutions exposes this claim, with its vetoes of every resolution to condemn the bombing of civilians in Syria, or opposition to such measures as protecting peaceful demonstrators' rights.
"Great Britain has not sent a gram of flour, not one single tablet and not one blanket to help the civilian population [of Aleppo] throughout all the years of the war in Syria."The United Kingdom is the second largest national contributor of humanitarian aid to Syria, second only to the United States. A source at the British Department for International Development told Polygraph.info that that UK-funded aid, including food, drinking water, shelters and medicine had indeed reached Aleppo during the war.
"But in fact in this case (the VOA Russian service reporter) was lying because by the time he made these statements…Mr. Peskov and Ms. Zakharova and representatives of the Foreign Affairs Committees had spoken."Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zahkarova apologized to a VOA reporter for incorrect remarks made by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at a press conference on Tuesday, in which he misrepresented Voice of America reporting in a way that served to undermine the agency's credibility.
"This is absolutely fake information, a fabrication and complete nonsense. The Kremlin does not engage in gathering compromising materials."The Kremlin has a long history of releasing "compromising materials," or "kompromat," about politicians, journalists, and political opponents, both Russian and foreign. Not only that, the release of kompromat was a key factor in the rise of Vladimir Putin, and evidence suggests that the Putin administration has utilized the tactic heavily in advancing its goals.
"Amazingly, it was only oil extracting facilities already captured by IS that did not get hit by the U.S. and coalition bombardment."Russia's Ministry of Defense accuses the U.S. and its coalition partner of targeting "everything except IS oil facilities" in Syria. But documentation of coalition attacks prove the opposite.
"We can say today with confidence that in Russia, a project with the most successful utilization of the Olympic heritage has been implemented. The games brought positive social and economic changes…."
The Russian opposition exposed the huge waste and graft in the Games and even officials provided conflicting reports of costs and conceded over budget. Most of the funding came from state coffers and guarantee of state bank loans which have still not been repaid –and have now been generously restructured.
"Russia is serving as an environmental donor to the world, providing almost 10 percent of its biosphere sustainability."Scientists and environmentalists contacted by Polygraph.info question what Putin is talking about and ecological data provided by a Russian ministry environmental report cannot be independently verified.
"I think this is simply scandalous, that they decided to persecute our children. They know that these dachas which they mentioned in the documents are for our children. And now it's Christmas, the holidays in our schools."The timing of the White House's announcement suggests that the U.S. response to alleged Russian interference in the presidential election took place as soon as U.S. intelligence agencies could formulate a plan. And while families of expelled diplomats will be impacted, some evidence suggests that the facilities closed may have been used by Russian spies as well as diplomats.
"It is an ordinary communication line that heads of states use for phone conversations."Commenting after an NBC News report that U.S. President Barack Obama used "the so-called Red Phone" to warn President Vladimir Putin over interfering in the U.S. election process, a Kremlin spokesman said it is "an ordinary communication line." But history shows it is a special line used in crisis.
"I definitely disagree with those who see the creation in Europe of some sort of 'pro-Putin coalition.' I would say rather that increasingly sober, balanced and patriotically-minded people are coming to power."Partially True...technically true, but many politicians mainly on the fringes of the political spectrum hold positions favored by the Kremlin.Peskov is technically correct that there is no formal "pro-Putin coalition" in Europe or even an informal movement backing Russian President Vladimir Putin. Rather, the term has been coined by Western media to describe political leaders in and out of power who tilt toward Moscow on a number of specific issues.


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Unless your company is getting a short-term lease, your commercial lease is most likely going to include what is known as an escalation clause. This clause automatically increases the amount of your base rent over the years, with the premise of paying for increases in the costs related to the building. While such clauses are common and totally valid, they can also be a keen way for a tenant to fall into a massive money trap.
Escalation Clause Structure
Landlords and tenants have several options when it comes to structuring the escalation clause.
The base rent can be increased by:
- A fixed amount each year
- A percentage each year, based on the consumer price index or other inflationary index
- The actual increase in the landlord's real estate taxes and expenses, with expenses related to maintaining, operating and insuring the building
- A combination of two or more of the above methods
Reading the Fine Print
Tenants can get into trouble when they fail to carefully negotiate the definition of items that fall under a landlord's operating expenses. The common area maintenance (CAM) clause, which covers operating expenses for maintaining common areas, has been one area historically riddled with abusive overcharges.
Eight of the most common overcharges include:
- Capital costs erroneously categorized as repairs
- Parking garage expenses supposedly not fully reimbursed by the parking income
- Entertainment, travel and other costs the lease is not supposed to cover categories as "miscellaneous expenses"
- Rebates, refunds and tax abatements not credited to tenants
- Expense reductions not credited to tenants
- Double billed utility services the tenant paid individually and was charged for again under general utility costs
- Accountant fees for landlord's tax return preparation
- Build-out expenses for an individual tenant categorized for all tenants to fund
Lease auditing is typically the only way to uncover this type of CAM abuse, as tenants generally don't receive detailed breakdowns on the expenses for which they're paying.
Working with a commercial real estate agent helps you avoid unscrupulous landlords and their practices. You'd also be wise to negotiate a cap on how much your base rent can ultimately be increased to best protect you over the years.


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As long as Moses held up his hands, the Israelites were winning, but whenever he lowered his hands, the Amalekites were winning. — Exodus 17:11
The Torah portion for this week is Beshalach, which means "when he sent them away," from Exodus 13:17–17:16, and the Haftorah is from Judges 4:4–5:31.
The children of Israel were not out of Egypt very long when they faced their next enemy: The nation of Amalek. In describing the battle that took place, the Bible explains that as long as Moses had his hands up, the Israelites were winning, but when his hands came down, the battle favored the Amalekites. How can it be that the course of the battle was determined by the motions of Moses' hands?
The Jewish sages explain that Moses' hands weren't responsible for the tide of the battle; the people's hearts were. And their hearts were connected to the hands of Moses. When his hands were up, they looked up — literally and figuratively — to God as their hope and savior. When his hands were down, their faith faltered. Without faith, no amount of arrows in the world could penetrate the enemy of Amalek.
You see, Amalek was not like any other nation, and this battle was not just any other battle. Amalek represented the biblical paradigm for evil in the world. More specifically, the nation of Amalek symbolized a "godless world," where things happen randomly and there is no such thing as reward and punishment. In a godless world, anything goes and anything can happen. We are at the mercy of the role of the dice.
Further, Jewish tradition teaches that the numeric value of the word "Amalek" is the same as the Hebrew word for "doubt." (In Hebrew each letter of the alphabet is assigned a numeric value, giving words a numeric value which often indicates a deeper or hidden meaning.) This is because the godlessness of Amalek makes us doubt the existence of God and His involvement in our lives.
This is why the battle against Amalek had to be fought with faith: It could only be won with faith. The antidote to the evil espoused by Amalek is the faith taught and lived by Israel. Tradition teaches that Amalek and Israel will be locked in battle until the end of time. Amalek says God is nowhere; Israel says God is everywhere. The two ideas are mutually exclusive, and only one will emerge victorious.
The battle between Amalek and Israel rages on today, only it's a spiritual fight, fought in the deep recesses of our minds and hearts. Rabbi Chanina Bar Chama, a Talmudic sage in the third century, used to say, "No person hurts his little finger, without it having been first ordered from Above." He taught that God's Providence extends to every detail of our lives on earth and nothing happens without His knowledge. The more we integrate this message into our everyday lives, the more we will weaken the remnant of Amalek. When our faith is complete, we will have finished the battle that began with Moses and ends with each and every one of us.


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By: Abbey Lipcsik
GAMBIER, Ohio – The Hiram College baseball team finished their four-game series against Kenyon by falling short in both games of their second doubleheader of the weekend. The Terriers dropped a 16-9 decision in game one before falling 10-9 in an upset that was fueled by a walk-off grand slam by Phillip Nam.
Just like first doubleheader, the Kenyon offense was the game-changer. The Lords notched multiple runs in seven of their 17 frames on the day, with two coming for at least five runs.
In game one, Kenyon quickly took over the momentum, tallying six runs in their first at-bat of the day. The Terriers then answered back with two, two-run frames of their own, with one of the runs coming on a solo shot by Bryan Engdahl in the top of the third. However, the Lords also tacked on five more runs to take an 11-5 lead by the fifth inning.
The Terriers rallied to come within striking distance in their next at-bat. Tyler Duben led off the inning with a double down the left field line, before Brandon Chesmar advanced him to third on a groundout to the first baseman. After Brian Fryda walked and stole second to put both himself and Duben in scoring position, Mike Eversole grounded to the Kenyon shortstop, scoring in Duben (9-6). Vince Lonigro then hit an RBI of his own when he singled to right field, scoring Fryda and forcing a Kenyon pitching change. Vito Petrillo then stepped up to the plate, doubling to left field to advance Lonigro over to third. Alex Perrella followed the hit up with a single to right field, scoring both Petrillo and Lonigro for the final two runs of the frame (11-9).
Although several Terriers got on base in the remaining innings, the Lords held Hiram scoreless while continuing to tack on runs, eventually taking the win.
With his first loss of the season, Chesmar's pitching record now stands at 3-1.
Hiram quickly got on the board in game two, opening the game with a five-run rally. Perrella led off the inning reaching first on a passed ball after a strikeout. Following a walk by Brandon Gros with two outs, Chesmar and Fryda both walked with bases loaded to bring in two runs. Eric Martin was then hit by a pitch, sending home Gros to make the score 3-0. Will Howell then hit a two-RBI single to left center to increase the Hiram lead to five (5-0).
The Terriers continued to hold their lead until the bottom of the ninth. The Lords then rallied to score five runs on two hits, with one being Nam's walk-off grand slam.
Despite the solid start, Frank Peck finished with a no decision. In his five innings of work, the pitcher recorded only two runs on seven hits in addition to four strikeouts. Only one of his runs was earned.
Over the course of the day, Perrella, Gros and Fryda led the Hiram offense, totaling four hits apiece. Perrella also tied Will Howell for the team-high in RBIs (3).
The Terriers will next host conference rival Oberlin on April 14-15 in a four-game series. The first doubleheader is set to start at 12:00 p.m.


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Jack Gleeson Wetting His Pants On Set Actually Prepared Him For Game Of Thrones
Before Jack Gleeson became the cruel, evil King Joffrey on Game of Thrones, he was an uncredited kid in Reign of Fire—which was a movie about dragons, appropriately. During his spotlight panel at New York Comic Con last Friday, Gleeson was asked about his memories from set.
Besides referring to it as a "mediocre" film, he noted how his casting wasn't because of his acting abilities, but because the movie was filmed in Ireland, his birthplace. During his scene, he and a horde of fellow Irish kids watched Christian Bale and Gerard Butler reenact a pivotal moment in Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back. While filming, however, Gleeson was having some serious internal plumbing problems.
He recalled really needing to use the bathroom, but was told to hold it because they were shooting. Gleeson gave it the ol' college try, but eventually, his bladder had had enough. "I just kind of had to wet myself," he confessed. "I was like an eight-year-old or nine-year-old kid and I had to piss my pants on set of Reign of Fire." Gleeson later went on to joke that his peeing faux pas could be the reason he considered the film mediocre.
Gleeson was unsure whether anyone noticed his, um, situation. "I tried to be as cool and collected as possible," Gleeson said, "and then I acted my socks off. I didn't let it affect my performance." This inadvertently prepared him for moments on Game of Thrones, like exhaustion from filming and trying his hardest not to nod off during his post-death scene, as well as trying to figure out how it looked to choke to death without having actually experienced it himself.
You can check out Gleeson's scene below—and as you do, remember his bladder had betrayed him as this was unfolding.


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$$f(x)= \frac{\Gamma (\alpha+\frac{1}{2})}{\Gamma (\alpha)} \frac{\beta^\alpha}{\sqrt{\pi}} \frac{x^{\alpha-1}}{\sqrt{1-\beta x}}$$
where $0<x<\beta$.
So these are three terms all multiplied to give you an ugly distribution function where $\alpha>0$ is some parameter, $\beta>0$ is a parameter. $\Gamma$ refers to the Gamma function.
This very closely resembles the Gamma Distribution function but not quite and I don't know how to find the expectation and variance for $X$ with the given distribution function.
I tried to go the route of finding the moment generating function to make the distribution resemble a gamma and use the fact that the density would integrate to one but the $(1-\beta x)$ term really complicates things. Not sure what to do.


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Barack Obama this week gave the best political speech since John Kennedy talked about his Catholicism in Houston in 1960, and it derived power from something most unusual in modern politics: an acknowledgment of complexity, nuance and legitimate grievances on many sides. It was not a sound bite, but a symphony.
But the furor over the Rev. Jeremiah Wright's inflammatory sermons shows that Mr. Obama erred in an earlier speech — the 2004 speech to the Democratic National Convention that catapulted him to fame.
In that speech, Mr. Obama declared that "there is not a black America and a white America... . There's the United States of America." That's a beautiful aspiration, and we're making progress toward it. But this last week has underscored that we're not nearly there yet.
The outrage over sermons by Mr. Wright demonstrates how desperately we as a nation need the dialogue about race that Mr. Obama tried to start with his speech on Tuesday.
Many well-meaning Americans perceive Mr. Wright as fundamentally a hate-monger who preaches antagonism toward whites. But those who know his church say that is an unrecognizable caricature: He is a complex figure and sometimes a reckless speaker, but one of his central messages is not anti-white hostility but black self-reliance.Continue reading the main story
"The big thing for Wright is hope," said Martin Marty, one of America's foremost theologians, who has known the Rev. Wright for 35 years and attended many of his services. "You hear 'hope, hope, hope.' Lots of ordinary people are there, and they're there not to blast the whites. They're there to get hope."
Professor Marty said that as a white person, he sticks out in the largely black congregation but is always greeted with warmth and hospitality. "It's not anti-white," he said. "I don't know anybody who's white who walks out of there not feeling affirmed."
Mr. Wright has indeed made some outrageous statements. But he should be judged as well by his actions — including a vigorous effort to address poverty, ill health, injustice and AIDS in his ministry. Mr. Wright has been frightfully wrong on many topics, but he was right on poverty, civil rights and compassion for AIDS victims.
What should draw much more scrutiny in this campaign than any pastor's sermons is the candidates' positions on education, health care and poverty — and their ability to put those policies in place. Cutting off health care benefits for low-income children strikes me as much more offensive than any inflammatory sermon.
Many white Americans seem concerned that Mr. Obama, who seems so reasonable, should enjoy the company of Mr. Wright, who seems so militant, angry and threatening. To whites, for example, it has been shocking to hear Mr. Wright suggest that the AIDS virus was released as a deliberate government plot to kill black people.
That may be an absurd view in white circles, but a 1990 survey found that 30 percent of African-Americans believed this was at least plausible.
"That's a real standard belief," noted Melissa Harris-Lacewell, a political scientist at Princeton (and former member of Trinity church, when she lived in Chicago). "One of the things fascinating to me watching these responses to Jeremiah Wright is that white Americans find his beliefs so fringe or so extreme. When if you've spent time in black communities, they are not shared by everyone, but they are pretty common beliefs."
Occasionally, we've had glimpses of this gulf between white and black America. Right after the O.J. Simpson murder trial, a CBS News poll found that 6 out of 10 whites thought that the jury had reached the wrong verdict, while 9 out of 10 blacks believed it had decided correctly. Many African-Americans even believe that the crack cocaine epidemic was a deliberate conspiracy by the United States government to destroy black neighborhoods.
Much of the time, blacks have a pretty good sense of what whites think, but whites are oblivious to common black perspectives.
What's happening, I think, is that the Obama campaign has led many white Americans to listen in for the first time to some of the black conversation — and they are thunderstruck.
All of this demonstrates that a national dialogue on race is painful, awkward and essential. And that dialogue needs to focus not on clips from old sermons by Mr. Wright but on far more urgent challenges — for example, that about half of black males do not graduate from high school with their class.
Then maybe we can achieve our goal of getting, finally, to the point where there is "not a black America and not a white America... . There's the United States of America."Continue reading the main story


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If you're inspired to do the same, leave a link to your 'moment' in the comments for all to find and see. Inspired by Soulemama.
I am sharing a little piece over at Anchor and Plume Press today, stop by and say hi.
What a beautiful image/moment! XxReplyDelete
What a perfect shot! It's so funny that the fishes decided to swim all in a row just as you took the picture. Super cute. Have a lovely weekend!
Trust me I was surprised that I captured it :)Delete
How amazing is that?! So incredibly beautiful!
Here's my moment this week:
Hope you have a great weekend!
Thank you, little man was quite taken with those fish.Delete
The perfect moment! I love the colours and the atmosphere.
I love that they are all in a row - and how well their color complements their environment.
Here is our moment: http://www.yellowladybird.com
Have a good weekend!
It was pretty awesome to see them swimming like that.Delete
This really is a super picture. Everything framed perfectly and fishes in a row! Hope you have a blessed weekend.
our moment is the swallows in our barn about to take flight:
Thank you, wishing the same for you :)Delete
Look at how they're swimming in a row! Interesting :)ReplyDelete
Reece thought so too :)Delete
Wow, look at them all in a row. I miss my fish. Wonderful captured moment.ReplyDelete
Another gorgeous moment my friend! Oh, how I wish we lived closer so we could share them!
I'm sure you saw this picture on Facebook but I couldn't resist using it as our moment this week!
Have a lovely weekend, dear friend!
Me too Shel, it would be so very wonderful!Delete
Stunning!! What a great moment!
Here is ours: http://becomingclaudine.blogspot.com/2013/08/this-moment_9.html
ohhhh ! where are they going all those fishes ??? beautiful moment. Have a nice week end. Mireille from FranceReplyDelete
Swimming away from little hands that try to catch them :)Delete
What a wonderful moment, Kim! Here is my moment: http://likemamalikedaughter.blogspot.com/2013/08/this-moment_9.html
Wishing you a wonder filled weekend!
love how those fish are all lined up!ReplyDelete
It was pretty cool!Delete
Awesome moment -Hanna MarieReplyDelete
That is truly special all the fishies in a line!
have a great weekend!
It really was :) You too my friend.Delete
What a beautiful picture. You were there just at the perfect 'moment'!ReplyDelete
Thanks and yes I was :)Delete
What a wonderful shot! Such fun!ReplyDelete
Thanks, it was a pretty lucky shot too :)Delete
What an amazing shot! Perfect.
Our moment this week determination.
Oh wow! So amazing how the koi were swimming in a straight line that way! Gorgeous shot.
Here's our moment: http://gadboisfamily.com/2013/08/09/this-moment-washing-eggs/
Thanks, we were pretty amazed too :)Delete
Wow. How did you get all the forces to cooperate?! Great shot! :)ReplyDelete
Not sure, just lucky :)Delete
Beautiful! Look at that line! Perfect :)
Happy weekend my dear friend xo
Thanks Renee, wishing you a lovely weekend too!Delete
Oh my, well captured indeed.
Wow, what a great shot!!! A perfect moment :)ReplyDelete
Now I didn't know fish played follow the leader! Great shot!
Have fun this weekend Kim with your beautiful family.
Haha, we didn't either Tracey :)
Thank you xo
I love how the first are in a line :) Here is my first {this moment} post http://www.backwoodsmama.com/2013/08/this-moment.htmlReplyDelete
We loved it too! Happy to see you playing along with This Moment, welcome :)Delete
Wow. I'm going to echo all the other commenters now.
Perfect timing Kim! Much love for a weekend of bliss.ReplyDelete
Thanks KC, you too!Delete
such gorgeousness. I hope your weekend is going well.ReplyDelete
Thanks. And yes, going very well, hope yours is too :)Delete
That is the kind of picture that just proves there are moments you were meant to experience and capture... nothing is random. Wonderful!ReplyDelete
All in a row! Wow!
My moment: http://www.thevariegatedlife.com/this-moment-08-16-13/
It was a great moment :)Delete


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|Architectural inspiration via Fellow Fashionista Delight by Design.
CC adores these Lucite and leather chairs and that chic chandelier!
|Yves Saint Laurent leather dress; this and next at net-a-porter.com .
|Miu Miu glitter-finish ankle boots.
|Charlotte Olympia Pandora plexiglass clutch.
|Jene DeSpain Wilson necklace, at shopbop.com.
Darlings, what do you think of this divine dining room and the look it inspired?
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HP Inc. will cut 3,000 to 4,000 jobs over next 3 years
HP Inc. says it will cut 3,000 to 4,000 jobs over the next three years as it faces continued challenges in the markets for personal computers and printers.
The cuts are in addition to 3,000 jobs that HP previously said it was trimming this fiscal year. A spokeswoman said the company has about 50,000 employees worldwide.
HP Inc. has been grappling with shrinking demand for PCs and printers as more people use smartphones and store documents and photos online. CEO Dion Weisler hopes to build the business by selling more high-end PCs, office printers and 3D printing systems.
Read more: HP Inc. will cut 3,000 to 4,000 jobs over next 3 years
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Workers Are Literally Dying to Build American Warships
Uncategorized February 16, 2017 War Is Boring 0
Workplace safety at U.S. shipyards is a growing concern
by NEIL GORDON
On Feb. 10, 2017, the Center for Investigative Reporting published a disturbing exposé of the national defense shipbuilding industry, documenting how the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard award billions of dollars in contracts to shipbuilders with lax safety standards. The article starkly illustrated the lack of accountability in the industry and the "unhealthy codependency" between the major shipbuilding companies and Uncle Sam.
The article focused on one company, VT Halter Marine and a deadly explosion at its Escatawpa, Mississippi shipyard in November 2009. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration initially fined the shipmaker $1.3 million for violations relating to the explosion, which killed two workers and injured five others. OSHA later reduced the fine to $837,000.
One month after the explosion, the Navy awarded VT Halter an $87 million contract to build an oceanographic survey ship. Since then, regulators have cited the company for other workplace safety and environmental violations, yet it is still receiving federal contracts.
The government's top three shipbuilders — General Dynamics, Huntington Ingalls Industries, and Austal USA — also have documented histories of misconduct. In 2012, OSHA hit General Dynamics with a $171,300 fine for violations at its shipyard in Bath, Maine.
The Center for Investigative Reporting found a startling lack of concern for safety on the part of the Navy. "We are not the overlords of private shipyards when it comes to workplace safety," a Navy spokesman told reporter Jennifer Gollan.
Gollan found that from 2005 through 2015 there were 76 fatalities in the shipbuilding and repair industry, with at least a quarter of those deaths occurring at shipyards owned by federal contractors. She warned that working conditions at these shipyards could get worse as the Navy, with support from President Trump, prepares to significantly expand the size of its fleet.
Several factors have created this dire situation.
First, the government has few alternatives when it comes to building or repairing ships. For national security reasons, the US-based companies must perform most of the work.
Among them, only a small number are able to meet the government's needs. Financial pressure on these shipbuilders, who heavily depend on federal contracts, often leads to shortcuts that create hazardous work environments.
Second, shipyard workers and their families have limited legal recourse for workplace injuries and fatalities. The Navy and Coast Guard are more concerned with production than safety.
Instead, accountability is largely up to agencies like OSHA and the Environmental Protection Agency. Those agencies levy fines, which amount to a slap on the wrist to companies with billions of dollars in contracts.
Third, federal regulations governing how government officers evaluate and select contractors under-emphasize companies' workplace safety records. Pres. Barack Obama tried to remedy this with his Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces executive order, which required companies to disclose labor violations.
But in 2016, a federal judge blocked the disclosure requirement and Congress is now moving to abolish it entirely. Nevertheless, companies are disclosing health and safety violations in the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System, which agencies must check before awarding contracts and grants.
We hope the Center for Investigative Reporting's account sparks reforms. There is a cruel irony in spending billions of dollars to keep our country safe, yet simultaneously endangering the lives of workers in the shipbuilding industry.
This article originally appeared at the website of the Project on Government Oversight.


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Age of Diversity, for older LGBT people
Age of Diversity is an information resource for older Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender people, run by and for older LGBT people.
We apologise for this site having been offline for a day or so. You should find it is working correctly now,
New report launched
Age of Diversity's first publication, Appropriate Treatment: older lesbian, gay and bisexual people's experience of general practice, by Lindsay RIver, was launched at the Older LGBT Matters conference at Toynbee Hall on 9 November 2011.
Click here for more about the launch, including Lindsay's presentation slides.
Click here for more details about Appropriate Treatment: you can also download the full text of the report or selected comments from those interviewed.
This website
This site contains information of interest to older LGBT People. We've inherited some resources from Polari (closed 2009), including documents, a bibliography, and a list (still being added to) of links to other sites featuring older LGBT people.
A small group of us (see Who's who) got together to set up Age of Diversity, originally to campaign for and by older gay, lesbian, and trans people, but currently to provide what we hope will be a useful information resource.
Our picture shows the writers Bryher and H.D. two bisexual women who had a life-long commitment.
See the UK LGBT History Project's article for more about their lives.
Thanks to everyone who agreed to have their photos in the changing gallery down the right-hand side of this page. If you'd like your photo to be added to the list, we'd love to hear from you.
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Industries Electric Reliability
FERC approves regional Reliability Standard PRC-006-SERC-01 (Automatic Underfrequency Load Shedding Requirements). This final rule finds that PRC-006-SERC-01 is designed to work in conjunction with PRC-006-1 (i.e., the national UFLS Reliability Standard) to mitigate effectively the consequences of an underfrequency event while accommodating differences in system transmission and distribution topology among SERC planning coordinators due to historical design criteria, makeup of load demands, and generation resources. The final rule directs one modification to an associated violation risk factor, which NERC and SERC agreed to make in their NOPR comments. The final rule also addresses SERCs commitment to modify the rationale statement for one Requirement to address a possible inconsistency between the regional Reliability Standard and national UFLS Reliability Standard PRC-006-1. December 20, 2012 Order No. 772
FERC conditionally approves, with limited exceptions, numerous revisions to the NERC Rules of Procedure and its appendices, including revisions to Sections 300 (Reliability Standards Development), 400 (Compliance Enforcement), 600 (Personnel Certification), 800 (Reliability Assessment and Performance Analysis), 1000 (Situation Awareness and Infrastructure Security), 1400 (Amendments to the Rules of Procedure), and 1700 (Challenges to Determinations), and Appendices 2 (Definitions), 3C (Procedure for Coordinating Reliability Standards Approvals, Remands, and Directives), 4B (Sanction Guidelines), 4C (Uniform Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement Program), 5B (Statement of Compliance Registry Criteria), and 6 (System Operator Certification Program Manual). NERC is also directed to make compliance and informational filings within 60 days. December 20, 2012 Decision
FERC seeks comment on proposed revised Reliability Standard FAC-003-2 (Transmission Vegetation Management), which incorporates new minimum vegetation clearance distances into the standard and would expand the applicability of the standard beyond that of the currently-effective standard to include certain additional transmission lines of less than 200 kV. The NOPR seeks comment and clarification on certain aspects of the proposed standard, including additional clarification about NERCs approach to enforcement of the standard. Finally, the NOPR proposes to require NERC to raise the Violation Risk Factor associated with Requirement R2 from Medium to High. October 18, 2012 NOPR
FERC seeks comment on on regional Reliability Standard PRC-006-NPCC-1, Automatic Underfrequency Load Shedding for the Northeast Power Coordinating Council Region, September 20, 2012, NOPR
FERC issued a Final Rule to revise its delegations of authority to align with an internal Commission reorganization, which reassigned certain responsibilities for specific Electric Reliability Organization (ERO) filings. In particular, this Final Rule transfers delegated authority, from the Director of the Commissions Office of Electric Reliability to the Director of the Commissions Office of Energy Market Regulation, to act on ERO filings pertaining to ERO annual budgets, ERO delegation agreements, and ERO policies and procedures, September 20, 2012, Order No. 766
Commission finds that Section 215 of the FPA authorizes the imposition of a monetary penalty against a federal agency for violation of a mandatory Reliability Standard and, accordingly, allows the $19,500 penalty as assessed by NERC to go into effect, July 19, 2012, Decision


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Ladakhi language
La-dwags skad
|Native to
|India, Nepal, China, Pakistan
|Ladakh Union Territory, India
Native speakers
|130,000 (2000–2020)[1]
|Tibetan script
|Language codes
lbj – Ladakhi
zau – Zangskari
kenh1234 Kenhatic[2]
The Ladakhi language (Tibetan: ལ་དྭགས་སྐད་, Wylie: La-dwags skad), also called Bhoti or Bodhi, is a Tibetic language spoken in the Ladakh region of India. It is the predominant language in the Buddhist-dominated district of Leh of the Union territory of Ladakh and may be called Purigi or Balti in the adjacent Kargil district. Though a member of the Tibetic family, Ladakhi is not mutually intelligible with Standard Tibetan.
Ladakhi has approximately 200,000 speakers in India, and perhaps 12,000 speakers in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, mostly in the Qiangtang region. Ladakhi has several dialects: Lehskat after Leh, where it is spoken; Shamskat, spoken in the northwest of Leh; Stotskat, spoken in the Indus valley and which is tonal unlike the others; Nubra, spoken in the north of Leh; Purigi/Balti spoken in the Kargil district. The significant difference in the dialects remain in the tone or way of speaking. The varieties spoken in Upper Ladakh and Zangskar have many features of Ladakhi and also western dialects of Central Tibetan.
Nicolas Tournadre[3] considers Ladakhi, Balti, and Purgi to be distinct languages on the basis of mutual intelligibility (Zangskari is not as distinct). As a group they are termed Ladakhi–Balti or Western Archaic Tibetan, as opposed to Western Innovative Tibetan languages such as the Lahuli-Spiti languages spoken in Himachal Pradesh.
Zangskari is a dialect of Ladakhi and has four subdialects, Stod, Zhung, Sham, and Lungna. It is written using the Tibetan script.
Ladakhi is usually written using Tibetan script with the pronunciation of Ladakhi being much closer to written Classical Tibetan than most other Tibetic languages. Ladakhis pronounce many of the prefix, suffix and head letters that are silent in many other Tibetic languages, such as Amdo, Khams, and Central Tibetan. This tendency is more pronounced to the west of Leh, and on the Pakistani side of the Line of Control, in Baltistan. For example, a Tibetan would pronounce sta 'axe' as [tá], but a Lehpa would say [sta],and a purgi would pronounce [stare]. While a Tibetan would pronounce འབྲས་ ('bras) 'rice' as [ɳʈɛ́ʔ], Lehpa say [ɖas], and the purgii pronounce it as [bras].
The question of whether to write colloquial Ladakhi in the Tibetan script or to write only a slightly Ladakhified version of Classical Tibetan is controversial in Ladakh.[4] Muslim Ladakhis speak Ladakhi but most do not read the Tibetan script and most Buddhist Ladakhis can sound out the Tibetan script but do not understand Classical Tibetan, but some Ladakhi Buddhist scholars insist that Ladakhi must be written only in a form of Classical Tibetan. A limited number of books and magazines have been published in colloquial Ladakhi.
Written Ladakhi is most often romanised using modified Wylie transliteration, with a th denoting an aspirated dental t, for example.
The medium of instruction in most schools in Ladakh is English, with either Hindi or Urdu as a compulsory second language, and a choice of Arabic or classical Tibetan as the compulsory third language. Government schools in Ladakh are under JK SBOSE, which calls the Tibetan subject Bodhi. Private schools under the CBSE and the Central Institute of Buddhist Studies, Leh call it Tibetan.
A section of Ladakhi society has been demanding inclusion of a newly named language, Bhoti, to be added to the 8th Schedule of the Indian Constitution. They claim that Bhoti is spoken by Ladakhis, Baltis, Tibetans, and throughout the Himalayas from Baltistan to Arunachal Pradesh.[5][6]
- ^ Ladakhi at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016)
Zangskari at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016)
- ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Kenhatic". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ^ Tournadre, Nicolas (2005). "L'aire linguistique tibétaine et ses divers dialectes" (PDF). Lalies. pp. 7–56.
- ^ van Beek, Martijn (2008). "Imaginaries of Ladakhi Modernity". In Barnett, Robert; Schwartz, Ronald David (eds.). Tibetan Modernities: Notes from the Field on Cultural and Social Change. Brill. pp. 178–179.
- ^ http://www.reachladakh.com/national-seminar-on-bhoti-language-held-at-leh/1891.html
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-03-01. Retrieved 2011-02-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
External links[edit]
|Wikibooks has a book on the topic of: Research on Tibetan Languages: A Bibliography
- Ladakhi phrasebook travel guide from Wikivoyage
- A. H. Francke 1901 A Sketch of Ladakhi Grammar Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal 70.1


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Get to know Loop
As Chicago's hub for finance, transportation, government, retail, tourism and culture, the Loop is the city center and the point from which all other destinations in Chicago are measured. The city's most recognizable landmark (the Sears Tower) is located in this section of town, as is the Art Institute of Chicago and the Chicago Board of Trade. Despite its density and towering skyscrapers, Loop residents have plenty of open air and outdoor space at Millennium Park. Occupying a nearly 25-acre plot of land, the park is a great spot to stroll through gardens, have a picnic on the grass, see live concerts and enjoy a breathtaking view of the city skyline. Heading back into the midst of high-rises and busy avenues, the Loop boasts the best theater district and the second best shopping scene (it's hard to beat the Magnificent Mile) in Chicago. The dining options are nothing to scoff at either with coffee shops and delis on almost every corner and an impressive roster of acclaimed restaurants to its name. The Loop is where the energy of downtown excitement merges with the spirit of urban living. Not just a commuter spot for Chicago workers anymore, the Loop is a bona fide residential neighborhood with thousands of condos and lofts mixed in among the office buildings and hotels.


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Soaring coal demand stokes emissions concerns
A new report highlighting the world's huge demand for coal has cast doubt on the future of low-carbon economies.
The International Energy Agency's (IEA) Medium-Term Coal Market Report predicts coal will come close to surpassing oil as the world's top energy source in the next five years.
Resource analysts are warning increased coal demand comes hand in hand with a boost in CO2 emissions.
The latest IEA report predicts the world will burn about 1.2 billion more tonnes of coal per year by 2017.
Analysts say part of the shift can be blamed on high oil prices, driven by two main factors.
Resources analyst David Lennox says political unrest in oil-rich countries like Libya and Syria have interrupted supply, and there has been a significant rise in petrol use in Asia.
He says coal-fired power is becoming the preferred option.
"The differential between operating a diesel-fired power station and a coal-fired power station is significant in favour of the coal-fired power station," he told PM.
"Hence we would expect if oil keeps trading in this $US90 region or better, that there would be a natural flow of diesel-generated power stations closing and being replaced with cheaper coal-fired stations."
The IEA report found coal demand was increasing in nearly every region of the world apart from the United States, where natural gas was displacing coal.
Mr Lennox says that trend is unlikely to catch on in other countries.
"Unfortunately around the rest of the globe, natural gas is not an easy commodity to be transported," he said.
"It does require billions of dollars to actually convert it to a state where it can be moved.
"This makes coal very competitive, and hence coal will, for probably many years to come, actually stay still quite a significant supplier to the energy market, and especially electricity generation markets."
CO2 emissions
The report warns that as coal's share of the global energy mix grows, so will CO2 emissions.
The energy program director at the Grattan Institute, Tony Wood, says the technology needed to reduce those emissions is not advanced enough to help.
"The forecasts that we're talking about in the IEA cannot happen if the world is to meet its greenhouse gas reduction emissions that the IEA and the World Bank say that we have to meet without carbon capture and storage," he said.
"Right now, we don't have in Australia or anywhere else in the world the technology developments such that carbon capture and storage will work.
"So this report highlights a fundamental disconnect between economic growth and energy and coal consumption and climate change, and they're just fundamentally not connected at the moment."
Carbon capture and storage is controversial, expensive and still years away from being commercially viable in most countries.
Around the globe, natural gas is not an easy commodity to be transported.
This makes coal very competitive, and hence coal will, for probably many years to come, actually stay still quite a significant supplier to the energy market, and especially electricity generation markets.Resources analyst David Lennox
Australia only has one active carbon storage project in Victoria and one active carbon capture project in Queensland.
About 11 other projects are planned or being built across the country but they will not be active until 2015 at the earliest.
Mr Wood says that is well short of what is needed.
"It's not a very nice solution, but practically it's the only alternative there is and we are not doing the things that we need to that would be consistent with achieving that," he said.
"So in Australia, we're making a small amount of progress.
"The Australian Government, to their credit, did establish the global CCS (Carbon Capture and Storage) Institute and they have established the CCS flagship program, but the rate of progress is appallingly slow, but we are not alone.
"Around the world, there is nothing like enough activity to go anywhere near meeting the IEA's projections of what would be required to have a consistency between expanding fossil fuels and reducing greenhouse gas emissions."
The report shows China and India will lead the growth in coal consumption in the next five years, regardless of a predicted slump in China's gross domestic product growth.
According to Mr Wood, that magnifies the urgency to get carbon capture and storage technology happening.
"This report highlights how critically important it is that real climate change policies start to be implemented, both in Australia but also elsewhere," he said.
"Because in China, for example, in the current five-year plan, they are projecting to build more than 200 gigawatts or 200,000 megawatts of coal-fired power over that five years.
"Now if that happens without CCS, we will have a problem."
Despite a healthy forecast for coal globally, the outlook is not as positive for the nation's coal sector.
Australia has been replaced as the largest coal exporter for the first time in 30 years.
Indonesia is now number one because it is more cost competitive.
Mr Lennox says low commodity prices, hefty operating costs and a high Australian dollar will remain a problem for the Australian industry in the short term.
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US Park Police found an abandoned van along the Great Highway beach in San Francisco early Thursday morning, and officers wound up finding the driver, out on a felony no-bail warrant, on the roof of a nearby preschool.
San Francisco Police Sgt. Mark Yetsitis said officers were called out at 5 a.m. about a break-in attempt at The Growing Tree School at 1984 Great Highway. They found the suspect sitting on top of the preschool, and realized it was the same man who left the van on the beach and was violating his probation, Yetsitis said.
Police took him into custody. Yetsitis did not disclose his name or what he was on probation for.


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Portal is designed to facilitate simpler team collaboration. Each unit can be supplied either mobile or static, depending on the needs of the environment.
Connectivity is supplied as a standard part of the package, including two AUS power sockets and a twin USB fast-charge for powering peripheral hardware, as well as HDMI and USB sockets that will connect your device directly to the mounted presentation screen. The internal housing will also accommodate Apple TV to give even greater flexibility.
Portal is supplied with the LCD screen mounting brackets complete with VESA interface ready for you to attach the LCD monitor of your choice.
The flexibility of Portal is completed by the broad array of aesthetics that can be achieved through a range of fabric and colour choices on the upholstered elements.
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Canalys, global technology market analyst firm, has released a report on the Indian smartphone market performance in Q2 2017 (April-June). According to the Canalys report, the smartphone shipments saw a year on year decline for the first time in the history. 27 million units were shipped in Q2 2017, which is 4% less compared to the same quarter last year.
Korean conglomerate Samsung maintained its lead with 25 percent market share followed by Xiaomi, which cemented its second position by shipping 4.8 million units, which is a 4X year on year growth. It is worth noting that Xiaomi's market share increased from 14% in Q1 2017 to 18% in Q2 2017. Expanding its presence to offline markets coupled with the success of Redmi Note 4, Redmi 4A, and Redmi 4 bolstered its shipments.
Vivo secured the third spot by shipping an all time high of 3.4 million units, thanks to aggressive marketing. OPPO surpassed Lenovo by grabbing the fourth position. Lenovo finished at the fifth spot by shipping 1.9 million units.
Sales of Indian smartphone manufacturers have been taking a hit due to the foray of Chinese OEMs into the Indian smartphone market. As a fallout, none of the Indian smartphone vendors could make it to the top 5.
On the other hand, Chinese smartphone market has also shrunk by 3%. Huawei holds onto its first position by shipping 23 million units followed by OPPO, Vivo, and Xiaomi. Interestingly, OPPO, Vivo, and Xiaomi are locking their horns in both the markets trying to outwit each other. While Xiaomi has a stranglehold on the online market, OPPO and Vivo are betting high on offline channels with out of the bound advertising.
Ishan Dutt, Canalys Research Analyst, said:
"With China suffering its own decline this quarter, India is a market of huge strategic importance to Chinese smartphone vendors."
It will difficult for Indian smartphone manufacturers to turn around their fortunes from their current abysmal state. Nevertheless, we will have to wait and see if they have any tricks under their sleeves to counter Chinese vendors.


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Not just a walk in the park...
Posted on 25th October 2016 at 11:40
Walking and training dogs means I'm in the park at least four times a day. This morning I watched a man play fetch with his Jack Russell Terrier. The dog was a true professional; his eyes never left the ball then dutifully retrieved it and returned it to the foot of the owner to throw it again and again and again. The dog's owner was on his phone only pausing to pick up the tennis ball in his ball launcher and throw it in the same direction as before. Is this a happy dog? Look again at the dog and the owner. Are they interacting with each other? Does the dog look happy or is it merely repeating a behaviour because that's the only thing to look forward to on a walk? Now, don't get me wrong, fetch can be a great game but there is so much more you can do with your dog.
Every interaction is a training interaction even if unintentional and you will have a much happier dog if you build a strong bond with your dog and actually have fun with your dog. I like to give my own and my clients dogs as many happy moments throughout the day as I can, making their lives as happy and fulfilled as possible.
Use the environment and things around you to enhance your dogs walk and stimulate him both mentally and physically. Even if you have only just started training with your dog, use what your dog already knows and build on this. If your dog knows sit, start working on stays. In the house at first with no distractions, then bring it out to the park. Vary the places you ask your dog to do this – use park benches, fallen trees for example. Ask your dog to jump up on a bench, then ask him to sit. Give him a treat! For me taking my dogs for a walk is about both of us having fun. There are lots of opportunities to have fun with your dog even if it's whilst taking the kids to school – practise your sits and waits at the roadside when you crossover. Practise your heelwork by weaving in and out of bollards.
Once you get to the park, then get creative. Play hide and seek. Dogs love this and what better way of reinforcing a speedy recall? We are fortunate enough to have such a wonderful common with so many fantastic areas for us to play with our dogs in. Try throwing a toy for your dog, let him chase it then hide before he has chance to turn around. Call him and see the delight on his face when he finds you. If you are walking with a friend, partner or the children, take it in turns to call your dog.
Make a treat tree out of a fallen tree or log – Ask your dog to sit and stay or place him on lead. Place treats along the log so he can see them. Release him and ask him to 'find' them. My dogs love to play this.
If you watch groups of dogs, look out for all their silent conversations and how they interact with each other – a dog will go and sniff an area – before you know it, the other dogs are also there, getting the local news. You can join in by making this natural behaviour into a game. Have a treat or toy in your hand. Bend down to investigate an area – it can be a piece of grass or a bush. Make your voice bright and say something like "Ooh, what's this?" Before you know it your dog will be rushing over to see what is so exciting. Once he's looking around the spot give him a treat or his toy.
Walking your dog should be enjoyable for both of you. For me, it's not just a walk in the park.
Diane Kasperowicz is Director of "Superhounds" – a dog training company offering a wealth of dog training classes, workshops and one to one behaviour solutions. Diane also runs "Off The Lead" – a dog walking company offering dog walking and day care services.
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A lone holdout juror has led to a mistrial in the case of a Cupertino man charged with fatally shooting a lawyer who was representing his late wife's family in a wrongful death lawsuit against him.
Eleven jurors said they were certain Jason Cai was guilty of killing attorney Xia Zhao on July 1, 2008. They asked a judge to remove the lone holdout, but he ruled Wednesday there wasn't enough evidence to replace the juror.
Many of the jurors embraced the family of the victim following the mistrial. They wept as they told them they were sorry they could not convince the judge to remove juror No. 6.
They said their fellow juror slept during the trial and refused to deliberate.
The victim, Zhao was part of the legal team for the family of Cai's wife, Ying Deng, in the $15 million lawsuit. The woman's body was found floating in the pool of couple's home in 2003.
Prosecutors say they plan to retry Cai in Zhao's murder next year.


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Dressage at Devon (DAD) (www.dressageatdevon.org) hosts the largest open breed show in the world, with top breeders bringing their colts, fillies, stallions and mares to compete.
"This year's scheduling changes to the breed show will not only benefit our competitors, it will allow equestrians in all disciplines, as well as performance competitors, to view future champions in the Dixon Oval," said Melanie Sloyer, Chair of the Breed Division at Dressage at Devon.
"The breeders at Dressage at Devon have been breeding top quality horses for years, if not decades," added Sloyer. "Many go on to top dressage levels. But many others find their niche in hunters, jumpers and all other equestrian disciplines."


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With generous funding from the Swedish Government, UN Women has been working with police officers across Moldova for the past two years, to build their knowledge and improve their capacity to respond to domestic violence cases effectively. The programme, titled "Promoting and multiplying good
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Standing up for survivors in the Shari'a court everyday: Ayah al-Wakil is determined to leave no woman behind
"If you find yourself in a place that allows you to make a real difference in other women's lives, obstacles will not stop you anymore," says Ayah al-Wakil, a lawyer working at the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) in Gaza Strip.
Balls were flying high and goals were scored for gender equality across the river from the United Nations, as the Global Goals World Cup took place in Brooklyn, New York, to raise awareness on the Sustainable Development Goals
In Palestine's first One Stop Centre, women survivors of violence feel safe, protected and empowered
The One Stop Centre that was recently set up in Ramallah as part of a joint UN Women, UNDP and UNICEF programme, is one of a kind. The 24-hour facility provides various services that survivors of violence need-medical, legal aid, temporary shelter and police protection-all under one roof. Since