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Netflix's horror series 'Devil in Ohio' revolves around Mae Dodd, a teenage girl who runs away from her family and religious cult to seek security in the household of a psychiatrist named Suzanne Mathis. Mae is hunted by her father Malachi Dodd, the leader of the Lucifer-worshipping cult named Sliocht an Diabhail AKA Devil's Own.
Malachi believes that he needs to sacrifice "his own flesh and blood" for the well-being of the cult and forces Mae to accept death to please Lucifer. The show offers a detailed look at the practices and activities of Malachi's Devil's Own, making one intrigued to know whether the cult and leader have real-life counterparts. Let's find out!
Is Sliocht an Diabhail AKA Devil's Own a Real Cult?
No, Sliocht an Diabhail AKA Devil's Own is not a real cult. Although the show is loosely based on a real teenage girl who ran away from a satanic cult, Devil's Own is a cult conceived by creator Daria Polatin and her writers. "We built all the details of the cult, all of their ideology, we made it up and their history, and we wrote like a huge document that we gave to all of our heads of departments, our costume designer, our set designer," Polatin revealed to EW about the origin of the cult. However, rather than completely depending upon fictional details, the creator and her team researched extensively about real-life cults to conceive the satanist community.
Polatin and her team interviewed former members of varied cults to ensure authenticity. Themes and rituals of different religions and ideologies also became integral parts of the cult Polatin conceived with her writers. She also teamed up with her composer to conceive the hymn sung by the members of the cult in the eighth episode of the show. According to the historical background Polatin and her team created for the cult, costumes were designed as well. Thus, it is safe to say that Devil's Own was conceived as a collaborative effort.
Although the cult is fictitious, the foundation that dictated the creation process was to make it appear as real as possible. For the same, Polatin had to create Devil's Own not as an imitation of the cults that are already featured in several shows. "There are a lot of cult shows. I really took this as an exciting task to create something that is unique and bespoke, but also feels real," the creator told Netflix's Tudum.
For Polatin, another way to make Devil's Own appear real was through the holy scripture of the cult, The Book of Covenants. "We even wrote part of the Book of Covenants, their 'Bible,' and we wrote like Bible stories, because we really wanted it to, even though it is fictional, we wanted it to feel real and specific," Polatin added to EW.
Is Malachi Dodd Based on a Real Cult Leader?
In an interview, creator Daria Polatin revealed that she was inspired by the true story of a teenage girl to conceive the character Mae. She also added that "a lot" of what unfolds in the book happened in real life. Thus, Malachi Dodd can be based on the real teenage girl's father. Since Polatin has been extremely secretive about the real incident that inspired her to conceive 'Devil in Ohio' and the eponymous source novel of the show, unfortunately, we are not able to reveal the real inspiration behind Malachi.
Considering that Polatin had taken creative liberties to conceive the show, Malachi can be partially based on a real cult leader. Although we do not know who that real cult leader is, he is not extremely different from the ones we are familiar with. Malachi does resemble Jeffrey Lundgren, an infamous cult leader who killed a family of five along with his followers allegedly because of the family's lack of faith. In the show, Malachi approves of killing people who "break the chain" and free themselves from the cult. Like Malachi's Devil's Own, Lundgren's cult was also based in the state of Ohio.
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NFL Mock Draft season has been here for quite a while now, and already we see a variety of picks for the Philadelphia Eagles. Some have the Eagles taking a defensive lineman. Others have the Eagles taking a cornerback. While many believe that the Eagles must take a corner in this upcoming draft due to some struggles that we had witnessed last season, let's take a step back and really analyze this situation. Do the Eagles really need to spend a high-end pick on a corner?
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- Avonte Maddox (Age: 22, Yr: 2)
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Patience is key for a young secondary
Listen, I know this is a tough pill to swallow for those who have watched the Eagles over the years, but Philly's secondary is a lot better than we think. Sure, there were growing pains along the way last season, but the towards the end of the year when guys like Douglas and Maddox were healthy, the Eagles were quite productive on the defensive side of the ball.
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How many times are we going to call for the Eagles to bring in more cornerbacks until we realize that not every draft selection automatically turns into a Jalen Ramsey or a Darrelle Revis in his prime? The Eagles need to start developing guys, not replacing them.
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"No one could have seen this coming." That's what Trump said about the coronavirus. (Okay, it's also what Trump says about pretty much any disaster he's faced with and didn't prepare for. Never mind that it's his job to anticipate problems, and should have had at least some operation to fall back on as a starting point from which to develop assistance for those crises that truly couldn't be foreseen.) But no, "No one could have seen this coming." No one could have anticipated a pandemic. (Never mind his own tweets during the Obama administration about the Ebola virus.) No, it couldn't have been anticipated, he says. "No one could have seen this coming." Chris Lu was the Deputy Secretary of Labor during the Obama Administration. He also served as the Transition Director to help prepare the Trump administration before it took office. Yesterday, he sent out a six-part tweet about a part of that transition. Rather than post six tweet, I've taken the text and edited it into a single piece -- BREAKING: A week before Inauguration Day 2017, Trump team participated in a tabletop exercise with outgoing Obama team about preparing for a "major domestic incident"
One incident discussed was a pandemic. I participated in that exercise. There were 3 role-playing scenarios: hurricane, pandemic and cyber incident. Obama team discussed need to anticipate requirements, stay ahead of challenges and provide resources quickly The goal was to acquaint Trump officials with how to coordinate around major incidents. The pandemic role-playing scenario involved: -- "Novel influenza" with infections in Asia and Europe -- Efficient person-to-person transmission -- Insufficient lab capacities -- Travel bans -- Lag time before it comes to U.S. -- Need for vaccine -- Ventilator shortages Sound familiar? Thirty Trump officials attended the exercise (Cabinet and senior White House staff) [You can find the official "Readout of the Principal Transistion Exercise" that he linked to here.] But the vast majority of these officials are no longer in government When you're dealing with a crisis like #COVID19, stable and experienced leadership matters. Bottom line: when Trump says "we were all surprised" by #COVID19, he shouldn't have been. The Obama team warned Trump's staff about a possible pandemic. Whether it was lack of preparation or staff turnover, the necessary work wasn't done to get in front of this. Leave a Reply. |
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On the eve of the launch, an emergency teleconference had been called between NASA and theMorton Thiokol Corporation, the contractor for the shuttle's solid-fuel rocket motor. During the teleconference, Thiokol engineers pleaded with superiors and NASA to delay the launch. They feared cold temperatures would cause a failure in synthetic rubber O-rings sealing the rocketmotor's joints. If the rings failed, themotor could blowup. The problemwas simple and familiar: Rubber loses elasticity at cold temperatures. Freeze a rubber ball and it won't bounce; freeze an O-ring and it might not seal. Engineers recommended strongly that NASAwait for warmer weather. They tried to produce a persuasive engineering rationale, but their report was hastily thrown together, and the data seemed equivocal (Vaughan, 1995). Meanwhile, Thiokol and NASA both faced strong pressure to get the shuttle in the air:
Thiokol had gained the lucrative sole source contract for the solid rocket boosters thirteen years earlier, during a bitterly disputed award process. Some veteran observers called it a low point in squalid political intrigue. At the time of the award, a relatively small Thiokol Chemical Company in BrighamCity, Utah, had considerable political clout. Both the newly appointed chairman of the Senate Aeronautics and Space Science Committee, Democratic Senator Frank Moss, and the new NASA administrator, Dr. James Fletcher, were insiders in the tightly knit Utah political hierarchy. By summer 1985, however, Thiokol's monopoly was under attack, and the corporation's executives were reluctant to risk their billion-dollar contract by halting shuttle !ight operations long enough to correct !aws in the booster joint design (McConnell, 1987, p. 7).
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Meanwhile, NASAmanagers were experiencing their own political pressures. As part of the effort to build congressional support for the space program, NASA had promised that the shuttle would eventually pay for itself in cargo fees, like a boxcar in space. Projections of pro"tability were based on an ambitious plan: 12 !ights in 1984, 14 in 1985, and 17 in 1986. NASA had fallen well behind schedule—only "ve launches in 1984 and eight in 1985. The promise of "routine access to space" and self-supporting !ights looked more and more dubious. With every !ight costing taxpayers about $100 million, NASA needed a lot of cash from Congress, but prospects were not bright. NASA's credibility was eroding as the U.S. budget de"cit soared.
Such was the highly charged context in which Thiokol's engineers recommended canceling the next morning's launch. The response from NASA of"cials was swift and pointed. One NASA manager said he was "appalled" at the proposal, and another said, "My God, Thiokol, when do you want me to launch? Next April?" (McConnell, 1987, p. 196). Senior managers at Thiokol huddled and decided, against the advice of engineers, to recommend the launch. NASA accepted the recommendation and launched Flight 51-L the next morning. The O-rings failed almost immediately, and the !ight was destroyed (Bell and Esch, 1987; Jensen, 1995; McConnell, 1987; Marx et al., 1987; Vaughan, 1990, 1995).
It is deeply disturbing to see political agendas corrupting technical decisions, particu- larly when lives are at stake. We might be tempted to explain Challenger by blaming individual sel"shness and questionable motives. But such explanations are little help in understanding what really happened or in avoiding a future catastrophe. Individual errors typically occur downstream from powerful forces channeling decision makers over a precipice no one sees until too late. With Columbia and Challenger, key decision makers were experienced, highly trained, and intelligent. If we tried to get better people, where would we "nd them? Even if we could, how could we ensure that parochial interests and political gaming would not ensnare them? The Columbia investigating board recognized this reality, concluding, "NASA's problems cannot be solved simply by retirements, resignations, or transferring personnel" (Columbia Accident Investigation Board, 2003, p. 195).
Both Columbia and Challenger were extraordinary tragedies, but they illustrate political dynamics that are everyday features of organizational life. The political frame does not blame politics on individual foibles such as sel"shness, myopia, or incompetence. Instead, it proposes that interdependence, divergent interests, scarcity, and power relations inevitably spawn political activity. It is naive and romantic to hope organizational politics can be eliminated, regardless of individual players. Managers can, however, learn to acknowledge,
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understand, and manage political dynamics, rather than shy away from them. In govern- ment, politics is a way of life rather than dirty pool. Chris Matthews calls it hardball: "Hardball is clean, aggressive Machiavellian politics. It is the discipline of gaining and holding power, useful to any profession or undertaking, but practiced most openly and unashamedly in the world of public affairs" (1999, p. 13).
This chapter seeks to explain why political processes are universal, why they won't go away, and how they can be handled adroitly. We "rst describe the political frame's basic assumptions and explain how they work. Next, we depict organizations as freewheeling coalitions rather than as formal hierarchies. Coalitions are tools for exercising power, and we contrast power with authority and highlight tensions between authorities (who try to keep things under control) and partisans (who try to in!uence a system to get what they want). We also delineate multiple sources of power. Because con!ict is normal among members of a coalition, we underscore the role it plays across organizations. Finally, we discuss an issue at the heart of organizational politics: Do political dynamics inevitably undermine moral principles and ethics?
POLITICAL ASSUMPTIONS The political frame views organizations as roiling arenas, hosting ongoing contests arising from individual and group interests. Five propositions summarize the perspective:
• Organizations are coalitions of different individuals and interest groups.
• Coalition members have enduring differences in values, beliefs, information, interests, and perceptions of reality.
• Most important decisions involve allocating scarce resources—deciding who gets what.
• Scarce resources and enduring differences put con!ict at the center of day-to-day dynamics and make power the most important asset.
• Goals and decisions emerge from bargaining and negotiation among competing stake- holders jockeying for their own interests.
Political Propositions and the Challenger All "ve propositions of the political frame came into play in the Challenger incident:
Organizations are coalitions. NASA did not run the space shuttle program in isolation. The agency was part of a complex coalition of contractors, Congress, the White House, the military, the media—even the American public. Consider, for example, why Christa
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McAuliffe was aboard. Her expertise as a teacher was not critical to the mission. But the American public was getting bored with white male pilots in space. Moreover, as a teacher, McAuliffe represented a national commitment to universal education. Human interest was good for NASA and Congress; it built public support for the space program. McAuliffe's participation was a media magnet because it was a great human- interest story. Symbolically, Christa McAuliffe represented all Americans; everyone !ew with her.
Coalition members have enduring differences.NASA's hunger for funding competed with the public's interest in lower taxes. Astronauts' concerns about safety were at odds with pressures on NASA and its contractors to maintain an ambitious !ight schedule.
Important decisions involve allocating scarce resources. Time and money were both in short supply. Delay carried a high price—not just in dollars but also in further erosion of support from key constituents. On the eve of the Challenger launch, key of"cials at NASA and Morton Thiokol struggled to balance these con!icting pressures. Everyone from President Ronald Reagan to the average citizen was clamoring for the "rst teacher to !y in space. No one wanted to tell the audience the show was off.
Scarce resources and enduring differences make con!ict central and power the most important asset. The teleconference on the eve of the launch began as a debate between the contractor and NASA. As sole customer, NASA was in the driver's seat. When managers at Morton Thiokol sensed NASA's level of disappointment and frustration, the scene shifted to a tense standoff between engineers and managers. Managers relied on their authority to override the engineers' technical expertise and recommended the launch.
Goals and decisions emerge from bargaining, negotiation, and jockeying for position among competing stakeholders. Political bargaining and powerful allies had propelled Morton Thiokol into the rocket motor business. Thiokol's engineers had been attempting to focus management's attention on the booster joint problem for many months. But management feared that acknowledging a problem, in addition to costing time and money, would erode the company's credibility. A large and pro"table contract was at stake.
Implications of the Political Propositions The assumptions of the political frame explain that organizations are inevitably political. A coalition forms because its members need each other, even though their interests may only partly overlap. The assumption of enduring differences implies that political activity is more visible and dominant under conditions of diversity than of homogeneity. Agreement and harmony are easier to achieve when everyone shares similar values, beliefs, and cultural ways.
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More and more modern vehicles are employing an electronic control system called CANBus, which has many benefits including monitoring of globe failures. This can pose a bit of a problem with LED replacement globes causing the CANBus to detect that globe as having failed. This range of BA15 type LED globes are all CANBus compatible (won't give errors), with universal polarity, very low power consumption and a high lumen output.
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Blake Cederlind is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates in the United States. In 2020, he made his MLB debut.
Cederlind was a baseball player at Turlock High School in Turlock, California, where he played alongside Brett Cumberland and Kevin Kramer.
In his senior year of 2014, he went 8–1 with a 1.50 ERA and a.289 batting average. He was not selected in the 2014 Major League Baseball draft out of high school, so he enrolled at Merced Collegiate and played college baseball there.
Cederlind finished 3–1 with a 7.89 ERA in 21+23 innings as a rookie at Merced in 2015. He was drafted in the 22nd round of the 2015 Major League Baseball draft by the Minnesota Twins, but he did not sign.
In his sophomore season at Merced, he pitched in 23 games (four starts) and posted a 5–2 record with a 3.75 ERA while striking out 63 batters in 57+23 innings.
Cederlind was drafted in the fifth round of the 2016 Major League Baseball draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates following the season.
Cederlind signed a $285,000 contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates and was assigned to the Bristol Pirates.
He went 0–1 with a 4.67 ERA in six starts. Cederlind pitched for the West Virginia Power in 2017, with a 2–3 record with a 7.76 ERA in 25 games (seven starts), striking out 55 batters in 58 innings.
In June, he was promoted to the Bradenton Marauders after returning to West Virginia to start the 2018 season.
He threw to a 4–4 record with a 4.89 ERA in 49+23 innings for both teams, striking out 54 batters.
Cederlind spent the first few months of 2019 in Bradenton before getting promoted to the Altoona Curve in May. He was promoted to the Indianapolis Indians in August and spent the rest of the season with them.
Cederlind went 5–2 with a 2.28 ERA in 41 bullpen appearances for the three teams, striking out 55 batters in 59+13 innings.
Following the 2019 season, Cederlind was added to the Pirates' 40-man roster. Cederlind tested positive for COVID-19 on July 5, 2020, according to reports.
How Old Is Blake Cederlind?
Blake Cerderlind is 26 years. He was born on January 4, 1996.


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Salad Days Introduces Its NFTs on OneRare Foodverse
Salad Days, an organic food brand, has partnered with OneRare, a food NFT gaming ecosystem.
This partnership will allow Salad Days to launch its own line of NFTs in the OneRare Foodverse, providing an exciting experience for food lovers worldwide. Salad Days believes that salads are more than just side dishes; they are full and satisfying meals that contribute to overall well-being. By embracing digital collectibles, Salad Days hopes to expand its reach and engage with its audience in new and exciting ways.
In the meantime, OneRare users will have the chance to own limited-edition Salad Days NFTs, each representing a delicious salad creation with intricate details and visuals.
As Salad Days NFTs circulate within OneRare's Foodverse, the brand hopes to gain exposure to a diverse range of gamers, collectors, and enthusiasts worldwide. By participating in OneRare's gaming ecosystem, Salad Days' customers can collect and trade their digital collectibles.
Commenting on the partnership, Salad Days Founder & CEO Varun Madan said: "We are thrilled to join hands with OneRare, the pioneering food NFT gaming ecosystem and the world's first food metaverse. Our dishes, cherished by healthy food enthusiasts in Delhi-NCR and Bangalore, will now transcend their physical form and become part of an immersive gaming experience within the OneRare ecosystem."
According to Madan, gamers can unleash their culinary creativity and embark on thrilling adventures across multiple games by collecting the brand's ingredients and crafting remarkable dishes.
OneRare Co-founder, Supreet Raju, has highlighted that the partnership with Salad Days is pioneering a new era in the realm of digital collectibles. This collaboration invites food enthusiasts from around the globe to embark on an unforgettable journey where the delight of healthy eating is combined with the excitement of virtual exploration.
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And so the time has come. After being postponed twice one of the most important events for Thoracic Surgery in the world begins on Thursday, 30th of June - The 7th International Uniportal VATS Course in Potsdam.
The event takes place as usual in The Ernst von Bergmann Clinic.
This three-day symposium will address the "Limitless Potential in Thoracic Surgery" of Uniportal VATS through lectures, discussions and video sessions on the first day.
The first part of the second day will include Live Surgery of Uniportal VATS, and the second part will be a drylab.
The third day of this symposium is a Hands-on class (Wetlab) for a limited group of participants.
As always the extensive international presence is expected as well as the highest level of training.
This course is being supervised by one the most renowned specialists in Thoracic Surgery : dr. Mahmoud Ismail and dr. Diego Gonzales Rivas - long time partners and hosts of this fantastic masterclass.
The list of faculty speakers is very long and as expected includes only first-class specialists in Thoracic Surgery.
We are present there in partnership with our long time partner and distributor IFM Gerbershagen IFM Gerbershagen
We are participating in this course also in partnership with Scanlan International
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TWO of my immediate family members died of lung cancer in the past five years, due to smoking. The misery they went through during treatment, especially in their final days, was horrific.
On top of that, their family members were subjected to emotional and physical distress. People like myself watched helplessly as our loved ones slipped away.
Smoking kills and that's a scientific fact. In Malaysia, it is the third most common type of cancer, with about 95% of patients diagnosed at stages three and four. Smoking is the primary reason for lung cancer in the country.
According to the 2019 National Health and Morbidity survey, more than 27,200 of Malaysians deaths annually are related to smoking. The report found the prevalence of smoking among Malaysians aged 15 and above to be 21.3%, with an estimated 4.8 million currently puffing away. The prevalence of smokers in the 15-19 age group was 12.3%.
Statistically, lung cancer alone is more lethal than Covid-19, where the cumulative death toll for the latter over the past two years is above 31,000.
So, when Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin recently announced that the government plans to table a Tobacco and Smoking Control Act in the next Dewan Rakyat sitting, I was elated. We certainly need tougher regulations on these cancer sticks.
Khairy has also said he is in favour of Malaysia adopting the New Zealand model of banning the sale of tobacco to anyone born after 2008. Kudos to the minister!
But I also wish to caution Khairy against being overzealous with the drive to get Malaysians to kick the habit. I'd go out on a limb and say all adult smokers in Malaysia are aware of the health hazards. What they are struggling with is the addiction to the "high" cigarettes afford them.
So, if the government cracks down too hard and too fast on smoking, it will drive the habit underground, making it almost impossible to regulate and monitor. So, a phased-out plan is more desirable. This includes giving leeway, or complementing the move with harm reduction products like nicotine patches, heated tobacco devices or vaping that does not contain highly toxic substances.
At the end of the day, we want Malaysians to stay healthy and kicking the smoking habit is one sure way to achieve this. But let's do this in a structured manner where we can mitigate the blowback.
Otherwise, our best intentions will only end up in smoke. – January 27, 2022.
* Rachel Soon reads The Malaysian Insight.
* This is the opinion of the writer or publication and does not necessarily represent the views of The Malaysian Insight. Article may be edited for brevity and clarity.


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Get Service accounts from all your AD servers
One of the things clients ask me about all the time is "How do I find out what service accounts are in use on my servers?"
I can't tell you how many times I've spoken to a customer and they have no idea what accounts are out there running services, and in particular where the Administrator account is being used to run services!
The good thing is that with Active Directory this is pretty easy to get. All you need to do is use the script below to get a nice csv file that contains all of the non-normal service accounts. What is a "non-normal" service account?, you might ask. Anything that is not:
NT AUTHORITY\LocalService
NT AUTHORITY\Local Service
NT AUTHORITY\NetworkService
NT AUTHORITY\Network Service
The script works by finding all the AD computer objects that have "Server" in their OperatingSystem attribute. Then it checks to see if the server is alive or not, and if it is alive to check the services running on the server using WMI. Once it has the services it will output any service that does not run as one of the normal service accounts. If you have accounts that you considfer "normal" just add them to the $systemservicenames array.
You will see an error in the console if you are running it on a server since the WMI query will balk at using credentials for connecting to the local machine.
Here's the script, please remember to test in your environment before using!
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Camera: NEX-7, ISO100, f32, 1/160, vivid
Working from home today, full-immersion on some document production, which results in me still wearing a pajama. I don't feel like going out shooting at all. It is in days like this that I am glad I spent all the money I've got from the space-brain-robot book to buy a couple of 400W strobes.
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CVG to Utilise AI to Predict Passenger Airport Crowding
Mar 11,2022
The Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport and the University of Cincinnati have teamed up to predict airport crowding and enhance the passenger experience.
The Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) is teaming up with the University of Cincinnati (UC) to predict crowding and enhance the passenger experience throughout the airport.
CVG engaged UC College of Engineering and Applied Science aerospace engineering doctoral student Javier Viaña to utilise airport data to create a software programme to help the airport predict when passengers arrive at the airport, broken down into 15-minute increments. By leveraging data collected by another program previously developed by CVG, Viaña has been able to specifically model queue lines at the security checkpoint.
"The main objective of this work is to improve the passenger experience and inform operational decision-making at the airport," commented Candace McGraw, CVG CEO. "The modelling done by Viaña provides the airport and our business partners reliable data to prepare our operations based on passenger arrival predictions, potentially reducing crowding and wait times along the travel journey from parking and check-in to security screening and concessions."
"What makes this model unique is how UC is using artificial intelligence (AI) based on fuzzy logic, a type of computer decision making that allows us to provide a human-like explanation for its predictions," said Viaña. "We refer to this type of algorithms as explainable and transparent."
UC's work is funded in part through a grant from the Airport Cooperative Research Programme (ACRP), an industry-driven network that develops near-term practical solutions to airport challenges. This programme is supported by the Federal Aviation Administration, the Virginia Space Grant Consortium and The National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
"Receiving an ACRP grant award is no easy feat, so it says something about the ever-growing importance of data modelling and the rising applications that utilise AI and fuzzy logic over traditional programming methods," added Viaña. "It's an honour to have been selected to further this research along with UC and CVG."
This collaboration is a direct result of a multi-year memorandum of understanding (MOU) between UC and CVG. The MOU provides the University's research talent and emergent technologies a living-laboratory environment (the airport) that is a mutually beneficial relationship.
Under this background, the Smart Airport Development International Forum
will be held on April 12th-13th, 2022 in Shanghai, China. The forum was hosted by Shanghai Society of Aeronautics, supported by Shanghai Airport Authority , Shanghai Hongqiao Central Business District, organized by Galleon (Shanghai) Consulting Co., Ltd. The forum will mainly focus on Industry New Policies Guidance, 5G and Artificial Intelligence, Big Data Mining and Internet of Things, Innovation Infrastructure, Business Automation and Personalized Service, Energy Conservation and Efficient, Passenger Satisfaction Enhancement
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- Targeting to manage influencer marketing campaign worth INR 500 crore by March 2022
- The pre-launch acquisition of key clients is a testament to the AI-driven platform's first-of-its-kind offerings in the influencer marketing space
- Other key clients on-boarded by the platform include a leading personal hygiene brand, a ledger management start-up, and a direct-to-consumer digital-first cosmetic start-up
- ClanConnect.ai already has a vast pool of 1 lakh data points across leading influencers
ClanConnect.ai Cofounders (L to R) Sagar Pushp, Kunal Kishore, Anshai Lal |
ClanConnect.ai, India's first and only AI-driven influencer marketing platform, has announced the addition of numerous industry doyens to its client portfolio. The company has bagged influencer marketing campaigns from leading brands such as Toppr, Coinswitch, Oriflame, XClub by Infinix, Cartoon Network, Shopmatic, among others. The platform will be managing the ongoing influencer marketing for these top brands. At this juncture, it is noteworthy that these clients have joined hands with ClanConnect.ai well before its official launch to the public, indicating its high potential to disrupt the burgeoning and hitherto unorganized influencer management space in India.
The impressive feat for ClanConnect.ai comes on the back of its revolutionary AI-led system which matches brands to the right influencers enabling them to increase impact and maximize ROI with each campaign within a budget-friendly price bracket. The platform's technology is hinged upon publicly available data points for individual influencers, which allow it to make instantaneous, data-driven decisions for creating the most influential campaigns. Prior to its public launch, ClanConnect.ai already has a database of 1 lakh influencer data points and is set to empower brands to make data and result-oriented decisions while solidifying its stance as a game-changer in the industry.
Speaking on the development, Kunal Kishore, Co-Founder & COO – ClanConnect.ai, said, "We are delighted to collaborate with front-running brands that are disrupting their respective sectors with top-notch products and services. It is heartening to see such immense traction from across industries even before our public launch. We are looking forward to helping these brands unlock the vast potential of influencer marketing by leveraging our unique technology. We will continue to fine-tune and build on our value-proposition to continue providing the best-in-class services to our existing and future clients."
The Indian influencer marketing space is growing at a breakneck pace. The high-potential sector is valued at $10 billion and is poised to grow by 250% to reach $25 billion in less than 5 years. However, until now, this growth has not been streamlined, leading the industry to become a chaotic and unorganized one. The vision and mission of ClanConnect.ai, then, is to set-up domain-defining processes that are efficient and lucrative for all its stakeholders including brands, marketers, and influencers.
The platform brings discovery, management, and performance analytics all in one system, and carries out targeted searches and customizable analytics, to help identify and partner with more relevant influencers. On the back of its proprietary technology, ClanConnect.ai has recently has raised INR 5 crore in a seed round led by Venture Catalysts with participation from marquee investors.
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India's first and only AI-driven influencer marketing platform, ClanConnect.ai was launched with a vision to transform the digital marketing landscape by placing power in the hands of the brands and the hands of the influencer. Founded by industry stalwarts Kunal Kishore Sinha, Sagar Pushp, and Anshai Lal, ClanConnect.ai ensures that vast amounts of data are crunched real-time, providing end-users with the best possible insights to make completely informed decisions and maximize ROI on their influencer marketing campaigns.
The platform allows brands to experience a world of content creators that impact a large global audience, connect with the most powerful online influencers for their brand, and reinforce a strong online presence. By bringing discovery, management, and performance analytics to one platform, ClanConnect.ai helps brands identify and partner with more relevant influencers. Simply put, it empowers brands and influencers to build their network, build their clan.


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12 months of fury: Current eruption of Kilauea began a year ago this week
Scientists and residents alike on Thursday will celebrate the one-year anniversary of the current volcanic eruption of Kilauea.
Scientists and residents alike on Thursday will celebrate the one-year anniversary of the current volcanic eruption of Kilauea.
On Sept. 29 of last year, liquid lava returned to Halema'uma'u crater within Hawaii Volcanoes National Park about four months after the end of the previous summit eruption, which lasted from December 2020 until May 2021. At the time, the eruption produced nearly as much lava per second as it did during the 2018 Kilauea eruption.
Mike Zoeller, geologist with the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, said the current eruption's lava effusion rate has now slowed to about two to four cubic meters per second.
"The most important thing we've learned in the last year is that there's a different mechanism to fill the caldera," Zoeller said.
Zoeller said old accounts of Halema'uma'u describe the floor of the crater rising and falling at once, as though it is a single unit. Before the current eruption, he said, geologists were unsure what those accounts were referring to.
The current eruption makes it clear, however, Zoeller said. Lava emerges from a vent, flows across the lava lake and loses gas, which makes it denser and causes it to sink and deposit beneath the lake. As this process continues, the accumulation causes the lake to grow endogenously — meaning it grows from within, Zoeller explained.
This process is not dissimilar to the previous December 2020 eruption. Unlike that one, however, Zoeller said this eruption shows no signs of slowing.
"Our best explanation for why this one has lasted longer is that this surface vent has a better, more efficient connection with the magma reservoir," Zoeller said. "As to why that is, we're not sure."
Zoeller said there have been occasional fluctuations with the eruption. Last Tuesday, for example, he said there were some minor earthquakes, and nearby tiltmeters recorded slight changes in ground movement. But, he said, such events are not uncommon and are probably caused by the vent being temporarily plugged and clearing again.
In any event, Zoeller said HVO has not detected signs that indicate the eruption will either intensify or weaken in the near future.
Meanwhile, the return of lava to Halema'uma'u has dovetailed with the weakening of the COVID-19 pandemic to prompt a surge of visitors to the volcano. HVNP spokeswoman Jessica Ferracane said via email that the park has had more than 1.5 million visitors since the eruption began last year, with the first eight months of 2022 bringing a 42% increase in visitors over the same months in 2021.
Ferracane added that the park is predicting "a very busy holiday season" this year.
Owners of Volcano businesses said the eruption has translated to very brisk business for them, although some speculated that, even if the eruption hadn't happened, the end of COVID would have led to a surge in visitors regardless.
"Last year was our best year ever in 17 years," said Shannon Fisher, owner and operator of Volcano bed-and-breakfast Aloha Crater Lodge. "I'm expecting this one to be a banner year, too."
Fisher said her business is constantly booked by people specifically hoping to see the eruption at night, although she added that unlike past eruptions, there is less of a visible nighttime glow this time around.
Pua Norris, head innkeeper at the bed-and-breakfast Volcano Village Lodge, agreed, estimating that her business has had an 80% booking rate this year, compared to a roughly 75% rate in 2021.
"I think we'd be doing good even if the eruption didn't happen," Norris said. "So many people just want to travel. People who put off their vacations for a year are doing them this year."
Gwendolyn Hill, president and owner of BikeVolcano.com, a Volcano-based business that rents e-bikes for guided tours at HVNP, said nearly all of her business is from visitors hoping to see the lava, and added that business is continuing to pick up even into the typically slow autumn season.
However, Hill said that outside of Volcano, the awareness of the eruption may not be as widespread.
"I think the tourism industry here has moved away from focusing on the eruption these days, when before it was the main thing it focused on," Hill said, adding that HVNP is still not as regularly crowded as it was prepandemic during the 35-year eruption between 1983 and 2018. "I think they should — it's still the biggest thing in the state people want to see."
To commemorate the eruption, HVNP will hold an "After Dark in the Park" event at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Kilauea Visitor Center, during which David Phillips, deputy scientist in charge at HVO, will discuss the science of the eruption, as well as a similar presentation at 3 p.m. Thursday at Uekahuna, just east of the former Jaggar Museum site.
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In a small community on the Mexican Pacific coast, a group of children are certain that, working together, and with the right map they will find a pirate treasure that for centuries has been hidden somewhere nearby. What they are about to find is something far more valuable than a treasure. A film for children, their parents and their grandparents.
Age rating 0, recommended for ages 7 and up
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María Novaro (Mexico City, 1950) became well known with her second feature DANZÓN (1991) at the Cannes Film Festival. LOLA was her first feature (1989, OCIC Award, Berlin). Other films are: EL JARDÍN DEL EDÉN (1994, Venezia), SIN DEJAR HUELLA (2000, awarded at Sundance). LAS BUENAS HIERBAS (2010, awarded in Rome and Guadalajara). One of her first shorts, UNA ISLA RODEADA DE AGUA (1984), was acquired by MoMA in New York. AZUL CELESTE (1987) and LA MORENA (2004) were both awarded Best Film in Huesca. TESOROS is her first film for children and has been selected for the Generation sidebar at Berlinale. In the late 70's she made 16mm documentaries with the Colectivo Cine-Mujer. After that she studied film at CUEC/UNAM, Film Directing and Screenwriting at the Sundance Institute and Project Development at EICTV, Cuba. She has written all of her films, and also edited and produced some of them. She has won Guggenheim (2005), Gateways (2003), Rockefeller-MacArthur (1992-93), and SNCA/México fellowships; shown retrospectives in Madrid (2010), Kerala, India (2010) and Monterrey (2009). She is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (USA), the Academia de Cine (Spain), and AMACC (Mexico). María Novaro has three children and three grandchildren.


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The spokesman of the Supreme Military Council of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) said on Tuesday that the Syrian regime has begun to evacuate fronts fighting against the opposition to fronts on the coast in the west of the country, its primary stronghold and the center of his sectarian power.
In a statement to Anatolia News Agency, the member of the Supreme Military Council and its spokesman, Colonel Qassim Saadeddine said that the Syrian regime withdrew parts of his forces in recent days and moved them towards the coast, where the opposition fighters launched a campaign against regime strongholds nearly two weeks ago.
He explained that the regime withdrew troops from the Eastern Front to the provinces of Deir El-Zor and Hassakeh, as well as the northern provinces of Aleppo and Edlib near Latakia, and the same applies to the southern front, which includes the provinces of Damascus and its countryside, and Daraa.
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With the start of statewide recreational cannabis sales looming, those who rely on cannabis for pain relief and other ailments won't have to worry about supply shortages.
The New Mexico Department of Health said in a press release Monday that the state is launching its Medical Cannabis Program, which'll require dispensaries to reserve 20 percent of their products for patients and to increase the amount patients can buy at one time. That way, inventory meant for those individuals remains available and steady.
"We are proud to help more than 132,000 New Mexicans who use cannabis to alleviate pain and other medical symptoms," Dr. Dominick Zurlo, the Medical Cannabis Program director, said in the release. "As part of our commitment to improving the quality of life for our patients, we continue to work closely with the Cannabis Control Division to ensure an adequate, safe, long-term and stable supply of product for all of those enrolled in the Medical Cannabis Program."
NMDOH is also expanding online telehealth and enrollment services for patients and medical providers with its online patient portal, ensuring easy registration and a way for patients to track their medical cannabis purchases.
The Medical Cannabis Program also recently increased the number of ounces patients may obtain every 90 days, from 8 ounces to 15 ounces. Medical patients who enroll in the program won't be restricted from making commercial purchases.
Recreational cannabis sales begin Friday in New Mexico.


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In an episode of 'Hot Ones,' J. Balvin reveals that his original stage name was almost as spicy as the wings on the show.
J Balvin's original stage name and the wings on Hot Ones have one big thing in common: spice. In a recent episode of First We Feast's Hot Ones, Balvin reveals what his artist name was supposed to be.
"Speaking of Scotch Bonnet," Balvin says before eating his next wing covered in the chili pepper-infused sauce. "You know, that was supposed to be my artist name?"
The revelation clearly takes host Sean Evans by surprise, but as the Latin GRAMMY Award-winning artist explains, when searching for a stage name, a rapper friend of his thought he should have something "spicy."
"He was like, 'Bro, you should have a name, like, you know, a spicy name, like Scotch Bonnet,'" Balvin says with a laugh. "And this is the first time that I actually get to see what he was talking about, so now let's taste it."
"I could've been interviewing Scotch Bonnet today," Evans jokes. "Yeah, like, 'Yo, we're here with Scotch Bonnet,'" the reggaeton star quips.
Balvin most recently made history at the 21st Latin GRAMMY Awards after being nominated for 13 GRAMMYs, including Record and Album of the Year.
The Colombian singer gave an emotional performance of his song "Rojo" at the Nov. 2020 awards show.
The 35-year-old star emerged from behind a giant installation of praying hands. Wearing an all-white suit, Balvin belted out the emotional song, with a bleeding heart emerging from his ensemble.
"Although the world feels dark, and our fears torment us, I think it is the moment that our hearts are bleeding, they have a meaning again. Let's all unite, continue to fight for our dreams and a better future," Balvin said.
For more on the reggaeton icon, watch the video below.
New episodes of Hot Ones Season 14 air Thursdays at 11 a.m. ET on First We Feast's YouTube channel.


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Need an Oil Change near Greensboro?
Enjoying mile after mile of uninhibited performance is easy when you follow the Chevy oil change schedule. Whether you drive a new or certified pre-owned Chevy, oil changes are fast and affordable at the Terry Labonte Chevrolet service center. If it's almost time for your next oil change, book an appointment with us and check out our current service offers.
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Choosing the right oil for your Chevy oil change
Choosing the proper grade of oil is crucial to your vehicle's performance. From conventional to full synthetic, your Certified Service expert will offer a range of oil types during your Chevy oil change, including ACDelco Gold Conventional Oil, ACDelco dexos1™ Full Synthetic, and Mobil 1™ Full Synthetic.
These oils contain a variety of characteristics that can enhance your vehicle's performance, offer varying levels of engine protection, and maximize the time between oil changes.
ACDelco Gold Conventional Oil
- Offers quality engine wear and corrosion protection
- Contains special additives that help your engine run smoothly
ACDelco dexos1 Full Synthetic Oil
- High resistance to oxidation, which helps keep the oil from breaking down
- Excellent low-temperature flow and pumpability during cold startups
- Excellent protection to help prevent formation of sludge and other harmful deposits
Mobil 1 Full Synthetic Oil
- Advanced anti-wear technology for outstanding protection of critical engine parts
- Exceptional high-temperature stability helps resist oxidative thickening
- Proven to provide outstanding cold starting, lubrication, and protection from wear at low temperatures
Ask our experts which grade is best for your vehicle. If you drive a new or certified pre-owned Chevy, oil change information can also be found in your owner's manual.
Oil Life System
Many of today's vehicles are equipped with an Oil Life Monitoring System (OLMS). This system interprets your vehicle's speed and engine temperature and continuously monitors operating conditions, which helps determine when it's time for a Chevy oil change.
The OLMS monitors a number of conditions, including engine revolutions, engine temperature, and miles driven to let you know precisely when to come in for an oil change. As soon as you notice your vehicle's OLMS light illuminate, it's time for service.
Checking your oil level
Even with an OLMS, it's important to keep track of your oil level. Always consult your Owner's Manual for the proper procedure to check your oil level. You'll get a more accurate dipstick reading by following those instructions.
Oil change warning signs
When the CHANGE ENGINE OIL SOON message displays, service is required for your vehicle as soon as possible. The engine oil and filter must be changed at least once a year and the OLMS must be reset. The Certified Service experts at your dealer will do this.
If your vehicle is not equipped with an OLMS, consult the service and maintenance schedule contained within your vehicle owner's manual for proper change intervals.
What The Certified Service Experts Look For During A Car Inspection
When you visit us for a Chevy oil change, you can also get a multi-point inspection to ensure your vehicle's overall health is fit for the High Point and Winston Salem roads. During the multi-point inspection, your Certified Service expert will look at the following areas:
Remaining Engine Oil Life
A quick inspection will determine your vehicle's remaining oil life percentage (applicable to vehicles with the GM Oil Life Monitoring System). This may be helpful, especially if you are approaching your next oil change.
Tire Wear
Your tires are part of what keep your vehicle moving safely down the road. The Certified Service experts check to make sure your tires are properly aligned, balanced, and in top shape. This will help ensure the optimum performance and safety of your tires.
Wiper Blades and Glass Condition
Your wiper blades are essential, especially when it's raining. The operation and condition of front and rear wipers are checked to make sure they will work well when you need them. A visual inspection of your windshield is completed to check for cracks or chips and the inspection may help prevent further damage down the road if these issues are addressed.
Fluid Levels
Fluid levels are checked, including the brake reservoir and windshield washer fluid, to be sure they are at optimal levels.
To help keep your brakes performing at their best, an inspection is performed on the condition of your brake system, including lines, hoses, and the parking brake, as well as measurements of the front and rear linings.
Battery Condition and Connections
No one wants to be stuck with a dead battery! A quick battery test will determine the health of your battery, and a visual inspection will check to be sure the battery cables and connections are in top working order.
OnStar Subscription
A brief assessment will make sure you are connected with your OnStar system subscription, should you ever need it while out in Kernersville.
Additional Vehicle Inspections
An additional vehicle inspection of critical systems is performed to check for visible leaks that might indicate a concern. The condition of other vehicle components is also visually inspected.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Should the engine oil be replaced every 3,000 miles?
A: Depending on the age of your vehicle, driving habits, and road conditions, your engine may be designed to go longer than 3,000 miles between oil changes. Always be sure to check your engine oil level regularly, even with an OLMS.
Q: Does regularly changing my oil filter help with the life of my engine?
A: Yes. An oil filter helps ensure your engine is lubricated with clean oil, which is important for optimal engine performance. Both your vehicle's oil and oil filter should be changed at least as often as recommended by your OLMS and/or Owner's Manual.
Visit Us for Your Next Chevy Oil Change
If you are driving a new or certified pre-owned Chevy, oil change appointments may still be covered under warranty depending on how many miles you've driven. Visiting a certified Chevrolet service center like ours will ensure you don't void your warranty while it's still active. Do you have another non-Chevrolet vehicle in your driveway that needs oil service? Terry Labonte Chevrolet has the state-of-the-art equipment to care for just about every make and model on the road in Kernersville! Your whole family can count on us for efficient, affordable auto service, including oil changes and other routine maintenance, as well as larger repairs that our collision center can handle. If you have questions about the Chevy oil change schedule or need help scheduling an appointment, contact us. Our service advisors are here to help!


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Volunteers needed for eel count
Cornell Cooperative Extension is looking for volunteers to help with the Department of Environmental Conservation's annual eel count in streams and rivers from NYC to Albany County from late March through May. American eels are migratory fish that are hatched in the Atlantic Ocean and enter rivers as tiny "glass eels" each spring. The species is in decline over much of its range, and baseline studies are needed for conservation. Locally, the count takes place at the Hannacroix Creek site in New Baltimore. Anyone interested in helping should email or call Lindsey Strehlau-Howay of CCE Columbia and Greene Counties at firstname.lastname@example.com, and 518-622-9820 x112. To help at any other location email or call Sarah Mount of NYSDEC at firstname.lastname@example.com, 845‐889‐4745 x106.


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Week 10 fantasy football rankings and waiver adds
Keep reading for 5th Down's initial Week 10 fantasy football rankings for all scoring formats, and a few pickup recommendations courtesy of 5th Down's Aidan Gurvitch. Hope all is well where you are, and thanks so much for subscribing!
Week 10 waiver wire adds
Jeff Wilson Jr., MIA- RB (52%)
The initial thoughts when Christian McCaffrey was traded to the 49ers were that Jeff Wilson Jr. was droppable because McCaffrey would get the bulk of the load. To be frank, that was the smart thing to do at the time. However, Wilson had his own trade in the books, and he took more snaps than Raheem Mostert last week, meaning that he could have a larger role coming for him soon. As of now, Wilson can be trusted as a low-end RB2.
Odell Beckham Jr., FA- WR (23%)
The OBJ hot stove is heating up! With contenders like the Packers, Cowboys, and Giants all popping up around OBJ rumors, any one of them would likely use him in a productive role, both in real life and in fantasy. Injury reports have been optimistic as of late, and Beckham could be joining a roster sometime in the next two weeks. It's time to call dibs before he is signed.
Jahan Dotson, WAS- WR (18%)
Don't forget about Jahan Dotson! Dotson was very productive for the Commanders early in the season but went down with an injury that has held him out since. Dotson should be returning very soon, and fantasy owners should be looking to sign the player who caught 4 touchdowns in less than 4 games to start the year.
More Week 10 waiver wire pickups from Aidan Gurvitch.
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SpaceX Wants To Provide School Buses With Satellite Internet
Elon Musk-led SpaceX wants to cover the entire planet with satellite internet offered by its Starlink system. Those ambitions now include moving school buses, too. The plans are ambitious, and SpaceX definitely has the satellite firepower to make it happen, but the company hasn't really been an apple of the government's eyes recently. SpaceX recently lost out on a meaty contract floated by the government to provide high-speed broadband internet services in rural areas.
The state of affairs has been a tad rosy on the commercial side of things, though. Starlink has slowly expanded its presence beyond antennas installed on rooftops and charging stations to vehicles that are on the move, and even war zones. Earlier this year, SpaceX announced that Starlink is expanding to cover boats and marine vessels. The company has also outlined ambitious expansion plans that will cover a healthy chunk of the world's oceans within the next decade.
Moving a step further, Starlink's next target is school buses. In the company's filing with the FCC, SpaceX notes that the Starlink satellite internet system can extend internet services to students in "areas underserved or entirely unserved by terrestrial alternatives." In doing so, SpaceX also emerges as one of the first satellite internet providers to move beyond airlines and target school-bound vehicles — with a goal of doing it with government support, of course.
Promising project, tricky road to approval
In its SEC filing, the company notes that it is already pilot testing the delivery of satellite internet services to school buses traveling on routes that take 60 minutes or more to cover. The core argument is that not all students have access to internet services at home, especially those in rural areas or those hailing from underprivileged backgrounds. SpaceX notes that "Connecting school buses will afford students the ability to optimize their commute time for necessary educational internet use."
With its SEC filing, SpaceX is pushing forward a request before the commission to make necessary tweaks to the Eligible Services List and include SpaceX services and equipment in its ambit. Depending on the outcome of SpaceX's request, the company concludes that it "can immediately provide Wi-Fi on school buses." SpaceX, however, hasn't detailed if it will be making any custom antennas — or modifications to the existing models — to handle school buses.
However, getting the SEC's approval won't exactly be a cakewalk, and that mainly has to do with the fact that Starlink is still seen as a work in progress. The main argument behind tossing the SpaceX proposal for covering rural areas with government funding was that Starlink is deemed a technology in its development phase and that its services didn't really meet the performance expectations.


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As a kid, I sometimes hated hanging out in public with my father because we couldn't go anywhere without people stopping to greet him.
"Hey, Brother David, how you been?" He'd respond: "I'm good, how are you?"
I'd usually be able to guess how they knew each other from the response; if they talked about the state of the community, they were probably connected somehow through my dad's time as a member of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party. Work talk meant that they were colleagues. But when someone started along the lines of "I got my stuff together, Brother David," I knew that this was someone who he'd arrested—or made the decision not to arrest—during his time with the Chicago Police Department.
"My father joined the police force with the same spirit with which he joined the Black Panthers." I've given this speech more times in my life than I can count. There are some who will never be convinced that there is such a thing as a "good cop." I understand this logic better at 31 than I did at 21. Though I do disagree with it, I understand that the uniform of any American police officer signifies membership in an all-too-often dangerous fraternity that is emboldened by a racist, destructive system of law and order. I also have accepted that until we completely upend what law enforcement means in this country, we are in terrible danger if the only officers that encounter us are the ones that have the same anti-Black bias that both molds structural racism and pulls a trigger on a stranger who fits the so-called profile.
We were accosted by people who knew my dad as Officer or Detective Lemieux because the community respected him and that's because he respected the community. They wanted him to know when they were doing better, or had gotten out of "the life" that had brought them in contact in the first place. There were times where he (unknowingly) took friends of mine home after curfew violations or other small infractions that may have resulted in fines, imprisonment or even violence had they encountered another cop, with fatherly instructions to stop doing whatever he'd caught them doing wrong.
He walked to work. He was one of the people, not some violent bully, nor a detached empty shirt waiting for his paycheck to become a pension.
This is not a defense of "good cops." This is context.
The man who was my living example of what law enforcement should be is the one who taught me to have a great distrust of the police (and has spoken about the need to do so publicly on many occasions.) My sisters and I were not instructed to blindly admire all officers because of their jobs, but rather to avoid them whenever possible and to be deferential when we couldn't–not because they deserved it, but in order to save our lives.
Dad spoke to us about the racism our people face at the hands of the police, and how even Black cops can be infected with the same loathing of our people that we associate with other officers. He described officers who abused the power of their badge in order to soothe whatever personal inadequacies they felt. He also complained that "Black folks call the cops for everything," wishing over and over again that we were less inclined to dial 911 for a misbehaving child or neighborly dispute. (We have seen these perhaps unnecessary calls end in tragedy time and time again.) Now retired, he does workshops for parents and children on how to avoid and navigate the "justUS system," as he calls it.
The instructions my family got about policing (and the ones he shared on getting pulled over by police and when they knock on your door for a 2012 EBONY.com series) are similar to the "wisdom" dispensed to women and girls about sexual assault: be careful when doing things you have every right to do, in hopes that someone does not decide to harm you. Like victims of rape, we find that justice is elusive when an officer runs afoul of his sworn duty to protect and serve. Worse yet, federal and local laws have upheld abusive officers, and the use of their badges to perpetuate institutional racism and disenfranchisement.
My own experiences with and first person observations of police would confirm all that my father told me. I have observed, more times than I can count, cops speaking to Black people In ways that remind me of overseers from slave narratives—and I'm not talking about suspects or criminals, I'm referring to interactions with people performing mundane acts of citizenry. I've watched people be taken into custody for no reason other than 'mouthing off.' As a victim of a violent crime, I was interrogated like a criminal. I've watched Ferguson protestors get treated with less dignity than what most would afford to animals and Black men in Brooklyn get hauled off to the precinct for failing to speak to cops like they report to them. I've watched people submit to arrest as the officer yells, "Stop resisting."
"For Black people to survive the police, we have to be the police," I've heard my father say, over and over again. He understands that this isn't a solution to mass incarceration or arrest quotas but something that can, at the very least, lessen the abuse we face in our communities at the hands of people we've been told are there to protect us.
Progress this country for Black folks comes in measures of "at the very least" more often than not, and it's becoming increasingly difficult to get people on board with what seems like more of the same. I understand the reasons why many of my people say they could never join a police force, and I understand those who feel like they absolutely must.
The greatest lesson, perhaps, I've taken away from being raised by someone who has lived such dual lives as my dad is the need to be totally honest about what policing looks and feels like in Black communities. One hundred slain officers could not match the impact that decades of unchecked police abuse has had on Black people, via racial profiling, ' dubious arrests that sometimes lead to unnecessary convictions, sexual harassment/assault, evidence planting, theft, violence, and the list goes on. Yet, that doesn't mean I want to see those officers fall.
News of a cop murdered in the line of duty will always make my heart stop. But my father's work is not enough for me to pretend that the majority of police officers approach Black communities in the same spirit, or that the average cop is just a really great person with a deep abiding love for humanity, suffering for the misdeeds of a few 'bad apples.' Again, I urge to you to mourn without losing the ability to speak clearly and plainly about the real problem with Blacks and law enforcement.
Jamilah Lemieux is EBONY Magazine's senior editor.


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Hoeven Announces $220,250 Grant for Community Development in North Dakota
WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that CommunityWorks North Dakota has received a $220,250 grant that was authorized by NeighborWorks America. The funds will be used to revitalize communities, support affordable housing for residents of their service areas and create jobs through NeighborWorks-supported projects.
"It is important to ensure that North Dakota continues to have strong communities, and this grant will support continued development in our state by securing affordable housing, creating good jobs and helping families understand their financing options when purchasing a home."
Congress created NeighborWorks America in 1978 as the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation to support community development and affordable housing throughout the country. To see the impact summaries and allocation breakdowns, click here.
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