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Mungrisdale, Souther Fell, Bannerdale East ridge, Bannerdale, Cumbria.
01 Sep 2020
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OS Grid ref: NY 36162 30310
Lat/Long: 54.663811, -02.991205
I'd originally planned to do today's walk tomorrow but the weather forecast today was much better so did some rushed preparation to the get map route sorted and then set off half an hour later than normal. The clear sky and low morning sun was shining through the right side of my car as I drove north along the M6 motorway and I had to have the sun visor correctly placed. I reached Mungrisdale and even though the verge parking to the south was clear I decided to park on the branch lane where parking is available at £2 for the day. I headed back along the lane then passing The Mill Inn noticed a new-ish footbridge across the River Glenderamackin to link the pub car park with the car park across from the village hall. A short way on was the Mungridale Community Wild Garden but I didn't stop to have a look.
The Mill Inn.
Community Wild Garden.
Great Mell Fell with Little Mell Fell behind.
To get to the start of the path up Souther Fell I had to reach the road gate and turn right to follow a very wet and muddy path and follow a switchback. Although it was sunny the high ferns were very wet and my trousers were soon soaked. I wasn't too bothered as I knew the sun would dry them on the climb. The steep climb waas easy grass without encroaching ferns. Half way up I met a walker coming down. His accent sounded local and he didn't have a rucksack. The views east across to the Pennines were very impressive though a little hazy in the distance. The summit ridge of Souther Fell is mostly flat and runs for over a mile. The actual summit is just a small cairn but further on is a more substantial tall cairn on the west side with impressive views of Blencathra and Rannerdaledale. I stopped here for an early lunch. The path heads down to the top of Mousethwaite Comb where I descended the deep rutted path down to the footbridge across the River Glenderamackin. I followed the wide easy path down the deep valley to the north until I reached the base of the Bannerdale East Ridge.
Souther Fell cairn with Blencathra & Sharp Edge in the background.
Sharp Edge.
Clough Head in the distance.
I turned up the ridge and followed the path to the 450m contour then left it to head right down the slope into Bannerdale. My objective was to check out the old mine workings and in the distance I could see the ruins of the old stone building that was the office and store. Before reaching it I checked out the very wet entrance to a mine level but it was too difficult to get in without getting a soaking.
The wet mine entrance.
Office & store.
Office & store.
I checked out the stone ruin of the office & store then climbed up the difficult slope above to investigate a cave shown on the map. It wasn't much of a cave and I'm not sure if I was at the right one. I descended wet ground to the north and climbed up to reach an old track along the side of the valley.
Looking out from the cave.
Eventually it joined the main track up towards Bowscales Fell. There were several people out enjoying the easy trail. I stopped to chat with a couple then further on met another couple who asked directions as they'd brought the wrong map. I descended to the bridge over Bullfell Beck and followed the stone slabs along the detoured path. I was soon back in Mungrisdale and my car.
Summit cairn Bannerdale Crags.
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Kinetics and mechanism for the bimolecular decomposition of HONO have been studied by ab initio molecular orbital (G2M) and transition-state theory calculations. The reaction can take place by the interaction of a cis and a trans isomer or two cis or two trans isomers, via four-, five-, and six-member ring transition states, with decreasing reaction barriers as the size of the ring increases. The lowest energy path with a 13.7 kcal/ mol barrier was found to occur by the six-member ring TS1 formed by the reaction of cis- and trans-HONO. A similar six-member ring TS (TS2) formed by two cis isomers has a barrier height of 15.1 kcal/mol, which is very close to the 5-ring TS formed by two trans isomers, 15.7 kcal/mol. The total rate constant computed with the ab initio MO results, including the three reaction channels mentioned above and an additional channel involving a five-member ring TS formed by a cis- and a trans isomer with a 17.7 kcal/mol barrier, can be represented by the three-parameter expression for the 300-5000 K temperature range: k = 5.8 × 10-25T3.64 exp(-6109/T) cm3/(molecule's), which includes the Boltzmann-averaged contribution of the cis isomer. The theoretical value was found to be considerably lower than the available experimental results (which are believed to have suffered from deleterious surface effects).
Original language | English |
Pages (from-to) | 1803-1807 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Journal of Physical Chemistry A |
Volume | 102 |
Issue number | 10 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 5 Mar 1998 |

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Washington Commanders Recognize Lewis Head Football Coach
Lewis High School Football Coach, Larry Choates, recognized by the Washington Commanders Charitable Foundation as their Week 5 Coach of the Week for the 2022 Season. Coach Choates is being recognized for his positive leadership and dedication to our student athletes and the Fairfax County Public Schools community. The school will be receiving a $1,000 grant for this recognition.
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The cryptocurrency market accelerates losses after a long holiday with low volume. In the Asia session, Bitcoin (BTC) even dropped to its lowest level in a month and is trading down 3.6% in the last 24 hours at $39,008, according to data from CoinGecko. Ethereum (ETH) is down 4.5% to $2,910. In Brazil, Bitcoin lost 3.5%, quoted at R$ 184,832, according to the Bitcoin Portal Index (IPB). With no new factors for the time being, investors continue to keep an eye on global inflation, the impact of sanctions on Russia and monetary tightening in the United States. American stock markets were closed on Good Friday. On Thursday, the Nasdaq was down more than 2%, while the S&P 500 ended down 1.2%. For Goldman Sachs, the Federal Reserve faces the difficult task of raising interest rates to curb prices without causing a recession in the US economy. The bank sees a 35% probability that US GDP will shrink over the next two years, according to a report.
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Dogecoin, a token that often follows in the footsteps of Elon Musk, lost 6.2%. After making an unsolicited offer via Twitter, Tesla's CEO this weekend criticized the platform's board, which seeks to defend itself against the takeover. Jack Dorsey, the founder of Twitter, echoed the criticism and said the board is "consistently the company's problem," according to Forbes. The main altcoins also operate in the negative this Monday (18) as Binance Coin (-3.2%), XRP (-5.6%), Solana (-5.4%), Cardano (-6.6% ), Earth (-3.8%), Avalanche (-6%), Polkadot (-7%) and Shiba Inu (6.8%), according to data from CoinGecko.
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The Central Receivables Register (CERC) plans to ask the CVM later this month for authorization to act as a clearinghouse and asset depository, according to Valor. Cerc is negotiating with investors to raise between US$ 100 million and US$ 200 million. Last year, 2TM, the holding company that controls the Bitcoin Market, led a BRL 90 million investment in the company. The partners Ralph Sapoznik and Flávio Hernandez set up Cripto Hub BR to serve as a kind of forum for discussion and exchange of experiences for executives in the cryptocurrency world, according to Valor. The plan is that, in the future, there will be rounds of entry of new companies in which older companies will have priority to invest. Jordan Belfortexecutive played by Leonardo DiCaprio in "The Wolf of Wall Street", now invests in NFT startups and blockchain debate, but still falls for scams involving cryptocurrencies, highlights a report in the New York Times. A group of Monero enthusiastsapparently fed up with centralized exchanges, plans a "bank run" on social media for withdrawals of XMR tokens this Monday (18). The 2TM is negotiating the creation of a crypto asset-focused asset manager using quantitative methods, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg. The manager would be created in partnership with Giant Steps, the largest quantitative manager in Latin America. Owner of 60% of unicorns and with US$ 8 billion in investments in Latin America, SoftBank will increase the volume of resources, change the structure and command of the fund destined for the region. According to Estadão, the Brazilian Alex Szapiro and the Mexican Juan Franck become managing partners of the operation. Chris Dixon is named by Forbes as the biggest venture capital investor of 2022. Newcomer to Andreessen Horowitz in 2013, Dixon had carte blanche to explore the unusual: virtual reality, 3D printing and drones. But it was an initial bet on cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase that defined his career. Since October 2021, nearly 20 million carbon offsets – items used by companies to offset greenhouse-causing emissions – were turned into digital tokens. But experts question the impact of tokenizing carbon credits to limit global warming, according to the Financial Times.
Regulation and CBDCs
Germany overthrows the city-state Singapore and has become the friendliest country for the cryptocurrency market, according to the newest edition of the Coincub Global Crypto Ranking report published last week. In the study, referring to the first quarter of 2022, Brazil appears only in 42nd place, after occupying the 11th position in the last quarter of 2021. The reason for the downgrade was attributed to a fake news that spread last year: that Brazil would have considered making Bitcoin legal tender. Crypto company CEOs attendees at Paris Blockchain Week told CNBC that regulators are starting to take a more positive approach towards cryptocurrencies, but in the opinion of Arthur Breitman, co-founder of the Tezos blockchain protocol, they will "naturally have a conservative bias" on the sector. A year at the helm of the SEC from the USA, Gary Gensler has troubled retail investors and crypto enthusiasts alike by criticizing the "gamification" of trading and the proliferation of unregistered tokens. In an interview with the New York Times, Gensler said that he does not consider cryptocurrencies to be as "innovative" and that many of the existing rules are sufficient to regulate the industry.
Beanstalk Farms, an Ethereum-based stablecoin protocol, suffered a $182 million breach on Sunday, according to CoinDesk. The hack was alerted on Twitter by blockchain security firm PeckShield, according to which the attacker took at least $80 million worth of cryptocurrencies, although the protocol's losses were much greater. a brazilian businessman unknowingly entered the cryptocurrency market and discovered it the worst way possible: he had an account opened by swindlers who used his data on Binance when trying to buy a car. Since October 2021, the entrepreneur has been trying to solve the problem with the broker's lawyers and recover the R$ 230,000 lost, according to the Bitcoin Portal. The Ethereum wallet identified by the US government as part of the operations of the North Korean hacker group Lazarus remains active. A report from CoinDesk shows that despite US sanctions, the same address that hacked into the Axie Infinity game continues to send ETH to accounts that "launder" the stolen amounts via Tornado Cash. Russian authorities arrested on Friday (15) Dmitry Pavlov, suspected of founding Hydra, the largest market for illicit products on the Internet. The information was published by various Russian media outlets and the CoinMarketCap news portal, citing information from the local government.
Metaverse, Games and NFTs
Large companies and offices from different segments begin to rehearse the use of the so-called metaverse. As there is still no specific legislation to regulate this new technology, labor lawyers, specialists in trademarks and patents and in the tax area have anticipated probable "risks" for preventive measures to avoid lawsuits, according to Valor. fan tokens began to be traded on major cryptocurrency exchanges about three years ago, promising an alternative to financing clubs and greater decision-making power for fans, but many say they are disappointed with the devaluation of prices, according to a Bloomberg report.


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Quartz - Dendritic
Unique Dendritic Quartz. 18" chain with a 2"-3" extender on the back. Accent bead on chain.
1 - Triangular Point in Thick Copper with Sterling Silver accents. Herkimer Diamond (Quartz) at bail. Rose gold stainless steel chain.
2 - Teardrop in Sterling silver with copper accents. Stainless steel chain. Wing charm.
Stone Meaning: Enriches life, Enhances growth, Happiness
Diffuser bead is located just above the wire wrapped pendant. Apply a drop or two of your favorite essential oil on the bead and it will diffuse for 8-10 hours. Once the smell dissipates, reapply the same scent or choose a different one.
This necklace is handmade and unique. I only have one of them. If you have any questions or need adjustments on the item, please let me know.


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With the extreme temperatures this week, the Liberty Fire Department and the Liberty Community Center announce the opening of a cooling center.
The Community Center is open:Mon. - Thurs. - 5:30 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.Fri. - 5:30 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.Sat. - 8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.Sun. - 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
This provides area residents a cool place to get out of the oppressive heat that's stretching across the metropolitan area. People are encouraged to bring their necessary personal items like medicines and ready-to-eat snacks.
Please pass this information on to family, friends and neighbors who may need a cool place to go during this week.


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Blade Runner (US, 1982/2007)
Ridley Scott's sci-fi film stars Harrison Ford as Rick Deckard, a former cop recruited to terminate earthbound androids in 2019 Los Angeles. Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque. At 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 16. Brideshead Revisited Why anyone thought it necessary to make another Brideshead Revisited is a mystery. The fondly regarded 1981 British television miniseries should have been the last word on Evelyn Waugh's elegy to friendship, art, aristocracy and religion in Edwardian England. The new adaptation, directed by Julian Jarrold (Kinky Boots, Becoming Jane) and written by Jeremy Brock and Andrew Davies, is anything but magical. It's a flat-footed, CliffsNotes condensation that strips every last bit of wit from Waugh's novel and leaves the bare bones to rattle about onscreen for two-and-a-quarter hours. It's like a bad term paper by a student who only skimmed the book. (Pamela Zoslov)
Dance in the Rain (Yugoslavia, 1961)
A New Wave-influenced drama focusing on the long relationship between a painter and an actress who turn to fantasies in order to escape their dull and lazy romance. Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque. At 8:40 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 17.
The Dark Knight
Writer/director Christopher Nolan took over the Batman franchise with 2005's Batman Begins, giving the character back the dignity he had lost in Joel Schumacher's execrable Batman and Robin. As the story begins, Batman/Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) has been making some real headway in cleaning up Gotham City, thanks in part to the help of policeman Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman) and new district attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart), who has more than just a working relationship with Wayne's ex, Rachel Dawes (Maggie Gyllenhaal). But with this success comes unintended consequences. The Joker (Heath Ledger), a dangerous new criminal, offers to help Gotham's crime bosses get rid of Batman. But perhaps the most interesting story arc belongs to the character of Harvey Dent. Dent is exactly the kind of decent man the Joker wants to corrupt, and Aaron Eckhart makes the most of the part. Co-writing the screenplay with his brother Jonathan, director Christopher Nolan has crafted a complex and thematically rich story that will bear up to repeated viewings long after the CGI thrills of lesser movies have dissipated. (Robert Ignizio) The Great Dictator (US, 1940) Released on the eve of World War II, Charlie Chaplin's humanist comedy epic still packs a wallop, even as it gloriously satirizes long-dead fascists like Hitler, Goebbels, Goering and Mussolini. Charlie plays the goose-stepping, pip-squeak European tyrant of Tomania, spouting mock-German double-talk ("Schtonk!"), who persecutes the Jewish ghetto to take the citizens' minds off their economic troubles. Chaplin also Êplays the dictator's Little Tramp-type double, a slapstick-prone but gentle, nameless Jewish ghetto barber (and, significantly, WWI hero). This was the first time mass audiences heard Chaplin speak, and his lengthy, passionate sermon at the finale has the critics divided; does it ruin a masterpiece or not? But it sure had urgency in 1940, and it speaks to the mind-sets of certain other despots and fearless leaders we could name, right up to the minute. Cleveland Museum of Art Lecture Hall. At 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 13. and 6:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 15. (Charles Cassady Jr.)
Hell Ride
Hell Ride is the cinematic equivalent of constipation. There's a great deal of grunting and straining, and much energy is expended, all in the service of producing a turd. Writer/director/star Larry Bishop is the guy putting forth all that effort, and in front of the camera he makes for a compelling screen presence in the lead role of Pistolero. But once Bishop steps behind the camera, he starts straining again with unnecessary nonlinear storytelling, obnoxious editing and dialogue that thinks it's hip but just comes across as unnatural and pretentious. Somewhere at the heart of this movie is a decent homage to '70s biker flicks. If you were going down the checklist, everything you'd want in such a film is here - gratuitous violence and nudity, a cool fuzz-guitar soundtrack, Dennis Hopper, and lots of hairy, filth-encrusted guys riding Harleys. ÊUnfortunately, Hell Ride is too self-conscious to be any fun. Opens Friday areawide. (Robert Ignizio) Henry Poole Is Here When he can't purchase the home he grew up in, Henry Poole (Luke Wilson) settles for the next best thing - a place on the same block. But why he's come back to his old Southern California 'hood is a bit of mystery for the first half of this slow-moving film. Things start to come together as he opens up to the single mother (Radha Mitchell) living next door, telling her he might not have long to live because of a terminal illness. When a neighbor sees what appears to be an image of Christ on the wall of his home, nosy neighbors he'd rather have nothing to do with start to bombard him. And when strange "miracles" occur to those who touch the impression, Henry begins to question even his own skepticism. Ultimately sentimental (there are some cheesy flashback scenes), this film takes too many predictable turns in imparting its message about hope and the strength of the human spirit. Opens Friday area-wide. (Jeff Niesel) Monsieur Verdoux (USA, 1947) In this celebrated dark comedy, Charles Chaplin directs and stars as a Parisian unemployed banker who murders rich widows in order to obtain money for his family. Cleveland Museum of Art Lecture Hall. At 6:45 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 20, and 6:45 p.m. Friday, Aug. 22.
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
The O'Connells (Brendan Fraser reprising the role of Rick and Maria Bello stepping into Rachel Weisz's shoes as Evelyn) find themselves bored in post-WWII England. But when their son Alex (Luke Ford) unwittingly unearths the immortal Emperor Han (Jet Li), they get all the excitement they can handle. Michelle Yeoh and Isabella Leong provide support as an immortal mother/daughter team, and John Hannah returns from the first two films to provide comic relief as Evelyn's brother Jonathan. The mix of action and comedy we've come to expect from this series is here, and Fraser is his usual heroic self. There are also some pretty cool monsters, including a group of yeti and a three-headed dragon. On the downside, the movie takes too long to get started, Jet Li's character is mostly CGI, Maria Bello doesn't have any chemistry with Fraser and Luke Ford's Alex is just annoying. It's probably best for all concerned if the Mummy franchise stays buried after this. (Robert Ignizio) Paper Planes (Yugoslavia, 1967) A love story surrounding a disillusioned photographer and a younger, glorified dancer. Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque. At 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 17.
Pineapple Express
Dale Denton (Seth Rogen) has got it good. He might drive around in a beater car and wear a dingy, decidedly unfashionable brown suit, but he dates a hot high-school chick (Jeanetta Arnette) and holds down a job that doesn't require too much effort (he serves subpoenas). Hell, he spends half his day getting stoned. So when his drug dealer, Saul (James Franco), offers him a blend of weed called "pineapple express," he goes for it. It's at this point that the trouble begins in Pineapple Express, a stoner caper produced by the ubiquitous Judd Apatow (Knocked Up, The 40-Year-Old Virgin). In the end, the chemistry between Rogen and Franco overcomes the movie's flaws, bringing to life the quips and banter (Rogen co-wrote the script) in such a way that the film's likely to become the kind of thing you'd watch again and still find something worth laughing at. (Jeff Niesel) The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 Lena (Alexis Bledel), Tibby (Amber Tamblyn), Carmen (America Ferrera) and Bridget (Blake Lively) reunite for this surprising but most welcome follow-up to 2005's Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. Based once again on the novels of Ann Brashares, the sequel picks up the sisterly quartet's individual and collective stories a year after the first movie ended. Tibby and Lena have elected to take summer classes (at N.Y.U. and the Rhode Island School of Design, respectively), and Bridget is headed off to Turkey for an archaeological dig. To avoid helping her pregnant mom (Rachel Ticotin) and stepdad move into their new house, Carmen decides to enroll in a Vermont theater camp. Nothing goes quite according to plan for the girls. Like Traveling Pants 1, there's nothing particularly subtle or even original about the soapy, schematic plot. What makes the films special, though, is the delicacy of emotions so vividly and movingly conveyed by these four wonderful young actresses. (Milan Paurich)
Swing Vote
Bud (Kevin Costner) is your everyday delinquent single father. Most of the time, he's so hungover, he can't even get his daughter Molly (Madeline Carroll) to school on time. But in a presidential race where the outcome rests on a single vote, he becomes the center of national attention after his ballot is negated by a computer glitch. As a result, he gets to vote again, and since he will decide the fate of the candidates, the national media descends upon the tiny New Mexico town he calls home. The outcome of Swing Vote is predictable, but it sure does take a long time to get there. You know that Bud will come to understand the significance of the election process, and you know the two presidential candidates (Kelsey Grammer and Dennis Hopper) will flip-flop on the issues just to secure his vote, yet they too will have a change of heart. And despite all this, you can't help rooting for Bud and his precocious young daughter, who is the mouthpiece for everything a democracy should be. (Jeff Niesel)
War, Inc.
It's unfortunate that this dark, futuristic satire directed by Joshua Seftel isn't better, because its indictment of U.S. imperialism and war profiteering and its illustration of Naomi Klein's "shock doctrine" are so timely. John Cusack plays Brand Hauser, a troubled, hot-sauce-guzzling hit man hired to assassinate the CEO of a competitor to Tamerlane (read Halliburton), a private corporation headed by a Cheney-like former VP (Dan Aykroyd), which is running the war-ravaged country of Turaquistan (read Iraq, et al.). He crosses paths with Yonica Babyyeah (Hilary Duff), a sexy Central Asian teen pop star with a mysterious background, and pursues an attractive, idealistic left-wing journalist (Marisa Tomei). The satire is obvious, vulgar, cartoonish and too muddled to hit its mark, despite good intentions and appealing performances by Cusack and his sister, Joan, who plays his assistant. (Pamela Zoslov)
The X Files: I Want to Believe
The good news about the latest movie spin-off of the once-hot X Files TV show is also the bad news. Even with original creators Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz at the controls, there are no flying-saucer conspiracies. No black oil, no Smoking Man, no Lone Gunman. There's just a creepy, slow-moving, small-scale mystery/ICU thriller with borderline psychic elements and some of the heavy Catholic angst that infused the show. Ex-FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully are a cohabiting couple (but still haven't warmed up enough to start calling each other by their first names), haunted by the loss of their son. Scully is now a surgeon in a grim hospital called Our Lady of Sorrows; Mulder is unshaven and unemployed until he gets a summons from the FBI to find a missing agent in snowy West Virginia. Enigmatic clues derive from an outcast pedophile priest (Billy Connolly), now suddenly afflicted with visions. Scully doesn't hide her disgust for the clergyman or her annoyance at her common-law spouse plunging into the case as though he can discern the very fingerprints of God in it. Plotline ends up being a hair too gruesome for prime time -- a cross between Robin Cook's medical thrillers and the lighter side of torture porn. Conceivably, utter strangers to the TV mythos will enjoy the flick's mood and grown-up drama more so than fanboys expecting Incredible! UFO! Revelations! In any case, sit through the closing credits for a nice closing shot. (Charles Cassady Jr.)


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Good morning. Last summer, in response to concerns highlighted by the Black Lives Matter protests, Boris Johnson set up a Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities to look at the extent of racial inequalities in the UK. This was less than three years after Theresa May's government published its own race disparities audit, but the motives were different. May wanted to reduce racial disparities, which she saw as some of the "burning injustices" she highlighted in a speech on her first day as PM (an agenda she was never able to address properly because of Brexit).
Johnson is also committed to racial equality, but his commission had a different agenda, or sub-agenda. Some of those around him (particularly Munira Mirza, his head of policy at No 10), are sceptical of claims that structural racism is embedded in the UK, and they were hoping the commission would reshape the argument on this issue.
There was an obvious political agenda here too. Both wings of the Conservative party coalition – middle-class, Telegraph-reading southerners and "Red Wall" working-class northerners – would broadly agree with Johnson on this issue. But for the Labour coalition it is more problematic, because the strongly pro-BLM views of its activist base are not always shared by more socially conservative, working-class Labour voters.
The 264-page report from the commission is out later this morning, but last night the Government Equalities Office sent out a two-page summary. It was not widely distributed (one of the leading specialists covering race did not get a copy), and the press notice seemed intended to provoke a reaction. It said:
The landmark report challenges the view that Britain has failed to make progress in tackling racial inequality, suggesting the well-meaning "idealism" of many young people who claim the country is still institutionally racist is not borne out by the evidence.
My colleagues Peter Walker and Aamna Mohdin have written it up here.
It may well be that the full report is more nuanced than the press summary suggests. In an interview on the Today programme, Tony Sewell, the education specialist who chaired the commission, insisted that the report does not deny racism exists. But he said he did not accept that Britain was institutionally racist. He said:
No one in the report is saying racism doesn't exist. We found anecdotal evidence of this; however, what we did find was the evidence of actual institutional racism, no, that wasn't there, we didn't find that in our report.
What we have seen is that the term 'institutional racism' is sometimes wrongly applied and it's been a sort of a catch-all phrase for micro-aggressions or acts of racial abuse but essentially – and also people use it interchangeably, systematic racism, structural racism … just being used wrongly.
In fact what we've done is we want to almost protect the term, we want to almost say that, look – what you have do is look at this thing in terms of the evidence, where there is robust assessment and evidence of it, then apply it, deep-seated racism in institutions, yes.
Here is the agenda for the day.
11am: The Green party holds a local election campaign launch in London.
11.30am: The government publishes the report from the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities.
12pm: Lisa Nandy, the shadow foreign secretary, delivers what is being billed as a major speech on foreign policy.
1.30pm: Anas Sarwar, the Scottish Labour leader, holds a press briefing.
Politics Live has been mostly about Covid for the last year and I will be covering UK coronavirus developments today, as well as non-coronavirus Westminster politics. For global coronavirus news, do read our global live blog.
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What's been happening to Bitcoin?
The word that's been on everyone's lips during the first quarter of 2020. The effective 'monetary policy' of bitcoin has been clear from its beginnings: mining rewards decrease by 50% every four years. Because of this, the supply of bitcoin into the market will slowly decrease over time, making it intrinsically deflationary. This contrasts very clearly with central banks such as the Fed, whose monetary policy has been to increase money supply into the economy for the past 10 years. On top of this, in light of recent events, the Federal Reserve has announced its plans for further cash-printing to combat the economic slump caused by extended periods of closure in sectors such as the service industry, widespread sick leave and supply chains breaking down. Everyone has their own opinion on what effect the halving will have on the price of Bitcoin, but only time will tell whether the bulls or bears will have their way in the foreseeable future.
Bitcoin Price in Dollars, with Previous Halvings Highlighted
The Search for Satoshi
To this date, one of the biggest mysteries in the world of cryptocurrency is the identity of the creator of the very first blockchain and its respective asset: Bitcoin. The creator(s) of Bitcoin goes by the pseudonym 'Satoshi Nakamoto', and published their white paper outlining how the cryptocurrency would function in 2008. Following the creation of the first blockchain, Satoshi mined approximately 1.1 million Bitcoin, currently worth around $9bn, nicknamed the 'tulip fund', which have not moved from their original wallets since 2009.
Since Bitcoin's rapid growth in popularity over the past ten years, several people have tried to claim they are behind the Nakamoto moniker. Amongst these is Craig Wright, an Australian businessman who says he was part of a team that developed the cryptocurrency, however he has yet to able to prove this.
In one of the largest ongoing court cases in the space, the estate of Dave Kleiman, a computer forensics expert known to be involved in the early days of Bitcoin, is suing Wright for half of the million Bitcoin he allegedly owns.
In April of last year, Wright submitted an email conversation between himself and Kleiman to the court that indicated Kleiman had given up his share of the mined Bitcoin. However, the digital signatures of the email dated back to 2014; Kleiman passed away in 2013.
Eventually, a Florida judge suggested that Kleiman was entitled to half of the mined Bitcoin, leading the two parties to agree to a settlement.
On the 13th of January 2020, the judge announced he would give Wright just under one month to provide the keys from the 'mysterious figure' he had mentioned earlier in the case to the court. However, despite claiming that the courier would deliver the keys required to access the funds, Wright has instead only provided the public addresses of the 16,000 wallets that the funds are divided up into. Although these funds are inaccessible without the private keys to open them, the Kleiman estate's counsel has requested a delay to the case to allow them to plan their next move.
The full effects of this case are still yet to be seen.
Upon the news that Wright's courier had arrived arrived with the tulip fund wallet information on the 14th of January, the price of Bitcoin SV, Craig Wright's hard fork of Bitcoin Cash, rose almost 100%
The great price crash
The unfortunate spread of the Coronavirus around the world has had an enormous impact on traditional financial markets. Capital markets saw some of the biggest losses in history, and Bitcoin was no exception. After maintaining a steady price of $10,000 around mid-February, March saw Bitcoin trading as low as $3,600 on some exchanges. The move challenged a lot of long-held assumptions around the supposed lack of correlation between the cryptocurrency market and the stock market. With this, we suggested two possible contributing factors to the sudden turn around in bullish price action: the PlusToken scam and derivatives exchanges' (particularly BitMEX) use of automatic liquidation engines.
Plustoken was started in 2018 and posed as a cryptocurrency wallet. Users who deposited (or 'invested') money were promised monthly returns of around 15%. However, after becoming unable to withdraw their funds in June 2019, it quickly become clear the whole project was an elaborate Ponzi scheme.
On Saturday, 7th of March 2020, one of the wallets associated with the PlusToken scheme moved 13,000BTC, worth approximately $110m, to a 'mixer'. Over the next few days, Bitcoin's price would fall more than 50%. For this reason, many speculated that those behind PlusToken were selling-off (or 'dumping') a large volume of their acquired Bitcoin in a very short space of time. Selling a large volume of any asset will theoretically drive the price down due to supply far outweighing demand.
Automated liquidations can occur whenever a trader has entered a position with leverage, this is usually through buying/selling futures contracts (e.g. on a derivatives exchange such as BitMEX). Since there is no concept of a broker making a margin call, the automatic liquidation engine of the exchange simply closes the trader's position for them once their collateral runs out.
Therefore, when a the majority of leverage is skewed towards the bullish side, a sudden price movement downwards (such as the one earlier this month) can be the trigger of a lot of automatic liquidations. Of course, to close these long positions, the liquidation engine must create sell orders, compounding the already saturated sell-side, pushing the price down even further.
BitMEX liquidations, March 12th
The problem was exacerbated further by market makers who played the increased volatility by placing their orders further away from the touchline in order to avoid the higher risk of getting stopped out
Many discretionary crypto trading funds were liquidated after this drop and moved away from BitMEX. Since that time, Binance futures have taken the number one spot in crypto derivatives trading volumes.
The open interest on BitMEX dropped by almost 50% on March 12th
What's been happening in Alts?
In general, Altcoins tend to follow Bitcoin when it comes to their price movement. Therefore, by extension, when the price of Bitcoin dropped dramatically in March, many other cryptocurrencies went with it. Whilst this may have put the rumoured '#AltSeason' on a temporary hiatus, it does not preclude the eagle-eyed investor from making a healthy return.
Due to the breadth of the market, I've picked out some points of interest that have had people talking in the past months.
Bitcoin SV
As mentioned above, 'Satoshi Vision' saw mammoth gains to the tune of approximately 300% on the news that its creator, Craig Wright, had supplied the court with the identifying information for the wallets containing Satoshi Nakamoto's original mined Bitcoin. These gains were short lived as the prevailing tone within the crypto community pointed to flaws in Wright's story and warned of certain fundamental flaws in the technicals of the currency itself.
Regardless, since the fiasco in January, the coin has impressed by managing to maintain fairly healthy position above the $175 mark (excluding the March Covid crash).
Investors should keep an eye on how the price of BSV hold up over the next few months as the strain of Coronavirus (hopefully) eases off. If it drop below the $150 mark it could be a slippery slope back down to levels around $80. However, if it maintain its current levels, it could re-establish a new basis in the high $100's or possible even $200 range.
Tezos is a cryptocurrency that has has experienced the thrilling highs and the devastating lows that come with being part of the still-young cryptocurrency market. The protocol itself is innovative in that its proof-of-stake 'allows users to directly control the rules of the network'. Stakeholders are able to vote on protocol updates that are automatically added into the source code.
Although Tezos had an extremely successful ICO, interest dwindled in the following months as legal disputes delayed the launch of the Tezos platform itself.
However, the past 12 months have been, overall, very positive for Tezos for several reasons:
Several large cryptocurrency exchanges have listed Tezos for trading including Binance, Okex & Coinbase
Several cryptocurrency exchanges made staking Tezos more accesible within their platform, allowing users to gain an annual yield of approximately 6% (very useful when interest rates around the world are so low)
And importantly, in Q1 2020:
3. Tezos settled their ongoing class action lawsuit with early investors who claimed their ICO was unregistered securities offering.
The class-action lawsuit in Q1 helped Tezos regain some of the market-wide losses encountered by the rapid spread of COVID-19 in early March. Settling in a case such as this means no admission of guilt and has allowed the coin to begin its climb back to price levels around $3.
For investors looking to add some exposure to Alts, as Bitcoin shows signs of losing some of its dominance (-3.5% in Q1), Tezos is an attractive bet, with strong fundamentals, an effective interest paid for staking & a transparent source code development approach.
Ripple has been around since 2012, and was created by Jed McCaleb (who also founded the Stellar protocol). The Ripple network uses the digital currency XRP to aid in cross-currency payments, the idea being to allow users to transfer money regardless of whether it is fiat or cryptocurrency for low cost/low energy.
However, since reaching it's all-time high in early 2018, Ripple has consistently under-performed compared to other high market-cap cryptocurrencies.
In 2019, among the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market-cap, Ripple performed the worst overall, losing almost 50% of its value. On top of this, it seems the 'Ripple army', those who strongly believe in the coin and propagate it where they can, is dwindling in size, with around 60% of their Telegram community leaving for good.
The first quarter of 2020 looked to be a clean slate for the currency, however, with more institutional partners, including the National Bank of Egypt, looking to utilizing their 'On-Demand Liquidity' instant settlement service. On top of this, BitMEX, the largest digital derivatives exchange by volume, listed an XRP/USD perpetual swap contract in early February.
Despite this, during Q1 2020, Ripple has, yet again, been the worst-performing of the top 25 cryptocurrencies. Between the 1st of January and 31st of March, Ripple made a loss of approximately 10%.
Investors should think carefully before attempting to pick up 'cheap' XRP during this dip, as sentiment has been strongly bearish for such an extended period of time that it will be difficult for the coin to pick up any sort of upwards momentum any time soon.
What's been going on at APEX:E3HQ?
Emerging from Stealth
In February this year, the APEX team launched the first fully-functional beta version of our data analytics platform. We were overwhelmed with the reception we received from traders within the community and news outlets who documented our progress. We are currently working hand-in-hand with the existing community to make the system as robust and useful as possible, and to determine what new features people want to see from us. Read more…
Market Screener
A robust market screener that allows a user to quickly ascertain an overview of over 5,000 markets has always been a must-have on our roadmap at APEX:E3. However, we decided to go a step further and implement advanced filters such as 'Fibonacci retracement levels' so that users can bring their own personalized laser-focus to our platform. Want to find that Golden Cross before anyone else? We've got you covered. Read more…
Market Info
Any trader worth their salt knows you can't make a trade with quantitative data alone. A good trader keeps one eye on current events happening in the world around them and the other watching other players in the market to attempt to predict how they will respond. That's why we combined real-time a global news feed and feeds from major social platforms to bring together all the quantitative data in one place. These feeds are filterable by keywords and assets, with more data and filters to come in the future.
Aggregated Orderbook
One of the most asked-for features in the community is an aggregated orderbook. Bringing together all bids and offers from over 10 different exchanges into one orderbook was not an easy task. However, since finding a solution, the feedback has been extremely positive. Being able to see where large walls of orders lie on exchanges you may not have the capacity to monitor, will stop you being caught by surprise when the knock-on effects are felt on the exchange you trade on. Read more…
Realtime Orderbook Analytics
Being able to provide users with access to the orderbooks from all of the top cryptocurrency exchanges was one of our top priorities from the offset. However, the volume of data being processed can be somewhat overwhelming for a user who is not used to dealing with this sort of analysis. For this reason, we've come up with proprietary mathematical functions to do some of the legwork for the user. This includes showing users where large orders are being placed & where bid/offer walls are forming across the market. We continue to work on new analytics to give our users the leading edge. Read more…
Twitter Bots
Since many members of our trading community reside on twitter, we decided to challenge ourselves to produce something the community there could use. That's why we developed our Twitter alerts bot. Want to get price alerts without having to sign up to a new app? Simply tweet @APEXE3_Alerts and wait for a reply. Read more…
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This article is part of a series on news literacy, to educate readers to better judge the reliability of news reports and other sources of information.
Teaching our children news literacy is tricky. Most parents don't fully grasp it, so gauging kids' growth isn't simple. More vexing is the ever-changing technology: our kids are often more comfortable with it than we are.
We want our children to know what's happening in our communities and around the world. A healthy democratic society needs well-informed citizens to govern itself, so teaching our kids to be responsible citizens includes the critical thinking skills to evaluate news.
So how do we teach news literacy to our kids?
As a long-time journalist, media monitor and parent, here are my seven tips.
1. Model the news habits you want your kids to emulate.
WHY: Change begins with ourselves. You are the biggest role model in your kids' lives. Seeing someone behave a certain way is more powerful than describing those habits. It will force you to improve your own news habits. If kids see that you don't really take news literacy seriously, neither will they.
HOW: In a previous article, I elaborated on The 7 News Literacy Habits You Need To Develop. Among the key tips:
- Set aside your personal biases when reading or watching news. Be open to information that challenges your assumptions. View news as a critical thinking exercise, not as a passive experience.
- Keep your focus on news that's important to you, spend less time on less important stories, and cut out the clickbait.
- Diversify your news sources.
- Learn to distinguish between news, opinion, entertainment, advertising, satire, and propaganda, as well as other forms of information.
- Identify what's new in a story and why this story is news now.
- If you can't set aside your personal biases, at least be aware of them.
For more detail and practical tips, see News Literacy: The 7 News Habits You Need to Develop.
2. Give your children opportunities to follow the news.
WHY: Kids are busy — when they're not in school, they need homework time, playtime, dinnertime, bathtime, storytime, bedtime, etc. Many children would probably follow their curiosity for news if only given an opportunity.
HOW: You'll have to judge what's age-appropriate for your kids.
- Make sure the newspaper (or certain sections of it) are available to the kids to peruse.
- Give your kids the opportunity to watch TV news with you.
- Bookmark some news sites and encourage your kids to go there.
- Some news sites have special sections for kid-friendly content, such as the Washington Post, BBC, CBC and ABC News (Australia). (These sites are listed only to illustrate the possible content available for children; HonestReporting does not necessarily endorse them.)
- Ask your kids' teachers about discussions of current events and related curriculum.
3. Help your kids distinguish between news and opinion.
WHY Differentiating between facts and opinion is a basic critical thinking skill. Unfortunately, social media frequently blurs the distinctions.
HOW: Web sites such as Teaching and Teachnology offer some practical activities.
- Give children a series of statements expressing facts or opinions and ask them to identify which is which.
- Ask kids to identify books where facts can be found (encyclopedia, dictionary, almanac, atlas, text books, Guinness Book of World Records, etc.) and where opinions might be found (autobiographies, self-help books, novels, journals, etc.)
- Explore a newspaper with your children and ask them to identify which sections are factual and which ones are opinion. Be thorough and discuss sections such as restaurant reviews, weather reports, sports articles, obituaries, advice columns, wedding announcements, etc. Discuss the advertisements too.
- Show children photos of different items (a bicycle, a plate of cookies, a bird, etc.) and ask them to make factual statements about the image (the bicycle is red, etc.) and opinions about the image (the bird is pretty, etc.)
See more content in HonestReporting's News Literacy section, including 5 Tips For Sharing News Responsibly on Social Media
4. Proactively chat with your kids about important news stories.
WHY: It's important to get a sense of what our children consider important, what they know and where they know it from.
HOW: At first glance, these tips might make you feel a little vulnerable, but they worked for me.
- Talk about what's in the news with your kids on a level they can understand. You're not "dumbing down" the news — you're helping your children process the stories of the day by giving them context and meaning.
- If there's a sensitive story that your children may be hearing about, ask yourself if there's an age-appropriate teachable moment you can proactively raise. It's often better for kids to hear about sensitive stories from you rather than from other kids, mass media, or strangers. Anticipate what they'll want to know and treat their curiosity with respect, not fear.
- Acknowledging gaps in your own knowledge of a news story teaches honesty, integrity and humility.
Worth watching: Common Sense Education put together 5 Essential Media Literacy Questions for Kids
5. Discuss the difference between established news services other types of publishers.
WHY: If kids are to become the critical thinkers we hope them to be, they have to understand that there are professional standards of journalism, that some news services meet those standards and that others don't. They also have to understand how to judge what's reliable and what to do if they're in doubt.
- Explain that mass media refers to any medium of communication designed to reach masses of people, such as newspapers and magazines, TV and radio, web sites, messaging apps and email lists.
- Whatever the method of delivering the information, mainstream news services strive for truthfulness, accuracy, objectivity, impartiality, fairness, and public accountability in the way information is gathered and shared.
- Some people aren't careful with fact-checking what they report or share.
- When encountering a story for the first time on social media, see if anyone reputable has also reported it.
- Encourage your kids to create their own media content.
- News is ongoing: Kids needs to understand that reporters won't have all the facts at once, and that even honest journalists can make mistakes. So get more information before making up your mind about a new story.
- Encourage children to read news stories on the original site where an article was published. Diane Shipley explains why:
Compounding the problem is the way young people use the internet. Much of the news they do consume comes through intermediaries, chief among them YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, according to research from Common Sense Media. These networks often muddy the source of information, or make all outlets look similar, robbing the audience of visual cues to help them differentiate reliable and less-reliable sources. It's worth remembering that adults have trouble identifying fake news in this environment as well.
6. Don't go overboard in criticizing the media to your kids.
WHY: To quote Peter Adams, senior vice president of education at the non-profit The News Literacy Project, "One mistake a lot of people make is to give the impression that all information is created with an ulterior motive. We don't want kids to be naive, but we don't want them to be cynical, either."
- Remind your kids (and yourself) of the importance of a free press (even if it's imperfect).
- Have more realistic expectations of the media.
- When criticizing the news industry, do it in a constructive, measured way.
See more of HonestReporting's News Literacy section, including The 8 Categories of Media Bias
7. Give your kids space to make up their own minds.
WHY: If you want to your kids to respect other peoples' opinions and learn to "agree to disagree," you have to start by encouraging and honoring their views. Respect in your relationships builds feelings of trust, safety, and wellbeing.
- Show your children you value their opinion by asking them what they think about things in their lives that aren't related to news.
- Listen to others when they speak.
- Don't pressure a child to express an opinion about something if he or she doesn't want to.
- Don't insult or mock people who are different or have other points of view.
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But many definitions describe humility as low self-regard and a sense of unworthiness.
And that's where humility loses its virtue.
Most of us were taught to be humble.
It was commanded from the pulpit on Sunday and demanded from the Headmaster / mistress on Monday (through Friday). Parents pounded it in. Godparents sounded it out.
And why not? I mean… Humility is one of the seven capital virtues. It's in the bible, and I'm pretty sure it's in most, if not all religious codices.
If you search for an image of humility on the internet, you're going to find pictures of people on their knees; or with bowed heads, depicting deference to a higher power, which is admirable.
But many definitions describe humility as low self-regard and a sense of unworthiness.
And that's where humility loses its virtue.
I asked a good friend what humility meant to him and he said, "service to others," and I think that sounds virtuous.
I asked another friend about what it meant to her and she said, "putting yourself second and others first," and I think that sounds virtuous too.
But it only sounds virtuous because we've been taught that humility is virtuous and humility is the opposite of pride or arrogance but… somehow we've lost sight of what true humility is.
You see, what happens, my friends, when you're in service to others, or when you're putting yourself second… or last for that matter, is that you neglect to set boundaries. You put others before yourself and see to their needs, their comfort, their safety, their joy.
And then you find you are depleted. You are tired and worn out and empty and unhappy. You resent them for taking even more from you when you have nothing left to give and then you feel guilty for resenting them.
If humility breeds resentment and depletion and unhappiness, is it truly virtuous?
Traditional humility would see you drained like a grape. Grapes make wine; but that just means your essence is sucked out by something or someone and then discarded.
Doesn't sound like fun, does it?
Imagine you have a bucket of water from which you may quench the thirst of others and you give and you give until that bucket is empty and then you have no water for yourself. Now how could you be in service to others if you died of thirst?
If humility breeds resentment and depletion and unhappiness, is it truly virtuous?
Humility is knowing your place in the Universe.
I say the definition of humility needs to be revisited.
I don't believe that humility means putting yourself down in the service of others. It's not a sense of self-disregard.
I have another take on humility because you don't have to be drained of your essence to serve another purpose when you already have a purpose.
You were born with it. It's in your heart. It's written on your soul.
I don't know what your purpose is. You might not even know what it is. But its in you.
Humility is knowing your place in the Universe.
If you lost your phone you can track it with GPS and you'd find it at no other place.
If I visit a friend, I go to their address, and no other place.
Humility is knowing that no other person in the world occupies the same place and time as you.
It's knowing that your "coordinates" are unique in time and space and so are everybody else's. And at those coordinates you are the only expert on you.
Humility is knowing that you know what you know and that others know what they know. Some people know more about a certain topic than you; some know less and from that view, everybody's the same.
That's not pride. That's not arrogance.
That's knowing who you are; knowing who you were yesterday in relation to today.
Humility is knowing that you are on a point on a continuum of personal evolution; and knowing that you can give of your strength to those who need it; and that others can give to you of theirs.
Humility is going to the well-spring and first filling your bucket so that you can give to others from the overflow. Part of your purpose is finding that well-spring.
You may think there are some more advanced than you and there are some less advanced. That may be true. But its only your place in the Universe that you should measure yourself against. Its only your point on your continuum that you should pay attention to.
Why should you compare your inside to somebody else's outside? They're not you.
So don't you think its time to be a little kinder to yourself instead of thinking low self-regard and depletion of your resources is a virtue?
Maybe its time you built yourself up, nourished your soul before charging into the world.
Maybe it's time to find your well-spring.
Maybe it's time to fill that bucket.
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A failed garage door is always inconvenient, compromises security and can be extremely dangerous. Regular maintenance and servicing of your Garage Door will help to prolong its functionality. Here are some simple DIY checks that may highlight any potential issues.
From the close position disengage the motor from the door using the manual release. Lift the door to the halfway point, this should take very little effort. Release the door and it should remain at the halfway point. If the door feels heavy, stiff and wants to drop to the floor this indicates the springs need calibration.
Check the condition. Should be clean, clear of rust with no evidence of fraying or bird caging.
A slack cable is potentially dangerous. If a cable flicks off the drum wheel during operation the door can become very unstable. Raise the door to the fully open position. The cables should be tight similar to a guitar string. If just one side is slack it indicates the door is not level. If both cables are slack this indicates the springs need calibration or the door is running tight in the tracks.
Whilst the door is in the fully open position check the door is parallel to the horizontal tracks. If the tracks are skewed to the door it will cause the door to run tight putting additional stress on the running gear and motor.
Check hinge conditions. Look for cracks, splits or snapped and loose fixings (tex screws)
A safety feature on all openers is the ability to auto reverse if the door comes in to contact with an object i.e. vehicle, pet, child. Clearly very important but very easy to test. Place a piece of timber on the floor min 50 mm thick. Allow the door to close onto the timber and it should touch and auto reverse. Some openers will fully retract others will retract 300 mm but either is a pass! However, the amount of force required to initiate Auto Reverse will vary and may need to be adjusted.
Simply test by breaking the invisible beam during the close cycle.
If you require any more help or information please do not hesitate to contact Mike at Specialized Garage Doors.
Please be aware the information above is to help highlight any potential issues with your door and is NOT an instruction on how to rectify. Always instruct a qualified AGDA registered technician to carry out any works.


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Rain, snow and wind could complicate post-holiday travel out West
Rain, snow and wind in the West turned an already frustrating holiday travel season into a nightmare for drivers on one of the busiest post-Christmas travel days.
Holiday travelers in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Salt Lake City and San Francisco could see delays into Friday, CNN meteorologist Michael Guy said.
To the north of Los Angeles and at higher elevations, up to 3 feet of snow could fall, Guy said.
Interstate 5 over Grapevine pass, which is northeast of Los Angeles, closed late Wednesday night into Thursday morning due to heavy snowfall and stuck vehicles, the California Highway Patrol Fort Tejon said.
In the Tejon Pass area, drivers and passengers struggled to push cars out of the snow Thursday morning.
"We just saw a couple of snow plows driving on the 5 south heading out of the #Grapevine closure zone," a driver tweeted. "Hopefully that's a sign of it opening soon!"
About 1 to 2 inches of rain fell across Southern California on Thursday as the storm system moves into the Four Corners region.
Storm heads for central US
By Saturday, the system will intensify over the Central Plains, with periods of heavy snow expected to form to the north and west of the low pressure center.
Snow is expected to fall heavily at times from the central Rockies, through the High Plains and into the Dakotas. Gusty winds will cause blowing snow and poor visibility at times.
Winter storm watches have been posted for areas of eastern Colorado, eastern Wyoming, Kansas and Nebraska. Widespread snowfall totals of 10-18 inches is forecast across Nebraska, the Dakotas and northern Minnesota through Monday. Minneapolis is likely to see a mix of rain, snow and ice through Monday.
Out ahead of the system, warm weather is expected to linger, causing rain and thunderstorms for many across the Central Plains and into much of the eastern US Saturday and Sunday.
Temperatures ahead of this system are expected to remain 10-30 degrees above average in the East through Monday. Once the cold front passes, temperatures will fall closer to normal values for this time of year.
Roads congested to begin with
Rain or shine, high traffic already makes holiday travel tricky. And this season, more Americans are traveling than ever recorded, according to a statement from AAA.
From December 21 to January 1, 115.6 million people will travel, the statement said. That is up by 4.3 million. And almost 90% of those travelers are expected to take to the road.
The worst expected day for travel? Thursday. The day after Christmas is expected to reach afternoon delays reaching nearly double the drive times without congestion in major cities, the statement read.
"Travelers should be getting used to crowded highways and airports, as this marks the eighth straight year of new record-high travel volumes for the year-end holidays," said Paula Twidale, vice president of AAA Travel.
But it's happened before
While the day-after-Christmas traffic might not mix well with bad weather, the two have been linked before.
In 1969, 2002 and 2010, storms struck post-Christmas, the National Weather Service reported.
A storm moving north along the East Coast beginning on Christmas night 1969 became the third greatest snow storm to hit Albany, bringing a total of 26.7 inches of snow, the weather service said.
Flights were cancelled Christmas night in 2002 and many travelers left stranded at the airport when a snow storm hit the northeast bringing over 20 inches of snow, the weather service said. The area was struck again by another storm just after New Year's Day.
In 2010, the days after Christmas brought wind gusts up to 70 mph and up to 2 feet of snow to the northeast. Snowfall rates reached 1 to 3 inches an hour across the region, according to the weather service.


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Mix engineer specialising in jazz and folk!
Hi! I'm James Steele and I'm the owner of Steele Studios, a Glasgow based recording studio where I offer my recording and mixing services. I can offer my online mixing services here on Sound Better. I specialise in jazz and folk, though I will happily consider other genres. I'm also a professional saxophonist and can add some saxophone to your track for that extra stand out feature if you wish! I have over ten years of experience working as a professional in the music industry, so please feel free to check out my demos and get in touch! James.
Click the 'Contact' above to get in touch. Looking forward to hearing from you.
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James did an amazing job playing tenor sax on my jazz ballad. The sound of his sax is beautiful. In addition to choosing all the right notes, James put a lot of passion into his performance, especially during his brilliant solo. He and I communicated well, and it was so enjoyable to work with him. He is very professional. I would definitely recommend him if you need a good sax player for your project.
I first worked in Steele Studios while working on an Ep. With a level of talent matched only by his determination Steele Studios involvement in project meant success was inevitable.
In all stages of the project James was stand out in his levels of communication, organisation. professionalism and his attention to detail in both mixing and mastering was, simply put, astounding.
Over the years I have continued to used Steele Studios and strongly recommend it to others. At first high level of work will catch your attention. By the end of the project, it will demand it.
I've worked a lot with James over the years and have seen his engineering and production abilities grow exponentially. A keen ear and an eye for perfection has lead James to develop a level of detail which is rare to see in the recording sphere. Additionally James is a wonderful saxophonist, performing in a diverse range of styles. A consummate professional, James comes highly recommended.
James did an awesome recording on location round at my flat for my swing band Nouvelle Jukebox. He was really enthusiastic and did a cracking job. I couldn't recommend him highly enough!
Interview with James Steele - Steele Studios
Q: Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?
A: A few years ago I recorded and mixed an album by a Glasgow based folk guitarist Chris Amer. It features absolutely incredible compositions and I'm really happy with how I portrayed this sonically.
Q: What are you working on at the moment?
A: I'm currently working on my saxophone lesson plans trying to get them as good as possible!
Q: Is there anyone on SoundBetter you know and would recommend to your clients?
A: Conor Smith - guitarist based in Glasgow, he's absolutely fantastic and plays pedal steel too.
Q: Analog or digital and why?
A: I think they both have their place - using some analog outboard gear combined with the reliability and ease of the digital realm is the way forward in my opinion!
Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?
A: We'll get your song sounding as good as possible!
Q: What do you like most about your job?
A: Helping clients reach their full potential.
Q: What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?
A: Can you record/mix my band? Yes!
Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?
A: I'm not just a one trick pony! I can provide recording, mixing and saxophone.
Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?
A: What exactly they need from me, whether they have any audio references, when's the due date. These are the initial things I prefer to know.
Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A: Feel free to get in touch with me for a chat and don't be afraid to ask around :)
Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?
A: A Shure SM7b, a laptop running Pro Tools (that only counts as one, right?), my saxophone, some decent headphones, an XLR and a mic stand. Okay I think that's six...
Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?
A: I started out playing clarinet and saxophone in school. This led to six years studying jazz saxophone at university where I gained both a degree and a love for music production. Alongside my studies, I took lessons in music production at a local studio, built up my experience by recording student bands and built up my gear collection for my first studio space in 2016. I have been in the music industry for around ten years now.
Q: How would you describe your style?
A: Minimalist.
Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?
A: I would love to learn from Sylvia Massy as she's my hero!
Q: Can you share one music production tip?
A: Less is more!
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: Jazz, folk and pop. Plus some rock on the saxophone.
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: Minimalist recording/production, and saxophone! Okay that's more than one skill but if I had to choose... saxophone!
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: In terms of production I provide clean balanced mixes to compliment the musicians. For saxophone I am able to adapt to many styles to suit what's best for the song.
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: When it comes to recording, I'm quite a minimalist - less is more! I thoroughly plan how each instrument is going to be recorded to get the best out of it with the minimal amount of microphones for the most accurate representation of the sound. When mixing, I follow a similar approach, grouping and bus-ing tracks accordingly and typically use EQ, compression and reverb as necessary (and perhaps some auto tune!).
Q: Tell us about your studio setup.
A: I have had many many setups and locations over the years. My current setup is a mobile rig and a mixing space in my home incorporating Pro Tools 11 on a Mac and a Presonus desk. I'm saving up for another dedicated studio space in Glasgow.
Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?
A: My audio production hero is Sylvia Massy, for her vibrant, weird and wonderful approach to recording technology! In terms of saxophone, there's too many to choose from! But I really like Stan Getz, Hank Mobley and a modern player called Ralph Bowen.
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: The most common types of work that I do for my clients are recording and mixing, as well as playing saxophone for sessions.
- Mixing EngineerAverage price - $400 per song
- SaxophoneAverage price - $70 per song
One edit after the first mix or master has been previewed by the client is included and non-chargeable. The studio has the right to refuse any work.
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- KRK speakers
- Audio Technica headphones
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Using the ray method, an investigation has been carried out on the structure of caustics in the wa- veguide assuming the canonical distribution of the sound velocity with depth. Monochromatic point source of sound was on the axis of the waveguide. There is considered water rays only. It is shown that the spatial part of the phase of a running sound wave does not contain the wave propagation direction and is always a positive quantity. When the trajectories are calculated, it is assumed that inversion of rays occurs at an angle of total internal reflection where the reflection coefficient is equal to unity. This eliminates the horizontal part of the trajectories. At other points, the reflection coefficient is assumed to be zero, and the passing coefficient is equal to unity. With this change in the calculation of ray's trajectories, the basic structure of the caustics remained the same. It is shown that the boundary line of the caustic is a number of foci in which rays intersect with similar angles out of the source and have neighbour times of propagation. Structure of the sound field along the boundary line of the caustic is periodic. Its period coincides with the wavelength of the field radiated by the source.
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Billy Elliot is the inspiring, uplifting story of a boy who dreams big and succeeds. It is based on the movie written by Lee Hall and directed by Stephen Daldry. Sir Elton John composed the score for the musical and Peter Darling provides the choreography. This creative team has managed brilliantly to bring Billy's story to the stage.
Billy is a young boy growing up in the North East of England during the 1984/1985 miners' strike. Although his father sends him to boxing classes, his passion for dance is realised instead. He secretly continues to dance, while his family struggle through difficult times. It is a story that will touch everybody, a story of hardship and courage, laughter and tears.
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Anthony Edwards is playing in his second year in the NBA, but he is showing maturity beyond his age and experience. After a recent loss against the New Orleans Pelicans, the sophomore swingman called out his teammates in an NSFW rant.
Edwards message: "Lock the f*** in"
Edwards aired out his frustrations after the New Orleans Pelicans beat the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday night, 107-98. Putting to bed any speculation about him not caring about basketball and winning, Ant called out himself and his teammates.
"Wake-up call for sure. Lock in. Lock the f**k in," Edwards said after the loss. "Everybody coming in here thinking it's sweet playing the Pelicans. Whooped our ass. Now our back's on the wall again. We got to wake up."
The defeat dented Minnesota's promising start to the season after going undefeated in the team's first two games. The loss was understandably hard to accept given the fact the Pelicans are missing their best player, Zion Williamson. Edwards is right; his teammates should not have assumed it would be an easy win because New Orleans was missing their star.
Complacency has no place in the league, and it should be corrected as early as now if the Wolves want to keep their playoff hopes alive. Although Karl Anthony-Towns played great, he failed to contain Jonas Valanciunas, who had a monster double-double of 22 points and 23 rebounds.
Veterans should be held accountable
Edwards has likely learned from one of the best vocal leaders on the court, Patrick Beverley, who joined the team in the offseason. Beverley's tenacity will surely rub off on his teammates. While Ant and Pat Bev can try and set high expectations, Towns and D'Angelo Russell are the ones who have to lead on the court. They should set an example so that the newcomers can follow.
What Edwards is doing is rejuvenating the franchise and stepping up as a vocal leader the team needs. The Wolves can't afford to cherry-pick when to play great games and underestimate anyone in the NBA. If they want to be considered a serious threat, they should bring their A-game — no matter who the opponent is or who's missing on the other side.
In an era where star players could disrupt team chemistry after being called out by the media or teammates and then force a way out, it's nice to know young stars such as Edwards are not afraid to voice their strong opinions, especially if it benefits the team. Everyone needs a dose of tough love from time to time, and Edwards decided the Wolves need it as soon as possible. He's not wrong.
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